PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY BEGINS 13TH SEASON THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY!

PERRIS, California -- After less than three months (eat your heart out Indiana) without slide jobs, Perris Auto Speedway will officially kick off its 13th season this Friday and Saturday, February 8th and 9th, when Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply presents the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars and the 2008 Perris Auto Speedway 360 Sprint Car Championship. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM both nights with racing at 7:00.

From this Saturday on, The PAS will host the best in dirt track racing nearly every Saturday night through November 29th. The action on the famous Riverside County clay oval, which this year will feature Sprint Cars, several different forms of Stock Cars, Motorcycles and more, will be just as intense as the Giants vs Patriots, Yankees vs Red Sox, Ohio State vs Michigan and the Clippers hoping for the top spot in the NBA Draft Lottery.

The popular USAC/CRA Series will run two complete shows this weekend. There will be qualifying, four ten lap heat races, a 12 lap B main and a 30 lap A main both nights. If applicable, there will also be a C main on the USAC/CRA side of the card each night.

The 360 cars will qualify, run heats a B main and A main on Friday. They will then run preliminary mains on Saturday and a 30-lap A main that will pay $2,000.00 to the winner.

Among the top stars doing double duty will be two-time Oval Nationals champion and the 2006 USAC/CRA champion Cory Kruseman of Ventura, California, 1997 Santa Maria and 1998 Bandit Series champ “Showtime” Danny Sheridan of Santa Maria, California and Warsaw, Missouri superstar Jesse “The Rocket” Hockett.

Kruseman will be driving his own car on the 410 portion of the show. In the 360s, he will team with car owner Dave Ellis. The powerful duo has multiple wins in the tough Western World 360 Sprint Car Championships at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix. Kruseman will also enter cars for youngsters Austin Mero of Kingsburg, California, Alex Schutte of Redding, California, and Orange, California’s Henry Clarke. Sheridan, a handsome 33-year old who is a favorite with the female fans, had his best USAC/CRA finish in 2007 when he placed third in the standings and won two main events (The PAS and Manzanita). Hockett returns less than three months after winning his first ever USAC National main event during the preliminaries for the prestigious Budweiser Oval Nationals.

Norco, California’s Tony Jones, the 2007 USAC/CRA champion and the most popular driver to ever race at The PAS, Temecula, California’s Mike Spencer, who many are tabbing to win the 2008 USAC/CRA crown and Yorba Linda, California veteran Rip Williams, the 2004 USAC/CRA title winner who is beginning his 31st season of Sprint Car racing, will all be among the favorites this weekend. So will the likes of Manhattan Beach, California’s Garrett Hansen, who will be in the Mark Priestley ride for 2008, the tough ITI Performance duo of “Dynamite” David Cardey of Riverside and Kerman, California’s Davey Pombo, who ended up second in 2007 SCRA points, former VRA Champion “The Bullet” Blake Miller, Camarillo, California’s Josh Ford and “Smooth” Tyler Brown of Norco, California.

While the predicted high in Indiana on Saturday is 41, the predicted high in Perris is 74! That is kind of warm, but you can bet the racing will be as hot as mid summer as the West Coast’s number one dirt track opens its 13th season of great racing and family entertainment.

Advance tickets for the season opening doubleheader are available now by calling (800) 595-4849 or (951) 940-0134. You can also order tickets on the Internet at tix.com or perrisautospeedway.com.

Anyone wishing more information could contact Perris Auto Speedway at (951) 940-0134.

Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds, home of the Southern California Fair. The track is approximately one hour east of Los Angeles and one hour North of San Diego. To get to the track, take the 215 freeway, exit at the Ramona Expressway and go two miles east to the fairgrounds.

FINAL 2007 USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1. Tony Jones – Norco, CA – 2001

2. Mike Spencer – Temecula, CA – 1941

3. Danny Sheridan – Santa Maria, CA – 1758

4. Rickie Gaunt – Torrance, CA – 1695

5. Scotty Weir – Marion, IN – 1570

6. Rip Williams – Yorba Linda, CA – 1456

7. David Cardey – Riverside, CA – 1284

8. Cory Kruseman – Ventura, CA – 1273

9. Blake Miller – Yorba Linda, CA – 1112

10. Josh Ford – Camarillo, CA -1030

11. R.J. Johnson – Phoenix, AZ – 1023

12. Tyler Brown – Norco, CA – 922

13. Garrett Hansen – Manhattan Beach, CA – 861

14. Rodney Argo – Gardena, CA – 778

15. Darren Hagen – Riverside, CA – 766

16. Damion Gardner – Concord, CA – 599

17. Michael Trimble – San Jose, CA – 576

18. Jimmy Crawford – Ventura, CA – 538

19. Charles Davis Jr. – Buckeye, AZ – 499

20. J Hicks – Lomita, CA - 482

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