The PASSCAR Stock Car Series, featuring Street Stocks, Super Stocks, and American Factory Stocks, and the IMCA Modifieds return to Perris Auto Speedway this Saturday night, July 20th, for round #4 of the 2019 championship season. At intermission, kids in the grandstands will be let onto the front straightaway of the track to collect candy from all the drivers. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 P.M. and the first race will begin at 7:00.
Going into Saturday’s race, Romoland’s Bradley Morris holds an eight-point lead over Apple Valley’s Joey Haresky in the Modifieds. Blake Thornell of Apple Valley and Riverside’s Justin Dunn are one and two points behind Haresky respectively. Of the top five in the Modified standings, only Thornell and Dunn have posted wins. Bakersfield’s Robby Sawyer won the other race.
Like most everyone else in the class, Modified point leader Morris, who is currently eighth in the Pro 2 Class in the Lucas Oil Off Road Series, does not have a win yet this year. However, his two second-place finishes and a fifth are enough to keep him on top of the points.
2019 is offering something different in the PASSCAR Street Stock class. Riverside’s Luke Dodd, who has five track championships including the last three in a row, is only third in the championship standings. Normally by this time of the season he has a commanding lead. This year he trails point leader and arch-rival Blaine Whitson by 16 points. The second spot is occupied by teenager Alyssa Smith. The Norco High School senior trails Temecula’s Whitson by nine-points going into this Saturday. Dodd, Whitson and Stefan Davies of Murrieta each have one win in the first three races of the year.
The top three in the PASSCAR Super Stocks are only separated by eight points. Longtime racer Fred Estrada of Riverside sits on top of the point pile. The driver, who used to race at the long-defunct Corona Raceway and Ascot, has parlayed a win and a second-place finish in his last two races into his current lofty spot on top of the standings. Fellow Riverside resident Tyson Talkington, a former motocross racer and division one speedway motorcycle rider, is only two-points behind. Veteran Rickey Lee of Beaumont is third.
Camaro driving Darren Myers of Anaheim is off to a great start in the first three races in the Factory Stocks. He has a win, a second and a third-place finish. That is good enough to plant him in the point lead. Defending champion Cameron Veatch of Temecula won the last race and only trails Myers by eight-points. Veteran driver Mike Burks of Nuevo is one point behind Veatch in third. Hemet’s Jason Cook, who is fourth in the standings, won the other race this year.
During intermission, fans will be allowed onto the track to meet the drivers who will have candy and hero cards to pass out to kids in attendance.
All cars will contest heat races and main events on Saturday night. Also, if applicable, they will race B mains.
Tickets for Saturday’s race are $15.00 for adults. For active military members with proper id and their spouse or date, it is $5.00 each. Teens 13-18 with their school id and kids 6-12 get in for $5.00. Children 5 and under are free. Parking on the fairgrounds is $8.00.
Camping on the fairgrounds opens at noon on Friday. Tailgating on the grassy area outside of turn four begins at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday.
Advance tickets for all Perris Auto Speedway events are available 24-hours a day online at https://bit.ly/2Aa50Lj or by calling 1-800-595-4849. If you do not wish to buy tickets in advance for any race, there will be plenty of tickets for everyone at the ticket window on race night.
Perris Auto Speedway is conveniently located on the SoCal Fair and Event Center (home of October’s Southern California Fair), approximately one hour east of Los Angeles and one hour North of San Diego. To get to the track, take the 215 freeway, on the Ramona Expressway and go three miles east to the fairgrounds. For directions on MapQuest, the address to enter is: 18700 Lake Perris Drive and the zip code is 92571.
Perris Auto Speedway/IMCA Modified Point Standings
- Bradley Morris – Romoland – 114
- Joey Haresky – Apple Valley – 106
- Blake Thornell – Apple Valley – 105
- Justin Dunn – Riverside – 104
- Randy Thornell – Apple Valley – 97
PASSCAR Street Stocks
- Blaine Whitson – Temecula – 66
- Alyssa Smith – Norco – 57
- Luke Dodd – Riverside – 50
- Stefan Davies – Murrieta – 49
- Doug Kelly – Moreno Valley – 47
PASSCAR Super Stocks
- Fred Estrada – Riverside – 58
- Tyson Talkington – Riverside – 56
- Ricky Lee Beaumont – 50
- Tom Smith – Norco – 45
- Mike Olson – Murrieta -45
PASSCAR Factory Stocks
- Darren Myers – Anaheim – 65
- Cameron Veatch – Temecula – 58
- Mike Burks – Nuevo – 57
- Jason Cook – Hemet – 56
- Swede Ogren – Anza – 43
Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank its corporate partners for the 2019 season. All Coast Construction, Austin Hutchinson Realtor, Battery Systems, Brass and Bass Firearms & Fishing Supplies, Budweiser, Bud’s Tire Pro, Chris’ Hauling, City of Perris, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Ed Moore Bullet Proof Driveshaft, Flowdynamics, HD Industries, Hoosier Tires, Inland Rigging, K2 Displays, Living Water’s Hospice, LKQ Pick Your Part, Luke’s Transmission, Pepsi-Cola, Pole Position, PrintItNow.com, Rainbow Bolt & Supply, Shaver Specialties, Square H, Sunoco Race Fuels, Sunstate Equipment, Trench Shoring, Varner Construction, VIA RV Service and Vista Paint.
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