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Perris Auto Speedway

18700 Lake Perris Drive

Perris, CA  92571

(951) 940-0134

http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/

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For Immediate Release 

PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY TO INTRODUCE WEST COAST XTREME SPRINT CAR RACING LATE IN 2024

(Perris, CA, April 1, 2024) Longtime Perris Auto Speedway promoter Don Kazarian has announced that the track is set to introduce West Coast Xtreme Sprint Car Racing to the track’s schedule near the end of the 2024 season.  The class will be open to all winged and non-wing sprint cars.  Besides safety, the new series will feature a limited rules package.  All of the races will be run in conjunction with the track’s popular Nights of Destruction and all of the WCXSCR races will take place on the tracks Figure 8 course.

Kazarian has been pondering about something on these lines for quite some time.  After watching wrecked sprint cars get tossed in the trash bins for years, the 1983 and 1984 CRA Sprint Car Series championship car owner, thinks this will be a good deal for race teams whose cars are not total losses. 

“I have been thinking about this for quite some time,” Kazarian said.  “Then it hit me one night when I was in bed staring at the ceiling.  Sprint Cars on a Figure 8 track.  What could be more exciting than that?  After all, when you see Figure 8 racing these days, a lot of drivers are virtually using late models.  Especially at the big events like the three-hour world championship in Indiana.  That is exciting for sure, but just imagine it with sprint cars on dirt.”

Recently, Kazarian offered his idea to some of the local sprint car drivers and he got mixed reviews.  Some liked it and others were not on board with potentially being involved in the history-making move. 

“I talked to a few drivers about it,” Kazarian continued.  “Some looked at me like I was crazy when I explained what I was planning on doing.  Others are ready to jump in big time.  Heck, if it works well, we could expand into some sprint car demolition derbies.  I just got the demolition derby idea when we were talking.  Sounds pretty intriguing to me.”

One driver who is on board with the idea is veteran West Coast open wheel racer Jeff Dyer of Yucca Valley, California.  Dyer, who races 410 sprint cars and lightning sprints along with his son Seth, enjoys a big racing schedule.  In fact, he is one of the busiest open wheel racers in California.

“I love the idea,” Dyer said over the phone while not racing on Saturday due to the rain in the “Golden State.”  “It gives me an option on nights when I do not have another race scheduled.  On top of everything else, I think I may be pretty good at it.  I mean, I have torn up a lot of stuff over the years.  I may be a natural for this new division.  I do hope my partner on the car does not hear about it, though.  He may be upset.”

Kazarian acknowledges that the idea may be controversial.  However, with minimal rules besides safety, he thinks the races should be well accepted. 

“Drivers can run winged or nonwing cars,” Kazarian stated.  “410s, 360s, 305s, aluminum or cast iron blocks. They will be legal.  Electric engines, too.  If teams want to dump a little nitro into the fuel?  No problem but they had better be careful as that stuff is hard on engines.  No tire rules.  Simply good old fashioned run what ya’ brung racing.”    

Another driver who may be interested in doing some of the events is longtime veteran Brody Roa.  This year the friendly driver has cut back his racing endeavors to have more time with his family.

“Heck, if there is a weekend when I do not have a race scheduled and I am not away doing something with my family, I might give it a shot,” he said from his Garden Grove, California home.  “I have some equipment sitting around that I could get together if I decided to try it.  Sounds fun.”

Kazarian is looking for the first West Coast Extreme Sprint Car Figure 8 race to take place in conjunction with the Night of Destruction on September 7^th or October 26^th.  If things work well, he would like to have a big show in mid-November after the country's major sprint car series have concluded their schedules.  That would allow the big national stars to make the show.  If things go as planned, he would like to have the WCXSCR Sprint Car Figure 8’s at all N.O.D.’s in 2025.

“It sounds crazy, but I think it will work,” he said before adding with a wink and a smile, “tell everyone to have a very Happy April Fool’s Day.”

Advance tickets for all races through June 30 are available online at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7.  You can also order advance tickets by calling 1-800-595-4849.  If you do not wish to purchase tickets advance tickets, we will have plenty available for everyone at the ticket window each night.

The Avanti Windows and Doors USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, GAS Chassis Young Guns, Senior Sprint Cars, PASSCAR Street Stocks, and American Factory Stocks will return on March 16^th.  One week prior, LKQ Pick Your Part will present the first Night of Destruction of 2024 on March 9^th. 

Perris Auto Speedway is conveniently located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds (home of the Southern California Fair), one hour east of Los Angeles and one hour North of San Diego. To get to the track, take the 215 freeway, exit on the Ramona Expressway, and go three miles east to the fairgrounds. For directions online, the address to enter is: 18700 Lake Perris Drive and the zip code is 92571. 

USAC/CRA races from Perris Auto Speedway are not streamed online.

Fans can stay up to date on track and driver news on The PAS social media efforts at the links below. 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Perris-Auto-Speedway/113876798686480?ref=hl 

Twitter: Perris Auto Speedway on Twitter 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perrisautospeedway/ 

Website: http://perrisautospeedway.com/ 

Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank the following corporate partners. Ahern Equipment Rentals, Battery Systems, Bud’s Tire, Tire Choice Auto Service, Chris’ Hauling, City of Perris, Communication Innovations, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Ed Moore Bullet Proof Driveshaft, Flowdynamics, GAS Chassis, HD Industries, Heimark/Anheuser Busch, Hoosier Tires, Inland Rigging, Living Water’s Hospice, LKQ Pick Your Part, Luke’s Transmission, Pepsi-Cola, Performance Online, Pole Position Raceway, PrintItNow.com,  Rainbow Bolt & Supply, Rene’s Bar & Grill, Rugged Radios, Shaver Specialties, Square H, Sunoco Race Fuels, Trench Shoring, Upland Rock, Varner Construction and Vista Paint. 

For information on 2024 billboard advertising at The PAS, please call 951-940-0134 and ask for Charlie Watson.

DVDs of all the PASSCAR/IMCA racing and Nights of Destruction at The PAS are available from Fourvideos.  For more information call (714) 225-9500. 

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2024 Perris Auto Speedway Schedule

April 6th           LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND

DOUBLE DECKERS

April 27^th        AVANTI USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR SPRINTS, GAS CHASSIS YOUNG GUN SERIES AND PASSCAR SUPER AND           FACTORY STOCKS  

May 4^th           LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND

    DOUBLE DECKERS

May 25^th                    "SALUTE TO INDY" AVANTI USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR SPRINTS, GAS CHASSIS YOUNG GUN SERIES AND           PASSCAR SUPER AND STREET STOCKS

June 1^st          LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND

   DOUBLE DECKERS

June 22^nd      AVANTI USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR SPRINTS, GAS CHASSIS YOUNG GUN SERIES AND PASSCAR STREET AND            FACTORY STOCKS

July 4^th          “FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR AND SKY CONCERT” (TENTATIVE)

                                          LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND

   DOUBLE DECKERS

July 13^th       AVANTI USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS Senior Sprints, GAS CHASSIS YOUNG GUNS SERIES, AND PASSCAR SUPER AND FACTORY STOCKS

August 10^th   LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND

  DOUBLE DECKERS

August 17^th  CALIFORNIA RACER’S HALL OF FAME NIGHT, AVANTI USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS Senior Sprints, GAS CHASSIS YOUNG GUNS SERIES AND PASSCAR SUPER AND STREET STOCKS

 September 7^th  LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND

        DOUBLE DECKERS

September 21^st  AVANTI USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS Senior Sprints, GAS CHASSIS YOUNG GUNS SERIES AND PASSCAR SUPER AND FACTORY STOCKS

October 26^th    LKQ Pick Your Part Presents NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION: DEMO CROSS, FIGURE 8'S, TRAILER FIGURE 8’S, MINI STOCKS AND

     DOUBLE DECKERS

November 8^th  27^TH RUNNING OF THE OVAL NATIONALS Featuring  AVANTI USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR SPRINTS, GAS CHASSIS                 YOUNG GUN SERIES AND PASSCAR SUPER, STREET AND FACTORY STOCKS

November 9^th      27^TH RUNNING OF THE OVAL NATIONALS Featuring  AVANTI USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS, PAS SENIOR SPRINTS, GAS CHASSIS    YOUNG GUN SERIES – JERRY DODD CHAMPIONS NIGHT, PASSCAR SUPER, STREET AND FACTORY STOCKS

THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

It is April Fools day . . . . . . .

This weekend has gone from 54th anniversary Saturday to Easter on the 31st to annual bullshit day very quickly this year.  It's been a busy weekend.

Stan Meissner

Do they have to have the sprint car tails specifically to run the figure 8, or would using the old style super modified body be allowed?

If PAS really wanted to April Fools everyone they should've said they were going back to having their races on FLO for the rest of the country to view and there would be no more charge to park your car.