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PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY...

18700 Lake Perris Drive...

Perris, CA 92571

(951) 940-0134

www.perrisautospeedway.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE PAS CLOSES 2007 SEASON SATURDAY WITH SPRINT CARS AND LATE MODELS AT THE JACK KINDOLL CLASSIC AND THE GLENN HOWARD TROPHY DASH!

(NOVEMBER 13, PERRIS, CA) The Perris Auto Speedway 2007 season will come to a close this Saturday night, November 17^th, with the Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, presented by Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply, and the Art's Concrete Pumping Extreme Late Models at the Annual Jack Kindoll Classic. Adult fans who bring a new, in the package toy valued at $5.00 or more for the track's Annual Christmas Toy Drive will save $6.00 off their ticket price. It will also be Fan Appreciation Night with prizes for the fans being given away all night long. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM.

Saturday's show will allow fans to salute newly crowned Lucas Oil USAC/CRA champion Tony Jones of Norco, California. The affable 37-year old sewed up his first sprint car points championship last Saturday night at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix after a hard fought battle with Temecula, California's Mike Spencer. Heading into Saturday's race, Jones leads Spencer by 76 points in the championship standings. The maximum Spencer could pick up is 74 points, which would leave him two points shy even is Jones decided to stay home. Saturday's season ending main event will be 40-laps and honors the memory of multi-time CRA car owner champion Jack Kindoll.

While Jones has the Lucas Oil USAC/CRA title sewed up, the fight for the crown in the Art's Concrete Pumping Extreme Late Models is still up for grabs. Cathedral City, California star Art Peterson is poised to become the first ever three-time champion (2005 Champ Trucks & 2006 Late Models) in PASSCAR history. However, with double points available, the championship will be decided in the main event. Marina Del Rey, California Harley-Davidson dealer Bill Bartels is currently ranked second in the standings only 29 points behind former off-road star Peterson. The only other driver with a mathematical chance of catching Peterson is third place in the standings "Kid Harley," Nick Bartels of El Segundo, California. The grandson of Bill Bartels, Nick is 83 points behind Peterson and 54 points behind his grandpa.

Popular Perris Auto Speedway infield announcer Chris Holt has put together a fabulous Salute To Glenn Howard Three-Lap Trophy Dash for Saturday's four fastest qualifiers in the Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Series. The purse for the three-lap race stands at more than $1,600.00 as this release went to press with the winner of the less than one-minute contest pocketing more than $800.00.

" Glenn Howard, who was always for the "little guy," will be honored in a big way during this years Jack Kindoll Classic," Holt said of his longtime friend. "Chances are high that the top four drivers in time trials have at one time or another been under the guidance of this year's namesake to the season ending 3 lap trophy dash. Glenn is regarded highly by the racing community as one of the king pins that built sprint car racing to the level it has achieved. His name ranks high on the list of promoters, driver and car owner champions as well as officials that have made significant contributions to our sport, which will make this an emotional event as well."

In addition to the trophy dash for the Sprint Cars, there will be a trophy dash for the Late Models ($1,400.00 as this piece went to press) and the fastest qualifier for the Late Models will pocket $200.00 from Hixson Backhoe.

Be sure to make your plans to be on hand for the final race of the 2007 campaign at The PAS. It will feature care shown by the fans, race teams and officials for underprivileged kids, gifts for some lucky fans, the best Sprint Car & Late Model racing on the West Coast and what has become a PAS tradition, Christmas music over the track's 60,000 watt digital sound system.

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 (socalfair.com), which runs from October 6^th through the 14^th. 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.

Video and DVD productions for all Lucas Oil USAC/CRA at races Perris Auto Speedway are available from North Hollywood, California's Raceway Video. For more information on these shows call Jeff Kristensen at (818) 618-9764 or visit the website at www.racewayvideo.com

Video and DVD productions for all PASSCAR events are available from Pasadena, California's RAZ Video. For more information on these shows call Howie Zechner at (626) 449-1175 or send an E-mail to: [email protected].

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LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA POINT STANDINGS

1. Tony Jones – Norco, CA – 1947

2. Mike Spencer – Temecula, CA – 1871

3. Danny Sheridan – Santa Maria, CA – 1743

4. Rickie Gaunt – Torrance, CA – 1656

5. Scotty Weir – Marion, IN – 1570

6. Rip Williams – Yorba Linda, CA – 1431

7. David Cardey – Riverside, CA – 1260

8. Cory Kruseman – Ventura, CA – 1206

9. Blake Miller – Yorba Linda, CA – 1076

10. Josh Ford – Oxnard, CA - 985

ART'S CONCRETE PUMPING EXTREME LATE MODELS

1. Art Peterson – Cathedral City, CA – 696

2. Bill Bartels – Marina Del Rey, CA – 667

3. Nick Bartels – El Segundo, CA – 613

4. Carla Laney – Torrance, CA – 581

5. Ron Bartels – Hawthorne, CA – 518

6. Virgil Haney – Yucca Valley, CA – 517

7. Dino Napier – Corona, CA – 468

8. Johnny Malcolm – Corona, CA - 443

9. Mike Kirby – Torrance, CA – 395

10. Mark Anderson – Sky Valley, CA - 391

I can see this has the chance of being a very late night affair,sprints and late models.Since last weekend at Manzy the final checker took place at around 1:15am.

Terry, we will hopefully be done around 10:30. We are going to try and keep the show moving and I would be surprised if we have more than 20-24 Late Models (there is a Late Model race at the "Tire Burner" aka Las Vegas on Saturday as well). Sprint Car main will run first.

I would like to congratulate my son-in-law and 1990 Ascot NASCAR champion Marcus Mallett for being chassis setup/advisor to 5 of the top ten Dirt Late Models in points scheduled to run with the USAC/CRA sprint cars at this weekend's Kindoll Classic at Perris. Hopefully, Carla Laney will be ready to compete after her horrendous flips at Manzanita last weekend.

I had not heard about Carla's crash at Manzy...I sure hope she is okay! In my mind, Carla is the ambassador of local stock car racing. She is always willing to do a driver on-track interview and always has something postitive and colorful to say. I hope to see her Saturday night.

I would like to wish the best of luck to Art Peterson this weekend as well. If he pulls this championship off, that will be something incredible...winning back-to-back-to-back , first in the Trucks, then in the Topless Late Models, and now Traditional Late Models. Most people don't realize just how much Art has done for his division at PAS...supporting the series for years with money out of his pocket and fielding more than one car (or truck)...as well as personally bringing Midwest championship drivers out West to have some fun and beat up on our guys. Another guy that is always good on the microphone too.

Congratulations (although a bit early still) go out to the entire Bartels Racing Team...what a year! To be sitting in spots 2, 3, 4, and 5 in the championship hunt with only one race left...wow! And the cool thing is watching three generations of drivers race each other...and still get along!

Doug Bushey

Passionate Fan / Announcer / Media & Public Relations 
Agent