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ScottDaloisio
November 08, 2016 at 03:10:56 PM
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Perris Auto Speedway

18700 Lake Perris Drive

Perris, CA  92571

(951) 940-0134

http://perrisautospeedway.com/

For further information, contact Scott Daloisio (909) 226-7768 or mailto:[email protected]

For Immediate Release

FIVE PAST WINNERS ARE ENTERED IN OVAL NATIONALS FIELD!

(Perris, CA, November 8, 2016) Five past winners are among the 48-cars pre-entered for this Thursday, Friday and Saturday’s 21st Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals Presented by All Coast Construction at Perris Auto Speedway.  All three shows will be complete nights of racing with qualifying, heat races, preliminary and A main events.

Heading the list of past winners is the current hottest sprint car driver in the nation, Chris Windom of Canton, Illinois.  The St. Louis Blues fan has won the last three USAC Amsoil National Sprint Car Series mains in row.  His victory skein started at the Jim Hurtubise Classic at Terre Haute, Indiana on October 15th.  Last week, the 2010 Oval Nationals champion swept both ends of the 410 portion of the 49th Annual Western World Champonships at the Arizona Speedway.  In addition to sweeping the 410 portion of the Western World, he won the Friday 360 main event and took second to Brady Bacon in Saturday’s 360 finale.  His win at the 2010 Ovals, while driving for three-time car owner winner Jeff Walker, was the most convincing win in the 20-year history of the race.   In addition to his wins at Terre Haute and Arizona, Windom also has a victory this year at Susquehanna Speedway in York Haven, Pennsylvania and is currently 5th in National points. 

In the first 20-years of the Ovals, only two drivers have managed to win it three times.  Lincoln, Indiana’s Dave Darland, who won in 2005, 2006 and 2013, and Campbell, California racer Bud Kaeding, who stood on the top step of the podium in 2001, 2002 and 2007.

Like Windom’s win, Darland’s first two victories in the Ovals came in cars owned by Jeff Walker.  In 2013 he got his third Ovals trophy in the Steve and Carla Phillips #71P.  A couple of weeks after that win he came back to The PAS and won the prestigious Turkey Night Grand Prix.  For the 2016 Ovals, “The People’s Champ,” will be back driving for Walker.   Darland, 50, has scored one win for Walker this year.  That came at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway the first weekend in April.  The 1999 USAC National Series champion enters the Oval Nationals fourth in National points. 

Thirty-six-year-old Kaeding is a third-generation racer who became the first driver in history to win the Oval Nationals in back to back years by getting to the checkered flag first in 2001 and 2002.  His narrow win over Tony Jones in 2001 still ranks as one of the most exciting Oval Nationals of all-time.  In 2002, he took home the first-place trophy the only time the race was contested over 100-laps.  The three-time USAC Silver Crown Series champ won the Ovals for the third time in another thriller over Casey Shuman in 2007.  Kaeding has been a regular in the “King of the West” series the past few seasons and finished second in KSW points in 2016.

Heading the list of entries from the USAC/CRA Series is two time Oval Nationals Champion Damion Gardner.  The Concord, California based racer won the Ovals in 2009 and 2011 while he was still a regular in the USAC National Series.  Since returning to the west coast to race in 2013, Gardner and his car owner Mark Alexander have dominated the USAC/CRA Series with three straight championships.  He can make that four in a row and tie Mike Spencer for the all-time lead with five championships, before reaching this Saturday’s finale.  Thus far in 2016, Gardner has posted four wins including two at The PAS.  Gardner finished second to Windom at both of last week’s races in Arizona. 

The other driver in the field with an Oval Nationals triumph is popular Cal Poly Pomona engineering graduate Mike Spencer of Temecula.  Spencer’s win in 2012 edition of the competition was so popular even many in the press box were openly cheering at the checkered flag.  Hard as it is to believe, that victory, in the famous Ron Chaffin owned #50, was the last win for the 5-time series champion at The PAS.  It was also the last win for Chaffin.  2016 has been a different kind of season for the 35-year-old driver.  Car owner Chaffin passed away last winter and Spencer drove three different cars early in the season before settling into the Gansen Engineering #4S on Memorial Day weekend.  He is currently sixth in USAC/CRA points.  In a related note, 2016 will be the first time in the 21-year history of the Ovals that the Chaffin owned #50 will not be in the race. 

The Oval Nationals will take place next Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 10th, 11th and 12th.  Gates will open at 4:00 PM on Thursday and Friday with racing at 7:00.  For Saturday’s finale, gates will open at 3:00 PM with racing at 7:30.  In addition, there will be a practice session for Oval Nationals entered cars at 5:00 PM on Wednesday, November 9th.  The practice is free for fans in the grandstands and there will be $2.00 pizza, soda and beer.

2016 Budweiser Oval Nationals Pre-Entered Cars

#          Driver                           Residence                                 Car Owner

1          Kevin Thomas              Cullman, Al                              4J Motorsports

2          Austin Williams            Yorba Linda, CA                      John Jory

3F        Colton Slack                 Brentwood, CA                         Ted Finkbinder

4          Damion Gardner           Concord, CA                            Mark Alexander

4G        Chris Gansen                Verdemont Heights, CA            Gansen Engineering

4S        Mike Spencer                Temecula, CA                           Gansen Engineering

4D        TBA                                                                             Gansen Engineering

5          Chris Windom              Canton, IL                                Baldwin Brothers

5          Logan Williams            Yorba Linda, CA                      John Jory

5M       Max Adams                  Loomis, CA                              Max Adams

5X        Tom Malcolm               Corona, CA                              Dino Napier

10         Richard Vander Weerd  Visalia, CA                               Vander Weerd Racing

11        Dave Darland                Lincoln, IN                               Jeff Walker Racing

12         Ronnie Gardner             Corona, CA                              Robbie & Gaye Allen

12A      Josh Pelkey                   Phoenix, AZ                             Robbie & Gaye Allen

17         Josh Hodges                 Tijeras, NM                              Jack Hodges/Sam McGhee

17X      Danny Faria Jr.             Tipton, CA                               Danny Faria Jr.

17GP    Aaron Farney                Brookston, IN                           Michael Dutcher Motorsports

21        Alex Bander                 Ramona, CA                             Richard, Vander Weerd

21AZ    Stevie Sussex                Laveen, AZ                               Michael Burkhart

21A      Matt Mitchell                Newport Beach, CA                  Michael Burkhart

30        C.J. Leary                     Greenfield, IN                           Chuck and Tammi Leary

32        Chase Stockon              Fort Branch, IN                         Chase Stockon

36        Anthony Lopiccolo        Yorba Linda, CA                      John Springstead

39E      Kyle Edwards               Fountain Valley, CA                 Gordon Edwards

42        Carson Macedo             Lemoore, CA                            Dwight Cheney

42X      Thomas Meseraull         San Jose, CA                            Joshua Bates

44         Cody Williams              Corona, CA                              John Jory

51        R.J. Johnson                 Laveen, AZ                               Bobby Martin

51T      Eddie Tafoya                Chino Hills, CA                        Eddie Tafoya

56        Ryan Bernal                  Hollister, CA                            Michael Phulps

52        Isaac Chapple               New Castle, IN                         Isaac Chapple

64        Parker Colston              Lake Elsinore, CA                     Richard Gore/Paul Colston

69        Randy Waitman            Ramona, CA                             Randy Waitman

69        Bud Kaeding                 Campbell, CA                           Alan Kaiser

69         Brady Bacon                 Broken Arrow, OK                    Dynamics Inc.

81        Jon Stanbrough             Brownsburg, IN                        Jon Stanbrough

81X      Cody Majors                 Simi Valley, CA                       Steve Watt

83         Austin Liggett               Tracy, CA                                 Austin Liggett

88V      Jace Vander Weerd       Visalia, CA                               Vander Weerd Racing

91R      Brody Roa                    Garden Grove, CA                    BR Performance

92        Jake Swanson               Anaheim, CA                            Moose Racing

92M     TBA                                                                             Moose Racing

97        Brett Mellenberndt        Sioux Falls, SD                         Brett Mellenberndt

98        Jeremy Ellertson           Lawndale, CA                           Jeremy Ellertson

98V      Verne Sweeney             Lomita, CA                               Ken Tracy

98JR    Andrew Sweeney          Torrance, CA                            Ken Tracy

98E      Chad Boespflug            Hanford, CA                             NineEight/EZR

Oval Nationals Champions

1996 Jimmy Sills

1997 Rip Williams

1998 Rodney Argo

1999 Rickie Gaunt

2000 Tony Jones

2001 Bud Kaeding

2002 Bud Kaeding

2003 Cory Kruseman

2004 Cory Kruseman

2005 Dave Darland

2006 Dave Darland

2007 Bud Kaeding

2008 Jesse Hockett

2009 Damion Gardner

2010 Chris Windom

2011 Damion Gardner

2012 Mike Spencer

2013 Dave Darland

2014 Robert Ballou

2015 Bryan Clauson

First place in the Oval Nationals will pay $25,000.00, second will pay $15,000.00 and third will pay $10,000.00 at the Saturday finale.  Saturday’s main event will pay $1,000.00 to start.  The two preliminary nights, Thursday and Friday, will each pay $5,000.00 to win and $500.00 to start.   All three nights of intense racing action will be full-points paying races for the USAC National and USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series.

Teams wishing to enter the historic running of the 21st Oval Nationals can download the entry blank at the following link:  http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/forms/16ovalform.html

Advanced tickets for the Oval Nationals are on sale now at:  http://pas.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=7 or by calling 1-800-595-4849. 

Camping, which is $25.00 per night, will be available on the fairgrounds beginning on Wednesday, November 9th, at noon.

The complete 2016 Perris Auto Speedway schedule is at the end of this release. 

Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank its corporate sponsors.  All Coast Construction, All Seasons Tree Repair, Amsoil, Archibald’s Restaurants, Ayers Hotel and Spa, BlueLine Rentals, Budweiser, Bud’s Tire Pro, Center Point Church, Champion Towing, City of Perris, Country Values Magazine, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Ed Moore Bullet Proof Driveshaft, Edelbrock, Engine Pro, Green Sheet, HD Industries, Hoosier Tires, Horizon Solar, Imola Restaurant & Bar, K&N Engineering, Luke’s Transmission, Paul Oil Company, Pepsi-Cola, Pick-A-Part Auto Salvage, Pizza Factory, Pole Position, PrintItNow.com, R. David Bulen Insurance, Scott Sales, Shaver Specialties, Square H, Sunstate Equipment, Swedish Speed, Original Tommy’s Burgers, Trench Shoring, US Foods, Valley News, Vista Paint and Weedmaps.

To keep up with all the latest Perris Auto Speedway news, photos, gossip and receive special offers, sign up at The PAS Facebook site at:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Perris-Auto-Speedway/113876798686480?ref=hl

You can also keep up with the latest news and receive special offers from The PAS Twitter site: Perris Auto Speedway on Twitter.

Video and DVD productions of all racing events at Perris Auto Speedway are available from Loudpedal Productions. For more information on these productions you can contact them by calling (805) 844-3854, E-mailing mailto:[email protected] or you can visit the web site LoudPedal Productions

Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds (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, exit on the Ramona Expressway and go three miles east to the fairgrounds.


[email protected] is the only authorized Internet address to issue official media news released from The Perris Auto Speedway or Oval Entertainment.

November 9th              Oval Nationals Practice

November 10th             Budweiser Oval Nationals "Presented by All Coast Construction"

November 11th            Budweiser Oval Nationals "Presented by All Coast Construction"

November 12th            Budweiser Oval Nationals “Presented by All Coast Construction"

 

December 10th             Winter Challenge Series – PASSCAR Modifieds, PASSCAR Street Stocks, Super Stocks and Factory Stocks

 

January 7th                 Winter Challenge Series – IMCA Modifieds, PASSCAR Street Stocks, Super Stocks and Factory Stocks

 

January 21st                 Winter Challenge Series – IMCA Modifieds, PASSCAR Street Stocks, Super Stocks and Factory Stocks

 

February 11th              Winter Challenge Series – IMCA Modifieds, PASSCAR Street Stocks, Super Stocks and Factory Stocks

 

February 12th               Winter Challenge Series – IMCA Modifieds, PASSCAR Street Stocks, Super Stocks and Factory Stocks

 

 

NOTE; THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE






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