FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bobby Michnowicz (310) 320-5569
For Immediate Release
CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CARS AT VENTURA SATURDAY!
(Torrance, CA, July 3, 2018) The most competitive season in recent memory for the USAC/California Lightning Sprint Car Series will continue this Saturday night, July 7th, at the Ventura Raceway. In the first six races of the 2018 campaign, five different drivers have visited victory circle.
Heading into Saturday’s race at the picturesque track that is located adjacent to the Pacific Ocean, Spring Valley’s Jarrett Kramer sits on top of the championship standings. The 36-year-old took the point lead at the fourth race of the year at the Barona Speedway on May 19th. Since that time, the 2010 series champion has built up a 72-point advantage over two-time champion Brent Sexton of Lakeside. Teenager’s Dominic Del Monte of Gardena and Aiden Lange of Lakewood sit third and fourth in the standings. Camarillo’s Cody Nigh is fifth.
Lange has two victories and is the only driver with multiple wins in 2018. Five-time series champ Bobby Michnowicz of Lomita, Ventura’s Bruce Douglass, Nigh and Kramer have won the other four races. Douglass, a two-time Perris Auto Speedway Senior Sprint Car champion who will turn 67 in August, won the series last race at the Bakersfield Speedway on June 16th.
In the first two CLS races at Ventura in 2018, Michnowicz and Lange picked up the wins.
In addition to the CLS, the VRA Sprint Cars, Dwarf Cars and Focus Midgets will also be part of Saturday’s program. Spectator gates will open at 3:00 P.M. with racing at 5:30. The Ventura Raceway is located on the Ventura County Fairgrounds at 10 West Harbor Boulevard in Ventura (93001). The track website is http://venturaraceway.com/ and the track phone number is (805) 648-RACE.
After Saturday’s race in Ventura, the CLS will take one week off before returning to action for round #2 of the “CLS vs BCRA Civil War Series” at the Santa Maria Raceway on July 21st.
2018 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings
1. Jarrett Kramer – Spring Valley, CA - 753
2. Brent Sexton – Lakeside, CA – 681
3. Dominic Del Monte – Gardena, CA - 641
4. Aiden Lange - Lakewood, CA – 636
5. Cody Nigh – Camarillo, CA - 592
6. Pat Kelley - Chino, CA – 568
7. Bobby Michnowicz – Lomita, CA – 548
8. Jeffrey Dyer – Bermuda Dunes, CA – 541
9. Grant Sexton – Lakeside, CA - 446
10. Eric Greco - Palmdale, CA – 432
2018 Civil War Standings (CLS vs BCRA)
1. Bobby Michnowicz – CLS – 135
2. Bruce Douglass – CLS – 132
3. Jarrett Kramer – CLS – 124
4. Dan Hillberg – CLS – 123
5. Cody Nigh – CLS – 114
6. Dominic Del Monte – CLS – 107
6. Brent Sexton – CLS – 107
8. Scott Kinney – BCRA – 97
9. Jon Robertson – CLS – 93
10. Kiwi Alexander – BCRA - 88
March 17 – Bakersfield Speedway – USAC National – Rained Out
March 24 – Ventura Raceway – USAC National – Rained Out
April 14 – Ventura Raceway – USAC National – Bobby Michnowicz
April 21 – Bakersfield Speedway – USAC National – Aiden Lange
May 5 – Ventura Raceway – USAC National – Aiden Lange
May 19th – Barona Speedway – Jim Squire Memorial – Cody Nigh
May 26 – Perris Auto Speedway – USAC National – Salute to Indy – Jarrett Kramer
June 16 – Bakersfield Speedway – Civil War vs BCRA – Bruce Douglass
July 7 – Ventura Raceway – USAC National
July 21 – Santa Maria Raceway – Civil War vs BCRA
August 1 – Ventura Raceway – USAC National – Ventura County Fair
August 18 – Perris Auto Speedway – USAC National – California Racer’s Hall of Fame Night
August 25 – Barona Speedway
September 8 – Bakersfield Speedway – USAC National
September 21 – Placerville Speedway – Civil War vs BCRA
September 22 – Placerville Speedway – Civil War vs BCRA
October 6 – Ventura Raceway – USAC National
October 20 – Barona Speedway
October 27 – Ventura Raceway – USAC National
November 17- Bakersfield Speedway USAC National with USAC National and Western Midgets
The California Lightning Sprint Car Series would like to thank the following sponsors for helping make the 2017 season possible: Christian Stover Foundation, Circle Track Performance, Cold Fire West, DK Fabrication, Extreme Muffler, Fast Undercar, Hoosier Tire, Keizer Wheels, Outlaw Wings, Racing Optics, Rod End Supply, Saldana Race Products, Sander Engineering, Speedmart, Speed Partz, Super Shocks, T Shirts by Timeless, Woodland Auto Display.
If you or your company would like to become part of the series for its historic 25th season in 2018, please call Bobby Michnowicz at (310) 320-5569.
To keep up with the CLS online, please visit the website at http://racecls.com/
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PAST CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONS
1994 Tony Everhart
1995 Gary Sexton
1996 Rob Sczymczak
1997 Jon Rahe
1998 Chris Rahe
1999 Brent Sexton
2000 Greg Bragg
2001 Greg Bragg
2002 Greg Bragg
2003 David Cardey
2004 Keith Janca
2005 Johnny Bates
2006 Donny Gansen
2007 Shane Rossen
2008 Brent Sexton
2009 Stuart Hielschier Sr.
2010 Jarrett Kramer
2011 Tim Brown
2012 Bobby Michnowicz
2013 Stephen Limon
2014 Bobby Michnowicz
2015 Bobby Michnowicz
2016 Bobby Michnowicz
2017 Bobby Michnowicz
This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:[email protected]
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