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Perris Auto Speedway
18700 Lake Perris Drive
Perris, CA 92571
(951) 940-0134
perrisautospeedway.com
For Further Information contact Scott Daloisio (909) 226-7768 or [email protected]
For Immediate Release
PAST CHAMPION FACES HIS SONS IN BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS!
(OCTOBER 20, 2009, PERRIS, CA) Famed West Coast car owners Jack & Sharon Jory have entered three cars in the November 5th, 6th and 7th 14th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway. The three car team will include 1997 Oval Nationals champion Rip Williams and his two oldest sons, Cody and Austin.
The patriarch of the trio, Rip, first came to Sprint Car prominence 31-years ago when he was named co-Rookie of the Year in the original CRA in 1978. Since then, the now 53 year-old resident of Yorba Linda has won more than 100 Sprint Car main events and the inaugural USAC/CRA championship in 2004. Earlier this year he was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Iowa.
Rip's oldest son, Cody, 20, was National Sprint Car Hall of Fame co-Rookie of the Year in 2008. He made his Oval Nationals debut in 2008 and won the Saturday night D Main before finishing 15th in the C Main.
Rip's middle son, Austin, who turned 19 earlier this month, is trying to duplicate his brothers Rookie of the Year award in 2009. On October 10th, he duplicated his best finish of the season with a strong 7th at The PAS. He will be making his Budweiser Oval Nationals debut.
Heading into the prestigious Oval Nationals, all of the Williams clan is in the top 15 in the USAC/CRA Series standings. Rip ranks 8th, with sophomore driver Cody – who was nicknamed "Cadillac" after scoring a touchdown while playing high school football and maintains that nickname in racing today – 11th and Austin 13th.
The Budweiser Oval Nationals is three nights of intense, full points paying races for the USAC National Sprint Car Series and the USAC/CRA Series. The Thursday and Friday preliminary nights will include qualifying, heat races, preliminary and A main events. The Oval Nationals will culminate on Saturday the 7th with the final main events of the weekend including the 40-lap Oval Nationals Championship A Main.
Advance tickets for the Oval Nationals are available 24 hours a day by calling 1-800-595-4849. You can also order them from The PAS office at: (951) 940-0134. On the Internet, tickets are available at tix.com or perrisautospeedway.com.
For more information call The PAS at: (951) 940-0134.
You can keep up with all of the latest news from Perris Auto Speedway on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/perrisautospdwy
Video and DVD productions of all USAC/CRA races at The PAS dating back to 2004 and including the last five Budweiser Oval Nationals are available from Jeff Kristensen's Raceway Video. For more information on these productions you can call: (818) 618-9764 or visit the web site at: racewayvideo.com.
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
OVAL NATIONALS CHAMPIONS
1996 Jimmy Sills – Placerville, CA
1997 Rip Williams – Yorba Linda, CA
1998 Rodney Argo – Gardena, CA
1999 Rickie Gaunt – Torrance, CA
2000 Tony Jones – Norco, CA
2001 Bud Kaeding – Campbell, CA
2002 Bud Kaeding - Campbell, CA
2003 Cory Kruseman – Ventura, CA
2004 Cory Kruseman - Ventura, CA
2005 Dave Darland – Lincoln, IN
2006 Dave Darland – Lincoln, IN
2007 Bud Kaeding - Campbell, CA
2008 Jesse Hockett – Warsaw, MO
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