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CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CARS
22126 South Vermont, Unit A
Torrance, CA 90502
(310) 320-5569
http://www.calightningsprints.com/
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Bobby Michnowicz (310) 320-5569
For Immediate Release
CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CARS AT PERRIS SALUTE TO INDY SATURDAY!
(Torrance, CA, May 21, 2014) The highly competitive 2014 season for the California Lightning Sprint Car Series continues on this Saturday night, May 24th, at the “Annual Salute to Indy at Perris Auto Speedway.” Joining the CLS on the action packed racing card will be the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Gun Sprints. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM with racing at 7:00.
Going into Saturday’s race, Corona’s Stephen Limon, the 2013 champion, has a 51-point advantage over Fort Irwin’s Jeff Dyer for the top spot in the championship standings. Lomita’s Bobby Michnowicz, the 2012 champ, is third in the point standings 120 out of first. Third year San Diego racer Damon Arnett is 5-points behind Michnowicz in fourth. Murrieta’s Zach Zauss is fifth.
The best battle for position among the top ten is from seventh through 10th, which is only separated by 7-points! Rookie Cori Andres, a 15 year-old from Laguna Niguel, sits seventh with 1019 points. Fellow rookie Jeremey Queener of Torrance is one point behind Andrews with 1018. Veterans Dan Hillberg of Placentia and Anaheim’s Dale Gamer are ninth and 10th with 1015 and 1012 respectively.
Corey Hoover of Corona, who is sixth in the championship standings, is the leading rookie after the first six races. He is 42=points ahead of Andrews and 43 in front of Queener in the “Rookie of the Year” standings.
Through the first five races of the campaign, five different drivers entered the CLS victory circle. Michnowicz, Dyer, Limon, Hillberg and Northern California’s Dakota Albright all picked up wins. Michnowicz has won the last two races and now has three wins. He is the only driver with more than one victory.
In two prior appearances at The PAS this year, Dyer and Michnowicz have picked up the wins. Both of those races were run on the “Hybrid Track” which uses turns one and two of the inner quarter-mile and turns three and four on the half-mile. This Saturday night the CLS will be using the full half-mile for the first time in 2014,
At last year’s “Salute to Indy,” Kevin Michnowicz, Bobby’s son, won edged Limon for the prestigious win. Alex Grigoreas was third.
The California Lightning Sprint Car Series would like to thank series sponsors Performance by Rosson Racing, T Shirts by Timeless, Cold Fire West, Circle Track Performance, Extreme Mufflers, Racing Optics, Saldana Race Products, Keizer Wheels, Sander Engineering, Christian Stover Foundation, Hoosier Racing Tires, Drake Incorporated and DK Machine. If you or your company would like to become part of the California Lightning Series for the 2014 season, please call Bobby Michnowicz at: (310) 320-5569.
To keep up with the CLS on line, please visit the web site at: http://www.calightningsprints.com/index.html
You can also follow on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/calightning.sprints?fref=ts
California Lightning Sprint Car Series Pont Standings
1. Stephen Limon - Corona - 1293
2. Jeff Dyer - Silver Lake - 1242
3. Bobby Michnowicz - Lomita - 1173
4 Damon Arnett - San Diego - 1168
5. Zach Zauss - Murrieta - 1064
6. Corey Hoover - Corona - 1061
7. Cori Andrews - Laguna Niguel - 1019
8. Jeremy Queener - Torrance - 1018
9. Dan Hillberg - Placentia - 1015
10. Dale Gamer - Anaheim - 1012
2014 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule
March 8: Imperial Fairgrounds Raceway - El Centro, CA - Bobby Michnowicz
March 15: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA (Sokola Shootout) - Jeff Dyer
March 29: Bakersfield Speedway - Bakersfield, CA - Dakota Albright
April 5: Ventura Raceway - Ventura, CA - Stephen Limon
April 19: Bakersfield Speedway - Bakersfield, CA - Dan Hillberg
May 3: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA - Bobby Michnowicz
May 10: Bakersfield Speedway - Bakersfield, CA - Bobby Michnowicz
May 24: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA (Salute To Indy)
June 14: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
July 4: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA (Firecracker)
August 16: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA (California Racers Hall of Fame Night)
September 13: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA (Glenn Howard Classic)
September 27: *Bakersfield Speedway - Bakersfield, CA
October 18: *Ventura Raceway - Ventura, CA
November 7: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA (Oval Nationals)
November 8: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA (Oval Nationals)
November 15: Imperial Fairgrounds Raceway - El Centro, CA
* = Co-Sanctioned Event With BCRA Midget Lites.
This schedule is subject to change.
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
This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768
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