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View From The PAS! by Scott Daloisio |
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| March 19, 2002 |
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Vista Paint will next present the NAPA Auto Parts/Auto Trader Magazines SCRA Sprint Cars at Perris Auto Speedway on April 13th… If you missed the Pennzoil World of Outlaws at The PAS in February, you missed the fastest lap in the track’s history. Danny “The Dude” Lasoski, driving a car owned by NASCAR Winston Cup star Tony Stewart, blazed to a new all-time track record of 13.875. The old record of 14.070, was set by Joey Saldana two years ago… By the way, the Outlaw’s main event was extremely entertaining as time after time youngster Daryn Pittman would drive away from the greatest Sprint Car driver of them all, Steve Kinser, until they hit lapped traffic. Kinser would reel the kid in when they hit the lappers, but yellow flags and subsequent restarts would give Pittman the advantage again. In a finish that even Hollywood could not do better, the “King” caught the “Kid” in the final turn and they crossed the line side by side with Pittman winning by a bumper… Neat photograph on the first page of Rip Williams website showed him wrestling with a Tiger! You can check his website out at www.ripwilliams.com… Everyone from The PAS would like to send our condolences to the family and friends of Jim San Angelo. A Quarter Midget parent, San Angelo passed away on February 23rd after suffering a heart attack at the Quarter Midget races in Pomona… Time to buy PAS season tickets is running out! They will only be sold until April 1st. It is the best deal in racing. You get tickets for 25 races and you pick any 25 nights you wish. Reserved seat General Admission seats are $300.00 for adults. That is $12.00 per race. General Admission season seats are $250.00. That is a mere $10.00 per race. It is a great deal, but you hade better hurry to get yours before time runs out… Speaking of April 1st, that is the first day that you will be able to purchase tickets to the annual July 4th SCRA Sprint Car Race and Fireworks Extravaganza… Was Mike Kirby on fire when he won the main event at The PAS on March 2nd or what? He started the main in thirteenth spot and was up to fourth by lap 8. He took the win by a comfortable margin over Cory Kruseman. That was two big passing jobs in two races by the Lomita local. On opening day, Kirby went from 22nd to 9th in the main… Other drivers with fine passing jobs in that main included Kruseman 9th to 2nd, Jeremy Sherman 20th to 5th, Steve Ostling 22nd to 7th, Tony Jones 21st to 10th and Charles Davis Jr. 19th or 20th to 12th. More incredibly, they came on a night when the wind howled all night long, but the track stayed racey all evening. A much deserved high five to the track prep crew. All I would normally have expected from that night was a blue groove dust bowl… Jones, Davis and Mark Nation all lost their original starting spots and were sent to the back for being late on the track for the “A’ main. Ostling had to go to the back as after being bumped off, he pulled to the work area to tighten his safety belts… Kudos to Kruseman’s owner Harlan Willis, Crew Chief Mike Nigh and the crew of the #1. After getting up side down on lap one of the first heat, they thrashed to get the car on the track for the “B” and were rewarded with a second place finish in the “A” main… With 43 cars on hand, there was a huge variation in chassis’. The breakdown looked like this: 9 = Stinger, 8 = TCR, 4 = Okie, 3 = Avenger, 2 @ Gambler, Jon Boy, Sled, Ellis and Extreme, 1 @ Victory, Meli, Stewart, Stealth, Renegade, Eagle, Challenger, J & J and Drake. Top three chassis’ in the main were: 1. Stinger, 2. TCR, 3. Sled… Top three engines in the main were 1. RC Performance, 2. RC Performance, 3. Shaver Racing Engines… National Speed Sports News has a fresh monthly insert titled, “Elbows Up” on Open Wheel racing. Featured in the February issue is sometimes SCRA star J.J. Yeley… Brian
Venard, who missed the opening day show as his car was not ready and who
broke in hot laps the second week, will also miss the April 27th
race at The PAS.
The amiable second generation driver will be taking that night off
to get married…
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