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View From The PAS! by Scott Daloisio |
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| June 12, 2002 |
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Vista Paint will next present the NAPA Auto Parts/Auto Trader Magazines SCRA Sprint Cars at The PAS on June 22nd. Joining them will be the California Champ Trucks… June is “Kid’s Month” at The PAS and all kids 12 and under will be admitted free every Saturday night throughout the month… What a difference a few hours can make. When SCRA was at The PAS three weeks ago, Tony Jones came into the night 9 points behind series point leader Cory Kruseman. Following qualifying, the Garden Grove star had pulled within 2 points of Kruseman, but by the end of the night, he was 35-points behind the point leader and Kruseman was 20-points behind the point leader! In a massive shakeup in the standings, Steve Ostling took over the point lead jumping from fourth to first. Richard Griffin moved up to the second spot. For the record, the top four looks like this: 1. Ostling (701), 2. Griffin (690), 3. Kruseman (681), 4. Jones (664)… By the way, Ostling gave car owner “Biker Bruce” Fisher a great birthday present by putting him in the points lead for the very first time… Remember the yellow flag with a lap or two to go due to debris (a wheel cover) in the SCRA main event at The PAS on May 18th? I have heard from some people that SCRA did that to benefit a certain driver. Funny though, none of them agreed on which driver. Furthermore, all of their choices of the beneficiary driver happened to be a driver that particular person care for. GIVE ME A BREAK! There was debris on the track and SCRA made a judgment to throw the yellow due to safety. The yellow was not thrown to help out any particular driver… This Saturday night (June 15th), The PAS plays host to a giant quadruple header program that includes Figure 8’s, a Demolition Derby, Pick-A-Part Cruisers, Temecula Valley Mitsubishi Super Stocks and Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply Street Stocks. Added to the program will be the Hoffy 100 Hot Dog Race and an Australian Pursuit race… Cory Kruseman was set to take a red eye flight after thePAS main event a few weeks ago to race at Eldora in the USAC Stoops Freightliner Series the next evening. However, his nasty flip in the main event forced him to cancel that plan. Dean Franklin subbed for Kruseman, but failed to make the main event. J.J. Yeley bagged the win and SCRA regular Jeremy Sherman, driving for Keith Kunz, finished 14th… Sad to hear and hope it is not true for a long time, but talented, longtime photographer Stan Hansen has hung up his camera. Stan is truly in love with sprint car racing and hopefully he will not be gone for long… Belated Happy Birthday to Ken Wagner. Wags celebrated his birthday at The PAS on May 25th… Kaylene Verville led all 30 laps to win the USAC New Mexico/Arizona Regional Sprint Car Series main event at Thunder Raceway in Show Low, Arizona a couple of weeks ago. She won a Bandit 360 heat at The PAS a few years back. Mike Boat, a past main event winner with SCRA, finished third… Tony Jones is building a 2-seater sprint car and will have it available for rides on PAS Practice nights or on some Sunday afternoons. Cory Kruseman already has one and may be on the track at the same time to give passengers a real racing experience. For information on taking a ride, see Tony or Cory some night in the pits after the races … Motorcycle fans listen up. Gene Romero’s AMA sanctioned West Coast Flat Track Series will be at The PAS for a TT Race on June 29th. It will be the first TT in this track’s history… It was good to see Greg DeCaires back at The PAS the last two SCRA races in Linda Lancaster’s #14. DeCaires is leading the points in the 360 Winged Sprint Car Series at Placerville in Northern California… I am very impressed with Gary W. Howard thus far in 2002. With a little better luck, he would easily be in the top 10 in points. For that matter, any amount of good luck would be welcome… Nice guy Dan Hillberg looked like he lost a fight to Mike Tyson with after his flip two weeks ago. No, he did not have a bite out of his ear, but he did have a terribly swollen eye… Impressive
debut by 20-year old Nicholas Lima two weeks ago.
In his first ever race, he nearly transferred out of the C
Main to the heats. Nicholas
is the son of SCRA driver Tony Lima. He will run 5 SCRA race in 2002 and then run for Rookie of
the Year in 2003. When
not around the racetrack, Nicholas plays Water Polo on his college
team at Mt. Sac or Cal Poly (sorry Nick, I forgot which one)… |
