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$4,750.00 TO WIN JEFF BAGLEY CLASSIC AT PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY AND MIKE KIRBY RETURNS!
by Scott Daloisio

(AUGUST 28, 2006, PERRIS, CA) Racing fans will get a lot of bang for their buck when Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply presents the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars in the Annual Jeff Bagley Classic on CRA’s 60^th Anniversary weekend this Saturday night, September 2^nd, at Perris Auto Speedway. Drivers will get a lot of extra bangs and some extra bucks as well as the 40-lap main event will pay a whopping $4,750.00 to the winner. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM with racing at 7:00.

The Annual Jeff Bagley Classic honors the memory of 1988 CRA Rookie of the Year Jeff Bagley along with his parents Paul and Helen Bagley. Jeff Bagley lost his life in a racing crash at Ascot Park in May of 1989. His parents were fatally injured in a racing incident at The PAS three years ago.

Anne Wilkerson, current USAC/CRA car owner and a close friend of the Bagley’s, spearheaded this year’s Bagley Classic drive and she raised $8,200.00 extra for the purse. The extra money will be spread through the field. Saturday’s night’s main event winner will pocket an extra $2,000.00 to take home a minimum of $4,750.00. Second place will pay an extra $1,500.00 and third place will earn an extra $1,000.00. The remainder will be spread throughout the evening including $500.00 to the leader of lap 21 of the main. That lap honor’s Jeff Bagley who drove the #21 sprint car.

“We are pleased to be hosting the Jeff Bagley Classic again and to be honoring Jeff, Paul and Helen,” Perris Auto Speedway promoter Don Kazarian said last Saturday. “It is a big race and it comes on Labor Day Weekend and the 60^th anniversary weekend of the first ever CRA race. Anne Wilkerson did a great job in raising an extra $8,200.00 for the purse. We want to thank her and thank everyone who donated to the purse.”

At intermission a ticket will be drawn from those who donated to the purse and the winner will receive a one of a kind quilt custom made with original Ascot Park t-shirts.

Wilkerson also announced last week that her sprint car would be back on the track this week with popular star Mike Kirby in the diver’s seat. Kirby, the 1993 CRA champion, has not raced since July 1^st. The 42 year-old former Ascot Figure 8 champion from Torrance, California, has recorded 61 lifetime sprint car wins. His last win was at the Annual Sokola Classic at The PAS on May 13th.

Rip Williams, of Yorba Linda, California, will be one Kirby’s main combatants Saturday at The PAS. Williams scored the 103^rd win of his illustrious career at Santa Maria Speedway last Saturday night. USAC/CRA point leader Damion Gardner (Concord, California), Cory Kruseman (Ventura, California), Mike Spencer (Temecula, California), Tony Jones (Norco, California) and the rest of the USAC/CRA superstars will all be in action this Saturday.

Saturday’s action will consist of hot laps, qualifying, four ten lap heat races, a 12-lap B main event and a 40-lap A main event. And, the drivers will all get along perfectly, there will be no bumping, no finger point and no shouting! If you believe that last line, you are in for a RUDE AWAKENING! This is Sprint Car Racing no holds bar style where friendships are left on the street outside the track and making an enemy over $4,750.00 is part of the job!

Advance tickets are on sale 24 hours a day by calling 1-800-595-4849. You can also order advance tickets on the Internet at tix.com or perrisautospeedway.com.

Saturday night’s affair on Riverside County’s only clay half-mile oval will be preceded by Friday’s drag racing action on the Diamond Valley Honda Street Legal Strip at The PAS Drag Strip. Gates at the drag strip open at 5:00 PM with racing at 6:00. The drag strip is also located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds.

Perris Auto Speedway is located on the freeway close Lake Perris Fairgrounds, home of the 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 two miles east to the fairgrounds.

Anyone wishing more information can contact Perris Auto Speedway at (951) 940-0134.

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USAC/CRA POINT STANDINGS

1. Damion Gardner - Concord, CA - 1316

2. Cory Kruseman - Ventura, CA - 1303

3. Mike Spencer - Temecula, CA - 1092

4. Tony Jones - Norco, CA - 1090

5. Danny Sheridan - Santa Maria, CA - 1019

6. Rip Williams - Yorba Linda, CA - 874

7. Rickie Gaunt - Torrance, CA - 720

8. David Cardey - Riverside, CA - 698

9. Josh Ford - Camarillo, CA - 694

10. Charles Davis Jr. - Buckeye, AZ - 682

11. Blake Miller - Yorba Linda, CA - 634