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| KRUSEMAN RETURNS FOR 40-LAP LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SERIES RACE AT PERRIS! |
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(AUGUST 28, PERRIS, CA) Two-time Budweiser Oval Nationals Champion and
current Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champion Cory Kruseman will return to
action at Perris Auto Speedway for the first time since July 4th when Temecula
Valley Pipe & Supply presents the series in a show highlighted by a 40-lap
main event this Saturday night, September 1st. Spectator gates will open at 5:00
PM with racing at 7:00. The popular Ventura, California star, who will celebrate his 37th birthday on September 20th, has spent most of the last two months racing in the Midwest competing first in the tough Indiana Sprint Week competition and then the TNT Series. Despite being gone for the extended period and missing a few races earlier in the year, Kruseman still sits seventh in the championship point standings. His three main event victories is third best in the loop only behind series points leader Tony Jones of Norco, California, who has five triumphs, and Temecula, California’s Mike Spencer who has four wins. Of his three Lucas Oil USAC/CRA wins this year, Kruseman has one victory at The PAS on June 9th. His other wins came at King’s Speedway in Hanford, California and the Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California. On Saturday night, Kruseman will be accompanied by young teammates Michael Trimble of San Jose, California and Reading, California’s Alex Schutte, a four-time IKF Carting champion. In addition to Kruseman, another popular driver will be returning to The PAS on Saturday night. Elk Grove, California’s Johnny Rodriguez, the current USAC Western Midget point leader, will be back behind the wheel of the beautiful Mark Priestley #7 Sprint Car. The affable Rodriguez, 31, holds a commanding 122-point lead in the Western Midgets as that series begins in stretch run on September 7th at the Altamont Motorsports Park in Tracy, California. Rodriguez, who won the USAC Western Midget title in 2004, saw his 2006 season cut short by an injury suffered in a wild flip late in the B main of the Budweiser Oval Nationals last November. In addition to his 2004 Western Midget championship, Rodriguez, who is also known as “J-Rod,” won the 1999 Silver Dollar Speedway Championship and was Rookie of the Year in the now defunct NARC Series in 1995. Heading into Saturday’s race, Jones holds a massive 174-point lead over Spencer in the championship standings. Those two have dominated the series for nearly three months. The last time any other driver besides them has visited victory circle was Kruseman’s June 9th PAS triumph. Since then, Jones and Spencer have split the last six races with three wins each. Saturday’s holiday weekend showdown at The PAS will include qualifying, 10 lap heat races, a 12 lap B-Main and a crowd-pleasing, driver intense 40-lap A-Main event. Anyone wishing more information could contact Perris Auto Speedway at (951) 940-0134. Perris Auto Speedway is located on the 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 at the Ramona Expressway and go two miles east to the fairgrounds. Video and DVD productions for all Lucas Oil USAC/CRA at races Perris Auto Speedway are available from North Hollywood, California’s Raceway Video. For more information on these shows call Jeff Kristensen at (818) 618-9764 or visit the website at www.racewayvideo.com racesatthepas@aol.com is the only authorized Internet address to issue official media news released from The Perris Auto Speedway or Oval Entertainment USAC/CRA SERIES SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS 1. Tony Jones – Norco, CA – 1441 2. Mike Spencer – Temecula, CA - 1267 3. Rickie Gaunt – Torrance, CA – 1198 4. Danny Sheridan – Santa Maria - CA – 1140 5. Scotty Weir – Marion, IN – 990 6. Rip Williams – Yorba Linda, CA – 944 7. Cory Kruseman – Ventura, CA - 778 8. David Cardey – Riverside, CA – 760 9. Josh Ford – Oxnard, CA – 689 10. Blake Miller – Yorba Linda, CA - 680 11. R.J. Johnson – Phoenix, AZ – 650 12. Rodney Argo – Gardena, CA – 517 13. Tyler Brown – Norco, CA – 574 14. Garrett Hansen – Manhattan Beach, CA – 514 15. Darren Hagen – Riverside, CA - 484 16. J Hicks – Lomita, CA – 482 17. Jason York – Chico, CA – 414 18. Michael Trimble, CA – 384 19. Charles Davis Jr. – Buckeye, AZ – 350 20. Alan Ballard – Bakersfield, CA - 336 |
