[Scott Daloisio]

Perris Auto Speedway
18700 Lake Perris Drive
Perris, CA 92571
(951) 940-0134
http://perrisautospeedway.com/

For further information, contact Scott Daloisio (909) 226-7768 or mailto:racesatthepas@aol.com

For Immediate Release

SUPERSTARS CLAUSON AND DARLAND COMING TO 2016 PERRIS SPRINT OPENER!

(Perris, CA, February 10, 2016) Southern California Sprint Car fans are in for a major treat when Perris Auto Speedway opens the 2016 season on Saturday, March 5th, with the annual running of the Sokola Shootout for the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars. In addition to the usual bevy of west coast stars, Indiana superstars Bryan Clauson and Dave Darland will be on hand to try to capture the checkered flag at the Riverside County clay ovals 21st season opener.

Clauson, a 26-year-old Northern California native who now calls Noblesville, Indiana home, won the historic 20th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals at The PAS last November. To say that victory was anything, but a perfect picture of determination would be an understatement. After blowing an engine in the Friday night preliminary main event, he made an overnight round trip drive to Arizona to borrow an engine from friend Mike Martin. With a new bullet in the Dooling/Hayward #63, Clauson scored a convincing win and pocketed the $25,000 winner’s check making the overnight sojourn across the desert well worthwhile.

At the March 5th season opener, Clauson will be driving Martin’s Cancer Treatment Centers of America/Jonathon Byrd Restaurant and Hospitality Group #16. It will be just one of 200 races he hopes to compete in, in a dizzying 2016 in what he is calling the “Circle Insanity Tour.” As this piece went to press, he has already contested 12 races. Of the 12, he has four wins, five top sevens and nine top ten finishes. In the course of the 200 races Clauson will be competing in non-wing sprint cars, wing sprint cars, midgets and for the third year, the Indianapolis 500.

A past driver for Chip Ganassi in the NASCAR Infinity Series, Clauson sat on the pole at Daytona in July of 2008. In open wheel action, the highly decorated driver is a two-time USAC National Midget champion (2010-2011), two-time USAC National Sprint Car champion (2012-2013), two-time winner of the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Irwindale (2009 – 2010) and the 2014 winner of the important Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Darland, a 49-year-old racing grandfather from Lincoln, Indiana, is one of only two drivers to have won the Oval Nationals at The PAS three-times. He won his first two Oval Nationals in 2005 and 2006. It was another seven years before he won his third tying him with Bud Kaeding in 2013. That win came a couple of weeks before he returned to The PAS and recorded his second win in the Turkey Night Grand. His first victory in the Thanksgiving Night Classic came at Irwindale in 2007

Darland scored his first USAC National Championship when he emerged triumphant in the Silver Crown Series in 1997. Two years later he took the top spot in the National Sprint Car Series and he won the USAC National Championship in 2001 and 2002. He is also the all-time leading winner in the USAC National Sprint Car Series. Last month the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame presented Darland with the prestigious “Thomas J. Schmeh Award” for outstanding contributions to the sport. In addition to his championships, titles and wins, the affable racer has been tabbed with the moniker of “The People’s Champ” due to his immense popularity with race fans from one end of the open wheel racing world to the other.

At The PAS season opener, Darland will be steering the Dwight Cheney owned Saldana Race Products/Shaver Specialties/Sander Engineering/Barnes Systems/Fab Shop/Parker Store & Hose Fittings of Phoenix #42.

In addition to Clauson & Darland and the stars of the USAC/CRA stars, the PAS Senior and Young Gun Sprint Cars will also be in action at the opener.

Tickets for the season opener and all 2016 shows, with the exception of the April World of Outlaws date, are available by calling 1-800-595-4849 or online at http://pas.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=7. Fans wanting to purchase World of Outlaws tickets can do so by calling 1-844-247-8849 or go online at: https://dirtcar.ticketforce.com/orde...rl=default.asp

Money saving season tickets are only available through February 26th. To order yours or for information, call 951-940-0134 or E-mail: mailto:openwhchic.kim@aol.com

The complete 2016 Perris Auto Speedway schedule is at the end of this release.

Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank its corporate sponsors. All Coast Construction, All Seasons Tree Repair, Amsoil, Archibald’s Restaurants, Ayers Hotel and Spa, BlueLine Rentals, Budweiser, Champion Towing, City of Perris, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Edelbrock, Engine Pro, Harry’s Café, HD Industries, Hoosier Tires, Horizon Solar, Imola Restaurant & Bar, K&N Engineering, Luke’s Transmission, Paul Oil Company, Pepsi-Cola, Pick-A-Part Auto Salvage, Pizza Factory, Scott Sales, Sherwin-Williams, Square H, Swedish Speed, Trench Shoring, US Foods and Valley News.

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Video and DVD productions of all racing events at Perris Auto Speedway are available from Loudpedal Productions. For more information on these productions you can contact them by calling (805) 844-3854, E-mailing mailto:trtruex@gmail.com or you can visit the web site LoudPedal Productions

Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds (home of October’s 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 three miles east to the fairgrounds.

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February 20 El Nino Winter Challenge Series – Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Modifieds and American Factory Stocks


February 27th OPEN PRACTICE - Pit Gate Opens at 3:00, Grandstands open FREE to the Fans

March 5th "SOKOLA SHOOTOUT" USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Guns "Power of Purple Night" Benefiting the City of Perris Relay For Life and The American Cancer Society

March 12th PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds

April 2nd NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION I - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Figure 8 Chain Racing and Spectator Racing "Power of Purple Night" Benefiting the City of Perris Relay For Life and The American Cancer Society

April 9th PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds

April 16th "SO CAL SHOWDOWN” WORLD OF OUTLAWS, USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Guns "Power of Purple Night" Benefiting the City of Perris Relay For Life and The American Cancer Society

April 30th NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION I I - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Figure 8 Chain Racing and Spectator Racing

May 14th PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds, CDCRA Dwarf Cars

May 21st NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION III - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Figure 8 Chain Racing and Spectator Racing

May 28th "SALUTE TO INDY " USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints & PAS Young Guns, California Lightning Sprint Cars "Power of Purple Night" Benefiting the City of Perris Relay For Life and The American Cancer Society

June 4th PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds

June 11th USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Guns

June 25th NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION NOD IV - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Figure 8 Chain Racing and Spectator Racing

July 2nd "BUDWEISER FIRECRACKER 30 & SKY CONCERT" USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints & PAS Young Guns, California Lightning Sprint Cars “Power of Purple Night" Benefiting the City of Perris Relay For Life and The American Cancer Society.

July 16th PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds

July 23rd NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION NOD V - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Figure 8 Chain Racing and Spectator Racing

July 30th USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints, PAS Young Guns

August 20th PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds, CDCRA Dwarf Cars

August 27th "CALIFORNIA RACERS HALL OF FAME NIGHT" USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Guns

September 3rd NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION NOD VI - Demo Cross, Figure 8's, Figure 8 Trailer Racing, Figure 8 Chain Racing and Spectator Racing

September 10th PASSCAR SERIES - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds, CDCRA Dwarf Cars

September 17th TBA

September 24th "GLENN HOWARD CLASSIC" USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Guns

October 1st - 9th Southern California Fair

October 15th USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Guns

October 29th PASSCAR "Champions Night” - Street Stocks, Super Stocks, Factory Stocks and IMCA Modifieds, CDCRA Dwarf Cars

November 9th Oval Nationals Practice
November 10th Budweiser Oval Nationals "Presented by All Coast Construction"
November 11th Budweiser Oval Nationals "Presented by All Coast Construction"
November 12th Budweiser Oval Nationals “Presented by All Coast Construction"

NOTE; THIS SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE