I cant wait to see everyone and be back into the racecar again.

Brent Sexton

http://www.bcraml.com/

www.minisprintracing.com

11522 Wilder Way

Lakeside, CA  92040

(619) 454-6945

 sextonfire@cox.net

californialightningsprintcars.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Brent Sexton (619 454-6945 or  sextonfire@cox.net) or Scott Daloisio (909 226-7768 or SDaloisioSports@aol.com)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

GANSON WINS AT PERRIS - $1,000.00 TO WIN CHRISTIAN STOVER MEMORIAL UP NEXT!

(AUGUST 17, 2010, LAKESIDE, CA)  Donnie Ganson got behind the wheel of a California Lightning Sprint Car for the first time in over 3 ½ years and led ever lap of the main event last Saturday, August 14^th, at Perris Auto Speedway.  Next up on the CLS schedule will be the 1^st Annual Christian Stover Memorial at The PAS on August 28^th.  That race will pay $1,000.00 to win. 

Arriving at the track with intentions on watching and not driving, Ganson, who is now a regular in the VRA 360 Sprint Car Series, jumped at the chance when he was offered the ride in Seth Kramers potent #12.  The veteran racer begged and borrowed all of the safety equipment, including Seth Wilsons firesuit, so he could compete in the race, which was conducted without wings on the tight PAS inner quarter mile track. 

The original try to start the 20-lap main was deemed sloppy and waved off by officials.  Going down the back straight as cars slowed down, Karl Von Yokes and another car got together sending Von Yokes into a series of violent flips.  The Lakeside driver crawled from his battered racecar uninjured, but his night was over. 

The second try to start the 20-lapper proved to be much better.  Ramonas Bobby Bender, who leads the series with five main event wins, rushed from the pole into the lead at the drop of the green flag.  Ganson, who resides in San Bernardino, was second from the outside of the front row on the start and Spring Valleys Jarrett Kramer was third.

Benders lead was short lived as Ganson relieved him of the top spot as they exited turn four on the first go round.  Once he was out front Ganson stayed at the point the entire 20-lap distance.

Bobby Bender maintained the second place spot until he went wide in turn two on the third circuit.  That allowed Kramer and series point leader A.J. Bender, who like his older brother also lives in Ramona, to sneak underneath for second and third.  Bobby took the third spot back from his brother on lap five, but showing no respect, his younger sibling relegated him to fourth on the 13^th lap. 

A couple yellows late in the race the last one with two laps to go bunched up the field, but nobody could get around the veteran Ganson.  At the finish it was an elated Ganson closely followed by Kramer.  A.J. and Bobby Bender finished third and fourth respectively with San Diegos Tim Moody in fifth.

Earlier in the evening, Kramer and A.J. Bender won the six lap heat races.

The CLS will take this Saturday off as competitors prepare for the August 28^th Christian Stover Memorial at The PAS.  The winner of that race will take home a $1,000.00 and there will be a $200.00 to win three-lap Dash for Cash for the four fastest qualifiers.  In addition, the CLS will be auctioning off a pair of bicycles (one for a boy and one for a girl) and all of the money raised will go to the Christian Stover Foundation.  The CLS stars and cars will be competing in front of one of the biggest crowds of the year on the 28^th as they are teaming with the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars on the doubleheader program.

DVDs from Saturdays race will be available form Raceway Video.  You can visit their website at: www.racewayvideo.com.  You can also call: (818) 618-9764

California Lightning Sprint Car Series would like to acknowledge the following sponsors for making the 2010 campaign possible. The Christian Stover Foundation, Performance by Rosson Racing, BK Wings, Circle Track Performance and Hoosier Tires.  Anyone wishing to come on board as a series sponsor can call Brent Sexton at: (619) 454-6945.

For more information on this Saturdays race or the 2010 California Lightning Sprint Car Series, contact Brent Sexton ((619) 454-6945 or sextonfire@cox.net) or Scott Daloisio (909 226-7768 or sdaloisiosports@aol.com).

MAIN EVENT FINISH (with starting positions)

1.      Donnie Ganson San Bernardino (2nd)

2.      Jarrett Kramer Spring Valley, CA (3rd)

3.      A.J. Bender Ramona, CA (4th)

4.      Bobby Bender Ramona, CA (1^st)

5.      Tim Moody San Diego (7th)

6.      Dan Hillberg Placentia, CA (8^th)

7.      Guy Maresch Anaheim Hills, CA  (6^th)

8.      Dale Gamer Anaheim, CA (12^th)

9.      Alexander Bissett Hemet, CA (10^th)

10. Peter Benker El Cajon, CA (9^th)

11. Devin Hillberg - Corona CA - (11^th)

12. Karl Von Yokes Lakeside, CA (5^th)

13. Peter Benker El Cajon, CA (6^th)

2010 CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1.      A.J. Bender Ramona, CA 1657

2.      Jarrett Kramer Spring Valley, CA 1637

3.      Bobby Bender Ramona, CA 1538

4.      Dan Hillberg Placentia, CA 1347

5.      Dale Gamer Anaheim 1294

6.      Guy Maresch Anaheim Hills 1279

7.      Robert Wilhelm El Cajon 1135

8.      Seth Kramer Spring Valley 1066

9.      Peter Benker El Cajon 985

10. Karl Von Yokes Lakeside - 939

2010 CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SRPINT CAR MAIN EVENT WINNERS

Bobby Bender 5

Jarrett Kramer 2

A.J. Bender 2

Johnny Bluntach 1

Cory Ballard 1

Dan Hillberg 1

Donnie Ganson 1

2010 CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE

August 28^th Perris Auto Speedway

September 11^th Ventura Raceway

September 25^th Bakersfield

October 2^nd Perris Auto Speedway

October 9^th Perris Auto Speedway (Southern California Fair)

November 5^th & 6^th Perris Auto Speedway (Oval Nationals)

PAST CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONS           

1994 Tony Everhart

1995 Gary Sexton

1996 Rob Sczymczak

1997 Jon Rahe

1998 Chris Rahe

1999 Brent Sexton

2000 Greg Bragg

2001 Greg Bragg

2002 Greg Bragg

2003 David Cardey

2004 Keith Janca

2005 Johnny Bates

2006 Donny Ganson

2007 Shane Rosson

2008 Brent Sexton

2009 Stuart Hielshier Sr.

Perris Auto Speedway

18700 Lake Perris Drive

Perris, CA  92571

(951) 940-0134

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For Further Information contact Scott Daloisio (909) 226-7768 or racesatthepas@aol.com

For Immediate Release

USAC CRA SPRINT CARS, STOVER MEMORIAL FOR LIGHTNING SPRINTS, FOCUS MIDGETS AND USAC YOUNG GUNS SATURDAY AT PERRIS!

(AUGUST 24, 2010, PERRIS, CA) The Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars will return as part of a quadruple header program that will also include the Christian Stover Memorial for the California Lightning Sprint Cars, USAC Ford Focus Midgets and the USAC Western Dirt Young Gun this Saturday night, August 28^th, at Perris Auto Speedway.  Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM and the first race will be at 7:00.  Saturday is a military night at The PAS and any current military member with proper id will be admitted for $5.00.

Most eyes in the grandstands and the pits will be on Temeculas Mike Spencer and Riversides David Cardey on Saturday.  As the 2010 season is about to enter the homestretch, Spencer, who will celebrate his 29^th birthday next Wednesday, is trying to lengthen his advantage as he seeks his third consecutive USAC/CRA championship.  Heading into Saturdays race at The PAS, the Cal Poly Pomona engineering graduate holds an 80-point advantage over Santa Marias Showtime Danny Sheridan in the 2010 championship points race.  Spencer was fourth at the series last race at Santa Maria Speedway two weeks ago and Sheridan was ninth.

Cardey, who is confining most of his racing to The PAS in 2010, is seeking to set The PAS USAC/CRA and the all-time USAC/CRA record for consecutive wins on Saturday.  Tony Jones, who resides in Orange, set the current PAS record of four in a row in 2008.  Cardey tied that record on July 31^st.  In addition to The PAS/CRA record, Cardey, Jones and Concord native Damion Gardner are tied for the all-time series record of four in a row.  In 2005, Gardner knocked off four successive wins from April 30^th through May 21^st at The PAS (2), Ventura and the now defunct Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix.

Yorba Lindas Blake Miller, the 2006 USAC/CRA Rookie of the Year, won the Santa Maria race over Ojais Troy Rutherford and three-time Budweiser Oval Nationals Champion Bud Kaeding of Campbell.  After a slow start to the 2010 season, Miller has fought and clawed his way up to fourth in the Amsoil USAC/CRA standings and is only 13-points behind Venturas Cory Kruseman.  The Santa Maria win was Millers second of the year with the first coming at Tulare in May.  The 23-year-olds last win at The PAS came on May 23^rd, 2009 in the annual Salute to Indy. 

The California Lightning Sprint Cars will contest the 1^st Annual Christian Stover Memorial on Saturday night.  Stover won a Lightning Sprint Car main event at The PAS when he was just 14-years-old.  He went on to race in the USAC/CRA Series, VRA Sprint Cars and winged cars in Northern California.  Stover was 16 when he lost his life in an ATV crash on April 1^st, 2009. 

Nick Carlson and Casey Martinez, who won their respective main events in the USAC Ford Focus Midgets and Western Dirt Young Guns Series the last time they appeared at The PAS on July 31^st, are both expected to be back in action this Saturday on the tracks inner quarter-mile.

You can keep up with all of the latest news from Perris Auto Speedway on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/perrisautospdwy.  

For more information call The PAS at: (951) 940-0134.

Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds (home of Octobers 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.

Video and DVD productions of all racing events at Perris Auto Speedway are available from Jeff Kristensens Raceway Video. For more information on these productions you can call: (818) 618-9764 or visit the web site at: racewayvideo.com. 

Perris Auto Speedway is 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 on the Ramona Expressway and go two miles east to the fairgrounds.

racesatthepas@aol.com is the only authorized Internet address to issue official media news released from The Perris Auto Speedway or Oval Entertainment

2010    AMSOIL USAC/CRA POINT STANDINGS

1. Mike Spencer Temecula, CA 729
2. Danny Sheridan Santa Maria, CA 649
3. Cory Kruseman Ventura, CA 572
4. Blake Miller Yorba Linda, CA 559
5. Matt Mitchell Yorba Linda, CA 489
6. Greg Bragg Visalia, CA 409
7. Jimmy Crawford Newbury Park, CA 385
8. David Cardey Riverside, CA 375
9. Tony Jones Orange, CA 359
10. Cody Williams Yorba Linda, CA 343

2010 AMSOIL USAC/CRA MAIN EVENT WINNERS

David Cardey 4

Mike Spencer 2

Damion Gardner 2

Blake Miller 2

Cory Kruseman 1

Greg Bragg 1

Levi Jones 1