By Dick Jordan
Saturday night’s “Salute to Indy” at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway is the fourth AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at the half-mile dirt track this year.
Series point leader Damion Gardner has a 39-point lead over Nic Faas and Gardner has won two of this year’s races at the PAS. Faas won at Perris last November.
Mike Spencer, third in the latest series standings, trails Gardner by three wins in the all-time Perris USAC/CRA winners’ list.
A 40-lap feature is on tap and the evening will be “Power of Purple Night and The Drive to $100,000,” benefiting the City of Perris Relay for Life and the American Cancer Society. The first 200 race fans receive a FREE gift from the American Cancer Society
2014 AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Standings: 1-Damion Gardner-354, 2-Nic Faas-315, 3-Mike Spencer-228, 4-Matt Mitchell-216, 5-Jake Swanson-208, 6-Cory Kruseman-206, 7-Brody Roa-192, 8-Richard Vander Weerd-157. 9-Cody Williams-157, 10-Gary Taylor-143.