PASSCAR STOCK CAR SERIES RETURNS TO PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY SATURDAY NIGHT!

(Perris, CA, April 16, 2013)  This Saturday night, April 20^th, Perris Auto Speedway will host round #2 of the Amsoil OilTwins.com PASSCAR Stock Car Championship Series.  The LoanMart Street Stocks, with a $1,000.00 to win main event, will headline the show and will be joined by the Pick-A-Part-American Factory Stocks, Modifieds, Super Stocks, Sport Mods and the CDCRA Dwarf Cars.  Spectator gates for the night of racing and wholesome family fun will open at 5:00 PM and the first green flag will wave at 6:00. 

Riverside’s Luke Dodd, the 2000 PAS Stock Car champion, got a surprise win in the first race of the year.  The driver, who gave now NASCAR Sprint Cup regular David Gilliland his first ride in the NASCAR Nationwide Series, actually thought he finished second in the season opener for the LoanMart Street Stocks on March 2^nd.  However, the driver that took the checkered first refused to have his engine torn down when he was protested and was subsequently disqualified.  That gave the surprised Dodd, who drives the same paint scheme and #98 his dad Jerry drove to Corona Raceway championships in the 1970s and 1980s, the initial win of the year.  Dodd also comes in as the point leader on Saturday by a single marker over 2012 champion Shaun Estes of Riverside. 

Buena Park’s Billy Griffin, an infrequent competitor at The PAS, won the Modified main event when he took the lead with an exciting last corner pass on March 9^th.  Thus, he leads Wildomar’s Dale Underwood and David Lord of Hemet, who are tied for second, by four-points in the championship standings.  Underwood, who won the first ever PAS Truck racing championship over 10-years ago, will be back on a full time basis in 2013 as he seeks his second title on the famous Riverside County half-mile clay oval.

Bryan Butler, also of Buena Park, who came close to winning a main event in 2012 only to have it stolen away when his brakes failed, finally bagged his initial PAS win at the season opener and leads Riverside veteran Dennis Woolridge and “Sarge” Hill of Moreno Valley in the Super Stock points.  Butler capped his popular win by bringing his dogs to the trophy presentation after the race.

After a convincing win in the wild, season opening Pick-A-Part American Factory Stock main event, Redland’s driver Lonnie Cox is the leader in the championship standing.  Longtime veteran Johnny Lathrop of Riverside won the main, but trails Chula Vista’s Steve Worstell by one-point in the Sport Mods. 

Adult tickets for Saturday’s bumper bending race are only $12.00.  Active military members with their military id, students with their school id and kids 6-12 are just $5.00.  Children 5 and under are admitted free.

 

Point standings for the Amsoil OilTwins.com PASSCAR Series classes are listed below.

LoanMart Street Stock Standings

1. Luke Dodd – Riverside – 63

2. Sean Estes – Riverside – 57

3. Brad Uruhart – Bonsal – 54

4. Chris Fritz – El Cajon – 51

5. Curtis Dietzsch – Riverside – 51

PASSCAR Modifieds Standings

1. Billy Griffin – Buena Park – 61

2. Dale Underwood – Wildomar – 57

2. David Lord – Hemet – 57

4. Jeff Sheppard Jr. – Golden Valley, AZ - 52

5. Patrick McIntosh – Lake Havasu, AZ - 48

PASSCAR Super Stocks

1. Bryan Butler – Buena Park – 65  

2. Dennis Woolridge – Riverside – 57

2. Charles Hill – Moreno Valley – 57

4. David Siesser – La Mirada – 52

5. Phillip King – Riverside – 48

Pick-A-Part American Factory Stocks

1. Lonnie Cox – Redlands – 65

2. Mike Siders – Menifee – 57

3. Fred Kottman – Hemet – 54

4. Kris Carnish – Menifee – 51

5. Tim LaBrake – Highland - 48

5. Adam Collins – Hemet – 48

PASSCAR Sport Mod Standings

1. Steve Worstell – Chula Vista – 62

2. Johnny Lathrop – Riverside – 61

3. Tony Lima – Hemet – 54

4. J.D. Wilson – Costa Mesa - 51

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That’s the name of a City-wide get-fit program Perris will launch later this year.

The multi-pronged wellness campaign includes plenty of fun and physical exercise contests, healthy eating and cooking tips, information about how to prevent diabetes, high-blood pressure and other obesity-related conditions- all while incorporating the latest social media platforms to allow Perris residents to brag about their success at losing weight or building muscle.

Perris Information Technology Manager Arturo Cervantes explains a possible Facebook app for the “Live Well Perris” physical fitness campaign.

The Perris City Council is set to formally consider the campaign in May and the first community fitness day could take place as early as  June.
 

A committee of Perris staff members led by Assistant City Manager Ron Carr and City Council members Rita Rogers and Julio Rodriguez held an informal brain-storming session this week.

The committee proposed several activities-from a “biggest loser Perris” contest to 5K run to a hip-hop dance contest to a nature walk at the Lake Perris State Recreation Area to a community health fare-likely to attract a wide variety of participates. Carr said the City will seek public input about other activities following City Council’s approval.

“We expect to develop a really fun, really exciting group of activities,” he said.

Once “Live Well Perris”  receives approval, residents should watch for a webpage devoted to the effort on the City’s website, www.cityofperris.org as well as regular updates on its Facebook page, Perris Today, and public access Channel 3.

 “We expect to develop a really fun, really exciting group of activities,” Carr said.

Carr said the overarching theme of Live Well Perris will be Healthy Eating Active Living-HEAL for short. Those twin goals dovetail nicely into the “Let’s Move!” cities plan backed by First Lady Michelle Obama as well as the President’s Challenge for Physical Fitness.

In 2010, Michelle Obama called upon American mayors to take the lead in designing city-specific programs to help childhood obesity and in general improve the overall health of the towns. Some of the pillars of the “Let’s Move!” campaign include helping early child care providers and educators incorporate the best practices for nutrition and physical activity into their programs and making available healthy food at schools by participating in the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Other tenants of the program posting sustainable food-service guidelines at municipal and county venues that serve food and increasing access to play areas as a way to encourage greater physical fitness.

The President’s Challenge for Physical Fitness measures success in various forms of exercise for children and adults. In youngsters, those include the ability to complete curl-ups or partial curl-ups, a shuttle run, endurance walk, pull ups and V-sit reach. For adults the challenge provides measures for aerobic fitness, muscular strength and endurance, flexibility and body composition.

Social media will play a vital role in publicizing “Live Well Perris.” The City will consider funding for an app that will allow residents to track their fitness routines and how those programs improve their health. Perris residents also will have the opportunity to brag about their accomplishment-whether its losing weight or completing a fitness challenge or adopting a healthy lifestyle-as a result of taking part in the Live Well program. City officials also believe Live Well participants will get the chance to explore parts of Perris they may not know exist.

Perris City Councilman Julio Rodriguez said he whole-heartedly backs the initiative. He promised to take part in many of the physical activities that develop from the “Live Well Perris” program.

“It is important for the City of Perris to support health and wellness, especially for our youth,” he said. “As elected official, we need to step it up.”

City Councilwoman Rita Rogers also attended the initial brain-storming session. She said the “Live Well Perris” program marks the first time the City has come together to develop a comprehensive way to increase physical fitness and address medical problems caused by bad eating, lack of mobility, smoking and other lifestyle choices.

“The City cannot afford to be left behind on this important public-health project,” she said. “Since Perris has developed the reputation for being on the cutting edge, I (expect) nothing but a great and successful program. I am excited.”
Perris Mayor Daryl Busch said a “healthy city leads to healthy lives for our residents and that’s a long-range societal benefit.”

“When people are healthy, they’re happier too,” Busch said. “That makes for a much better community.”