Ventura Raceway Race Track in Ventura, California, USA

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"The Best Little Dirt Track In America!"

Ventura Raceway races VRA Sprint Cars, Senior Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, Dwarf Cars, Ford Focus, Mini Dwarf, Junior Midgets, Sport Compacts, Go-Karts, Mod Lites, and Hobby Stocks.

Ventura Raceway Dirt Track Location

• 10 West Harbor Blvd
  Ventura, California, 93001 USA
• lat: 34.274631, lng: -119.302876
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• Surface: 1/5 mile dirt oval

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• Phone: 805-648-7223

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  BRODY ROA COMPLETED HIS 2022 SEASON AT THE TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX

  (Cypress, CA, December 7, 2022) Nearly eleven months after it started, Brody Roa finished his 2022 racing season in the 81st annual Turkey Night Grand Prix at Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway. Contesting the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series portion of the program in Jayson May's pretty #8M sprint car, the Garden Grove, California driver ended up finishing 17th in the 30-lap main event due to some late-race bad luck. 310350912_10166729824325201_6527411594461310400_n.jpg Brody Roa's Turkey Night Grand Prix ride. May photo. The two-night program featured heat races, qualifiers, and a dash for the sprint cars on Friday night. An outstanding field of 49 entries showed up for the event. Drivers did not qualify but rather drew for positions in the Friday night heat races. Roa pulled a number that placed him in the second heat race on the famous 1/5-of-a-mile clay oval. The 31-year-old started in the fourth position in his heat race. By the end of the opening go around he was second and was applying immediate heat to the leader. The veteran racer kept the pressure up all the way to the Kris Kornder checkered flag but he had to settle for second. The finish placed him on the outside of row number one for his 12-lap qualifier. From there, he steered the #8M into the lead and proceeded to stay out front every inch of the way. Two races down and everything was working to perfection. However, that was about to change. With the heat and qualifiers out of the way, there was only one thing left for Roa on the night. That was the 15-lap dash for the top 10 drivers in points after the heat races and the qualifiers. The way they finished the dash would be the way they started the main event straight up. Roa was on the outside of the second row in fourth for the start. He stayed in that position over the first two circuits before slipping back to fifth on lap three. On lap nine Roa moved back to the 4th place spot. That pass moved him up a full row in Saturday's main if he could stay there. Everything went smoothly until lap 12. Entering turn three, the second-place car clipped one of the huge tires protecting the end of the crashwall at the pit entrance. That caused the car to spin and it also kicked the tire onto the track. The third-place driver, Roa's teammate Chase Johnson, hit the tire and turned over. Roa, who was close behind, had nowhere to go and slid into the mess. For good measure, another car sailed into Roa and the red flag came out. For all intents and purposes, it looked like Roa was done for the night. In fact, he climbed out of his car and took off his helmet. But after a closer look, he realized his car was not damaged as much as he thought. The veteran racer pushed his helmet back on, climbed back in the car, and bumped off for the restart. By that time there were only seven cars left in the race. That meant Roa had to restart at the back in seventh. In the remaining laps, he passed one car to finish sixth and start one spot closer to the front in Saturday's championship main event. Saturday night Roa and his fellow competitors were greeted by a near-capacity crowd at one of America's most popular dirt tracks. In addition to the packed house, the race was also seen by thousands more around the world on Flo Racing. Being that he finished sixth in points the previous night, Roa did not have to race in any of the preliminaries. He was seeded right into the 30-lap finale and would start on the outside of the third row in May's gorgeous #8M. At the drop of the Chris Kornder green flag, Roa immediately went on the attack. However, the green flag was short-lived as the caution came out on the second circuit. For the restart, Roa was in fifth and he dogged the fourth-place car for the first 1/3 of the race. By lap 20, he had slipped back to seventh. As the race reached the waning laps, he was still in seventh, but with an engine issue and an overzealous driver clobbering him from behind, Roa was knocked from the action with two laps to go. He ended up 17th. The Ventura result was not the way "The Pride of Garden Grove" wanted to conclude the season but he did have a very good year. He had 15 top-10 finishes and 11 of those were in the top five. Despite not running the full USAC/CRA schedule, Roa's total of three wins was second-best on the circuit and he finished sixth in points. Highlights of the year included his win at Mohave Valley after he started 11th in the main event. At Santa Maria, he drove to the win in the 410 race in May's 360 powered rocketship. He also had a win in May's car in a USAC West Coast Series race at Ventura. In addition to his non-wing endeavors, Roa, also qualified for his first-ever World of Outlaws main event at Perris on March 26th. It was only his second-ever race in the legendary series. The first came 24 hours earlier at Bakersfield. While the 2022 season just ended, 2023 will kick off in just five weeks in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the Chili Bowl. The sprint car season will kick off two weeks after that at the Cocopah Speedway in Arizona. In between now and Cocopah, the team will be working on cars, ordering parts, and exploring marketing opportunities with potential partners. If you would like to join forces with Roa for 2023, give him a call or drop him an email at the contact information at the top of this release. To learn more about Roa and the team or to pick up some team merchandise, check out the website https://www.brodyroa.com/. Fans can also stay up to date by checking out the team news on Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/br91r/. If you are looking to purchase a sprint car, Roa has a nice roller for sale. It is a 2021 Eagle 87/40 Raised Rail. It includes KSE Gen2 Steering, new in 2022, KSE Steering Pump, Winters Competition Eliminator 4.12 Rear End with swivel coupler, XYZ Birdcages, BMRS Plumbing, Plenty of Titanium, Carbon Body, Quick Car Gauges, Wilwood Brakes. Front axle length of buyer's choice - 50" or 53". No Fuel Tank, Shocks, or Seat. Quality Race Car! CSI Shocks and/or Saldana Fuel Tank can be added at additional cost. $9,900. Send an email address for a list of components. Brett - 562-230-1286 brett@brodyroa.com or Brody - 714-932-7994 brody@brodyroa.com. Roa and the team want to thank the following sponsors for making the 2022 season possible. HD Industries, Burris Racing, Sander Engineering, Inland Rigging, Caltrol, "Biker" Bruce Fischer, Competition Suspension, ALR Virtual Services, K-1 Race Gear, Molecule, Rod End Supply, Driven Racing Oil, Baldwin Filters, and NGK Spark Plugs. In addition, the veteran driver offers thanks to RDM Mechanics, Fastenal, KC Keen Concrete, Coopers Propane, Ten West Towing, Ten West Environmental, TJM Distribution, and Westco International for sponsoring May's #8M. To keep up with May Motorsports, please check out and "like" its Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/MayMotorsports8M Brody Roa's 2022 Schedule and Race Results January 12 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 15th A Main January 15 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 13th C Main January 27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main January 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 6th A Main January 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main February 11 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 5th A Main February 12 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 2nd A Main February 26 Keller Auto Speedway King of Thunder 9th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway World of Outlaws 8th B Main March 26 Perris Auto Speedway World of Outlaws 24th A Main April 9 Keller Auto Speedway NARC King of the West Canceled April 30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main June 11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 2nd A Main June 25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 1ST A Main July 22 Gas City I69 Speedway ISW - USAC National 9th C Main July 23 Kokomo Speedway ISW - USAC National 7th B Main July 24 Lawrenceburg Speedway ISW - USAC National Rained out July 25 Circle City Raceway ISW - UASC National 19th A Main July 27 Terre Haute Action Track ISW - USAC National Rained Out July 28 Lincoln Park Speedway ISW - USAC National 8th B Main July 29 Bloomington Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main July 30 Tri-State Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main August 20 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 19th A Main August 27 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 1st A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main September 24 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 DNS October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main October 15 Kern County Raceway USAC West Coast 360 17th A Main October 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA 15th A Main October 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA 15th A Main November 3 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA 16th A Main November 4 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA 17th A Main November 5 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA 11th A Main November 25 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 7th Dash November 26 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 17th A Main @hdindustries_1971 @burris_racing_usa @mikeburrisoc @csishocks @sander_engineering @sanderjenna @theoriginalloosebruce @alrvirtualservices @k1racegear @moleculesports @rodendsupply @baldwinfilters @ngkracing @originalngksparkplugs @usacnation @usac_cra @perrisautospeedway @b_roa91 @tai_xoxo_roa @zacboz35 @joegibb83, @inlandrigging, @eaglemotorsportsinc @caltrolinc @drivenracingoil This release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  SEXTON GATLIN RACING ENDS THE 2022 SEASON AT THE TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX

  (Lakeside, CA, December 2, 2022) Nine months after it opened the season at the Imperial Valley Raceway, Sexton Gatlin Racing brought the curtain down on its 2022 campaign when Grant Sexton competed in the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series portion of the 81st Turkey Night Grand Prix at the Ventura Raceway. The historic race was contested in front of a near-sellout crowd and watched by others around the world on the Flo Racing Network. Dating back to 1934, the Turkey Night Grand Prix is the third oldest race in the United States, trailing only the Indianapolis 500 and the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Some of the biggest names in USA racing have won Turkey Night including A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Tony Bettenhausen, Tony Stewart, and Kyle Larson. Just to say that a driver has competed in the Turkey Night Grand Prix is a feather in the racer's cap and an honor. Sexton's participation in the sprint car portion of this year's race adds the SGR driver's name to the long list of racers who have competed in the coveted event. The Lakeside, California native's first TNGP action came on Friday in a 10-lap heat. Starting on the outside of the front row, Sexton was third entering turn one on the first lap. He slipped back to fourth at the end of the opening circuit but racing on the track where he won the main event in his first-ever sprint car start, he raced back to third before the checkered flag. Not long thereafter, the 18-year-old came back onto the track known as "The Best Little Dirt Track In America" for his 12-lap qualifier. In that race, he started sixth. The 2021 POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car champion advanced one spot forward to fifth on the second lap. He drove a smooth race the rest of the way and was still in fifth at the end. The teenage racer gave a good account of himself all night by racing fast and smoothly against his more experienced sprint car competitors. More importantly, he stayed out of trouble on a night when it seemed like there was carnage every other lap. Saturday saw the cars line up based on points accumulated on Friday. Sexton's good performance saw him start on the inside of row three in one of the 12-lap B mains. All he had to do was finish in the top six to earn his ticket into the 30-lap Turkey Night Grand Prix main event. Early on, the teen was shuffled back as far as seventh but an aggressive move on lap two saw him move all the way back up to fourth. After a restart on lap three, he got sideways in turn four and got punted by another car. A quick recovery meant that he only lost one position back to fifth. He stayed in fifth until there were two laps to go and it looked like he was going to transfer into the main event. However, just in front of him in turn three, two cars tangled leaving the young driver with nowhere to go. Try as he might, he could not miss the mess, and he became involved in it. Unfortunately, the pretty #22 car suffered enough damage to prevent it from restarting. So, what looked like a sure transfer to the A main ended up with a frustrating 13th-place finish. It also brought an end to SGR's 2022 season. The Turkey Night Grand Prix closed the books on a highly successful season for Sexton Gatlin Racing. Patriarch Brent Sexton won the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series championship. In addition, in 29 races, the team racked up an astounding 19 main event victories. That kind of success does not come easy, and SGR is ready to begin the hard work for another successful year in 2023. If you or your company is interested in becoming a partner with this front-running team, please call (619) 454-6945 or E-mail mailto:sextonfire@cox.net or mailto:sextonfire@gmail.com. Sexton/Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2022 season possible. Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Johnny Motorhead, Troy Dirt, Victory Graphix, Swift Powdercoat, Maxima Oil, Automated Interior, and an extra special thanks to Scotty and Jimmy Keys. Sexton Gatlin Racing 2022 Schedule March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Brent 7th - Grant 15th March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th March 25 Bakersfield Speedway CLS Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 8th - Dalton 17th April 16 Ventura Raceway VRA Sprints - Grant 1st April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Bezio 3rd - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th May 14 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Bezio 2nd - Brent 3rd May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant DNS June 11 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 2nd - Dalton 11th June 25 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Dalton 1st - Brent 2nd - Grant 3rd July 9 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Grant 2nd - Dalton 6th August 6 Santa Maria Raceway CLS Winged - Brent 1st - Dalton 15th August 6th Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant 11th B Main August 11 Norman County Speedway Minkota Nationals Winged - Dalton 8th - Brent 13th - Grant 25th August 12 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged - Brent 1st - Grant 9th - Dalton 11th August 13 Greenbush Race Park Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 6th - Brent 11th - Dalton 13th August 14 Minkota Nationals Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 15th - Brent DNS Sept. 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Winged - Chiaramonte 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 18th October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 4th - Brent DNS October 8 Mojave Valley Raceway POWRi/CLS Winged - Brent 1st - A.J. Bender 2nd - Dalton 3rd October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant DNS October 21 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Winged - Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th - Brent Horn 8th October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Horn 8th - Dalton 14th October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway Open Comp. Sprint Cars - Grant 3rd Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway BCRA/CLS Winged Brent 9th - Grant DNS Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless AJ Bender 1st - Grant 2nd - Brent 12th - Dalton 15th Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless AJ Bender 1st - Brent 5th - Grant 6th - Dalton 10th Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway q CRA/CLS Wingless Grant 1st - AJ Bender 2nd - Dalton 12th - Brent 20th Nov. 25 Ventura Raceway Turkey Night G.P. USAC West Coast Sprint Cars Grant 6th in Qualifier Nov. 26 Ventura Raceway Turkey Night G.P. USAC West Coast Sprint Cars Grant 13th B Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  SEXTON GATLIN RACING WINS ALL THREE NIGHTS OF HANGTOWN 100 AT PLACERVILLE

  (Lakeside, CA, November 29, 2022) Sexton Gatlin Racing drivers Grant Sexton and AJ Bender combined to win all three nights of the prestigious Hangtown 100 at the Placerville Speedway. In addition to the victories, SGR drivers also had two second-place finishes. The performances gave the Lakeside, California-based team five of the nine trophies passed out to lightning sprint car drivers in the three nights of action on the famous red clay banked quarter-mile oval. 1200x1200-K9pjC23fPzx779998.jpg Grant Sexton does the cage dance after winning the lightning sprint car portion of the Hangtown 100. M&MRACINGPHOTOS.COM Night #1 After making the trek up from the Bakersfield Speedway on Wednesday, SGR had four drivers ready to rumble on Thursday night. They were met by 22 other top drivers in cars from the California Lightning Sprint Car Series and Northern California's BCRA. Soon to be 20-year-old Dalton Sexton got the ball rolling in qualifying when he turned in the second fastest time at 13.523. San Diego's AJ Bender, who recorded three second-place finishes at Placerville for SGR at last year's Hangtown, was the third-fast qualifier at 13.541. 18-year-old Grant Sexton was seventh quick at 13.894 and family patriarch Brent Sexton turned in the 10th quickest time when he stopped the clocks at 13.966. The first eight-lap heat race at the three-day dirt racing fest saw Grant finish second after starting fourth. Brent started one spot ahead of his youngest offspring in the same heat and placed fifth. Dalton had no family members to deal with in heat race #2. The second fastest qualifier started sixth in that eight-lapper and finish eighth. SGR wrapped up its participation in the heat races when Bender came from sixth to second in heat race #3. When the cars rolled down the hill to the racetrack for the 25-lap main event, 2021 POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series champion Grant was starting on the pole. Bender was starting on the outside of the second row. Dalton was on the inside of row five and Brent had the worst starting spot for the team coming from the outside of the eighth row. Grant set the pace for the first six laps of the race. However, Bender had worked his way up to second, and just before a red flag due to a driver getting upside down, he relieved Grant of the top spot. Bender's tenure at the point only lasted three laps before another car drove underneath him for the lead in turn three. However, the new leader bit the cushion in turn two on the 11th circuit handing the lead back to Bender and allowing Grant to move up to second. Grant immediately closed in on Bender and started dogging him for the lead. He tried to race by on the inside on lap 17, but Bender fended off the advances. The teen kept the heat on and it looked as though it would be a fight to the finish, but Grant had issues with the turn two cushion on lap 21 and allowed Bender to pull away for a convincing win four laps later. Grant ended up second with Brent 12th and Dalton 15th. "I totally forgot about last year, so thanks for reminding me," Bender laughed when talented USAC mic man Drake York asked him about his feelings after finally winning following three runner-up finishes in 2021. "It is cool. I am finally glad to get one because running second three times sucked. The car is a little off and we are trying to figure it out. It is the first time I am in it. I have to give a big shout-out to Phil and Wyatt (Boczanowski). Wyatt drives it and Phil owns the car. They let the SGR team bring it up here so I could drive it. We were doing homework on it trying to figure it out. We still have some stuff to work on. This one pays less. I want to win the one on Saturday. I have to thank Phil and Wyatt again, the whole SGR team, and my wife and daughter at home." Night #2 Like the first night, 26 cars showed up for night number two of the Hangtown 100, and qualifying was the first thing on the agenda. A bad omen for the competition came when Thursday night winner Bender outqualified the field with a time of 13.341. Grant was the second quickest of the SGR cars when he timed in fourth fast at 13.644. Dalton's lap of 13.884 was good for the 14th spot and Brent, at 14.321, was 19th. The first eight-lap heat race on night #2 included three SGR drivers. They were Grant, who started fifth, Bender who started alongside his young teammate and Brent who was coming from seventh. The youngster got the best of his two teammates when he finished second in the heat. Brent advanced his position four spots to finish third and Bender ended up fourth. Dalton was up in the next heat race and was off the outside of the front row. Unfortunately, he ended up placing fifth. That meant he did not transfer straight into the A main and would have to run the semi. He was off the pole to start the semi and ended up third. That was good enough to punch his ticket into the main event with his three teammates. Much to the chagrin of the competition, Bender was beginning the 25-lap main event on the outside of the second row. Grant was on the inside of row two with Brent beginning on the outside of the fifth row. Dalton, due to having to run the B main, started 17th. Bender did not lead the first lap in his sleek, black #22 car but coming off turn #4 on the second circuit he took the top spot away and was basically unchallenged for the remainder of the race. He had few problems throughout the race with the exception of the lapped traffic at the very end but by that time he had established a huge lead and once again won by nearly ½ straight away. Brent charged up five spots in the main for his best finish of the weekend when he came home fifth. Grant, who later said he missed the setup on the night, ended up sixth and Dalton charged from 17th all the way up to 10th. "Once I got in lapped traffic, I could hear cars everywhere so I was not sure where they (his closest pursuers) were at," he told the crowd after the race. "I was really thinking it was going to be on the top, but it just kept working on the bottom. I just kind of stuck to my guns there. Its not the funnest going around the bottom for 25 laps, but it is fun talking to you at the end of the night. I will take it. Again like last night, I have to thank Phil and Wyatt (Boczanowski). This car is a rocket ship. They are trying to sell it so I am trying to make it look good. I have to thank Seth (crew chief Seth Kramer), Nita (Nita Gatlin from SGR), Brent (Brent Sexton from SGR), and all the SGR people for putting up with me. Seth is a one-man team overlooking four cars. So, he is earning his money. Thank you to my wife and daughter at home and to my family." Night #3 The final chilly night rolled around and the format was a bit different. There was no qualifying and no heat races. There were two 12-lap qualifiers lined up by points from the previous two nights. The way the drivers finished those qualifiers would determine where they started in the main event. There was also a last chance B main for the final starting spots in the 30-lap finale. Bender started on the pole for the first qualifier and ended up finishing third. That earned him a ticket straight into the last lightning sprint car race in California in 2022. Dalton was in the same qualifier, but he finished 10th after starting 7th which meant he had to go to the B main. Grant and Brent were in the second qualifier. Grant started on the pole and won the race and Brent started 4th and stayed there for the duration. To get into the 30-lap main, Dalton was going to have to do some work in this semi. He was starting 9th and that meant he had to move forward. That is just what he did as he advanced four spots to finish in the fifth-place position. Bender was on the outside of the front row for the main, That was a bad omen for the competition. Grant was coming from fifth. Brent had his colorful #44 in the eighth starting spot for the last race of the year with Dalton beginning in 15th. After witnessing his winning performances on the first two nights, many in the crowd were surprised that Bender wasn't leading going into turn number one. However, he eased their shock when he raced into the lead. Many in the crowd probably thought they were in for a snore fest once the 29-year-old commandeered the top spot. As it turned out it was anything but that. Unfortunately, things did not go quite as well for newly crowned 2022 POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series champion Brent. On lap four, a car clipped the inside berm and flipped. In the ensuing scramble caused by the tumbling car, Brent got clobbered by another competitor and knocked out of the race. Bender led eight go arounds but got surprised when another car shot by him and stole the lead. That lasted for about 2 laps before Bender chased the new leader down and retook the top spot. Soon thereafter, chilly fans in the grandstands noticed Grant streaking toward the front. This one was about to get exciting in a hurry. Even though he had retaken the lead, Bender, who was running the top, had his hands full with another driver who was rolling the bottom to perfection and battling hard for the lead. After several advances by his foe, Bender dipped to the low side of the track slowing his pursuer down. By that time though, he was about to have something else to worry about as Grant was coming on like a runaway freight train. Much to the delight of the fans, Grant was pounding the cushion in a daring display that was reminiscent of his spectacular win at the Bakersfield Speedway on March 25th. The teen slid into second on the 18th circuit. The yellow came out two laps later and Grant was glued to Bender's rear end for the restart. The race only got one more lap completed before another yellow flag came out. However, Grant had inched ahead of Bender at the conclusion of that lap. That put the teen in first place with nine laps to go. Once the race began again, Bender launched a ferocious attack. For three straight laps, he dove to the bottom going into one and slid up the track only to find Grant alongside. Up against the cushion, the youngster would beat him back to turn three. Bender went to the top in one and two on lap 25 and it appeared that the fight was over and Grant was going to cruise to the victory. He moved away to a one-second lead and seemingly had everything under control. But somebody forgot to inform Bender. With two laps to go he came storming toward the front once again. On both lap 29 and lap 30, he threw massive slide jobs on his teammate trying to tear the lead away. But the kid held tough and went on to score a crowd-pleasing victory. Bender ended up second with Dalton coming home in the 12th spot. Brent getting clobbered by someone else saw him get credit for 20th. "Everyone was around the bottom and I knew I wasn't going to get them by following," Sexton told the appreciative crowd. "Guess my balls were feeling a little swollen tonight because we were rippin' the top. Honestly, trying to earn myself a midget ride out here and prove I am a driver. I couldn't have done it without Seth (crew chief Seth Kramer), and everyone working on my cars, my dad, and my Nana. AJ, he's taught me so much about racing with him. I hate to take his sweep away, but man, that felt good. I am always trying to beat that guy." "I think we missed the set up a little bit," second-place finisher Bender told the fans. "I wasn't expecting it to be this dry so I made some last-minute choices. I think they were a little off. Grant railed around me and I was like, 'dang I gotta' get up there and start doing it.' I am glad Grant got it, and SGR is one and two and we get some more trophies to add." Sexton/Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2022 season possible. Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Johnny Motorhead, Troy Dirt, Victory Graphix, Swift Powdercoat, Maxima Oil, Automated Interior, and an extra special thanks to Scotty and Jimmy Keys. If you or your business wants to partner up with one of the most visible Lightning Sprint teams on the West Coast for the 2023 season, please call (619) 454-6945. You can also E-mail mailto:sextonfire@cox.net or mailto:sextonfire@gmail.com. Sexton Gatlin Racing 2022 Schedule March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless Dalton 1st - Brent 7th - Grant 15th March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless Brent 1st - Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th March 25 Bakersfield Speedway CLS Winged Grant 1st - Brent 8th - Dalton 17th April 16 Ventura Raceway VRA Sprints Grant 1st April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless Bezio 3rd - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged Grant 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th May 14 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless Dalton 1st - Bezio 2nd - Brent 3rd May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars Grant DNS June 11 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged Grant 1st - Brent 2nd - Dalton 11th June 25 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged Dalton 1st - Brent 2nd - Grant 3rd July 9 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless Brent 1st - Grant 2nd - Dalton 6th August 6 Santa Maria Raceway CLS Winged Brent 1st - Dalton 15th August 6th Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars Grant 11th B Main August 11 Norman County Speedway Minkota Nationals Winged Dalton 8th - Brent 13th - Grant 25th August 12 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged Brent 1st - Grant 9th - Dalton 11th August 13 Greenbush Race Park Minkota Nationals Winged Grant 6th - Brent 11th - Dalton 13th August 14 Minkota Nationals Minkota Nationals Winged Grant 1st - Dalton 15th - Brent DNS Sept. 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Winged Chiaramonte 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 18th October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged Grant 1st - Dalton 4th - Brent DNS October 8 Mojave Valley Raceway POWRi/CLS Winged Brent 1st - A.J. Bender 2nd - Dalton 3rd October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars Grant DNS October 21 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Winged Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th - Brent Horn 8th October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless Brent 1st - Horn 8th - Dalton 14th October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway Open Comp. Sprint Cars Grant 3rd Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway BCRA/CLS Winged Brent 9th - Grant DNS Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless AJ Bender 1st - Grant 2nd - Brent 12th - Dalton 15th Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless AJ Bender 1st - Brent 5th - Grant 6th - Dalton 10th Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Grant 1st - AJ Bender 2nd - Dalton 12th - Brent 20th This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  First Look: 2023 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Entry List Climbs Beyond 100 Entries

  Bryan Hulbert - TULSA, Okla. (November 30, 2022) Making its annual debut once the list of Golden Driller hopefuls surpasses the century mark, the first round of entries into the 37th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire has been posted with 116 entries ready to chase history. Opening November 9, the first entry received was from Trifecta Motorsports for driver, Kyle Jones. The 2023 event marks the ninth time the Kennedale, Texas, shoe will attempt the Chili Bowl Nationals. During his 2022 run, Kyle transferred from a C-Feature and ran to a 13th-place finish in Saturday's first Dave.com B-Feature. With two past champions, 18 A-Feature starters, and 27 event rookies in the field already, the list, as always, is the most diverse in all of racing. Returning to defend his 2022 title, Nevada native turned Oklahoma resident Tanner Thorson will do so in his own equipment. Returning to his No. 88, the 13-time USAC National Midget winner was recently on track during the 81st running of the ARP Turkey Night Grand Prix at Ventura Raceway, in which he raced from 11th to lead late in the race before a spin relegated him to a 19th place finish. The other champion on the list is none other than Sammy Swindell. The most prolific name in Chili Bowl history, the five-time champion will make his 33rd appearance atop Tulsa clay this January. Having made the cut in 25 A-Features, Sammy's record includes 13 podiums, 14 top-five, and 17 top-ten finishes on Saturday night. While not as busy, Sammy was on track 23 times during the 2022 season with runs against the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars, Tezos All-Star Circuit of Champions, and the American Sprint Car Series. While it is always hard to call most on the list of Chili Bowl first-timers by the title of "Rookie," the title will just have to due. Just don't tell Jacob Allen that. Driver of the Shark Racing No. 1A with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars, the driver from Hanover, Penn. will be behind the wheel of a Cruz Pedregon-owned entry. Bringing east and west together, the Pedregon Racing stable rounds out with event rookie Kalib Henry, who recently signed on with car owner Shane Liebig for the 2023 season. Another quick dive into the list of rookies and one name will stand out for anyone who follows racing. Andretti. Joining the field in 2023, Indiana's Adam Andretti will take on the Chili Bowl for Jeff Johnson Racing. Competing in a myriad of divisions during his career, the younger brother of the late John Andretti races for Peterson Racing in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli in the TA2 class. While the storylines are seemingly endless when looking through the list of entries, the current list debuts as follows: Car# - Driver (City, State) 00J-John Heitzman (San Jose, IL) 01A-Aaron Sanders (Celestine, IN) 1-Sammy Swindell (Germantown, TN) 1A-Jacob Allen (Hanover, PA) 1G-Justin Peck (Monrovia, IN) 1i-Ashton Torgerson (Medford, OR) 1K-Brayton Lynch (Springfield, IL) 02-Matt Rossi (Peoria, AZ) 2B-Tanner Berryhill (Bixby, OK) 2C-J.R. Ewing (Phillipsburg, KS) 2D-Matt Sherrell (Collinsville, OK) 2E-Whit Gastineau (Moore, OK) 2G-J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, AZ) 2MD-Conner Morrell (Bradenton, FL) 2ND-Jeb Sessums (Burleson, TX) 2W-Tony Bruce, Jr. (Liberal, KS) 03-Ayrton Gennetten (Gravois Mills, MO) 3N-Jake Neuman (New Berlin, IL) 3P-Darin Naida (Adrian, MI) 3V-Jim Vanzant (Prescott, AZ) 4-Taylor Ferns (Shelby Township, MI) 4G-TBA 4P-Kody Swanson (Kingsburg, CA) 5-Chase Briscoe (Mitchell, IN) 5F-Danny Frye III (O'Fallon, MO) 5LK-Jordan Kinser (Bedford, IN) 6A-Kalib Henry (Sacramento, CA) 6D-Isaac Chapple (Willow Branch, IN) 7-TBA 7B-Cody Beard (Saint Anthony, IN) 7D-Michelle Decker (Guthrie, OK) 7M-Shane Cockrum (Benton, IL) 7MF-Chance Morton (Coweta, OK) 7P-A.J. Hopkins (Brownsburg, IN) 7R-Casey Burkham (Seagoville, TX) 7T-TJ Smith (Fresno, CA) 7U-Kyle Jones (Kennedale, TX) 8-Alex Sewell (Broken Arrow, OK) 8M-Kade Morton (Coweta, OK) 9-Xavier Doney (Odessa, MO) 9P-Kevin Cook (Winchester, IN) 10M-Kort Morgan (Muskogee, OK) 10T-Brandon Thomas (Owasso, OK) 11B-Clinton Boyles (Greenwood, MO) 11N-Nick Baran (Tomahawk, WI) 11T-Tyler Baran (Tomahawk, WI) 12H-Jared Hood (Grants Pass, OR) 12M-TBA 12X-Steven Snawder (Roseburg, OR) 14E-Tom Dunkel (Hesperia, CA) 14M-Michael Faccinto (Hanford, CA) 14R-TBA 14T-Dylan Bloomfield (Oakley, CA) 14U-TBA 15G-Dennie Gieber (Frankston, TX) 18N-Weston Gorham (Colleyville, TX) 19-TBA 19K-Riley Kreisel (Warsaw, IN) 19N-Nathan Byrd (Goodyear, AZ) 20-Tadd Holliman (Murray, NE) 20G-Noah Gass (Mounds, OK) 21D-Justin Dickerson (Pittsboro, IN) 22-Sean McClelland (Tulsa, OK) 22J-Taylor Kuehl (Cave Creek, AZ) 22P-TBA 22T-Don Droud, Jr. (Lincoln, NE) 22X-Steven Shebester (Mustang, OK) 23-Patrick Ryan (Springfield, IL) 27B-Jake Bubak (Arvada, CO) 27J-Frank Beck (Parrish, FL) 28-Ace McCarthy (Tahlequah, OK) 28M-Gray Leadbetter (Morganton, NC) 29-Tim Buckwalter (Douglassville, PA) 29S-Hank Davis (Sand Springs, OK) 33J-Laike Imm (Philipsburg, KS) 35-Tyler Robbins (Collinsville, IL) 35L-Cody Ledger (Omaha, NE) 37-Ashton Thompson (Salem, IN) 37T-TBA 37X-TBA 39-Logan Seavey (Sutter, CA) 39X-Todd Bertrand (Danielson, CT) 40-Max Adams (Marion, IN) 40M-Chase McDermand (Springfield, IL) 40S-Steven Snyder, Jr. (Rising Sun, MD) 40u-Jace Sparks (Crystal Lake, IL) 42K-Kevin Battefeld (Havana, IL) 44-Colton Hardy (Phoenix, AZ) 46-Adam Andretti (Brownsburg, IN) 47-Zach Daum (Pocahontas, IL) 47X-Jason McDougal (Broken Arrow, OK) 50-Daniel Adler (St. Louis, MO) 50T-Keoni Texeira (Honolulu, HI) 51-Curtis Jones (Sand Springs, OK) 51B-Joe B. Miller (Millersville, MO) 51Z-Zach Boden (Cambridge, WI) 53R-Sean Robbins (Collinsville, IL) 55A-Jake Swanson (Anaheim, CA) 55V-C.J. Leary (Greenfield, IN) 55X-Alex Bowman (Tucson, AZ) 56-Mitchell Davis (Auburn, IL) 71M-Brent Crews (Denver, NC) 75-Mario Clouser (Auburn, IL) 75X-Alex Vande Voort (Knoxville, IA) 76-Michael Smith (Landisville, PA) 76X-Tom Savage (Red Lion, PA) 77X-Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK) 81-Colten Cottle (Kansas, IL) 84J-Jesse Shapel (Wichita, KS) 84S-Shaun Shapel (Wichita, KS) 85-Jerry Coons, Jr. (Tucson, AZ) 88-Tanner Thorson (Minden, NV) 98B-Joe Boyles (Greenwood, MO) 116-Claud Estes III (Godley, TX) 118-Scott Evans (Rhome, TX) 129-TBA The entry list is subject to change without notice and is updated as often as possible at https://www.chilibowl.com/entries/manual.aspx. Expected to grow rapidly as the deadline for early entry is December 9, 2022; entry for the 2023 event will be taken via mail to 1140 S. 83rd East Ave. Tulsa, OK 74112, by phone at (918) 838-3777, by fax to (918) 836-5517, and via email at chilibowlentries@gmail.com. The entry form can be downloaded at https://www.chilibowl.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=72453. Saturday, December 10, 2022, through Noon on Friday, January 13, 2023, the cost per entry goes up to $200. If entering by phone, the Chili Bowl office is open Monday-Friday, 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (CT). Each entry must include a W9 to indicate who will receive payment. Entries that do not have a completed W9 on file will not be added to a qualifying night. Changed just prior to the 2022 event, competitors under the age of 16 will be allowed to enter. All entries received by drivers under 16 years of age will go before an advisory committee. Only after being approved by the committee will a driver under 16 years of age be allowed to compete. A copy of a Birth Certificate will still be required to confirm the driver's age. The 2023 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire, takes place January 9-14, 2023, atop the clay of the Tulsa Expo Raceway. The event is contested under the massive roof of the SageNet Center in Tulsa, Okla. Monday and Tuesday Reserved Seats are on sale by calling (918) 838-3777. Scattered single seats (no pairs) for the whole event are also available. The offices of the Chili Bowl Nationals are open Monday-Friday from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (CT). Pit Passes are sold at the event and can be purchased for single or consecutive nights. Teams will move in on Saturday, January 7, 2023, starting at 9:00 A.M. Some teams pitted near the grandstands overlooking turns three and four will be contacted directly to park Friday night. Practice will be Sunday, January 8, 2023, starting at 9:00 A.M. Groups will run through twice. Weekdays open at 9:00 A.M. with cars on track at 4:00 P.M. for Hot Laps. Saturday opens at 8:00 A.M. with cars on track at 9:00 A.M. (CT). A complete rundown of times can be found at https://www.chilibowl.com/about. Fans not able to attend the 37th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire will be able to watch every lap live on http://www.floracing.com. For continued updates on the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire, fans can follow along on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram with @CBNationals. All official press, updates, and results on the Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire can be found online at http://www.chilibowl.com. Quick Notes: What: 37th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire When: January 9-14, 2023 Where: SageNet Center - Tulsa Expo Raceway 4145 E 21st St, Tulsa, OK 74114 Contact: Phone: (918) 838-3777 Fax: (918) 836-5517 Mail: 1140 S. 83rd East Ave. Tulsa, OK 74112 Chili Bowl Online: Website: http://www.chilibowl.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chilibowlnationals Twitter: (@cbnationals) Official Hashtag: #ChiliBowl2023 Instagram: cbnationals Snap Chat: TheChiliBowl Daily Times and Prices: Saturday, January 7, 2023 Move-In……..…..…..………..……....……..….9:00 am - 8:00 pm Building/Pit Pass Booth Open...……......………………12:00 pm Sunday, January 8, 2023 Building/Pit Pass Booth Open...……......………………7:00 am Building Secured.........................................................7:00 am Practice………………………………….…...…...….….. 9:00 am Multi-Day Pit Pass $405~ Single day $30 Monday, January 9, 2023 Building/Pit Pass Booth Open...……......………………9:00 am Building Secured.........................................................1:00 pm Draw For Lineups........................................................2:00 pm Driver's Meeting..........................................................3:00 pm Hot Laps…………………….……..…….….………..…..4:00 pm Races………………………..………….….….…...….... 5:00 pm Multi-Day Pit Pass $375~ Single day $60 Tuesday, January 10, 2023 Building Opens............................................................9:00 am Pit Pass Booth Open………......……..............…….…11:00 am Building Secured.........................................................1:00 pm Draw For Lineups........................................................2:00 pm Driver's Meeting..........................................................3:00 pm Hot Laps…………………….……..…….….………..…..4:00 pm Races………………………..………….….….…...….... 5:00 pm Multi-Day Pit Pass $315 ~ Single day $60 Wednesday, January 11, 2023 Building Opens...........................................................9:00 am Pit Pass Booth Open..…….....................……………11:00 am Building Secured.........................................................1:00 pm Draw For Lineups........................................................2:00 pm Driver's Meeting..........................................................3:00 pm Hot Laps…………………….……..…….….………..…..4:00 pm Races………………………..………….….….…...….... 5:00 pm Multi-Day Pit Pass $255 ~ Single day $60 Thursday January 12, 2023 Building Opens..........................................................9:00 am Pit Pass Booth Open..……......……………..............11:00 am Building Secured.........................................................1:00 pm Draw For Lineups........................................................2:00 pm Driver's Meeting..........................................................3:00 pm Hot Laps…………………….……..…….….………..…..4:00 pm Races………………………..………….….….…...….... 5:00 pm Multi-Day Pit Pass $195 ~ Single day $60 Friday January 13, 2023 Building Secured/Pit Pass Booth Open..……......…….9:00 am Draw For Lineups........................................................2:00 pm Driver's Meeting..........................................................3:00 pm Hot Laps…………………….……..…….….………..…..4:00 pm Races………………………..………….….….…...….... 5:00 pm Multi-Day Pit Pass $135 ~ Single day $60 Saturday January 14, 2023 Building Secured/Trade Show ……….………….…... 8:00 am Pit Pass Booth/Pit Gate ….….…...….…..……………. 8:00 am Racer's For Christ Service...........................................8:15 am Feature Hot Laps..……….……………….……….……9:00 am Opening Ceremonies..................................................6:00 pm Pit Pass $75 All times are subject to change Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals Champions: Year - Driver (Owner) 2022 - Tanner Thorson (Andy Reinbold) 2021 - Kyle Larson (Kyle Larson Openwheel) 2020 - Kyle Larson (Kyle Larson Openwheel, LLC-Mike Larson) 2019 - Christopher Bell (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian) 2018 - Christopher Bell (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian) 2017 - Christopher Bell (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian) 2016 - Rico Abreu (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian) 2015 - Rico Abreu (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian) 2014 - Bryan Clauson (Joe Dooling/Rusty Kunz/Curb Records) 2013 - Kevin Swindell (Swindell Motorsports/Curb Records) 2012 - Kevin Swindell (Swindell Motorsports/Curb Records) 2011 - Kevin Swindell (Swindell Motorsports/Curb Records) 2010 - Kevin Swindell (Swindell Motorsports/Curb Records) 2009 - Sammy Swindell (Swindell Motorsports/Curb Records) 2008 - Damion Gardner (Jason Leffler) 2007 - Tony Stewart (Tony Stewart Motorsports) 2006 - Tim McCreadie (Steve Smith) 2005 - Tracy Hines (Wilke - Pak) 2004 - Cory Kruseman (Andy Bondio) 2003 - Dan Boorse (Dan Boorse) 2002 - Tony Stewart (Keith Kunz) 2001 - Jay Drake (Keith Kunz) 2000 - Cory Kruseman (Andy Bondio) 1999 - Dan Boorse (Dan Boorse) 1998 - Sammy Swindell (Pete Willoughby) 1997 - Billy Boat (John Lawson) 1996 - Sammy Swindell (Rusty Kunz / Jay McKinnie) 1995 - Donnie Beechler (Zarounian Motorsports) 1994 - Andy Hillenburg (Keith Kunz / Rusty Kunz) 1993 - Dave Blaney (Ralph Potter) 1992 - Sammy Swindell (Dave Ellis) 1991 - Lealand McSpadden (Andy Bondio) 1990 - John Heydenreich (Tony Finley) 1989 - Sammy Swindell (Jack Runyon) 1988 - Scott Hatton (Jerry Hatton) 1987 - Rich Vogler (Bob Lowe) O'Reilly Auto Parts Race of Champions: Justin Grant (2022), Christopher Bell (2021 and 2020), Tanner Thorson (2019 and 2016), Chad Boat (2018), Kyle Larson (2017 and 2014), Sammy Swindell (2015, 2012, 2011, 2009), Kevin Swindell (2013), Brad Loyet (2010) Trade Show: A long-standing tradition at the Chili Bowl, the Trade Show, which is open to the public each day (Monday through Saturday), is free of charge. All variety of racing products, apparel, and more is available with well over 100 vendors. The Trade Show still has space available. Anyone looking to be a part of the Trade Show can contact the Chili Bowl office at 918-838-3777. The Trade Show covers approximately 20,000 square feet. ======================================= Lucas Oil Products is the title sponsor of the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals. More information about the products available from Lucas Oil can be found at http://www.lucasoil.com. General Tire is the presenting sponsor of the Chili Bowl. A complete inventory of tires offered by General Tire can be found at http://www.generaltire.com.

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  EDDIE TAFOYA JR. POSTS A CAREER-BEST THIRD-PLACE FINISH IN USAC/CRA SERIES POINT STANDINGS

  (Chino, CA, November 26, 2022) When the Heimark Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals closed the 2022 season at Perris Auto Speedway earlier this month, Eddie Tafoya Jr. ended up a career-best third place in the 2022 USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series championship standings. The outcome was five spots better than his previous career best of eighth place in 2021. The biggest key to Tafoya's prowess in 2022 was his consistency. The Specialty Fasteners hauler pulled up into racetracks 24 times this year. Every single time, the Chino Hills, California racer started the A main event. Those 24 races took place on nine different racetracks in 3 different states (California, Arizona, and South Dakota). Of the 24 main events he started, Tafoya finished in the top ten 13 times. Of the 13, six were top five. His best finish of the campaign was a second-place result on January 29th at the Cocopah Speedway. He recorded a third at the Mohave valley Raceway on April 24th and placed fourth at Perris on June 25th. By contrast, the team appeared at 29 races in 2021 and made the A main 17 times. He finished in the top ten on six occasions. Four of the six top 10s in 2021 were in the top five. His best finish of that season was a third at Perris in July. Tafoya, the 2018 Perris Auto Speedway Young Guns champion and 2019 USAC/CRA Rookie of the Year, finished off his 2022 season with the two biggest events on the USAC/CRA schedule. First up came the Western World Championships at the Cocopah Speedway near Yuma, Arizona. That was followed by the Oval Nationals at Perris the first weekend in November. Each of those race weekends saw the 25-year-old not only squaring off with the best that USAC/CRA has to offer but also the finest drivers from the National Series as well. They were tough main events to make but the handsome 25-year-old did so every time. Going into those final five races, Tafoya was 17 points out of third place and 25 points out of second. By the time he left Arizona and headed to Perris, he had taken over third place and only trailed the second-place driver by 18 points. When the final checkered flag of the season closed the campaign, he had sewed up third place and was only 21 points out of the runner-up spot. The 2023 schedule should be out soon. It is safe to say that Tafoya will continue his rise in the sport and will be a contender for the 2023 USAC/CRA championship. During the off-season, Tafoya, and the Specialty Fasteners #51T team, will be prepping for that very important campaign. In addition to the work on the cars in the shop, the team will be busy exploring corporate partnership opportunities for the upcoming campaign. If you or your company would like to be a partner with the Specialty Fasteners team in 2023, please contact Eddie Tafoya Jr. via phone at (909) 393-3999 or by e-mail at mailto:teamtafoya@aol.com. He will be happy to talk to you and lay out the team's plans. Tafoya's great-looking shirts and hoodies will make great Christmas presents for the special racing fans on your Christmas list. They are available online at www.specialty-fasteners.com. Tafoya has a great YouTube channel at the following link https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1hrmC5L80EU. Tafoya and the #51T team would like to thank Specialty Fasteners, DRC Chassis, Ryder Racing Engines, Simpson Safety Products, Bell, Benic Enterprises, BR Motorsports, PSC Powder Coating, Magik Graphics, Gasper Transportation, Owen's Insurance Services, and Weld Wheels for making the 2022 season possible. Fans can follow Tafoya on Instagram @eddietafoya51. The same contact point can be used to purchase his great-looking shirts via mail. Eddie Tafoya Jr. 2022 Race Results 1-27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 7th A Main 1-28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 9th A Main 1-29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 2nd A Main 3-26 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 18th A Main 4-1 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 13th A Main 4-2 Thunderbowl Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 15th A Main 4-23 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 3rd A Main 4-30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 5-28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 6-11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 6-25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main 7-8 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 13th A Main 7-9 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 10th A Main 7-10 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 15th A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 8-27 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 9-17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 10-8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 10-28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA & National Sprints 19th A Main 10-29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA & National Sprints 16th A Main 11-3 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA & National Sprints 18th A Main 11-4 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA & National Sprints 21st A Main 11-5 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA & National Sprints 16th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. (909) 226-7768 or E-mail mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  SEXTON GATLIN RACING HAS A TOUGH NIGHT AT BAKERSFIELD

  (Glendora, California, November 26, 2022) Impressive young racer Will Browne brought his rookie season in lightning sprint cars to a close in impressive fashion by finishing sixth at the "6th Annual Western States Lightning Sprints Championship" at the Bakersfield Speedway. The race was co-sanctioned by the California Lightning Sprint Car Series and Northern California's Bay Cities Racing Association. It was also the final race of the five-race "Civil War Series" matching CLS drivers vs BCRA racers and the final points-paying race for the CLS in 2022. 305255847_762704451652371_2366630231652135019_n.jpg Will Browne placed second in the CLS standings and fourth in the Civil War Series in 2022. Lance Jennings photo. Browne, 18, has had a wonderful rookie season in lightning sprint cars. He started out on the first weekend in March when he placed 5th and 6th in a pair of POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series races at the Imperial Valley Raceway. After that weekend, he mostly competed with the rival CLS where he was never worse than seventh in the season-long championship standings and was locked into fourth most of the five-race "Civil War Series." The lanky driver was in those positions when he arrived at Bakersfield for what turned out to be his last race of the year. 2022 High School graduate Browne, who lives in Glendora, California, led the CLS rookie of the year standings for most of the 2022 campaign. However, he slipped a second in that competition late in the year. Two races before the Bakersfield affair, he was 72 points behind the leader of the rookie standings. Coming into the Bakersfield event, he had whittled 32 points off that disadvantage and was only 39 out at the beginning of the finale. Twenty-three cars showed up for the race at the 1/3 mile bank clay oval that is in the middle of Bakersfield's rich oil fields. Browne got things going in a good way when he timed in 5th fastest of those 23 cars with a lap of 14.287. That placed him in the fifth starting spot for the eight-lap heat race. The young driver steered the handsome "Win Now Racing" #8 to a sixth-place finish. For the final 30-lap main of the 2022 campaign, Browne started on the outside of the sixth row in the 12th position. On the original start, he stayed out of trouble when the car in front of him flipped wildly in turn two. For the restart, he moved up to the outside of row five and methodically moved his way forward throughout the race. By lap six, he was up to eighth. Four laps later he had advanced another position to seventh. He stayed out of trouble the entire race and came home sixth to close his 2022 season. Browne hacked 14 more points off his disadvantage in the "Rookie of the Year" chase in Bakersfield. That means, he chopped 47 points off in two races! However, that was not enough and he fell 25 points short of capturing the crown. While he did not win that award, his fourth-place result in the "Civil War Series" was the best of any of the first-year drivers. Fourth in the CWS and seventh in the CLS were products of his smooth calculating style. His results in year one were extremely impressive and so was his great personality throughout the season. Perhaps the most amazing stat in Browne's first season portfolio is the fact that he placed in the top 10 13 times in 17 starts. In addition, seven of his top 10s were in the top five. His best result of the year was a second-place conclusion at Chico at the end of August. With his rookie season completed, Browne is now looking toward 2023. In addition to working on equipment, he will be seeking marketing partners for his sophomore campaign. If you are looking for a young driver to be involved with, you need to look no further than Will Browne. In addition to his prowess behind the wheel, he is an extremely well-spoken, friendly young man who likes repping for his partners and meeting fans. He has a good social media presence that includes a very entertaining YouTube channel. If you would like to join the pleasant driver as a marketing partner for the 2023 campaign, drop an email or give him a call at the following: willbrowne88@gmail.com or (626) 261-5310. Be sure to visit and signup for Browne's YouTube channel at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSNglz0llw. Browne and the "Win Now Racing" team would like to thank marketing partner Pacific Panel Products for being a part of his rookie campaign in lightning sprint cars Will Browne 2022 Racing Results March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main April 2 Merced Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 7th A Main May 14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main May 21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main June 11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main June 25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS June 25 Ventura Raceway WMR Midgets 7th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 2ND A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main September 10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 12th A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main September 24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 11th A Main October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars DNS October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 16th A Main October 29 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main November 15 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or (909) 226-7768

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  GRANT SEXTON RIM RIDES TO THRILLING MAIN EVENT WIN IN HANGTOWN 100 FINALE AT PLACERVILLE

  (Torrance, CA, November 25, 2022) Teenage racer Grant Sexton closed the California Lightning Sprint Car Series 2022 season the same way he began it eight months earlier when he rim-rode his way to a thrilling victory in the finale of the "Hangtown 100" at the Placerville Speedway. The win in the race that was co-sanctioned by Northern California's BCRA, gave Sexton Gatlin Racing a clean sweep of the event as Sexton's teammate, AJ Bender, captured the first two nights. 316541914_1279363969272986_1358255239783212506_n.jpg Grant Sexton after winning the finale of the Hangtown 100 at Placerville. M&M Racing Photo. Orangevale's Harlee Aguilera was on the pole for the final lightning sprint car race in California in 2022. Bender, a veteran driver who resides in San Diego was on the outside of the front row. Row two was made-up of BCRA president Greg Dennett of Fremont and Warner Springs teen "Shugah" Shane Sexton. Grant Saxton, who lives in Lakeside, and Lakewood, Colorado's Johnny Boos were in row three. The 30-lap main on the picturesque 57-year-old track kicked off with track announcer Gary Thomas' familiar refrain, "It Is About To Go Down In Old Hangtown." Aguilera was the first driver to reach turn one with Bender and Dennett right behind. Bender swept by Aguilera coming out of turn three on lap one to take over the lead. The race did not stay green for long as Placerville local Shane Hopkins rolled to a stop in turn one on the second lap bringing out the first yellow flag of the race. Once the race got going again, Boos advanced his standing by one position would he took Aguilera for third. However, the green light did not stay on for long. Going into turn 3 on the 4th circuit Waterford's Dakota Albright clipped the inside berm and flipped. That knocked the 2021 BCRA champion out of the race early, on what for him was a see-saw weekend. At the Thursday opener, he exited the race early with a blown tire. Twenty-four hours later, he raced to an impressive second-place finish. He wrapped it up with the frustrating flip that knocked him out of the race. Albright was not the only casualty in the red flag incident. Behind his flipping car Brent Sexton, the 2022 POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car champion, was clobbered by another car as they swept wide to avoid Albright's tumbling racer. The damage ended Sexton's race at that point. The race resumed with Bender still in his familiar first-place position. He was being chased by Boos, Aguilera, Dennett, and 2021 "Hangtown 100" champion Logan Seavey of Sutter, California. Chris Crowder of Colorado Springs, Colorado, who won night two at Hangtown in 2021, relieved Seavey of fifth on lap four. Soon thereafter, the yellow reared its frustrating, ugly head again when Shane Sexton and 2022 BCRA champion Matt Land ended their race by mixing it up in turn one. The third restart, which came on lap 6, still found Bender in command. Boos, was still second with Dennett, and Aguilera third and fourth. At that time, Grant Sexton, who started fifth but who was shuffled backward in lap one traffic chaos, was starting to make his presence felt as he was up to eighth. Hard-driving Boos began stalking Bender for the lead and his dogging paid off at the end of the eighth go-round when he shot into the top spot. Trying to score the hat trick for the week Bender immediately went on the attack of the pacesetter. If those two battling for the lead were not enough, Dennett, who was rolling the bottom like a boss, came calling and was just inches behind the lead duo. Bender ran it hard on the inside in one in two on lap 10 and nearly snatched the lead back. One lap later he did the same and pulled next to Boos. As they came off turn two inches apart, Boos ran out of racetrack and slipped over the cushion. That not only allowed Bender to get by, but Dennett passed the black #24 as well. One lap later Dennett turned the heat up on Bender and tried to pry the lead from his grasp. Bender was equal to the challenge and maintained his lofty position on top of the heap. However, behind them, Grant Sexton was getting a lot of attention from the fans with some daring rim riding. The affable teenager was up to third and was yearning for more. Dennett again tried to wrestle the lead away in one and two on the 13th orbit. Bender fought him off and decided enough is enough. One lap later when they hit turn one, Bender changed lines and dropped to the bottom in front of Dennett. While he continued to hold the top spot, Grant Sexton eyed the open lane on the top and continued to close in on the leaders. While he was only in third place, Grant Sexton's brave run on the outside was warming up the fans on the chilly night. His attack on the cushion was relentless and he caught a good chunk of it in the middle of three and four on lap 18. The jolt straightened his eye-catching #3 out and shot him to the bottom and to the inside of Dennett. Dennett was not by any means handing the keys to second over to his teen challenger and they traded the spot back and forth before the youngster took full claim of it. The green flag remained on until there was ten laps to go when Dalton Sexton spun and turn four forcing another painful yellow. This time the makeup of the top four had Bender in the lead, Sexton in the second-place spot, Dennett in third, and Aguilera in fourth. The field took the green flag and got one lap in before Boos stopped in turn one after making contact with the back of Aguilera. However, seconds prior to that when the field completed the last lap, Sexton had inched by for the lead and would be at the head of the pack for the final restart of the race. Teammates or not, Bender was not going to let Sexton off the hook. For three straight laps, he threw big-time haymakers at his teammate on the first bend. He nearly took the lead each time, but Sexton was just a tad faster and maintained his advantage. On lap 25, Bender kept it on the top and Sexton began to pull away. Dennett kept up his pesky persistence when he tried to relegate Bender back to third but the "San Diegan" managed to hold him off. It looked like the race was over as Sexton had nearly a full second lead, but with two circuits left, tenacious Bender came calling again. He threw massive sliders at Sexton in turn two on laps 29 and 30, but each time the teen repelled the threats. Sexton raced under the last CLS checkered flag of the season just as he had done eight months earlier, with a rim-riding win. It was only his second CLS triumph of the year. Bender took second with Dennett glued to his tail in third. Aguilera and Bellingham, Washington's Alex Lewis placed fourth and fifth. "Everyone was around the bottom and I knew I wasn't going to get them by following," Sexton told the appreciative crowd. "Guess my balls were feeling a little swollen tonight because we were rippin' the top. Honestly, trying to earn myself a midget ride out here and prove I am a driver. I couldn't have done it without Seth (crew chief Seth Wilson), and everyone working on my cars, my dad, and my Nana. AJ, he's taught me so much about racing with him. I hate to take his sweep away, but man, that felt good. I am always trying to beat that guy." "I think we missed the set up a little bit," second-place finisher Bender told interviewer Drake York and the fans. "I wasn't expecting it to be this dry so I made some last-minute choices. I think they were a little off. Grant railed around me and I was like, 'dang I gotta get up there and start doing it.' I am glad Grant got it, and SGR is one and two and we get some more trophies to add." "Fifteen years ago I ran midgets here and I knew the bottom is good," third-place driver Dennett said afterward. "I just tried to be super smooth on the bottom and just kind of run my race. These guys are way better than me and I was just excited to be up front racing with them. We raced super clean and it was just awesome to be here and to run up front." There were two qualifiers earlier in the night to determine the starting lineup. Boos and main event winner Grant Sexton claimed those. Washington's Alex Lewis won the B main. Other CLS and Southern California drivers in the finale were Jeff Dyer (7th), Cal Smith (9th), Dalton Sexton (12th), and Brent Sexton 20th. Work is underway on the 29th CLS series schedule. Information will be released as soon as possible. The 2022 CLS banquet will take place at Frantone's Pizza & Spaghetti Villa in Cerritos on February 4th. Tickets for the banquet are $40.00. To order or for more information call (310) 367-9050 or email mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net ?subject=jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net. November 19 Hangtown 100 Results Hangtown 100 Night #3 25-Lap Main Event (with starting spots and distances back): 1. Grant Sexton, Lakeside, CA, 5th 2. AJ Bender, San Diego, CA, 2nd … 1.385 3. Greg Dennett, Fremont, CA, 3rd, … 1.576 4. Harlee Aguilera, Orangevale, CA, 1st … 2.553 5. Alex Lewis, Bellingham, WA, 11th … 6. Hunter Kinney, Citrus Heights, CA, 21st … 2.966 7. Jeff Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA, 20th … 5.264 8. Logan Seavey, Sutter, CA, 10th … 6.892 9. Cal Smith, Phelan, CA, 14th … 7.600 10. Steve Becker, Lakewood, CA, 12th … 8.182 11. Josef Ferolito, Modesto, CA, 16th … 9.232 12. Dalton Sexton, Lakeside. CA, 15th … 10.742 13. Jason Schapansky, Kamloops, BC, Canada, 18th … 12.313 14. Johnny Boos, Lakewood, CO, 6th … 12.787 15. Chris Crowder, Colorado Springs, CO, 9th … 1 Lap 16. Shane Hopkins, Placerville, CA, 13th … 20 Laps 17. Matt Land, Elk Grove, CA, 17th … 24 Laps 18. Shane Sexton, El Cajon, CA, 4th … 24 Laps 19. Dakota Albright, Waterford, CA, 7th … 28 Laps 20. Brent Sexton, Lakeside, CA, 8th … 28 Laps 21. Danielle Clauson-Sevo, Placerville, CA, 19th … 28 Laps B Main (15 Laps): 1. Alex Lewis; 2. Steve Becker; 3. Shane Hopkins; 4. Cal Smith; 5. Dalton Saxton; 6. Josef Ferolito; 7. Matt Land; 8. Jason Schapansky; 9. Danielle Clauson-Sevo; 10. Jeff Dyer; 11. Mark Henry; 12. Hunter Kinney Qualifier 1 (12 Laps): 1. Johnny Boos; 2. Shane Sexton; 3. AJ Bender;4. Dakota Albright; 5. Chris Crowder; 6. Steve Becker; 7. Ken Coulsten Jr; 8. Hunter Kinney; 9. Matt land; 10. Dalton Sexton Qualifier 2 (12 Laps): 1. Grant Sexton; 2. Greg Dennett; 3. Harlee Aguilera; 4. Brent Sexton; 5. Logan Seavey; 6. Alex Lewis; 7. Jeff Dyer; 8. Shane Hopkins; 9. Cal Smith; 10. Mark Henry Final California Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - 2184 2. Eric Greco - 2089 3. Cody Nigh - 1913 4. Bobby Michnowicz - 1886 4. Jeff Dyer - 1777 6. Connor Speir - 1548 7. Will Browne - 1523 8. Jon Robertson - 1246 9. Pat Kelley - 1162 10. Dominic Del Monte - 784 Final Civil War Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - CLS - 629 2. Eric Greco - CLS - 572 3. Bobby Michnowicz - CLS - 568 4. Will Browne - CLS - 526 5. Cody Nigh - CLS - 486 6. Harlee Aguilera - BCRA - 415 7. Greg Dennett - BCRA - 403 8. Connor Speir - CLS - 392 9. Matt Land - BCRA - 388 10. Dakota Albright - BCRA - 358 The following companies have become marketing partners with the CLS in 2022. They have offered up more than $13,000.00 in contingencies that will be awarded on top of the regular racing purses and they will be paid out throughout the year. Yoshimura R&D, Hoosier Tires West, T-Shirts By Timeless, Extreme Mufflers, Saldana Racing Products, Rod End Supply, Speed Mart, Cold Fire West, West Evens Motorsports, RC Fuel Injection, Jake Swanson Shock Technology, Advanced Racing Suspensions, CSI Shocks, Eibach Springs, Triple X Race Components, King Racing Products, Hyper Racing Products, Rebel Gears, Vahlco Wheels, Wilwood Disk Brakes, Fuel Safe Systems, MPI, Circle Track Performance, E-Z UP, Hepfner Racing, Smith Titanium, and Hoosier Speed. If you or your company would like to become a partner of the longtime racing organization, contact Jon Robertson via email at mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net or by calling (310) 367-9050. 2022 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 25 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Grant Sexton April 2 Merced Speedway Non-Wing -- Civil War #1 - David Gasper April 16 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged (Make Up Main) David Gasper April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz May 14 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender May 21 Ventura Raceway Winged - Eric Greco June 11 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - David Gasper June 25 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 9 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 23 Ventura Raceway Winged - Dave Gasper August 6 *Santa Maria Raceway Winged - Brent Sexton August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged - Civil War #2 - Connor Spier August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged - Civil War #3 - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 10 Lemoore Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 24 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Civil War #4 - David Gasper October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway Winged - With SWLS - Brent Sexton October 29 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - With USAC Midgets - Civil War #5 - Bobby Michnowicz Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - AJ Bender Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - AJ Bender Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - Grant Sexton To keep up with the CLS online, please visit the website at http://racecls.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/californialightningsprints 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 Gansen 2007 Shane Rossen 2008 Brent Sexton 2009 Stuart Hielschier Sr. 2010 Jarrett Kramer 2011 Tim Brown 2012 Bobby Michnowicz 2013 Stephen Limon 2014 Bobby Michnowicz 2015 Bobby Michnowicz 2016 Bobby Michnowicz 2017 Bobby Michnowicz 2018 Jarrett Kramer 2019 Jarrett Kramer 2021 David Gasper 2022 David Gasper This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  Ryan Timms Takes USAC West Coast Sprints Main at Ventura

  November 26, 2022 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California – "ARP 81st Running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix". Ryan Timms won the Sprint car portion of the Turkey Night Grand Prix Saturday night.

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  BRODY ROA WRAPS UP THE 2022 CAMPAIGN IN THE TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX AT VENTURA

  (Cypress, CA, November 25, 2022) Southern California racing veteran Brody Roa will close out another successful season tonight and Saturday, November 25th and 26th, in the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series at the 81st running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway. The veteran driver will be back behind the wheel of Jayson May's gorgeous #8M sprint car that has already carried him to a pair of victories in 2022. 297879254_2204237209743457_8079382424926505894_n.jpg Brody Roa in Jayson May's #8M. SCRAFAN.COM Photo. Roa's prowess at Ventura and in May's car makes him one of the favorites in this week's race. In two appearances at the beach side track in 2022, he has a win and a second-place finish. Driving his own #91R car in a USAC/CRA race on June 11th, Roa ended up second in the main event. He was clearly the fastest car on the track, but on the night, the track was one lane on the bottom. Rather than wreck the first-place car and possibly take himself out as well, Roa wisely settled for second. Two months later, he steered May's car to the USAC West Coast Series main event win on the tiny, challenging oval that is located a stone's throw away from the breaking surf of the Pacific Ocean. After returning from Indiana Sprint week, Roa jumped into May's 360 and led every inch of the way in the USAC/CRA 410 race at the grand re-opening of the Santa Maria Raceway on August 6th. His other 2022 appearances in May's equipment came in early February in a pair of CAS/ASCS events at the Central Arizona Speedway. The first night Roa had the main event in the bag, but the competition was plagued by an exorbitant amount of yellow flags and Roa ran out of fuel near the end of the race. He restarted at the rear and came back through the field to finish fifth. Twenty-four hours later he placed second on the same track. Gates will open at 3:00 p.m. each day at Ventura with cars on the track at 3:15. The sprint cars will have heats and a dash for cash on Friday. On Saturday, they will have preliminary main events and a $3,000.00 to win A main. The USAC National Midgets will join the action with practice on Friday. On Saturday, the midgets will qualify, contest preliminaries, and finish the night with the historic 98-lap main event. The Ventura Raceway is located on the Ventura County Fairgrounds at 10 W. Harbor Boulevard (93001). The website is http://venturaraceway.com/ and the office phone number is (805) 648-RACE. Friday night adult tickets are $22.00. Seniors, military, and students get in for $18.00, and it is free for kids under 12 on Friday. On Saturday, reserved seats are $45.00 for those 13 and older. Reserved seats for those 12 and under are $25.00. General admission tickets are $35.00. Roa comes into the event after ending the 410 sprint car portion of his 2022 season at the 26th running of the Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway. The first night of the Ovals saw the Garden Grove, California racecar chauffeur being the most competitive of the local drivers at the race on the famous Riverside County half-mile clay Oval. In qualifying in the stellar 40-car field that showed up for the last USAC National and USAC/CRA race of 2022, Roa only managed to qualify 18th fastest. He shrugged off the time trials result with a convincing win in the first heat race of the three-day event. For the 30-lap main, Roa, 31 started in the ninth spot. Racing in the toughest field on the famous Riverside County half-mile clay oval in 2022, the veteran driver was the highest-running USAC/CRA driver in the field. He was just behind the USAC National Series regulars in the early part of the race. As the laps dwindled down, he began to infiltrate the invaders and advance toward the front of the pack. Running on the top, which had an unforgiving cushion, he was in the sixth spot with two laps to go when the cushion bit him and sent the #91R careening into the wall. Roa looked at the car, saw little damage, and climbed back in. He restarted at the back and ended up 16th. On the second night at the Ovals, Roa qualified 22nd fastest. He backed that up with a third-place finish in his heat race. That gave him his second straight ticket into the 30-lap main event. The veteran driver started that race in 20th and finished 17th. The tangle with the cushion on Thursday, combined with the 17th place finish on Friday, meant that Roa would have to qualify again on Saturday and make it to the main event through his heat race or the B main. The affable racing star was the ninth-quickest qualifier and placed third in his heat. That automatically sent him into the A main for the third consecutive night. For the 40-lap championship main event, Roa started in the 10th place spot and was 11th when the checkered flag ended the contest and the 410 season. That was the best performance by a USAC/CRA driver in the race. Roa and the team want to thank the following sponsors for making the 2022 season possible. HD Industries, Burris Racing, Sander Engineering, Inland Rigging, Caltrol, "Biker" Bruce Fischer, Competition Suspension, ALR Virtual Services, K-1 Race Gear, Molecule, Rod End Supply, Driven Racing Oil, Baldwin Filters, and NGK Spark Plugs. In addition, the veteran driver offers thanks to RDM Mechanics, Fastenal, KC Keen Concrete, Coopers Propane, Ten West Towing, Ten West Environmental, TJM Distribution, and Westco International for sponsoring May's #8M. If you or your company would like to jump on board and receive recognition as a team partner throughout 2023, please give the two-time USAC champion racer a phone call or drop him a note at the contact information on the top of this release. Fans can learn more about Roa and the team at https://www.brodyroa.com/. Fans can also check out the team news at Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/br91r/. To keep up with May Motorsports, please check out and "like" its Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/MayMotorsports8M Brody Roa's 2022 Schedule and Race Results January 12 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 15th A Main January 15 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 13th C Main January 27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main January 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 6th A Main January 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main February 11 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 5th A Main February 12 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 2nd A Main February 26 Keller Auto Speedway King of Thunder 9th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway World of Outlaws 8th B Main March 26 Perris Auto Speedway World of Outlaws 24th A Main April 9 Keller Auto Speedway NARC King of the West Canceled April 30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main June 11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 2nd A Main June 25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 1ST A Main July 22 Gas City I69 Speedway ISW - USAC National 9th C Main July 23 Kokomo Speedway ISW - USAC National 7th B Main July 24 Lawrenceburg Speedway ISW - USAC National Rained out July 25 Circle City Raceway ISW - UASC National 19th A Main July 27 Terre Haute Action Track ISW - USAC National Rained Out July 28 Lincoln Park Speedway ISW - USAC National 8th B Main July 29 Bloomington Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main July 30 Tri-State Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main August 20 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 19th A Main August 27 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 1st A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main September 24 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 DNS October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main October 15 Kern County Raceway USAC West Coast 360 17th A Main October 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA 15th A Main October 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA 15th A Main November 3 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals 16th A Main November 4 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals 17th A Main November 5 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals 11th A Main November 25 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP November 26 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP @hdindustries_1971 @burris_racing_usa @mikeburrisoc @csishocks @sander_engineering @sanderjenna @theoriginalloosebruce @alrvirtualservices @k1racegear @moleculesports @rodendsupply @baldwinfilters @ngkracing @originalngksparkplugs @usacnation @usac_cra @perrisautospeedway @b_roa91 @tai_xoxo_roa @zacboz35 @joegibb83, @inlandrigging, @eaglemotorsportsinc @caltrolinc @drivenracingoil This release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  CLS DRIVER AJ BENDER MAKES IT TWO WINS IN A ROW AT PLACERVILLE'S HANGTOWN 100

  (Torrance, CA, November 22, 2022) In November 2021, San Diego's AJ Bender came to the "Hangtown 100" and finished second all three nights. Not wanting to face that frustration again this year, Bender scored a convincing win in night #2 of the prestigious lightning sprint car race at the Placerville Speedway last Friday. It was his second victory at the track in 24 hours, and his third on the banked red clay quarter mile in 2022. Overall, it was his fifth lightning sprint car win of the year. 316108167_10224947420026830_1319108853916825848_n.jpg AJ Bender with his crew chief Seth Wilson after their second win in 24 hours at Placerville. MMRACINGPHOTOS.COM Just like in 2021 when Bender was added to the Sexton Gatlin Racing roster for the end of the season, the team brought him back again to close out 2022. The 29-year-old's record with SGR in that time has been phenomenal. He has nine starts with the team. Of the nine, he has won four times. He has also finished runner-up three times, third once, and fifth one time. With him starting on the outside of the second row on Friday, anybody who doubted that he could possibly win had to be foolish. When the 19-car field took to the track for the 25-lapper, Ken Coulsten Jr of Bermuda Dunes was on the pole. Starting next to him was Colorado's Johnny Boos, who gave a very good account of himself finishing fourth the night before. Warner Springs teenager "Shugah" Shane Sexton, who competes against Bender in the USAC/CRA 410 Sprint Car Series, was on the inside of the second row with Bender just to his right. 2021 POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series champion Grant Sexton, "Shugah" Shane's cousin, and Freemont's Greg Dennett were in row three. At the drop of the green flag Coulston, who was only making his fourth start of the year, drove his brilliant blue #32 into the lead. Boos was second and Bender was third. Bender, who won the 2021 Sprint car portion of the Turkey Night Grand Prix at the Ventura Raceway, wasted little time in getting to the front. In fact, he jetted by Coulston for the top spot with an inside pass coming off turn two on the second circuit. Not long after that, Coulston slowed dramatically and slid back in the pack. Lap two also saw the demise of Sutter's Logan Seavey. The winner of two of the three lightning sprint mains at the 2021 "Hangtown 100," went up in smoke and pulled his car to the infield. By the end of the fifth lap, Bender had established a comfortable lead. Boos was second, and Shane Sexton was third. 2021 BCRA champ Dakota Albright of Waterford had impressively raced all the way up to fourth after starting 11th. Things stayed the same until the ninth lap when Sexton advanced his position to second when he got by Boos. However, he had little time to relish his tenure in the runner-up spot as Albright blew by both of them in the next turn. By the time Albright took up residence in second place, Bender, in the Boczanowski/Sexton Fire Protection/BK Wings/Johnny Motorhead/Troy Dirt/Victory Graphix/Swift Powdercoat/Maxima Oil/Automated Interior/Scotty and Jimmy Keys/#22, had already built a 2 ½ second lead. Bender hit the lapped traffic on lap 10 but it failed to slow him down. Five laps later, he had advanced his advantage to 3.2 seconds. Late in the race, Bender met up with a gaggle of lappers and it did allow Albright to slightly close the gap. However, when the checkered flag came down it was Bender by a half straightaway. Albright wrapped up his impressive performance by placing second with Shane Sexton third, Dennett fourth, and Brent Sexton fifth. Albright's sterling display made him the race "Hard Charger." "Once I got in lapped traffic, I could hear cars everywhere so I was not sure where they (his closest pursuers) were at," he told Drake York and the crowd after the race. "I was really thinking it was going to be on the top, but it just kept working on the bottom. I just kind of stuck to my guns there. It's not the funnest going around the bottom for 25 laps, but it is fun talking to you at the end of the night. I will take it. Again like last night, I have to thank Phil and Wyatt (Boczanowski). This car is a rocket ship. They are trying to sell it so I am trying to make it look good. I have to thank Seth (crew chief Seth Wilson), Nita (Nita Gatlin from SGR), Brent (Brent Sexton from SGR), and all the SGR people for putting up with me. Seth is a one-man team overlooking four cars. So, he is earning his money. Thank you to my wife and daughter at home and to my family." "Anything was better than last night," happy second-place finisher Albright said after the race. "We went 11th to second tonight. Hugged it around the bottom and this baby was hooked up. It was great. The track was a lot better tonight, Scott did an awesome job." "I did not think it was going to be this dry," third-place finisher Shane Sexton said afterward. "We probably could have went a little bit tighter. Hats off to my guys, Brian Fonseca, and my dad. They work their tails off throughout the night. We have had some success all around the country. We normally do not do the local stuff for Brian, but he called and asked if I wanted to drive it and I could not say no. Third place on the podium is not too bad." Other CLS and Southern California drivers in the main were Grant Sexton (6th), Cal Smith (9th), Dalton Sexton (10th), Coulston (14th), Mark Henry (15th) and Jeff Dyer (17th). Earlier in the night, Bender recorded the fastest lap in qualifying at 13.341. Dennett was second fastest at 13.428 and Rosamond's Henry was third quick at 13.479. Seavey captured the first heat race over the son and father combo of Grant and Brent Sexton. Coulston claimed the victory in heat two ahead of Dennett and Harlee Aguilera of Orangevale. Albright got to the checkers first in the final heat when he bested Boos and Dyer. The 2022 CLS banquet will take place at Frantone's Pizza & Spaghetti Villa in Cerritos on February 4th. Tickets for the banquet are $40.00. To order or for more information call (310) 367-9050 or email mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net ?subject=jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net. November 18 Hangtown 100 Results Qualifying: 1. AJ Bender, 13.341; 2. Greg Dennett, 13.428; 3. Mark Henry, 13.479; 4. Grant Sexton, 13.510; 5. Shane Sexton, 13.644; 6. Alex Lewis, 13.687; 7. Matt Land, 13.709; 8. Harlee Aguilera, 13.757; 9. Johnny Boos, 13.775; 10. Chris Crowder, 13.791; 11. Ken Coulston Jr., 13.862; 12. Cal Smith, 13.879; 13. Steve Becker, 13.880; 14. Dalton Sexton, 13.884; 15. Dakota Albright, 13.896; 16 Logan Seavey, 13.997; 17 Josef Ferolito, 14.214; 18. Jeff Dyer, 14.297; 19. Brent Sexton, 14.321; 20. Hunter Kinney, 14.921; 21. Shane Hopkins, 14.924; 22. Jason Schapansky, 15.010; 23. Danielle Clauson-Servo, 16.783 Heat Race #1 (9 Laps): 1. Seavey; 2. G. Sexton; 3. B. Sexton; 4. Bender; 5. Crowder; 6. Schapansky; 7. Becker; 8. Land Heat Race #2 (9 Laps): 1. Coulston Jr; 2. Dennett; 3. Aguilera; 4. S. Sexton; 5. D. Sexton; 6. Ferolito; 7. Clauson- Servo; 8. Kinney Heat Race #3 (9 Laps): 1. Albright; 2. Boos; 3. Dyer; 4. Smith; 5. Lewis; 6. Hopkins; 7. Henry Hangtown 100 Night #2 25-Lap Main Event (with starting spots and distances back): 1. AJ Bender, San Diego, CA, (4th) 2. Dakota Albright, Waterford, CA, (11th) … 2.592 3. Shane Sexton, El Cajon, CA, (3rd) … 4.755 4. Greg Dennett, Fremont, CA, (6th) … 5.822 5. Brent Sexton, Lakeside, CA, (10th) … 7.408 6. Grant Sexton, Lakeside, CA, (5th) … 8.429 7. Chris Crowder, Colorado, CO, (13th) … 11.354 8. Johnny Boos, Lakewood, CA, (2nd) … 12.704 9. Cal Smith, Phelan, CA, … (15th) 1 Lap 10. Dalton Sexton, Lakeside, CA, (16th) …1 Lap 11. Harlee Aguilera, Orangevale, CA, (7th) … 1 Lap 12. Steve Becker. Lakewood, CO, (18th) … 1 Lap 13. Shane Hopkins, Placerville, CA, (17th) … 1 Lap 14. Ken Coulston, Bermuda Dunes, CA, (1st) … Lap 15. Mark Henry, Rosamond, CA, … (9th) 1 Lap 16. Jason Schapansky, Kamloops, BC, Canada (19th) … 2 Laps 17. Jeff Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA, (14th) … 4 Laps 18. Alex Lewis, Bellingham, WA (8th) … 21 Laps 19. Logan Seavey, Sutter, CA, … (12th) 23 Laps DNS Matt Land, Elk Grove, CA DNS Josef Ferolito. Modesto, CA DNS Hunter Kinney, Citrus Heights, CA DNS Danielle Clauson-Sevo, Placerville, CA Final California Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - 2184 2. Eric Greco - 2089 3. Cody Nigh - 1913 4. Bobby Michnowicz - 1886 4. Jeff Dyer - 1777 6. Connor Speir - 1548 7. Will Browne - 1523 8. Jon Robertson - 1246 9. Pat Kelley - 1162 10. Dominic Del Monte - 784 Final Civil War Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - CLS - 629 2. Eric Greco - CLS - 572 3. Bobby Michnowicz - CLS - 568 4. Will Browne - CLS - 526 5. Cody Nigh - CLS - 486 6. Harlee Aguilera - BCRA - 415 7. Greg Dennett - BCRA - 403 8. Connor Speir - CLS - 392 9. Matt Land - BCRA - 388 10. Dakota Albright - BCRA - 358 The following companies have become marketing partners with the CLS in 2022. They have offered up more than $13,000.00 in contingencies that will be awarded on top of the regular racing purses and they will be paid out throughout the year. Yoshimura R&D, Hoosier Tires West, T-Shirts By Timeless, Extreme Mufflers, Saldana Racing Products, Rod End Supply, Speed Mart, Cold Fire West, West Evens Motorsports, RC Fuel Injection, Jake Swanson Shock Technology, Advanced Racing Suspensions, CSI Shocks, Eibach Springs, Triple X Race Components, King Racing Products, Hyper Racing Products, Rebel Gears, Vahlco Wheels, Wilwood Disk Brakes, Fuel Safe Systems, MPI, Circle Track Performance, E-Z UP, Hepfner Racing, Smith Titanium, and Hoosier Speed. If you or your company would like to become a partner of the longtime racing organization, contact Jon Robertson via email at mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net or by calling (310) 367-9050. 2022 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 25 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Grant Sexton April 2 Merced Speedway Non-Wing -- Civil War #1 - David Gasper April 16 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged (Make Up Main) David Gasper April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz May 14 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender May 21 Ventura Raceway Winged - Eric Greco June 11 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - David Gasper June 25 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 9 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 23 Ventura Raceway Winged - Dave Gasper August 6 Santa Maria Raceway Winged - Brent Sexton August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged - Civil War #2 - Connor Spier August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged - Civil War #3 - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 10 Lemoore Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 24 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Civil War #4 - David Gasper October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway Winged - With SWLS - Brent Sexton October 29 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Civil War #5 - Bobby Michnowicz Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - AJ Bender Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - AJ Bender Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - No Points To keep up with the CLS online, please visit the website at http://racecls.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/californialightningsprints 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 Gansen 2007 Shane Rossen 2008 Brent Sexton 2009 Stuart Hielschier Sr. 2010 Jarrett Kramer 2011 Tim Brown 2012 Bobby Michnowicz 2013 Stephen Limon 2014 Bobby Michnowicz 2015 Bobby Michnowicz 2016 Bobby Michnowicz 2017 Bobby Michnowicz 2018 Jarrett Kramer 2019 Jarrett Kramer 2021 David Gasper 2022 David Gasper This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  BRADEN CHIARAMONTE PLACES SECOND IN FIRST NIGHT OF TRIBUTE TO BILLY SHUMAN - KNOCKED OUT OF THE FINALE

  (El Cajon, CA, November 18, 2022) One of California's brightest young racing stars, Brayden Chiaramonte, drove to a second-place finish on the first night of the Tribute To Billy Shuman at Arizona's Adobe Mountain Speedway. Twenty-four hours later at the finale, Chiaramonte was headed for the front of the pack when he got crashed out of the race. For the Tribute race, Chiaramonte was making his first appearance at the picturesque track located near the Adobe Dam in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. His first night of competition saw him turn in the 12th fastest time of the 27 cars on hand in hot laps. In his heat race, he started inside row two in the third position and quickly made his way to the lead and the eventual win. For the main, the talented driver began on the outside of the front row in second and he brought the family owned #73B home in the same spot that he started in. The 15-year-old racer returned for night two and was greeted by a swelled field of 45 cars. That nearly doubled the amount that was there 24 hours earlier. In his heat race, he started seventh and moved up five spots to place second. That result, combined with his performance from the previous evening, placed him on the top of the point list going into the main event. The race had a redraw for the finale and the friendly driver pulled an eight. That meant he would start outside the fourth row of the 50-lapper. As usual, the young driver was steaming his way toward the front of the pack. He was up to fifth and was making his move for fourth when he was spun out. That meant he had to restart at the back of the talent-laden field. Once the green flag came back out, Chiaramonte quickly began to weave his way forward. He found himself all the way back up to 10th and attempted to split two cars going into turn three. However, he got clobbered on the left front. The contact bent the front axle and broke the tie rod. That put him out of the main event and left him with a very frustrating 17th-place finish. Chiaramonte is one of the early entries for the 38th Annual Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout inside the massive SagNet Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The race will take place from December 26th through the 31st. At the 37th running of the prestigious race, the then 14-year-old Chiaramonte burst into the spotlight as a rookie at the event. More than 400 cars showed up to compete with Chiaramonte in the Stock Non-Wing class. He made it all the way to the final on New Year's Day and finished ninth overall. This year, Chiaramonte will be very busy competing in four classes! The Winged Outlaw, Non-Wing Outlaw, Stock Non-Wing, and Winged A-Class. As the season is winding down, Chiaramonte and his team are making plans for another busy year in 2023. If you are interested in becoming a marketing partner with one of the most talented and affable young drivers in the sport, please feel free to call or e-mail Daniel Chiaramonte mailto:dchiaramonte@rtltraffic.com or (619) 988 7563. A couple of months ago, Chiaramonte was a guest on the Racer Radio Show. You can hear a replay of the show (Chiaramonte comes on at around 24 minutes) at the following link http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/radio22/RACERRADIO220918.mp3. Chiaramonte would like to thank the following marketing partners for making his 2022 racing season possible. RTL Traffic Control and Equipment Rentals, AM Ortega, Impact Racing, and AIM Sports Data. Braden Chiaramonte 2022 Results January 1 Tulsa Shootout Stock Non Wings 9th A Main March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 8th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway USAC Western States Midgets 9th A Main April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 1st A Main April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main May 12 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 13th A Main May 13 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 16th A Main May 14 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 5th L.C.Q. May 21 Ventura Raceway USAC Western State Midgets 7th A Main June 2 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 12th A Main June 3 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 14th A Main June 4 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 8th Qualifier June 11 Lemoore Jet Bowl Non-Wing Outlaw Micro 4th A Main June 18 Merced Speedway USAC Western Midgets 10th A Main July 15 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 18th A Main July 16 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 16th A Main August 4 Indianapolis Motor Speedway USAC National Midgets 5th D Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 18th A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 12th B Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint 1st A Main September 23 Lil Texas Motor Speedway C. Bell's Micro Mania 8th C Main September 24 Lil Texas Motor Speedway C. Bell's Micro Mania 22nd B Main September 30 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Fall Nationals 7th D Main October 1 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Fall Nationals 8th A Main October 13 Lemoore Speedway Non-Wing Outlaw Cal Cup 7th B Main October 13 Lemoore Speedway Winged Outlaw Cal Cup 14th A Main October 14 Lemoore Speedway Non-Wing Outlaw Cal Cup 16th A Main October 14 Lemoore Speedway Winged Outlaw Cal Cup 16th B Main October 15 Lemoore Speedway Non-Wing Outlaw Cal Cup 9th A Main October 15 Lemoore Speedway Winged Outlaw Cal Cup 7th B Main October 21 Port City Raceway Keith Kunz Motorsports Giveback 8th A Main October 22 Port City Raceway Keith Kunz Motorsports Giveback 15th A Main November 11 Adobe Mountain Speedway Non Wing Outlaw Tribute to Billy Shuman 2nd A Main November 12 Adobe Mountain Speedway Non Wing Outlaw Tribute to Billy Shuman 17th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. You can contact him online at mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or by calling (909) 226-7768.

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  GRANT PRIX: A DREAM VICTORY FOR JG AT TURKEY NIGHT

  ”It's a dream come true to win the Turkey Night Grand Prix.” Justin Grant’s dream became a reality at California’s Ventura Raceway as he charged, withstood, battled, banged and tussled for 98 laps en route to victory during Saturday night’s tumultuous 81st running of the ARP TNGP featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship.

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  TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX BRINGS USAC MIDGETS, PRESTIGE & HUGE FIELD TO VENTURA

  The long, arduous and battle-tested road on the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship tour comes down to one final stop on Saturday night, November 26, at California’s seaside oval – Ventura Raceway.

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  ROOKIE TOPS TURKEY NIGHT USAC MIDGET PRACTICE

  Jacob Denney not only recorded the fastest single lap during Friday night’s practice for the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship at California’s Ventura Raceway, he turned the fastest three laps!

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  Ryan Timms Wins Ventura Sprint Car Prelim

  Ryan Timms won the 15 lap dash in USAC West Coast preliminary event at Ventura Raceway Wednesday night.

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  CLS DRIVER AJ BENDER SCORES WIN IN LIGHTNING SPRINT HANGTOWN 100 OPENER

  (Torrance, CA, November 18, 2022) One year ago this week, AJ Bender journeyed to the Placerville Speedway to take part in the lightning sprint portion of the three-night Hangtown 100. The San Diego, California-based star proceeded to finish second in all three main events at the open-wheel classic. Last night he kicked off this year's Hangtown with a win in the 25-lap main event. 316132999_10224944726199486_3447485580907313279_n.jpg AJ Bender takes the checkered flag at the Hangtown 100 in Placerville on Thursday. MMRACINGPHOTOS.COM To say Bender's win was anything but hard-fought would be a massive understatement. While he crossed the line a half straightaway ahead of teammate Grant Sexton when the checkered waved, he had to fight for every inch in the first 20-laps. Bender, in the Sexton Gatlin Racing #22, started on the outside of the second row in the main. Grant Sexton was on the pole with Lakeside, Colorado's Johnny Boos alongside. 2022 BCRA champion Matt Land of Elk Grove started inside of Bender in row two. The BCRA duo of Harlee Aguilera of Orangevale and Citrus Heights racer Hunter Kinney was in row three. Eighteen-year-old Sexton was the first driver to hit turn one on the famous red clay quarter mile at the outset of the main. Boos was second with Land and Bender third and fourth. The top three remained the same through lap four when a yellow flag came out after 2021 BCRA champion Dakota Albright of Waterford, blew a left rear tire. After racing resumed, things got interesting in a hurry. Boos, who had been working the outside in his sleek looking #24, slid off the top of turn two on the restart. Simultaneously, Kinney clipped the inside berm and the rear end of his car caught some airtime before coming back to earth. Both drivers continued, but Boos dropped back to fourth while Kinney somehow hung on to fifth. Boos misadventure allowed Bender to move into second and Land to take over third. If anyone thought Boos was out of contention for the night, they were sadly misinformed. Before the field could get two more laps recorded, Ken Coulston slid to a stop forcing the second yellow flag in the first five laps. Soon after the restart, the Bermuda Dunes racer who drives a car that looks like Sammy Swindell's Channel Lock car from many years ago, got upside down in between one and two necessitating a red flag. Fortunately, the driver was unhurt but he was done for the night. On the restart before the red flag, Bender, 29, had relieved Sexton of the lead and Boos had moved back to third when he got past Land. Boos quickly got by Sexton for second on the following restart and set his sights on the race leader. Bender, who is a regular in the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series and who was this year's USAC Western Midget Series "Rookie of the Year," maintained the point until a sweet move from Boos on lap nine relegated him to second. Going into three in second place, Boos quickly transitioned from the top to the bottom in turn three and shot past Bender. After taking the lead, Boos kept it on the wide side, but he had Bender, snapping at his heels on the low line. In turn one on lap 11, Boos touched the cushion, and it sucked him in and slowed him down. By the time he recovered, the lead changed hands for the third time in the race and Bender was back in front. In addition, Sexton and Kinney went by as well for second and third. Suddenly, the race that was having such a hard time getting going was turning into a barn burner. Bender, who scored California Lightning Sprint Car Series wins at the Bakersfield Speedway in April and May as well as the BCRA opener at Placerville at the end of March, was putting laps together and hitting his marks. That did not seem to matter to his teenage teammate. Sexton chased the leader down and tried to go by on the inside on the 17th circuit. Bender fended off the advances but Sexton remained close behind. It looked like it was going to be a fight to the finish, between Sexton, the 2021 POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Series champion who has a flair for late race dramatics, and Bender. However, just as Boos did two times earlier in the race, the teen went over the cushion on lap 21. By the time he got settled back into the flow, he was still in second but Bender, in the Boczanowski/Sexton Fire Protection/BK Wings/Johnny Motorhead/Troy Dirt/Victory Graphix/Swift Powdercoat/Maxima Oil/Automated Interior/Scotty and Jimmy Keys/#21, was long gone. When the checkers came out, Bender was a half straight away in front of second place Sexton. Kinney, Boos, and Land rounded out the top five. "I totally forgot about last year, so thanks for reminding me," Bender laughed when Drake York asked him about his feelings after finally winning following three runner-up finishes in 2021. "It is cool. I am finally glad to get one because running second three times sucked. The car is a little off and we are trying to figure it out. It is the first time I am in it. I have to give a big shout-out to Phil and Wyatt (Boczanowski). Wyatt drives it and Phil owns the car. They let the SGR team bring it up here so I could drive it. We were doing homework on it trying to figure it out. We still have some stuff to work on. This one pays less. I want to win the one on Saturday. I have to thank Phil and Wyatt again, the whole SGR team, and my wife and daughter at home." Other CLS and Southern California drivers in the main were "Shugah" Shane Sexton (6th), Jeff Dyer (9th), Cal Smith (11th), Brent Sexton (12th), Mark Henry (13th), Dalton Sexton (15th), and Coulston (18th). Preliminary action before the main event saw Grant Sexton out-qualify the 26-car field with a time of 14.455. Orangevale's Harlee Aguilera was second fastest at 14.531 and Land was third on the speed charts at 14.533. USAC National star Logan Seavey of Sutter, Kinney, and Boos captured the heat races and CLS regular Jeff Dyer of Yucca Valley won the B main. The action continues at the Hangtown 100 tonight, and Saturday. Gates will open each day at 3:00 p.m. with racing at 6:00. Advance tickets for Placerville are available at https://www.eventsprout.com/event/hangtown-2022. Fans .0can find the track at 100 Placerville Drive in Placerville. The website is https://www.placervillespeedway.com/ and the track phone is (530) 344-7592. The 2022 CLS banquet will take place at Frantone's Pizza & Spaghetti Villa in Cerritos on February 4th. Tickets for the banquet are $40.00. To order or for more information call (310) 367-9050 or email mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net ?subject=jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net. November 17 Hangtown 100 Results BR Motorsports Qualifying: 1. Grant Sexton, 14.455; 2. Harlee Aguilera, 14.531; 3. Matt Land, 14.533; 4. Mark Henry, 14.698; 5. Shane Sexton, 14.743; 6. AJ Bender, 14.749; 7. Johnny Boos, 15.188; 8. Ken Coulston, 15.133; 9. Logan Seavey, 15.258; 10. Hunter Kinney, 14.359; 11. Dakota Albright, 15.738; 12. Shane Hopkins, 15.804; 13. Dalton Sexton, 15.813; 14. Tyler Gerdes, 15.949; 15. Scott Kinney, 16.179; 16. Steve Becker, 16.187; 17. Chris Crowder, 16.262; 18. Jason Schapansky, 16.555; 19. Brent Sexton, 16.669; 20. Cal Smith, 16.670; 21. Jeff Dyer, 16.837; 22. Greg Dennett, 16.895; 23. Josef Ferolito, 17.054; 24. Alex Lewis, 17.148; 25 Jimmy Riddle, 17.814; 26. Danielle Clauson-Servo 18.016 Heat Race #1 (9 Laps): 1. Seavey; 2. G. Sexton; 3. Lewis; 4. Dennett; 5. B. Sexton; 6. Aguilera; 7. S. Sexton; 8. Clauson-Servo; 9. Gerdes Heat Race #2 (9 Laps): 1. H. Kinney; 2. S. Kinney; 3. Land; 4. Albright; 5. Crowder; 6. Hopkins; 7. Smith; 8. D. Sexton; 9. Riddell Heat Race #3 (9 Laps): 1. Boos; 2. Becker; 3. Dyer; 4. Colston; 5. Henry; 6. Schapansky; 7. Becker; 8. Ferolito B Main (12 Laps - Top 4 Transfer): 1. Dyer; 2. Crowder; 3. Ferolito; 4. Smith; 5. Hopkins; 6. Becker; 7. Schapansky 8. Clauson-Servo Hangtown 100 Night #1 25-Lap Main Event (with starting spots and distances back): 1. AJ Bender, San Diego, CA, (4th) 2. Grant Sexton, Lakeside, CA, (1st) ... 1.955 3. Hunter Kinney, Citrus Heights, CA, (6th) ... 4.134 4. Johnny Boos, Lakewood, CO, (2nd) ... 4.832 5. Matt Land, Elk Grove, CA, (3rd) ... 5.052 6. Shane Sexton, El Cajon, CA, (10th) ... 5.973 7. Alex Lewis, Bellingham, WA, (15th) ... 6.454 8. Greg Dennett, Fremont, CA, (13th) ... 7.262 9. Jeff Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA, (17th) ... 7.761 10. Chris Crowder, Colorado, CO, (18th) ... 11.175 11. Cal Smith, Phelan, CA, (20th) ... 11.885 12. Brent Sexton, Lakeside, CA, (16th) ... 1 Lap 13. Mark Henry, Rosamond, CA, (7th) ... 1 Lap 14. Harlee Aguilera, Orangevale, CA, (5th) ... 1 Lap 15. Dalton Sexton, Lakeside, CA, (9th) ... 1 Lap 16. Logan Seavey, Sutter, CA, (11th) ... 8 Laps 17. Josef Ferolito, Modesto, CA, (19th) ... 10 Laps 18. Ken Coulston, Bermuda Dunes, CA, (12th) ... 19 Laps 19. Dakota Albright, Waterford, CA, (8th) ... 22 Laps 20. Scott Kinney, Citrus Heights, CA, (14th) ... 22 Laps Final California Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - 2184 2. Eric Greco - 2089 3. Cody Nigh - 1913 4. Bobby Michnowicz - 1886 4. Jeff Dyer - 1777 6. Connor Speir - 1548 7. Will Browne - 1523 8. Jon Robertson - 1246 9. Pat Kelley - 1162 10. Dominic Del Monte - 784 Final Civil War Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - CLS - 629 2. Eric Greco - CLS - 572 3. Bobby Michnowicz - CLS - 568 4. Will Browne - CLS - 526 5. Cody Nigh - CLS - 486 6. Harlee Aguilera - BCRA - 415 7. Greg Dennett - BCRA - 403 8. Connor Speir - CLS - 392 9. Matt Land - BCRA - 388 10. Dakota Albright - BCRA - 358 The following companies have become marketing partners with the CLS in 2022. They have offered up more than $13,000.00 in contingencies that will be awarded on top of the regular racing purses and they will be paid out throughout the year. Yoshimura R&D, Hoosier Tires West, T-Shirts By Timeless, Extreme Mufflers, Saldana Racing Products, Rod End Supply, Speed Mart, Cold Fire West, West Evens Motorsports, RC Fuel Injection, Jake Swanson Shock Technology, Advanced Racing Suspensions, CSI Shocks, Eibach Springs, Triple X Race Components, King Racing Products, Hyper Racing Products, Rebel Gears, Vahlco Wheels, Wilwood Disk Brakes, Fuel Safe Systems, MPI, Circle Track Performance, E-Z UP, Hepfner Racing, Smith Titanium, and Hoosier Speed. If you or your company would like to become a partner of the longtime racing organization, contact Jon Robertson via email at mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net or by calling (310) 367-9050. 2022 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 25 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Grant Sexton April 2 Merced Speedway Non-Wing -- Civil War #1 - David Gasper April 16 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged (Make Up Main) David Gasper April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz May 14 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender May 21 Ventura Raceway Winged - Eric Greco June 11 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - David Gasper June 25 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 9 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 23 Ventura Raceway Winged - Dave Gasper August 6 *Santa Maria Raceway Winged - Brent Sexton August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged - Civil War #2 - Connor Spier August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged - Civil War #3 - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 10 Lemoore Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 24 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Civil War #4 - David Gasper October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway Winged - With SWLS - Brent Sexton October 29 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - With USAC Midgets - Civil War #5 - Bobby Michnowicz Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points - AJ Bender Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points To keep up with the CLS online, please visit the website at http://racecls.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/californialightningsprints 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 Gansen 2007 Shane Rossen 2008 Brent Sexton 2009 Stuart Hielschier Sr. 2010 Jarrett Kramer 2011 Tim Brown 2012 Bobby Michnowicz 2013 Stephen Limon 2014 Bobby Michnowicz 2015 Bobby Michnowicz 2016 Bobby Michnowicz 2017 Bobby Michnowicz 2018 Jarrett Kramer 2019 Jarrett Kramer 2021 David Gasper 2022 David Gasper This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  MICHNOWICZ SCORES CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SERIES WIN ON HIS BIRTHDAY - GASPER WINS TWO CROWNS

  (Torrance, CA, November 17, 2022) California Lightning Sprint Car Series legend Bobby Michnowicz celebrated his 59th birthday with a come-from-behind victory in the "6th Annual Western States Lightning Sprints Championship" at Scott Schweitzer's Bakersfield Speedway. The victory was Michnowicz's second in a row and fifth of the season. Joining the veteran in victory circle after his triumph in the 25-lap race was David Gasper, who sewed up both the season CLS championship and the title in the "Civil War Series," and new BCRA champion Matt Land. 315622402_2348165512026550_925338686143423907_n.jpg Bobby Michnowicz won the Western States Lightning Sprint Car championship for the sixth time in three years. Windy Michnowicz photo. Between the CLS and the Bay Cities Racing Association, 23 cars turned out for the final points-paying races in each club's respective season, and the last round of the "Civil War Series". At last year's Western States Championship, San Diego's AJ Bender turned in the fastest qualifying time of the cars on hand and he later went on to win the main event. Tuesday's race saw Bender, in Mike Schweitzer's number 41, get off to the same start when he turned in the quickest qualifying time of the night with a 13.875 in BR Motorsports Time Trials. Eric Greco of Palmdale, who was hoping to chase down Gasper, the defending champion in both the CLS and "Civil War," was second quickest at 13.927. Seventeen-year-old Gasper logged in the third fastest lap at 14.159. Michnowicz, who lives in Oak Hills, had the 7th-best lap in qualifying at 14.366. That meant if all six of the cars who qualified faster than him finished amongst the first four spots in their heat races, the best the five-time series champion could start in the main event would be 7th. Fortunately for him, things did not turn out that way. Michnowicz, who started in the second row in Extreme Muffler heat #1, took the lead in the second half of the race, and ran off for a convincing victory. Bakersfield youngster Leland Day placed second with 2022 BCRA champion Matt Land of Elk Grove finishing third. More important than the win for Michnowicz was the fact that Bender finished seventh and out of the invert spots. That ensured Michnowicz of at least starting on the pole of the dash. The dash would set the first three rows for the main. For the moment, Michnowicz was on the pole, but his exact starting spot in the dash would be determined by the final two heat races. The second eight-lap heat race, which was sponsored by Yoshimura R&D, went to San Diego State University graduate Cody Nye of Camarillo. BCRA's Harlee Aguilera of Orangevale placed second. Bermuda Dunes driver Ken Coulston, who was only making his second CLS start of the year and his first since April 16th, place third with Greco fourth. Glendora 18-year-old Will Browne, who was the fifth fast qualifier, placed sixth in the heat and that moved Michnowicz to the outside of the front row of the dash. That is exactly where he wanted to be. In the Saldana Race Products Colleen's Choice third heat race, 2021 POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series Champion Grant Sexton smoked the field and won the race by nearly a half lap. However, coming out of turn 4 the final time, the teen star who won the CWS opener at Bakersfield on March 25th, slowed dramatically and coasted across the line for the win over "Rockstar" Jon Robertson of Torrance and Colorado Rapids, Colorado racer Chris Crowder. Unfortunately, that heat win was Sexton's one and only hurrah of the night as he blew the engine. For the six-lap dash, Coulston was on the pole and Michnowicz was on the outside. Crowder and Lakewood's Aiden Lange made up the second row and Gasper and Greco were in row three. In reality, the race was over as soon as it started as Michnowicz leaped into the lead and never looked back. Much to the horror of the competition, that meant he was starting on the pole for the main event. Lange, who was only contesting his third race of the year, was on the outside of the front row. Coulston was on the inside of row two with Greco alongside. Gasper and Crowder started in row three. As was expected as soon as the green light sent the field on its way, Michnowicz raced into the lead. What was not expected was an almost immediate red flag when Robertson dumped his #42 in turn two. The driver emerged from the crash uninjured, but his car was too damaged to carry on. To sew up his second straight CLS championship, all Gasper had to do was beat one driver in the main event. When Robertson flipped on the first circuit, that clinched the title for Gasper. Michnowicz flew back into the lead on the restart over Lange, Crowder, and Greco. The veteran driver had increased his advantage to over five car lengths when a yellow flag flew on lap three as defending race winner Bender's car went up in a massive plume of white smoke. He stopped by the start-finish line where a small fire broke out. He was done for the night, but if there was any ease of mind to the deal, the crew was happy to see that he did "not window the case" and figured it was a cracked piston or broken ring. Action resumed with Michnowicz, Lange, Crowder, and Greco making up the top five. Michnowicz quickly put some distance between himself and the competition. Land, who was running in the top 10, left the action when he threw a chain on the fifth circuit. While Michnowicz was advancing his lead, Crowder slipped into second by getting past Lange on the 10th circuit. One lap later, Michnowicz hit the lap traffic but he only passed one car before the yellow waved again on the 12th go around. This time it came as Coulston, who had been in sixth, rolled to a stop in turn four. That stop wiped out the race-long leader's advantage, and things were about to get very exciting. The race restarted with 14 laps remaining. Michnowicz was at the point with Crowder, Lang, Greco, and Gasper in tow. A funny thing happened this time, though. Crowder was not letting Michnowicz get away. He stayed close to the race-long leader and on lap 20, he went to the outside and took the top spot away as they exited turn two. Michnowicz dove to the bottom and pulled even with Crowder going into three, but the new leader had a better drive off four and stayed in the top spot. It went like that for three straight laps before Michnowicz, who stayed dedicated to the bottom, stole the lead back coming off turn four with just two laps to go. Crowder had a look at the outside coming off two on lap 24, but Michnowicz thwarted the effort. From there on, he kept the T Shirts By Timeless/Fabozzi Metalworks/Pflum & Wagner/Super Shox/Outlaw Wings/Kaiser Wheels/Fast Time Studios/Bondio Fabrication #21K in the front and won by two car lengths. It was Michnowicz's fifth win of 2022. It was also his third in the six-year history of the "Western States Lightning Sprints Championship." Crowder held on for second with Lange, who had a great run, third. Greco and Gasper, who got stuck behind a lapped car on the final restart, finished fourth and fifth respectively. Yucca Valley's Seth Dyer was the "Speed Mart/Advanced Racing Suspension/Hepfner Racing Hard Charger." All of the extra lap money ended up being split by three drivers. Michnowicz pocketed an extra $595.00. Crowder received an extra $360.00 and Lange collected $295.00. "That was a good race. I knew if I could stick with it, I could probably get back by him. Chris did a good job and he is a good dude. I really like him, but I did not want him to win tonight," Michnowicz laughed after the race. "I really like this place. I started racing here in about 1980 or 81 in TQs. I ran sprint, wing sprint cars, focus midgets, midgets, and lightning sprint cars here. It has been very good to me and it is one of my favorite tracks to race at." "It is a fun place and I love coming here," Crowder said afterward. "I have been here three times and finished second in all three. I thought tonight was the night. Apparently not. Bobby is a great friend of mine; I really like him. I love racing with him." "Bring home the hardware, that is what it is all about," Gasper, the now two-time CLS and Civil War Series champ said. "Also making my sponsors proud and putting on a show for the fans. I could not have been out here without my mom and dad. Without them, none of this would have been possible. Kittle Motorsports, Valley Precision Products, Rattlesnake Ridge, Certified Construction, B2 Designs, Carol Plumbing, Capital Label Company, Martin Roofing. If I forgot anyone, I am so sorry. My guys Rowdy, Dwayne, and Harrison, they stuck behind me the whole way through." 315827492_560659319200041_2299474607454082486_n (1).jpg David Gasper win the CLS and Civil War Series titles for the second year in a row. Gasper Racing photo. "First I have to thank John Taylor," newly crowned BCRA champion Land told the appreciative crowd after the race. "He had this car hooked up all year long. It was because of his expertise and his help that we are even able to be here. We were consistent and able to keep it on four wheels throughout the season. Tonight may have not been the showing of that. The car was good and we had it hooked up. John had the car dialed in. Unfortunately, we had a little problem and lost our chain. That ended our night. We were definitely going to try and go hunt for the win tonight." When the final checker ended the race, Gasper had a 95-point advantage over second-place Greco. Nigh ended up third. Michnowicz, whose five wins on the year were only second to Gasper's seven, ended up fourth with Jeff Dyer fifth. Speir sewed up the "Rookie of the Year" award when he ended up sixth in the standings, 25-points ahead of fellow rookie Browne. Thursday's race also saw Gasper win his second straight Civil War Series title. Like the regular season standings, Greco was second, 57-points behind the champion. The CLS swept the top five positions in the five-race series with Michnowicz third, Browne fourth and Nigh fifth. BCRA drivers took four of the five spots between sixth and 10th. While the point season is done, three non-point races remain on the schedule at the Hangtown 100 at the Placerville Speedway this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Gates will open each day at 3:00 p.m. with racing at 6:00. Advance tickets for Placerville are available at https://www.eventsprout.com/event/hangtown-2022. Fans can find the track at 100 Placerville Drive in Placerville. The website is https://www.placervillespeedway.com/ and the track phone is (530) 344-7592. In addition to its regular sponsors, the CLS would like to thank the following for donating extra lap and contingency money to the Bakersfield purse. Dyer Motorsports, Dave Gasper, Kittle Motorsports, Mike Schweitzer, CLS & BCRA officials, Susie & Don Nelson, P.J. Benedetti, Area 49, Savage Racing, T Shirts By Timeless, Stock Parts Racing and Dick Hindman. The 2022 CLS banquet will take place at Frantone's Pizza & Spaghetti Villa in Cerritos on February 4th. Tickets for the banquet are $40.00. To order or for more information call (310) 367-9050 or email mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net ?subject=jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net. Western States Lightning Sprints Contingency Awards Extreme Muffler Heat Race #1 winner Extreme Muffler $50 product certificate Bobby Michnowicz Yoshimura R&D Heat Race #2 winner CSI Shocks $50 product certificate Cody Nigh Saldana "Colleen's choice" Saldana Racing Products $50 product certificate Grant Sexton Main Event Award Winner Eibach $100 product certificate Bobby Michnowicz 2nd place Vahlco Wheels $50 product certificate Chris Crowder 3rd place Jake Swanson Shock Technology $50 product certificate Aiden Lange 5th place Smith Titanium $50 product certificate David Gasper Quick time BR Motorsports - $25 product certificate AJ Bender Hard charger Speed Mart $25 product certificate - Advanced Racing Suspension $50 product certificate - Hepfner Racing Products $25 product certificate Seth Dyer 1st car not on lead lap Rebel Gears 30% off coupon Harlee Aguilara Hard Luck Award Speed Mart $25 product certificate Jon Robertson November 15 Western States Lightning Sprints Championship Results BR Motorsports Qualifying: 1. A.J. Bender, 13.875; 2. Eric Greco, 13.927; 3. David Gasper, 14.159; 4. Aiden Lange, 14.278; 5. Will Browne, 14.287; 6. Chris Crowder, 14.355; 7. Bobby Michnowicz, 14.366; 8. Connor Speir, 14.382; 9. Thomas Meseraull, 14.445; 10. Scott Kinney, 14.468; 11. Ken Coulston, 14.553; 12. Grant Sexton, 14.569; 13 Leland Day, 14.620; 14 Harlee Aguilera, 14.648; 15. Jacob Magallanes, 14.738; 16.Matt Land, 24.820; 17. Cody Nigh, 14.845; 18. Jon Robertson, 15.078; 19. Greg Dennett, 15.126; 20. Jeff Dyer, 15.374; 21. Pat Kelley, 15.645; 22. Brent Sexton, 15.749; 23. Seth Dyer, 16.244 Extreme Muffler Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. Michnowicz; 2. Day; 3. Land; 4. Lange; 5. Kinney; 6. Brent Sexton; 7. Bender Yoshimura R&D Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. Nigh; 2. Aguilera; 3. Coulston; 4. Greco; 5. Jeff Dyer; 6. Browne; 7. Speir; 8. Seth Dyer Saldana Race Products Colleen's Choice Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. Grant Sexton; 2. Robertson; 3. Crowder; 4. Gasper; 5. Meseraull; 6. Kelley Six Lap Dash: 1. Michnowicz; 2. Lange; 3. Coulston; 4. Greco; 5. Gasper; 6. Crowder Western States Lightning Sprints Championship Main Event (with starting spots and distances back): 1. Bobby Michnowicz, Oak Hills, CA (1st) 2. Chris Crowder, Colorado Springs CO, (6th) ... 0.310 3. Aiden Lange, Lakewood, CA (2nd) 2.972 4. Eric Greco, Palmdale, CA (4th) ... 3.615 5. David Gasper, Santa Barbara, CA (5th) ... 6.651 6. Will Browne, Glendora, CA (12th) ... 8.270 7. Cody Nigh, Camarillo, CA (7th) ... 9.517 8. Connor Speir, Fillmore, CA (15th) ... 10.957 9. Brent Sexton, Lakeside, CA (19th) ... 14.257 10. Harlee Aguilera, Orangevale, CA (8th) ... 1 Lap 11. Seth Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA (16th) ... 1 Lap 12. Leland Day, Bakersfield, CA (9th) ... 2 Laps 13. Scotty Kinney, Citrus Heights, CA (17th) ... 13 Laps 14. Ken Coulston, Bermuda Dunes, CA (3rd) ... 14 Laps 15. Jeff Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA (14th) ... 15 Laps 16. Matt Land, Elk Grove, CA (11th) ... 20 Laps 17. A.J. Bender, San Diego, CA (13th) ... 23 Laps 18. Pat Kelley, Chino, CA (18th) ... 23 Laos 19. Jon Robertson, Torrance, CA (10th) .... 25 Laps DNS Thomas Meseraull, San Jose, CA DNS Grant Sexton, Lakeside, CA DNS Greg Dennett, Livermore, CA DNS Jacob Magallanes, Pasadena, CA California Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - 2184 2. Eric Greco - 2089 3. Cody Nigh - 1913 4. Bobby Michnowicz - 1886 4. Jeff Dyer - 1777 6. Connor Speir - 1548 7. Will Browne - 1523 8. Jon Robertson - 1246 9. Pat Kelley - 1162 10. Dominic Del Monte - 784 Civil War Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - CLS - 629 2. Eric Greco - CLS - 572 3. Bobby Michnowicz - CLS - 568 4. Will Browne - CLS - 526 5. Cody Nigh - CLS - 486 6. Harlee Aguilera - BCRA - 415 7. Greg Dennett - BCRA - 403 8. Connor Speir - CLS - 392 9. Matt Land - BCRA - 388 10. Dakota Albright - BCRA - 358 The following companies have become marketing partners with the CLS in 2022. They have offered up more than $13,000.00 in contingencies that will be awarded on top of the regular racing purses and they will be paid out throughout the year. Yoshimura R&D, Hoosier Tires West, T-Shirts By Timeless, Extreme Mufflers, Saldana Racing Products, Rod End Supply, Speed Mart, Cold Fire West, West Evens Motorsports, RC Fuel Injection, Jake Swanson Shock Technology, Advanced Racing Suspensions, CSI Shocks, Eibach Springs, Triple X Race Components, King Racing Products, Hyper Racing Products, Rebel Gears, Vahlco Wheels, Wilwood Disk Brakes, Fuel Safe Systems, MPI, Circle Track Performance, E-Z UP, Hepfner Racing, Smith Titanium, and Hoosier Speed. If you or your company would like to become a partner of the longtime racing organization, contact Jon Robertson via email at mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net or by calling (310) 367-9050. 2022 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 25 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Grant Sexton April 2 Merced Speedway Non-Wing -- Civil War #1 - David Gasper April 16 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged (Make Up Main) David Gasper April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz May 14 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender May 21 Ventura Raceway Winged - Eric Greco June 11 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - David Gasper June 25 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 9 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 23 Ventura Raceway Winged - Dave Gasper August 6 *Santa Maria Raceway Winged - Brent Sexton August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged - Civil War #2 - Connor Spier August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged - Civil War #3 - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 10 Lemoore Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 24 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Civil War #4 - David Gasper October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway Winged - With SWLS - Brent Sexton October 29 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - With USAC Midgets - Civil War #5 - Bobby Michnowicz Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points To keep up with the CLS online, please visit the website at http://racecls.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/californialightningsprints 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 Gansen 2007 Shane Rossen 2008 Brent Sexton 2009 Stuart Hielschier Sr. 2010 Jarrett Kramer 2011 Tim Brown 2012 Bobby Michnowicz 2013 Stephen Limon 2014 Bobby Michnowicz 2015 Bobby Michnowicz 2016 Bobby Michnowicz 2017 Bobby Michnowicz 2018 Jarrett Kramer 2019 Jarrett Kramer 2021 David Gasper 2022 David Gasper This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  SEXTON GATLIN RACING CLOSES THE 2022 LIGHTNING SPRINT SEASON WITH FOUR RACES IN FIVE DAYS THIS WEEK

  (Lakeside, CA, November 14, 2022) Lakeside, California-based Sexton Gatlin Racing will close the lightning sprint car portion of its 2022 season this week when it journeys to Central and Northern California to compete at the Bakersfield and the Placerville Speedways. All told, the four-driver effort will race four times in the space of five days. The team's second stop at the Bakersfield Speedway this year for the "6th Annual Western States Lightning Sprints Championship" will be on Tuesday, November 15th. Driving SGR cars that night will be newly crowned Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series champion Brent Sexton, and his son Grant. SGR kicked off the 2022 Bakersfield Speedway season on May 25th when the California Lightning Sprint Car Series appeared worldwide on the internet with the World of Outlaws Sprint Cars. In that one, then-17-year-old Grant thrilled the crowd with a wild last-lap rim ride that saw him take the victory leading only the last six feet in a thrilling photo finish. Brent ended up eighth. Dalton Sexton, Brent's 19-year-old son, suffered electrical problems in that race and dropped out early. He finished 17th. Tuesday's race will be the team's first appearance on the Kern County oval since March. After Tuesday's show, the drivers will use Wednesday as a travel day to Northern California's Placerville Speedway for three nights of racing in the "Hangtown 100." Dalton will join his dad and brother at Placerville as will San Diego's A.J. Bender who will reunite SGR after a successful run with them last November. Last year at Bakersfield's "5th Annual Western States Lightning Sprints Championship," Bender took the win driving for SGR. Grant came home sixth and Brent finished 22nd after leaving the race early with mechanical issues. Last year at the three nights of Hangtown, Bender finished second all three nights. Grant recorded finishes of 4th, 16th, and 18th. Brent placed 9th, 12th, and 18th. Dalton placed 12th in the B main at the opener and 19th on the second night after a crash in the A-main. He did not start on Saturday. The Tuesday night show at Bakersfield will be a winged race. All three nights at Placerville will be wingless. The car Bender is driving at Placerville is for sale. It is powered by a 2020 Suzuki 1000. Interested parties can contact Brent Sexton at the number at the top of this release for details. Tuesday's show at Bakersfield will also include the "November Classic" for the USAC National Midgets. Gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with racing at 7:00. Fans can save $5.00 per ticket by ordering in advance at https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/1113. The historic track is located at 5001 N. Chester Ext. in Bakersfield. The track website is https://www.bakersfieldspeedway.com/ and the office phone is (661) 393-3373. To see SGR close its 2022 lightning season at Placerville, you can purchase advance tickets at https://www.eventsprout.com/event/hangtown-2022. Gates will open at 3:00 p.m. each day with racing at 6:00. Fans can find the track at 100 Placerville Drive in Placerville. The website is https://www.placervillespeedway.com/ and the track phone is (530) 344-7592. After this week's races, SGR will have one race remaining in 2022. That will be Friday and Saturday, November 25th and 26th, when Grant competes in the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series for the first time in the 81st running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway. Sexton/Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2022 season possible. Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Johnny Motorhead, Troy Dirt, Victory Graphix, Swift Powdercoat, Maxima Oil, Automated Interior, and an extra special thanks to Scotty and Jimmy Keys. If you or your business wants to partner up with one of the most visible Lightning Sprint teams on the West Coast for the 2023 season, please call (619) 454-6945. You can also E-mail mailto:sextonfire@cox.net or mailto:sextonfire@gmail.com. Sexton Gatlin Racing 2022 Schedule 2022 Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Brent 7th - Grant 15th March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th March 25 Bakersfield Speedway CLS Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 8th - Dalton 17th April 16 Ventura Raceway VRA Sprints - Grant 1st April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Bezio 3rd - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th May 14 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Bezio 2nd - Brent 3rd May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant DNS June 11 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 2nd - Dalton 11th June 25 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Dalton 1st - Brent 2nd - Grant 3rd July 9 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Grant 2nd - Dalton 6th August 6 Santa Maria Raceway CLS Winged - Brent 1st - Dalton 15th August 6th Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant 11th B Main August 11 Norman County Speedway Minkota Nationals Winged - Dalton 8th - Brent 13th - Grant 25th August 12 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged - Brent 1st - Grant 9th - Dalton 11th August 13 Greenbush Race Park Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 6th - Brent 11th - Dalton 13th August 14 Minkota Nationals Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 15th - Brent DNS Sept. 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Winged - Chiaramonte 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 18th October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 4th - Brent DNS October 8 Mojave Valley Raceway POWRi/CLS Winged - Brent 1st - A.J. Bender 2nd - Dalton 3rd October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant DNS October 21 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Winged - Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th - Brent Horn 8th October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Horn 8th - Dalton 14th October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway Open Comp. Sprint Cars - Grant 3rd Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway BCRA/CLS Winged Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  WILL BROWNE PREPARES FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT RACE OF THE SEASON AT BAKERSFIELD - PLACERVILLE TO FOLLOW

  (Glendora, California, November 13, 2022) This time of year when the days are getting cooler and the leaves start falling from the trees is an important period for race drivers around the country. One of those is Glendora, California teenager Will Browne. The rookie driver will close his initial season in lightning sprints when the California Lightning Sprint Car Series appears Tuesday, November 15th, at the Bakersfield Speedway and then heads north to Placerville to wrap up the year in the three-night "Hangtown 100." 305255847_762704451652371_2366630231652135019_n.jpg Lance Jennings photo. For 18-year-old Browne, Tuesday's race is the most significant in his 2022 campaign. It is the last points race of the season and he comes into that event seventh in the season-long CLS point standings. He is also second in the chase for "Rookie of the Year." The driver just ahead of him in sixth is the leader in the "Rookie of the Year" battle. Two weeks ago, when the CLS staged its final race of the year at Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway, Browne entered the event 72-points behind the driver he needs to catch. A fine performance at Ventura saw him qualify fifth fastest in the 17-car field. He then placed second in his heat race and fourth in the 25-lap main event. It was his seventh top-five finish in his rookie season. That allowed him to chop 33-points off the disadvantage. He comes into Bakersfield only 39-points shy of sixth in the standings and the rookie leader. Browne has had a fine record at Bakersfield in his freshman campaign in the CLS. He has started all five mains and finished in the top 10 four times and the top five twice. His best finish at "The West's Fastest 1/3 Mile High Banked Clay Oval" was a fourth on May 14th. The only time he finished out of the top 10 at the famous track came on September 24th when he placed 11th. Tuesday's race will also be the finale in the five-race "Civil War Series" between the CLS and Northern California's Bay Cities Racing Association. Browne comes into that series fourth in points and is the leading rookie. He is only 13-points out of third and 31 out of second. His best finish of the entire year came in the mini-series when he placed second in a photo finish at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico on August 26th. In addition to the second-place finish, he took fourth in the CWS opener at Merced on April 2nd, was ninth on August 27th at Placerville, and 11th at Bakersfield in September. Browne will end his season on the 17th, 18th, and 19th at the Placerville Speedway in the "Hangtown 100." It will be three nights of non-point racing co-sanctioned by the CLS and BCRA. The trek north will be his second-ever visit to Placerville. The other was the above-mentioned ninth-place result at the track in August. In addition to placing ninth that night in the main (he started 14th) on the banked red clay quarter mile, he turned in the fourth fastest lap in qualifying with a time of 12.064. He also placed fifth in his heat race. If you wish to see Browne in person on Tuesday, gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with racing at 7:00. Fans can save $5.00 per ticket by ordering in advance at https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/1113. The historic track is located at 5001 N. Chester Ext. in Bakersfield. The website is https://www.bakersfieldspeedway.com/ and the office phone is (661) 393-3373. In addition to the lightnings, the program will also include the "November Classic" for the USAC National Midgets. Advance tickets for the three nights at Placerville are available at https://www.eventsprout.com/event/hangtown-2022. Gates will open at 3:00 p.m. each day with racing at 6:00. Fans can find the track at 100 Placerville Drive in Placerville. The website is https://www.placervillespeedway.com/ and the track phone is (530) 344-7592. Be sure to visit and signup for Browne's entertaining video page on YouTube at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSNglz0llw. Browne and the "Win Now Racing" team would like to thank marketing partner Pacific Panel Products for being a part of his rookie campaign in lightning sprint cars. If you would like to join the friendly driver as a marketing partner for the 2023 campaign, drop an email or give him a call at the following: willbrowne88@gmail.com or (626) 261-5310. Will Browne 2022 Racing Results March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main April 2 Merced Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 7th A Main May 14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main May 21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main June 11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main June 25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS June 25 Ventura Raceway WMR Midgets 7th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 2ND A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main September 10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 12th A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main September 24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 11th A Main October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars DNS October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 16th A Main October 29 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main November 15 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 17 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 18 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 19 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or (909) 226-7768

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  DYER MOTORSPORTS CONCLUDES ITS 2022 SEASON NEXT WEEK AT BAKERSFIELD AND PLACERVILLE

  (Yucca Valley, CA, November 10, 2022) Nearly nine months after it started, Dyer Motorsports will finish its 2022 racing with four races next week. The first race will be the "6th Annual Western States Lightning Sprints Championship" at the Bakersfield Speedway on Tuesday, November 15th. That will be followed up by a day of travel and then three straight nights of racing in the "Hangtown 100" at the Placerville Speedway on November 17th, 18th, and 19th. The race at Bakersfield will be the final points-paying race for the CLS and for the Civil War Series matching the California Lightning Sprint Cars vs Northern California's Bay cities racing association. Jeff Dyer and his son Seth will both be competing at Bakersfield. Jeff comes into that race tied for fourth in the championship series point standings. He also brings in the best 2022 main event finishing average at the track, 3.2 of all riders who have started three main events there. On May 14th at the track, Dyer turned in his best 2022 appearance on the Kern County oval when he placed second in the 25-lap main. In his other four starts at the track, he has finished third and fourth two times each. Bakersfield is the track where Seth launched his lightning sprint career with the CLS on June 11th. Two weeks ago the 15-year-old had turned in the best qualifying effort of his rookie season when he timed in 10th fastest of 16 cars at the Ventura Raceway. He followed that up by leading every inch of the way to score the first heat race win of his lightning career. Despite only running After Tuesday at Bakersfield, Dyer Motorsports will drive 316 miles north to the Placerville Speedway for the "Hangtown 100." Phelan's Cal Smith, who spent years racing in the SCRA Sprint Cars and ¾ midgets, will jump into Seth's car and join Jeff in the season-enders. In addition to the lightning sprints, Tuesday's show at Bakersfield will also include the "November Classic" for the USAC National Midgets. Gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with racing at 7:00. Fans can save $5.00 per ticket by ordering in advance at https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/1113. The historic track is located at 5001 N. Chester Ext. in Bakersfield. The track website is https://www.bakersfieldspeedway.com/ and the office phone is (661) 393-3373. Gates will open at 3:00 p.m. each day with racing at 6:00. Fans can find the track at 100 Placerville Drive in Placerville. Advance tickets for Placerville are available at https://www.eventsprout.com/event/hangtown-2022. The website is https://www.placervillespeedway.com/ and the track phone is (530) 344-7592. Jeff is racing in memory of his grandfather Glenn Sels throughout the 2022 season. Dyer would like to thank the following for making the 2022 season possible in the #4 Lightning Sprint Car. Dependable Machine Inc., Haircuts By Susie, Jobu Racing, LBA Investigations, and Dyer Motorsports. For the USAC/CRA #39 sprint car, Straight Time Stirrups, Dependable Machines Inc., Hair Cuts By Susie, Jobu Racing, Justice Brothers, and Specialty Fasteners make it all possible. If you would like to be a part of Dyer Motorsports in 2022, call (760) 267-0298 or send an email to mailto:dyermotorsports4@gmail.com. Jeff Dyer 2022 Results 3-5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest 13th A Main 3-25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 4th A Main 3-26 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 13th A Main 4-1 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 14th A Main 4-2 Thunderbowl Raceway USAC/CRA 23rd A Main 4-16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 3rd A Main 4-23 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 14th B Main 4-30 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 1 4-30 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 2 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 14th A Main 5-21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 5-28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars DNS 6-11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 4th A Main 6-25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 11th A Main 7-16 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 3rd A Main 7-23 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprints 13th A Main* 8-25 Silver Dollar Speedway California Lightning Sprints 16th A Main 8-26 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprints 17th A Main 9-10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprints 11th A Main 9-17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 9-24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 3rd A Main 10-1 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 13th A Main 10-8 Mohave Valley Raceway California Lightning/POWRi Southwest 11th A Main Seth Dyer 2022 Lightning Sprint Results 6-11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 12th A Main 6-25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 15th A Main 7-16 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 10th A Main 7-23 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 10th A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprints 14th A Main 8-25 Silver Dollar Speedway California Lightning Sprints DNS 9-10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprints 14th A Main 9-17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 16th A Main 9-24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 18th A Main 10-20 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 11th A Main 10-29 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 13th A Main Scott Daloisio produced this release. For more information, use the following: call (909) 226-7768 or E-mail mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com.

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  CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT BATTLES TO BE SETTLED AT BAKERSFIELD - PLACERVILLE TO FOLLOW

  (Torrance, CA, November 10, 2022) The California Lightning Sprint Car Series will wrap up its 28th season of racing with four races next week. The first race will be the "6th Annual Western States Lightning Sprints Championship" at Scott Schweitzer's Bakersfield Speedway on Tuesday, November 15th. That race will be the final points race for the CLS in 2022. It will also be the final of the annual "Civil War Series" featuring the CLS versus Northern California's Bay Cities Racing Association. After that, the club will journey north for the last three races of the year at the annual "Hangtown 100" at the Placerville Speedway on November 17th, 18th, and 19th. 304963786_614150010297916_5260543286247762772_n.jpg David Gasper will try to make it two in a row in the CLS title chase and the Civil War. D&P Photography Three key positions in the standings will be decided in Bakersfield on "The West's Fastest 1/3 Mile High Banked Clay Oval." The overall championship will come down to a pair of young drivers. Defending series champion David Gasper of Santa Barbara is first in the championship standings. He has a 77-point lead over Palmdale's Eric Greco going into the event. Camarillo's Cody Nigh has third place pretty much locked up. However, Yucca Valley California Highway Patrol officer Jeff Dyer and five-time series champion Bobby Michnowicz of Oak Hills are tied for fourth. In the battle for the championship, Greco's main event average finish at Bakersfield this year is 3.5. Sixteen-year-old Gasper's average finish is 4.25. Gasper broke before the main event and did not compete in the season opener on March 25th. At the club's second appearance at the track, he broke again and was forced to drive someone else's car to a 10th-place finish in the A main. In addition to the 10th-place result, Gasper has a fifth and has won the last two races at the track. Greco's best finish at Bakersfield was a second, and he placed third two times. Like Gasper, Michnowicz had a disastrous first two stops at Bakersfield this year when he broke before the mains. To top that off, he did not make it to the third race of the year at the track. In the last two races there, the driver who will celebrate his 59th birthday at the track on Tuesday has a pair of second-place finishes. Dyer has had a good season at the oval that is affectionately referred to as the "Okie Bowl." In five starts he has not placed worse than fourth. He came home second one time and finished in third and fourth two times each. That gives him a fine 3.2 finishing average at the track this year. That is the best among the CLS regulars who have started at least three of the races at the facility in 2022. Another top-10 battle that will be decided on Tuesday will also determine who is the rookie of the year. Going into the last race in the series at Ventura two weeks ago, Fillmore's Connor Speir was 6th in the championship standings and fellow rookie Will Browne of Glendora was seventh. Speir had a 72-point advantage over Browne heading into that contest. However, Browne's fourth-place finish combined with Speir's 11th narrowed the advantage to 39-points. Each of the freshmen has started all five races at Bakersfield this year. Brown's best finish was a fourth and Speir's best was a seventh (two times). Speir's finishing average at the track is 11.00, while Browne's is 7.20. Tuesday will also be the final of five races in the "Civil War Series." CLS drivers man the first five positions and BCRA racers make up sixth through 10th. Like the regular season CLS championship point standings, Gasper is the point leader in the CWS with Greco second. Gasper, who won the triple crown last year winning the "Civil War Series," and CLS titles as well as being named Rookie of the Year, is 63 points ahead of Greco. Michnowicz is third and trails Greco by 18-points. Browne ranks fourth and is only 13 points out of third with Nigh in fifth. Starting in 2017, the "Western States Lightning Sprints Championship" has seen four different winners in its first five years of existence. Indiana's Andy Bradley won the first one and was followed by Kingsburg's Doug Nunes in 2018. Michnowicz won two in a row in 2019 and 2020. Last year San Diego's A.J. Bender, a rising star in the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series, took the Western States title driving for Sexton Gatlin racing. Bender, who won two CLS races at Bakersfield earlier this year driving for Mike Schweitzer, will be driving for Sexton Gatlin Racing again on Tuesday. Joining him will be new POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series champion Brent Sexton and his 18-year-old son Grant. The younger Sexton won the season opener at Bakersfield in a photo finish on March 25th. Brent has CLS wins at Santa Maria on August 6th and Mohave Valley on October 8th. After one night off, the CLS drivers will head north for the three-night "Hangtown 100" at the Placerville Speedway. The non-points event will be co-sanctioned by the BCRA. Last year, USAC racing star Logan Seavey of Sutter, California won the opening night and the finale on the red clay ¼ mile oval. Sandwiched in between was a victory for Colorado Springs, Colorado star Chris Crowder. Bender, who finished second on all three nights of the 2021 "Hangtown 100" last year, will be in Schweitzer's #41 Lightning Sprint at Placerville. He will also be driving the #1 LKK midget he steered to fourth in the championship standings and to the "Rookie of the Year" honors in this year's USAC Western Midget Series. Tuesday's show at Bakersfield will also include the "November Classic" for the USAC National Midgets. Gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with racing at 7:00. Fans can save $5.00 per ticket by ordering in advance at https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/1113. The historic track is located at 5001 N. Chester Ext. in Bakersfield. The track website is https://www.bakersfieldspeedway.com/ and the office phone is (661) 393-3373. Advance tickets for Placerville are available at https://www.eventsprout.com/event/hangtown-2022. Gates will open at 3:00 p.m. each day with racing at 6:00. Fans can find the track at 100 Placerville Drive in Placerville. The website is https://www.placervillespeedway.com/ and the track phone is (530) 344-7592. California Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - 2045 2. Eric Greco - 1968 3. Cody Nigh - 1812 4. Jeff Dyer - 1716 4. Bobby Michnowicz - 1716 6. Connor Speir - 1456 7. Will Browne - 1417 8. Jon Robertson - 1193 9. Pat Kelley - 1111 10. Dominic Del Monte - 784 Civil War Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - CLS - 514 2. Eric Greco - CLS - 451 3. Bobby Michnowicz - CLS - 433 4. Will Browne - CLS - 420 5. Cody Nigh - CLS - 385 6. Greg Dennett - BCRA - 383 7. Dakota Albright - BCRA - 358 8. Harlee Aguilera - BCRA - 331 9. Matt Land - BCRA - 329 10. Brandon Leedy - BCRA - 302 The following companies have become marketing partners with the CLS in 2022. They have offered up more than $13,000.00 in contingencies that will be awarded on top of the regular racing purses and they will be paid out throughout the year. Yoshimura R&D, Hoosier Tires West, T-Shirts By Timeless, Extreme Mufflers, Saldana Racing Products, Rod End Supply, Speed Mart, Cold Fire West, West Evens Motorsports, RC Fuel Injection, Jake Swanson Shock Technology, Advanced Racing Suspensions, CSI Shocks, Eibach Springs, Triple X Race Components, King Racing Products, Hyper Racing Products, Rebel Gears, Vahlco Wheels, Wilwood Disk Brakes, Fuel Safe Systems, MPI, Circle Track Performance, E-Z UP, Hepfner Racing, Smith Titanium, and Hoosier Speed. If you or your company would like to become a partner of the longtime racing organization, contact Jon Robertson via email at mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net or by calling (310) 367-9050. 2022 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 25 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Grant Sexton April 2 Merced Speedway Non-Wing -- Civil War #1 - David Gasper April 16 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged (Make Up Main) David Gasper April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz May 14 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender May 21 Ventura Raceway Winged - Eric Greco June 11 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - David Gasper June 25 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 9 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 23 Ventura Raceway Winged - Dave Gasper August 6 *Santa Maria Raceway Winged - Brent Sexton August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged - Civil War #2 - Connor Spier August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged - Civil War #3 - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 10 Lemoore Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 24 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Civil War #4 - David Gasper October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway Winged - With SWLS - Brent Sexton October 29 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - With USAC Midgets - Civil War #5 Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points To keep up with the CLS online, please visit the website at http://racecls.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/californialightningsprints 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 Gansen 2007 Shane Rossen 2008 Brent Sexton 2009 Stuart Hielschier Sr. 2010 Jarrett Kramer 2011 Tim Brown 2012 Bobby Michnowicz 2013 Stephen Limon 2014 Bobby Michnowicz 2015 Bobby Michnowicz 2016 Bobby Michnowicz 2017 Bobby Michnowicz 2018 Jarrett Kramer 2019 Jarrett Kramer 2021 David Gasper This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  BRADEN CHIARAMONTE IS HEADING TO THE BILLY SHUMAN MEMORIAL AT ADOBE MOUNTAIN SPEEDWAY THIS WEEK

  (El Cajon, CA, November 9, 2022) After two weeks off from his busy racing schedule, talented teenager Braden Chiaramonte will be back in action this Friday and Saturday in the 1st Annual Tribute To Billy Shuman and W. Steven Toy Drive at Arizona's Adobe Mountain Speedway. The young star will be competing in the 600 Non-Wing class on both nights. Personable Chiaramonte, who lives in El Cajon, California, will make the 339-mile journey to the track that is located in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale for the very first time. It will be the 16th different track he has competed on since January 1st when he contested the Tulsa Shootout in Oklahoma. In addition, the contest will be held in the sixth different state he has raced in this year. As well as his native California and Oklahoma, the versatile racer has also competed in Indiana Nebraska, and Texas thus far in 2022. He has raced in winged and non-wing micros, winged and non-winged lightning sprints, USAC Midgets, and 360-winged sprint cars. Chiaramonte's last competition was at Tulsa's famous Port City Raceway in the Keith Kunz Motorsports Giveback Race. On his first night of competition there on October 21st, he was the fastest qualifier of the 61 cars on hand and placed eighth in the A main event. Competing in a stacked field of 117 cars on the second night, the impressive 15-year-old was one of only 24 cars to get one of the coveted spots in the 67-lap main. He started the grind in 21st and advanced six spots forward to finish 15th. Only three other drivers passed more cars than Chiaramonte in the main event. Saturday's tribute race honors the memory of Arizona racing legend Billy Shuman. The famous driver drove and won in sprint cars, midgets, and super modifieds throughout the country during his illustrious career. He was a fan favorite at every stop along the way. A commercial for this week's Adobe Mountain Speedway race is at the following link https://bit.ly/3WRGEi2. For fans who wish to attend the two-day race in person, the gates will open on Friday at 2:00 p.m. Hot laps will begin at 6:00 and the first race will be at 7:00. On Saturday, The gates will once again open at 2:00 p.m. with racing at 5:30. Tickets are $10.00 for those aged 13 and up. Kids 5-12 get in for $5.00 and children four and under are admitted free. Adobe Mountain Speedway is located just south of Pinnacle Peak Road on 43rd Avenue in Glendale, Arizona. Driving directions are available at https://www.adobemountainspeedway.com/about. For those who cannot make it, the race will be streamed live on Speed Union TV. Information on how to watch is available at https://www.speeduniontv.com/. In addition to watching the exciting racing, fans attending in person are urged to bring an unwrapped toy for the W. Steven Toy Drive. In exchange for the toys, fans will receive raffle tickets for prizes including a big-screen tv that will be given away on Saturday night. Also, the Arizona Motorsports Hall of Fame will hold its 2022 induction ceremony during intermission on Saturday. As the season is winding down, Chiaramonte and his team are making plans for another busy year in 2023. If you are interested in becoming a marketing partner with one of the most talented and affable young drivers in the sport, please feel free to call or e-mail Daniel Chiaramonte mailto:dchiaramonte@rtltraffic.com or (619) 988 7563. A few weeks ago, Chiaramonte was a guest on the Racer Radio Show. You can hear a replay of the show (Chiaramonte comes on at around 24 minutes) at the following link http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/radio22/RACERRADIO220918.mp3. Chiaramonte would like to thank the following marketing partners for making his 2022 racing season possible. RTL Traffic Control and Equipment Rentals, AM Ortega, Impact Racing, and AIM Sports Data. Braden Chiaramonte 2022 Results January 1 Tulsa Shootout Stock Non Wings 9th A Main March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 8th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway USAC Western States Midgets 9th A Main April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 1st A Main April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main May 12 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 13th A Main May 13 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 16th A Main May 14 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 5th L.C.Q. May 21 Ventura Raceway USAC Western State Midgets 7th A Main June 2 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 12th A Main June 3 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 14th A Main June 4 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 8th Qualifier June 11 Lemoore Jet Bowl Non-Wing Outlaw Micro 4th A Main June 18 Merced Speedway USAC Western Midgets 10th A Main July 15 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 18th A Main July 16 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 16th A Main August 4 Indianapolis Motor Speedway USAC National Midgets 5th D Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 18th A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 12th B Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint 1st A Main September 23 Lil Texas Motor Speedway C. Bell's Micro Mania 8th C Main September 24 Lil Texas Motor Speedway C. Bell's Micro Mania 22nd B Main September 30 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Fall Nationals 7th D Main October 1 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Fall Nationals 8th A Main October 13 Lemoore Speedway Non-Wing Outlaw 7th B Main October 13 Lemoore Speedway Winged Outlaw 14th A Main October 14 Lemoore Speedway Non-Wing Outlaw 16th A Main October 14 Lemoore Speedway Winged Outlaw 16th B Main October 15 Lemoore Speedway Non-Wing Outlaw 9th A Main October 15 Lemoore Speedway Winged Outlaw 7th B Main October 21 Port City Raceway Keith Kunz Motorsports Giveback 8th A Main October 22 Port City Raceway Keith Kunz Motorsports Giveback 15th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. You can contact him online at mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or by calling (909) 226-7768.

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  WILL BROWNE TAKES ANOTHER TOP-FIVE IN CLS ACTION - BAKERSFIELD AND PLACERVILLE NEXT

  (Glendora, California, November 7, 2022) Impressive rookie Will Browne picked up his seventh top-five finish of 2022 when he placed fourth in the California Lightning Sprint Car Series main event at the Ventura Raceway on October 29th. The finish allowed him to close the gap from 72 points down to 39 in the "Rookie of the Year" battle heading into the final points race of 2022 at the Bakersfield Speedway on November 15th. 305333235_465964848777567_8472627722709539918_n.jpg Will Browne photo courtesy of Lance Jennings. Browne and the "Win Now Racing" #8 team turned up at the oceanside oval knowing that a top finish was needed to stay in the "Rookie of the Year" chase. It came at a track where he only contested one CLS main. That was on May 21st. In that race, he went home with a sixth-place finish. On the 29th, Browne knew he needed to better that performance and that is just what he went out and did by placing fourth in the 25-lapper. Eighteen-year-old Browne qualified fifth out of the 17 cars to take part in time trials when he stopped the clocks at 12.558. That put him on the outside of row number two for his eight-lap heat race. From that position, he ended up finishing second. When the cars rolled out of the pit area for the final CLS race at Ventura this year, the Glendora, California racer was starting on the pole. Once the Kris Kornder green flag dropped to get the race started, he was second into turn one. The lanky racer stayed in second through the early going and was third when the first of two yellow flags waved on lap 12. Once the action resumed, Browne hung on to the third spot until lap 16 when he slipped back to fourth and that is where he finished. Of his seven top-five finishes this year, Browne has a season-best second place at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico on August 26th. He has also placed fourth and fifth three times each. Perhaps just as impressive as the seven top fives is the fact that he has 13 top 10 finishes in the 16 main events he has started thus far in 2022. That is quite impressive for a rookie in the 28-year-old CLS series. Browne will wrap up the CLS point-paying season at the 6th Annual Western States Lightning Sprint Car Championships at the Bakersfield Speedway on Tuesday, November 15th. He comes into that race seventh in the overall championship standings and as mentioned earlier, he is a close second in the "Rookie of the Year" points. That race will also be the wrap-up for the five-race "Civil War Series." Browne is fourth in CVS points, a mere 13-points out of third and only 31 out of second. Two days after Bakersfield, he will journey to the Placerville Speedway to conclude his rookie campaign at the three-night "Hangtown 100." Be sure to visit and signup for Browne's entertaining video page on YouTube at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSNglz0llw. Browne and the "Win Now Racing" team would like to thank marketing partner Pacific Panel Products for being a part of his rookie campaign in lightning sprint cars. If you would like to join the friendly driver as a marketing partner for the 2023 campaign, drop an email or give him a call at the following: willbrowne88@gmail.com or (626) 261-5310. Will Browne 2022 Racing Results March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main April 2 Merced Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 7th A Main May 14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main May 21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main June 11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main June 25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS June 25 Ventura Raceway WMR Midgets 7th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 2nd A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main September 10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 12th A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main September 24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 11th A Main October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars DNS October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 16th A Main October 29 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main November 15 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 17 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 18 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 19 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or (909) 226-7768

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  BOBBY MICHNOWICZ GOES WIRE TO WIRE IN CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SERIES MAIN AT VENTURA

  (Torrance, CA, November 6, 2022) When you chain an old dog to the front porch, he is going to bark. That is exactly what happened when five-time California Lightning Sprint Car Series champion Bobby Michnowicz started on the outside of the front row when the CLS visited Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway on October 29th. The veteran driver roared away from the pack and led every inch of the way for his fourth win of 2022. 312140380_548863817046258_59651180472463838_n.jpg Winner Bobby Michnowicz (center with second-place Eric Greco (left) and third-place David Gasper. CLS photo. Eighteen cars showed up for the final race of the year at the picturesque track located on the Ventura County Fairgrounds. When BR Motorsports Qualifying ended, Michnowicz, who lives in Oak Hills, laid down the fastest lap with a time of 12.326. It was the fourth time in 2022 that he out-qualified a talent-laden CLS field. His teammate, three-time series champ Jarrett Kramer of Spring Valley, was second quickest at 12.357. The third speediest time was turned in by Camarillo's Cody Nigh, Michnowicz's nephew, at 12.393. Young Seth Dyer of Yucca Valley qualified 10th fastest and for the first time in his brief CLS career, was allowed to start where he qualified (instead of the rookie routine at the back). The affable team started outside the front row for Extreme Muffler's heat race one. The second-generation driver led every inch of the way and scored his crowd-pleasing first-ever CLS heat win. Lakewood's Aiden Lange and Nigh chased the 15-year-old home. "Rockstar" Jon Robertson of Torrance captured his third heat race win of 2022 in the Yoshimura R&D Heat race two over Quartz Hill's Gage Cheek and series-leading rookie Connor Speir of Fillmore. Eighteen-year-old Rookie Will Browne of Glendora was on the pole for the start of the 25-lap main with Michnowicz alongside. Palmdale's Eric Greco and Nigh comprised the second row with Speir and Lange in row three. As soon as starter Kris Kornder threw the green flag to start the 25-lapper, Michnowicz steered his T Shirts By Timeless/Fabozzi Metalworks/Pflum & Wagner/Super Shox/Outlaw Wings/Kaiser Wheels/Fast Time Studios/Bondio Fabrication #21K into the lead. Browne, Nigh, and Greco gave chase. By the end of the second circuit, Michnowicz had over a half-straight advantage over his pursuers. While Michnowicz was running away from the field, defending series champion and current point leader David Gasper of Santa Barbara was drawing a lot of the spectator's attention. The 16-year-old started the night off by losing an engine in qualifying forcing the Kittle Motorsports team to go to a backup car. He started the main in 10th but was fifth by the end of lap two. Out front, the streaking Michnowicz became immersed in lapped traffic on the sixth go-around, but it failed to slow him. He was flying past the slower cars like a hot knife thru butter. The leader stayed far away from his nearest competitor until lap 11 when a yellow slowed the field. The culprit of the yellow was Michnowicz's teammate Kramer, who came to a stop in turn two. For the restart, it was Michnowicz at the point. Greco, who got by Browne in lapped traffic was second. Browne, Gasper, and Nigh rounded out the top five. Try as he might, Greco could not keep up with Michnowicz who was a half straightaway ahead on lap 13. Likewise, Greco put the same distance between himself and third-place Browne. By lap 16, Michnowicz was back into the lap traffic. The first time thru, he encountered little problems. This time, near disaster struck. As he was closing on Speir to put him a lap down, the rookie spun and Michnowicz narrowly avoided him when the yellow flag came out. The second yellow of the race once again brought the pursuers to Michnowicz rear end. It was the same players in the top five with Greco second, Browne third, Gasper fourth, and Nigh fifth. The only change after Kornder waved the green was Gasper getting by Browne for third. Meanwhile, at the front, Michnowicz just motored away. By the time he got to the white, he was back into lapped traffic. Like the rest of the race, it was all his, but he did have a hiccup coming off turn four while heading for the checkers. A lapped car right in front of him clipped the inside berm and nearly spun in front of the race-long leader. Disaster was averted and Michnowicz took the checkers first for his fourth win of the year. Greco placed second with Gasper, Browne, and Nigh rounding out the top five. Kramer came from his restart at the back to finish sixth. Gasper's finish netted him the Speed Mart/Advanced Racing Suspension/Hepfner Racing Hard Charger Awards finishing third after starting 11th. "That was a good race," Michnowicz told the crowd after. "Wendy (his wife) drew the #2 and that put us on the front row. I just tried to run smooth laps and not run too hard and just weed my way through traffic. I figured the #18 car was probably coming. The track was great. It is more of a paper clip now. Jimmy (promoter Jim Naylor) changed it so we have to slow down for the corners and hit our marks." The CLS returns to action on Tuesday, November 18th, for the final points race of the season at the Bakersfield Speedway. Greco comes in 77-points behind Gasper and still has a shot at the title. Nigh has a pretty firm grip on third in the championship standings. Yucca Valley's Jeff Dyer and Michnowicz are tied for fourth. The race will also be the finale for the five-race "Civil War Series" that pits the CLS against Northern California's BCRA. Like the CLS regular championship, Gasper also won the "Civil War Series" title last year and is in the lead going into the final race. He is 63-points up on Gasper in the CWS. Michnowicz is third and is only 18-points in back of Greco and rookie Browne is just 13 behind Michnowicz. Nigh is fifth. After Bakersfield, the CLS will wrap up the 2022 campaign with three nights of non-point racing at the Placerville Raceway in the "Hangtown 100" on November 17, 18, and 19. Highlights of the CLS main courtesy of LoudPedal Productions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEsYpoxczi4 Ventura Raceway October 29th Contingency Awards Extreme Mufflers Heat #1 - $50.00 Product Certificate - Seth Dyer Yoshimura R&D Heat #2 - $50.00 CSI Shocks - Jon Robertson Main Event Winner - $100.00 Eibach Sprints Product Certificate - Bobby Michnowicz Main Event 2nd Place - Valco Wheels $50.00 Product Certificate - Eric Greco Main Event 3rd Place - Jake Swanson Shock Technology $50.00 Product Certificate - David Gasper Main Event 5th Place - Smith Titanium $50.00 Product Certificate - Cody Nigh Quick Time - BR Motorsports $25.00 Product Certificate - Bobby Michnowicz Hard Charger - Speed Mart $25.00 Certificate/Advanced Racing Suspension $50.00 Certificate/Hepfner Racing $25.00 Certificate - David Gasper 1st Car Not On Lead Lap - Rebel Gears $30.00 Coupon - Jacob Magallanes Hard Luck Award - $25.00 Speed Mart $25.00 Certificate - Jeff Dyer Ventura Raceway October 29 Results Heat #1 (8 Laps): one period Bobby Michnowicz, 12.326; 2. Jarrett Kramer 12.357; 3. Cody Nigh, 12.393; 4. Eric Greco, 12.446; 5. Will Browne, 12.558; 6. Connor Speir, 12.616; 7. David Gasper, 12.731; 8. Aiden Lange, 12.786; 9. Gage Cheek, 12.898; 10. Seth Dyer, 13.140; 11. Jon Robertson, 13.167; 12. Dale Gamer, 13.421; 13. Jacob Magallanes, 13.484; 14. Mark Henry, 13.694; 15. Pat Kelley, NT; 16 Dominic Del Monte, NT Extreme Muffler Heat Race #1 (8-Laps): 1. Seth Dyer; 2. Aiden Lange; 3. Cody Nigh; 4. Bobby Michnowicz; 5. Will Browne; 6. Mark Henry; 7. Dale Gamer; 8. Pat Kelley Yoshimura R&D Heat Race #2 (8-Laps): 1. Jon Robertson; 2. Gage Cheek; 3. Connor Speir; 4. Eric Greco; 5. Dave Gasper; 6. Jarrett Kramer; 7. Dominic Del Monte; 8. Jacob Magallanes Ventura Raceway 25-Lap Main Event (with starting positions and differences 1. Bobby Michnowicz, Oak Hills, CA (2nd) 2. Eric Greco, Palmdale, CA, (3rd) - 1.925 3. David Gasper, Santa Barbara, CA (10th) - 2.742 4. Will Browne, Glendora, CA, (1st) - 4.072 5. Cody Nigh, Camarillo, CA (4th) - 6.220 6. Jarrett Kramer, Spring Valley, CA (11th) - 7.204 7. Mark Henry Rosamond, CA (13th) - 9.143 8. Gage Cheek, Quartz Hills, CA (9th) - 9.305 9. Dominic Del Monte, Gardena, CA (14th) 9.807 10. Jon Robertson, Torrance, CA (8th) - 11.161 11. Connor Speir, Fillmore, CA (5th) - 11.690 12. Jacob Magallanes, Pasadena, CA (16th) - 2 Laps 13. Seth Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA (7th) - 2 Laps 14. Dale Gamer, Anaheim, CA (12th) - 10 Laps 15. Pat Kelley, Chino, CA, (15th) - 13 Laps 16. Aiden Lange, Lakewood, CA - (6th) - 23 Laps California Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - 2045 2. Eric Greco - 1968 3. Cody Nigh - 1812 3. Jeff Dyer - 1716 5. Bobby Michnowicz - 1716 6. Connor Speir - 1456 7. Will Browne - 1417 8. Jon Robertson - 1193 9. Pat Kelley - 1111 10. Dominic Del Monte - 784 Civil War Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - CLS - 514 2. Eric Greco - CLS - 451 3. Bobby Michnowicz - CLS - 433 4. Will Browne - CLS - 420 5. Cody Nigh - CLS - 385 6. Greg Dennett - BCRA - 383 7. Dakota Albright - BCRA - 358 8. Harlee Aguilera - BCRA - 331 9. Matt Land - BCRA - 329 10. Brandon Leedy - BCRA - 302 The following companies have become marketing partners with the CLS in 2022. They have offered up more than $13,000.00 in contingencies that will be awarded on top of the regular racing purses and they will be paid out throughout the year. Yoshimura R&D, Hoosier Tires West, T-Shirts By Timeless, Extreme Mufflers, Saldana Racing Products, Rod End Supply, Speed Mart, Cold Fire West, West Evens Motorsports, RC Fuel Injection, Jake Swanson Shock Technology, Advanced Racing Suspensions, CSI Shocks, Eibach Springs, Triple X Race Components, King Racing Products, Hyper Racing Products, Rebel Gears, Vahlco Wheels, Wilwood Disk Brakes, Fuel Safe Systems, MPI, Circle Track Performance, E-Z UP, Hepfner Racing, Smith Titanium, and Hoosier Speed. If you or your company would like to become a partner of the longtime racing organization, contact Jon Robertson via email at mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net or by calling (310) 367-9050. 2022 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 25 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Grant Sexton April 2 Merced Speedway Non-Wing -- Civil War #1 - David Gasper April 16 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged (Make Up Main) David Gasper April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz May 14 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender May 21 Ventura Raceway Winged - Eric Greco June 11 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - David Gasper June 25 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 9 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 23 Ventura Raceway Winged - Dave Gasper August 6 *Santa Maria Raceway Winged - Brent Sexton August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged - Civil War #2 - Connor Spier August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged - Civil War #3 - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 10 Lemoore Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 24 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Civil War #4 - David Gasper October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway Winged - With SWLS - Brent Sexton October 29 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - With USAC Midgets - Civil War #5 Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points To keep up with the CLS online, please visit the website at http://racecls.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/californialightningsprints 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 Gansen 2007 Shane Rossen 2008 Brent Sexton 2009 Stuart Hielschier Sr. 2010 Jarrett Kramer 2011 Tim Brown 2012 Bobby Michnowicz 2013 Stephen Limon 2014 Bobby Michnowicz 2015 Bobby Michnowicz 2016 Bobby Michnowicz 2017 Bobby Michnowicz 2018 Jarrett Kramer 2019 Jarrett Kramer 2021 David Gasper This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  MATT McCARTHY AND LOGAN WILLIAMS WILL END 2022 SEASON AT PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY

  (Ontario, CA, November 2, 2022) The Flowdynamics sprint car racing duo of Matt McCarthy and Logan Williams will close the 2022 season this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 3rd, 4th, and 5th, at the 26th Annual Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway. Heading into the finale, both drivers are in the top 10 in the USAC/CRA Series point standings. Williams, who lives in Yorba Linda, California, joined forces with Flowdynamics and McCarthy in May of 2021. When Williams signed on with the team, his father, National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Rip Williams, joined on as well. It also brought on a relationship with Williams' brothers, Cody, and Austin, who are also regulars in the series. The joining of forces and sharing of information has done well for both McCarthy and Logan Williams in their first full season together. PAS 3-26-22=28m 5w=1085-3.jpg Matt McCarthy (inside) and Logan Williams at Perris earlier this year. Doug Allen photo. Williams comes into the three races this week seventh in the point standings. He is only five points out of sixth and 35 points out of fifth. Riverside's McCarthy, who flexed his muscle at August's California Racers Hall of Fame Night at Perris by being the fast qualifier and winning a four-segment high-dollar trophy dash, will enter this weekend's fray 10th in the points. McCarthy's best appearances of the season both came at Perris. He kicked off the campaign at the famous Riverside County oval with the 7th place finish on March 28th. Three months later on June 25th, he took his beautiful #28M to an eighth-place result on the same half-mile track. Williams' best outings thus far in 2022 were 4th place finishes at the Bakersfield Speedway on May 14th and the Santa Maria Raceway on August 6th. His best result at Perris was a 6th place in the annual Salute To Indy on May 28th. Both drivers are hoping to rebound from a disappointing weekend last week at the Western World Championships at Arizona's Cocopah Speedway. Williams finished 21st and 23rd in the A mains, and McCarthy placed 14th and 21st in the B mains. This week's event, which will feature both the USAC/CRA and USAC National Sprint Cars, will include qualifying, heat races, preliminary mains, and an A main event every single night. The show will culminate with a 40-lap, $ 20,000.00-to-win Oval Nationals finale on Saturday. For those who wish to see McCarthy and Williams in action this week, advance tickets are available at the following link https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7 or by calling 1-800-595-4849. If you do not wish to buy tickets in advance, there will be plenty available for everyone at the ticket window all three nights. Perris Auto Speedway is located on the freeway close Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 lake Perris Drive in the city of Perris. The track website is www.perrisautospeedway.com and the office phone number is (951) 940-0134. Be sure to visit the pits and meet both friendly Flowdynamics drivers after the races this weekend and pick up one of their fine-looking team shirts. Even though the end of the 2022 season is nearly over, the hard work for 2023 will begin almost immediately. The team will be tearing down the cars, going over them, and making any repairs and adjustments needed. They will also be ordering parts and discussing the possibility of marketing opportunities for 2023. If you or your company would like to be a part of one of the West coast's most prominent Sprint car teams for the upcoming season, please contact John McCarthy at 909 930-5522 or mailto:john@flodyinc.com McCarthy and Williams would like to thank the following sponsors for making the 2022 season possible. Flowdynamics Inc., JFK Design Build, Cal Therm Mechanical Insulators, CRC Component Repair Co., Encore Gas and Supply, Drink-Pac, and Benic Enterprises. Matt McCarthy 2022 Results 1/27/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 22nd A Main 1/28/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 1/29/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 14th A Main 3/26/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 4/1/22 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 4/2/22 Tulare Thunderbowl USAC/CRA 18th A Main 4/23/22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main 4/30/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 5/14/22 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA 16th A Main 5/28/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 6/11/22 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 16th A Main 6/25/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 8th A Main 8/6/22 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 18th A Main 8-20-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 13th A Main 9-17-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 12th A Main 10-8-22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main 10-28-22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA & National 14th B Main 10-29-22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA & National 21st B Main Logan Williams 2022 Results 1/27/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main 1/28/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 1/29/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 3/26/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 4/1/22 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 4/2/22 Tulare Thunderbowl USAC/CRA 12th A Main 4/23/22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 22nd A Main 4/30/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 5/14/22 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA 4th A Main 5/28/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main 6/11/22 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main 6/25/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 5th A Main 8/6/22 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 4th A Main 8-20-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 9-17-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 10-8-22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 16th A Main 10-28-22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA & National 21st A Main 10-29-22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA & National 23rd A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact is available at (909) 226-7768 or via email at mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com.

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  EDDIE TAFOYA JR. IS ONE POINT OUT OF THIRD GOING INTO THIS WEEK'S OVAL NATIONALS AT PERRIS

  (Chino, CA, November 2, 2022) Eddie Tafoya Jr. will close his sprint car season this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 3rd, 4th, and 5th at the 26th Annual Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway. Entering the final weekend of the eight-month season, the 2019 USAC/CRA "Rookie of the Year" is one point out of third place and only 20-points out of second in the championship standings. 313399486_10166826944290201_5018192168403270918_n.jpg Eddie Tafoya in the Specialty Fasteners #51T. Doug Allen photo. Tafoya's quiet demeanor and smooth style on the track make him one of the best-kept secrets in west coast sprint car racing. In only three full seasons of 410 sprint car action, he has climbed to a lofty position that most can only dream of attaining in their racing careers. The key to the 25-year-old driver's success has been his consistency. Thus far in 21 total starts in 2022, he has seen the checkered flag 20 times. That shows he knows how to race, and he knows how to take care of his equipment. In the only race he did not finish this year he was clobbered by another car at Perris in March. Combining his ever-growing smooth skill with his keen ability to avoid trouble, he has 13 top-10 finishes in 18 USAC/CRA starts this year. Six of the top 10s were in the top five. His best outing of the season was a second place at Cocopah Speedway on January 29th. His other podium finish came on June 25th at Perris. The Chino Hills, California resident also recorded his first-ever series fast qualifying time at Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway in early June. Last weekend Tafoya journeyed to Yuma, Arizona's Cocopah Speedway for the 55th Annual Western World Championships. On the first night, "Mr. Smooth" qualified with a time of 17.459 which was good for the 26 fastest time in the 40-car field. He missed the transfer spot in his heat race by one position and was forced to run the B main event. There, he clawed his way forward to finish 4th and transferred into the A main. He started the A in the 22nd position and moved forward three spots to finish 19th. Twenty-four hours later, the handsome driver reeled off a lap of 16.413, which was good for seventh quickest in the stacked 37-car field. He then avoided having to start in the B main again when he placed fourth in his heat race. For the finale, Tafoya was on the outside of the front row and ran in the top three for the first five laps. However, his car was, "the tightest I've ever been and wasn't even close to tight enough." That cost him and he eventually ended up finishing 16th. Look for an improvement on that finish this weekend on his home track. Tafoya has a new load of great-looking shirts and hoodies that will be on sale at the Oval Nationals. Fans can meet the driver and the team and pick up a shirt or hoodie in the pits after each night of racing. For those who cannot make it to the tracks, they are also available online at www.specialty-fasteners.com. For fans who wish to see Tafoya in action at this week's Oval Nationals, spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM with racing at 7:00 each night. Advance tickets are available at the following link https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7 or by calling 1-800-595-4849. For those who do not wish to buy advance tickets, there will be plenty available for everyone at the ticket window each night. The famous racetrack is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in the city of Perris. The track website is www.perrisautospeedway.com and the office phone number is (951) 940-0134. After Saturday's race is over, Tafoya, and The Specialty Fasteners #51T team, will be prepping for the 2023 campaign. The cars will be stripped down to bare frames before being rebuilt and ready to go on the other side of the New Year. In addition to the work on the cars in the shop, the team will be busy exploring corporate partnership opportunities for the upcoming campaign. If you or your company would like to be a partner with the Specialty Fasteners team in 2023, please contact Eddie Tafoya Jr. via phone at (909) 393-3999 or by e-mail at teamtafoya@aol.com. He will be happy to talk to you and lay out the team's plans. Tafoya has a great new YouTube channel at the following link https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1hrmC5L80EU. Fans can follow Tafoya on Instagram @eddietafoya51. The same contact point can be used to purchase his great-looking shirts via mail. Eddie Tafoya Jr. 2022 Race Results 1-27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 7th A Main 1-28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 9th A Main 1-29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 2nd A Main 3-26 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 18th A Main 4-1 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 13th A Main 4-2 Thunderbowl Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 15th A Main 4-23 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 3rd A Main 4-30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 5-28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 6-11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 6-25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main 7-8 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 13th A Main 7-9 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 10th A Main 7-10 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 15th A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 8-27 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 9-17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 10-8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 10-28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA & National Sprints 19th A Main 10-29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA & National Sprints 16th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. (909) 226-7768 or E-mail mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  BRODY ROA FINISHES 410 SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE AT THIS WEEK'S PERRIS OVAL NATIONALS

  (Cypress, CA, November 1, 2022) Brody Roa will wrap up the 410 portion of his 2022 sprint car schedule when the USAC National and CRA Sprint Cars converge on Southern California's Perris Auto Speedway this Thursday thru Saturday, November 3rd, 4th, and 5th, in the 26th running of the Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals. For Roa, the Oval Nationals brings back a fond memory of the finest weekend of his career. In the three nights from November 9th to the 11th, 2017, the Garden Grove, California racer stood on the podium two times and never finished worse than sixth in the prestigious race. It started out on Thursday the ninth when the friendly driver qualified fourth fastest in the 43-car field. He followed that up by placing fourth in his heat race and third in the main event. Twenty-four hours later, Roa, then 26 years old, qualified ninth fastest and finished fourth in his heat race on preliminary night #2. For the 30-lap main event, he started on the pole. After trading the lead back and forth over the first circuit, he took full control on lap two and went unchallenged the remainder of the way. Every time the yellow waved, Roa would simply drive away from the pack to score a convincing win. "I can't believe I just won a National Sprint Car race," the excited driver told the crowd after climbing out of his car five years ago. "I don't know what to say. This is the coolest thing I have done in my racing career so far. I did not like seeing all of those yellows and reds. I was waiting for a slider on a restart and I kept seeing Chad's (Boespflug) nose a few times. I cannot say enough about this team. We are clicking right now and this thing runs like a banshee. We are going to celebrate a bit tonight, but not too much because we have got to get the job done tomorrow." download.jpg Brody and his wife Tailor celebrate after his Oval Nationals preliminary win in 2017. Surfnsprint photo. The following night Roa had enough points to bypass the heat races and contest the "Super Six Dash." That race was for the six highest point-scoring cars from the first two nights. Roa started and finished 6th in that one and that meant he would be coming from outside row three in the 40-lap championship. He placed sixth in the finale and that was the best of any of the CRA cars in the field. Flash forward to 2022 and Roa has had a very impressive season at Perris. The now 31-year-old driver from Garden Grove, California has three podiums including a win on June 25th in five USAC/CRA starts at the track this year. He also qualified for his first-ever World of Outlaws main event when the touring troupe came to the famous Riverside County clay oval on March 26th. In addition to his USAC/CRA win at The PAS in June, Roa has two other victories in the series this year. The first came when he outdistanced the 410 field in Jayson May's 360 sprint car at the Santa Maria Raceway on August 6th. On October 8th, he came all the way from the 11th starting spot to win the main event at the Mohave Valley Raceway. In addition to his wins in USAC/CRA, he also steered May's 360 to a win at Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway in the USAC West Coast Series on August 27th. Roa comes into the Oval Nationals after contesting last week's 56th Annual Western World Championships at the Cocopah Speedway in Yuma, Arizona. Last Friday night he timed in 17th fastest of 40 cars on hand with a lap of 17.365. He followed that up with a second-place finish in his 10-lap heat. In the 30-lap main, he began the race in 17th and advanced two places to finish 15th. Twenty-four hours later, he was the 14th fastest out of 37 cars with a time of 16.699. Another second-place result in his heat secured the 15th starting spot in the finale. Just like the night before, he ended up 15th. While Saturday will be Roa's last 410 race of 2022, he will still have one date left on his racing calendar. He will be in Jayson May's car for the historic 81st running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway on Thanksgiving weekend. Roa and the team want to thank the following sponsors for making the 2022 season possible. HD Industries, Burris Racing, Sander Engineering, Inland Rigging, Caltrol, "Biker" Bruce Fischer, Competition Suspension, ALR Virtual Services, K-1 Race Gear, Molecule, Rod End Supply, Driven Racing Oil, Baldwin Filters, and NGK Spark Plugs. In addition, the veteran driver offers thanks to RDM Mechanics, Fastenal, KC Keen Concrete, Coopers Propane, Ten West Towing, Ten West Environmental, TJM Distribution, and Westco International for sponsoring the #8M he will pilot for Jayson May on 10 occasions in 2022. If you or your company would like to jump on board and receive recognition as a team partner throughout the 2022 racing season, please give the two-time USAC champion racer a phone call or drop him a note at the contact information on the top of this release. Fans can learn more about Roa and the team at https://www.brodyroa.com/. Fans can also check out the team news at Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/br91r/. To keep up with May Motorsports, please check out and "like" its Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/MayMotorsports8M Brody Roa's 2022 Schedule and Race Results January 12 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 15th A Main January 15 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 13th C Main January 27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main January 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 6th A Main January 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main February 11 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 5th A Main February 12 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 2nd A Main February 26 Keller Auto Speedway King of Thunder 9th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway World of Outlaws 8th B Main March 26 Perris Auto Speedway World of Outlaws 24th A Main April 9 Keller Auto Speedway NARC King of the West Canceled April 30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main June 11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 2nd A Main June 25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 1ST A Main July 22 Gas City I69 Speedway ISW - USAC National 9th C Main July 23 Kokomo Speedway ISW - USAC National 7th B Main July 24 Lawrenceburg Speedway ISW - USAC National Rained out July 25 Circle City Raceway ISW - UASC National 19th A Main July 27 Terre Haute Action Track ISW - USAC National Rained Out July 28 Lincoln Park Speedway ISW - USAC National 8th B Main July 29 Bloomington Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main July 30 Tri-State Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main August 20 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 19th A Main August 27 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 1st A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main September 24 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 DNS October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main October 15 Kern County Raceway USAC West Coast 360 17th A Main October 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA 15th A Main October 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA 15th A Main November 3 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 4 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 5 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 25 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP November 26 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP @hdindustries_1971 @burris_racing_usa @mikeburrisoc @csishocks @sander_engineering @sanderjenna @theoriginalloosebruce @alrvirtualservices @k1racegear @moleculesports @rodendsupply @baldwinfilters @ngkracing @originalngksparkplugs @usacnation @usac_cra @perrisautospeedway @b_roa91 @tai_xoxo_roa @zacboz35 @joegibb83, @inlandrigging, @eaglemotorsportsinc @caltrolinc @drivenracingoil This release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  BRENT SEXTON WINS MAIN EVENT AND LUCAS OIL POWRi SOUTHWEST LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP

  (Lakeside, CA, October 30, 2022) Wily veteran racer Brent Sexton captured the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series season closing main event at the Imperial Valley Raceway. In doing so, he sewed up the series championship. The title is Sexton's third in his lightning career and his first since taking the California Lightning Sprint Car Series crown in 2008. thumbnail.jpg King of the Oval, Brent Sexton, surrounded by his court. Kim Arringdale photo. Sexton, of Lakeside, California, his oldest son Dalton, and Alpine's Brent Horn raced on the lightning side of the two-night program. Brent's youngest son Grant, 18, drove his 360 in the open sprint car portion of the show. Action for the POWRi portion of the weekend began with the cars using wings on Friday night. The first heat race saw Dalton off the pole, Horn, who was in the #3 usually steered by Grant. was on the outside of him. Brent started on the inside of row two. Brent, who came into the weekend second in points behind Dalton, fired the first salvo by winning the heat. Dalton, who will turn 20 in a little over a month, placed third with Horn taking fourth in his first-ever start in a car owned by SGR. Like the heat race, Dalton was on the pole for the main event. Brent was on the outside of the third row with Horn on the outside of row five. Dalton led the early going in the race before relinquishing the top spot on lap seven. The only yellow flag came out on the next lap and Dalton was in second for the restart. Brent restarted in fifth, but in one spectacular swoop around the outside, he moved all the way up to third. The 50-year-old racer and his 19-year-old son swapped the runner-up position back and forth before Brent asserted himself and set sail for the leader. Late in the race, Brent, who was flying, caught the leader in lapped traffic. He attempted to go around the outside for the top spot but lappers intervened and held him up. A couple of laps later the checkered flag ended the affair with Brent in the second position and Dalton in third. Horn crossed under the checkered flags in eighth. The second night of action in the southern reaches of California saw Grant competing as well as his father, older sibling Dalton, and Horn. Being part of the open comp sprint portion of the show, the previous night was a practice for him. Saturday was the real deal. Saturday's program added a couple of twists for the lightning sprints. First off, they were racing without their wings. Second was the fact that they were qualifying. Dalton topped the 18 cars in time trials with a dazzling 13.419. Brent was fifth at 13.669 and Horn was 14th at 14.072. In the first lightning heat race, Brent was on the outside of row two and Dalton was directly behind him in sixth. Brent went wide in the first corner of the race and slipped back to sixth. Dalton was moving forward and on the second circuit, he went from fourth to second. However, by that time, the leader was long gone and Dalton was forced to settle for second. Brent moved up one spot before the end of the heat and placed fifth. Horn was up in heat race two and started on the outside of the front row and ended up sixth after a spin late in the going. For the final SWLS race of 2022, Dalton had the best starting spot on the SGR team coming from fifth. Brent was starting in ninth and Horn was alongside him in 10th. Dalton quickly sliced his way through the field and at the end of the fourth circuit he took over the lead. Seconds later a double flip in turn #3 brought out a red flag. For the restart Dalton was in first, Brent was up to 5th and Horn was ninth. Brent went on a good run on lap six when he entered turn three in fifth and exited turn four in third. Two laps later he again swooped to the inside in turn four and in spectacular style took over second. However, he was not there for long. Coming down the front straightaway Dalton's car dramatically slowed before it got to the start-finish line. That handed the lead to Brent. Dalton stayed on the track but fell to the back and two laps later he pulled into the infield with a broken fuel pump. That fuel pump not only knocked Dalton out of the lead in the race, but it also cost him his shot at the series championship. Another red flag halted the proceedings a few moments later when a car flipped spectacularly down the front straightaway. After the car was taken off the track the race resumed. Brent simply drove away from the remainder of the field and won by over a half straightaway. Horn ended up eighth with Dalton 14th. The win sewed up Brent's third-lifetime lightning sprint car series championship by seven points over Dalton (Grant finished seventh). His first two titles came in the California Lightning Sprint Car Series in 1999 and 2008. It also was his sixth victory of the year, four of which were in POWRi. The other two came in the CLS. He split the wins with three coming while racing with a wing and three without. He also was crowned "King of the Ovals" for accumulating the most points in the two-night event at Imperial. After Brent won the lightning sprint race, the open comp field came onto the track and Grant was starting on the outside of the first row. After taking the green flag he sailed it into one and got in the loose stuff on the outside. By the time the teen had gathered it back in, he had slipped back to 7th. Disaster nearly struck at the end of the third circuit. Grant got a good run on the inside when the two cars in front of him tangled coming out of the corner. The 18-year-old deftly went inside them and avoided the mess. For the restart, Grant was up to fourth. The teenager raced into second on the 10th lap and stayed there until slipping back to third late in the going. It was his second podium finish in a full-size sprint car in 2022. Sexton Gatlin Racing is not done yet for the 2022 season. Still to come is a race with the California Lightning Sprint Cars at the Bakersfield Speedway on November 15th. After that, the family team will journey north to the Placerville Speedway for the annual "Hangtown 100." There, they will compete with the CLS and Northern California's Bay Cities Racing Association. Sexton/Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2022 season possible. Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Johnny Motorhead, Troy Dirt, Victory Graphix, Swift Powdercoat, Maxima Oil, Automated Interior, and an extra special thanks to Scotty and Jimmy Keys. If you or your business wants to partner up with one of the most visible Lightning Sprint teams on the West Coast, please call (619) 454-6945. You can also E-mail mailto:sextonfire@cox.net or mailto:sextonfire@gmail.com. Sexton Gatlin Racing 2022 Schedule March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Brent 7th - Grant 15th March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th March 25 Bakersfield Speedway CLS Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 8th - Dalton 17th April 16 Ventura Raceway VRA Sprints - Grant 1st April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Bezio 3rd - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th May 14 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Bezio 2nd - Brent 3rd May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant DNS June 11 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 2nd - Dalton 11th June 25 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Dalton 1st - Brent 2nd - Grant 3rd July 9 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Grant 2nd - Dalton 6th August 6 Santa Maria Raceway CLS Winged - Brent 1st - Dalton 15th August 6th Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant 11th B Main August 11 Norman County Speedway Minkota Nationals Winged - Dalton 8th - Brent 13th - Grant 25th August 12 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged - Brent 1st - Grant 9th - Dalton 11th August 13 Greenbush Race Park Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 6th - Brent 11th - Dalton 13th August 14 Minkota Nationals Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 15th - Brent DNS Sept. 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Winged - Chiaramonte 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 18th October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 4th - Brent DNS October 8 Mojave Valley Raceway POWRi/CLS Winged - Brent 1st - A.J. Bender 2nd - Dalton 3rd October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant DNS October 21 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Winged - Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th - Brent Horn 8th October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Horn 8th - Dalton 14th October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway Open Comp. Sprint Cars - Grant 3rd Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway BCRA/CLS Winged Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  MATT McCARTHY AND LOGAN WILLIAMS IN WESTERN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AT COCOPAH SPEEDWAY

  (Ontario, CA, October 27, 2022) After a two-week break to get the cars prepared for the final two events of the 2022 racing season, Flowdynamics drivers Matt McCarthy and Logan Williams will be in action this Friday and Saturday, October 28th and 29th, in the 55th Annual Chapman Chevrolet of Yuma Western World Championships Presented by Yuma Insurance and Avanti at Arizona's Cocopah Speedway. 299656987_5639960102722091_1864525540843387049_nsave.jpg The Flowdynamics cars are ready for racing at the Cocopah Speedway this weekend. Doug Allen photo. With just five races to go in the 2022 USAC/CRA campaign, Williams is fighting to get into the top five in the championship point standings and McCarthy is hoping to advance forward from 10th. For the majority of the season, Williams was fifth in points. However, some bad luck in recent races has seen him drop back to 6th. Coming off the last race at the Mojave Valley Raceway on October 8th, Williams is a mere three points out of fifth. Trailing him in 7th and only 38 points behind is his oldest brother, Cody. His other brother, Austin, is currently 3rd. That gives the family three drivers in the top ten in series points. For Riverside, California-based McCarthy, he has been in ninth or 10th in the standings for most of the season. The affable racer enters this weekend in 10th and is 45-points out of ninth. He will need to be locked in for the remaining races not only to catch the racer in ninth but to fend off the driver in 11th who comes into this Friday only 32-points behind McCarthy. The series last appeared at Cocopah for the first three races of the 2022 campaign. Yorba Linda, California resident Williams, the youngest of the three Williams brothers who race in the series and the son of National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Rip Williams, was on his game. The #5W driver left the Somerton, Arizona track with two sixth-place finishes and a seventh. McCarthy's best finish of the opening weekend was a 14th. However, that number is a bit misleading. After starting 10th and slipping back to 16th at the season opener, he was coming on like gangbusters and passed five cars in three laps. He was clearly one of the fastest cars on the track, but a lap 16 flip knocked him out of the race. At the series' last race at Arizona's Mohave Valley Raceway on October 8th, McCarthy steered his #28M to the 13th fastest time in qualifying and finished second in his 10-lap heat race. In the 30-lap main, he started in the 12th position and came home 10th. Williams' box score for the Mohave race saw him qualify 21st, and finish third, directly behind McCarthy in their heat. He started 19th in the main event and ended up finishing 16th. All of the action at Cocopah will kick off with the first race of the two nights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. For fans who wish to attend, the track is located at 3450 W County 15th St. in Somerton, Arizona. Reserved tickets are $40.00. General admission is $35.00 and pit passes are $45.00. They are on sale now, along with VIP Camping spots, on the track website www.racecocopahspeedway.com. Gates will open at 5:00 p.m. each night with racing at 7:00. The office phone number is (602) 292-7607. After this weekend, the Ontario, California-based team will wrap up its 2022 campaign on November 3rd, 4th, and 5th at the 26 annual Heimark Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway. Even though the end of the 2022 season is nearly over, the hard work for 2023 will begin almost immediately. The team will be tearing down the cars, going over them, and making any repairs and adjustments needed. They will also be ordering parts and discussing the possibility of marketing opportunities for 2023. If you or your company would like to be a part of one of the West coast's most prominent Sprint car teams for the upcoming season, please contact John McCarthy at 909 930-5522 or mailto:john@flodyinc.com When you are at a race that the Flowdynamics drivers are competing in, be sure to head down to the pits to meet McCarthy and Williams and pick up one of their fine-looking team shirts. McCarthy and Williams would like to thank the following sponsors for making the 2022 season possible. Flowdynamics Inc., JFK Design Build, Cal Therm Mechanical Insulators, CRC Component Repair Co., Encore Gas and Supply, Drink-Pac, and Benic Enterprises. Matt McCarthy 2022 Results 1/27/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 22nd A Main 1/28/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 1/29/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 14th A Main 3/26/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 4/1/22 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 4/2/22 Tulare Thunderbowl USAC/CRA 18th A Main 4/23/22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main 4/30/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 5/14/22 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA 16th A Main 5/28/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 6/11/22 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 16th A Main 6/25/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 8th A Main 8/6/22 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 18th A Main 8-20-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 13th A Main 9-17-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 12th A Main 10-8-22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main Logan Williams 2022 Results 1/27/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main 1/28/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 1/29/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 3/26/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 4/1/22 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 4/2/22 Tulare Thunderbowl USAC/CRA 12th A Main 4/23/22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 22nd A Main 4/30/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 5/14/22 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA 4th A Main 5/28/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main 6/11/22 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main 6/25/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 5th A Main 8/6/22 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 4th A Main 8-20-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 9-17-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 10-8-22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 16th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact is available at (909) 226-7768 or via email at mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com.

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  EDDIE TAFOYA JR. READY FOR SEASON-ENDING COCOPAH AND PERRIS RACES - NEW SHIRTS AND HOODIES AVAILABLE

  (Chino, CA, October 27, 2022) Eddie Tafoya Jr. will close his 2022 sprint car racing season with five races over the next 9 days in co-sanctioned shows with the Amsoil USAC/CRA and USAC National Sprint Cars. The first of the two shows will be this Friday and Saturday, October 28th and 29th, in the 55th Annual Chapman Chevrolet of Yuma Western World Championships Presented By Yuma Insurance and Avanti at Arizona's Cocopah Speedway. He will follow that up on November 3rd, 4th, and 5th in the 26th Annual Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals at Southern California's Perris Auto Speedway. 307114239_10166690540515201_3467836010581480012_n.jpg Eddie Tafoya Jr. photo courtesy of Doug Allen. All five of the season-ending races will be full points-paying shows for the USAC/CRA and USAC National Sprint Car Series. The National points are of no concern for Tafoya as up to this point, he has only contested three National races this year. However, the USAC/CRA points are vital. Heading into the show at Cocopah, which is located 14 miles north of the US/Mexico border in the town of Somerton, Arizona, the 25-year-old Chino Hills, California resident is fourth in the series standings. He is only 19-points out of third and just 23-points out of second in his third season of racing 410 sprint cars. In racing at Cocopah, Tafoya and his #51T team are returning to the track where they opened the 2022 campaign with three races at the end of January. In those three events, Tafoya placed seventh on the opening night. Twenty-four hours later, he came home in ninth. At the finale of the three-day show on January 29th, he notched his best finish of the 2022 season when he finished second on the half-mile clay oval. This weekend's Western World will be the first time the prestigious race has been held at Cocopah. Last year's event was held at the Arizona Speedway which was just south of Phoenix. Tafoya qualified for the A main on both nights last year finishing 12th and 21st. Soon after that race ended, the wrecking ball was brought in and the track was razed for development purposes. In the last 10 USAC/CRA races, Tafoya has finished in the top 10 each time. In 16 USAC/CRA races this year, he has been in the top-ten 13 times. All told including three races in the USAC National Series in July, the handsome Southern California driver has finished all but one race. The one he did not finish was on March 26th at Perris when he was clobbered by another driver and flipped into the turn-one crash wall. In addition to the on-track news, Tafoya has a new load of shirts and hoodies that will be on sale at both Cocopah and Perris. Fans can meet the driver and the team and pick up a shirt or hoodie in the pits after the race. For those who cannot make it to the tracks, they are also available online at www.specialty-fasteners.com. image_50736641.JPG For fans who wish to see Tafoya battle with the best in the nation this week at the Western World, the track is located at 3450 W County 15th St. in Somerton, Arizona. Reserved tickets are $40.00. General admission is $35.00 and pit passes are $45.00. They are on sale now, along with VIP Camping spots, on the track website www.racecocopahspeedway.com. Gates will open at 5:00 p.m. each night with racing at 7:00. The office phone number is (602) 292-7607. As soon as the 2022 season ends, Tafoya, and The Specialty Fasteners #51T team, will be prepping for the 2023 campaign. The cars will be stripped down to bare frames before being rebuilt and ready to go on the other side of the New Year. In addition to the work on the cars in the shop, the team will be busy exploring corporate partnership opportunities for the upcoming campaign. If you or your company would like to be a partner with the Specialty Fasteners team in 2023, please contact Eddie Tafoya Jr. via phone at (909) 393-3999 or by e-mail at teamtafoya@aol.com. He will be happy to talk to you and lay out the team's plans. Tafoya has a great new YouTube channel at the following link https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1hrmC5L80EU. Fans can follow Tafoya on Instagram @eddietafoya51. The same contact point can be used to purchase his great-looking shirts via mail. Eddie Tafoya Jr. 2022 Race Results 1-27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 7th A Main 1-28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 9th A Main 1-29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 2nd A Main 3-26 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 18th A Main 4-1 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 13th A Main 4-2 Thunderbowl Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 15th A Main 4-23 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 3rd A Main 4-30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 5-28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 6-11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 6-25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main 7-8 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 13th A Main 7-9 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 10th A Main 7-10 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 15th A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 8-27 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 9-17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 10-8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. 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  INAUGURAL TRIBUTE TO BILLY SHUMAN ANNOUNCED FOR WESTERN MIDGET RACING NOVEMBER 12

  Watsonville, Calif. (October 26, 2022) - Western Midget Racing presented by Masters Design and Construction will close its 2022 championship with the inaugural Tribute to Billy Shuman, Saturday November 12 at Adobe Mountain Speedway. The race in Glendale, Ariz. on the 1/5th mile bullring will pay $1500 to win. NOW600 Non-Wing Micro Sprints will compete in a 50-lap feature along with Restricted and Jr. Sprints action as well. Three Micro divisions will also compete on Friday night. The busy weekend of racing will honor the late Billy Shuman, a native of Tempe, Ariz. Shuman was a four-time USAC National feature winner across Midgets and Sprint Cars. He also won twice in the CRA Sprint Car competition in his career. His brother Ron Shuman is a National Sprint Car Hall of Famer while nephew Casey Shuman has made a name for himself both on the track and as an official. The championship race for Western Midget Racing honoring Billy Shuman should be a hotly contested one with both the overall title and the 2022 Adobe Speedway WMR championships on the line. Champions will be honored after the races with a special pit side awards ceremony. Media coverage for both the race and the awards ceremony will be announced soon. Adobe Mountain Speedway has become one of the home race tracks for Western Midget Racing and with the shuttering of several dirt ovals in the region, become one of the homes for dirt open wheel competition in the Copper State. The race on November 12th will the 14th appearance for WMR at the speedway. Race winners this year in Arizona have included overall championship points leader Blake Bower of Brentwood, Calif., three wins for Cory Brown of Peoria, Ariz., two wins for Drake Edwards of Surprise, Ariz., and two wins for Nathan High of Goodyear, Ariz. Brown leads the Adobe Mountain WMR standings followed by Las Vegas' Kyle Hawse and Chloe High. Western Midget Racing competes on October 29 at Ventura Raceway as part of the salute to Wally Pankratz during his retirement race night. Pankratz will compete in the VRA Senior Sprints while his daughter Randi, the 2019 WMR Ventura champion, returns to WMR as a teammate to 2019 Ocean WMR champion David Prickett of Fresno. Teams who travel from more than 240 miles to compete will be eligible for a part of the $400 in road warrior money offered at each round this season. For more information on Western Midget Racing, visit them at www.WesternMidgetRacing.com or follow them on Facebook! Western Midget Racing is presented by: Masters Design and Construction, Rockwell Security, Rams Racing, Hoosier Racing Tire, Extreme Mufflers, FTK, Blud Lubricants, and West Evans Motorsports.

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  GOOD NIGHT FOR WILL BROWNE IS ENDED BY MAIN EVENT CRASH AT IMPERIAL

  (Glendora, California, October 26, 2022) Impressive teenage racer Will Browne returned to the Imperial Valley Raceway last Saturday night for the final POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series race of 2022. A strong showing early on made Browne one of the favorites in the main event, but his hopes were dashed by a lap five crash that saw him get upside down for the first time in his lightning sprint career. 305333235_465964848777567_8472627722709539918_n.jpg Will Browne photo courtesy of Lance Jennings. To start the night, the affable driver put the "Win Now Racing" #8 through its paces in qualifying and turned a best lap of 13.754. That was good enough for the seventh-fastest lap in the 19-car field. "The car felt great," the 18-year-old said after qualifying ended. "It felt like I could put it where I wanted it to be. There are holes in turn two so I went high. That was probably my best lap, but then I got slowed up by that lapped car (it was group qualifying)." Browne was on the inside of row two for his heat race and immediately jumped into the second position when the green flag told the drivers to step on the loud pedal. He stayed in the runner-up spot until he was passed on the third circuit. The "Win Now Racing" #8 stayed in the show position for the duration. That effort, combined with his qualifying time, earned him a ticket to start on the outside of the front row in the final SWLS main event of 2022. "I am starting on the front row on the outside," Browne said before getting into his car for the A main. "The car is feeling good, and I am feeling good. There is no reason why this cannot be a night to take the win. We will see and hope for good things. Hope I can do some good performing. That is all you really want." Starting on the outside of the front row, Browne was in second place as the field entered turn one for the first time in the main event. Coming off turn two, another driver went by the white and blue #8 but Browne quickly relegated that driver back to third. Once he regained the second-place spot, the Glendora, California teenager began hounding the leader. He remained second until lap four when another car got by and put him back to third. Coming off turn two on the fifth lap, Browne got a tremendous drive. He was poised to take the show spot back going into turn three, but the second-place driver moved to the bottom. Browne clipped his left rear tire and both cars flipped. Fortunately, Browne and his competitor were both uninjured in the crash. That turned Browne's hopes of a win into a frustrating 17th-place finish as his car was too damaged to continue. "I probably should have given him more room," Browne mentioned when talking about the crash. "I feel terrible for taking someone out of the race. You want to be a guy people can race around and not have to worry. That is a little bit of an ego setback for sure. That's an error on my part for sure. Just got to learn from that and not do that again." "The car came out pretty decent from how hard I crashed," Browne told followers on his YouTube site (link below). "I was having a decent night and the car felt good in the main event for the short time I was on four wheels. I am all right, just a little bit sore." This Saturday, October 29th, will see Browne headed back to the Ventura Raceway for the fourth time this year when the California Lightning Sprint Cars attack the 1/5 of a mile oval. He comes into the event seventh in CLS points and is only 72-points out of the lead in the "Rookie of the Year" chase with two point-paying races to go in 2022. In his first three appearances at the track that has worldwide notoriety for being mere yards away from the breaking waves of the Pacific Ocean, he has one sixth-place finish, a seventh, and one DNS. The DNS came on June 25th when Browne borrowed an engine from a competitor for the night and it expired during hot laps. For fans who want to catch Browne in action on Saturday, adult tickets are $18.00. Seniors 60 & over, military with id, and students with id get in for $15.00. Children 12 and under, who are accompanied by an adult, are free. Spectator gates will open at 3:00 p.m. and the first race will be at 5:30. The Ventura Raceway is located on the Ventura County Fairgrounds at 10 W. Harbor Boulevard (93001). The website is http://venturaraceway.com/ and the office phone number is (805) 648-RACE. Be sure to visit and signup for Browne's entertaining video page on YouTube at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSNglz0llw. Browne and the "Win Now Racing" team would like to thank marketing partner Pacific Panel Products for being a part of his rookie campaign in lightning sprint cars. If you would like to join the friendly newcomer for the end of 2022 and for the 2023 campaign, drop an email or give him a call at the following: willbrowne88@gmail.com or (626) 261-5310. Will Browne 2022 Racing Results March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main April 2 Merced Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 7th A Main May 14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main May 21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main June 11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main June 25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS June 25 Ventura Raceway WMR Midgets 7th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 2nd A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main September 10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 12th A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main September 24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 11th A Main October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars DNS October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 17th A Main October 29 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 15 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 17 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 18 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 19 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or (909) 226-7768

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  BRADEN CHIARAMONTE TURNS IN ANOTHER SHINING APPEARANCE AT KEITH KUNZ MOTORSPORTS GIVEBACK CLASSIC IN TULSA

  (El Cajon, CA, October 25, 2022) Young California racing star Braden Chiaramonte turned in another impressive performance last weekend when he journeyed to Tulsa, Oklahoma's Port City Raceway for the Keith Kunz Giveback Classic Micro Sprint race. 117 cars showed up for the fourth running of the prestigious event and Chiaramonte ended up 15th overall. With such a massive entry list, officials staged two nights of preliminaries. Chiaramonte took to the track the second night (Friday) and created an immediate impression. Sixty-one cars took time trials and Chiaramonte was the fastest in the star-studded field with a sizzling lap of 10.389. To say qualifying was crucial is an understatement. The difference between Chiaramonte's fast time and the slowest time in the 61-car field was 1.358. To further magnify the importance of a good lap, his quick time was a mere .503 better than the 50th fastest. "The Hyper Car has been fast from practice night to tonight," Chiaramonte told the crowd on hand and the worldwide audience watching live on Flo Racing after qualifying. "Everybody from Hyper has been helping us out huge. We will see what happens with the track and I think we will be pretty good for tonight." After starting and finishing third in his 10-lap qualifier and starting fourth and finishing fourth in his 10-lap heat race, Chiaramonte had to start 11th in Friday night's 30-lap main event. One of the keys to that race proved to be staying out of trouble. Several incidents throughout the pack resulted in yellow and red flags. Chiaramonte steered clear of all the chaos that happened in front and behind him. For the El Cajon, California-based racer it was a seesaw main event. He had been as high as ninth and as far back as 12th through the first 15 laps. Over the last 10 laps, he advanced his position methodically all the way up to 8th at the finish. An overall eighth out of 61 cars on the night was a very good performance. Saturday's finale saw 117 cars sign into the pits. The show consisted of two D mains, two C mains, two B mains, and the finale. Chiaramonte would begin his night in one of the 15 lap B main events. The top eight in each B main would earn tickets to the A. He started the prelim in fifth and was never out of one of the transfer spots. When the checkered flag signaled the end of the 15 lapper, the friendly teenager was in 7th and was moving on to the 67 lap A main event. Twenty-five cars started the A main event and Chiaramonte was coming from inside row 11 in the 21st spot. Over the first 2/3 of the race, he ran no worse than 22nd and no better than 21st. After 47 laps he was 22nd. Eight laps later he had picked off four more cars and was up to 16th. In the race's waning laps, he moved up one more spot and finished with a hard-fought 15th-placeth place result. Not only was it 15th against a stellar field in the main event, but it was also 15th of 117 cars in one of the toughest Non-Wing Outlaw fields assembled anywhere in 2022. After competing in three different types of cars in Northern, Central & Southern California, Texas, and Oklahoma in five of the last six weeks, Chiaramonte and his team are closing the month of October with a well-deserved weekend off. As the season is winding down, Chiaramonte and his team are making plans for the 2023 season. If you are interested in becoming a marketing partner with one of the most talented and affable young drivers in the sport, please feel free to call or e-mail Daniel Chiaramonte mailto:dchiaramonte@rtltraffic.com or (619) 988 7563. A few weeks ago, Chiaramonte was a guest on the Racer Radio Show. You can hear a replay of the show (Chiaramonte comes on at around 24 minutes) at the following link http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/radio22/RACERRADIO220918.mp3. Chiaramonte would like to thank the following marketing partners for making his 2022 racing season possible. RTL Traffic Control and Equipment Rentals, AM Ortega, Impact Racing, and AIM Sports Data. Braden Chiaramonte 2022 Results January 1 Tulsa Shootout Stock Non Wings 9th A Main March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 8th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway USAC Western States Midgets 9th A Main April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 1st A Main April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main May 12 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 13th A Main May 13 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 16th A Main May 14 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 5th L.C.Q. May 21 Ventura Raceway USAC Western State Midgets 7th A Main June 2 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 12th A Main June 3 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 14th A Main June 4 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 8th Qualifier June 11 Lemoore Jet Bowl Non-Wing Outlaw Micro 4th A Main June 18 Merced Speedway USAC Western Midgets 10th A Main July 15 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 18th A Main July 16 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 16th A Main August 4 Indianapolis Motor Speedway USAC National Midgets 5th D Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 18th A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 12th B Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint 1st A Main September 23 Lil Texas Motor Speedway C. Bell's Micro Mania 8th C Main September 24 Lil Texas Motor Speedway C. Bell's Micro Mania 22nd B Main September 30 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Fall Nationals 7th D Main October 1 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Fall Nationals 8th A Main October 13 Lemoore Speedway Non-Wing Outlaw 7th B Main October 13 Lemoore Speedway Winged Outlaw 14th A Main October 14 Lemoore Speedway Non-Wing Outlaw 16th A Main October 14 Lemoore Speedway Winged Outlaw 16th B Main October 15 Lemoore Speedway Non-Wing Outlaw 9th A Main October 15 Lemoore Speedway Winged Outlaw 7th B Main October 21 Port City Raceway Keith Kunz Motorsports Giveback 8th A Main October 22 Port City Raceway Keith Kunz Motorsports Giveback 15th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. You can contact him online at mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or by calling (909) 226-7768.

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  BRODY ROA IS READY FOR WESTERN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS THIS WEEKEND AT COCOPAH

  (Cypress, CA, October 25, 2022) Brody Roa begins a busy five-race barrage in the space of nine days when the USAC/CRA and USAC National Sprint Car Series converge on Arizona's Cocopah Speedway this Friday and Saturday, October 28th and 29th. They will be there for the 55th Annual Chapman Chevrolet of Yuma Western World Championships Presented By Yuma Insurance and Avanti. After this weekend's race, the action will switch to Southern California's Perris Auto Speedway for the 25th annual Heimark/Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval nationals on November 3rd, 4th, and 5th. With such an ambitious schedule to begin the wind-down of the 2022 campaign, Roa, his wife Tailor, and their two-year-old daughter Addison have taken time to relax in Utah's Zion National Park. A week of tranquil exploring, bike riding, and camping is coming to an end as the 31-year-old racer returns to the rough-and-tumble world of sprint car competition at two of the country's nicest racing facilities. 312804152_2433880210084487_507415768567728849_n.jpg Brody Roa, his wife Tailor, and their 2-year-old daughter Addison enjoying Zion National Park. Roa comes into the two weekends of racing as the hottest driver in the USAC/CRA Series. Dating back to June 25th, the Garden Grove, California resident has won three of the last five series main events. The three wins have come at Perris Auto Speedway, the Santa Maria Raceway, and Arizona's Mohave Valley Raceway. In one of the other races in that period, Roa was on the podium when he came home third at Perris in September. His victory at Mohave capped one of the best races in the series in 2022. Roa came all the way from his 11th-placeth place starting spot to take that win. That is the farthest back any driver has come from to take a USAC/CRA main event this year. Additionally, he is one of only four drivers who have started farther back than sixth to win this season. This weekend will be Roa's second trip to Cocopah this year. He began his sprint car season there at the end of January. In three nights of action, Roa finished fifth, sixth, and fourth on the track that is located approximately 12 miles north of the US/Mexico border. In addition to his main event placings, he also won a heat race at Cocopah. This year's version of the Western World will be the first time it has been staged at Cocopah. In the previous five years when the race was staged at the now-defunct Arizona Speedway, there were 11 main events including preliminary nights. Roa made all 11a of the mains and had six top-10 finishes. His best was a sixth-place result in 2017. Roa last raced two weeks ago on October 15th when he drove the Jason May #8M in the USAC West Coast Series event at the Kern County Raceway Park in Bakersfield. After qualifying eighth in the 19-car field, "The Pride of Garden Grove" finished fourth in his heat and started the main event in ninth. He methodically worked his way forward throughout the race and was up to fourth at the checkered flag. A procedural technicality after the race resulted in a 17th place result. For fans who wish to attend the Western World, the track is located at 3450 W County 15th St. in Somerton, Arizona. Reserved tickets are $40.00. General admission is $35.00 and pit passes are $45.00. They are on sale now, along with VIP Camping spots, on the track website www.racecocopahspeedway.com. Gates will open at 5:00 p.m. each night with racing at 7:00. The office phone number is (602) 292-7607. If you wish to hear Roa's recent appearance on the Dirt Tracks and Rib Racks podcast, you can do so at the following link https://spoti.fi/3cjQrLL. In 2022, Roa is racing in the USAC/CRA, USAC National, and other select events, in his #91R BR Performance/HD Industries Eagle. He will also drive the #8M for May Motorsports in select USAC West Coast events. Roa and the team want to thank the following sponsors for making the 2022 season possible. HD Industries, Burris Racing, Sander Engineering, Inland Rigging, Caltrol, "Biker" Bruce Fischer, Competition Suspension, ALR Virtual Services, K-1 Race Gear, Molecule, Rod End Supply, Driven Racing Oil, Baldwin Filters, and NGK Spark Plugs. In addition, the veteran driver offers thanks to RDM Mechanics, Fastenal, KC Keen Concrete, Coopers Propane, Ten West Towing, Ten West Environmental, TJM Distribution, and Westco International for sponsoring the #8M he will pilot for Jayson May on 10 occasions in 2022. If you or your company would like to jump on board and receive recognition as a team partner throughout the 2022 racing season, please give the two-time USAC champion racer a phone call or drop him a note at the contact information on the top of this release. Fans can learn more about Roa and the team at https://www.brodyroa.com/. Fans can also check out the team news at Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/br91r/. To keep up with May Motorsports, please check out and "like" its Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/MayMotorsports8M Brody Roa's 2022 Schedule and Race Results January 12 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 15th A Main January 15 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 13th C Main January 27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main January 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 6th A Main January 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main February 11 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 5th A Main February 12 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 2nd A Main February 26 Keller Auto Speedway King of Thunder 9th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway World of Outlaws 8th B Main March 26 Perris Auto Speedway World of Outlaws 24th A Main April 9 Keller Auto Speedway NARC King of the West Canceled April 30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main June 11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 2nd A Main June 25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 1ST A Main July 22 Gas City I69 Speedway ISW - USAC National 9th C Main July 23 Kokomo Speedway ISW - USAC National 7th B Main July 24 Lawrenceburg Speedway ISW - USAC National Rained out July 25 Circle City Raceway ISW - UASC National 19th A Main July 27 Terre Haute Action Track ISW - USAC National Rained Out July 28 Lincoln Park Speedway ISW - USAC National 8th B Main July 29 Bloomington Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main July 30 Tri State Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main August 20 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 19th A Main August 27 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 1st A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main September 24 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 DNS October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main October 15 Kern County Raceway USAC West Coast 360 17th A Main October 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA - Western World October 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA - Western World November 3 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 4 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 5 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 25 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP November 26 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP @hdindustries_1971 @burris_racing_usa @mikeburrisoc @csishocks @sander_engineering @sanderjenna @theoriginalloosebruce @alrvirtualservices @k1racegear @moleculesports @rodendsupply @baldwinfilters @ngkracing @originalngksparkplugs @usacnation @usac_cra @perrisautospeedway @b_roa91 @tai_xoxo_roa @zacboz35 @joegibb83, @inlandrigging, @eaglemotorsportsinc @caltrolinc @drivenracingoil This release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SERIES MAKES FINAL 2022 VENTURA APPEARANCE ON SATURDAY

  (Torrance, CA, October 24, 2022) After two weekends off, the California Lightning Sprint Car Series returns to action this Saturday night, October 29th, when it pays its last visit of 2022 to Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway. After Saturday's race at the beachside oval, the CLS will only have four races remaining before the end of the season. Like it was late in 2021, teenage sensation David Gasper of Santa Barbara is closing in on the series championship. The 16-year-old has an 86-point lead over Palmdale's Eric Greco going into the Ventura race. In addition, Gasper also tops the series with seven wins in the first 17 races of the year. However, in the five races since winning at Ventura on July 23rd, he only has one victory. That came when he bested the field at the Bakersfield Speedway on September 24th. 311280151_5940942975949979_6348692542619772192_n.jpg David Gasper, who is closing in on his second CLS championship, heads the CLS field Saturday at Ventura. Camarillo's Cody Nigh, a San Diego State University graduate who grew up around the Ventura Raceway, and Yucca Valley's Jeff Dyer, are currently tied for third in the championship point standings. They trail second-place Greco by 122 points going into Saturday's race. Nigh and California Highway Patrol officer Dyer are both seeking their first win of the year in the CLS. Dyer leads the series with five second-place finishes this year, but apart from the September 24th race at Bakersfield when he placed third, he has not finished better than 11th in the last six races. Five-time series champion Bobby Michnowicz of Oak Hills rounds out the top five in the standings. The veteran, who has raced for over 40 years, has three wins in 2022. That is second best to Gasper. Besides Gasper and Michnowicz, five other drivers have won CLS mains this year. Lakeside's Brent Sexton and San Diego's A.J. Bender have two victories each. Greco, Sexton's 18-year-old son Grant, and rookie Connor Speir of Bakersfield all have one win apiece. Thus far in 2022, Gasper has taken four CLS wins in the first six races at Ventura. That includes three in a row from June 25th through July 23rd. Besides Gasper, Michnowicz and Greco have one victory each at the track that abuts the Pacific Ocean on the Ventura County Fairgrounds. After Saturday's race, the CLS will only have one point-paying event remaining in 2022. That will be at the Bakersfield Speedway on Tuesday, November 15th. In addition to its being the last points race of the season, it will also be the finale of the "Civil War Series" pairing the CLS versus northern California's Bay Cities Racing Association. After that date in Bakersfield, the club will journey north to the Placerville Speedway where it will co-sanction three races with the BCRA at the annual "Hangtown 100" on November 16th, 17th, and 18th. For fans who wish to attend Saturday's show at Ventura, adult tickets are $18.00. Seniors 60 & over, military with id, and students with id get in for $15.00. Children 12 and under, who are accompanied by an adult, are free. Spectator gates will open at 3:00 p.m. and the first race will be at 5:30. The track is located on the Ventura County Fairgrounds at 10 W. Harbor Boulevard (93001). The website is http://venturaraceway.com/ and the office phone number is (805) 648-RACE. California Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - 1925 2. Eric Greco - 1839 3. Cody Nigh - 1696 3. Jeff Dyer - 1696 5. Bobby Michnowicz - 1578 6. Connor Speir - 1372 7. Will Browne - 1300 8. Jon Robertson - 1107 9. Pat Kelley - 1053 10. Dominic Del Monte - 700 Civil War Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - CLS - 514 2. Eric Greco - CLS - 451 3. Bobby Michnowicz - CLS - 433 4. Will Browne - CLS - 420 5. Cody Nigh - CLS - 385 6. Greg Dennett - BCRA - 383 7. Dakota Albright - BCRA - 358 8. Harlee Aguilera - BCRA - 331 9. Matt Land - BCRA - 329 10. Brandon Leedy - BCRA - 302 The following companies have become marketing partners with the CLS in 2022. They have offered up more than $13,000.00 in contingencies that will be awarded on top of the regular racing purses and they will be paid out throughout the year. Yoshimura R&D, Hoosier Tires West, T-Shirts By Timeless, Extreme Mufflers, Saldana Racing Products, Rod End Supply, Speed Mart, Cold Fire West, West Evans Motorsports, RC Fuel Injection, Jake Swanson Shock Technology, Advanced Racing Suspensions, CSI Shocks, Eibach Springs, Triple X Race Components, King Racing Products, Hyper Racing Products, Rebel Gears, Vahlco Wheels, Wilwood Disk Brakes, Fuel Safe Systems, MPI, Circle Track Performance, E-Z UP, Hepfner Racing, Smith Titanium, and Hoosier Speed. If you or your company would like to become a partner of the longtime racing organization, contact Jon Robertson via email at mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net or by calling (310) 367-9050. 2022 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 25 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Grant Sexton April 2 Merced Speedway Non-Wing -- Civil War #1 - David Gasper April 16 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged (Make Up Main) David Gasper April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz May 14 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender May 21 Ventura Raceway Winged - Eric Greco June 11 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - David Gasper June 25 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 9 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 23 Ventura Raceway Winged - Dave Gasper August 6 *Santa Maria Raceway Winged - Brent Sexton August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged - Civil War #2 - Connor Spier August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged - Civil War #3 - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 10 Lemoore Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 24 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Civil War #4 - David Gasper October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway Winged - With SWLS - Brent Sexton October 29 Ventura Raceway Winged Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - With USAC Midgets - Civil War #5 Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points To keep up with the CLS online, please visit the website at http://racecls.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/californialightningsprints 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 Gansen 2007 Shane Rossen 2008 Brent Sexton 2009 Stuart Hielschier Sr. 2010 Jarrett Kramer 2011 Tim Brown 2012 Bobby Michnowicz 2013 Stephen Limon 2014 Bobby Michnowicz 2015 Bobby Michnowicz 2016 Bobby Michnowicz 2017 Bobby Michnowicz 2018 Jarrett Kramer 2019 Jarrett Kramer 2021 David Gasper This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  SEXTON GATLIN RACING FATHER AND SON TEAM TO DECIDE SOUTHWEST TITLE THIS WEEKEND

  (Lakeside, CA, October 20, 2022) In what can only be described as a storybook finish, Sexton Gatlin Racing's Dalton Sexton and his father Brent will decide the 2022 Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series Championship this weekend in the "Heritage Racing Fall Classic" at the Imperial Valley Raceway. Coming into the two races, Dalton, 19, has a 36-point lead over his 50-year-old father. 274289642_10222041694253212_4160352873466379475_n.jpg Brent Sexton, shown here at Imperial Valley in March, leads the SWLS with four wins this year but trails his son Dalton by 36 points heading into this weekend's season finale. Missy Benker Photo. This weekend's races will be the fourth and fifth of the year for the SWLS at the Imperial Valley Raceway which is located in the southeast corner of the "Golden State." Dalton won the season opener at the track on March 5th. Brent was fifth in that race. Sixteen hours later, the tables turned and Brent won the main event on the same quarter mile. Dalton was two spots behind in third. When they returned to the same track seven weeks later, Brent finished fourth in the main event and Dalton was fifth. While he is second in the championship point standings, Brent leads the series with four wins. Dalton is second with three triumphs and his younger sibling, Grant, has two conquests. The only other driver to win in the SWLS in 2022 is El Cajon's Braden Chiaramonte. The 15-year-old has a pair of victories on the year. One of those came in a Sexton Gatlin car at Perris Auto Speedway in September. That gives SGR an amazing ten wins in the first 11 SWLS races this year. Dalton and Brent will be competing like usual in their SWLS cars. However, Grant will be racing his 360 sprint car in the open competition sprint races this weekend. That opened up the seat in his #3 lightning sprint car. Filling in for the teen this week will be Brent Horn. The Alpine-based driver has only contested one race this year. That came on June 25th when he placed 10th at the Barona Speedway. This weekend's races will feature a fun twist. On Friday, the cars will be racing with their wings on. Twenty-four hours later they will take their wings off for the final SWLS race of 2022. As an added bonus for the two-day show, the SWLS will crown the "King Of The Oval." It will combine the points from both nights and the driver with the most points will collect a $300.00 bonus. The second spot will be crowned, "The Prince Of The Oval" and will pocket an extra $200.00. The driver with the third-highest total will garner $100.00 and will be named, "Jester Of The Oval." The action gets underway with opening ceremonies at 7:00 PM on Friday night. On Saturday, everything will get started half an hour earlier at 6:30. Advance tickets are available by calling 760-606-5776. They are priced at $10.00 for adults. First responders, military, and Seniors 60 and over get advance tickets for $8.00. For kids 6-17 it is just $6.00 and children 5 and under are free. Please note, tickets at the gate will be $2.00 more. The track is located on the Imperial Valley Fairgrounds at 200 East 2nd Street in Imperial, California. Sexton/Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2022 season possible. Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Johnny Motorhead, Troy Dirt, Victory Graphix, Swift Powdercoat, Maxima Oil, Automated Interior, and an extra special thanks to Scotty and Jimmy Keys. If you or your business wants to partner up with one of the most visible Lightning Sprint teams on the West Coast, please call (619) 454-6945. You can also E-mail mailto:sextonfire@cox.net or mailto:sextonfire@gmail.com. Sexton Gatlin Racing 2022 Schedule March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Brent 7th - Grant 15th March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th March 25 Bakersfield Speedway CLS Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 8th - Dalton 17th April 16 Ventura Raceway VRA Sprints - Grant 1st April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Bezio 3rd - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th May 14 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Bezio 2nd - Brent 3rd May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant DNS June 11 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 2nd - Dalton 11th June 25 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Dalton 1st - Brent 2nd - Grant 3rd July 9 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Grant 2nd - Dalton 6th August 6 Santa Maria Raceway CLS Winged - Brent 1st - Dalton 15th August 6th Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant 11th B Main August 11 Norman County Speedway Minkota Nationals Winged - Dalton 8th - Brent 13th - Grant 25th August 12 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged - Brent 1st - Grant 9th - Dalton 11th August 13 Greenbush Race Park Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 6th - Brent 11th - Dalton 13th August 14 Minkota Nationals Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 15th - Brent DNS Sept. 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Winged - Chiaramonte 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 18th October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 4th - Brent DNS October 8 Mojave Valley Raceway POWRi/CLS Winged - Brent 1st - A.J. Bender 2nd - Dalton 3rd October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant DNS October 21 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Winged October 21 Imperial Valley Raceway Open Sprint Cars October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway Open Sprint Cars Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway BCRA/CLS Winged Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  BRADEN CHIARAMONTE IS OFF TO OKLAHOMA FOR THIS WEEK'S KEITH KUNZ MOTORSPORTS GIVEBACK CLASSIC

  (El Cajon, CA, October 19, 2022) One week after competing in the Cal Cup at Central California's Lemoore Raceway, always-busy race driver Braden Chiaramonte is racing halfway across the country in the Keith Kunz Motorsports Giveback Classic at Tulsa, Oklahoma's Port City Raceway. The three-night event in the "Sooner State" will see Chiaramonte contest his preliminary night on Friday, October 21st. Twenty-four hours later, he will be back in action at the finale. 287068733_10166446159255201_1054558305838433107_n.jpg Braden Chiaramonte at a USAC Western Midget race at Bakersfield earlier this year. Lance Jennings photo. Last week Chiaramonte competed in the Annual Cal Cup at the Lemoore Raceway in Central California. The busy weekend saw the talented teen doing double duty driving in the Outlaw Wingless and the Outlaw Wing classes. All told, the three days of racing saw six main events between the two. Chiaramonte, 15, qualified for one main event each night. Two of the mains he qualified for were wingless. That included Saturday's 40-lap finale where he started 20th and moved up 11 spots to finish ninth. On opening night, he placed 14th in the winged A Main and seventh in the wingless B. Night number two saw the El Cajon, California driver take 16th in the wingless A main and place in the same spot in the winged B. In addition to his ninth-place finish in Saturday's wingless A, he was seventh in the winged B main. With practice for the Keith Kunz Motorsports Giveback Classic starting on Wednesday, it was a short week for Chiaramonte and the crew on the white #73 car. While the week was short it was anything but a short distance getting from Lemoore to Tulsa. In fact, the two are separated by 1,543 miles. The team arrived in Tulsa on Wednesday. To save the competition in Tulsa is tough is an understatement. A field of 113 top-notch wingless outlaw drivers is at the track for the race. With such a large contingent, the cars have been split into two groups for their preliminaries. Chiaramonte will fire off for his first race on Friday night. He will return on Saturday for the finale, which will hopefully see him on top of the podium. The prestigious race honors one of the biggest legends in open-wheel racing. Keith Kunz's cars have won hundreds of races across the nation with some of the biggest names in auto racing. This weekend's event has an unusual first-place prize. The winner can collect $15,000.00 or take $7,500 and get a guaranteed ride in one of the Kunz cars at January's Chili Bowl Midget Nationals which also takes place in Tulsa. For those who would like to see Chiaramonte race on Friday and Saturday but do not have time to make it to Tulsa, both races will be available to watch online on Flo Racing. For more information on a Flo subscription, please use the following link https://www.floracing.com/. As the season is winding down, Chiaramonte and his team are making plans for the 2023 season. If you are interested in becoming a marketing partner with one of the most talented and affable young drivers in the sport, please feel free to call or e-mail Daniel Chiaramonte mailto:dchiaramonte@rtltraffic.com or (619) 988 7563. A few weeks ago, Chiaramonte was a guest on the Racer Radio Show. You can hear a replay of the show (Chiaramonte comes on at around 24 minutes) at the following link http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/radio22/RACERRADIO220918.mp3. Chiaramonte would like to thank the following marketing partners for making his 2022 racing season possible. RTL Traffic Control and Equipment Rentals, AM Ortega, Impact Racing, and AIM Sports Data. Braden Chiaramonte 2022 Results January 1 Tulsa Shootout Stock Non Wings 9th A Main March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 8th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway USAC Western States Midgets 9th A Main April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 1st A Main April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main May 12 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 13th A Main May 13 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 16th A Main May 14 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 5th L.C.Q. May 21 Ventura Raceway USAC Western State Midgets 7th A Main June 2 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 12th A Main June 3 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 14th A Main June 4 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 8th Qualifier June 11 Lemoore Jet Bowl Non-Wing Outlaw Micro 4th A Main June 18 Merced Speedway USAC Western Midgets 10th A Main July 15 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 18th A Main July 16 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 16th A Main August 4 Indianapolis Motor Speedway USAC National Midgets 5th D Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 18th A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 12th B Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint 1st A Main September 23 Lil Texas Motor Speedway C. Bell's Micro Mania 8th C Main September 24 Lil Texas Motor Speedway C. Bell's Micro Mania 22nd B Main September 30 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Fall Nationals 7th D Main October 1 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Fall Nationals 8th A Main October 13 Lemoore Speedway Non-Wing Outlaw 7th B Main October 13 Lemoore Speedway Winged Outlaw 14th A Main October 14 Lemoore Speedway Non-Wing Outlaw 16th A Main October 14 Lemoore Speedway Winged Outlaw 16th B Main October 15 Lemoore Speedway Non-Wing Outlaw 9th A Main October 15 Lemoore Speedway Winged Outlaw 7th B Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. You can contact him online at mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or by calling (909) 226-7768. Photo courtesy of Missy Benker.

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  WILL BROWNE IS RACING THIS SATURDAY IN THE FINAL SOUTHWEST LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR EVENT OF 2022

  (Glendora, California, October 20, 2022) Rising Southern California racing star Will Browne is headed right back to where he started his rookie season as the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series closes its 2022 campaign at the Imperial Valley Raceway this Saturday night, October 22nd. While this will be the last race for the SWLS this year, Browne will still have five races to go in the California Lightning Sprint car series beginning a week from Saturday at Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway. Saturday's race on the quarter-mile track that is located in the southeast corner of California will be Browne's 5th appearance in the SWLS in 2022. In his four previous outings with the club, he has two fifth-place finishes, a sixth, and a DNS. His sixth-place finish came at Imperial when he made his initial lightning sprint start on March 5th. He followed that up 16 hours later with his first fifth-place finish with the club. His other fifth-place finish came on the Perris Auto Speedway half-mile on September 17th. The SWLS race he did not start came at the Barona Speedway on October 1st when a torsion stop got kicked up from the track and punctured a hole in his oil pan in hot laps. While Saturday will be the last race of the year for the SWLS, 18-year-old Browne will still have some unfinished business in the California Lightning Sprint Car Series. There are still two CLS points-paying races on the schedule this year and Browne is vying for the "Rookie of the Year" award. The first of the two is the October 29th date at Ventura and it will be followed on November 15th at the Bakersfield Speedway. Heading into the Ventura race, Browne has started one main event there and that resulted in a sixth-place finish. At Bakersfield, the pleasant teen has four top-five finishes in his first five races on the track known as "The West's Fastest 1/3 Mile High Banked Clay Oval." Browne heads into the Ventura race seventh in the CLS championship standings and is only 72-points behind the "Rookie of the Year" leader. After the Bakersfield race, Browne and his crew will journey north to the Placerville Speedway to wrap up the long season at the "Hangtown 100." That prestigious race will take place over three nights on November 17th, 18th, and, 19th. For fans who want to see Browne and the "Win Now Racing" #8 in action on Saturday, opening ceremonies will be at 6:30 p.m. Advance tickets are available by calling 760-606-5776. They are priced at $10.00 for adults. First responders, military, and Seniors 60 and over get advance tickets for $8.00. For kids 6-17 it is just $6.00 and children 5 and under are free. Please note, tickets at the gate will be $2.00 more. The track is located on the Imperial Valley Fairgrounds at 200 East 2nd Street in Imperial, California. Be sure to visit and signup for Browne's entertaining video page on YouTube at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSNglz0llw. Browne and the "Win Now Racing" team would like to thank marketing partner Pacific Panel Products for being a part of his rookie campaign in lightning sprint cars. If you would like to join the friendly newcomer for the end of 2022 and for the 2023 campaign, drop an email or give him a call at the following: willbrowne88@gmail.com or (626) 261-5310. Will Browne 2022 Racing Results March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main April 2 Merced Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 7th A Main May 14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main May 21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main June 11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main June 25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS June 25 Ventura Raceway WMR Midgets 7th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 2ND A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main September 10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 12th A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main September 24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 11th A Main October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars DNS October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 29 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 15 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 17 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 18 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 19 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or (909) 226-7768

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  SEXTON GATLIN DRIVERS SWEEP THE PODIUM AT THE MOHAVE VALLEY RACEWAY

  (Lakeside, CA, October 17, 2022) Sexton Gatlin Racing drivers Brent Sexton, A.J. Bender, and Dalton Sexton made the long journey to Arizona's Mohave Valley Raceway a sweet one when they swept the podium in the co-sanctioned Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car/California Lightning Sprint Car Series on October 8th. The victory gave SGR 10 wins in 11 SWLS races this year and three victories in three appearances with the CLS. In addition to the trio racing in the lightning sprint car portion of the program, SGR's Grant Sexton competed with the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars. 309941644_569831315145046_6947415516326067193_n.jpg L-R: Second place finisher A.J. Bender, winner Brent Sexton, third place Dalton Sexton. SWLS Photo. The lightning sprints competed using CLS rules. That meant all the lightning sprint cars would qualify. A total of 15 cars showed up for the race and SGR's Brent Sexton, and AJ Bender were the two fastest qualifiers. Brent stopped the clocks at 14.959 and A.J. turned in a lap of 14.988. Dalton was the seventh fastest in time trials at 15.491. Dalton and his father Brent, both of whom live in Lakeside, were matched together in the first heat race. The 19-year-old got the best of his father placing third with Brent two spots behind in fifth. Bender, who was also racing on the USAC/CRA side of the program, was up in the second heat race. Driving the #3 that Grant steered to victory the week before in Barona, Bender finished third in his eight-lapper. When the main event field rolled onto the racetrack, Dalton had the best starting spot of the SGR trio. He was coming from the pole. Bender was coming from the outside of row 2, and Brent was right behind him on the outside of the third row. On the start, Dalton got the jump on the field going into turn one and was in second place at the end of the first lap. The action came to a quick halt in turn one on the Second Circuit when Bender nearly slid to a stop bringing out a yellow flag. Deemed the cause of the caution, the Ramona-based driver had to go to the back for the restart. While Bender was at the back for that early restart, Dalton was starting in second and Brent was fifth. Dalton slipped back to third on the back straight away on lap two and at the same time Brent moved up to 4th. At the back, Bender was already starting to move past cars. Through lap 14, the only change in positions for the SGR trio was Bender blasting by cars trying to make his way back to the front. Dalton was still third and Brent remained in fourth. Things got crazy at the start of lap 15 when the race-long leader broke a chain and stopped on the track. That necessitated a yellow flag with six laps to go in the race. With the leader falling by the wayside, Dalton moved back into the second-place spot and Brent up to third. Bender had raced his way all the way back to fourth and the fireworks were just about to begin. Brent, who came into the night second behind Dalton in SWLS points, showed no family loyalty on the restart. As the field raced into turn one, the "O.G." went to the high side and flew past Dalton for the second spot. Bender, who had seven top-five finishes, including two wins, and three second-place finishes driving for the Sextons at the end of 2021, relegated Dalton to fourth as they exited turn two. One lap later Brent's chances of winning the main event suffered a serious blow when he slid off the top of the track in turn four. While he stayed on the throttle, he was passed by Bender who at that point had moved from last all the way up to second. It was clear that Bender's car was the fastest on the racetrack. However, he was half a straightaway behind the leader when they started lap 18. Amazingly, 15 seconds later when they started lap 19, he was only a car length behind. As they went into turn one, Bender dove inside and stole the lead. At that point, he had gone from dead last all the way to first. The former leader was going to do anything but give up without a fight. As they hit turn three, he dove to the inside of Bender and pulled alongside. He slid up the racetrack and almost caught a piece of Bender and they both slid off the top as Brent did a few laps earlier. And like Brent, they stayed in the throttle. As soon as they slipped off the top, Brent pounced like a hungry lion on the Serengeti. He raced to the inside of them as they came down the front stretch. When they raced under Trevor Harmon's white flag, Bender was the leader. However, Brent had all the momentum and he stole the lead in turn one. Bender crossed under on the back straightaway and pulled even with Brent in turn three. With the crowd on its feet, the two cars were side by side as they exited turn four. But Brent, who was on the sweet part of the racetrack, got a better drive off the corner and won the main event by one car length. While they were slicing and dicing for the lead, Dalton moved up the 3rd on the last lap giving SGR the entire podium. The victory was the 5th of the year for the 50-year-old Tennessee native. All five of his wins have come at different racetracks and in three different states (California, Arizona, and North Dakota). On the USAC/CRA side of the program, Grant contested his fifth full-size sprint car race. He tipped over in qualifying before placing eighth in his heat and 10th in the B main. This Friday and Saturday, October 21st and 22nd, Sexton Gatlin Racing will be at Imperial Valley Raceway's "Fall Classic." Brent and Dalton will be racing in the final two SWLS races of the season, one which will be winged and the other that is non-wing. Brent Horn will be part of the team at the winged show. The team is still waiting to get a confirmation for a third driver for the wingless portion of the program. Grant will be racing in the open competition sprint cars each night. Sexton/Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2022 season possible. Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Johnny Motorhead, Troy Dirt, Victory Graphix, Swift Powdercoat, Maxima Oil, Automated Interior, and an extra special thanks to Scotty and Jimmy Keys. If you or your business wants to partner up with one of the most visible Lightning Sprint teams on the West Coast, please call (619) 454-6945. You can also E-mail mailto:sextonfire@cox.net or mailto:sextonfire@gmail.com. Sexton Gatlin Racing 2022 Schedule 2022 Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Brent 7th - Grant 15th March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th March 25 Bakersfield Speedway CLS Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 8th - Dalton 17th April 16 Ventura Raceway VRA Sprints Wingless - Grant 1st April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Bezio 3rd - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th May 14 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Bezio 2nd - Brent 3rd May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant DNS June 11 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 2nd - Dalton 11th June 25 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Dalton 1st - Brent 2nd - Grant 3rd July 9 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Grant 2nd - Dalton 6th August 6 Santa Maria Raceway CLS Winged - Brent 1st - Dalton 15th August 6th Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant 11th B Main August 11 Norman County Speedway Minkota Nationals Winged - Dalton 8th - Brent 13th - Grant 25th August 12 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged - Brent 1st - Grant 9th - Dalton 11th August 13 Greenbush Race Park Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 6th - Brent 11th - Dalton 13th August 14 Minkota Nationals Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 15th - Brent DNS Sept. 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Winged - Chiaramonte 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 18th Sept. 17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant DNS October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 4th - Brent DNS October 8 Mojave Valley Raceway POWRi/CLS Winged - Brent 1st - A.J. Bender 2nd - Dalton 3rd October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant DNS October 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless October 23 Imperial Valley Raceway Open Sprint Cars October 24 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless October 24 Imperial Valley Raceway Open Sprint Cars Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway BCRA/CLS Winged Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  DRAKE EDWARDS WINS SECOND VENTURA FEATURE OF SEASON WITH WMR

  Surprise, Ariz.'s Drake Edwards won his second Western Midget Racing Ventura Raceway feature of 2022 on Saturday night, topping a 16-car field in the 20-lap feature by the Pacific Ocean. Edwards drove the No. 86D Boss Chassis to the win.

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  MATT McCARTHY AND LOGAN WILLIAMS BOTH MOVE UP IN MAIN EVENT ON WINDY NIGHT AT MOHAVE VALLEY RACEWAY

  (Ontario, CA, October 15, 2022) On a night when the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series saw more than its share of torn up race cars at the Mohave Valley Raceway, Flowdynamics drivers Matt McCarthy, and Logan Williams each stayed out of trouble and moved forward from their initial starting positions in the 30-lap main event. The team is now preparing for its final two races of the 2022 campaign at the Cocopah Speedway and Perris Auto Speedway. Making its second appearance at the Arizona racetrack, the team was greeted by the same breezy conditions to start the night that they faced at the track six months earlier. In addition to the gorgeous #28M and #5W cars of McCarthy and Williams, 30 other USAC/CRA teams had gathered for the event in the "Copper State." Riverside, California resident McCarthy timed in 13 fastest with a lap of 15.066 in qualifying. Yorba Linda, California's Williams, who always competes in USAC CRA against his two older brothers, was 21st quickest in the time trials with a lap of 15.309. 308011970_8817249351625888_1653948878277159748_n.jpg Logan Williams is sixth in the UCAC/CRA Series points. Bobby Kimbrough photo. The two young teammates found themselves pitted against each other along with six other competitors in the first heat race of the night on the 1/3 of a mile Arizona banked clay oval. Williams started on the pole in the 10-lapper with McCarthy right behind him on the inside of the second row. They commandeered the second and third spots as soon as the race took the green flag. A late race pass netted McCarthy a second-place finish with Williams taking third. 308202719_8818751531475670_9050085584540182177_n.jpg Matt McCarthy is 10th in USAC/CRA points. Bobby Kimbrough photo. For the last 30-lap sprint car main event on the Arizona Oval for this year, McCarthy began the race on the outside of row 6. Williams was coming from the inside of row 10 in the 19th position. Both drivers managed to stay out of trouble in the 30-lapper and they both advanced forward. McCarthy brought it home in the 10th spot. That is the same position he finished in April. Williams advanced three spots forward and finished 16th. That was six positions better than he finished at the track in April when a faux pas by another car knocked him out of the race on the first lap. McCarthy remains 10th in the standings and is 61-points out of ninth going into Cocopah. William stayed in the sixth-place spot and is only 38-points out of fifth. The flow dynamics team will not return to action until October 28th and 29th in the 55th Annual Chapman Chevrolet of Yuma Western World Championships Presented by Yuma Insurance and Avanti at Cocopah Speedway. One week after that, the Flowdynamics drivers will close the 2022 campaign at the November 3rd, 4th, and 5th 26 annual Heimark Anheuser-Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway. Even though the end of the 2022 season is only three weeks away, the hard work for the 2023 campaign will begin almost immediately. The team will be tearing down the cars, going over them, and making any repairs and adjustments needed. They will also be ordering parts and discussing the possibility of marketing opportunities for 2023. If you or your company would like to be a part of one of the West Coast's most visible sprint car teams for the upcoming season, please contact John McCarthy at 909 930-5522 or mailto:john@flody.inc mailto:john@flodyinc.com When you are at a race that the Flowdynamics drivers are competing in, be sure to head down to the pits to meet McCarthy and Williams and pick up one of their fine-looking team shirts. McCarthy and Williams would like to thank the following sponsors for making the 2022 season possible. Flowdynamics Inc., JFK Design Build, Cal Therm Mechanical Insulators, CRC Component Repair Co., Encore Gas and Supply, Drink-Pac, and Benic Enterprises. Matt McCarthy 2022 Results 1/27/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 22nd A Main 1/28/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 1/29/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 14th A Main 3/26/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 4/1/22 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 4/2/22 Tulare Thunderbowl USAC/CRA 18th A Main 4/23/22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main 4/30/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 5/14/22 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA 16th A Main 5/28/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 6/11/22 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 16th A Main 6/25/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 8th A Main 8/6/22 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 18th A Main 8-20-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 13th A Main 9-17-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 12th A Main 10-8-22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main Logan Williams 2022 Results 1/27/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main 1/28/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 1/29/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 3/26/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 4/1/22 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 4/2/22 Tulare Thunderbowl USAC/CRA 12th A Main 4/23/22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 22nd A Main 4/30/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 5/14/22 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA 4th A Main 5/28/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main 6/11/22 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main 6/25/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 5th A Main 8/6/22 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 4th A Main 8-20-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 9-17-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 10-8-22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 16th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact is available at (909) 226-7768 or via email at mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com.

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  EDDIE TAFOYA JR. TAKES EIGHTH PLACE IN MOHAVE VALLEY RACEWAY USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR MAIN EVENT

  (Chino, CA, October 15, 2022) Eddie Tafoya Jr. came home with an eighth-place finish on October 8th in the USAC/CRA Series 30-lap main event at the Mohave Valley Raceway. The finish gave the rising young star 13 top 10 results in the series' first sixteen races of 2022. Next up on October 28th and 29th will be the 55th Annual Chapman Chevrolet of Yuma Western World Championships Presented By Yuma Insurance and Avanti at Arizona's Cocopah Speedway. Both nights will be full points paying shows for the Amsoil USAC/CRA and National Sprint Car Series drivers. 308007319_8813902748627215_2717159562557978817_n.jpg Eddie Tafoya Jr. lifts his front wheels coming off turn two at Perris Auto Speedway. Bobby Kimbrough Photo. The October 8th race was the 25-year-old driver's second appearance at the track that is located minutes from the Colorado River. His first attempt at racing on the banked 1/3 mile clay oval came on April 23rd of this year when he placed third in the main event. At the race on the second weekend in October, he opened his show with a sizzling lap of 16.667 in qualifying. That was the second-fastest time in the stout 32-car field. After starting sixth in his ten-lap heat race, Tafoya went from fifth to third on the second lap before a yellow sent him back to fourth due to a couple of cars tangling in turn four. Once racing resumed, the Chino Hills, California resident drove back into third and stayed there until slipping to fourth on the last go-around. The fourth-place finish guaranteed him a spot in the first three rows of the main event. After a long track prep for the 30-lapper, Tafoya was starting on the outside of the third row in sixth as he was the fastest qualifier to finish in the top four in the heat races. After racing into fifth early on, the 2019 USAC/CRA and Southwest Rookie of the Year, slipped back to ninth. However, he clawed his way back to eighth in the waning laps on the windy night in Arizona. The finish extended his USAC/CRA streak of finishing no worse than eighth to six months and 10 races. The 8th place result allowed Tafoya to close to within 19-points of the third-place driver in the season-long championship point standings with five races to go. Starting with opening night at the Western World on October 28th, the final five races will combine the USAC/CRA Series with the USAC National Sprint Car Series. After the two nights at Cocopah, the action will return to Tafoya's home track, Perris Auto Speedway, to close the season with the 26th annual Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals on November 3rd, 4th and fifth. As soon as the 2022 season comes to an end, Tafoya, and The Specialty Fasteners #51T team, will be prepping for the 2023 campaign. The cars will be stripped down to bare frames before being rebuilt and ready to go on the other side of the New Year. In addition to the work on the cars in the shop, the team will be busy exploring corporate partnership opportunities for the upcoming campaign. If you or your company would like to be a partner with the Specialty Fasteners team in 2023, please contact Eddie Tafoya Jr. via phone at (909) 393-3999 or by e-mail at teamtafoya@aol.com. He will be happy to talk to you and lay out the team's plans. Be sure to stop by the Specialty Fasteners hauler after the races race to meet Tafoya and his team and to pick up one of his great-looking team shirts. Tafoya has a great new YouTube channel at the following link https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1hrmC5L80EU. Fans can follow Tafoya on Instagram @eddietafoya51. The same contact point can be used to purchase his great-looking shirts via mail. Eddie Tafoya Jr. 2022 Race Results 1-27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 7th A Main 1-28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 9th A Main 1-29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 2nd A Main 3-26 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 18th A Main 4-1 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 13th A Main 4-2 Thunderbowl Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 15th A Main 4-23 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 3rd A Main 4-30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 5-28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 6-11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 6-25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main 7-8 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 13th A Main 7-9 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 10th A Main 7-10 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 15th A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 8-27 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 9-17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 10-8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. (909) 226-7768 or E-mail mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  TOUGH LUCK KNOCKED WILL BROWNE OUT OF THE MOHAVE VALLEY RACE

  (Glendora, California, October 15, 2022) California Lightning Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year candidate Will Browne suffered more bad luck at the Mohave Valley Raceway. After the long journey from his Glendora, California home to the track that is located 20 minutes south of Laughlin, Nevada, the chain snapped on the "Win Now Racing" #8 as soon as hot laps began and it poked a hole in the case. That knocked the talented teenage racer to the sidelines before he could get in one competitive lap on the night. 292047240_100284949427121_5428769323005397705_n.jpg The Wion Now Racing #8 is ready for its next action. Will Browne Racing Photo. Being unable to compete at Mohave Valley, the 18-year-old slipped back to second in the "Rookie of the Year" race. However, he still has two regular-season races and a lot of available points to go in the 2022 campaign. The first of the races will be on October 29th at the Ventura Raceway. That race will be followed by a November 15th date at the Bakersfield Speedway. The Bakersfield event is also the wrap-up for the annual "Civil War Series" where the CLS competes against Northern California's BCRA. Browne has the rookie of the year title wrapped up in that five-race series. In addition, he is fourth overall in the "Civil War" and is only 31 points out of the second position. In addition to the remaining CLS points-paying races, Browne has five other race dates available for 2022. The first two are this Friday and Saturday, October 21st and 22nd, when the POWRi Southwest Lightning Series wraps up its season at the Imperial Valley Raceway. Browne is probable for those shows. He will wrap up his 2022 campaign at the annual "Hangtown 100" at the Placerville Speedway on November 17th 18th and 19th. Be sure to visit and signup for Browne's entertaining video page on YouTube at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSNglz0llw. Browne and his team would like to thank marketing partner Pacific Panel Products for being a part of his rookie campaign in lightning sprint cars. If you would like to join the friendly newcomer for the end of 2022 and for the 2023 campaign, drop an email or give him a call at the following: willbrowne88@gmail.com or (626) 261-5310. Will Browne 2022 Racing Results March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main April 2 Merced Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 7th A Main May 14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main May 21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main June 11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main June 25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS June 25 Ventura Raceway WMR Midgets 7th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 2ND A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main September 10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 12th A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main September 24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 11th A Main October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars DNS October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS October 21 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 29 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 15 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 17 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 18 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 19 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or (909) 226-7768

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  BRADEN CHIARAMONTE IS BACK ON TRACK THIS WEEK AT THE CAL CUP IN LEMOORE

  (El Cajon, CA, October 12, 2022) After an open weekend in his ambitious racing schedule, Brayden Chiaramonte will be busy this Thursday Friday, and Saturday, October 13th through the 15th, racing in the annual Cal Cup at the Lemoore Raceway. The 15-year-old competitor will be driving the family owned #73 in both the Wing and Non-Wing Outlaw classes. Chiaramonte comes into this week's races two weeks after his impressive performance in the Fall National's Steven Allard Tribute at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California. Driving the Tyner/Hurst Enterprises #94th, the El Cajon, California resident started 22nd in the main event and was up to 14th when he slid to a stop avoiding somebody else's mess happening in front of him. Due to the stop, he had to go to the back and in only his fourth winged 360 race, he charged all the way back up to finish eighth. The last time Chiaramonte raced a micro was the final weekend in September when he contested "C. Bell's Micro Mania" in Texas. While in the "Lone Star" state, the personable driver put on textbook passing shows each night and passed more cars than any other driver in the two-night show. Chiaramonte is no stranger to the Lemoore track that is located in California's Central Valley. In 2021 he contested two classes at the Cal Cup. He wheeled the family-owned lightning sprint car and its micro as well. His best finish of the three days was a third-place result in the lightning sprint car on the opening night. The Lemoore Raceway is located at 1750 Highway 41, Lemoore, CA 93245. The track website is http://www.lemoorejetbowl.com/ and the office email is mailto:lremembership@gmail.com. A few weeks ago, Chiaramonte was a guest on the Racer Radio Show. You can hear a replay of the show (Chiaramonte comes on at around 24 minutes) at the following link http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/radio22/RACERRADIO220918.mp3. Chiaramonte would like to thank the following marketing partners for making his 2022 racing season possible. RTL Traffic Control and Equipment Rentals, AM Ortega, Impact Racing, and AIM Sports Data. If you or your company would like to join forces with the fast-rising racing team, please contact Daniel Chiaramonte online at the following link mailto:dchiaramonte@rtltraffic.com or by calling (619) 988-7563. Braden Chiaramonte 2022 Results January 1 Tulsa Shootout Stock Non Wings 9th A Main March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 8th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway USAC Western States Midgets 9th A Main April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 1st A Main April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main May 12 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 13th A Main May 13 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 16th A Main May 14 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 5th L.C.Q. May 21 Ventura Raceway USAC Western State Midgets 7th A Main June 2 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 12th A Main June 3 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 14th A Main June 4 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 8th Qualifier June 11 Lemoore Jet Bowl Non-Wing Outlaw Micro 4th A Main June 18 Merced Speedway USAC Western Midgets 10th A Main July 15 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 18th A Main July 16 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 16th A Main August 4 Indianapolis Motor Speedway USAC National Midgets 5th D Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 18th A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 12th B Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint 1st A Main September 23 Lil Texas Motor Speedway C. Bell's Micro Mania 8th C Main September 24 Lil Texas Motor Speedway C. Bell's Micro Mania 22nd B Main September 30 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Fall Nationals 7th D Main October 1 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Fall Nationals 8th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. You can contact him online at mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or by calling (909) 226-7768.

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  BRODY ROA WINS USAC/CRA MAIN EVENT AT MOHAVE VALLEY RACEWAY

  (Cypress, CA, October 12, 2022) Brody Roa's late decision to head to the Mohave Valley Raceway for the USAC/CRA Sprint car race last Saturday night proved to be a wise one. The veteran driver started 11th in the 30-lap main event and took the lead with three laps to go and raced on to victory. The current hottest driver in USAC/CRA, the win was his third in the series' last five races. 310827843_172659162092098_8638555873193670549_n.jpg Brody Roa and crew after last Saturday's win at Mohave Valley Raceway. USAC/CRA Photo. It was the first race for the 31-year-old Garden Grove, California driver at the track that is located just minutes inside the Arizona border. His bright green #91R was one of 32 cars at the track's second sprint car race of the season. Roa's qualifying time of 14.907 was only the 11th fastest of the night. That time was not going to do him any favors when it came time to line up for the main event. Before the main, Roa had to contest a 10-lap heat race. For that one, he was starting on the outside of row two. By the end of the third circuit he was out front and soon thereafter he established a lead of more than a half straightaway. His prowess was hindered late in the race when a yellow flag brought the field to the back of his car. However, when the green flag waved again with just a couple of laps remaining, he streaked away and won by nearly a half straight. Before the main event, the track staff completely reworked the racetrack. Roa was coming from the inside of row 6 in the 11th starting position. Odds on winning from that far back in the field are usually stacked against the driver. Somebody forgot to tell Roa about that! He methodically worked his way forward early on and was up to sixth at the halfway point. However, five laps later, he became the driver to watch. Roa advanced to the 5th place spot on lap 20 and moved up one position in each of the next three laps. That put the streaking #91R in the runner-up position with seven laps to go. Running the top through one and two and the bottom in three and four, he was clearly the fastest car on the racetrack. Within a couple of laps, he was on the pace setter's tail. On lap 27, he blew by for the lead. From that point on he easily pulled away and scored the win by nearly a half straightaway. Overall, that was his fourth sprint car victory of 2022. "It had a lot of character, that is for sure," Roa replied when asked what he thought of the track on his first visit. "We went with that same package we have been experimenting with recently. With all the character on the track, we really had to tune on it all night." "With how good we were in the heat race, I wasn't ruling it out," the veteran said when queried about starting 11th. "Did I think we were going to win, maybe not. I definitely knew we could have driven up to the podium. It became one of those tracks that fell into what I think my wheelhouse is. Especially with the bottom of three and four where you had to be really patient getting in through the center to hit the exit. It seemed that is where everybody else seemed to struggle and where I drove through the field with them committing to the top or missing the bottom. I don't know if I passed anybody down in one and two." This Saturday Roa will be right back at it as he will be steering Jayson May's #8M in the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series' George "Ziggy" Snider Classic on the Dirt Track at the Kern County Raceway Park in Bakersfield. Roa drove the same car to victory at Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway on August 27th. Four weeks ago at Ventura, he drove the same car to a win in his heat race but the team withdrew the car before the main event due to a parts malfunction. Fortunately, the damage was minor and they are ready to return. Gates at Kern County will open at 4:00 p.m. With racing at 6:30. Adult tickets are $25.00. Juniors 6-10 are only $5.00 and children 5 and under are admitted free. The track is located at 13500 Raceway Blvd at Interstate 5 and Enos Lane in Bakersfield. The track website is https://www.kernraceway.com/ and the phone number is 661-835-1264. If you wish to hear Roa's recent appearance on the Dirt Tracks and Rib Racks podcast, you can do so at the following link https://spoti.fi/3cjQrLL. In 2022, Roa is racing in the USAC/CRA, USAC National, and other select events, in his #91R BR Performance/HD Industries Eagle. He will also drive the #8M for May Motorsports in select USAC West Coast events. The 2019 USAC Southwest and 2017 USAC West Coast champion is always open to discussing other driving opportunities. Roa and the team want to thank the following sponsors for making the 2022 season possible. HD Industries, Burris Racing, Sander Engineering, Inland Rigging, Caltrol, "Biker" Bruce Fischer, Competition Suspension, ALR Virtual Services, K-1 Race Gear, Molecule, Rod End Supply, Driven Racing Oil, Baldwin Filters, and NGK Spark Plugs. In addition, the veteran driver offers thanks to RDM Mechanics, Fastenal, KC Keen Concrete, Coopers Propane, Ten West Towing, Ten West Environmental, TJM Distribution, and Westco International for sponsoring the #8M he will pilot for Jayson May on 10 occasions in 2022. If you or your company would like to jump on board and receive recognition as a team partner throughout the 2022 racing season, please give the two-time USAC champion racer a phone call or drop him a note at the contact information on the top of this release. Fans can learn more about Roa and the team at https://www.brodyroa.com/. Fans can also check out the team news at Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/br91r/. To keep up with May Motorsports, please check out and "like" its Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/MayMotorsports8M Brody Roa's 2022 Schedule and Race Results January 12 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 15th A Main January 15 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 13th C Main January 27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main January 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 6th A Main January 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main February 11 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 5th A Main February 12 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 2nd A Main February 26 Keller Auto Speedway King of Thunder 9th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway World of Outlaws 8th B Main March 26 Perris Auto Speedway World of Outlaws 24th A Main April 9 Keller Auto Speedway NARC King of the West Canceled April 30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main June 11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 2nd A Main June 25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 1ST A Main July 22 Gas City I69 Speedway ISW - USAC National 9th C Main July 23 Kokomo Speedway ISW - USAC National 7th B Main July 24 Lawrenceburg Speedway ISW - USAC National Rained out July 25 Circle City Raceway ISW - UASC National 19th A Main July 27 Terre Haute Action Track ISW - USAC National Rained Out July 28 Lincoln Park Speedway ISW - USAC National 8th B Main July 29 Bloomington Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main July 30 Tri State Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main August 20 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 19th A Main August 27 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 1st A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main September 24 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 DNS October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main October 15 Kern County Raceway USAC West Coast 360 October 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA - Western World October 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA - Western World November 3 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 4 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 5 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 25 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP November 26 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP @hdindustries_1971 @burris_racing_usa @mikeburrisoc @csishocks @sander_engineering @sanderjenna @theoriginalloosebruce @alrvirtualservices @k1racegear @moleculesports @rodendsupply @baldwinfilters @ngkracing @originalngksparkplugs @usacnation @usac_cra @perrisautospeedway @b_roa91 @tai_xoxo_roa @zacboz35 @joegibb83, @inlandrigging, @eaglemotorsportsinc @caltrolinc @drivenracingoil This release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  BRENT SEXTON NETS SECOND 2022 CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SERIES WIN IN WILD MOHAVE FINISH

  (Torrance, CA, October 11, 2022) In one of the wildest finishes in the 28-year history of the California Lightning Sprint Car Series, Brent Sexton captured his second win of the year in a race that was co-sanctioned by the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars at the Mohave Valley Raceway on Saturday night. The last six laps of the race had more twists and turns than a daytime soap opera. 310117304_533273001938673_5262697808317055518_n.jpg Winner Brent Sexton (center) with second-place finisher A.J. Bender left and third-place Dalton Sexton right. CLS photo. The show was the first ever for the CLS at Mohave and only the third race there for the SWLS. Several cars go back and forth throughout the year between the two Southern California-based clubs. The CLS had 11 regulars in the 15-car field and the SWLS had four. In qualifying on the 1/3 mile bank clay oval, Sexton was the fastest driver with a lap of 14.959. His teammate, San Diego's A.J. Bender, who was doing double duty on the night as he also raced with the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, was a tick behind at 14.998. The third fastest time went to CLS regular Jeff Dyer of Yucca valley when he stopped the clocks at 15.131. Two eight-lap heat races preceded the main event on the windy night. In the first one, CLS captured the first two spots when five-time series champion Michnowicz beat Dyer and Lakeside's Dalton Sexton, the SWLS point leader, to the checkers. In the second heat, CLS drivers Eric Greco of Palmdale and David Gasper of Santa Barbara took the top two spots with Bender third. Dalton Sexton was on the pole for the 20-lap A-main. CHP officer Dyer was starting on the outside of the front row. Row two was made-up of Michnowicz and Bender. In the third row Gasper, the 2021 CLS champion and the current point leader, was on the inside with fast qualifier Brent Sexton to his right. When the green flag dropped to start the main in front of the packed house, 19-year-old Dalton Sexton was the first to turn one with Dyer and Bender in tow. The youngster held the top spot until Dyer raced around him coming off turn 4 on the opening circuit. The action quickly came to a halt in turn one on the second lap when Bender got sideways and parked the #3 normally driven by Grant Sexton. He nearly came to a stop and that brought out the first yellow flag of the race. For the restart, it would be Dyer on the point followed by the two 18 cars that ironically were the leaders in each respective series coming into the night. Dalton Sexton in the 18s was in second with Gasper, who tipped over in hot laps, third. Michnowicz was in fourth with Brent Sexton fifth. Dyer immediately started to build a lead. Gasper raced around Dalton Sexton for the second-place spot and at the same time, Brent Sexton drove by Michnowicz for fourth. While they were swapping spots, Dyer was pulling away from all of them. Michnowicz, who lives in Oak Hills, was the first car out of the main event when he pulled off the track on lap six. Meanwhile, at the front, Dyer was putting some distance between himself and Gasper. On lap nine, the 40-year-old caught up to the lapped traffic and had no issues getting past them. By the time the race reached the halfway mark, Dyer was over a half of a straightaway in front of Gasper. Dalton Sexton was third and was not far behind the second-place car. Brent Sexton was still fourth, but he was quite some distance behind his oldest offspring. Dyer came into the night with ten top-five finishes and five runner-up results in 2022 with the CLS. It looked like Saturday he was finally going to get his first win of the year. The veteran driver was having no issues with lapped cars and had built a full straightaway lead. However, the potential thrill of victory was once again superseded by the agony of defeat as Dyer crossed the finish line at the end of lap 14 and coasted into turn one. He rolled to a stop on the back chute with a broken chain. Dyer's misfortune started the drama that was going to rage over the final six laps of the race. When Trevor Harmon waved the green flag to begin the last six laps, Gasper, who not only leads the CLS points but also leads the series with seven total wins, was the leader of the pack. Fellow teen Dalton Sexton was directly on his tail. Brent Sexton was restarting in third. Bender, who had to restart at the back on lap two, had been making mincemeat out of the field and was up to fourth. Greco, who came into the night second in CLS points rounded out the top five. Brent Sexton, who is fighting Dalton for the CLS title, showed no family love as he immediately went outside and passed his kid for second in the first bend. The streaking Bender, who had seven top-five finishes including two wins and three second-place finishes driving for the Sextons at the end of 2021, relegated Dalton to fourth as they exited turn two. One lap later it looked like Brent's chance of winning was shot when he nearly slid off the top in turn four. By the time he recovered, Bender had blitzed by him for second with four laps to go. Brent Sexton's faux paw gave Gasper a good-sized lead. But make no mistake about it, the fastest car on the track was Bender and there were still three laps to go. Gasper's advantage at the start of lap 18 was close to a half straightaway. Bender was flying behind the leader and by the time they started lap 19, he was only a car length behind. Gasper was in the middle when they screamed toward turn one. He went a little straight as they entered the corner and Bender took full advantage. He swooped to the inside line and completed his last to first charge. Even though there was more than a lap and a half to go, this beauty was far from over. Not one to give up, Gasper drove it hard into turn three and caught the leader. In turn four he slid up the racetrack and nearly drew even with rim-riding Bender. They came close to touching and they both slid off the top of the track. They kept their throttles pegged and got out of the fluff on top, but Brent Sexton, who did the same thing three laps earlier, came charging on the low line. Bender had the lead at the white flag, but Sexton, on the inside line, had all the momentum. He took the lead for the first time in the race in turn one on the last go around. As they went down the back chute and headed for turn three one last time, Bender dove to the bottom of the track and pulled even with his car owner. They came off turn four side by side, but Sexton was on the sweet spot on the track and got a better drive off the corner. He flashed under the checkered flag first with a one-car length lead in a finish that put the crowd on its feet. Bender ended up placing second. Dalton Sexton got past Gasper to take the third-place spot with Greco coming home fifth. In addition to winning the main, Brent Sexton also won the West Evans Motorsports Fast Time Award and the SpeedMart/Advanced Racing Suspension/Hepfner Racing Products Hard Charger Award. The series takes two weekends off before heading to the Ventura Raceway for the final time in 2022 on October 29th. Going into that race Gasper is closing in on his second series title. He leads Greco by 89-points. Nigh is third but is only 19-points in front of Dyer. Michnowicz is fifth. In the back-and-forth battle for the "Rookie of the Year" award, Fillmore's Connor Speir, who finished eighth at Mohave, jumped back ahead of Glendora's Will Browne, who broke in hot laps. Speir will bring a 65-point advantage over Browne into Ventura. West Evans Motorsports Qualifying: 1. Brent Sexton, 14.959; 2. A.J. Bender, 14.9883; 3. Jeff Dyer, 15.131; 4. David Gasper, 15.126; 5. Bobby Michnowicz, 15.262; 6. Connor Speir, 15.266; 7. Dalton Sexton, 15.491; 8. Cody Nigh, 15.557; 9. Mark Henry, 15.633; 10. Eric Greco, 15.737; 11. Pat Kelley, 15.812; 12. Jon Robertson, 15.966; 13. Seth Dyer, 16.669; 14. Will Browne, DNS; 15 Cody Griggs, DNS Heat #1 (8-laps): 1. Bobby Michnowicz; 2. Jeff Dyer; 3. Dalton Sexton; 4. Mark Henry; 5. Brent Sexton; 6. Pat Kelley; 7. Seth Dyer Heat #2 (8-Laps): 1. Eric Greco; 2. David Gasper; 3. A.J. Bender; 4. Cody Nigh; 5. Connor Speir; 6. Cody Griggs; 7. Jon Robertson Mohave 20-Lap Main Event (with starting positions) 1. Brent Sexton, Lakeside, CA 6th 2. A.J Bender, San Diego, CA - 4th 3. Dalton Sexton, Lakeside, CA - 1st 4. David Gasper, Santa Barbara, CA - 5th 5. Eric Greco, Palmdale, CA - 7th 6. Cody Nigh, Camarillo, CA - 8th 7. Mark Henry, Rosamond, CA - 9th 8. Connor Speir, Fillmore, CA - 10th' 9, Jon Robertson, Torrance, CA - 12th 10. Pat Kelley, Chino, CA - 11th 11. Jeff Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA - 2nd 12. Bobby Michnowicz, Oak Hills, CA - 3rd DNS Seth Dyer - Yucca Valley, CA DNS Cody Griggs - Lakeside, CA DNS Will Browne - Glendora, CA Lap Leaders: Jeff Dyer 1-14, David Gasper 15-18, A.J. Bender 29, Brent Sexton 30. Mohave Valley Raceway October 8 Contingency Awards Heat Race #1 - Extreme Muffler $50.00 Product Certificate - Bobby Michnowicz Heat Race #2 - Yoshimura R& D - $50.00 CSI Product Certificate - Eric Greco Saldana Racing "Colleen's Choice - $50.00 Saldana Race Products Certificate - Seth Dyer 1st Place Main Event - Eibach Springs $100.00 Product Certificate - Brent Sexton 2nd Place Main Event - Vahlco Wheels $50.00 Product Certificate - A.J. Bender 3rd Place Main Event - Jake Swanson Shock Technology $50 Product Certificate - Dalton Sexton 4th Place Main Event - Hyper Chassis $50 Product Certificate - David Gasper 5th Place Main Event - Smith Titanium $50.00 Product Certificate - Eric Greco Fast Qualifier - West Evans Motorsports $25.00 Product Certificate - Brent Sexton Hard Charger - Speed Mart $25.00 Product Certificate - Brent Sexton Hard Charger - Advanced Racing Suspension $50.00 Product Certificate - Brent Sexton Hard Charger - Hepfner Racing Products $25.00 Product Certificate - Brent Sexton Hard Luck Award - Speed Mart $25.00 Product Certificate - Will Browne 1st Car Not On The Lead Lap - Rebel Gears 30% Off Coupon - Mark Henry California Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - 1917 2. Eric Greco - 1828 3. Cody Nigh - 1706 4. Jeff Dyer - 1687 5. Bobby Michnowicz - 1571 6. Connor Speir - 1365 7. Will Browne - 1300 8. Jon Robertson - 1106 9. Pat Kelley - 1053 10. Dominic Del Monte - 696 Civil War Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - CLS - 514 2. Eric Greco - CLS - 451 3. Bobby Michnowicz - CLS - 433 4. Will Browne - CLS - 420 5. Cody Nigh - CLS - 385 6. Greg Dennett - BCRA - 383 7. Dakota Albright - BCRA - 358 8. Harlee Aguilera - BCRA - 331 9. Matt Land - BCRA - 329 10. Brandon Leedy - BCRA - 302 The following companies have become marketing partners with the CLS in 2022. They have offered up more than $13,000.00 in contingencies that will be awarded on top of the regular racing purses and they will be paid out throughout the year. Yoshimura R&D, Hoosier Tires West, T-Shirts By Timeless, Extreme Mufflers, Saldana Racing Products, Rod End Supply, Speed Mart, Cold Fire West, West Evens Motorsports, RC Fuel Injection, Jake Swanson Shock Technology, Advanced Racing Suspensions, CSI Shocks, Eibach Springs, Triple X Race Components, King Racing Products, Hyper Racing Products, Rebel Gears, Vahlco Wheels, Wilwood Disk Brakes, Fuel Safe Systems, MPI, Circle Track Performance, E-Z UP, Hepfner Racing, Smith Titanium, and Hoosier Speed. If you or your company would like to become a partner of the longtime racing organization, contact Jon Robertson via email at mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net or by calling (310) 367-9050. 2022 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 25 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Grant Sexton April 2 Merced Speedway Non-Wing -- Civil War #1 - David Gasper April 16 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged (Make Up Main) David Gasper April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz May 14 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender May 21 Ventura Raceway Winged - Eric Greco June 11 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - David Gasper June 25 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 9 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 23 Ventura Raceway Winged - Dave Gasper August 6 *Santa Maria Raceway Winged - Brent Sexton August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged - Civil War #2 - Connor Spier August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged - Civil War #3 - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 10 Lemoore Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 24 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Civil War #4 - David Gasper October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway Winged - With SWLS - Brent Sexton October 29 Ventura Raceway Winged Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - With USAC Midgets - Civil War #5 Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points *Non Points Race To keep up with the CLS online, please visit the website at http://racecls.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/californialightningsprints 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 Gansen 2007 Shane Rossen 2008 Brent Sexton 2009 Stuart Hielschier Sr. 2010 Jarrett Kramer 2011 Tim Brown 2012 Bobby Michnowicz 2013 Stephen Limon 2014 Bobby Michnowicz 2015 Bobby Michnowicz 2016 Bobby Michnowicz 2017 Bobby Michnowicz 2018 Jarrett Kramer 2019 Jarrett Kramer 2021 David Gasper This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  EDDIE TAFOYA JR. CONTINUES IMPRESSIVE SEASON SATURDAY AT MOHAVE VALLEY RACEWAY

  (Chino, CA, October 7, 2022) When the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars return to the Mohave Valley Raceway for the second time in 2022 this Saturday night, one of the drivers for fans to pay attention to is Chino Hills, California resident Eddie Tafoya Jr. The 25-year-old is poised to make a good run in the final six races of the year beginning this Saturday at the 1/3 of a mile Arizona clay oval. The handsome driver goes into the race fourth in the season-long point standings and is only 36 points out of third, and less than 80 out of second. 307165398_8817313458286144_1530755967684030224_n (1).jpg Eddie Tafoya Jr. finished third in his first ever race at Mohave Valley Raceway. Bobby Kimbrough photo. On his first trip to the track on April 23rd, Tafoya adapted quickly. He was the sixth-fastest qualifier in the 27-car field. He then moved from his fifth place starting spot to finish third in his 10-lap heat race. In the 30-lap main, he started second, but early on he slipped back to sixth. In the second half of the competitive race, "Mr. Smooth" made some exciting moves and advanced all the way forward to third at the checkered flag. That result was his second-best of the season only trailing a runner-up finish at Cocopah on January 29th. Going back to the Mohave race five and a half months ago, he has contested nine USAC/CRA races. He has placed in the top eight in all of them. Included in the streak are five top-five finishes. They include the third at Mohave, a fourth, and three fifth-place results. After this weekend's race, the USAC/CRA schedule will be down to five dates that will all take place in a nine-day period. First off will be the October 28th and 29th 55th Annual Chapman Chevrolet of Yuma Western World Championships Presented by Yuma Insurance and Avanti. The following week, Tafoya will close his 2022 season when Perris Auto Speedway Presents the 26th Heimark Anheuser Busch/Budweiser Oval Nationals on November 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Be sure to stop by the Specialty Fasteners hauler after Saturday's race to meet Tafoya and his team and to pick up one of his great-looking team shirts. To catch Saturday's race at Mohave Valley Raceway in person, the spectator gates will open at 5:30 with racing at 7:00. The track is located at 2750 E. Laguna Road, Mohave Valley, Arizona (only about four and a half hours from Los Angeles). The track website is https://www.mohavevalleyraceway.com/ and the office phone number is (928) 346-3000. The track is a cash-only facility with no ATM on site. While the season will end the first week in November, Tafoya, and The Specialty Fasteners #51T team will be hard at work getting ready for next season. The cars will be stripped down and gone over with a fine tooth comb in preparation for Tafoya's fourth year of 410 sprint car racing. In addition to the work on the cars in the shop, the team will be busy exploring corporate partnership opportunities for the upcoming campaign. If you or your company would like to be a partner with the Specialty Fasteners team in 2023, please contact Eddie Tafoya Jr. via phone at (909) 393-3999 or by e-mail at teamtafoya@aol.com. He will be happy to talk to you and lay out the team's plans. Tafoya has a great new YouTube channel at the following link https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1hrmC5L80EU. Fans can follow Tafoya on Instagram @eddietafoya51. The same contact point can be used to purchase his great-looking shirts via mail. Eddie Tafoya Jr. 2022 Race Results 1-27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 7th A Main 1-28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 9th A Main 1-29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 2nd A Main 3-26 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 18th A Main 4-1 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 13th A Main 4-2 Thunderbowl Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 15th A Main 4-23 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 3rd A Main 4-30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 5-28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 6-11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 6-25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main 7-8 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 13th A Main 7-9 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 10th A Main 7-10 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 15th A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 8-27 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 9-17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. (909) 226-7768 or E-mail mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  WOODLAND & PANKRATZ NAMED TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX CO-GRAND MARSHALS

  From USAC Ventura, California (October 6, 2022)………Dick Woodland and Wally Pankratz have been named co-Grand Marshals of this year’s 81st running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix at California’s Ventura Raceway. The USAC Turkey Night

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  McCARTHY AND WILLIAMS HEAD TO MOHAVE VALLEY RACEWAY FOR THE SECOND TIME IN 2022

  (Ontario, CA, October 7, 2022) For the second time in the 2022 racing season, Flowdynamics sprint car team drivers Matt McCarthy and Logan Williams will head to the Mohave Valley Raceway this Saturday night, October 8th, to compete in the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series. Going into the race on the 1/3 of a mile bank clay oval, Williams is ranked sixth in series points and McCarthy is 10th. Yorba Linda, California's Williams slipped one position back to sixth in the standings after a couple of recent crashes at Perris Auto Speedway. However, the second-generation sprint car driver is only three points out of fifth. His oldest brother, Cody Williams, is seventh in the standings with his other brother, Austin Williams, currently third. McCarthy, who lives in Riverside, California, is ranked 10th in the championship standings. That is the position he has been in for most of the 2022 campaign. With six races to go, he trails the ninth-place car by 48 points. PAS 9_17_22=28M=314-3#32A0.jpg Matt McCarthy driver of the Flowdynamics #28M. Doug Allen photo. It has been nearly six months since the Flowdynamics duo competed in the first series race at the track that is minutes away from the Colorado River, and only about 20 minutes away from downtown Laughlin, Nevada. When they entered that race in late April, Williams was fifth in the championship standings and McCarthy was 10th. McCarthy, who has noticeably stepped up his qualifying efforts in 2022, was the third-fastest driver of the 27 on hand in time trials that night with a lap of 14.318. Williams timed in 15th quickest at 14.998. Williams placed second in his 10-lap heat race and earned a ticket directly into the 30-lap main event. McCarthy ended up fifth in his heat race and to make it to the A main he had to run the 12-lap semi. PAS 9_17_22=5w=3126-3#AC67.jpg] Logan Williams in the Flowdynamics #5W. Doug Allen Photo. McCarthy started on the pole in the semi and led every inch of the way. When the race finished, he was a full straightaway ahead of the second-place driver. Performing in front of one of the largest crowds in track history, McCarthy was starting seventh in the 30-lap finale. Williams was coming from the 14th spot. When the green flag sent the 23-car field on its way in the first sprint car race at the track since 1998, things did not get far. The race only got as far as turn 2 when the red lights came on. The car in front of Williams slowed coming off turn two and drifted up the track. That left Williams with nowhere to go. He caught a piece of the slowing car's right rear tire, flipped into the air, and landed on top of another car before coming to rest on all four wheels. Unfortunately, his car was too damaged to restart. McCarthy became embroiled in a wild seven-car battle that raged throughout the entire event. When the checkered flag ended the race, he flew across the line in 10th. At the series' last race at Perris Auto Speedway on September 17th, McCarthy and Williams qualified sixth and 11th respectively in the 21-car field. McCarthy was fifth in his heat race. Williams was knocked out of action for the night when he crashed in his heat. McCarthy started eighth in the main event, but a flat tire sent him to the back. From there he dazzled the fans with a determined drive that saw him come all the way back to finish in 12th. The young racing duo got an unexpected night off last Saturday when the race at Perris was canceled due to a festival at the lake next to the track. That left six more dates on the USAC/CRA schedule this season. Spectator gates will open at 5:30 on Saturday with racing at 7:00. The Mohave Valley Raceway is located at 2750 E. Laguna Road, Mohave Valley, Arizona. The track website is https://www.mohavevalleyraceway.com/ and the office phone number is (928) 346-3000. The track is a cash-only facility with no ATM on site. After Mohave, McCarthy and Williams will get two weekends off before returning to action at the 55th Annual Chapman Chevrolet Yuma Western World Championships Presented by Yuma Insurance and Avanti on October 28th and 29th. The following week they will close the 2022 campaign at Perris Auto Speedway's 26th Annual Heimark Anheuser Busch/Budweiser Oval Nationals on November 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Fans can meet the friendly Flowdynamics drivers in the pits after Saturday's final race. McCarthy and Williams will also have their team shirts available at that time. McCarthy and Williams would like to thank the following sponsors for making the 2021 season possible. Flowdynamics Inc., JFK Design Build, Cal Therm Mechanical Insulators, CRC Component Repair Co., Encore Gas and Supply, Drink-Pac, and Benic Enterprises. If you or your company would like to come on board and join up with one of the fastest rising sprint car teams west of the Mississippi, please contact John McCarthy at 909 930-5522 or mailto:john@flodyinc.com Matt McCarthy 2022 Results 1/27/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 22nd A Main 1/28/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 1/29/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 14th A Main 3/26/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 4/1/22 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 4/2/22 Tulare Thunderbowl USAC/CRA 18th A Main 4/23/22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main 4/30/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 5/14/22 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA 16th A Main 5/28/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 6/11/22 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 16th A Main 6/25/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 8th A Main 8/6/22 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 18th A Main 8-20-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 13th A Main 9-17-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 12th A Main Logan Williams 2022 Results 1/27/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main 1/28/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 1/29/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 3/26/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 4/1/22 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 4/2/22 Tulare Thunderbowl USAC/CRA 12th A Main 4/23/22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 22nd A Main 4/30/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 5/14/22 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA 4th A Main 5/28/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main 6/11/22 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main 6/25/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 5th A Main 8/6/22 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 4th A Main 8-20-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 9-17-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS This release was produced by Scott Daloisio (909) 226-7768 and mailto: sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  BAD LUCK KNOCKS WILL BROWNE OUT OF BARONA RACE

  (Glendora, California, October 5, 2022) When it comes to racing there is an adage that almost all veteran drivers subscribe to. To a "T," they will almost all say, "I would rather be lucky than good." While there is that good luck in racing, there is also the flip side of the coin that can include freaky bad luck. Glendora, California rookie Will Browne experienced some of that weird stuff last Saturday at the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car race at the Barona Speedway. A torsion stop came off his car, got kicked up into the oil pan, and knocked a hole in it which put a premature end to Browne's night. 305255847_762704451652371_2366630231652135019_n.jpg Will Browne in the "Win Now Racing" #8. Lance Jennings photo. The journey from Browne's home in Glendora, California to the track, which is in the San Diego County city of Lakeside, is 128 miles long. To make matters worse after making the long trek, the incident happened in hot laps. Thus, the 18-year-old was unable to complete one lap under racing conditions. However, there was a silver lining to the blow that knocked him out of the race. At least it happened in a Southwest Series race. Browne is not competing for points in the SWLS. It was better that it happened there rather than at a California Lightning Sprint Car Series race where Browne is currently sixth in points and is leading the "Rookie of the Year" standings. The problem is an easy fix. So, Browne and his crew will head east this Saturday, October 8th, to contest the co-sanctioned California Lightning Sprint Cars/Southwest Lightning Series race at Arizona's Mohave Valley Raceway. At the last race at Bakersfield two weeks ago, Browne reclaimed the lead in the CLS battle for the top rookie. He will bring a 24-point advantage over his nearest foe into Saturday's race in "The Copper State." If you wish to see Browne and the "Win Now Racing" #8 in action at Mohave Valley, spectator gates will swing open at 5:30 and the first race will take the green flag at 7:00. The track is located at 2750 E. Laguna Road, Mohave Valley, Arizona. The track website is https://www.mohavevalleyraceway.com/ and the office phone number is (928) 346-3000. The track is a cash-only facility with no ATM on site. Be sure to visit and signup for Browne's entertaining video page on YouTube at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSNglz0llw. Browne and his team would like to thank marketing partner Pacific Panel Products for being a part of his rookie campaign in lightning sprint cars. If you would like to join the friendly newcomer in his rookie season, drop an email or give him a call at the following: willbrowne88@gmail.com or (626) 261-5310. Will Browne 2022 Racing Results March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main April 2 Merced Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 7th A Main May 14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main May 21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main June 11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main June 25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS June 25 Ventura Raceway WMR Midgets 7th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 2ND A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main September 10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 12th A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main September 24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 11th A Main October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars DNS October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 29 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 15 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 17 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 18 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 19 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or (909) 226-7768

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  BRODY ROA MAKES MOHAVE VALLEY RACEWAY DEBUT ON SATURDAY

  (Cypress, CA, October 4, 2022) One of Southern California's most popular Sprint car racers, Brody Roa, will be making his first-ever appearance at the Mohave Valley Raceway this Saturday night, October 8th. The decision to race at Mohave Valley came after originally planning to race a winged car at Keller Auto Speedway in Hanford this weekend. In addition to announcing that he would be competing in Saturday's race at Mohave Valley, the veteran driver announced that the team has decided to contest the 55th Annual Chapman Chevrolet of Yuma Western World Championships Presented by Yuma Insurance and Avanti at Cocopah Speedway on October 28th and 29th. 123790329_10217040850644335_2822016236474858647_n.jpg Before the start of the 2022 campaign, Roa announced that he was not going to be chasing points this season. Thus far he has contested 10 of the 15 USAC/CRA races on the schedule. The 31-year-old has an impressive record of only finishing out of the top six one time and placing in the top five six times. Included in those finishes were back-to-back series wins at the Perris Auto Speedway and the Santa Maria Raceway in late June and early August. His average finish with USAC/CRA this year is 5.55. Even though the Garden Grove, California driver is not point racing, he goes into Saturday's event eighth in the USAC/CRA championship standings. He is only 31 points out of seventh and 72 points out of fifth. Saturday will be Roa's sixth start in Arizona in 2022. He opened his sprint car season in late January with three straight nights of USAC/CRA racing in the state at the Cocopah Speedway, which is also known as "The Diamond In The Desert." He followed that up on the second weekend of February with two races in the ASCS/CAS 360 series at the Central Arizona Speedway. It was on that weekend that he had his best finish in Arizona this year when he placed second. All told he has four top-five finishes when crossing the Colorado River to race in the "Copper State" and his worst finish was sixth. His average finish in Arizona this year is 4.40. While the season is winding down for many drivers across the nation, Roa is going to be quite busy through the Thanksgiving weekend. In fact, the likable driver still has nine races on his schedule. Following this weekend's race at Mohave, he will head to the Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park in Bakersfield to drive Jason Mays #8M in the USAC West Coast series on October 15th. Following that he will be headed back to Arizona for the previously mentioned Western World Championships. To start the month of November, Roa will have three nights of racing in the 26th Annual Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway. He will then wrap up his 2022 season driving for May in the 81st running of the historic Turkey Night Grand Prix at Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway. Spectator gates at the Mohave Valley Raceway will open at 5:30 on Saturday and racing will start at 7:00. The track is located minutes across the California/Arizona state line at 2750 E. Laguna Road, Mohave Valley, Arizona. The track website is https://www.mohavevalleyraceway.com/ and the office phone number is (928) 346-3000. The track is a cash-only facility with no ATM on site. If you wish to hear Roa's recent appearance on the Dirt Tracks and Rib Racks podcast, you can do so at the following link https://spoti.fi/3cjQrLL. In 2022, Roa is racing in the USAC/CRA, USAC National, and other select events, in his #91R BR Performance/HD Industries Eagle. He will also drive the #8M for May Motorsports in select USAC West Coast events. The 2019 USAC Southwest and 2017 USAC West Coast champion is always open to discussing other driving opportunities. Roa and the team want to thank the following sponsors for making the 2022 season possible. HD Industries, Burris Racing, Sander Engineering, Inland Rigging, Caltrol, "Biker" Bruce Fischer, Competition Suspension, ALR Virtual Services, K-1 Race Gear, Molecule, Rod End Supply, Driven Racing Oil, Baldwin Filters, and NGK Spark Plugs. In addition, the veteran driver offers thanks to RDM Mechanics, Fastenal, KC Keen Concrete, Coopers Propane, Ten West Towing, Ten West Environmental, TJM Distribution, and Westco International for sponsoring the #8M he will pilot for Jayson May on 10 occasions in 2022. If you or your company would like to jump on board and receive recognition as a team partner throughout the 2022 racing season, please give the two-time USAC champion racer a phone call or drop him a note at the contact information on the top of this release. Fans can learn more about Roa and the team at https://www.brodyroa.com/. Fans can also check out the team news at Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/br91r/. To keep up with May Motorsports, please check out and "like" its Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/MayMotorsports8M Brody Roa's 2022 Schedule and Race Results January 12 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 15th A Main January 15 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 13th C Main January 27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main January 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 6th A Main January 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main February 11 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 5th A Main February 12 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 2nd A Main February 26 Keller Auto Speedway King of Thunder 9th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway World of Outlaws 8th B Main March 26 Perris Auto Speedway World of Outlaws 24th A Main April 9 Keller Auto Speedway NARC King of the West Canceled April 30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main June 11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 2nd A Main June 25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 1ST A Main July 22 Gas City I69 Speedway ISW - USAC National 9th C Main July 23 Kokomo Speedway ISW - USAC National 7th B Main July 24 Lawrenceburg Speedway ISW - USAC National Rained out July 25 Circle City Raceway ISW - UASC National 19th A Main July 27 Terre Haute Action Track ISW - USAC National Rained Out July 28 Lincoln Park Speedway ISW - USAC National 8th B Main July 29 Bloomington Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main July 30 Tri State Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main August 20 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 19th A Main August 27 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 1st A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main September 24 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 DNS October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA October 15 Kern County Raceway USAC West Coast 360 October 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA - Western World October 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA - Western World November 3 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 4 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 5 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 25 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP November 26 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP @hdindustries_1971 @burris_racing_usa @mikeburrisoc @csishocks @sander_engineering @sanderjenna @theoriginalloosebruce @alrvirtualservices @k1racegear @moleculesports @rodendsupply @baldwinfilters @ngkracing @originalngksparkplugs @usacnation @usac_cra @perrisautospeedway @b_roa91 @tai_xoxo_roa @zacboz35 @joegibb83, @inlandrigging, @eaglemotorsportsinc @caltrolinc @drivenracingoil This release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  GRANT SEXTON COMPLETES SGR SWEEP OF 2022 POWRi EVENTS AT THE BARONA SPEEDWAY

  (Lakeside, CA, October 3, 2022) Star teenage racer Grant Sexton of Lakeside sewed up the perfect season for Sexton Gatlin Racing in the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series at the Barona Speedway when he won the 20-lap main event last Saturday night. The victory gave SGR wins in all six of the SWLS races on the San Diego quarter mile this year. 308794045_779395576539286_8954304684160932717_n.jpg Grant Sexton gave Sexton Gatlin Racing six wins in six starts this year at the Barona Speedway. Not only did the 18-year-old secure the season-long sweep for the team, but he also scored the sweep on the night as he won his heat race from the pole to start the show. For the main event, Grant's older brother Dalton was starting in third. Grant was coming from sixth place, but missing from the action was their father, Brent. The point leader coming into the night, Brent's engine laid down in hot laps knocking him out of the show. The original start of the main was halted due to a big flip near the back of the field coming down for the green flag. On the restart, Grant used the outside line to race into second place coming off turn two on the first circuit. One lap later he commandeered the lead on the exact same spot on the racetrack. Once out front, the teen wowed the crowd with extreme speed that saw him pull away from the field. By the end of the fourth lap, he had a half-straight advantage over the second-place car. Grant got into the lapped traffic at the start of the eighth go-around. The first yellow flag of the race waved on lap 10 and his commanding lead disappeared faster than cheap gas in California. For the restart, Grant was at the head of the pack and Dalton was in 6th. As soon as the green flag waved, the result at the front was exactly the same. Grant simply ran away from the field. The race stayed green until lap 13 when another yellow flag slowed the action. This time for the restart, Dalton had moved up one spot and was running 5th. For Grant, the only thing that changed was the fact that instead of leading by a half straightaway, he increased his lead and won by nearly a half-track. Dalton, who had become embroiled in a great three-car battle for third, ended up fourth. The official main event winner's totals for the SGR domination of the series at Barona in 2022 shows Grant with three wins. Dalton captured two of the races and Brent took home one first-place trophy. Brent's engine woes, combined with Dalton's fourth-place finish, sees the teen as the new leader in the championship standings. With only three races left in the 2022 SWLS season, he has a 48-point lead over Brent. Grant, who has missed some races this year, is sixth. SGR has little time to rest on its laurels as this week it is off to the Mohave Valley Raceway which is just across the state line in Arizona. Brent and Dalton will be competing in lightning sprints while Grant will be racing in the USAC/CRA Series. As this piece went to press, the squad was still looking for a driver for its third lightning sprint. Spectator gates at the racy 1/3 mile banked Mohave Valley Raceway will open at 5:30 on Saturday and racing will start at 7:00. The track is located minutes from the California/Arizona state line at 2750 E. Laguna Road, Mohave Valley, Arizona. The website is https://www.mohavevalleyraceway.com/ and the office phone number is (928) 346-3000. The track is a cash-only facility with no ATM on site. Sexton/Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2022 season possible. Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Johnny Motorhead, Troy Dirt, Victory Graphix, Swift Powdercoat, Maxima Oil, Automated Interior, and an extra special thanks to Scotty and Jimmy Keys. If you or your business wants to partner up with one of the most visible Lightning Sprint teams on the West Coast, please call (619) 454-6945. You can also E-mail mailto:sextonfire@cox.net or mailto:sextonfire@gmail.com. Sexton Gatlin Racing 2022 Schedule 2022 Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Brent 7th - Grant 15th March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th March 25 Bakersfield Speedway CLS Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 8th - Dalton 17th April 16 Ventura Raceway VRA Sprints Wingless - Grant 1st April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Bezio 3rd - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th May 14 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Bezio 2nd - Brent 3rd May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Grant DNS June 11 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 2nd - Dalton 11th June 25 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Dalton 1st - Brent 2nd - Grant 3rd July 9 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Grant 2nd - Dalton 6th August 6 Santa Maria Raceway CLS Winged - Brent 1st - Dalton 15th August 6th Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant 11th B Main August 11 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged - Dalton 8th - Brent 13th - Grant 25th August 12 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged - Brent 1st - Grant 9th - Dalton 11th August 13 Greenbush Race Park Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 6th - Brent 11th - Dalton 13th August 14 Minkota Nationals Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 15th - Brent DNS Sept. 17 Perris Auto Speedway (with USAC/CRA) POWRi Winged - Chiaramonte 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 18th October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 4th - Brent DNS October 8 Mojave Valley Raceway POWRi/CLS Winged October 13 Lemoore Raceway (California Cup) Open Winged October 14 Lemoore Raceway (California Cup) Open Winged October 15 Lemoore Raceway (California Cup) Open Winged October 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless October 24 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway BCRA/CLS Winged Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  PROMISING NIGHT ENDS EARLY FOR BRODY ROA AT VENTURA

  (Cypress, CA, September 30, 2022) After winning the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series race at Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway on August 27th, Brody Roa, and the May Motorsports #8M team had high hopes for a great night on the same oval last Saturday. However, the team's effort was cut short due to mechanical ills before the main event. 308013351_630008442171043_2513047703648094291_n.jpg The fresh graphics on the May Motorsports #8M. May Motorsports photo. Sporting some sparkling new graphics, the #8M was ready for another successful night at the track that is located a stone's throw from the Pacific Ocean. Things started off in fine fashion when Garden Grove, California-based Roa steered the car to the third fastest time in qualifying with a lap of 12.977. The veteran driver started last in his heat race, weaved his way through the field, and scored the win. However, that was his last hurrah of the night. An engine issue had reared its ugly head and rather than cause extensive and expensive damage, the team parked the car for the night. With the cancellation of this Saturday's race at Perris Auto Speedway, Roa will be spending time with his wife Tailor and their daughter Addison. He will be back in his #91R next Saturday at the NARC King of the West Twin 25's at Peter Murphy's Keller Auto Speedway. If you wish to hear Roa's recent appearance on the Dirt Tracks and Rib Racks podcast, you can do so at the following link https://spoti.fi/3cjQrLL. In 2022, Roa is racing in the USAC/CRA, USAC National, and other select events, in his #91R BR Performance/HD Industries Eagle. He will also drive the #8M for May Motorsports in select USAC West Coast events. The 2019 USAC Southwest and 2017 USAC West Coast champion is always open to discussing other driving opportunities. Roa and the team want to thank the following sponsors for making the 2022 season possible. HD Industries, Burris Racing, Sander Engineering, Inland Rigging, Caltrol, "Biker" Bruce Fischer, Competition Suspension, ALR Virtual Services, K-1 Race Gear, Molecule, Rod End Supply, Driven Racing Oil, Baldwin Filters, and NGK Spark Plugs. In addition, the veteran driver offers thanks to RDM Mechanics, Fastenal, KC Keen Concrete, Coopers Propane, Ten West Towing, Ten West Environmental, TJM Distribution, and Westco International for sponsoring the #8M he will pilot for Jayson May on 10 occasions in 2022. If you or your company would like to jump on board and receive recognition as a team partner throughout the 2022 racing season, please give the two-time USAC champion racer a phone call or drop him a note at the contact information on the top of this release. Fans can learn more about Roa and the team at https://www.brodyroa.com/. Fans can also check out the team news at Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/br91r/. To keep up with May Motorsports, please check out and "like" its Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/MayMotorsports8M Brody Roa's 2022 Schedule and Race Results January 12 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 15th A Main January 15 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 13th C Main January 27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main January 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 6th A Main January 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main February 11 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 5th A Main February 12 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 2nd A Main February 26 Keller Auto Speedway King of Thunder 9th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway World of Outlaws 8th B Main March 26 Perris Auto Speedway World of Outlaws 24th A Main April 9 Keller Auto Speedway NARC King of the West Canceled April 30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main June 11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 2nd A Main June 25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 1ST A Main July 22 Gas City I69 Speedway ISW - USAC National 9th C Main July 23 Kokomo Speedway ISW - USAC National 7th B Main July 24 Lawrenceburg Speedway ISW - USAC National Rained out July 25 Circle City Raceway ISW - UASC National 19th A Main July 27 Terre Haute Action Track ISW - USAC National Rained Out July 28 Lincoln Park Speedway ISW - USAC National 8th B Main July 29 Bloomington Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main July 30 Tri State Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main August 20 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 19th A Main August 27 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 1st A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main September 24 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 DNS October 8 Keller Auto Speedway NARC King of the West - Twin 25s October 15 Kern County Raceway USAC West Coast 360 October 28* Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA - Western World October 29* Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA - Western World October 29* Kern County Raceway NARC King of The West November 3 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 4 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 5 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 25 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP November 26 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP *Decision on which track/class to run is pending. This release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SERIES MAKES MOHAVE VALLEY RACEWAY DEBUT THIS SATURDAY

  (Torrance, CA, October 2, 2022) For the first time in its 28-season history, the California Lightning Sprint Car Series will be racing at the Mohave Valley Raceway this Saturday night, October 8th. The race on the fast 1/3 mile banked clay oval will be co-sanctioned by the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars. Spectator gates at the track located minutes away from the Colorado River and only 20 minutes from downtown Laughlin, will open at 5:30 with racing at 7:00. PAS 9_17_22=41=LiteSpt=3215-3#AF48.jpg San Diego's A.J. Bender will be looking for his fourth lightning win of the year Saturday at Mohave Valley. Doug Allen Photo. Going into the race, talented Santa Barbara teenager David Gasper carries an 80-point lead in the championship standings. After a slow start to the 2022 campaign, the defending series champion and last year's "Rookie of the Year," has won seven of the last 15 races. Included in those victories is a win at the last series race in Bakersfield two weeks ago and a four-race winning streak that stretched from early June through late July. Palmdale's Eric Greco, who scored his lone win of the year on May 21st at Ventura, is second in the championship standings. Camarillo's Cody Nigh and CHP officer Jeff "Ponch" Dyer of Yucca Valley, are ranked third and fourth and are only separated by two points. They are both seeking their first victories in 2022. Veteran Bobby Michnowicz of Oak Hills, the five-time series champion, is fifth in points. Michnowicz is second in series wins with three. His last two triumphs came back to back at the Placerville Speedway and the Lemoore Raceway in August and September. San Diego's A.J. Bender, the only other driver with more than one win in the CLS in 2022, will be on hand and will be doing double duty on Saturday driving on the lightning sprint portion of the program and the USAC/CRA 410 side of the show. Driving the Schweitzer #41 out of Bakersfield, Bender has three lightning sprint wins in 2022. Two of his triumphs have come with the CLS at the Bakersfield Speedway. The other came at the Bay Cities Racing Association opening race of the year at the Placerville Speedway in March. Rookie Connor Speir of Fillmore, Grant Sexton of Lakeside, and his father Brent Sexton, each have one win this season. Speir, who is second to Will Browne in the Rookie of the Year race, and Brent Sexton will both be appearing on the lightning portion of the program. Grant Sexton will be competing with the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars. In addition to the lightning sprints and USAC/CRA, dwarf cars and vintage sprints will also be on the track on Saturday. The Mohave Valley Raceway is located at 2750 E. Laguna Road, Mohave Valley, Arizona. The track website is https://www.mohavevalleyraceway.com/ and the office phone number is (928) 346-3000. The track is a cash-only facility with no ATM on site. California Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - 1796 2. Eric Greco - 1716 3. Cody Nigh - 1601 4. Jeff Dyer - 1599 5. Bobby Michnowicz - 1487 6. Will Browne - 1280 7. Connor Speir - 1256 8. Jon Robertson - 1026 9. Pat Kelley - 973 10. Dominic Del Monte - 696 Civil War Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - CLS - 514 2. Eric Greco - CLS - 451 3. Bobby Michnowicz - CLS - 433 4. Will Browne - CLS - 420 5. Cody Nigh - CLS - 385 6. Greg Dennett - BCRA - 383 7. Dakota Albright - BCRA - 358 8. Harlee Aguilera - BCRA - 331 9. Matt Land - BCRA - 329 10. Brandon Leedy - BCRA - 302 The following companies have become marketing partners with the CLS in 2022. They have offered up more than $13,000.00 in contingencies that will be awarded on top of the regular racing purses and they will be paid out throughout the year. Yoshimura R&D, Hoosier Tires West, T-Shirts By Timeless, Extreme Mufflers, Saldana Racing Products, Rod End Supply, Speed Mart, Cold Fire West, West Evens Motorsports, RC Fuel Injection, Jake Swanson Shock Technology, Advanced Racing Suspensions, CSI Shocks, Eibach Springs, Triple X Race Components, King Racing Products, Hyper Racing Products, Rebel Gears, Vahlco Wheels, Wilwood Disk Brakes, Fuel Safe Systems, MPI, Circle Track Performance, E-Z UP, Hepfner Racing, Smith Titanium, and Hoosier Speed. If you or your company would like to become a partner of the longtime racing organization, contact Jon Robertson via email at mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net or by calling (310) 367-9050. 2022 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 25 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Grant Sexton April 2 Merced Speedway Non-Wing -- Civil War #1 - David Gasper April 16 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged (Make Up Main) David Gasper April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz May 14 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender May 21 Ventura Raceway Winged - Eric Greco June 11 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - David Gasper June 25 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 9 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 23 Ventura Raceway Winged - Dave Gasper August 6 *Santa Maria Raceway Winged - Brent Sexton August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged - Civil War #2 - Connor Spier August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged - Civil War #3 - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 10 Lemoore Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 24 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Civil War #4 - David Gasper October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway Winged - With SWLS October 29 Ventura Raceway Winged Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - With USAC Midgets - Civil War #5 Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points *Non Points Race To keep up with the CLS online, please visit the website at http://racecls.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/californialightningsprints 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 Gansen 2007 Shane Rossen 2008 Brent Sexton 2009 Stuart Hielschier Sr. 2010 Jarrett Kramer 2011 Tim Brown 2012 Bobby Michnowicz 2013 Stephen Limon 2014 Bobby Michnowicz 2015 Bobby Michnowicz 2016 Bobby Michnowicz 2017 Bobby Michnowicz 2018 Jarrett Kramer 2019 Jarrett Kramer 2021 David Gasper This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  BRADEN CHIARAMONTE PUTS ON A SHOW IN C. BELL'S MICRO MANIA IN TEXAS - THIS WEEK RACING A WINGED 360

  (El Cajon, CA, September 30, 2022) Race fans in Texas received a good taste of one of the most exciting young drivers in the nation last week when Braden Chiaramonte competed against 145 other drivers at the "C. Bell Micro Mania" at the Lil Texas Motor Speedway. While the El Cajon, California driver did not win the main event, he put on an amazing passing clinic. This week Chiaramonte is headed to Northern California to race a 360-winged sprint car. After qualifying 11th fastest out of 35 cars in the 600cc non-wing outlaw class on the first night in Texas, Chiaramonte was in the second heat race. He was starting in the fourth position and was trying to annex third when the field hit turn one on the first lap. The car in second place parked it directly in front of Chiaramonte leaving him no place to go. The 15-year-old caught a piece of the spinner and came to a stop. Several other drivers also got involved in the tangle. Due to stopping on the track Chiaramonte had to go to the back for the restart and was then coming from the 9th position. The show began instantly when he began picking off cars at a frantic pace trying to get to third place, which was the final transfer spot to the A main. The young driver made his way all the way up to fourth and was challenging for third when his rear sprocket broke knocking him out of the race. Had that sprocket not broken, it looked like Chiaramonte would have picked off at least one more car and earned his ticket straight into the A main event. However, due to the issue, he had to start in the D main and transfer three times to get into the A. In the 10-lap D main, Chiaramonte started fourth and he made the race look like child's play. On lap two he went to the re-worked outside line. Two laps later he blew by the second-place car and the leader in one corner. From that point on, he put on a "going fast clinic" and won the race by over a full straightaway. The victory in the D advanced Chiaramonte to the 10-lap C main. With virtually no time between the races, he had to come back on the track and start inside of the 10th row in the 19th position and move up to fourth to transfer. In other words, he had a long way to go and a lot of cars to pass in a short period of time. To complicate matters, on one of the original tries to start the race he came to a stop in turn two necessitating a yellow flag. That meant he would have to go all the way to the back. From there he moved forward to the eighth position when he ran out of laps. For Saturday things started out in almost a carbon copy of Friday. Chiaramonte was again in the D main. He was starting third, but when the driver starting first switched cars, Chiaramonte inherited the pole. From there he walked away from the field in the 10 lapper to win by nearly a full straightaway. The victory earned him a ticket to the 12-lap C main. Chiaramonte had his work cut out for him in the C. He was once again starting inside row 10 in the 19th spot and had to get to fourth. To say he put on a show is an understatement. By the end of the fourth lap, he had passed 10 cars and was up to 9th. One lap later he was up to seventh and was still moving forward. Soon after he snatched that final transfer spot, he passed the third-place car. However, a yellow flag seconds later reverted the running order back to the last lap putting Chiaramonte in fourth. That was where he finished. It put him in the B main event, which was only one transfer away from the A. After two nights of constantly passing cars, Chiaramonte had gained the attention of the announcers. His performances over the first night and first two races of the finale had him on their radar for the 15-lap B main event. And why not? Going into the B he had passed more cars than any of the other 144 drivers in the class. Chiaramonte was starting dead last in the 22nd spot. He had to get to seventh and only had 15 laps to do it. As per usual he immediately began to pass cars and was up to 17th by the end of lap two. However, he was spun out by another car in turn four on the fourth circuit. That meant that he once again had to go all the way to the back and try to get to seventh in just 11-laps. To say he put on a show was an understatement as he got all the way up to the 12th spot before the checkered flag ended the race and his weekend. While he did not make it all the way to the A, he was one of the main shows and most exciting drivers at the event. In a little more than 24 hours, he started six races and passed an astounding 41 cars. That was the most of any driver on the premises. Chiaramonte is back in the "Golden State" this weekend and will be doing a 180 as he is going from last week's 600cc micro to a winged 360 sprint car for the two-night Fall Nationals at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico. He will once again be driving the Tyner/Hurst Enterprises #94th. That is the same car he drove at Chico five weeks ago to make his 360-wing car debut. On that night, he transferred directly out of his heat race and into the main event where he finished 18th. Two weeks ago, Chiaramonte was a guest on the Racer Radio Show. You can hear a replay of the show (Chiaramonte comes on at around 24 minutes) at the following link http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/radio22/RACERRADIO220918.mp3. Chiaramonte would like to thank the following marketing partners for making his 2022 racing season possible. RTL Traffic Control and Equipment Rentals, AM Ortega, Impact Racing, and AIM Sports Data. If you or your company would like to join forces with the fast-rising racing team, please contact Daniel Chiaramonte online at the following link mailto:dchiaramonte@rtltraffic.com or by calling (619) 988-7563. Braden Chiaramonte 2022 Results January 1 Tulsa Shootout Stock Non Wings 9th A Main March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 8th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway USAC Western States Midgets 9th A Main April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 1st A Main April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main May 12 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 13th A Main May 13 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 16th A Main May 14 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 5th L.C.Q. May 21 Ventura Raceway USAC Western State Midgets 7th A Main June 2 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 12th A Main June 3 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 14th A Main June 4 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 8th Qualifier June 11 Lemoore Jet Bowl Non-Wing Outlaw Micro 4th A Main June 18 Merced Speedway USAC Western Midgets 10th A Main July 15 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 18th A Main July 16 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 16th A Main August 4 Indianapolis Motor Speedway USAC National Midgets 5th D Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 18th A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 12th B Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint 1st A Main September 23 Lil Texas Motor Speedway C. Bell's Micro Mania 8th C Main September 24 Lil Texas Motor Speedway C. Bell's Micro Mania 22nd B Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. You can contact him online at mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or by calling (909) 226-7768.

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  SEXTON GATLIN RACING LOOKING TO COMPLETE PERFECT BARONA SOUTHWEST LIGHTNING SPRINT SEASON

  (Lakeside, CA, September 30, 2022) Not that it needed any more incentive, but Saturday night Sexton Gatlin Racing will be attempting to wrap up a perfect Barona Speedway Lucas Oil Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series season. Heading into the final SWLS race on the San Diego County ¼ mile this season, SGR driver Brent Sexton, and his two sons Dalton and Grant, have won all the series races there this year. 307697734_8809304822420341_9193553498710361981_n.jpg On Saturday, Dalton Sexton will be seeking his third SWLS at Barona this year. Bobby Kimbrough photo. The SWLS has visited Barona five times in 2022. Defending series champion Grant Sexton has won twice. His older brother Dalton has also won two times and Brent has one victory. Brent's win came the last time the series was there on July 9th. Amazingly, of the 15 podium positions available through the five races, SGR drivers laid claim to 11 of them. The breakdown of the SGR driver's other podium finishes shows Brent with two second-place results. Grant and David Bezio, who subbed for Grant on May 14th, have one second-place ending apiece. Grant and Brent have each finished third one time. To make the team's success at the track even more impressive, only two times this year has an SGR car placed out of the top five. Heading into Saturday's race, Brent, who is seeking his third ever Lightning Sprint Car title (he was the 1999 and 2007 California Lightning Sprint Car Series champion), brings an 88-point lead over Dalton in the championship standings. Another good performance by Brent would make him tough to catch with only three races to go after Saturday. Grant, who has only started five of the first eight series races, comes into this weekend's event in sixth. Gates will open at 3:00 p.m. at Barona with racing at 7:00. Adult tickets are $20.00. Seniors, military, EMTs and kids ages 7 to 17 are $10.00. Children 6 and under are free. The track is located at 1754 Wildcat Canyon Road, in Lakeside (92040). The track website is https://baronaspeedway.com/ and the office phone number is (619) 994-6560. While Saturday is the last SWLS race at Barona in 2022, the series will still have three races remaining and the Lakeside-based SGR will be at all three. A week from Saturday, October 9th, SWLS will venture to the Mohave Valley Raceway for the second time and it will be co-sanctioning the event with the California Lightning Sprint Car Series. Two weeks later, on October 21st and 22nd at the Imperial Valley Raceway, the 2022 season will come to an end. In addition to those races, SGR will field cars at October's Cal Cup at the Lemoore Raceway the third week in October. To close the campaign, the team will be at four CLS/BCRA co-sanctioned races in November. Sexton/Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2022 season possible. Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Johnny Motorhead, Troy Dirt, Victory Graphix, Swift Powdercoat, Maxima Oil, Automated Interior, and an extra special thanks to Scotty and Jimmy Keys. If you or your business wants to partner up with one of the most visible Lightning Sprint teams on the West Coast, please call (619) 454-6945. You can also E-mail mailto:sextonfire@cox.net or mailto:sextonfire@gmail.com. Sexton Gatlin Racing 2022 Schedule 2022 Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Brent 7th - Grant 15th March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th March 25 Bakersfield Speedway CLS Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 8th - Dalton 17th April 16 Ventura Raceway VRA Sprints Wingless - Grant 1st April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Bezio 3rd - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th May 14 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Bezio 2nd - Brent 3rd May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Grant DNS June 11 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 2nd - Dalton 11th June 25 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Dalton 1st - Brent 2nd - Grant 3rd July 9 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Grant 2nd - Dalton 6th August 6 Santa Maria Raceway CLS Winged - Brent 1st - Dalton 15th August 6th Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant 11th B Main August 11 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged - Dalton 8th - Brent 13th - Grant 25th August 12 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged - Brent 1st - Grant 9th - Dalton 11th August 13 Greenbush Race Park minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 6th - Brent 11th - Dalton 13th August 14 Minkota Nationals Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 15th - Brent DNS Sept. 17 Perris Auto Speedway (with USAC/CRA) POWRi Winged - Chiaramote 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 18th October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged October 8 Mojave Valley Raceway POWRi/CLS Winged October 13 Lemoore Raceway (California Cup) Open Winged October 14 Lemoore Raceway (California Cup) Open Winged October 15 Lemoore Raceway (California Cup) Open Winged October 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless October 24 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway BCRA/CLS Winged Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. 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  WILL BROWNE RACES AT THE BARONA SPEEDWAY FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS SATURDAY

  (Glendora, California, September 29, 2022) Rookie Southern California lightning sprint car racer Will Browne will make his first-ever appearance at the Barona Speedway this Saturday night, October 1st. For Browne, who currently leads the "Rookie of the Year" standings in the California Lightning Sprint Car Series, it will be his fourth appearance with the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints. 307699561_8809330912417732_7734925166641663056_n (1).jpg Will Browne coming off turn two at Perris Auto Speedway on September 17. Bobby Kimbrough Photo. Browne, 18, kicked off his lightning Sprint car career with the SWLS in a pair of races at the Imperial Valley Raceway on March 5th and 6th. His last appearance with the San Diego County-based racing club came at Perris Auto Speedway two weeks ago. In those three races, he has finished fifth two times and sixth once. Despite confining most of his racing to the rival CLS, and only contesting three of the eight Southwest Lightning Sprint car races this far this year, Browne is still in the top 20 (17th) in points. Last Saturday night at the Bakersfield Speedway, Browne got off to a great start at "The West's Fastest 1/3 Mile High Banked Clay Oval." Twenty-four cars showed up for the "Civil War Series" the pitting California Lightning Sprint Car Series vs Northern California's Bay Cities Racing Association. Driving his "Win Now Racing" white #8 car, Browne turned in a lap of 14.025 in qualifying and that was fourth fastest in the stacked field. The friendly brown-haired driver started in fifth in his heat race and drove all the way up to a second-place finish. Browne had a seemingly good sixth-place starting spot for the main. That is, it seemed good until the green flag came out. A car on the front row got sideways at the start and chaos ensued behind him. Browne took evasive action to avoid getting caught up in a potential crash. Several cars got past him on the low line. On the second lap, the Glendora, California driver went to the outside in turn four and got over the cushion. He did a good job in only tapping the wall, but it cost him a few more spots. When a yellow flag came out on lap three, Browne was in the 11th-place position. Once the race restarted, he remained in that spot for the duration. "I just got too hot towards the wall," he said on his YouTube video this week. "I kind of drove it like I was going to "Cowboy Up" and run the high side but I may have hesitated. I needed to stay on the gas. That was a little driver error on my part. I was able to learn and grow from it. I could have totally put it in the wall and had a totally wrecked racecar or I could have gotten tangled up more." While he finished 11th, he did take the lead back in the CLS Rookie of the Year chase by 26-points and he also moved back into sixth place overall in the championship standings. In addition, Browne is fourth overall and is the highest ranked rookie in Civil War Series points. The busiest lightning racer in the state, Saturday will be Browne's fourth race in a span of five weeks. He began the rugged five-week streak with a trip to the Central Valley's Lemoore Raceway on September 10th. There he finished 12th after getting knocked out of the race when he was hit from behind on a restart. September 17th saw him record a fifth-place finish the first time he ever raced on the ½-mile clay track in Perris. Last Saturday was at Bakersfield. After this week's race at Barona, he is headed to Arizona's Mohave Valley Raceway for the first time on October 9th. Browne will get a week off after Mohave before heading back to the Imperial Valley Raceway for races on October 21st and 22nd. The following week he will be at the Ventura Raceway making it eight races in a span of seven weeks. Gates will open at 3:00 p.m. with racing at 7:00 at Barona. Adult tickets are $20.00. Seniors, military, EMTs and kids ages 7 to 17 are $10.00. Children 6 and under are free. The track is located at 1754 Wildcat Canyon Road, in Lakeside (92040). The track website is https://baronaspeedway.com/ and the office phone number is (619) 994-6560. Be sure to visit and signup for Browne's entertaining video page on YouTube at the following link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSNglz0llw. Browne and his team would like to thank marketing partner Pacific Panel Products for being a part of his rookie campaign in lightning sprint cars. If you would like to join the friendly newcomer in his rookie season, drop an email or give him a call at the following: willbrowne88@gmail.com or (626) 261-5310. Will Browne 2022 Racing Results March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main April 2 Merced Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 7th A Main May 14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main May 21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main June 11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main June 25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS June 25 Ventura Raceway WMR Midgets 7th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 2ND A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main September 10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 12th A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main September 24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 11th A Main October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 29 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 15 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 17 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 18 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 19 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or (909) 226-7768

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  MATT McCARTHY PLACES 12TH IN THE GLENN HOWARD CLASSIC AT PERRIS

  (Ontario, CA, September 27, 2022) Matt McCarthy steered his number 28M USAC/CRA Sprint Car to a 12th place finish in the annual Glenn Howard Memorial at Perris Auto Speedway on September 17th. The finish kept the Riverside, California driver in the 10th place spot in the season-long series point standings. McCarthy and his teammate Logan Williams were among the 24 drivers in action for the mid-September race. After being the fast qualifier one month earlier on the Riverside County half-mile clay Oval, McCarthy turned in another good qualifying effort. This time he was six fastest of the 24 cars on hand with a 16.532. Yorba Linda California's Williams was not far behind as he stopped the clocks in 16.681. That was the 11th best time of the night. Williams was the first of the two on the track for heat race action. He started on the inside of row two in the first heat and was battling for the fourth-place spot through the first four circuits. When he got into turn one on lap five, he clipped the cushion entering the corner. His car was thrown into a series of nasty airborne flips that launched him into the turn-one billboards. The young driver climbed out uninjured but the #5W car sustained enough damage that it was done for the night. McCarthy was up in the 3rd and final heat race in which she started in the fifth position. He battled for 4th most of the way through the 10 lapper but in the end, he had to settle for the fifth place position. For the Glen Howard 30-lap memorial main event, McCarthy was starting in the eighth spot which is outside of row four. He stayed in that spot through the first half of the exciting race. He was still there when a yellow flag came out on lap 16. As the cars circled the track under caution conditions, McCarthy suddenly darted down into the work area with a flat left rear tire. The Flowdynamics crew immediately jumped on it and got him back onto the track in plenty of time before racing resumed. However, he would have to restart at the back due to stopping. From the back, McCarthy raced his head off. He passed numerous cars and when the checkered flag ended the race, he had moved all the way back up to 12th position. It was an impressive display that if he had some more laps, would have produced an even better result. This Saturday night, October 1st, McCarthy, and Williams were supposed to be back in action at Perris Auto Speedway. However, that race was canceled due to a large concert taking up all the fairground's parking. Therefore, the Flowdynamics duo will not be on the track until Saturday, October 8th when the series makes its second-ever appearance at the Mohave Valley Raceway in Arizona. After Mohave Valley, there will only be two weekends and five total race dates left on the USAC/CRA schedule. On October 28th and 29th there will be two nights of racing at the 55th Annual Western World Championships at the Cocopah Speedway. The following weekend the series will close out the campaign when it returns to Perris for the 26th Heimark Anheuser Busch/Budweiser Oval Nationals on November 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Both of those events will pay full points for the USAC/CRA and USAC National Sprint Cars each night. When you are at a race that the Flowdynamics drivers are competing in, be sure to head down to the pits to meet McCarthy and Williams and pick up one of their fine-looking team shirts. McCarthy and Williams would like to thank the following sponsors for making the 2021 season possible. Flowdynamics Inc., JFK Design Build, Cal Therm Mechanical Insulators, CRC Component Repair Co., Encore Gas and Supply, Drink-Pac, and Benic Enterprises. If you or your company would like to come on board and join up with one of the fastest rising sprint car teams west of the Mississippi, please contact John McCarthy at 909 930-5522 or mailto:john@flody.inc mailto:john@flodyinc.com Matt McCarthy 2022 Results 1/27/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 22nd A Main 1/28/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 1/29/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 14th A Main 3/26/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 4/1/22 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 4/2/22 Tulare Thunderbowl USAC/CRA 18th A Main 4/23/22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main 4/30/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 5/14/22 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA 16th A Main 5/28/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 6/11/22 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 16th A Main 6/25/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 8th A Main 8/6/22 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 18th A Main 8-20-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 13th A Main 9-17-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 12th A Main Logan Williams 2022 Results 1/27/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main 1/28/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 1/29/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 3/26/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 4/1/22 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 4/2/22 Tulare Thunderbowl USAC/CRA 12th A Main 4/23/22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 22nd A Main 4/30/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 5/14/22 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA 4th A Main 5/28/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main 6/11/22 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main 6/25/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 5th A Main 8/6/22 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 4th A Main 8-20-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 9-17-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact is available at (909) 226-7768 or via email at mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com.

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  GASPER INCREASES HIS LEADS IN THE CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SERIES AND CIVIL WAR SERIES

  (Torrance, CA, September 28, 2022) In 2021, rookie driver David Gasper made a late-season rush to win the California Lightning Sprint Car Series and Civil War Series titles. In 2022, the Santa Barbara, California racer is starting to pull away from the competition in both series as the season hits the home stretch. Last Saturday at the Bakersfield Speedway, the teenage star scored his series-leading seventh win of the year. 307464292_522045143061459_638481491645823791_n.jpg Seven-time 2022 winner David Gasper (center) poses withrunner-upp Bobby Michnowicz (right) and third-place Jeff Dyer at Bakersfield. CLS photo. A fine field of 24 cars showed up for the fourth of five races in the Civil War Series and the first on CLS's home turf. The fans got an early glimpse of what was going to happen in the main event when the fastest three cars in qualifying - Gasper, Bobby Michnowicz, and Jeff Dyer - later finished in the top three spots in the 25-lap main event. Gasper was the quickest at 13.825. Michnowicz, who lives in Oak Hills, was second fastest at 13.937 and Yucca Valley's Dyer clocked in third at 13.987. Palmdale's Eric Greco, who is second to Gasper in both CLS and Civil War points, captured Extreme Muffler Heat #1 ahead of Glendora rookie Will Browne and Gasper. That was the only time Gasper did not lead all night. BCRA regular Dakota Albright of Waterford, who is getting married this week, won the Yoshimura R & D second heat race by beating Michnowicz and Lakewood's Aiden Lange to the stripe. The third eight lapper, which was sponsored by Jake Swanson Shock Technology, went to BCRA's Greg Dennett. Camarillo's Gage Cheek was second behind the Livermore driver with three-time CLS champion Jarrett Kramer of Spring Valley third. Gasper, in his familiar blue #18 that is sponsored by Kittle Motorsports/Certified Construction/Rattlesnake Ridge/Valley Precision Products/Martin Roofing/B2 Design/Hyper Race Cars/Saldana Race Products #18, sat on the pole for the main event. Indio's James Turnbull, who was making his second start in the potent Mike Schweitzer #41, was alongside. The second row was made up of teammates Kramer and Michnowicz with Dyer and Browne in row three. Gasper got the jump on the field as they came down to take the green flag to start the race. Turnbull got sideways on the front chute and before he could recover had slipped back to sixth. Kramer staffed the second-place spot with Albright third at the end of the first circuit. Things went fast for two laps before a yellow came out on lap three when Chino's Pat Kelly slid to a stop on the front straight. For the restart, it was Gasper, Kramer, Albright, Michnowicz, and Dyer. Gasper got a great restart and put some distance between himself and second-place Kramer. While the field was mostly comprised of bottom feeders, veteran Michnowicz was running the top. That paid big dividends on lap five when he blew by Albright and Kramer in one corner to go from fourth to second. Two laps later the festivities came to a screeching halt again when Citrus Heights driver Scott Kinney slowed on the front straightaway bringing out another yellow flag. The race restarted with 20-laps to go and Michnowicz was planted firmly on Gasper's rear end. Albright was in third, with Kramer in fourth and Dyer in fifth. Gasper and Michnowicz pulled away from the field on the restart and Dyer quickly went from fifth to third. However, he was nearly a half straight behind the lead duo. Michnowicz dove to the inside in turn three on lap seven and nearly pulled off the slider but Gasper was more than equal to that challenge and pulled away. While watching Michnowicz try to catch and pass Gasper was exciting, the best battle on the track featured Dyer, Albright, and Kramer. They were having a literal war for third. However, like earlier, another yellow flag slowed the proceedings on lap 12. By that time, Gasper had a half-straight advantage over Michnowicz and was just about to encounter lapped traffic. This time when the race restarted, Michnowicz threw it hard in turn one and got a great run down the back chute. He dove to the inside in turn three and threw a big slider on Gasper for the lead. However, he carried so much momentum into the corner, he slid to the top coming off four, and got into the fluff. That allowed Gasper to dive underneath and reclaim his lofty position at the head of the pack. The loss of momentum saw Gasper pull away. It also allowed Dyer to dive to the inside of Michnowicz and pull even with him going into turn one on the next go around. Michnowicz, still on the wide line, fought off the advances and maintained second. Gasper had built up a good size lead, but Michnowicz would not give in. He continued to terrorize his right rear tire in an effort to catch back up to the leader. If he was going to have a chance, he was probably going to need a favor from lapped traffic. That scenario began to play out at the start of lap 18 when Gasper caught the first lapper. The lappers all cooperated with the leader and kept it low allowing Gasper to maintain a half-straight lead. While it seemed cut and dried that Gasper was going to snag the win, suddenly Dyer came calling on Michnowicz. He pulled to the inside in turn one on the 24th lap and momentarily poked his nose ahead of the five-time champion. However, Michnowicz got a nice drive off two and fended off his pursuer. It was too late for Michnowicz to take another shot at the leader who carried a half-straight lead all the way to the checkers. Michnowicz placed second with Dyer, Kramer, and Albright rounding out the top five. The Speed Mart/Advanced Racing Suspension/Hepfner Racing Hard Charger award went to Elk Grove's Matt Land who started 21st and finished eighth. With the season quickly dwindling down, Gasper will take a comfortable 80-point lead over Greco in the championship standings when the CLS goes to the Mohave Valley Raceway for a show that is being co-sanctioned by the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series on October 8th. Camarillo's Cody Nigh is third but is only two points ahead of Dyer. Michnowicz rounds out the top five. Browne reclaimed the lead in the Rookie of the Year battle and will lead Fillmore's Connor Speir by 24-points going into the race in the "Copper State." Gasper's chances of winning the "Civil War Series" for the second consecutive year look strong, He will have a 63-point lead heading into the finale at Bakersfield on November 15th. Michnowicz, Browne, and Nigh make up third through fifth in the CWS. West Evens Motorsports Qualifying: 1. David Gasper, 13.825; 2. Bobby Michnowicz, 13.937; 3. Jeff Dyer, 13.987; 4. Will Browne, 14.025; 5. James Turnbull, 14.103; 6. Jarrett Kramer, 14.109; 7. Brandon Leedy, 14.177; 8. Dakota Albright, 14.244; 9. Cody Nigh, 14.257; 10. Eric Greco, 14.264; 11. Harlee Aguilera, 14.276; 12. Connor Speir, 14,296; 13. Leland Day, 14.296; 14. Aiden Lange, 14.331; 15. Greg Dennett, 14.478; 16. Dominic Del Monte, 14,658, 17. Jon Robertson, 14.806; 18. Gage Cheek, 14.911; 19. Mark Henry, 14.969; 20. Seth Dyer, 15.197; 21. Pat Kelley, 15.214; 22. Jacob Magallanes, 15.285; 23. Scott Kinney, No Time; 24. Matt Land No Time Extreme Muffler Heat #1 (8 Laps): 1. Greco; 2. Browne; 3. Gasper; 4. Leedy; 5. Day; 6. Henry; 7. Magallanes; 8. Del Monte Yoshimura R & D Heat #2 (8 Laps): 1. Albright; 2. Michnowicz; 3. Lange; 4. Turnbull; 5. Robertson; 6. Aguilera; 7. Seth Dyer; 8. Kinney Jake Swanson Shock Technology Heat #3 (8 Laps): 1. Dennett; 2. Cheek; 3. Kramer; 4. Jeff Dyer; 5. Speir; 6. Land; 7. Nigh; 8. Kelley Main Event (25 Laps With Starting Positions and Difference) 1. David Gasper, Santa Barbara, CA, (1st) 2. Bobby Michnowicz, Oak Hills, CA, -1.861 (4th) 3. Jeff Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA, -2,998 (5th) 4. Jarrett Kramer, Spring Valley, CA, -3.763 (3rd) 5. Dakota Albright, Waterford, CA, -4.270 (7th) 6. Eric Greco, Palmdale, CA, -4.560 (8th) 7. Greg Dennett, Livermore, CA, -7.406 (9th) 8. Matt Land, Elk Grove, CA, -8.198 (21) 9. Cody Nigh, Camarillo, CA, -9.313 (13th) 10. Aiden Lange, Lakewood, CA, -10.515 (11th) 11. Will Browne, Glendora, CA, -11.328 (6th) 12. Gage Cheek, Camarillo, CA, 11.745(12th) 13. Harlee Aguilera, Orangevale, CA, -14.305 (14th) 14. Connor Speir, Fillmore, CA, -14.555 (15th) 15. Brandon Leedy, Placerville, CA, -14.594 (10th) 16. Jon Robertson, Torrance, CA, -1 Lap (18th) 17. Jacob Magallanes, Pasadena, CA -1 Lap (24th) 18. Seth Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA, -1 Lap (23rd) 19. Leland Day, Bakersfield, CA, -14 Laps (16th) 20. Scott Kinney, Citrus Heights, CA, -20 Laps (22nd) 21. James Turnbull, Indio, CA, -23 Laps (2nd) 22. Mark Henry, Rosamond, CA, -23 Laps (19th) 23. Pat Kelley, Chino, CA, - 24 Laps (20th) 24. Dominic Del Monte, Gardena, CA, - 24 Laps (17th) Bakersfield CLS Contingency Awards Heat Race #1 - Extreme Muffler $50.00 Product Certificate - Eric Greco Heat Race #2 - Yoshimura R & D - $50.00 CSI Product Certificate - Dakota Albright Heat Race #3 - Jake Swanson Shock Technology $50.00 Product Certificate - Greg Dennett 1st Place Main Event - Eibach Springs $100.00 Product Certificate - David Gasper 2nd Place Main Event - Vahlco Wheels $50.00 Product Certificate - Bobby Michnowicz 3rd Place Main Event - Jake Swanson Shock Technology $50 Product Certificate - Jeff Dyer 4th Place Main Event - Hyper Chassis - $50 Product Certificate - Jarrett Kramer 5th Place Main Event - Smith Titanium Product Certificate - Dakota Albright 10th Place Main Event - King Racing Products $25.00 Product Certificate - Aiden Lange Fast Qualifier - West Evans Motorsports $25.00 Product Certificate - David Gasper Hard Charger - Speed Mart $25.00 Product Certificate - Matt Land Hard Charger - Advanced Racing Suspension $50.00 Product Certificate - Matt Land Hard Charger - Hepfner Racing Products $25.00 Product Certificate - Matt Land Hard Luck Award - Speed Mart $25.00 Product Certificate - Dominic Del Monte 1st Car Not On The Lead Lap - Rebel Gears 30% Off Coupon - Jon Robertson California Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - 1796 2. Eric Greco - 1716 3. Cody Nigh - 1601 4. Jeff Dyer - 1599 5. Bobby Michnowicz - 1487 6. Will Browne - 1280 7. Connor Speir - 1256 8. Jon Robertson - 1026 9. Pat Kelley - 973 10. Dominic Del Monte - 696 Civil War Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - CLS - 514 2. Eric Greco - CLS - 451 3. Bobby Michnowicz - CLS - 433 4. Will Browne - CLS - 420 5. Cody Nigh - CLS - 385 6. Greg Dennett - BCRA - 383 7. Dakota Albright - BCRA - 358 8. Harlee Aguilera - BCRA - 331 9. Matt Land - BCRA - 329 10. Brandon Leedy - BCRA - 302 The following companies have become marketing partners with the CLS in 2022. They have offered up more than $13,000.00 in contingencies that will be awarded on top of the regular racing purses and they will be paid out throughout the year. Yoshimura R&D, Hoosier Tires West, T-Shirts By Timeless, Extreme Mufflers, Saldana Racing Products, Rod End Supply, Speed Mart, Cold Fire West, West Evens Motorsports, RC Fuel Injection, Jake Swanson Shock Technology, Advanced Racing Suspensions, CSI Shocks, Eibach Springs, Triple X Race Components, King Racing Products, Hyper Racing Products, Rebel Gears, Vahlco Wheels, Wilwood Disk Brakes, Fuel Safe Systems, MPI, Circle Track Performance, E-Z UP, Hepfner Racing, Smith Titanium, and Hoosier Speed. If you or your company would like to become a partner of the longtime racing organization, contact Jon Robertson via email at mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net or by calling (310) 367-9050. 2022 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 25 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Grant Sexton April 2 Merced Speedway Non-Wing -- Civil War #1 - David Gasper April 16 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged (Make Up Main) David Gasper April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz May 14 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender May 21 Ventura Raceway Winged - Eric Greco June 11 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - David Gasper June 25 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 9 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 23 Ventura Raceway Winged - Dave Gasper August 6 *Santa Maria Raceway Winged - Brent Sexton August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged - Civil War #2 - Connor Spier August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged - Civil War #3 - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 10 Lemoore Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 24 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Civil War #4 - David Gasper October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway Winged - With SWLS October 29 Ventura Raceway Winged Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - With USAC Midgets - Civil War #5 Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points *Non Points Race To keep up with the CLS online, please visit the website at http://racecls.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/californialightningsprints 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 Gansen 2007 Shane Rossen 2008 Brent Sexton 2009 Stuart Hielschier Sr. 2010 Jarrett Kramer 2011 Tim Brown 2012 Bobby Michnowicz 2013 Stephen Limon 2014 Bobby Michnowicz 2015 Bobby Michnowicz 2016 Bobby Michnowicz 2017 Bobby Michnowicz 2018 Jarrett Kramer 2019 Jarrett Kramer 2021 David Gasper This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  EDDIE TAFOYA JR. FINISHES 8TH AT PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY

  (Chino, CA, September 26, 2022) Eddie Tafoya Jr. maintained his grip on fourth place in the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series championship standings when he placed eighth in the September 17th 30-lap main event at Perris Auto Speedway. With just six races remaining in the season, he is now 108 points ahead of the 5th place driver. 307284638_8817312504952906_409493830939414744_n (1).jpg Eddie Tafoya Jr. at Perris Auto Speedway on September 17. Bobby Kimbrough photo. A healthy field of 24 410 Sprint cars showed up for the race at the track that is located 76 miles east of Hollywood. The 25-year-old driver with movie star good looks began his night by qualifying 13th fastest with a time of 16.779. While that 13th place qualifying time may not seem up to Tafoya's normal standards, one must realize that it was only.577 slower than the fastest qualifier in the tightly packed field. Tafoya started on the outside of the front row in the tough first 10-lap heat race. As soon as the race began, the Chino Hills, California driver jumped ahead of the pack and proceeded to lead the first four laps. When the checkers ended the hard-fought battle, Tafoya was in third. When the field assembled on the famous half-mile clay Oval for the 30-lap main event, Tafoya was on the outside of row six. There was only one way the 2019 USAC CRA and USAC southwest series rookie of the year wanted to go in the race and that was forward. That is exactly what he did. By the halfway point he had marched up to the eighth spot and he stayed there for the duration. The result kept Tafoya's best season in sprint car racing rolling along. He has a perfect attendance record through the first 15 USAC/CRA races. Besides a seven-day period when he finished out of the top 10 three times in a row, he has not finished worse than ninth in the other 12 races and he has six top five results. His overall finishing average in main events this year is 7.86. In the three races that he finished out of the top 10, his average was 15.33. In the other 12 races of the year where he has not finished worse than nine, he has a fine 6.00 finishing average. As mentioned earlier, Tafoya is 108 points ahead of the fifth-place driver as the season hits the home stretch. In addition, he only trails the racer in front of him by 36 points. This Saturday's scheduled race at Perris Auto Speedway has been canceled due to a concert at the nearby lake. Next up for Tafoya will be a return to Arizona's Mohave Valley Raceway. Earlier this year he made his first-ever appearance at the "Copper State" track and placed third in the 30-lap main event. After the trip to Mohave, there will only be two weekends of racing remaining in 2022. The 55th Annual Chapman Chevrolet Western World Championship at Cocopah Speedway in Somerton, Arizona on October 28th and 29th and the 26th Annual Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway from November 3rd through the 5th. Tafoya has a great new YouTube channel at the following link https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1hrmC5L80EU. Be sure to stop by the Specialty Fasteners hauler after a race to meet Tafoya and his team and to pick up one of his great-looking team shirts. If you or your company would like to be a part of the Specialty Fastener team's effort, please contact Eddie Tafoya Jr. via phone at (909) 393-3999 or by e-mail at teamtafoya@aol.com. He will be happy to talk to you and lay out the team's 2023 plans. Fans can follow Tafoya on Instagram @eddietafoya51. The same contact point can be used to purchase his great-looking shirts via mail. Eddie Tafoya Jr. 2022 Race Results 1-27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 7th A Main 1-28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 9th A Main 1-29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 2nd A Main 3-26 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 18th A Main 4-1 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 13th A Main 4-2 Thunderbowl Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 15th A Main 4-23 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 3rd A Main 4-30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 5-28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 6-11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 6-25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main 7-8 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 13th A Main 7-9 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 10th A Main 7-10 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 15th A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 8-27 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 9-17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. (909) 226-7768 or E-mail mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  SEXTON GATLIN RACING GETS EIGHTH WIN IN NINE 2022 POWRi SOUTHWEST LIGHTNING SPRINT RACES

  (Lakeside, CA, September 24, 2022) For the eighth time in nine 2022 Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series races, Sexton Gatlin Racing captured the victory when the series visited Perris Auto Speedway for the very first time. However, it was the initial time that the winning driver was not named Sexton. The win went to El Cajon California's Braden Chiaramonte who was subbing for Grant Sexton. Ironically Chiaramonte is the only driver to take a non-SGR car to a win in an SWLS main event this season. That happened when he took the victory in his own car at Imperial Valley on April 23rd. PAS 9_17_22=3 20=LiteSpt=3425-3 #E07E.jpg SWLS winner Braden Chiaramonte and Kevin Bates at Perris Auto Speedway. Doug Allen Photo. SGR appeared at the world-famous Riverside County track with four cars for the mid-September show. Three of the cars were for the POWRi portion of the program. Family patriarch Brent Sexton and his oldest son Dalton manned two of them. Fifteen-year-old Chiaramonte was in the other as he was occupying the car normally driven by Brent's youngest son, Grant. Grant was there racing his full-size sprint car in the USAC/CRA portion of the program. That opened up the seat in his powerful lightning sprint and the hiring of Chiaramonte for the race. Things started out rough for SGR when Grant got over the cushion in turn one in hot laps and flipped violently into the catch fence. Fortunately, the 18-year-old climbed out of the race car without injuries. However, the same cannot be said for the car. It was heavily damaged in the flip, and the chassis will have to be replaced. As this piece went to press, work has begun to get on the track with another Ellis Chassis at the Mohave Valley Raceway on October 8th. On the Lightning side of the program, Chiaramonte and Dalton were in the first heat. Off the pole, Chiaramonte simply ran away from the field and won by nearly half the track. Dalton started seventh and finished fifth. A few moments later the second heat rolled onto the track. Brent started in sixth but had moved up to third before the field screamed into turn one on the first circuit. By the end of that lap, he was up to second. Five laps later he was still there when the checkered ended the race. For the 20-lap main event, the SGR trio comprised 50% of the top six starting spots. Chiaramonte was on the pole again. Brent was directly behind him on the inside of row two. Dalton was outside the third row in sixth. After the heat race, everyone expected another walk away from Chiaramonte. They were all surprised that when the green flag flew, his car did not get a good start and he was relegated to third by the time the field reached turn one. He nearly slipped back to 4th as Brent tried to drive around him as they came off turn two the first time. Chiaramonte fought off his car owner for the night and set sail for second place. While Chiaramonte and Brent got off to good starts, the same could not be said for Dalton. It became apparent at the hit of the throttle pedal to start the race that his car was having issues. By lap five, he was being lapped and it turned out that he had fouled a plug and was running on three cylinders. He ended up pulling his car off the track with a disappointing 18th-place finish. Chiaramonte moved up to the second-place spot on lap two. Soon thereafter he had closed in on the leader. The talented teen stocked the front-runner through the first dozen laps of the exciting main event. On lap 13 he made his move on the back straight away and commandeered the lead. From that point on he simply drove away from the field just like he did in the heat race. Lots of lapped traffic did not hinder his crowd-pleasing drive. When the race ended, he was a full straightaway ahead of the second-place car. Brent stayed in 4th for the duration. That was the first time since April 30th that he was not on the podium at an SWLS race. "I have got to thank Grant and Brent (Sexton) for letting me run their car," the happy winner told the crowd after the race. "It was all about being smooth. When we got past Dyer (Jeff Dyer who led the first 12 laps) I knew we were going to be good. I knew Seth (crew chief Seth Kramer) had this thing dialed. I want to thank all of them (SGR) for letting me run their car and my mom and dad and everybody else." Brent's good finish combined with Dalton's misfortune allowed him to extend his lead to 88-points in the SWLS championship standings. That is his biggest advantage of the year as he seeks his third ever lightning sprint car championship (he was California Lightning Sprint Car Series champion in 1999 and 2008). Another impressive performance when SGR returns to action at the Barona Speedway for the last time on October 1st would see Brent getting one hand on the championship trophy with three races to go. Sexton/Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2022 season possible. Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Johnny Motorhead, Troy Dirt, Victory Graphix, Swift Powdercoat, Maxima Oil, Automated Interior, and an extra special thanks to Scotty and Jimmy Keys. If you or your business wants to partner up with one of the most visible Lightning Sprint teams on the West Coast, please call (619) 454-6945. You can also E-mail mailto:sextonfire@cox.net or mailto:sextonfire@gmail.com. Sexton Gatlin Racing 2022 Schedule' 2022 Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Brent 7th - Grant 15th March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th March 25 Bakersfield Speedway CLS Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 8th - Dalton 17th April 16 Ventura Raceway VRA Sprints Wingless - Grant 1st April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Bezio 3rd - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th May 14 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Bezio 2nd - Brent 3rd May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Grant DNS June 11 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 2nd - Dalton 11th June 25 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Dalton 1st - Brent 2nd - Grant 3rd July 9 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Grant 2nd - Dalton 6th August 6 Santa Maria Raceway CLS Winged - Brent 1st - Dalton 15th August 6th Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant 11th B Main August 11 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged - Dalton 8th - Brent 13th - Grant 25th August 12 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged - Brent 1st - Grant 9th - Dalton 11th August 13 Greenbush Race Park Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 6th - Brent 11th - Dalton 13th August 14 Minkota Nationals Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 15th - Brent DNS Sept. 17 Perris Auto Speedway (with USAC/CRA) POWRi Winged - Chiaramonte 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 18th Sept. 17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant DNS October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged October 8 Mojave Valley Raceway POWRi/CLS Winged October 13 Lemoore Raceway (California Cup) Open Winged October 14 Lemoore Raceway (California Cup) Open Winged October 15 Lemoore Raceway (California Cup) Open Winged October 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless October 24 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless November 15 Bakersfield Speedway BCRA/CLS Winged November 17 Petaluma Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless November 18 Petaluma Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless November 19 Petaluma Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  Johnson and Worth USAC winners at Ventura

  Chase Johnson won the USAC West Coast Sprint Car feature at Ventura Raceway Saturday night while Ben Worth picked up the USAC Western States Midget Win.

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  WILL BROWNE TAKES FIFTH ON PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY HALF-MILE

  (Glendora, California, September 22, 2022) Rookie Lightning Sprint Car driver Will Browne had another impressive performance last Saturday. Racing on the largest dirt track he has competed on to date, the ½-mile Perris Auto Speedway, Browne finished fifth in the 18-car POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series main event. This Saturday, Browne will journey to the more familiar Bakersfield Speedway for a California Lightning Sprint Car Series race. 307699561_8809330912417732_7734925166641663056_n (1).jpg Will Browne coming off turn two at Perris Auto Speedway. Bobby Kimbrough photo. For 18-year-old Browne, who was driving the what is becoming familiar to the fans "Win It Racing" #8, it was his third race with the SWLS. He began his lightning career with the group in two races at the Imperial Valley Raceway the first weekend in March. Since then, he has been racing lightnings exclusively with the CLS. However, with an off night from that series, and the lure of racing on the track closest to his Glendora, California home, he jumped at the opportunity. While the cars in the two competing groups are identical, the race format is not. The main difference is, the Southwest Lightning Sprints draw for positions in their heat races rather than qualify like the California Lightning Sprint Cars. For his six-lap heat, Browne drew the inside of row three (fifth). He charged into fourth as soon as the race started. By lap two, he had chased down the third-place car and he made the pass for that spot one lap later. He then pursued the second-place car and was on his tail when he ran out of laps before he could snatch that spot. For his first appearance on a large clay track, it was a very impressive showing. For the 20-lap main, Browne started in the fifth-place spot and stayed there the entire distance. He drove a smooth race, negotiated the lapped cars impeccably, and was never passed by another car. It was a great introduction to competition on the world-famous racetrack. "That was a pretty solid night," Browne said to his fans on his latest YouTube video. "Fifth-place finish and there was a good amount of cars there (18). It's a really big track and probably the fastest I have gone in this car. It was a good time. I was glad to have everything reasonably figured out for Perris. I have never been there before, so I kind of guessed on setup and kind of guessed on gearing. It ended up being fairly good. I had no complaints." This week Browne and his crew will be headed back to a more familiar track in Bakersfield for round four of the CLS vs BCRA "Civil War Series." Going into the night, Browne is third in "Civil War Series" points and is only 11 points out of second. That also makes him the leading rookie in the five-race mini-series. In the CLS regular season-long standings, Browne is seventh. However, he is only nine points out of sixth and the same amount out of first in the "Rookie of the Year" chase. Saturday will be his fourth appearance at the famous Kern County racetrack. His first appearance there was on March 25th at the CLS season opener. He placed ninth. Three weeks later he went back and finished seventh. His best finish at the track came on May 14th when he came home fourth. At the CLS last race on the Kern County Oval on June 11th, he finished fifth. Be sure to check out and subscribe to Browne's YouTube channel. Click on the following link to get an inside look at his impressive performance at Perris. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59z-UzfA2pQ&t=11s. Spectator gates at Bakersfield will open at 4:00 p.m. with racing at 6:00. Adult tickets are $20.00. Seniors 65+ and military get in for $18.00. For kids 6-12 it is just $10.00 and children 5 and under are free. Advance tickets are available at the following link https://www.myracepass.com/events/394488/tickets/. The track is located at 5001 N. Chester Ext., in Bakersfield (93308). The track website is http://www.bakersfieldspeedway.com/ and the office phone number is (661) 393-3373. Parking is free. Browne and his team would like to thank marketing partner Pacific Panel Products for being a part of his rookie campaign in lightning sprint cars. If you would like to join the friendly newcomer in his rookie season, drop an email or give him a call at the following: willbrowne88@gmail.com or (626) 261-5310. Will Browne 2022 Racing Results March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main April 2 Merced Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 7th A Main May 14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main May 21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main June 11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main June 25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS June 25 Ventura Raceway WMR Midgets 7th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 2ND A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main September 10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 12th A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main September 24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 29 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 15 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 17 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 18 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 19 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or (909) 226-7768

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  BRODY ROA TAKES THIRD IN PERRIS USAC/CRA RACE - RACING IN USAC WEST COAST SERIES THIS WEEK

  (Cypress, CA, September 22, 2022) Brody Roa rebounded from a disastrous USAC/CRA Sprint Car race at Perris Auto Speedway in August to finish third in the Glenn Howard Memorial last Saturday night. This Saturday he will journey north to team up with Jayson May in the USAC West Coast Series race at the Ventura Raceway. 297879254_2204237209743457_8079382424926505894_n.jpg Brody Roa will be trying to steer Jason May's #8M to the win Saturday at Ventura. Lance Jennings photo. After two weeks of scorching heat, race teams and fans were greeted by temperatures in the mid-80s for Saturday's show. Roa, who lives in Garden Grove California, was one of 24 USAC/CRA Sprint Car drivers on hand for the show. Stopping the clocks at 16.540, the 31-year-old veteran racer was eighth fastest on the night. That is not the ideal place to qualify. If the seven cars who qualified faster than him all finished in the top four in their heat race, that would mean the best Roa could start in the main event would be eighth. However, things worked out perfectly. He won his heat race and two cars who qualified faster than he finished, fifth or worse. That meant Roa would be on the pole for the 30-lap main event. Before he got to that main event, Roa contested a 10-lap heat race. Starting on the outside of row 2, he led the last 6 laps for his fourth heat win of the year in the series. "Seems like we are always pretty good in heat races here this year," the popular driver told the crowd after his win. "We are trying something a lot different with the car tonight. We have to work on it a little bit for the feature. Cody (Cody Williams who was leading Roa in the heat before dropping out), was definitely way better. He would have smoked us if he didn't break or whatever happened. So, we have to work on it a little bit for the feature and we will be all right." Whatever crew chief Zac Bozanich and the crew worked on before the main, it worked out well. As soon as the race started, Roa burst into the lead. He proceeded to set the early pace and led the first nine laps before relinquishing the top spot. The friendly driver stayed close to the leader. He was second after a restart with a couple of laps to go, but a small bobble coming off turn two cost him and he dropped to third. He stayed on the throttle and crossed the finish line only two lengths behind the second-place car. It was his fifth USAC/CRA podium in only 10 races this year. Two of the podiums, Perris in June and Santa Maria in August, were wins. "We brought a really different package tonight on the car," Roa said at the end of the race. "We worked on it all night. It needs a few tweaks on it. We will take it and learn from it. It was worth trying something as we are not point racing. We are not worried about it if we run third. Winning would have been nice and the paycheck is a little bit better. We come to win and we also come to get better. Trying things is what we need to do to do that. Thanks to all my guys. My dad, Zach, Joe, Uncle B, Zach's mom Tracey, my wife and daughter, she turns two tomorrow. That is big and exciting. I wish I could have brought her a trophy home. We will go have a party tomorrow and enjoy the weekend." This Saturday, September 24th, Roa will be back in Jayson May's #8M for the USAC West Coast Series race at Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway. Thus far in 2022, Roa has made two appearances at Ventura. On June 11th he placed second in the USAC/CRA main and on August 27th, he won the West Coast Series main in May's car. Three weeks before that, he drove May's car, which is a 360, to the win in the USAC/CRA 410 main event at the Santa Maria Raceway. For fans who would like to attend Saturday's race to see Roa driving the #8M, spectator gates will open at 3:00 p.m. and the first race will be at 5:30. The track is located on the Ventura County Fairgrounds at 10 W. Harbor Boulevard (93001). The website is http://venturaraceway.com/ and the office phone number is (805) 648-RACE. Adult tickets are $22.00. Seniors 60 and over, military with id, and students with id get in for $18.00. Children 12 and under are free when they are accompanied by an adult. If you wish to hear Roa's recent appearance on the Dirt Tracks and Rib Racks podcast, you can do so at the following link https://spoti.fi/3cjQrLL. In 2022, Roa is racing in the USAC/CRA, USAC National, and other select events, in his #91R BR Performance/HD Industries Eagle. He will also drive the #8M for May Motorsports in select USAC West Coast events. The 2019 USAC Southwest and 2017 USAC West Coast champion is always open to discussing other driving opportunities. Roa and the team want to thank the following sponsors for making the 2022 season possible. HD Industries, Burris Racing, Sander Engineering, Inland Rigging, Caltrol, "Biker" Bruce Fischer, Competition Suspension, ALR Virtual Services, K-1 Race Gear, Molecule, Rod End Supply, Driven Racing Oil, Baldwin Filters, and NGK Spark Plugs. In addition, the veteran driver offers thanks to RDM Mechanics, Fastenal, Coopers Propane, Ten West Towing, Ten West Environmental, TJM Distribution, and Westco International for sponsoring the #8M he will pilot for Jayson May on 10 occasions in 2022. If you or your company would like to jump on board and receive recognition as a team partner throughout the 2022 racing season, please give the two-time USAC champion racer a phone call or drop him a note at the contact information on the top of this release. Fans can learn more about Roa and the team at https://www.brodyroa.com/. Fans can also check out the team news at Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/br91r/. To keep up with May Motorsports, please check out and "like" its Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/MayMotorsports8M Brody Roa's 2022 Schedule and Race Results January 12 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 15th A Main January 15 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 13th C Main January 27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main January 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 6th A Main January 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main February 11 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 5th A Main February 12 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 2nd A Main February 26 Keller Auto Speedway King of Thunder 9th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway World of Outlaws 8th B Main March 26 Perris Auto Speedway World of Outlaws 24th A Main April 9 Keller Auto Speedway NARC King of the West Canceled April 30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main June 11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 2nd A Main June 25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 1ST A Main July 22 Gas City I69 Speedway ISW - USAC National 9th C Main July 23 Kokomo Speedway ISW - USAC National 7th B Main July 24 Lawrenceburg Speedway ISW - USAC National Rained out July 25 Circle City Raceway ISW - UASC National 19th A Main July 27 Terre Haute Action Track ISW - USAC National Rained Out July 28 Lincoln Park Speedway ISW - USAC National 8th B Main July 29 Bloomington Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main July 30 Tri State Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main August 20 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 19th A Main August 27 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 1st A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main September 24 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 October 1 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA October 8 Keller Auto Speedway NARC King of the West - Twin 25s October 15 Kern County Raceway USAC West Coast 360 October 28* Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA - Western World October 29* Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA - Western World October 29* Kern County Raceway NARC King of The West November 3 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 4 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 5 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 25 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP November 26 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP *Decision on which track/class to run is pending. @hdindustries_1971 @burris_racing_usa @mikeburrisoc @csishocks @sander_engineering @sanderjenna @theoriginalloosebruce @alrvirtualservices @k1racegear @moleculesports @rodendsupply @baldwinfilters @ngkracing @originalngksparkplugs @usacnation @usac_cra @perrisautospeedway @b_roa91 @tai_xoxo_roa @zacboz35 @joegibb83, @inlandrigging, @eaglemotorsportsinc @caltrolinc @drivenracingoil This release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  JEFF DYER FINISHES SECOND IN POWRi MAIN EVENT AT PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY

  (Yucca Valley, CA, September 22, 2022) A late decision by Jeff Dyer to contest the first POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series race at Perris Auto Speedway proved to be a good one as the veteran driver finished second in the green to checkers main event. The finish ended an uncharacteristic four-race skid that saw him finish out of the top 10 in four straight races. 307981322_5399553556747669_2196949941062649884_n.jpg Jeff Dyer placed second at Perris last Saturday night. Heading to Bakersfnield this week. Doug Allen photo. Dyer, a CHP officer who lives in Yucca Valley, California, showed some early speed when he started seventh and drove to a third-place finish in the second, six-lap heat race. Seth Dyer, Jeff's 15-year-old son, started ninth and finished eighth in the same heat. On a night when several of Dyer's CHP co-workers were looking on, he started on the outside of the front row for the 20-lap main event. As soon as the green flag started the race, he steered his #4 into the lead. Over the first seven laps, he had clear sailing and established a big advantage. He began to face a challenge on the eighth go around but managed to hold off his pursuer until the 13th circuit when the latter got by. From that point, Dyer maintained second to the checkers. "My car was just really too good too early and it kind of faded on me," Dyer told The PAS crowd at the end of the race. "Then he got by me. But that kid (winner Braden Chiaramonte) is really good. It is not a real shame to lose to him." Dyer hopes Saturday's result was the beginning of another good run of finishes for the final two months of the 2022 campaign. Thus far this year, he has made 16 lightning sprint starts total between the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints and the California Lightning Sprints. Of the 16, he has finished in the top four 10 times. Six of the 10 have been second-place results. This Saturday night, the father and son team will be racing in round #4 of the "Civil War Series" featuring the California Lightning Sprint Cars vs the Bay Cities Racing Association at the fabled Bakersfield Speedway. The race will also be a full points-paying race for the CLS. Jeff is currently ranked fourth in CLS points and Seth is 13th. In four previous races at Bakersfield this year, Jeff has a fine record with one second, one third, and two fourth-place finishes. That gives him a sparkling 3.25 finishing average in 2022 at the Kern County clay oval. Seth opened his CLS career at the last race at Bakersfield on June 14th. In that event he finished 12th. Spectator gates at Bakersfield will open at 4:00 p.m. with racing at 6:00. Adult tickets are $20.00. Seniors 65+ and military get in for $18.00. For kids 6-12 it is just $10.00 and children 5 and under are free. Advance tickets are available at the following link https://www.myracepass.com/events/394488/tickets/. The track is located at 5001 N. Chester Ext., in Bakersfield (93308). The track website is http://www.bakersfieldspeedway.com/ and the office phone number is (661) 393-3373. Parking is free. Jeff is racing in memory of his grandfather Glenn Sels throughout the 2022 season. Dyer would like to thank the following for making the 2022 season possible in the #4 Lightning Sprint Car. Dependable Machine Inc., Haircuts By Susie, Jobu Racing, LBA Investigations, and Dyer Motorsports. For the USAC/CRA #39 sprint car, Straight Time Stirrups, Dependable Machines Inc., Hair Cuts By Susie, Jobu Racing, Justice Brothers, and Specialty Fasteners make it all possible. If you would like to be a part of Dyer Motorsports in 2022, call (760) 267-0298 or send an email to mailto:dyermotorsports4@gmail.com. Jeff Dyer 2022 Results 3-5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest 13th A Main 3-25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 4th A Main 3-26 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 13th A Main 4-1 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 14th A Main 4-2 Thunderbowl Raceway USAC/CRA 23rd A Main 4-16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 3rd A Main 4-23 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 14th B Main 4-30 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 1 4-30 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 2 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 14th A Main 5-21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 5-28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars DNS 6-11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 4th A Main 6-25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 11th A Main 7-16 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 3rd A Main 7-23 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprints 13th A Main* 8-25 Silver Dollar Speedway California Lightning Sprints 16th A Main 8-26 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprints 17th A Main 9-10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprints 11th A Main 9-17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main Seth Dyer 2022 Lightning Sprint Results 6-11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 12th A Main 6-25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 15th A Main 7-16 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 10th A Main 7-23 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 10th A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprints 14th A Main 8-25 Silver Dollar Speedway California Lightning Sprints DNS 9-10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprints 14th A Main 9-17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 16th A Main *Indicates Non Points Race * Scott Daloisio produced this release. For more information, use the following: call (909) 226-7768 or E-mail mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com. To keep up to date with all the teams, tracks, and series represented by the above, please visit the Instagram page @socalmotorsportspr

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  BRADEN CHIARAMONTE DOMINATED IN PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY DEBUT LAST SATURDAY - TAKING ON TEXAS THIS WEEK

  (El Cajon, CA, September 21, 2022) Fifteen-year-old racing phenom Braden Chiaramonte made his first competitive appearance at Southern California's Perris Auto Speedway last Saturday and he ran roughshod over the competition winning both his heat and the main event in the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series. The triumph gave him two wins in five starts in the SWLS this year. This week the talented driver is headed to Texas to drive an Outlaw Non-Wing micro in "C. Bell's MICRO MANIA" at the Lil' Texas Motor Speedway. 307645947_5399552343414457_4122898854922681339_n (1).jpg Braden Chiaramonte after his win in the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints Saturday at Perris. Chiaramonte's participation last Saturday at America's Premiere Dirt Track caught many by surprise. Earlier this year the #73 lightning sprint car he drove in 2021 and at the start of this season was traded for a full-size sprint car. However, when Sexton Gatlin Racing came calling with a seat open in one of its potent cars for Saturday's race, the El Cajon, California teen jumped at the opportunity. His acceptance and the subsequent result ended up being a win for him and the team.Chiaramonte was on the pole in the SGR #3 normally driven by Grant Sexton for the first heat race. As soon as the green flag sent the field on its way, Chiaramonte drove into the lead. The only thing that slowed him was a lap two yellow flag. When the green flag came back out, he simply ran away from the field on the brightly lit half-mile oval. By the time the checkered flag ended the six lapper, he was nearly a half-track ahead of the second-place car. "It was fun," the well-spoken driver told the crowd from his cockpit after the heat. "I have not been in a lightning sprint for a while, so it was fun to get back in one. The track is fast. You just have to be super smooth and hold it wide open. Whoever is the smoothest is going to be the fastest. I was holding it wide open for most of the track, so I thought I was going to be pretty fast." An hour and 20 minutes after he won his heat race, the SWLS main event field rolled onto the racetrack. Once again, Chiaramonte was starting on the pole. That was bad news for the remainder of the field. However, when the green lights came on, the car did not get off the corner and Chiaramonte initially slipped back to third. He advanced one spot up to second on lap two and began stalking the leader. The teen closed in on the leader on lap seven and battled with him for six laps before asserting himself and taking the lead on lap 13. As soon as he moved into the top spot, he did the same number on the field as he did in his heat race. He went unchallenged the remainder of the way and won by a full straightaway. "It was a crazy race," Chiaramonte told the crowd after celebrating the win with a wing dance. "I have got to thank Grant and Brent (Sexton) for letting me run their car. It was all about being smooth. When we got past Dyer (Jeff Dyer who led the first 12 laps) I knew we were going to be good. I knew Seth (crew chief Seth Kramer) had this thing dialed. I want to thank all of them (SGR) for letting me run their car and my mom and dad and everybody else. Hopefully, we can make it to the World of Outlaws one day. I am going to race everything I can get into. We race for the next nine weekends in a row. I am pretty excited about that. We leave for Texas on Monday. Hopefully, we can bring home some hardware from Texas and see what else happens." After Chiaramonte's interview, gracious second-place finisher Dyer told the crowd, "My car was just really too good too early, It kind of faded on me and he got by me. But that kid is really good. There is no shame to lose to him." Fans who have a Flo Racing subscription can see a replay of Chiaramonte's impressive night. For those who do not, but would like more information, visit the Flo Racing website at https://www.floracing.com/. All three nights of this week's "C. Bell MICRO Mania" race will be available to watch live on the Dirt Vision site. All the details are available at https://www.dirtvision.com/. Chiaramonte will be racing in Texas on Friday night. In two practice sessions on Wednesday, he was fifth fastest in his group the first time on the track and third fastest the second time he went out. Sunday afternoon, Chiaramonte was a guest on the Racer Radio Show. He talked with host Dave Stall about his big win at Perris on Saturday and this week's trip to Texas. You can hear a replay of the show (Chiaramonte comes on at around 24 minutes) at the following link http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/radio22/RACERRADIO220918.mp3. Chiaramonte would like to thank the following marketing partners for making his 2022 racing season possible. RTL Traffic Control and Equipment Rentals, AM Ortega, Impact Racing, and AIM Sports Data. If you or your company would like to join forces with the fast-rising racing team, please contact Daniel Chiaramonte online at the following link mailto:dchiaramonte@rtltraffic.com or by calling (619) 988-7563. Braden Chiaramonte 2022 Results January 1 Tulsa Shootout Stock Non Wings 9th A Main March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 8th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway USAC Western States Midgets 9th A Main April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 1st A Main April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main May 12 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 13th A Main May 13 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 16th A Main May 14 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 5th L.C.Q. May 21 Ventura Raceway USAC Western State Midgets 7th A Main June 2 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 12th A Main June 3 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 14th A Main June 4 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 8th Qualifier June 11 Lemoore Jet Bowl Non-Wing Outlaw Micro 4th A Main June 18 Merced Speedway USAC Western Midgets 10th A Main July 15 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 18th A Main July 16 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 16th A Main August 4 Indianapolis Motor Speedway USAC National Midgets 5th D Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 18th A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 12th B Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint 1st A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. You can contact him online at mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or by calling (909) 226-7768.

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  VENTURA HOSTS USAC WESTERN MIDGETS & USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CARS

  This Saturday, September 24th, the USAC Western States Midgets are back in action at Ventura Raceway. Promoted by Jim Naylor, the eleventh point race will also feature the USAC West Coast Sprint Cars, VRA Dwarf Cars, IMCA Sport Compacts, and Kids Classes.

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  USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CARS & USAC WESTERN MIDGETS EYE VENTURA RETURN

  The battle for the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Championship will resume this Saturday, September 24th, at Ventura Raceway. Promoted by Jim Naylor, the seventh point race will also showcase the USAC Western States Midgets, VRA Dwarf Cars, IMCA Sport Compacts, and Kids Classes.

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  BRADEN CHIARAMONTE MAKES PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY DEBUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT

  (El Cajon, CA, September 16, 2022) Perris Auto Speedway fans are in for an extra treat this Saturday night, September 27th. In addition to the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, and PAS Senior & Young Gun Sprints, the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series will be making its first-ever appearance at the famous Riverside County half-mile clay oval. One of the drivers on the SWLS roster on Saturday will be El Cajon, California's Braden Chiaramonte. The teen is one of the brightest young stars in open-wheel racing and he will be making his first appearance at The PAS. 305732394_10166649592170201_7960740056528981068_n.jpg Braden Chiaramonte getting fitted into the Tyner/Hurst Enterprises 360 last month. Chiaramonte Photo. Chiaramonte, 15, got the call from Sexton Gatlin Racing to drive the car normally driven by Grant Sexton. Sexton will be running his 360 sprint car in the USAC/CRA portion of Saturday's show. That opened up the seat in his #3 SWLS car for Chiaramonte, who will now be teammates with Brent Sexton and his son Dalton. Brent and Dalton are ranked first and second in SWLS points going into Saturday's race. They, along with Grant, have won seven of the first eight SWLS main events in 2022. The only driver to beat them in a main event this year was Chiaramonte when he drove his own #73 to the win at Imperial on April 23. One week later at Barona, Chiaramonte finished second in the main event to the car he will be driving on Saturday. Soon after the second-place finish at Barona, Chiaramonte's white #73 was sold. However, since that time he has raced at eight different tracks, in three different states, in four different cars. Among the tracks he has raced on in that span are Indiana's US 24 Raceway, Merced Speedway, Ventura Raceway, Silver Dollar Speedway, Lemoore Raceway, Placerville Speedway, Jefferson County Speedway, and last, but certainly not least, the most famous racetrack in the world, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. While he has now made several forays into USAC Midget racing, his latest exploit was a pair of races in Northern California on August 26th and 27th. Those two nights would see him make his first ever starts in a full-size 360-winged sprint car. In the typical Braden Chiaramonte fashion, he stood out from the drop of the green in qualifying at Chico when he out-qualified over 30 of the veteran drivers on hand. He then moved forward in his first full-size sprint car heat to finish fourth and capture a direct transfer into the main event. After initially slipping back to 23rd in that main, late in the race he moved back up to finish 18th. After Saturday's event at Perris, Chiaramonte is going to be a busy racer over the next month. Next week he will be off to Lil' Texas Motor Speedway for "C. Bell's MICRO MANIA." In the following two weeks, he will be back in California in the Tyner/Hurst Enterprises winged 360 for the Fall Nationals in Chico and at Keller Auto Speedway for the Cotton Classic. One week later he will be jetting to Oklahoma for three nights of racing in the KKM Giveback Classic at the Port City Raceway. Adult tickets to see rising star Chiaramonte in action on Saturday are $30.00. Seniors 65 and over get in for $25.00. For kids 6 to 12, it is just $5.00. Children 5 and under are admitted free. There will be plenty of tickets available for everyone at the ticket window on Saturday, this event will not sell out. Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in the city of Paris (91767). The track website is http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/ and the office phone number is (951) 940-0134. The fairgrounds charges $10 for parking. For fans who come east on the 91 Freeway to get to The PAS, the eastbound lanes will be shut down all weekend in Corona. Fans can take the 91 east to either the 605 or the 57 north to the 60 Freeway east. Chiaramonte would like to thank the following marketing partners for making his 2022 racing season possible. RTL Traffic Control and Equipment Rentals, AM Ortega, Impact Racing, and AIM Sports Data. If you or your company would like to join forces with the fast-rising racing team, please contact Daniel Chiaramonte online at the following link mailto:dchiaramonte@rtltraffic.com or by calling (619) 988-7563. Braden Chiaramonte 2022 Results January 1 Tulsa Shootout Stock Non Wings 9th A Main March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 8th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 6th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway USAC Western States Midgets 9th A Main April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 1st A Main April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main May 12 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 13th A Main May 13 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 16th A Main May 14 US 24 Raceway All In Transportation A Wingless Clash 5th L.C.Q. May 21 Ventura Raceway USAC Western State Midgets 7th A Main June 2 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 12th A Main June 3 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 14th A Main June 4 US 24 Raceway Performance Electronics Big Dance 8th Qualifier June 11 Lemoore Jet Bowl Non-Wing Outlaw Micro 4th A Main June 18 Merced Speedway USAC Western Midgets 10th A Main July 15 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 18th A Main July 16 Jefferson County Speedway USAC National Midgets 16th A Main August 4 Indianapolis Motor Speedway USAC National Midgets 5th D Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 18th A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged 360 Sprint Cars 12th B Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. You can contact him online at mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or by calling (909) 226-7768.

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  SETH DYER MAKES PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY DEBUT THIS SATURDAY

  (Yucca Valley, CA, September 16, 2022) Rookie lightning Sprint car driver Seth Dyer of Yucca Valley, California will be making his Perris auto Speedway debut on Saturday night in the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series. Like his inauguration at the track, he will also be making his debut in the SWLS. As this piece went to press, it looked like he was going to be joined by his father, Jeff. The teenage racer made the massive jump from speedway sprints to lightning sprint cars with the California Lightning Sprint Car Series in early June. Since then, the second-generation racer has competed in seven CLS races on five different tracks. Prior to his debut, he learned the ins and outs of lightning Sprint car racing serving as crew chief for his father for the past few years. Saturday's race will see Dyer competing on a ½ mile oval for the very first time. Prior to this, the biggest track he had raced on was the 1/3 mile Santa Maria Raceway on August 6th. That night was the grand reopening of the track for the first time in over a year. Tough track conditions kept the speeds down at that race. Thus, on Saturday he will be going a lot faster than he ever has before in a lightning sprint car. Young Dyer has been biding his time and learning his craft by getting in a lot of laps. His best finishes have both come at the Ventura Raceway where he finished 10th two times. He is currently 13th in CLS points. Last week the youngster raced at the Lemoore Raceway in Central California for the first time. In the main event, a yellow flag came out on lap 12 of the 25-lapper. Coming down for the green flag for the restart, Jeff was in 3rd place. However, as he came off turn four to take the green flag, his chain broke slowing him drastically. That started a chain reaction crash that involved several cars including Seth. When another car spun in the middle of the straightaway, Seth had nowhere to go. He contacted the car's wheel and got turned head-on into the front straightaway crash wall. For the first time in his lightning career, he had gotten upside down. Fortunately, he quickly climbed out of his badly damaged car. The crash knocked four cars out of the race including both Dyer Motorsports entries. Jeff was credited with an 11th-place finish with Seth 14th. 306638097_8426517864032571_6224821460518837429_n.jpg Seth Dyer's car after his flip at Lemoore last week. The car has been straightened out and is ready for Perris on Saturday. DMS Photo. Adult tickets to see young Seth, and possibly Jeff, in action on Saturday, are $30.00. Seniors 65 and over get in for $25.00. For kids 6 to 12, it is just $5.00. Children 5 and under are admitted free. There will be plenty of tickets available for everyone at the ticket window on Saturday, this event will not sell out. For those who wish to purchase advance tickets, they are available 24 hours a day online at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7/event/1256365 or by calling 1-800-595-4849. Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in the city of Paris (91767). The track website is http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/ and the office phone number is (951) 940-0134. The fairgrounds charges $10 for parking. For fans who come east on the 91 Freeway to get to The PAS, the eastbound lanes will be shut down all weekend in Corona. Fans can take the 91 east to either the 605 or the 57 north to the 60 Freeway east. Dyer Motorsports will stay busy after Saturday's race at Perris. On September 24th, the team will return to the Bakersfield Speedway for round #4 of the Civil War Series featuring the CLS vs the Bay Cities Racing Association. Jeff is racing in memory of his grandfather Glenn Sels throughout the 2022 season. Dyer would like to thank the following for making the 2022 season possible in the #4 Lightning Sprint Car. Dependable Machine Inc., Haircuts By Susie, Jobu Racing, LBA Investigations, and Dyer Motorsports. For the USAC/CRA #39 sprint car, Straight Time Stirrups, Dependable Machines Inc., Hair Cuts By Susie, Jobu Racing, Justice Brothers, and Specialty Fasteners make it all possible. If you would like to be a part of Dyer Motorsports in 2022, call (760) 267-0298 or send an email to mailto:dyermotorsports4@gmail.com. Jeff Dyer 2022 Results 3-5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest 13th A Main 3-25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 4th A Main 3-26 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 13th A Main 4-1 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 14th A Main 4-2 Thunderbowl Raceway USAC/CRA 23rd A Main 4-16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 3rd A Main 4-23 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 14th B Main 4-30 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 1 4-30 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 2 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 14th A Main 5-21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 5-28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars DNS 6-11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 4th A Main 6-25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 11th A Main 7-16 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 3rd A Main 7-23 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprints 13th A Main* 8-25 Silver Dollar Speedway California Lightning Sprints 16th A Main 8-26 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprints 17th A Main 9-10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprints 11th A Main Seth Dyer 2022 Lightning Sprint Results 6-11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 12th A Main 6-25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 15th A Main 7-16 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 10th A Main 7-23 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 10th A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprints 14th A Main 8-25 Silver Dollar Speedway California Lightning Sprints DNS 9-10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprints 14th A Main *Indicates Non Points Race * Scott Daloisio produced this release. For more information, use the following: call (909) 226-7768 or E-mail mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com. To keep up to date with all the teams, tracks, and series represented by the above, please visit the Instagram page @socalmotorsportspr

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  MATT McCARTHY AND LOGAN WILLIAMS RACING IN GLENN HOWARD MEMORIAL SATURDAY

  (Ontario, CA, September 15, 2022) After four weeks off, the Ontario, California-based Flowdynamics Sprint Car team, which is comprised of Matt McCarthy and Logan Williams, will return to action in Saturday's 14th Annual Glenn Howard Memorial at Perris Auto Speedway. The competition will be the first for the two veteran drivers since the California Racer's Hall of Fame Night at Perris on August 20th. Spectator gates at the famous Riverside County half-mile clay oval will open at 5:00 p.m. and racing will commence at 7:00. PAS 3-26-22=28m 5w=1085-3.jpg Matt McCarthy (inside) and Logan Williams will be at the Glenn Howard Memorial Saturday. Doug Allen photo. The team returns to the track that is located about 75 miles east of Los Angeles after having mixed results there at the last race. To start off the night, McCarthy, who makes his home in Riverside, California, set the fastest time in qualifying with a sizzling 16.845. It was his first ever fast time and it could not have come on a better night. The California Racer's Hall of Fame Night features a lot of extra money up for grabs. McCarthy grabbed some of it when he pocketed $1000.00 for the Billy Wilkerson Fast Time Award. If that was not enough, a few minutes later he won the Junior Kurtz/Bill Simpson Trophy Dash. That dash was comprised of four separate three-lap races with the four fastest qualifiers. When the checkered flag waved over the last one, McCarthy had scored more points than his three foes and took the win that paid $2000.00. For the main event, McCarthy started seventh. In storybook fashion, he would have won the main event as well, but that did not happen. Early in the race, he was battling to get into the top five when contact was made with another car and he stopped on the track. He had to go to the back for the restart and ended up 13th. Williams night ended just after it started with a violent crash in turn four in qualifying. The Yorba Linda, California racer walked away from the incident uninjured, but his car suffered heavy damage and it was through for the night. Each Flowdynamics driver has started four of the five A main events at Perris this year and each has two top 10 finishes. Williams recorded his best Perris finish when he placed fifth on June 25th. McCarthy's best finish this year at the team's home track was a 7th at the March 26th season opener. That is his overall best finish of the year (all tracks combined). Williams best overall finish came at the Bakersfield Speedway when he placed fourth on May 14th. Despite his qualifying tumble, Williams remained fifth in the series championship standings. McCarthy is currently 10th. The two teammates will get one week off before returning to Perris on October 1st. From there it will be on to Arizona's Mohave Valley Raceway on October 8th. After that, there will be a total of five dates left in the year. They start with two nights of action at the 55th Annual Western World Championships at the Cocopah Speedway on October 28th and 29th. The following weekend they will return to Perris to wrap up the season at the 26th Heimark Anheuser Busch/Budweiser Oval Nationals on November 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Both of those events will pay full points for the USAC/CRA and USAC National Sprint Cars each night. After Saturday's race ends, be sure to head down to the pits to meet the Flowdynamics drivers and pick up their team racing shirts. Adult tickets to see the Flowdynamics drivers in action on Saturday are $30.00. Seniors 65 and over get in for $25.00. For kids 6 to 12, it is just $5.00. Children 5 and under are admitted free. There will be plenty of tickets available for everyone at the ticket window on Saturday, this event will not sell out. For those who wish to purchase advance tickets, they are available 24 hours a day online at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7/event/1256365 or by calling 1-800-595-4849. Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in the city of Paris (91767). The track website is http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/ and the office phone number is (951) 940-0134. The fairgrounds charges $10 for parking. For fans who come east on the 91 Freeway to get to The PAS, the eastbound lanes will be shut down all weekend in Corona. Fans can take the 91 east to either the 605 or the 57 north to the 60 Freeway east. McCarthy and Williams would like to thank the following sponsors for making the 2021 season possible. Flowdynamics Inc., JFK Design Build, Cal Therm Mechanical Insulators, CRC Component Repair Co., Encore Gas and Supply, Drink-Pac, and Benic Enterprises. If you or your company would like to come on board and join up with one of the fastest rising sprint car teams west of the Mississippi, please contact John McCarthy at 909 930-5522 or mailto:john@flody.inc mailto:john@flodyinc.com Matt McCarthy 2022 Results 1/27/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 22nd A Main 1/28/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 1/29/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 14th A Main 3/26/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 4/1/22 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 4/2/22 Tulare Thunderbowl USAC/CRA 18th A Main 4/23/22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main 4/30/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS 5/14/22 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA 16th A Main 5/28/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 15th A Main 6/11/22 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 16th A Main 6/25/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 8th A Main 8/6/22 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 18th A Main 8-20-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 13th A Main Logan Williams 2022 Results 1/27/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main 1/28/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 1/29/22 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA 7th A Main 3/26/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 4/1/22 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 4/2/22 Tulare Thunderbowl USAC/CRA 12th A Main 4/23/22 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA 22nd A Main 4/30/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 11th A Main 5/14/22 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA 4th A Main 5/28/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main 6/11/22 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 10th A Main 6/25/22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 5th A Main 8/6/22 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 4th A Main 8-20-22 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA DNS This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. Contact is available at (909) 226-7768 or via email at mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com.

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  EDDIE TAFOYA JR. IS RESTED AND READY FOR SATURDAY'S PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY SPRINT CAR RACE

  (Chino, CA, September 15, 2022) After an unplanned break in the schedule and a quick, relaxing trip to Hawaii, Eddie Tafoya Jr. will return to the sprint car wars when the USAC/CRA Series visits Perris Auto Speedway for the Glenn Howard Memorial this Saturday night. The race will be the 18th of the year for the Chino Hills, California-based driver and his sixth at Perris. Tafoya last raced on August 20th on the same ½-mile clay oval he will be competing on this Saturday night. On that evening, he was the 9th fastest qualifier in the 21-car field. He backed that up with a second-place finish in his heat race. He then led the main event early on before eventually finishing fifth. That finish was Tafoya's sixth top-five finish in 14 main event starts in the series this year. It also stretched his streak of finishing eighth or better in the series to eight races dating back to April 2nd. PAS 8_20_22=51t=6326-3#0916.jpg Eddie Tafoya Jr. is fourth in the USAC/CRA standings headed into Saturday's race. Doug Allen photo. Since that last race, Tafoya and all the other series drivers were scheduled to race at the Bakersfield Speedway on September 3rd. However, blistering temperatures would have made conditions unsafe for fans, drivers, and crews. In addition, the extreme heat would have made it hard to keep the track racy and would have played havoc with tires. Tafoya, 25, the 2018 PAS Young Gun Champion and 2019 USAC/CRA and USAC Southwest Rookie of the Year, is still near the top of the season-long championship standings. Manning the fourth place spot for most of the season, he enters Saturday's show at Perris just 23-points out of third and 58-points out of second. Tafoya still has plenty of time to advance higher in the standings. Including Saturday's race at Perris, there are seven races left before the season ends on November 5th. After Saturday's race on the famous Riverside County half-mile clay oval, Tafoya will have a week off before returning to the same track on October 1st. The following week he will journey to the Mohave Valley Raceway, which is minutes away from the Colorado River and only about 20 miles from Laughlin on October 8th. On his first ever appearance at that track on April 23rd, Tafoya placed third in the main event. Tafoya will be back in Arizona to finish the month of October at the 55th Annual Western World at the Cocopah Speedway on October 28th and 29th. At the end of January, Tafoya kicked off his campaign with three straight nights of action on the track which is located near Yuma. After finishing seventh at the season opener and ninth the following night, Tafoya wrapped up that trip with a season-best second-place finish on January 29th. After Cocopah, he will wrap up his season the following week with three nights of action at the 26th Annual Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway. Adult tickets for Saturday are $30.00. Seniors 65 and over get in for $25.00. For kids 6 to 12, it is just $5.00. Children 5 and under are admitted free. There will be plenty of tickets available for everyone at the ticket window on Saturday, this event will not sell out. For those who wish to purchase advance tickets, they are available 24 hours a day online at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7/event/1256365 or by calling 1-800-595-4849. Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in the city of Paris (91767). The track website is http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/ and the office phone number is (951) 940-0134. The fairgrounds charges $10 for parking. For fans who come east on the 91 Freeway to get to The PAS, the eastbound lanes will be shut down all weekend in Corona. Fans can take the 91 east to either the 605 or the 57 north to the 60 Freeway east. Tafoya has a great new YouTube channel at the following link https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1hrmC5L80EU. Be sure to stop by the Specialty Fasteners hauler after Saturday's race to meet Tafoya and his team and to pick up one of his great-looking team shirts. If you or your company would like to be a part of the Specialty Fastener team's effort, please contact Eddie Tafoya Jr. via phone at (909) 393-3999 or by e-mail at teamtafoya@aol.com. He will be happy to talk to you and lay out the team's plans. Fans can follow Tafoya on Instagram @eddietafoya51. The same contact point can be used to purchase his great-looking shirts via mail. Eddie Tafoya Jr. 2022 Race Results 1-27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 7th A Main 1-28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 9th A Main 1-29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 2nd A Main 3-26 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 18th A Main 4-1 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 13th A Main 4-2 Thunderbowl Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 15th A Main 4-23 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 3rd A Main 4-30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 5-28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 6-11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main 6-25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main 7-8 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 13th A Main 7-9 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 10th A Main 7-10 Huset's Speedway USAC National Sprint Cars 15th A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 8th A Main 8-27 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. 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  BRODY ROA ENJOYING A RELAXED SEASON IN 2022

  (Cypress, CA, September 15, 2022) When Southern California sprint car star Brody Roa released his 2022 racing schedule, it shocked many that he was running in a variety of different series and was not chasing championship points in any of them. As the season is about to hit the homestretch, Roa is completely happy with the decision and has absolutely no regrets. This Saturday night he will be competing in the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series at Perris Auto Speedway. PAS 8_20_22=91r=6322-3#BC08.jpg Brody Roa will be back at Perris Auto Speedway on Saturday. Doug Allen Photo. The story of Roa's racing the past few seasons has been with the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series, USAC West Coast Sprint Cars, USAC National Sprint Cars when they headed west to end the season, and his annual trek to the Chili Bowl. To date this year he has raced the Chili Bowl, a few races in the USAC West Coast Series, the USAC National Series at Indiana Sprint Week, and periodic appearances with USAC/CRA. Additionally, he has raced with the World of Outlaws, ASCS/CAS Series in Arizona, King of Thunder winged 360s, and NARC King of the West 410s. With such a varied schedule, he has not had to think about the stress that comes along with point racing, and frankly, he is not missing it. "I am enjoying it, especially as it comes nearer to the end of the year," Roa said on Wednesday night. "I know the last few months, September, October, and November, are really stressful when you are point racing. You are counting points all night and you are trying to focus. It is always in the back of your head no matter what anybody says. You think about it. It is nice going into the end of this year not worrying about that. Going into the Ovals I will be focused on making good runs all three nights." "It has been our goal the last 10 years to run for that championship," Roa continued. "It is a different kind of fun I guess you could say. If we have a little off night, we are not worrying ourselves too much. We can move on to the next one. I have tried some things with the car this year that I probably would not have done (if they were chasing points). We have learned a lot this year and we have had a lot more fun. The tension level amongst the team is a little bit lower. It has been nice." The obvious question is if he has been having so much fun this year, is he going to do the same thing next year? One would think the clear answer would be "yes," he is going to stick with what he did in 2022. However, one must consider that the 31-year-old Garden Grove, California resident is a longtime successful racer with competitive juices that run deep. "I am not sure yet," Roa stated when asked if he would race for points in 2023. "It's a conversation I guess everybody has to have and decide what we want to do next year. I had fun with the wing deal this year, so I would like to do that occasionally. I want to run with Jayson (Jayson May who owns the #8M 360 sprint car Roa drives when available) more next year, too. When we get to the end of the year and schedules start coming out, we will all get together as a team with all of our partners, supporters, and families and see what we can and what we want to do next year." Roa's season will end a little over two months from now in the sprint car portion of the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Ventura. He has several races on his schedule including a stretch of five straight Saturdays of racing in three different series starting with this Saturday's USAC/CRA race at Perris. The rest of that stretch will include another USAC/CRA show at Perris, USAC Western Sprint Series races at Ventura and Kern County Raceway Park, and the NARC King of the West Twin 25's at Peter Murphy's Keller Auto Speedway. In addition to the October date at Keller, there may be one more wing race on his schedule in 2022. "We are going to put the wing back on a couple of times," Roa said. "Well, maybe a couple times. We only have one wing left. We have to get through the first one. We are going to do it once for sure. We will see about the second one and do whatever we feel at the end of October with the wing or non-wing." This Saturday Roa returns to Perris for his fourth wingless appearance at the track this year. His first three appearances on the famous Riverside County half-mile clay Oval in 2022 saw him finish in sixth place, third, and first. The win came on June 25th. The next time the series was at the track was on August 20th. To say the results were 180 degrees different would be an understatement. Between his heat race and getting clobbered and knocked out of the main on lap two, it seemed as though Roa was hit by everyone at the track except for the infield ambulance driver. "We still show up to run good, but having those nights hurts no matter what," Roa affirmed. "Whether it is points or just money. We rely a lot on the purse money to get the car ready again for the next one. When we have nights like that (August 20th) and we tear up everything in the trailer in like a total of 10 laps, it hurts the ego and the bank account. But it is definitely less stressful when I have a night like that this year as I am not worrying about a bad night points-wise." Roa is looking forward to this weekend in a big way. Not only will racing at Perris Auto Speedway on Saturday be on his agenda. On Sunday, Roa and his wife Tailor will be celebrating their daughter Addison's second birthday with family and friends. Adult tickets to see Roa and the rest of the stars in action on Saturday are $30.00. Seniors 65 and over get in for $25.00. For kids 6 to 12, it is just $5.00. Children 5 and under are admitted free. There will be plenty of tickets available for everyone at the ticket window on Saturday, this event will not sell out. For those who wish to purchase advance tickets, they are available 24 hours a day online at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7/event/1256365 or by calling 1-800-595-4849. Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in the city of Paris (91767). The track website is http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/ and the office phone number is (951) 940-0134. The fairgrounds charges $10 for parking. For fans who come east on the 91 Freeway to get to The PAS, the eastbound lanes will be shut down all weekend in Corona. Fans can take the 91 east to either the 605 or the 57 north to the 60 Freeway east. If you wish to hear Roa's recent appearance on the Dirt Tracks and Rib Racks podcast, you can do so at the following link https://spoti.fi/3cjQrLL. In 2022, Roa is racing in the USAC/CRA, USAC National, and other select events, in his #91R BR Performance/HD Industries Eagle. He will also drive the #8M for May Motorsports in select USAC West Coast events. The 2019 USAC Southwest and 2017 USAC West Coast champion is always open to discussing other driving opportunities. Roa and the team want to thank the following sponsors for making the 2022 season possible. HD Industries, Burris Racing, Sander Engineering, Inland Rigging, Caltrol, "Biker" Bruce Fischer, Competition Suspension, ALR Virtual Services, K-1 Race Gear, Molecule, Rod End Supply, Driven Racing Oil, Baldwin Filters, and NGK Spark Plugs. In addition, the veteran driver offers thanks to RDM Mechanics, Fastenal, Coopers Propane, Ten West Towing, Ten West Environmental, TJM Distribution, and Westco International for sponsoring the #8M he will pilot for Jayson May on 10 occasions in 2022. If you or your company would like to jump on board and receive recognition as a team partner throughout the 2022 racing season, please give the two-time USAC champion racer a phone call or drop him a note at the contact information on the top of this release. Fans can learn more about Roa and the team at https://www.brodyroa.com/. Fans can also check out the team news at Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/br91r/. To keep up with May Motorsports, please check out and "like" its Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/MayMotorsports8M Brody Roa's 2022 Schedule and Race Results January 12 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 15th A Main January 15 Tulsa Expo Raceway Chili Bowl Nationals 13th C Main January 27 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 5th A Main January 28 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 6th A Main January 29 Cocopah Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 4th A Main February 11 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 5th A Main February 12 Central Arizona Speedway ASCS/CAS 360 2nd A Main February 26 Keller Auto Speedway King of Thunder 9th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway World of Outlaws 8th B Main March 26 Perris Auto Speedway World of Outlaws 24th A Main April 9 Keller Auto Speedway NARC King of the West Canceled April 30 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 6th A Main May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 3rd A Main June 11 Ventura Raceway USAC/CRA 2nd A Main June 25 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 1ST A Main July 22 Gas City I69 Speedway ISW - USAC National 9th C Main July 23 Kokomo Speedway ISW - USAC National 7th B Main July 24 Lawrenceburg SpeedwayISW - USAC National Rained out July 25 Circle City Raceway ISW - UASC National 19th A Main July 27 Terre Haute Action Track ISW - USAC National Rained Out July 28 Lincoln Park Speedway ISW - USAC National 8th B Main July 29 Bloomington Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main July 30 Tri State Speedway ISW - USAC National 16th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA 1st A Main August 20 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 19th A Main August 27 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 1st A Main September 17 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA September 24 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 October 1 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA October 8 Keller Auto Speedway NARC King of the West - Twin 25s October 15 Kern County Raceway USAC West Coast 360 October 28* Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA - Western World October 29* Cocopah Speedway USAC National & CRA - Western World October 29* Kern County Raceway NARC King of The West November 3 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 4 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 5 Perris Auto Speedway USAC National & CRA - Oval Nationals November 25 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP November 26 Ventura Raceway USAC West Coast 360 - Turkey Night GP *Decision on which track/class to run is pending. @hdindustries_1971 @burris_racing_usa @mikeburrisoc @csishocks @sander_engineering @sanderjenna @theoriginalloosebruce @alrvirtualservices @k1racegear @moleculesports @rodendsupply @baldwinfilters @ngkracing @originalngksparkplugs @usacnation @usac_cra @perrisautospeedway @b_roa91 @tai_xoxo_roa @zacboz35 @joegibb83, @inlandrigging, @eaglemotorsportsinc @caltrolinc @drivenracingoil This release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  SEXTON GATLIN RACING RETURNS TO ACTION THIS SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A FOUR-CAR EFFORT AT PERRIS

  (Lakeside, CA, September 14, 2022) For the first time in a month, Sexton Gatlin Racing will return to action this Saturday night, September 17th, at the Perris Auto Speedway. The team will bring four cars to the track with three of them competing in the Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series and the other will be on the track with the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM and the first race will be at 7:00. As this piece went to press, Brent Sexton and his oldest son Dalton will be in two of the team's lightning sprints. The driver of the third car has yet to be named. Brent's youngest son Grant will be racing in his full-size sprint car on the USAC/CRA side of the program. Going into the weekend, Brent Sexton leads the SWLS championship point standings. His closest pursuer is Dalton who is 36-points behind. The teen has plenty of time to catch the patriarch of the family as there will still be four points-paying races to go after Saturday night. While Brent leads Dalton in the championship point standings, Dalton's three wins are tops in the circuit. Brent has two wins. Throw in Grant's two wins and SGR drivers have won seven of the first eight races of the season. In the USAC/CRA Series, Grant will be contesting his third race. On Memorial Day weekend he debuted with the group at Perris. However, that debut was short-lived as the famous half-mile ovals cushion grabbed his number three car and catapulted it into the turn one wall on the second lap of his heat race. The only thing hurting Grant was his pride. However, the car was too damaged to complete the night. The 18-year-old's second attempt at the series went much better at the grand reopening of the Santa Maria Raceway on August 6th. Racing a 360 Sprint car in the field of mostly 410 cubic inch engines, Grant impressed early on when he qualified 15th fastest in the 31-car field. He placed sixth in his heat race. That put him into the B main event. Even though he got bounced around a couple of times by other cars in the 12-lap race, he did not give up and maintained the final transfer spot until the rough track conditions made him spin in turn 1 on the final lap. Adult tickets to see Saturday's show are $30.00. Seniors 65 and over get in for $25.00. For kids 6 to 12, it is just $5.00. Children 5 and under are admitted free. There will be plenty of tickets available for everyone at the ticket window on Saturday, this event will not sell out. For those who wish to purchase advance tickets, they are available 24 hours a day online at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7/event/1256365 or by calling 1-800-595-4849. Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in the city of Paris (91767). The track website is http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/ and the office phone number is (951) 940-0134. The fairgrounds charges $10 for parking. For fans who come east on the 91 Freeway to get to The PAS, the eastbound lanes will be shut down all weekend in Corona. Fans can take the 91 east to either the 605 or the 57 north to the 60 Freeway east. After Saturday's race at Perris, SGR will get one weekend off before returning to the Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series home track, the Barona Speedway, on October 1st. Sexton/Gatlin Racing would like to thank the following companies for making the 2022 season possible. Sexton Fire Protection, BK Wings, Johnny Motorhead, Troy Dirt, Victory Graphix, Swift Powdercoat, Maxima Oil, Automated Interior, and an extra special thanks to Scotty and Jimmy Keys. If you or your business wants to partner up with one of the most visible Lightning Sprint teams on the West Coast, please call (619) 454-6945. You can also E-mail mailto:sextonfire@cox.net or mailto:sextonfire@gmail.com. Sexton Gatlin Racing 2022 Schedule 2022 Lucas Oil POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Brent 7th - Grant 15th March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Dalton 3rd - Grant 4th March 25 Bakersfield Speedway CLS Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 8th - Dalton 17th April 16 Ventura Raceway VRA Sprints Wingless - Grant 1st April 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless - Bezio 3rd - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th April 30 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 4th - Dalton 5th May 14 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Dalton 1st - Bezio 2nd - Brent 3rd May 28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Grant DNS June 11 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Grant 1st - Brent 2nd - Dalton 11th June 25 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged - Dalton 1st - Brent 2nd - Grant 3rd July 9 Barona Speedway POWRi Wingless - Brent 1st - Grant 2nd - Dalton 6th August 6 Santa Maria Raceway CLS Winged - Brent 1st - Dalton 15th August 6th Santa Maria Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars - Grant 11th B Main August 11 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged - Dalton 8th - Brent 13th - Grant 25th August 12 River Cities Raceway Minkota Nationals Winged - Brent 1st - Grant 9th - Dalton 11th August 13 Greenbush Race Park Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 6th - Brent 11th - Dalton 13th August 14 Minkota Nationals Minkota Nationals Winged - Grant 1st - Dalton 15th - Brent DNS Sept. 17 Perris Auto Speedway (with USAC/CRA) POWRi Winged October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Winged October 8 Mojave Valley Raceway POWRi/CLS Winged October 13 Lemoore Raceway (California Cup) Open Winged October 14 Lemoore Raceway (California Cup) Open Winged October 15 Lemoore Raceway (California Cup) Open Winged October 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless October 24 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Wingless Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway BCRA/CLS Winged Nov. 17 Petaluma Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 18 Petaluma Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless Nov. 19 Petaluma Speedway BCRA/CLS Wingless This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. 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  LIGHTNING SPRINT ROOKIE WILL BROWNE MAKES FIRST PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY START ON SATURDAY

  (Glendora, California, September 14, 2022) This Saturday night, Southern California lightning sprint car driver Will Browne will compete on the biggest dirt track he has ever raced on. He will be on the famous Perris Auto Speedway half-mile with the POWRi Southwestern Lightning Sprint Car Series. By comparison, the rookie driver raced on the tiny Lemoore Raceway in Central California last Saturday. 305333235_465964848777567_8472627722709539918_n (1).jpg Will Browne will make his Perris Auto Speedway debut on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Lance Jennings. Browne launched his lightning sprint career with the SWLS in March at the Imperial Valley Raceway. The Glendora, California resident gained the attention of a lot of racers and fans when he placed sixth on Saturday, March 5th. Twelve hours later under a blazing sun and blustery winds, he proved the previous night was not a fluke performance when he went one spot better and finished fifth. Since then, Browne has confined all his racing appearances to the California Lightning Sprint Car Series. With the CLS, he has raced to four top-five finishes in 11 main event starts. Until last Saturday, he had not placed out of the top nine and had never been worse than sixth in the CLS championship point standings. The long trek to Lemoore started off great for Browne. The 18-year-old qualified third fastest in the 14-car field. He then placed fourth in his heat race and started the 25-lap main event on the outside of the front row. Browne, who two weeks earlier recorded his best result when he placed second in a photo finish at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California, was a solid fourth when a yellow came out on lap 12. The race resumed with a single file restart. Coming off turn four and headed towards the green flag, the third place car slowed dramatically leaving Browne nowhere to go. He tagged the slowing car and it knocked the fuel injection system off the intake boot in his "Win It Now" #8. It knocked Browne out of the race with a frustrating 12th-place finish. "Everything happened so fast," the personable teen said on his YouTube channel. "This was a bummer. I kind of got caught up in a mess. Something happened to the car in front of me where he broke. He checked me up and I got into him and everyone got into the back of me. I didn't get torn up so bad that I could not keep racing, it was because it knocked the fuel injection off the intake boot." "There is an element of personal responsibility I have to have," Browne continued. "A lot of time, a lot of energy gets put into this. So, it is hard to just say I messed up. On top of that, everything is happening so fast. So it is not a conscious decision that you make. It's tough. If I wouldn't have half spun (earlier in the race) like that in the main event, theoretically I would not have been behind the #4 and he would not have broken in front of me. I would not have been involved in all of that and I would have finished. You have to take it with a grain of salt, as hard as it is, and move onto the next one. So that is what we are doing. We are going to get ready for Perris this Saturday. We are going to rock n' roll there and get er' done. We will see you there." Adult tickets for Saturday's race in Perris are $30.00. Seniors 65 and over get in for $25.00. For kids 6 to 12, it is just $5.00. Children 5 and under are admitted free. There will be plenty of tickets available for everyone at the ticket window on Saturday, this event will not sell out. For those who wish to purchase advance tickets, they are available 24 hours a day online at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7/event/1256365 or by calling 1-800-595-4849. Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in the city of Paris (91767). The fairgrounds charges $10 for parking. Be sure to check out and subscribe to Browne's YouTube channel. Here is a link to the page and his latest video from Lemoore that included the main event crash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IM3QcZNHbqQ&t=159s Browne and his team would like to thank the following marketing partners for being a part of his rookie season in lightning sprint cars. Pacific Panel Products, Tucker Tire, and Ann Blanco Homes. If you would like to join the friendly newcomer in his rookie campaign, drop an email or give him a call at the following: willbrowne88@gmail.com or (626) 261-5310. Will Browne 2022 Racing Results March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main April 2 Merced Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 7th A Main May 14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main May 21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main June 11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main June 25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS June 25 Ventura Raceway WMR Midgets 7th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 2ND A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main September 10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 12th A Main September 24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 29 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 15 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 17 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 18 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 19 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or (909) 226-7768

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  MICHNOWICZ MAKES IT TWO IN A ROW IN CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR MAIN EVENT AT LEMOORE

  (Torrance, CA, September 12, 2022) Legendary driver Bobby Michnowicz is back to his old self after a slow start to the 2022 racing season. Last Saturday night on First Responder's Appreciation Night at the Lemoore Raceway, he started on the pole and led every inch of the California Lightning Sprint Car main event for his second win in a row and his third victory of the year. 301623189_512316797367627_3074471761260193786_n.jpg Winner Bobby Michnowicz is surrounded by second place David Gasper on the right and third place Cody Nigh is on the left. CLS Photo. Fourteen CLS cars made the trek to the Central Valley in what could be best described as sketchy weather conditions due to Hurricane Kay. In fact, the heavens descended on the track in the afternoon, but fortunately, that was the last dose of the wet stuff for the day. Michnowicz, who has won the CLS title a record five times, gave everyone an early indication of what was going to happen on the night when he out-qualified the field with a time of 10.485 in West Evans Motorsports Qualifying. Defending CLS champion Dave Gasper of Santa Barbara was second quick at 10.533. Season-leading rookie Will Browne of Glendora was the third quickest qualifier at 10.594. Fillmore rookie Connor Spier started on the pole and captured Extreme Mufflers Heat Race #1 over Lakewood's Aiden Lange. The young duo inflicted the only ding on Michnowicz's armor on the night as he placed third. Palmdale's Eric Greco, who entered the night second in points, won Yoshimura R & D Heat Race #2 ahead of Jeffrey Dyer of Yucca Valley and Camarillo's Cody Nigh. For the 25-lap event on the Central California oval, Michnowicz was on the pole with Browne next to him. Gasper and Dyer were in row two with Nigh and Lange in row three. Moments after the green flag waved, Michnowicz in his T Shirts By Timeless/Fabozzi Metalworks/Pflum & Wagner/Outlaw Wings/Super Shocks/Kaiser Wheels/Fast Time Studios/Bondio Fabrication #21K, was the first driver to turn one. Gasper, who got a great start, was second with 18-year-old Browne third. Dyer tried to break into the top three at the end of the first circuit but Browne fended off his advances. Looking like his old self, Michnowicz simply drove away from the field. By the end of lap three, he had over a half straightaway advantage between himself and second-place Gasper. As the race progressed, the veteran driver continued to advance his lead till it was nearly a full straightaway when he encountered lap traffic on lap seven. That allowed Gasper to chip away at his lead, but by lap eight Michnowicz had shed the lappers and pulled away again. If one lapper to deal with was fun, Michnowicz found how much fun two lappers could be a couple of laps later on the ninth circuit. He was once again slowed by traffic and this time gasper gobbled up the real estate in no time at all. In fact, he had close to within one car length of the race-long leader before Michnowicz shed the slower cars and pulled away again. A yellow flag slowed the proceedings on lap 12. That yellow flag would alter the race big time. For the restart, Michnowicz was still at the point with Gasper in second. Dyer had gotten past Browne and was up to third. Browne was fourth and Nigh was fifth. Dyer did not get off turn four well on the restart and was tagged by Browne. That knocked Dyer's chain off and Browne's fuel injection was knocked off the intake boots. As they slowed, chaos rained down behind them with cars going in every direction trying to miss them. In the bedlam, Dyer's teenage son Seth got upside down for the first time in his lightning sprint career. The red flag immediately waved, halting the action. Fortunately, young Dyer was uninjured but his car suffered heavy damage. He, his dad, Browne, and San Diego's A.J. Bender were all too damaged to continue. After the delay to remove the damaged cars for the restart with 14 laps to go, Michnowicz and Gasper were in the same spots they had been in the entire race. Nigh was up to third with Greco fourth and Lange, who was making only his second start of the year, fifth. Gasper stayed close to Michnowicz for a couple of laps, but by lap 15, he was a half straight behind. Michnowicz continued to advance his lead and a late race bobble by Gasper put the bow on the package and allowed Michnowicz to streak past the checkered with a half-track advantage. Gasper placed second with Nigh third, Greco fourth, and Spier fifth. "Rockstar" Jon Robertson of Torrance picked up the Speed Mart/Advanced Racing Suspension/Hepfner Racing Products Hard Charger Award coming from 13th to finish seventh. Seth Dyer ended up with the Speed Mart Hard Luck Award. Gasper came into the race with a 36-point lead over second-place Greco. When he left at the end of the night, he increased his lead to 48-points. Nigh firmed up his grip on third, increasing his one-point advantage over Dyer to 41-points. Michnowicz remained in fifth. The lead in the Rookie of the Year chase changed hands for the first time this year. Fifth-place finisher Spier overtook Browne and opened an 11-point advantage. The CLS returns to action in round #4 of the Civil War Series VS BCRA at the Bakersfield Speedway on September 24th. West Evans Motorsports Qualifying: 1. Bobby Michnowicz, 10.495; 2. David Gasper, 10.533; 3; Will Browne, 10.594; 4. Cody Nigh, 10.717; 5. Jeffrey Dyer, 10.772; 6. Aiden Lange, 10.772; 7. Connor Spier, 10.797; 8. Eric Greco, 10.803; 9. A.J. Bender, 10.814; 10. Leland Day, 10.922; 11. Jon Robertson, 10.956; 12. Gage Cheek, 11.177; 13. Pat Kelley, 11.255; 14. Seth Dyer, 11.676 Extreme Muffler Heat #1: 1. Spier; 2. Lange; 3. Michnowicz; 4. Browne; 5. Bender; 6. Kelley; 7. Robertson Yoshimura R & D Heat #2: 1. Greco; 2. J. Dyer; 3. Nigh; 4. Gasper; 5. Day; 6. Cheek; 7. S. Dyer Main Event (with starting positions) 1. Bobby Michnowicz, Oak Hills, CA, (1st) 2. David Gasper, Santa Barbara, CA, (3rd) 3. Cody Nigh, Camarillo, CA, (5th) 4. Eric Greco, Palmdale, CA, (8th) 5. Connor Spier, Fillmore, CA, (7th) 6. Aiden Lange, Lakewood, CA, (6th) 7. Jon Robertson, Torrance, CA, (13th) 8. Gage Cheek, Santa Clarita, CA, (11th) 9. Pat Kelley, Chino, CA, (12th) 10. Leland Day, Bakersfield, CA, (10th) 11. Jeffrey Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA, (4th) 12. Will Browne, Glendora, CA, (2nd) 13. A. J. Bender, San Diego, CA, (9th) 14. Seth Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA, (14th) CLS Contingency Awards Heat Race #1 - Extreme Muffler $50.00 Product Certificate - Connor Spier Heat Race #2 - Yoshimura R & D - $50.00 CSI Product Certificate - Eric Greco 1st Place Main Event - Eibach Springs $100.00 Product Certificate - Bobby Michnowicz 2nd Place Main Event - Vahlco Wheels $50.00 Product Certificate - David Gasper 3rd Place Main Event - Jake Swanson Shock Technology $50 Product Certificate - Cody Nigh 4th Place Main Event - Hyper Chassis - $50 Product Certificate - Eric Greco 5th Place Main Event - Smith Titanium Product Certificate - Conor Spier 10th Place Main Event - King Racing Products $25.00 Product Certificate - Leland Day Fast Qualifier - West Evans Motorsports $25.00 Product Certificate - Bobby Michnowicz Hard Charger - Speed Mart $25.00 Product Certificate - Jon Robertson Hard Charger - Advanced Racing Suspension $50.00 Product Certificate - Jon Robertson Hard Charger - Hepfner Racing Products $25.00 Product Certificate - Jon Robertson Hard Luck Award - Speed Mart $25.00 Product Certificate - Seth Dyer 1st Car Not On The Lead Lap - Rebel Gears 30% Off Coupon - Pat Kelley California Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - 1657 2. Eric Greco - 1609 3. Cody Nigh - 1515 4. Jeff Dyer - 1474 5. Bobby Michnowicz - 1354 6. Connor Spier - 1204 7. Will Browne - 1193 8. Jon Robertson - 965 9. Pat Kelley - 932 10. Dominic Del Monte - 656 Civil War Series Point Standings 1. David Gasper - CLS - 375 2. Eric Greco - CLS - 344 3. Will Browne - CLS - 333 4. Bobby Michnowicz - CLS - 300 5. Cody Nigh - CLS - 299 6. Greg Dennett - BCRA - 282 7. Harlee Aguilera - BCRA - 263 8. Dakota Albright - BCRA - 244 9. Matt Land - BCRA - 239 10. Brandon Leedy - BCRA - 236 The following companies have become marketing partners with the CLS in 2022. They have offered up more than $13,000.00 in contingencies that will be awarded on top of the regular racing purses and they will be paid out throughout the year. Yoshimura R&D, Hoosier Tires West, T-Shirts By Timeless, Extreme Mufflers, Saldana Racing Products, Rod End Supply, Speed Mart, Cold Fire West, West Evens Motorsports, RC Fuel Injection, Jake Swanson Shock Technology, Advanced Racing Suspensions, CSI Shocks, Eibach Springs, Triple X Race Components, King Racing Products, Hyper Racing Products, Rebel Gears, Vahlco Wheels, Wilwood Disk Brakes, Fuel Safe Systems, MPI, Circle Track Performance, E-Z UP, Hepfner Racing, Smith Titanium, and Hoosier Speed. If you or your company would like to become a partner of the longtime racing organization, contact Jon Robertson via email at mailto:jon.robertson@sbcglobal.net or by calling (310) 367-9050. 2022 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule March 25 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Grant Sexton April 2 Merced Speedway Non-Wing -- Civil War #1 - David Gasper April 16 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged (Make Up Main) David Gasper April 30 Ventura Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz May 14 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - A.J. Bender May 21 Ventura Raceway Winged - Eric Greco June 11 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - David Gasper June 25 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 9 Ventura Raceway Winged - David Gasper July 23 Ventura Raceway Winged - Dave Gasper August 6 *Santa Maria Raceway Winged - Brent Sexton August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway Winged - Civil War #2 - Connor Spier August 27 Placerville Speedway Winged - Civil War #3 - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 10 Lemoore Raceway Winged - Bobby Michnowicz Sept. 24 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - Civil War #4 October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway Winged - With SWLS October 29 Ventura Raceway Winged Nov. 15 Bakersfield Speedway Winged - With USAC Midgets - Civil War #5 Nov. 17 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 18 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points Nov. 19 Placerville Speedway Non-Wing - With USAC Midgets - No Points *Non Points Race To keep up with the CLS online, please visit the website at http://racecls.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/californialightningsprints 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 Gansen 2007 Shane Rossen 2008 Brent Sexton 2009 Stuart Hielschier Sr. 2010 Jarrett Kramer 2011 Tim Brown 2012 Bobby Michnowicz 2013 Stephen Limon 2014 Bobby Michnowicz 2015 Bobby Michnowicz 2016 Bobby Michnowicz 2017 Bobby Michnowicz 2018 Jarrett Kramer 2019 Jarrett Kramer 2021 David Gasper This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com

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  WILL BROWNE BRINGS CLS ROOKIE POINT LEAD INTO LEMOORE

  (Glendora, California, September 9, 2022) Will Browne heads to California's Central Valley to contest the California Lightning Sprint Car Series race on First Responders Appreciation Night at the Lemoore Raceway this Saturday, September 10th. The effervescent 18-year-old enters the race as the leader in the series Rookie of the Year chase. 305255847_762704451652371_2366630231652135019_n.jpg Will Browne on action earlier this year at the Bakersfield Speedway. Lance Jennings photo,. Saturday will be his first time at Lemoore. While he has never raced on the track, he has recently been studying and comparing it to tracks he is familiar with. He has found some comparisons. "I don't know much about it," Browne said when asked what he knew about the Lemoore track. "It looks like the inside berm is cut pretty sharp. It looks similar to what I raced at Wheel2Wheel Raceway, so I think I know what the track will be like to a certain extent. It will probably be a bit of learning. We are going to get the car set up for the track and we will be all set. It is just up to me to do well." One thing that has been fun for Browne this season in addition to leading the rookie points is, he has been on racetracks that he had seen, but not been to. They were all new at the start of the year and like Lemoore, some are still new. However, he has now raced on Bakersfield, Ventura, and Imperial multiple times. "It has been a lot of fun," the talented teen driver said. "In previous years before I began racing a lightning sprint, I became a fan of dirt track racing in California. It is cool to race on the tracks that I have (only seen) on Flo Racing and Dirt Vision." A studious racer on and off the track, Browne has been busy in the garage this week getting the car ready for Saturday. It is a never-ending chore and a part of racing as no two tracks are exactly alike. Therefore, after every race, the car gets general maintenance and is then set up for that particular week's track. "We are going to loosen the car up," Browne responded when asked about changes the team was making for Lemoore. "We will change the gearing just because the track (Lemoore) is a little bit tighter and a little bit smaller than Silver Dollar and Placerville where we raced on last. We are getting the car ready and doing some basic maintenance on it. After this weekend we will be changing the gearing way up for Perris." Browne's last outings at Silver Dollar and Placerville saw him with a second and a ninth-place finish. In a rare feat by a lightning sprint car newcomer, he has yet to finish worse than ninth in a main event. In the 12 main events he has started, he has an average finishing percentage of 5.16. The races he missed due to engine woes saw him drop from fifth to sixth in the series point standings. He is 104 points behind the fifth-place driver. Browne has led the Rookie of the Year standings since race #1 at Bakersfield on March 25th. Entering Saturday, he has an 11-point advantage in that battle. The Lemoore Raceway is located at 1750 CA-41, Lemoore, CA (93245). The track website is http://www.lemoorejetbowl.com/. Be sure to check out and subscribe to Browne's YouTube channel. Here is a link to the page and his latest video from the night at Chico. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5fW4xxVnwk&t=12s Browne and his team would like to thank the following marketing partners for being a part of his rookie season in lightning sprint cars. Pacific Panel Products, Tucker Tire, and Ann Blanco Homes. If you would like to join the friendly newcomer in his rookie campaign, drop an email or give him a call at the following: willbrowne88@gmail.com or (626) 261-5310. Will Browne 2022 Racing Results March 5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main March 6 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main March 25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main April 2 Merced Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main April 16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 7th A Main May 14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 4th A Main May 21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 6th A Main June 11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars 5th A Main June 25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars DNS June 25 Ventura Raceway WMR Midgets 7th A Main August 6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 2ND A Main August 27 Placerville Speedway CLS/BCRA Lightning Sprint Cars 9th A Main September 10 Lemoore Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars September 24 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars October 1 Barona Speedway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars October 22 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 23 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars October 29 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 15 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 17 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 18 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars November 19 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprint Cars This release was produced by Scott Daloisio. mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com or (909) 226-7768

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  JEFF DYER RACES IN FIRST RESPONDER'S NIGHT AT LEMOORE RACEWAY ON SATURDAY

  (Yucca Valley, CA, September 9, 2022) This Saturday night, September 10, the California Lightning Sprint Car Series will be part of the First Responder's Appreciation Night at the Lemoore Raceway. The race will have a special meaning for CLS regular Jeff Dyer who makes his living as a California Highway Patrol officer. 302097417_8357875280896830_7343646968036017347_n.jpg Jeff Dyer and his son Seth working on his car in the hotel parking lot at Placerville. Dyer photo. Dyer, who lives in Yucca Valley, California, comes into the event fourth in the season-long championship standings. He is hoping to rebound after a nightmare weekend in Northern California two weeks ago. It was just one of those weekends that roll around every so often when what could go wrong, does go wrong. The woes began soon after the team unloaded Dyer's familiar #4 at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico. "The first night we put a new engine in," Dyer said on Thursday after spending a few days in Mammoth. "When we broke it in, it didn't seem right but the engine builder said just to run it. It lasted about eight laps and then it began running sour. We checked in the pits and we had a cylinder that was completely gone. Seth (Dyer's son and teammate) told me to get in and take his car. Got in his car and his clutch went out. I think we finished 17th, so that was not a good night." The next night Dyer was racing in Seth's car a couple of hours south at the Placerville Speedway. The racing part came after they worked on the car under the hot sun during the day. "We worked all day on Saturday to get the car running," Dyer said. "We got out there in qualifying and broke a throttle cable. We fixed that and I started last in the heat race. Fortunately, I was able to pass quite a few cars. That put us on the front row of the main, but we missed the setup. I overdrove it, spun out, and got hit. 100% my fault, no one else's." With the nightmare weekend in his rearview mirror, Dyer is hoping for better fortunes for himself and Seth when they get to Lemoore, which is a little over 30 miles south of Fresno, on Saturday. "We put our older engine back in," Dyer stated. "It is a really good engine. We just wanted to put a fresh one in to finish the year out and that kind of backfired on us. The one we just put back in the car has, I think, four or five fast times this year. It is the best one we have so we should be okay." While Dyer slipped from second back to fourth in the CLS championship standings, he is only one point out of third. Last October Dyer participated in the three-night Cal Cup at Lemoore. He finished 11th on the first night and third on the second night. At the finale, he was near the front of the pack when his throttle began sticking and he ended up 16th. For fans who would like to attend Saturday's race, the Lemoore Raceway is located at 1750 CA-41, Lemoore, CA (93245). Gates will open at 4:00 p.m. with racing at 7:00. The track website is http://www.lemoorejetbowl.com/. Jeff is racing in memory of his grandfather Glenn Sels throughout the 2022 season. Dyer would like to thank the following for making the 2022 season possible in the #4 Lightning Sprint Car. Dependable Machine Inc., Haircuts By Susie, Jobu Racing, LBA Investigations, and Dyer Motorsports. For the USAC/CRA #39 sprint car, Straight Time Stirrups, Dependable Machines Inc., Hair Cuts By Susie, Jobu Racing, Justice Brothers, and Specialty Fasteners make it all possible. If you would like to be a part of Dyer Motorsports in 2022, call (760) 267-0298 or send an email to mailto:dyermotorsports4@gmail.com. Jeff Dyer 2022 Results 3-5 Imperial Valley Raceway POWRi Southwest 13th A Main 3-25 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 4th A Main 3-26 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 13th A Main 4-1 Keller Auto Speedway USAC/CRA 14th A Main 4-2 Thunderbowl Raceway USAC/CRA 23rd A Main 4-16 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 3rd A Main 4-23 Mohave Valley Raceway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 14th B Main 4-30 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 1 4-30 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 2 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 5-14 Bakersfield Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars 14th A Main 5-21 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 5-28 Perris Auto Speedway USAC/CRA Sprint Cars DNS 6-11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 4th A Main 6-25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 11th A Main 7-16 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 3rd A Main 7-23 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 2nd A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprints 13th A Main* 8-25 Silver Dollar Speedway California Lightning Sprints 16th A Main 8-26 Placerville Speedway California Lightning Sprints 17th A Main Seth Dyer 2022 Lightning Sprint Results 6-11 Bakersfield Speedway California Lightning Sprints 12th A Main 6-25 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 15th A Main 7-16 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 10th A Main 7-23 Ventura Raceway California Lightning Sprints 10th A Main 8-6 Santa Maria Raceway California Lightning Sprints 14th A Main 8-25 Silver Dollar Speedway California Lightning Sprints DNS *Indicates Non Points Race * Scott Daloisio produced this release. For more information, use the following: call (909) 226-7768 or E-mail mailto:sdaloisiosports@gmail.com. To keep up to date with all the teams, tracks, and series represented by the above, please visit the Instagram page @socalmotorsportspr

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Ventura Raceway Nearby Dirt Tracks

Distance information is direct (as the crow flies) - driving distance will differ due to road routes and things like lakes or mountains.

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  Kern County Raceway Park Race Track70 miles away - Bakersfield, California, USA
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  Industry Speedway Race Track79 miles away - City of Industry, California, USA
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  Santa Maria Raceway Race Track81 miles away - Nipomo, California, USA
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  Bakersfield Speedway Race Track82 miles away - Bakersfield, California, USA
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  Costa Mesa Speedway Race Track90 miles away - Costa Mesa, California, USA

Ventura Raceway Dirt Track Racing Organizations

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  CLS - California Lightning Sprints Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  NMRA - National Midget Racing Association Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  USAC - United States Auto Club Dirt Track Racing Organization