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ROUND ONE OF THE
CIVIL WAR SERIES FOR THE CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT
CARS IS SATURDAY AT MERCED (Upland, CA,
April 21, 2021) The California Lightning
Sprint Car Series heads north this Saturday night,
April 24, for the first round of the Civil War
Series at the Merced Speedway. The race will be the
Wayne Albright Memorial and it will be co-sanctioned
by the Bay Cities Racing Association. Racing will
begin at 7:00 p.m.
Palmdale, California’s
Eric Greco heads the CLS contingent headed to the
dirt track that is 125-miles south of San Francisco.
The 18-year-old high school student won the season
opening race on the Bakersfield Speedway on March
13th. Two weeks later on the same track, he finished
second to five-time CLS champion Bobby Michnowicz of
Lomita. Going into Saturday’s race, Greco has a
38-point lead over fellow teen James Turnbull of
Indio in the championship standings. Chino’s Jeremy
Queener, impressive rookie Dave Gasper of Santa
Barbara and Wyatt Boczanowski round out the top
five. All are expected to be at Merced for the third
CLS race of 2021.
In addition to the top
five, other CLS regulars expected to make the trek
are Michnowicz, Camarillo’s Cody Nigh, Dominic Del
Monte of Gardena, Yucca Valley’s Jeff Dyer, Aiden
Lange of Lakewood, “Rockstar” Jon Robertson of
Torrance, Anaheim’s Dale Gamer, and Chino’s Pat
Kelley.
The first two CLS races of 2021 were
winged affairs. Saturday’s event will be the only
time this year that the stars and cars of the
Southern California based organization will race
without wings.
In addition to Lightning
Sprints, the BCRA Midgets, Hobby Stocks and Western
RaceSaver 305 Sprint Cars will also be in action.
For fans who would like to attend Saturday’s
race, gates will open at 5:00 p.m. with racing at
7:00. The track is located at 900 Martin Luther King
Jr. Way in Merced (95341). The phone number is (209)
600-8382 and the website is
http://www.mercedspeedway.net/.
The next
race on the CLS schedule after Saturday’s Merced
event was slated to be at the Ventura Raceway on May
1st. However, that date has been postponed as the
track has yet to open due to county mandates
regarding COVID. Thus, the next race on the CLS
schedule will be May 15th at the Bakersfield
Speedway.
The CLS would like to thank 2021
series sponsors Hoosier Tires, T Shirts By Timeless
and TJ Forged Racing Wheels. If you or your company
would like to become part of the series, please call
Alex Grigoreas at (909) 437-3170.
To keep up
with the CLS online, please visit the website at
http://racecls.com/ or on Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/californialightningsprints/
2021 California Lightning Sprint Car Series
Point Standings 1. Eric Greco – Palmdale – 268
2. James Turnbull – Indio – 230 3. Jeremy Queener
– Chino – 205 4. Dave Gasper – Santa Barbara –
169 5. Wyatt Boczanowski – 161 6. Bobby
Michnowicz – Oak Hills – 157 7. Scott Kinney –
Citrus Heights – 153 8. Trevor Ballou - 149 9.
Dale Gamer - Anaheim – 149 10. Jon Robertson –
Torrance - 145
2021 California Lightning
Sprint Car Series Schedule
March 13
Bakersfield Speedway – Eric Greco
April 10
Bakersfield Speedway – Bobby Michnowicz
April
24 Merced Speedway (Wayne Albright Memorial - Round
#1 of the Civil War Series with BCRA – Wingless)
May 15 Bakersfield Speedway
June 5
Ventura Raceway
June 19 Keller Auto Speedway
(Hanford)
July 3 Santa Maria Speedway
July 24 Santa Maria Speedway (Wing Madness #1)
August 7 Merced Speedway (Civil War Series #2
with BCRA – Winged)
August 14 Bakersfield
Speedway
August 28 Santa Maria Speedway
September 4 Ventura Raceway
September 18
Bakersfield Speedway (Civil War #3 with BCRA –
Winged)
September 19 The Dirt Track At Kern
County Raceway Park
September 25 Santa Maria
Speedway (Wing Madness #2)
October 2 Ventura
Raceway
November 16 Bakersfield Speedway
(Civil War #4 with BCRA – Winged and Western States
Lightning Sprint Car Championship)
November
18 Placerville Speedway Hangtown 100 – (Co
sanctioned with BCRA and in companion with the USAC
National Midgets)
November 19 Placerville
Speedway Hangtown 100 – (Co sanctioned with BCRA and
in companion with the USAC National Midgets)
November 20 Placerville Speedway Hangtown 100 – (Co
sanctioned with BCRA and in companion with the USAC
National Midgets)
The schedule is subject to
change due to Covid restrictions.
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.
This press release was produced by Scott Daloisio
Sports (909) 226-7768 mailto:sdaloisiosports@aol.com |
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