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CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CARS AT VENTURA
SATURDAY
(Torrance, CA, June 19, 2022)
The California Lightning Sprint car series will
return to Jim Naylor’s Ventura Raceway for the
first of three straight appearances at the
beachside Oval this Saturday night, June 25th. The
race will be the fourth of seven CLS races at the
famous track in 2022.
Yucca Valley veteran
Jeff Dyer holds a slender lead in the tight points
race coming into Saturday night. Palmdale’s Eric
Greco is currently second and only trails Dyer by
15 points. Defending series champion David Gasper
of Santa Barbara occupies the third spot in the
championship chase and is only 16 points behind
Greco. Camarillo’s Cody Nigh is fourth and is only
60 points out of the lead. Series-leading rookie
Will Browne of Glendora is fifth.
Saturday
will be round #9 of the CLS 2022 championship
season. Thus far, 16-year-old Gasper leads the way
with three wins including the last race on June
11th at the Bakersfield Speedway. The only other
driver with more than one victory is San Diego’s
A.J. Bender who has two. Grant Sexton of Lakeside,
five times series champion Bobby Michnowicz of Oak
Hills, and Greco have one triumph each.
In
the three previous appearances of the CLS at “The
Best Little Dirt Track In America” this year,
Gasper, Michnowicz, and Greco have posted the
wins. Greco won the latest race at the 1/5 of a
mile Oval that is located on the Ventura County
Fairgrounds on May 21st.
After Saturday,
the CLS will return to Ventura on the 9th and 23rd
of July. The last race of the year at the popular
track will come two nights before Halloween on
October 29th.
In addition to the CLS,
Saturday’s entertaining show will also feature the
VRA Sprint Cars, Senior Sprints, Dwarf Cars, WMR
Midgets, NMRA TQ Midgets, and Motorcycles.
Spectator gates will open at 3:00 p.m. and the
first race will be at 5:30. Adult tickets are
$18.00. For seniors 60 and over, military with ID,
and students with an ID it is $15.00. Children 12
and under are admitted free when accompanied by an
adult.
The Ventura Raceway is located on
the Ventura County Fairgrounds at 10 W. Harbor
Boulevard (93001). The track website is
http://venturaraceway.com/ and the office phone
number is (805) 648-RACE.
California
Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings 1.
Jeff Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA, 897 2. Eric Greco,
Palmdale, CA, 882 3. David Gasper, Santa
Barbara, CA, 866 4. Cody Nigh, Camarillo, CA,
837 5. Will Browne, Glendora, CA, 721 6.
Bobby Michnowicz, Oak Hills, CA, 613 7. Connor
Speir, Fillmore, CA, 581 8. Pat Kelley, Chino,
CA, 563 9. Jon Robertson, Torrance, CA, 416
10. A.J. Bender, San Diego, CA, 366
CLS vs
BCRA “Civil War Series” Points 1. David Gasper
– CLS - 142 2. Dakota Albright – BCRA – 126
3. Eric Greco – CLS – 126 4. Will Browne – CLA
116 5. Harlee Aguilera – BCRA – 109 6. Cody
Nigh – CLS – 104 7. Greg Dennett – BCRA – 100
8. Hunter Kinney – BCRA – 92 9. Matt Land –
BCRA – 89 10. Tim Kinser - 83
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
July 9 Ventura
Raceway Winged
July 23 Ventura Raceway
Winged
August 26 Silver Dollar Speedway
Winged – Civil War #2
August 27 Placerville
Speedway Winged – Civil War #3
September 10
Lemoore Raceway Winged
September 24
Bakersfield Speedway Winged – Civil War #4
October 8 Mohave Valley Raceway Winged – With SWLS
October 29 Ventura Raceway Winged
November 15 Bakersfield Speedway Winged – With
USAC Midgets - Civil War #5
November 17
Placerville Speedway Non-Wing – With USAC Midgets
- No Points
November 18 Placerville
Speedway Non-Wing – With USAC Midgets - No Points
November 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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