Aug. 11, 2007 - Well....If ya weren't at The Perris Auto Speedway on August 11th you probably missed one of the very finest displays of Mini Sprint Racing you are ever going to see!

All that AND a big bag of chips.... With the skies being brite , and the heat register being placed on high, and a grandstand full of beer drinking , hell raising race fans it was on-N-cracking.

Twenty California Lightning Sprints hauled out to the track to put on another display of "Hot Town-Get Down-Roundy Round" racing. With the points race battle being thrown into a fevered pitch and the Rookie-of-the-Year battle getting tighter that a "20 yr. old rusty bolt" , this race was up for grabs! Hot laps and heat racing was just about the same as usual, except for the outstanding performance of the new guy, Chris "CRASH" Dickey #11r, whom stepped up his program to take a heat race away from some of the old guard "DAWGS" , earning him his 1st. checkered flag (heat race) in his 3rd race with the club.

As they charged the starting line, with every race fan in attendance standing on their feet and screaming, it looked like 4:00 pm on a Los Angeles freeway....x's 50...at light speed ! Cars going high,some low and some just going crazy. Turn #1 turned into a bottle-neck , and it never got any better! How ya like it now !!!!!

As they circled, fighting it out for track positioning at every square inch of surface the track, and 6 to 8 cars staying in it til the living end, it was just magnificent!

David "bzerk" Bezio #37, doing what he's done best throughout the whole season fought his way to a sizeable lead (5 car lengths), only to have a steering component(weld) let go, sending him spinning outta control, clockwise...no less, in turn #3.What a horrific sight to see, yet he used his incredible skills to rail it in and keep him from being obliterated on the wall.Scary as all hell, yet simply incredible to see him crawl out of his car in one piece.

After David Bezio spinning outta control it was soon to be an enourmous battle for the podium finishes between Stuey Hielscher jr.#9r, Christian Stover #18r , Shane Rosson #2, Mike Valentine #76, Brent Sexton #44, Chris Dickey #11r,Lil Bones, Donny Kramer jr.#71 and the rest of this hot field here tonite. Long story short...yeah right, Christian Stover #18r, Stuey hielscher #9r and Shane Rosson #2 finished in that order after some heated racing.With Stuey leading the field, Christian was able to get under him when stuey drifted a little high in the turn, giving Christian another huge win at the PAS, as well as the Hard Charger Award for coming from deep in the field to win it all. Geeeez...this kid is the REAL DEAL ! We are extremely fortunate to be able to witness this great battle between these two talented, young, up-an-coming drivers in the club this year.The Rookie-of-the-Year race is hotly being contested by Christian and Stuey, whom have risen to #3 Stuey and #5 Christian in overal points standing, and #1 Stuey & #2 Christian for Rookie-of-the-Year standings. It doesn't get any better than this.

Shane Rosson drove his Performance by Rosson Racing, Angel Rosson @ Town & Country Realty sponsored #2 HenchCraft to a 3rd. place finish. Christian Stover used his Stover Racing,Gotta Want It-Hawthorne EquipmentRentals,City Wide Electronics,G.E.,Antonelli Deli sponsored HenchCraft to get the win, and wanted to thank his crew (Twink),his Dad, Denny Stover and especially MIKE CARCIAPOLO.Thank goodness Christian was able to get to the podium again this week , as i totally obliterated the spellings of Christian and Mike Carciapolo last story. Please accept my sincere apologies to you all, especially Denny ! And thanks to TWINK for keeping me in-line...U da man!