TONY JONES HARD CHARGER AWARD ADDS $1,000 TO OVAL NATS POT

Perris, California (November 3, 2019)……….The All Coast Construction Tony Jones Hard Charger Award will pay $1,000 to the driver who passes the most cars on the final night of the November 7-8-9 Budweiser Oval Nationals presented by All Coast Construction at California’s Perris Auto Speedway.

The award, named after the 2000 Oval Nationals winner, honors one of the most popular and successful drivers in the history of Perris Auto Speedway, SCRA and the USAC/CRA Sprint Car series, of which he was the 2007 driver champion.

Jones has been a mentor to up and coming driver and, this year, began his role as Race Director for the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series.

“I am pleased to announce that All Coast Construction will once again sponsor the Tony Jones Hard Charger Award,” All Coast Construction’s Mike Grosswendt said on Thursday.  “It will pay $1,000 to the driver who passes the most cars in the main event on Saturday night.  It goes to a deserving driver who does a lot of hard work during the main event.”

In addition, ProSource from Grand Saline, Texas, has posted a total of $1,000 in bonus awards for the Oval Nationals.  On the first two nights, an extra $200 for the Hard Work award will be awarded to the slowest qualifier who transfers to the feature race.  For the final night of the Oval Nationals, ProSource had added $200 to the deepest starting driver in the semi-feature to earn a transfer spot into the feature race.

ProSource has also added a $400 bonus for the Passing Master - the driver who accumulates the most total positions gained from his or her starting spot during the course of Thursday, Friday and Saturday night’s preliminary and feature events.

Tickets for the 24th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals are available 24-hours a day by calling 1-800-595-4849 or online at https://pas.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=7.

Perris Speedway is conveniently located on the SoCal Fair and Event Center (home of October’s Southern California Fair), approximately one-hour east of Los Angeles and one-hour North of San Diego. To get to the track, take the 215 freeway, on the Ramona Expressway and go three miles east to the fairgrounds. The track address is 18700 Lake Perris Drive and the zip code is 92571.

OVAL NATIONALS ENTRY LIST:

0 Bud Kaeding/Campbell, CA (Morrison Williams)

4 Justin Grant/Ione, CA (TOPP Motorsports)

4x Damion Gardner/Concord, CA (Mark Alexander)

4G Chris Gansen/Verdemont Heights, CA (Dennis and Christol Gansen)

5 Tye Mihocko/Peoria, AZ (Tye Mihocko)

5G Chris Windom/Canton, IL (Parallax Group/Goacher Racing)

5x Tommy Malcolm/Corona, CA (Dino Napier)

7BC Tyler Courtney/Indianapolis, IN (Clauson/Marshall/Newman Racing)

7G Donnie Gansen/San Bernardino, CA (Dennis and Christol Gansen)

10 Richard Vander Weerd/Visalia, CA (Ron Vander Weerd)

12 Stevie Sussex/Tempe, AZ (ABC Body Shop)

12B Joel Rayborne/West Covina, CA (Rodney Rayborne)

13G Dennis Gile/Phoenix, AZ (Gene Gile)

13m Thomas Meseraull/San Jose, CA (Gene Gile)

15 Chris Bonneau/Peoria, AZ (Chris Bonneau)

16 Mike Martin/Yuma, AZ (Mike Martin Racing)

19 Kevin Thomas, Jr./Cullman, AL (Hayward/Thomas Motorsports)

19AZ C.J. Leary/Greenfield, IN (Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports)

19BS Hunter Schuerenberg/Sikeston, MO (Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports)

19s Logan Seavey/Sutter, CA (Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports)

28m Matt McCarthy/Riverside, CA (John McCarthy)

32 Chase Stockon/Fort Branch, IN (32 TBI Racing)

34 Jake Swanson/Anaheim, CA (John Grau/Mike Burkhart)

42 Brody Roa/Garden Grove, CA (Dwight Cheney)

42x Jason McDougal/Broken Arrow, OK (Dwight Cheney)

44 Cody Williams/Norco, CA (Cody Williams)

44H Jake Helsel/Monroe, WA (Tony Helsel)

47 Charles Davis, Jr. Buckeye, AZ (Charles Davis, Jr.)

51 R.J. Johnson/Laveen, AZ (Ricky Johnson)

51T Eddie Tafoya, Jr./Chino Hills, CA (Eddie Tafoya, Sr.)

57 Steve Hix/Ventura, CA (Steve Hix)

68 Chase Johnson/Penngrove, CA (Shawn Thomas)

69 Brady Bacon/Broken Arrow, OK (Dynamics, Inc.)

Y69 Randy Waitman/Ramona, CA (Randy Waitman)

73T Max Adams/Loomis, CA (Josh Ford Motorsports)

74x Josh Hodges/Albuquerque, NM (Hodges Motorsports)

83 Austin Liggett/Tracy, CA (Tim Liggett)

88 Jace Vander Weerd/Visalia, CA (Ron Vander Weerd)

92 Austin Williams/Corona, CA (Tom and Laurie Sertich)

98 Verne Sweeney/Lomita, CA (Ken Tracy)

98x Jeremy Ellertson/Lawndale, CA (Jeremy Ellertson)