A week after racing teammate Tommy Dunkel at Imperial Valley Raceway, Brody Lore is gearing up for 20, one of Southern California’s longest-running sprint car races.th “Sokola Shootout” held annually at Perris Auto Speedway. The race is this Saturday night, March 18th.thand Lore will enter as the points leader for the 2023 USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series Championship.
In his first two drives in a car owned by Inland Rigging, Lore won the first two races of the 2023 USAC/CRA schedule at Cocopa Speedway in Brad Whitfield in January. He has his 14-point lead in the championship standings heading into Saturday’s race at his half-mile clay oval in the famous Riverside County, located 77 miles east of Los Angeles. In addition to his two wins in the Cocopah main, he won his one of his two heats over the weekend on his new DRC chassis.
At last year’s Sokola Shootout, Roa dominated the 10-lap heat race. In the 30-lap main event he started 7th and finished 6th.
Last week’s race at Imperial during the California Midwinter Fair drew strong cars and a great crowd. The successful event was a revival of what was an annual tradition that had lasted for decades when the original his CRA raced during the fair. It was Roa’s first race at PAS. Dunkel, who lives in Murrieta, entered the trade fair track last October and finished seventh.
The race was an open comp show. So both the 360 and 410 were competing together. Dunkel was in a brand new DRC and Lore was driving a Maxim. Both were powered by his Shaver 360.
“It was my first time driving with the new DRC chassis,” Dunkel said of his car at Imperial. “Thanks to the new chassis and Brett & Brody Lore helping me with set-up and driving advice it was very helpful. We posted some decent times and hold ourselves there I ended up in a slow car (during free practice on Friday) and it flipped over.The car wasn’t damaged too much.Just a radius rod, nerf bars, wheels and tires.A little bang. , my ribs hurt.”
The big night at Imperial was Saturday. In front of an enthusiastic crowd, sprint cars competed for the winner’s $5000.00 salary. The first job of the night was the heat race. The top five from each heat went straight to the Main Event. As luck would have it, Dunkel and Lore were in the same heat. Dunkel managed to hold off the sixth-placed driver to secure the final transfer spot to the A-main. The driver he stopped was Roar.
While Dunkel was locked in the A main, Roa had to go to the B to get a ticket to take a shot at the winner’s loot. He gave a perfect performance on B and won the race.
In the main Lore had to start 16th, outside row #8.It was right behind new teammate Dunkel, who came from 14thDespite competing with the beefy 410, the Roa had a mission. The 2019 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series champion was racing through the field. With his 10 laps to go, the Garden Grove, California veteran moved up to his fifth position and was closing in on the driver in third and his fourth. However, disaster struck when one of Roa’s previous cars and the rapper came together.Lore couldn’t avoid the tangle and ended up spending the night in an abandoned race car.th.
After Lore’s incident, Dunkel singlehandedly raised the flag of Inland Rigging.He was up to 9th when trouble broke out, but ended up 16thth.
“I was ninth with three cars remaining and my steering gear failed,” lamented Dunkel. “Both of our nights ended badly. I had a lot of fun racing with them and they have another show in October and we will be back. We can show better results.”
Lore will be back in action on Saturday at Perris Auto Speedway and next Friday at Hanford’s Kings Speedway. Then, on April 1st, head to Arizona’s Mojave Valley.stWith Dunkel making his USAC/CRA debut, the night will be spent working on two cars from Inland Rigging.
Spectator gates at Perris Auto Speedway open at 5pm on Saturday, with the first race starting at 7:00. The track is located at the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in the City of Perris (92571).Advance tickets are available 24 hours a day https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7The track’s website is www.perrisautospeedway.com The office phone number is (951) 940-0134.
As usual, Roa is happy to get away from the #17R and jump into the race car this weekend. His full schedule is printed below.If you would like to contact him for open dates, please call 714-932-7994 or This email address is being protected from spambots. JavaScript must be enabled to view.
The team would like to thank the following sponsors for making the 2023 season possible. Inland Rigging, Dunkel Farms, United Asset Sales, Osborne Speed & Machine, Sander Engineering, “Biker” Bruce Fischer, ALR Virtual Services, Burris Racing, Caltrol, Competition Suspension, K-1 Race Gear, Molecule, Rod End Supply, Driven Racing Oil, Baldwin filters, NGK spark plugs.
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