2022 USAC Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway

Oval Nationals Entry List Exceeds 40 For Upcoming Perris USAC Sprint Races

Oval Nationals Entry List Exceeds 40 For Upcoming Perris USAC Sprint Races

The field continues to grow for the 26th running of the Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway. The list has cleared 40.

Oct 31, 2022 by FloRacing Staff
Oval Nationals Entry List Exceeds 40 For Upcoming Perris USAC Sprint Races

The field continues to grow for the 26th running of the Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway.

Seven more entries have pushed the entry list to 41 drivers and teams for the Nov. 3-5 event, which culminates with Saturday night's $20,000-to-win, $1,000-to-start finale, co-sanctioned by the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and the AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Cars.

Among the latest entries are a two-car effort from Team AZ Racing, featuring drivers Jake Swanson and Jason McDougal. 

Swanson (Anaheim, California) captured the opening-night prelim at the Oval Nationals in 2021 in one of the closest finishes in USAC National Sprint Car history.

Four past Oval Nationals winners are entered for the event, including three-time champions Kevin Thomas Jr. and Damion Gardner, plus one-time winners C.J. Leary and Robert Ballou.

In addition, Justin Grant and Brady Bacon, who are ranked first and second, respectively, in the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship point standings, are entered, and they both are in pursuit their first Oval Nationals crown. Both drivers have won prelim-night features during the event.

See the entry list here.

Tickets for the 26th Annual Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals are on sale online at perrisautospeedway.com or by calling 1-800-595-4849. 

For those who do not wish to buy tickets in advance, there will be tickets available for everyone at the ticket window on all three nights.

In addition to the three nights of racing, there will be a practice for Oval Nationals-entered cars on Wednesday. The practice will begin at 6 p.m. Pacific, and it will be free for fans in the grandstands. Fans will be treated to $2 pizza, beer and soda.