A friend of mine was involved in the promotion of the race at route 66, and I couldn't think of a better reason to take a day off from work on Monday and go to both shows.
ROUTE 66 MOTORPLEX—Victorville: The USAC doubleheader Sunday the 18th was an ambitious endeavor by new USAC open-wheel promoter Scott Burns. He drove his own No. 26 sprint car in CRA and SCRA from 1990 to the late 1990s. He raced in the first Perris sprint car event in 1996. Another promoter, Steve Quercio, presented USAC-CRA racing once last year on Saturday, March 26 at the then named Victorville Raceway Park semi-banked clay three-eights mile on the grounds of the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds. The track first hosted racing on August 18, 1996 and is 2,930 feet above sea-level. Mike Spencer (No. 50) won that 30-lap feature after Nic Faas (No. 4) set fast time of 13.145 in a field of 30 cars.