FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 20, 2016 RICHIE MURRAY USAC WEST COAST SPRINTS READY FOR 21 EVENT SLATE IN 2016 Twenty-one events are set for the 2016 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series season with races at eight different venues in Arizona, Nevada and California. Five non-points-paying "Special Events" will open the season on January 22-23-24-29-30 in the "Winter Challenge:" a series of races held in conjunction with the USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series at Canyon Speedway in Peoria, Arizona. The first points race of the season for the West Coast Sprints will also be held with the Southwest Sprints in a battle for series bragging rights at the "Sin City Showdown" as part of the FVP "Outlaw Showdown" at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway on March 4. The first of seven series events at Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, California commences on March 11-12 with two complete shows on consecutive nights at the high-banked 1/3-mile clay oval. The West Coast Sprints will also make trips to Tulare on April 9 alongside the USAC Western Midget Series, April 23, May 14 and another doubleheader weekend on July 22-23. Other events scattered throughout the state of California in 2016 include a visit to Bakersfield Speedway on March 19. The series offers three trips to Hanford's Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds on April 2, June 25 with the Western Midgets, and the West Coast Sprint Series season's final points race on August 13. Santa Maria Raceway hosts the West Coast Sprints on June 18 and August 6 while Ocean Speedway in Watsonville welcomes the series on August 12. The series will make its debut as part of the festivities for the 76th running of the "Turkey Night Grand Prix" at Ventura Raceway with a non-points-paying "Special Event." 2016 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES SCHEDULE Jan 22 - Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Jan 23 - Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Jan 24 - Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Jan 29 - Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Jan 30 - Peoria, AZ (SE)/Canyon Speedway Mar 4 - Las Vegas, NV/The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Mar 11 - Tulare, CA/Thunderbowl Raceway Mar 12 - Tulare, CA/Thunderbowl Raceway Mar 19 - Bakersfield, CA/Bakersfield Speedway Apr 2 - Hanford, CA/Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds Apr 9 - Tulare, CA/Thunderbowl Raceway Apr 23 - Tulare, CA/Thunderbowl Raceway May 14 - Tulare, CA/Thunderbowl Raceway Jun 18 - Santa Maria, CA/Santa Maria Raceway Jun 25 - Hanford, CA/Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds Jul 22 - Tulare, CA/Thunderbowl Raceway Jul 23 - Tulare, CA/Thunderbowl Raceway Aug 6 - Santa Maria, CA/Santa Maria Raceway Aug 12 - Watsonville, CA/Ocean Speedway Aug 13 - Hanford, CA/Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds Nov 24 - Ventura, CA (SE)/Ventura Raceway