The bald get in free at Perris

June 2006

Being folliclely challenged is cause for celebration at Perris Auto Speedway this weekend.

And it doesn't matter if the challenged one is male or female, either.

All you have to do is be bald and you can get free admission to the PASSCAR stock car program at 6:30 p.m. at the half-mile clay oval.

If you're not bald and want to be, or just too cheap to buy a ticket, the speedway has thought of that, too. There will be a barber on site ready to demonstrate his (or her) tonsorial techniques on all those interested in being shorn like lambs.

The caveat is that to qualify for free admission you must be completely bald -- none of that bald on top with fringe on the temples or similar styles. Plus, the lights reflecting off the shaven skulls will greatly improve visibility for the racers.

Four of the five Passcar classes will be in action -- Super Stocks, Extreme Topless Late Models, Street Stocks and Cruisers. They'll be joined by the California Lightning Sprints, an open-wheel development series making its first appearance of the year at the track.