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4 DIVISIONS HEADLINE SATURDAY
VENTURA PROGRAM |
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(Oxnard,
CA., 4/12/2005)
Saturday
night April 16, at 5:00pm marks the next night for the 2005 Ventura Raceway/VRA
season, at its home track at the Ventura County Fairgrounds/Seaside Park,
located just off the 101 Freeway in Ventura.
Saturday’s action will include four of VRA’s top classes: VRA 360
Sprint Cars, VRA Senior Sprints, VRA Pony Stocks and IMCA Modifieds.
Last year’s champions, Tom Stansberry, in Sprint Cars, Mike Frazier, in
Pony Stocks will be there.
Also competing Saturday night will be IMCA points leaders Josh and Donald
Houghton and Senior Points leader Wiley Miller. VRA
Sprint Cars will headline the night of racing with a full program of heat races
and a twenty car, 30 lap main event.
Drivers scheduled to compete include, Kevin Kierce, Bill Welch, Steve
Conrad, Rob Kershaw, Chris Wakim, Blake Miller, Chris Tramel, Joe Henderson and
a host of other fine drivers.
These open wheeled, V 8 powered, cars are the fastest VRA Cars that race
at Ventura Raceway hitting speeds in excess of seventy miles per hour down the
short front and back stretches.
Close hard fought racing is the rule not the exception every night they
race. VRA
Pony Stocks and IMCA Modifieds are also competing on Saturday night.
These classes always put on great racing each night they race.
Pony Stocks are four cylinder coupes and sedans and are nearly stock in
appearance and set-up.
IMCA Modfieds
are true open wheeled modified racecars, powered by V 8 engines. Some of the top
drivers in Pony Stocks are David Peterson, Jon Everhart, Andrew Greiman, Jim
Evans and
2004 Champion Mike Frazier.
Top IMCA Modified
drivers include Point leaders Josh and Donald Houghton, Kathy Pierson, Chris
Tonoli and Will Smith. The
final group racing on Saturday is the popular VRA Senior Sprints.
These over 45 year old drivers compete in the same V 8 powered 360 sprint
cars as their younger brothers in the regular VRA Sprint Car Division.
Points leader Wiley Miller will be there to try to keep his points lead
ahead of other top VRA Senior drivers, that include Ron Bach, Bruce Douglas,
Tony Lima and Tim Moon. Racing
gets under way with warm-ups at 4:00pm with racing starting at 5:00pm.
Front gates open at 4:00pm with general admission seating throughout the
grandstands. Admission
prices are: $14.00 for adults, $11.00 for seniors/juniors with photo id and
military, $5.00 for kids 7-12 and kids 6 and under FREE.
For more information, please call Ventura Raceway at 805-985-5433 Monday
through Friday from 8am-6pm.
On raceday you can call the racetrack pit office at 805-648-RACE. |
