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| Release for Ventura Raceway for 4-14-07 |
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(Oxnard, CA 4/12/07) Ventura
Raceway returns to action Saturday night April 14, at 5:30pm at its Ventura
County Fairgrounds Facility with another night of exciting open wheel racing
action. This weekend we will be featuring three adult classes and two junior
classes that always provide fans in attendance exciting moments to remember.
Headlining Saturday’s action will be VRA Sprint Cars just back from their
first VRA/Bandit Grand Slam race at Bakersfield Speedway last weekend. Also on
tap will be the popular VRA Senior Sprints, VRA Dwarf Cars and our VRA Mini
Dwarfs and Junior Midgets.
Last weekend at Bakersfield Speedway, VRA star Greg Taylor took his first VRA/Bandit Grand Slam win against the best 360 sprint car drivers in California. He passed Jesse Mack with three laps to go and held on to post an impressive win. Following Taylor and Mack across the line were Davey Pombo, Josh Ford and 2005 Grand Slam Champion Peter Murphy. Other strong performances were made by up and coming VRA youngsters Brandon Thomson who finished 7th, Johnathon Henry who finished 9th, John Nock who finished 10th and Heidi Tressler who finished 14th. Saturday night Greg Taylor goes for three VRA wins in a row against the best VRA can throw against him, including 2006 Champion Luis Espinoza and hard charger Kevin Kierce. We also look forward to the return to action of VRA favorite Chris Wakim. VRA Senior Sprints return to action Saturday with Last race winner Steve Stasa going for his third win in a row in 2007. With his win in the last race in 2006, Stasa has a chance to set a VRA record with four Senior class wins in a row Saturday. Out to try to stop this from happening will be all the top Seniors, led by past champions Wiley Miller, Ron Bach and a host of other fine over 45 year old competitors. Last week our VRA Dwarf Cars ran at Bakersfield as a part of the sprint car event. Wins went to Ed Niedzwiecki in Seniors and Jim Scribelitto in Pros. Saturday they are back at Ventura to resume their season long battle to see who will be our 2007 Champions. With over thirty dwarf cars racing in two classes the competition should be fierce. Also on tap Saturday night will be our VRA Mini Dwarf cars. These cars ran an exhibition event at Bakersfield last weekend. Wins went to Wyatt Shaffer and Zachery Gilmore. Junior Midgets will also be back with another night of racing in this growing class. Last week, Christian Copley took the win to increase his season point’s lead. Pit Gates open at 12 noon with front gates opening at 3:00 with Junior Class racing at 3:30 and adult racing getting under way at 5:30pm. Admission prices are: $14.00 for adults, $11.00 for Senior/Military and juniors with a school id, $5.00 for children 7-12 with kids 6 and under free. For more information, please call Ventura Raceway at (805) 985-5433 Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm. |
