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Ventura Raceway 40
Cars on Hand HEAT 1 HEAT 2 HEAT 3 HEAT 4 PMD B-MAIN A MAIN - 30
LAPS - With Starting Positions Hard Charger:
Rodney Argo Hard Charger: Mike Spencer SCRA returned to Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway for the final time of the 2001 Season. This occasion also included the 11th Running of the Wagsdash. The early festivities included a Pit Crew competition. Fischer Motorsports, the reigning champion, welcomed challenges from the teams of Mel Murphy, "Big" George Gervais, and Ronnie Clark. In the end, it was the Hank Winter Racing team for Ronnie Clark that was victorious. Lance Gremett, the 2000 Sexiest Driver for SCRA, faced many challengers. "Showtime" Danny Sheridan was declared the winner of the title for 2001. Honorable mentions go to Ronnie Clark, and the team of "Super" Rickie Gaunt and "The Kruser" Cory Kruseman. Buster Venard served as the 2001 Wagsdash Grand Marshall. He joined fellow Legends of Ascot, John Redican, Jimmy Oskie, and Eddie Wirth in an autograph session with some of SCRA's stars including Troy Rutherford, Ronnie Clark, Hank Winter, Gary W. Howard, and Jarrett Chaney. 40 Cars were signed in to challenge the Ventura clay. "The Cowboy" Tony Jones was in a brand new # 2 Gardner Sled, prepared for Tony Elliott to race at the Oval Nationals. Tony made the best of the opportunity, as he would later win the Passing Masters Dash. Also in the Gardner Stable, CRA Main Event Winner, Charlie "CZ" Zabinski returned to action, driving the #96 Sled, normally driven by Jimmy Gardner Jr. Several local VRA regulars entered tonight's racing action. VRA Senior Sprints driver, Ron Bach, rookie Josh Ford, Chris Wakim, Greg Taylor, Errol Sachs, and Chris Tramel, who was in Cory Kruseman's #77 Driving School car, tried their luck on this night. Bach won the C-Main. Glenn Hopper, made the drive from Placerville to enter SCRA competition. There were 2 driver changes on the program. Phoenix, Arizona's "The Shermanator" Jeremy Sherman was driving the Mark Priestley owned #7 Stealth, while Mike English was driving the #75 Stinger, owned by Wiley Miller. English would go on to win Heat #2. Tony Jones led the majority of tonight's 30 lap main event. Jones was making his way through traffic, and jumped the wheel of back marker Mike Spencer. Jones recovered and fell to second, behind a charging John Scott. Scott would claim the win in his Pace Electronics #83, over a late surging Mike Kirby and Jones. A new 30 lap track record was set at 6:18.03. "The Wildman" Rodney Argo won the Hard Charger Award. It was announced that "The Kruser" Cory Kruseman only had to take a green flag in tonight's competition to claim the title of the 2001 SCRA Champion Driver. After the main event, Cory celebrated his title by spinning donuts in the infield, in his Harlan Willis/Worldgate Networks #45. He is the first SCRA Champion Driver from California. Previous champions, "The Flying Shoe" Ron Shuman and "The Tempe Tornado" Lealand McSpadden were from Arizona, and "The Gasman" Richard Griffin hails from New Mexico. The SCRA Owners Championship is still up for grabs with 3 races remaining on the schedule. Points leader Harlan Willis is battling 6-time champion Ron Chaffin for the title. Jarrett Chaney claimed the win in the 11th running of the Wagsdash. Chaney took control of the race after passing leader Ronnie Clark and won by almost half a lap over Gary W. Howard and SCRA Rookie Mike Spencer, who won the Lafond Jar of Change for best passing job. |
