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*Special Thanks to Jim Naylor, Cliff Morgan, and the Ventura Raceway Staff.
VRA SPRINTS & SENIOR SPRINTS
Ventura Raceway
APRIL 6, 2002
VRA Seniors
18 CARS
HEAT RACE 1
1. Ron Butler, 2. Richard Terry, 3. Oren Prosser Sr., 4. Rick Lewis, 5. Preiss Movius, 6. Eddie Wirth
HEAT RACE 2
1. R. Dayle Henry, 2. Jim Porter, 3. Ron Bach, 4. Mike Frith-Smith, 5. Curtis Richards, 6. Sammy Iaconis
HEAT RACE 3
1. Wiley Miller, 2. Sparky Edmonston, 3. John Richards, 4. Mike Cook, 5. Mark Chulahoff, 6. George Tuttle Jr.
A-MAIN (With Starting Positions)
1. Ron Bach (7th)
2. R. Dayle Henry (4th)
3. Ron Butler (3rd)
4. Sparky Edmonston (5th)
5. Jim Porter (1st)
6. Mike Cook (10th)
7. Wiley Miller (2nd)
8. Rick Lewis (12th)
9. Mark Chulahoff (15th)
10. Curtis Richards (14th)
11. John Richards (8th)
12. Sammy Iaconis (17th)
13. Mike Frith- Smith (9th)
14. Richard Terry (11th)
15. George Tuttle Jr (18th)
16. Oren Prosser Sr. - DNS (6th)
17. Preiss Movius - DNS (13th)
18. Eddie Wirth - DNS (16th)
*The Starting Positions are listed from the initial announced grid. Drivers Prosser Sr., Movius, and Wirth did not start and the remaining cars were lined up accordingly.
VRA Sprint Cars
32 CARS
HEAT RACE 1
1. Gary Howard, 2. Troy Rutherford, 3. Josh Ford, 4. Chris Wakim, 5. John Wright, 6. Tom Stansberry, 7. Jacob Ford, 8. Sean Buckley-DNS
HEAT RACE 2
1. Greg Taylor, 2. Jimmy Crawford, 3. Ronnie Case, 4. Mike Kirby, 5. Steve
Stasa, 6. Allan Ballard, 7. Ron Recktor, 8. Russell DeBaluw-DNS
HEAT RACE 3
1. Jeff Heaton, 2. Mike Davis, 3. Tom Downing, 4. Rob Kershaw, 5. Aaron
Reyer, 6. David Sinsley, 7. Luis Espinoza, 8. Jeff Wilson
HEAT RACE 4
1. Steve Conrad, 2. Tony Dighera, 3. Cory Kruseman, 4. Larry Lloyd, 5. Bill Welch, 6. Oren Prosser Jr., 7. Chris Tramel, 8. Eric Severson
B-MAIN
1. John Wright, 2. Steve Stasa, 3. Tom Stansberry, 4. Bill Welch, 5. Chris Tramel, 6. Jeff Wilson, 7. Ron Recktor, 8. David Sinsley, 9. Eric Severson, 10. Luis Espinosa, 11. Aaron Reyer, 12. Allan Ballard, 13. Jacob Ford, 14. Oren Prosser Jr.- DNS, 15. Sean Buckley - DNS, 16. Russell
DeBlauw- DNS
A-MAIN (With Starting Positions)
1. Greg Taylor (6th)
2. Jimmy Crawford (1st)
3. Tony Dighera (2nd)
4. Josh Ford (9th)
5. Mike Davis (3rd)
6. Gary Howard (8th)
7. Chris Wakim (16th)
8. Troy Rutherford (4th)
9. Tom Stansberry (19th)
10. Tom Downing (12th)
11. Bill Welch (20th)
12. Jeff Heaton (5th)
13. Rob Kershaw (15th)
14. Larry Lloyd (14th)
15. John Wright (17th)
16. Chris Tramel (21st)
17. Mike Kirby (13th)
18. Steve Stasa (18th)
19. Ronnie Case (10th)
20. Steve Conrad (7th)
21. Cory Kruseman -DNS (11th)
*The Starting Positions are listed from the initial announced grid. Driver Kruseman did not start and the remaining cars were lined up accordingly.
The VRA and VRA Senior Sprints headlined tonight's program at the racy Ventura Raceway. Since the SCRA was off for the weekend, Cory Kruseman, Mike Kirby, Tom Downing, and last week's VRA Main Event Winner, Troy Rutherford were on hand.
The night got off to a rough start as in the Seniors Heat 1, a spinning Preiss Movius collected 1985 CRA Champion Eddie Wirth. Wirth had a rough tumble down the front straight in Cory Kruseman's #1K. Both drivers were ok, but done for the night.
Heat 1 for the VRA Sprints was called one of the best ever at Ventura Raceway by many in attendance. The stout heat race looked like a mini-feature, with Troy Rutherford, Chris Wakim, Gary Howard, Josh Ford, and Tom Stansberry doing battle. There was plenty of three wide action and dicing for the fans to enjoy. Defending Champion Gary Howard had a determined drive and took the victory.
Ron Bach took the win in the Senior Sprints A-Main. Early leaders Jim Porter and Wiley Miller were penalized to the back for failing to stop on a red flag. Bach inherited the lead and held off all challengers.
In the VRA Sprints A-Main, Greg Taylor took the win after chasing down race leader Jimmy "Neutron" Crawford. Mike Kirby was moving towards the front in the Buzz Shoemaker #0, previously driven by Gary W. Howard, but pulled in. Cory Kruseman failed to make the start as problems claimed the Chulahoff #5C.
Ventura Raceway is dark next week, and will resume action on April 20th with the VRA Sprints, Modifieds, Pony Stocks, and CDCRA Dwarf Cars.
The SCRA Sprint Cars return to action on the 13th at Perris Auto Speedway.
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