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*Special Thanks to Jim Naylor, Cliff Morgan, and the Ventura Raceway Staff.
VRA SPRINT CARS
Ventura Raceway
APRIL 20, 2002
44 CARS
HEAT RACE 1
1. Josh Ford, 2. Chris Wakim, 3. Gene Godepski, 4. Jeff Wilson, 5.
Rob Kershaw, 6. Jacob Ford, 7. Mike Davis, 8. Jerry Welton, 9. Mike Gilmore,
10. Ronnie McNeeley, 11. Jeremy Ellertson
HEAT RACE 2
1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Gary W. Howard, 3. Jimmy Crawford, 4. Ronnie
Case, 5. Bill Floyd, 6. Ron Rector, 7. Aaron Reyer, 8. Steve Chulahoff,
9. Larry Lloyd, 10. Eric Severson, 11. David Sinsley- DNS
HEAT RACE 3
1. Tony Dighera, 2. Gary Howard, 3. Bobby Graham, 4. Ron Bach, 5.
Luis Espinoza, 6. Trevor Brillman, 7. Russell DeBlauw, 8. Richard Terry, 9.
Larry Lee, 10. Bill Welch, 11. Max McNutt- DNS
HEAT RACE 4
1. Jeff Heaton, 2. Oren Prosser Jr., 3. Greg Taylor, 4. Tom Downing,
5. John Wright, 6. Chris Tramel, 7. Ron Butler, 8. Allan Ballard, 9. Ryan
Devitt, 10. Renee Boudreau, 11. Jim Thomson- DNS
B-MAIN #1
1. Rob Kershaw, 2. Mike Davis, 3. Russell DeBlauw, 4. Bill Welch, 5.
Jacob Ford, 6. Mike Gilmore, 7. Larry Lee, 8. Luis Espinoza, 9. Richard Terry,
10. Ronnie McNeeley, 11. Jeremy Ellertson, 12. Jerry Welton, 13. Trevor
Brillman
B-MAIN #2
1. John Wright, 2. Bill Floyd, 3. Aaron Reyer, 4. Chris Tramel, 5.
Ron Rector, 6. Ryan Devitt, 7. Renee Boudreau, 8. Larry Lloyd, 9. Eric
Severson, 10. David Sinsley, 11. Allan Ballard, 12. Ron Butler, 13. Steve
Chulahoff - DNS, 14. Jim Thomson- DNS
A-MAIN (With Starting Positions)
1. Greg Taylor (11th)
2. Chris Wakim (5th)
3. Gary Howard (7th)
4. Jeff Heaton (3rd)
5. Josh Ford (2nd)
6. Cory Kruseman (4th)
7. Jimmy Crawford (9th)
8. Jeff Wilson (14th)
9. John Wright (18th)
10. Tony Dighera (1st)
11. Ronnie Case (13th)
12. Gene Godepski (12th)
13. Rob Kershaw (17th)
14. Ron Bach (15th)
15. Tom Downing (16th)
16. Gary W. Howard (6th)
17. Bobby Graham (10th)
18. Mike Davis (19th)
19. Oren Prosser Jr. (8th)
20. Bill Floyd (20th)
The VRA Sprint Cars returned to action with 44 cars signed in to do battle.
Ventura Raceway sponsor Agromin contributed to tonight's purse and doubled the
winner's share. This resulted in a night filled with tight action and
determined drives.
SCRA was off for the weekend and 2001 Champion and current
points leader Cory Kruseman was on hand in the Bill Camarillo #25C. He and
"Sheriff" John Wright split time in Cory's 2-Seat Sprint Car giving
rides to lucky fans. The car will be on hand when SCRA makes it first
appearance of 2002 at Ventura Raceway on May 5th. Be sure to sign up as the
spots are going fast. 5-lap rides are $100.
Other SCRA veterans on hand included Gary W. Howard, who was
in the Shoemaker #0, a ride that was last driven by Mike Kirby 2 weeks ago.
"World Famous" Tom Dowing was in his familiar #90 Sprinter.
Riverside's Bobby Graham was in the #80 family sprinter and it was announced
that this car was up for sale.
Tony Dighera and Josh Ford fought early in the main event.
Cory Kruseman had a slingshot move into second, ahead of Dighera, and
then spun. This collected the 3rd & 4th place cars of Dighera and Gary W.
Howard. Chris Wakim stalked Ford and then took the lead. Wakim's lead was
brief, as Greg Taylor was not to be denied on this night.
The VRA and VRA Senior Sprints will return next week. SCRA
will return to action, this Saturday at Perris Auto Speedway.
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