*Special Thanks to Jim Naylor, Cliff Morgan, and the Ventura Raceway Staff.
VRA SPRINT CARS
VENTURA RACEWAY
AUGUST 24, 2002
34 CARS
HEAT RACE 1
1. Ronnie Case, 2. Steve Conrad, 3. John Wright, 4. Chris Wakim, 5.
Josh Ford, 6. Oren Prosser Jr., 7. Steve Chulahoff, 8. Kyle Hancock, 9. Jimmy
May
HEAT RACE 2
1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Tony Dighera, 3. Richard Terry, 4. Larry Lloyd,
5. Jeremy Ellertson, 6. Bill Welch, 7. Steve Ostling, 8. Jim Gresham, 9. Rob
Kershaw
HEAT RACE 3
1. Greg Taylor, 2. Mike Davis, 3. Russell DeBlauw, 4. Ron Butler, 5.
Mike Gilmore Jr., 6. Jacob Ford, 7. Luis Espinoza- DNS, 8. Chris Tramel- DNS
HEAT RACE 4
1. Gary W. Howard, 2. Ron Bach, 3. Tom Downing, 4. Jeff Wilson, 5.
Ryan Devitt, 6. Bill Camarillo, 7. Jimmy Crawford, 8. Alan Ballard
B-MAIN
1. Jeremy Ellertson, 2. Jimmy Crawford, 3. Oren Prosser Jr., 4. Ryan
Devitt, 5. Luis Espinoza, 6. Steve Chulahoff, 7. Bill Welch, 8. Alan Ballard,
9. Rob Kershaw, 10. Kyle Hancock, 11. Mike Gilmore, 12. Steve Ostling, 13. Jim
Gresham, 14. Bill Camarillo, 15. Josh Ford-DNS, 16. Jacob Ford-DNS, 17. Jimmy
May-DNS
A-MAIN (With Starting Positions)
1. Greg Taylor (4th)
2. Steve Conrad (5th)
3. Cory Kruseman (1st)
4. Chris Wakim (13th)
5. Jeremy Ellertson (17th)
6. Tony Dighera (7th)
7. Russell DeBlauw (11th)
8. Mike Davis (6th)
9. Jeff Wilson (14th)
10. Ron Butler (16th)
11. Ronnie Case (2nd)
12. Jimmy Crawford (18th)
13. Richard Terry (9th)
14. Gary W. Howard (3rd)
15. Ryan Devitt (19th)
16. John Wright (10th)
17. Tom Downing (12th)
18. Ron Bach (8th)
19. Larry Lloyd (15th)
20. Oren Prosser Jr. (20th) - DNS
Jim Naylor's Ventura Raceway hosted the next round for the VRA
Sprint Cars. Points Leader Jimmy "Neutron" Crawford was looking for
his first win of the season and to keep his lead over Greg Taylor and Josh
Ford. SCRA had the weekend off and veterans Cory Kruseman, Steve Ostling, Tom
Downing, and Gary W. Howard signed in to race with VRA.
With 33 cars on hand- Ronnie Case (winner last week at
Perris), Cory Kruseman, Greg Taylor, and Gary W. Howard won heat races. Jeremy
Ellertson won the semi and transferred to the Main Event with Jimmy Crawford,
Oren Prosser Jr., and Ryan Devitt.
Cory Kruseman started on the pole of the main event, alongside
Ronnie Case. Both got together at the start. This allowed Gary W. Howard to
take the lead, while both Kruseman and Case saved it and continued on. Howard
was dominant early in the Buzz Shoemaker entry. He made his way through the
back markers and lost it in between turns 1&2. This allowed Greg Taylor to
take the lead. Taylor fought off challenges by Howard and Steve Conrad to take
the win. In the end, it was Taylor, Conrad, Kruseman, Chris Wakim (who started
13th), and Jeremy Ellertson- who finished 5th after starting 17th.
Note: It was announced that during next week's SCRA show at
Ventura Raceway- there will be a match race between the 2-Seat Sprinters of
Cory Kruseman and Tony Jones. Both will race with passengers aboard on the
Ventura clay. Tony was in attendance tonight with his 2 seater and gave a few
rides.
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