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| WRIGHT AND GREENLAND WIN AT
VENTURA by Gary Jacob |
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IMCA Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, I-4 Modifieds and Pony Stocks |
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Ventura, CA -August 28, 1999-- After his duel with
Randy Moody ended when Moody flipped several times on the back stretch
on lap 27, John Wright from Ventura won the 30 lap IMCA Sprint Car
main event at Ventura Raceway Saturday night. It was the first racing
at the track since the County Fair in early August. Despite breaking a
motor on the final lap, Steve Greenland captured the 20 lap IMCA
Modified main event. Marty Desbrow ran away with the I-4 Modified main
and fellow Ventura resident Bryan Weaver won his first ever Pony Stock
main.
The IMCA sprint cars had another strong 23 car field and their 30 lap main was slowed by five yellow flags prior to the lap 27 red flag. R Moody had been challenging Wright for the top spot when he flipped several times. He had to be transported to the hospital for observation and his car was badly damaged. Wright won ahead of current point leader Kevin Kierce and defending track champion Kenny White. Greg Taylor, Ronnie Case, Bill Welch, Chris Wakim and Clark Templeman III rounded out the top 8. The IMCA Modifieds had a 16 car field and all started their 20 lap main. Greenland won despite losing oil pressure on the final lap. Defending track champion Randy McGraw ran second and moved into second in points. Point leader Donald Houghton was third and stands 11 points ahead of McGraw. Former champion John Aitken entered the night second in points, but ran 12th in the main. Bill Waltman finished fourth ahead of Mike Furlong, Rich Wolfe, fair race winner Chris Tonoli, Kathy Pierson and Gary Curtis. Pony stock racer Mark Fullerton made his IMCA Modified debut at Ventura with a 14th. Jamie Taylor finished top 4, but was disqualified in tech for an illegal brake proportioning valve. Desbrow took the lead on lap 5 of the I-4 Modified main and won with George Kreider second ahead of Brian Rader. Weaver came out on top of the pony stock main with Frank Woodward second ahead of Ray Martinez. Summary IMCA Modified Main-Steve Greenland, Randy McGraw, Donald Houghton, Bill Waltman, Mike Furlong, Rich Wolfe, Chris Tonoli, Kathy Pierson, Gary Curtis, David Rhodes, Bill Saltzman, John Aitken, Al Adam, Mark Fullerton, Hobie Conway, Randy Gens. IMCA Sprint Car Main-John Wright, Kevin Kierce, Kenny White, Greg Taylor, Ronnie Case, Bill Welch, Chris Wakim, Clark Templeman III, Denny McVey, Dale Harwood, Randy Moody, Tony Dighera, Jimmy Crawford, Tom Stansberry, Will Perkins, Bob Moody, Jeff Heaton, Steve Conrad. |
