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Unwinged 360 Sprint Cars, IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks and Pony Stocks |
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Ventura, CA -September 16, 2000--Unwinged 360 sprint
car point leader Gary Howard took another step towards the Ventura
Raceway track championship by racing to wins in both his heat and the
30 lap main event Saturday night. Howard's win was worth $1,000 and
his closest point title challengers chased him to the win with Greg
Taylor a $750 second and Chris Wakim collecting $500 for third. The
combination of Mike Furlong's win and disappointing efforts by the
other track title hopefuls put Furlong back into the track point lead
for the IMCA Modifieds. Former champion Randy McGraw finished second.
Randy Miller beat Craig Germanetti in the street stock feature as this
division raced for the first time since the early August fair date.
James Brown beat Daniel Shrubb in the pony stock feature.
The VRA sprint cars had a 25 car turnout and the four qualifying heats were won by Howard, Wakim, Taylor and Tony Dighera. This week, the top four in each heat transferred to the 30 lap A Main and they added four transfers from the B Main. Jim Porter won the B Main ahead of John Woodward, Kenny Brown and Dayle Henry. The point leaders dominated the 30 lap A Main with Howard the winner ahead of Taylor, Wakim, Jimmy Crawford, Ronnie Case, Bill Welch, rookie Richard Renken and Jeff Heaton. The 16 IMCA Modifieds were split into a pair of heat races with Jamie Taylor winning the first ahead of incoming point leader Rich Wolfe and defending champion Donald Houghton. McGraw and Furlong ran 1-2 in the second heat with Chris Tonoli third. Wolfe's title hopefuls were dealt a big blow when he finished last in the 16 car feature. Furlong's win lifted him back into the point lead as Houghton could only manage a 13th and John Aitken an 8th. Furlong and McGraw were trailed by Tonoli, Taylor, Bill Waltman, Steve Smith and legenday pavement late model star Oren Prosser. State point leader Bill Saltzman was 9th. The street stocks had a solid 19 car turnout. Greg Raap continued his recent strong runs with a win in the first heat over Ernie Malone. The leading feature winner in the class, Tom Stephens, took heat 2 ahead of Erick Karlsen. Dan Murphy and John Uccellini ran 1-2 in heat 3. Miller had finished 4th in his heat, but charged to a main event win ahead of point leader Craig Germanetti, Stephens, Uccellini, Raap, Mike Riccardi, Murphy and Bradley Prows. Chris Tramel raced in this class for the first time and finished 9th. The Pony Stocks drew a 30 car field again and the four heat wins went to Darren Gunnell, Paul Jankovskis, Rick Rodarte and Brown. As usual, the top four finishers in the four heats and the B Main made up the 20 car A Main. Ray Martinez beat Jack Fullerton, Frank Woodward and Bruce Blackburn Jr in the B Main that was full of top runners. Brown won the A Main ahead of Shrubb, Rodarte, Scott Bulpitt, Martinez, Bryan Rungaitis, Jankovskis and Jon Everhart. Point leader Mark Gillimore ran 14th, but still holds the lead by 65 points over Wes Richardson. Rungaitis, Martinez and Cliff Ashlock all remain in track title contention. Summary Pony Stock Heat 1-Darren Gunnell, Wes Richardson, Dave Revard, Jon Everhart, Garret Pegler. Heat 2-Paul Jankovskis, Bryan Weaver, Cliff Ashlock, Mike Frazier, Dave Little. Heat 3-Rick Rodarte, Tom Burroughs, Mark Gillimore, Gary Yeates, Ray Martinez. Heat 4-James Brown, Daniel Shrubb, Bryan Rungaitis, Scott Bulpitt, Frank Woodward. B Main-Martinez, Jack Fullerton, Woodward, Bruce Blackman Jr, Little, Pegler, Lee Clelland, Julie Masters, Eric Chambers, Mike Nicks. A Main-Brown, Shrubb, Rodarte, Bulpitt, Martinez, Rungaitis, Jankovskis, Everhart, Yeates, Woodward, Weaver, Frazier, Richardson, Gillimore, Burroughs, Ashlock, Revard, Blackman, Gunnell, Fullerton. Street Stock Heat 1-Greg Raap, Ernie Malone, Richard Johnston, Craig Germanetti, Wayne Heurung. Heat 2-Tom Stephens, Erick Karlsen, Stephen Suchowirsky, Steve Bulpitt, Michael Lee. Heat 3-Dan Murphy, John Uccellini, Mike Riccardi, Randy Miller, Joe Porche. Main-Miller, Germanetti, Stephens, Uccellini, Raap, Riccardi, Murphy, Bradley Prows, Chris Tramel, Suchowirsky, Malone, John Romero, Bulpitt, Johnston, Tracey Pallais, Lee, Karlsen, Heurung, Porche. IMCA Modified Heat 1-Jamie Taylor, Rich Wolfe, Donald Houghton, Steve Smith, Stephen Mitchell. Heat 2-Randy McGraw, Mike Furlong, Chris Tonoli, John Aitken, Bill Waltman. Main-Furlong, McGraw, Tonoli, Taylor, Waltman, Smith, Oren Prosser, Aitken, Bill Saltzman, Jimmy Barttelt, Mitchell, Hobie Conway, Houghton, Daman Redman, Kathy Pierson, Wolfe. Unwinged 360 Sprint Car Heat 1-Gary Howard, Jimmy Crawford, Richard McCormick, Clark Templeman III, Sparky Edmonston. Heat 2-Chris Wakim, Jeff Heaton, Rob Kershaw, John Wright, Jim Porter. Heat 3-Greg Taylor, Richard Renken, Bill Welch, Russell DeBlauw, Jessie Denome. Heat 4-Tony Dighera, Ronnie Case, Dale Harwood, Kenny White, Kenny Brown. B Main-Porter, John Woodward, Brown, Dayle Henry, Edmonston, Denome, Steve Chuhaloff. A Main-Howard, Taylor, Wakim, Crawford, Case, Welch, Renken, Heaton, McCormick, Templeman, Kershaw, Harwood, Woodward, Porter, Henry, Brown, DeBlauw, Wright, Dighera, White. |
