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VRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:
Ventura Raceway - Ventura, California
May 14, 2011

ENTRIES: (Car / Driver Name / Points)
7 Greg Taylor 240; 11 Troy Rutherford 120; 14 Tom Hendricks 0; 16 Tom Harper 170; 17 Jimmy Crawford 130; 18T Clark Templeman III 120; 19 Brandon Thomson 10; 21K Cory Kruseman 260; 22 Brian Camarillo 115; 24 Guy Woodward 115; 26 Cody Kershaw 155; 28 Dakota Kershaw 210; 51 Brent Camarillo 140; 55s Kyle Smith 100; 56 Steve Conrad 140; 57 Steve Hix 10; 65 Austin DeBlauw 120; 69 Markus Niemela 210; 71K Don Gansen 180; 72 Ronnie Gardner 175; 73 Josh Ford 195; 76 Derek Buckley 170; 83 John Nock 120; 96k Charlie Butcher 5.

HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps)
1. Jimmy Crawford, 2. Troy Rutherford, 3. Josh Ford, 4. Don Gansen, 5. Steve Conrad, 6. Brent Camarillo, 7. John Nock, 8. Clark Templeman III.

HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps)
1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Tom Harper, 3. Derek Buckley, 4. Markus Niemela, 5. Brian Camarillo, 6. Austin DeBlauw, 7. Brandon Thomson, 8. Charlie Butcher.

HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps)
1. Greg Taylor, 2. Dakota Kershaw, 3. Ronnie Gardner, 4. Cody Kershaw, 5. Kyle Smith, 6. Guy Woodward, 7. Steve Hix.

SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Brent Camarillo, 2. Brian Camarillo, 3. Steve Conrad, 4. Kyle Smith, 5. Guy Woodward, 6. Austin DeBlauw, 7. Clark Templeman III, 8. John Nock, 9. Brandon Thomson, 10. Steve Hix, 11. Charlie Butcher.

FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Cory Kruseman (4th), 2. Greg Taylor (6th), 3. Markus Niemela (10th), 4. Dakota Kershaw (1st), 5. Josh Ford (7th), 6. Don Gansen (12th), 7. Ronnie Gardner (9th), 8. Derek Buckley (8th), 9. Tom Harper (2nd), 10. Cody Kershaw (11th), 11. Brent Camarillo (13th), 12. Steve Conrad (15th), 13. Clark Templeman III (19th), 14. John Nock (20th), 15. Austin DeBlauw (18th), 16. Guy Woodward (17th), 17. Brian Camarillo (14th), 18. Jimmy Crawford (5th), 19. Troy Rutherford (3rd), 20. Kyle Smith (16th).
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Tom Harper, Laps 6-17 Dakota Kershaw, Laps 18-30 Cory Kruseman.

HARD CHARGER: Markus Niemela (10th to 3rd)

VRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS:
1. Greg Taylor 1665; 2. Steve Conrad 1575; 3. Don Gansen 1460; 4. Josh Ford 1450; 5. Derek Buckley 1270; 6. Brent Camarillo 1245; 7. Brian Camarillo 1175; 8. Cory Kruseman 1170; 9. Markus Niemela 1015; 10. Brandon Thomson 1005; 11. John Nock 955; 12. Dakota Kershaw 940; 13. Clark Templeman III 920; 14. Kyle Smith 905; 15. Austin DeBlauw 800; 16. Brody Roa 795; 17. Jimmy Crawford 790; 18. Guy Woodward 730; 19. Tom Harper 710; 20. Justin Kierce 635.

NEXT VRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
May 28th - Ventura Raceway - Ventura, California

Post race decision found Cory Kruseman DQ'd for loss of muffler, ( on the white flag lap). Murphy's law at work. Rule no. 5.

I think rule #5 needs to be given more clarity. As it is written it states " VRA approved mufflers are mandatory and must meet the current requirements. Cars may not continue to run if they lose a muffler during competition."

I think to most of us, losing a muffler means coming off the car. Having the muffler come loose and still being attached to the car does not make it lost. If it is a sound issue, then disqualify him for being too loud.

It fell off coming out of turn 4 to take the white flag so no, it wasn't loose. It came off.

What happenned to Troy in the main?

He bounced off the wall and ironically enough got into Cory (and broke Cory's muffler) and busted the front end.