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Greetings from Ventura Raceway. 31 sprints cars are here for tonight's All Coast Challenge and Fred Thomson Tribute Race.

Time trials are underway. Here is the entry list:
2 Austin Williams ( Jory)
2K Hobie Conway (Kruseman)
2X Wally Pankratz (Swann)
4 Damion Gardner (Alexander)
4G Chris Gansen (Gansen)
5 Logan Williams (Jory)
7 Cory Kruseman (Priestley)
7G Don Gansen (Gansen)
10 Richard Vander Weerd (Vander Weerd)
14 J.J. Ercse (Springstead)
15 Rick Hendrix (Hendrix)
17 Johnathon Henry (Henry)
19F Brandon Thomson (Thomson)
21 A.J. Bender (Bender)
34 Corey Ballard (Ballard)
36 Cody Swanson (Springstead)
37 Matt Mitchell (Mitchell)
44 Cody Williams (Jory)
49 Ron Bach (Bach)
51 Brian Camarillo (Smith)
55 Kyle Smith (Smith)
65 Austin DeBlauw (DeBlauw)
66 Rickie Gaunt (Miller)
72 Greg Alexander (Tyler)
73 Nic Faas (Ford)
73F Ryan Bernal (Ford)
73X Markus Niemela (Ford)
88 Jace Vander Weerd (Vander Weerd)
91R Brody Roa (BR)
92 Jake Swanson (Sertich)
96 Charlie Butcher (Butcher)

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 10, 2014 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway – “All Coast Challenge / Fred Thomson Tribute Race”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-12.089; 2. Nic Faas, 73, Ford-12.247; 3. Cody Swanson, 36, Springstead-12.269; 4. Markus Niemela, 73X, Ford-12.293; 5. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-12.365; 6. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-12.380; 7. Ryan Bernal, 73F, Ford-12.436; 8. Johnathon Henry, 17, Henry-12.440; 9. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-12.476; 10. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-12.491; 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-12.500; 12. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-12.560; 13. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-12.654; 14. J.J. Ercse, 14, Springstead-12.786; 15. Matt Michell, 37, Mitchell-12.803; 16. Corey Ballard, 34, Ballard-12.845; 17. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-12.855; 18. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-12.883; 19. Brian Camarillo, 51, Smith-12.905; 20. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-12.937; 21. Austin DeBlauw, 65, DeBlauw-12.970; 22. Rick Hendrix, 15, Hendrix-13.047; 23. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-13.062; 24. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-13.065; 25. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.067; 26. Brandon Thomson, 19F, Thomson-13.104; 27. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-13.243; 28. Wally Pankratz, 2X, Swann-13.478; 29. Ron Bach, 49, Bach-13.614; 30. Hobie Conway, 2K, Kruseman-NT; 31. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-NT; 32. Charlie Butcher, 96, Butcher-NT.

HEAT RACE LINEUPS

HEAT 1
65 A.DeBlauw – 5 L.Williams
21 A.J. Bender – 7 C.Kruseman
66 R.Gaunt – 92 J.Swanson
91 B.Roa – 49 R.Bach

HEAT 2
15 R.Hendrix – 7G D.Gansen
14 J.J.Ercse – 4 D.Gardner
44 C.Williams – 73 N.Faas
19F B.Thomson – 2K H.Conway

HEAT 3
54 C.Majors – 51 B.Camarillo
37 M.Mitchell – 88 J.Vander Weerd
73F R.Bernal – 36 C.Swanson
4G C.Gansen – 96 C.Butcher

HEAT 4
10 R.Vander Weerd – 55 K.Smith
34 C.Ballard – 2 A.Williams
17 J.Henry – 73X M.Niemela
2X W.Pankratz

Heat 1 is pushing off.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. J.Swanson, 3. L.Williams, 4. Gaunt, 5. Roa, 6. Bender, 7. DeBlauw, 8. Bach. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Hendrix, 3. Faas, 4. D.Gansen, 5. Ercse, 6. Thomson, 7. C.Williams, 8. Conway.

Heat 3. Red- Cody Swanson flip front straightaway. Driver OK and walks away.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Camarillo, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Mitchell, 4. Bernal, 5. Majors, 6. C.Gansen, 7. C.Swanson. NT

Heat 4. Niemela flips heat race 4.  Driver OK

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. A.Williams, 3. Smith, 4. Pankratz, 5. Ballard, 6. Niemela, 7. Henry. NT

SEMI-MAIN LINEUP
73X M. Niemela – 44 C.Williams
17 J.Henry – 21 A.J.Bender
14 J.J.Ercse – 34 C.Ballard
65 A.DeBlauw – 54 C.Majors
91R B.Roa – 19F B.Thomson
4G C.Gansen - 2K H.Conway

*C.Swanson has scratched

MAIN LINEUP
4 D.Gardner – 7. C.Kruseman
73F R.Bernal – 66 R.Gaunt
73 N.Faas – 92 J.Swanson
*Balance filled after semi-main.

Thanks Lance...

I once thought I was wrong but soon discovered I was 
mistaken.

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. Henry, 3. Niemela, 4. Roa, 5. DeBlauw, 6. C.Gansen, 7. Thomson, 8. Ballard, 9. Ercse, 10. Majors, 11. Bender, 12. Conway. NT

MAIN LINEUP
4 D.Gardner – 7. C.Kruseman
73F R.Bernal – 66 R.Gaunt
73 N.Faas – 92 J.Swanson
73X M.Niemela – 44 C.Williams
17 J.Henry – 88 J.VanderWeerd
2 A.Williams – 37 M.Mitchell
5 L.Williams – 7G D.Gansen
51 B.Camarillo – 55 K.Smith
65 A.DeBlauw – 15 R.Hendrix
10 R.VanderWeeed – 91 B.Roa
4G C.Gansen – 2X W.Pankratz

Dwarf car main on track. USAC/CRA feature is in staging.

Damion on the pole. Uhhhhh, well... Let's see if he can lap the entire field, I guess. 

Lap 7 yellow. Muffler on track
RESTART. Yellow – tangle- Niemela, Mitchell, Pankratz, L.Williams stopped. Drivers OK. Williams & Williams walked away- cars on hook. Gardner leads Bernal, Kruseman, Faas, J.Swanson Gaunt

LAP 10 RED. 2X Pankratz flips backstraight. Driver ok. 

Damion Gardner leads all 30 laps to win the Ventura main event.Followed by Faas, J.Swanson, Bernal, Kruseman, Henry.