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(Oxnard, CA 11/13/07)Ventura Raceway will be presenting its final race in the 2007 season this Saturday night November 17 at 5:30 at its Ventura County Fairgrounds Facility in Ventura California. We will end our season with a full program of VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, Dwarf Cars and our kid’s classes. With four class championships still to be decided, racing will be all out from opening heat races until the final checkered flag falls.
Troy Rutherford will try to continue his late season domination of the VRA Sprint Cars as he goes after win number seven. Last weekend he took win number six. He took the thirty lap feature after a race long battle with Jake Hodges and Kevin Kierce. Hodges led many laps in the mid portion of the race until getting together with another car on lap 27. Rutherford then led to the finish with Kierce in close pursuit. Greg Taylor had a flat tire take him out of the chase for the win, but his win in heat race number four and eighth place finish in the feature clinched his first ever VRA Sprint Car Championship. Saturday night these drivers will all be going all out to see who will be the final victor in 2007.
VRA Senior Sprints will crown their 2007 champion Saturday night. Danny Miller currently leads brother Wiley Miller by 40 points, Steve Stasa by 70 points and Bruce Douglass by 85 points. With 260 points available Saturday night the championship is still wide open. This season has been one of the best ever in Senior competition as several drivers have improved greatly. This is shown by the fact that only 490 points separate the top eight in points. First time winner John Richards will be back this weekend to go for two wins in a row.
VRA Dwarf Cars turned out in large numbers last weekend with twenty cars racing in the Senior Division and 19 cars racing in the Pros. Ed Niedzwiecki finally got his first Championship that has eluded him the past two years. He clinched his championship by finishing 13th in the feature. The win in this race went to first time feature winner Tom Bellinger. In the Pro Division, point leader Jim Scribellito took the weekend off and will be here Saturday to try to clinch his first VRA Championship. With him gone, Brian Saxton returned to action and took his second win of the season, coming from last to first during the race.
VRA Kids Classes also competed last weekend with wins going to Tommy Velasquez on the Piston Class, Devin McKee in the Super Chargers and Christian Copley in Junior Midgets. Riley Helland’s second place finish in the Super Charger Class clinched the 2007 season championship in the Super Charger Class. The championships in the other two divisions are still open and will be claimed in Saturday’s final race. Going into the final race Saturday, Tommy Velasquez leads in Pistons by 25 points over Ricky Lewis and Jessica Clark leads by 90 points over Amanda Green.
As we conclude our 2007 season we want to thank all our fans for their continued support this year. We are now planning our 2008 season and we are looking forward to another great year of exciting racing action that will get under way in March 2008. We will have our new schedule out early in the New Year.
Pit gates will open at 12 noon with front gates opening at 3:00pm. Kid’s classes get under way at 3:00 with warm-up and their heats. Adult classes take to the track at 4:00 for warm-ups. Racing gets under way at 5:30pm. Admission for this event is $14.00 for adults, $11.00 for Seniors/military/juniors, kids 7-12 are $5.00 and kids 6 and under are free. For more information, call Ventura Raceway at 805-985-5433.
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