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May 10
VRA Sprints, Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifieds, USAC Jr. Focus
Midgets, Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs. Pit gates open at
noon, front gates at 3:00pm with the
Kids Divisions racing at 3:30pm. |
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Bob Alderman #21 and Ron Bach #49 race
to a tie in last weeks Senior Main Event. |
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Lee Elder
BACH, ALDERMAN IN RACEWAY’S FIRST-EVER
MAIN EVENT TIE
VENTURA, Calif.
(May 3, 2008) – If a tie is like kissing
your sister, then Ventura Raceway
drivers Ron Bach and Bob Alderman need
to find a sibling and pucker up.
Bach (Ventura) and Alderman (Calabasas)
finished in a dead heat and were both
awarded first place points after a wild
finish in the Ventura Racing
Association’s Senior Sprint Car division
main event Saturday. It was the first
main event tie in the 31-year history of
the track at Seaside Park.
Raceway officials reviewed video showing
the end of the race and found the
evidence inconclusive.
“There was no way for us to be sure who
won,” said Raceway Promoter Jim Naylor.
“We decided to declare both of them
first place finishers. It’s the right
thing to do.”
The other winners included Kevin Kierce
(Reseda) in Sprint Cars, Darren Gunnell
in the Sport Compacts, Brian Saxton
(Mentone) in the Pro Dwarfs, El Cajon’s
Jim Scribellito (Senior Dwarfs), Brennan
Rogers (Camarillo) in the Junior
Midgets, Cameron McCauley (Westlake) in
the Mini Dwarfs-Pistons and Devin McCree
(Ventura) in the Mini
Dwarfs-Superchargers.
The Senior Sprint Car finish came down
to a drag race off the final corner of
the last lap. Alderman was slightly
ahead as the leading pair caught a
slower car that was a lap behind the
leaders. Alderman went toward the
outside to get around the third car and
Bach cut low. The three cars passed
under the checkered flag at the same
moment.
Alderman, who had not won a race in a
season and a half, had no doubts about
the Senior Sprint finish. “I won,” he
said. I was definitely in front of
(Bach). I was sideways, so I had a great
view of him.”
Bach said, “We had a slow car in the
middle of us. We were all tight. I don’t
know.”
“It was a dead heat,” race director
Cliff Morgan said after reviewing the
video.
Kierce and Scribellito got their wins
after leading the early laps,
surrendering the top spot and then going
back in front with a few laps left.
The eight-division race card drew 128
entrants to the .20-mile clay oval.
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May
3 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, Dwarf Cars, Sport Compacts,
Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs
10 VRA Sprints, Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifieds, USAC Jr. Focus
Midgets, Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs
17 Senior Sprints, Sport Compacts, USAC Midgets, USAC Ford
Focus Midgets & USAC Jr. Focus Midgets
24 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, Sport
Compacts, Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarf
31 OFF WEEKEND
June
7 VRA Sprints, Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifieds, Jr. Midgets &
Mini Dwarfs
14 VRA Sprints, USAC Midgets, USAC Ford Focus Midgets, &
USAC Jr. Focus Midgets
21 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, Senior Dwarfs, IMCA
Modifieds, Sport Compacts, Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs
28 Flat Track Motorcycles
28 VRA Sprints @ Bakersfield Speedway (Bandit-VRA Grand Slam
#2)
FULL
2008 SCHEDULE |
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