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(Oxnard,
CA, November 10, Cliff Morgan) Ventura
Raceway ended its 2012 racing season
with a bang Saturday night as the third
and final All coast challenge race was
run. On a cold and windy night 32 Sprint
cars signed into the pits. With several
high powered visiting drivers here to
compete for the $5,000 to win purse
payout, the fans were in for a night
filled with exciting racing action. Heat
races started the night off with wins
going to Danny Faria in the Extreme
Muffler Heat number one, Greg Alexander
in the LRB Manufacturing Heat number
two, Johnathan Henry in the B R
Motorsports Heat number three and Troy
Rutherford in the K & N Heat number 4.
With a full field of racers, a 12 lap
semi main event was needed. Fifteen cars
took the green flag that flew for the
cars trying to make the final 4
transfers to the All Coast Challenge
Main Event. The race ran fast and
exciting with the win going to Bruce
Douglass followed by VRA point leader
Kyle Smith, visiting USAC driver Jon
Stanbrough and Brody Roa who had won the
last All Coast Challenge race on July
21. These four drivers joined the other
16 drivers to make up the 20 car field
for the 30 lap All Coast Challenge Main
Event.
The main event saw USAC West Coast 360
driver Richard Vanderweerd on the pole
with many time VRA winner Troy
Rutherford on the outside. Vanderweerd
took the lead from the green flag and
led until Greg Alexander passed him on
lap 7 and the lead then went back and
forth between Vanderwerd and Alexander
until lap 14 when Rutherford got by both
of them to take the leaf and never look
back as he led the rest of the way to
take the checkered flag and the $5,000
first place check. Both Vanderweerd and
Alexander would fall out of the race
before the checkered flag. While these
three drivers battled for the lead,
USAC/CRA and Oval Nationals Champion
Mike Spencer, Cory Kruseman, Brian
Camarillo and Don Gansen all moved up
into contention. Gansen was running
third when he suffered a flat tire with
one lap to go and fell to 14th. Spencer
drove from 7th starting position to
finish second behind Rutherford. Cory
Kruseman finished third followed by
Brian Camarillo and Rick Hendrix. In the
battle for the All Coast Series
Championship, Mike Spencer finished 15
points ahead of Cory Kruseman to take
the $5,000 All Coast Challenge point
champion's check and a $2,500 check for
second place in the race. All the
drivers and Ventura Raceway want to
thank Mike Grosswendt and All Coast
Construction for making this race
possible.
VRA Sprints also crowned its 2012 series
champion Saturday night. Kyle Smith took
the year's championship by 105 points
over Brian Camarillo. This is Smith's
first ever VRA Championship.
Also racing Saturday night were the VRA
Dwarf Cars. They raced in two divisions,
Seniors and Pros. In Seniors, Tom
Stephens Sr. took his first Dwarf car
win over Mike Neal, Bob Kauffman, Bill
VanPraag and George Calvo. Their heat
race went to Mike Neal. The Senior
points championship goes to Bill
VanPraag by 100 points over Tom Stephens
Sr. In Pro Division action three heats
were run with wins going to Johnny
Conely, Randy Gordon and Eric Moore.
Their 20 lap feature went to Randy
Gordon followed by Hannah Mayhew, Luke
Boles, Curt Cook and Shawn Egan. Luke
Boles took the 2012 Pro Series
Championship by 90 points over Cook.
Boles championship is even more special
as he was a rookie this season in this
division
Wally Pankratz secured the VRA Focus
Championship with a heat race win and a
third place finish in the 20 lap main
event. The race went to first time
winner Brennan Rogers, a graduate and
series champion in VRA's Junior Midget
program. He was followed by Christine
Breckenridge, Pankratz, Clayton Ruston
and Michael Steele.
Our final class Saturday was our VRA Go
Karts. Heat race wins went to Ashley
Hazleton and Kenny Byers Jr. The 20 lap
feature went to Dylan Ito followed by
Byers, Matt Jones, Johnathan Henry and
Cody Majors. The 2012 Season point race
went to Cody Nigh by 165 points over
Kenny Beyers Jr.
Ventura Raceway will now prepare for its
2013 season. Our schedule will be out as
soon as possible. Keep watching our
webpage, venturaraceway.com, for updates
and the release of the new schedule. We
want to thank all our fans, teams,
drivers and our crew for their support
and hard work in 2012.
Ventura Raceway Race Results for
11/10/2012
VRA Sprint
Cars/All Coast Challenge
Race #12 11/10/2012
Main Event Results: 1. Troy Rutherford,
Ojai, 30 Laps; 2. Mike Spencer,
Temecula, 30 Laps; 3. Cory Kruseman,
Ventura, 30 Laps; 4. Brian Camarillo,
Camarillo, 30 Laps; 5. Rick Hendrix,
Palmdale, 30 Laps; 6. Kyle Smith,
Moorpark, 30 Laps; 7. Johnathon Henry,
Stockton, 30 Laps; 8. Brody Roa, Buena
Park, 30 Laps; 9. Ronnie Case,
Camarillo, 30 Laps; 10. Jon Stanbrough,
brownsburg, IN, 30 Laps; 11. Guy
Woodward, Santa Clarita, 30 Laps; 12.
Jace Vander Weerd, Visalia, 30 Laps; 13.
Bruce Douglass, Ventura, 30 Laps; 14.
Don Gansen, San Bernardino, 30 Laps; 15.
Victor Davis, Simi Valley, 29 Laps; 16.
Greg Alexander, Gardena, 28 Laps; 17.
Richard Vander Weerd, Visalia, 24 Laps;
18. Danny Faria Jr, Tipton, 13 Laps; 19.
Russel Deblauw, Ventura, 12 Laps; 20.
Brandon Thomson, Ventura, 10 Laps
Lap Leaders: Richard Vander Weerd (1-6),
Greg Alexander (7-8), Richard Vander
Weerd (9), Richard Vander Weerd (11-13),
Troy Rutherford (14-30)
Heat Race Winners: Extreme Mufflers Heat
1: Danny Faria Jr; LRB Manufacturing
Heat 2: Greg Alexander; BR Motorsports
Heat 3: Johnathon Henry; K&N Engineering
Heat 4: Troy Rutherford
Lucas Oil Hard Charger: Brody Roa
DJ SAfety Hard Luck: Richard Vander
Weerd
Top 10 in points: 1. Kyle Smith, 2410;
2. Brian Camarillo, 2305; 3. Tom
Hendricks, 2040; 4. John Nock, 1880; 5.
Clark Templeman III, 1840; 6. Guy
Woodward, 1445; 7. Bruce Douglass, 1395;
8. Richard Ortega Jr, 1155; 9. Troy
Rutherford, 1150; 10. Jeremy Ellertson,
940
Top 10 in All Coast Challenge points: 1.
Mike Spencer, 695; 2. Cory Kruseman,
680; 3. Troy Rutherford, 675; 4. Brian
Camarillo, 590; 5. Kyle Smith, 555; 6.
Johnathon Henry, 545; 7. Tom Hendricks,
405; 7. Danny Faria Jr, 405; 9. Zach
Sawyers, 345; 10. Victor Davis, 320
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VRA Pro Dwarf
Cars
Race #12 11/10/2012
Main Event Results: 1. Randy Gordon,
Simi Valley, 20 Laps; 2. Hannah Mayhew,
Acton, Ca, 20 Laps; 3. Luke Boles,
Goleta, 20 Laps; 4. Curt Cook, Santa
Paula, 20 Laps; 5. Shawn Egan, Saugus,
20 Laps; 6. Eric Moore, Ventura, 20
Laps; 7. Cody Majors, Simi Valley, 20
Laps; 8. Tim Conley, Oxnard, 20 Laps; 9.
Chase Lippert, Thousand Oaks, 20 Laps;
10. Lee Majors, Simi Valley, 20 Laps;
11. Johnny Conley, Oxnard, 20 Laps; 12.
Thomas Velasquez, Camarillo, 20 Laps;
13. Jacob Ganzer, Murrietta, 20 Laps;
14. Ira Henry, Bakersfield, 20 Laps; 15.
Tom Stephens Jr, Ventura, 19 Laps; 16.
April Banvelos, Sylmar, 19 Laps; 17.
Tommy Velasquez III, Camarillo, 18 Laps;
18. Kevin Calvo, Agua Dulce, 4 Laps; 19.
Craig Clements, Palmdale, 4 Laps; 20.
David Cantu, Did not show
Lap Leaders: Luke Boles (1-10), Hannah
Mayhew (11-19), Randy Gordon (20)
Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: Johnny
Conley; Heat 2: Randy Gordon; Heat 3:
Eric Moore
Top 10 in points: 1. Luke Boles, 2555;
2. Curt Cook, 2465; 3. Randy Gordon,
2425; 4. Eric Moore, 2220; 5. Johnny
Conley, 2125; 6. Lee Majors, 2060; 7.
Ray Estrada, 2050; 8. Thomas Velasquez,
1980; 9. Cody Majors, 1910; 10. Tom
Stephens Jr, 1530
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VRA Senior
Dwarf Cars
Race #12 11/10/2012
Main Event Results: 1. Tom Stephens Sr,
Ventura, 20 Laps; 2. Mike Neal,
Northridge, 20 Laps; 3. Bob Kaufman,
Santa Clarita, CA, 20 Laps; 4. Bill Van
Praag, Ventura, 20 Laps; 5. George Calvo,
Agua Dulce, 20 Laps; 6. George Sack Jr,
Agua Dulce, 20 Laps; 7. Steve Addison,
Oxnard, 3 Laps
Lap Leaders: Tom Stephens Sr (1-20)
Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: Mike Neal
Top 10 in points: 1. Bill Van Praag,
2490; 2. Tom Stephens Sr, 2390; 3. Bob
Kaufman, 2300; 4. Mike Neal, 2255; 5.
George Calvo, 2115; 6. George Sack Jr,
1970; 7. Keith Vondersaar, 1280; 8. Rick
Lapka, 1085; 9. Bobby Lague, 795; 10.
Linda Taylor, 660
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Ford Focus
Race #9 11/10/2012
Main Event Results: 1. Brennan Rogers,
Camarillo, 20 Laps; 2. Christine
Breckenridge, Irvine, 20 Laps; 3. Wally
Pankratz, Orange, 20 Laps; 4. Clayton
Ruston, Yorba Linda, Ca, 20 Laps; 5.
Michael Steele, Palmdale, 20 Laps; 6.
Austin Blair, 20 Laps; 7. Alexander
Bissett, Hemet, 20 Laps; 8. Ashley
Hazelton, Northridge, 12 Laps; 9. Parker
Colston, Lake Elsinor, 3 Laps
Lap Leaders: Brennan Rogers (1-20)
Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: Wally
Pankratz
Top 10 in points: 1. Wally Pankratz,
1830; 2. Parker Colston, 1715; 3.
Christine Breckenridge, 1390; 4. Ashley
Hazelton, 1245; 5. Austin Blair, 1185;
6. Michael Steele, 1045; 7. Brennan
Rogers, 1035; 8. Cory Elliot, 960; 9.
Cole Custer, 905; 10. Leroy Anderson,
565
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Go-Karts
Race #11 11/10/2012
Main Event Results: 1. Dylan Ito,
Newberry Park, 20 Laps; 2. Kenny Byers
Jr, Ventura, 20 Laps; 3. Matt Jones, 20
Laps; 4. Johnathon Henry, Stockton, 20
Laps; 5. Cody Majors, Simi Valley, 20
Laps; 6. Steven Ito, Ventura, 20 Laps;
7. Connor Lovingfoss, 20 Laps; 8. Travis
Smith, Pasa Robles, 20 Laps; 9. Ashley
Hazelton, Northridge, 20 Laps; 10.
Tanner Jordan, 20 Laps; 11. Justin Raper,
Paso Robles, 6 Laps; 12. Cody Nigh,
Camarillo, 6 Laps; 13. Logan Lovingfoss,
6 Laps
Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: Ashley
Hazelton; Heat 2: Kenny Byers Jr
Top 10 in points: 1. Cody Nigh, 2340; 2.
Kenny Byers Jr, 2165; 3. Justin Raper,
2000; 4. Ashley Hazelton, 1870; 5. Dylan
Ito, 1695; 6. Mike Evans, 1680; 7.
Steven Ito, 1270; 8. Henry Ito, 900; 9.
Taylor Haley, 745; 10. Logan Lovingfoss,
480; 10. Tyler Stover, 480
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