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Saturday
night September 15 was a night for first
time winners in three of the six classes
raced. In Midgets, 3/4 Midgets and Sport
Compacts the night's feature winners
were first time Ventura Raceway Winners.
With 10 midgets in the pits all vying
for the winner’s purse the crowd was
expecting the typical intense racing the
Midgets have produced in 2012. Two heart
races were held with wins going to Cody
Swanson in the Sander Engineering Heat
One and Greg Edenholm in the Schroeder
Racing Products Heat Two. The 30 lap
feature was a hard fought battle between
Randi Pankratz who led the first 14 laps
only to be passed by Cody Swanson who
took the lead on lap 15 going on to take
his first ever Ventura Raceway and first
ever Midget win of his career, from his
inside third row starting position. Also
getting by Pankratz was a hard charging
Kyle Smith who took second place with
Pankratz finishing third. Following
Swanson, Smith and Pankratz to the line
were Bruce Hiroshima and Greg Edenholm.
Swanson's win moves him atop the VRA
Midget Standings over Greg Edenholm,
Randi Pankratz and Ronnie Gardner.
Gardner had a terrible night trying to
get his new engine to run. He never ran
a lap in competition on Saturday night.
IMCA Modifieds also were on the card
Saturday night with the 20 lap feature
win going to past IMCA track champion
Austin Rodarte over his brother Aaron
Rodarte, Dennis Eckert, Brad Prows and
Jack Parker. Parker now takes a 19 point
lead in the season point race over Prows
with only one race remaining in their
season on Saturday September 29. Two
heats were run with wins going to Dennis
Eckert in the Extreme Muffler Heat One
and Austin Rodarte in the Speedway
Engineering Heat Two.
In VRA Sport Compact racing the night
saw the heat race wins go to Michaela
Stanton and James Adler. Their 20 lap
main event went to first time winner
Michaela Stanton who battled Heath
Morton for 20 laps to get her first
career win. She and Morton were followed
to the line by Jess Carlucci, Zack
Peterson and Brad Long. Peterson's fifth
place finish keeps him 15 points ahead
of Jess Carlucci after 10 races in 2012.
NMRA TQ Midgets were on hand and raced
in a 25 lap Ron Otto Memorial Race. Heat
race wins went to West Evans and Chuck
West. The 25 lap Ron Otto Memorial race
saw three leaders. Don Kiefer led laps
1-3 then Bruce Hiroshima led until laps
18 when West Evans took the lead and his
first ever race win at Ventura Raceway.
He was followed by Chuck West, Bruce
Hiroshima, Scott Dobson and Scott Niven
VRA Quads were on hand racing in two
classes, Open and Sportsman. In the
Sportsman Class Troy Slayton took the
win over Justin Smith. In the Open Class
the heat race went to Dave Knight and
the feature went to Kyle Eurto followed
by Knight, Matt Williams, Jesse Pfieffer
and Brandon Watters. After 8 races
Knight leads the point race by 170 over
Williams.
The final class racing on Saturday night
was the QRC Outlaw Karts. This visiting
group put on a great race on the infield
track. These winged go karts were
competing here for the second time.
Their 20 lap feature went to Tim
Randolph followed by Ryan Fruge, Jim
Garceau, Robert Gordon and Ron Souza.
Ruben Nodal took their heat race.
Ventura Raceway Race Results for
09/15/2012
VRA Midgets
Race #8 09/15/2012
Main Event Results: 1. Cody Swanson,
Norco, 30 Laps; 2. Kyle Smith, Moorpark,
30 Laps; 3. Randi Pankratz, Atascadero,
30 Laps; 4. Bruce Hiroshima, Camarillo,
30 Laps; 5. Greg Edenholm, Pacific
Grove, 29 Laps; 6. Kyle Edwards,
Fountain Valley, 29 Laps; 7. Rick
Hendrix, Palmdale, 25 Laps; 8. Wink
Schweitzer, Bakersfield, 14 Laps; 9.
Dominic Selzi, 2 Laps; 10. Ronnie
Gardner, Norco, Ca, Did not start
Lap Leaders: Randi Pankratz (1-14), Cody
Swanson (15-30)
Heat Race Winners: Sander Engineering
Heat 1: Cody Swanson; Schroeder Racing
Products Heat 2: Greg Edenholm
Lucas Oil Hard Charger: Cody
Swanson/Bruce Hiroshima
DJ Safety Hard Luck: Ronnie Gardner
Top 10 in points: 1. Cody Swanson, 1670;
2. Greg Edenholm, 1605; 3. Randi
Pankratz, 1540; 4. Ronnie Gardner, 1455;
5. Wink Schweitzer, 1310; 6. Danny
Ebberts, 1155; 7. Kyle Smith, 1145; 8.
Bruce Hiroshima, 810; 9. Bruce Douglass,
710; 10. Kyle Edwards, 650
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IMCA Modifieds
Race #11 09/15/2012
Main Event Results: 1. Austin Rodarte,
Ventura, 20 Laps; 2. Aaron Rodarte,
Ventura, 20 Laps; 3. Dennis Eckert,
Canyon Country, 20 Laps; 4. Brad Prows,
Oak View, 20 Laps; 5. Jack Parker, Simi
Valley, 20 Laps; 6. Kevin Hocking,
Hungiton Beach, 20 Laps; 7. Steve
Bulpitt, Culver City, 20 Laps; 8. Rob
Green, Ojai, 20 Laps; 9. Mark Davis,
Ventura, 19 Laps; 10. James Stowe,
Ridgecrest, 19 Laps; 11. Randy Gens,
Oxnard, 18 Laps; 12. Wayne Heurung,
Ventura, 17 Laps; 13. Tom Topping, Eagle
Rock, 9 Laps
Lap Leaders: Dennis Eckert (1-7), Austin
Rodarte (8), Dennis Eckert (9-12),
Austin Rodarte (13-20)
Heat Race Winners: Extreme Mufflers Heat
1: Dennis Eckert; Speedway Engineering
Heat 2: Austin Rodarte
Oldies Speed Shop Hard Charger: Aaron
Rodarte/Jack Parker
Oldies Speed Shop Hard Luck: Tom Topping
Top 10 in points: 1. Jack Parker, 397;
2. Brad Prows, 378; 3. Mark Davis, 343;
4. Wayne Heurung, 325; 5. Steve Bulpitt,
248; 6. Aaron Rodarte, 238; 7. Austin
Rodarte, 233; 8. Chuck Costabile, 218;
9. James Stowe, 209; 10. Tom Topping,
198
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VRA Sport
Compacts
Race #9 09/15/2012
Main Event Results: 1. Michaela Stanton,
Camarillo, 20 Laps; 2. Heath Morton,
Oxnard, 20 Laps; 3. Jess Carlucci,
Camarillo, 20 Laps; 4. Zachary Peterson,
Oxnard, 20 Laps; 5. Brad Long, Burbank,
20 Laps; 6. Bruce Fink, Port Hueneme, 20
Laps; 7. James Adler, Camarillo, 20
Laps; 8. Mike Stanford, 19 Laps; 9. John
Butcher, Santa Barbara, 12 Laps; 10.
Gary Curtis, Camarillo, 1 Lap
Lap Leaders: Heath Morton (1-13),
Michaela Stanton (14-20)
Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: Michaela
Stanton; Heat 2: James Adler
Top 10 in points: 1. Zachary Peterson,
2010; 2. Jess Carlucci, 1995; 3. James
Adler, 1810; 4. Brad Long, 1665; 5. John
Butcher, 1545; 6. Michaela Stanton,
1305; 7. Heath Morton, 1005; 8. Trevor
Fitzgibbon, 780; 9. Mike Stanford, 755;
10. Bud Crudo, 470
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VRA Quads Open
Race #8 09/15/2012
Main Event Results: 1. Kyle Eurto, 15
Laps; 2. Dave Knight, 15 Laps; 3. Matt
Williams, Oakview, 15 Laps; 4. Jesse
Pfieffer, 15 Laps; 5. Brandon Watters,
15 Laps
Lap Leaders: Kyle Eurto (1-15)
Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: Dave Knight
Top 10 in points: 1. Dave Knight, 1915;
2. Matt Williams, 1745; 3. Chris Kirkley,
430; 4. Mike Lewis, 260; 5. Kyle Eurto,
255; 6. Terry Nichols, 215; 7. Jesse
Pfieffer, 200; 8. Brandon Watters, 185;
9. Bobby Bela, 0; 9. Raygen Harris, 0;
9. Danny Elderbaum, 0; 9. Mark Joe, 0;
9. Leon Stanley, 0; 9. Kristi Bolin, 0;
9. Andrew Rogers, 0; 9. Roger Marks, 0;
9. Dan Olivera, 0; 9. Michael Garcia, 0;
9. Michael Zavala, 0; 9. Mitchell
Cornelias, 0; 9. Eric Stately, 0; 9.
Joey Yantis, 0
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VRA Quads
Sportsman
Race #4 09/15/2012
Main Event Results: 1. Troy Slayton, 15
Laps; 2. Justin Smith, 12 Laps
Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: Troy Slayton
Top 10 in points: 1. Brian Hudnell, 775;
2. Troy Slayton, 260; 3. Robert
Peterson, 240; 4. Justin Smith, 235; 5.
Norm Troutwine, 0; 5. Dan Olivera, 0; 5.
Ryan Perry, 0
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QRC Karts
Race #2 09/15/2012
Main Event Results: 1. Tim Randolph, 20
Laps; 2. Ryan Fruge, 20 Laps; 3. Jim
Garceau, 20 Laps; 4. Robert Gordon, 19
Laps; 5. Ron Souza, 12 Laps; 6. Ron
Smith, 11 Laps; 7. Ruben Nobal, 11 Laps;
8. Eryn Grey, 4 Laps; 9. Gordon Garcia,
Did not show
Lap Leaders: Jim Garceau (1-9), Ryan
Fruge (10), Tim Randolph (11-20)
Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: Ruben Nobal
Top 10 in points: ; 5. Tim Randolph, 0;
5. Ryan Fruge, 0; 5. Ruben Nobal, 0; 5.
Toby Randolph, 0; 5. Brooke Randolph, 0;
5. Ron Smith, 0; 5. Eryn Grey, 0; 5.
Robert Gordon, 0; 5. Jim Garceau, 0; 5.
Gordon Garcia, 0; 5. Ron Souza, 0
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NMRA TQ Midgets
Race #1 09/15/2012
Main Event Results: 1. West Evans,
Moorpark, 25 Laps; 2. Chuck West,
Clovis, 25 Laps; 3. Bruce Hiroshima,
Camarillo, 25 Laps; 4. Scott Dobson,
Newbury Park, 25 Laps; 5. Scott Niven,
Moorpark, 25 Laps; 6. Kenny Wiley,
Sunland, 25 Laps; 7. Don Kieser, 25
Laps; 8. Dave Lambert, Port Hueneme, 24
Laps; 9. Michael Black, 24 Laps; 10.
Rick Poe, 24 Laps
Lap Leaders: Don Kieser (1-3), Bruce
Hiroshima (4-16), West Evans (17-25)
Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: West Evans;
Heat 2: Chuck West
Ventura Raceway does not calculate
points for this class
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Report Created by Ventura Raceway
Scoring Program
Report Created: 09/16/2012 00:16
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