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Greg Taylor wins the
Bandit-VRA Championship
Greg Taylor wins the Bandit-VRA Challenge Championship over
Josh Ford and Jesse Mack. |
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Troy Rutherford won the
battle, but Greg Taylor won the war
Troy Rutherford won the battle, but Greg Taylor won the war
as the final VRA/Bandit Grand Slam Series Race of 2007 took
place last Saturday night October 27. As Rutherford took his
fourth win in the last five Ventura Raceway events, Taylor
clinched his first Grand Slam Series Championship with a
third place finish in the thirty lap feature. Josh Ford
finished second in the race and second in the series 14
points behind Taylor. Johnathon Henry finished fourth in the
feature and third in the series. 2007 Bandit Jesse Mack had
a bad night Saturday when a rock knocked a fitting off his
brake line and he went out on lap 2. He finished the series
in fourth in points due to excellent finished in earlier
competition at Bakersfield and Santa Maria.
Saturday’s event was another great race night with heat wins
going to Luis Espinoza, Kevin Kierce, Jesse Mack and Greg
Taylor. Derek Buckley took the win in the 12 lap Semi Main.
With the threat of rain all around the raceway, the races
were lined up by regular VRA Pill Pick format rather than by
qualifications. This allowed us to get the entire race in,
in a more timely fashion. The 30 lap feature was a race that
saw Troy Rutherford once again go to the front to take the
win. Several early yellow flags took out some competitors in
the first 9 laps. Once the race got rolling in a clean
manner, Rutherford led a hard charging Josh Ford, who came
from 9th to 2nd across the finish line. Finishing third
through fifth were Taylor, Henry and Luis Espinoza. Taylor’s
third place finish gives him a 500 point lead over Kevin
Kierce going into the final two events of the year. He only
needs to score 25 points on November 10, to clinch his
first VRA Championship
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October
27th at Ventura
Troy
Rutherford takes number five of the last
six VRA Features last Saturday night and
the $2000 main purse. |
Santa Maria October 13th
Greg Porte wins round three of the Bandit-VRA
Challenge at Santa Maria. |
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Santa Maria July 28th
Josh Ford wins VRA/Bandit
Grand Slam at Santa Maria July 28th |
Bakersfield April 7th.
Greg Taylor takes the opener at Bakersfield April 7th. |
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Bandit/VRA Results from
Bakersfield April 7th |
Bandit/VRA Results from
Santa Maria July 28th |
1. Greg Taylor #7
2. Jesse Mack #71m
3. Davey Pombo #38
4. Josh Ford #73
5. Peter Murphy #21
6. Michael Trimble #31
7. Brandon Thomson #19
8. Kevin Kierce #2c
9. Johnathan Henry #17
10. John Nock #83
11. Rick Hendrix #15
12. Zak Hawthorne #1s
13. Steve Demott #35d
14. Heidi Tressler #3
15. Tom Stansberry #75t
16. Eric Severson #36
17. Jayson May #8m
18. Rusty Carlile #51
19. Ron Tjaarda #0
20. Dwayne Marcum #91
21. Steve Williams #93
22. Luis Espinosa #09 |
1. Josh Ford #73
2. Greg Porte #3g
3. Jimmy Crawford #51x
4. Davey Pombo #51x
5. Greg Taylor #7
6. Johnathon Henry #4w
7. Jesse Mack #71M
8. John Niggli #9
9. Jimmy Thompson #71R
10. Richard Vander Weerd #10
11. Chris Wakim #9w
12. Luis Espinoza #09
13. Danny Faria Jr. #17v
14. Rusty Carlile #51
15. Myles Bishop #7x
16. Danny Sheridan #18
17. Brandon Thomson #19
18. Jeff Culver #71c
19. Clark Templeman III #18T
20. Brian Camarillo #22c
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Bandit/VRA Results from
Santa Maria October 13th |
Top 20 in Points |
1. Greg Porte #3g
2. Greg Bragg #11
3. Justyne Hamblin #8
4. Jesse Mack #71M
5. Clark Templeman III #18T
6. Greg Taylor #7
7. Derek Buckley #76
8. Jimmy Thompson #71R
9. Eric Severson #11E
10. Kevin Kierce #2c
11. Johnathon Henry #17
12. Josh Ford #73
13. Dave Knott #28
14. Albert Pombo #35
15. Ron Tjaarda #5R
16. Joey Layman #11x
17. Josh Davis #98D
18. Mike Knopf #5K
19. Bruce Douglass #31
20. Henry Clark #2B
21. Zak Hawthorne #21x
22. Gordon Edwards #50 |
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Pos |
Driver Name |
Points |
Wins |
Top 5s |
Top 10s |
| 1 |
Greg Taylor |
326 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
| 2 |
Jesse Mack |
324 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
| 3 |
Josh Ford |
312 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| 4 |
Johnathon Henry |
298 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 5 |
Eric Severson |
252 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 6 |
Davey Pombo |
232 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 7 |
Greg Porte |
228 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| 8 |
Kevin Kierce |
224 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 9 |
Jimmy Thompson |
194 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| 10 |
Clark Templeman III |
182 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| 11 |
Brandon Thomson |
172 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 12 |
Rusty Carlile |
170 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 13 |
Ron Tjaarda |
166 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 14 |
Luis Espinoza |
160 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 15 |
Rick Hendrix |
156 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 16 |
Zak Hawthorne |
150 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 17 |
Bruce Douglass |
148 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 18 |
Joey Layman |
144 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 19 |
John Nock |
124 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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Albert Pombo |
124 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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Jayson May |
124 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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