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Ventura Raceway's Opening Night -
March 5, 2005 |
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(Oxnard, CA., 2/28/2005) Saturday night March 5, at 5:00pm marks the
opening night for the 2005 Ventura Raceway/VRA season, at its home track at the
Ventura County Fairgrounds/Seaside Park, located just off the 101 Freeway in
Ventura. With all the top drivers from past seasons coming back in 2005, the
outlook for outstanding racing action week after week is highly anticipated.
Saturday’s action will include four of VRA’s top classes: VRA 360 Sprint Cars, VRA Modifieds, VRA Dwarf Cars, and VRA Dwarf Cars. Last year’s champions, Tom Stansberry, in Sprint Cars, Mike Frazier, in Pony Stocks, Rick Rodarte, in Modifieds and Mike Sweeney and Jeff Shelton in Dwarf Cars will be there to try to get off to a great start in the new 2005 season. VRA Sprint Cars will once again headline the night of racing with a full program of heat races and a twenty car, 30 lap main event. Drivers scheduled to compete include, Kevin Kierce, Bill Welch, Steve Conrad, Rob Kershaw, Chris Wakim, Blake Miller, Chris Tramel, Joe Henderson and a host of other fine drivers. These open wheeled, V 8 powered, cars are the fastest VRA Cars that race at Ventura Raceway hitting speeds in excess of seventy miles per hour down the short front and back stretches. Close hard fought racing is the rule not the exception every night they race. VRA Pony Stocks and Modifieds are also competing on Saturday night. These classes are designed for entry-level racers who may wish to move up to IMCA Modifieds or other classes in the future. These classes always put on great racing each night they race. Pony Stocks are four cylinder coupes and sedans and are nearly stock in appearance and set-up. VRA Modfieds are true racecars patterned after the larger IMCA Modifieds that also race here at Ventura. V 6 or four cylinder engines power them. Some of the top drivers in Pony Stocks are David Peterson, Jon Everhart, Andrew Greiman, Jim Evans, Adam McPhail, Dave Revard, and Joel Chavez, along with 2004 Champion Mike Frazier. Top VRA Modified drivers include Dave Lidren, Ric Bronson, Marty McLAughlin, Tom Morley, Jody Davis, Bruce Blackman Jr. and Jeff Goddard. The final group racing on Saturday is the two classes of VRA Dwarf Cars. The Pros and Seniors race these downsized 1200cc motorcycle powered sedans and coupes that resemble cars of the thirty’s and forties. They are crowd favorites as they zip around Ventura Raceway. Top drivers in these two classes include Mike Sweeney, Ed Niedzwiecki, Jeff Shelton, Ryan Blade, Marc Lippert, Jon Prechtl and Rick Denny. Racing gets under way with warm-ups at 4:00pm with racing starting at 5:00pm. Front gates open at 4:00pm with general admission seating throughout the grandstands. Admission prices are: $14.00 for adults, $11.00 for seniors/juniors with photo id and military, $5.00 for kids 6-12 and kids 6 and under FREE. For more information, please call Ventura Raceway at 805-985-5433 Monday through Friday from 8am-6pm. On raceday you can call the racetrack pit office at 805-648-RACE. |
