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VRA SPRINTS HEADLINE NIGHT OF RACING

(Oxnard, CA., 5/17/2005)  Saturday night May 21, at 5:30pm marks the next 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.   Saturday’s action will include four of VRA’s top classes: VRA 360 Sprint Cars, VRA Dwarf Cars, VRA Pony Stocks and IMCA Modifieds.  Point leader Chris Wakim, in Sprint Cars and Mike Frazier, in Pony Stocks will be there.  Also competing Saturday night will be IMCA points leaders Josh and Donald Houghton and VRA Dwarf Car point leaders Brian Saxton and Mike Sweeney.

VRA Sprint Cars will 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, last race winner Luis Espinoza, Kevin Kierce, Steve Conrad, Rob Kershaw, Chris Wakim, Blake Miller, 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 IMCA Modifieds are also competing on Saturday night.   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.  IMCA Modfieds are true open wheeled modified racecars, powered by V 8 engines. Some of the top drivers in Pony Stocks are David Peterson, Jon Everhart, Andrew Greiman, Jim Evans and     2004 Champion Mike Frazier.  Top IMCA Modified drivers include Point leader Donald Houghton, Kathy Pierson, Chris Tonoli and Will Smith.

The final group racing on Saturday is the popular VRA Dwarf Cars. These downsized sedans always put on crowd-pleasing performances whenever they race at Ventura.  Pro point leader Brian Saxton leads that class into Saturday’s 20-lap main event while Mike Sweeney leads the Seniors.  All the top dwarf car drivers are scheduled to be there on Saturday night.

Racing gets under way with warm-ups at 4:00pm with racing starting at 5:30pm.  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 7-12 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.

 

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