Troy Rutherford is just about unbeatable this year when he shows up to race Sprint Cars.

Ed Schwarz wins another Senior Sprint Car Feature.

Tim Conley wins the Dwarf Car Main, after having to fix a very bent car from an October 1st accident.

Daniel Anderson takes the Focus Main and the 2016 Track Championship.

Former Street Stock Champion Ernie Malone ends the season on a high note with a Feature win.

Saturday night October 22, saw a another exciting, action filled, night of short track racing at Ventura Raceway as four of the five classes running closed out their regular season.  Competition was very close and hard fought throughout the night’s events.

VRA Sprints had the best car count of the season with 19 cars in attendance as they ended their regular season.  Racing was top notch from the opening heats to their 30 lap feature. Troy Rutherford came out to prepare for the upcoming Turkey Night Sprint Car event and took the win in the main event.  He led all 30 laps from pole position.  Following him across the line were Cody Majors, Kyle Edwards, Arizona driver Shon Deskins and Kyle Smith.  The sprints ran three heats with wins going to Shon Deskins, 2016 series champion Rick Hendrix and Cody Majors.  These drivers and many others will be here for the sprint car portion of the Turkey Night Grand Prix on Wednesday, November 23 and Thursday, November 24.

VRA Senior Sprints also ended their season Saturday night with Ed Schwarz taking the 20 lap main event win over Russel DeBlauw, new 2016 series champ Chris Meredith, Danny Parrish and Wally Pankratz.  Russell Martin took heat race number one and Wally Pankratz took heat race number two.

VRA Pro Dwarf Cars raced Saturday as well. Tim Conley took the win in their 20 lap main event over his dad David Conley, Trent Morley, Tommy Velasquez III and Matt Sargent.  Point leader Johnny Conley finished 6th and now holds a 165 point lead over Tommy Velasquez III with one race to go.  With 24 cars present, a semi main was run with the win going to Jeff Hinz.  Heat race wins went to Johnny Conley, Tim Conley, Kody Cowen and Frankie Politeli.  The Dwarf cars will end their season next Saturday, October 29th and crown their champion.

VRA Hobby Stocks were in action with past series champion, Ernie Malone taking the 20 lap feature win.  He led Sam Garvin, Devin Montgomery, Tarkus Piper and Zachary Peterson to the finish line.  Peterson took their one heat race victory.

Our final group racing Saturday night was the Focus Midgets.  Daniel Anderson took the win and clinched the 2016 series championship.  Following him across the finish line were Jet Davison, Joel Rayborne, Brandon Biggs and Jessica Valentine.  Daniel Anderson took their one heat race.

Ventura Raceway will complete the regular season next Saturday, October 29, with an exciting night of USAC Midgets, VRA Dwarf Cars and California Lightning Sprints. The Midgets will be prepping for their appearance at the upcoming Turkey Night Grand Prix. Reserved seat tickets are going fast so be sure to get your reserved tickets for the November 24th, 76th annual Turkey Night Grand Prix.  For ticket sales and race information call 805-648-RACE.

Ventura Raceway Race Results for 10/22/2016

VRA Sprint Cars
Race #15     10/22/2016

Main Event Results: 1. Troy Rutherford, Ojai, 30 Laps; 2. Cody Majors, Simi Valley, 30 Laps; 3. Kyle Edwards, Fountain Valley, 30 Laps; 4. Shon Deskins, Waddell, AZ, 30 Laps; 5. Kyle Smith, Moorpark, 30 Laps; 6. Jimmy Crawford, Ventura, 30 Laps; 7. Rick Hendrix, Palmdale, 30 Laps; 8. Tom Hendricks, Simi Valley, 30 Laps; 9. Brandon Wiley, Santa Maria, 30 Laps; 10. Guy Woodward, Santa Clarita, 30 Laps; 11. Kenny Perkins, Newport Beach, 29 Laps; 12. Tristan Guardino, Fremont, CA, 29 Laps; 13. Courtney Crone, Corona, 29 Laps; 14. Dennis Rodriguez, Las Vegas, 29 Laps; 15. Jordan Linson, San Luis Obispo, 29 Laps; 16. Ryan Stolz, Atascadero, 28 Laps; 17. Brian Grosenheider, El Cerrito, 27 Laps; 18. Austen Figueroa, El Segundo, 1 Lap
Lap Leaders: Troy Rutherford (1-30)

Heat Race Winners:  Extreme Mufflers Heat 1: Shon Deskins; Saldana Racing Products Heat 2: Rick Hendrix; BR Motorsports Heat 3: Cody Majors

Top 10 in points:  1. Rick Hendrix, 3030; 2. Kyle Smith, 2270; 3. Austen Figueroa, 2140; 4. Guy Woodward, 1975; 5. Chris Meredith, 1250; 6. Kyle Edwards, 1000; 7. Hobie Conway, 955; 8. Tommy Dunkel, 935; 8. Jeremy Ellertson, 935; 10. Troy Rutherford, 775

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VRA Senior Sprints
Race #10     10/22/2016

Main Event Results: 1. Ed Schwarz, Santa Fe Springs, 20 Laps; 2. Russel Deblauw, Ventura, 20 Laps; 3. Chris Meredith, Thousand Oaks, 20 Laps; 4. Danny Parrish, Anchorage, Alaska, 20 Laps; 5. Wally Pankratz, Orange, 20 Laps; 6. Richard Fajardo, Hollister, 20 Laps; 7. Smokey Stover, Manhattan Beach, 20 Laps; 8. Greg Andrews, Fillmore, Ca, 19 Laps; 9. Brian Grosenheider, El Cerrito, 18 Laps; 10. Russell Martin, Yorba Linda, 3 Laps; 11. Tom Hendricks, Simi Valley, 0 Laps
Lap Leaders: Ed Schwarz (1-20)

Heat Race Winners:  SpinTech Mufflers Heat 1: Russell Martin; Saldana Racing Products Heat 2: Wally Pankratz

Top 10 in points:  1. Chris Meredith, 1830; 2. Ed Schwarz, 1670; 3. Steve Brown, 1525; 4. Wally Pankratz, 1380; 5. Russell Martin, 1295; 6. Richard Fajardo, 1215; 7. Ron Bach, 1050; 8. Smokey Stover, 875; 9. Greg Andrews, 855; 10. Clif Warren, 845

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VRA Pro Dwarf Cars
Race #16     10/22/2016

Main Event Results: 1. Tim Conley, Oxnard, 20 Laps; 2. David Conley, Oxnard, 20 Laps; 3. Trent Morley, Woodland Hills, 20 Laps; 4. Tommy Velasquez III, Camarillo, 20 Laps; 5. Matt Sargent, 20 Laps; 6. Johnny Conley, Camarillo, 20 Laps; 7. Kody Cowan, Lancaster, 20 Laps; 8. Frankie Politelli, Acton, 20 Laps; 9. Nick Velasquez, Camarillo, 20 Laps; 10. Trevor Fitzgibbon, Camarillo, 20 Laps; 11. Korey Cowan, Lancaster, 20 Laps; 12. Tom Morley, Woodland Hills, 20 Laps; 13. Jeff Hinz, Saugus, 20 Laps; 14. Justin Jackson, Grover Beach, 18 Laps; 15. Ricky Lewis, Oxnard, 15 Laps; 16. Jason Horton, Oxnard, 13 Laps; 17. Cody Black, Moorpark, 11 Laps; 18. David Cheek, Valencia, 5 Laps
Lap Leaders: David Conley (1), Jason Horton (2-13), Tim Conley (14-20)

Heat Race Winners:  Heat 1: Johnny Conley; Heat 2: Tim Conley; Heat 3: Kody Cowan; Heat 4: Frankie Politelli

Top 10 in points:  1. Johnny Conley, 3375; 2. Tommy Velasquez III, 3210; 3. Tim Conley, 3090; 4. David Conley, 2950; 5. Nick Velasquez, 2690; 6. Jeff Fillingame, 2680; 7. Trent Morley, 2495; 8. Jason Horton, 2430; 9. Gage Cheek, 2315; 10. Kody Cowan, 2010

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VRA Hobby Stocks
Race #12     10/22/2016

Main Event Results: 1. Ernie Malone, Ojai, 20 Laps; 2. Sam Garvin, Oxnard, 20 Laps; 3. Devin Montgomery, Oxnard, 20 Laps; 4. Tarkus Piper, Lake Elizabeth, 19 Laps; 5. Zachary Peterson, Oxnard, 18 Laps; 6. Christina Garvin, Oxnard, 18 Laps; 7. Wayne Heurung, Ventura, 3 Laps
Lap Leaders: Tarkus Piper (1), Zachary Peterson (2-11), Ernie Malone (12-20)

Heat Race Winners:  Heat 1: Zachary Peterson

Top 10 in points:  1. Trevor Fitzgibbon, 2290; 2. Ernie Malone, 2095; 3. Sam Garvin, 1940; 4. Devin Montgomery, 1860; 5. Zachary Peterson, 1820; 6. Christina Garvin, 1805; 7. Gary Garvin, 1665; 8. Mike Stanford, 1505; 9. Dave Condon, 870; 10. David Heurung, 800

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Focus Midgets
Race #12     10/22/2016

Main Event Results: 1. Daniel Anderson, Los Angeles, 20 Laps; 2. Jet Davison, Running Springs, 20 Laps; 3. Joel Rayborne, West Covina, 20 Laps; 4. Brandon Biggs, Saugus, 20 Laps; 5. Jessica Valentine, 20 Laps; 6. George Tuttle, Carson, 17 Laps
Lap Leaders: Jet Davison (1-13), Daniel Anderson (14-20)

Heat Race Winners:  Heat 1: Daniel Anderson

Top 10 in points:  1. Daniel Anderson, 2380; 2. Joel Rayborne, 1970; 3. Randi Pankratz, 1895; 4. Mike Leach, 1620; 5. Ashley Hazelton, 1315; 6. Jet Davison, 775; 7. Brandon Biggs, 690; 8. Jess Love IV, 615; 9. David Prickett, 530; 10. Wally Pankratz, 430

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Report Created by Ventura Raceway Scoring Program
Report Created: 10/24/2016 19:36