Ventura Raceway
May 11, 2013
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Two In A Row For Taylor at Ventura

Cliff Morgan
VENTURA, CA (May 11) - Another night of exciting short track racing took place at Ventura Raceway on Saturday May 11. Once again fans and teams were treated to fast and furious racing on Ventura's new red clay track.

Greg Taylor made it two in a row Saturday night in VRA 360 Sprint Car racing as he took his second main event of 2013. Taylor started fifth and quickly moved to the front of the 18 car field and by lap 9 he was out in front to stay. Following Taylor across the line were Richard Ortega, taking his best ever finish, Tom Hendricks, Bruce Douglass and Luke Boles. Three heat race were run with wins being taken by Greg Taylor in heat one, Charlie Butcher in heat two and Russell DeBlauw in heat three. The night's racing ended with Guy Woodward still out front in the season point race by 60 points over Tom Hendricks.

The new VRA Hobby Stock Class continued to grow with nine cars in attendance. Point leader Scott Dinger took another win in their 20 lap feature. He battled with Gary Curtis for the first ten laps exchanging the lead before Dinger took the lead for the last time on lap 10 and he then went on to take the win with David Heurung, Tom Stephens Jr., Gary Curtis and Joe Humphrey. One heat race was run with the win going to Tom Stephens Jr.

VRA Dwarf Cars raced in two classes, Seniors and Pros. In Pro action, the 20 lap main went to Kevin Calvo over Brian Saxton, Curt Cook, Jason Horton and Tommy Velasquez. This class ran three heats with wins going to Brian Saxton in heat one, Johnny Conely in heat two and Thomas Velasquez in heat three. In the Seniors one heat race was run with the win going to Mike Neal. Their 20 lap main was won by Keith Vondersaar with Mike Neal, Bill VanPraag, Bob Kaufman and George Calvo following him across the finish line.

VRA Mod Lite action saw Ricky Lewis take the 20 lap main event over Dave Dotson, Mike Kornder, Mike Gilmore and Kris Kurisaki. He also took their 8 lap heat race. Dotson leads Lewis by 25 points in the point race.

The final group racing Saturday night was the VRA Sport Compacts. Point leader and 2012 series champ Zack Peterson took another win over Andrew Greiman, Mike Stanford, Heath Morton and Michaela Stanton. Heath Morton took the eight lap heat race.

Ventura Raceway returns to action next weekend May 18 with the second VRA/USAC Midget Battle at the Beach . Also racing that night will be VRA Senior Sprints, VRA Focus Midgets, VRA Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifieds and Go Karts.

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VRA Sprint Cars

Race #4 05/11/2013

Main Event Results: 1. Greg Taylor, Ventura, 30 Laps; 2. Richard Ortega Jr, Camarillo, 30 Laps; 3. Tom Hendricks, Simi Valley, 30 Laps; 4. Bruce Douglass, Ventura, 30 Laps; 5. Luke Boles, Goleta, 30 Laps; 6. John Nock, Newhall, 30 Laps; 7. Guy Woodward, Santa Clarita, 30 Laps; 8. Hobie Conway, Ventura, 30 Laps; 9. Chris Gansen, San Bernardino, 30 Laps; 10. Don Gansen, San Bernardino, 29 Laps; 11. Chris Meredith, Thousand Oaks, 29 Laps; 12. David Taylor Jr., Moorpark, 15 Laps; 13. Charlie Butcher, Santa Barbara, 8 Laps; 14. Kyle Smith, Moorpark, 8 Laps; 15. Russel Deblauw, Ventura, 8 Laps; 16. Austin DeBlauw, lVentura, 8 Laps; 17. Clark Templeman III, Santa Clarita, 8 Laps; 18. Rick Hendrix, Palmdale, 8 Laps

Lap Leaders: Charlie Butcher (1-6), Kyle Smith (7-8), Greg Taylor (9-30)

Heat Race Winners: Extreme Mufflers Heat 1: Greg Taylor; Saldana Racing Products Heat 2: Charlie Butcher; BR Motorsports Heat 3: Russel Deblauw

Keizer Aluminum Wheels High Point Award: Russel Deblauw

K&N Engineering Hard Charger: Luke Boles

DJ Safety Hard Luck: Charlie Butcher

Top 10 in points: 1. Guy Woodward, 895; 2. Tom Hendricks, 835; 3. Luke Boles, 740; 4. John Nock, 715; 5. Greg Taylor, 650; 6. Kyle Smith, 640; 7. Richard Ortega Jr, 545; 8. David Taylor Jr., 520; 9. Rick Hendrix, 515; 10. Russel Deblauw, 460

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VRA Pro Dwarf Cars

Race #4 05/11/2013

Main Event Results: 1. Kevin Calvo, Agua Dulce, 20 Laps; 2. Brian Saxton, Mentone, 20 Laps; 3. Curt Cook, Santa Paula, 20 Laps; 4. Jason Horton, Oxnard, 20 Laps; 5. Tommy Velasquez III, Camarillo, 20 Laps; 6. David Cantu, 20 Laps; 7. Eric Moore, Ventura, 20 Laps; 8. Thomas Velasquez, Camarillo, 20 Laps; 9. Lee Majors, Simi Valley, 20 Laps; 10. Tom Stephens Jr, Ventura, 20 Laps; 11. Chase Lippert, Thousand Oaks, 20 Laps; 12. April Banvelos, Sylmar, 20 Laps; 13. Ira Henry, Bakersfield, 20 Laps; 14. Johnny Conley, Oxnard, 19 Laps; 15. Jeremy Marsh, Ridgecrest, 18 Laps; 16. Tim Conley, Oxnard, 17 Laps; 17. Jacob Ganzer, Murrietta, 12 Laps; 18. Hannah Mayhew, Acton, Ca, 12 Laps; 19. Cody Majors, Simi Valley, 2 Laps; 20. Brent Stevens, Simi Valley, 2 Laps

Lap Leaders: Kevin Calvo (1-20)

Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: Brian Saxton; Heat 2: Johnny Conley; Heat 3: Thomas Velasquez

Top 10 in points: 1. Brent Stevens, 755; 2. Johnny Conley, 725; 3. Thomas Velasquez, 715; 4. Kevin Calvo, 695; 5. Chase Lippert, 650; 6. Hannah Mayhew, 640; 6. Lee Majors, 640; 8. Tim Conley, 615; 9. Jason Horton, 610; 9. Ira Henry, 610

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VRA Senior Dwarf Cars

Race #4 05/11/2013

Main Event Results: 1. Keith Vondersaar, Acton, 20 Laps; 2. Mike Neal, Northridge, 20 Laps; 3. Bill Van Praag, Ventura, 20 Laps; 4. Bob Kaufman, Santa Clarita, CA, 20 Laps; 5. George Calvo, Agua Dulce, 20 Laps; 6. Tom Stephens Sr, Ventura, 20 Laps; 7. Mike Lewis, Sunland, 19 Laps

Lap Leaders: Tom Stephens Sr (1), Keith Vondersaar (2-20)

Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: Mike Neal

Top 10 in points: 1. Keith Vondersaar, 870; 2. Mike Lewis, 865; 3. Mike Neal, 855; 4. Bob Kaufman, 815; 5. Bill Van Praag, 805; 6. George Calvo, 755; 7. Tom Stephens Sr, 710; 8. Rick Lapka, 10

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VRA Hobby Stocks

Race #5 05/11/2013

Main Event Results: 1. Scott Dinger, Simi Valley, 20 Laps; 2. David Heurung, 20 Laps; 3. Tom Stephens Jr, Ventura, 20 Laps; 4. Gary Curtis, Camarillo, 20 Laps; 5. Joe Humphrey, Bakersfield, 20 Laps; 6. Jefro Blalock, Apple Valley, 20 Laps; 7. Eric C. Lopez, Bakersfield, 19 Laps; 8. Sam Garvin, Oxnard, 19 Laps; 9. Ernie Malone, Ojai, 12 Laps

Lap Leaders: Scott Dinger (1-2), Gary Curtis (3-4), Scott Dinger (5-8), Gary Curtis (9), Scott Dinger (10-20)

Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: Tom Stephens Jr

Top 10 in points: 1. Scott Dinger, 1175; 2. Gary Curtis, 1115; 3. David Heurung, 1055; 4. Ernie Malone, 995; 5. Tom Stephens Jr, 785; 6. Randal Dougan, 370; 7. Danny Quinn, 255; 8. Joe Humphrey, 190; 8. James Brown, 190; 10. Eric C. Lopez, 180

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VRA Sport Compacts

Race #4 05/11/2013

Main Event Results: 1. Zachary Peterson, Oxnard, 20 Laps; 2. Andrew Greiman, Camarillo, 20 Laps; 3. Mike Stanford, 20 Laps; 4. Heath Morton, Oxnard, 20 Laps; 5. Michaela Stanton, Camarillo, 20 Laps; 6. Mira Cook, Camarillo, 19 Laps; 7. Bruce Fink, Port Hueneme, 7 Laps; 8. John Butcher, Santa Barbara, 3 Laps

Lap Leaders: Andrew Greiman (1), Zachary Peterson (2-20)

Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: Heath Morton

Top 10 in points: 1. Zachary Peterson, 995; 2. Mike Stanford, 840; 3. Mira Cook, 700; 4. James Adler, 670; 5. Andrew Greiman, 650; 6. Bruce Fink, 560; 7. Eric Griffin, 390; 8. Joel Chavez Jr., 350; 9. Cameron Dougan, 310; 10. Heath Morton, 215

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Mod Lite

Race #3 05/11/2013

Main Event Results: 1. Ricky Lewis, Oxnard, 20 Laps; 2. Dave Dotson, Thousand Oaks, 20 Laps; 3. Mike Kornder, 20 Laps; 4. Mike Gilmore, Woodland Hills, 20 Laps; 5. Kris Kurisaki, Irwindale, 20 Laps; 6. Jeffrey Fry, Hawthorne, 19 Laps; 7. Kim Lewis, Woodland Hills, 6 Laps

Lap Leaders: Ricky Lewis (1), Mike Kornder (2), Mike Gilmore (3-6), Dave Dotson (7-9), Ricky Lewis (10-20)

Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: Ricky Lewis

Top 10 in points: 1. Dave Dotson, 735; 2. Ricky Lewis, 710; 3. Jeffrey Fry, 610; 4. Mike Gilmore, 405; 4. Kris Kornder, 405; 6. Kim Lewis, 345; 7. Kris Kurisaki, 175; 8. Mike Kornder, 0