Forum: SCRAFAN.COM Forum (go)
Moderators: ljennings

USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS
VENTURA RACEWAY - VENTURA, CA
OCTOBER 6, 2007
WAGSDASH

40 CARS

TIME TRIALS:
1. David Cardey, 83, Crossno-12.325, 2. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-12.655, 3. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-12.656, 4. Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-12.680, 5. Scotty Weir, 38, Crossno-12.748, 6. Cory Kruseman, 21K Kruseman Motorsports-12.798, 7. Brian Williams 22A, Williams-12.832, 8. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-12.920, 9. Kevin Kierce, 2, Kierce-12.938, 10. Brent Camarillo, 20, Camarillo-12.953, 11. Luis Espinoza, 92, Sertich-13.015, 12. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.019, 13. Jimmy Crawford, 75, Stansberry-13.023, 14. Eric Severson, 11X, Severson-13.036, 15. Rickie Gaunt, 94, Gardner-13.060, 16. Chris Wakim, 9W, Wakim-13.078, 17. Brian Camarillo, 20C, Camarillo-13.124, 18. Troy Rutherford, 11R, Rutherford-13.138, 19. Damion Gardner, 71, Leffler-13.138, 20. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-13.167, 21. J Hicks, 66, Miller-13.179, 22. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-13.227, 23. Tom Stansberry, 75T, Stansberry-13.263, 24. Dennis Rodriguez, 45, Rodriguez-13.293, 25. Johnathan Henry, 17X, Kruseman-13.426, 26. Brian Venard, 12, Blair-13.465, 27. Henry Clark, 2X, Kruseman-13.503, 28. Jake Hodges, 32, Hodges-13.612, 29. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-13.660, 30. Wes Richardson, 49, Bach-13.749, 31. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-13.766, 32. Nadine Gardner 16, Gardner-13.815, 33. Davey Pombo, 38S, Crossno-13.990, 34. Alex Schutte 21T Kruseman Motorsports-14.056, 35. Danny Faria, Jr., 21A, Dorathy-14.060, 36. Greg Taylor, 47, Taylor-14.119, 37. Dan Tedrick, 88, Tedrick-14.126, 38. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-14.146, 39. Jonas Reynolds, 48, Reynolds-14.654, 40. Shawn Kautz, 27, Kautz-14.678.

C-MAIN: (8 laps)
1. Danny Faria Jr., 2. Greg Taylor, 3. Alex Schutte, 4. Dan Tedrick, 5.Shawn Kautz, 6. Jonas Reynolds, 7. Ronnie Case. NT.

HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps)
1. Josh Ford, 2. Brian Venard, 3.Troy Rutherford, 4. Scotty Weir, 5. Danny Faria Jr., 6. Brent Camarillo, 7. David Cardey, 8. Richardson, 9. Eric Severson. NT.

HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps)
1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Rickie Gaunt, 4. Greg Taylor, 5. Danny Sheridan, 6. Luis Espinoza, 7. Tom Stansberry, 8. Henry Clark, 9. Royal Adderson. NT.

HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps)
1. Dennis Rodriguez, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Jake Hodges, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Tony Jones, 6. Blake Miller, 7. Alex Schutte, 8. Chris Wakim, 9. Nadine Gardner. 2:10.71.

HEAT RACE 4: (10 laps)
1. Garrett Hansen, 2.Davey Pombo, 3. Brian Camarillo, 4. Johnathon Henry, 5. Jimmy Crawford, 6. Dan Tedrick, 7. Tyler Brown, 8. J Hicks, 9. Kevin Kierce. NT.

SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Danny Sheridan, 2. Tony Jones, 3. David Cardey, 4. Tyler Brown, 5. Jimmy Crawford, 6. Blake Miller, 7. Chris Wakim, 8. Danny Faria Jr., 9. Eric Severson, 10. Tom Stansberry, 11. Wes Richardson, 12. Brent Camarillo, 13. Henry Clark, 14. Dan Tedrick, 15.Royal Adderson, 16. Nadine Gardner, 17. Luis Espinoza, 18. Alex Schutte, 19. Kevin Kierce, 20. J Hicks. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Scotty Weir (8th), 2. Rip Williams (6th), 3. Mike Spencer (5th), 4. Troy Rutherford (2nd), 5. Damion Gardner (1st), 6. Cory Kruseman (7th), 7. Danny Sheridan (10th), 8. Blake Miller (21st), 9. Brian Camarillo (3rd), 10. Rickie Gaunt (4th), 11. Josh Ford (13th), 12. Greg Taylor (20th), 13. Tyler Brown (12th), 14. Davey Pombo (19th), 15. Johnathan Henry (15th), 16. Tony Jones (11th), 17. Jake Hodges (17th), 18. David Cardey (9th), 19. Garrett Hansen (18th), 20. Dennis Rodriguez (14th), 21. Brian Venard (16th). NT.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS:
Laps 1-15 D. Gardner, Laps 16-26 Spencer, Laps 27-30 Weir

WAGSDASH: (15 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Blake Miller (13th), 2. Brian Camarillo (2nd), 3. Jimmy Crawford (7th), 4. Kevin Kierce (9th), 5. Bobby Michnowicz (10th), 6. Dwayne Marcum (4th), 7. Ronnie Case (17th), 8. J Hicks (12th), 9. Eric Severson (5th), 10. Luis Espinoza (8th), 11. Tyler Brown (11th), 12. Nadine Gardner (3rd), 13. Chris Wakim (16th), 14. Brandon Thomson (15th), 15. Dan Tedrick (14th), 16. Dennis Rodriguez (1st), 17. Royal Adderson (18th), 18. Alex Schutte (6th). NT.
----------------------
*Eric Severson flipped in the Heat Race 1.
**Alex Schutte flipped in the Semi-Main,
***Royal Adderson flipped in the Wagsdash.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
October 7 - Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA

WEIR TOPS CRA RUN - MILLER WINS WAGSDASH

Sunday, 07 October 2007

Ventura, Calif....Scotty Weir of Marion, Ind., grabbed his third Lucas Oil USAC/CRA sprint Car main event win of the season Saturday at Ventura Raceway. Driving the Glen Crossno / ITI Performance No. 38 Bullet, Weir started the 30-lap race in the eighth position before taking the lead four laps from the finish.

Fresh off his first feature win of the season one week ago, Rip Williams, Yorba Linda, Calif., drove Sharon Jory's AMA Plastics No. 3 Stinger to a second-place finish. Temecula, California's Mike Spencer started the race in the third row alongside of Williams before taking the lead at the midway point of the event. Spencer and his Ron Chaffin / Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply No. 50 Maxim would eventually finish third.

Local favorite Troy Rutherford, Ojai, Calif., drove his Frank's Rooter & Plumbing No. 11R Stealth to a fourth-place finish. Damion Gardner, Concord, Calif., started on the pole and led the first 15-laps before placing fifth in Jason Leffler's Pace Electronics No. 71 DRC.

Blake Miller, Yorba Linda, Calif., made good use of his provisional starting spot. Starting in the 21st position, Miller won "Hard Charger" honors with his eighth-place run. Following the USAC/CRA feature race, Miller, and his car owner Jeff Gardner, took home an additional $2,500 after they won the 17th Annual Wagsdash, which was run in tribute to Glenn Howard.

Does anyone think that maybe USAC should reconsider their format out there, 19th quick on the pole at Ventura? I know a few weeks back when I was in Tucson, I think it was 16th quick was on the pole, and I am pretty sure this has been happening all year long... With inverting 8 cars in the heats, and some pretty fast and narrow heats, it doesnt really pay to qualify good, maybe the art of sandbagging will come back around : )

Casey, from A fans point of view I have to disagree.I can also see the driver and owners point of view but as a fan I love the format it really makes the heats important and most of the time the cream will rise to the top.the last 2 races have been unusual most of the time the Pole sitter is from the top 10 qualifiers.My hope is that USUC will change some things out here on the left coast but not the race format.

hope to cya at the Ovals

ROB

Maybe the USAC officials wre afraid to get into an arguement with Damion.....Something about a flying helmet.