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VRA SPRINT CARS
VENTURA RACEWAY - VENTURA, CA
JULY 21, 2007 - POINT RACE #14

33 CARS

HEAT RACE 1: (10 Laps)
1. Kevin Kierce, 2. Dennis Rodriguez, 3. Jimmy Crawford, 4. Rick Hendrix, 5. Bruce Douglass, 6. Nicholas Boxwell, 7. Ken Stansberry, 8. Johnathon Henry, 9. Chris Wakim (DNS).

HEAT RACE 2: (10 Laps)
1. Greg Taylor, 2. Jake Hodges, 3. Troy Rutherford, 4. Dwayne Marcum, 5. Tom Harper, 6. Angel Figueroa, 7. Cody Kershaw, 8. Brent Camarillo.

HEAT RACE 3: (10 Laps)
1. Brian Camarillo, 2. Eric Severson, 3. Bobby Michnowicz, 4. Oren Prosser Jr., 5. Ron Tjaarda, 6. Wes Richardson, 7. Gordon Edwards, 8. Dennis Olson.

HEAT RACE 4: (10 Laps)
1. Luis Espinoza, 2. Derek Buckley, 3. Brandon Thomson, 4. Josh Ford, 5. Richard McCormick, 6. John Nock, 7. Nic Faas, 8. Hobie Conway.

SEMI-MAIN: (12 Laps)
1. Bruce Douglass, 2. Angel Figueroa, 3. Richard McCormick, 4. Nicholas Boxwell, 5. Hobie Conway, 6. Nic Faas, 7. Brent Camarillo, 8. Ron Tjaarda, 9. Chris Wakim, 10. Cody Kershaw, 11. Ken Stansberry, 12. Dennis Olson, 13. Tom Harper, 14. Wes Richardson, 15. John Nock, 16. Gordon Edwards, 17. Johnathon Henry (DNS).

FEATURE: (30 Laps - With Actual Starting Positions)
1. Eric Severson (2nd), 2. Greg Taylor (6th), 3. Brian Camarillo (4th), 4. Kevin Kierce (5th), 5. Luis Espinoza (3rd), 6. Brandon Thomson (12th), 7. Jimmy Crawford (11th), 8. Derek Buckley (8th), 9. Dennis Rodriguez (1st), 10. Dwayne Marcum (15th), 11. Bobby Michnowicz (9th), 12. Jake Hodges (7th), 13. Angel Figueroa (16th), 14. Richard McCormick (19th), 15. Oren Prosser Jr. (14th), 16. Bruce Douglass (17th), 17. Nicholas Boxwell (18th), 18. Hobie Conway (20th), 19. Rick Hendrix (13th), 20. Troy Rutherford (10th).
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*Hobie Conway Was The Alternate and Started Feature.
**Josh Ford Did Not Start Feature.
***Johnathon Henry Flipped In Heat Race 1.
****Hobie Conway Flipped In Feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Severson.

VRA POINTS STANDINGS - 7/21
Pos Driver Wins Car# Points
1. Greg Taylor- 2830 (5)
2. Kevin Kierce- 2695 (2)
3. Luis Espinoza- 2430
4. Dennis Rodriguez- 2305
5. Rick Hendrix- 2245 (1)
6. Johnathon Henry- 2060 (1)
7. Eric Severson- 2055 (1)
8. Steve Conrad- 1735
9. Brandon Thomson- 1725
10. Dwayne Marcum- 1485
11. John Nock- 1425
12. Clark Templeman III- 1360
13. Guy Woodward- 1190
14. Chris Wakim- 970
15. Cory Kruseman- 970 (2)
16. Derek Buckley- 965
17. Wes Richardson- 955 (1)
18. Brent Camarillo- 830
19. Brian Camarillo- 765
20. Richard McCormick- 750

NEXT VRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
July 28 – Santa Maria, CA - Santa Maria Speedway

*Thanks To Ventura Raceway.

TwisterWest and Jimmy Crawford would like to thank Steve Gresham and Steve Gresham Racing Engines for letting me shake-down / debut his Brand New House Car, "The Jim Gresham Special" number 51. We went through the typical shake-down woes with brakes and misc. nuts and bolts, but I guess that is expected on a new car we put together this week.

We started 4th in our heat and finished 3rd. (no brakes) Direct transfer to the main starting 11th. Some NOT new car woes was when I decided to pull the steering wheel off exiting turn two of lap one. I kept it pointed in the right direction down the back straight with what probably looked like a series of bad s-turns and got the wheel back on at the apex of 3 and 4. (its not easy driving the steering shaft) Now back in about 17th I needed to get back those positions I lost. Somewhere between laps 10 and 15 we were hit had in the right rear and broke the ladder clean off the heim. With no ladder and the steering wheel pointed at two o'clock we charged the top, middle and bottom to a respectable 7th place finish. (no one said us drivers were smart!!!)

So, thanks again to Steve Gresham. This car will soon be in the winners circle. And a quick shout out to Richard Terry for his help in the pits.

PS: The SGRE Racing Engine under the hood is BAD and sounds a lot like Tony D's new SGRE!!!

Jimmy "neutron" Crawford - #51

Congratulations Eric!

Happy to see you make to the winners circle. It was pedal to the metal all the way.

------------------ Arnie

Good to see Bobby Michnowicz Racing Sprints

Great Job Eric and team! For all of the ups and downs this year you all are doing great. With 3 SMS fast times we are looking forward to your continued success and see you at Santa Maria Speedway for the grand slam Sponsored by CCIS information Solutions!

What car was Nic Faas driving? His Dad's or for someone else?

Nic Faas was in a cory kruseman school car. The number 67