Brian Camarillo took his first VRA 360 Sprint Car race win of the new season Saturday night March 24. He came from the third starting spot to lead the majority of the laps Saturday night. Near the end of the race, Troy Rutherford got by him for a lap but Camarillo came back to pass Rutherford to get his first win of 2012. The night saw two heat races run, with wins going to Guy Woodward in the Extreme Muffler Heat One and Brian Camarillo in the Kaeding Performance Heat Two. Rutherford's second place keeps him out front in the season long battle to see who will be VRA Champ in 2012 by 85 points over Saturday's winner Camarillo.
IMCA Modifieds resumed their 2012 season with a sixteen car field. Austin Rodarte took the 20 lap feature win followed by his brother 2011 series champ Aaron Rodarte, Jack Parker, Josh Vogt, Bryan Clark and Gary Curtis. Heat race wins went to Jack Parker in the Extreme Muffler Heat One and Austin Rodarte.in the Speedway Engineering Heat Two Gary Curtis finished 6th and took the season point lead by 3 points over Austin Rodarte and by 5 points over Aaron Rodarte and Wayne Heurung.
VRA Senior Sprints raced Saturday night with one heat race going to Bruce Douglass and the 20 lap feature going to his teammate Victor Davis. Following Davis to the line in a green to checkered race were Clif Warren, Douglass, Wally Pankratz and Mike Cook.
VRA Go-Karts opened their season with one heat race and their 20 lap feature going to Cody Nigh. 2nd through fourth went to Ashley Hazleton, Taylor Haley and Kenny Beyers Jr.
The final adult group racing Saturday was our new VRA Mod Lite Class. Kevin Alverson took both the heat race win as well as the 20 lap feature win. Following Alverson to the line were Dave Dotson, Mike Sweeney, Mike Kornder and Kyle Alverson.
The three VRA kids classes were also racing last Saturday. Nick Velasquez took both the heat race and Main Event in Superchargers, while Blake Hendricks did the same in Mini Dwarf Pistons. In Junior Midgets, Tommy Velasquez took the win in the heat race and 15 lap feature.
Ventura Raceway returns to racing next Saturday March 31, with a full program of racing action featuring VRA Midgets in the first Battle of the Beach Race of 2012, VRA Dwarf Cars, Sport Compacts and VRA Kids classes.
- Ventura Raceway on Mar 26, 2012
- Article Date: 3/26/2012 by Cliff Morgan