Rutherford Takes Ventura Victory

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From Lance Jennings

Troy Rutherford won the VRA feature at Ventura Raceway Saturday.

VRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:
Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California
June 4, 2011

ENTRIES: ( Car / Driver Name / Points)
2 Robby Josett 15; 3 Justin Kierce 5; 7 Greg Taylor 225; 11 Troy Rutherford 260; 12 AJ Bender 5; 13 Jace VanderWeerd 190; 16 Tom Harper 170; 17 Jimmy Crawford 215; 22 Brian Camarillo 185; 24 Guy Woodward 110; 27 Cody Kershaw 175; 28 Dakota Kershaw 130; 51 Brent Camarillo 130; 55s Kyle Smith 135; 56 Steve Conrad 160; 57 Steve Hix 100; 62 Adam Frith-Smith 15; 65 Austin DeBlauw 105; 69 Markus Niemela 210; 71K Don Gansen 145; 72 Greg Alexander 110; 73 Josh Ford 150; 76 Derek Buckley 140; 91R Brody Roa 130.

HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps)
1. Brent Camarillo, 2. Jace VanderWeerd, 3. Cody Kershaw, 4. Brody Roa, 5. Derek Buckley, 6. Dakota Kershaw, 7. Kyle Smith, 8. Don Gansen.

HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps)
1. Josh Ford, 2. Tom Harper, 3. Steve Conrad, 4. Guy Woodward, 5. Brian Camarillo, 6. Robby Josett, 7. Austin DeBlauw, 8. A.J. Bender.

HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps)
1. Troy Rutherford, 2. Markus Niemela, 3. Jimmy Crawford, 4. Greg Taylor, 5. Steve Hix, 6. Adam Frith-Smith, 7. Greg Alexander, 8. Justin Kierce.

SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Brian Camarillo, 2. Derek Buckley, 3. Dakota Kershaw, 4. Don Gansen, 5. Austin DeBlauw, 6. Steve Hix, 7. Greg Alexander, 8. Kyle Smith, 9. Justin Kierce, 10. Adam Frith-Smith, 11. Robby Josett, 12. A.J. Bender (DNS).

FEATURE: (30 laps – With Starting Positions)
1. Troy Rutherford (3rd), 2. Greg Taylor (11th), 3. Jimmy Crawford (8th), 4. Markus Niemela (6th), 5. Brian Camarillo (13th), 6. Jace VanderWeerd (5th), 7. Cody Kershaw (9th), 8. Don Gansen (16th), 9. Tom Harper (1st), 10. Steve Conrad (7th), 11. Kyle Smith (20th), 12. Derek Buckley (14th), 13. Dakota Kershaw (15th), 14. Josh Ford (4th), 15. Brody Roa (10th), 16. Greg Alexander (19th), 17. Austin DeBlauw (17th), 18. Brent Camarillo (2nd), 19. Guy Woodward (12th), 20. Steve Hix (18th).

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17, Laps 18-27 Jimmy Crawford, Laps 28-30 Troy Rutherford.

HARD CHARGER: Greg Taylor (11th to 2nd)

VRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS:
1. Greg Taylor 2145; 2. Steve Conrad 1915; 3. Josh Ford 1825; 4. Don Gansen 1750; 5. Brent Camarillo 1590; 6. Derek Buckley 1580; 7. Brian Camarillo 1485; 8. Markus Niemela 1415; 9. Cory Kruseman 1335; 10. Kyle Smith 1185; 11. Dakota Kershaw 1080; 12. Austin DeBlauw 1075; 13. Tom Harper 1025; 14. Brandon Thomson 1005; –. Guy Woodward 1005; –. Jimmy Crawford 1005; 17. John Nock 955; 18. Brody Roa 925; 19. Clark Templeman III 920; 20. Steve Hix 755.

NEXT VRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
June 18th – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California