Troy Rutherford Runs to Checkers

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From Lance Jennings

Troy Rutherford won the VRA feature Saturday at Ventura Raceway.

VRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:
Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California
July 16, 2011

ENTRIES: ( Car / Driver Name / Points)
2 Wally Pankratz 155; 3M Jake McVey 5; 6 Jesse Denome 95; 7 Greg Taylor 130; 7G Don Gansen 160; 11 Troy Rutherford 255; 16 Tom Harper 100; 21K Cory Kruseman 120; 22 Brian Camarillo 240; 25K Cliff Warren 145; 29s Michael Steele 0; 31 Bruce Douglass 160; 31v Victor Davis 150; 49 Ron Bach 5; 51 Brent Camarillo 130;55s Kyle Smith 115; 56 Steve Conrad 210; 65 Austin DeBlauw 145; 66 Chris Meredith 135; 67K Taylor Price 10; 71K Tom Hendricks 185; 72 Jimmy Crawford 175; 73 Josh Ford 225; 76 Derek Buckley 150; 86 Chris Ennis 5; 96k Charlie Butcher 15.

HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps)
1. Brian Camarillo, 2. Greg Taylor, 3. Cliff Warren, 4. Brent Camarillo, 5. Tom Harper, 6. Victor Davis, 7. Jesse Denome, 8. Don Gansen, 9. Ron Bach.

HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps)
1. Josh Ford, 2. Steve Conrad, 3. Cory Kruseman, 4. Wally Pankratz, 5. Tom Handricks, 6. Charlie Butcher, 7. Taylor Price, 8. Jake McVey, 9. Michael Steele (DNS).

HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps)
1. Derek Buckley, 2. Troy Rutherford, 3. Jimmy Crawford, 4. Austin DeBlauw, 5. Bruce Douglass, 6. Kyle Smith, 7. Chris Meredith, 8. Chris Ennis.

SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Tom Harper, 2. Tom Hendricks, 3. Kyle Smith, 4. Bruce Douglass, 5. Jesse Denome, 6. Victor Davis, 7. Don Gansen, 8. Chris Meredith, 9. Charlie Butcher, 10. Taylor Price, 11. Chris Ennis, 12. Jake McVey, 13. Ron Bach, 14. Michael Steele (DNS).

FEATURE: (30 laps – With Starting Positions)
1. Troy Rutherford (4th), 2. Brian Camarillo (6th), 3. Josh Ford (8th), 4. Steve Conrad (3rd), 5. Tom Hendricks (14th), 6. Don Gansen (19th), 7. Jimmy Crawford (2nd), 8. Bruce Douglass (16th), 9. Victor Davis (18th), 10. Wally Pankratz (10th), 11. Chris Meredith (20th), 12. Austin DeBlauw (12th), 13. Cliff Warren (1st), 14. Derek Buckley (5th), 15. Brent Camarillo (11th), 16. Kyle Smith (15th), 17. Greg Taylor (7th), 18. Cory Kruseman (9th), 19. Jesse Denome (17th), 20. Tom Harper (13th).

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Cliff Warren, Laps 2-5 Jimmy Crawford, Laps 6-30 Troy Rutherford

HARD CHARGER: Don Gansen (19th to 6th)

VRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS:
1. Greg Taylor 2765; 2. Josh Ford 2505; 3. Steve Conrad 2295; 4. Brian Camarillo 2200; 5. Don Gansen 2100; 6. Derek Buckley 2085; 7. Brent Camarillo 2000; 8. Markus Niemela 1815; 9. Kyle Smith 1595; 10. Cory Kruseman 1565; 11. Jimmy Crawford 1505; 12. Austin DeBlauw 1410; 13. Tom Harper 1385; 14. Brandon Thomson 1175; 15. Dakota Kershaw 1080; 16. Brody Roa 1055; 17. Guy Woodward 1005; 18. John Nock 955; 19. Clark Templeman III 920; 20. Troy Rutherford 810.

NEXT VRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
July 23 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California