Henry Wins Ventura Western Midget Car Feature

From Dick Jordan

Ventura, CA — (August 3, 2011) — Johnathon Henry won the USAC Western Midget Car Series feature Wednesday night at Ventura Raceway. Troy Rutherford, Cory Kruseman, Jimmy Crawford, and Brent Camarillo rounded out the top five.

Nick Carlson and Bradley Morris won the USAC Ford Focus and Young Guns midget car features respectively.

MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 3, 2011 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jerome Rodela (#25 Rodela), 2. Johnathon Henry (#88 Graunstadt), 3. Jimmy Crawford (#73x Ford), 4. Brian Camarillo (#81 CamLand), 5. Chris Ennis (#97 Martens), 6. Nick Carlson (#25x Rodela), 7. Connor Kassik (#15N Neverlift), 8. Cody Swanson (#71 Swanson). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Walt Schweitzer (#60 Schweitzer), 2. David Prickett (#15 Neverlift), 3. Sean Dodenhoff (#9D Dodenhoff), 4. Jake Swanson (#05 Swanson), 5. Josh Lakatos (#4x Lakatos), 6. Austin Smith (#33 Smith), 7. Kyle Edwards (#39 Edwards), 8. Jimmy Voitel (#21 Voitel), 9. Bruce Douglas (#31 Douglas). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darren Hagen (#73 Ford), 2. Troy Rutherford (#87jr Rutherford), 3. Robby Josett (#2 Josett), 4. Cory Kruseman (#21k Kruseman), 5. Brent Camarillo (#51 CamLand), 6. Chris Gansen (#4 Gansen), 7. Kyle Smith (#55 Smith), 8. Viktor Davis (#31v Davis), 9. Bruce Hiroshima (#5 Hiroshima). NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Ennis, 2. Lakatos, 3. Gansen, 4. A.Smith, 5. K.Smith, 6. Brian Camarillo, 7. Hiroshima, 8. Douglas, 9. Carlson, 10. Voitel, 11. Edwards, 12. Kassik. NT

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Randi Pankratz (#8 Pankratz).

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Johnathon Henry, 2. Troy Rutherford, 3. Cory Kruseman, 4. Jimmy Crawford, 5. Brent Camarillo, 6. Jerome Rodela, 7. Chris Gansen, 8. Austin Smith, 9. Nick Carlson, 10. Chris Ennis, 11. Jake Swanson, 12. Josh Lakatos, 13. David Prickett, 14. Cody Swanson, 15. Kyle Smith, 16. Bruce Douglas, 17. Walt Schweitzer, 18. Darren Hagen, 19. Brian Camarillo, 20. Robby Josett, 21. Sean Dodenhoff, 22. Bruce Hiroshima. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 Rutherford, Laps 27-30 Henry.

NEW MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kruseman-262; 2-Prickett-252; 3-J.Swanson-233; 4-C.Swanson-198; 5-Henry-194; 6-Ennis-174; 7-Scott Pierovich-129; 8-A.Smith-100; 9-Tanner Swanson-96; 10-Randi Pankratz-86.

NEXT MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET RACE: August 5 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: August 3, 2011 – Ventura, California – Ventura (CA) Raceway – “California Ford Focus Week”

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz), 2. Jarid Blondel (#98 Blondel), 3. Andrew Mulhearn (#14 Mulhearn), 4. Collin Henry (#12c Henry), 5. Jessica Clark (#44 Clark), 6. Daniel Williams (#25 Williams). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler Dolacki (#18 Dolacki), 2. Nick Carlson (#19 Carlson), 3. Casey Martinez (#94 Martinez), 4. Bradley Morris (#17k Kruseman), 5. Brodie Kostecki (#17 Dolacki). NT

FEATURE: (17 laps) 1. Nick Carlson, 2. Casey Martinez, 3. Brodie Kostecki, 4. Collin Henry, 5. Tyler Dolacki, 6. Wally Pankratz, 7. Daniel Williams, 8. Andrew Mulhearn, 9. Bradley Morris, 10. Jarid Blondel, 11. Jessica Clark. NT
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**Morris & Blondel flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Martinez, Laps 10-17 Carlson.

NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Clark-677; 2-Jim Waters-653; 3-Chuck Groat-618; 4-Austin Luttmer-577; 5-Blondel-539; 6-T.Dolacki-532; 7-J.R. Williams-493; 8-W.Pankratz-493; 9-D.Williams-477; 10-Jeff Kelley-464.
NEW WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-T.Dolacki-532; 2-W.Pankratz-493; 3-D.Williams-477; 4-Blondel-427; 5-Jet Davison-398; 6-Robert Dolacki-280; 7-Kyle Edwards-251; 8-Henry-242; 9-Martinez-169; 10-Randi Pankratz-159.
CALIFORNIA FOCUS WEEK FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-W.Pankratz-121; 2-T,Dolacki-118; 3-Kostecki-109; 4-DWilliams-103; 5-Blondel-91.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 5 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway – “California Ford Focus Week”

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: August 3 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway – “California Ford Focus Week”

HEAT RACE: (8 laps ) 1. Trevor Hunt (#8 Pankratz), 2. Parker Colston (#64 Colston), 3. Brennan Rogers (#20 Rogers), 4. Brodie Kostecki (#17 Dolacki), 5. Bradley Morris (#17k Kruseman), 6. Zach Bogner (#18k Kruseman), 7. Christine Breckenridge (#26 Breckenridge),8. Katlynn Leer (#12k Kruseman), 9. Austin Blair (#4k Kruseman). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Bradley Morris, 2. Brodie Kostecki, 3. Trevor Hunt, 4. Zach Bogner, 5. Parker Colston, 6. Brennan Rogers, 7. Katlynn Leer, 8. Christine Breckenridge, 9. Austin Blair. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Bogner, Laps 3-20 Morris.

NEW WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Hunt-555; 2-Kostecki-553; 3-Colston-502; 4-Cole Custer-461; 5-Breckenridge-438; 6-Brandon White-264; 7-Leer-264; 8-Ricky Bowers-245; 9-James Eden-180; 10-Bogner-171.
NEW WESTERN DIRT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Colston-502; 2-Cole Custer-461; 3-Breckenridge-370; 4-Hunt-303; 5-Leer-264; 6-Bogner-171; 7-Kostecki-128; 8-Logan Williams-105; 9-Blair-84; 10-Daniel Williams-64.
CALIFORNIA FOCUS WEEK FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Kostecki-128; 2-Hunt-124; 3-Colston-119; 4-Breckenridge-95; 5-Morris-64.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 5 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway – “California Ford Focus Week”