VENTURA RACEWAY ANNOUNCES 2008 SCHEDULE

Source: Lee Elder
Date: 01/14/2008

Raceway promoter Jim Naylor said the schedule would bring more racing diversity to the facility than it has ever had in the past.

“We’ll have age groups ranging from little kids to senior citizens in race cars this season,” Naylor said. “We’ll have some of the best sprint car drivers in the country here and we’ll have nearly every other kind of car that races on dirt. We’ll even have motorcycles.”

The season opener is scheduled for March 8.

In a signature event, the Raceway will host the final event of the Bandit-VRA Grand Slam Challenge for sprint cars on August 23rd. The series competes on three other tracks and pits the drivers from the tracks against each other in a championship platform.

The United States Auto Club’s Sprint Cars, Midgets and Ford Focus Midgets will visit the track a combined 14 nights. USAC’s popular CRA Sprint Car Series will race three times at Ventura.

The crowd pleasing Demolition Derby, held each year during the Ventura County Fair, returns this year along with a VRA event twice during the Fair.

The Ventura Racing Association’s seven divisions will make up the majority of the 2008 slate. Those divisions include the track’s innovative youth racing divisions, which attracted 61 drivers between the ages of five and 16 in 2007.

“We have entire families racing here,” Naylor said. “We have kids, parents and grandparents. Our track has become a family destination.”

More information on Ventura Raceway is available at www.VenturaRaceway.com.

2008 Schedule

February

2 1st Annual Jr. Midget & Mini Dwarf Awards & Open Practice

9 2007 VRA Awards Banquet

23 Open Practice (Mini Dwarfs & Jr. Midgets 10am-1pm only)

March

1 Open Practice (No Kids Classes)

8 VRA Sprints, Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifieds, Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs

15 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, Sport Compacts, USAC Ford Focus Midgets

& USAC Jr. Focus Midgets

22 VRA Sprints, Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifieds, Sport Compacts, Jr. Midgets

& Mini Dwarfs

29 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, USAC Jr. Focus Midgets &California Lightning Sprints

April

5 VRA Sprints, USAC Midgets, USAC Ford Focus Midgets, USAC Jr. Focus Midgets, Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs

12 VRA Sprints @ King’s Speedway (Bandit-VRA Grand Slam #1)

19 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, Sport Compacts

& USAC Jr. Focus Midgets

26 VRA Sprints, Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifieds, USAC Jr. Focus Midgets,

Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs

May

3 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, Dwarf Cars, Sport Compacts, Jr. Midgets

& Mini Dwarfs

10 VRA Sprints, Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifieds, USAC Jr. Focus Midgets,

Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs

17 Senior Sprints, Sport Compacts, USAC Midgets, USAC Ford Focus Midgets

& USAC Jr. Focus Midgets

24 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, Sport Compacts, Jr. Midgets

& Mini Dwarf

31 USAC/CRA Sprints, Senior Sprints & Jr. Midgets

June

7 VRA Sprints, Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifieds, Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs

14 VRA Sprints, USAC Midgets, USAC Ford Focus Midgets,

& USAC Jr. Focus Midgets

21 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, Senior Dwarfs, IMCA Modifieds, Sport Compacts,

Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs

28 Flat Track Motorcycles

28 VRA Sprints @ Bakersfield Speedway (Bandit-VRA Grand Slam #2)

July

5 OFF WEEKEND

12 VRA Sprints, Dwarf Cars, USAC Ford Focus Midgets, USAC Jr. Focus Midgets,

Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs

19 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, Sport Compacts,

& USAC Jr. Focus Midgets

26 VRA Sprints @ Santa Maria Speedway (Bandit-VRA Grand Slam #3)

30 Wednesday: Demolition Derby, Dwarf Cars, Sport Compacts, NMRA TQ Midgets, Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs

31 Thursday: Demolition Derby, IMCA Modifieds, USAC Ford Focus Midgets

& USAC Jr. Focus Midgets

August

2 OFF WEEKEND

9 VRA Dwarf Cars @ Santa Maria Speedway

16 OFF WEEKEND

23 Bandit-VRA Grand Slam Final, Dwarf Cars, Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs

30 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, Sport Compacts,

& USAC Jr. Focus Midgets

September

6 USAC/CRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, Jr. Midgets… 18th Annual Wagsdash 2008

13 VRA Sprints, Dwarf Cars, IMCA Modifieds, Sport Compacts, Jr. Midgets

& Mini Dwarfs

20 Senior Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, USAC Midgets, USAC Jr. Focus Midgets,

Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs

27 Flat Track Motorcycles

October

4 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, Pro Dwarf Cars, USAC Ford Focus Midgets,

USAC Jr. Focus Midgets, Jr. Midgets & Mini Dwarfs

11 VRA Dwarf Cars @ Santa Maria Speedway

18 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, Dwarf Cars, Sport Compacts, Jr. Midgets

& Mini Dwarfs

25 USAC/CRA Sprints, Pro Dwarf Cars, USAC Jr. Focus Midgets & Jr. Midgets

November

1 OFF WEEKEND

8 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, Dwarf Cars, USAC Jr. Focus Midgets

& Mini Dwarfs

15 VRA Sprints, Senior Sprints, Dwarf Cars, Sport Compacts, Jr. Midgets

& Mini Dwarfs

ALL DATES AND EVENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

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