Contente Escapes Traffic to Capture Ventura Main Event
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Monte Contente of Riverdale powered through a congested field to win the 30-lap mini-sprint main event at Ventura Raceway on Saturday as Jim Keener of Visalia and Mike Azevedo of Tipton finished second and third.
In the 20-lap modified midget main event, Steve Welch of Gilroy overcame engine trouble to post a victory. Shawn Kautz of Palmdale, who won the 12-lap semi-main event earlier, finished a close second.
Trophy dash winners included Scott Campbell of San Diego in the thunder class; Kautz, who came from the back of the pack to win the lightning class; and Keener, who took the checkered flag in the mini-sprint division.
Fast qualifying times were posted by Jordan Hermansader of Palos Verdes in the thunder class at 14.417; Kautz in the lighting class at 13.797; and Steve Coehlo, who turned in a time of 13.299 in the mini-sprint division.
In a modified-midget heat race, Dwaine Mougeotte of Morro Bay drove his thunder car to victory.
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