Keeter Edges Brader to Win Ventura Main

Don Keeter of Ventura and Lynn Brader of Somis exchanged leads frequently in the 15-lap Street Stock main event at Ventura Raceway on Friday night before Keeter held on to win by a half-car length.

After two re-starts and numerous yellow flags, Brader and Keeter launched their duel. Brader held the lead through eight laps before Keeter took the lead on Lap 9 when Brader went high in Turn 2. Brader powered ahead in the front straightaway on Lap 10, however. Brader went high again in Turn 2 on the final lap, allowing Keeter to take a slight lead before both cars bumped and slid in Turn 4, with Keeter nosing out Brader at the finish line for his third main-event win of the season.

Mini Stock figure-eight season points leader Richard Webster of Camarillo and Cory Kruseman of Ventura battled the entire way for the checkered flag in the 10-lap main event.

Kruseman had just edged past Webster on Lap 7 when a yellow flag came out, allowing Webster to go back in front and hold off Kruseman for the victory. Randy Bingham of Camarillo was third.

Scott Olsen of Ventura improved his fifth-place season points standing in the Street Stock figure-eight division, driving to his first main-event win of the season in the eight-lap race. Jim Firsich of Port Hueneme and Larry Lucies of Point Mugu finished second and third, respectively.

Mini Stock eight-lap heat-race winners were Bingham, Pat Garrety of Ventura, and Marty Desbrow of Ventura.