Full Weekend of Auto Races Scheduled for Ventura County Fairgrounds

The first Ventura County Fair Motorsports Weekend, taking place tonight through Sunday at the fairgrounds race track, will offer competition in seven classes of vehicles and four styles of racing.

The U.S. Auto Club’s midget and three-quarter midget Western States Series program will headline the action, with a $15,000 purse up for grabs. Racing will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday.

A monster truck and four-wheel-drive pulling show will open the action tonight, with shows at 6 and 9.

On Saturday, a field of 40 midget cars is expected to compete, with 1989 USAC Western States champion Robby Flock of the City of Industry among the entrants.

Also, 40 three-quarter midgets are expected for a full program of races, including a 20-lap main event featuring current Western States points leader Jay Drake of Valencia.

Gary Schroeder of Burbank, the winningest main-event driver in USAC three-quarter midget history, also will be in the field.

Ventura’s stock-car series, normally held on Friday nights, will move to a 6 p.m. Sunday start to close the weekend.

A contingent of about 25 street stocks and 25 mini stocks are scheduled to race in the one-quarter-mile dirt track oval and figure-eight races.

More than 50 cars and drivers will compete for a $2,000 purse in the demolition derby immediately after the stock-car program.