Green Flag Waives on VORRA’s 35th Year of Racing Action
The land rush start pushes the Ultra4 Class across jumps and into a narrow turn
RENO, NV MARCH 26, 2010: The green flag waved on Saturday for the opening day of the 35th year of action packed racing. The crowd was thick and the racing was intense for the ATVs on Saturday and the Car and Truck classes on Sunday. The 35th year of racing brought some changes to the format including a 3 moto, 5 lap race competition which gave the drivers even more time behind the wheel.
There were over 60 vehicles that competed for the purse monies. The legendary Sam Berri came out on top of Class 1 saying, “This was a great course to start the season off with. Challenging yet fun.” I doubt there was anyone that disagreed including Steve Sullivan who took second place after replacing three transmissions over the course of the weekends testing and racing. In the Group T class, Jake Povey took his freshly built truck for the Mint 400 and rolled it in the first turn of the first moto. It was a huge disappointment, but he continued to compete in all motos and finished 4th to Ben Phillips.
There were two new classes that got introduced to the VORRA start line. Sunday was the inaugural running of Ultra4 and also a Bug infestation with Class 11 setting up shop and planning their full on “invasion” for the April race. The Ultra4 class brought a new type of high paced racing to the technical short course. The big-tired 4wheel drive vehicles battled in each of the races and had spectacular finishes for every moto, but it was Brad Falin that took the overall win. Kevin Yoder, the 2009 Sportsman Class Champion, came in second place and said “Thanks VORRA for making a place for Rock Buggies to wreck their junk.”
UTV Class - #1965 Jon Crowley
On Saturday, it was a new wave of opportunities for the VORRA ATV racers. “I’m tired of the Quads getting the leftovers of the trucks and cars, and the leftovers of motocross events. This is a Quad race and its all for you,” said event director Wes Harbor during the preliminary drivers meeting. The track will now be set up specifically to the ATV Program, and there may even be additional races on separate weekends from the schedule listed below.
The weekend wrapped up with an awards ceremony that highlighted all of the winners and awarded them with trophies and purse winnings. The next race will be another short course race at Prairie City OHV area, April 17-18. More information can be found at www.vorra.net
2010 VORRA Race Series Race Schedule (ATV’s**)
Date Race Type Location
March 20 – 21, 2010 Short Course COMPLETED
April 17 – 18, 2010 Short Course Prairie City, CA
May 28 – 31, 2010 Desert Race – 300 Miles Yerington, NV
JUNE 17-20, 2010 Xtreme Outlaws 250 Reno, NV **Just added**
July 16 – 18, 2010 Desert Night Race – 250 Miles Fallon, NV
September 4 – 6, 2010 Desert Race – 225 Miles Hawthorne, NV
October 9 – 10, 2010 Short Course Prairie City, CA
October 30 – 31, 2010 Short Course – Halloween BBQ Prairie City, CA
November 13th, 2010 Awards Banquet TBA
** ATV’s are racing Saturday at the first two short course events, more dates TBA.
Valley Off Road Racing Association (VORRA) was established in 1975 as a family-oriented organization and is led by current promoter Wes Harbor who believes that “off road racing has its roots in people’s garages”. VORRA is the only organization to offer both four short course races and three desert races as part of its overall season championship. Each race draws over 60 racers between multiple classes available for Cars, Trucks, Pilots, ATV, UTV and Trophy Karts. In 2010 VORRA has added two additional truck classes and a stand alone ATV Race Series. More information can be found at www.vorra.net
Sponsors – BFGoodrich, Trick Fuels, Sunbelt Rentals, CSS Photo
Final Results : March 21, 2010 Prairie City OHV Area, Folsom, CA
CLASS: 1
NAME Number
Sam Berri 149
Steve Sullivan 118
JJ Schnarr 102
Mike Lehners 121
Arden Dennington 944
Shannon Harwell 132
CLASS: Ultra 4
NAME Number
Brad Falin 457
Kevin Yoder 434
Greg Hussey 450
Jason Scherer 476
Chris Ridgway 422
John Goodby 445
CLASS: Group T
NAME Number
Ben Phillips T6043
Mike Koenig T603
Gerry Mannion 838
Jake Povey T1402
Joel Swanson T635
Scott Rodgers T1411
Eric Steiger T9
CLASS: 7
NAME Number
KC Keller 738
Josh Nie 715
Patty Hayos 769
CLASS: 9
NAME Number
Jay Schroeder 903
Kathy Keller 950
CLASS: 11
NAME Number
Gary Herrod 1112
Richard Palasik 1107
CLASS: Sportsman
NAME Number
Anthony Domschott 23
Nathan McBride 99
Michael McCleary 3
Scott Robinson T6043
Brendan Fowler 13
Randy Scheck 205
Stephanie Hayos 76
Erich Reinhardt 33
Terry Shelton 81
Bill Hermant 91
CLASS: UTV
NAME Number
Dennis Jean 1959
Jon Crowley 1965
Sean Cook 1930
Ryan Drake 1943
CLASS: Pilots
NAME Number
Tim Compton 8
Aaron Rupley 77x
Miles Berghold 16
CLASS: KARTS
NAME Number
Colton Scudder 511
Blake Scudder 207
JJ Parelli 212
Ryder Haag 91
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Category: Offroad
