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Buster Venard


Buster at a Wagsland party


Buster on the podium with Jimmy Oskie


Buster and Ron $human with midgets


Buster in his ride


Buster and his crew


# 4


# 4


# 78


# 7


# 4


# 4


Buster chasing


Buster outside Rick Goudy


Buster outside Jimmy Oskie


Buster signing autographs as the Wagsdash 2001 Grand Marshal


Buster at home in Nevada


Buster on the phone


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Linda following Buter's example


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Linda and Buster


Buster and Wags


Buster in the pits with Deano


Buster and wife Linda


Buster and Linda


Linda and Wags


Buster and Brian


Buster and Brian


Linda and Grandma Rosie at Pomona I think


Buster and Wags


Brian and Buster


Brian and Buster


Buster with Brian


Linda and Grandma Rosie


Grandma Rosie and Linda


Buster and Brian


Buster and Rick Goudy


Buster and Steve


Linda and Grandma Rosie


Buster and Linda


Linda and Grandma Rosie


Buster and the Kazarian's


Linda and Grandma Rosie with Brians wife Nicol


Buster with Steve and Brian


Buster and his boys racing


Steve, Brian and Buster


Steve, Brian and Buster


Buster with Marty Meler and son Steve


Buster with Linda and Grandma Rosie


Buster with Marty and Brian


Buster with Linda and Grandma Rosie


Buster with Gary G Howard and Rick Goudy


Buster with Steve and Ed Justice from the Justice museum


Buster and Linda with Steve


Buster and Linda with Steve


Buster in yellow with Hank Butcher


Buster with his boys Brian and Steve


Buster with Linda and Steve


Buster with Brian in the pits


Buster with his sons and Mrs Wags at Perrris


Grandma Rosie and Linda in the grandstands


Buster and his boys


The Venard pit at Manzy


The Venards in the grandstands


The Venards with the Dils and the Wags


Grandma Rosie, linda, Nicole, Sonia and Wags in the PAS grandstands


Linda, Grandma Rosie with Marty and Diane


The Venard meal with Marty Meler and Diane Keckv


Buster with the family at dinner


Buster, Linda, Grandma Rosie and Jimmy Oskie


Buster, Mike english, Grandma Rosie and Linda


Buster, Marty and Diane, Grandma Rosie and Mike English


Buster with Linda, Grandma Rosie, Nicole and Brian


Buster at a Wagsland party


Looks like Buster with Oskie's crew


Buster getting congratulations


Buster with Bruce Flanders and a hot blond


Buster with Ted Auto and another blond


Buster with the trophy girl


Buster with a trophy and the girl


Buster and another trophy with a bottle


Buster with the bubbly in action


Buster with another winner


Buster and another platter


Buster with the Gardner gang


Buster with the trophy girl


Buster celebrating a win with JC Agajanian and Jimmy Oskie


Buster with the Elias Redi Mix car winning again


Buster getting out of the winning car!


Buster letting loose the bubbly after another win


Buster having fun, Deano pouring a beer on him after winning


Buster and his crew with the trophy girl


Buster taking off his helmet


Buster, a platter and a blonde


Buster and a trophy girl


Buster with the trophy queens


Buster beats Jimmy Oskie and Steve Kinser. That should tell you a little about how good Buster was!


Buster helps his son in the Brommie quarter midget at Ascot


Buster and his cars


Buster with his son Steve


Buster in his racing garage with the Mopar motor car


Buster still in garage


Buster with the Ellis car


Buster drove this Shoemaker overhead cam ford antique special


Buzz's car and crew


Under the EZ UP


Buster with his car


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Buster with one of his hobbys, building these whirlybirds


Buster with # 4


Buster with Steve


Buster and Steve


Buster by his ride


Buster and Walt James


Buster with # 2


Buster with # 4


Buster with # 47


Buster with # 47


Buster with # 4


Buster with # 49


Buster with Brian


Buster with the Tamale wagon


Buster working on one of his retired cars


Buster still working


Buster in the car


Buster in the legends bomber race


Buster in his car


Buster being greeted warmly


Buster in a ride


Buster in the seat


Buster in his car waving


The # 47 crew


Ascot program


Ascot program


Ascot program


A drawing of Buster's car


The Venard house


Another shot


Wall of pics


Busters trophies


Buster Collage


Busters garage


Buster with his cars


Crew and thanks to


More on the blue car


The blue car


Another shot

The cars Buster drove


Grandma Rosie and Pop Venard


# 2


# 4


Buster and Buzz Shoemaker with # 5


# 10


Buster pushing the # 47


# 71


# 71 Larry Howards midget


# 1


# 2


# 2


# 3 with a 1/4 midget in 1957 at San Fernando


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 4 Gaschem car


# 4


# 4


# 4


# 7


# 7


# 7


# 7


# 7


# 20


# 20


# 27


# 27


# 29


# 29


# 87


# 96 Shrike


# 96


# 96


# 96 Buster in a Gardner car


# 97


# 1


# 1


# 47


# 47


# 47


# 47


# 47


# 47


# 47


Buster in Don Edmunds beautiful midget


# 71


# 29 leading here


# 47 chasing


# 2 and # 7 Buster and Goudy


# 29 leading


# 4 leading


# 47 outside


# 2 chasing Billy Allen # 31


Buster outside Bubby Jones at Ascot 1980


Buster inside Wayne Bennett


# 2 Buster in the El Toro Garage at Ascot 1980


# 4 Buster in the Tamale Wagon


Buster chasing Lee James


# 47 Bister leading Ron $human


# 4 Buster leading Jimmy Oskie at Ascot 1979


# 7 racing Dean Thompson


Buster in the El Toro Garage # 2 at Ascot 1980


# 7


# 29 leading


# 4 under # 75


# 4 next to # 75


# 4


# 96 leading Deano


# 96 chasing


# 4 leading Deano


# 29 with # 75


# 4 1979 at Ascot


Buster and The Tooth Doc


Buster with Jeff Wahl and The Tooth doc


# 1 Buster chasing Jeff Wahl


Buster with Stan Fox in 1981


# 1 Buster in Big Jim Sulivan's car


# 1


# 1 winged mdget


Buster leading Wally Pankratz


# 28 stock car driven by Buster at Ascot and Saugus


# 28 with Buster and his crew


Buster in flight


# 7 uh ohh.....

Buster didn't really run that long with CRA, but in his 3 best years, he won 13 CRA races including one Pacific Coast Nationals, a Spring Nationas and a Peabody Classic. He was really tough and very inventive as he came up with little improvements that increased his performances. He was a very special driver. When he retired, he supported his sons racing until he moved up to Gardnerville, NV and remodeled that home where he still is retired today. I try to visit when I'm in the area and he's still fun to be with.

Venard was an accomplished sprint car racer in the late 1970s and early 1980s, winning a number of Southern California races including the Don Peabody Classic at the Ascot Park Speedway. He drove the Kazarian car, the Gardner car, the Elias car and more.

Buster Venard was the 1976 California Racing Association co-rookie of the year and received the association’s most improved Driver Award in 1978.

Updated 10/17/19

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