RICHARD VANDER WEERD WINS 28TH “BUD STANFIELD MEMORIAL”
Santa Maria, CA……..Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. led all 30 laps to win Saturday night’s 28th “Bud Stanfield Memorial” USAC West Coast Sprint race at Santa Maria Speedway. Trailing the winner’s Vander Weerd Construction/Battery Worx Maxim/Shark were Markus Niemela, series point leader and fast qualifier Ryan Bernal, Andy Ferris and Jace Vander Weerd.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 22, 2013 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway – 28th “Bud Stanfield Memorial”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.082; 2. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-14.143; 3. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-14.274; 4. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-14.453; 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-14.501; 6. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-14.545; 7. D.J. Netto, 88N, Netto-14.569; 8. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-14.621; 9. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-14.704; 10. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-14.846; 11. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-14.938; 12. Bruce Douglass, 31, Douglass-14.959; 13. Victor Davis, 13, Davis- 15.143; 14. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt-15.267; 15. Cotton Farmer, 15, HAL-15.980; 16. Mike Larsen, 16, Jones-16.496.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Barnes, 2. Bernal, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Hurst, 5. Netto, 6. Niemela, 7. Davis, 8. Farmer. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. Kaeding, 3. Douglass, 4. Ferris, 5. Carlile, 6. Faria, 7. Sibley, 8. Larsen. NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Netto, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Carlile, 4, Kaeding, 5. Bernal, 6. Ferris, 7. J.Vander Weerd, 8. Barnes. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Markus Niemela, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Andy Ferris, 5. Jace Vander Weerd, 6. D.J. Netto, 7. Bud Kaeding, 8. Rusty Carlile, 9. Jeff Sibley, 10. Danny Faria Jr., 11. Landon Hurst, 12. Kevin Barnes, 13. Bruce Douglass, 14. Victor Davis, 15. Cotton Farmer, 16. Mike Larsen. NT
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**Hurst and Faria flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 R.Vander Weerd.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bernal-588, 2-R.Vander Weerd-564, 3-Faria-478, 4-Kaeding-449, 5-J.Vander Weerd-412, 6-Niemela-408, 7-Carlile-357, 8-Hurst-281, 9-Rusty Kirkbride-276, 10-Austin Liggett-266.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: July 6 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway – “Doug Fort Memorial”