RUTHERFORD GRABS KINGS 30-LAP WEST COAST WIN

Hanford, CA……..Troy Rutherford of Ojai, Calif. led the final 14 laps of Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint race at Kings Speedway in his AMSOIL/Trench Shoring TCR/Shark, beating new series point leader Danny Faria Jr. to the checkered flag. Fast qualifier Markus Niemela was third ahead of Bud Kaeding and Austin Liggett. Rutherford led the first 14 laps and Faris led two before Rutherford took command.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 20, 2013 – Hanford, California – Kings Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.296; 2. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.365; 3. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen=16.594; 4. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.610; 5. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.623; 6. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.635; 7. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.824; 8. Austin Stone, 29X, Coffman-16.936; 9. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-16.970; 10. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-17.011; 11. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-17.025; 12. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt-17.030; 13. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.126; 14. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-17.517; 15. Seth Hancock, 51S, Hancock-18.153; 16. Kolby Araki-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D. Gansen, 2. Carlile, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Rutherford, 5. Day, 6. Niemela, 7. C.Gansen, 8. Hancock. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Logan, 3. Sibley, 4. Kaeding, 5. Liggett, 6. Stone, 7. Hawkins, 8. Araki. NT

DASH: (6 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Rutherford, 3. Carlile, 4. Kaeding, 5. Liggett, 6. D.Gansen, 7. Kirkbride, 8. Logan. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Troy Rutherford, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Markus Niemela, 4. Bud Kaeding, 5. Austin Liggett, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Chris Gansen, 8. Marty Hawkins, 9. Ricky Kirkbride, 10. Kolby Araki, 11. Austin Stone, 12. Jeff Sibley, 13. Seth Hancock, 14. Don Gansen, 15. Jonathan Logan, 16. Matt. Day. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Rutherford, Laps 15-16 Faria, Laps 17-30 Rutherford.

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Faria-612, 2-Ryan Bernal-608, 3-Kaeding-574, 4-Richard Vander Weerd-564, 5-Niemela-527, 6-Carlile-458, 7-Jace Vander Weerd-412, 8-Kirkbride-352, 9-Liggett-321, 10-Sibley-286.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: August 3 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway – “Jim Evett Memorial”