VANDER WEERD WINS “TALBOT MEMORIAL” AT TULARE

Tulare, CA……..Richard Vander Weerd of Vislaia, Calif. captured Saturday night’s 30-lap “Harry Talbot Memorial” USAC West Coast Sprint race at Thunderbowl Raceway. He led the last two laps after Bud Kaeding was involved with a lapped car on the white-flag lap while leading. Trailing Vander Weerd’s Vander Weerd Construction/Battery Worx Maxim/Shark at the checkered flag were series point leader Danny Faria Jr., Austin Liggett, Jace Vander Weerd and D.J. Netto.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 21, 2013 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Speedway – “Harry Talbot Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Matt Mitchell, 73, Ford-15.639; 2. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.873; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-15.876; 4. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.920; 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.925; 6. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-15.931; 7. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.000; 8. D.J. Netto, 88N, Netto-16.004; 9. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-16.019; 10. Max Adams, 5X, Adams-16.080; 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.280; 12. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.359; 13. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.673; 14. Austin Stone, 29X, Coffman-16.716; 15. James Sweeney, 11X, Lewis-16.844; 16. Luke Keegan, 1NZ, Kaeding-17.174; 17. Garrett Long, 38, Long-17.324; 18. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt-17.355; 19. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-17.756; 20. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.783; 21. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Kaeding, 3. Mitchell, 4. Adams, 5. Barnes, 6. Richardson, 7. Keegan. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Netto, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Liggett, 4. Stone, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Day, 7. Long. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Rutherford, 3. Hurst, 4. Sweeney, 5. Carlile, 6. Sibley. NT

DASH: (6 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Netto, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Kaeding, 5. Mitchell, 6. Rutherford, 7. Faria, 8. Liggett. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard  Vander Weerd, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Austin Liggett, 4. Jace Vander Weerd, 5. D.J. Netto, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Matt Mitchell, 8. Troy Rutherford, 9. Jim Richardson, 10. Kevin Barnes, 11. James Sweeney, 12. Matt Day, 13. Jeff Sibley, 14. Luke Keegan, 15. Bud Kaeding, 16. Austin Stone, 17. Landon Hurst, 18. Markus Niemela, 19. Max Adams. NT

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**Ferris flipped during qualifications. Long flipped during the second heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 R.Vander Weerd, Laps 14-28 Kaeding, Laps 29-30 R.Vander Weerd.

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Faria-887, 2-R.Vander Weerd-830, 3-Kaeding-804, 4-Ryan Bernal-661, 5-Carlile-626, 7-Niemela-607, 7-J.Vander Weerd-573, 8-Liggett-520, 9-Hurst-439, 10-Barnes-422.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: September 28 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park (SE)