FARIA GRABS FARIA MEMORIAL AT TULARE

Tulare, CA……..USAC West Coast Sprint Car point leader Danny Faria Jr. of Tipton, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial” race at Thunderbowl Raceway. He took the lead from Ryan Bernal on lap 16 and led to the end to beat Bernal, Landon Hurst, Troy Rutherford and Tristan Guardino. Guardino led the first nine laps and Bernal the next six. The series returns to Tulare May 30.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 16, 2015 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway – “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-16.053; 2. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-16.076; 3. Matt Mitchell, 57, Hix-16.121; 4. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.144; 5. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-16.170; 6. Tristan Guardino, 81, Watt-16.249; 7. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.362; 8. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-16.369; 9. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-16.423; 10. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.427; 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.703; 12. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.892; 13. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-16.905; 14. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.936; 15. Shannon McQueen, 87, Van Meter-17.180; 16. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-17.855; 17. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-21.387; 18. Johnathon Henry, 17, Shanoian-NT; 19. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sibley, 2. Rutherford, 3. Marcham, 4. Majors, 5. R.Vander Weerd, 6. Liggett. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Bernal, 3. Kaeding, 4. Hurst, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Richardson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Guardino, 3. Mitchell, 4. Ennis, 5. McQueen, 6. Henry. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Faria Jr., 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Landon Hurst, 4. Troy Rutherford, 5. Tristan Guardino, 6. D.J.Johnson, 7. Matt Mitchell, 8. Jeff Sibley, 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 10. Cody Majors, 11. Richard Vander Weerd, 12. Shannon McQueen, 13. Bud Kaeding, 14. Jim Richardson, 15. Johnathon Henry, 16. Trey Marcham, 17. Chris Ennis. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Guardino, Laps 10-15 Bernal, Laps 16-30 Faria.

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Faria-436, 2-Bernal-384, 3-J.Vander Weerd-347, 4-R.Vander Weerd-329, 5-Hurst-321, 6-Johnson-319, 7-Marcham-303, 8-Guardina-242, 9-Sibley-217, 10-Liggett-178.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: May 30 – Tulare, CA - Thunderbowl Raceway