GUARDINO NOTCHES 1ST USAC WIN AT SANTA MARIA

Santa Maria, CA……..Rookie driver Tristan Guardino of Fremont, Calif. earned his first USAC West Coast Sprint victory Saturday night at Santa Maria Raceway. He led all 30 laps in his Steve Watt Enterprises/Maxwell Industries Maxim/Chevy. Brody Roa finished second ahead of Bud Kaeding, Trey Marcham and Richard Vander Weerd.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 20, 2015 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-15.287; 2. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.616; 3. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-15.645; 4. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-15.810; 5. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-15.822; 6. Tristan Guardino, 81, Watt-15.920; 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.985; 8. Ronnie Gardner, 19, Sala-16.115; 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.134; 10. Jake Swanson, 12, Dale-16.179; 11. Corey Ballard, 34, Ballard-16.230; 12. Trent Williams, 52, Williams-16.286; 13. Max Adams, 5X, Adams-16.294; 14. Tom Hendricks, 14, Hendricks-16.321; 15. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-16.328; 16. Hobie Conway, 2K, Kruseman-16.427; 17. Tyler Schmidt, 49, Schmidt-16.529; 18. Luke Boles, 56, Boles-16.578; 19. Shannon McQueen, 87, Van Meter-16.592; 20. Bill Jones, 91, Jones-17.378; 21. James Herrera, 16J, Herrera-17.635; 22, Johnathon Henry, 17, Shanoian-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Adams, 3. Roa, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5. Swanson, 6. Conway, 7. McQueen. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hendricks, 2. Kaeding, 3. Marcham, 4. Gardner, 5. Ballard, 6. Schmidt, 7. Jones. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Boles, 3. Williams, 4. Guardino, 5. Smith, 6. J.Vander Weerd, 7. Herrera. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tristan Guardino, 2. Brody Roa, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Trey Marcham, 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 6. Ronnie Gardner, 7. Jake Swanson, 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 9. Max Adams, 10. D.J. Johnson, 11. Kyle Smith, 12. Corey Ballard, 13. Luke Boles, 14. Tom Hendricks, 15. Shannon McQueen, 16. Hobie Conway, 17. Bill Jones, 18. James Herrera, 19. Trent Williams, 20. Johnathon Henry, 21. Danny Faria Jr. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Guardino.

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Faria-531, 2-Ryan Bernal-451, 3-J.Vander Weerd-435, 4-Johnson-416, 5-R.Vander Weerd-410, 6-Marcham-410, 7-Guardino-368, 8-Landon Hurst-351, 9-Kaeding-279, 10-Jeff Sibley-255.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: June 27 – Hanford, CA – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds