RICHARD VANDER WEERD LAST-LAP VICTOR AT KINGS

Hanford, CA……..Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. scored a last-lap victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint race at Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds. He slid by series point leader Danny Faria Jr. in his Vander Weerd Construction/Battery Worx Maxim/Shark to post the victory over Faria, Brody Roa, Mike Spencer and Trey Marcham. Faria was the night’s fastest qualifier.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 27, 2015 – Hanford, California – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-18.063; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-18.091; 3. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-18.149; 4. Mike Spencer, 7M, Priestley-18.219; 5. Max Adams, 5X, Adams-18.348; 6. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-18.563; 7. Tristan Guardino, 81, Watt-18.601; 8. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-18.604; 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-18.623; 10. Kolby Araki, 30K, Araki-18.903; 11. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-18.963; 12. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-19.173; 13. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-19.233; 14. Tyler Schmidt, 49, Schmidt-19.645.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Adams, 2. Roa, 3. Faria, 4. Sibley, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Smith, 7. Guardino. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Marcham, 2. Johnson, 3. Hurst, 4. Spencer, 5. R.Vander Weerd, 6. Araki, 7. Schmidt. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Brody Roa, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Trey Marcham, 6. D.J. Johnson, 7. Max Adams, 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 9. Landon Hurst, 10. Kyle Smith, 11. Jeff Sibley, 12. Kolby Araki, 13. Tyler Schmidt. NT

---------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Spencer, Laps 18-29 Faria, Lap 30 R.Vander Weerd.

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Faria-600, 2-R.Vander Weerd-479, 3-J.Vander Weerd-478, 4-Johnson-468, 5-Marcham-467, 6-Ryan Bernal-451, 7-Hurst-393, 8-Guardino-370, 8-Sibley-291, 10-Bud Kaeding-279. 

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: July 25 – Tulare, CA - Thunderbowl Raceway