JACE VANDER WEERD WINS “EVETT MEMORIAL”
Hanford, CA……..Jace Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. led wire-to-wire to win Saturday night;s “Jim Evett Memorial” USAC West Coast Sprint race at Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds. Mike Spencer finished second ahead of Danny Faria Jr., fast qualifier Jake Swanson and Richard Vander Weerd.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: October 3, 2015 – Hanford, California – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds – “Jim Evett Memorial”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-15.872; 2. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-15.879; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-16.064; 4. Mike Spencer, 7M, Priestley-16.068; 5. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.074; 6. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.077; 7. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.079; 8. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.082; 9. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.203; 10. Max Adams, 5X, Adams-16.358; 11. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-16.359; 12. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-16.390; 13. Gary Paulson, 51, Paulson-16.413; 14. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.441; 15. Tristan Guardino, 81, Watt-16.453; 16. Shannon McQueen, 87, Van Meter-16.837; 17. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-17.218; 18. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-17.552; 19. Todd Miller, 96, Miller-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Paulson, 3. Spencer, 4. Swanson, 5. McQueen, 6. Adams. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Schank, 2. Kaeding, 3. Rutherford, 4. Marcham, 5. Howell, 6. Majors. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Guardino, 3. Faria, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Sibley, 6. Logan. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jace Vander Weerd, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Danny Faria Jr., 4. Jake Swanson, 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 6. Bud Kaeding, 7. Max Adams, 8. Tristan Guardino, 9. Cody Majors, 10. Austin Liggett, 11. Shannon McQueen, 12. Gary Paulson, 13. Dennis Howell, 14. Jonathan Logan, 15. Troy Rutherford, 16. Terry Schank Jr., 17. Trey Marcham, 18. Jeff Sibley. NT
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**Miller flipped during qualifications. Sibley flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 J.Vander Weerd.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Faria-861, 2-R.Vander Weerd-718, 3-J.Vander Weerd-659, 4-Marcham-651, 5-D.J. Johnson-607, 6-Guardino-535, 7-Ryan Bernal-478, 8-Kaeding-448, 9-Landon Hurst-443, 10-Sibley-375.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: October 10 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway – “KRC Safety Fall Shootout”