JOHNSON GETS 1ST WEST COAST WIN AT TULARE!

Tulare, CA……..D.J. Johnson of Stockton, CA led all 30 laps to record his initial USAC West Coast Sprint Car feature Saturday night at the Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway. Wheeling the Brian Johnson Proplant Farm Services/J. Milano Company Eagle/Shaver, Johnson was trailed at the checkered flag by Brody Roa, Richard Vander Weerd, Austin Liggett and Landon Hurst. Roa emerged as the new series point leader.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 12, 2016 – Tulare, California – Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-15.308; 2. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-15.309; 3. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-15.324; 4. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-15.353; 5. Brady Bacon, 73, Ford-15.377; 6. Bryan Clauson, 16B, Martin-15.388; 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.410; 8. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.445; 9. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.491; 10. Geoff Ensign, 44, Ensign-15.565; 11. Max Adams, 5M, Adams-15.625; 12. Trey Marcham, 81, Watt-15.700; 13. Landon Hurst, 81H, Watt-15.864; 14. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-15.908; 15. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.010; 16. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-16.027; 17. Tristan Guardino, 81T, Watt-16.109; 18. Shannon McQueen, 7, Van Meter-16.110; 19. Johnathon Henry, 17, Henry-16.246; 20. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-16.320; 21. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.383; 22. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-16.441; 23. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-16.546; 24. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-16.651.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ensign, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Roa, 4. Rutherford, 5. Hurst, 6. Martin, 7. Henry, 8. Strole. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Adams, 2. Liggett, 3. Faria, 4. Bacon, 5. Guardino, 6. Smith, 7. Sibley, 8. Timmons. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Johnson, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Barnes, 5. McQueen, 6. Kirkbride, 7. Marcham, 8. Richardson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. D.J. Johnson, 2. Brody Roa, 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Austin Liggett, 5. Landon Hurst, 6. Jace Vander Weerd, 7. Troy Rutherford, 8. Bryan Clauson, 9. Geoff Ensign, 10. Brady Bacon, 11. Tristan Guardino, 12. Kevin Barnes, 13. Trey Marcham, 14. Jeff Sibley, 15. Geoffrey Strole, 16. Shannon McQueen, 17. Kyle Smith, 18. Max Adams, 19. Jim Richardson, 20. Mike Martin, 21. Ryan Timmons, 22. Ricky Kirkbride, 23. Johnathon Henry, 24. Danny Faria Jr. NT

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**Richardson flipped during the third heat. Faria flipped on lap 1 of the feature. Henry flipped on lap 1 of the feature restart.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 D.J. Johnson.

NEW WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Roa-151, 2-Clauson-137, 3-Johnson-129, 4-Bacon-119, 5-J.Vander Weerd-107, 6-Rutherford-100, 7-Marcham-93, 8-Liggett-83, 9-R.Vander Weerd-80, 10-Stevie Sussex-78.

NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: March 19 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway