RICHARD WINS VANDER WEERD BATTLE AT HANFORD

Hanford, CA……..Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. outdueled his brother Jace to win Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint race at Keller Auto Speedway a the Kings Fairgrounds. Jace led the first 24 laps, then Richard led lap 25, Jace led 26-28 and Richard led the final two for the win. Trey Marcham took third ahead of D.J. Johnson and Kyle Smith. Johnson emerged with a one point lead over Brody Roa in the new series standings.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 2, 2016 – Hanford, California – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-15.553; 2. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-15.585; 3. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-15.627; 4. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.656; 5. Trey Marcham, 81, Watt-15.767; 6. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-15.802; 7. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.847; 8. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-15.871; 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd- 15.899; 10. Tristan Guardino, 15T, Guardino-15.913; 11. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-16.186; 12. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-16.188; 13. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-16.190; 14. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-16.528; 15. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.543;  16. Max Adams, 5M, Adams-16.567; 17. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.576; 18. Shannon McQueen, 7, Van Meter-17.375; 19. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Roa, 3. Guardino, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5. Adams, 6. Smith. NT

DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Johnson, 3. Marcham, 4. Sibley, 5. Barnes. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kirkbride, 2. Ballard, 3. J.Vander Weeerd, 4. Timmons, 5. McQueen, 6. Rutherford. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Jace Vander Weerd, 3. Trey Marcham, 4. D.J. Johnson, 5. Kyle Smith, 6. Max Adams, 7. Ryan Timmons, 8. Tristan Guardino, 9. Jeff Sibley, 10. Cody Majors, 11. Austin Liggett, 12. Ricky Kirkbride, 13. Shannon McQueen, 14. Troy Rutherford, 15. Danny Faria Jr., 16. Corey Ballard, 17. Brody Roa, 18. Kevin Barnes, 19. Steve Hix. NT

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**McQueen flipped during third heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 J.Vander Weerd, Lap 25 R.Vander Weerd, Laps 26-28 J. Vander Weerd, Laps 29-30 R.Vander Weerd.

BR MOTORSPORTS / KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Kyle Smith

NEW WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Johnson-264, 3-Roa-263, 3-J.Vander Weerd-260, 4-Marcham-219, 5-Rutherford-216, 6-R.Vander Weerd-203, 7-Adams-185, 8-Guardino-173, 9-Liggett-169, 10-Sibley-147.

NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: April 9 – Tulare, CA – Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway