JACE VANDER WEERD TAKES OCEAN SPRINT FEATURE

Watsonville, CA……..Jace Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. led the final five laps of Friday night’s USAC West Coast Sprint race at Ocean Speedway after passing Geoff Ensign for the lead on lap 29 of the 33-lap race. Ensign, the fastest qualifier, was second ahead of Stevie Sussex, Austin Liggett and series point leader Brody Roa.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 12, 2016 – Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Geoff Ensign, 44, Ensign-13.150; 2. Stevie Sussex, 21AZ, Burkhart-13.344; 3. Colton Slack, 3F, Finkenbinder-13.348; 4. Tristan Guardino, 81M, Watt-13.478; 5. Kyler Shaw, 92K, Shaw-13.500; 6. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-13.517; 7. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-13.542; 8. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-13.558; 9. Shannon McQueen, 7, Van Meter-13.559; 10. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-13.595; 11. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.610; 12. Max Adams, 5M, Adams-13.817; 13. Koen Shaw, 88BC, Shaw-13.930; 14. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-14.007; 15. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-14.089; 16. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-14.333.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ky.Shaw, 2. Ensign, 3. Liggett, 4. Johnson, 5. Roa, 6. Slack, 7. McQueen, 8. Ko.Shaw. NT

DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. Timmons, 3. Sussex, 4. Adams, 5. Guardino, 6. R.Vander Weerd, 7. Sibley, 8. Majors. NT

FEATURE: (33 laps) 1. Jace Vander Weerd, 2. Geoff Ensign, 3. Stevie Sussex, 4. Austin Liggett, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Max Adams, 7. Colton Slack, 8. D.J. Johnson, 9. Kyler Shaw, 10. Richard Vander Weerd, 11. Cody Majors, 12. Tristan Guardino, 13. Jeff Sibley, 14. Koen Shaw, 15. Shannon McQueen, 16. Ryan Timmons. NT

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**TImmons flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Timmons, Laps 9-28 Ensign, Laps 29-33 J.Vander Weerd.

BR MOTORSPORTS / KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Cody Majors (16th to 11th)

NEW WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Roa-836, 2-J.Vander Weerd-739, 3-Johnson-736, 4-R.Vander Weerd-620, 5-Adams-595, 6-Danny Faria Jr.-544, 7-Liggett-536, 8-Guardino-521, 9-Timmns-503, 10-Trey Marcham-457.

NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: August 13 – Hanford, CA – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds