ROA TAKES WEST COAST TITLE; VANDER WEERD WINS AT HANFORD

Hanford, CA……..Brody Roa is the 2016 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Champion, emerging with a fnal point margin of 69 over runner-up Jace Vander Weerd. Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. captured Saturday night’s 33-lap series finale at Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds, leading all but the first three laps after passing Roa on lap four. Danny Faria Jr. tooms econd ahead of Stevie Sussex, Tristan Guardino and Jace Vander Weerd. The West Coast Sprints will compete in a “special” non-points event in November as part of the Turkey Night Grand Prix program at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 13, 2016 – Hanford, California – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.305; 2. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.395; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.470; 4. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.663; 5. Max Adams, 5M, Adams-16.841; 6. Colton Slack, 3F, Finkenbinder-16.843; 7. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-16.933; 8. Stevie Sussex, 21AZ, Burkhart-16.970; 9. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-17.243; 10. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-17.278; 11. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-17.351; 12. Tristan Guardino, 81M, Watt-17.431; 13. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-17.453; 14. Shannon McQueen, 7, Van Meter-17.622; 15. Kyler Shaw, 92K, Shaw-17.680; 16. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-17.879; 17. Kolby Araki, 30K, Araki-18.123; 18. Koen Shaw, 88BC, Shaw-18.130; 19. Guy Woodward, 24, Woodward-18.277; 20. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-18.880.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Johnson, 4. Timmons, 5. Sibley, 6. Smith, 7. Woodward. NT

DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Sussex, 3. Adams, 4. Majors, 5. McQueen, 6. Araki, 7. Kassik. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Guardino, 2. Faria, 3. Liggett, 4. Ky.Shaw, 5. Ko.Shaw, 6. Slack. NT

FEATURE: (33 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Stevie Sussex, 4. Tristan Guardino, 5. Jace Vander Weerd, 6. Austin Liggett, 7. D.J. Johnson, 8. Kyler Shaw, 9. Koen Shaw, 10. Ryan Timmons, 11. Cody Majors, 12. Shannon McQueen, 13. Jeff Sibley, 14. Guy Woodward, 15. Kyle Smith, 16. Connor Kassik, 17. Kolby Araki, 18. Brody Roa, 19. Colton Slack. 20. Max Adams. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Roa, Laps 4-33 R.Vander Weerd.

BR MOTORSPORTS / KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Koen Shaw (15th to 9th)

FINAL WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Roa-876, 2-J.Vander Weerd-807, 3-Johnson-794, 4-R.Vander Weerd-704, 5-Adams-626, 6-Faria-622, 7-Liggett-597, 8-Guardino-590, 9-Timmons-551, 10-Majors-465.