HAMBLIN EARNS USAC VICTORY #1 IN HOMETOWN SPRINT

Hanford, CA……..Justyne Hamblin of Hanford, Calif. became the first USAC female feature winner since last August with her 30-lap USAC West Coast 360 Sprint win Saturday night at Giant Speedway in her hometown. Justyne led the first three laps but yielded the top spot to Peter Murphy on lap four. On lap 25 she regained it in her JH Motorsports/Tachi Palace Hotel & Casino/Speedtech Chassis Chevy and she led the final six laps to beat Murphy, T.J. Smith, Danny Faria Jr. and Davey Pombo. Series point leader Craig Stidham finished sixth.



USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 5, 2010 – Hanford, California – Giant Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.844; 2. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-15.853; 3. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.892; 4. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-15.921; 5. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-15.945; 6. Peter Murphy, 11X, Bowman-16.104; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 8M, May-16.226; 8. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.230; 9. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.352; 10. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-16.504; 11. Dean Alexander, 11, McCowan-16.518; 12. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-16.594; 13. Jared Little, 25, Little-16.675; 14. Albert Pombo, 83, Pombo-16.695; 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.776; 16. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.953; 17. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-16.962; 18. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-17.054; 19. Adam Frith-Smith, 62, Frith-Smith-17.508; 20. Bud Kaeding, 2, Bowman-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. R. VanderWeerd, 3. Ennis, 4. Smith, 5. Gutierrez, 6. Little, 7. Frith-Smith. NT.


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stidham, 2. D. Pombo, 3. Alexander, 4. Hamblin, 5. A. Pombo, 6. Strole. NT.


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Carlile, 2. Kirkbride, 3. Murphy, 4. J. VanderWeerd, 5. Ferris, 6. Shaw. NT.


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Justyne Hamblin, 2. Peter Murphy, 3. T.J. Smith, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Davey Pombo, 6. Craig Stidham, 7. Jace VanderWeerd, 8. Richard VanderWeerd, 9. Rusty Carlile, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Koen Shaw, 12. Geoffrey Strole, 13. Wes Gutierrez, 14. Jared Little, 15. Dean Alexander, 16. Andy Ferris, 17. Chris Ennis, 18. Albert Pombo, 19. Adam Frith-Smith. NT.


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Hamblin, Laps 4-24 Murphy, Laps 25-30 Hamblin.


 


NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stidham-582; 2-D.Pombo-536; 3-Murphy-503; 4-Smith-474; 5-Hamblyn-463; 6-Carlile-433; 7-Faria-401; 8-J.VanderWeerd-382; 9-Ennis-338; 10-R.VanderWeerd-329.


 


NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: June 19 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway