HOMETOWN HERO KIRKBRIDE EARNS FIRST USAC TRIUMPH AT BAKERSFIELD

Bakersfield, CA……..Ricky Kirkbride of Bakersfield, Calif. led wire-to-wire to win Saturday night’s 30-lap West Coast 360 Sprint race at the Bakersfield Speedway. The win was Kirkbride’s first under USAC sanction and he was followed at the checkered flag by series point leader Craig Stidham, Justyne Hamblin, T.J. Smith and Adam Frith-Smith. Davey Pombo was the night’s fastest qualifier.



USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 19, 2010 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-13.375; 2. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-13.664; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 8M, May-13.733; 4. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-13.782; 5. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-13.786; 6. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-13.958; 7. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-13.973; 8. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-13.988; 9. Adam Frith-Smith, 62, Frith-Smith-14.067; 10. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-14.080; 11. Jesse Mack, 71M, Gilbert/Mack-14.151; 12. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-14.439; 13. Jeff Gardner, 51T, Revcon-14.585; 14. Matt Day, 97, Day-14.602.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Smith, 3. Pombo, 4. Shaw, 5. Mack, 6. Gardner, 7. Frith-Smith. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Carlile, 2. Hamblin, 3. Stidham, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Ennis, 6. Day, 7. Strole. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ricky Kirkbride, 2. Craig Stidham, 3. Justyne Hamblin, 4. T.J. Smith, 5. Adam Frith-Smith, 6. Chris Ennis, 7. Koen Shaw, 8. Davey Pombo, 9. Jeff Gardner, 10. Geoffrey Strole, 11. Rusty Carlile, 12. Jesse Mack, 13. Danny Faria Jr. NT


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**Faria flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kirkbride.


 


NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stidham-650; 2-Pombo-587; 3-Smith-534; 4-Hamblin-527; 5-Peter Murphy-503; 6-Carlile-473; 7-Faria-440; 8-Ennis-387; 9-Jace VanderWeerd-382; 10-Richard VanderWeerd-329.


 


NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: June 26 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway