POMBO WINS AT BAKERSFIELD, STIDHAM NEW 360 POINT LEADER

Bakersfield, CA…….Davey Pombo of Kerman, Calif. led the final 16 laps of Saturday night’s USAC West Coast 360 Sprint race at the Bakersfield Speedway, but Craig Stidham vaulted to the series point lead as a result of his third-place finish. Pombo took the lead from Chris Ennis on lap 17 and led the rest of the way in his Junior Bowman Buster & Ziggy Bullet/Downing to beat Rusty Carlile, Stidham, Andy Ferris and Jonathan Logan. Danny Faria Jr. was the fastest qualifier. Garrett Ishii led the first three laps and Ennis led the next 13 before Pombo took over. Stidham has a 28-point lead over Faria going into an April 3 race at Tulare, Calif.



USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 27, 2010 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-14.108; 2. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-14.186; 3. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-14.295; 4. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-14.377; 5. Jimmy Thompson, 71R, Eames-14.438; 6. Jesse Mack, 8M, May-14.446; 7. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-14.642; 8. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-14.696; 9. Garrett Ishii, 71G-14.709; 10. Adam Frith-Smith, 62, Frith-Smith-14.760; 11. T.J. Smith, 14, Legraw-14.765; 12. Peter Murphy, 21, Tarlton-14.986; 13. Dean Alexander, 11, McCowan-15.067; 14. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-15.082; 15. Matt Day, 97, Day-15.402; 16. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-15.823; 17. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.073; 18. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.348; 19. Ray Knight, 99K, Knight-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Alexander, 2. Faria, 3. Ferris, 4. Pombo, 5. Knight, 6. Frith-Smith, 7. Hamblin. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stidham, 2. Ennis, 3. Smith, 4. Thompson, 5. Logan, 6. Strole. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Murphy, 2. Ishii, 3. Carlile, 4. Day, 5. Mack, 6. Barnes. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Davey Pombo, 2. Rusty Carlile, 3. Craig Stidham, 4. Andy Ferris, 5. Jonathan Logan, 6. Justyne Hamblin, 7. Chris Ennis, 8. Garrett Ishii, 9. T.J. Smith, 10. Kevin Barnes, 11. Peter Murphy, 12. Jesse Mack, 13. Dean Alexander, 14. Jimmy Thompson, 15. Adam Frith-Smith, 16. Matt Day, 17. Ray Knight, 18. Danny Faria Jr., 19. Geoffrey Strole. NT.


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**Strole flipped during the second heat. 


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Ishii, Laps 4-16 Ennis, Laps 17-30 Pombo.


 


NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stidham-183; 2-Faria-155; 3-Ishii-146; 4-Ennis-141; 5-Smith-140; 6-Pombo-134; 7-Logan-129; 8-Carlile-123; 9-Ferris-119; 10-Murphy-117.


 


NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: April 3 – Tulare (CA) Gropetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway