SCHANK TAKES 25TH :”COTTON CLASSIC” AT GIANT SPEEDWAY
Hanford, CA……..Terry Schank Jr. of Santa Rosa, Calif. won Saturday night’s 25th Annual “Cotton Classic” at Giant Speedway, a special non-points event for USAC’s West Coast 360 Sprint Cars. Schank passed Wes Gutierrez on lap 19 and led the final 12 laps to beat Peter Murphy, Danny Faria Jr., Jonathan Logan and Richard VanderWeerd. Andy Forsberg was the night’s fastest qualifier. Cody Myers led the first six laps, Logan led the next four and Gutierrez led eight.
USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: October 16, 2010 – Hanford, California – Giant Chevrolet Speedway – 25th Annual “Cotton Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-15.555; 2. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.769; 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.891; 4. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.974; 5. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-15.983; 6. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.297; 7. Cody Myers, 9, Myers-16.337; 8. Jeff Gardner, 51T, Revcon-16.359; 9. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleason-16.368; 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.378; 11. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-16.499; 12. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-16.531; 13. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.588; 14. Scott Kinney, 25K, Kinney-17.091; 15. Adam Frith-Smith, 62, Frith-Smith-17.156; 16. John Iturriria, 27, Iturriria-17.423; 17. Peter Murphy, 21, Tarlton-NT; 18. Jerry Wise Jr., 23, Wise-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Schank, 2. Murphy, 3. Myers, 4. Forsberg, 5. Frith-Smith, 6. Barnes, 7. Richardson, 8. Faria, 9. R. VanderWeerd. NT.
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stidham, 2. Logan, 3. Gutierrez, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Gardner, 6. Kinney, 7. Iturriria, 8. J. VanderWeerd. NT.
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Logan, 2. Myers, 3. Gutierrez, 4. Schank, 5. Gardner, 6. Forsberg. NT.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Terry Schank Jr., 2. Peter Murphy, 3. Danny Faria Jr., 4. Jonathan Logan, 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. Jeff Gardner, 7. Kevin Barnes, 8. Ricky Kirkbride, 9. Scott Kinney, 10. Wes Gutierrez, 11. Jim Richardson, 12. John Iturriria, 13. Jerry Wise Jr., 14. Craig Stidham, 15. Adam Frith-Smith, 16. Cody Myers, 17. Andy Forsberg. NT.
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**J. VanderWeerd flipped during the second heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Myers, Laps 7-10 Logan, Laps 11-18 Gutierrez, Laps 19-30 Schank.