SHERIDAN TAKES “HOMETOWN” 360 WIN AT SANTA MARIA

Santa Maria, CA……..Danny Sheridan led the final 15 laps of Saturday night’s USAC West Coast 360 Sprint feature in his hometown to win the 30-lapper at Santa Maria Speedway in his Pace Lighting/P.I.P.E. Stinger/Chevy. Sheridan passed Peter Murphy on lap 16 and led the rest of the way to beat T.J. Smith, Murphy, Justyne Hamblin and Richard VanderWeerd. Davey Pombo was the fastest qualifier. Series point leader Craig Stidham finished sixth.



USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 17, 2010 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-14.930; 2. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-15.015; 3. Jimmy Thompson, 71R, Eames-15.135; 4. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.288; 5. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-15.368; 6. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-15.444; 7. Peter Murphy, 21, Tarlton-15.460; 8. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-15.500; 9. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-15.573; 10. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.598; 11. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-15.645; 12. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-15.680; 13. Joey Layman, 11X, Layman-15.692; 14. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-15.710; 15. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-15.730; 16. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-15.760; 17. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-15.783; 18. Jesse Mack, 8M, May-15.828; 19. Albert Pombo, 83, Pombo-15.873; 20. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-16.260; 21. Tyler Schmidt, 49, Schmidt-19.376, 22. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ennis, 2. Logan, 3. R.VanderWeerd, 4. Sheridan, 5. Murphy, 6. D.Pombo, 7. J.VanderWeerd, 8. Hawkins. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Strole, 3. Ferris, 4. Hamblin, 5. Shaw, 6. Jones, 7. Mack. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. A.Pombo, 2. Stidham, 3. Smith, 4. Layman, 5. Carlile, 6. Thompson, 7. Schmidt. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Sheridan, 2. T.J. Smith, 3. Peter Murphy, 4. Justyne Hamblin, 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. Craig Stidham, 7. Davey Pombo, 8. Jace VanderWeerd, 9. Jonathan Logan, 10. Andy Ferris, 11. Danny Faria Jr., 12. Jesse Mack, 13. Albert Pombo, 14. Bill Jones, 15. Marty Hawkins, 16. Chris Ennis, 17. Geoffrey Strole, 18. Rusty Carlile, 19. Joey Layman, 20. Jimmy Thompson, 21. Koen Shaw, 22. Tyler Schmidt. NT


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**J.VanderWeerd flipped during qualifications. Thompson and Faria flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Murphy, Laps 16-30 Sheridan.


 


NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stidham-370; 2-D.Pombo-311; 3-Murphy-306; 4-Smith-272; 5-Hamblin-269; 6-Logan-259; 7-Carlile-255; 8-Faria-250; 9-Ferris-232; 10-Ennis-221.


 


NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: May 8 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway