SMITH EARNS INITIAL USAC VICTORY AT SANTA MARIA

 


Santa Maria, CA……..T.J. Smith of Fresno, Calif. earned his first-ever USAC victory in Saturday night’s "Bud Stanfield Memporial" 30-lap West Coast 360 Sprint feature at Santa Maria Speedway. He led all 30 laps in his UHL Rubber/Swedish Car Care Maxim, beating fast qualifier Danny Faria Jr., series point leader Craig Stidham, Davey Pombo and Richrad VanderWeerd to the checkered flag. Smith led all 30 laps.


 


USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 24, 2010 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway – “Bud Stanfield Memorial”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-14.731; 2. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-14.732; 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-14.806; 4. Jared Little, 25, Little-14.867; 5. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.899; 6. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-14.909; 7. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-14.930; 8. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.040; 9. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-15.065; 10. Mike Knopf, 5k, Knopf-15.085; 11. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.118; 12. Peter Murphy, 11X, Bowman-15.235; 13. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.252; 14. Eric Rossi, 4R, Team RCR-15.428; 15. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-15.440; 16. Jimmy Thompson, 71R, Earnes-15.537; 17. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-15.545; 18. Jesse Mack, 71m, Gilbert/Mack-15.560; 19. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-15.562; 20. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-15.614; 21. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Faria, 3. Knopf, 4. Little, 5. Thompson, 6. Gutierrez, 7. Jones. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stidham, 2. Carlile, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Shaw, 5. J.VanderWeerd, 6. Rossi, 7. Strole. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pombo, 2. Murphy, 3. Mack, 4. R.VanderWeerd, 5. Hamblin, 6. Ennis, 7. Logan. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. T.J. Smith, 2. Danny Faria, Jr., 3. Craig Stidham, 4. Davey Pombo, 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. Peter Murphy, 7. Jared Little, 8. Rusty Carlile, 9. Jesse Mack, 10. Eric Rossi, 11. Justyne Hamblin, 12. Jimmy Thompson, 13. Koen Shaw, 14. Chris Ennis, 15. Bill Jones, 16. Geoffrey Strole, 17. Jace VanderWeerd, 18. Jonathan Logan, 19. Wes Gutierrez, 20. Mike Knopf, 21. Ricky Kirkbride. NT


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**Hamblin flipped during practice.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Smith.


 


NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stidham-842; 2-Pombo-780; 3-Smith-680; 4-Hamblin-640; 5-Murphy-610; 6-Carlile-568; 7-Faria-537; 8-J.VanderWeerd-518; 9-R.VanderWeerd-504; 10-Ennis-448.


 


NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: August 7 – Hanford, CA - Giant Speedway