SMITH WINS “TURNER MEMORIAL,” POMBO “CLASH” CHAMP

 


Hanford, CA……T.J. Smith of Fresno, Calif. scored his third straight USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car win Saturday night, leading the final nine laps of the “Jim Turner Memorial” at Giant Chevrolet Speedway in the Steve LeGras UHL Rubber/K & N Filters Maxim. Davey Pombo finished sixth to claim the “Southwest Contractors 360 Clash” championship. Wes Gutierrez led the first 21 laps and finished second ahead of Jared Little, Justyne Hamblin and Richard VanderWeerd. West Coast 360 point leader Craig Stidham was the fastest qualifier.


 


USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 11, 2010 – Hanford, California – Giant Chevrolet Speedway - “Jim Turner Memorial” - “Southwest Contractors 360 Clash”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-16.044; 2. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.214; 3. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-16.428; 4. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.480; 5. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.572; 6. Dave Knott, 28, Knott-16.579; 7. Peter Murphy, 11, Bowman-16.602; 8. Jared Little, 25, Little-16.649; 9. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-16.686; 10. Jeff Gardner, 51T, Revcon-16.725; 11. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.734; 12. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.804; 13. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.831; 14. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-17.136; 15. Garrett Ishii, 71G, Ishii-17.180; 16. Rick Eberhardt, 4, Eberhardt-17.728; 17. Ray Knight, 99K, Knight-18.726; 18. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-20.982; 19. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Murphy, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Stidham, 5. Gardner, 6. Pombo, 7. Eberhardt. NT.


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Little, 2. Hamblin, 3. J. VanderWeerd, 4. R. VanderWeerd, 5. Knight. NT.


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ishii, 2. Gutierrez, 3. Smith, 4. Strole, 5. Knott. NT.


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. T.J. Smith, 2. Wes Gutierrez, 3. Jared Little, 4. Justyne Hamblin, 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. Davey Pombo, 7. Jeff Gardner, 8. Peter Murphy, 9. Garrett Ishii, 10. Jonatahan Logan, 11. Dave Knott, 12. Geoffrey Strole, 13. Ricky Kirkbride, 14. Jace VanderWeerd, 15. Craig Stidham, 16. Rick Eberhardt, 17. Ray Knight, 18. Danny Faria Jr. NT.


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**Jace VanderWeerd flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Gutierrez, Laps 22-30 Smith.


 


NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stidham-1,040; 2-Pombo-1,025; 3-Smith-957’ 4-Hamblin-852; 5-Faria-767; 6-Murphy-731; 7-Rusty Carlile-697; 8-R.Vanderweerd-694; 9-J.VanderWeerd-637; 10-Chris Ennis-530.


FINAL SOUTHWEST CONTRACTORS 360 CLASH POINTS: 1-Pombo-232; 2-Hamblin-221; 3-Stidham-219; 4-Smith-217; 5-Gutierrez-201; 6-Faria-168; 7-Rusty Carlile-144; 8-Little-136; 9-Kirkbride-135; 10-Strole-133.


 


NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: September 18 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway