SMITH WINS HANFORD 30-LAPPER

 


Hanford, CA…….T.J. Smith of Fresno, Calif. led the final 28 laps to win Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast 360 Sprint race at Giant Chevrolet Speedway in his UHL Rubber/Simpson Maxim/S&S. Smith passed Peter Murphy on the third lap and led the rest of the way to beat Danny Faria Jr., series point leader Craig Stidham, Justyne Hamblin and fast qualifier Davey Pombo.


 


USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 21, 2010 – Hanford, California – Giant Chevrolet Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-15.412; 2. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-15.474; 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.602; 4. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-15.621; 5. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-15.627; 6. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-15.645; 7. Justyne Hamblin, 14, JH-15.750; 8. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.765; 9. Peter Murphy, 11, Bowman-15.891; 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-15.905; 11. Jeff Gardner, 51T, Revcon-15.918; 12. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.008; 13. Jesse Mack, 71M, Gilbert/Mack-16.062; 14. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-16.228; 15. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.489; 16. Dave Knott, 28, Knott-16.549; 17. Jerry Wise Jr., 23, Wise-16.930; 18. Ray Knight, 99K, Knight-18.206; 19. Jason Swaim, 52, Swaim-18.225; 20. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-NT, 21. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hamblin, 2. Pombo, 3. Mack, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Knott, 6. Swaim, 7. Logan. NT.


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Carlile, 2. Stidham, 3. Gutierrez, 4. Faria, 5. Gardner, 6. Shaw, 7. Wise. NT.


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Murphy, 3. Ennis, 4. R. VanderWeerd, 5. Strole, 6. Knight. NT.


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. T.J. Smith, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Craig Stidham, 4. Justyne Hamblin, 5. Davey Pombo, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Richard VanderWeerd, 8. Chris Ennis, 9. Wes Gutierrez, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Jesse Mack, 12. Koen Shaw, 13. Dave Knott, 14. Andy Ferris, 15. Geoffrey Strole, 16. Jerry Wise Jr., 17. Jason Swaim, 18. Jonathan Logan, 19. Jeff Gardner, 20. Ray Knight, 21. Peter Murphy. NT.


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**Jonathan Logan flipped during qualifications.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Murphy, Laps 3-30 Smith.


 


NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stidham-961; 2-Pombo-912; 3-Smith-816; 4-Hamblin-737; 5-Murphy-685; 6-Faria-671; 7-Carlile-646; 8-R.VanderWeerd-585; 9-Jace VanderWeerd-562; 10-Ennis-491.


 


NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: August 28 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway