STIDHAM GETS 360 SPRINT WIN #4 AT BAKERSFIELD

Bakersfield, CA…….USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series point leader Craig Stidham of Fresno, Calif. scored his fourth victory of the 2010 season Saturday night, wheeling his Brad Johnson Trucking/KRC Safety Maxim/Downing to a 30-lap triumph at Bakersfield Speedway. Ricky Kirkbride led the first 14 laps before yielding to Stidham and eventually finished second. Justyne Hamblin, Albert Pombo and Davey Pombo rounded out the “top-five.”



USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 29, 2010 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-13.181; 2. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-13.346; 3. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-13.401; 4. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-13.415; 5. Danny Faria Jr., 8M, May-13.415; 6. Albert Pombo, 83, Pombo-13.587; 7. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-13.709; 8. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-13.817; 9. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-13.822; 10. Jesse Mack, 71M, Gilbert/Mack-14.299; 11. Adam Frith-Smith, 62, Frith-Smith-14.869; 12. Jason Swaim, 52, Swaim-15.415; 13. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-NT; 14. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stidham, 2. Ennis, 3. Faria, 4. Strole, 5. Frith-Smith, 6. Smith, 7. Carlile. NT.


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. D.Pombo, 2. A.Pombo, 3. Mack, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Hamblin, 6. Gutierrez, 7. Swaim. NT.


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Craig Stidham, 2. Ricky Kirkbride, 3. Justyne Hamblin, 4. Albert Pombo, 5. Davey Pombo, 6. T.J. Smith, 7. Wes Gutierrez, 8. Chris Ennis, 9. Jesse Mack, 10. Rusty Carlile, 11. Adam Frith-Smith, 12. Geoffrey Strole, 13. Danny Faria Jr., 14. Jason Swaim. NT.


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**T.J. Smith flipped during the first heat.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Kirkbride, Laps 15-30 Stidham.


 


NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stidham-527; 2-D.Pombo-476; 3-Peter Murphy-439; 4-Smith-410; 5-Hamblin-398; 6-Carlile-389; 7-Faria-342; 8-Jace VanderWeerd-331; 9-Ennis-313; 10-Andy Ferris-297.


 


NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: June 5 – Hanford, CA - Giant Speedway