STIDHAM WINS “CHRIS & BRIAN FARIA MEMORIAL”

Tulare, CA…….Craig Stidham of Fresno, Calif. extended his lead in the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series Saturday night, leading all but the first two laps of the 30-lap “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial” race at the Gropetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway. Stidham passed Jonathan Logan on lap three and led the rest of the way in his Brad D. Johnson Trucking/KRC Safety Maxim/Shark. Peter Murphy finished second ahead of Rusty Carlile, Davey Pombo and Logan. Stidham has a 58-point nlead over Pombo in the new series standings heading into next Saturday’s race at the Santa Maria Speedway.



USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 10, 2010 – Tulare, California – Gropetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway – “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.112; 2. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-16.651; 3. Peter Murphy, 21, Tarlton-16.680; 4. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-16.807; 5. Ronnie Case, 8X, Case-16.834; 6. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.960; 7. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-17.008; 8. Jesse Mack, 8M, May-17.17.238; 9. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-17.312; 10. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-17.316; 11. Jimmy Thompson, 71R, Eames-17.411; 12. T.J. Smith, 14, Legras-17.432; 13. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-17.436; 14. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-17.600; 15. Jared Little, 25, Little-17.670; 16. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-17.722; 17. Dave Knott, 28, Knott-18.410; 18. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-19.026; 19. Ray Knight, 99K, Knight-23.059.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stidham, 2. Ennis, 3. Faria, 4. Ferris, 5. Pombo, 6. Hamblin, 7. Knight. NT.


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thompson, 2. Gutierrez, 3. Case, 4. Mack, 5. Strole, 6. Knott. NT.


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Murphy, 2. Smith, 3. Logan, 4. Carlile, 5. Little, 6. Barnes. NT.


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Craig Stidham, 2. Peter Murphy, 3. Rusty Carlile, 4. Davey Pombo, 5. Jonathan Logan, 6. Justyne Hamblin, 7. Jesse Mack, 8. Andy Ferris, 9. Ronnie Case, 10. Jared Little, 11. Dave Knott, 12. Geoffrey Strole, 13. Wes Gutierrez, 14. Danny Faria Jr., 15. Chris Ennis, 16. Kevin Barnes, 17. Jimmy Thompson, 18. Ray Knight, 19. T.J. Smith. NT.


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**Ennis and Gutierrez flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Logan, Laps 3-30 Stidham.


 


NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stidham-318; 2-Pombo-260; 3-Murphy-248; 4-Carlile-234; 5-Logan-216; 6-Hamblin-211; 7-Smith-208; 8-Faria-206; 9-Ferris-193; 10-Ennis-192.


 


NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: April 17 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway