VANDERWEERD, FARIA CLAIM HANFORD 360 FEATURES

 


Hanford, CA……..Richard VanderWeerd of Visalia, Calif. and Danny Faria Jr. of Tipton, Calif. scored 30-lap USAC West Coast 360 Sprint wins Saturday night at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway. VanderWeerd won the opener, which concluded the rain-abbreviated March 18 program, while Faria, who was third in the first feature, came back to take the second 30-lapper. Trailing VanderWeerd were Bud Kaeding, Faria, Davey Pombo and Jace VanderrWeerd. In the opener T.J. Smith led the f irst 14 laps before yielding to VanderWeerd. In the second 30 Faria was followed by Danny Sherida, Richard VanderWeerd, Wes Gutierrez and Jace VanderWeerd.


 


USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 16, 2011 – Hanford, California – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway


 


FIRST FEATURE: (30 laps – Completion of March 18 program) 1. Richard VanderWeerd (#10 VanderWeerd), 2. Bud Kaeding (#29 Bowman), 3. Danny Faria Jr. (#2 Bowman), 4. Davey Pombo (#3E Eames), 5. Jace VanderWeerd (#88 VanderWeerd), 6. Rusty Carlile (#51 Carlile), 7. John Iturriria (#27 Iturriria), 8. Dave Knott (#28 Knott), 9. Nico Russo (#3N Russo), 10. Dennis Howell (#62 Howell), 11. T.J. Smith (#14 LeGras), 12. Geoffrey Strole (#09S Strole), 13. Jonathan Logan (#32 Evett/Logan), 14. Wes Gutierrez (#007 WG), 15. Ricky Kirkbride (#87 Van Meter), 16. Marty Hawkins (#3M Hawkins), 17. Greg Alexander (#72 Tyler), 18. Justyne Hamblin (#8 JH), 19. Craig Stidham (#3 Stidham), 20. Matt Day (#97 Day), 21. Danny Sheridan (#81 Watt), 22. Ryan Bernal (#11D Olmstead). NT.


 


QUALIFICATIONS (July 16) 1. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.536; 2. Danny Sheridan, 21, Dorathy-15.654; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-15.771; 4. Wes Gutierrez, 007, G-15.795; 5. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.885; 6. Johnathon Henry, 91, Jones-15.912; 7. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-15.968; 8. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.977; 9. Craig Stidham, 3, Stidham-15.994; 10. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-16.187; 11. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.208; 12. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.228; 13. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.319; 14. Cole Peard, 58, Peard-16.466; 15. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-16.526; 16. Ryan Bernal, 3E, Eames-16.529; 17. Todd Miller, 96, Miller-16.669; 18. Dave Knott, 28, Knott-16.734; 19. Jared Little, 25, Little-16.815; 20. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.914; 21. John Iturriria, 27, Iturriria-16.950; 22. Adam Frith-Smith, 62X, Frith-Smith-16.960; 23. Nico Russo, 3N, Russo-17.274; 24. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-17.342; 25. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.451; 26. Bill Jones, 16, Jones-18.293; 27. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stidham, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Miller, 4. J. VanderWeerd, 5. Kirkbride, 6. Iturriria, 7. Day. NT.


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Smith, 3. Frith-Smith, 4. Knott, 5. Jones, 6. Henry, 7. Peard. NT.


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Little, 3. Russo, 4. Carlile, 5. Howell, 6. Hawkins. NT.


 


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Alexander, 2. Gutierrez, 3. Kaeding, 4. Hamblin, 5. Logan, 6. Bernal, 7. Strole. NT.


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Henry, 2. Howell, 3. Hawkins, 4. Peard, 5. Kirkbride, 6. Logan, 7. Bernal, 8. Strole, 9. Iturriria, 10. Day, 11. Jones. NT.


 


SECOND FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Faria Jr., 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 4. Wes Gutierrez, 5. Jace VanderWeerd, 6. Dennis Howell, 7. T.J. Smith, 8. Rusty Carlile, 9. Jonathan Logan, 10. Greg Alexander, 11. Cole Peard (#58 Peard), 12. Justyne Hamblin, 13. Dave Knott, 14. Jared Little (#25 Little), 15. Bud Kaeding, 16. Adam Frith-Smith (#62x Frith-Smith), 17. Marty Hawkins, 18. Johnathon Henry, (#88 Graunstadt), 19. Craig Stidham, 20. Nico Russo, 21. Todd Miller (#96 Miller), 22. Ricky Kirkbride. NT.


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**Stidham and Henry flipped during the second feature.


 


FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Smith, Laps 15-30 R.VanderWeerd.


 


SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Faria.


NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: R.VanderWeerd-450; 2-J.VanderWeerd-396; 3-Kaeding-376; 4-Gutierrez-371; 5-Bernal-368; 6-Faria-368; 7-Alexander-332; 8-Howell-294; 9-Smith-283; 10-Hamblin-282.


 


NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: July 30 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway