GUTIERREZ GRABS 30-LAP WEST COAST 360 MAIN AT HANFORD

 


Hanford, CA……..Wes Gutierrez of San Martin, Calif. led wire-to-wire to win Saturday night’s “Jim Turner Memorial” USAC West Coast 360 Sprint race at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway. Seires points runner-up Ryan Bernal was second ahead of series point leader Richard VanderWeerd, fast qualifier Greg Alexander and Danny Sheridan. Gutierrez piloted the WM Motorsports/Competition Suspension DRC/Borello.


 


USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 10, 2011 – Hanford, California – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway – “Jim Turner Memorial”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-15.608; 2. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.794; 3. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-15.828; 4. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.939; 5. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.012; 6. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-16.017; 7. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-16.088; 8. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.094; 9. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.187; 10. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.223; 11. Jeff Gardner, 51T, Revcon-16.242; 12. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.256; 13. Danny Sheridan, 21, Dorathy-16.323; 14. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.513; 15. Nico Russo, 3N, Russo-16.541; 16. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.566; 17. Matt Day, 97, Day-16.604; 18. Jared Little, 25, Little-16.747; 19. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-17.366; 20. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-19.927.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gutierrez, 2. Sheridan, 3. Logan, 4. Alexander, 5. Leggitt, 6. Nichols, 7. Smith. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hamblin, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. J.VanderWeerd, 4. Day, 5. Kirkbride, 6. Gardner, 7. Knight. NT


 


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


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Wes Gutierrez, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 4. Greg Alexander, 5. Danny Sheridan, 6. Jace VanderWeerd, 7. Dennis Howell, 8. Jonathan Logan, 9. Ricky Kirkbride, 10. Justyne Hamblin, 11. Brody Roa, 12. Nico Russo, 13. Matt Day, 14. Jeff Gardner, 15. Jared Little, 16. Austin Liggett, 17. Terry Nichols, 18. Danny Faria Jr., 19. Ray Knight, 20. T.J. Smith. NT


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**Smith flipped during the first heat. Faria flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gutierrez.


 


NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-R.VanderWeerd-694; 2-Bernal-642; 3-J.VanderWeerd-600; 4-Gutierrez-586; 5-Faria-550; 6-Howell-511; 7-Hamblin-474; 8-Alexander-461; 9-Smith-437; 10-Rusty Carlile-395.


 


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