SHERIDAN WINS SANTA MARIA’S “BUD STANFIELD MEMORIAL”

 


Santa Maria, CA……..AMSOIL USAC/CRA regular Danny Sheridan of Santa Maria, Calif. won Saturday night’s “Bud Stanfield Memorial” USAC West Coast 360 Sprint race at his home track – Santa Maria Speedway. He passed Bud Kaeding on the 27th lap and led the final four laps to beat Kaeding, Wes Gutierrez, series point leader Richard VanderWeerd and Greg Alexander. Sheridan piloted the Kittle Motorsports Pace Lighting/K & N Filters Sherman/Auto Pro to the win. Justyne Hamblin led the first 11 laps and Wes Gutierrez led the next 12 before Kaeding took over for three.


 


USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 17, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway – “Bud Stanfield Memorial”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-13.529; 2. Danny Sheridan, 18K, Kittle-13.591; 3. Davey Pombo, 3E, Eames-13.633; 4. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-13.638; 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-13.662; 6. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-13.700; 7. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-13.705; 8. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-13.724; 9. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-13.727; 10. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-13.804; 11. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.940; 12. Derek Buckley, 76, Buckley-13.950; 13. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-13.958; 14. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-13.989; 15. Peter Murphy, 51, Carlile-14.115; 16. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.159; 17. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-14.176; 18. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-14.195; 19. Bobby Bender, 16, Jones-14.240; 20. Jeff Culver, 71C, Culver-14.242; 21. Nico Russo, 3N, Russo-14.280; 22. Ray Potter, 33X, Potter-14.518; 23. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-14.552; 24. Richard Terry, 30, Terry-14.718; 25. Greg Edenholm, 73X, Ford-14.863; 26. Jeff Miller, 5X, Swaim-15.210; 27. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hamblin, 2. Smith, 3. Bernal, 4. R.VanderWeerd, 5. A.J. Bender, 6. Edenholm, 7. Russo. NT.


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Sheridan, 3. Gutierrez, 4. J.VanderWeerd, 5. Howell, 6. Potter, 7. Miller. NT.


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. B.Bender, 2. Pombo, 3. Roa, 4. Alexander, 5. Murphy, 6. Jones, 7. Knight. NT.


 


FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Buckley, 2. Culver, 3. Kaeding, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Ford, 6. Terry. NT.


 


SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Ford, 2. Howell, 3. A.J. Bender, 4. Murphy, 5. Russo, 6. Potter, 7. Terry, 8. Edenholm, 9. Jones, 10. Miller. NT.


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Sheridan, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Wes Gutierrez, 4. Richard VanderWeerd, 5. Greg Alexander, 6. Dennis Howell, 7. Jace VanderWeerd, 8. Josh Ford, 9. Derek Buckley, 10. Ryan Bernal, 11. Davey Pombo, 12. A.J. Bender, 13. Bobby Bender, 14. Brody Roa, 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 16. Jeff Culver, 17. Ray Potter, 18. T.J. Smith, 19. Nico Russo, 20 Justyne Hamblin, 21. Austin Liggett, 22. Peter Murphy. NT.


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*Russo flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Hamblin, Laps 12-23 Gutierrez, Laps 24-26 Kaeding, Laps 27-30 Sheridan.


 


NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-R.VanderWeerd-752; 2-Bernal-687; 3-Gutierrez-647; 4-J.VanderWeerd-647; 5-Howell-559; 6-Danny Faria Jr.-550; 7-Alexander-514; 8-Hamblin-495; 9-Smith-461; 10-Kaeding-439.


 


NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: September 24 – Hanford, CA – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway