RICHARD VANDER WEERD WINS “JOHN JEWETT MEMORIAL”
 
Santa Maria, CA……..Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. won Saturday night’s 40-lap “John Jewett Memorial Billet Cup” Santa Maria Speedway. He led the final six laps after passing Mike Spencer in lap 35. Spencer took second ahead of Ryan Bernal, Bud Kaeding and Danny Faria Jr. The USAC West Coast Sprint race was a “special event” and did not offer championship points.
 
USAC WEST COAST “SPECIAL EVENT” SPRINT RACE RESULTS (No Points): September 29, 2012 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway – “John Jewett Memorial Billett Cup”
 
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-14.667; 2. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.827; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-14.866; 4. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-14.876; 5. Mike Spencer, 18K, Kittle-14.914; 6. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-14.930; 7. Jimmy Thompson, 3E, Eames-14.937; 8. Jesse Denome, 6, Denome-14.962; 9. Danny Sheridan, 73X, Ford-15.018; 10. Tom Hendricks, 14K, Kruseman-15.027; 11. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.028; 12. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.136; 13. Brandon Thomson, 16, Jones-15.153; 14. D.J. Netto, 7N, Netto-15.166; 15. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.266; 16. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-15.371; 17. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-15.391; 18. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-15.471; 19. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-16.753; 20. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-NT.
 
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Thomson, 3. Barnes, 4. Hendricks, 5. Knight, 6. Thompson, 7. R.Vander Weerd. NT
 
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Spencer, 3. Netto, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Denome, 6. Ellertson. NT
 
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Faria, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Carlile, 5. Ennis, 6. Liggett. NT
 
FIRST QUALIFYING HEAT: (12 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Thomson, 3. Sheridan, 4. Faria, 5. Hendricks, 6. Kirkbride, 7. Thompson, 8. Barnes, 9. Knight. NT
 
SECOND QUALIFYING HEAT: (12 laps) 1. Netto, 2. Kaeding, 3. Bernal, 4. Liggett, 5. J. Vander Weerd, 6. Carlile, 7. Ennis, 8. Denome, 9. Spencer. NT
 
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Bud Kaeding, 5. Danny Faria Jr., 6. Danny Sheridan, 7. Rusty Carlile, 8. Austin Liggett, 9. Jimmy Thompson, 10. D.J. Netto, 11. Ricky Kirkbride, 12. Jesse Denome, 13. Kevin Barnes, 14. Tom Hendricks, 15. Chris Ennis, 16. Jeremy Ellertson, 17. Jeff Silbey, 18. Jace Vander Weerd, 19. Ray Knight, 20. Brandon Thomson. NT
 
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Ennis, Laps 19-34 Spencer, Laps 35-40 R. Vander Weerd
 
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: October 13 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway – “Cotton Classic”