30-LAP KINGS FEATURE TO JACE VANDER WEERD

Hanford, CA……..Jace Vander Weerd of Visalia, CA won Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint race at Kings Speedway, leading the final nine laps in his Vander Weerd Construction/Stone Gate Development Maxim/Lawrence. He passed Michael Pickens on lap 22 and led the rest of the way to beat fast qualifier Nic Faas, Matt Mitchell, Markus Niemela and Pickens. Vander Weerd led the first 11 laps before Pickens led the next 10.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 29, 2014 – Hanford, California – Kings Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 73X, Ford-15.435; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.626; 3. Markus Niemela, 73, Ford-15.686; 4. D.J. Netto, 88N, Netto-15.710; 5. Michael Pickens, 81S, Watt-15.737; 6. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.867; 7. Troy Rutherford, 81, Watt-15.923; 8. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-15.927; 9.Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-16.173; 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.291; 11. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-16.328; 12. Jesse Denome, 6, Denome-16.425; 13. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-16.427; 14. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.651; 15. Matt Day, 97, Day-16.664; 16. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-16.716; 17. Davey Pombo, 14, Pombo-16.755; 18. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-16.761; 19. Garrett Long, 38, Long-16.771; 20. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.821; 21. Robert Nuckles, 27, Nuckles-17.879; 22. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-NT; 23. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-NT; 24. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Rutherford, 3. Netto, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Hurst, 6. Long, 7. Carter. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Pickens, 3. Pombo, 4. Mitchell, 5. Ennis, 6. Barnes, 7. Sibley, 8. Howell. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hawkins, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Faria, 4. Niemela, 5. Denome, 6. Day, 7. Nuckles. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jace Vander Weerd, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Markus Niemela, 5. Michael Pickens, 6. Troy Rutherford, 7. Danny Faria Jr., 8. Landon Hurst, 9. Marty Hawkins, 10. Davey Pombo, 11. Ricky Kirkbride, 12. Chris Ennis, 13. Jeff Sibley, 14. Jesse Denome, 15. Robert Nuckles, 16. Richard Vander Weerd, 17. Matt Day, 18. D.J. Netto, 19. Kevin Barnes, 20. Garrett Long, 21. Dennis Howell. NT

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**Liggett and Mitchell flipped during qualifications. Carter flipped during the first heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 J.Vander Weerd, Laps 12-21 Pickens, Laps 22-30 J.Vander Weerd.

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Niemela-227, 2-J.Vander Weerd-215, 3-Rutherford-212, 4-Faas-193, 5-Mitchell-190, 6-Faria-185, 7-R.Vander Weerd-168, 8-Hurst-157, 9-Howell-148, 10-Austin Liggett-130.