GUARDINO TAKES “TURKEY NIGHT” SPRINT PRELIM
Ventura, CA……..Tristan Guardino of Fremont, Calif. won Wednesday night’s 20-lap USAC West Coast Sprint Car special event at Ventura Raceway, a prelim for the Sprint portion of Thursday’s 76th “Turkey Night Grand Prix.” Wheeling the Steve Watt Maxwell Industries/Steve Watt Enterprises Maxim/Chevy, he passed Cory Kruseman on lap six and led the rest of the way to beat Kruseman, Michael Pickens, Geoff Ensign and Chase Johnson. The Sprint Cars also compete as part of Thursday’s “doubleheader” featuring the USAC National & Western Midgets in USAC’s final points race of the 2016 campaign.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SPECIAL EVENT (No points) RACE RESULTS: November 23, 2016 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway – 76th “Turkey Night Grand Prix”
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-12.226 (New Track Record); 2. Ryan Bernal, 51T, Roth-12.236; 3. Brody Roa, 81, Watt-12.269; 4. Chase Johnson, 24, Johnson-12.288; 5. R.J. Johnson, 77M, Michael-12.303; 6. Jimmy Crawford, 51, Crawford-12.347; 7. Tristan Guardino, 81M, Watt-12.360; 8. Cory Kruseman, 45, Kruseman-12.377; 9. Jake Swanson, 12, Dale-12.393; 10. Greg Taylor, 7, Taylor-12.414; 11. Rick Hendrix, 15, Hendrix-12.437; 12. Michael Pickens, 81S, Watt-12.449; 13. Trey Marcham, 81X, Watt-12.450; 14. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-12.450; 15. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-12.453; 16. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-12.462; 17. Carson Macedo, 21X, Tarlton-12.606; 18. Brandon Wiley, 33B, Team-12.614; 19. Katlynn Leer, U47, Hix-12.616; 20. Shon Deskins, 20, Deskins-12.638; 21. Bruce Douglass, 13, Davis-12.650; 22. Tom Hendricks, 4K, Kruseman-12.651; 23. Dennis Rodriguez, 81T, Watt-12.683; 24. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-12.699; 25. Klint Simpson, 32, Johnson-12.699; 26. Buddy Kofoid, 4S, Simpson-12.746; 27. Wally Pankratz, 2, Swann-12.789; 28. Gary Nelson Jr., 6N, Nelson-12.847; 29. Kyle Edwards, 39E, Edwards-12.895; 30. Scott Hall, 56K, Hall-12.913; 31. Charlie Butcher, 96, Butcher-12.922; 32. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-12.997; 33. Tyler Edwards, 57, Hix-12.997; 34. Austen Figueroa, 49, Bach-13.013; 35. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-13.081; 36. Jordan Linson, 10J, Linson-13.107; 37. Matt McCarthy, 55M, McCarthy-13.134; 38. Steven Garris, 58, Garris-13.248; 39. Ken Mahoney, 6K, Mahoney-13.478; 40. Mike Callahan, 96K, Cook-13.602; 41. Jay Ervine, 51X, Ervine-NT; 42. Guy Woodward, 24X, Woodward-NT; 43. Brian Grosenheider, 30, Grosenheider-NT.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Macedo, 2. Ensign, 3. Taylor, 4. Douglass, 5. Butcher, 6. Grosenheider, 7. Garris, 8. Crawford. NT
DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Marcham, 2. Guardino, 3. Bernal, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Wiley, 6. Strole, 7. Mahoney. NT
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Deskins, 2. Majors, 3. Swanson, 4. Linson, 5. K.Edwards, 6. R.Johnson. NT
STAND 21 RACER GOES SAFER FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Schank, 3. Roa, 4. Hendricks, 5. Pankratz, 6. Shaw, 7. McCarthy. NT
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Simpson, 2. Pickens, 3. C.Johnson, 4. T.Edwards, 5. Nelson, 6. Leer, 7. Callahan. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INCORPORATED SIXTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rutherford, 2. Kruseman, 3. Kofoid, 4. Woodward, 5. Hall, 6. Figueroa, 7. Hendricks. NT
FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Tristan Guardino, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Michael Pickens, 4. Geoff Ensign, 5. Chase Johnson, 6. Trey Marcham, 7. Carson Macedo, 8. Cody Majors, 9. Troy Rutherford, 10. R.J. Johnson, 11. Klint Simpson, 12. Shon Deskins, 13. Rick Hendrix, 14. Jake Swanson, 15. Ryan Bernal, 16. Brody Roa, 17. Greg Taylor, 18. Terry Schank Jr., 19. Buddy Kofoid, 20. Kyle Smith. NT
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**Crawford flipped during the first heat. Kruseman, Hendricks, and Kofoid flipped during the sixth heat. Schank and Taylor flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Kruseman, Laps 6-20 Guardino.
BR MOTORSPORTS / KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: R.J. Johnson (19th to 10th)
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT “Special Event:” November 24 – Ventura (CA) Raceway - 76th “Turkey Night Grand Prix”
