ALEXANDER GRABS WESTERN 360 OPENER AT TULARE

Tulare, CA…….Dean Alexander of Visalia, Calif. led the final 14 laps of Saturday night’s 25-lap UAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series debut at the Thunderbowl Raceway and he leads the standings going into next Saturday’s race at Hanford’s Giant Speedway. Driving the McCowan Motorsports Special, he passed Danny Sheridan on lap 12 and led the rest of the way to beat Craig Stidham, Danny Faria Jr., Jace VanderWeerd and Garrett Ishii to the checkered flag.


 


USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 6, 2010 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Peter Murphy (#21 Tarlton), 2. Jace VanderWeerd (#88 VanderWeerd), 3. Dave Knott (#28 Knott), 4. Andy Ferris (#4J Ferris), 5. Richard VanderWeerd (#10 VanderWeerd), 6. Albert Pombo (#35 Pombo), 7. Jesse Mack (#8M May), 8. Matt Day (#97 Day). 2:19.87.


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dean Alexander (#11 McCowan), 2. Justyne Hamblin (#8 JH), 3. Jonathan Logan (#32 Evett/Logan), 4. Garrett Ishii (#71G Ishii), 5. Steve Osborne (#9J Osborne), 6. Bill Jones (#16J Jones), 7. Brandon Thomson (#92 Thomson). NT.


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ricky Kirkbride (#87 Van Meter), 2. Jimmy Thompson (#71 Eames), 3. Craig Stidham (#3S Stidham), 4. Chris Ennis (#86 Ennis), 5. T.J. Smith (#14 UHL), 6. Koen Shaw (#88K Shaw), 7. Geoffrey Strole (#09S Strole). 2:26.17.


 


FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Danny Sheridan (#18 Kittle), 2. Danny Daria Jr. (#17V Faria), 3. Matt Streeter (#14JR Streeter), 4. Davey Pombo (#3P Bowman), 5. Wes Gutierrez (#007 WG), 6. Aaron Altaffer (#21A Dorothy), 7. Rusty Carlile (#51 Carlile). NT.


 


SEMI: (10 laps) 1. R. VanderWeerd, 2. A. Pombo, 3. Osborne, 4. Altaffer, 5. Mack, 6. Day, 7. Smith, 8. Shaw, 9. D. Pombo, 10. Carlile, 11. Strole. NT.


 


FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Dean Alexander, 2. Craig Stidham, 3. Danny Faria Jr., 4. Jace VanderWeerd, 5. Garrett Ishii, 6. Richard VanderWeerd, 7. Peter Murphy, 8. Chris Ennis, 9. Jimmy Thompson, 10. Andy Ferris, 11. T.J. Smith, 12. Jonathan Logan, 13. Steve Osborne, 14. Matt Day, 15. Justyne Hamblin, 16. Danny Sheridan, 17. Dave Knott, 18. Jesse Mack, 19. Albert Pombo, 20. Ricky Kirkbride, 21. Matt Streeter, 22. Wes Gutierrez. NT.


 


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**Bill Jones flipped during the second heat. Gutierrez, Streeter, Kirkbride, and Sheridan flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Alexander, Laps 3-10 Murphy, Lap 11 Sheridan, Laps 12-25 Alexander.


 


NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Alexander-68; 2-Stidham-63; 3-Faria-61; 4-J.VanderWeerd-58; 5-Ishii-53; 6-Murphy-50; 7-R.VanderWeerd-49; 8-Ennis-44; 9-J.Thompson-43; 10-Ferris-38.


 


NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: March 13 – Hanford, CA – Giant Speedway