Craig Stidham Takes USAC West Coast 360 Victory

From Lance Jennings Paul Trevino photo

Craig Stidham won the USAC West Coast 360 main at Groppetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway Saturday night.

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 3, 2010 – Tulare, California – Groppetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.945; 2. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-17.015; 3. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-17.158; 4. Peter Murphy, 21, Tarlton-17.196; 5. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-17.348; 6. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-17.376; 7. Scott Kinney, 25K, Kinney-17.448; 8. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-17.573; 9. Matt Streeter, 14JR, Streeter-17.592; 10. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.611; 11. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.632; 12. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-17.647; 13. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-17.657; 14. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-17.700; 15. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-17.826; 16. Jesse Mack, 8M, May-17.843; 17. Jared Little, 25, Little-17.965; 18. T.J. Smith, 14, Legras-18.032; 19. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-18.228; 20. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-18.249; 21. Adam Frith-Smith, 62, Frith-Smith-18.361; 22. Dave Knott, 28, Knott-18.393; 23. Garrett Ishii, 71G, Ishii-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Sheridan, 3. Carlile, 4. Murphy, 5. Mack, 6. Kinney, 7. Knott, 8. Strole. NT.

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hamblin, 2. Gutierrez, 3. Pombo, 4. J. VanderWeerd, 5. Ennis, 6. Little, 7. Barnes. NT.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Logan, 2. R. VanderWeerd, 3. Stidham, 4. Ferris, 5. Smith, 6. Streeter, 7. Frith-Smith. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Craig Stidham, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Davey Pombo, 4. Peter Murphy, 5. Danny Sheridan, 6. Jace VanderWeerd, 7. Rusty Carlile, 8. T.J. Smith, 9. Justyne Hamblin, 10. Richard VanderWeerd, 11. Scott Kinney, 12. Jared Little, 13. Kevin Barnes, 14. Dave Knott, 15. Andy Ferris, 16. Jesse Mack, 17. Jontahan Logan, 18. Wes Gutierrez, 19. Chris Ennis, 20. Matt Streeter, 21. Geoffrey Strole, 22. Adam Frith-Smith. NT.

——————————

**Garrett Ishii flipped during qualifications.

**Matt Streeter flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Hamblin, Laps 5-30 Stidham.

NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS:

NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: April 10 – Tulare (CA) Groppetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway – “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial” – “Southwest Contractors 360 Clash”