From Lance Jennings
Hanford, CA — (March 29, 2014) — Jace Vander Weerd won the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series feature Saturday night at Kings Speedway. Vander Weerd led early until giving up the lead to Michael Pickens midway through the feature before taking the top spot back on lap 22 and never relinquishing it. Nic Faas, Matt Mitchell, point leader Markus Niemela, and Pickens rounded out the top five.
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 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.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: April 25 – Hanford, CA – Kings Speedway – “Verne Brasel Classic”