Faria wins at Tulare

"Hollywood" Danny Faria Jr. – USAC West Coast Point Leader. (Steve Lafond / Tear-Off Heaven Fotos)
 "Hollywood" Danny Faria Jr. – USAC West Coast Point Leader. (Steve Lafond / Tear-Off Heaven Fotos)
“Hollywood” Danny Faria Jr.  (Steve Lafond / Tear-Off Heaven Fotos)

From Lance Jennings

Tulare CA — (May 16, 2015) — Danny Faria Jr. won the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series portion of the Chris and Brian Faria Memorial Saturday night at Thunderbowl Raceway. Ryan Bernal, Landon Hurst, Troy Rutherford, and Tristan Guardino rounded out the top five.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 16, 2015 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway – “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-16.053; 2. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-16.076; 3. Matt Mitchell, 57, Hix-16.121; 4. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.144; 5. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-16.170; 6. Tristan Guardino, 81, Watt-16.249; 7. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.362; 8. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-16.369; 9. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-16.423; 10. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.427; 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.703; 12. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.892; 13. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-16.905; 14. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.936; 15. Shannon McQueen, 87, Van Meter-17.180; 16. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-17.855; 17. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-21.387; 18. Johnathon Henry, 17, Shanoian-NT; 19. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sibley, 2. Rutherford, 3. Marcham, 4. Majors, 5. R.Vander Weerd, 6. Liggett. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Bernal, 3. Kaeding, 4. Hurst, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Richardson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Guardino, 3. Mitchell, 4. Ennis, 5. McQueen, 6. Henry. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Faria Jr., 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Landon Hurst, 4. Troy Rutherford, 5. Tristan Guardino, 6. D.J.Johnson, 7. Matt Mitchell, 8. Jeff Sibley, 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 10. Cody Majors, 11. Richard Vander Weerd, 12. Shannon McQueen, 13. Bud Kaeding, 14. Jim Richardson, 15. Johnathon Henry, 16. Trey Marcham, 17. Chris Ennis. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Guardino, Laps 10-15 Bernal, Laps 16-30 Faria.

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NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: May 30 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway