Stidham Wins Faria Memorial at Tulare

From Lance Jennings

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 10, 2010 – Tulare, California – Groppetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway – “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial” – “Southwest Contractors 360 Clash”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.112; 2. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-16.651; 3. Peter Murphy, 21, Tarlton-16.680; 4. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-16.807; 5. Ronnie Case, 8X, Case-16.834; 6. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.960; 7. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-17.008; 8. Jesse Mack, 8M, May-17.17.238; 9. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-17.312; 10. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-17.316; 11. Jimmy Thompson, 71R, Eames-17.411; 12. T.J. Smith, 14, Legras-17.432; 13. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-17.436; 14. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-17.600; 15. Jared Little, 25, Little-17.670; 16. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-17.722; 17. Dave Knott, 28, Knott-18.410; 18. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-19.026; 19. Ray Knight, 99K, Knight-23.059.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stidham, 2. Ennis, 3. Faria, 4. Ferris, 5. Pombo, 6. Hamblin, 7. Knight. NT.

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thompson, 2. Gutierrez, 3. Case, 4. Mack, 5. Strole, 6. Knott. NT.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Murphy, 2. Smith, 3. Logan, 4. Carlile, 5. Little, 6. Barnes. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Craig Stidham, 2. Peter Murphy, 3. Rusty Carlile, 4. Davey Pombo, 5. Jonathan Logan, 6. Justyne Hamblin, 7. Jesse Mack, 8. Andy Ferris, 9. Ronnie Case, 10. Jared Little, 11. Dave Knott, 12. Geoffrey Strole, 13. Wes Gutierrez, 14. Danny Faria Jr., 15. Chris Ennis, 16. Kevin Barnes, 17. Jimmy Thompson, 18. Ray Knight, 19. T.J. Smith. NT.

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**Chris Ennis and Wes Gutierrez flipped during the Feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Logan, Laps 3-30 Stidham.

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NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: April 17 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway