From Lance Jennings
Craig Stidham won the USAC West Coast 360 feature at Santa Maria Speedway Saturday
USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 8, 2010 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-16.060; 2. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.245; 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.273; 4. Jeff Culver, 71C, Culver-16.508; 5. Peter Murphy, 21, Tarlton-16.520; 6. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-16.559; 7. Jimmy Thompson, 71R, Eames-16.568; 8. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-16.579; 9. Aaron Altaffer, 21A, Dorothy, 21A-16.622; 10. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.662; 11. Steve DeMott, 35D, DeMott-16.759; 12. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.828; 13. Joey Layman, 11X, Layman-16.860; 14. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-16.884; 15. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-16.894; 16. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.923; 17. Albert Pombo, 83, Pombo-16.942; 18. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-16.975; 19. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-17.110; 20. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-17.169; 21. Jesse Mack, 8M, May-17.257; 22. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-17.709; 23. Jeff Thompson, 5X, Swaim-18.253; 24. Jared Little, 25, Little-NT; 25. Jason Swaim, 52, Swaim-NT; 26. Brian Weber, 71, Culver-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Hamblin, 3. Stidham, 4. Jimmy Thompson, 5. Smith, 6. Carlile, 7. Culver, 8. Layman. NT.
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Murphy, 2. A. Pombo, 3. Kirkbride, 4. DeMott, 5. Gutierrez, 6. Ennis, 7. Strole. NT.
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J. VanderWeerd, 2. D. Pombo, 3. Ferris, 4. R. VanderWeerd, 5. Jones, 6. Altaffer, 7. Mack. NT.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Craig Stidham, 2. Peter Murphy, 3. Jace VanderWeerd, 4. Davey Pombo, 5. Justyne Hamblin, 6. Aaron Altaffer, 7. Rusty Carlile, 8. Richard VanderWeerd, 9. Andy Ferris, 10. Danny Sheridan, 11. T.J. Smith, 12. Ricky Kirkbride, 13. Albert Pombo, 14. Jimmy Thompson, 15. Bill Jones, 16. Steve DeMott, 17. Chris Ennis, 18. Jeff Culver, 19. Joey Layman, 20. Jesse Mack, 21. Wes Gutierrez, 22. Geoffrey Strole. NT.
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**Jeff Thompson flipped during qualifications.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 J. VanderWeerd, Laps 26-30 Stidham.
NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: May 15 – Tulare (CA) Groppetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway – “Pombo / Sargent Classic”