From Dick Jordan
T.J. Smith picked up the win at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway Saturday in the “Jim Turner Memorial / Southwest Contractors 360 Clash” for USAC West Coast 360’s.
USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 11, 2010 – Hanford, California – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway – “Jim Turner Memorial / Southwest Contractors 360 Clash”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-16.044; 2. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.214; 3. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-16.428; 4. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.480; 5. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.572; 6. Dave Knott, 28, Knott-16.579; 7. Peter Murphy, 11, Bowman-16.602; 8. Jared Little, 25, Little-16.649; 9. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-16.686; 10. Jeff Gardner, 51T, Revcon-16.725; 11. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.734; 12. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.804; 13. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.831; 14. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-17.136; 15. Garrett Ishii, 71G, Ishii-17.180; 16. Rick Eberhardt, 4, Eberhardt-17.728; 17. Ray Knight, 99K, Knight-18.726; 18. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-20.982; 19. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Murphy, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Stidham, 5. Gardner, 6. Pombo, 7. Eberhardt. NT.
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Little, 2. Hamblin, 3. J. VanderWeerd, 4. R. VanderWeerd, 5. Knight. NT.
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ishii, 2. Gutierrez, 3. Smith, 4. Strole, 5. Knott. NT.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. T.J. Smith, 2. Wes Gutierrez, 3. Jared Little, 4. Justyne Hamblin, 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. Davey Pombo, 7. Jeff Gardner, 8. Peter Murphy, 9. Garrett Ishii, 10. Jonatahan Logan, 11. Dave Knott, 12. Geoffrey Strole, 13. Ricky Kirkbride, 14. Jace VanderWeerd, 15. Craig Stidham, 16. Rick Eberhardt, 17. Ray Knight, 18. Danny Faria Jr. NT.
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**Jace VanderWeerd flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Gutierrez, Laps 22-30 Smith.
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FINAL SOUTHWEST CONTRACTORS 360 CLASH POINTS:
NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: September 18 – Santa Maria Speedway – Santa Maria, California