From Lance Jennings
Richard VanderWeerd won the USAC West Coast 360 feature at Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway Saturday.
USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: October 2, 2010 – Tulare, California – Groppetti Automotive Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway – “Sprinting For The Cure”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-15.204; 2. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-15.284; 3. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-15.464; 4. Danny Faria Jr., 8M, May-15.582; 5. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-15.595; 6. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.610; 7. Bud Kaeding, 2, Bowman-15.631; 8. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.704; 9. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-15.710; 10. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.723; 11. Jeff Gardner, 51T, Revcon-15.734; 12. Peter Murphy, 21, Tarlton-15.850; 13. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.858; 14. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-NT; 15. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-NT; 16. Kevin Barnes, 36B Barnes-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Stidham, 3. J. VanderWeerd, 4. Logan, 5. Hamblin, 6. Gardner, 7. Smith, 8. Ennis. NT.
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Murphy, 2. Carlile, 3. Gutierrez, 4. R. VanderWeerd, 5. Faria, 6. Pombo, 7. Barnes. NT.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard VanderWeerd, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Jace VanderWeerd, 4. Craig Stidham, 5. Peter Murphy, 6. Justyne Hamblin, 7. Wes Gutierrez, 8. Davey Pombo, 9. Jeff Gardner, 10. Danny Faria Jr., 11. Jonathan Logan, 12. Geoffrey Strole, 13. Rusty Carlile. NT.
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**Strole flipped during practice. Ennis flipped during first heat. Murphy flipped during feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Carlile, Laps 4-30 J.VanderWeerd.
NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: October 16– Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway – Hanford, California – “Cotton Classic”