From Lance Jennings
Jace VanderWeerd drove to the win in USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car action at Santa Maria Speedway Saturday.
USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 9, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.007; 2. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.040; 3. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-15.196; 4. Davey Pombo, 3E, Eames-15.255; 5. Marcus Niemela, 69, Watt-15.358; 6. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-15.375; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-15.493; 8. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-15.535; 9. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.535; 10. Troy Rutherford, 72X, Ford-15.550; 11. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-15.557; 12. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.697; 13. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-15.700; 14. Bruce Douglass, 31, Douglass-15.810; 15. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-15.840; 16. Jeff Culver, 71C, Culver-15.879; 17. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.053; 18. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-16.078; 19. Andrew Murray, 18, Murray-16.140; 20. Nico Russo, 3N, Russo-16.208; 21. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.208; 22. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-16.286; 23. Cole Peard, 58, Peard-16.333; 24. Hobie Conway, 29K, Kruseman-16.404; 25. Russell DeBlauw, 55, DeBlauw-16.430; 26. Lynn Anderson, 7, Anderson-16.755; 27. Austin DeBlauw, 65, DeBlauw-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Barnes, 2. Rutherford, 3. Faria, 4. R. VanderWeerd, 5. Culver, 6. Pombo, 7. Russo, 8. Murray, 9. Conway. NT.
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Hamblin, 3. Logan, 4. Niemela, 5. Carlile, 6. Kirkbride, 7. Peard, 8. Douglass, 9. R. DeBlauw. NT.
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Howell, 2. Alexander, 3. Bernal, 4. Gutierrez, 5. J. VanderWeerd, 6. Jones, 7. Strole, 8. Anderson. NT.
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Pombo, 2. Kirkbride, 3. Strole, 4. Peard, 5. Russo, 6. Douglass, 7. Jones, 8. Conway, 9. Anderson, 10. R. DeBlauw, 11. Murray. NT.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jace VanderWeerd, 2. T.J. Smith, 3. Danny Faria Jr., 4. Justyne Hamblin, 5. Ryan Bernal, 6. Wes Gutierrez, 7. Troy Rutherford, 8. Jonathan Logan, 9. Marcus Niemela, 10. Greg Alexander, 11. Cole Peard, 12. Bruce Douglass, 13. Nico Russo, 14. Jeff Culver, 15. Bill Jones, 16. Ricky Kirkbride, 17. Geoffrey Strole, 18. Richard VanderWeerd, 19. Davey Pombo, 20. Dennis Howell, 21. Rusty Carlile, 22. Kevin Barnes. NT.
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 J. VanderWeerd, Laps 8-23 Smith, Laps 24-30 J. VanderWeerd.
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NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: April 16 – Groppetti Automotive Tulare (CA) Thunderbowl Raceway