From Dick Jordan
Santa Maria, CA — (July 7, 2012) — Cory Kruseman won the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car feature Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway. Danny Sheridan, Ryan Bernal, Danny Faria Jr., and Brody Roa rounded out the top five.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 7, 2012 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway – “Doug Fort Memorial” – “War at the Shore”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brody Roa, 91R, Roa-15.678; 2. Danny Sheridan, 18K, Kittle-15.774; 3. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-15.840; 4. Eric Rossi, 99, Rossi-15.900; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.918; 6. R.J. Johnson, 51a, Martin-16.032; 7. Rusty Carlile, 51x, Carlile-16.055; 8. Nic Faas, 18, Watt-16.070; 9. Rick Ziehl, 41w, Ziehl-16.083; 10. Cory Kruseman, 73X, Ford-16.090; 11. Justyne Hamblin, 8, Hamblin-16.091; 12. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-16.126; 13. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.132; 14. Mike Spencer, 7, Priestly-16.167; 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.225; 16. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.254; 17. D.J. Netto, 7n, Netto-16.273; 18. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-16.298; 19. Jared Little, 23, Little-16.362; 20. Tom Hendrix, 14k, Hendrix-16.415; 21. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-16.455; 22. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.765; 23. Hobie Conway, 21k, Kruseman-16.798; 24. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-18.861; 25. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.910; 26. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-18.328; 27. Tyl
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Dolacki, 18X, Dolacki-NT; 28. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Roa, 3. Niemela, 4. Netto, 5. Liggett, 6. Martin, 7. Ziehl. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Kruseman, 3. Sheridan, 4. Rutherford, 5. Spencer, 6. Johnson, 7. Knight. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Little, 2. Hamblin, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Carlile, 5. Barnes, 6. Dolacki, 7. Conway. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Bernal, 3. Rossi, 4. D.Gansen, 5. C.Gansen, 6. Hendrix. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Ziehl, 3. Barnes, 4. Spencer, 5. Hendrix, 6. Martin, 7. Liggett, 8. C.Gansen, 9. Dolacki, 10. Ercse, 11. Conway, 12. Knight. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Brody Roa, 6. R.J. Johnson, 7. Troy Rutherford, 8. Markus Niemela, 9. Nic Faas, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Rick Ziehl, 12. Bud Kaeding, 13. Mike Spencer, 14. D.J. Netto, 15. Don Gansen, 16. Justyne Hamblin, 17. Tom Hendrix, 18. Rusty Carlile, 19. Kevin Barnes, 20. Eric Rossi, 21. Jared Little, 22. Mike Martin. NT
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**Ziehl flipped during the first heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Hamblin, Laps 2-30 Kruseman.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Kaeding-486, 2-Bernal-420, 3-Faria-405, 4-Matt Mitchell-391, 5-Niemela-389, 6-Sheridan-342, 7-Richard Vander Weerd-294, 8-Kirkbride-293, 9-Carlile-249, 10-Barnes-234.
NEW USAC WEST COAST/ASCS “GRUDGE SERIES” POINTS: 1-Sheridan-124, 2-Bernal-123, 3-Ruherford-106, 4-Kaeding-105, 5-Johnson-99, 6-Kruseman-98, 7-Faria-83, 8-Roa-79, 9-Spencer-79, 10-Ziehl-66.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: July 7 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway – “Doug Fort Memorial” – “War at the Shore”