Hanford, CA — (August 4, 2012) — Richard Vander Weerd won the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car feature Saturday night at Kings Speedway. Shane Golobic, Austin Liggett, Markus Niemela, and Bud Kaeding rounded out the top five.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 4, 2012 – Hanford, California – Kings Speedway – “Jim Everett Memorial”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.000; 2. Shane Golobic, 73, Ford-16.148; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.193; 4. Danny Sheridan, 21, Dorathy-16.199; 5. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.342; 6. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.405; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.465; 8. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.479; 9. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.604; 10. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.701; 11. Matt Day, 97, Day-16.811; 12. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-16.817; 13. Kolby Araki, 30K, Araki-16.823; 14. Adam Frith-Smith, 62, Frith-Smith-16.829; 15. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.960; 16. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.041; 17. D.J. Netto, 7N, Netto-17.214; 18. Tyler Dolacki, 18X, Dolacki-17.411; 19. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.425; 20. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-17.621; 21. Jared Little, 25, Little-17.837; 22. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-18.747.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Faria, 4. Hamblin, 5. Niemela, 6. C.Gansen, 7. Araki, 8. Sibley. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Netto, 2. Golobic, 3. Liggett, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Day, 6. Barnes, 7. Frith-Smith. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Logan, 4. Carlile, 5. Dolacki, 6. Little, 7. D. Gansen. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Shane Golobic, 3. Austin Liggett, 4. Markus Niemela, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Danny Sheridan, 7. Rusty Carlile, 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 9. Jonathan Logan, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Justyne Hamblin, 12. D.J. Netto, 13. Tyler Dolacki, 14. Chris Gansen, 15. Kolby Araki, 16. Jared Little, 17. Matt Day, 18. Don Gansen, 19. Jeff Sibley, 20. Danny Faria Jr., 21. Kevin Barnes, 22. Adam Frith-Smith. NT
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**Faria flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Kirkbride, Laps 10-30 Vander Weerd.
NEW WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: September 8 – Kings Speedway – Hanford, California – “Jim Turner Memorial”