Kruseman Wins USAC West Coast Sprint Car Feature at Santa Maria

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cory kruseman
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From Lance Jennings

Santa Maria, CA — (July 6, 2013) — Cory Kruseman won the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car feature Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway.   Danny Faria Jr.,  Bud Kaeding, Troy Rutherford, and Markus Niemela rounded out the top five.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 6, 2013 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway – 5th Annual Doug Fort Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-14.385; 2. Bruce St. James, 7K, St.James-14.542; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-14.557; 4. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-14.561; 5. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-14.613; 6. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.615; 7. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.643; 8. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-14.675; 9. D.J. Netto, 88N, Netto-14.691; 10. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-14.709; 11. Kevin Barnes, 38B, Barnes-14.745; 12. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt-14.843; 13. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-14.872; 14. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-14.875; 15. Aiden Corish, 3K, Kruseman-15.027; 16. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-15.086; 17. Cotton Farmer, 15, HAL-15.180; 18. Jay Waugh, 89K, Kruseman-15.222; 19. Austin Stone, 29X, Coffman-15.370; 20. Tobey Sampson, 82, Sampson-15.371; 21. Bill Jones, 16, Jones-15.698; 22. Kolby Araki, 30K, Araki-15.819.

 

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Carlie, 2. Kaeding, 3. Bernal (#86 Ennis), 4. Rutherford, 5. Gansen, 6. Kirkbride, 7. Stone, 8. Araki. NT

 

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Kruseman, 3. Farmer, 4. Bender, 5. St. James, 6. Barnes, 7. Sampson. NT

 

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Waugh, 2. Faria, 3. Corish, 4. Sibley, 5. Jones, 6. Netto. NT

 

DASH: (6 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Niemela, 3. St. James, 4. Kruseman, 5. Carlile, 6. Faria, 7. Sibley, 8. Rutherford. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Troy Rutherford, 5. Markus Niemela, 6. D.J. Netto, 7. Jay Waugh, 8. Rusty Carlile, 9. Kolby Araki, 10. A.J. Bender, 11. Ricky Kirkbride, 12. Jeff Sibley, 13. Austin Stone, 14. Aiden Corish, 15. Chris Gansen, 16. Cotton Farmer, 17. Tobey Sampson,18. Kevin Barnes, 19. Bill Jones, 20. Bruce St. James, 21. Ryan Bernal. NT

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**Bernal flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Kaeding, Laps 6-30 Kruseman.

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS:

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: July 20 – Hanford, CA – Kings Speedway