From Dick Jordan
Hanford, CA — (July 20, 2013) — Troy Rutherford won the USAC West Coast sprint car series feature Saturday night at Kings Speedway. Danny Faria Jr., Markus Niemela, Bud Kaeding, and Austin Liggett rounded out the top five.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 20, 2013 – Hanford, California – Kings Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.296; 2. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.365; 3. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen=16.594; 4. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.610; 5. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.623; 6. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.635; 7. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.824; 8. Austin Stone, 29X, Coffman-16.936; 9. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-16.970; 10. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-17.011; 11. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-17.025; 12. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt-17.030; 13. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.126; 14. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-17.517; 15. Seth Hancock, 51S, Hancock-18.153; 16. Kolby Araki-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D. Gansen, 2. Carlile, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Rutherford, 5. Day, 6. Niemela, 7. C.Gansen, 8. Hancock. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Logan, 3. Sibley, 4. Kaeding, 5. Liggett, 6. Stone, 7. Hawkins, 8. Araki. NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Rutherford, 3. Carlile, 4. Kaeding, 5. Liggett, 6. D.Gansen, 7. Kirkbride, 8. Logan. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Troy Rutherford, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Markus Niemela, 4. Bud Kaeding, 5. Austin Liggett, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Chris Gansen, 8. Marty Hawkins, 9. Ricky Kirkbride, 10. Kolby Araki, 11. Austin Stone, 12. Jeff Sibley, 13. Seth Hancock, 14. Don Gansen, 15. Jonathan Logan, 16. Matt. Day. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Rutherford, Laps 15-16 Faria, Laps 17-30 Rutherford.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: August 3 – Hanford, CA – Kings Speedway – “Jim Evett Memorial”