From Lance Jennings
Tulare, CA — (September 21, 2013) — Richard Vander Weerd won the Harry Talbot Memorial on Saturday night at Thunderbowl Raceway. Danny Faria Jr., Austin Liggett, Jace Vander Weerd, and D.J. Netto rounded out the top five.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 21, 2013 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway – “Harry Talbot Memorial”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Matt Mitchell, 73, Ford-15.639; 2. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.873; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-15.876; 4. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.920; 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.925; 6. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-15.931; 7. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.000; 8. D.J. Netto, 88N, Netto-16.004; 9. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-16.019; 10. Max Adams, 5X, Adams-16.080; 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.280; 12. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.359; 13. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.673; 14. Austin Stone, 29X, Coffman-16.716; 15. James Sweeney, 11X, Lewis-16.844; 16. Luke Keegan, 1NZ, Kaeding-17.174; 17. Garrett Long, 38, Long-17.324; 18. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt-17.355; 19. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-17.756; 20. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.783; 21. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Kaeding, 3. Mitchell, 4. Adams, 5. Barnes, 6. Richardson, 7. Keegan. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Netto, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Liggett, 4. Stone, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Day, 7. Long. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Rutherford, 3. Hurst, 4. Sweeney, 5. Carlile, 6. Sibley. NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Netto, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Kaeding, 5. Mitchell, 6. Rutherford, 7. Faria, 8. Liggett. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Austin Liggett, 4. Jace Vander Weerd, 5. D.J. Netto, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Matt Mitchell, 8. Troy Rutherford, 9. Jim Richardson, 10. Kevin Barnes, 11. James Sweeney, 12. Matt Day, 13. Jeff Sibley, 14. Luke Keegan, 15. Bud Kaeding, 16. Austin Stone, 17. Landon Hurst, 18. Markus Niemela, 19. Max Adams. NT
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**Ferris flipped during qualifications. Long flipped during the second heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 R.Vander Weerd, Laps 14-28 Kaeding, Laps 29-30 R.Vander Weerd.
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NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPECIAL EVENT: September 28 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “Brawl For It All” (Grudge Series)