From Lance Jennings:
Bakersfield, CA — (March 22, 2014) — After five lead changes Troy Rutherford used a last lap slide job on Nic Faas to win Saturday night’s USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series feature at Bakersfield Speedway. Nic Faas, Markus Niemela, Danny Faria Jr., and Jace Vander Weerd rounded out the top.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 22, 2014 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-12.597; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-12.616; 3. Nic Faas, 73X, Ford-12.661; 4. Troy Rutherford, 81, Watt-12.668; 5. Markus Niemela, 73, Ford-12.868; 6. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-12.939; 7. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-12.968; 8. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-13.039; 9. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-13.083; 10. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.122; 11. Davey Pombo, 14, Pombo-13.145; 12. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-13.150; 13. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-13.191; 14. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-13.216; 15. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-13.245; 16. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-13.250; 17. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-13.429; 18. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-13.550; 19. Luke Boles, 56, Boles-13.863; 20. Matt Day, 97, Day-13.984; 21. Garrett Long, 38, Long-14.179; 22. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-14.464; 23. Seth Hancock, 51S, Hancock-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Carlile, 2. Ennis, 3. Rutherford, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Roa, 6. Carter, 7. Day. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Liggett, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Niemela, 5. Pombo, 6. Boles, 7. Long, 8. Howell. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hurst, 2. Faas, 3. Sibley, 4. Barnes, 5. Kirkbride, 6. Mitchell, 7. Kassik. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Troy Rutherford, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Markus Niemela, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Jace Vander Weerd, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Landon Hurst, 8. Brody Roa, 9. Dennis Howell, 10. Richard Vander Weerd, 11. Kevin Barnes, 12. Ricky Kirkbride, 13. Luke Boles, 14. Chris Ennis, 15. Davey Pombo, 16. Garrett Long, 17. Matt Day, 18. Rusty Carlile, 19. Jeff Sibley, 20. Austin Liggett, 21. Connor Kassik, 22. Trent Carter. NT
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**Liggett and Carlile flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Liggett, Laps 6-17 Niemela, Laps 18-26 Faas, Laps 27-28 Rutherford, Lap 29 Faas, Lap 30 Rutherford.
NEW WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: March 29 – Hanford, CA – Kings Speedway – “Gary Jacob Memorial”