KRUSEMAN GRABS “DOUG FORT MEMORIAL” AT SANTA MARIA





Santa Maria, CA……..Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif. led all but the first lap of Saturday night’s “Doug Fort Memorial” at Santa Maria Speedway in his Keith Ford entry. He passed Justyne Hamblin on lap two and never looked back as he won the “War at the Shore” USAC West Coast Sprint main event, part of the 2012 USAC/ASCS “Grudge Series.” Danny Sheridan took second ahead of Ryan Bernal, Danny Faria Jr. and fast qualifier Brody Roa.





USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 7, 2012 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway – “Doug Fort Memorial” – “War at the Shore”
(Co-sanctioned by the ASCS Canyon region)





QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brody Roa, 91R, Roa-15.678; 2. Danny Sheridan, 18K, Kittle-15.774; 3. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-15.840; 4. Eric Rossi, 99, Katen-15.900; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.918; 6. R.J. Johnson, 51a, Martin-16.032; 7. Rusty Carlile, 51x, Carlile-16.055; 8. Nic Faas, 18, Watt-16.070; 9. Rick Ziehl, 41w, Williams-16.083; 10. Cory Kruseman, 73X, Ford-16.090; 11. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.091; 12. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-16.126; 13. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.132; 14. Mike Spencer, 7, Priestly-16.167; 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.225; 16. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.254; 17. D.J. Netto, 7n, Netto-16.273; 18. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-16.298; 19. Jared Little, 23, Little-16.362; 20. Tom Hendricks, 14k, Kruseman-16.415; 21. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-16.455; 22. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.765; 23. Hobie Conway, 21k, Kruseman-16.798; 24. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-18.861; 25. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.910; 26. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-18.328; 27. Tyler Dolacki, 18X, Dolacki-NT; 28. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-NT.


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Roa, 3. Niemela, 4. Netto, 5. Liggett, 6. Martin, 7. Ziehl. NT


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Kruseman, 3. Sheridan, 4. Rutherford, 5. Spencer, 6. Johnson, 7. Knight. NT


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Little, 2. Hamblin, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Carlile, 5. Barnes, 6. Dolacki, 7. Conway. NT


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Bernal, 3. Rossi, 4. D.Gansen, 5. C.Gansen, 6. Hendricks. NT


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Ziehl, 3. Barnes, 4. Spencer, 5. Hendricks, 6. Martin, 7. Liggett, 8. C.Gansen, 9. Dolacki, 10. Ercse, 11. Conway, 12. Knight. NT


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Brody Roa, 6. R.J. Johnson, 7. Troy Rutherford, 8. Markus Niemela, 9. Nic Faas, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Rick Ziehl, 12. Bud Kaeding, 13. Mike Spencer, 14. D.J. Netto, 15. Don Gansen, 16. Justyne Hamblin, 17. Tom Hendricks, 18. Rusty Carlile, 19. Kevin Barnes, 20. Eric Rossi, 21. Jared Little, 22. Mike Martin. NT


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**Ziehl flipped during the first heat.


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Hamblin, Laps 2-30 Kruseman.


NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Kaeding-486, 2-Bernal-420, 3-Faria-405, 4-Matt Mitchell-391, 5-Niemela-389, 6-Sheridan-342, 7-Richard Vander Weerd-294, 8-Kirkbride-293, 9-Carlile-249, 10-Barnes-232.


NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: August 4 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway