RICHARD VANDER WEERD #1 AT SANTA MARIA
Santa Maria, CA……..Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint race at Santa Maria Raceway. Vander Weerd led the final 12 laps in his Vander Weerd Construction/Battery Worx Maxim/Shark after passing D.J. Johnson on lap 19. Johnson led the first 18 laps and finished second ahead of Danny Faria Jr., Landon Hurst and Trey Marcham. Faria emerged as the new series point leader entering a May 16 race at Tulare, Calif.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 11, 2015 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-14.367; 2. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-14.566; 3. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-14.680; 4. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-14.851; 5. Tristan Guardino, 81, Watt-14.983; 6. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-15.005; 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.069; 8. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-15.205; 9. Tye Mihocko, 5, Mihocko-15.223; 10. Shannon McQueen, 87, Van Meter-15.230; 11. Luke Boles, 56, Boles-15.289; 12. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-15.381; 13. Bill Jones, 91, Jones-15.631; 14. Jordan Linson, 10J, Linson-17.445; 15. James Herrera, 16J, Herrera-19.156.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Mihocko, 3. Boles, 4. Guardino, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Barnes, 7. Jones, 8. Herrera. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Faria, 3. Marcham, 4. McQueen, 5. Hurst, 6. Sibley, 7. Linson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. D.J. Johnson, 3. Danny Faria Jr., 4. Landon Hurst, 5. Trey Marcham, 6. Tristan Guardino, 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 8. Jeff Sibley, 9. Luke Boles, 10. Kevin Barnes, 11. Bill Jones, 12. James Herrera, 13. Jordan Linson, 14. Shannon McQueen, 15. Tye Mihocko. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Johnson, Laps 19-30 R.Vander Weerd.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Faria-363, 2-Ryan Bernal-320, 3-J.Vander Weerd-307, 4-R.Vander Weerd-295, 5-Marcham-270, 6-Johnson-266, 7-Hurst-260, 8-Guardino-186, 9-Austin Liggett-175, 10-Sibley-170.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: May 16 – Tulare, CA - Thunderbowl Raceway
