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Jace Vander Weerd Grabs Tulare West Coast Sprint

Tulare, CA……Jace Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. won Saturday night’s “KRC Safety Fall Shootout” at Thunderbowl Raceway. He passed Kyle Smith on lap two of the 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint race and led the rest of the way for his second consecutive series win. D.J. Johnson finished second in what amounted to a “photo-finish,” while Bud Kaeding was third ahead of Ryan Bernal and Richard Vander Weerd.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: October 10, 2015 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway – “KRC Safety Fall Shootout”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-15.434; 2. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-15.678; 3. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.693; 4. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-15.748; 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.771; 6. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-15.914; 7. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.929; 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.990; 9. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-16.156; 10. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-16.222; 11. Gary Paulson, 51, Paulson-16.228; 12. Tristan Guardino, 83, Watt-16.257; 13. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.345; 14. Shannon McQueen, 87, Van Meter-16.660; 15. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-16.739; 16. Matt Mitchell, 12, Dale-NT; 17. Max Adams, 5X, Adams-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Majors, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Paulson, 4. Kaeding, 5. Faria, 6. Mitchell, 7. Sibley, 8. Liggett. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Guardino, 3. Johnson, 4. J.VanderWeerd, 5. Marcham, 6. McQueen, 7. Adams. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jace Vander Weerd, 2. D.J. Johnson, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 6. Austin Liggett, 7. Trey Marcham, 8. Kyle Smith, 9. Max Adams, 10. Shannon McQueen, 11. Jeff Sibley, 12. Gary Paulson, 13. Cody Majors, 14. Tristan Guardino, 15. Matt Mitchell, 16. Danny Faria Jr., 17. Chris Ennis. NT

**Guardino flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Smith, Laps 2-30 J.Vander Weerd.

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Faria-892, 2-R.Vander Weerd-775, 3-J.Vander Weerd-724, 4-Marcham-702, 5-Johnson-671, 6-Guardino-567, 7-Bernal-532, 8-Kaeding-507, 9-Landon Hurst-443, 10-Sibley-408.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACES: November 19-21 – Tucson, AZ – USA Raceway – “Western World Championships”

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