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ljennings
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May 15, 2011 at 01:41:43 AM

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USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 14, 2011 – Tulare, California – Groppetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway – “Pombo/Sargent Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.347; 2. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.538; 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.539, 4. Nic Faas, 4X, Alexander-16.657; 5. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-16.794; 6. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.827; 7. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.918; 8. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.934; 9. Kolby Araki, 71G, Ishii-17.100; 10. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-17.116; 11. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-17.159; 12. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-17.168; 13. Davey Pombo, 38, Eames-17.180; 14. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-17.236; 15. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-17.243; 16. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-17.393; 17. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.472; 18. Peter Murphy, 4, Eberhardt-17.545; 19. Adam Frith-Smith, 62X, Frith-Smith- 17.777; 20. Nico Russo, 3N, Russo-18.341; 21. Jeff Miller, 5X, Swaim-18.354; 22. Matt Day, 97, Day-18.478; 23. Andrew Murray, 18, Murray-19.064; 24. Danny Sheridan, 18X, Kittle-25.230.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Howell, 2. Faria, 3. Gutierrez, 4. Kaeding, 5. Pombo, 6. Faas, 7. Day, 8. Frith-Smith. 3:06.33

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Alexander, 3. J. VanderWeerd, 4. Logan, 5. Smith, 6. Carlile, 7. Russo, 8. Murray. 3:05.15.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hawkins, 2. Murphy, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Hamblin, 5. R. VanderWeerd, 6. Miller, 7. Araki, 8. Sheridan. 3:11.90.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 4. Peter Murphy, 5. Greg Alexander, 6. Davey Pombo, 7. Danny Sheridan, 8. Ricky Kirkbride, 9. Dennis Howell, 10. Jonathan Logan, 11. Justyne Hamblin, 12. Danny Faria Jr., 13. Wes Gutierrez, 14. T.J. Smith, 15. Marty Hawkins, 16. Nic Faas, 17. Jace VanderWeerd, 18. Rusty Carlile, 19. Kolby Araki, 20. Nico Russo, 21. Matt Day, 22. Adam Frith-Smith, 23. Jeff Miller, 24. Andrew Murray. NT.
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Alexander, Laps 7-16 Bernal, Laps 17-30 Kaeding.

NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS:

NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: May 21 – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway – Hanford, California

powhaushb

May 15, 2011 at 12:36:24 PM

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Faas in a 360? Is that a sign of things to come? Not a great result though. Did he have an issue? Another good result for Richard VanderWeerd.

aspheit

May 15, 2011 at 01:16:36 PM

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This was the worst track and worst racing I've seen in a long time. It looks like Faas just missed the set-up. There were a couple of good moves made for the lead between Kaeding and Bernal but it was a waste of time and money to even make the 3hr drive. The track was so slicked off for the heats it was follow the leader and by the main the dust bowl was so bad I left and didn't watch the Wings.

ljennings
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May 15, 2011 at 01:54:43 PM

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NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bernal-286; 2-R.VanderWeerd-259; 3-Alexander-253; 4-Gutierrez-249; 5-J.Vanderweerd-249; 6-Kaeding-219; 7-Hamblin-209; 8-Howell-195; 9-Murphy-182; 10-Smith-178.

Oakhurst

May 15, 2011 at 05:14:47 PM

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Track was definitely sub par for Thunderbowl standards. The strong winds obviously played a huge part in that. Heat races were average, but I enjoyed the USAC main event. Sheridan 24th to 5th at one point. Murphy 15th to 3rd at one point. The race between Bud and Bernal was worth the $17 alone. I have definitely driven further for much worse.

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May 15, 2011 at 07:17:08 PM

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Posted By: aspheit on May 15 2011 at 01:16:36 PM

In case anyone thinks the racing was bad I disagree. The racing was good. Watching Bernal try and hold off Bud Kaeding on the top up against the wall was VERY entertaining. Murphy, Sheridan just to name two were making moves and there were plenty more too. All day long the weather was great in Tulare (I was there from 7:30am on) then when track packing/hotlaps started a raging wind moved in and literally sucked the moisture right out of the track. Its not a promoters fault that high winds rob them of moisture from the track surface. Those were the strongest winds I have experienced at Tulare in all my years of attending races there. The thing is the racing was still very good in the A mains for both divisions of sprint cars. Rubber only laid down at the very end of the winged feature. Dust does not bother me, I come prepared for it at every sprint car race I attend with clear safety glasses in my pocket. Generally when its dusty you can bet on an action packed multi groove feature, that's exactly what we were provided. I love the Thunderbowl, always is exciting. I want to commend Faria on providing once again a smooth safe surface for the racers to race on in adverse weather conditions.

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May 16, 2011 at 09:41:23 PM

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FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Bud Kaeding (8th), 2. Ryan Bernal (6th), 3. Richard VanderWeerd (7th), 4. Peter Murphy (15th), 5. Greg Alexander (1st), 6. Davey Pombo (10th), 7. Danny Sheridan (24th), 8. Ricky Kirkbride (5th), 9. Dennis Howell (4th), 10. Jonathan Logan (3rd), 11. Justyne Hamblin (12th), 12. Danny Faria Jr. (13th), 13. Wes Gutierrez (2nd), 14. T.J. Smith (11th), 15. Marty Hawkins (9th), 16. Nic Faas (17th), 17. Jace VanderWeerd (14th), 18. Rusty Carlile (16th), 19. Kolby Araki (18th), 20. Nico Russo (20th), 21. Matt Day (22nd), 22. Adam Frith-Smith (19th), 23. Jeff Miller (21st), 24. Andrew Murray (23rd). NT.

Ray Stansberry

May 16, 2011 at 11:01:40 PM

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Lance, thank you for reprinting the finish with starting posistions. I always do this on my own to see if there was any racing. Saves me the truble and it quickly shows that a lot of racing was going on. The numbers don't lie...Ray Stansberry

Deathorglory

May 17, 2011 at 10:20:45 AM

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I've got to say this Ryan Bernal kid is impressive to say the least!!!!!!! Had the field covered a few weeks ago and blew a motor. Watching Bud and Bernal go at it has been awesome. I'm sure we will be seeing this kid in a 410 soon and I can't wait. Nice work Ryan Bernal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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