Richard Vander Weerd Annexes Hanford West Coast Victory
Hanford, CA……..Richar Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. led the final 23 laps to win Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint Car race at Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds. Fast qualifier Jace Vander Weerd was second ahead of Tristan Guardino, who led the first seven laps. Series point leader Austin Liggett was fourth and Ryan Timmons was fifth.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 12, 2018 – Hanford, California – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.181; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.317; 3. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.710; 4. Tristan Guardino, 15T, Guardino-16.908; 5. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-17.111; 6. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-17.271; 7. Shannon McQueen, 7, Van Meter-17.363; 8. Brent Owens, 71, Martin-17.493; 9. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-17.493; 10. Koen Shaw, 88K, 17.733; 11. Ryan Stolz, 72, Ford-17.892; 12. Austin Ervine, 51, AJ-18.098; 13. Hobie Conway, 7K, Kruseman-18.243.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Timmons, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Bock, 5. McQueen, 6. Conway, 7. Stolz. NT
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS/ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Guardino, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Shaw, 4. Hix, 5. Owens, 6. Ervine. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Jace Vander Weerd, 3. Tristan Guardino, 4. Austin Liggett, 5. Ryan Timmons, 6. Koen Shaw, 7. Steve Hix, 8. Shannon McQueen, 9. Hobie Conway, 10. Britton Bock, 11. Austin Ervine, 12. Brent Owens, 13. Ryan Stolz. NT
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**Stolz flipped on lap 13 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Guardino, Laps 8-30 R.Vander Weerd,
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS/RACING OPTICS HARD CHARGER: Jace Vander Weerd (5th to 2nd)
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Liggett-279, 2-Guardino-255, 3-R.Vander Weerd-238, 4-Hix-238, 5-Shaw-227, 6-J.Vander Weerd-216, 7-McQueen-203, 8-Timmons-202, 9-Bock-177, 10-Ervine-159.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACES: May 18&19 – Tulare, California – Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway – “5th Annual Peter Murphy Classic”