Guardino Takes “Faria Memorial” at Tulare
Tulare, CA……..Tristan Guardino of Fremont, Calif. led the final seven laps of Saturday night’s “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial” race to win the 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint feature at the Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway. Max Adams, who yielded the lead to Guardino on lap 24, finished second, ahead of Danny Faria Jr., Austin Liggett, and Jace Vander Weerd.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 2, 2018 – Tulare, California – Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway – “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial”
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.987; 2. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.016; 3. Tristan Guardino, 15T, Guardino-16.076; 4. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd,-16.214; 5. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.342; 6. Max Adams, 3F, Finkenbinder-16.679; 7. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-16.719; 8. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-16.948; 9. Cody Smothermon, 81, Watt-17.011; 10. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-17.115; 11. Shannon McQueen, 7, Van Meter-17.250; 12. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-19.642; 13. Austin Ervine, 51, AJ-NT.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Guardino, 4. Timmons, 5. McQueen, 6. Smothermon. NT
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS/ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Adams, 4. Shaw, 5. Hix, 6. Bock. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tristan Guardino, 2. Max Adams, 3. Danny Faria Jr., 4. Austin Liggett, 5. Jace Vander Weerd, 6. Koen Shaw, 7. Shannon McQueen, 8. Steve Hix, 9. Britton Bock, 10. Richard Vander Weerd, 11. Cody Smothermon, 12. Ryan Timmons, 13. Austin Ervine. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Guardino, Laps 16-23 Adams, Laps 24-30 Guardino.
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS/RACING OPTICS HARD CHARGER: Danny Faria Jr. (6th to 3rd)
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Liggett-491, 2-Guardino-460, 3-R.Vander Weerd-441, 4-Hix-396, 5-J.Vander Weerd-390, 6-Shaw-371, 7-Faria-367, 8-McQueen-361, 9-Timmons-349, 10-Bock-300.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: June 9 – Santa Maria (CA) Raceway – “Ron Otto Memorial”
Sources: USAC PR