RUTHERFORD TRIUMPHS AT BAKERSFIELD
Bakersfield, CA……..Troy Rutherford of Ojai, Calif. led all but one lap and won Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint race at Bakersfield Speedway. Wheeling the AAA Propane Service/Trench Shoring Spike/Shark he led the first 20 laps, yielded on lap 21 to Jace Vander Weerd, then led the final nine laps to beat Vander Weerd, D.J. Johnson, series point leader Brody Roa and Trey Marcham.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 19, 2016 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-13.499; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-13.633; 3. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.645; 4. Max Adams, 5M, Adams-13.756; 5. Luke Boles, 56, Boles-13.803; 6. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-13.894; 7. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-13.971; 8. Tristan Guardino, 81T, Watt-14.147; 9. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-14.165; 10. Ronnie Gardner, 55, Everhart-14.195; 11. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-14.301; 12. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-14.599; 13. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-14.606; 14. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-14.633; 15. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-14.839; 16. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-15.024; 17. Cory Elliott, 81X, Watt-15.087; 18. Trey Marcham, 81, Watt-15.345; 19. James Herrera, 5J, Herrera-15.388; 20. Johnny White, 17, White-15.445; 21. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-37.084; 22. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-NT; 23. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-NT
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rutherford, 2. J.VanderWeerd, 3. Gardner, 4. Adams, 5. Strole, 6. Herrera, 7. Carter. NT
DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Guardino, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Boles, 4. Timmons, 5. Barnes, 6. White, 7. Elliott. NT
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Liggett, 3. Marcham, 4. Roa, 5. Faria, 6. Sibley, 7. Majors. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Troy Rutherford, 2. Jace Vander Weerd, 3. D.J. Johnson, 4. Brody Roa, 5. Trey Marcham, 6. Tristan Guardino, 7. Max Adams, 8. Ronnie Gardner, 9. Jeff Sibley, 10. Ryan Timmons, 11. Luke Boles, 12. Cody Majors, 13. Kevin Barnes, 14. Danny Faria Jr., 15. Richard Vander Weerd, 16. Geoffrey Strole, 17. Johnny White, 18. Austin Liggett, 19. James Herrera, 20. Cory Elliott, 21. Steve Hix. 22. Trent Carter. NT
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**White flipped on lap 15 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Rutherford, Lap 21 J.Vander Weerd, Laps 22-30 Rutherford.
BR MOTORSPORTS / KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Jeff Sibley
NEW WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Roa-221, 2-D.J. Johnson-201, 3-J.Vanderweerd-187, 4-Rutherford-178, 5-Marcham-157, 6-Bryan Clauson-137, 7-Adams-126, 8-R.Vanderweerd-125, 9-Liggett-120, 10-Brady Bacon-119.
NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: April 2 – Hanford, CA – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds