GUTlERREZ LATEST NEW USAC WINNER IN WEST COAST 360S

 


Santa Maria, CA……..Wes Gutierrez of San Martin, Calif. is the latest first-time USAC feature winner, leading the final 26 laps of Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast 360 Sprint race at Santa Maria Speedway in his WG Motorsports/California Graphics DRC/Borello. Richard VanderWeerd was second ahead of T.J. Smith, Justyne Hamblin and series point leader Craig Stidham. Chris Ennis led the first four laps. Stidham’s point lead stands at 26 over Davey Pombo heading into an October 2 race at the Tulare Thunderbowl.


 


USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 18, 2010 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-13.928; 2. Peter Murphy, 11, Bowman-14.000; 3. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-14.031; 4. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-14.096; 5. Danny Faria Jr., 8M, May-14.103; 6. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-14.155; 7. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-14.167; 8. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-14.195; 9. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-14.248; 10. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-14.305; 11. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carilie-14.325; 12. Jimmy Thompson, 71R, Eames-14.365; 13. Jared Little, 25, Little-14.445; 14. Bud Kaeding, 2, Bowman-14.447; 15. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-14.498; 16. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-14.668; 17. Mike Knopf, 5K, Knopf-14.710.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ennis, 2. Gutierrez, 3. Pombo, 4. Faria, 5. Carlile, 6. J.VanderWeerd, 7. Strole, 8. Knopf, 9. Little. NT.


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stidham, 2. Smith, 3. Thompson, 4. Hamblin, 5. R.VanderWeerd, 6. Murphy, 7. Kaeding, 8. Jones. NT.


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Wes Gutierrez, 2. Richard VanderWeerd, 3. T.J. Smith, 4. Justyne Hamblin, 5. Craig Stidham, 6. Peter Murphy, 7. Jimmy Thompson, 8. Bud Kaeding, 9. Chris Ennis, 10. Davey Pombo, 11. Jace VanderWeerd, 12. Geoffrey Strole, 13. Danny Faria Jr., 14. Mike Knopf, 15. Rusty Carlile, 16. Bill Jones. NT.


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**Little flipped during the first heat. Jones flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Ennis, Laps 5-30 Gutierrez.


 


NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stidham-1,096; 2-Pombo-1,070; 3-Smith-1,019; 4-Hamblin-908; 5-Faria-801; 6-Murphy-784; 7-R.VanderWeerd-758; 8-Carlile-724; 9-J.VanderWeerd-675; 10-Gutierrez-575.


 


NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: October 2 - Tulare, CA – Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway