[Bill Gardner]

9/21/13 9:46 AM FARIA CAPTURES “JIM TURNER MEMORIAL”

http://usacracing.com/news/sprint-ca...urner-memorial



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FARIA CAPTURES “JIM TURNER MEMORIAL”

Hanford, CA……..USAC West Coast Sprint Car point leader Danny Faria Jr. of Tipton, Calif. continues to stay atop the standings after winning Saturday night’s 6th “Jim Turner Memorial” at Kings Speedway. Faria led the final 22 laps of Saturday’s 30-lapper in his Johnson Calf Pens/DeBoer & Sons Trucking Spike/Reitz. Markus Niemela led the first two laps, Faria led the next four and Richard Vander Weerd led two before Faria took over. Bud Kaeding finished second and remains 47 points back in the title chase, while Richard Vander Weerd was third and trails Faria by 57. Troy Rutherford and Austin Liggett were fourth and fifth.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 20, 2013 – Hanford, California – Kings Speedway – 6th “Jim Turner Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. D.J. Netto, 88N, Netto-15.761; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.800; 3. Matt Mitchell, 73, Ford-15.807; 4. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.825; 5. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-15.881; 6. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-15.921; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.233; 8. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-16.329; 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.339; 10. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.498; 11. Max Adams, 5X, Adams-16.592; 12. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.601; 13. Kolby Araki, 30K, Araki-16.638; 14. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.698; 15. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt-16.710; 16. Luke Keegan, 1NZ, Kaeding-16.821; 17. Austin Stone, 29X, Coffman-17.272; 18. Garrett Long, 38, Long-17.281; 19. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-17.320; 20. Robert Nuckles, 27, Nuckles-18.358; 21. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-22.212.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Araki, 3. Netto, 4. Kaeding, 5. Carlile, 6. Richardson, 7. Keegan. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Stone, 4. Ferris, 5. Adams, 6. Liggett, 7. Barnes. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Sibley, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Hurst, 5. Long, 6. Nuckles, 7. Rutherford. NT

DASH: (6 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Niemela, 3. Mitchell, 4. Kaeding, 5. R.Vander Weerd, 6. Netto, 7. Ferris, 8. Hurst. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Faria Jr., 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Troy Rutherford, 5. Austin Liggett, 6. Landon Hurst, 7. Rusty Carlile, 8. D.J. Netto, 9. Austin Stone, 10. Max Adams, 11. Jeff Sibley, 12. Kevin Barnes, 13. Luke Keegan, 14. Kolby Araki, 15. Robert Nuckles, 16. Matt Mitchell, 17. Andy Ferris, 18. Jace Vander Weerd, 19. Garrett Long, 20. Markus Niemela, 21. Jim Richardson. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Niemela, Laps 3-6 Faria, Laps 7-8 R.Vander Weerd, Laps 9-30 Faria.

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Faria-818, 2-Kaeding-771, 3-R.Vander Weerd-761, 4-Ryan Bernal-661, 5-Niemela-582, 6-Carlile-577, 7-J.Vander Weerd-518, 8-Liggett-455, 9-Hurst-414, 10-Sibley-387.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: September 21 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Speedway – “Harry Talbot Memorial”

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