STIDHAM ON TOP AGAIN AT SANTA MARIA; EXTENDS 360 LEAD
Santa Maria, CA…….USAC West Coast 350 Sprint Car point leader Craig Stidham led the final five laps on Saturday night’s 30-lap feature at the Santa Maria Speedway and emerged with a 69-point lead over Peter Murphy in tne new series standings as a result. Stidham trailed Jace VanderWeerd for the first 25 laps, then put his Brad Johnson Trucking/KRC Safety Maxim/Downing into the lead to beat Murphy, VanderWeerd, Davey Pombo and Justyne Hamblin. Stidham also posted the fastest qualifying time. 

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS:
Santa Maria Speedway - Santa Maria, California
May 8, 2010

SANDER ENGINEERING TIME TRIALS:
1. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-16.060; 2. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.245; 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.273; 4. Jeff Culver, 71C, Culver-16.508; 5. Peter Murphy, 21, Tarlton-16.520; 6. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-16.559; 7. Jimmy Thompson, 71R, Eames-16.568; 8. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-16.579; 9. Aaron Altaffer, 21A, Dorothy, 21A-16.622; 10. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.662; 11. Steve DeMott, 35D, DeMott-16.759; 12. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.828; 13. Joey Layman, 11X, Layman-16.860; 14. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-16.884; 15. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-16.894; 16. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.923; 17. Albert Pombo, 83, Pombo-16.942; 18. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-16.975; 19. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-17.110; 20. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-17.169; 21. Jesse Mack, 8M, May-17.257; 22. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-17.709; 23. Jeff Thompson, 5X, Swaim-18.253; 24. Jared Little, 25, Little-NT; 25. Jason Swaim, 52, Swaim-NT; 26. Brian Weber, 71, Culver-NT. 

EXTREME MUFFLERS HEAT RACE 1: (8 laps) 
1. Danny Sheridan, 2. Justyne Hamblin, 3. Craig Stidham, 4. Jimmy Thompson, 5. T.J. Smith, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Jeff Culver, 8. Joey Layman. NT 

BR MOTORSPORTS / SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS HEAT RACE 2: (8 laps)
1. Peter Murphy, 2. Albert Pombo, 3. Ricky Kirkbride, 4. Steve DeMott, 5. Wes Gutierrez, 6. Chris Ennis, 7. Geoffrey Strole. NT 

COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / KEIZER WHEELS HEAT RACE 3: (8 laps) 
1. Jace VanderWeerd, 2. Davey Pombo, 3. Andy Ferris, 4. Richard VanderWeerd, 5. Bill Jones, 6. Aaron Altaffer, 7. Jesse Mack. NT 

FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions) 
1. Craig Stidham (8th), 2. Peter Murphy (6th), 3. Jace VanderWeerd (1st), 4. Davey Pombo (5th), 5. Justyne Hamblin (11th), 6. Aaron Altaffer (19th), 7. Rusty Carlile (21st), 8. Richard VanderWeerd (7th), 9. Andy Ferris (10th), 10. T.J. Smith (15th), 11. Ricky Kirkbride (14th), 12. Danny Sheridan (3rd), 13. Albert Pombo (12th), 14. Jimmy Thompson (4th), 15. Bill Jones (13th), 16. Steve DeMott (2nd), 17. Chris Ennis (16th), 18. Jeff Culver (17th), 19. Joey Layman (20th), 20. Jesse Mack (22nd), 21. Wes Gutierrez (9th), 22. Geoffrey Strole (18th). NT 
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**Jeff Thompson flipped during time trials. 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Jace VanderWeerd, Laps 26-30 Craig Stidham. 

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS: 
1. Craig Stidham 442
2. Peter Murphy 373
3. Davey Pombo 370
4. Justyne Hamblin 324
5. T.J. Smith 307
6. Rusty Carlile 300
7. Andy Ferris 274
8. Jace VanderWeerd 270
9. Jonathan Logan 259
10. Danny Faria Jr. 250
11. Chris Ennis 248
12. Richard VanderWeerd 218
13. Danny Sheridan 193
14. Jimmy Thompson 187
15. Jesse Mack 168
16. Garrett Ishii 146
17. Geoffrey Strole 127
18. Wes Gutierrez 126
19. Dave Knott 117
20. Kevin Barnes 114

NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: May 15 – Tulare (CA) Thunderbowl Speedway – “Pombo/Sargent Classic”