RUTHERFORD STARS IN SANTA MARIA SPRINT MAIN Santa Maria, CA……..Troy Rutherford of Ojai, Calif. captured Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint race at Santa Maria Raceway, leading the final 16 laps after passing Tristan Guardino on lap 15. Austin Liggett took second ahead of Guardino, Steve Hix and Trent Carter. Liggett leads the series standings into a May 12 race at Hanford, Calif. USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 28, 2018 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Raceway WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.329; 2. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-15.341; 3. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-15.553; 4. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-15.633; 5. Brandon Wiley, 33B, Team 33-15.633; 6. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.734; 7. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-15.848; 8. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-15.853; 9. Tristan Guardino, 15T, Guardino-15.854; 10. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-15.915; 11. Ryan Stolz, 72, Ford-16.017; 12. James Herrera, 5J, Herrera-16.021; 13. Jordan Linson, 10J, Linson-16.114; 14. Shannon McQueen, 7, Van Meter-16.149; 15. Matt Mitchell, 12, Dale-16.170; 16. Hannah Mayhew, 43, Mayhew-16.217; 17. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.424; 18. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-16.645; 19. Austin Ervine, 51, AJ-17.294; 20. Patrick Frisco, 10, Frisco-NT; 21. Matt Day, 97, Day-NT. EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Timmons, 3. Linson, 4. Carter, 5. Bock, 6. Mayhew, 7. Ervine. NT KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Rutherford, 3. McQueen, 4. Wiley, 5. Stolz, 6. Frisco, 7. Barnes. NT COMPETITION SUSPENSION INCORPORATED / ROD END SUPPLY THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Guardino, 2. Liggett, 3. Hix, 4. Shaw, 5. Herrera. NT FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Troy Rutherford, 2. Austin Liggett, 3. Tristan Guardino, 4. Steve Hix, 5. Trent Carter, 6. Jordan Linson, 7. Koen Shaw, 8. Austin Ervine, 9. Hannah Mayhew, 10. Ryan Stolz, 11. James Herrera, 12. Kevin Barnes, 13. Ryan Bernal, 14. Shannon McQueen, 15. Danny Faria Jr., 16. Brandon Wiley, 17. Britton Bock, 18. Patrick Frisco, 19. Ryan Timmons. NT ---------------------------- **Faria flips on lap 18 of the feature. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Rutherford, Laps 10-14 Guardino, Laps 15-30 Rutherford SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / RACING OPTICS HARD CHARGER: Austin Ervine (19th to 8th) NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Liggett-206, 2-Hix-181, 3-Guardino-180, 4-Shaw-166, 5-Richard Vander Weerd-156, 6-Faria-153, 7-McQueen-150, 8-Wiley-140, 9-Jace Vander Weerd-137, 10-Timmons-135. NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: May 12 – Hanford, California – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds