USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS: 
Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway - Tulare, California
November 14, 2009 – “30th “Pacific Coast Nationals”

TIME TRIALS: 
1. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-14.646, 2. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-14.802, 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-14.858, 4. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.888, 5. Garrett Hansen, 7x, Priestley-14.942, 6. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-15.010, 7. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-15.038, 8. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-15.134, 9. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-15.144, 10. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-15.161, 11. Jesse Hockett, 13, Hockett-15.188, 12. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-15.190, 13. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.200, 14. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.202, 15. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-15.213, 16. Davey Pombo, 11p, Buster & Ziggy-15.219, 17. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.221, 18. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-15.240, 19. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-15.255, 20. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-15.266, 21. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-15.277, 22. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-15.295, 23. Peter Murphy, 21t, Tarlton-15.295, 24. Bill Rose, 66, Miller-15.314, 25. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-15.322, 26. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.332, 27. Kyle Larson, 99, Kaeding-15.332, 28. Cole Carter, 7c, Carter-15.357, 29. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-15.363, 30. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-15.376, 31. Kevin Swindell 83, Roth-15.411, 32. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne/Curb-15.425, 33. Danny Faria, Jr., 17v, Faria-15.430, 34. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.439, 35. Darren Hagen, 71g, Iish-15.443, 36. Casey Riggs, 37r, Riggs-15.451, 37. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.484, 38. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-15.490, 39. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-15.563, 40. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-15.570, 41. Greg Taylor, 7t, Taylor-15.639, 42. Brady Short, 36, Short-15.640, 43. Keith Bloom, Jr., 27, Braund-15.642, 44. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.654, 45. Shane Golobic, 88g, Golobic-15.666, 46. Jim Richardson 8, Richardson-15.680, 47. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.687, 48. Jerry Coons Jr., 83jr, Roth-15.692, 49. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.734, 50. Anthony Simone, 10a, Simone-15.889, 51. Cale Conley, 1Z, 2B Racing-15.969, 52. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.980, 53. Bill Aton, 26, Larson/Aton-16.344, 54. Shain Matthews, 167, Matthews-16.612.

C-MAIN #1: (8 laps) 
1. Hagen, 2. Faria, 3. R.VanderWeerd, 4. Taylor, 5. Golobic, 6. Bloom, 7. Gutierrez, 8. Conley, 9. C.Williams, 10. Aton, 11. Cardey. NT

C-MAIN #2: (8 laps) 
1. Riggs, 2. Kaeding, 3. Gullick, 4. Coons, 5. A.Williams, 6. Shedarowich, 7. J.VanderWeerd, 8. Richardson, 9. Matthews, 10. Simone, 11. Short. NT

HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps) 
1. Whitt, 2. Darland, 3. D.Gardner, 4. R.Williams, 5. Clarke, 6. Hansen, 7. Clauson, 8. Mero, 9. Hagen, 10. Riggs. NT

HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps) 
1. Mitchell, 2. Carlile, 3. Bragg, 4. Jones, 5. Faas, 6. Kruseman, 7. Streeter, 8. Faria, 9. St. James, 10. Kaeding. NT

HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps) 
1. Larson, 2. Swindell, 3. Sherdian, 4. Murphy, 5. Hockett, 6. Hines, 7. Boat, 8. R.VanderWeerd, 9. Gullick, 10. Miller. NT

HEAT RACE 4: (10 laps) 1. Carter, 2. Sweet, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Pombo, 5. Grant, 6. Rose, 7. Coons, 8. Spencer, 9. R.Gardner, 10. Taylor. NT

SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps) 
1. Faas, 2. Clauson, 3. Boat, 4. Hansen, 5. Spencer, 6. Kruseman, 7. Hines, 8. Hockett, 9. Clarke, 10. Grant, 11. Rose, 12. Faria, 13. Hagen, 14. Kaeding, 15. Streeter, 16. R.Gardner, 17. Mero, 18. Miller, 19. Coons, 20. Gullick, 21. Taylor, 22. Riggs, 23. R.VanderWeerd, 24. St. James. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions) 
1. Garrett Hansen (2nd), 2. Cory Kruseman (1st), 3. Mike Spencer (3rd), 4. Levi Jones (10th), 5. Bryan Clauson (6th), 6. Tracy Hines (7th), 7. Damion Gardner (12th), 8. Jon Stanbrough (15th), 9. Davey Pombo (11th), 10. Rip Williams (9th), 11. Henry Clarke (26th), 12. Greg Bragg (13th), 13. Danny Sheridan (14th), 14. Kevin Swindell (23rd), 15. Cole Whitt (18th), 16. David Cardey (27th), 17. Dave Darland (16th), 18. Rusty Carlile (19th), 19. Brad Sweet (24th), 20. Matt Mitchell (22nd), 21. Peter Murphy (17th), 22. Cole Carter (21st), 23. Ronnie Gardner (25th), 24. Chad Boat (4th), 25. Nic Faas (5th), 26. Kyle Larson (20th), 27. Jesse Hockett (8th). NT
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**Miller flipped during the third heat. 
R.VanderWeerd flipped during the semi. 
Hockett flipped on the first lap of the feature. 
Murphy flipped on lap 29 of the feature.
R.Gardner, Clarke & Cardey used provisionals.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hansen.

NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-L.Jones-1,791; 2-Darland-1,582; 3-Whitt-1,576; 4-Hines-1,358; 5-Coons-1,353; 6-D.Gardner-1,343; 7-Hagen-1,005; 8-Clauson-990; 9-Boat-908; 10-Stanbrough-876.

NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-971; 2-Cardey-856; 3-Hansen-811; 4-Miller-706; 5-Sheridan-698; 6-Bragg-687; 7-Mitchell-605; 8-R.Williams-600; 9-Kruseman-544; 10-Tony Jones-392.
 

USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS: 
Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway - Tulare, California
November 15, 2009 – “30th “Pacific Coast Nationals”

TIME TRIALS: 
1. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-14.874, 2. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-14.884, 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-15.051, 4. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.090, 5. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-15.111, 6. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-15.172, 7. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-15.185, 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.246, 9. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.248, 10. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne-15.256, 11. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-15.342, 12. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.359, 13. Jerry Coons Jr., 83jr, Roth-15.364, 14. Kyle Larson, 99, Kaeding-15.447, 15. Casey Riggs, 37r, Riggs-15.460, 16. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-15.522, 17. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.528, 18. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-15.565, 19. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-15.569, 20. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Braund-15.574, 21. Darren Hagen, 71g, Iish-15.608, 22. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-15.635, 23. Coleman Gullick, 14, Gullick-15.693, 24. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.720, 25. Brady Short, 36, Short-15.724, 26. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-15.729, 27. Davey Pombo, 11p, Buster & Ziggy-15.732; 28. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-15.746, 29. Bill Rose, 66, Miller-15.747, 30. Kevin Swindell, 83, Roth-15.773, 31. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.811, 32. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-15.814, 33. Garrett Hansen, 7x, Priestley-15.821, 34. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-15.821, 35. Shane Golobic, 88g, Golobic-15.941 36. Peter Murphy, 21t, Tarlton-15.947, 37. Greg Taylor, 7t, Taylor-15.976, 38. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-15.996, 39. Jesse Hockett, 13, Buch/VKCC-15.996, 40. Cale Conley, 1Z, 2B Racing-16.004, 41. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-16.056, 42. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-16.190, 43. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-16.211, 44. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.232, 45. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.236, 46. Danny Sheridan, 18x, Kittle-16.348, 47. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.387, 48. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH Motorsports-16.408, 49. Shain Matthews, 167, Matthews-16.553, 50. Anthony Simone, 10, Simone-16.830, 51. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-20.431. (Danny
Sheridan, 18, Kittle-withdrawn)

C-MAIN: (10 laps) 
1. Cardey, 2. Murphy, 3. Hansen, 4. Golobic, 5. Hockett, 6. Taylor, 7. Miller, 8. Carlile, 9. C.Williams, 10. Bragg, 11. Faria, 12. Sheridan, 13. Conley, 14. A.Williams, 15. Gutierrez, 16. Shedarowich, 17. Hamblin, 18. Matthews, 19. Simone. NT

HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps) 
1. Whitt, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Coons, 4. Cardey, 5. Rose, 6. R.Williams, 7. Spencer, 8. Hockett, 9. Hagen, 10. Short. NT

HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps) 
1. Swindell, 2. Kruseman, 3. Hines, 4. R.Gardner, 5. Sweet, 6. Murphy, 7. Taylor, 8. Streeter, 9. Larson, 10. Clarke. NT

HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps) 
1. Pombo, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Darland, 4. Hansen, 5. Boat, 6. Clauson, 7. Faas, 8. Riggs, 9. Miller, 10. Gullick. NT

HEAT RACE 4: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Jones, 3. Bloom, 4. D.Gardner, 5. Grant, 6. Mero, 7. Golobic, 8. J.VanderWeerd, 9. Kaeding, 10. Carlile. NT

SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps) 
1. Boat, 2. Kaeding, 3. Clauson, 4. Spencer, 5. Clarke, 6. Sweet, 7. Larson, 8. R.Williams, 9. Faas, 10. Streeter, 11. Golobic, 12. Murphy, 13. Gullick, 14. Riggs, 15. Rose, 16. Taylor, 17. Grant, 18. Mero, 19. C.Williams, 20. Hagen, 21. J.VanderWeerd, 22. Hockett, 23. Carlile. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps- With Actual Starting Posotions) 
1. Jon Stanbrough (2nd), 2. Chad Boat (4th), 3. Bud Kaeding (3rd), 4. Damion Gardner (8th), 5. Bryan Clauson (7th), 6. Henry Clarke (1st), 7. Jerry Coons Jr. (12th), 8. Tracy Hines (5th), 9. David Cardey (22nd), 10. Brad Sweet (10th), 11. Garrett Hansen (23rd), 12. Levi Jones (11th), 13. Kyle Larson (13th), 14. Mike Spencer (9th), 15. Kevin Swindell (21st), 16. Matt Mitchell (18th), 17. Davey Pombo (19th), 18. Keith Bloom Jr. (17th), 19. Ronnie Gardner (16th), 20. Cole Whitt (6th), 21. Nic Faas (25th), 22. Dave Darland (14th), 23. Jesse Hockett (24th), 24. Blake Miller (27th), 25. Greg Bragg (26th), 26. Cory Kruseman (15th), 27. Richard VanderWeerd (20th), 28. Austin Williams (28th -#3). NT
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**Darland flipped during practice. 
Faria & Sheridan flipped during qualifying. 
Simone, Matthews, Gutierrez, Faria & Sheridan flipped during the C-Main. 
Larson & Clarke flipped during the second heat. 
Larson flipped on lap-8 of the feature. 
Bragg flipped on lap 11 of the feature.
*Rip Williams (scheduled to start 14th)Stepped out of the Jory #3 for Austin Williams.
**Nic Faas, Jesse Hockett, Blake Miller and Greg Bragg used provisionals

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Stanbrough

FINAL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 
1-L.Jones-1,827; 2-Whitt-1,603; 3-Darland-1,601; 4-Hines-1,408; 5-Coons-1,401; 6-D.Gardner-1,399; 7-Clauson-1,040; 8-Hagen-1,006; 9-Boat-973; 10-Stanbrough-945.

NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 
1-Spencer-997; 2-Cardey-897; 3-Hansen-847; 4-Miller-719; 5-Bragg-700; 6-Sheridan-698; 7-Mitchell-634; 8-R.Williams-601; 9-Kruseman-564; 10-D.Gardner-443.

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