Tulare, Calif – Jon Stanbrough, Avon, Ind., led all 40-lap of the 30th ”Pacific Coast Open” Sunday night’s at the Thunderbowl Raceway, taking home the $12,500 winner’s prize in his Indiana Underground Construction No. 37x Maxim.
Chad Boat, Phoenix, Ariz., stayed close to Stanbrough throughout the race in his Billy Boat Performance Exhaust No. 30 Maxim, but eventually had to settle for a second-place finish. Bud Kaeding, Campbell, Calif., placed third ahead of Damion Gardner, Concord, Calif., and Brian Clauson, Noblesville, Ind.
Levi Jones, Avon, Ind., finished 12th and was officially crowned the 2009 USAC National Sprint Car Champion. Fast qualifier Cole Whitt was running sixth when he slowed to a stop with mechanical issues during the 16th circuit and was credited with a 20th place finish. Lucas Oil USAC/CRA point leader finished 14th and will be looking to claim his second straight title in thirteen days when the series returns to the Perris Auto Speedway for the 2nd Annual “Glenn Howard Memorial.” Spencer’s closest rival for the championship is David Cardey, who won Hard-Charger honors with his ninth-place drive after starting in the 24th position.
USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 15, 2009 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway – 30th “Pacific Coast Nationals”
“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
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Whitt, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Coons, 4. Cardey, 5. Rose, 6. R.Williams, 7. Spencer, 8. Hockett, 9. Hagen, 10. Short. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Swindell, 2. Kruseman, 3. Hines, 4. R.Gardner, 5. Sweet, 6. Murphy, 7. Taylor, 8. Streeter, 9. Larson, 10. Clarke. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Pombo, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Darland, 4. Hansen, 5. Boat, 6. Clauson, 7. Faas, 8. Riggs, 9. Miller, 10. Gullick. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (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: (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)
1. Jon Stanbrough, 2. Chad Boat, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. Henry Clarke, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Tracy Hines, 9. David Cardey, 10. Brad Sweet, 11. Garrett Hansen, 12. Levi Jones, 13. Kyle Larson, 14. Mike Spencer, 15. Kevin Swindell, 16. Matt Mitchell, 17. Davey Pombo, 18. Keith Bloom Jr., 19. Ronnie Gardner, 20. Cole Whitt, 21. Nic Faas, 22. Dave Darland, 23. Jesse Hockett, 24. Blake Miller, 25. Greg Bragg, 26. Cory Kruseman, 27. Richard VanderWeerd, 28. Austin Williams (#3). NT
**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.
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.