Kyle Larson Charging to the Win photo by Lance Jennings

(Lance Jennings) USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 12, 2012 – Tulare, California – Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway – “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. D.J. Netto, 7N, Netto-16.101; 2. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.236; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.267; 4. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.320; 5. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.386; 6. Kyle Larson, 72, Ford-16.390; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.415; 8. Peter Murphy, 11, Iturriria-16.484; 9. Matt Mitchell, 18, Watt-16.491; 10. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.492; 11. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.569; 12. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.588; 13. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.601; 14. Bobby Bender, 12, Bender-16.608; 15. Ronnie Gardner, 73, Ford-16.655; 16. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.668; 17. Austin DeBlauw, 65, DeBlauw-16.681; 18. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.738; 19. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-16.785; 20. Kolby Araki, 30K, Araki-16.803; 21. Steve Conrad, 56, Swaim-16.825; 22. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.935; 23. Tyler Dolacki, 18X, Dolacki-16.952; 24. Danny Sheridan, 18K, Kittle-17.027; 25. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.067; 26. Adam Frith-Smith, 62, Frith-Smith-17.123; 27. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-17.145; 28. Austin Smith, 14, Springstead-17.147; 29. Jared Little, 25, Little-17.235; 30. Kyle Smith, 51T, Smith-17.454; 31. Burt Foland Jr., 4, Foland-17.589; 32. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-17.913; 33. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-17.972.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Hamblin, 3. Conrad, 4. Carlile, 5. Netto, 6. DeBlauw, 7. Little, 8. Day, 9. Knight. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Barnes, 3. C. Gansen, 4. Ennis, 5. K. Smith, 6. Frith-Smith, 7. Bender, 8. Larson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. R. Vander Weerd, 3. Logan, 4. Hawkins, 5. Dolacki, 6. Liggett, 7. Gardner, 8. Foland. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Murphy, 3. Sheridan, 4. Kirkbride, 5. D. Gansen, 6. A. Smith, 7. Araki, 8. J. Vander Weerd. NT

SEMI: (7 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Netto, 3. J. Vander Weerd, 4. Larson (#73), 5. D. Gansen, 6. Dolacki, 7. Little, 8. DeBlauw, 9. K. Smith, 10. Foland, 11. Day, 12. Knight, 13. Bender, 14. A. Smith, 15. Frith-Smith. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Larson (#73), 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Matt Mitchell, 5. Jace Vander Weerd, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Marty Hawkins, 8. Ricky Kirkbride, 9. Austin Liggett, 10. Don Gansen, 11. Markus Niemela, 12. Chris Ennis, 13. Tyler Dolacki, 14. Chris Gansen, 15. Steve Conrad, 16. Jonathan Logan, 17. Kevin Barnes, 18. D.J. Netto, 19. Danny Faria Jr., 20. Danny Sheridan, 21. Justyne Hamblin, 22. Peter Murphy. NT

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**Larson flipped during the second heat. J. Vander Weerd flipped during the fourth heat. A. Smith flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Mitchell, Laps 20-25 Kaeding, Laps 26-30 Larson.

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NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: June 9 – Hanford, CA – Kings Speedway