FACCINTO, SMITH, FUSON AND GARCIA SCORE USAC MICRO SPRINT WINS AT PLAZA PARK

Visalia, California.......Michael Faccinto, T.J. Smith, Brody Fuson and Gauge Garcia picked up feature wins in last Saturday night's USAC Micro Sprint Championship season opener last Saturday, April 1, at Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park in Visalia, California.

In the Super 600 main event, Michael Faccinto swept the night by recording the fastest qualifying lap in time trials before winning his heat and passing Ryan Delisle with six laps remaining to take the feature victory over Delisle, Jake Hagopian, Tucker Worth and Zane Blanchard.

T.J. Smith led all 30 laps to win the Non-Wing 600 feature over Justyne Hamblin, Michael Faccinto, Ben Worth and Cory Elliott.

Brody Fuson took over the lead from Keith Day, Jr. on lap 16 and led the remaining 10 laps of the 25-lap feature to earn the checkered flag in Restricted action followed by Garth Kasiner, Kyle Peterson, Garrett Twitt and Katey Syra.

Gauge Garcia led all 20 laps of the Junior feature to take the victory over Caeden Steele, Isabel Barnes, Jeffery Pahule and Eli Bookout.

The USAC Micro Sprint Championship returns to action at Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park on Saturday, April 8.

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USAC SUPER 600 MICRO SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 1, 2016 – Visalia, California – Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park

QUALIFYING: 1. Michael Faccinto, 9s, Faccinto-10.727; 2. Mason Daniel, 33m, Daniel-10.955; 3. Ben Worth, 44, Worth-10.988; 4. Travis Coelho, 6c, Coelho-11.007; 5. Tucker Worth, 33, Worth-11.034; 6. Derek Galante, 71, Galante-11.084; 7. Ryan Delisle, 63, Delisle-11.093; 8. Jake Hagopian, 14, Hagopian-11.131; 9. Brooklyn Holland, 2, Holland-11.162; 10. Jake Andreotti, 7p, Andreotti-11.165; 11. Ryan Worth, 88w, Worth-11.188; 12. Raio Morgan, 21, Morgan-11.286; 13. Zane Blanchard, 7z, Blanchard-11.403; 14. Cody Key, 15K, Key-11.414; 15. Greg Decaires, Jr., 94, Decaires-11.632; 16. Paul Javaux, 88, Javaux-11.738; 17. Giovanni Scelzi, 10J, Scelzi-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faccinto, 2. Ryan Delisle, 3. T. Worth, 4. B. Worth, 5. R. Worth, 6. Holland, 7. Blanchard, 8. Decaires, 9. Scelzi. 1:52.56

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hagopian, 2. Galante, 3. Coelho, 4. Morgan, 5. Daniel, 6. Andreotti, 7. Key, 8. Javaux. 2:01.79

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Michael Faccinto, 2. Ryan Delisle, 3. Jake Hagopian, 4. Tucker Worth, 5. Zane Blanchard, 6. Brooklyn Holland, 7. Jake Andreotti, 8. Ryan Worth, 9. Mason Daniel, 10. Ben Worth, 11. Derek Galante, 12. Travis Coelho, 13. Cody Key, 14. Greg Decaires, Jr., 15. Raio Morgan, 16. Paul Javaux, 17. Giovanni Scelzi. 12:35.35

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 Delisle, Laps 25-30 Faccinto.

NEW USAC SUPER 600 MICRO SPRINT POINTS: 1-Michael Faccinto-85; 2-Jake Hagopian-71; 3-Ryan Delisle-69; 4-Tucker Worth-66; 5-Zane Blanchard-60; 6-Brooklyn Holland-60; 7-Mason Daniel-58; 8-Jake Andreotti-57; 9-Ben Worth-55; 10-Derek Galante-52.

NEXT USAC SUPER 600 MICRO SPRINT RACE: April 8 – Visalia, California – Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park

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USAC NON-WING 600 MICRO SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 1, 2016 – Visalia, California – Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park

QUALIFYING: 1. Michael Faccinto, 21G, Faccinto-11.646; 2. Justyne Hamblin, 8H, Hamblin-11.651; 3. Brooklyn Holland, 2, Holland-11.651; 4. T.J. Smith, 14, Smith-11.697; 5. Ben Worth, 44w, Worth-11.874; 6. Mason Daniel, 33m, Daniel-11.947; 7. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-12.098; 8. Danny Valdez, 48, Valdez-12.287; 9. Dan Mognaga, 75D, Mognaga-12.399; 10. Jimmy Leal, 3L, Leal-12.788.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Daniel, 2. Smith, 3. Hamblin, 4. Mognaga, 5. Valdez. 2:00.67

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faccinto, 2. Elliott, 3. Worth, 4. Holland, 5. Leal.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. T.J. Smith, 2. Justyne Hamblin, 3. Michael Faccinto, 4. Ben Worth, 5. Cory Elliott, 6. Mason Daniel, 7. Brooklyn Holland, 8. Dan Mognaga, 9. Danny Valdez, 10. Jimmy Leal. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Smith.

NEW USAC NON-WING 600 POINTS: 1-T.J. Smith-76; 2-Michael Faccinto-75; 3-Justyne Hamblin-74; 4-Ben Worth-67; 5-Cory Elliott-66; 6-Mason Daniel-63; 7-Brooklyn Holland-61; 8-Dan Mognaga-53; 9-Danny Valdez-51; 10-Jimmy Leal-47.

NEXT USAC NON-WING 600 RACE: April 8 – Visalia, California – Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park

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USAC RESTRICTED 600 MICRO SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 1, 2016 – Visalia, California – Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Keith Day, Jr., 22J, Day-11.900; 2. Garth Kasiner, 21G, Kasiner-11.941; 3. Garrett Twitty, 4, Twitty-11.962; 4. Kyle Peterson, 99x, Peterson-12.001; 5. Brody Fuson, 51, Fuson-12.008; 6. Kevin Macintosh, 14K, Macintosh-12.038; 7. Brandt Twitty, 4B, Twitty-12.055; 8. Katey Syra, 73, Syra-12.069; 9. Ben Silliker, 24, Silliker-12.106; 10. Joey Ancona, 88, Ancona-12.106; 11. Conner Danell, 5D, Danell-12.129; 12. Brock Robertson, 15x, Robertson-12.246; 13. Bryce Eames, 3E, Eames-12.336; 14. Jacob Diamond, 48, Diamond-12.379; 15. Dawson Faria, 12B, Faria-12.497; 16. Lance Hurst, 10H, Hurst-12.620; 17. Carly Elliott, 11E, Elliott-12.655.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Fuson, 2. Syra, 3. Day, 4. G. Twitty, 5. Ancona, 6. Diamond, 7. Hurst, 8. B. Twitty, 9. Robertson. 2:03.40

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Peterson, 2. Kasiner, 3. Macintosh, 4. Danell, 5. Elliott, 6. Eames, 7. Faria, 8. Silliker. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Brody Fuson, 2. Garth Kasiner, 3. Kyle Peterson, 4. Garrett Twitty, 5. Katey Syra, 6. Kevin Macintosh, 7. Bryce Eames, 8. Ben Silliker, 9. Lance Hurst, 10. Brandt Twitty, 11. Keith Day, Jr., 12. Conner Darnell, 13. Brock Robertson, 14. Jacob Diamond, 15. Carly Elliott, 16. Joey Ancona. (Dawson Faria – DQ). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Day, Laps 16-25 Fuson.

NEW USAC NON-WING 600 POINTS: 1-Brody Fuson-80; 2-Garth Kasiner-74; 3-Kyle Peterson-72; 4-Garrett Twitty-67; 5-Katey Syra-64; 6-Kevin Macintosh-61; 7-Keith Day, Jr.-56; 8-Ben Silliker-55; 9-Brandt Twitty-54; 10-Bryce Eames-54.

NEXT USAC RESTRICTED 600 MICRO SPRINT RACE: April 8 – Visalia, California – Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park

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USAC JUNIOR MICRO SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 1, 2016 – Visalia, California – Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park

HEAT 1A: (10 laps) 1. Caeden Steele (#121 Steele), 2. Gauge Garcia (#21 Garcia), 3. Eli Bookout (#61 Bookout), 4. Jeffrey Pahule (#44x Pahule), 5. Drew Mowry (#7D Mowry), 6. Wyatt Bookout (#19 Bookout). NT

HEAT 1B: (10 laps) 1. Garcia, 2. Bookout, 3. Steele, 4. Pahule, 5. Bookout, 6. Mowry. NT

HEAT 2A: 1. Mattix Salmon (#5x Salmon), 2. Isabel Barnes (#30 Barnes), 3. Colton Key (#15 Key), 4. Dalton Parreira (#51 Parreira), 5. Ryan Keck (#9 Keck), 6. Alex Silliker (#24 Silliker). NT

HEAT 2B: 1. Salmon, 2. Key, 3. Barnes, 4. Silliker, 5. Parreira. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Gauge Garcia, 2. Caeden Steele, 3. Isabel Barnes, 4. Jeffrey Pahule, 5. Eli Bookout, 6. Colton Key, 7. Ryan Keck, 8. Drew Mowry, 9. Wyatt Bookout, 10. Alex Silliker, 11. Mattix Salmon. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Garcia.

NEW USAC JUNIOR MICRO SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gauge Garcia-71; 2-Caeden Steele-65; 3-Isabel Barnes-63; 4-Jeffrey Pahule-59; 5-Eli Bookout-58; 6-Colton Key-55; 7-Mattix Salmon-48; 8-Wyatt Bookout-45; 9-Drew Mowry-45; 10-Ryan Keck-44.

NEXT USAC JUNIOR MICRO SPRINT RACE: April 8 – Visalia, California – Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park