BERNAL OPENS CLASSIC SERIES WITH OCEAN VICTORY

Watsonville, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. is the early leader in the 2013 USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series after winning Friday night’s 30-lap series opener at Ocean Speedway. Bernal passed Tanner Swanson on lap four and led the rest of the way in his King Racing Products/A & A Precision Machine Spike/Raney to beat Colton Slack, Tanner Swanson, Matt Streeter and D.J. Johnson. Defending series champ Tony Hunt took sixth.

USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 19, 2013 – Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nathan Washam, 33x, Hood-14.814; 2. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.837; 3. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-15.030; 4. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-15.101; 5. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-15.129; 6. Joe Stornetta, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.249; 7. Tanner Swanson, 69, Kaiser-15.355; 8. Klint Simpson, 84, Simpson-15.482; 9. Colton Slack, 17, Slack-15.485; 10. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-15.949; 11. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-16.152; 12. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-16.191; 13 Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-16.389; 14. Scott Hall, 56x, Hall-18.921; 15. A.J. Kirkpatrick, 12k, Kirkpatrick-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Hunt, 3. Slack, 4. Johnson, 5. Washam, 6. Richardson, 7. Kirkpatrick, 8. Baker. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hogg, 2. Hall, 3. Bernal, 4. Streeter, 5. Simpson, 6. Rodgers, 7, Stornetta. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Colton Slack, 3. Tanner Swanson, 4. Matt Streeter, 5. D.J. Johnson, 6. Tony Hunt, 7. Nathan Washam, 8. Jim Richardson, 9. Klint Simpson, 10. Scott Hall, 11. Gordon Rodgers, 12. Shauna Hogg, 13, Tom Baker, 14. A.J. Kirkpatrick. NT

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**Stornetta flipped during the second heat. Rodgers flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 T.Swanson, Laps 4-30 Bernal.

NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bernal-71, 2-Slack-63, 3-T.Swanson-62, 4-Streeter-59, 5-Hunt-56, 6-Johnson-55, 7-Washam-52, 8-Richardson-42, 9-Simpson-40, 10-Hall-40.

NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: May 4, 2013 – Placerville (CA) Speedway