BERNAL TAKES ABBREVIATED “VERMEIL” SPRINT RACE

Calistoga, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. emerged the winner of Saturday night’s curfew-shortened 27-lap “Louis Vermeil Classic" AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Calistoga Speedway. Wheeling the Tri-L Mandarin Ranch/Core Power ART/S & S, Bernal passed Richard Vander Weerd on lap 12 and led until the race was halted after lap 27. Fast qualifier Rico Abreu finished second ahead of Vander Weerd, Matt Mitchell and D.J. Johnson.

USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: Sepetmber 5, 2015 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “8th Louie Vermeil Classic” - California Sprint Week

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rico Abreu, 24, Abreu-19.275; 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-19.316; 3. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-19.464; 4. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-19.617; 5. Brady Bacon, 73, Ford-19.663; 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-19.730; 7. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-19.736; 8. Colton Slack, 3F, Finkenbinder-19.826; 9. Joe Stornetta, 27, Thomas-19.849; 10. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-19.886; 11. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-19.902; 12. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-19.927; 13. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.111; 14. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-20.032; 15. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.081; 16. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-20.143; 17. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-20.145; 18. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-20.193; 19. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-20.213; 20. Chase Johnson, 68, Thomas-20.264; 21. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-20.273; 22. Trevor Schmid, 2X, Schmid-20.599; 23. Eric Rossi, 17S, Shanoian-20.732; 24. Geoff Ensign, 14S, Smith-20.815; 25. Jason McIntosh, 33X, McIntosh-20.842; 26. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-21.537; 27. John Clark, 30C, Clark-22.796; 28. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-22.975.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Abreu, 3. C.Williams, 4. Stornetta, 5. L.Williams, 6. Schmid, 7. Richardson. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Faria, 3. Gardner, 4. Vander Weerd, 5. Rossi, 6. Gansen, 7. Clark. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Ballou, 3. Ensign, 4. A.Williams, 5. C.Johnson, 6. Spencer, 7. Sibley. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D.J.Johnson, 2. Swanson, 3. Roa, 4. McIntosh, 5. Slack, 6. Colston. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Slack, 3. L.Williams, 4. C.Johnson, 5. Rossi, 6. Colston, 7. Gansen, 8. Schmid, 9. Clark, 10. Richardson, 11. Sibley. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Rico Abreu, 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Matt Mitchell, 5. D.J. Johnson, 6. Colton Slack, 7. Austin Williams, 8. Geoff Ensign, 9. Mike Spencer, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Chase Johnson, 12. Brody Roa, 13. Logan Williams, 14. Brady Bacon, 15. Damion Gardner, 16. Jake Swanson, 17. Chris Gansen, 18. Parker Colston, 19. Eric Rossi, 20. Robert Ballou, 21. Joe Stornetta, 22. Danny Faria Jr., 23. Jason McIntosh. NT

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**Shank flipped during qualifications. McIntosh and Faria flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Vander Weerd, Laps 12-27 Bernal

NEW CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Bernal-72, 2-Abreu-70, 3-R.Vander Weerd-60, 4-Mitchell-59, 5-D.J.Johnson-56, 6-Slack-48, 7-A.Williams-47, 8-Ensign-45, 9-Spencer-40, 10-C.Williams-39.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Gardner-697, 2-Spencer-688, 3-R.Vander Weerd-675, 4-A.Williams-648, 5-Mitchell-644, 6-Swanson-537, 7-Roa-500, 8-C.Williams-432, 9-L.Williams-369, 10-Jace Vander Weerd-280.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 6 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway - “8th Louie Vermeil Classic” - California Sprint Week