POINT LEADER BERNAL TAKES TULARE WEST COAST FEATURE

Tulare, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. captured Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint Car feature at the Thunderbowl Raceway. He caught Markus Niemela on lap 16 and led the last half of the race in his King Racing Products/A & A Precision Machine Spike/Raney. Fast qualifier Richard Vander Weerd finished second ahead of Niemela, Marty Hawkins and Rusty Carlile.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 20, 2013 – Tulare, California – Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.329; 2. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-15.367; 3. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.453; 4. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.499; 5. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-15.570; 6. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-15.716; 7. Greg Alexander, 13a, Rickard-15.882; 8. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt-16.046; 9. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-16.063; 10. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-16.130; 11. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.228; 12. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter- 16.332; 13. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.356; 14. Seth Hancock, 51s, Hancock-16.597; 15. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-16.649; 16. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.661; 17. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-16.891.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hawkins, 2. R.Vanderweerd, 3. Carlile, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Alexander, 6. Howell, 7. Logan, 8. Carter. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Faria, 3. Bernal, 4. Hurst, 5. Kirkbride, 6. Barnes, 7. Hancock, 8. Sibley. NT

DASH: (6 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Hurst, 3. J. Vanderweerd, 4. Carlile, 5. Bernal, 6. R.Vander Weerd, 7. Hawkins, 8. Faria. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Markus Niemela, 4. Marty Hawkins, 5. Rusty Carlile, 6. Trent Carter, 7. Dennis Howell, 8. Danny Faria Jr., 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 10. Landon Hurst, 11. Greg Alexander, 12. Ricky Kirkbride, 13. Jonathan Logan, 14. Jim Richardson, 15. Seth Hancock, 16. Kevin Barnes. NT

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**Sibley flipped during the second heat. Hancock, Hurst, Alexander and Faria all flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Niemela, Laps 16-30 Bernal.

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bernal-332, 2-R.Vander Weerd-308, 3-J.Vander Weerd-277, 4-Faria-267, 5-Bud Kaeding-242, 6-Niemela-240, 7-Carlile-218, 8-Kirkbride-185, 9-Hawkins-168, 10-Hurst-151.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: April 27 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway