BAKERSFIELD WEST COAST SPRINT TO BERNAL

Bakersfield, CA……..USAC West Coast Sprint Car point leader Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. won Saturay night’s 30-lap feature at Bakersfield Speedway, leading all but three laps in his King Racing Products/A & A Precision Machine Spike/Raney. Richard Vander Weerd took second ahead of Bud Kaeding, Danny Faria Jr. and Markus Niemela. Faria led briefly between laps 14 and 16.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 27, 2013 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-14.560; 2. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.650; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-14.730; 4. Brody Roa, 91R, Roa-14.875; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-14.975; 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.046; 7. Derek Buckley, 76, Buckley-15.046; 8. Matt Day, 97, Day-15.055; 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.115; 10. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-15.258; 11. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-15.396; 12. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-15.482; 13. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-15.530; 14. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.570; 15. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-15.779; 16. Mike Broome, 43B, Broome-15.932; 17. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.094.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. Kaeding, 3. Niemela, 4. Faria, 5. Buckley, 6. Hawkins, 7. Howell, 8. Ennis, 9. Liggett. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Bernal, 3. Day, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Roa, 6. Broome, 7. Barnes, 8. Carlile. NT

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

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Markus Niemela, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Brody Roa, 8. Dennis Howell, 9. Ricky Kirkbride, 10. Derek Buckley, 11. Chris Ennis, 12. Marty Hawkins, 13. Kevin Barnes, 14. Mike Broome, 15. Matt Day, 16. Jace Vander Weerd, 17. Austin Liggett. NT

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**J. Vander Weerd flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Bernal, Laps 14-16 Faria, Laps 17-30 Bernal.

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bernal-404, 2-R.Vander Weerd-374, 3-Faria-327, 4-J.Vander Weerd-306, 5-Kaeding-305, 6-Niemela-294, 7-Carlile-264, 8-Kirkbride-226, 9-Hawkins-200, 10-Ennis-162.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: May 11 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway – “Billet Cup”