7TH BERNAL WIN COMES AT KINGS – BILLET CUP TITLE TO FARIA

Hanford, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. scored his seventh USAC feature win of the season Saturday, wheeling the Keith Ford King Racing Products/A & A Precision Machine Spike/Raney to a 40-lap win in the “Billet Cup” main event at Kings Speedway. Bernal was the last of four race leaders, pacing the final four laps after passing Dennis Howell on lap 37. Bud Kaeding took second ahead of Howell, Danny Faria Jr. and Landon Hurst. Fast qualifier Faria emerged as the “Billet Cup” points champion by one point!

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 11, 2013 – Hanford, California – Kings Speedway – “Billet Cup”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.100; 2. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.198; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.301; 4. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.361; 5. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.369; 6. Mike Spencer, 7m, Priestley-16.440; 7. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-16.499; 8. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-16.514; 9. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.541; 10. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.624; 11. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.818; 12. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.880; 13. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.949; 14. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt-17.052; 15. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-17.230; 16. Kolby Araki, 30k, Araki-17.555; 17. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.796; 18. Garrett Long, 38, Long-18.085.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Barnes, 3. Carlile, 4. Howell, 5. Ferris, 6. Araki. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Bernal, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Day, 5. Sibley, 6. Niemela. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Kaeding, 3. Hurst, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Spencer, 6. Long. NT

FIRST QUALIFIER: (12 laps) 1. Faria, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Niemela, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Carlile, 6. Sibley, 7. Ferris, 8. Araki, 9. Spencer. NT

SECOND QUALIFIER: (12 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Liggett, 4. Kaeding, 5. Howell, 6. Hurst, 7. Day, 8. Barnes, 9. Long. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Dennis Howell, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Landon Hurst, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Andy Ferris, 8. Markus Niemela, 9. Kolby Araki, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Jeff Sibley, 12. Kevin Barnes, 13. Jace Vander Weerd, 14. Matt Day, 15. Austin Liggett, 16. Mike Spencer, 17. Garrett Long, 18. Richard Vander Weerd. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Hurst, Laps 14-15 Kaeding, Laps 16-36 Howell, Laps 37-40 Bernal.

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bernal-454, 2-R.Vander Weers-424, 3-Faria-377, 4-Kirkbride-376, 5-J.Vander Weerd-356, 6-Kaeding-355, 7-Niemela-344, 8-Carlile-314, 9-Liggett-208, 10-Hurst-201.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: June 8 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway