5-IN-A-ROW FOR BERNAL – AT THUNDERBOWL!
Tulare, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. scored his fifth consecutive USAC West Coast Sprint Car win Saturday night at Thunderbowl Raceway. He caught Matt Mitchell on lap 12 and led tne final 19 laps for the win over Mitchell, Richard Vander Weerd, Dennis Howell and Troy Rutherford. The win vaulted him to ninth in the new standings.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 21, 2014 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-15.344; 2. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.415; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.479; 4. Troy Rutherford, 81, Watt-15.592; 5. Markus Niemela, 73, Ford-15.676; 6. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-15.736; 7. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.802; 8. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.970; 9. Austin Stone, 29X, Coffman-16.048; 10. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.229; 11. T.J. Smith, 87, Van Meter-16.273; 12. Heath Duinkerken, 179, Hurst-16.325; 13. Garrett Long, 38, Long-16.394; 14. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-16.477; 15. Johnny White, 51, Carlile-16.775; 16. Jonathan Logan, 32, Logan-16.958; 17. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.339; 18. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Niemela, 3. Bernal, 4. Smith, 5. R.Vander Weeerd, 6. Stone, 7. Long, 8. White, 9. Day. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Howell, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Liggett, 4. Rutherford, 5. Logan, 6. Carter, 7. Barnes, 8. Duinkerken. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Dennis Howell, 5. Troy Rutherford, 6. Jace Vander Weerd, 7. Austin Liggett, 8. Markus Niemela, 9. Austin Stone, 10. T.J. Smith, 11. Heath Duinkerken, 12. Garrett Long, 13. Trent Carter, 14. Kevin Barnes, 15. Matt Day, 16. Johnny White, 17. Jonathan Logan. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Mitchell, Laps 12-30 Bernal.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Niemela-500, 2-Mitchell-483, 3-Rutherford-444, 4-J.Vander Weerd-436, 5-R.Vander Weerd-423, 6-Howell-399, 7-Liggett-370, 8-Dabby Faria Jr.-360, 9-Bernal-355, 10-Nic Faas-342.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: August 8 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway