WEST COAST SPRINTS CLOSE AT PERRIS NOV. 6;

BERNAL WINS “COTTON CLASSIC” SPECIAL EVENT AT TULARE

Matt Mitchell will lead the USAC West Coast Sprint Car series to its final 2014 event November 6 in the opening race of this year’s “Budweiser Oval Nationals” program at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

Mitchell has a 28-point lead over Markus Niemela in the current standings, which were not affected by last Saturday’s “non-points” race at Tulare, Calif.

USAC Western Classic Sprint car point leader Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap West Coast Sprint “Cotton Classic” at Thunderbowl Raceway. Piloting the Mike Phulps Core Power/DMI Race Products ART/S & S, Bernal passed Austin Liggett on lap 15 and led the final 16 laps to beat Geoff Ensign, Danny Faria Jr., Jake Swanson and Richard Vander Weerd.