BERNAL WIRE-TO-WIRE AT TULARE

Tulare, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. led all 30 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC West Coast Sprint race at Thunderbowl Raceway in the Tri-L Mandarin Ranch/Core Power ART/S & S. Series point leader Danny Faria Jr. took the runnerup spot ahead of Tristan Guardino, Bud Kaeding and D.J. Johnson. Faria’s point lead over Bernal stands at 53 points entering a June 20 race at Santa Maria Raceway.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 30, 2015 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.081; 2. Brady Bacon, 73X, Ford-16.089; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-16.330; 4. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.364; 5. Tristan Guardino, 81, Watt-16.385; 6. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-16.451; 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.658; 8. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.773; 9. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-16.790; 10. Austin Liggett, 81M, Watt-16.797; 11. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-16.831; 12. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-16.924; 13. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-16.926; 14. Shannon McQueen, 87, Van Meter-17.439; 15. Johnathon Henry, 17, Shanoian-17.594.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Faria, 3. Marcham, 4. Rutherford, 5. Guardino, 6. Hurst, 7. Henry, 8. R.Vander Weerd. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Kaeding, 3. Bernal, 4. Bacon, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. McQueen, 7. Sibley. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Tristan Guardino, 4. Bud Kaeding, 5. D.J. Johnson, 6. Troy Rutherford, 7. Trey Marcham, 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 9. Jeff Sibley, 10. Shannon McQueen, 11. Brady Bacon, 12. Austin Liggett, 13. Landon Hurst, 14. Johnathon Henry, 15. Richard Vander Weerd. NT

---------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Bernal.

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Faria-504, 2-Bernal-451, 3-J.Vander Weerd-393, 4-Johnson-375, 5-R.Vander Weerd-357, 6-Marcham-351, 7-Hurst-351, 8-Guardino-302, 9-Sibley-255, 10-Liggett-215.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: June 20 – Santa Maria (CA) Raceway