RYAN BERNAL BREAKS THROUGH AT LAS VEGAS!
Las Vegas, Nevada… Starting on the inside of the third row, Ryan Bernal (Hollister, California) chargerd forward and raced past Joe Stornetta Jr. to claim the 25-lap victory at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Racing Mike Phulps’ #56 Metal Works / Keizer Wheels ART, Bernal earned the Sands Chevrolet USAC SouthWest / West Coast Sprint Car triumph and pocketed $3,000 for his efforts. Stornetta, hard charger Brady Bacon, Stevie Sussex, and Charles Davis Jr. rounded out the top-five drivers.
Landon Cling set a new track record in qualifying over the 37 entries. Jake Swanson, Stornetta, Brady Short, and Davis won the 8-lap heat races. Troy Rutherford and Geoff Ensign raced to victory in the 10-lap semi-mains.
SANDS CHERVOLET USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 9, 2017 – Las Vegas, Nevada – The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway – "6th FVP Outlaw Showdown”
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Landon Cling, 54, Cling-17.470 (New Track Record); 2. Joe Stornetta Jr, 3F, Finkenbinder-17.484; 3. Brady Short, 19S, Reinbold/Underwood-17.600; 4. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-17.752; 5. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-17.778; 6. Shon Deskins, 20, Deskins-17.812; 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-17.819; 8. Brady Bacon, 73, Ford-17.853; 9. Tye Mihocko, 5, Mihocko-17.863; 10. Nick Aiuto, 29, Colquette-17.894; 11. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.895; 12. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney-17.917; 13. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-17.932; 14. Stevie Sussex, 21AZ, Burkhart-18.080; 15. Trfistan Guardino, 15T, Guardino-18.092; 16. Charles Davis Jr., 50, Massey-18.107; 17. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-18.111; 18. Danny Faria Jr., 777, Robblee-18.156; 19. Brody Roa, 81X, Watt-18.191; 20. Geoff Ensign, 3, Finkenbinder-18.196; 21. Dylan Westbrook, 2, Yeley-18.232; 22. Trey Marcham, 81, Watt-18.266; 23. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-18.293; 24. Matt Lundy, 98, Lundy-18.314; 25. Ryan Stolz, 63, Stolz-18.416; 26. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-18.480; 27. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-18.488; 28. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-18.494; 29. Bobby Marcum, 80, Marcum-18.521; 30. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-18.525; 31. Andy Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-18.567; 32. Jeff Lowery, 45, Lowery-18.624; 33. Cody Majors, 81M, Watt-18.655; 34. Jay Ervine, 51X, AJ-18.904; 35. Mark Ferrera, 85, Perkins-21.172; 36. Larry Kesterson, F2, Kesterson-NT; 37. Bruce St. James, 7K, St. James-NT.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Bernal, 3. Mihocko, 4. Cling, 5. Westbrook, 6. J.Vander Weerd, 7. Majors, 8. Ferrara. NT
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stornetta, 2. Sussex, 3. Marcham, 4. Deskins, 5. Faria, 6. Timmons, 7. Aiuto, 8. Hix, 9. Ervine. NT
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Short, 2. Johnson, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Roa, 5. Sibley, 6. Reinbold, 7. Guardino, 8. Martin. NT
PYROTECT RACING CELLS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Darland, 3. Bacon, 4. Lundy, 5. Ensign, 6. Rossi, 7. Lowery, 8. Rutherford. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / BUTLERBUILT SEATS FIRST SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Rutherford, 2. Faria, 3. Westbrook, 4. Guardino, 5. Sibley, 6. Majors, 7. Reinbold, 8. Stolz, 9. Ferrara, 10. Marcum. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / BUTLERBUILT SEATS SECOND SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Ensign, 2. Aiuto, 3. Timmons, 4. J.VanderWeerd, 5. Rossi, 6. Lowery, 7. Hix, 8. Ervine, 9. St. James. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Joe Stornetta Jr., 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Stevie Sussex, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 7. R.J. Johnson, 8. Jake Swanson, 9. Brody Roa, 10. Dave Darland, 11. Shon Deskins, 12. Landon Cling, 13. Ryan Timmons, 14. Tye Mihocko, 15. Troy Rutherford, 16. Brady Short, 17. Nick Aiuto, 18. Dylan Westbrook, 19. Trey Marcham, 20. Geoff Ensign, 21. Danny Faria Jr., 22. Matt Lundy. NT
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**St. James flipped during qualifications. Faria, Aiuto, and Westbrook flipped during feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Davis, Laps 2-8 Stornetta, Laps 9-25 Bernal
BR MOTORSPORTS / KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Brady Bacon (12th to 3rd)
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stornetta-80, 2-Bernal-79, 3-Bacon-70, 4-Sussex-68, 5-Davis-66, 6-R.Vander Weerd-61, 7-Johnson-59, 8-Swanson-57, 9-Roa-51, 10-Darland-50.
NEW USAC SANDS CHEVROLET SOUTHWEST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Davis-143, 2-Sussex-138, 3-Johnson-127, 4-Darland-126, 5-Deskins-110, 6-Mihocko-94, 7-Cling-88, 8-Aiuto-88, 9-Stornetta-80, 10-Bernal-79/
NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST & WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: March 10 – The Dirt Track at Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway – "6th FVP Outlaw Showdown”