TIMMONS BRIDESMAID NO MORE, WINS AT BAKERSFIELD!
Bakersfield, CA……..Ryan Timmons of Pleasant Hill. Calif. finally scored his first USAC West Coast Sprint victory Saturday night, winning the 30-lap feature at Bakersfield Speedway. He passed series leader Austin Liggett on lap 22 and led the rest of the way to beat Tristan Guardino, Liggett, Ricky Kirkbride and Koen Shaw.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 28, 2018 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tristan Guardino, 15T, Guardino-13.473; 2. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-13.544; 3. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-13.691; 4. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-13.749; 5. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-13.848; 6. Matt Day, 97, Day-14.008; 7. Shannon McQueen, 7, Van Meter-14.023; 8. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-14.169; 9. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.176; 10. Austin Ervine, 57, AJ-14.984; 11. James Herrera, 5J, Herrera-15.675; 12. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-NT.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Kirkbride, 3. Herrera, 4. Bock, 5. Guardino, 6. McQueen. NT
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS/ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Timmons, 2. Hix, 3. Day, 4. Shaw, 5. Ervine. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Timmons, 2. Tristan Guardino, 3. Austin Liggett, 4. Ricky Kirkbride, 5. Koen Shaw, 6. Shannon McQueen, 7. Steve Hix, 8. Britton Bock, 9. Matt Day, 10. Austin Ervine, 11. James Herrera. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Liggett, Laps 23-30 Timmons.
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS/RACING OPTICS HARD CHARGER: Tristan Guardino (9th to 2nd)
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Liggett-779, 2-Guardino-673, 3-Timmons-651, 4-Shaw-578, 5-McQueen-569, 6-Hix-543, 7-Bock-487, 8-Danny Faria Jr,-477, 9-Richard Vander Weerd-441, 10-Jace Vander Weerd-390.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: August 11 – Santa Maria (CA) Raceway – “Bud Stanfield Memorial” – co-sanctioned with Santa Maria 360 Sprints