BERNAL TAKES HANFORD 360 30-LAPPER

 


Hanford, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. won Saturday night’s USAC West Coast 360 Sprint race at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway, leading the final 27 laps after passing Marty Hawkins on lap four. Dennis Howell came home second ahead of Peter Murphy, series point leader Richard VanderWeerd and Wes Gutierrez.


 


USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 24, 2011 – Hanford, California – Giant Chevolet Kings Speedway


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal (#11D Olmstead), 2. Richard VanderWeerd (#10 VanderWeerd), 3. Ricky Kirkbride (#87 Van Meter), 4. Greg Alexander (#72 Tyler), 5. Jared Little (#25 Little), 6. Kyle Evans (#51 Evans), 7. Jace VanderWeerd (#88 VanderWeerd). NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Marty Hawkins (#3M Hawkins), 2. Peter Murphy (#21 Murphy), 3. Jonathan Logan (#32 Evett/Logan), 4. T.J. Smith (#14 LeGras), 5. Jeff Gardner (#51T Revcon), 6. Austin Liggett (#83 Liggett). NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Danny Faria Jr. (#2 Bowman), 2. Dennis Howell (#62 Howell), 3. Wes Gutierrez (#007 WG), 4. Davey Pombo (#3E Eames), 5. Adam Frith-Smith (#62 Frith-Smith), 6. Justyne Hamblin (#8 JH). NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Dennis Howell, 3. Peter Murphy, 4. Richard VanderWeerd, 5. Wes Gutierrez, 6. Davey Pombo, 7. Danny Faria Jr., 8. Jonathan Logan, 9. T.J. Smith, 10. Adam Frith-Smith, 11. Jeff Gardner, 12. Kyle Evans, 13. Jared Little, 14. Austin Liggett, 15. Marty Hawkins, 16. Ricky Kirkbride, 17. Greg Alexander, 18. Justyne Hamblin, 19. Jace VanderWeerd. NT.


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**Hawkins flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Hawkins, Laps 4-30 Bernal.


 


NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-R.VanderWeerd-810; 2-Bernal-755; 3-Gutierrez-701; 4-J.VanderWeerd-662; 5-Howell-623; 6-Faria-600; 7-Alexander-538; 8-Hamblin-515; 9-Smith-502; 10-Bud Kaeding-439.


 


NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: October 8 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway