BERNAL TOPS 30-LAP 360 SPRINT AT HANFORD

 


Hanford, CA…….Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast 360 Sprint race at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway to enhance his third-place point ranking. Bernal passed Danny Sheridan on lap nine and led the last 22 laps to beat T.J. Smith, fast qualifier Jace VanderWeerd,


 


USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 20, 2011 – Hanford, California – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.786; 2. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-15.791; 3. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.941; 4. Danny Sheridan, 21, Dorathy-15.972; 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.979; 6. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-16.110; 7. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-16.137; 8. Davey Pombo, 3E, Eames-16.288; 9. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.340; 10. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.364; 11. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.493; 12. Peter Murphy, 4, Eberhardt-16.496; 13. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.574; 14. Nico Russo, 3N, Russo-16.595; 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.596; 16. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-16.656; 17. Jared Little, 25, Little-16.894; 18. Matt Day, 97, Day-16.974; 19. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-NT; 20. Jeff Miller, 5X, Swaim-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Hawkins, 3. J.VanderWeerd, 4. Sheridan, 5. Howell, 6. Logan. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Carlile, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Bernal, 4. Little, 5. Russo, 6. Pombo. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hamblin, 2. Kirkbride, 3. Murphy, 4. Gutierrez, 5. Day, 6. Faria. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. T.J. Smith, 3. Jace VanderWeerd, 4. Peter Murphy, 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. Dennis Howell, 7. Wes Gutierrez, 8. Davey Pombo, 9. Justyne Hamblin, 10. Marty Hawkins, 11. Nico Russo, 12. Jonathan Logan, 13. Rusty Carlile, 14. Jared Little, 15. Matt Day, 16. Danny Faria Jr., 17. Ricky Kirkbride, 18. Danny Sheridan, 19. Terry Nichols. NT


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*Faria flipped during the third heat.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Sheridan, Laps 9-30 Bernal.


 


NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-R.Vanderweerd-574; 2-J.VanderWeerd-512; 3-Bernal-507; 4-Gutierrez-475; 5-Faria-461; 6-Howell-398; 7-Smith-395; 8-Bud Kaeding-376; 9-Hamblin-367; 10-Greg Alexander-352.


 


NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: August 27 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway