BERNAL TOPS SANTA MARIA 360s; VANDERWEERDS STILL1-2

 


Santa Maria, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. led all but the first two laps of Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast 360 Sprint race at Santa Maria Speedway. Danny Faria Jr. took second ahead of series point leader Richard VanderWeerd, Davey Pombo and Dennis Howell. Faria led the two opening laps of the race.


 


USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 30, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-14.445; 2. Greg Taylor, 7, Taylor-14.544; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-14.563; 4. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-14.609; 5. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-14.650; 6. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-14.700; 7. Davey Pombo, 3E, Eames-14.718; 8. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-14.792; 9. Jared Little, 25, Litte-14.795; 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.807; 11. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-14.824; 12. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-14.850; 13. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-14.885; 14. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-14.889; 15. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-14.957; 16. Jimmy Crawford, 72X, Ford-15.023; 17. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-15.493; 18. Greg Edenholm, 73, Ford-15.498; 19. Bill Jones, 16, Jones-16.011; 20. John Penaflor, 16J, Jones-16.565.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Smith, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Crawford, 4. Pombo, 5. Howell, 6. Kirkbride, 7. Jones. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gutierrez, 2. Strole, 3. Bernal, 4. Taylor, 5. Hawkins, 6. Alexander, 7. Penaflor. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J.VanderWeerd, 2. Faria, 3. Little, 4. Hamblin, 5. Carlile, 6. Edenholm. NT.


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 4. Davey Pombo, 5. Dennis Howell, 6. Wes Gutierrez, 7. Jace VandeWeerd, 8. T.J. Smith, 9. Justyne Hamblin, 10. Greg Taylor, 11. Rusty Carlile, 12. Geoffrey Strole, 13. Jared Little, 14. Ricky Kirkbride, 15. Marty Hawkins, 16. Jimmy Crawford, 17. Greg Edenholm, 18. Greg Alexander, 19. Bill Jones, 20. John Penaflor. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Faria, Laps 3-30 Bernal.


 


NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-R.VanderWeerd-517; 2-J.VanderWeerd-446; 3-Bernal-436; 4-Faria-436; 5-Gutierrez-424; 6-Bud Kaeding-376; 7-Alexander-352; 8-Howell-349; 9-Smith-330; 10-Hamblin-323.


 


NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: August 20 – Hanford, CA - Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway