ENSIGN DUSTS OFF WESTERN CLASSIC FOES AT STOCKTON

Stockton, CA……..Geoff Ensign of Sebastopol, Calif. caught leader Richard Vander Weerd on the 28th lap and led the last two circuits around the Stockton 99 Dirt Track to win Friday night’s USAC Western Classic Sprint feature. Driving the Annette VanLare Steering Repair/McClish Motorsports Maxim, Ensign was trailed to the flag by Matt Streeter, fast qualifier Richard Vander Weerd, Jace Vander Weerd and Johnathon Henry. Series point leader Ryan Bernal finished 13th.

USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 21, 2013 – Stockton, California – Stockton 99 Dirt Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.745; 2. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.797; 3. Geoff Ensign, 5v, McClish-16.999; 4. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-17.358; 5. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-17.367; 6. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-17.439; 7. James Sweeney, 11, Lewis-17.471; 8. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-17.530; 9. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-17.655; 10. Scott Hull, 56s, Phulps-17.686; 11. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-17.687; 12. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-17.825; 13. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-17.899; 14. Marc Mackay, 86, Mackay-17.923; 15. Terry Schank Jr., 94s, Schank-17.951; 16. Johnathon Henry, 17, Henry-17.986; 17. Colby Copeland, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-18.039; 18. Austin Stone, 29, Coffman-18.464; 19. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-18.653; 20. Cotton Farmer, 15, HAL-19.479; 21. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-19.657; 22. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-20.110; 23. Max Adams, 5x, Adams-NT; 24. Kolby Araki, 30k, Araki-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Henry, 3. Hogg, 4. Sweeney, 5. Hull, 6. Baker, 7. Hurst, 8. Rodgers. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Copeland, 2. Streeter, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Mackay, 5. Farmer. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Ensign, 3. Johnson, 4. Schank, 5. Hawkins, 6. Stone, 7. Araki. NT

DASH: (6 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. Bernal, 3. Ensign, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Sweeney, 6. R.Vander Weerd. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Geoff Ensign, 2. Matt Streeter, 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Jace Vander Weerd, 5. Johnathon Henry, 6. Marty Hawkins, 7. D.J. Johnson, 8. Marc Mackay, 9. Kolby Araki, 10. Scott Hull, 11. Jim Richardson, 12. Austin Stone, 13. Ryan Bernal, 14. Gordon Rodgers, 15. Shauna Hogg, 16. Tom Baker, 17. Colby Copeland, 18. James Sweeney, 19. Landon Hurst, 20. Austin Liggett, 21. Terry Schank Jr., 22. Cotton Farmer, 23. Tony Hunt, 24. Max Adams. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Streeter, Laps 18-27 R.Vander Weerd, Laps 28-30 Ensign.

NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bernal-290, 2-D.J. Johnson-248, 3-Hunt-201, 4-Hogg-177, 5-Slack-167, 6-Streeter-157, 7-Sweeney-150, 8-Copeland-120, 9-Nathan Washam-113, 10-Richardson-112.

NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: July 12, 2013 – Watsonville, CA -Ocean Speedway