TRULLI TAKES “GOLD CUP” WESTERN CLASSIC FEATURE; TITLE TO BERNAL

Chico, CA……..Jimmy Trulli of Placerville, Calif. won Thursday night’s 30-lap USAC Western Classic Sprint finale at Silver Dollar Speedway, part of the track’s “Gold Cup” program. Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif., finishing third Thursday, emerged as the 2013 USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Champion. Trulli and his S & S Automotive/El Dorado Fence S & S/Chevy led all 30 laps to beat Austin Liggett, Bernal, Kyle Hirst and fast qualifier Geoff Ensign.

USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 5, 2013 – Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Geoff Ensign, 5v, VanLare-14.354; 2. Ryan Bernal, 93, Gardner-14.379; 3. Bud Kaeding, 73, Ford-14.519; 4. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-14.544; 5. Andy Forsberg, 7c, Forsberg-14.559; 6. Kyle Hirst, 29, Croft-14.610; 7. Andy Gregg, 14R, Arnold-14.631; 8. Chad Boespflug, 14, Pierson-14.652; 9. Jimmy Trulli, 33t, Trulli-14.657; 10. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleason-14.802; 11. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-14.809; 12. Herman Klein, 42x, Klein-14.818; 13. Brett Rollag, 27, Rollag-14.846; 14. Max Adams, 5x, Adams--14.928; 15. Taylor Simas, 7, Simas-14.989; 16. Shawn Wright, 99x, Wright-15.068; 17. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-15.114; 18. Jason York, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.118; 19. Scott Hall, 56k, Phulps-15.158; 20. Koen Shaw, 88k, Shaw-15.209; 21. Tim Sherman, 1jr, Sherman-15.249; 22. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-15.532; 23. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-15.639; 24. Rowdy McClenon, 13, McClenon-15.671; 25. Billy Aton, 26, Aton-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rollag, 2. Ensign, 3. Wright, 4. Liggett, 5. Aton, 6. Gregg, 7. Richardon, 8. Hall, 9. Schank. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Boespflug, 2. Johnson, 3. Forsberg, 4. Shaw, 5. Bernal, 6. Hogg, 7. Adams, 8. Hunt. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Trulli, 2. Simas, 3. Kaeding, 4. Klein, 5. McClenon, 6. York, 7. Sherman, 8. Hirst. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Schank, 2. Bernal, 3. York, 4. Hall, 5. Hunt, 6. Sherman, 7. Hogg, 8. Aton, 9. Richardson, 10. Gregg, 11. McClenon, 12. Hirst. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jimmy Trulli, 2. Austin Liggett, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Kyle Hirst, 5. Geoff Ensign, 6. Tony Hunt, 7. Andy Gregg, 8. D.J. Johnson, 9. Herman Klein, 10. Brett Rollag, 11. Koen Shaw, 12. Bud Kaeding, 13. Billy Aton, 14. Shauna Hogg, 15. Rowdy McClenon, 16. Jason York, 17. Terry Schank Jr., 18. Andy Forsberg, 19. Taylor Simas, 20. Chad Boespflug, 21. Tim Sherman Jr., 22. Jim Richardson, 23. Scott Hall, 24. Shawn Wright. NT

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**Wright flipped on lap 2 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Trulli.

FINAL USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bernal-532, 2-Hogg-482, 3-Johnson-426, 4-Hunt-401, 5-Ensign-132, 6-Landon Hurst-113, 7-Kaeding-112, 8-Gordon Rodgers-94, 9-Marty Hawkins-86, 10-Liggett-78.