KINGS VICTORY IS 4-IN-A-ROW FOR BERNAL

Hanford, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. scored his fourth straight USAC West Coast Sprint car victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap race at Kings Speedway. He passed Matt Mitchell on lap three and led the rest of the way in the Mike Phulps Core Power/Metal Works ART/S & S to beat Richard Vander Weerd, Nic Faas, Dennis Howell and Mitchell. Series point leader Markus Niemela took sixth.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 7, 2014 – Hanford, California – Kings Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.575; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.781; 3. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-15.880; 4. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-15.907; 5. Troy Rutherford, 81, Watt-15.972; 6. Max Adams, 5X, Adams-15.985; 7. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.013; 8. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-16.022; 9. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.046; 10. Nic Faas, 73X, Ford-16.072; 11. Markus Niemela, 73, Ford-16.121; 12. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.204; 13. Davey Pombo, 14, Pombo-16.221; 14. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-16.250; 15. T.J. Smith, 87, Van Meter-16.380; 16. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-16.453; 17. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-16.546; 18. Garrett Long, 38, Long-16.609; 19. Matt Day, 97, Day-16.817; 20. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-16.826; 21. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.839; 22. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-17.064; 23. George Morris, 3K, Kruseman-17.268.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hawkins, 2. Faas, 3. Howell, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Faria, 6. Day, 7. Logan, 8. Pombo. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Hurst, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Niemela, 5. Rutherford, 6. Morris, 7. Carter, 8. Kassik. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Liggett, 3. Adams, 4. Smith, 5. Ennis, 6. Barnes, 7. Long. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Nic Faas, 4. Dennis Howell, 5. Matt Mitchell, 6. Markus Niemela, 7. Austin Liggett, 8. Trent Carter, 9. Marty Hawkins, 10. Troy Rutherford, 11. Landon Hurst, 12. Garrett Long, 13. Kevin Barnes, 14. George Morris, 15. Matt Day, 16. Danny Faria Jr., 17. T.J. Smith, 18. Davey Pombo, 19. Max Adams, 20. Connor Kassik, 21. Jonathan Logan, 22. Jace Vander Weerd. NT

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**J.Vander Weerd, Pombo, and Faria flipped during the feature.

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

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Niemela-452, 2-Mitchell-418, 3-Rutherford-388, 4-J.Vander Weerd-379, 5-R.Vander Weerd-361, 5-Faria-360, 7-Faas-342, 8-Howell-339, 9-Liggett-322, 10-Hurst-297.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: June 21 – Tulare, CA - Thunderbowl Raceway