Bernal and Johnson Wins at Victorville

USAC United States Auto Club CRA California Racing Association Logo tease

From Dick Jordan

Victorville, CA — (August 19, 2012) — Ryan Bernal won the USAC / CRA Sprint Car feature Sunday night at Route 66 Motorplex. Cory Kruseman, Brody Roa, Mike Spencer, and Shane Golobic rounded out the top five. R.J. Johnson won the USAC MOPAR Western Midget Car Series feature.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 19, 2012 – Victorville, California – Route 66 Motorplex

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.710; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-15.025; 3. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-15.196; 4. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-15.245; 5. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-15.253; 6. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.256; 7. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.257; 8. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.317; 9. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-15.348; 10. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-15.389; 11. Shane Golobic, 73x, Ford-15.416; 12. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-15.428; 13. R.J. Johnson, 51a, Martin-15.445; 14. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.481; 15. John Aden, 7a, Aden-15.485; 16. Brandon Thomson, 16, Jones-15.529; 17. Jake Swanson, 41, Jones-15.746; 18. Johnny McCall, 44J, McCall-15.755; 19. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-15.810; 20. Adam Frith-Smith, 62a, Frith-Smith-15.890; 21. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-15.970; 22. Trevor Cooper, 21k, Kruseman-15.976; 23. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-15.996; 24. Patrick Clark, 71k, Kruseman-16.107; 25. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-16.135; 26. A.J. Bender, 12B, Bender-16.292; 27. Tom
Hendricks, 14k, Kruseman-16.365; 28. Cal Smith, 39, Cal Sun-16.371; 29. Jeremy Ellertson, 23, Ellertson-16.585; 30. Mike Collins, 04, Perkins-16.739; 31. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-16.771; 32. Ed Schwarz, 47, Perkins-17.074; 33. Jon Kairot, 35, Perkins-17.498.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Kruseman, 3. Wilson, 4. Cooper, 5. Bender, 6. McCall. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Roa, 3. R.Williams, 4. Ballard, 5. Ercse, 6. Faas, 7. Aden, 8. Hendricks. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Cardey, 3. Thomson, 4. Clark, 5. Schwarz, 6. Smith, 7. Frith-Smith, 8. A.Williams. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Johnson, 3. Perkins, 4. Bernal, 5. Bezio, 6. Collins, 7. Swanson, 8. Ellertson. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Faas, 3. A.Williams, 4. Bezio, 5. Frith-Smith, 6. Hendricks, 7. Ellertson, 8. Collins, 9. Bender, 10. Smith, 11. Ercse, 12. Schwarz, 13. Aden, 14. Kairot. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Brody Roa, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Shane Golobic, 6. Ronnie Gardner, 7. Austin Williams, 8. Brandon Thomson, 9. Jake Swanson, 10. Seth Wilson, 11. Corey Ballard, 12. Rickie Gaunt, 13. Tom Hendricks, 14. Rip Williams, 15. Ricky Johnson, 16. Patrick Clark, 17. David Bezio, 18. Adam Frith-Smith, 19. David Cardey, 20. Kenny Perkins, 21. Cody Williams, 22. Trevor Cooper. NT

—————————-

C.Williams flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Roa, Laps 15-30 Bernal.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-955, 2-Faas-769, 3-Roa-674, 4-Bernal-667, 5-A.Williams-664, 6-R.Williams-625, 7-Kruseman-613, 8-Matt Mitchell-461, 9-C.Williams-450, 10-Wilson-431.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: September 1-2 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”

MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 19, 2012 – Victorville, California – Route 66 Motorplex

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Johnson-15.704; 2. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-15.719; 3. Alex Schutte, 9x, Dodenhof-15.816; 4. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-15.823; 5. R.J. Johnson, 51J, Martin-15.836; 6. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-15.853; 7. Danny Ebberts, 5, VanDyne-15.966; 8. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-15.980; 9. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-16.093; 10. Bobby Michnowicz, 21jr, Bach-16.095; 11. Cole Carter, 10, Cook-16.106; 12. Josh Pelkey, 12jr, Allen-16.212; 13. Sean Dodenhof, 9D, Dodenhof-16.278; 14. Rick Hendrix, 12, Hendrix-16.464; 15. Brian Deegan, 17k, Kruseman-16.469; 16. Connor Kassik, 115, Neverlift-16.585; 17. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-16.657; 18. Jeff Perry, 28, Perry-16.806; 19. Trevor Cooper, 89, Kruseman-16.825; 20. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-16.890; 21. Jimmy Voitel, 21, Voitel-17.045.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ebberts, 2. Dodenhof, 3. Michnowicz, 4. Gardner, 5. Pankratz, 6. Kassik, 7. Cooper. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rodela, 2. C.Swanson, 3. Johnson, 4. Hendrix, 5. Carter, 6. Edwards, 7. Guerrini. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Prickett, 2. Pelkey, 3. Voitel, 4. Schutte, 5. McQueen, 6. Perry, 7. Deegan. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. David Prickett, 3. Ronnie Gardner, 4. Randi Pankratz, 5. Josh Pelkey, 6. Cole Carter, 7. Cody Swanson, 8. Shannon McQueen, 9. Bobby Michnowicz, 10. Frankie Guerrini, 11. Jerome Rodela, 12. Alex Schutte, 13. Connor Kassik, 14. Rick Hendrix, 15. Jeff Perry, 16. Sean Dodenhof, 17. Trevor Cooper, 18. Brian Deegan, 19. Kyle Edwards, 20. Danny Ebberts, 21. Jimmy Voitel. NT
—————————-

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 McQueen, Laps 5-9 Pankratz, Laps 10-12 Prickett, Laps 13-20 Johnson.

NEW MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-McQueen-499, 2-Carter-411, 3-Prickett-408, 4-Nick Chivello-382, 5-Jake Swanson-344, 6-Scott Pierovich-321, 7-Guerrini-303, 8-C.Swanson-266, 9-Kassik-254, 10-Pankratz-250.
NEW MOPAR USAC DIRT WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Prickett-377, 2-McQueen-348, 3-Carter-283, 4-Jake Swanson-260, 5-Kassik-254, 6-Pankratz-250, 7-C.Swanson-229, 8-Schutte-225, 9-Nick Chivello-194, 10-Guerrini-169.

NEXT MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: September 1-2 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”