From Lance Jennings
Tulare, CA — (May 17, 2014) — Ryan Bernal won the USAC West Coast / Western Classic sprint car feature Saturday night at Thunderbowl Raceway. Danny Faria, Jr., Markus Niemela, Matt Mitchell, and Jace Vander Weerd rounded out the top five.
USAC WEST COAST & WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 17, 2014 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-15.543; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.550; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-15.670; 4. Markus Niemela, 73, Ford-15.678; 5. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.733; 6. Kyle Hirst, 51T, Roth-15.15.755; 7. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.792; 8. Nic Faas, 73X, Ford-15.954; 9. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.976; 10. Colby Copeland, 74, Williams-15.16.094; 11. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-16.145; 12. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.182; 13. Troy Rutherford, 81, Watt-16.229; 14. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-16.236; 15. Scott Hall, 77J, Campanile-16.236; 16. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.270; 17. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.321; 18. T.J. Smith, 87, Van Meter-16.382; 19. Michael Faccinto, 81S, Watt-16.391; 20. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-16.541; 21. Austin Stone, 29X, Coffman-16.697; 22. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.735; 23. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-16.851; 24. Johnny White, 51, Carlile-16.892; 25. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-16.900; 26. Garrett Long, 38, Long-17.082; 27. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.233; 28. Jeff Bothelo, 14X, Bothelo-19.042.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Stone, 3. Liggett, 4. Rutherford, 5. Mitchell, 6. Ennis, 7. Long. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Hirst, 3. Copeland, 4. Smith, 5. Hawkins, 6. Day, 7. Barnes. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Faria, 3. Hurst, 4. Faccinto, 5. Hall, 6. White, 7. Sibley. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Howell, 2. Johnson, 3. Faas, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Niemela, 6. Carter, 7. Bothelo. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Niemela, 3. Hall, 4. Hawkins, 5. Sibley, 6. Ennis, 7. Day, 8. White, 9. Barnes, 10. Carter. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Markus Niemela, 4. Matt Mitchell, 5. Jace Vander Weerd, 6. Marty Hawkins, 7. Austin Liggett, 8. D.J. Johnson, 9. Austin Stone, 10. Bud Kaeding, 11. Chris Ennis, 12. Troy Rutherford, 13. Dennis Howell, 14. Kyle Hirst, 15. Richard Vander Weerd, 16. Nic Faas, 17. Scott Hall, 18. T.J. Smith, 19. Jeff Sibley, 20. Landon Hurst, 21. Michael Faccinto, 22. Colby Copeland. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Kaeding, Laps 22-23 Faas, Laps 24-30 Bernal.
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NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: May 31 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway
NEXT WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: August 2 – Hanford, CA – Kings Speedway – “Billet Cup”