Tulare, CA — (May 31, 2014) — Ryan Bernal and Trey Marcham won the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series and Western Midget Car features respectively Saturday night at Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 31, 2014 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-15.460; 2. Mike Spencer, 51T, Roth-15.600; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.673; 4. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.750; 5. Troy Rutherford, 81, Watt-15.830; 6. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.855; 7. Markus Niemela, 73, Ford-15.880; 8. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.150; 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.285; 10. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.339; 11. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.347; 12. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-16.411; 13. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.530; 14. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-16.556; 15. T.J. Smith, 87, Van Meter-16.691; 16. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-16.782; 17. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-16.806; 18. Austin Stone, 29X, Coffman-16.820; 19. Max Adams, 5X, Adams-16.829; 20. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.260; 21. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.414; 22. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-17.416; 23. Garrett Long, 38, Long-17.581; 24. Robert Nuckles, 27, Nuckles-NT; 25. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Howell, 3. Bernal, 4. Mitchell, 5. Carter, 6. Adams, 7. Barnes, 8. Kassik. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hurst, 2. Rutherford, 3. Spencer, 4. Ennis, 5. Everhart, 6. Long, 7. Liggett, 8. Sibley. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Faria, 3. Kaeding, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Stone, 6. Day, 7. Nuckles, 8. Smith. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Stone, 3. Sibley, 4. Adams, 5. Barnes, 6. Long, 7. Day, 8. Nichols, 9. Kassik, 10. Everhart, 11. Carter, 12. Nuckles. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Troy Rutherford, 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 6. Dennis Howell, 7. Danny Faria Jr., 8. Markus Niemela, 9. Landon Hurst, 10. Jace Vander Weerd, 11. Austin Ligget, 12. Chris Ennis, 13. Austin Stone, 14. Max Adams, 15. Kevin Barnes, 16. Matt Day, 17. Garrett Long, 18. Tony Everhart, 19. Terry Nichols, 20. Mike Spencer, 21. Jeff Sibley, 22. Connor Kassik. NT
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**Nuckles flipped during the semi. Sibley flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps1 Rutherford, Laps 2-17 Kaeding, Laps 18-30 Bernal.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: June 7 – Hanford, CA – Kings Speedway
HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE RESULTS: May 31, 2014 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-16.464; 2. Jake Swanson, 19W, Sala-16.486; 3. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-16.489; 4. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-16.552; 5. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-16.574; 6. Ricky Shelton, 71, Full Circle-16.628; 7. Matt Streeter, 14JR, Streeter-16.891; 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 19S, Sala-16.999; 9. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-17.123; 10. Scott Pierovich, 19, Sala-17.161; 11. Barry Pries Jr., 14, Pries-17.184; 12. Chad Nichols, 17, Nichols-17.192; 13. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-17.211; 14. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-17.268; 15. Tyler Dolacki, 99, Hokanson-17.540; 16. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-17.791; 17. Terry Nichols, 45, Nichols-NT; 18. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. Dodenhoff, 3. Marcham, 4. McQueen, 5. Gardner, 6. Schutte, 7. Dolacki. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pierovich, 2. Shelton, 3. Swanson, 4. Chivello, 5. Bock, 6. Blondel, 7. C.Nichols, 8. Vander Weerd. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Trey Marcham, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. Nick Chivello, 4. Chris Ennis, 5. Britton Bock, 6. Matt Streeter, 7. Sean Dodenhoff, 8. Shannon McQueen, 9. Tyler Dolacki, 10. Jarid Blondell, 11. Alex Schutte, 12. Ricky Shelton, 13. Jake Swanson, 14. Scott Pierovich, 15. Richard Vander Weerd, 16. Chad Nichols. NT
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**Pries flipped during qualifications.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Shelton, Laps 2-3 Chivello, Lap 4 Shelton, Laps 5-18 Gardner, Laps 19-30 Marcham.
NEW USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS:
NEW USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS:
NEXT USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE: July 5 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway – “Party At The Coast”
NEXT USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: June 7 – Madera (CA) Speedway – “Pombo/Sargent Classic”