From Lance Jennings
Calistoga, CA — (September 5, 2015) — Rico Abreu and Ryan Bernal won the USAC Western Midget and CRA Sprint Car features respectively Saturday night at Calistoga Speedway. Bernal took the lead from Richard Vander Weerd on lap 12 and held off Abreu for the victory. Abreu took the lead from Golobic on lap seven and drove to the victory over Brady Bacon and Bernal.
USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: Sepetmber 5, 2015 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “8th Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rico Abreu, 24, Abreu-19.275; 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-19.316; 3. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-19.464; 4. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-19.617; 5. Brady Bacon, 73, Ford-19.663; 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-19.730; 7. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-19.736; 8. Colton Slack, 3F, Finkenbinder-19.826; 9. Joe Stornetta, 27, Thomas-19.849; 10. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-19.886; 11. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-19.902; 12. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-19.927; 13. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.111; 14. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-20.032; 15. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.081; 16. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-20.143; 17. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-20.145; 18. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-20.193; 19. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-20.213; 20. Chase Johnson, 68, Thomas-20.264; 21. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-20.273; 22. Trevor Schmid, 2X, Schmid-20.599; 23. Eric Rossi, 17S, Shanoian-20.732; 24. Geoff Ensign, 14S, Smith-20.815; 25. Jason McIntosh, 33X, McIntosh-20.842; 26. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-21.537; 27. John Clark, 30C, Clark-22.796; 28. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-22.975.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Abreu, 3. C.Williams, 4. Stornetta, 5. L.Williams, 6. Schmid, 7. Richardson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Faria, 3. Gardner, 4. Vander Weerd, 5. Rossi, 6. Gansen, 7. Clark. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Ballou, 3. Ensign, 4. A.Williams, 5. C.Johnson, 6. Spencer, 7. Sibley. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D.J.Johnson, 2. Swanson, 3. Roa, 4. McIntosh, 5. Slack, 6. Colston. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Slack, 3. L.Williams, 4. C.Johnson, 5. Rossi, 6. Colston, 7. Gansen, 8. Schmid, 9. Clark, 10. Richardson, 11. Sibley. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Rico Abreu, 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Matt Mitchell, 5. D.J. Johnson, 6. Colton Slack, 7. Austin Williams, 8. Geoff Ensign, 9. Mike Spencer, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Chase Johnson, 12. Brody Roa, 13. Logan Williams, 14. Brady Bacon, 15. Damion Gardner, 16. Jake Swanson, 17. Chris Gansen, 18. Parker Colston, 19. Eric Rossi, 20. Robert Ballou, 21. Joe Stornetta, 22. Danny Faria Jr., 23. Jason McIntosh. NT
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**Shank flipped during qualifications. McIntosh and Faria flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Vander Weerd, Laps 12-27 Bernal
HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGETS RACE RESULTS: September 5, 2015 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rico Abreu, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-19.808; 2. Colby Copeland, 57. Cofer-20.465; 3. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-20.504; 4. Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-20.553; 5. Johnathon Henry, 1, Nichols-20.622; 6. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-20.672; 7. Brian Gard, 88, Arata-20.741; 8. Brady Bacon, 73X, Ford-20.772; 9. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-20.785; 10. Ryan Bernal, 68W, Six8-20.949; 11. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-21.007; 12. Chase Stockon, 25, Rodela-21.058; 13. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-21.178; 14. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-21.531; 15. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-21.574; 16. David Prickett, 99, Hokanson-21.635; 17. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-21.744; 18. Chris Gansen, 9E, Dodenhoff-22.250; 19. Lance Hallmark, 8H, Hallmark-22.406; 20. Nate Waite, 35W, MF-22.505; 21. Cody Swanson, 71S, Swanson-25.703; 22. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-NT; 23. Steve Davis, 2D, Davis-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Golobic, 3. Abreu, 4. Dodenhoff, 5. Faccinto, 6. Gard, 7. Hallmark. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Copeland, 3. Henry, 4. Bock, 5. Chivello, 6. Pankratz, 7. Waite. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Marcham, 3. Pierovich, 4. Gardner, 5. Swanson, 6. Nichols. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Ronnie Gardner, 5. Chase Stockon, 6. Shane Golobic, 7. Scott Pierovich, 8. Nick Chivello, 9. Cody Swanson, 10. Michael Faccinto, 11. Britton Bock, 12. Brian Gard, 13. Randi Pankratz, 14. Lance Hallmark, 15. Terry Nichols, 16. Nate Waite, 17. Johnathon Henry, 18. David Prickett, 19. Colby Copeland, 20. Trey Marcham, 21. Sean Dodenhoff, 22. Chris Gansen, 23. Steve Davis. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Marcham, Laps 2-4 Henry, Laps 5-7 Golobic, Laps 8-30 Abreu