Ryan Bernal Wins Sprint Main as Pankratz takes Focus Go at Santa Maria

USAC Ford Focus Midget Car Series
USAC Ford Focus Midget Car Series

From Dick Jordan

Ryan Bernal took the USAC West Coast 360 sprint feature and Wally Pankratz won the USAC Ford Focus feature at Santa Maria Saturday.

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 30, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-14.445; 2. Greg Taylor, 7, Taylor-14.544; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-14.563; 4. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-14.609; 5. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-14.650; 6. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-14.700; 7. Davey Pombo, 3E, Eames-14.718; 8. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-14.792; 9. Jared Little, 25, Litte-14.795; 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.807; 11. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-14.824; 12. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-14.850; 13. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-14.885; 14. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-14.889; 15. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-14.957; 16. Jimmy Crawford, 72X, Ford-15.023; 17. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-15.493; 18. Greg Edenholm, 73, Ford-15.498; 19. Bill Jones, 16, Jones-16.011; 20. John Penaflor, 16J, Jones-16.565.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Smith, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Crawford, 4. Pombo, 5. Howell, 6. Kirkbride, 7. Jones. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gutierrez, 2. Strole, 3. Bernal, 4. Taylor, 5. Hawkins, 6. Alexander, 7. Penaflor. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J.VanderWeerd, 2. Faria, 3. Little, 4. Hamblin, 5. Carlile, 6. Edenholm. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 4. Davey Pombo, 5. Dennis Howell, 6. Wes Gutierrez, 7. Jace VandeWeerd, 8. T.J. Smith, 9. Justyne Hamblin, 10. Greg Taylor, 11. Rusty Carlile, 12. Geoffrey Strole, 13. Jared Little, 14. Ricky Kirkbride, 15. Marty Hawkins, 16. Jimmy Crawford, 17. Greg Edenholm, 18. Greg Alexander, 19. Bill Jones, 20. John Penaflor. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Faria, Laps 3-30 Bernal.

NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-R.VanderWeerd-517; 2-J.VanderWeerd-446; 3-Bernal-436; 4-Faria-436; 5-Gutierrez-424; 6-Bud Kaeding-376; 7-Alexander-352; 8-Howell-349; 9-Smith-330; 10-Hamblin-323.

NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: August 20 – Hanford, CA – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway

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USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: July 30, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz), 2. Daniel Williams (#25 Williams), 3. Jarid Blondel (#98 Blondel), 4. Tyler Dolacki (#18 Dolacki), 5. Jet Davison (#59 Davison), 6. Brodie Kostecki (#17 Dolacki). NT

FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Wally Pankratz, 2. Tyler Dolacki, 3. Jet Davison, 4. Daniel Williams, 5. Brodie Kostecki, 6. Jarid Blondel. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Blondel, Laps 23-35 Pankratz.

NEW WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-T.Dolacki-476; 2-W.Pankratz-440; 3-Williams-432; 4-Davison-398; 5-Blondel-387; 6-Robert Dolacki-280; 7-Kyle Edwards-251; 8-Collin Henry-186; 9-Randi Pankratz-159; 10-Casey Martinez-106.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: August 3 – Ventura (CA) Raceway

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USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: July 30, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps ) 1. Trevor Hunt (#8 Pankratz), 2. Parker Colston (#64 Colston), 3. Brodie Kostecki (#17 Dolacki), 4. Christine Breckenridge (#26 Breckenridge). NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Brodie Kostecki, 2. Parker Colston, 3. Trevor Hunt, 4. Christine Breckenridge. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Kostecki.

NEW WESTERN DIRT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Cole Custer-461; 2-Colston-447; 3-Breckenridge-3311; 4-Hunt-241; 5-Katlynn Leer-222; 6-Zach Bogner-117; 7-Logan Williams-105; 8-Kostecki-66; 9-Daniel Williams-64; 10-Sheldon DeBlauw-59.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: August 3 – Ventura (CA) Raceway