From Lance Jennings
Ryan Bernal won the USAC West Coast 360 feature at Santa Maria Saturday night.
USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 27, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-14.810; 2. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-14.855; 3. Mike Spencer, 7X, Priestley-14.870; 4. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-14.901; 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-14.960; 6. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-15.085; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 2X, Bowman-15.094; 8. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.137; 9. Nico Russo, 3N, Russo-15.165; 10. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.211; 11. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.227; 12. Bobby Bender, 16, Jones-15.310; 13. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-15.345; 14. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-15.595; 15. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-15.624; 16. Lynn Anderson, 7, Anderson-15.634; 17. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-15.651; 18. Jeff Culver, 71C, Culver-15.895; 19. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-16.033.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Alexander, 2. Faria, 3. Howell, 4. Bernal, 5. Gutierrez, 6. Anderson, 7. Jones. NT.
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Hamblin, 3. J. VanderWeerd, 4. Carlile, 5. R. VanderWeerd, 6. Nichols. NT.
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Culver, 2. Russo, 3. Spencer, 4. B. Bender, 5. Kirkbride, 6. A.J. Bender. NT.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Justyne Hamblin, 4. Dennis Howell, 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Mike Spencer, 8. Greg Alexander, 9. Wes Gutierrez, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Jace VanderWeerd, 12. Nico Russo, 13. A.J. Bender, 14. Bobby Bender, 15. Jeff Culver, 16. T.J. Smith, 17. Terry Nichols, 18. Lynn Anderson, 19. Bill Jones. NT.
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Spencer, Laps 16-30 Bernal
NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT USAC WEST 360 SPRINT RACE: September 10 – Hanford, CA – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway – “Jim Turner Memorial”