Hanford, CA — (April 7, 2012) — Ryan Bernal won the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series feature at Kings Speedway. Danny Sheridan, Markus Niemela, Danny Faria Jr., and Bud Kaeding rounded out the top five.
USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 7, 2012 – Hanford, California – Kings Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Matt Mitchell, 18, Watt-15.549; 2. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.605; 3. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.626; 4. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.636; 5. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-15.760; 6. Danny Sheridan, 21, Dorathy-15.791; 7. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-16.098; 8. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.131; 9. Adam Frith-Smith, 62, Frith-Smith-16.208; 10. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.287; 11. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.290; 12. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.371; 13. Steve Conrad, 56, Swaim-16.417; 14. Burt Foland Jr., 4, Foland-16.556; 15. Dave Knott, 28, Knott-16.615; 16. Matt Day, 97, Day-16.640; 17. Kolby Araki, 30K, Araki-16.662; 18. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.797; 19. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.811; 20. Jared Little, 25, Little-16.875; 21. Austin DeBlauw, 65, DeBlauw-16.970; 22. Zach Sawyers, XXX, Sawyers-17.042; 23. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-17.419; 24. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.465; 25. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-17.738; 26. Brian Baker, 5X, Swaim-21.025; 27. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-NT; 28. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-NT; 29. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-NT; 30. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Niemela, 3. Conrad, 4. Araki, 5. Ellertson, 6. Frith-Smith, 7. Knight, 8. DeBlauw. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Bernal, 3. Barnes, 4. J. Vander Weerd, 5. Sawyers, 6. D. Gansen, 7. Foland. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Carlile, 2. Ennis, 3. Hawkins, 4. Liggett, 5. Knott, 6. Nichols. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R. Vander Weerd, 2. Faria, 3. Logan, 4. Hamblin, 5. Little, 6. C. Gansen, 7. Day. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Day, 2. Little, 3. DeBlauw, 4. Kaeding, 5. Ellertson, 6. Foland, 7. C. Gansen, 8. Baker, 9. Nichols, 10. Frith-Smith, 11. Knott, 12. Sawyers, 13. D. Gansen. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Markus Niemela, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Jonathan Logan, 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 9. Marty Hawkins, 10. Austin Liggett, 11. Chris Ennis, 12. Jared Little, 13. Justyne Hamblin, 14. Steve Conrad, 15. Matt Day, 16. Jeremy Ellertson, 17. Kevin Barnes, 18. Burt Foland Jr., 19. Kolby Araki, 20. Matt Mitchell, 21. Jace Vander Weerd, 22. Austin DeBlauw. NT.
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**Kaeding flipped during qualifications. Knott, C. Gansen, and Baker flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 R. Vander Weerd, Laps 5-30 Bernal.
NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: April 14 – Tulare, CA – Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway – “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial”