From Lance Jennings
Ryan Bernal won the USAC West Coast 360 feature at Santa Maria Saturday. Bernal was followed by Bud Kaeding, Danny Faria Jr., Markus Niemela and Ricky Kirkbride.
Ryan Bernal, 2.
USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 5, 2012 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-15.727; 2. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-16.054; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.221; 4. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.314; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.323; 6. Danny Sheridan, 18K, Kittle-16.332; 7. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.357; 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.483; 9. Kyle Smith, 51T, Smith-16.587; 10. Matt Mitchell, 18, Watt-16.656; 11. Tom Hendricks, 14K, Kruseman-16.742; 12. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.778; 13. Austin DeBlauw, 65, DeBlauw-16.787; 14. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.804; 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.815; 16. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.866; 17. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-16.911; 18. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-17.056; 19. Steve Conrad, 56, Swaim-17.118; 20. Bob Alderman, 21X, Alderman-17.193; 21. Jeff Culver, 71C, Culver-17.194; 22. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-17.348; 23. Tyler Dolacki, 18X, Dolacki-17.459; 24. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-18.151; 25. Brian Baker, 5X, Swaim-NT; 26. Andrew Murray, 21, Murray- NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D. Gansen, 2. Faria, 3. Kaeding, 4. Smith, 5. Culver, 6. DeBlauw, 7. Baker. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hamblin, 2. Ennis, 3. Mitchell, 4. Carlile, 5. Sheridan, 6. Bernal. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kirkbride, 2. Conrad, 3. Hendricks, 4. Niemela, 5. Dolacki, 6. R. Vander Weerd. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. J. Vander Weerd, 3. Alderman, 4. C. Gansen, 5. Knight, 6. Barnes. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. R. Vander Weerd, 3. Sheridan, 4. Barnes, 5. Dolacki, 6. Culver, 7. Baker. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Danny Faria Jr., 4. Markus Niemela, 5. Ricky Kirkbride, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 8. Chris Ennis, 9. Kyle Smith, 10. Rusty Carlile, 11. Chris Gansen, 12. Steve Conrad, 13. Tyler Dolacki, 14. Austin Liggett, 15. Justyne Hamblin, 16. Jace Vander Weerd, 17. Kevin Barnes, 18. Don Gansen, 19. Danny Sheridan, 20. Bob Alderman, 21. Jeff Culver, 22. Tim Hendricks. NT
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**Baker flipped during qualifications. DeBlauw flipped during the first heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 J. Vander Weerd, Laps 27-30 Bernal.
NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: May 11 – Tulare (CA) Thunderbowl Raceway – “Chris & Brian Faria Memorial”