From Dick Jordan
Santa Maria, CA — (June 24, 2012) — Ryan Bernal won the USAC West Coast 360 sprint car feature Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway. Danny Sheridan, Matt Mitchell, Bud Kaeding, and Danny Faria, Jr. rounded out the top five.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 23, 2012 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway – “Bud Stanfield Memorial”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Sheridan, 18K, Kittle-14.374; 2. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-14.595; 3. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.626; 4. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-14.665; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-14.722; 6. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-14.777; 7. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-14.837; 8. Ronnie Gardner, 73X, Ford-14.872; 9. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.955; 10. Matt Mitchell, 18, Watt-14.979; 11. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.058; 12. Tyler Dolacki, 18X, Dolacki-15.587; 13. Bruce Douglass, 31, Douglass-15.616; 14. Bob Alderman, 21X, Alderman-15.696; 15. Andrew Murray, 21, Murray-15.767; 16. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.213; 17. Bill Jones, 16, Jones-16.261; 18. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-16.364.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Douglass, 3. Sheridan, 4. Gansen, 5. Barnes, 6. Faria. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Liggett, 3. Kaeding, 4. Gardner, 5. Alderman, 6. Jones. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Kirkbride, 3. Carlile, 4. Dolacki, 5. Murray, 6. Knight. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Bud Kaeding, 5. Danny Faria Jr., 6. Ronnie Gardner, 7. Markus Niemela, 8. Rusty Carlile, 9. Ricky Kirkbride, 10. Chris Gansen, 11. Bruce Douglass, 12. Bob Alderman, 13. Ray Knight, 14. Austin Liggett, 15. Kevin Barnes, 16. Bill Jones, 17. Tyler Dolacki. NT
—————————-
**Faria flipped during the first heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Bernal, Laps 4-10 Sheridan, Laps 11-30 Bernal.
NEW WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: July 7 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway – “Doug Fort Memorial” – “War at the Shore”