From Lance Jennings
Ryan Bernal won the USAC West Coast Sprint feature at Bakersfield Saturday night.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 27, 2013 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-14.560; 2. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.650; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-14.730; 4. Brody Roa, 91R, Roa-14.875; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-14.975; 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.046; 7. Derek Buckley, 76, Buckley-15.046; 8. Matt Day, 97, Day-15.055; 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.115; 10. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-15.258; 11. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-15.396; 12. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-15.482; 13. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-15.530; 14. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.570; 15. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-15.779; 16. Mike Broome, 43B, Broome-15.932; 17. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.094.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. Kaeding, 3. Niemela, 4. Faria, 5. Buckley, 6. Hawkins, 7. Howell, 8. Ennis, 9. Liggett. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R. Vander Weerd, 2. Bernal, 3. Day, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Roa, 6. Broome, 7. Barnes, 8. Carlile. NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. R. Vander Weerd, 2. Bernal, 3. Kaeding, 4. Faria, 5. J. Vander Weerd, 6. Niemela, 7. Day, 8. Kirkbride. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Markus Niemela, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Brody Roa, 8. Dennis Howell, 9. Ricky Kirkbride, 10. Derek Buckley, 11. Chris Ennis, 12. Marty Hawkins, 13. Kevin Barnes, 14. Mike Broome, 15. Matt Day, 16. Jace Vander Weerd, 17. Austin Liggett. NT
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**J. Vander Weerd flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Bernal, Laps 14-16 Faria, Laps 17-30 Bernal.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: May 11 – Hanford, CA – Kings Speedway – “Billet Cup”