From Dick Jordan
Hanford, CA — (June 7, 2014) — Ryan Bernal won the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series feature Saturday night at Kings Speedway. Richard Vander Weerd, Nic Faas, Dennis Howell, and Matt Michell rounded out the top five.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 7, 2014 – Hanford, California – Kings Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.575; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.781; 3. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-15.880; 4. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-15.907; 5. Troy Rutherford, 81, Watt-15.972; 6. Max Adams, 5X, Adams-15.985; 7. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.013; 8. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-16.022; 9. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.046; 10. Nic Faas, 73X, Ford-16.072; 11. Markus Niemela, 73, Ford-16.121; 12. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.204; 13. Davey Pombo, 14, Pombo-16.221; 14. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-16.250; 15. T.J. Smith, 87, Van Meter-16.380; 16. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-16.453; 17. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-16.546; 18. Garrett Long, 38, Long-16.609; 19. Matt Day, 97, Day-16.817; 20. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-16.826; 21. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.839; 22. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-17.064; 23. George Morris, 3K, Kruseman-17.268.< /p>
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hawkins, 2. Faas, 3. Howell, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Faria, 6. Day, 7. Logan, 8. Pombo. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Hurst, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Niemela, 5. Rutherford, 6. Morris, 7. Carter, 8. Kassik. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Liggett, 3. Adams, 4. Smith, 5. Ennis, 6. Barnes, 7. Long. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Nic Faas, 4. Dennis Howell, 5. Matt Mitchell, 6. Markus Niemela, 7. Austin Liggett, 8. Trent Carter, 9. Marty Hawkins, 10. Troy Rutherford, 11. Landon Hurst, 12. Garrett Long, 13. Kevin Barnes, 14. George Morris, 15. Matt Day, 16. Danny Faria Jr., 17. T.J. Smith, 18. Davey Pombo, 19. Max Adams, 20. Connor Kassik, 21. Jonathan Logan, 22. Jace Vander Weerd. NT
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**J.Vander Weerd, Pombo, and Faria flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Mitchell, Laps 3-30 Bernal.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Niemela-452, 2-Mitchell-418, 3-Rutherford-388, 4-J.Vander Weerd-379, 5-R.Vander Weerd-361, 5-Faria-360, 7-Faas-342, 8-Howell-339, 9-Liggett-322, 10-Hurst-297.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: June 21 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway