From Dick Jordan
Tulare, CA – -(June 21, 2014) — Ryan Bernal won the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series feature Saturday night at Thunderbowl Raceway. Bernal took the lead from Matt Mitchell on lap 12 and motored onto victory. Matt Mitchell, Richard Vander Weerd, Dennis Howell, and Troy Rutherford rounded out the top five.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 21, 2014 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-15.344; 2. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.415; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.479; 4. Troy Rutherford, 81, Watt-15.592; 5. Markus Niemela, 73, Ford-15.676; 6. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-15.736; 7. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.802; 8. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.970; 9. Austin Stone, 29X, Coffman-16.048; 10. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-16.229; 11. T.J. Smith, 87, Van Meter-16.273; 12. Heath Duinkerken, 179, Hurst-16.325; 13. Garrett Long, 38, Long-16.394; 14. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-16.477; 15. Johnny White, 51, Carlile-16.775; 16. Jonathan Logan, 32, Logan-16.958; 17. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.339; 18. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Niemela, 3. Bernal, 4. Smith, 5. R.Vander Weeerd, 6. Stone, 7. Long, 8. White, 9. Day. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Howell, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Liggett, 4. Rutherford, 5. Logan, 6. Carter, 7. Barnes, 8. Duinkerken. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Dennis Howell, 5. Troy Rutherford, 6. Jace Vander Weerd, 7. Austin Liggett, 8. Markus Niemela, 9. Austin Stone, 10. T.J. Smith, 11. Heath Duinkerken, 12. Garrett Long, 13. Trent Carter, 14. Kevin Barnes, 15. Matt Day, 16. Johnny White, 17. Jonathan Logan. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Mitchell, Laps 12-30 Bernal.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: August 8 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway