WEST COAST SPRINTS STOP AT VENTURA SATURDAY

USAC West Coast 360's

ย By Dick JordanUSAC West Coast 360's

ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  Finnish driver Markus Niemela hopes to “finish” first when the USAC West Coast Sprint Cars resume action this Saturday night at the Ventura (Calif.) Raceway.

ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  Niemela leads Matt Mitchell by 17 points in the latest tally going into the Ventura race, the first ever for the West Coast Sprints at Ventura’s one-fifth-mile dirt oval by the sea.

ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  Saturday’s race will be the first for USAC Sprint Cars since local hero Cory Kruseman was victorious in a 2010 USAC/CRA outing.

2014 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Standings: 1-Markus Niemela-500, 2-Matt Mitchell-483, 3-Troy Rutherford-444, 4-Jace Vander Weerd-436, 5-Richard Vander Weerd-423, 6-Dennis Howell-399, 7-Austin Liggett-370, 8-Danny Faria Jr.-360, 9-Ryan Bernal-355, 10-Nic Faas-342.