From Lance Jennings
Ryan Bernal won the USAC/CRA sprint car feature and finished second to Chase Stockon in the USAC Western Midget main at Santa Maria Raceway Saturday night. Bernal also won the California Sprint and Midget Week titles.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 12, 2015 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Raceway – “California Sprint Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-13.441; 2. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-13.696; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-13.716; 4. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-13.774; 5. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-13.851; 6. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.893; 7. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-13.968; 8. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.096; 9. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.143; 10. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-14.173; 11. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-14.186; 12. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-14.329; 13. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-14.467; 14. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-14.510; 15. Gavin Harlien, 71K, Kruseman-14.781; 16. Austin Mero, 98M, Ellertson-15.163; 17. James Herrera, 91, Herrera-15.179.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Gardner, 3. L.Williams, 4. C.Williams, 5. R.Vander Weerd, 6. Harlien, 7. Herrera, 8. A.Williams, 9. Gansen. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Colston, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Spencer, 4. Bernal, 5. Swanson, 6. Faria, 7. Ellertson, 8. Mero. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Austin Williams, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 7. Danny Faria Jr., 8. Logan Williams, 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Parker Colston, 12. Chris Gansen, 13. Jeremy Ellertson, 14. Gavin Harlien, 15. James Herrera, 16. Jake Swanson, 17. Austin Mero. NT.
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**Swanson flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Bernal.
FINAL CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS:
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: September 19 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Glenn Howard Classic”
*Ryan Bernal clinches California Sprint Week title.
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HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGETS RACE RESULTS: September 12, 2015 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Raceway – “California Midget Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chase Stockon, 25, Rodela-13.834; 2. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.973; 3. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-14.031; 4. Cody Swanson, 71S, Swanson-14.169; 5. Cody Williams, 5, Van Dyne-14.205; 6. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.212; 7. Troy Rutherford, 87JR, Vermeer-14.249; 8. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-14.295; 9. Brian Gard, 88, Arata-14.319; 10. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-14.502; 11. Steve Davis, 2D, Davis-14.627; 12. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-14.923; 13. Gavin Harlien, 11K, Kruseman-15.027; 14. Danny Faria Jr., 11R, Brutton-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Gard, 3. Rutherford, 4. Davis, 5. Harlien, 6. Williams, 7. Gardner. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. McQueen, 3. Swanson, 4. Chivello, 5. Nichols, 6. Pankratz, 7. Faria. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Ronnie Gardner, 4. Randi Pankratz, 5. Cody Williams, 6. Shannon McQueen, 7. Brian Gard, 8. Terry Nichols, 9. Cody Swanson, 10. Steve Davis, 11. Nick Chivello,12. Troy Rutherford, 13. Gavin Harlien, 14. Danny Faria Jr. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Rutherford, Laps 10-24 Swanson, Laps 25-30 Stockon
FINAL CALIFORNIA MIDGET WEEK POINTS:
NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS:
NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: September 19 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway
*Ryan Bernal wins California Midget Week crown