WATSONVILLE, Ca. (July 27, 2017) — Austin Liggett of Tracy, Calif. led wire-to-wire to win Friday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint race at Ocean Speedway. Fast qualifier Jake Swanson was second ahead of Geoff Ensign, Shane Golobic and Ryan Bernal.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 28,-2017 – Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 12, Dale-13.144; 2. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-13.147; 3. Max Adams, 5M, Adams-13.296; 4. Geoff Ensign, 44, Ensign-13.321; 5. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-13.387; 6. Shane Golobic, 22, Day-13.443; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-13.537; 8. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-13.630; 9. Chase Johnson, 68, Thomas-13.636; 10. Tristan Guardino, 15T, Guardino-13.636; 11. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-13.825; 12. Shannon McQueen, 7, Van Meter-13.842; 13. Ryan Stolz, 63, Stolz-13.893; 14. Gary Nelson Jr., 6N, Nelson-13.926; 15. Brandon Wiley, 33B, Team 33-13.969; 16. Jeremy Chisum, 8, Chisum-14.007; 17. Hobie Conway, 1K, Kruseman-14.128; 18. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-14.227; 19. Evan Bonnema, 59, Bonnema-14.282; 20. Austin Ervine, 51, Ervine-15.375; 21. Benjamin Catron, 4, Catron-15.971.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Swanson, 3. Ensign, 4. Guardino, 5. Chisum, 6. Bonnema, 7. Stolz. NT
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Liggett, 3. Elliott, 4. Nelson, 5. Conway, 6. Ervine, 7. Timmons. NT
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS/SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Golobic, 3. Adams, 4. McQueen, 5. Wiley, 6. Hix, 7. Catron. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Austin Liggett, 2. Jake Swanson, 3. Geoff Ensign, 4. Shane Golobic, 5. Ryan Bernal, 6. Danny Faria Jr., 7. Max Adams, 8. Cory Elliott, 9. Tristan Guardino, 10. Shannon McQueen, 11. Steve Hix, 12. Brandon Wiley, 13. Ryan Timmons, 14. Jeremy Chisum, 15. Evan Bonnema, 16. Hobie Conway, 17. Gary Nelson Jr., 18. Austin Ervine, 19. Chase Johnson, 20. Benjamin Catron, 21. Ryan Stolz. NT.
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**Hix and Johnson flipped during the feature
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Liggett
BR MOTORSPORTS / KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Steve Hix (18th to 11th)
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Swanson-799, 2-Liggett-728, 3-Bernal-699, 4-Richard Vander Weerd-648, 5-Jace Vander Weerd-618, 6-Guardino-618, 7-Faria-562, 8-Cody Majors-547, 9-Timmons-490, 10-Adams-486.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: July 29 – Petaluma (CA) Speedway