Bernal Wins “Battle at the Beach II”

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VENTURA, Ca. (July 14, 2018) — Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. captured Saturday night’s “Battle at the Beach II” USAC West Coast Sprint race co-sanctioned by VRA at Ventura Raceway. Jake Swanson led the first 19 laps before yielding to Bernal, then finished second ahead of Ryan Timmons, Tyler Edwards and Matt Stewart.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2018 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway – “Battle at the Beach Race #2” – co-sanctioned with VRA

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kaleb Montgomery, 3, Montgomery-12.517; 2. Jake Swanson, 73, Ford-12.661; 3. Tristan Guardino, 15T, Guardino-12.748; 4. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-12.767; 5. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-12.770; 6. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-12.834; 7. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-12.860; 8. Ryan Bernal, 73T, Ford-12.878; 9. Charlie Butcher, 96, Butcher-12.923; 10. Tyler Edwards, 81X, Watt-12.927; 11. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-12.976; 12. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-13.124; 13. Rick Hendrix, 15, Hendrix-13.130; 14. Matt Stewart, 33, Case-13.167; 15. Brandon Wiley, 33B, Team 33-13.180; 16. Tony Everhart, 55T, Everhart-13.197; 17. Shannon McQueen, 7, Van Meter-13.214; 18. Brent Owens, 71, Owens-13.323; 19. Slater Helt, 81M, Watt-13.326; 20. Kyle Edwards, 39E, Edwards-13.357; 21. Michael Faccinto, 81, Watt-13.362; 22. Guy Woodward, 24, Woodward-13.394; 23. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-13.401; 24. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-13.427; 25. Austin Ervine, 51, AJ-13.541; 26. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-13.555; 27. Ryan Stolz, 72, Ford-13.739; 28. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-13.822; 29. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-14.252; 30. Joey Bishop, 45, Bishop-15.323.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hendrix, 2. Butcher, 3. Montgomery, 4. Ellertson, 5. Faccinto, 6. McQueen, 7. Bender, 8. Ervine. NT

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS/ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rutherford, 2. Swanson, 3. T.Edwards, 4. Woodward, 5. Owens, 6. Majors, 7. Stewart. NT

COMPETITION SUSPENSION INCORPORATED/ROD END SUPPLY THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Guardino, 3. Smith, 4. Wiley, 5. Bock, 6. Helt, 7. Stolz. NT

BUTLERBUILT SEATS/ROD END SUPPLY FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Faria, 3. Timmons, 4. Everhart, 5. K.Edwards, 6. Hix, 7. Shaw. NT

PYROTECT RACING CELLS SEMI: (4 laps) 1. Stewart, 2. Bock, 3. McQueen, 4. Majors, 5. Shaw, 6. Helt, 7. Bender, 8. Hix, 9. Faccinto, 10. Ervine, 11. K.Edwards, 12. Stolz, 13. Owens. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Jake Swanson, 3. Ryan Timmons, 4. Tyler Edwards, 5. Matt Stewart, 6. Koen Shaw, 7. Slater Helt, 8. Rick Hendrix, 9. Danny Faria Jr., 10. Austin Liggett, 11. Kyle Smith, 12. Jeremy Ellertson, 13. Brandon Wiley, 14. Charlie Butcher, 15. Kalen Montgomery, 16. Tristan Guardino, 17. Shannon McQueen, 18. Troy Rutherford, 19. Britton Bock, 20. Cody Majors, 21. Tony Everhart, 22. Guy Woodward. NT
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**Stolz flipped on lap 1 of the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Swanson, Laps 20-30 Bernal.

SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / RACING OPTICS HARD CHARGER: Koen Shaw (21st to 6th)

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Liggett-703, 2-Guardino-596, 3-Timmons-570, 4-McQueen-511, 5-Shaw-510, 6-Hix-484, 7-Faria-477, 8-Richard Vander Weerd-441, 9-Bock-431, 10-Jace Vander Weerd-390.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: July 28 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway