Johnson and Worth USAC winners at Ventura

Chase Johnson Photo by A.J. Johnson

From Lance Jennings

Chase Johnson won the USAC West Coast Sprint Car feature at Ventura Raceway Saturday night while Ben Worth picked up the USAC Western States Midget Win.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 24, 2022 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-12.461; 2. Chase Johnson, 73, Ford-12.570; 3. Brody Roa, 8M, May-12.977; 4. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-12.993; 5. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-13.018; 6. Tanner Boul, 99T, Boul-13.141; 7. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-13.171; 8. Tyler Hatzikian, 27, Hatzikian-13.225; 9. Brent Yarnal, 29, Yarnal-13.247; 10. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-13.308; 11. Rick Hendrix, 15, Hendrix-13.351; 12. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-13.416; 13. Hannah Mayhew, 43, Mayhew-13.719; 14. James Herrera, 5E, Herrera-13.756; 15. Nathan Byrd, 10K, Kruseman-13.829; 16. Joey Bishop, 45, Bishop-13.883; 17. Elexa Herrera, 16J, Herrera-13.993; 18. Camie Bell, 29C, Bell-14.821; 19. Gage Rucker, 21K, Kruseman-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rutherford, 2. Carter, 3. Majors, 4. Edwards, 5. Mayhew, 6. Rucker, 7. Bishop. NT.

COMPETITION SUSPENSION INCORPORATED / VAHLCO WHEELS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hendrix, 2. Johnson, 3. Hix, 4. Hatzikian, 5. E.Herrera, 6. J.Herrera. NT.

ROD END SUPPLY / SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Yarnal, 3. Boul, 4. Ennis, 5. Byrd, 6. Bell. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps, With Starting Positions) 1. Chase Johnson (5), 2. Kyle Edwards (3), 3. Tanner Boul (1), 4. Steve Hix (2), 5. Trent Carter (11), 6. Rick Hendrix (7), 7. Hannah Mayhew (13), 8. Tyler Hatzikian (9), 9. Brent Yarnal (10), 10. Gage Rucker (19), 11. Joey Bishop (16), 12. Nathan Byrd (15), 13. James Herrera (14), 14. Camie Bell (18), 15. Chris Ennis (12), 16. Elexa Herrera (17), 17. Troy Rutherford (6), 18. Cody Majors (8). NT.
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Boul, Laps 2-6 Edwards, Laps 7-30 Johnson
BR MOTORSPORTS / ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Gage Rucker (19th to 10th)
WILWOOD DISC BRAKES LUCKY 13 AWARD: James Herrera
HIGH TECH PERFORMANCE LUCKY PILL DRAW: Troy Rutherford

NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Trent Carter-465, 2-Kyle Edwards-450, 3-Troy Rutherford-424, 4-Tanner Boul-361, 5-Joey Bishop-338; 6-Tyler Hatzikian-337, 7-Brent Yarnal-307, 8-Steve Hix-293, 9-Ricky Lewis-290, —Hannah Mayhew-234.

NEW TOP QUALIFIER POINTS: 1-Troy Rutherford-25, 2-Ricky Lewis-19, 3-Trent Carter-13, 4-Chase Johnson-14, 5-Kyle Edwards-12, 6-Brody Fuson-9, –Steve Hix-9, 8-Tanner Boul-7, –Brody Roa-7, 10-Jake Andreotti-6.

NEW PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Joey Bishop-38, 2-Camie Bell-36, 3-Hannah Mayhew-24, 4-Tyler Hatzikian-22, 5-Travis Buckley-18, 6-Brent Yarnal-15, 7-Troy Rutherford-14, 8-Nathan Byrd-13, 9-Brody Fuson-11, 10-Kyle Edwards-10, –Chase Johnson-10.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE: October 15 – The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park – Bakersfield, California – “Championship Night” / “George Snider Classic”

Ben Worth
Photo by A.J. Johnson

USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 24, 2022 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chase Johnson, 73X, Ford-12.398; 2. Michael Faccinto, 14J, Graunstadt-12.569; 3. Cade Lewis, 73, Ford-12.596; 4. Ben Worth, 5K, Alexander-12.644; 5. Jake Andreotti, 00, Davis-12.654; 6. Robby Josett, 68, Six8-12.670; 7. Cody Williams, 8W, Woodland-12.684; 8. Steve Paden, 56, Paden-12.688; 9. A.J. Bender, 1X, LKK-12.728; 10. Brody Fuson, 51, Carlile-12.740; 11. Samuel May, 55, Lambert-12.761; 12. Travis Buckley, 7NZ, Buckley-12.775; 13. Mike Leach Jr., 33P, Leach-12.871; 14. C.J. Sarna, 20, Sarna-12.969; 15. Jake Hodges, 4, Hodges-13.103; 16. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-13.130; 17. Zach Telford, 22G, GR-13.221; 18. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.222; 19. Nathan Byrd, 11K, Kruseman-13.564; 20. Gage Rucker, 15K, Kruseman-13.815; 21. Tres Van Dyne, 14JR, Streeter-14.030; 22. Kevin Gray, 7L, Gray-15.144; 23. Billy Rayburn, 6K, Kruseman-15.618; 24. Jim Vanzant, 3V, Vanzant-NT.

JORDAN HANNI WELL DRILLING FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Fuson, 2. Worth, 3. Johnson, 4. Leach, 5. Williams, 6. Byrd, 7. Gray, 8. Hix. NT.

AMMONIA REFRIGERATION SERVICE SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sarna, 2. Andreotti, 3. May, 4. Faccinto, 5. Paden, 6. Rucker, 7. Telford, 8. Rayburn. NT.

WIRELESS 101 THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bender, 2. Lewis, 3. Buckley, 4. Josett, 5. Pankratz, 6. Hodges, 7. Vanzant, 8. Van Dyne. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps, With Starting Positions) 1. Ben Worth (3), 2. A.J. Bender (7), 3. Michael Faccinto (5), 4. Brody Fuson (8), 5. Travis Buckley (12), 6. Randi Pankratz (18), 7. Nathan Byrd (19), 8. Chase Johnson (6), 9. Zach Telford (17), 10. Jake Andreotti (13), 11. Billy Rayburn (23), 12. C.J. Sarna (9), 13. Gage Rucker (20), 14. Steve Paden (10), 15. Cade Lewis (4), 16. Jake Hodges (15), 17. Samuel May (11), 18. Tres Van Dyne (21), 19. Robby Josett (2), 20. Mike Leach Jr. (14), 21. Steve Hix (16), 22. Kevin Gray (22), 23. Jim Vanzant (24), 24. Cody Williams (1). NT.
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**#8W Williams did not go to scales.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Worth
ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Randi Pankratz
WILWOOD DISC BRAKES LUCKY 13 AWARD: Gage Rucker
HIGH TECH PERFORMANCE LUCKY PILL DRAW: Gage Rucker

NEW USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Michael Faccinto-779, 2-Brody Fuson-671, 3-Ben Worth-665, 4-Travis Buckley-612, 5-A.J. Bender-593, 6-Blake Bower-505, 7-Jake Andreotti-490, 8-Caden Sarale-397, 9- C.J. Sarna-362, 10-Chase Johnson-343.

TOP QUALIFIER POINTS: 1-Michael Faccinto-38, 2-Ben Worth-31, 3-Chase Johnson-24, 4-Jake Andreotti-19, 5-Blake Bower-16. 6-Shane Golobic-12, 7-Robby Josett-11, 8-Brody Fuson-10, 9-Mitchel Moles-6, –Travis Buckley-6, –A.J. Bender-6.

PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Travis Buckley-37, 2-Randi Pankratz-34, 3-Brody Fuson-25, –A.J. Bender-25, 5-Michael Faccinto-21, –Nathan Byrd-21, 7-Caden Sarale-18, –Danika Jo Parker-18, 9-Chase Johnson-17, 10-Thomas Esberg-15, –Jake Andreotti-15.

NEXT USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: October 15 – The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park – Bakersfield, California – “Championship Night” / “George Snider Classic”