By Richie Murray
Mohave Valley, Arizona (October 4, 2025)………Ryan Bernal raced to victory in Saturday night’s Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car feature at Arizona’s Mohave Valley Raceway.
Bernal (Hollister, California) set the tone quickly by establishing a new one-lap USAC CRA track record of 13.894 seconds during Woodland Auto Display / WC Friend Company Access Systems Qualifying.
Starting sixth in the 30-lap feature, he roared past Austin Williams with 12 circuits remaining to earn his 11th career USAC CRA Sprint Car victory, and his first in more than three years, in his Tom & Christy Dunkel owned No. 17x.
Braden Chiaramonte bolted from seventh to finish second, while Austin Williams led a race-high 15 laps (laps 4-18) in the feature to finish third. Series point leader R.J. Johnson bounced back from heavy contact in qualifying to finish fourth while Charles Davis Jr. rounded out the top-five.
Ricky Lewis, who led the initial three laps, fell out of the race with a 19th place result.
Rachel Clark, Kim Stolfus, and Addison awarded the “The Pride of Garden Grove” Brody Roa and his father, Brett, the $100 hard charger bonus from Steve Lafond. The veteran driver raced from 14th to 6th in the main event.
Johnson, Roa, Ricky Lewis and Davis won each of the four heat races while Chiaramonte scored the win in the semi-feature.
AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 4, 2025 – Mohave Valley Raceway – Mohave Valley, Arizona
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY / WC FRIEND COMPANY ACCESS SYSTEMS QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 17X, Dunkel-13.894 (New Track Record); 2. Logan Calderwood, 6, Calderwood-13.915; 3. Braden Chiaramonte, 73B, Chiaramonte-13.950; 4. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-13.958; 5. R.J. Johnson, 33P, Petty-14.075; 6. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-14.113; 7. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-14.118; 8. Austin Williams, 17W, Dunkel-14.131; 9. Blake Bower, 17, Dunkel-14.177; 10. Cole Wakim, 73, Ford-14.205; 11. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-14.296; 12. Grant Sexton, 22, Sexton-14.346; 13. Connor Lundy, 97, Lundy-14.435; 14. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-14.549; 15. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-14.552; 16. Brent Sexton, 44S, Sexton-14.582; 17. Chris Bonneau, 78X, Bonneau-14.763; 18. A.J. Hernandez, 72, Hernandez-14.793; 19. Dayton Shelton, 4D, Shelton-14.831; 20. Jonas Reynolds, 0, JP1-14.875; 21. Racin Silva, 5S, Silva-14.916; 22. Brecken Guerrero, 98B, Guerrero-15.078; 23. Austin Ervine, 21X, Ervine-15.212; 24. Trenten Shelton, 72T, Shelton-15.242; 25. Troy DeGaton, 39T, DeGaton-15.292; 26. Lonnie Oliver, 22AZ, Oliver-15.371; 27. Elexa Herrera, 5E, Herrera-15.701; 28. Brody Wake, 78, Wake-NT.
IN HONOR OF WILEY MILLER SR. & WILEY MILLER II FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, Top 4 Cars Transfer To Feature) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Chris Bonneau, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Connor Lundy, 5. Blake Bower, 6. Racin Silva, 7. Troy DeGaton. NT.
WC FRIEND COMPANY ACCESS SYSTEMS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, Top 4 Cars Transfer To Feature) 1. Brody Roa, 2. Brecken Guerrero, 3. Cole Wakim, 4. Logan Calderwood, 5. Lonnie Oliver, 6. A.J. Hernandez, 7. A.J. Bender. NT.
SILBERMANN SOLAR THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, Top 4 Cars Transfer To Feature) 1. Ricky Lewis, 2. Verne Sweeney, 3. Dayton Shelton, 4. Elexa Herrera, 5. Tommy Malcolm, 6. Austin Ervine, 7. Braden Chiaramonte. NT.
SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, Top 4 Cars Transfer To Feature) 1. Charles Davis Jr., 2. Austin Williams, 3. Grant Sexton, 4. Brent Sexton, 5. Trenten Shelton, 6. Jonas Reynolds, 7. Brody Wake. NT.
FACTORY WRAPS SEMI: (12 laps, Top 6 Cars Transfer To Feature) 1. Braden Chiaramonte, 2. Blake Bower, 3. A.J. Bender, 4. A.J. Hernandez, 5. Trenten Shelton, 6. Lonnie Oliver, 7. Jonas Reynolds, 8. Troy DeGaton, 9. Racin Silva, 10. Tommy Malcolm, 11. Brody Wake. NT.
FEATURE: (30 laps, With Starting Positions) 1. Ryan Bernal (6), 2. Braden Chiaramonte (7), 3. Austin Williams (1), 4. R.J. Johnson (3), 5. Charles Davis Jr. (4), 6. Brody Roa (14), 7. Blake Bower (9), 8. A.J. Bender (8), 9. Connor Lundy (13), 10. Grant Sexton (12), 11. Verne Sweeney (11), 12. A.J. Hernandez (17), 13. Trenten Shelton (20), 14. Dayton Shelton (18), 15. Brecken Guerrero (19), 16. Chris Bonneau (16), 17. Lonnie Oliver (21), 18. Brent Sexton (15), 19. Ricky Lewis (2), 20. Logan Calderwood (5), 21. Elexa Herrera (22), 22. Cole Wakim (10). NT.
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**Brody Wake and R.J. Johnson flipped during qualifications. Cole Wakim flipped during lap 1 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Ricky Lewis, Laps 4-18 Austin Williams, Laps 19-30 Ryan Bernal.
IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER / STEVE LAFOND PHOTOS HARD CHARGER: Brody Roa (14 to 6)
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NEXT AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: October 18 – Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, California