Southwest Sprints to Yuma, West Coast to Santa Maria; Bakersfield Makes Bernal 3-for-3!

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USAC’s West Coast and Southwest Sprint cars compete this Saturday as Ryan Bernal and Stevie Sussex continue their pursuit of 2015 championships.

Bernal has a 23-point lead over Danny Faria Jr. in the West Coast series, which visits Santa Maria (Calif.) Raceway Saturday. Sussex holds a 27-point lead over defending Southwest champ R.J. Johnson entering Saturday’s race at Cocopah Speedway in Yuma.

USAC West Coast Sprint Car point leader Bernal of Hollister, Calif. recorded his third consecutive feature win Saturday night at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway. Wheeling the Mike Phulps machine, he passed Faria on lap seven and led the rest of the way to beat Jace Vander Weerd, Faria, Troy Rutherford and Cory Kruseman.

Damion Gardner swept two USAC Sprint races at Yuma last year, while Cory Kruseman was the last West Coast Sprint winner at Santa Maria, in 2013.

  

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USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 4, 2015 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway

 

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-13.184; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-13.501; 3. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-13.650; 4. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-13.762; 5. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-13.931; 6. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-13.988; 7. Max Adams, 5X, Adams-14.065; 8. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-14.072; 9. D.J. Johnson , 33, Johnson-14.109; 10. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-14.111; 11. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-14.212; 12. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-14.368; 13. Kyler Shaw, 92K, Shaw-14.410; 14. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-14.415; 15. Johnathon Henry, 17, Shanoian-14.492; 16. Matt Day, 97, Day-14.517; 17. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-14.566; 18. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-14.577; 19. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-14.591; 20. Tristan Guardino, 81, Watt-14.652; 21. David Taylor, 74, Taylor-14.711; 22. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-14.835; 23. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-14.871; 24. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-15.029; 25. Shannon McQueen, 87, Van Meter-15.228; 26. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-15.756; 27. Shelden DeBlauw, 45, DeBlauw-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J. Vander Weerd, 2. Bernal, 3. Gansen, 4. Kyler Shaw, 5. Ennis, 6. Sibley, 7. McQueen, 8. Day. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R. Vander Weerd, 2. Kruseman, 3. Roa, 4. Rutherford, 5. Guardino, 6. Hurst, 7. Koen Shaw, 8. Barnes, 9. Majors. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Henry, 2. Johnson, 3. Faria, 4. Marcham, 5. Smith, 6. DeBlauw, 7. Taylor, 8. Timmons. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Guardino, 2. Barnes, 3. Sibley, 4. Hurst, 5. Smith, 6. Koen Shaw, 7. Day, 8. McQueen, 9. Ennis, 10. Taylor, 11. Majors, 12. DeBlauw. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Jace Vander Weerd, 3. Danny Faria Jr., 4. Troy Rutherford, 5. Cory Kruseman, 6. Trey Marcham, 7. Brody Roa, 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 9. Landon Hurst, 10. Johnathon Henry, 11. D.J. Johnson, 12. Koen Shaw, 13. Chris Ennis, 14. Kyle Smith, 15. Jeff Sibley, 16. Tristan Guardino, 17. Kyler Shaw, 18. Kevin Barnes, 19. Shannon McQueen, 20. David Taylor, 21. Chris Gansen, 22. Matt Day. NT

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**Carter and Adams flipped during qualifications.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Faria, Laps 6-30 Bernal.

USAC SOUTHWEST & WEST COAST SPRINT CAR
UPCOMING EVENTS
**Saturday, April 11, 2015

SERIES: USAC West Coast Sprint Cars
TRACK: Santa Maria Raceway (Santa Maria, California)
TRACK ADDRESS: 1900 Hutton Rd, Nipomo, CA 93444
TRACK PHONE: (805) 315-2023
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SERIES: USAC Southwest Sprint Cars

TRACK: Cocopah Speedway (Yuma, Arizona)
TRACK ADDRESS: 3450 W County 15th St, Somerton, AZ 85350
TRACK PHONE: (928) 344-1563
TRACK WEBSITE: www.cocopahspeedway.com
2015 USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR
SCHEDULE & RESULTS
**Jan 23 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park Brady Bacon
**Jan 24 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park Ryan Bernal
**Jan 25 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park Ryan Bernal
**Jan 30 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway Rained Out
**Jan 31 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway Rained Out
Mar 05 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Motor Speedway Stevie Sussex
Mar 28 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park R.J. Johnson
Apr 11 Yuma, AZ Cocopah Speedway
Apr 18 Queen Creek, AZ Arizona Speedway
May 02 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park
May 16 Queen Creek, AZ Arizona Speedway
May 23 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park
May 24 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park
Jun 13 Queen Creek, AZ Arizona Speedway
Jun 20 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park
Jun 27 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway
Jul 10 El Paso, TX El Paso Speedway Park
Jul 11 Las Cruces, NM Southern New Mexico Speedway
Jul 18 Queen Creek, AZ Arizona Speedway
Aug 01 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park
Aug 19 Lawton, OK Lawton Speedway
Aug 20 Sapulpa, OK Creek County Speedway
Aug 21 Wichita, KS 81 Speedway
Aug 22 Dodge City, KS Dodge City Raceway Park
Aug 28 Prescott Valley, AZ Prescott Valley Raceway
Aug 29 Prescott Valley, AZ Prescott Valley Raceway
Sep 19 Queen Creek, AZ Arizona Speedway
Sep 26 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park
Oct 03 Queen Creek, AZ Arizona Speedway
Oct 17 Casa Grande, AZ Central Arizona Raceway
Nov 19 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway
Nov 20 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway
Nov 21 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway

**Races noted with ** are non-points special events.

2015 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR
SCHEDULE & RESULTS

**Jan. 23 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park
 Brady Bacon
**Jan. 24 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park Ryan Bernal
**Jan. 25 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park Ryan Bernal
**Jan. 30 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway Rained Out
**Jan. 31 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway Rained Out
Mar. 5 Las Vegas, NV Las Vegas Motor Speedway Stevie Sussex
Mar. 13 Tulare, CA Thunderbowl Raceway Bud Kaeding
Mar. 14 Tulare, CA Thunderbowl Raceway Ryan Bernal
Mar. 28 Hanford, CA Keller Auto Speedway Ryan Bernal
Apr. 4 Bakersfield, CA Bakersfield Speedway Ryan Bernal
Apr. 11 Santa Maria, CA Santa Maria Raceway
May. 16 Tulare, CA Thunderbowl Raceway
May. 30 Tulare, CA Thunderbowl Raceway
Jun. 20 Santa Maria, CA Santa Maria Raceway
Jun. 27 Hanford, CA Keller Auto Speedway
Jul. 25 Tulare, CA Thunderbowl Raceway
Aug. 1 Hanford, CA Keller Auto Speedway
Aug. 22 Santa Maria, CA Santa Maria Raceway
Sep. 26 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park
Oct. 3 Hanford, CA Keller Auto Speedway
Oct. 10 Tulare, CA Thunderbowl Raceway
Nov. 19 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway
Nov. 20 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway
Nov. 21 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway

**Races noted with ** are non-points special events.

2015 USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR
DRIVER POINT STANDINGS

RANK
DRIVER
POINTS
1
Stevie Sussex
139
2
R.J. Johnson
112
3
Charles Davis, Jr.
110
4
Matt Rossi
83
5
Josh Pelkey
80
6
Mike Martin
72
7
Ryan Bernal
71
8
Shon Deskins
68
9
Matt Mitchell
62
10
Hunter Schuerenberg
57
2015 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR
DRIVER POINT STANDINGS

RANK
DRIVER
POINTS
1
Ryan Bernal
320
2
Danny Faria, Jr.
297
3
Jace Vander Weerd
261
4
Richard Vander Weerd
221
5
Trey Marcham
213
6
Landon Hurst
205
7
D.J. Johnson
200
8
Austin Liggett

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