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 ————————— **Carter and Adams flipped during qualifications.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Faria, Laps 6-30 Bernal. |
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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 TRACK WEBSITE: http://www.santamariaraceway.
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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
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2015 USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR
SCHEDULE & RESULTS
**Races noted with ** are non-points special events. |
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2015 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR
SCHEDULE & RESULTS
**Races noted with ** are non-points special events. |
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2015 USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR
DRIVER POINT STANDINGS
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2015 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR
DRIVER POINT STANDINGS
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