Bernal & Sussex Score USAC Wins

March 18, 2017 – Ryan Bernal and Stevie Sussex extended their respective points leads by topping Saturday night’s USAC features in California and Arizona.

Bernal took command early on en route to winning the 30-lap USAC Western States feature at Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway while Sussex (pictured) made a late move around Charles Davis, Jr., to top the 30-lap USAC Southwest main event at San Tan Valley’s Arizona Speedway.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 18, 2017 – Tulare, California – Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-16.576; 2. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.631; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.677; 4. Geoff Ensign, Finkenbinder-16.712; 5. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.748; 6. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.911; 7. Tristan Guardino, 15T, Guardino-16.966; 8. Ryan Stolz, 63, Stolz-17.087; 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.130; 10. Cody Majors, 81M, Watt-17.209; 11. Tye Mihocko, 5, Mihocko-17.337; 12. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-17.499; 13. Steven Garris, 58, Garris-17.587; 14. Brandon Wiley, 33B, Wiley-17.633; 15. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-17.636; 16. Shannon McQueen, 7, Van Meter-17.706; 17. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-17.730; 18. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-17.740; 19. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-18.048; 20. Jay Ervine, 51, AJ-18.336; 21. Garrett Long, 38, Long-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Guardino, 2. Bernal, 3. Ensign, 4. Majors, 5. Garris, 6. McQueen, 7. Richardson. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Mihocko, 3. Swanson, 4. Wiley, 5. Stolz, 6. Ervine, 7. Hix. NT

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Faria, 4. Smith, 5. Sibley, 6. Shaw, 7. Long. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Jace Vander Weerd, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. Geoff Ensign, 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 6. Danny Faria Jr., 7. Austin Liggett, 8. Cody Majors, 9. Steven Garris, 10. Tye Mihocko, 11. Shannon McQueen, 12. Tristan Guardino, 13. Jeff Sibley, 14. Koen Shaw, 15. Jay Ervine, 16. Garrett Long, 17. Steve Hix, 18. Jim Richardson, 19. Ryan Stolz, 20. Kyle Smith, 21. Brandon Wiley. NT

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**Smith, Wiley, and Long flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 J.Vander Weerd, Laps 3-30 Bernal.

BR MOTORSPORTS / KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Jake Swanson (8th to 3rd)

 

SANDS CHEVROLET USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 18, 2017 – San Tan Valley, Arizona – Arizona Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson (#51 Martin), 2. Landon Cling (#54 Cling), 3. Chris Bonneau (#78 Bonneau), 4. Jonas Reynolds (#0 Harland), 5. Brent Yarnal (#29 Yarnal), 6. Jeff Lowery (#45 Lowery). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 2. Andy Reinbold (#19 Reinbold/Underwood), 3. Stevie Sussex (#21AZ Burkhart), 4. Brian Hosford (#32 Hosford), 5. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 6. Matt Lundy #98 Lundy). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Michael Curtis (#11C Turner/Wheeler), 2. Nick Aiuto (#27 Aiuto), 3. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins), 4. Larry Kesterson (#F2 Kesterson), 5. Mike Woodruff (#83 Woodruff). 6. Joe Schoepner (#17 Schoepner). NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Stevie Sussex, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. R.J. Johnson, 4. Landon Cling, 5. Chris Bonneau, 6. Shon Deskins, 7. Mike Martin, 8. Andy Reinbold, 9. Brian Hosford, 10. Jeff Lowery, 11. Matt Lundy, 12. Joe Schoepner, 13. Cody Sickles (#14 Sickles), 14. Brent Yarnal, 15. Nick Aiuto, 16. Larry Kesterson, 17. Michael Curtis, 18. Jonas Reynolds, 19. Michael Woodruff. NT

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**Lowery flipped on lap 1 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Davis, Laps 24-30 Sussex.

HARD CHARGER: Stevie Sussex (9th to 1st)