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Friday, 11 September 2015

BERNAL “SWEEPS” CHICO WITH “GOLD CUP” SPRINT VICTORY

 

BERNAL “SWEEPS” CHICO WITH “GOLD CUP” SPRINT VICTORY

Chico, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. recorded a rare “clean sweep” Thursday night at Silver Dollar Speedway, winning the 30-lap “Gold Cup” Race of Champions AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race after previously capturing the 30-lap Honda USAC Western Midget race. Wheeling the Phulps Racing entry, he led all 30 laps to beat fast qualifier Andy Forsberg, Kevin Thomas Jr., Austin Liggett and Jake Swanson. As a result Bernal also leads the “California Sprint Week” standings.

USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 10, 2015 – Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway – “Gold Cup” Race of Champions – “California Sprint Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Andy Forsberg, 7C, Geaney-14.021; 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-14.109; 3. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-14.146; 4. Keith Bloom Jr., 19, Wolf-14.269; 5. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.269; 6. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-14.307; 7. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-14.405; 8. Kyler Shaw, 92K, Shaw-14.434; 9. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.439; 10. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-14.440; 11. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-14.516; 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 73, Ford-14.625; 13. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-14.662; 14. Max Adams, 5X, Adams-14.749; 15. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-14.760; 16. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.814; 17. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-14.868; 18. Colby Copeland, 5V, VanLare-14.965; 19. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-14.970; 20. Shawn Wright, 99, Wright-14.990; 21. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-15.080; 22. John Clark, 30C, Clark-15.164; 23. Chris Dyson, 71K, Kruseman-15.247; 24. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-15.280; 25. Ron LaPlant, 69, LaPlant-15.311; 26. Jimmy Trulli, 33T, Trulli-15.362; 27. Jake Morgan, 45, Morgan-15.505; 28. Braedon Enos, 00, Enos-16.035; 29. Jeff Sibley, 42, Sibley-NT; 30. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-NT; 31. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Roa, 3. Spencer, 4. C.Williams, 5. Forsberg, 6. Ko.Shaw, 7. Sibley. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Copeland, 3. Colston, 4. Liggett, 5. Adams, 6. Clark, 7. Trulli, 8. Richardson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. L.Williams, 3. Vander Weerd, 4. Bernal, 5. Johnson, 6. Morgan, 7. A.Williams, 8. Dyson. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Thomas, 3. Bloom, 4. Wright, 5. Ky.Shaw, 6. Gansen, 7. Enos. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Forsberg, 2. Johnson, 3. Adams, 4. Ky.Shaw, 5. Ko.Shaw, 6. Clark, 7. Morgan, 8. Sibley, 9. Trulli, 10. Gansen, 11. Dyson, 12. Richardson, 13. Laplant, 14. A.Williams. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Andy Forsberg, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4. Austin Liggett, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Colby Copeland, 7. Damion Gardner, 8. Keith Bloom Jr., 9. Mike Spencer, 10. Richard Vander Weerd, 11. D.J. Johnson, 12. Max Adams, 13. Brody Roa, 14. Koen Shaw, 15. Kyler Shaw, 16. Logan Williams, 17. Parker Colston, 18. Cody Williams, 19. Jake Morgan, 20. Cory Kruseman, 21. Matt Mitchell, 22. John Clark. NT

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**Enos and Wright flipped during the fourth heat. Mitchell flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Bernal.

NEW CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Bernal-270, 2-Swanson-214, 3-Spencer-204, 4-Vander Weerd-197, 5-Roa-159, 6-Gardner-157, 7-Johnson-150, 8-.Williams-141, 9-Mitchell-139, 10-Rico Abreu-138.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-852, 2-Vander Weerd-812, 3-Gardner-810, 4-A.Williams-742, 5-Mitchell-724, 6-Swanson-720, 7-Roa-624, 8-C.Williams-510, 9-L.Williams-470, 10-Bernal-351.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 11 – Hanford, CA – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds – “Jim Turner Memorial” – “California Sprint Week”