WIRE-TO-WIRE AT SANTA MARIA FOR CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK CHAMP BERNAL

Santa Maria, CA……..California Sprint Week Champion Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. polished off a spectacular six-race swing with Saturday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint win at Santa Maria Raceway. Wheeling the Keith Ford entry, Bernal led all 30 laps to beat Mike Spencer, Austin Williams, fast qualifier Damion Gardner and Brody Roa. The win capped six races where Bernal had three victories, two seconds and a third to capture the California Sprint Week title.

USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 12, 2015 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-13.441; 2. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-13.696; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-13.716; 4. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-13.774; 5. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-13.851; 6. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.893; 7. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-13.968; 8. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.096; 9. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.143; 10. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-14.173; 11. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-14.186; 12. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-14.329; 13. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-14.467; 14. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-14.510; 15. Gavin Harlien, 71K, Kruseman-14.781; 16. Austin Mero, 98M, Ellertson-15.163; 17. James Herrera, 91, Herrera-15.179.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Gardner, 3. L.Williams, 4. C.Williams, 5. R.Vander Weerd, 6. Harlien, 7. Herrera, 8. A.Williams, 9. Gansen. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Colston, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Spencer, 4. Bernal, 5. Swanson, 6. Faria, 7. Ellertson, 8. Mero. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Austin Williams, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 7. Danny Faria Jr., 8. Logan Williams, 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Parker Colston, 12. Chris Gansen, 13. Jeremy Ellertson, 14. Gavin Harlien, 15. James Herrera, 16. Jake Swanson, 17. Austin Mero. NT.

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**Swanson flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Bernal.

FINAL CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Bernal-401, 2-Spencer-333, 3-Swanson-296, 4-R.Vander Weerd-292, 5-Gardner-286, 6-Roa-277, 7-A.Williams-241, 8-Faria-222, 9-L.Williams-209, 10-C.Williams-203.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-981, 2-Gardner-939, 3-R.Vander Weerd-907, 4-A.Williams-842, 5-Swanson-802, 6-Roa-742, 7-Matt Mitchell-724, 8-C.Williams-596, 9-L.Williams-549, 10-Bernal-482.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 19 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Glenn Howard Classic”