BERNAL STARS IN “VERMEIL CLASSIC” OPENING NIGHT


 


Calistoga, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. wheeled Keith Ford’s car to victory in the opening-night 30-lap “Louie Vermeil Classic” AMSOIL USAC/CRA and Western Classic Sprint car feature at Calistoga Speedway. He passed Chad Boespflug on lap 13 and led the rest of the way for his second straight USAC/CRA triumph. Boespflug led the first 12 laps and finished second ahead of Mike Spencer, Danny Sheridan and Brody Roa.


 


USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 1, 2011 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kyle Hirst, 83, Tiner-19.580; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-19.944; 3. Danny Sheridan, 73x, Ford-19.994; 4, Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-20.187; 5. Shane Golobic, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-20.235; 6. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.247; 7. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-20.264; 8. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-20.426; 9. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-20.468; 10. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-20.636; 11. Klint Simpson, 84, Simpson-20.679; 12. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-20.752; 13. Chad Boespflug, 25B, Baxter-20.752; 14. Jeff Griffin, 50m, Griffin-21.052; 15. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-21.119; 16. Taylor Simas, 7T, Simas-21.264; 17. Jonathan henry, 88, Graunstadt-21.382; 18. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-21.485; 19. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-21.731; 20. Jimmy Richardson, 8, Richardson-21.776; 21. Jeremy Hawes, 7, Dolner-22.099; 22. Dusty Green, 52, Green-22.115; 23. Sparky Howard, 6, Howard-22.187; 24. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-22.460; 25. Jerry Cisco, 4D, Baisden-22.726; 26. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-22.755; 27. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-22.957.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Boespflug, 3. R.Williams, 4. Bernal, 5. Hirst, 6. Simas, 7. Hawkins, 8. Cisco, 9. Green. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Griffin, 2. Henry, 3. Spencer, 4. Roa, 5. Golobic, 6. Richardson, 7. Simpson, 8. Howard, 9. Rodgers. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Baker, 2. Streeter, 3. Gardner, 4. C.Williams, 5. Sheridan, 6. Hogg, 7. Hawes, 8. Mitchell, 9. A.Williams. NT


 


SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Hirst, 3. Golobic, 4. Simas, 5. Simpson, 6. Hogg, 7. Richardson, 8. Hawes, 9. Howard, 10. Cisco, 11. Green, 12. Mitchell, 13. Rodgers, 14. A.Willaims, 15. Hawkins. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Chad Boespflug, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Danny Sheridan, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Matt Streeter, 7. Cody Williams, 8. Shauna Hogg, 9. Klint Simpson, 10. Tony Hunt, 11. Jeremy Hawes, 12. Shane Golobic, 13. Gordon Rodgers, 14. Kyle Hirst, 15. Taylor Simas, 16. Marty Hawkins, 17. Rip Williams, 18. Johnathon Henry, 19. Ronnie Gardner, 20. Austin Williams, 21. Jeff Griffin, 22. Tom Baker, 23. Jimmy Richardson. NT


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**Hogg flipped on lap 6 of the feature. Hirst flipped on lap 22 of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Boespflug, Laps 13-30 Bernal.


 


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,020, 2-Nic Faas-767, 3-Bernal-735, 4-Roa-727, 5-A.Williams-679, 6-R.Williams-650, 7-Cory Kruseman-613, 8-C.Williams-496, 9-Matt Mitchell-461, 10-Seth Wilson-431.


 


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-630, 2-Hogg-609, 3-Baker-395, 4-Scott Pierovich-388, 5-Rodgers-381, 6-Hawkins-293, 7-Simas-219, 8-Brian McClish-209, 9-Tim Skoglund-179, 10-Cody Gerhardt-174.


 


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC DIRT SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-471, 2-Hogg-440, 3-Baker-307, 4-Hawkins-293, 5-Rodgers-226, 6-Simas-219, 7-Scott Pierovich-214, 8-Cisco-92, 9-Geoff Ensign-49, 10-Mitchell-6.


 


NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 2 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway - “Louie Vermeil Classic”