BERNAL BY INCHES OVER DARLAND AT PEORIA!!!!
Peoria, AZ……..In one of the closest race finishes in USAC history, Ryan Bernal captured Saturday night’s 30-lap E & K “Winter Challenge” USAC West Coast/Southwest Sprint race at Canyon Speedway Park. The Hollister, Calif. driver trailed Darland until the final lap, then scored a photo-finish victory in his Tri-L Mandarin Ranch machine. The final margin was a scant .005 seconds after Bernal came from 10th in the starting lineup to beat Darland, R.J. Johnson, Brady Bacon and Charles Davis Jr.
USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: January 24, 2015 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “2015 E & K Winter Challenge”
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brady Bacon (#73 Ford), 2. Charles Davis Jr. (#50 Massey), 3. Dalten Gabbard (#77 Gabbard), 4. Stevie Sussex (#21AZ Burkhart), 5. Jonas Reynolds (#4 Reynolds), 6. David Dykes (#55NM Dykes), 7. Matt Lundy (#98 Lundy). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mike Martin (#16 Martin), 2. Dave Darland (#16B Martin), 3. Rick Ziehl (#74 Williams), 4. R.J. Johnson (#51 Martin), 5. Dennis Gile (#13 Gile), 6. Ryan Bernal (#56 Phulps), 7. Shon Deskins (#20 Deskins). NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Dave Darland, 3. R.J. Johnson, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Stevie Sussex, 7. Dalten Gabbard, 8. Mike Martin, 9. Matt Lundy, 10. Jonas Reynolds, 11. David Dykes, 12. Dennis Gile, 13. Rick Ziehl, 14. Shon Deskins. NT
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*Ziehl flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Davis, Laps 5-29 Darland, Lap 30 Bernal.
WINTER CHALLENGE POINTS: 1-Bacon-131, 2-Johnson-128, 3-Darland-126, 4-Davis-115, 5-Bernal-106, 6-Martin-103, 7-Sussex-100, 8-Gabbard-94, 9-Ziehl-85, 10-Dykes-73.
NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST/WEST COAST “Special Event” SPRINT CAR RACE: January 25 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park - “2015 E & K Winter Challenge”