BERNAL CLOSES OUT WEST COAST WITH “COTTON CLASSIC” WIN; BK CHAMP
 
Hanford, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. captured Saturday night’s “Cotton Classic” USAC West Coast Sprint Car finale at Kings Speedway, leading the final 10 laps after passing Richard Vander Weerd on lap 21. Richard Vander Weerd took second ahead of Andy Forsberg, Don Gansen and Austin Liggett. Bernal was also the fastest qualifier and won his heat. Bud Kaeding, absent from the finale, emerged as the series champion.
 
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: October 13, 2012 – Hanford, California – Kings Speedway – “Cotton Classic”
 
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.528; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.810; 3. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-15.939; 4. Shane Golobic, 29, Bowman-16.064; 5. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.155; 6. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-16.195; 7. Peter Murphy, 11, Iturriria-16.196; 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.212; 9. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.264; 10. Tyler Dolacki, 18X, Dolacki-16.337; 11. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.384; 12. Chris Ennis, 87, Ennis-16.410; 13. Jesse Denome, 6, Denome-16.479; 14. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.554; 15. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.582; 16. Matt Day, 97, Day-16.603; 17. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.642; 18. Shawn Kautz, 27, Kautz-16.949; 19. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.965; 20. Jeff Sibley, 18, Watt-16.968; 21. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-17.273; 22. Kolby Araki, 30K, Araki-17.353; 23. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-17.638; 24. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-18.600.
 
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Day, 3. Dolacki, 4. Murphy, 5. Golobic, 6. Denome, 7. C.Gansen, 8. Araki. NT
 
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Howell, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Faria, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Liggett, 6. Kirkbride, 7. Sibley, 8. Nichols. NT
 
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hamblin, 2. Carlile, 3. Kautz, 4. Forsberg, 5. D.Gansen, 6. Barnes, 7. Knight, 8. Ennis. NT
 
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Kirkbride, 2. Ennis, 3. Denome, 4. Barnes, 5. Araki, 6. C.Gansen, 7. Sibley, 8. Nichols, 9. Knight. NT
 
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Andy Forsberg, 4. Don Gansen, 5. Austin Liggett, 6. Jace Vander Weerd, 7. Peter Murphy, 8. Ricky Kirkbride, 9. Dennis Howell, 10. Chris Ennis, 11. Rusty Carlile, 12. Justyne Hamblin, 13. Chris Gansen, 14. Kevin Barnes, 15. Jesse Denome, 16. Jeff Sibley, 17. Matt Day, 18. Shawn Kautz, 19. Kolby Araki, 20. Danny Faria Jr., 21. Shane Golobic, 22. Tyler Dolacki. NT
 
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**Dolacki and Golobic flipped during the feature.
 
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Liggett, Laps 2-20 R.Vander Weerd, Laps 21-30 Bernal.
 
FINAL USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1- Bud Kaeding-615, 2-Ryan Bernal-564, 3-Markus Niemela-484, 4-Danny Faria Jr.-483, 5-Richard Vander Weerd-454, 6-Ricky Kirkbride-401, 7-Danny Sheridan-398, 8-Matt Mitchell-391, 9-Rusty Carlile-389, 10-Justyne Hamblin-356.