BERNAL EXTENDS CLASSIC LEAD WITH MARYSVILLE VICTORY

Marysville, CA……..USAC Western Classic Sprint Car point leader Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap race at Marysville Raceway Park. He passed Adam Brenton on lap 19 and led the final 12 laps to beat Max Adams, Scott Hall, Mark Tabor Jr. and Brenton. Brenton led 15 laps and Austin Liggett three before Bernal took over.

USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 20, 2014 – Marysville, California – Marysville Raceway Park

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Josh Vieira, 3V, Vieira-14.324; 2. Max Adams, 5X, Adams-14.514; 3. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-14.581; 4. Scott Hall, 77J, Campanile-14.599; 5. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-14.609; 6. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-14.737; 7. Cort Dozier, 97, Dozier-14.973; 8. Mark Tabor Jr., 38N, Tabor-15.073; 9. Adam Brenton, 28, Brenton-15.145; 10. Greg Higginbotham, 11, Higginbotham-15.158; 11. Kyle Standley, 54, Hawes-15.164; 12. Tony Godwin, 88G, Godwin-15.392; 13. Cody Spencer, 2, Spencer-NT; 14. Misty Castleberry, 95, Hawes-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Brenton, 3. Sibley, 4. Spencer, 5. Standley, 6. Vieira, 7. Dozier. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Adams, 3. Hall, 4. Tabor, 5. Higginbotham, 6. Godwin. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Max Adams, 3. Scott Hall, 4. Mark Tabor Jr., 5. Adam Brenton, 6. Josh Vieira, 7. Jeff Sibley, 8. Kyle Standley, 9. Cody Spencer, 10. Tony Godwin, 11. Austin Liggett, 12. Greg Higginbotham, 13. Cort Dozier. NT

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**Vieira flipped during the first heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Brenton, Laps 6-8 Liggett, Laps 9-18 Brenton, Laps 19-30 Bernal.

NEW WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bernal-428, 2-Matt Mitchell-333, 3-Nic Faas-324, 4-Richard Vander Weerd-303, 5-Jace Vander Weerd-280, 6-Liggett-232, 7-Marty Hawkins-227, 8-Markus Niemela-211, 9-Hall-198, 10-Danny Faria Jr.-186.

NEXT WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: October 4 – Petaluma (CA) Speedway