Ventura, CA……..Jake Swanson of Anaheim, Calif. won Saturday night’s USAC West Coast Sprint race at Ventura Raceway in his Huntington Beach Glass & Mirror/Circle Track Performance Victory/RC. He passed Michael Pickens on lap 26 and led the final five laps to beat Ryan Bernal, Pickens, Troy Rutherford and Danny Faria Jr. Matt Mitchell led the first 16 laps and Pickens the next eight before Swanson took over. The victory ended Bernal’s five-race winning streak in the West Coast series.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 19, 2014 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal (#73X Ford), 2. Jake Swanson (#92 Sertich), 3. Markus Niemela (#73 Ford), 4. Luke Boles (#56A Boles), 5. Danny Faria Jr., (#2 Bowman), 6. Rick Hendrix (#15 Hendrix), 7. Kyle Smith (#55X Smith), 8. Kevin Barnes (#36B Barnes), 9. Tony Everhart (#55 Everhart). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Landon Hurst (#81M Watt), 2. Brandon Thomson (#19F Thomson), 3. Bill Jones (#16J Jones), 4. Austin Liggett (#83 Liggett), 5. Tom Hendricks (#14 Hendricks), 6. Cody Majors (#54 Majors), 7. Garrett Long (#38 Long), 8. Kyle Edwards (#39 Edwards), 9. Jeremy Ellertson (Ellertson). NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Michael Pickens (#81 Watt), 2. Matt Mitchell (#37 Mitchell), 3. Brian Camarillo (#12 Dale), 4. Troy Rutherford (#11 Rutherford), 5. Jimmy Crawford (#51 Crawford), 6. Shelden DeBlauw (#45 DeBlauw), 7. George Morris (#3K Kruseman). 8. Trent Carter (#13 Carter). NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Hendrix, 3. Majors, 4. Barnes, 5. Morris, 6. Everhart, 7. Long, 8. Edwards, 9. Carter. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jake Swanson, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Michael Pickens, 4. Troy Rutherford, 5. Danny Faria Jr., 6. Jimmy Crawford, 7. Markus Niemela, 8. Brian Camarillo, 9. Matt Mitchell, 10. Austin Liggett, 11. Kyle Smith, 12. Rick Hendrix, 13. Tom Hendricks, 14. George Morris, 15. Kevin Barnes, 16. Cody Majors, 17. Tony Everhart, 18. Bill Jones, 19. Landon Hurst, 20. Brandon Thomson, 21. Luke Boles, 22. Shelden DeBlauw. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Mitchell, Laps 17-24 Pickens, Laps 25-30 Swanson.
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Niemela-548, 2-Mitchell-528, 3-Rutherford-500, 4-Jace Vander Weerd-436, 5-Richard Vander Weerd-423, 6-Bernal-421, 7-Faria-412, 8-Liggett-408, 9-Dennis Howell-399, 10-Nic Faas-342.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: August 8 – Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway