Santa Maria, CA……..Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif. earned his first 2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car feature win Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway. Driving the Keith Ford Berry Pack/King Racing Products Spike Mopar, Bernal passed Matt Mitchell on lap 19 and led the final 12 laps to beat Mitchell, Damion Gardner, Austin Williams and Mike Spencer. Austin Williams led the first 16 laps and Mitchell led two before Bernal took over.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 10, 2013 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-13.938; 2. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-14.049; 3. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-14.102; 4. Damion Gardner, 4a, Alexander-14.134; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.270; 6. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.330; 7. Aiden Corish, 21k, Kruseman-14.346; 8. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.375; 9. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-14.387; 10, Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.506; 11. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-14.574; 12. Jay Waugh, 89k, Kruseman-14.801; 13. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-14.813; 14. Jimmy Thompson, 3E, Eames-14.815; 15. Bill Jones, 16, Jones-15.534; 16. Toby Sampson, 82, Sampson-15.548; 17. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.938.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Alexander, 2. Hawkins, 3. Bernal, 4. Roa, 5. Corish, 6. Niemela, 7. Spencer, 8. Jones. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. A.Williams, 3. Gardner, 4. Waugh, 5. C.Williams, 6. Gaunt, 7. Thompson, 8. Sampson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Austin Williams, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Cody Williams, 7. Greg Alexander, 8. Brody Roa, 9. Markus Niemela, 10. Marty Hawkins, 11. Aiden Corish, 12. Jimmy Thompson, 13. Jay Waugh, 14. Rickie Gaunt, 15. Bill Jones, 16. Toby Sampson, 17. Rip Williams. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 A.Williams, Laps 17-18 Mitchell, Laps 19-30 Bernal.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-889, 2-Nc Faas-759, 3-Spencer-708, 4-Mitchell-613, 5-Bud Kaeding-564, 6-A.Williams-545, 7-C.Williams-538, 8-Roa-505, 9-Bernal-491, 10-Richard Vander Weerd-371.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: August 17, 2013 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

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typical CRA outside of the PAS 17 cars,only 10 CRA regulars.I have to laugh you folks in Indiana agonize over what track to attend on any weekend,I'm in SoCAL and have not had a Sprint car race within 300 miles since July 4th
ROB