[Bill Gardner]

8/10/13 11:35 AM HAWKINS BESTS CRA/WESTERN SPRINTS AT OCEAN SPEEDWAY

http://usacracing.com/news/sprint-ca...ocean-speedway



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HAWKINS BESTS CRA/WESTERN SPRINTS AT OCEAN SPEEDWAY

Watsonville, CA……..Marty Hawkins of Santa Rosa, Calif. scored his initial USAC feature victory in Friday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA and Western Classic Sprint race at Ocean Speedway. He passed Western Classic point leader Ryan Bernal, who ran out of fuel on the white-flag lap, and led the last two circuits to beat Richard Vander Weerd, Jace Vander Weerd, Jay Waugh and Bernal. Hawkins piloted the Blakeley Landscaping/Toiyabe Group Maxim/Bailey.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA & WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 9, 2013 – Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-12.975; 2. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-13.015; 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-13.028; 4. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.036; 5. Damion Gardner, 4A, Alexander-13.040; 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-13.057; 7. Brody Roa, 91R, Roa-13.266; 8. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-13.302; 9. Aiden Corish, 21K, Kruseman-13.406; 10. Nathan Washam, 33X, Hood-13.483; 11. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-13.490; 12. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-13.497; 13. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-13.581; 14. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.682; 15. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-13.703; 16. Jay Waugh, 89K, Kruseman-13.728; 17. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson- 13.750; 18. Nick Larson, 24N, Larson-13.767; 19. Austin Smith, 36, Springstead-13.855; 20. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.960; 21. Geoff Ensign, 5V, VanLare-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hawkins, 2. Washam, 3. Roa, 4. A.Williams, 5. Smith, 6. Waugh, 7. Spencer. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Bernal, 3. Johnson, 4. C.Williams, 5. Hurst, 6. Hunt, 7. Hogg. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. R.Williams, 3. Larson, 4. Corish, 5. R.Vander Weerd, 6. J.Vander Weerd, 7. Ensign. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Marty Hawkins, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Jace Vander Weerd, 4. Jay Waugh, 5. Ryan Bernal, 6. Tony Hunt, 7. Cody Williams, 8. Nathan Washam, 9. Shauna Hogg, 10. Nick Larson, 11. Brody Roa, 12. Landon Hurst, 13. Geoff Ensign, 14. Aiden Corish, 15. Mike Spencer, 16. Austin Smith, 17. D.J. Johnson, 18. Matt Mitchell, 19. Austin Williams, 20. Rip Williams, 21. Damion Gardner. NT

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**Gardner flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 C.Williams, Laps 15-28 Bernal, Laps 29-30 Hawkins.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-826, 2-Nic Faas-759, 3-Spencer-656, 4-Bud Kaeding-564, 5-Mitchell-548, 6-C.Williams-488, 7-A.Williams-487, 8-Roa-457, 9-Bernal-419, 10-R.Vander Weerd-371.

NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Bernal-410, 2-Johnson-380, 3-Hunt-355, 4-Hogg-322, 5-Hurst-113, 6-Gordon Rodgers-94, 7-Hawkins-86, 8-Bud Kaeding-73, 9-Ensign-71, 10-R.Vander Weerd-68.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: August 10, 2013 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway

NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: August 31, 2013 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway

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