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AUSTIN LIGGETT GOES WIRE-TO-WIRE AT PETALUMA
PETALUMA, CA
– AUGUST 8, 2020… Starting second, Austin Liggett (Laton, CA)
led all 30-laps to score the non-point USAC West Coast Sprint
Car victory at Petaluma Speedway. Racing the family owned #83
Excel Environmental Services / Liggett Trucking Maxim, the
2018 champion shook free from the competition to earn the
twelfth series win of his career. Fast qualifier Colby
Johnson, “BT Express” Bradley Terrell, “Wild” Billy Aton, and
“Hollywood” Danny Faria Jr. followed Liggett to the checkered
flags.
Johnson earned his first career
Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award with a time of 14.548
over the 13-car roster. The young driver also scored the
night’s Rod End Supply Hard Charger Award / Best Passing Job
honors with a second place run from sixth.
The heat race victories were claimed
by Aton (Extreme Mufflers First Heat), and Liggett (Sway-A-Way
Torsion Bars Second Heat).
On September
12th, the traditional 360 sprints will return to Petaluma
Speedway for another special non-points event. The race will
be broadcast live at floracing.com.
The USAC
West Coast Sprint Car Series thanks AMSOIL, Chris Kearns
Presents, Competition Suspension Incorporated, Extreme
Mufflers, Five Star Grafix, Hoosier Racing Tire, Loudpedal
Productions, Rod End Supply, Sway-A-Way Torsion Bars, Ultra
Shield Race Products, and Woodland Auto Display for their
support.
For more
information on the series, visit usacracing.com and the social
media for USAC Racing.
You can also
find exclusive content on westcoastsprintcars.com and the USAC
West Coast Sprint Car Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.
USAC WEST
COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: August 8,
2020 – Petaluma Speedway – Petaluma, California
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1.
Colby Johnson, 38, Johnson-14.548; 2. Bradley Terrell, 43,
Terrell-14.897; 3. Billy Aton, 26, Aton-15.033; 4. Ryan
Timmons, 29T, Timmons-15.061; 5. Shayna Ensign, 9,
Sylvia-15.245; 6. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.272; 7. Danny
Faria Jr., 8, Richardson-15.490; 8. Ricky Brophy, 3,
Brophy-15.642; 9. Matthew Haulot, 7H, Haulot-15.799; 10. Kenny
Drew, 11K, Drew-15,881; 11. Jeremy Ellertson, 23,
Ellertson-16.162; 12. Glenn Bryan, 34B, Bryan-18.962; 13.
Daniel Whitley, 32, Whitley-NT.
EXTREME
MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (3 laps) 1. Aton, 2. Faria, 3. Whitley,
4. Ellertson, 5. Johnson, 6. Ensign, 7. Haulot. NT
SWAY-A-WAY
TORSION BARS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Terrell, 3.
Brophy, 4. Timmons, 5. Drew, 6. Bryan. NT
FEATURE: (30
laps, with starting positions) 1. Austin Liggett (2), 2. Colby
Johnson (6), 3. Bradley Terrell (5), 4. Billy Aton (4), 5.
Danny Faria Jr. (1), 6. Shayna Ensign (7), 7. Ryan Timmons
(3), 8. Matthew Haulot (9), 9. Glenn Bryan (12), 10. Ricky
Brophy (8), 11. Kenny Drew (10), 12. Daniel Whitley (13), 13.
Jeremy Ellertson (11). NT
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**Whitley
flipped on lap 13 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP
LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Liggett.
ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Colby
Johnson (6th to 2nd)
NEXT USAC
WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SPECIAL EVENT: September 12 – Petaluma
Speedway – Petaluma, California |
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