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USAC Western Classic Racing Series
- #29 Bud Kaeding & Crew in Calistoga victory circle. Photo by MMRacingPhotos.com.
BUD KAEDING WINS $7,500 USAC SPRINT CAR FEATURE AT CALISTOGA
by Lance Jennings
CALISTOGA, CA – SEPTEMBER 3, 2013... Taking the lead from “The Demon” Damion Gardner on lap sixteen, Bud Kaeding of Campbell won the opening night of the “6th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic.” Co-sanctioned with the USAC Western Classic and Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprints, the $7,500 triumph at Calistoga Speedway was Kaeding’s second WCRS feature win of the season. Gardner, Mike Spencer, Ryan Bernal, and Nic Faas rounded out the top five drivers.
Piloting Junior Bowman’s #29 Buster & Ziggy Enterprises / Kaeding Performance Maxim, Bud Kaeding qualified ninth out of the thirty-four cars in the pit area and ran third in his heat race. Starting on the pole position, the 3-time Oval Nationals Champion had fallen back to fifth before making his charge to the front. After a caution flag was displayed on lap 15, Bud grabbed the lead on the restart and sailed to victory. To date, Kaeding has three top-10 finishes, one Kaeding Performance / Racing Optics Hard Charger Award, and 32 feature laps led to his credit.
After leading the first fifteen laps, Concord’s “The Demon” Damion Gardner had to settle for second at Calistoga. Racing Mark Alexander’s #4A Scott Sales Company / Advanced Racing Suspension Spike, the “World’s Fastest Sprint Car Driver” timed in seventh quick and claimed second in his heat race. Leading the USAC/CRA points, “The Demon” has one feature win, one Saldana Racing Products / Rod End Supply Fast Time Award, one heat race victory, two top-10 finishes, and 16 feature laps led with the Western Classic group.
Mike Spencer of Temecula raced to third in the Saturday night feature after starting sixth. Driving Ron Chaffin’s #50 Grubstake Mini Storage / Madera Produce Maxim, the five-time USAC/CRA champion earned the Saldana Racing Products / Rod End Supply Fast Time Award and scored fourth in his heat race. Currently, Spencer has one top-10 finish with the WCRS in 2013.
Hollister’s Ryan Bernal claimed fourth at Calistoga Speedway after starting seventh. Piloting Keith Ford’s #73 Berry Pack / King Racing Products Spike, Bernal qualified third overall, ran fifth in his heat race, and won the 12-lap Rod End Supply Semi-Main. The Western Classic point leader has two feature wins, one heat race victory, one dash win, five top-10 finishes, and 67 feature laps led on the season.
Nic Faas of Huntington Beach scored fifth in the 30-lap main event after running second in the opening laps. Driving Mark Alexander’s #4 Scott Sales Company / Competition Suspension Inc. Spike, the former USAC Western Midget Champion was second quick in time trials and won the DJ Safety Heat Race #2 by nearly a straightaway. Running second in USAC/CRA points, Faas has two top-10 finishes, and 21 feature laps led with the WCRS.
Sebastopol’s Bradley Terrell was the highest finishing 360 and earned the night’s Kaeding Performance / Racing Optics “Hard Charger / Best Passing Job” honors with a twelfth place run from twenty-first. Racing the family owned #43 Millhouse Glass / Papa Enterprises A.R.T., the Petaluma winged 360 veteran also scored third in his heat race.
Galt’s Matt Streeter won the program’s 8-lap Extreme Mufflers Heat Race #1. Piloting his #14JR T&T Trucking / Simpson Racing Products Maxim, the former BCRA Midget Champion timed in twenty-second fast in time trials and placed fifteenth in the main event.
Colby Copeland of Roseville debuted a brand new racecar and won the Competition Suspension Inc. / Keizer Wheels Heat Race #3. Driving Clark Melgoza’s #23 Bianchi Farms / Kyle Larson Racing Maxim, Copeland qualified twentieth and drove to tenth in the feature from seventeenth.
Buena Park’s Brody Roa was awarded the victory in the SBI Fuel Systems Heat Race #4 after Austin Williams missed the scales. Racing the BR Performance #91 HD Industries / Burris Racing Spike, Roa was fourth quick in time trials before scoring fourteenth in the main event.
The USAC Western Classic Racing Series would like to thank Amsoil, Hoosier Tire, BR Motorsports, Competition Suspension Inc., DJ Safety, Extreme Mufflers, Kaeding Performance, Keizer Wheels, King Racing Products, Racing Optics, Rod End Supply, Rugged Radios, SBI Fuel Systems, and Saldana Racing Products for their support. If you or your company would like to become part of the series, email PR Director Lance Jennings at [email protected].
For more information on the USAC Western Classic Racing Series, visit www.usacracing.com or follow the series on Facebook (www.facebook.com/WesternClassicSprints) or Twitter (www.twitter.com/#!/USAC_WCRS).
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AMSOIL USAC/CRA & WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS:
August 31, 2013 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “6th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic”
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / ROD END SUPPLY TIME TRIALS:
1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.085; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-20.090; 3. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-20.282; 4. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-20.289; 5. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-20.305; 6. Chad Boespflug, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-20.416; 7. Damion Gardner, 4A, Alexander-20.516; 8. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.566; 9. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-20.598; 10. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.618; 11. Geoff Ensign, 5V, VanLare-20.638; 12. Kyle Hirst, 83, Tiner-20.663; 13. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-20.703; 14. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-21.001; 15. Billy Aton, 26, Aton-21.049; 16. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-21.185; 17. Bradley Terrell, 43, Terrell-21.265; 18. Tim Barber, 3F, Finkenbinder-21.278; 19. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-21.358; 20. Colby Copeland, 23, Melgoza-21.429; 21. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-21.438; 22. Matt Streeter, 14JR, Streeter-21.536; 23. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-21.556; 24. James Sweeney, 11, Lewis-21.820; 25. Jason McIntosh, 33X, McIntosh-22.200; 26. Klint Simpson, 84, Simpson-22.216; 27. Scott Hall, 56K, Hall-22.247; 28. Sparky Howard, 5D, VanLare-22.272; 29. Evan Pardo, 21, Spear-22.315; 30. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-22.376; 31. Kevin Sharrah, 76, Butterfield-23.230; 32. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-23.308; 33. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-23.837; 34. Trevor Schmid, 2X, Schmid-NT.
EXTREME MUFFLERS HEAT RACE 1: (8 laps)
1. Matt Streeter, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Ronnie Gardner, 6. Tim Barber, 7. Jason McIntosh, 8. Evan Pardo, 9. Jim Richardson. NT
DJ SAFETY HEAT RACE 2: (8 laps)
1. Nic Faas, 2. Terry Schank Jr., 3. Chad Boespflug, 4. Cody Williams, 5. Marty Hawkins, 6. D.J. Johnson, 7. Tony Hunt, 8. Klint Simpson, NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / KEIZER WHEELS HEAT RACE 3: (8 laps)
1. Colby Copeland, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Bradley Terrell, 4. Geoff Ensign, 5. Ryan Bernal, 6. Billy Aton, 7. Kevin Sharrah, 8. Sparky Howard. NT
SBI FUEL SYSTEMS HEAT RACE 4: (8 laps)
1. Brody Roa, 2. Kyle Hirst, 3. Scott Hall, 4. Mike Martin, 5. James Sweeney, 6. Shauna Hogg, 7. Austin Williams, 8. Tom Baker. NT
ROD END SUPPLY SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. Austin Williams, 4. D.J. Johnson, 5. Billy Aton, 6. Tim Barber, 7. Trevor Schmid, 8. James Sweeney, 9. Evan Pardo, 10. Jim Richardson, 11. Sparky Howard, 12. Klint Simpson, 13. Shauna Hogg, 14. McIntosh, 15. Kevin Sharrah, 16. Marty Hawkins, 17. Tony Hunt, 18. Tom Baker. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps – With Starting Positions)
1. Bud Kaeding (1st), 2. Damion Gardner (2nd), 3. Mike Spencer (6th), 4. Ryan Bernal (7th), 5. Nic Faas (5th), 6. Geoff Ensign (11th), 7. Austin Williams (9th), 8. Cody Williams (10th), 9. Ronnie Gardner (8th), 10. Colby Copeland (17th), 11. Matt Mitchell (13th), 12. Bradley Terrell (21st), 13. Chad Boespflug (3rd), 14. Brody Roa (4th), 15. Matt Streeter (19th), 16. Tim Barber (16th), 17. D.J. Johnson (14th), 18. Mike Martin (19th), 19. Terry Schank Jr. (20th), 20. Shauna Hogg (23rd), 21. Scott Hall (22nd), 22. Kyle Hirst (12th), 23. Billy Aton (15th). NT
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**Schmid flipped during practice. Hawkins and Sharrah flipped during the semi.
**Shauna Hogg used a provisional.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Damion Gardner, Laps 16-30 Bud Kaeding.
KAEDING PERFORMANCE / RACING OPTICS HARD CHARGER: Bradley Terrell (21st to 12th)
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