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USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series

#29 Bud Kaeding. Photo by surfnsprint.com.

BUD KAEDING SCORES 4TH USAC WC360 FEATURE
By Lance Jennings

HANFORD, CA – MAY 24, 2011... Last Saturday night, Campbell's Bud Kaeding scored his fourth victory of the year with the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series. The 3-Time USAC Silver Crown Champion also claimed the companion Taco Bravo Ocean Sprints vs. ASCS Southern California Sprint Car main event at Hanford's Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway. With the win, Kaeding is now tied for second on the career feature win list with last season's champion Craig Stidham.

With a four pill drawn for the main event inversion, Bud Kaeding shared the front row with Hollister's Ryan Bernal. Starting from the pole position of the twenty-two car feature, Bernal led the first ten circuits before falling to Kaeding. Bernal tried to battle back and threatened on several occasions, but could not retake the lead from the veteran driver. Kaeding took the 30-lap win, followed by Bernal, "Hollywood" Danny Faria Jr., Richard VanderWeerd, and Jonathan Logan.

Piloting the Junior Bowman owned #29 Buster & Ziggy Enterprises / Kaeding Performance Maxim, Bud Kaeding took command on lap eleven on his way to the Hanford victory. Earlier in the night's action, the third generation driver was third quick in time trials and finished second in his heat race. As this writing goes to press, Bud is fourth in the point standings as the series heads to Santa Maria on June 4th.

Young Ryan Bernal finished second to Kaeding at the checkered flags. Driving Danny Olmstead's #11D S&S Automotive Maxim, the former Wingless Spec Sprint Champion was fourth fast in qualifications and won the night's fourth heat race sponsored by Competition Suspension Inc. and Keizer Wheels. Bernal currently has a thirty-one point advantage over the competition.

Tipton's "Hollywood" Danny Faria Jr. claimed third at the Hanford clay oval. Piloting Junior Bowman's #2 Buster & Ziggy Enterprises / Kaeding Performance Bullet, Faria earned the Sander Engineering Fast Time Award over the twenty-eight car field. The veteran driver also won the 10-lap Extreme Muffler's Heat Race #1 and is currently seventh in the points.

Richard VanderWeerd of Visalia was fourth in the Hanford 30-lap feature. Driving Ron VanderWeerd's #10 VanderWeerd Construction / Battery Worx Maxim, the young driver was second fast in time trials and won the Saldana Racing Products / Keizer Wheels Heat Race #2. VanderWeerd is second in the championship points as the series returns to action at Santa Maria.

Hanford's Jonathan Logan raced to a fifth place finish after starting eleventh. Piloting the #32 New Image Designs Inc. / Mike Downing Racing Engines Eagle, the 2006 SCRA 360 Sprint Car Champion was twelfth quick on the night and third in his heat race. As this writing goes to press, the veteran driver is currently tied for twelfth in the point standings with Bakersfield's Rusty Carlile.

"Showtime" Danny Sheridan of Santa Maria won the night's third heat race, sponsored by DJ Safety. Driving the Kittle Motorsports' #18K Pace Lighting / PJ1 Sherman, Sheridan was nineteenth quick in time trials and finished eleventh in the feature. In limited starts, the former Bandit Sprint Car Champion is nineteenth in the points as the series heads to his home track.

Buena Park's Brody Roa won the 12-lap Keizer Wheels Semi-Main Event. Piloting the BR Performance #91R Stinger backed by L.A. Prep and "Biker" Bruce Fischer, the 2010 Wagsdash Champion was fifth fast in qualifications and sixth in his heat race. Roa placed sixth in the 30-lap feature and is currently tied for twenty-fifth in points with Kolby Araki.

In his first start with the USAC West Coast 360s, Tracy's Austin Liggett earned the Keizer Wheels' "Hard Charger / Best Passing Job" honors on the night. Driving Tim Liggett's #83 Excel Environmental Services / Home Connections Inc. Eagle, the Micro-Sprint graduate scored a fifteenth place finish after starting twenty-second. Earlier in the program, Liggett was twenty-seventh fast in time trials, seventh in his heat race, and finished sixth in the semi-main. Austin is now tied for fortieth in the standings with Bill Jones.

The USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series would like to thank Southwest Contractors, Hoosier Tire, Amsoil, BR Motorsports, ButlerBuilt, Competition Suspension Inc., Cory Kruseman's Sprint Car & Midget Driving School, Crow Enterprizes, DJ Safety, Extreme Mufflers, Hilborn Fuel Injection, Hinchman-Indy Racing Uniforms, Integra Shocks, Kaeding Performance, Keizer Wheels, King Racing Products, Port City Racing, Rod End Supply, Saferacer.com, Saldana Racing Products, and Sander Engineering for their support.

The USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series will return to action on Saturday, June 4th, at Chris Kearns' Santa Maria Speedway for the Ron Otto Memorial. Joining the powerful Sprint Cars will be the Toste Construction Mini Stocks, NMRA TQ Midgets, CDCRA Dwarf Cars, and the Raging Inferno Jet Powered Fire Truck. The Pit Gates will open at 2:00pm, Spectator Gates will open at 4:00pm, Time Trials will start at 5:00pm, with Racing at 6:00pm. Adult tickets are $16, Senior, Military, and Student tickets are $14, Kids tickets (6-12) are $6, and Children’s tickets (5 and under) are FREE. For event information, visit www.racesantamariaspeedway.com.

For more information on the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series, please visit westcoastsprintcars.com, usacracing.com, racesantamariaspeedway.com, or follow the series on facebook.
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USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS:
May 21, 2011 - Hanford, California - Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway

SANDER ENGINEERING TIME TRIALS:
1. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-15.741; 2. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.754; 3. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.932; 4. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-15.945; 5. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.085; 6. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-16.095; 7. Dave Pombo, 3E, Eames-16.143; 8. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter- 16.203; 9. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.272; 10. Peter Murphy, 4, Eberhardt-16.341; 11. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.456; 12. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.577; 13. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-16.596; 14. Cole Peard, 58, Peard-16.721; 15. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.726; 16. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.741; 17. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-16.805; 18. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-16.845; 19. Danny Sheridan, 18K, Kittle-16.861; 20. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-17.022; 21. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-17.282; 22. John Iturriria, 27, Iturriria-17.351; 23. Matt Day, 97, Day-17.365; 24. Nico Russo, 3N, Russo-17.452; 25. Jared Little, 25, Little-17.574; 26. Andrew Murray, 18, Murray-17.654; 27. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-17.954; 28. Nic Faas, 4X, Alexander- NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps)
1. Danny Faria Jr., 2. Wes Gutierrez, 3. Greg Alexander, 4. Dennis Howell, 5. Marty Hawkins, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Jared Little. 2:54.71.

SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / KEIZER WHEELS HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps)
1. Richard VanderWeerd, 2. T.J. Smith, 3. Peter Murphy, 4. John Iturriria, 5. Terry Nichols, 6. Cole Peard, 7. Andrew Murray. NT.

DJ SAFETY HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps)
1. Danny Sheridan, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Rusty Carlile, 4. Jace VanderWeerd, 5. Davey Pombo, 6. Matt Day, 7. Austin Liggett. 2:52.78.

COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / KEIZER WHEELS HEAT RACE 4: (10 laps)
1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Justyne Hamblin, 3. Jonathan Logan, 4. Chris Ennis, 5. Nico Russo, 6. Ricky Kirkbride. NT.

KEIZER WHEELS SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Brody Roa, 2. Davey Pombo, 3. Marty Hawkins, 4. Cole Peard, 5. Terry Nichols, 6. Austin Liggett, 7. Nico Russo, 8. Jared Little, 9. Matt Day. 3:42.10.

FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Bud Kaeding (2nd), 2. Ryan Bernal (1st), 3. Danny Faria Jr. (4th), 4. Richard VanderWeerd (3rd), 5. Jonathan Logan (11th), 6. Brody Roa (5th), 7. Peter Murphy (9th), 8. Jace VanderWeerd (10th), 9. Davey Pombo (7th), 10. Chris Ennis (15th), 11. Danny Sheridan (17th), 12. Wes Gutierrez (12th), 13. Marty Hawkins (19th), 14. Rusty Carlile (14th), 15. Austin Liggett (22nd), 16. John Iturriria (20th), 17. Terry Nichols (21st), 18. T.J. Smith (6th), 19. Justyne Hamblin (18th), 20. Dennis Howell (8th), 21. Greg Alexander (16th), 22. Cole Peard (13th). NT.
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**Ricky Kirkbride flipped during Heat Race #4.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Ryan Bernal, Laps 11-30 Bud Kaeding.

KEIZER WHEELS HARD CHARGER AWARD: Austin Liggett (22nd to 15th)

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS:
1. Ryan Bernal 354; 2. Richard VanderWeerd 323; 3. Jace VanderWeerd 293; 4. Bud Kaeding 290; 5. Wes Gutierrez 285; 6. Greg Alexander 272; 7. Danny Faria Jr. 242; 8. Justyne Hamblin 231; 9. Peter Murphy 230; 10.Dennis Howell 213; 11. T.J. Smith 203; 12. Rusty Carlile 185; --. Jonathon Logan 185; 14. Davey Pombo 172; 15. Ricky Kirkbride 158; 16. Marty Hawkins 141; 17. Nico Russo 102; 18. Cole Peard 90; 19. Danny Sheridan 81; 20. Matt Day 76.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE:
June 4 - Santa Maria (CA) Speedway

thats 1440lbs of fast

How fast would it be if it was legal?

We rolled across the scales at 1570 lbs. with 10 gallons of fuel and that is exactly what we expected. I thought it odd that because several cars weighed light, the officials deemed the scales broken.

Oh well, on to the next race.

Brett

www.brodyroa.com

Cheers!

HAHAHA, so there is no need to race,just give Bud the trophy when he shows up. Cheers!

Derp the dork speaks again! Do you have anything positive to say about racing or you just pissed off someone stole your lunch money? So-Cal site, Nor-Cal site it doesn't matter, because all you do is throw crap out there(especially at the Kaedings IMO). Maybe find a new hobby if racing is really bothering you that badly.

Trophy Cup......Best race of the year hands down!

What is the weight rule for USAC 360's?

Also, Ryan Bernal is a very strong up and coming non winged driver. He's driven spec sprints the last few years, and done very well at it, and is knocking on the door for his first 360 ASCS win. Looked like he had a good race with Bud at Hanford, and he is still learning how to drive a fuel injected sprint car.

. Weights- All California 360 Series sprint cars must weigh a minimum of 1,500 lbs w/driver @ any time.

No Bud wins because he is an excellent driver and drives for a great team that comes to the track well prepared. I didn't post to poke at Bud. If the scales were as well maintained as Bud's car, there would have been no problem. If anyone should have their nose out of joint because of these comments it should be the officials or Scott Woodhouse. If this is the first time cars were weighed this year, shame on the officials.

See you at Santa Maria!

Brett

www.brodyroa.com

and see ya there...can't wait!! I for appreciate you racing with the USAC/360 deal. Thanks

Trophy Cup......Best race of the year hands down!

There is NEVER a good excuse to deem a set of scales unreliable just by a few cars weighing light. EVERY organization should have a 50lb. weight as part of their equipment package so any set of scales could be checked.

Im not saying that anything wrong or improper took place at the past race, just that a single piece of weight as part of a groups equipment takes out any chance of error. If scales arent tested prior to a event, who is to say they are accurate?

I know how much I weigh, ill test those mofos...