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King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series trip to the coast sees Jason Statler claim first victory since 2008 on Friday at Santa Maria Speedway & defending champ Kyle Hirst score 4th win of the year on Saturday at Ventura Raceway

By Gary Thomas

September 15, 2014…An exciting & historic weekend of racing for the King of the West 410 Sprint Cars this past weekend was highlighted by Jason Statler earning his first series win since 2008 on Friday at Santa Maria and current point leader Kyle Hirst racing to his KWS leading fourth victory of the season at Ventura Raceway on Saturday.  

The triumph for Statler on Friday at Santa Maria Speedway was his very first win with the Golden State/ King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series since June 8, 2008 in Petaluma. The victory also came at the site of his biggest career win, which came in 1999 when he beat the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series. Statler also captured a KWS event at the one-third mile clay in 2003.

“This is so awesome I don’t really know what to say right now,” said Statler, who moved into a tie with Ronnie Day for 14th on the all-time win list. “That was a lot of fun out there tonight and I hope all the fans enjoyed it. I can’t thank Dave Rios enough for all of his support and my whole crew for working so hard. We won an Outlaw show here back in 1999, but this one tonight feels pretty darn special too.”

Friday’s event at the Santa Maria Speedway brought 23 cars to the always welcoming one-third mile clay oval and featured a thrilling 30-lap main event. The surface presented some rough spots, which made things very interesting with it also being hooked up and lightning fast. Dash winner Bud Kaeding pulled away early on and looked very strong out front, until an issue with the right rear of the car took away his chance of victory on lap 10.

It then gave the lead to Campbell’s Brent Kaeding, who was in search of his first King of the West Series win of the season. The Hall of Famer looked to take advantage of the opportunity, but had a number of other hungry drivers hot on his heels. Chico’s Kyle Hirst then found a nice groove and charged past Kaeding for the lead just before the 10 to go signal was given. Soon after that Statler had his elbows up and closed in on Hirst to make it a fight for the top spot once again.

The 2004 series champion sliced his way by Hirst to grab the lead with 23-laps down and there was no looking back after that, as he took the checkered flag to earn the very popular victory. Hirst came home in second, with Brent Kaeding, Hanford’s DJ Netto and Roseville’s Sean Becker completing the top-five. Rounding out the top-10 were Chico’s Jonathan Allard, Fremont’s Shane Golobic, Fresno’s Craig Stidham, Elk Grove’s Bobby McMahan and Tracy’s Austin Liggett, who earned the hard charger award in his KWS debut.

On Saturday the King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series then traveled south to the Ventura Raceway for the first ever Winged Sprint Car event at the tight bullring. The beautiful setting played to some entertaining racing all night long, which ended with defending KWS champ and current point leader Kyle Hirst picking up his series leading fourth victory of the season. It was the 26-year-old drivers’ 11th career Golden State/ King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series win, placing him in sole possession of ninth on the all-time list.

“It feels pretty cool to win the first Winged Sprint Car race here at Ventura tonight,” Hirst commented. “When we got here I wasn’t sure how the racing would be, but I was pleasantly surprised and thought it was a lot of fun. It’s pretty cool to see all you fans fill this place and we hope to come back next year. I can’t thank Dennis & Teresa Roth enough for the opportunity to drive this car. My whole Roth Motorsports team has been working their tails off and I’m glad to get them a win.”

Hirst started on pole by way of his win in the dash and held all challengers at bay during the early going. Traffic early on created some extremely close action and Hirst had to work hard to hold off the pressure from various competitors. A red flag on lap 16 slowed things down, but on the restart nothing would slow Hirst as he checked out from the field to impressively pull away and take the checkered flag by over three seconds. Bud Kaeding made some great moves during the feature to earn a runner up finish after the tough luck from the night before.

Fresno’s Dominic Scelzi charged from ninth to third to score his best King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series finish of the season. It was a nice rebound for the 17-year-old, who got upside down in his heat race. The remainder of the top-10 was filled out by Jonathan Allard, Carson Macedo, DJ Netto, Bobby McMahan, Brent Kaeding, Sean Becker and Austin Liggett. Kyle Hirst won the dash, with the three exciting heat races picked off by Macedo, Hirst and Becker. Macedo set fast time to begin the night an 11.570.

Full results are available at www.kwssprints.com by clicking on the results tab.

A-main finish Santa Maria Speedway Friday: 1. 00 Jason Statler, 2. 83jr Kyle Hirst, 3. 69 Brent Kaeding, 4. 88n DJ Netto, 5. 35m Sean Becker, 6. 3c Jonathan Allard, 7. 22 Shane Golobic, 8. 3 Craig Stidham, 9. 25 Bobby McMahan, 10. 26 Austin Liggett, 11. 33e Evan Suggs, 12. 0 Bud Kaeding, 13. 21x Carson Macedo, 14. 12x Jarrett Soares, 15. 37 Mitchell Faccinto, 16. 10 Anthony Simone, 17. 78 Mark Barroso, 18. 15 Pat Harvey, 19. 74 Michael Cunningham, 20. 2 Todd Wanless, 21. 41 Dominic Scelzi, 22. 7 Cotton Farmer, 23. 94 Gordon Rodgers

A-main finish Ventura Raceway Saturday: 1. 83jr Kyle Hirst, 2. 0 Bud Kaeding, 3. 41 Dominic Scelzi, 4. 3c Jonathan Allard, 5. 21x Carson Macedo, 6. 88n DJ Netto, 7. 25 Bobby McMahan, 8. 69 Brent Kaeding, 9. 35m Sean Becker, 10. 26 Austin Liggett, 11. 2 Todd Wanless, 12. 12x Jarrett Soares, 13. 7t Greg Taylor, 14. 78 Mark Barroso, 15. 94 Gordon Rodgers, 16. 15 Pat Harvey, 17. 74 Michael Cunningham, 18. 00 Jason Statler

The King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series will head next for the 29th annual Cotton Classic at the Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare on Saturday October 11. It will mark the penultimate event of the season and tickets can be purchased by contacting 559-688-0909. The season finale will take place on November 1 at the Stockton Dirt Track during the 31st annual Tribute to Gary Patterson. Tickets for that event can be purchased at 916-370-9417. The evening of racing will also feature the Civil War 360 Sprint Car Series season finale.

Info on the King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series can be found at http://www.kwssprints.com

Be sure to like the KWS Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/kingofthewestsprints and become a member of our Twitter community at https://twitter.com/KwsSprintRacing for all the latest breaking news regarding the series

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