KAEDING NOTCHES 30-LAP THUNDERBOWL WEST COAST WIN

Tulare, CA……..Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. won Friday night’s 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint feature at Thunderbowl Raceway, the first of two straight nights of racing at the one-third mile dirt oval. Kaeding passed Danny Faria Jr. on lap 14 and led the final 17 laps for the win in his Buster & Ziggy Enterprise/Kaeding Performance Maxim/Reitz. Faria took second at the checkered flag ahead of Landon Hurst, Colby Copeland and Austin Liggett. Ryan Bernal finished 15th but maintains a four-point lead over Copeland in the new series standings.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 13, 2015 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-15.133; 2. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.454; 3. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.466, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-15.682; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.699; 6. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-15.718; 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.764; 8. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-15.772; 9. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-15.783; 10. Colby Copeland, 74, Williams-15.878; 11. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-15.978; 12. Tristan Guardino, 81, Watt-16.328; 13. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-16.385; 14. Shannon McQueen, 87, Van Meter-16.423; 15. Tye Mihocko, 5, Mihocko-16.435; 16. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-16.726; 17. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-17.080; 18. Nathan Washam, 17, Shanoian-17.801; 19. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-NT; 20. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Faria, 3. Sibley, 4. Copeland, 5. Timmons, 6. Barnes, 7. R.VanderWeerd. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Hurst, 3. Johnson, 4. Kaeding, 5. Richardson, 6. McQueen. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Marcham, 2. Mihocko, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Guardino, 5. Ennis, 6. Washam. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Landon Hurst, 4. Colby Copeland, 5. Austin Liggett, 6. D.J. Johnson, 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 9. Tye Mihocko, 10. Tristan Guardino, 11. Jeff Sibley, 12. Kevin Barnes, 13. Ryan Timmons, 14. Jim Richardson, 15. Ryan Bernal, 16. Trey Marcham, 17. Chris Ennis, 18. Shannon McQueen, 19. Dennis Howell. NT

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**McQueen flipped during the second heat. Ennis flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Hurst, Laps 6-13 Faria, Laps 14-30 Kaeding.

NEW WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bernal-108, 2-Copeland-104, 3-Faria-103, 4-Liggett-91, 5-J.Vander Weerd-90, 6-R.Vander Weerd-86, 7-Hurst-79, 8-Stevie Sussex-72, 9-B.Kaeding-67, 10-Charles Davis Jr.-63.

NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: March 14 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway