KAEDING GRABS 30-LAP TULARE 360 VICTORY

 


Tulare, CA……..Bud Kaeding is the early leader in the 2011 USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series standings after winning Saturday night’s 30-lap feature at the Thunderbowl Raceway. Kaeding led all 30 laps in his Buster & Ziggy Enterprises/Kaeding Performance Maxim/Reitz to beat Ryan Bernal, Greg Alexander, Andy Forsberg and Davey Pombo. The rained out semi and feature events from Friday night at Hanford, Calif. have been rescheduled for March 31 at Giant Chevrolet Speedway.


 


USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: March 19, 2011 – Tulare, California - Thunderbowl Raceway


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wes Gutierrez (#007 WG), 2. Davey Pombo (#3E Eames), 3. Craig Stidham (#3 Stidham), 4. Richard VanderWeerd (#10 VanderWeerd), 5. Jace VanderWeerd (#88 VanderWeerd), 6. Justyne Hamblin (#8 JH), 7. Rusty Carlisle (#51 Carlisle), 8. Andy Forsberg (#92 Forsberg), 9. Danny Faria Jr. (#2 Bowman). NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding (#29 Bowman), 2. Greg Alexander (#72 Tyler), 3. Ryan Bernal (#11x Olmstead), 4. Dennis Howell (#62 Howell), 5. Jonathan Logan (#32 Logan), 6. Garrett Ishii (#71G Ishii), 7. Marty Hawkins (#3m Hawkins), 8. Kevin Barnes (#36B Barnes), 9. Matt Day (#97 Day), 10. T.J. Smith (#14 LeGras). NT


 


ALSO AT THE TRACK: Nico Russo (#3N Russo)


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Greg Alexander, 4. Andy Forsberg, 5. Davey Pombo, 6. Wes Gutierrez, 7. Craig Stidham, 8. Jace VanderWeerd, 9. Richard VanderWeerd, 10. Marty Hawkins, 11. Garrett Ishii, 12. T.J. Smith, 13. Justyne Hamblin, 14. Rusty Carlile, 15. Kevin Barnes, 16. Matt Day, 17. Danny Faria Jr., 18. Dennis Howell, 19. Jonathan Logan. NT


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**Howell flipped on lap 13 of the feature. Faria flipped on lap 24 of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kaeding.


 


NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Kaeding-76; 2-Alexander-69; 3-Bernal-67; 4-Pombo-62; 5-Gutierrez-58; 6-Forsberg-57; 7-Stidham-55; 8-R.VanderWeerd-49; 9-J.VanderWeerd-46; 10-Ishii-39.


 


NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: March 31 – Hanford, CA – Giant Speedway