KAEDING GRABS TULARE’s “POMBO/SARGENT CLASSIC”

Tulare, CA…….Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap “Pombo/Sargent Classic” at the Gropetti Automotive Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway, leading the final 24 laps to beat Peter Murphy, Jace VanderWeerd, Richard VanderWeerd and Danny Faria Jr. Kaeding won his heat race, then passed Chris Ennis on the seventh lap of the feature and led the rest of the way. Danny Sheridan led the first three laps and Ennis the next three before Kaeding grabbed the top spot.



USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 15, 2010 – Tulare, California – Gropetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway – “Pombo/Sargent Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.851; 2. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-16.886; 3. Peter Murphy, 21, Tarlton-16.940; 4. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.007; 5. Danny Faria Jr., 8M, May-17.054; 6. Bud Kaeding, 2, Bowman-17.156; 7. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.170; 8. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-17.212; 9. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-17.282; 10. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-17.344; 11. Aaron Altaffer, 21A, Dorothy-17.492; 12. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-17.524; 13. Dave Knott, 28, Knott-17.579; 14. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-17.633; 15. Matt Streeter, 14JR, Streeter-17.693; 16. Albert Pombo, 83, Pombo-17.747; 17. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-17.771; 18. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-17.808; 19. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-17.910; 20. Dean Alexander, 11, McCowan-17.929; 21. Matt Day, 97, Day-18.075; 22. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-18.139; 23. Ray Knight, 99K, Knight-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.VanderWeerd, 2. A.Pombo, 3. Sheridan, 4. Carlile, 5. J.VanderWeerd, 6. Hamblin, 7. Knott, 8. Strole. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stidham, 2. Faria, 3. Ennis, 4. Alexander, 5. Gutierrez, 6. Altaffer, 7. Kirkbride. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Smith, 3. D. Pombo, 4. Murphy, 5. Ferris, 6. Streeter, 7. Day. NT

 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Peter Murphy, 3. Jace VanderWeerd, 4. Richard VanderWeerd, 5. Danny Faria Jr., 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. T.J. Smith, 8. Davey Pombo, 9. Aaron Altaffer, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Matt Streeter, 12. Dean Alexander, 13. Danny Sheridan, 14. Wes Gutierrez, 15. Geoffrey Strole, 16. Matt Day, 17. Andy Ferris, 18. Albert Pombo, 19. Dave Knott, 20. Chris Ennis, 21. Justyne Hamblin. NT (Craig Stidham car disqualified after finishing 4th for failing to pass post-race technical inspection).
------------------------------FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Sheridan, Laps 4-6 Ennis, Laps 7-30 Kaeding.NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stidham-455; 2-Murphy-439; 3-D.Pombo-415; 4-Carlile-356; 5-Smith-356; 6-Hamblin-340; 7-J.VanderWeerd-331; 8-Faria-307; 8-Ferris-297; 10-R.VanderWeerd-277.NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: May 29 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway - “Memorial Day Classic” - "Southwest Contractors 360 Clash"