KAEDING WINS “JIM EVETT MEMORIAL” AT HANFORD
Hanford, CA……..Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap “Jim Evett Memorial” race at Giant Speedway, leading the last 15 laps after passing teammate Davey Pombo on lap 16. Pombo finished second ahead of series point leader CraigStidham, Peter Murphy and Richard VanderWeerd. Kaeding piloited the Buster & Ziggy Enterprises Bullet/Downing Chevy to the win, his second in the 2010 series.
USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 17, 2010 – Hanford, California – Giant Speedway – “Jim Evett Memorial”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Danny Faria Jr., 8M, May-16.507; 2. Bud Kaeding, 2, Bowman-16.523; 3. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-16.535; 4. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.585; 5. Craig Stidham, 3S, Stidham-16.595; 6. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.640; 7. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.673; 8. Davey Pombo, 3, Bowman-16.720; 9. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.772; 10. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.853; 11. Jared Little, 25, Little-16.868; 12. Scott Kinney, 25K, Kinney-16.974; 13. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-17.017; 14. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-17.122; 15. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-17.130; 16. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-17.135; 17. Andy Ferris, 4J, Ferris-17.200; 18. Hobie Conway, 29K, Conway-17.218; 19. Peter Murphy, 11, Bowman-17.299; 20. Jay Waugh, 3K, Kruseman-17.392; 21. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-17.471; 22. Dave Knott, 28, Knott-17.581; 23. Jesse Mack, 71M, Gilbert/Mack-17.599; 24. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-17.664; 25. Jeff Thompson, 5K, Swaim-18.548; 26. Ray Knight, 99K, Knight-18.684.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Carlile, 3. J.VanderWeerd, 4. R.VanderWeerd, 5. Murphy, 6. Kirkbride, 7. Ennis, 8. Knott, 9. Thompson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Pombo, 2. Kaeding, 3. Stidham, 4. Ferris, 5. Little, 6. Mack, 7. Strole, 8. Waugh, 9. Knight. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Gutierrez, 3. Hamblin, 4. Logan, 5. Shaw, 6. Conway, 7. Kinney, 8. Hawkins. NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Kaeding, 3. R.VanderWeerd, 4. Stidham, 5. Faria, 6. Logan. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kirkbride, 2. Kinney, 3. Ennis, 4. Hawkins, 5. Mack, 6. Conway, 7. Knott, 8. Strole, 9. Thompson, 10. Knight. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Davey Pombo, 3. Craig Stidham, 4. Peter Murphy, 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. Justyne Hamblin, 7. Rusty Carlile, 8. Jace VanderWeerd, 9. Jared Little, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Chris Ennis, 12. Marty Hawkins, 13. Andy Ferris, 14. Wes Gutierrez, 15. Jonathan Logan, 16. Koen Shaw, 17. Scott Kinney, 18. Jesse Mack, 19. Dave Knott, 20. Hobie Conway, 21. Danny Faria Jr., 22. T.J. Smith. NT
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**Faria flipped on lap 26 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Pombo, Laps 16-30 Kaeding.
NEW USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-Stidham-775; 2-Pombo-720; 3-Smith-614; 4-Hamblin-605; 5-Murphy-558; 6-Carlile-522; 7-R.VanderWeerd-495; 8-Faria-467; 9-R.VanderWeerd-447; 10-Ennis-420.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: July 24 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway