KAEDING EXTENDS WEST COAST LEAD WITH KINGS WN


Hanford, CA……..USAC West Coast Sprint Car point leader Bud Kaeding extended his lead Saturday night with a last-lap victory in the “Jim Turner Memorial” at Kings Speedway. He passed Markus Niemela on lap 18, then yielded the lead to Ryan bernal on lap 23 but regained it on the final lap for the 30-lap victory. Bernal took second ahead of Rusty Carlile, Austin Liggett and Justyne Hamblin.


USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 8, 2012 – Hanford, California – Kings Speedway – “Jim Turner Memorial”


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.854; 2. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.906; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.998; 4. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.159; 5. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.197; 6. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-16.258; 7. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.270; 8. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.350; 9. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-16.364; 10. Matt Day, 97, Day-16.423; 11. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.446; 12. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-16.576; 13. Jared Little, 25, Little-16.584; 14. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.673; 15. Tyler Dolacki, 18X, Dolacki-16.831; 16. Chad Boespflug, 72, Ford-16.947; 17. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-17.038; 18. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-18.277; 19. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-18.746; 20. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-NT.


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boesflug, 2. Bernal, 3. Little, 4. Liggett, 5. Day, 6. Hamblin, 7. Knight. NT


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. C.Gansen, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Niemela, 5. Faria, 6. Barnes, 7. Carlile. NT


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Dolacki, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Ennis, 4. D.Gansen, 5. Nichols, 6. Sibley. NT


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Rusty Carlile, 4. Austin Liggett, 5. Justyne Hamblin, 6. Chris Gansen, 7. Chris Ennis, 8. Tyler Dolacki, 9. Danny Faria Jr., 10. Jared Little, 11. Don Gansen, 12. Matt Day, 13. Markus Niemela, 14. Chad Boespflug, 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 16. Kevin Barnes, 17. Terry Nichols, 18. Jeff Sibley, 19. Richard Vander Weerd, 20. Ray Knight. NT


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**Barnes flipped during the feature.


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Niemela, Laps 18-22 Kaeding, Laps 23-29 Bernal, Lap 30 Kaeding.


NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Kaedeing-615, 2-Bernal-490, 3-Niemela-484, 4-Faria-464,5-Danny Sheridan-398, 6Matt Mitchell-391, 7-R.Vander Weerd-391, 8-Kirkbride-362, 9-Carlile-351, 10-Hamblin-319.


NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: September 22 – Peoria, AZ - Canyon Speedway Park – “Brawl for it All”