KAEDING TAKES “VERMEIL” OPENER AT CALISTOGA
Calistoga, CA……..Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CCRA Sprint opener of the 6th “Louie Vermeil Classic” at Calistoga Speedway. He took the lead from series point leader Damion Gardner on lap 16 and led the rest of the way in his Buster & Ziggy Enterprises/Kaeding Performance Maxim/Reitz. Gardner took second ahead of fast qualifier Mike Spencer, Ryan Bernal and Nic Faas.
USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 31, 2013 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “6th Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.085; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-20.090; 3. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-20.282; 4. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-20.289; 5. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-20.305; 6. Chad Boespflug, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-20.416; 7. Damion Gardner, 4A, Alexander-20.516; 8. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.566; 9. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-20.598; 10. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.618; 11. Geoff Ensign, 5V, VanLare-20.638; 12. Kyle Hirst, 83, Tiner-20.663; 13. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-20.703; 14. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-21.001; 15. Billy Aton, 26, Aton-21.049; 16. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-21.185; 17. Bradley Terrell, 43, Terrell-21.265; 18. Tim Barber, 3F, Finkenbinder-21.278; 19. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-21.358; 20. Colby Copeland, 23, Melgoza-21.429; 21. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-21.438; 22. Matt Streeter, 14JR, Streeter-21.536; 23. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-21.556; 24. James Sweeney, 11, Lewis-21.820; 25. Jason McIntosh, 33X, McIntosh-22.200; 26. Klint Simpson, 84, Simpson-22.216; 27. Scott Hall, 56K, Hall-22.247; 28. Sparky Howard, 5D, VanLare-22.272; 29. Evan Pardo, 21, Spear-22.315; 30. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-22.376; 31. Kevin Sharrah, 76, Butterfield-23.230; 32. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-23.308; 33. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-23.837; 34. Trevor Schmid, 2X, Schmid-NT; 35. Ryan Bernal, 73T, Ford-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. Mitchell, 3. Kaeding, 4. Spencer, 5. R.Gardner, 6. Barber, 7. McIntosh, 8. Pardo, 9. Richardson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Schank, 3. Boespflug, 4. C.Williams, 5. Hawkins, 6. Johnson, 7. Hunt, 8. Simpson, NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Copeland, 2. D.Gardner, 3. Terrell, 4. Ensign, 5. Bernal, 6. Aton, 7. Sharrah, 8. Howard. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Hirst, 3. Hall, 4. Martin, 5. Sweeney, 6. Hogg, 7. A.Williams, 8. Baker. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. R.Gardner, 3. A.Williams, 4. Johnson, 5. Aton, 6. Barber, 7. Schmid, 8. Sweeney, 9. Pardo, 10. Richardson, 11. Howard, 12. Simpson, 13. Hogg, 14. McIntosh, 15. Sharrah, 16. Hawkins, 17. Hunt, 18. Baker. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Nic Faas, 6. Geoff Ensign, 7. Austin Williams, 8. Cody Williams, 9. Ronnie Gardner, 10. Colby Copeland, 11. Matt Mitchell, 12. Bradley Terrell, 13. Chad Boespflug, 14. Brody Roa, 15. Matt Streeter, 16. Tim Barber, 17. D.J. Johnson, 18. Mike Martin, 19. Terry Schank Jr., 20. Shauna Hogg, 21. Scott Hall, 22. Kyle Hirst, 23. Billy Aton. NT
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**Schmid flipped during practice. Hawkins and Sharrah flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 D.Gardner, Laps 16-30 Kaeding.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-1,021, 2-Faas-887, 3-Spencer-831, 4-Mitchell-683, 5-C.Williams-635, 6-Kaeding-630, 7-A.Williams-608, 8-Roa-566, 9-Bernal-550, 10-Richard Vander Weerd-415.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bernal-470, 2-Hogg-395, 3-Johnson-380, 4-Hunt-355, 5-Landon Hurst-113, 6-Gordon Rodgers-94, 7-Marty Hawkins-86, 8-Bud Kaeding-73, 9-Geoff Ensign-71, 10-Richard Vander Weerd-68.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 2 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway - “6th Louie Vermeil Classic”
