The
Kaeding brothers of San Jose, Calif. kept it in the family tonight as Tim won
the 30-lap World of Outlaws Sprint Car feature and Bud scored a popular victory
in the West Coast 360 Sprint Car finale.
Tim
Kaeding started the 30-lap feature from the pole position and held off Lucas
Wolfe to lead the first lap. The race was slowed on lap 2 when Sammy Swindell
spun in Turn 4 and came to a stop on the front straightaway. With Kaeding
running the high side of the track, Chad Kemenah made repeated challenges for
the lead from the low side and took command on lap 7. Kaeding stuck Kemenah
behind a lapped car on lap 10 to retake the lead just as the caution flag flew
for Jason Meyers' spin in Turn 4. Jason Sides caught Kaeding on lap 16 and they
briefly battled for the lead until Kaeding was able to pull away. The caution
flag waved again on lap 23 when Jason Meyers stopped in Turn 2 as Tony
Stewart's right rear tire went flat in Turn 4. Just as the race restarted, the
red flag flew when Kerry Madsen flipped in Turn 2. He was not injured. The race
restarted in single-file formation with Kaeding hugging the low groove. Terry
McCarl brought out the next caution flag when he spun in Turn 2. When the
caution flag appeared again on lap 26 race officials determined the cars could
not complete the race on remaining fuel and threw the red flag for a fuel stop.
With Kaeding still in the lead, Steve Kinser passed Kraig Kinser on lap 27 for
third place. Kraig Kinser's right rear tire disintegrated on lap 28 and his
crippled car brought out the well-worn yellow flag. The 30-lap A-Feature now
was reduced to a green-white-checkered shootout. The green flag flew and Jason
Sides dove to the inside of Kaeding and the pair swapped the lead twice before
-- you guessed it -- the caution flag waved for a spinning car in Turn 4. The
race now was scheduled to conclude under its second green-white-checkered
finish. Meanwhile, Tony Stewart, who lost a right rear tire on lap 23, was now
up to sixth place. Kaeding won the race (his first at the Dirt Track at LVMS),
Sides finished second and Steve Kinser was scored in third place. Tony Stewart
finished eighth.
"I
was saying to myself, 'Dear God, just let this thing end. We got no tires,'
" said Kaeding. "I'm just happy. This was one hell of a race and I'm
glad I finally got the monkey off my back at this place."
World of
Outlaws heats went to Sammy Swindell, Kerry Madsen and Craig Dollansky. The
Dash was won by Tim Kaeding and Terry McCarl claimed the B-Feature.
Ryan
Bernal of Hollister, Calif. took the lead on lap 6, survived several restarts
and seemed destined to win the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car feature. But Bud
Kaeding caught Bernal on a green-white-checkerd restart and led the final lap
to win by a nose over his fellow California driver. Casey Schuman finished
third. West Coast 360 Sprint Car heats were won by Brian Hosford, Troy
Rutherford, Danny Sheridan and Justin Quinn. B-Features were won by Brody Roa
and Mike Spencer.
NASCAR
star Kenny Wallace started sixth in the IMCA Modified A-Feature and wasted no
time in pulling into third place in just two laps. Wallace occupied second
place on lap 3 and took to the high side of the track in hot pursuit of race
leader Paul Stone. Kyle Heckman caught Wallace on lap 10 and took second place
as polesitter Stone motored away in first place. Heckman managed to keep the
leader in sight but Stone took the checkered flag. Kenny Wallace finished
third. IMCA Modified heats were won by Randy Brown, Kyle Heckman, Brad Pounds
and Paul Stone. Jason Pike of Pahrump won the B-Feature.
NASCAR
Weekend at the superspeedway kicks off on Friday with Stratosphere Pole Day.
The NASCAR Nationwide Series takes center stage on Saturday with the annual
Sam’s Town 300 at 2 p.m. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Kobalt Tools 400 is
scheduled to start at noon on Sunday. Tickets for the NASCAR Weekend are on
sale at www.lvms.com or by calling (800) 644-4444. Neon Garage passes, Lucky 7
preferred parking and driver introduction passes also are available. Follow LVMS
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30-LAP
WORLD OF OUTLAWS SPRINT CAR SERIES FEATURE: 1. Tim Kaeding, 2. Jason Sides, 3.
Steve Kinser, 4. Chad Kemenah, 5. Brian Brown, 6. Sammy Swindell, 7. Jason
Meyers, 8. Tony Stewart, 9. Donny Schatz, 10. Kraig Kinser, 11. Jason Johnson,
12. Joey Saldana, 13. Kerry Madsen, 14. Craig Dollansky, 15. Henry Vandam, 16.
Sam Hafertepe Jr., 17. Trey Starks, 18. Terry McCarl, 19. Rico Abreu, 20. Bill
Rose, 21. Cody Darrah, 22. Tyler Wolfe, 23. Austen Wheatley, 24. Lucas Wolfe.
