From Lance Jennings
Hanford, CA — Bud Kaeding led the last three laps in route to the USAC / CRA feature victory Saturday night at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway. Nic Faas, Matt Mitchell, Cory Kruseman, and Rip Williams rounded out the top five.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 7, 2011 – Hanford, California – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.800; 2. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.895; 3. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-15.978; 4. Cory Kruseman, 21K, 16.019; 5. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.141; 6. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.262; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 2X, Bowman-16.337; 8. Blake Miller, 7, Priestley-16.373, 9. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.435; 10. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.442; 11. Greg Bragg, 92, Setrich-16.491; 12. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.511; 13. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.515; 14. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.580; 15. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.667; 16. Jeff Gardner, 51T, Revcon-16.861; 17. Cody Kershaw, 27, KMS-16.918; 18. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.173; 19. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-17.232; 20. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-17.324; 21. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.491; 22. A.J. Bender, 11B, Bender-17.523; 23. Dakota Kershaw, 20, KMS-17.926; 24. Tom Grunkemeyer, 36, Springstead-18.082.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Mitchell, 3. Kruseman, 4. Spencer, 5. Faria, 6. J.VanderWeed, 7. Gardner, 8. Bender. 2:55.817
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hawkins, 2. Miller, 3. Bragg, 4. A. Williams, 5. Gaunt, 6. C. Kershaw, 7. C. Williams, 8. D. Kershaw. 2:58.460
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Kaeding, 3. R. Williams, 4. Carlile, 5. R. VanderWeerd, 6. Argo, 7. Bezio, 8. Grunkemeyer. NT.
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Gaunt, 3. R. VanderWeerd, 4. J. VanderWeerd, 5. C. Williams, 6. Gardner, 7. C. Kershaw, 8. Argo, 9. Bender, 10. Grunkemeyer, 11. D. Kershaw. NT.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Cory Kruseman, 5. Rip Williams, 6. Jace VanderWeerd, 7. Rickie Gaunt, 8. David Cardey, 9. Greg Bragg, 10. Cody Kershaw, 11. Blake Miller, 12. Rusty Carlile, 13. Cody Williams, 14. Marty Hawkins, 15. Rodney Argo, 16. Austin Williams, 17. Danny Faria Jr., 18. Mike Spencer, 19. Jeff Gardner, 20. Richard VanderWeerd. NT.
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**Bender flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Bragg, Laps 3-13 Kruseman, Laps 14-26 Faria, Laps 27-30 Kaeding.
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NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 28th – Perris, CA – Perris Auto Speedway