By Dick Jordan
Hanford, CA……..Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. led the final four laps of Saturday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway. The win halted the three-race winning streak of defending series champ Mike Spencer, who finished 18th Saturday. Kaeding, driving his Bowman Racing Alviso Rock/High-Five Pizza Maxim/Shaver, was the last of four race leaders. Greg Bragg led the first two, Cory Kruseman led the next 11 and Danny Faria Jr. led for 13 laps before Kaeding moved to the front. Nic Faas finished second ahead of Matt Mitchell, Kruseman and Rip Williams.
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, Kruseman-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. 2:55.82
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hawkins, 2. Miller, 3. Bragg, 4. A.Williams, 5. Gaunt, 6. C Kershaw, 7. C.Williams, 8. D.Kershaw. 2:58.46
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.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-242; 2-Cardey-236; 3-Mitchell-224; 4-Miller-222; 5-Bragg-181; 6-Faas-163; 7-Gaunt-163; 8-C.Williams-130; 9-A.Williams-124; 9-David Bezio-117.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 28– Perris (CA) Auto Speedway