Tulare, CA — (May 14th, 2011) — Tommy Tarlton and Bud Kaeding came away with feature wins Saturday night at the Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway. Tarlton won the Golden State King of the West Sprint Car series main while Kaeding captured the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car feature.
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Fast time: Ian Madsen 13.684
Heat 1: Jonathan Allard, Ian Madsen, Charlie Louden, Kenny Allen, Brent Bjork, Garrett Ishii, Billy Strange Jr.
Heat 2: Tim Kaeding, Willie Croft, Mike Faria, Andy Gregg, Rico Abreu, Dan Simpson, Danielle Simpson
Heat 3: Tommy Tarlton, Craig Stidham, Jason Statler, Peter Murphy, Cory Eliason, Brad Furr, Pat Harvey, Doug Gandy
Heat 4: Evan Suggs, Bobby McMahan, Brad Bumgarner, Brent Kaeding, Bud Kaeding, Mark Barroso, Eli Deshaies
Dash: Jonathan Allard, Tim Kaeding, Tommy Tarlton, Evan Suggs, Brent Kaeding, Willie Croft, Mike Faria, Ian Madsen
Last Chance Qualifier: Cory Eliason, Bud Kaeding, Brad Furr, Garrett Ishii, Brent Bjork, Rico Abreu, Danielle Simpson, Mark Barroso, Doug Gandy, Eli Deshaies, Dan Simpson, Pat Harvey, Billy Strange Jr.
A-main: Tommy Tarlton, Brent Kaeding, Evan Suggs, Ian Madsen, Craig Stidham, Bud Kaeding, Brent Bjork, Peter Murphy, Jason Statler, Brad Furr, Cory Eliason, Brad Bumgarner, Willie Croft, Charlie Louden, Rico Abreu, Bobby McMahan, Garrett Ishii, Kenny Allen, Andy Gregg, Tim Kaeding, Mike Faria, Jonathan Allard
USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 14, 2011 – Tulare, California – Groppetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway – “Pombo/Sargent Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.347; 2. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.538; 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.539, 4. Nic Faas, 4X, Alexander-16.657; 5. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-16.794; 6. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.827; 7. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.918; 8. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.934; 9. Kolby Araki, 71G, Ishii-17.100; 10. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-17.116; 11. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-17.159; 12. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-17.168; 13. Davey Pombo, 38, Eames-17.180; 14. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-17.236; 15. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-17.243; 16. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-17.393; 17. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.472; 18. Peter Murphy, 4, Eberhardt-17.545; 19. Adam Frith-Smith, 62X, Frith-Smith- 17.777; 20. Nico Russo, 3N, Russo-18.341; 21. Jeff Miller, 5X, Swaim-18.354; 22. Matt Day, 97, Day-18.478; 23. Andrew Murray, 18, Murray-19.064; 24. Danny Sheridan, 18X, Kittle-25.230.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Howell, 2. Faria, 3. Gutierrez, 4. Kaeding, 5. Pombo, 6. Faas, 7. Day, 8. Frith-Smith. 3:06.33
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Alexander, 3. J. VanderWeerd, 4. Logan, 5. Smith, 6. Carlile, 7. Russo, 8. Murray. 3:05.15.
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hawkins, 2. Murphy, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Hamblin, 5. R. VanderWeerd, 6. Miller, 7. Araki, 8. Sheridan. 3:11.90.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 4. Peter Murphy, 5. Greg Alexander, 6. Davey Pombo, 7. Danny Sheridan, 8. Ricky Kirkbride, 9. Dennis Howell, 10. Jonathan Logan, 11. Justyne Hamblin, 12. Danny Faria Jr., 13. Wes Gutierrez, 14. T.J. Smith, 15. Marty Hawkins, 16. Nic Faas, 17. Jace VanderWeerd, 18. Rusty Carlile, 19. Kolby Araki, 20. Nico Russo, 21. Matt Day, 22. Adam Frith-Smith, 23. Jeff Miller, 24. Andrew Murray. NT.
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Alexander, Laps 7-16 Bernal, Laps 17-30 Kaeding.
NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: May 21 – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway – Hanford, California