By Lonnie Wheatley
HANFORD, Cal. (May 21, 2011) – Bud Kaeding picked off his first American Sprint Car Series Southern California Regional win by racing to victory lane in Saturday night’s 30-lap main event at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway.
The triumph marked Kaeding’s third career winged ASCS feature win after sweeping a Rocky Mountain Region weekend at Dodge City in July of 2007.
Kaeding took Saturday night’s checkered flag in front of Ronnie Day, with Justin Sanders, current ASCS SoCal points leader Tommy Tarlton and Cory Eliason. Tommy Laliberte was sixth, with Nick Green, Steven Kent, Craig Smith and Kurt Nelson completing the top ten.
Green, Eliason and Peter Murphy topped heat race action.
ASCS Southern California Region Results from Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway:
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 14-Nick Green, 2. 3-Craig Stidham, 3. 89-Rico Abreu, 4. 17-Justin Sanders, 5. 35-Albert Pombo, 6. 21k-Kevin Michnowicz.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 00x-Cory Eliason, 2. 21-Tommy Tarlton, 3. 22-Ronnie Day, 4. 7-Steven Kent, 5. 20-Kevin Pylant, 6. 39-Craig Smith.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 21m-Peter Murphy, 2. 20x-Tommy Laliberte, 3. 29-Bud Kaeding, 4. 5h-Mason Moore, 5. 72w-Kurt Nelson, 6. 09s-Geoffrey Strole.
“A” Feature (30 Laps): 1. 29-Bud Kaeding, 2. 22-Ronnie Day, 3. 17-Justin Sanders, 4. 21-Tommy Tarlton, 5. 00x-Cory Eliason, 6. 20x-Tommy Laliberte, 7. 14-Nick Green, 8. 7-Steven Kent, 9. 39-
Craig Smith, 10. 72w-Kurt Nelson, 11. 89-Rico Abreu, 12. 20-Kevin Pylant, 13. 21k-Kevin Michnowicz, 14. 09s-Geoffrey Strole, 15. 5h-Mason Moore, 16. 21m-Peter Murphy, 17. 35-Albert Pombo, 18. 3-Craig Stidham.
ASCS Southern California Points (Top 10): 1. Tommy Tarlton 572, 2. Cory Eliason 545, 3. Ronnie Day 402, 4. Steven Kent 351, 5. Nick Green 335, 6. Albert Pombo 326, 7. Justin Sanders 260, 8. Trey Starks 252, 9. Peter Murphy 240, 10. Koen Shaw 239.