From Lance Jennings
Bakersfield, CA — (March 24, 2012) — Bud Kaeding won the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car feature Saturday at Bakersfield Speedway. Matt Mitchell, Ryan Bernal, Markus Niemela, and Josh Ford rounded out the top five.
USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: March 24, 2012 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-13.012; 2. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-13.110; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-13.138; 4. Matt Mitchell, 18X, Watt-13.268; 5. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-13.291; 6. Peter Murphy, 11, Iturriria-13.324; 7. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-13.361; 8. Josh Ford, 72, Ford-13.370; 9. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-13.405; 10. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.461; 11. Greg Taylor, 7, Taylor-13.462; 12. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-13.502; 13. Steve Conrad, 56, Swaim-13.581; 14. Derek Buckley, 76, Buckley-13.603; 15. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-13.638; 16. Austin DeBlauw, 65, DeBlauw-13.779; 17. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-13.792; 18. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-13.833; 19. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-13.845; 20. Jim Richardson, 8R, Richardson-14.081; 21. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.105; 22. Matt Day, 97, Day-14.205; 23. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-14.206; 24. Brian Baker, 5X, Swaim-14.321; 25. Andrew Murray, 21, Murray-14.453; 26. Tyler Dolacki, 18, Dolacki-14.658; 27. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-15.710.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Hines, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Conrad, 5. C. Gansen, 6. Murray, 7. Carlile. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Barnes, 3. Murphy, 4. Dolacki, 5. Buckley, 6. Bernal, 7. Day. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Faria, 3. Hamblin, 4. D. Gansen, 5. Nichols, 6. Knight, 7. Taylor. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Ford, 3. DeBlauw, 4. Richardson, 5. Baker, 6. Ennis. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Markus Niemela, 5. Josh Ford, 6. Peter Murphy, 7. Kevin Barnes, 8. Danny Faria Jr., 9. Don Gansen, 10. Chris Gansen, 11. Chris Ennis, 12. Steve Conrad, 13. Justyne Hamblin, 14. Ricky Kirkbride, 15. Matt Day, 16. Jim Richardson, 17. Brian Baker, 18. Ray Knight, 19. Brody Roa, 20. Tracy Hines, 21. Austin DeBlauw, 22. Terry Nichols. NT
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**Carlile and Murray flipped during the first heat. Taylor flipped during the third heat. Ennis flipped during the fourth heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-27 Roa, Laps 28-30 Kaeding.
NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: April 7 – Hanford, CA – Kings Speedway