From Lance Jennings
Tulare, CA — (October 19, 2012) –Bud Kaeding swept both non-wing sprint car features to open the 2012 Trophy Cup Thursday night at Tulare Thunderbowl Speedway. With a two second place finishes and a better qualifying time Ryan Bernal won the overall Trophy Cup points for the non-wing sprints.
NON-WINGED 360 SPRINT CARS
Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway – Tulare, California
October 18, 2012 – “19th Annual Trophy Cup – Night #1”
TIME TRIALS:
1. Ryan Bernal, 73-15.298; 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 10-15.303; 3. Kyle Hirst, 83JR-15.550; 4. Mike Spencer, 18K-15.575; 5. Austin Liggett , 83-15.599; 6. Danny Sheridan, 73X-15.622; 7. Ricky Kirkbride, 87-15.674; 8. Markus Niemela, 81-15.695; 9. Danny Faria Jr., 17V-15.707; 10. Darren Clayton, 14-15.738; 11. Andy Forsberg, 92-15.747; 12. D.J. Netto, 7N-15.768; 13. Jace Vander Weerd, 88-15.795; 14. Bud Kaeding, 29-15.841; 15. Geoff Ensign, 5V-15.930; 16. Chris Ennis, 86-15.945; 17. Jeff Sibley, 18-15.954; 18. Peter Murphy, 11-15.976; 19. Mike Martin, 16-15.988; 20. Kyle Miller, 10K-16.118; 21. Terry Nichols, 33-16.150; 22. Rusty Carlile, 51-16.155; 23. Geoffrey Strole, 09S-16.166; 24. Shawn Kautz, 27-16.180; 25. Cory Kruseman, 14K-16.190; 26. Andy Ferris, 4J-16.211; 27. Kevin Barnes, 36B-16.232; 28. Adam Frith-Smith, 62-16.271; 29. Kyle Evans, 84-16.407; 30. Matt Day, 97-16.569; 31. James Sweeney, 11X-16.572; 32. Koen Shaw, 92JR-16.679; 33. Kenny Perkins, 29X-17.046; 34. Mark Herz, 28-17.929; 35. Mike Collins, 35-18.288; 36. Billy Butler, 57-NT; 37. Ray Knight, 6K-NT.
HEAT RACE #1: (10 laps)
1. Bernal, 2. Forsberg, 3. Sheridan, 4. Ennis, 5. Ferris, 6. Sweeney, 7. Nichols.
HEAT RACE #2: (10 laps)
1. Carlile, 2. R. Vander Weerd, 3. Netto, 4. Barnes, 5. Kirkbride, 6. Shaw, 7. Sibley.
HEAT RACE #3: (10 laps)
1. Murphy, 2. Hirst, 3. Perkins, 4. Strole, 5. Frith-Smith, 6. Niemela, 7. J. Vander Weerd.
HEAT RACE #4: (10 laps)
1. Faria, 2. Kaeding, 3. Martin, 4. Spencer, 5. Evans, 6. Kautz, 7. Herz.
HEAT RACE #5: (10 laps)
1. Kruseman, 2. Miller, 3. Ensign, 4. Liggett, 5. Clayton, 6. Day, 7. Collins.
C-MAIN: (8 laps)
1. Nichols, 2. Sibley, 3. Collins, 4. Herz.
SEMI-MAIN: (20 laps)
1. Liggett, 2. Spencer, 3. Kirkbride, 4. Ennis, 5. Ferris, 6. Strole, 7. Nichols, 8. Sweeney, 9. Barnes, 10. Day, 11. Shaw, 12. Kautz, 13. Herz, 14. Clayton, 15. Collins, 16. Sibley, 17. Evans.
FEATURE #1: (30 laps – With Starting Positions)
1. Bud Kaeding (2nd), 2. Ryan Bernal (10th), 3. Kyle Hirst (8th), 4. Danny Sheridan (6th), 5. Peter Murphy (11th), 6. Danny Faria Jr. (7th), 7. Ricky Kirkbride (12th), 8. Mike Spencer (5th), 9. Geoff Ensign (13th), 10. Mike Martin (17th), 11. Andy Ferris (19th), 12. Cory Kruseman (18th), 13. Austin Liggett (4th), 14. Andy Forsberg (3rd), 15. D.J. Netto (1st), 16. Richard Vander Weerd (9th), 17. Rusty Carlile (14th), 18. Chris Ennis (16th), 19. Kenny Perkins (20th), 20. Kyle Miller (15th).
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Bud Kaeding.
FEATURE #2: (50 laps – With Starting Positions)
1. Bud Kaeding (18th), 2. Ryan Bernal (20th), 3. Peter Murphy (15th), 4. Kyle Hirst (19th), 5. Danny Faria Jr. (16th), 6. Danny Sheridan (17th), 7. D.J. Netto (7th), 8. James Sweeney (1st), 9. Ricky Kirkbride (13th), 10. Mike Martin (8th), 11. Kevin Barnes (4th), 12. Austin Liggett (10th), 13. Kenny Perkins (5th), 14. Geoffrey Strole (3rd), 15. Andy Forsberg (9th), 16. Terry Nichols (2nd), 17. Richard Vander Weerd (12th), 18. Andy Ferris (6th), 19. Mike Spencer (14th), 20. Geoff Ensign (11th).
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Terry Nichols, Laps 12-14 James Sweeney, Laps 15-44 Peter Murphy, Laps 45-50 Bud Kaeding.
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**Billy Butler flipped during time trials.
**Jace Vander Weerd and Adam Frith-Smith flipped during the third heat.
**Daron Clayton flipped during the semi-main.
**Geoff Ensign and Richard Vander Weerd flipped during the second main event.
**Ryan Bernal Wins Point Championship.