From Lance Jennings
Watsonville, CA — (July 12, 2013) — Bud Kaeding won the USAC Western Classic sprint car feature Friday night at Ocean Speedway during the Howard Kaeding Classic. Dominic Scelzi, D.J. Netto, Tony Hunt, and Brent Kaeding rounded out the top five.
Ronnie Gardner won the USAC Western Midget Car feature.
USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 12, 2013 – Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway – “Howard Kaeding Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-12.898; 2. D.J. Netto, 88n, Netto-13.165; 3. Brent Kaeding, 69, BK-13.355; 4. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.372; 5. Dominic Scelzi, 41, Key-13.407; 6. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.463; 7. Scott Hall, 56s, Phulps-13.475; 8. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-13.628; 9. Nick Larson, 24N, Larson-13.827; 10. Evan Bonnema, 59, Bonnema-13.845; 11. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-13.874; 12. Perry Rothweiler, 17sc, Shanoian-13.997; 13. Chase Wood, 6, Wood-14.705.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hawkins, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Scelzi, 4. Brent Kaeding, 5. Larson, 6. Hall, 7, Wood. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Rothweiler, 3. Netto, 4. Hunt, 5. Hogg, 6. Bonnema. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Dominic Scelzi, 3. D.J. Netto, 4. Tony Hunt, 5. Brent Kaeding, 6. Scott Hall, 7. Shauna Hogg, 8. D.J. Johnson, 9. Nick Larson, 10. Evan Bonnema, 11. Chase Wood, 12. Marty Hawkins, 13. Perry Rothweiler. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Scelzi, Laps 22-30 Bud Kaeding.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Johnson-295, 2-Ryan Bernal-290, 3-Hunt-247, 4-Hogg-224, 5-Colton Slack-167, 6-Matt Streeter-157, 7-James Sweeney-150, 8-Hall-125, 9-Colby Copeland-120, 10-Nathan Washam-113.
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: August 9, 2013 – Watsonville, CA -Ocean Speedway
HONDA WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE RESULTS: July 12, 2013 – Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway – “Howard Kaeding Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 05, VanDyne/Swanson-13.300; 2. Ronnie Gardner, 68, SIX-EIGHT-13.371; 3. Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-13.406; 4. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-13.409; 5. Pete Davis, 00, Davis-13.517; 6. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.574; 7. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-13.577; 8. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.689; 9. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-13.851; 10. Trey Marcham, 37, Pankratz-13.994; 11. Johnathon Henry, 19, Sala-14.005; 12. Taylor Simas, 62, Bock-14.027; 13. Adam Kaeding, 27c, Blackwell-14.029; 14. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-14.088; 15. Nick Chivello, 27N, Chivello-14.115; 16. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-14.148; 17. Nick Foster Jr., 0, Foster-14.156; 18. Quintin Crye, 27B, Blackwell-14.290; 19. Chris Ennis, 45E, Neverlift-14.345; 20. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-14.865.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Marcham, 2. C.Swanson, 3. J.Swanson, 4. Pierovich, 5. Guerrini, 6. Ennis, 7. A.Kaeding. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Prickett, 2. Henry, 3. Gardner, 4. Foster, 5. McQueen, 6. Davis, 7. Nichols. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chivello, 2. Crye, 3. Simas, 4. Golobic, 5. Pankratz, 6. Edwards. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Johnathon Henry, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. Taylor Simas, 5. Shane Golobic, 6. Kyle Edwards, 7. Randi Pankratz, 8. Pete Davis, 9. Quintin Crye, 10. Adam Kaeding, 11. Nick Chivello, 12. Frankie Guerrini, 13. David Prickett, 14. Nick Foster Jr., 15. Trey Marcham, 16. Terry Nichols, 17. Cody Swanson, 18. Shannon McQueen, 19. Chris Ennis, 20. Scott Pierovich. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Pankratz, Laps 10-30 Gardner.
NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Gardner-626, 2-J.Swanson-567, 3-Prickett-474, 4-McQueen-306, 5-C.Swanson-248, 6-Pankratz-244, 7-Pierovich-217, 8-Edwards-204, 9-Marcham-200, 10-Nichols-199.
NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET PAVEMENT RACE: July 13 – Madera (CA) Speedway – “Gerhardt Classic”
NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE: July 20 – Ventura (CA) Raceway