Kaeding begins march towards title 14 on Saturday

By Gary Thomas

 

Tulare, CA – April 8, 2014…Campbell’s Brent Kaeding will begin his 36th season in a Sprint Car this Saturday when the King of the West 410 Series presented by WFO Apparel opens the year with the Spring Thunder Nationals presented by KRC Safety in Tulare.

The 13-time series champion finished 6th in the final standings last season & will be looking to move his way further up the order this year. Kaeding’s 84 career series wins lead all drivers in that category going into the 2014 campaign. The man simply known as “BK” began his Sprint Car career way back in 1978, earning Rookie of the Year honors at Santa Maria Speedway.

In 2007 Kaeding earned one of his highest honors, by being inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame.

This Saturday’s “Spring Thunder Nationals” presented by KRC at Thunderbowl Raceway will also be the first of five KWS shows this season filmed for airing by MAVTV American Real. The others include April 19 at Placerville Speedway, July 12 at Ocean Speedway, September 13 at Ventura Raceway and November 1 at the Stockton Dirt Track.

KRC Safety was established in 1978, having less than 100 barricades in inventory. Originally known as Kaweah River Construction, the name was later changed to KRC after its founder Ken Ray Castro. Ken “Chief” Castro passed away on January 13, 1985. He is kept in memorandum by a memorial sticker placed on all their vehicles. Today, KRC is owned and operated by Ken’s son Gary Castro and has over 40 employees. KRC continues to grow year after year and many of the original employees are still with KRC, who are just like family.

KRC now offers many services including, Traffic Control, Construction Area Signs, Custom, Permanent and Street Signs, Temporary Chain Link Fence Panels, Roadway Markers, Delineators, Traffic Control Plans, Message Boards, K-Rail, all types of Equipment Trucking, Generators, Light-Towers and many other services for rent and sale. Even from their humble beginnings they still know their customers by name. More information on KRC Safety Company can be found at http://krcsafety.com/wordpress/

This Saturday in Tulare we’ll also have a very special presentation honoring Peter Murphy during opening ceremonies that fans certainly won’t want to miss! Make plans to be there & show your support for one of nicest guys in our sport! If you’re a sprint car fan in Northern & Central California this will be one of the more special opening ceremonies that you’ll see. Don’t miss it!

A full program of qualifying time trials, heat races, a dash, LCS and the $3,000-to-win/ $500-to-start A-main will be on tap for the King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series presented by WFO Apparel on April 12.

Reserved grandstand seats for the “Spring Thunder Nationals” presented by KRC Safety on Saturday cost $20 with general admission bleacher tickets $18. To reserve your seat contact (559) 688-0909. The front gate will open at 4pm with racing expected to get underway around 7pm.

The Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway is located at the Tulare County Fairgrounds on the corner of Bardsley and K Streets in Tulare, California. From the junction of SR 99 and SR 137, go west on SR 137. At South K go south one-half mile to the Fairgrounds. More info can be found at www.thunderbowlraceway.com

Info on the King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series presented by WFO Apparel can be found at http://www.kwssprints.com/

Be sure to like the KWS Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/kingofthewestsprints and become a member of our Twitter community at https://twitter.com/KwsSprintRacing for all the latest breaking news regarding the series

Upcoming KWS events after Tulare

Saturday April 19: Placerville Speedway (Hoosier Tires Gold Country Shootout) MAVTV event
Saturday May 3: Silver Dollar Speedway (24th annual Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial)
Saturday May 10: Petaluma Speedway
Saturday May 17: Thunderbowl Raceway (Chris & Brian Faria Memorial)