Bud Kaeding wins USAC West Coast feature at Tulare

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Bud Kaeding. 3rd in USAC/CRA points. Photo by Scott Sheldon / SprintCarScotty.com.
Bud Kaeding. Photo by Scott Sheldon / SprintCarScotty.com.

From Lance Jennings

Tulare, CA — (March 13, 2015) — Bud Kaeding won the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series feature at Thunderbowl Raceway. Danny Faria Jr.,Landon Hurst, Colby Copeland, and Austin Liggett rounded out the top five.

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 13, 2015 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-15.133; 2. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-15.454; 3. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.466, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-15.682; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.699; 6. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-15.718; 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.764; 8. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-15.772; 9. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-15.783; 10. Colby Copeland, 74, Williams-15.878; 11. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-15.978; 12. Tristan Guardino, 81, Watt-16.328; 13. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-16.385; 14. Shannon McQueen, 87, Van Meter-16.423; 15. Tye Mihocko, 5, Mihocko-16.435; 16. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-16.726; 17. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-17.080; 18. Nathan Washam, 17, Shanoian-17.801; 19. Kevin Barnes, 36B, Barnes-NT; 20. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Faria, 3. Sibley, 4. Copeland, 5. Timmons, 6. Barnes, 7. R.VanderWeerd. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Hurst, 3. Johnson, 4. Kaeding, 5. Richardson, 6. McQueen. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Marcham, 2. Mihocko, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Guardino, 5. Ennis, 6. Washam. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Landon Hurst, 4. Colby Copeland, 5. Austin Liggett, 6. D.J. Johnson, 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 9. Tye Mihocko, 10. Tristan Guardino, 11. Jeff Sibley, 12. Kevin Barnes, 13. Ryan Timmons, 14. Jim Richardson, 15. Ryan Bernal, 16. Trey Marcham, 17. Chris Ennis, 18. Shannon McQueen, 19. Dennis Howell. NT
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**McQueen flipped during the second heat. Ennis flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Hurst, Laps 6-13 Faria, Laps 14-30 Kaeding.

NEW WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bernal-108, 2-Copeland-104, 3-Faria-103, 4-Liggett-91, 5-J.Vander Weerd-90, 6-R.Vander Weerd-86, 7-Hurst-79, 8-Stevie Sussex-72, 9-B.Kaeding-67, 10-Charles Davis Jr.-63.

NEXT WEST COAST SPRINT RACE: March 14 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway