Sanders Wins Howard Kaeding Classic Opener

Justin Sanders Top Dawg Photos

WATSONVILLE, Ca. (July 14, 2023) — Justin Sanders won the opening night winged 360 sprint car feature during the Howard Kaeding Classic Friday night at Ocean Speedway. Domnic Scelzi, Bud Kaeding, Tanner Carrick, and Dylan Bloomfield rounded out the top five.

Drake Edwards won the Western Midget Racing main event.

Howard Kaeding CLassic
Ocean Speedway
Watsonville, California
Friday, July 14, 2023

Qualifying
1. 2X-Justin Sanders, 11.015[24]
2. 121X-Caeden Steele, 11.043[13]
3. 69-Bud Kaeding, 11.088[20]
4. 37-Michael Pombo, 11.094[6]
5. 121-Rickey Sanders, 11.129[19]
6. 94X-Landon Brooks, 11.150[9]
7. 22-Mitchell Faccinto, 11.168[11]
8. 61-Travis Labat, 11.183[26]
9. 0-Tim Kaeding, 11.197[1]
10. 41-Dominic Scelzi, 11.233[16]
11. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield, 11.238[18]
12. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 11.239[3]
13. 38-Colby Johnson, 11.246[4]
14. 8-Jeremy Chisum, 11.321[25]
15. 10-Dominic Gorden, 11.357[23]
16. 88N-DJ Netto, 11.362[7]
17. 28-Chase Johnson, 11.363[21]
18. 72W-Kurt Nelson, 11.435[10]
19. 3-Kaleb Montgomery, 11.462[22]
20. 25Z-Jason Chisum, 11.464[14]
21. 5R-Ryan Rocha, 11.537[17]
22. 3D-Caleb Debem, 11.545[8]
23. 2K-Gauge Garcia, 11.558[15]
24. 3M-Adam Kaeding, 11.588[12]
25. 07-Richard Fajardo, 11.821[5]
26. 56Z-Don Hart, 12.048[2]

Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 41-Dominic Scelzi[1]
2. 22-Mitchell Faccinto[2]
3. 2X-Justin Sanders[4]
4. 37-Michael Pombo[3]
5. 88N-DJ Netto[6]
6. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[7]
7. 38-Colby Johnson[5]
8. 3D-Caleb Debem[8]
DNS: 07-Richard Fajardo

Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[1]
2. 61-Travis Labat[2]
3. 121-Rickey Sanders[3]
4. 121X-Caeden Steele[4]
5. 28-Chase Johnson[6]
6. 8-Jeremy Chisum[5]
7. 2K-Gauge Garcia[8]
8. 25Z-Jason Chisum[7]
9. 56Z-Don Hart[9]

Heat Race #3 (8 Laps)
1. 83T-Tanner Carrick[1]
2. 0-Tim Kaeding[2]
3. 94X-Landon Brooks[3]
4. 10-Dominic Gorden[5]
5. 69-Bud Kaeding[4]
6. 5R-Ryan Rocha[7]
7. 72W-Kurt Nelson[6]
8. 3M-Adam Kaeding[8]

Dash #1 (6 Laps)
1. 2X-Justin Sanders[1]
2. 69-Bud Kaeding[3]
3. 121X-Caeden Steele[2]
4. 41-Dominic Scelzi[4]
5. 83T-Tanner Carrick[6]
6. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[5]

B-Main (12 Laps)
1. 38-Colby Johnson[1]
2. 72W-Kurt Nelson[2]
3. 25Z-Jason Chisum[3]
4. 3D-Caleb Debem[4]
5. 3M-Adam Kaeding[6]
6. 2K-Gauge Garcia[5]
DNS: 07-Richard Fajardo
DNS: 56Z-Don Hart

A-Main (30 Laps)
1. 2X-Justin Sanders[1]
2. 41-Dominic Scelzi[4]
3. 69-Bud Kaeding[2]
4. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]
5. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[6]
6. 88N-DJ Netto[16]
7. 22-Mitchell Faccinto[10]
8. 94X-Landon Brooks[9]
9. 10-Dominic Gorden[15]
10. 37-Michael Pombo[7]
11. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[19]
12. 8-Jeremy Chisum[14]
13. 61-Travis Labat[11]
14. 5R-Ryan Rocha[20]
15. 121X-Caeden Steele[3]
16. 25Z-Jason Chisum[21]
17. 3D-Caleb Debem[22]
18. 0-Tim Kaeding[12]
19. 121-Rickey Sanders[8]
20. 28-Chase Johnson[17]
21. 38-Colby Johnson[13]
22. 72W-Kurt Nelson[18]

Western Midget Racing

Heat Race #1 (8 Laps)
1. 11-AJ Hernandez[2]
2. 7-Greg Dennett[1]
3. 54-Anthony Bruno[4]
4. 35W-Nate Wait[5]
5. 19-Adrianna DeMartini[7]
6. 31-Todd Hawse[3]
7. 66-Darin Horton[6]
8. 15-Adam Weisberg[8]

Heat Race #2 (8 Laps)
1. 4R-Drake Edwards[4]
2. 09-Bryant Bell[2]
3. 20-Kyle Hawse[1]
4. 35X-Tyler Ruth[7]
5. 96X-Logan Mitchell[5]
6. 68-Marvin Mitchell[3]
7. 9-Blake Bower[6]

A-Main (20 Laps)
1. 4R-Drake Edwards[3]
2. 09-Bryant Bell[1]
3. 7-Greg Dennett[2]
4. 19-Adrianna DeMartini[9]
5. 9-Blake Bower[14]
6. 96X-Logan Mitchell[10]
7. 54-Anthony Bruno[5]
8. 11-AJ Hernandez[4]
9. 31-Todd Hawse[11]
10. 66-Darin Horton[13]
11. 20-Kyle Hawse[6]
12. 15-Adam Weisberg[15]
13. 68-Marvin Mitchell[12]
14. 35W-Nate Wait[7]
15. 35X-Tyler Ruth[8]