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KAEDING 20/20 IN LAKESIDE PRELIM |
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KANSAS CITY, KS, AUGUST 16, 2002 - In just his seventh race back from a horrific
crash last May, Bud Kaeding drove his BK Motorsports / High Five Pizza No. 29K
Maxim to an impressive 20-lap preliminary Non-Winged World Championship (NWWC)
victory Friday at Lakeside Speedway. As if often the case in racing circles, the rumors about Kaeding's eye injuries were greatly exaggerated. In fact, it was said by many that Kaeding's career was over. Happily, Kaeding has proven even before his victory that he's sight is good enough to compete with the nation's best. "I think I hit more cars when I could see," joked Kaeding. "Until two weeks ago, I didn't think I was going to race again this year. Fortunately, my insurance company sent me to a retina specialist in California, who put me through all the same tests, and more, as that other doctor in Indiana, and I passed all the tests. Had I not been sent to the doctor in California, I guess I would have been sitting on the couch tonight instead of being out here winning a race." Kaeding, who also won the JE Pistons Dash, jumped into the lead at the drop of the green. J.J. Yeley moved ahead of outside front row starter Richard Griffin entering turn one and slid into the second position. Griffin stayed in the gas, however, and squeezed his Ron Chaffin / Arizona Race Mart No. 50 Jon Boy between Yeley and the cushion and took back the runner-up spot. One lap later, Kaeding skated wide in turn three and nearly rubbed the concrete. Kaeding managed to keep his tires off the wall, but would relinquish the lead to Griffin. Quickly atoning for his mistake, Kaeding took back the lead on lap four after a well timed turn four slid-job. Kaeding comfortably maintained his lead until lap nine when Jesse Hockett and John Scott tangled exiting turn four. With his front end broken from the contact, Hockett's car veered helplessly into the infield and struck a light-pole. Hockett was not hurt in the incident. Kaeding pulled away from Griffin after the restart until he reached slower traffic on lap 16. Griffin instantly pulled to within a few feet on Kaeding's rear nerf bar. Just when it looked like "The Gasman" was setting up Kaeding for a last lap slid-job, the yellow flag waved for Levi Jones, who lost a left rear tire two laps from the finish. Despite having a lapped car bewteen himself and Kaeding on the restart, Griffin was able to try a turn one slider on lap 19. Ready for the challenged, Kaeding held his line on the cushion and was able to keep Griffin from sliding ahead of him. From there, Kaeding was able to become the seventh eighth different NAPA Auto Parts / Auto Trader Magazines SCRA main event winner in as many races. The ABC Sand & Rock No. 76 Twister, driven by Yeley, finished third ahead of Damion Gardner, who broke the one-lap track record (16.732) during Sander Engineering Time Trials. Illinois driver Blake Feese finished fifth in his first SCRA/NWWC start. NWWC point leader, Cory Kruseman, was sixth. ### SCRA RACE #28 - LAKESIDE SPEEDWAY, KANSAS CITY, KS Date of Race: 8/16/02 SANDER ENGINEERING FAST TIME AWARD 1. Damion Gardner, Gardner 20, 16.732 2. Levi Jones, Crossno 138, 16.924 3. Bobby Graham, Crossno 38, 17.011 4. J.J. Yeley, GT Racing 76, 17.031 5. Bud Kaeding, BK Mtrsprts, 17.051 6. Richard Griffin, Chaffin 50, 17.085 7. Blake Feese, Vielhauer 12X, 17.091 8. Cory Kruseman, Willis 1, 17.121 9. Rickie Gaunt, Alexander 4, 17.144 10. Troy Rutherford, Witherill 61, 17.187 11. Adam Mitchell, Mitchell 99, 17.190 12. Brian Tyler, K&D Mtrsprts 6X, 17.326 13. Charlie Davis Jr., Davis 94, 17.603 14. Rip Williams, Jory 3, 17.633 15. Rodney Argo, Argo 19, 17.648 16. John Scott, Scott 83, 17.725 17. Tony Jones, Vermeer/Jones 87, 17.781 18. Jesse Hockett, Van Keirsbilck 75, 17.782 19. Mike Kirby, Guerin 5, 17.825 20. Mike Spencer, Engstrom 44, 17.850 21. Mike English, Jory 6, 17.986 22. Lance Gremett, Gremett 85, 18.053 23. Brian Venard, Venard 47, 18.113 24. Bobby Cody, Cody 41, 18.253 25. Jack DeArmond Jr., DeArmond 24, 18.476 26. Philip Heavelow, Heavelow 44X, 18.710 27. J.D. Black, B&M Motorsports 7, 19.477 HEDMAN HEDDERS HEAT 1 1. Yeley, 2. Rutherford, 3. Gardner, 4. Kirby, 5. Scott, 6. Gremett, 7. Feese, 8. Davis. SHAVER ENGINES HEAT 2 1. Kruseman, 2. Kaeding, 3. T. Jones, 4. L. Jones, 5. Williams, 6. Mitchell, 7. Spencer, 8. Venard, 9. Heavelow. SPIN TECH MUFFLERS / STINGER CHASSIS 1. English, 2. Tyler, 3. Griffin, 4. Gaunt, 5. Graham, 6. Hockett, 7. Cody, 8. Black, 9. Argo. JE PISTONS DASH 1. Kaeding, 2. Griffin, 3. Yeley, 4. L. Jones, 5. Kruseman, 6. Graham, 7. Gaunt, 8. Gardner. B FEATURE 1.Feese, 2. Hockett, 3. Gremett, 4. Cody, 5. Spencer, 6. DeArmond, 7. Venard, 8. Heavelow, 9. Mitchell, 10. Black, 11. Argo. A FEATURE (20 Laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Griffin, 3. Yeley, 4. Gardner, 5. Feese, 6. Kruseman, 7. Rutherford, 8. Tyler, 9. Graham, 10. Kirby, 11. Williams, 12. T. Jones, 13. Cody, 14. L. Jones, 15. Gaunt, 16. English, 17. Scott, 18. Gremett, 19. Spencer, 20. Venard, 21. DeArmond, 22. Hockett. Laps Led: Kaeding 1, Griffin 2-3, Kaeding 4-20 |
