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KAEDING WELL PLACED FOR 3RD STRAIGHT WIN |
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PERRIS, CA, NOVEMBER 14, 2003 - Two-time and defending Budweiser Oval Nationals Champion Bud Kaeding backed-up his runner-up finish last night with a 25-lap preliminary feature win of his own Friday at the Perris Auto Speedway. After turning the fastest qualifying lap in time trials, Kaeding charged from the sixth starting spot to not only win the race, but also extend his lead in the Non-Wing World Championship (NWWC) series. Heading into Saturday's 50-lap finale, Kaeding enjoys a 44-point lead over Cory Kruseman. "We're in a really good position to win the Non-Wing World Championship. We just need to keep our nose clean tomorrow night and get a good finish. We're leading the points, so I guess we've got a better shot than anyone at winning this deal," Kaeding grinned. Jeremy Sherman and Tracy Hines occupied the front row for the race. As Hines jumped into the lead, Western World Champion Tony Elliott slowed to a stop forcing a complete restart. Adam Mitchell, who started tenth, was the biggest benefactor of the yellow flag. Mitchell had fallen to last place after hitting the wall on the opening lap, but was able to restart near the front and eventually finish sixth. Hines again put the Cory Witherill / WSA Health Care #61X TCR into the lead on the start and would lead Sherman, Kaeding, Kruseman and Tony Jones at the end of the opening lap. After a four-lap tussle with Sherman, Kaeding secured the second position for his BK Racing / Loan City #29K Maxim on the sixth lap. All the while, Hines was able to enjoy a relatively comfortable lead. With J.J. Yeley now up to third, Jones offered up a big slide job for Sherman to take over the third position on lap 11. One lap later, Troy Rutherford slowed with a flat tire to bring out the caution flag. Kaeding slipped under Hines coming down for the green flag on the restart. His pass would, however, be negated after Jones bicycled and slapped the turn one wall. Coming down for the green flag on the next restart, Kaeding again passed Hines for the lead, and this time, would be able to keep it. Yeley put his Tony Stewart Mopar #20 Twister ahead of Hines with less than ten laps to go and immediately went to work on running down Kaeding. Yeley caught and attempted to pass Kaeding exiting turn four on lap 19. Damion Gardner had been fighting a broken shock for several laps, but his handling problems worsened, sending him helplessly into the turn three wall. Kaeding withstood Yeley's many challenges after racing resumed and appeared to be on his way to another Perris victory when he received the yellow flag exiting turn four on what would have been the final lap of the race. Despite his frustration, Kaeding went on to win the race after rerunning the final lap of the race. The victory helped give Kaeding the most combined points for the two preliminary nights, making him the first recipient of the Dean Thompson Award. "It seems like every time I'm leading here, someone spins-out on the last lap coming down for the checkered flag," Kaeding later complained. "I knew J.J. would be gunning for me because he tried it a few times before getting into turn one. On the restart, I just avoided the bumps getting into turn one and got on the throttle. That white and black #20 has been chasing me all year, I'm just glad I was able to pull off the victory tonight." Brent Kaeding thrilled the fans in the closing laps driving his BK Racing #69 to third after starting 17th. Hines finished fourth ahead of Tony Stewart's other entry driven by Kruseman. ### OVAL NATIONALS - PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY, PERRIS, CA Date of Race: 11/14/03 TIME TRIALS 1. Bud Kaeding, Campbell CA, BK Motorsports 29K , 16.560 2. Josh Wise, Riverside CA, Sala 19S , 16.563 3. Rip Williams, Yorba Linda CA, Jory 3 16.591 4. Rickie Gaunt, Torrance CA, Smiley. 2A , 16.642 5. Cory Kruseman, Ventura CA, Stewart 21X 16.647 6. Troy Cline, Mooresville NC, Cline 11, 16.665 7. Tony Jones, Orange CA, Vermeer 2 , 16.677 8. Tony Elliott, Kokomo IN, Walker 11E, 16.700 9. Tracy Hines, Greenfield IN, Witherill. 61X, 16.710 10. Mike Spencer, Temecula CA, Engstrom 44, 16.780 11. Andy Forsberg, Auburn CA.,Forsberg 92 , 16.795 12. Bobby Graham, Riverside CA, Keller 6 , 16.813 13, Jeremy Sherman, Phoenix AZ, Ellis 21 , 16.832 14. Adam Mitchell, Escondido CA, Mitchell 99 , 16.848 15. Richard Griffin, Silver City NM, Chaffin 50, 16.855 16. J.J. Yeley, Phoenix AZ, Stewart 20, 16.873 17. Troy Rutherford, Ojai CA, Priestley 7, 16.875 18. Charles Davis, Jr, Buckeye AZ, Davis 94, 16.885 19. Bill Rose, Plainfield IN, Haesbe 2H, 16.893 20. Brian Venard, Irvine CA, Venard. 47, 16.909 21. Levi Jones, Olney IL, Crossno 38 , 16.935 22. Mike Kirby, Torrance CA, Alexander 4, 16.960 23. Brent Kaeding, Campbell CA, BK Racing 69 , 16.965 24. Mat Neely, Robinson IL, Reinoehl 17N, 16.990 25. Cary Faas, Yorba Linda CA, Faas 37, 17.052 26. Jon Stanbrough, Danville IN, Wilkerson 11A, 17.055 27. Ron DiDonato, Riverside CA, DiDonato 57 , 17.185 28. Damion Gardner, Concord CA, Willis 45, 17.199 29. Steve Ostling, Corona CA, Fischer Mtrspts 29, 17.205 30. Rodney Argo, El Segundo CA, Argo 19, 17.251 31. Jonathan Vennard, Vincennes IN, Carsten 91AZ, 17.255 32. Greg Bragg, (R) Visalia CA, Pratt 12, 17.301 33. Jac Haudenschild, Wooster OH, Woodward 4H , 17.326 34. Verne Sweeney, Lomita CA, Sweeney 98, 17.351 35. Destiney Hays, Oroville CA, Hays 20D , 17.87 36. Dwayne Marcum, Fresno CA, Ruth 25, 17.408 37. Dan Hillberg, Whittier CA.,Hillberg 82, 17.448 38. Danny Sheridan, Santa Maria CA, D!Donato. 57X, 17.515 39. Casey Shuman, Corona CA, Felker 37X, 17.538 40. Richard Harvey, Jr, Hanford CA, Kittle 6K, 17.539 41. Lance Gremett, San Marcos CA., Gremett 85 , 17.540 42. Tom Stansberry, Bakersfield CA, Stansberry. 75T, 17.557 43. Rick Becker, Highland CA, Becker 67, 17.580 44. John Scott, Pittsboro IN, Scott Mtrsprts 83, 17.612 45. Seth Wilson, (R) San Clemente CA, Racing Optics 17, 17.616 46. Steve Venard, Silverado CA, Glover 49 , 17.691 47. Ronnie Case, Camarillo CA.,Reynolds 8, 17.767 48. Jason Yount, Fresno CA, Yount 25PD, 17.767 49, Bobby Cody, Costa Mesa CA, Cody Racing 41 , 17.848 50. Mel Murphy, Riverside CA, Murphy 62 , 17.857 51. Darren Hagen, Riverside CA, Hagen 11X, 18.044 52. Cory Witherill, Santa Monica CA, Witherill 61, 18.092 53. Dan Tedrick, Hesperia CA, Tedrick 88, 19.147 54. Alan Ballard, (R) Bakersfield CA, Ballard 97, 19.260 55. Aaron Reyer, San Diego CA, Reyer 2J, 22.793 56. Chris Wakim, Simi Valley CA, Wakim 9W, No Time. 57. Jake Ford, Mission Oaks CA, Ford Bros. 72, No Time 58. Josh Ford, (R) Camarillo CA, Willis/Ford 54, No Time. C FEATURE (10 Laps) 1. John Scott. 2. Bobby Cody. 3. Lance Gremett. 4. Steve Venard, 5. Rick Decker. 6. Seth Wilson. 7. Jason Yount. 8. Darren Hagen. 9. Ronnie Case. 10. Cory Witherill, 11. Aaron Beyer. 12. Dan Tedrick. 13. Mel Murphy. 14. Alan Ballard. HEAT 1 1. J.J. Yeley, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3, Jonathan Vennard, 4. Dwayne Marcum, 5. Andy Forsberg, 6. Jon Stanbrough, 7. Troy Cline, 8. Levi Jones, HEAT 2 1. Mike Kirby, 2. Josh Wise, 3. Tony Jones, 4. Troy Rutherford, 5. Greg Bragg, 6. Ron DiDonato, 7. Dan Hillberg, 8. Bobby Graham, HEAT 3 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Brent Kaeding, 3. Jeremy Sherman, 4. Jac Haudenschild, 5. Charles Davis, Jr, 6. Danny Sheridan, 7. Rip Williams, 8. Tony Elliott, HEAT 4 1. Mat Neely, 2. Steve Ostling, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Bill Rose, 5. Rickie Gaunt, 6. Verne Sweeney, 7. Casey Shuman, 8. Adam Mitchell, HEAT 5 1. Cary Faas, 2. Richard Griffin, 3. Cory Kruseman, 4. Brian Venard, 5. Rodney Argo, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. Richard Harvey, Jr, 8. Destiney Hays, B FEATURE (12 Laps) 1. Tony Elliott. 2. Rickie Gaunt. 3. Adam Mitchell. 4. Mike Spencer. 5. John Scott. 6. Jon Stanbrough. 7. Rodney Argo, 8. Greg Bragg. 9. Destiney Hays. 10. Casey Shuman. 11. Danny Sheridan. 12. Lance Gremett. 13. Bobby Cody, 14. Steve Venard, 15. Ron DiDonato. 16. Troy Cline. 17. Richard Harvey, Jr. 18. Charles Davis, Jr. 19. Rip Williams, 20. Andy Forsberg. 21. Dan Hillberg. 22. Verne Sweeney. A FEATURE (25 Lap) 1. Bud Kaeding. 2. J.J. Yeley. 3. Brent Kaeding. 4. Tracy Hines. 5. Cory Kruseman. 6. Adam Mitchell. 7. Josh Wise, 8. Mike Spencer. 9. Jeremy Sherman, 10. Rickie Gaunt. 11. Cary Faas. 12. Richard Griffin. 13. Steve Ostling, 14. Troy Rutherford, 15. Brian Venard. 16. Bill Rose, 17. Jonathan Vennard. 18. Jac Haudenschild. 19. Dwayne Marcum. 20. Mike Kirby. 21. Mat Neely. 22. Damion Gardner. 23. Tony Jones. 24. Tony Elliott. Laps Led: Hines 1-11, Bud Kaeding 12-25 |
