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KAEDING BECOMES REPEAT SCRA
WINNER
by Dan Fleischer |
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June 10, 2006 -
What do Richard Harvey Jr., Michael Trimble, Peter Murphy and to a lesser
degree “Cowboy” Craig Smith and Rob Hammond all have in common? They have
damaged machines!! What does Brent Kaeding have in his hand, a second SCRA 360
Sprint victory. Those were the two featured stories during the first of three
visits to Ocean Speedway in Watsonville (CA) on June 9th.
Kaeding, the incredible, multi-talented driver barely held off the hard charging Daniel Hood to capture his second main event of the young season. Starting from the outside of the second row, Kaeding moved up slowly but surely. By lap ten, he moved into third behind leaders Hood and Michael Trimble. On the next lap, Trimble bounced his right-rear off the backstretch wall and flipped wildly, moving the wily veteran Kaeding into second for the anticipated restart. Trimble was uninjured but the front-end of his No. 15 machine was “gone.” Unseen to most of the fans was the fact that while in the midst of his flip, his machine bounced off the No. 39 of Smith who was running a comfortable fifth, waiting to make his move to the front. Unfortunately, repairs couldn’t be made to either machine. Hood took starter Lee Jaskowiak’s green flag and was determined to hold off Kaeding but it was to no avail. Kaeding made a slick move entering turn one to pass Hood on lap 16 and appeared headed for a comfortable win. However, Jonathan Logan came to a stop in turn four with a broken rear-end bringing out the final yellow of the evening. He was still credited with a seventh-place finish This allowed Hood to ride Kaeding’s bumper and set up a made dash to the finish. It was just that. Exiting turn two on the final lap, Hood attempted to pass Kaeding on the outside but the Campbell, CA resident would have none of it. They brushed against each other, they bounced off the outer retaining wall, they regained control of their respective machines and received the checkers only one car length apart in an exiting finish. Rounding out the top five were Rusty Carlile and Peter Murphy, who were only 100 yards behind, and Albert Pombo, who looked very “racy.” They action was not over however. After Carlile crossed the stripe, he slowed his red machine but Murphy was still on the gas. Unable to stop in time, and not wanting to rear-end Carlile, Murphy attempted to fit through the narrow track exit, but it was too narrow. He bounced off two huge tractor tires and nearly destroyed his car. Fortunately, he suffered no injuries.On the subject of suffering no injuries, Richard Harvey Jr. flipped while attempting to pass Rob Hammond in the second heat race and landed on top of the crash wall. The front end was heavily damaged and repairs could not be made trackside. It was especially disappointing for Harvey as he had qualified for the Dash and would have started within the first three rows. Hammond’s car suffered a broken shock tower but repairs were completed in time for him to run the feature.
Steve
Osborne and Murphy won the heat races while Trimble captured the Dash.
Trimble, fresh from his victory in the Grand Slam at Bakersfield a few weeks
ago, impressed all in attendance. He started the main from the pole and
quickly jumped to a five-car length lead. It looked as though he might run
away with the race although it was early. Hood, who was exceptionally strong
in his heat, worked his way past Trimble on lap nine before the teenage
experienced his flip. Trimble hopes to compete in next weekend’s
back-to-back events at Watsonville next Friday and Chowchilla on Saturday.
QUALIFYING:
#69 Brent Kaeding 14.438, #39 Craig Smith 14.490, #33 Daniel Hood
14.575, #59 Richard Harvey 14.853, #15 Michael Trimble 14.913,
#51 Rusty Carlile 14.952, #21 Jonathan Logan 14.964, #9 Steve Osborne 15.029,#4
Peter Murphy 15.118, #17 Rob Hammond 15.432, #13 Jeff Fiscus 15.499, #3 Albert
Pombo 16.277
Heat #1 10 Laps: Peter Murphy, Daniel
Hood, Jonathan Logan, Michael Trimble, Brent Kaeding, Jeff Fiscus
HEAT #2 10 Laps: Steve Osborne, Rusty Carlile, Craig Smith, Albert Pombo,
Richard Harvey DNF, Rob Hammond DNF
MAIN 20 Laps: Kaeding, Hood, Carlile, Murphy, Pombo, Fiscus, Logan, Osborne, Trimble, Smith, Hammond, Harvey DNS
POINT STANDINGS:
Brent Kaeding 218, Rusty Carlile 199, Jonathan Logan 189, Peter Murphy 189,
Richard Harvey 153, Evan Suggs 152, Albert Pombo 136, Steve Osborne 124, Andy
Ferris, 113, Robert Ballou, 93, Daniel Hood 74,Willie Croft 70, Brian Schuler
68, Ricci Faria 66, Jerome Warmerdam 64, Dave Sims 64, Jim Richardson 59, Jeff
Fiscus 58, David Press, 56, Todd Hunsaker 56, Darren Slater 52, Brad
Baumgarner 50, Craig Smith 50, Herman Klein 50, David
Key 49, Richard Brace, 47, Dave Ramey 46, Michael Trimble 43, Jack Clark
43,Tony Everhart 42, Aaron Altaffer 40, Andy Forsberg 39, Danny Olmstead
37, Matt Day 37, Stan Yockey 37,Steven Williams 31, Rob Hammond
31, Kevin Barnes 26, Jeff Gardner 25, Rick Williams 22, Brian Quilty 19
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