BRENT KAEDING #1 AT OCEAN SPEEDWAY


Watsonville, CA……..BrentKeading of Campbell, Calif. won Friday night's 30-lap "Howard Kaeding Classic" USAC Western Classic Sprint race at Ocean Speedway, leading wire-to-wire to beat Kyle Hirst, eric Rossi, Cory Kruseman and Marty Hawkins. Series point leader Shauna Hogg finished eighth to retain the lead over runner-up Tony Hunt, who was seventh Friday.


USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 6, 2012 - Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway
- "Howard Kaeding Classic"


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-12.600; 2. Shane Golobic, 46, Golobic-12.617; 3. Kyle Hirst,14, Pierson/Vertullo-12.824; 4. Rick Ziehl, 41w, Ziehl-12.894; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-12.944; 6. Eric Rossi, 99, Rossi-13.040; 7. Brent Kaeding, 69, BK-13.057; 8. Jerry Bonnema, 58, Bonnema-13.115; 9. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-13.226; 10. Cory Kruseman, 73x, Ford-13.264; 11. Tommy LaLiberte, 20x, LaLiberte-13.394; 12. Taylor Simas, 7T, Simas-13.547; 13. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.627; 14. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-13.707; 15. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.879; 16. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-14.208; 17. John Gerber, 14s, Gerber-14.800; 18. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Baisden-14.918; 19. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-NT; 20. Jamie Hood, 33, Hood-NT.


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Hunt, 3. Brent Kaeding, 4. Kruseman, 5. Ziehl, 6. Rodgers. NT


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Martin, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Bonnema, 5. Gerber, 6. LaLiberte. NT


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hirst, 2. Hogg, 3. Hawkins, 4. Simas, 5. Rossi, 6. Cisco. NT


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brent Kaeding, 2. Kyle Hirst, 3. Eric Rossi, 4. Cory Kruseman, 5. Marty Hawkins, 6. Tommy LaLiberte, 7. Tony Hunt, 8. Shauna Hogg, 9. Jerry Baonnema, 10. Mike Martin, 11. Rick Ziehl, 12, Taylor Simas, 13. Jewrry Cisco, 14. John Gerber, 15. Ryan Bernal, 16. Bud Kaeding, 17. Shane Golobic, 18. Gordon Rodgers. NT


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**Forsberg flipped during qualifying.


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Brent Kaeding.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hogg-348, 2-Hunt-272, 3-Scott Pierovich-189, 4-Hawkins-177, 5-Simas-155, 6-Rodgers-152, 7-Brian McClish-138; 8-Tom Baker-134, 9-Tim Skoglund-117, 10-Cody Gerhardt-117.


NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: July 14 – Madera (CA) Speedway