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Shane Golobic & Bud Kaeding pick up entertaining King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series wins over double header weekend in Watsonville & Calistoga
By Gary Thomas
Watsonville, CA – June 26, 2016…Fremont, California’s Shane Golobic & Campbell, CA’s Bud Kaeding shared King of the West Sprint Car Series victory lane this past weekend, with Golobic claiming the annual Pombo/Sargent Classic at Ocean Speedway on Friday, while Kaeding capped the weekend by winning an exciting Wine Country Classic at Calistoga Speedway on Saturday.
Golobic’s triumph on Friday in Watsonville marked his third career King of the West victory, which moves him into a tie on the all-time win list with Dominic Scelzi, Roger Crockett, Robert Ballou, Stephen Allard and Brad Sweet. He also earned his first ever series win at Ocean Speedway during the 2008 season.
“It feels great to give my guys a win tonight so I couldn’t be happier,” said Golobic, who had spent the previous few weeks competing with the USAC National Midget & Sprint Car Series. “This event has been going on for a long time and to be able to add my name to the win list is pretty special. We’ve built a great team with this Keith Day Trucking 22 and I really want to thank each and every person that helps us out. Thanks to all the fans as well for coming out and supporting us.”
Early on it was dash winner Willie Croft who set a torrid pace out front, before Golobic moved his way to second after dispatching of Jonathan Allard on lap seven and then Kyle Hirst on lap 11. The home track favorite kept the leader within sight and then got the break he needed with just seven circuits remaining, when Croft caught the infield tire marker, resulting in his 29 machine suffering front end damage. After that it was all Golobic up front, who took the checkered flag with just over a one-second advantage back to second place Hirst.
Penngrove’s Chase Johnson had the finest night of his KWS career by crossing the stripe in third. It was really nice to see the Thomas Family Racing team have a strong outing. Allard and Clarksburg’s Justyn Cox completed the top-five. It was also a career night with the series for Cox, who began the night by setting fast time and just missing a new King of the West track record. Campbell’s Bud Kaeding, Hanford’s DJ Netto, Watsonville’s Justin Sanders, Grass Valley’s Jason Statler and Auburn’s Andy Forsberg rounded out the top-10.
Pombo/Sargent Classic A-main finish: 1. 22 Shane Golobic, 2. 21x Kyle Hirst, 3. 68 Chase Johnson, 4. 3c Jonathan Allard, 31c Justyn Cox, 6. 0 Bud Kaeding, 7. 88n DJ Netto, 8. 17 Justin Sanders, 9. 00 Jason Statler, 10. 92 Andy Forsberg, 11. 18w Colby Copeland, 12. 4s Buddy Kofoid, 13. 37 Mitchell Faccinto, 14. 72w Kurt Nelson, 15. 98 Sean Watts, 16. 12 Jarrett Soares, 17. 29 Willie Croft, 18. 69 Brent Kaeding, 19. 17s Derrick Overkamp, 20. 9j Dustin Golobic, 21. 73 Steven Tiner, 22. 8 Jeremy Chisum, 23. 33 Lucas Ashe
Kaeding’s win on Saturday marked his third career Calistoga Speedway victory and the second time he has tasted glory with the King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series at the half-mile. It came following an entertaining and close battle with Cory Eliason, who was in search of his first Calistoga win. The action during the main event was as good as it gets at the picturesque Napa County Fairgrounds based facility. The triumph moved Kaeding into a tie for seventh on the all-time KWS win list with Tim Green.
“Whenever you can win a race at Calistoga Speedway it’s a special feeling and to do it like that makes it even better,” Kaeding commented following his third King of the West win of the season. “I hope everyone up there enjoyed that one. Cory Eliason gave me a great race and the work they did before the main event on the track helped big time. I can’t thank Morrie & Katie Williams enough for the opportunity to drive this car and all the guys that help us out. It’s been a great start to the season for us.”
The first few circuits in the 25-lapper saw some great racing up front and featured Kaeding out front, until sixth starting Eliason was able to power his way to the lead on lap four. The heated competition continued throughout the field, before a caution period on lap 14 created a double file restart. Eliason chose the outside lane, but Kaeding was able to get a great run off the bottom and shot into the lead heading down the long front straightaway.
Now in second, after a few laps Eliason regained his composure and with the race winding down would begin to reel Kaeding back in. Eliason closed in on the Williams Motorsports 0 little by little and with the white flag waving it became a battle for the top spot. Going into turn one Eliason attempted to get underneath for the lead, but would lose momentum and that was all she wrote for Kaeding up front. At the checkered flag it was Kaeding that crossed it first by 0.697 seconds over Eliason.
Kyle Hirst would claim third at the finish to earn his second straight podium effort in the Roth Motorsports/ Tarlton & Son No. 21x, which was good enough to give him the point lead by nine-digits over Kaeding. He also started the night by just missing out on a new KWS track record at the Calistoga Speedway. Friday’s winner Shane Golobic had a solid run to come home fourth, with Roseville’s Colby Copeland also having a nice outing to claim fifth. The remainder of the top-10 was filled out by DJ Netto, Brent Kaeding, Jason Statler, Jonathan Allard and Chase Johnson.
Wine Country Classic A-main finish: 1. 0 Bud Kaeding, 2. 00jr Cory Eliason, 3. 21x Kyle Hirst, 4. 22 Shane Golobic, 5. 18w Colby Copeland, 6. 88n DJ Netto, 7. 69 Brent Kaeding, 8. 00 Jason Statler, 9. 3c Jonathan Allard, 10. 68 Chase Johnson, 11. 29 Willie Croft, 12. 31c Justyn Cox, 13. 37 Mitchell Faccinto, 14. 17 Justin Sanders, 15. 98 Sean Watts, 16. 12 Jarrett Soares, 17. 5v Josh Blakely
The King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series will have the 4th of July weekend off, before resuming action with a big double header weekend on July 9 & 10. The two-night outing begins at the Keller Auto Speedway in Hanford on Saturday July 9 and will be capped with the re-scheduled Salute to LeRoy Van Conett at the Stockton Dirt Track on Sunday July 10. More info can be found in the coming week at www.racepmg.com
www.sprintcarchallengetour.com
www.placervillespeedway.com
www.stocktondirttrack.com
www.thunderbowlraceway.com
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