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Bud Kaeding sets quick-time and wins exciting 30-lapper at Brisbane International Speedway on New Years Day/ Major events coming up

By Gary Thomas

Queensland, Aus - January 5, 2010…Traveling to Australia to compete in a series of events along with his father Brent Kaeding three-time and defending USAC K&N Silver Crown champion Bud Kaeding made the most of his second start of the down under trip and charged to victory at the Brisbane International Speedway on Friday January 1.

Kaeding's initial start at the Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway on December 30 netted him a fourth place finish in the feature, after battling through mechanical issues during heat race competition, which forced him to start from the sixth row in the 30-lap contest. "It was nice to salvage a fourth in the main event during our first race because the night certainly didn't start how we would have wanted it to," said the Campbell, California veteran. "We really have to thank John Kelly and everyone for having us doing here."

Coming back on New Years Day Kaeding blazed out of the gates early on as he clocked a 12.434 in qualifying to narrowly beat out father Brent for fast-time in the 24-car field. The 30-year-old competitor then continued the torrid pace by carving his way from the sixth starting position to claim victory in the opening heat race, before scoring a third place effort in the fifth heat, which was good enough to give him the pole position in the main event.

When the green lights came on in the 30-lapper Kaeding settled into second behind fellow front row starter Peter Thorley as he ran smooth and consistent laps in the early going. Keeping the leader in sight Kaeding closed in quickly near the halfway point and while navigating through traffic he was able to make his move for the top spot, only to have a caution at that same time negate the pass and force him back to second. With Thorley back in the lead Kaeding kept at it and was not to be denied as he once again made the pass when the action got back underway and would drive off to score his first career Brisbane win.

With momentum under his belt Kaeding is now set for some very big events upcoming with the first of them taking place this Wednesday night when the Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway hosts the 35-lap, $10,000-to-win Capalaba Wreckers Sprint Car Cup. A star-studded field is expected to be on hand at the event including four-time and defending World of Outlaw champion Donny Schatz, 13-time King of California Brent Kaeding, Outlaw regular Jason Sides, ASCS National runner-up Jason Johnson, Missouri's Jesse Hockett, as well as top Australian drivers Brooke Tatnell, Kerry Madsen, Max Dumesny, Robbie Farr, Garry Brazier and many more.

After the event on Wednesday all those top names will return to BIS on Friday and Saturday as the Performance Wholesale World Series Sprintcars invade the track for two big nights of racing in the Titan Garages Australian Sprintcar Open. The event on Saturday night will be capped with a 50-lap feature and Kaeding is looking forward to competing in the big week of action. "These next few nights should be really fun and we're excited about them because you can really find out how you stack up with such a quality field on hand," said the three-time Perris Oval Nationals winner. "A lot of the best drivers from down under and some of the best from the U.S. will be here so it doesn't get much better than that."

We are also less than one week away from the start of the 24^th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals where Kaeding will once again be in action behind the wheel of the Murray Erickson/Guardian Racing, Spike/Mopar No. 8k machine. In his career at the Chili Bowl Kaeding has made the Saturday night main event on three separate occasions, with the best finish of those being a third place result in 2000. His other two main event starts garnered finishes of 13^th in 2005 and 15^th in '06.

Last season Kaeding finished 13^th in the second b-main on Saturday and will kick-off his Chili Bowl bid this year during the E3 Spark Plugs Friday night qualifier. "The Chili Bowl keeps getting bigger and bigger each year and has certainly become one of the top events in short track racing, if not the biggest," he said. "The competition at the Chili Bowl is incredible and we'll be giving it our all next week to try and get into that main event on Saturday. The big events always have the most media coverage and recognition so they're the ones you always strive to be the best at."

The Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals currently has more than 250 entries and will kick-off next Tuesday night January 12 featuring four qualifying nights prior to Saturday's championship finale on January 16. All of action from the Tulsa Expo Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma will be broadcasted via live audio feed for the low cost of just $4.99 on http://www.racinboys.com

For more information on three-time USAC Silver Crown Series champion Bud Kaeding log onto http://www.budkaedingracing.com

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Campbell, CA's Bud and Brent Kaeding along with Warsaw, MO's Jesse "the
Rocket" Hockett on parade at Brisbane International Speedway presenting America's colors. Photo by Baron Media

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After running a trio of high-profile events in Australia this week three-time & defending USAC Silver Crown Series champion Bud Kaeding will gear-up for the 24th annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Kaeding will take to the Tulsa Expo Center for his qualifying night on Friday January 15 aboard the Murray Erickson/Guardian Racing No. 8k Spike/Mopar. Photo by http://www.pbase.com/fotojeff

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Way to go Bud!

Our CA boys are having a good off season.

From http://www.brisbanespeedway.com.au/release.asp?NewsId=34278

Kaeding's Name Down For Double Duty
Jak posted Wednesday January 6, 2010.

American Bud Kaeding has his name on both on the Sprintcar and Midget nominations lists for tonight's racing at Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway, the three-time and reigning USAC Silver Crown Champion chasing an historic double at the Archerfield raceway.

While a few have tried, a quick check of the records books shows the somewhat surprising statistic that no driver has ever won the Sprintcar/Midget double on the one program at Archerfield since the venue opened it's gates over thirty years ago.

Kaeding, the winner of the International Sprintcars Series Feature at BIS on January 1, has the opportunity to change that tonight when he goes for win number two of his Australian tour in the $10,000 to win Capalaba Wreckers Sprintcar Cup while also chasing his first Australian Midget Feature victory in the #91 Spike/Brayton for car owner Jeff Barton.

NSW driver Nathan Smee, who won both the Ray Revell Memorial and Triple X Super Series events earlier this season at Archerfield, will be looking to making it three from three in tonight's Midget Feature and will start as the favourite in the twenty lap race.

South Australian racer John McKay, who finished third in last Saturday night's Super Series event in Maryborough, and Qld drivers Grant Draney, Brock Dean, Sean Burrows and Anthony Chaffey are another five drivers on the list of twenty-four nominations considered most likely to break Smee's win streak this evening.

Midget Nominations:

Adam Wallis, John McKay, Jeremy Hassell, Nathan Smee, Sean Burrows, Doug Cavell, Vaughan Bryce, Mark George, Darren Vine, Brett Foreman, Barry Valentino, John Davidson, Anthony Chaffey, John Maclaughan, Brad Sloan, Grant Draney, Rob Mackay, Neale Tobin, John Lennon, Scott Jeynes, Bud Kaeding, Brock Dean, Chris Singleton, Matt Greenwood

Event Information:

Date: Wednesday January 6, 2010
Venue: Titan Garages Brisbane International Speedway (BIS)
Location: 63 Colebard Street West, Archerfield, Queensland

Adults: $30.00
Students & Pensioners (with Photo ID): $25.00
Teens: 13 - 15 yrs: $15.00, Children: 5 - 12 yrs: $8.00 Family Passes: $65.00 (2 adults + 2 children 12yrs or under)

Pit gates open 3:00pm, main gates 4:00pm.
Sprintcar Time Trials from approx. 5:30pm, main program from 6:00pm.
Parking is available at the track for $3.00. Racing finishes by 10.30pm.

Programmed events include: Capalaba Wreckers Sprintcar Cup, Midgets, Fireworks.

Event general admission and pit gate tickets for the event are only available at the Speedway on race day. Race day information, including track weather updates, is available by calling the Speedway Infoline on (07) 3277 7745.

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Bud won the $10,000 Capalaba Wreckers Sprint Car Cup last night to make it back-to-back wins at Brisbane International. Max Dumesny was second with Brooke Tatnell, Jason Johnson and Gary Brazier rounding out the top-five in the feature. 39-cars were in action during the night. Story to follow.

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