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Bud Kaeding to drive Sala Racing 360 sprint car in ‘09
By Gary Thomas
Campbell, CA – March 23, 2009…Two-time USAC Silver Crown champion Bud Kaeding of Campbell, California has been selected to drive the Mike Sala/Brian Matherly co-owned No. 19 sprint car for the 2009 racing season.
The 29 year-old driver will compete in the Sala Racing No. 19 winged 360 sprint car with the GLR Investments weekly series at the Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, as well as at some of the bigger 360 events including the Pacific Sprint Fall Nationals at Silver Dollar Speedway and the Trophy Cup at Thunderbowl Raceway.
Last season Kaeding drove the Werbach Motorsports No. 20 sprinter at Ocean Speedway and finish in a tie for fourth in the track standings, despite missing a pair of events. He also brought home a fourth place finish at the prestigious Johnny Key Classic in August at the quarter-mile bullring.
For 2009 Kaeding is excited about running the Sala Racing No. 19 sprinter and hopes to put it at the front of the field each and every race he competes in. “I’m looking forward to running the 19 this season and hopefully we can get some wins and run consistently up front,” Kaeding said. “I had some success driving the sprint car for Mike earlier in the decade and I think we can get back to that this year.”
In addition to running the sprint car this year Kaeding will also run the Sala Racing midget in select events. Last season he drove the No. 19 midget in a trio of races and scored a pair of podiums and a fourth place finish in those outings.
The Sala/Matherly team will be running this season with support from Kaeding Performance; M&M Finishes located on Oakdale, CA; Paul Oil; Weldway Construction and Weldway Inc.
The team also gives special thanks to Kasey Kahne Racing and Willie Kahne.
This weekend will find Kaeding competing at the Placerville Speedway as he kicks off the 2009 Golden State Challenge King of California Series season aboard his own Kaeding Performance, BK Motorsports, Alviso Rock No. 29 sprinter. Last year Kaeding tallied a third place finish in the final standings with the traveling 410 sprint car series.
More news and info on Bud Kaeding can be found at http://www.budkaedingracing.com
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Bud Kaeding pictured competing in the Sala Racing No. 19 midget last season in Placerville. Photo by http://www.mmracingphotos.com
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This weekend will find Bud Kaeding heading to the Placerville Speedway on Saturday to kick off the 2009 Golden State Challenge King of California Series season. Gates open at 5pm with qualifying set to get underway around 6:30. All seating will be general admission with adult tickets costing $16. Photo by http://www.johnsracingphotos.com
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