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SUBJECT: Tim Kaeding wins at
STORY
BY: Fran Engelcke
“I love
this sport”, shouted Tim Kaeding (Slick 50) after winning the sixth National
Sprint Tour event of the season at Hutchison Raceway Park in Hutchison, Kansas
on Friday night. Kaeding passed the
outside pole sitter, Tim Shaffer (Casey’s), by taking the low line through
turns 3 and 4 of the first lap. Shane
Stewart (Rudeen) spun out bringing out the first yellow flag on lap 3 after bending
a radius rod. Stewart gets caught up
with Scott Lehman (Roto-Rooter) on the next lap for the second yellow
flag. His luck continued to deteriorate
with a second unaided spin for yellow flag #3.
This brought out the black flag for Stewart ending his evening.
Kaeding took
the lead in lap 5 after making the same move stick on the leader Jason Solwold
(Citywide). Tim made this one happen in
turns 1 and 2 while Steve Kinser (Quaker) passed Solwold low in 3 and 4. Kinser tried the high groove to get around
his protégé. On lap 8, Kinser pulled up
side-by-side but Kaeding held Kinser off to maintain the lead. The Steve Kinser Racing cars held the top 2
positions for the rest of the feature.
Tim
commented on the impact lapped traffic had on his ability to stay ahead of
Kinser, “I tried to pick them (traffic) off as clean as I could, without
getting in any trouble.” I can slow down
so much in this race car that it makes me think that much more. To be able to maneuver around lapped
traffic.”
The
boisterous crowd was on its feet for most of the main event as four cautions
kept the field tight. Lap 10 of the 30
lap main show had the top five places filled by Kaeding, Kinser, Solwold, Shaffer,
and Jason Meyers (Elite Landscaping). Sammy Swindell (Volcano Joe’s) had moved
up a spot to 6th. After
battling Swindell for position for most of the race, Meyers was able to hold
the position and managed to get by Solwold in turns 3 and 4 with six laps to go. Sammy
also passed Solwold two laps later which set the top five finishers of the
main. The top five was Kaeding, Kinser, Shaffer,
Meyers, and Swindell. Local driver,
Travis Rilat 29 (Kantor Oil) had a strong evening finishing in the top 10 in
the ninth spot.
After the
race, Kinser commented on the phenomenal run Kaeding is having by saying, “He
has been running for a long time and we knew he would do a good job. That is the reason he is in the car.”
In the
first dash, pole sitter, Shaffer, got the jump at the start and held the lead
the entire six laps. Kinser tried hard
to chase him down to no avail in the final two laps. The finishing order was
Shaffer, Kinser, Meyer, Stewart (Rudeen), Sides (Sides) and Lasoski (Roth).
Solwold
jumped on the methanol at the beginning of the second dash and held the lead
all six laps. His faster time gave him
lane choice and he chose the inside lane for the “A” as that is where he won
his dash.
The first
heat race was won by Mike Chadd(Carpet Land), followed by the Shaffer, Sides,
Swindell, Wolfe (Selma/Shell), Brian Paulus (Arnold Transportation Services)
and Brian Herbert (Piper Trucking).
Heat race 2
was won by Paul McMahan (Bass Pro) from a fourth position start. He was
followed by
Meyers, Lasoski, Kaeding and local drivers Abe Sherwood (Kantor Oil), Shane
Howard (Rasor Automotive) and Chris Morgan (Retail Paint and Body).
Shane
Stewart and Kinser came to the front from mid-field followed by Steve King (ICM
Corp.), Travis Rilat (Kantor), Solwold, Scott Lehman (Roto-Rooter) and Mike
Woodroff (Coors Light).
Fourteen
drivers qualified faster than the old track record of 15.835 set by Steve
Kinser in 1992. Tonight’s new track
record of 14.661 was set by Jason Sides.
This was his second fast time twice this season.
National
Sprint Tour action continues May 2 at Davenport Speedway in
QUALIFYING
1) Jason Sides, Sides, 7S, 14.661
2) Tim Kaeding, Kinser, 11K, 14.731
3) Steve Kinser, Kinser, 11, 14.775
4) Sammy Swindell, Forbrook, 5, 14.801
5) Danny Lasoski,
Roth, 83, 14.856
6) Jason Solwold, Carnahan, R19, 14.922
7) Tim Shaffer, Parsons, 6, 15.016
8) Paul McMahan, Stewart, 20, 15.026
9) Shane Stewart, Rudeen, 26, 15.088
10) Brian Paulus, P & P Motorsports, 28,
15.091
11) Jason Meyers, Stockbridge, 14, 15.184
12) Travis Rilat, Rilat, 29, 15.374
13) Mike Chadd, Chadd, 4, 15.602
14) Abe Sherwood , Kantor, 44J, 15.794
15) Steve King, King, 88, 15.891
16) Lucas Wolfe, Helm, 11H, 16.026
17) Chris Morgan, Morgan, 7C, 16.566
18) Scott Lehman, Wilson/Bauck/Vincent, 9S, 16.614
19) Brian Herbert, Herbert, 97, 16.738
20) Shane Howard, Rasor, 21, 17.377
21) Mike Woodruff, Hatteborg, 44X, ####
22) Mark Robe, Bontrager, 17, ####
HEAT 1 – 10 LAPS
1) Mike Chadd
2) Tim Shaffer
3) Jason Sides
4) Sammy Swindell
5) Lucas Wolfe
6) Brian Paulus
7) Brian Herbert
HEAT 2 – 10 LAPS
1) Paul McMahan
2) Jason Meyers
3) Danny Lasoski
4) Tim Kaeding
5) Abe Sherwood
6) Shane Howard
7) Chris Morgan
HEAT 3 - 10 LAPS
1) Shane Stewart
2) Steve Kinser
3) Steve King
4) Travis Rilat
5) Jason Solwold
6) Scott Lehman
8) Mike Woodroff
DASH 1 - 6 LAPS
1) Tim Shaffer
2) Steve Kinser
3) Jason Meyers
4) Shane Stewart
5) Jason Sides
6) Danny Lasoski
DASH 2 - 6 LAPS
1) Jason Solwold
2) Tim Kaeding
3) Travis Rilat
4) Sammy Swindell
5) Paul McMahan
6) Brian Paulus
A-
1) Tim Kaeding, [3], [$10,000]
2) Steve Kinser, [4], [$5,500]
3) Tim Shaffer, [2], [$3,200]
4) Jason Meyers, [6], [$2,800]
5) Sammy Swindell, [7], [$2,500]
6) Jason Solwold, [1], [$2,300]
7) Danny Lasoski,
[12], [$2,200]
8) Jason Sides, [10], [$2,100]
9) Travis Rilat,
[5], [$2,050]
10) Brian Paulus, [11], [$2,000]
11) Paul McMahan, [9], [$1,500]
12) Lucas Wolfe, [16], [$1,200]
13) Abe Sherwood, [14], [$1,100]
14) Mike Chadd, [13], [$1,050]
15) Mark Robe [21], [$1,000]
16) Shane Howard, [19], [$850]
17) Scott Lehman, [17], [$750]
18) Steve King, [15], [$700]
19) Brian Herbert, [18], [$700]
20) Shane Stewart,
[8], [$700]
21) Mike Woodruff, [20], [$700]
22) Chris Morgan, [22], [$700]
Lap Leaders
– Jason Solwold 1-4
Tim Kaeding 5-30