Howard Kaeding Classic Results and Stories from the weekend of July 16

Howard Kaeding Kyle Hirst wins both nights of the Howard Kaeding Classic at Ocean Speedway....
West Coast News and Notes from July 15-16 weekend

By Adam J. Ulrey
www.nwsprintcarhistory.com

Growing up my first 22 years in Northern California and going to many sprint car races the name Kaeding is synonymous with winning. The Kaeding family is the first family of sprint car racing in these parts and when you go to a track or went to a track that name was probably who you needed to beat. Howard Kaeding the patriarch of the family moved from Nebraska to Campbell, California when he was 15. He and his brother Herb started a wheel widening and repair business for Super Modifieds. In the 1970s, Howard's sons Joel and Brent Kaeding joined the family business, which was renamed Kaeding Performance in 1976, Brent said. The Kaedings began selling sprint car parts and oval track parts in the 1980s. Howard describes himself and his family as raceaholics. He himself started racing in 1954 at the age of 23. Howard won 23 races in a row at the San Jose Speedway in the early 1970s--17 of those wins were accomplished with the No. 3 car--the most of anyone in the history of the racetrack. The car was showcased at the Knoxville Hall of Fame about three years ago.

The Kaedings, Tim, Bud, Brent and Howard "The promoter at the race track at the time wrote me a letter that said I was ruining racing," he said with a smile. Howard, 81, raced cars for 45 years and retired at age 65. He still attends races and spends the bulk of his time at Kaeding Performance. The Howard Kaeding Classic is held annually in his honor in Watsonville in July. Then came along his son Brent and all he did was build himself a Hall of Fame career inducted in 2008 that includes over 25 major Series titles. Then Brent has two sons who still today chalk up wins after wins in Tim Kaeding affectionately known as “TK” and Bud Kaeding who made his name in non-wing and USAC racing for years before getting his current ride in the Winged #0 car owned by Morrie Williams. The Howard Kaeding Classic started in 2011 to honor a great man and a great family and is won of the most anticipated races of the year in California. It starts with a big part on Thursday Night and racing both Friday and Saturday nights with a party after the Friday show and BBQ during the day on Saturday. Its a weekend that everyone should do once. This year it was all about Kyke Hirst stepping in the Josh Ford Motorsports #73 for the very first time and winning the Civil War 360 Sprint Series race on Friday night and then coming back in the 21x of Tommy Tarlton Motorsports to win the 410 King of the West Show on Saturday.

Josh Ford's #73 (Steve Lafond - Tear-Off Heaven Fotos) Friday July 15, 2016  Ocean Speedway, Watsonville, California

Civil War Series

37 Cars

Heat #1:  22 Shane Golobic, 3c Tyler Walker, 88n DJ Netto, 69 Brent Kaeding, 4s Michael Kofoid, 43 Bradley Terrell, 24 Chase Johnson, 42 Chase Majdic, 8 Jeremy Chisum

Heat #2:  0 Bud Kaeding, x1 Mason Moore, 2 Brad Furr, 9L Cody Lamar, 92 Kyler Shaw, 88 Koen Shaw, 33 Lucas Ashe, 5v Seth Nunes, 33w Tucker Worth

Heat #3:  17 Justin Sanders, 7c Andy Forsberg, 56 Ryan Bernal, 21i Michael Ing, 9j Dustin Golobic, 19s Coby Copeland, 94 Steven Tiner, 5 Collin Markle, 10 Anthony Simone

Heat #4:  58 Jerry Bonnema, 73 Kyle Hirst, 21x Cole Macedo, 72w Kurt Nelson, 12p Scott Parker, 74 Michael Cunningham, 25z Jason Chisum, 9 DJ Freitas, 99 Wayne Katen, 56k Scott Hall

Dash:  73 Hirst, 58 Bonnema, 69 B Kaeding, 9L Lamar, 22 S Golobic, 17 Sanders, 3c T Walker, 0 Bu Kaeding
 
B Main:  94 Tiner, 4s Kofoid, 24 C Johnson, 9 Freitas, 43 Terrell, 92 Ky Shaw, 12p Parker, 5 Markle, 19s Copeland, 88 Ko Shaw, 25z Ja Chisum, 9j D Golobic, 33 Ashe, 99 Katen, 10 Simone, 8 Je Chisum, 42 Majdic, 74 Cunningham

A Main:  73 Hirst, 0 Bu Kaeding, 56 Bernal, 17 Sanders, 69 Br Kaeding, 94 Tiner, 7c Forsberg, 24 C Johnson, x1 Moore, 43 Terrell, 4s Kofoid, 58 Bonnema, 2 Furr, 21x Co Macedo, 21i Ing, 22 S Golobic, 92 Ky Shaw, 3c T Walker, 72w Nelson, 9 Freitas, 9L Lamar, 88n Netto

Kyle Hirst Saturday July 16, 2016  Ocean Speedway, Watsonville, California
King of the West Series

26 Cars

Fast Time:  37 Mitchell Faccinto  11.639

Heat #1:  21x Kyle Hirst, 68 Chase Johnson, 37 Mitchell Faccinto, 17 Justin Sanders, 25z Jason Chisum, 91c Shane Conde, 3c Tyler Walker, 8 Jeremy Chisum

Heat #2:  19 Colby Copeland, 88n DJ Netto, 22 Shane Golobic, 69 Brent Kaeding, M21 Kalib Henry, 94 Steven Tiner, 00 Jason Statler, 33 Lucas Ashe

Heat #3:  0 Bud Kaeding, 98 Sean Watts, 31c Justyn Cox, 21i Michael Ing, 12 Jarrett Soares, 72w Kurt Nelson, 99 Wayne Katen, 21 Cole Macedo

Dash:  69 Br Kaeding, 37 Faccinto, 0 Bu Kaeding, 68 C Johnson, 19 Copeland, 21x Hirst, 22 S Golobic, 21i Ing

A Main:  21x Hirst, 22 S Golobic, 0 Bu Kaeding, 88n Netto, 68 C Johnson, 69 Br Kaeding, 19 Copeland, 00 Statler, M21 Henry, 37 Faccinto, 3c Walker, 31c Cox, 25z Ja Chisum, 21i Ing, 33 Ashe, 12 Soares, 21 Co Macedo, 99 Katen, 98 Watts, 91c Conde, 72w Nelson, 17 Sanders, 94 Tiner