Irwindale Speedway 1999-07-03

PADEN, WISE STAR IN IRWINDALE FEATURES KAEDING EYES CARSON CITY JACKPOT SATURDAY

Steve Paden of Downey, Calif. and Josh Wise of Riverside, Calif. scored "Western" USAC MCI WorldCom feature victories in Saturday night's "doubleheader' program at the Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway but Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. will be the man to beat in this Saturday night's USAC Western Sprint Car events at the Silver State Raceway in Carson City, Nev. Kaeding, who has won three of the six races so far in this year's Western Sprint slate, has a 64-point lead over Rick Williams of San Leandro, Calif., the series' most recent winner at Tucson, Ariz. A 40-lap feature tops the schedule of events at the 1/3-mile paved Carson City oval. Paden scored his first 1999 MCI WorldCom Western Midget Car victory at Irwindale, leading the final 22 laps in his Anglemeyer Crane Rental/Decore Plating Ford after passing defending series champion Rick Hendrix on the ninth lap of the 30-lap race at the 1/2-mile paved track. Series point leader Marc DeBeaumont finished second ahead of Bobby Boone, Hendrix and Jimmy Sills. Fast qualifier Tracy Hines encountered engine woes and failed to finish the event. Wise, the fastest MCI WorldCom TQ Midget Car qualifier in his Suzuki-powered machine, also grabbed the lead on the ninth lap of his 20-lap race, passing Greg Edenholm, who finished second. Jim Styer, series point leader Randi Pankratz and West Evans rounded out the "top-five" at the checkered flag.

MCI WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR STANDINGS

1.        Marc DeBeaumont        350                6.        Steve Paden        178
2.        Shane Scully        283                7.        Rick Hendrix        154
3.        Alex Harris        271                8.        Jimmy Sills        138
4.        Bobby Boone        188                9.        Jason Leffler        133
5.        Wally Pankratz        185                10.        Billy Felts, Jr. 115

MCI WORLDCOM TQ MIDGET CAR STANDINGS

1.        Randi Pankratz        166                6.        West Evans        86
2.        Joshua Wise        160                7.        Ron Wade        86
3.        Greg Edenholm        147                8.        Gene Godepski        85
4.        Walt Johnson        112                9.        Tony Villelli        79
5.        Todd Hunsaker        97                10.        Kevin Wybenga        76

WESTERN SPRINT CAR STANDINGS

1.        Bud Kaeding        403                6.        Curtis Brown        255
2.        Rick Williams        339                7.        Dave Fitzgerald        230
3.        Bobby McMahan        306                8.        Mike Boat        222
4.        Rick Hendrix        303                9.        Kevin Urton        208
5.        Jeff Gardner        278                10.        Tony Hunt        207