BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Taking advantage of his front-row starting spot, Tim Kaeding led all 30 laps of the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series October Classic at Kevin Harvick’s Kern County Raceway.
The pilot of the EMADCO Disposal No. 0 Maxim for Williams Motorsports was brilliant in traffic and in open racetrack to secure his 74th career series victory, second all-time on the win list, and his second triumph with the group in 2024.
“This is a testament to everyone associated with this No. 0 car, and they’ve given me a bad fast race car all year long,” said Kaeding. “We’re inching our way to my old man’s (all-time NARC winner Brent Kaeding) number, so hopefully, we can do it in the next couple of years.”
Kaeding beat back the initial advances of a charging Justin Sanders to obtain the lead on the opening start. As the race stayed green, the two-time NARC champion pulled away from the Mittry Motorsports sprint car driven by Justin Sanders.
However, several stoppages kept the field close, including a massive crash on lap 13, which involved Billy Aton, Burt Foland Jr., and NARC point leader Cole Macedo. All were done for the night.
Despite lapped traffic, Kaeding was able to have the fortune of stoppages happening at the right times, which took away opportunities for anyone to challenge him for the lead. He went on to score a two-car length victory over Sanders.
Sanders, with the misfortune of Macedo, regained the point lead and now possesses a nine-point lead entering the next event.
Two-time NARC champion Dominic Scelzi put the Whipple Supercharges No. 41 Maxim on the podium at Kern for the first time since 2021 with his third-place effort.
The finish:
Feature (30 laps): 1. 0-Tim Kaeding [1]; 2. 2X-Justin Sanders [2]; 3. 41-Dominic Scelzi [8]; 4. 83-Ryan Timms [11]; 5. 10-Dominic Gorden [14]; 6. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield [7]; 7. 121-Caeden Steele [6]; 8. 42X-Justyn Cox [19]; 9. 14-Spencer Bayston [9]; 10. 29-Bud Kaeding [10]; 11. 15-Nick Parker [15]; 12. 19-Colby Thornhill [16]; 13. 2K-Gauge Garcia [3]; 14. 5R-Ryan Rocha [13]; 15. 76-Jennifer Osborne [18]; 16. 5-Cole Danell [17]; 17. 09S-Geoffrey Strole [22]; 18. 3-Kaleb Montgomery [5]; 19. 31-Kyle Beilman [20]; 20. 26-Billy Aton [4]; 21. 21-Cole Macedo [12]; 22. 4-Burt Foland Jr. [21]
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