WATSONVILLE, Calif. — Rickey Sanders continued his hunt for the Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo championship, scoring his first- series win in the penultimate weekend of action for the 360 Sprint Car Series on Friday night.
Sanders held off Bud Kaeding through lapped traffic on several occasions en route to the 30-lap triumph.
“Bud’s been racing for a ton of years. He’s won a million a races. He’s really good in lapped traffic. I’ve watched him and my brother (Justin) battle for years so this means a lot,” Sanders said. “My brother – we’ve been texting each other all week, trying to get better. I think we figured it out!”
Kaeding finished second, with Dylan Bloomfield, Kurt Nelson and Bradley Dillard following.
Blake Bower won his third consecutive Ocean Speedway Western Midget Racing feature in one of the most hotly contested in series history at the speedway.
Bower led T.J. Smith to the checkered flag.
Joe Gallaher won his ninth hobby stock feature of the season and Fred Lind topped the IMCA modified main event.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 17-Rickey Sanders[1]; 2. 69-Bud Kaeding[2]; 3. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[15]; 4. 72W-Kurt Nelson[4]; 5. 72S-Bradley Dillard[10]; 6. 61-Travis Labat[3]; 7. 72JR-Chris Nelson[9]; 8. 4-Burt Foland Jr[6]; 9. 88-Koen Shaw[8]; 10. 3M-Adam Kaeding[5]; 11. 25Z-Jason Chisum[13]; 12. 3-Brandon Stidham[14]; 13. 63D-Jon De Wees[21]; 14. 46J-Geoffrey Grimm[20]; 15. 99-Wayne Katen[18]; 16. 56Z-Don Hart[17]; 17. 88A-Joey Ancona[7]; 18. 3T-JJ Ringo[12]; 19. 36-Craig Stidham[19]; 20. 5-Cole Danell[11]; 21. (DNS) 28K-Kameron Suoja; 22. (DNS) 5D-Connor Danell