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FIGHT FOR THE
KING OF CALIFORNIA CROWN DOWN TO FINAL TWO RACES
THIS SATURDAY
8/3/2010 - Series press release
 Defending
Golden State Challenge Rookie of the Year Kyle
Larson will bring a six-point lead over 13-time
King of California Brent Kaeding into Watsonville,
California’s Ocean Speedway this Saturday night,
during what will be the penultimate event of the
season for the traveling 410 sprint car series.
Please note an earlier start time is scheduled for
Saturday's event with the front grandstand gate
opening up at 3:30 pm. The pit board meeting will
be held around 3:45 with track packing at 4,
qualifying about 5:15 and racing scheduled to
follow. A full program of qualifying time-trials,
heat races, a dash and the 30-lap $3,000-to-win/
$400-to-start main event will be on tap this
Saturday night.
With no racing this past weekend the Golden State
Challenge 410 Sprint Car Series will resume action
at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds bullring on
Saturday with the season quickly coming to an end
in less than a few weeks.
Coming off his third victory in the last four GSC
races on July 24 at Marysville Raceway Park Elk
Grove's Kyle Larson now sits atop the points for
the first time in his career going into the Ocean
Speedway, where he will be searching for his sixth
series win of the year to try and lengthen the gap
back to second. Larson also presently sits tied
with Chico's Jonathan Allard and San Jose's Tim
Kaeding for the most victories this season with
GSC.
Over the last couple seasons few have been more
successful at the Watsonville based quarter-mile
than the now 18-year-old, who claimed his first
ever Golden State Challenge Series win at the
track on May 29 of last year. Including that night
the pilot of the Stadelhofer Construction,
Peppermill Casino-Reno No. 99 has scored five
triumphs at Ocean Speedway and routinely finds
himself at the front of the field each time he
competes at the track. Larson currently ranks
second in the Ocean Sprints presented by Taco
Bravo standings and also finished runner up when
GSC was on hand at the facility in April.
Finding himself in second now Campbell’s Brent
Kaeding will be looking to find some magic at his
home track in an attempt make up the six-point
margin between himself and Larson in the
standings. “BK” has been held winless on the
season thus far, but his consistency has kept him
near the top of the points all year long as he
searches to bring home his 14th King of
California title. The driver of the Al’s Roofing
Supply, High Five Pizza No. 69 was sitting out
front in the feature last Friday with the Ocean
Sprints at Ocean Speedway, until issues forced him
to the work area and took away a chance at his
first overall win of 2010.
Following a strong night in Marysville a couple
weeks ago Scotts Valley’s Evan Suggs will also go
into his home track of Ocean Speedway gunning for
his first career Golden State Challenge Series
victory. During his first ever Marysville Raceway
Park start on July 24 the driver of the Suggs
Racing, Riley Collins Body Shop No. 33e qualified
second quickest and brought home a third place
finish in the main event. Suggs currently sits
third in the GSC standings and last week set a new
360 sprint car track record at the Watsonville
track with a lightning fast clocking of 11.517
around the quarter-mile.
Two-time & defending Petaluma Speedway track
champion Alissa Geving is coming off one of the
strongest nights of her Golden State Challenge 410
Sprint Car Series career in Marysville on July 24
and will look to keep the good things coming at
Ocean Speedway this Saturday. During that event
two weeks ago the 18-year-old set fast time and
finished sixth in the main event at the helm of
her Chicko Motorsports, Pit Stop USA No. 3x
sprinter. Geving comes into the weekend rounding
out the top-five in the GSC standings during her
first full season of 410 sprint car racing.
Current Ocean Sprint Car Series presented by Taco
Bravo point leader Tommy Tarlton will certainly be
a driver to deal with on Saturday night, after
tallying his second Ocean Speedway win of the
season last Friday. The wheel-man of the Corporate
America Lending, Tarlton & Son Inc. No. 21 has
been very successful this season in Golden State
Challenge 410 competition, having picked up
top-five finishes in all nine of the his series
starts, including a clean sweep on May 1 at the
Santa Maria Speedway. In April Tarlton scored a
third place finish with GSC at Ocean Speedway and
will look for his second win of the year with the
series on Saturday.
The last time the Golden State Challenge Series
was in action at Ocean Speedway it was Campbell’s
Bud Kaeding who picked up victory, after becoming
the third different leader in the main event to
score the first of his two wins with the tour in
2010. The three-time USAC Silver Crown Series
champ and current point leader last competed with
GSC on the 4th of July in Chico, where
he tallied a runner up finish aboard the Alviso
Rock, Kaeding Performance No. 29. The 30-year-old
also charged from the sixth row to finish third
last Friday in Watsonville with the Ocean Sprints
presented by Taco Bravo.
Fresh off a big win last Saturday night in
Placerville with the California Sprint Car Civil
War Series Grass Valley’s Jason Statler will be
hoping to continue the momentum he has been
gaining the last few weeks. During his two most
recent Golden State Challenge Series starts
Statler has scored finishes of second in
Marysville on July 24 and third in Chico on July 4
aboard his DF Rios Construction, YAK Graphics No.
00 mount. “The Big Guy” also brought home a fourth
place finish in the feature with the Ocean Sprints
last Friday at Ocean Speedway and will be trying
hard on Saturday for his first GSC win since June
of 2008.
Other possibilities this Saturday night will
include Elk Grove’s Bobby McMahan, Clovis' Peter
Murphy, Pleasanton's Brad Furr, Visalia's Cory
Eliason, Placerville’s Andy Gregg, Gilroy's Kurt
Nelson, San Martin's Craig Smith, Corralitos'
Jerry Bonnema, Fresno's Anthony Simone, Rio
Vista’s Dan and Danielle Simpson, Nevada City's
Pat Harvey and more.
The front gate at the Ocean Speedway will open at
3:30 pm this Saturday April 24 with adult tickets
costing $20, children 6 to 12 $14, seniors 65 and
older $18 and kids five and under will be free. A
family pack featuring two adults and two children
will be available for $55. The Ocean Speedway is
located on the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in
Watsonville, California. For more info on the
track visit
http://www.oceanspeedway.com
Next up- Following a week off for the Knoxville
Nationals next weekend the Golden State Challenge
410 Sprint Car Series will head for championship
night at the Placerville Speedway on Saturday
August 21.
For the full point standings, results and more
information on the Golden State Challenge Series
log onto
http://www.goldenstatechallengeseries.com
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