Now back at home on the California circuit, third-generation sprint-car driver Tim Kaeding has been one of the country’s biggest winners in recent seasons.
Kaeding has won races with the World of Outlaws, National Sprint Tour, All Star Circuit of Champions and Golden State Challenge Series.
His breakthrough season came in 2006 when he won 15 races with the now-defunct National Sprint Tour while driving for Steve Kinser Racing. Kaeding started this year with the team but lost his ride when sponsorship money did not materialize.
With more than 50 victories in his career, he is the son of legendary driver Brent Kaeding and the grandson of longtime California ace Howard Kaeding. As well, his brother, Bud, is a successful USAC racer.
Featured here (clockwise from top left): Strapped into the No. 35 in 2001; Getting a different kind of ride at Calistoga (Calif.) Speedway;  Doing a wheelie after his 30th GSC victory in June; Chatting with Garry Lee Maier at Hanford, Calif., in 2001; Checking out his winning machine in September at Lincoln Park Speedway;  Celebrating a McCool Junction, Neb., triumph; In victory lane in 1997.
— NSSN Archives