CHICO, Calif. — Tim Kaeding picked up $5,000 for winning the Pacific Sprint Nationals Saturday night at Silver Dollar Speedway. All Shane Stewart got was a headache.
Stewart held the lead in the 40-lap event as the pair took the white flag on the quarter-mile oval. Stewart drifted off the track exiting turn two and Kaeding dashed to the inside. Stewart returned to the track and the pair battled side by side through turn three.
Halfway through the turn, Kaeding and Stewart banged wheels. Stewart spun and Kaeding blasted under the checkered flag.
As Kaeding did victory donuts, Stewart sat helplessly in turn four. He was officially scored in 17th.
“This one is for my grandma who I love and will miss,” said Kaeding, whose grandma died the previous day. “Tonight we showed why sprint-car racing is the best sport in the world.”
With Stewart out of the race, Colby Weisz finished second.
“Losing to TK at Chico is not a bad deal,” said Weisz. “The last few laps got a little hairy, we were running around the top and it was such a fine line.
“It was actually a lot of fun tonight.”
Andy Forsberg, Bud Kaeding and Jonathan Allard rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Tim Kaeding, Colby Wiesz, Andy Forsberg, Bud Kaeding, Jonathan Allard, Brad Furr, Stephen Allard, Jimmy Trulli, Kyle Larson, Mark Hall, Mason Moore, Dan Menne, Brett Rollag, Billy Wallace, Chuck Gurney, Jr., Greg DeCaires, Shane Stewart, Scott Kinney, Andy Gregg, Brett Miller, Kyle Hirst, Joey Magaruh, James Sweeney, Richard Bailey.

Weisz, Stewart Take Pacific Prelims

Friday
CHICO, Calif. — Colby Weisz scored another impressive victory Friday night at Silver Dollar Speedway.
Weisz won night number two of the Pacific Sprint Fall Nationals after inheriting the lead on lap three when Tim Kaeding spun.
Weisz held off a charging Brad Furr for the victory as 57 cars competed on the second night of the three-day event for winged 360 sprint cars.
Furr finished second, ahead of Jimmy Trulli, Greg DeCaires and Tim Kaeding.
The finish:
Colby Wiesz, Brad Furr, Jimmy Trulli, Greg DeCaires, Tim Kaeding, Andy Gregg, Chuck Gurney, Jr., Joey Magaruh, Mark Hall, Scott Kinney, James Sweeney, Korey Lovell, Scott Russell, Richard Bailey, Mike Benson, Brett Rollag, Stan Yockey, Shane Golobic, Steve Vague, Jeffrey Lynton, Jason Botsford, Willie Croft, Evan Suggs, Kevin Sharrah.

Thursday
CHICO, Calif. — Shane Stewart led all 30 laps to win the Thursday night preliminary feature for the Pacific Sprint Fall Nationals at Silver Dollar Speedway.
Stewart started on the pole for the winged 360 sprint car event on the quarter-mile oval and was never headed, holding off Andy Forsberg for the victory.
Stephen Allard, Jonathan Allard and Bud Kaeding filled the top five.
The finish:
Shane Stewart, Andy Forsberg, Stephen Allard, Jonathan Allard, Bud Kaeding, Kyle Larson, Robbie Whitchurch, Matt Mitchell, Billy Wallace, Brett Miller, Mark Tabor, Jr., Dan Menne, Brad Bumgarner, Dean Freitas, Rob Held, Matt Petty, David Silveria, Sean Becker, Bradley Terrell, Kyle Hirst, Jeff Delte, Mason Moore, Brad Sweet, Jim Richardson.