Franklin,
Wis. (May 15, 1991) – Brent Kaeding survived a race-long duel with Richard
Griffin to claim the 30-lap California Racing Association (CRA) non-winged
sprint car feature Wednesday night at Hales Corner Speedway.
The start of
the feature was slowed by three mishaps before a lap could be completed. CRA
officials ordered a single-file restart. Kaeding and Griffin, the front-row
starters, then paced the field the entire 30 circuits.
After five
laps Kaeding and Griffin and broken away from the rest of the 20-car field and
near the halfway point the top duo nearly had a straightaway lead over
third-place Randy Sippel.
On lap 16
Griffin closed in on the leader and two laps later edged past Kaeding. The two
then worked through lapped traffic with Griffin using the high groove while
Kaeding worked the low line.
Kaeding
waited for his opening and on lap 24 powered inside of Griffin to regain the
top spot. For the rest of the way Kaeding was able to stay out of Griffin’s
reach to take the checkered with two lapped cars between them.
Jack Hewitt
placed well behind in third followed by Sippel and Cary Faas.
“Running
around the yellows hurt us on fuel,” Kaeding said, referring to the three
restarts. “We have a fuel shutoff valve and I kept turning it off.”
Earlier in
the evening Ron Shuman won the B feature while Jim Moulis, Bob Robel, Griffin
and Mike Frost. Shuman also won the trophy dash.
Results –
1. Brent Kaeding
2. Richard Griffin
3. Jack Hewitt
4. Randy Sippel
5. Cary Faas
6. Steve Ostling
7. Jim Moulis
8. Allen Winker
9. Gib Wiser
10. Mike Frost
11. Ron Shuman
12. Mark Sokola
13. Bob Robel
14. Billy Boat
15. Leonard Lee
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