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TK’ is Poised to Defend Trophy Cup Title

TULARE , CA (November 12) – Tim Kaeding has been knocking on the door of a major sprint car title the last several weeks. Now he’s ready to kick it wide open.

The defending and two-time Trophy Cup champion will get his chance this weekend when the nation’s best 360 sprint car racers converge on Thunderbowl Raceway for the 14^th Annual Trophy Cup.

Kaeding’s 18^th-to-second-place run in last year’s “A” Feature gave him the most points in the double-feature event and entitled him to the $15,000 first prize. He also won the Trophy Cup in 2002.

“We won it last year with Rod Tiner,” said Tim, who drives the #10 Tom Rolfe Trucking Maxim. “We hope we can have another good weekend there.”

Despite suffering the loss of each of his grandmothers several days before World of Outlaws events at Thunderbowl Raceway this season, Kaeding made his car owners proud. “TK” raced to an emotional victory for “King of the Outlaws” Steve Kinser in the “A” Feature at Thunderbowl Raceway on February 24^th, within a week following his maternal grandmother’s passing. Kaeding finished third for Tom Rolfe Racing in the Dave Helm Memorial on October 13^th, one day after attending his paternal grandmother’s funeral.

Kaeding raced past 13 drivers, including Shane Stewart on the last lap, to win the Pacific Sprints Fall Nationals on October 6^th.

“Tonight, we showed why sprint car racing is the best sport in the world,” Tim said in victory lane following the 360 race at Silver Dollar Speedway.

“TK” was the runner-up in the 410 main event and the third-place finisher in the 360 “A” Feature in last Saturday’s Cotton Classic at Kings Speedway.

“We have a brand new Don Ott 360 motor, and it ran really well at the Cotton Classic,” Tim said. “We hope we can make it run even better next weekend at the Trophy Cup so we can get the two extra spots we need.”

The Trophy Cup features a $90,000 purse, a unique points format and tough inversions that produce exciting racing throughout the weekend. The 24 drivers scoring the most points are completely inverted for Saturday’s 4o-lap “A” Feature.

The Trophy Cup, which has raised more than $370,000 for the Bay Area Make A Wish Foundation, originated in Kaeding’s hometown at San Jose Speedway in 1994. The event was run at the now-defunct semi-banked, 1/3-mile oval until 1999, then at Watsonville Speedway in 2000. Kings Speedway hosted the event from 2001 to 2004, and it has been run at Tulare ’s high-banked, 1/3-mile oval the last two years.

Tim Kaeding passes his father, Brent Kaeding, at the Gold Cup Race of Champions

Photo courtesy of John’s Racing Photos

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