USAC: First 'Casey Diemert Calssic' goes to Kaeding
9 November 1999
Posted By Terry
Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
Saturday night's 30-lap USAC Western Sprint Car race at Irwindale
(Calif.)
Speedway honored the memory of Casey Diemert, the 23-year-old USAC driver
who was fatally injured in the March 27 grand-opening event at the
1/2-mile
paved oval.
Bud Kaeding captured the 30-lap race, leading all the way to post his sixth victory at the track this season and cap his inaugural USAC divisional championship.
The race offered an accelerated purse and a perpetual trophy has been designed as a permanent reminder of Diemert, who competed in both the USAC Coors Light Silver Bullet Series and the Western Sprint Car Series.
The race is expected to continue to be a highlight of the USAC Western Sprint Car Series in future seasons.
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