WATSONVILLE, CA (5/29/26) The NARC King of the West Sprint Car Series made their second appearance of the year at Watsonville Speedway with 23 cars signed in for the 8th race of the 2026 season.
Tim Kaeding kicked off the night by setting Quick Time in ARP Qualifying with a lap of 10.627 seconds. It is the first time that Kaeding has set ARP Quick Time this year.
Series points leader, Justin Sanders, won his 3rd Heat Race of the year from the outside of the front row in Kaeding Performance Heat Race 1. Shane Golobic utilized the pole position in Hill’s Meats Heat 2 and picked up his 1st Heat Race win of the season. Dominic Gorden was scheduled to start 4th in BMRS Heat Race 3, but got bumped up to the outside of the front row and cruised to the win, picking up his 1st Heat Race win of the season. Gorden guaranteed himself the pole of the HD Titanium Dash by winning the Heat Race from his schedule 4th starting spot.
The three Heat Race winners and fastest transfer cars out of each Heat Race locked into the 6-lap HD Titanium Dash. Pole Sitter, Dominic Gorden, slowed to a stop as cars were lining up for the HD Titanium Dash and went back to the pits. Shane Golobic inherited the pole and dominated the Dash, to earn himself the pole of the Hoosier Tire A-Main. It was Golobic’s 1st HD Titanium Dash win of the season in his 3rd Dash appearance.
Shane Golobic jumped out to the early lead and led the 14 laps of the Hoosier Tire A-Main. Justin Sanders utilized a double file restart on lap 16 to shoot to the lead. Sanders would rip the high side around Watsonville Speedway for the final 14 laps and captured his 5th NARC King of the West win of the 2026 season.  It was Sanders’ 35th career NARC King of the West victory and 9th career NARC King of the West win at Watsonville Speedway
Dominic Scelzi went 23rd to 14th, earning FK Rod Ends Hard Charger award honors.
The NARC King of the West Sprint cars return to action on Saturday June 6th at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, CA for the David Tarter Memorial.
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Hoosier Tires A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 2X-Justin Sanders[3]; 2. 17W-Shane Golobic[1]; 3. 10-Dominic Gorden[6]; 4. 0-Tim Kaeding[2]; 5. 21L-Landon Brooks[9]; 6. 14M-Jett Barnes[4]; 7. 88A-Joey Ancona[5]; 8. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[7]; 9. 29-Bud Kaeding[12]; 10. 7B-Sean Becker[13]; 11. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[11]; 12. 88N-DJ Netto[10]; 13. 26-Billy Aton[14]; 14. 41-Dominic Scelzi[23]; 15. 12-Jarrett Soares[16]; 16. X1-Chance Grasty[8]; 17. 4-Burt Foland Jr[18]; 18. 34B-Glenn Bryan[22]; 19. 14-Mariah Ede[17]; 20. 21-Caeden Steele[21]; 21. 61-Travis Labat[19]; 22. 2K-Jake Andreotti[15]; 23. 551-Angelique Bell[20]
HDTI Dash (6 Laps): 1. 17W-Shane Golobic[2]; 2. 0-Tim Kaeding[3]; 3. 2X-Justin Sanders[5]; 4. 14M-Jett Barnes[6]; 5. 88A-Joey Ancona[4]; 6. (DNS) 10-Dominic Gorden
Kaeding Performance Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2X-Justin Sanders[2]; 2. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[1]; 3. 0-Tim Kaeding[4]; 4. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte[3]; 5. 7B-Sean Becker[5]; 6. 12-Jarrett Soares[6]; 7. 61-Travis Labat[7]; 8. 34B-Glenn Bryan[8]
BMRS Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17W-Shane Golobic[1]; 2. X1-Chance Grasty[2]; 3. 21L-Landon Brooks[6]; 4. 88A-Joey Ancona[4]; 5. 26-Billy Aton[5]; 6. 14-Mariah Ede[7]; 7. 551-Angelique Bell[8]; 8. 41-Dominic Scelzi[3]
Hills Meats Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Dominic Gorden[4]; 2. 14M-Jett Barnes[3]; 3. 88N-DJ Netto[1]; 4. 29-Bud Kaeding[2]; 5. 2K-Jake Andreotti[6]; 6. 4-Burt Foland Jr[7]; 7. 21-Caeden Steele[5]
ARP Qualifying (2 Laps): 1. 0-Tim Kaeding, 10.627[11]; 2. 88A-Joey Ancona, 10.674[21]; 3. 10-Dominic Gorden, 10.733[15]; 4. 3-Kaleb Montgomery, 10.763[20]; 5. 17W-Shane Golobic, 10.815[18]; 6. 88N-DJ Netto, 10.822[4]; 7. 2X-Justin Sanders, 10.824[3]; 8. X1-Chance Grasty, 10.890[2]; 9. 29-Bud Kaeding, 10.891[14]; 10. 73B-Braden Chiaramonte, 10.901[23]; 11. 41-Dominic Scelzi, 10.915[13]; 12. 14M-Jett Barnes, 10.922[19]; 13. 7B-Sean Becker, 10.949[5]; 14. 26-Billy Aton, 10.964[1]; 15. 21-Caeden Steele, 10.985[17]; 16. 12-Jarrett Soares, 10.996[9]; 17. 21L-Landon Brooks, 10.998[22]; 18. 2K-Jake Andreotti, 11.009[12]; 19. 61-Travis Labat, 11.139[8]; 20. 14-Mariah Ede, 11.170[6]; 21. 4-Burt Foland Jr, 11.597[16]; 22. 34B-Glenn Bryan, 11.811[7]; 23. 551-Angelique Bell[10]