Mellos Gas and Gear American Stocks 16 cars 1 – 55 – Matt Lewis 2 – 72 – Tyler Irwin 3 – 99 – Don Mead 4 – 77 – Randy Harmon 5 – 17 – Traci Childress 6 – 23 – Tim Martin 7 – 64 – Eric Silvius 8 – 56 – Marcus Wankum 9 – 59 – Mike Hill Jr 10 – 44 – Brian Childress 11 – 45 – Teena Childress 12 – 74 – Ethan Dotson 13 – 69 DNS [...]
BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com Danny Lauer doesn’t often make the haul from the Central Coast to Bakersfield Speedway, but he makes the most of those trips. But until Saturday night he had never won on the third-mile clay oval. Lauer of Nipomo powered into the lead midway though the IMCA Modified feature and went on to a win in the 30-lap race. He was fourth in his only other outing this year. “We’ve been working hard on [...]
Fans at Saturday night’s race have the opportunity to catch a five-lap ride with former Late Model track champion Dick Shepherd in a two-seater Late Model. Fans can purchase raffle tickets for the opportunity to ride along with Shepherd and two winners will receive the rides. Proceeds go to the Fight For Life organization. The car will be at several other Bakersfield Speedway events this season in a continuing fundraiser for Fight for Life.
Johasee Rebar Family Night at the Bakersfield speedway will happen this Saturday night May 4th. As you enter the grounds this weekend the front gate area will be a kids heaven with a ton of activities geared for the little race fans all sponsored by Johasee Rebar. Some of the activities will include a basketball hoop shoot, face painting, temporary tattoo booth, raffles to enter for 2 bikes and 2 scooter and a guest appearance from Chucko the Clown [...]
DC’s RV center Mini Stocks 18 cars 1 – 79 – Doug Shepherd 2 – 7 – Gary Spiller Jr 3 – 0 – Johnny Winchester 4 – 14 – Dylan Baker 5 – 29 – Tina Bell 6 – 35 – Johnny Wood 7 – 84s – Chris Settlerire 8 – 13m- Trevor Miller 9 – 44 – Kyle Shannon 10 – 74 – Jonathan Kropf 11 – 17 – Candi Varney 12 – 5 – [...]
BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com Ryan Bernal led all but two laps to win the 30-lap USAC West Coast Sprint Car feature Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway. Bernal, of Hollister, powered past pole-sitter Richard Vander Weerd and led until he was caught up in lapped traffic midway through the race. Danny Faria Jr. got past Bernal on the 15th lap but Bernal retook the led on the 17th lap and led the rest of the way. “I knew [...]
This Saturday, April 27th, the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series will make their second of three appearances at Scott Schweitzer’s Bakersfield Speedway. The Saturday night program will also feature the popular Sport Mods, Mini Stocks, and CDCRA Dwarf Cars. The Front Gates will open at 4:00pm with Racing set for 6:00pm at “The West’s Fastest 1/3-Mile High Banked Clay Oval.” Since 2009, the Bakersfield oval has showcased eight West Coast Sprint Car events. Last month, Richard Vander Weerd joined [...]
Melo’s Gas & Gear American Stocks 18 cars 1 – 87jr- Jake Vermeer 2 – 59 – Mike Hill Jr 3 – 45 – Teena Childress 4 – 1 – Scott Cason 5 – 55 – Matt Lewis 6 – 4 – Colby Quinton 7 – 56 – Marcus Wankum 8 – m74- Miranda Dotson 9 – 9c – Charles Morrison 10 – 72 – Tyler Irwin 11 – 70 – James Coots 12 – 74 – Ethan Dotson 13 – 22k – Kevin Johnston 14 – 2 [...]
BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com Roger Holder was hooked up Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway. And that left the rest of the the rest of the IMCA Modified competitors in his dust. Holder had the perfect set up for the dry/slick third-mile clay oval and was nearly a third of a lap ahead of second-place finisher Joey Yantis at the end of the 25-lap feature. “It was all bent up (after a heat race incident),” Holder said of [...]
JackFM night at the races this Saturday April 20th features 6 divisions of racing for only $10 admission. IMCA Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, American Stocks, CA Lightning Sprints, NMRA Midgets and the Ford Focus Midgets all take to the 1/3 mile high banked clay oval this weekend. Gates open at 4:00pm with Racing starting at 6:00pm. General admission $10.00 Kids 6-12 $5.00 5 and under FREE.
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