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Pounds wins 6th feature at Bakersfield Speedway

BY STEPHEN LYNCH Special to The Californian   They don’t call Brad Pounds “The Dominator” for no reason. Pounds once again lived up to his lofty nickname Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway, dominating the 25-lap IMCA Modified feature. Pounds powered around the outside of Rick Childress Jr. for the lead with 19 laps remaining and then pulled away for his sixth main event victory of the year. “The car the was great,” Pounds said. “I’d like to thank my dad tonight. [...]

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Modifieds return Saturday July 27th

The tight IMCA Modified points race continues this Saturday night July 27th. Larry Hood brings his 3 point lead over Brad Pounds back to the 1/3 mile high banked clay oval. Hobby stocks, American stocks and the Ignite midgets will also join in on the racing action Saturday night. General admission is $10.00   kids 6-12 $5.00   5 and under are FREE. Gates open at 4:00pm with racing starting at 6:00pm.  

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(Revised) June 22, 2013 Results

IMCA Modifieds (15 cars) A Main 1. #15B Brad Pounds 2. #2 Larry Hood 3. #1J Jeff Streeter 4. #5w Larry Wise 5. #2J Justin Schweitzer 6. #11x Rick Childress Jr 7. #17N Steve Noland 8. #24 Roger Holder 9. #4 Joey Yantis 10. #51B Bryan Clark 11. #14B Steve Boles 12. #96L Donnie Range 13. #198 Robby Sawyer 14. #90 Freddie Davis 15. #9x Chett Reeves Sport Modifieds (21 cars) A Main 1. #3 Jared Schweitzer 2. #74 Wayne Dotson 3. #84G Kyle Griffith 4. #45 David Childress 5. #2 Darrell Hood 6. #123 Dylan Hagar 7. #44M Matt Mayo 8. #H3M Chris Harrington 9. #24 [...]

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July 20, 2013 Race Results

Late Models (12 cars) A Main 1. #29 Andy Obertello 2. #75 Tommy Malcolm 3. #32B Clay Daly 4. #12 Ron Bartels 5. #21 Devin Crockett 6. #77 Cody Laney 7. #1P Brad Pounds 8. #5x Dino Napier 9. #5w Larry Wise 10. #17 Larry Childress 11. #10n Rob Sanders DNS #96 Carla Laney Sport Mods (26 cars) A Main 1. #83 Jason Nations 2. #33 Cale Kanke 3. #28P John Piker 4. #51 Kruz Griffith 5. #32 Tina McGowan 6. #12 James Cecil 7. #123 Dylan Hagar 8. #39 Kyle Wilson 9. #2 Darrell Hood 10. #45 David Childress 11. #9J Jordan Hagar 12. #3 [...]

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Nation survives cautions to win Sport Mod main

BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com   The Sport Mod drivers put on a pretty good demolition derby on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway. Too bad it was supposed to be a 25-lap feature on the third-mile clay oval. After more than 40 minutes of stop-and-go action, track officials shortened the race to 18 laps, with the last two laps a dash to the checkered flag following the eighth caution flag. And in a fitting finish, Jason Nation spun after [...]

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July 13, 2013 Race Results

Sport Modifieds (20 cars) A Main 1. #2 Darrell Hood 2. #28P John Piker 3. #32 Tina McGowan 4. #3 Jared Schweitzer 5. #45 David Childress 6. #84G Kyle Griffith 7. #40 Nick Spainhoward 8. #74 Wayne Dotson 9. #9J Jordan Hagar 10. #123 Dylan Hagar 11. #20 Bruce Johnson 12. #51 Kruz Griffith 13. #44M Matt Mayo 14. #14 Eric Manning 15. #09 Brylon Holder 16. #5K Brenda Kirby 17. #11B Michael Black 18. #24 Tyler Johnson DNS #23M Marvin Leist DNS #83 Jason Nation Hobby Stocks (14 cars) A Main 1. #87 Lloyd Wren Jr 2. #70 Johnny McKinley 3. #01 Teena Childress 4. [...]

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Another big night for Pounds at Speedway

BY STEPHEN LYNCH Special to The Californian   Brad Pounds couldn’t get quite enough grip on the low side to pass Robby Sawyer during the 25-lap IMCA Modified feature Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway. So the defending track champion, nicknamed “The Dominator,” moved up a groove and soon afterward found the speed to get around Sawyer for the lead en route to his fifth main event victory of the year and 91st of his career. Pounds led the race’s final 14 [...]

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Racing returns this Saturday July 13th

The second half of the 2013 racing season is getting back under way this Saturday night, July 13. After taking a weekend off for the July 4th holiday, the fast paced racing action get’s back under way. Four divisions including the Mid-Cal Fabracation IMCA Modifieds, Motor City GMC Northern SportMods, H&S Body Works Hobby Stocks and the Melo’s Gas-n-Gear American Stocks will take to the track for a very exciting night for dirt track fans. General admission tickets are just [...]

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June 29, 2013 Race Results

IMCA Modifieds (21 cars) A Main 1. #5w Larry Wise 2. #198 Robby Sawyer 3. #2 Bobby Hogge IV 4. #2L Larry Hood 5. #96A Clay Daly 6. #24 Roger Holder 7. #15B Brad Pounds 8. #11 Kyle Heckman 9. #97 Jay Marks 10. #51B Bryan Clark 11. #2J Justin Schweitzer 12. #9x Chett Reeves 13. #101 Randall Davis 14. #11x Rick Childress Jr 15. #14B Steve Boles 16. #22c Michael Johnson 17. #29x Scott Gatson 18. #90 Freddie Davis 19. #4 Joey Yantis 20. #25v Josh Vogt 21. #33D PJ D yke Richie McGowan Memorial 32 Hobby Stocks (21 cars) A Main 1. #87 Lloyd [...]

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Wise takes IMCA Modified feature race, wire-to-wire

BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com   Larry Wise spent all of last week working on his IMCA Modified in an effort to make it faster. It showed on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway as Wise led from start to finish to win the IMCA Modified 25-lap feature on the third-mile clay oval. Starting up front proved to be the key as it was extremely difficult to pass as all the drivers were running the low groove. The victory brought [...]

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