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Laney wins third IMCA Mod feature at Bakersfield speedway

BY MIKE GRIFFITH mgriffith@bakersfield.com Cody Laney is hitting his stride at Bakersfield Speedway. Laney took the lead 13 laps into Saturday Night’s IMCA Modified feature on the third-mile clay oval and went on for his second straight win and third of the season. He now tops the division — which has seen 10 different winners — with three victories. “We’ve been good pretty lately,” said Laney, who ran unchallenged after taking the lead from John Piker in the 25-lap race. “This thing is [...]

Hot summer nights continue this Saturday August 22nd

Hot summer night continues tomorrow night with JackFM Night at the Races August 22nd featuring the Mid Cal Fabrication IMCA Modifieds, H&S Body Works Hobby Stocks, DC’s RV Center Mini Stocks, GoLiveStream Mini Dwarfs and the NMRA 3/4 Midgets. Gates open at 4:00pm with racing getting underway at 6:00pm. General admission $12.00 Seniors/Military $10.00 Kids 6-12 $5.00 5 and under FREE.

August 15th 2015 Race Results

Motor City GMC IMCA Northern SportMods A Main 1. #16 Ricky Childress Jr 2. #40 Nick Spainhoward 3. #04 Austin Manzella 4. #12 James Cecil 5. #4 Garrett Jernagan 6. #22c Michael Johnson 7. #09 Brylon Holder 8. #68J Billy Simkins 9. #20s Kevin Johnson 10. #3 Jared Schweitzer 11. #117 Tim Paddock 12. #13M Matt Mayo 13. #9J Jordan Hagar IMCA RaceSaver Sprints A Main 1. #71M Jesse Mack 2. #86 Chris Ennis 3. #5 Mauro Simone 4. #45 Monty Ferriera 5. #72K Scott Meisner 6. #22 Mike Schott DNS #2 Ryan Smith Central Valley Tanks IMCA Stock Cars A Main 1. #44 Rick [...]

Childress’s dominate at Speedway

BY STEPHEN LYNCH-for the Californian Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway unofficially turned into Rick Childress Night after both Rick Childress Sr. and Rick Childress Jr. claimed impressive back-to-back feature wins. Childress Jr. won the 25-lap SportMod feature race immediately following his father’s victory in the IMCA Stock main event. Childress Jr. passed early-leader Austin Manzella on the inside in the apex of turns one and two with seven laps to go in the SportMod main event and then pulled away to earn [...]

Daly, Laney end Hogge’s reign at Bakersfield Speedway

BY MIKE GRIFFITH mgriffith@bakersfield.com Bobby Hogge IV’s luck finally ran out at Bakersfield Speedway. Hogge, of Salinas, was two-for-two in Late Model races at the third-mile clay oval this year, so when he rolled into the pits on Saturday night he became the immediate favorite. But he was a non-factor in the 30-lap feature, as Clay Daly outdueled Cody Laney to win a feature that ran caution free. Just seven cars took the green flag as Laney thundered into the lead with Daly [...]

August 8th 2015 Race Results

Mid Cal Fabrication IMCA Modifields A Main 1. #11 Cody Laney 2. #24 Roger Holder 3. #2 Bobby Hogge IV 4. #15B Brad Pounds 5. #11x Kyle Heckman 6. #198 Robby Sawyer 7. #5 Bret Bennett 8. #00 Levi Kiefer 9. #28H Darrell Hughes II 10. #9x Chett Reeves 11. #77 Bill Bartels 12. #5w Larry Wise 13. #22D Ryan Daves 14. #51B Bryan Clark 15. #28P John Piker 16. #08 Dave Phipps 17. #1x Stephen Streeter 18. #2J Justin Schweitzer 19. #c9 Chad Reichenbach 20. #5L Carla Laney 21. #49 Troy Foulger Late Models A Main 1. #32B Clay Daly 2. #7 Cody Laney 3. [...]

Double headliners this Saturday night August 8th

This Saturday it’s KUZZ “Bakersfield’s Best Country” Night! FOR THE FIRST TIME the Late Models and Mid-Cal Fabrication IMCA Racing Modifieds headline the show! Also, the H&S Body Works and Towing Hobby Stocks, DC’S RV CENTER Mini Stocks, the Okie Bowl Hard Tops and the GoLiveStream.TV Mini Dwarfs! It’s Hot August Nights racing at Bakersfield Speedway and we have plenty of Ice Cold Budweiser and Coca-Cola! Gates open at 4pm, Racing at 6! Bring your family and friends out for a great [...]

Ronald McDonald House big winner at Speedway

There were plenty of winners on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway, but the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House was the biggest of the night. It was the second annual Racing for Ronald Night at the third-mile oval, and the event raised $27,807 through a pre-race lunch and carnival, dunk tank, raffle and donations. Last year’s inaugural event raised just over $10,000. Complete race results for all divisions can be found here  http://www.bakersfieldspeedway.com/results/

August 1st 2015 Race Results

                          Mid Cal Fabrication IMCA Modifieds A Main 1. #5 Bret Bennett 2. #11x Kyle Heckman 3. #24 Roger Holder 4. #15B Brad Pounds 5. #11 Cody Laney 6. #198 Robby Sawyer 7. #2J Justin Schweitzer 8. #5w Larry Wise 9. #9x Chett Reeves 10. #10N Rob Sanders 11. #00 Levi Kiefer 12. #51B Bryan Clark 13. #14B Steve Boles 14. #08 Dave Phipps 15. #22 Andrew Phipps 16. #84G Kyle Griffith 17. #77 Bill Bartels 18. #25v Josh Vogt 19. #22D Ryan Daves 20. #5L Carla Laney 21. #28P John Piker Motor City GMC IMCA Northern SportMods A Main 1. #97 Gary Dutton 2. #09 [...]

Dutton claim SportMod main event win

The 70TH season of racing continued again Saturday night with another action packed night of dirt track racing. 16 Motor City GMC IMCA Northern SportMods checked in at the Bakersfield Speedway to do battle on the 1/3 mile clay oval for some hot summer night racing. Garett Jernagan took an early control of the field as the 15 others had their work cut out contending with the hooked up race track. Gary Dutton of Bakersfield, CA started towards the [...]