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Sawyer takes modified main

  BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com   Robby Sawyer raced to his first victory of the season Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway, then apologized.   Not for anything he did on Saturday on the third-mile clay oval as he put in a stellar drive, but for an incident several weeks ago that landed him a five-week suspension from IMCA Modified competition.   “It feels goods, it’s been a bad year,” Sawyer said. “Everybody on this car (sponsors) stuck with me for all the crap [...]

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July 19, 2014 Race Results

Late Models (13 Cars) A Main 1. #5K Mike Kirby 2. #32B Clay Daly 3. #7 Cody Laney 4. #11x Steve Drake 5. #17 Larry Childress 6. #29 Andy Obertello 7. #66 Devin Crockett 8. #12 Nick Bartels 9. #10N Mike Johnson 10. #77 Bill Bartels 11. #4 Jerry Stewart 12. #96 Carla Laney DNS #27 Ron Bartels Hobby Stocks (21 Cars) A Main 1. #18 Kevin Collier 2. #26 Steven Johnson 3. #56 Matt Wankum 4. #44 Rick Childress Sr 5. #21 Kyle Wood 6. #78 Ralph Cooke 7. #59 Mike Hill Jr 8. #82 Aaron Stewart 9. #52 Perry Alderman 10. #41 Tim Delcid Jr 11. #77 Mike Bulley 12. [...]

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Hurt wins inaugural IMCA Stock Car main

  BY STEPHEN LYNCH Special to The Californian   Ron Hurt of Hanford took advantage of an early bobble by Chris Mancebo to win the inaugural IMCA Stock Car A-main event at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night.   Mancebo led the first three laps before getting loose in the fourth turn on Lap 4, allowing Hurt to move out in front of the field. He led the rest of the 20-lap race.   Steve Wenzel was second, followed by Mancebo, Allen Mendes and Pat Biggs.   “I really [...]

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IMCA Stock Cars debut this Saturday July 19

JackFM Night at the races welcomes five divisions hitting the high banked clay oval Saturday night as Late Models return and IMCA Stock cars roll out for the first time in Bakersfield. Hobby Stocks, Mini Stocks & Mini Dwarfs will round out the racing action. Gates open at 4:00pm with racing at 6:00pm. general admission $16.00 Seniors & Military $14.00 Kids 6-12 $6.00 5 and under are FREE

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July 12, 2014 Race Results

IMCA Sport Modifieds (25 Cars) A Main 1. #38 Nick Sylvester 2. #3AC Levi Kiefer 3. #51 Kruz Griffith 4. #97 Gary Dutton 5. #223 Lee Jensen 6. #22c Michael Johnson 7. #84G Kyle Griffith 8. #174 Ethan Dotson 9. #4 Garrett Jernagon 10. #5A Austin Frye 11. #5K Brenda Kirby 12. #32 Tina McGowan 13. #09 Brylon Holder 14. #117 Tim Paddock 15. #14 Eric Manning 16. #c9 Chad Reichenbach 17. #2s Jared Schweitzer 18. #74 Wayne Dotson 19. #13M Matt Mayo 20. #20s Bruce Johnson 21. #16 Rick Childress Jr 22. #12 James Cecil B Main 1. #174 Ethan Dotson 2. #22c Michael Johnson 3. #5A Austin Frye 4. #5K Brenda Kirby 5. #14 [...]

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Heckman wins twice at Speedway, takes IMCA Modifieds point lead

  BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com   Kyle Heckman had two wins and the points lead coming into the IMCA Modified race at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night.   One of those wins came when six-time winner Brad Pounds was not on the ground and the other came in a race during which Pounds broke (although Heckman had taken the lead from Pounds before Pound broke.)   Heckman answered those who questioned if he could beat Pounds one-on-one as he pulled away from a [...]

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Racing returns this Saturday July 12th

After a week off for the 4th of July holiday, racing returns this Saturday night. The second half of the racing season starts off with Modifieds, SportMods, Street Stocks & American Stocks…Gates open at 4pm Racing at 6pm…General admission $12 Seniors & Military $10 Kids 6-12 $5 Five and under FREE…

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June 28, 2014 Race Results

Richie McGowan Memorial101 Cars Hobby Stocks (32 Cars) Richie McGowan Memorial 32 A Main 1. #2x Jimmy Irwin 2. #56 Matt Wankum 3. #12 Brad Pounds 4. #87w Lloyd Wren Jr 5. #37 Aaron Stewart 6. #26 Steven Johnson 7. #70 Jon McKinley 8. #77 Mike Bulley 9. #21K Marc Key 10. #123 Dylan Hagar 11. #32 Tina McGowan 12. #79c Cody Chambers 13. #78 Ralph Cooke 14. #87 Kenny Christensen 15. #18 Kevin Collier 16. #6x Robert Lawler 17. #T73 Richard Green 18. #33 Robert Swearengin 19. #55 Karl Noland 20. #28 Jesse Bowles 21. #2z Kevin Irwin 22. #7K John Bedingfield Sr B Main 1 1. #79c [...]

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Pounds wins from the back

  BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com   The chances of Brad Pounds winning didn’t look good two laps into the IMCA Modified feature on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.   That’s because at that point Pounds was in the pits with a mechanical problem during a brief caution.   But a quick fix got Pounds back on track before the race restarted after the show in front of a packed house began.   Pounds threaded his way through traffic in perhaps his best drive of the [...]

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