BY STEVEN LYNCH Special to The Californian Doug Shepherd passed Tina Bell with eight laps remaining to win the Mini Stock feature. Bell held on to take second. Gary Spiller was third followed by Steve Roark and Joe Humphrey. That race featured four leaders and three lead changes. Eventually it was settled when Shepherd powered inside of Bell in turn three on lap 13 of the 20-lap event. The win was the third of the night for Shepherd, who also [...]
Ira Henry outdueled Kris Kornder to win the 20-lap Mod Lite main event. Henry passed Kornder for the lead on lap 10 and held off a late challenge by Kornder to get the win. Kornder led the first nine laps. Dave Dotson was third followed by Mike Gilmore and Roy Maynard Jr.
BY STEVEN LYNCH Special to The Californian Michael Johnson of Bakersfield dominated the 25-lap IMCA Sports Mod main event, leading from start to finish. His two biggest challenges, other than fending off second-place Levi Kiefer, were keeping the field behind him on five restarts and maneuvering safely around lapped cars during the race’s early long green flag run. Chad Johnson finished third. Nick Sylvester was fourth and Wayne Dotson took fifth. “It’s awesome,” Michael Johnson said after his first-ever feature [...]
BY STEVEN LYNCH Special to The Californian Brad Pounds figured he wasn’t going to get many opportunities to get around Troy Morris Jr. during the closing laps of the IMCA Modified feature Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway. So when he finally spotted a chance to make his move, Pounds pounced on it, powering inside of Morris to take the lead with seven laps to go. After that Pounds pulled away and won his third IMCA Modified main event of the [...]
This Saturday night April 26th…Mid Cal Fabrication IMCA Modifieds, Motor City GMC IMCA Northern SportMods, DC’s RV Center Mini Stocks and the Mod Lites…Gates open at 4:00pm Racing at 6:00pm…General admission $12.00 Seniors & Military $10.00 Kids 6-12 $5.00 5 and under FREE…
MID CAL FABRICATION IMCA Modifieds (10 Cars) A Main 1. #00 Kyle Heckman 2. #24 Roger Holder 3. #198 Robby Sawyer 4. #5B Bret Bennett 5. #2J Justin Schweitzer 6. #51B Bryan Clark 7. #18 Cody Barnett 8. #29x Scott Gatson 9. #14B Steve Boles 10. #07x Troy Morris Jr H&S BODY WORKS Hobby Stocks (16 Cars) A Main 1. #16 Rick Childress Jr 2. #87w Lloyd Wren Jr 3. #18 Kevin Collier 4. #3K Jerry Keaton 5. #94 Colby Quinton 6. #2z Kevin Irwin 7. #21 Kyle Wood 8. #37 Aaron Stewart 9. #79c Cody Chambers 10. #26 Steven Johnson 11. #78 Ralph Cooke 12. #52 Perry Alderman 13. #33 Robert Swearengin 14. #7K John [...]
BY STEPHEN LYNCH Special to The Californian After finishing in second place three times during the first four races of the year, Kyle Heckman was more relieved than excited to finally win an IMCA Modified feature race. Heckman passed Rodger Holder with four laps remaining to win an exciting 25-lap IMCA main event Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway. “It’s just a relief,” Heckman said. “We’ve been up there all year and it’s just like a second, a second, a second.” Holder finished second [...]
Mid-Cal Fabracation IMCA Modifieds head back to the Speedway this weekend for a action pack Saturday night event. Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, American Stocks, NMRA Midgets and the CA Lightning Sprints are all set to battle April 19th. General admission is only $12 with Seniors & Military $10 Kids 6-12 $5 and 5 and under are FREE. Gates open at 4pm with racing getting started at 6pm. Come on out for FREE Coca-Cola night at the Speedway…
BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com Jacob Shepherd makes the most of his appearances at Bakersfield Speedway. Shepherd has competed in only two of the four Mini Stock features this year, but he’s won both of those. Shepherd took the lead with two laps to go in the 20-lap Mini Stock feature on Saturday night d held on for the win, becoming the first repeat winner. Zach Boitnott led the first 18 laps on the third-mile clay oval but was under pressure [...]
Bakersfield Speedway Race Results April 12th, 2014 97 Total Cars Late Models (17 Cars) A Main 1. #91T Tony Toste 2. #75 Tommy Malcolm 3. #27 Nick Bartels 4. #11x Steve Drake 5. #5K Mike Kirby 6. #7 Cody Laney 7. #10N Rob Sanders 8. #32 Clay Daly 9. #84G Kyle Griffith 10. #66 Devin Crockett 11. #12 Ron Bartels 12. #17 Larry Childress 13. #12k AJ Kirkpactrick 14. #77 Bill Bartels 15. #5x Dino Napier 16. #96 Carla Laney 17. #97 Kevin Hockings Motor City GMC IMCA Sport Mods (28 Cars) A Main 1. #16 Rick Childress Jr 2. #c9 Chad Reichenbach 3. #91T Tony Toste 4. #40 Nick Spainhoward 5. [...]
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