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Season’s Greetings

On behalf of the Bakersfield Speedway, we would like to wish you and your family a Happy Holiday season. We look forward to the new 2014 race season. See you then…  

Sunday Jan 5th Go Karts, Mini Dwarfs, QRC Sprints and 1/4 Midget Racing

Gokarts, Mini Dwarfs, QRC Outlaw Sprints & .25 Midgets @ Bakersfield Speedway!!! Sunday January 5th All types of karts welcome. If it is safe, you wont get turned away. Gokarts, QRC Outlaw Sprints, .25 Midgets, Mini Dwarfs, etc. Pit gate opens @10am Drivers meeting @11am Racing to follow Pit parking will be on the track again Kart & Driver $35 Pit passes $5 Everyone will get 46 laps 6 lap hot laps 2- 10 lap heat races 20 lap main event We we will have plaques for the top 3 in each of [...]

28th Annual Budweiser Nationals 2013 Race Results

Bakersfield Speedway Budweiser Nationals191 Total Cars Saturday Late Models (31 Cars) A Main 1. #91P Jason Papich 2. #91T Tony Toste 3. #00 Jesse Stovall 4. #2H Bobby Hogge IV 5. #11x Steve Drake 6. #27 Nick Bartels 7. #2 Trevor Glaser 8. #10N Rob Sanders 9. #24w Rick Wyatt 10. #17 Larry Childress 11. #1P Brad Pounds 12. #75 Tommy Malcolm 13. #22G Paul Guglielmoni 14. #18 Cody Barnett 15. #53 Cody Laney 16. #30 Jeremy Shank 17. #5K Mike [...]

Oregon’s Glaser makes most of travel, winning Late Model feature

BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com   The 28th annual Budweiser West Coast Nationals started its two-day run at Bakersfield Speedway on Friday night in impressive fashion as 155 cars were in the pits, the largest car count in several years. Trevor Glaser made the trek from Tangent, Ore., pay off as he drove to victory in the 30-lap Late Model feature. Glaser was running fourth when a caution bunched the field with eight laps to go. He used a [...]

28th Annual Budweiser Dirt Track Nationals

28th Annual Budweiser Dirt Track Nationals at Bakersfield Speedway. Friday and Saturday October 11th & 12th. Over 200 cars invade the 1/3 Mile High Banked Clay Oval for the premier west coast dirt track event. Gates open at 4:00pm with racing at 5:00pm both nights. Overnight camping and parking is FREE. Friday: General admission $12.00  Kids 6-12 $5.00  Kids 5 and under FREE  Saturday: General admission $17.00  Kids 6-12 $7.00  Kids 5 and under FREE  

September 28, 2013 Race Results

IMCA MODIFIED (17 cars) Track Champion Brad Pounds 1   – 11X  Ricky Childress 2   – 10n  Rob Sanders 3   – 15B  Brad Pounds 4   – 2L   Larry Hood 5   – 17N  Steve Noland 6   – 51B  Bryan Clark 7   – 24   Roger Holder 8   – 22c   Michael Johnson 9   – 97    Jay Marks 10  – 2J    Justin Schweitzer 11  – 1J    Jeff Streeter 12  – 5     Bret Bennett 13  – 101  Randall Davis 14  – 55    Daylan Coffee 15  – [...]

Johnson snaps drought with Hobby Stock win

BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com Steven Johnson opened the Hobby Stock season with a victory at Bakersfield Speedway and it took 14 more races before finding his way back to Victory Lane. Johnson finally got his second victory in the final points race of the season, taking the lead on the 15th lap and leading the rest of the way in the 25-lap feature on the third-mile clay oval. Joining him in Victory Lane was his brother, Chad, [...]

September 21, 2013 Race Results

Hobby Stocks (20 cars) A Main 1. #26 Steven Johnson 2. #11 Chad Johnson 3. #33 Robert Swearengin 4. #2x Kevin Irwin 5. #79 Dale Frye Sr 6. #18 Kevin Collier 7. #78 Ralph Cooke 8. #56 Marcus Wankum 9. #44 Brian Childress 10. #79c Cody Chambers 11. #41 Tim Delcid Jr 12. #7K John Bedingfield Sr 13. #46 Mark Torres 14. #5 Joe Humphrey 15. #12H Brent Hosfeldt 16. #55 Karl Noland 17. #3K Jerry Keaton 18. #37 Aaron Stewart DNS #82 David Nunley DQ #77B Mike Bulley Dash 1. #26 Steven Johnson 2. #55 Karl Noland 3. #11 Chad Johnson 4. #77B Mike [...]

HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGETS BATTLE AT BAKERSFIELD SATURDAY

by Lance Jennings     SANTA MARIA, CA – SEPTEMBER 17, 2013… This Saturday, September 21st, the Honda USAC Western Midget Series their final appearance of the year at Scott Schweitzer’s Bakersfield Speedway. The showcase will also include the Honda USAC Western Ignite Midgets, Hobby Stocks, Mini Stocks, and Vintage Hard Tops. 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.”     Saturday’s event will mark the 95th appearance of the USAC [...]