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June 16th 2012 Race Results

Late Models (18 Cars) A Main 1. #32B Clay Daly 2. #5K Mike Kirby 3. #7 Mike Johnson 4. #10N Robert Sanders 5. #22 Jason Selvidge 6. #29 Andy Obertello 7. #c9 Chad Reichenbach 8. #12 Ron Bartels 9. #17 Larry Childress 10. #8 John Lowry 11. #96 Carla Laney 12. #5x Dino Napier 13. #75 Tommy Malcolm 14. #1N Mike Corwin 15. #D1 Devin Crockett 16. #77 Bill Bartels 17. #53 David Spears DNS #36 Larry Brown Hobby Stocks (23 Cars) A Main 1. #11 Chad Johnson 2. #2x Jimmy Irwin 3. #04 Tom Manzella 4. #22D Ryan Daves 5. #78 Ralph Cooke 6. #9J Jordan Hagar 7. #37 Aaron Stewart 8. #23 Dylan Hagar 9. [...]

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Daly races to 30-lap Late Model win at Speedway

  BY STEPHEN LYNCH Special to The Californian   On a night where there was speed to be found in multiple grooves around Bakersfield Speedway, it was the bottom that proved to be a winner for Clay Daly during the Late Model feature race on Saturday night. Sticking to the low line almost exclusively, Daly won the 30-lap Late Model feature, passing Mike Corwin with 2 laps left to get the win on the third-mile Clay oval.       Daly led for 16 laps. Kirby went around [...]

June 18, 2012 News Read more...

Late Models return Satruday June 16th

Saturday June 16th, JACK FM Night at the Speedway featuring LateModels, H & S Body Works Hobby Stocks, DC’s RV Center Mini Stocks and RealFast.TV Mini Dawrfs. Gates open at 4:00pm, Mini dwarf heats start at 4:30pm Racing starts at 6:00pm. General admission $15.00   Kid 6-12 $5.00   5 and under FREE.

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June 9th 2012 Race Results

IMCA Modifieds (21 cars) A Main 1. #15B Brad Pounds 2. #11 Rick Childress Jr 3. #222 Gary Dutton 4. #25v Josh Vogt 5. #97 Jay Marks 6. #4 Joey Yantis 7. #51B Bryan Clark 8. #38s Nick Sylvester 9. #07x Troy Morris Jr 10. #22c Michael Johnson 11. #198 Robby Sawyer 12. #52u John Uccillini 13. #2J Justin Schweitzer 14. #21J Justin Crockett 15. #55 Daylan Coffey 16. #101 Randall Davis 17. #11x Kyle Heckman 18. #2L Larry Hood 19. #1P Scott Pounds 20. #61 Donald Houghton DNS #23 Jason Pike Super Streets (14 cars) A Main 1. #72 Lee Jensen 2. #97 Brian Shepherd 3. #14 Lonnie Welch 4. #68J Billy SImkins 5. #11 Ray Marroquin 6. [...]

June 11, 2012 2012, News, Results Read more...

Jensen masterful in feature victory

  BY STEPHEN LYNCH Special to The Californian   Lee Jensen’s biggest challenge wasn’t finding enough speed to win the Super Street feature Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.   It was trying to hold off the cars chasing him as he spent much of the 25-lap race weaving through and around lapped traffic.   Jensen did it masterfully, setting himself up to be able to out-duel Brian Shepherd for the victory in a green-white-checkered finish.   “This thing is just fast, there’s no two ways about it,” Jensen [...]

June 11, 2012 News Read more...

Early Start Times for Mini Dwarfs this Saturday

This weekend’s Mini dwarf heats will start at 4:30pm to help with the busy night of activities planned. The mini dwarf drivers will be doing a pass the helmet for donations for Make-A-Wish, and doing the early start again will help free the kids up later in the night for this.

June 8, 2012 News Read more...

BAKERSFIELD SPEEDWAY TO HOLD “RACING FOR WISHES” FOR LOCAL MAKE-A-WISH KIDS

Drivers at Bakersfield Speedway will be “Racing For Wishes” to raise money to grant wishes for sick kids in Kern County. Drivers have spent the past few months gathering items to be raffled for the charity and they are planning on raising a significant amount of the funds from a “pass the helmet” event to be held during the races that will bring the drivers into the stands to personally collect donations from the fans.   One driver in particular, little [...]

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June 2nd 2012 Race Results

IMCA Modifieds (23 cars) A Main 1. #1P Scott Pounds 2. #25v Josh Vogt 3. #15B Brad Pounds 4. #222 Gary Dutton 5. #51B Bryan Clark 6. #22c Michael Johnson 7. #97 Jay Marks 8. #M2 Danny Lauer 9. #101 Randall Davis 10. #07x Troy Morris Jr 11. #24 Roger Holder 12. #6 Shawn Calderwood 13. #5L Cody Laney 14. #29x Scott Gatson 15. #11x Kyle Heckman 16. #4 Joey Yantis 17. #11 Rick Childress Jr 18. #2 Larry Hood 19. #5w Larry Wise 20. #2J Justin Schweitzer 21. #38s Nick Sylvester 22. #51 Jason Bannister 23. #198 Robby Sawyer Hobby Stocks (25 cars) A Main 1. #2x Jimmy Irwin 2. #11 Chad Johnson 3. #24 [...]

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Pounds wins shortened IMCA Modifieds race at Bakersfield Speedway

  BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com   As the night wore on at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday, one thing became painfully apparent: nothing was going smoothly. Caution flags and race-halting red flags ate up time and by the time the featured event — a 25-lap IMCA Modified race — took the to the track the 11-o’clock curfew was looming. When that race got off to the same sort of “start” as the earlier American Stock, Sports Mod and Hobby Stock [...]

June 4, 2012 News Read more...

Saturday Night June 2nd

Saturday night June 2nd, IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks, American Stocks and Mini Stocks. Gates open at 4:00pm with Racing starting at 6:00pm. General admission $10.00  Kid 6-12 $5.00  5 and under are FREE.

May 31, 2012 News Read more...