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2015 Slate for 70th Season of the Bakersfield Speedway Revealed

  2015 SLATE FOR 70TH SEASON OF BAKERSFIELD SPEEDWAY REVEALED       BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (December 25, 2014) – Promoter Scott Schweitzer has unveiled an ambitious 70th schedule for the historic Bakersfield Speedway, which will see the west’s fastest one-third mile clay oval host nearly 40 events.  IMCA Racing will return for the 25th consecutive year with both Modifieds and Sport Modifieds as the headline divisions.       Championship racing will also continue for Street Stocks, American Stocks, Hobby Stocks, Mini Stocks, Mod Lites, and Jr. and [...]

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

  We would like to wish every fan, racer, crew, sponsor and partner of the Bakersfield Speedway a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 2014 was a great race season and we thank you for your continued support of the race track. The 70th race season is just around the corner and we couldn’t be more excited to kick it off Saturday night March 7th. God Bless and see you at the Dirt Track real soon… The Schweitzer Family

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2014 Thanksgiving Thunder Race Results

Saturday Nights Results: ModifiedsA Main1. #11 RC Whitwell2. #28P John Piker3. #78s Robby Sawyer4. #5 Bret Bennett5. #5K Mike Kirby6. #83 Kellen Chadwick7. #28H Darrell Hughes II8. #11x Kyle Heckman9. #24 Roger Holder10. #07x Troy Morris Jr11. #51B Bryan Clark12. #25 Craig Cassell13. #14B Steve Boles14. #33A Billy Wormsbecker15. #12 B J Wild16. #99 Brad Martin17. #2H Bobby Hogge IV18. #15B Brad Pounds19. #5SR Buddy Shelton20. #71 Bill WilkerDNS #07 Robert DiasB Main1. #5K Mike Kirby2. #07x Troy Morris Jr3. #71 Bill Wilker4. #25 Craig Cassell5. #12 B J Wild6. #5SR Buddy Shelton7. [...]

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WHITWELL, HOGGE, DOTSON AMONG BIG WINNERS IN INAUGURAL THANKSGIVING THUNDER

BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (December 1, 2014) – RC Whitwell and Bobby Hogge, IV kept Bakersfield out of the Modified victory lane, while Ethan Dotson swept Sport Mod action, in Friday and Saturday’s inaugural Thanksgiving Thunder at Bakersfield Speedway.  The event closed the 69th season at the fastest one-third mile clay oval in the West with large fields across the nine divisions racing.   Hogge followed up his sweep of the Budweiser Nationals by topping the 28 car Modified field on Friday night.  [...]

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INAUGURAL THANKSGIVING THUNDER THIS WEEKEND AT BAKERSFIELD SPEEDWAY

  BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (November 24, 2014) – This Friday and Saturday Bakersfield Speedway will conclude its 69th season of action with the inaugural Thanksgiving Thunder.  The event relocated to the west’s fastest one-third mile clay oval and will welcome teams from all over the West Coast.  Thanksgiving Thunder will put on a cap on dirt track racing in California for 2014 in a big way!       Modifieds, Sport Modifieds, and Hobby Stocks will run features on both days, while Mini Stocks and [...]

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Thanksgiving Thunder Nov 28th & 29th

OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM Just when you thought the 2014 race season was over the Bakersfield Speedway has gone and added one more event. Make plans to be at the Speedway November 28th & 29th for the 2014 Thanksgiving Thunder. 2 big nights of racing and the high banked clay oval. Complete event info will be release soon.

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2014 Bud Nationals Race Results

Saturday Late Models (25 Cars)A Main1. #2 Bobby Hogge IV2. #11x Steve Drake3. #7 Cody Laney4. #29 Andy Obertello5. #27 Nick Bartels6. #75 Tommy Malcolm7. #18 Cody Barnett8. #21J Devin Jones9. #32B Clay Daly10. #10N Rob Sanders11. #4P Richard Papenhausen12. #17 Laary Childress13. #13 Bricen James14. #91T Tony Toste15. #1N Mike Corwin16. #21 Steve Moore17. #22G Paul Guglielmoni18. #1P Brad Pounds19. #91P Jason Papich20. #84G Kyle Griffith21. #S Collen Winebarger22. #5x Dino NapierB Main 11. #21J Devin Crockett2. #91P Jason Papich3. #84G Kyle Griffith4. #75 Tommy Malcolm5. #18 Cody Barnett6. #1N Mike Corwin7. #5x Dino [...]

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Hogge IV wins four times at Bud Nationals

  BY MIKE GRIFFITH The Bakersfield Californian mgriffith@bakersfield.com   While there was plenty of cash on the line for winners of feature races during the season-ending Bud Nationals at Bakersfield Speedway, every winner also received a coveted Budweiser guitar as a trophy.   Eight were handed out over two days of racing, five of Saturday night.   Remarkably, Bobby Hogge IV of Salinas, went home with four of them.   Hogge won the Modified and Late Model features on Friday night then doubled down Saturday night, winning both [...]

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29th Annual Bud Nationals this week

The 29th Annual Budweiser Nationals are set to kick off this Friday night for two day of racing action at the Bakersfield Speedway October 10th & 11th. This popular end of the season event will include Late Models, Modifieds, SportMods, Hobby Stocks, Street Stocks & American Stocks. Upwards of 200 cars are expected to enter the race and with over 600 scheduled laps of racing in two days, this is the one dirt track event you don’t want to [...]

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September 27, 2014 Race Results

Sport Mods (17 Cars)A Main1. #16 Ricky Childress Jr2. #84G Kyle Griffith3. #22c Michael Johnson4. #74 Wayne Dotson5. #223 Lee Jensen **2014 Track Champion**6. #12 James Cecil7. #51 Kruz Griffith8. #20s Kevin Johnson9. #23M Marvin Leist10. #174 Ethan Dotson11. #89M Michael Black12. #117 Tim Paddock13. #3 Jared Schweitzer14. #24 Tyler Johnson15. #5K Brenda Kirby16. #13M Matt Mayo17. #18 Chris Harrington Hobby Stocks (19 Cars)A Main1. #2x Jimmy Irwin2. #18 Kevin Collier3. #91 Marcus Wankum4. #41 Tim Delcid5. #12H Brent Hosfeldt6. #26 Steven Johnson **2014 Track Champion**7. #56 Matt Wankum8. #87w [...]

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