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    Mini Dwarf start times changed for this weekend

    This Saturday night May 19th, the mini dwarf heat race starting times have been moved forward to help create more race time to complete the scheduled events. Heat races for mini dwarfs will start at 4:30pm sharp. With the enlarged car count planned for Saturday, this adjustment will help prevent the need to shorten any [...]

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Mini Dwarf start times changed for this weekend

Posted by on May 16, 2012

This Saturday night May 19th, the mini dwarf heat race starting times have been moved forward to help create more race time to complete the scheduled events. Heat races for mini dwarfs will start at 4:30pm sharp. With the enlarged car count planned for Saturday, this adjustment will help prevent the need to shorten any [...]

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Jensen cruises to Super Streets feature win

Posted by on May 14, 2012

  BY STEPHEN LYNCH Special to The Californian   Bakersfield Speedway’s slick racing surface was difficult for some drivers to maneuver around Saturday night.   Lee Jensen wasn’t one of them   Jensen grabbed an early lead and never looked back en route to winning the 25-lap Super Streets A-main.   Jensen took over the [...]

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Dutton claims victory on wild, wacky night

Posted by on May 7, 2012

  BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffth@bakersfield.com   As a full moon rose over turn three, it turned into one of those nights at Bakersfield Speedway.   The kind where nothing much goes as planned, where the flagman gets tennis elbow from repeatedly waving the caution flag in one race, then waves nothing but [...]

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Daly picks his way to victory

Posted by on April 30, 2012

BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer        mgriffith@bakersfield.com Clay Daly of Watsonville used a pick to perfection Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway. Daly was running second to Steve Drake as the leaders rapidly closed on slower traffic with 10 laps remaining in the 30-lap Late Model feature. Daly dove in turn four to take the lead [...]

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Johnson hangs on for Modifieds win at Speedway

Posted by on April 23, 2012

BY STEPHEN LYNCH Special to The Californian Michael Johnson’s starting position on the front row of Saturday night’s 25-lap IMCA Modifieds feature at Bakersfield Speedway didn’t ensure his eventual victory. But as the Bakersfield driver admitted after the race, it certainly helped. As did Johnson’s stout performance behind the wheel, holding off the challenge of [...]

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Warmer weather welcome sight for soggy Bakersfield Speedway

Posted by on April 19, 2012

BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com The heat will be on at Bakersfield Speedway, and throughout Kern County, on Saturday, which comes as a warm relief to race fans, drivers and yes, track owners. Soaking rains last Friday forced Bakersfield Speedway owner Scott Schweitzer to cancel last Saturday night’s planned races — the third [...]

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Tonight’s Event Cancelled due to Wet Conditions

Posted by on April 14, 2012

After the recent storm and every effort exhausted trying to prepare the facility for a safe event for racers, crew members, race fans and employees, I am left with no choice but to cancel tonight’s scheduled event. There are just too many unsafe conditions in and around the entire facility as a result of the [...]

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Decker wins USAC Midget main for Bakersfield owner McQueen

Posted by on April 9, 2012

BY MIKE GRIFFITH The Californian There was only one fast way around the Bakersfield third-mile clay oval during Saturday night’s USAC Western States Midget feature. Michele Decker of Guthrie, Okla. was there when the race started and was still there when it ended 30 laps later. Decker, running a car owned by Shannon McQueen of [...]

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USAC Midgets Return this Saturday Night

Posted by on April 2, 2012

USAC Western States midgets make there first of two visits in 2012 this Saturday night to the high banked 1/3 mile clay oval. A full field of USAC open wheel cars along with American stocks and the popular Okie Bowl hard tops round out a great night of racing entertainment.  KUZZ Radio night at the [...]

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Irwin wins Hobby Stock opener at Speedway

Posted by on March 26, 2012

BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersrfield.com It took four weeks and three tries for the Hobby Stock racers to get in their first feature race at Bakersfield Speedway. The Hobby Stocks were first scheduled to race on opening night and did — except for the feature, which was canceled due to curfew. Last week [...]