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Hogge wins final race of the 2015 season at Bakersfield Speedway

Bobby Hogge regained his form Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway. Hogge, of Salinas, brought the second annual Thanksgiving Thunder to a conclusion by winning the Modified 30-lap feature, the final race of the season on the third-mile clay oval. Hogge won his first two races at the track this year but was blanked in four ties after that. Cody Laney, who won on Friday night, took the lead from Robby Sawyer early on and had a large cushion when he got caught [...]

December 1, 2015 News Read more...

Outlaws Announce 2016 Kick-Off Schedule

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Announces Select 2016 Kick-Off Tour Dates Tickets are now on sale for select events in California as well as events at Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, Lincoln Speedway, New Egypt Speedway and Lernerville Speedway CONCORD, N.C. – Nov. 19, 2015 – The World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series announced  select dates for the 2016 kick-off tour which covers events following DIRTcar Nationals and brings the ‘Greatest Show on Dirt’ west to Texas, Nevada, Arizona [...]

November 19, 2015 News Read more...

Thanksgiving Thunder 2015

The 2nd Annual Thanksgiving Thunder is now set for November 27th & 28th 2015. The two day racing event marks the final race of the 2015 season and is a great way to finish off the year. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, Hobby Stocks, American Stocks, Pro Stocks and Mod Lites will all do battle around the 1/3 Mile High Banked Clay Oval. Complete racing events each night makes this an exciting event for racers and fans. Spend Thanksgiving at [...]

October 30, 2015 News Read more...

Sunday GoKarts & Mini Dwarf Racing

Mark your calendars for the next round of Sunday racing takes place November 15th. GoKarts, Mini Dwarfs, QRC Sprints and 1/4 Midgets. All types of karts welcome. We will find a class for you to run in. Pit gate opens 10am, Drivers meeting @11am, Racing to follow. Kart & Driver $35 Pit paases $5 All racers will get 46 laps 6 hot laps 2- 10 lap heat races 20 lap main event Plaques for top 3 in kid classes Driver safety gear required: Helmet, Gloves, Neck [...]

October 30, 2015 News Read more...

Apocalypse Speedway Off-Road Truck Event

The BTUFF Apocalypse Speedway Off-Road Series rolls through Bakersfield Speedway this Saturday night October 24th. This year’s event will feature head to head truck racing, side by side racing, tug of war, trophy kart racing, Armageddon race and mini dwarf racing. Racing get’s under way at 5:00pm Saturday with the gates opening at 4:00pm. General admission is $15 with kids 12 and under just $10. After the racing head on down to the pit after party with live music, [...]

October 20, 2015 News Read more...

30th Annual Budweiser Nationals Race Results

Saturday Late Models A Main 1. #11x Steve Drake 2. #2 Bobby Hogge IV 3. #27 Nick Bartels 4. #91T Tony Toste 5. #<S> Collen Winebarger 6. #7 Cody Laney 7. #1 Joey Tanner 8. #29 Andy Obertello 9. #13 Bricen James 10. #21 Devin Crockett 11. #32B Clay Daly 12. #17 Larry Childress 13. #15E Bill Egleston 14. #96M Matt Micheli 15. #10N Rob Sanders 16. #63 Justin Rich 17. #37 Ray Trimble 18. #G17 Fito Gallardo 19. #22G Paul Guglielmoni 20. #49 Troy Foulger 21. #21K Terry Kuntz 22. #3 Anthony Pombo DNS #1N JR Brown   Friday Late Models A Main 1. #91T Tony [...]

October 12, 2015 2015, News, Results Read more...

Spainhoward caps off year with Budweiser Nationals win

Saturday was another night of intense battles at Bakersfield Speedway for the conclusion of the 30th Annual Budweiser Nationals. Track champion Nick Spainhoward was able to add a Bud National win to his season, leading all 30 laps of the Sport Mod main. “I can’t believe it, this is such a huge accomplishment for me,” Spainhoward said. “This is what everybody here looks forward to.” Rick Childress Jr. fought hard to pass Spainhoward all race, coming in second. “I just tried working him [...]

October 12, 2015 News Read more...

30TH RUNNING OF THE BUDWEISER NATIONALS THIS WEEKEND

 A historic 70th season of competition at Bakersfield Speedway is quickly coming to a close, and with that, the anticipation is building towards the 30th Budwesier Nationals on October 9th and 10th.  The premier stock car open show on the West Coast welcomes over 200 teams to compete on the fastest one-third mile dirt oval.   Bobby Hogge IV will attempt to duplicate his incredible sweep of both the Late Models and IMCA Modifieds from the 2014 edition.  Hogge won the [...]

October 5, 2015 News Read more...

September 26th 2015 Race Results

Mid Cal Fabrication IMCA Modifieds A Main 1. #11x Kyle Heckman 2. #174 Ethan Dotson 3. #51B Bryan Clark 4. #G5 Brad Pounds **2015 Track Champion** 5. #11 Cody Laney 6. #c9 Chad Reichenbach 7. #2J Justin Schweitzer 8. #5K Mike Kirby 9. #07x Troy Morris Jr 10. #17N Steve Noland 11. #28P John Piker 12. #77 Bill Bartels 13. #08 Dave Phipps 14. #78s Matt Schweitzer 15. #198 Robby Sawyer DNS #5L Carla Laney DNS #50 Steven Fangmeyer Motor City GMC IMCA Northern SportMods A Main 1. #16 Ricky Childress Jr 2. #97 Gary Dutton 3. #68J Billy Simkins 4. #22c Michael [...]

September 28, 2015 2015, News, Results Read more...

Championships decided at Speedway

BY MIKE GRIFFITH  mgriffith@bakersfield.com    The wins weren’t there this season for Brad Pounds but the consistency was and that lead to another IMCA Modified track championship at Bakersfield Speedway. Pounds had the championship locked up by taking the green flag on Saturday night then went on to finish fourth. It was his 12th top-five finish in 18 races, more than any other driver. Pounds had one win this season as there were 11 different winners. By many accounts it was a [...]

September 28, 2015 News Read more...