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Welch battles for Street Stock main victory

  BY STEPHEN LYNCH Special to The Californian   It took every bit of Lonnie Welch’s finely tuned driving skills for him to best Billy Simkins and win the 20-lap Super Street Stock feature Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.   The two drivers went back and forth with each other in a spirited battle, swapping the lead three times until Welch, running the high line around the track, powered in front of Simkins for good with seven laps to go.   “I thought the bottom was [...]

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August 9, 2014 Race Results

Late ModelsA Main1. #75 Tommy Malcolm2. #10N Bobby Hogge IV3. #32B Clay Daly4. #77 Cody Laney5. #27 Nick Bartels6. #66 Devin Crockett7. #17 Larry Childress8. #11x Steve Drake9. #96 Carla Laney10. #5x Dino Napier11. #4 Jerry StewartHobby Stocks A Main1. #26 Steven Johnson2. #18 Kevin Collier3. #77 Mike Bulley4. #16 Ricky Childress Jr5. #37 Aaron Stewart6. #87 Lloyd Wren Jr7. #7 Kyle Fife8. #79c Cody Chambers9. #21 Kyle Wood10. #78 Ralph Cooke11. #12H Brent Hosfeldt12. #33 Robert Swearengin13. #52 Perry Alderman14. #50 Noah [...]

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RACING continues again this Saturday night August 16

  Racing continues this Saturday night August 16 featuring IMCA Northern SportMods, IMCA Street Stocks, American Stocks and the Mini Dwarfs. Racing gets underway at 6:00pm with the gates opening up at 4:00pm. General admission $12.00   Seniors & Military $10.00   Kids 6-12 $5.00   5 and under FREE. Like us on Facebook and enter to win a free pair of tickets to the races. www.facebook.com/bakersfieldspeedway

August 13, 2014 News Read more...

Johnson grabs Hobby Stock victory

  BY STEPHEN LYNCH Special to The Californian   The pass for the lead was the easy part for Steven Johnson. Holding onto to first place proved to be much more difficult, but the Bakersfield driver was up to the challenge.   Johnson took advantage of late race engine problems by 80-year old Ralph Cook to inherit the lead during a Lap 16 restart then fought off Kevin Collier to pickup his third feature win of the year.   Collier finished second. Kyle Wood was third. [...]

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KUZZ Night at the Races this Saturday August 9th

KUZZ night at the races this Saturday night August 9th featuring Late Models, Hobby Stocks, American Stocks, Mod Lites & Hard Tops. Gates open at 4:00pm with Racing getting underway at 6:00pm. General admission $16.00  Seniors & Military $14.00  Kids 6-12 $6.00   5 and under FREE

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August 2, 2014 Race Results

IMCA Northern SportMods (24 Cars)A Main1. #c9 Chad Reichenbach2. #22c Michael Johnson3. #16 Ricky Childress Jr4. #14 Eric Manning5. #51 Kruz Griffith6. #5K Brenda Kirby7. #223 Lee Jensen8. #3AC Ethan Dotson9. #4 Garrett Jernagan10. #33 Cale Kanke11. #20s Kevin Johnson12. #35 Johnny Wood13. #17T Bryan Terry14. #117 Tim Paddock15. #83 Jason Nation16. #74 Wayne Dotson17. #97 Gary Dutton18. #13M Matt Mayo19. #5A Austin Frye20. #30 Paul Menees21. #84G Randy Griffith22. #38 Nick SylvesterDNS #174 Levi KieferDNS #28P John PikerIMCA Modifieds (18 Cars)A Main1. #22D Ryan Daves2. #07x Troy Morris [...]

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Daves dominates in IMCA Modifieds race

  BY STEPHEN LYNCH Special to The Californian   Ryan Daves didn’t have much to say at the conclusion of the IMCA Modified feature Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.   Daves let his driving skills do all of his talking instead. The Bakersfield driver dominated the race, leading all but the first lap of the 25-lap event.   “Thank you,” was all Daves said when interviewed in Victory Lane about his first-ever win in an IMCA Modified by track announcer Steve Hughes.   Troy Morris Jr., who closely [...]

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July 26, 2014 Race Results

IMCA Sport Mods (19 Cars) A Main 1. #38 Nick Sylvester 2. #16 Rick Childress Jr 3. #51 Kruz Griffith 4. #14 Eric Manning 5. #174 Ethan Dotson 6. #84G Kyle Griffith 7. #223 Lee Jensen 8. #4 Garrett Jernagan 9. #22c Michael Johnson 10. #c9 Chad Reichenbach 11. #83 Jason Nation 12. #24 Tyler Johnson 13. #32 Tina McGowan 14. #93 Tim Bewley 15. #35 Johnny Wood 16. #117 Tim Paddock 17. #74 Wayne Dotson 18. #2s Jared Schweitzer 19. #5A Austin Frye IMCA Modifieds (12 Cars) A Main 1. #198 Robby Sawyer 2. #15B Brad Pounds 3. #222 Larry Hood 4. #00 Kyle Heckman 5. #10N Kevin Irwin 6. #5 Bret Bennett 7. [...]

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Sawyer takes modified main

  BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com   Robby Sawyer raced to his first victory of the season Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway, then apologized.   Not for anything he did on Saturday on the third-mile clay oval as he put in a stellar drive, but for an incident several weeks ago that landed him a five-week suspension from IMCA Modified competition.   “It feels goods, it’s been a bad year,” Sawyer said. “Everybody on this car (sponsors) stuck with me for all the crap [...]

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