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Rutherford battles to win USAC Sprint Car race

  BY STEPHEN LYNCH Special to The Californian   A field full of fast cars and aggressive drivers combined with a smooth track made for a wreck-filled USAC West Coast Sprint Car main event Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.   Troy Rutherford of Ojai withstood five cautions and a late battle with Huntington Beach’s Nic Faas to win the 30-lap race, which lasted nearly an hour.   Rutherford went around Faas on the bottom with four laps to go and then hung on for his first [...]

March 23, 2014 News Read more...

360 Sprint cars roll into Bakersfield this weekend

  KUZZ night at the Races this Saturday night March 22nd featuring the West Coast 360 Sprint Cars. This is the only appearance of the 360 sprint cars in 2014 at the historic 1/3 mile high banked clay oval. Also running Saturday night will be the Motor City GMC SportMods, Melo’s Gas N Gear American Stocks and the DC’s RV Center Mini Stocks. Gates open at 4:00pm with racing getting underway at 6:00pm. 4 division of sliding sideways racing action [...]

March 18, 2014 News Read more...

March 15th 2014 Race Results

IMCA Modifieds (20 Cars) A Main 1. #15B Brad Pounds 2. #00 Kyle Heckman 3. #5L Cody Laney 4. #11 RC Whitwell 5. #97 Jay Marks 6. #18c Chris McKellar 7.#111 Logan Drake 8. #1J Jeff Streeter 9. #51B Bryan Clark 10. #2J Justin Schweitzer 11. #1x Steve Streeter 12. #198 Robby Sawyer 13. #14B Steve Boles 14. #24 Roger Holder 15. #5B Bret Bennett 16. #29x Scott Gatson 17. #90 Freddie Davis 18. #222 Larry Hood 19. #101 Randall Davis IMCA Sport Mods (33 Cars) A Main 1. #40 Nick Spainhoward 2. #223 Lee Jensen 3. #84G Kyle Griffith 4. #3 Jared Schweitzer 5. #28P John Piker 6. [...]

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Pounds powers to IMCA win

  BY STEPHEN LYNCH Special to The Californian   Last year’s Bakersfield Speedway IMCA Modified track champion Brad Pounds demonstrated on Saturday night why he’s once again the man to beat. The talented and always fast local driver narrowly edged Kyle Heckman to win the 25-lap IMCA Modified feature, rebounding from a 20th place finish in last week’s season opener. That poor result was due to a broken transmission. Pounds had no mechanical problems this time and led from wire-to-wire. A total [...]

March 16, 2014 News Read more...

6 Divisions Featured March 15th

Week 2 of the 2014 race season has six divisions scheduled which makes for a busy Saturday night March 15th. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, IMCA Street Stocks, NMRA Midgets, Mod Lites and Mini Dwarfs are set to invade the 1/3 mile high banked clay oval. Gates open at 4:00pm with racing at 6:00pm

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March 8th, 2014 Race Results

Late Models (26 cars) A Main 1. #2H Bobby Hogge IV 2. #27 Nick Bartels 3. #32B Clay Daly 4. #5K Mike Kirby 5. #66 Devin Crockett 6. #17 Larry Childress 7. #91T Tony Toste 8. #22G Paul Guglielmoni 9. #84G Kyle Griffith 10. #1N Mike Corwin 11. #7 Cody Laney 12. #5 RC Whitwell 13. #88 Jason Papich 14. #75 Tommy Malcolm 15. #21 Chris Barnett 16. #11x Steve Drake 17. #77 Bill Bartels 18. #10N Rob Sanders 19. #74 Dennis Souza 20. #84 Jeff Decker B Main 1. #5 RC Whitwell 2. #17 Larry Childress 3. #75 Tommy Malcolm 4. #22G Paul Guglielmoni 5. #77 Bill Bartels 6. #77L Eric Luckman 7. #5w Larry Wise 8. #16P Preston Luckman 9. [...]

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Hogge grabs the double Saturday night

  BY JEFF EVANS Californian staff writer jevans@bakersfield.com   The one-week delay in the 69th season opener for the Bakersfield Speedway only whetted the appetite of the spectators and drivers. On a very fast track Saturday night, Bobby Hogge IV of Salinas made it two straight wins in the IMCA Modifieds when he won an entertaining 25-lap main event. Hogge, who won a week earlier at Chowchilla, battled through eight yellow flags prompted by multiple crashes and spin-outs. Hogge, starting on the [...]

March 10, 2014 News Read more...

Late Models & Modifieds together this weekend

After a set back last Saturday due to rain, the Bakersfield Speedway gets back to racing in a big way March 8th. WCLM Late Models make there first appearance this Saturday night along with Hobby Stocks, American Stocks, Mini Stocks and now the IMCA Modifieds. Modifieds have been added to the event because of there first night rain out. This event is a great chance to see late models and modifieds on the same night during the regular season. [...]

March 2, 2014 News Read more...

2014 Season Opener

  2014 season opener March 1st 2014. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, Hobby Stocks and American Stocks. Spectator gates open at 4:00pm with racing starting at 6:00pm. General admission $12.00  Seniors (65 and older) $10.00  Military (Military ID required) $10.00  Kids 6-12 $5.00  5 and under FREE. Parking is always FREE. Pit gates open at 1:00pm

February 17, 2014 News Read more...