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August 23, 2014 Race Results

IMCA Modifieds A Main1. #4 Brad Pounds2. #00 Kyle Heckman3. #07x Troy Morris Jr4. #5L Cody Laney5. #51B Bryan Clark6. #198 Robby Sawyer7. #17N Steve Noland8. #22D Ryan Daves9. #2J Justin Schweitzer10. #5 Bret Bennett11. #10N Kevin Irwin12. #71 Bill Wilker13. #101 Randall Davis14. #14B Steve Boles15. #52U John Uccillini16. #24 Roger Holder17. #29x Scott GatsonDNS #78s Matt SchweitzerHobby Stocks A Main1. #18 Kevin Collier2. #12H Brent Hosfeldt3. #26 Steven Johnson4. #2x Jimmy Irwin5. #70 Jon McKinley6. #33 Robert Swearengin7. #37 Aaron Stewart8. #87 Lloyd Wren Jr9. #78 Ralph Cooke10. [...]

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Kiefer leads all 25 laps of Sports Mod feature win at Speedway

BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com Levi Kiefer jumped into the lead at the drop of the green flag and led all 25 laps to win his second straight Sports Mod feature on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway. Kiefer started on the inside of the second row on the third-mile clay oval, but dove low heading into turn one on the start and came out of turn two with the lead. “I knew I had to make that move right off [...]

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August 16, 2014 Race Results

IMCA SportMods A Main1. #3AC Levi Keifer2. #c9 Chad Reichenbach3. #223 Lee Jensen4. #174 Ethan Dotson5. #74 Wayne Dotson6. #51 Kruz Griffith7. #5A Austin Frye8. #84G Kyle Griffith9. #24 Tyler Johnson10. #3 Jared Schweitzer11. #89M Michael Black12. #4 Garrett Jernagan13. #117 Tim Paddock14. #7 Gary Spiller15. #09 Brylon Holder16. #16 Ricky Childress Jr17. #30 Paul Menees18. #11B Brian Baker19. #14 Eric Manning20. #11 Chad JohnsonDNS #75B Brendon FryeSuper Streets A Main1. #14 Lonnie Welch2. #68J Billy Simkins3. #54 Brady Bell4. #78s Randy Schweitzer5. #5 Wayne Coffman6. #7B Johnny Bedingfield [...]

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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

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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 [...]