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2014 Registration Day

To get the season started off, the 2014 Membership Registration Day will be held Saturday February 8th. Registration will be from 10AM to 1 PM and located at the front concession area of the main grandstands. MEMBERSHIPS ARE NOT MANDATORY. Members will receive membership price pit passes all season & season end points fund money for top ten finishers. Membership Prices will be as follows: Bakersfield Speedway Member: $100.00 (drivers, parents & crew members for all divisions) Reserved Car Numbers: $25.00* Reserved Pit [...]

January 10, 2014 News Read more...

2013 Awards Banquet Info

The Awards Banquet for the 2013 race season is now set. Make plans to attend Saturday February 15th at the Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace. Doors open at 11am with food served at 12 noon. Modifieds, SportMods, Hobby Stocks, American Stocks, Mini Stocks and Mini Dwarfs will be honored at the event. If you plan on attending this event please have your reservation in by Monday February 10th as no tickets will be sold at the door. 2013 Banquet Invite

January 3, 2014 News Read more...

Season’s Greetings

On behalf of the Bakersfield Speedway, we would like to wish you and your family a Happy Holiday season. We look forward to the new 2014 race season. See you then…  

December 13, 2013 News Read more...

Sunday Jan 5th Go Karts, Mini Dwarfs, QRC Sprints and 1/4 Midget Racing

Gokarts, Mini Dwarfs, QRC Outlaw Sprints & .25 Midgets @ Bakersfield Speedway!!! Sunday January 5th All types of karts welcome. If it is safe, you wont get turned away. Gokarts, QRC Outlaw Sprints, .25 Midgets, Mini Dwarfs, etc. Pit gate opens @10am Drivers meeting @11am Racing to follow Pit parking will be on the track again Kart & Driver $35 Pit passes $5 Everyone will get 46 laps 6 lap hot laps 2- 10 lap heat races 20 lap main event We we will have plaques for the top 3 in each of [...]

October 15, 2013 News Read more...

28th Annual Budweiser Nationals 2013 Race Results

Bakersfield Speedway Budweiser Nationals191 Total Cars Saturday Late Models (31 Cars) A Main 1. #91P Jason Papich 2. #91T Tony Toste 3. #00 Jesse Stovall 4. #2H Bobby Hogge IV 5. #11x Steve Drake 6. #27 Nick Bartels 7. #2 Trevor Glaser 8. #10N Rob Sanders 9. #24w Rick Wyatt 10. #17 Larry Childress 11. #1P Brad Pounds 12. #75 Tommy Malcolm 13. #22G Paul Guglielmoni 14. #18 Cody Barnett 15. #53 Cody Laney 16. #30 Jeremy Shank 17. #5K Mike [...]

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Oregon’s Glaser makes most of travel, winning Late Model feature

BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com   The 28th annual Budweiser West Coast Nationals started its two-day run at Bakersfield Speedway on Friday night in impressive fashion as 155 cars were in the pits, the largest car count in several years. Trevor Glaser made the trek from Tangent, Ore., pay off as he drove to victory in the 30-lap Late Model feature. Glaser was running fourth when a caution bunched the field with eight laps to go. He used a [...]

October 12, 2013 News Read more...

28th Annual Budweiser Dirt Track Nationals

28th Annual Budweiser Dirt Track Nationals at Bakersfield Speedway. Friday and Saturday October 11th & 12th. Over 200 cars invade the 1/3 Mile High Banked Clay Oval for the premier west coast dirt track event. Gates open at 4:00pm with racing at 5:00pm both nights. Overnight camping and parking is FREE. Friday: General admission $12.00  Kids 6-12 $5.00  Kids 5 and under FREE  Saturday: General admission $17.00  Kids 6-12 $7.00  Kids 5 and under FREE  

October 1, 2013 News Read more...

September 28, 2013 Race Results

IMCA MODIFIED (17 cars) Track Champion Brad Pounds 1   – 11X  Ricky Childress 2   – 10n  Rob Sanders 3   – 15B  Brad Pounds 4   – 2L   Larry Hood 5   – 17N  Steve Noland 6   – 51B  Bryan Clark 7   – 24   Roger Holder 8   – 22c   Michael Johnson 9   – 97    Jay Marks 10  – 2J    Justin Schweitzer 11  – 1J    Jeff Streeter 12  – 5     Bret Bennett 13  – 101  Randall Davis 14  – 55    Daylan Coffee 15  – [...]

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Johnson snaps drought with Hobby Stock win

BY MIKE GRIFFITH Californian staff writer mgriffith@bakersfield.com Steven Johnson opened the Hobby Stock season with a victory at Bakersfield Speedway and it took 14 more races before finding his way back to Victory Lane. Johnson finally got his second victory in the final points race of the season, taking the lead on the 15th lap and leading the rest of the way in the 25-lap feature on the third-mile clay oval. Joining him in Victory Lane was his brother, Chad, [...]

September 24, 2013 News Read more...