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World of Outlaws & California Lightning Sprints invade Bakersfield Speedway Friday

Bakersfield Speedway hosts the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars this Friday By Gary Thomas Bakersfield, CA…With plenty of sunshine in the forecast Bakersfield Speedway is locked and loaded to welcome the “Greatest Show on Dirt” this Friday, as the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series rolls into town. Complimenting the Outlaws on Friday evening will be the always entertaining California Lightning Sprints. The Bakersfield Speedway helps kick-off the final weekend in the Golden State during the early [...]

March 21, 2022 News Read more...

BAKERSFIELD HOSTS USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR CLASH

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series BAKERSFIELD HOSTS USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR CLASH By Lance Jennings MARCH 7, 2022… The USAC West Coast Sprint Cars will take center stage this Saturday, March 12th, at Bakersfield Speedway. Promoted by Scott Schweitzer, the second point race will also feature Stock Cars, Mod Lites, and Mini Stocks at “The West’s Fastest 1/3-Mile High Banked Clay Oval.” The Pit Gates will open at 2:00pm, Spectator Gates will open at 4:00pm, and Racing [...]

March 9, 2022 News Read more...

2022 OPEN PRACTICE

Open practice for all divisions is scheduled for Saturday night February 26th. Practice time is 5 PM to 9 PM and is open to all cars (NO INFIELD TRACK CARS). Pit gates open at 4:30PM. Practice fee is $40.00 per person entering the pit area. Grandstands are free to watch. Pit concessions will be available, NO ALCOHOL ALLOWED IN PIT AREA.

January 10, 2022 News Read more...

KOFOID AIMS TO MAKE A STATEMENT TUESDAY AT BAKERSFIELD

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Bakersfield, California (November 15, 2021)………Coming up through the ranks in the earliest years of his racing career, Buddy Kofoid idolized Kyle Larson. In November 2020’s November Classic at California’s Bakersfield Speedway, the two competed as teammates for the first time on the venerable Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports team where, not only did Kofoid team up with him, he went toe-to-toe and prevailed. “I can’t believe we just beat Kyle,” Kofoid exclaimed at the time. “As a [...]

November 15, 2021 News Read more...

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Due to the upcoming weather forecast with continued high heat and now extreme unhealthy air quality, we are unfortunately cancelling the next two events scheduled in August. We don’t want to make any bad situations for fans, racers, crew or staff with the forecasted weather. August 14th and 21st will be cancelled with no make up dates. We will return back racing 100% August 28th for the Annual Mike Moshier Classic and run the remaining 2021 events as scheduled. [...]

August 9, 2021 News Read more...

CA IMCA SPEEDWEEKS KICKS OFF FOR 2021 AT BAKERSFIELD SPEEDWAY FRIDAY NIGHT APRIL 30th

This Friday night kicks off the 2021 California IMCA Speedweeks right here at the Bakersfield Speedway. The powerful week of racing saw huge car counts in 2020 and we are expecting the same for 2021. IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods and IMCA Stock cars will all be ready to claim round#1 of the series Friday night. State and County Covid restrictions are still in effect at the Bakersfield Speedway so our concession stand will remain closed. During this time you [...]

April 26, 2021 News Read more...

March 20th, 2021 Event Cancelled

Thank you all for another great night of racing. Your support is greatly appreciated. As we stated in an earlier post we will be changing weekly for a while and making decisions that may not make sense. Please keep in mind we want to open up as safely as possible without future problems or restrictions. With that said we have some challenges, so this weekend, March 20th we will be dark with no racing. We will keep you updated [...]

March 15, 2021 News Read more...

RACE RESULTS for MARCH 6th, 2021

Bakersfield Speedway March 6th, 2021 Race Results IMCA Modifieds 222 Cody Laney71 Dylan Thorton3ac Austin Kiefer41 Danny Lauer5 174 Ethan Dotson51g Gavin Manning22d Ryan Davesar15 Jack Aguiar91 Michael Scruggs97 Paul Culp10n Rob Sanders12 51b Bryan Clark13 Jerry Flippo1x Stephen Streeter15b Brad Pounds111 Logan Drake198 Robby Sawyer31a Alyssa Smith03 Jim Pettie III111x Kyle heckman7 Mike [...]

March 8, 2021 News Read more...