Late Model twin features on tap at Kern County Raceway Saturday before track heads into summer break
The last opportunity to see pavement racing at Kern County Raceway Park before a five-week summer break is this Saturday night.
“Fast” Jack Beckman is more than just a championship Funny Car driver. He’s a huge fan of drag racing, past and present.
Robby Sawyer was a late arrival Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway but he was in a big hurry at the end of the night.
With an 11-year Major League Baseball career now in the rearview mirror, Colby Lewis is free to pursue other interests that were off limits while he was a pitcher for the Texas Rangers and other clubs.
A nine-car invert for the second of twin 30-lap Late Model feature races couldn’t keep Trevor Huddleston from sweeping the competition Saturday night at Kern County Raceway Park.
Roger Holder dodged a couple of wrecks right in front of him then went on to win the Super Stock feature on Saturday night at Kern County Raceway Park.
Fireworks will light the sky Saturday night at Kern County Raceway Park, but not before plenty of racing action on all three asphalt tracks.
Fans were treated to a fireworks show as part of the 6th Annual Richie McGowan Memorial on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.
Stroll through the pits at an American Nostalgia Racing Association event, and the first thing you notice is the cars.
The pictures on the wall of his Oildale home, trophies in a case and a scrapbook filled with clippings from the 1950s and ‘60s are visual delights, but listening to Frank Secrist tell racing stories from years gone by is pure joy.
Scott Pounds started turning left at Bakersfield Speedway 43 years ago.
IMCA Modifieds headline five divisions of racing at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night.
Larry Childress hasn’t lost the desire to race, but after 31 years in the sport, his body had said “enough.”
Clay Daly took a liking to the third-mile clay oval at The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park on Friday night.
Kern County Raceway Park kicks off six straight weeks of competition with doubleheader action at the facility this weekend.
Tate Loftis crossed the finish line first, sideways and in the infield, but he was not the winner of a wild 25-lap Hobby Stock feature on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.
Cody Laney drove hard and waited patiently for his chance to make a move to the front of the field during the IMCA Modified feature Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.
IMCA Modifieds headline a full night of racing at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday as five divisions will take to the third-mile clay oval.
There was a heck of a battle going on in the Hobby Stock feature Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway, but Karl Noland Sr. didn’t see any of that.
Brandon Weaver got out of his NASCAR Late Model, pumped his fists high in the air and then bowed toward the grandstands.
More than 30 times a year, racers and fans roll into Bakersfield Speedway for traditional Saturday night short-track racing.
Twelve years ago, Butch Hedrick staged his first American Nostalgia Racing Association at Los Angeles County Raceway in Palmdale with 65 cars in the pits.
Some of the action Sunday during the American Nostalgia Racing Association Season Opener at Auto Club Famoso Raceway.
A late caution totally changed the complexion of the Spears Southwest Tour race Saturday night at Kern County Raceway Park.
Brad Pounds raced to his second IMCA Modified victory of the year Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.
He’s the all-time Spears Southwest Tour leader in poles and wins and has won three series championships.
Damion Gardner of Concord showed the fans at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night why he is a five-time USAC/CRA Sprint Car champion.
Powerful 410-cubic inch non-winged Sprint Cars will be sliding through the corners at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night for the first time in a dozen years.
The fastest cars on dirt rolled into The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park on Saturday night and Cory Elison of Hanford proved to be the fastest of the fast.
The first time Bakersfield’s Josh Jackson saw a Supermoto race he was hooked.
From two wheels to four wheels, Kern County Raceway Park will have plenty going on this weekend.
Steven Johnson raced to an IMCA Stock Car victory on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.
Scott Pounds raced to victory Friday night in the A-Mod feature at The Dirt Track at KCRP.
It will be a busy weekend at Kern County Raceway Park with a doubleheader culminating with the opening of the regular season on the paved tracks.
Raymond Noland Jr. took the lead on the 18th lap and raced to victory in the 25-lap Hobby Stock feature on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.
It was a longshot, at best, but two races into the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West season, the opportunity for a driver to earn a $100,000 bonus is gone.
For second-year driver Blaine Perkins of Bakersfield, tonight’s NAPA 150 K&N Pro Series West race at Kern County Raceway Park is an opportunity to compete in front of hometown friends, hone his skills and, if all went in his favor, come away with a win.
Robby Sawyer capped a great weekend of racing with a victory in the IMCA Modified feature on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.
There was no catching Mike Hill Jr. on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.
For the past five weeks, John Piker has been reworking The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park.
Kern County Raceway Park will host two distinctly different events over a seven-day period as the racing season kicks into high gear at the multifaceted facility.
Jason Nation demonstrated the full range of his driving skills during the 25-lap IMCA Sport Mod feature Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway
Ronnie Gardner has show he’s pretty good at wheeling a Midget around whatever track he happens to be on at the time.
For the past 13 years, Mendy Fry has been trying to make a name for herself in nostalgia racing.
The weather was the ultimate winner Sunday at Auto Club Famoso Raceway.
On the rear quarter panel of Dan Horan Junior’s Nostalgia Funny Car there is a front-engined Top Fuel dragster doing a burnout.
Ethan Dotson started the Bakersfield Speedway season off with an impressive drive in the IMCA Modified feature.
As far as Mike McIntire Sr., is concerned, just being able to make the trip from Chesterland, Ohio, and participate in the Good Vibrations Motorsports March Meet was worth the 2,400-mile trek by itself.
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