They raced against each other in Mini Dwarfs, battled in American Stocks and now quite often find themselves rubbing fenders in the Hobby Stock division.

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series West makes its annual stop Saturday on the road course at Sonoma Raceway where Cup interlopers have come away with victories in five of the past seven races.

Sport Mods headline five divisions of competition on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.

It hasn’t been the best of seasons thus far for former Super Stock champion Johnny Bedingfield, but one can bet he will be smiling a lot come Saturday night at Kern County Raceway.

It happens all across America.

An altercation in the pits at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night has left one person hospitalized and another arrested.

It’s a long haul for Matthew Hagio to race at Bakersfield Speedway, but his dedication to doing so is paying off.

Sometimes it’s all about the trophy.

Late Models provide the thunder, but Sport Modifieds will likely feature the closest racing at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night.

The Bakersfield Condors signed five players to American Hockey League contracts on Tuesday, a day after solidifying their assistant coaching staff.

He’s won championships in go karts, Bandoleros and Legend cars. Now, Bakersfield’s Brandon Weaver has set his sights on a Late Model championship at Kern County Raceway.

Back-to-back nights of racing is on tap this weekend at Kern County Raceway Park with races on the Dirt Track as well as the asphalt track.

Michael Johnson was a man on a mission late Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway and he used most of the third-mile clay oval to complete it.

Tyler Johnson had to leave the race track on the hook of a tow truck during an IMCA Stock heat race on Saturday at Bakersfield Speedway.

Former track champion Chris McKellar became the first two-time winner in the Sports Mod division last Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway and has the chance to double his victory total this Saturday night.

After sliding across the start/finish line to finish second in the first of twin 35-lap Super Stock features, Anthony Mainella said he hoped to be going straight and getting to the checkered flag first in the second feature.

Four Sport Mod races at Bakersfield Speedway have produced four different winners and one driver is standing above them all.

It was all about twin races on Saturday night at Kern County Raceway Park, but no driver came away with twin victories on the paved half-mile oval.

More than 60 years after members of the old Smokers Car club took their racing from the streets to the strip, Auto Club Famoso Raceway is trying to lure street racers into a safer alternative.

When it comes to grassroots racing, Bakersfield has it covered.

One driver stated on the front row, the other dead last and they both came away winners on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.

Hobby Stock drivers saw plenty of flashing yellow on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway as numerous cautions for minor events slowed the pace of the 25-lap feature.

Porterville’s Steve Noland had virtually no chance to win the A Mod feature on Friday night at The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park, yet he was there in Victory Lane at the end of the 30 lapper.

Nick Spainhoward and Gary Dutton have each raced to a win, but Michael Johnson leads the early Sport Mod points race heading into Saturday night’s race at Bakersfield Speedway.

Cody Laney took advantage of slower traffic to take the lead, then pulled away to win the 30-lap IMCA Modified feature on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.

The first of eight Late Model races featuring twin main events takes place Saturday night at Kern County Raceway.

Matt Hagio of Palmade finally found his way to victory lane at Bakersfield Speedway.

The American Nostalgia Racing Association opens its season on Saturday at Auto Club Famoso Raceway, which also means it’s time to honor the 2017 series champions.

Make no mistake about it. When it comes to Super Late Model racing on the West Coast, Bakersfield’s Derek Thorn is the standard bearer.

Shane Golobic found what he thought would be the fast way around the Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway during a couple of quick warm up laps.

Nicholas Johnson climbed from his race car and pounded his fists against the roof as if he were beating a drum.

The NARC King of the West Fujitsu Racing Series kicks off its 2018 racing season at The Dirt at KCRP but it will be a day later than planned.

Former Bakersfield Speedway champion Nick Spainhoward opened the IMCA Sports Mod season at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night with a victory in the 30-lap feature.

Kern County Raceway kicked off its regular season last Saturday night as Super Stock and Spec Mod drivers took to the paved half mile oval while Legends were on the quarter mile.

For most of the night, Jason Johnson was the fastest Outlaw at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night.

It took three extra weeks, but the Bakersfield Speedway racing season, which was supposed to kick off on March 1, finally got under way on Saturday night.

At 54 years of age, former Arvin resident Tom Devitt is enjoying life touring the country with his wife, Sharene.

For the fourth straight week, Scott Schweitzer is looking toward the skies, eyeing weather forecasts and working hard to try to get his season underway.

Digger Helm lived life in the fast lane.

Heading into his first ever race at Kern County Raceway Park, Monster Energy Cup star Kevin Harvick repeatedly said it wasn’t about him, it was about trying to grow grassroots racing.

The timing could not be better for Bakersfield’s Kevin Harvick to be making his racing debut on Thursday night at Kern County Raceway Park.

For the third straight weekend Scott Schweitzer will be hoping to open the gates and get the Bakersfield Speedway season in gear.

Bakersfield native Kevin Harvick never won a NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at the old Mesa Marin Raceway while working his way toward what has been a lengthy career at the top echelon of stock car racing.

Bakersfield Speedway will try to kick off it’s 73rd consecutive season of racing on Saturday night and once again it appears weather will be a deciding factor.

Bobby Cottrell made his the slowest run of the week in the Funny Car final Sunday at Auto Club Famoso Raceway.

It didn’t rain much, or often Saturday at Auto Club Famoso Raceway.

A year ago, Nostalgia Funny Car driver Dan Horan Jr. honored the memory of his father by having the rear quarter panel of his car adorned with a depiction of his father’s front-engined dragster doing a burnout.