The International Speedway Challenge is just the beginning of the 2023 campaign at Kern County Raceway Park.

After Kevin Harvick announced Thursday that the 2023 season would be his final NASCAR campaign, the city of Bakersfield responded by showing its love and sharing its memories of his racing career.

After spending nearly 35 years competing across the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. national speedway team is coming back home.

The racing world at large got introduced to Kevin Harvick when he joined the NASCAR Cup Series in 2001. But Bakersfield, and his native Oildale in particular, knew him well long before then.

Buddy Kolfold will be seeking his third straight USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship race victory at Bakersfield Speedway on Tuesday Night.

When Tyler Hilton failed to qualify at the last event, he and his family went all in - parking their Chevy-powered Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster and pushing a former championship winning Chrysler-powered car.

The normal oildowns, a trip to the sand, a crash and yep, even a few early evening raindrops, made for a long Saturday during the 20th NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion at Famoso Dragstrip.

Bret Williamson left Famoso Drag strip seven months ago with a Nostalgia Top Fuel win at the March Meet and the early NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series points lead.

Conceived as a one-time event to honor the people and machines from the early days of drag racing, the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion celebrates its 30th anniversary Friday through Sunday at Famoso Drag Strip.

Six divisions of racing will take place on Friday and Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway as the track hosts the 39th annual Budweiser Nationals.

The Bakersfield Speedway hosted the 2022 Mike Moshier Classic on Saturday, featuring IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, Hobby Stocks and American Stocks.

Bakersfield’s Buddy Shepherd could almost see his second Spears Southwest tour victory and a $10,000 payday Saturday night at Kern County Raceway Park.

Rick Stewart, the National Hot Rod Association's chief starter and a longtime racer himself, died Friday at the age of 80, according to the NHRA's official website.

There were a lot of pistons, superchargers and engine blocks sacrificed Sunday at Famoso Dragstrip.

Dan Horan was practically unbeatable in the Nostalgia Top Fuel Dragster class a year ago.

Driving a front-engined Top Fuel dragster is a bit of family tradition for the Horan family.

Talk about making up for lost time.

Derek Thorn is poised to claim his sixth Spears SRL Southwest Tour championship in his home base of Bakersfield.

Since the day he was born, Kamaka Pocock has been immersed in the hot rodding culture.

It wasn't as dominating a performance as two years ago, but it came close.

A bit of Bakersfield Speedway history was a victim of the COVID pandemic in 2020.

With a first-place finish at the JM Environmental Wild West Shootout in Stockton on Saturday, Bakersfield’s Derek Thorn won his seventh consecutive Spears SRL Southwest Tour race.

It wasn’t a dominant performance, and it certainly wasn’t easy, but Derek Thorn continued his win streak on Saturday.

If anyone needed any extra validation of how dominant Bakersfield’s Derek Thorn has been this season, a local sponsor helped solidify things by sweetening the pot for the remainder of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series.

Derek Thorn is making it look easy in the Spears SRL Southwest Tour series.

The Bakersfield Condors are hoping a new environment might bring different results when they host the San Diego Gulls on Friday night at Mechanics Bank Arena.

I had the most amazing dream last night. It was the type of vision that was so vivid, that I woke up and immediately had to check my phone to confirm the details.

When all is said in done, the year that was 2020 will be more significant for what didn’t happen than what did — at least in the local sports landscape.

Bakersfield's Derek Thorn took victory lane once again after winning the FAST 110 presented by COMP Cams season finale race of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series on Saturday night at Kern County Raceway Park. It was Thorn's fifth series championship.

It was a familiar feeling for competitors at Kern County Raceway Park on Sunday afternoon as the Spears Southwest Tour and ARCA Menards Pro Series West rolled into town to race in front of empty grandstands.

Inspired by the first responders who raced into the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, Kercie Jung wanted to do something to show her support for the brave men and women who put their lives on the line every day.

COVID-19 and cancellations continue to go hand-and-hand.

There was nothing normal about it, but for the first time this year engines were roaring at Auto Club Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield Speedway and Kern County Raceway on the same night.

Ron Capps, who has won more than 60 NHRA Funny Car races and a world championship, said last week he a place reserved in his trophy room in Carlsbad for a March Meet trophy should he ever get one.

It was a day of a record run and a stunning upset Saturday in Funny Car competition during the Good Vibrations Motorsports March Meet at Auto Club Famoso Raceway.

To many, the smell of nitro means it's the March Meet.