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.

The sportsman racers had a day almost entirely to themselves on Thursday as the Good Vibrations Motorsports March Meet opened a four-day run at Auto Club Famoso Raceway.

Early last Saturday morning, Bobby Cottrell strolled to the starting line at Auto Club Famoso Raceway and snapped a picture looking down the track.

Each passing year is unique to all of us. For me, 2019 has been memorable for the things that have happened to me, and more importantly, the things that didn’t.

United State Auto Club NOS Energy Drink National Midgets and California’s Bakersfield Speedway have a history that dates back six decades.

Mendy Fry will celebrate a second straight Nostalgia Top Fuel championship this weekend at Auto Club Famoso Raceway.

Less equaled more for Robby Sawyer this year.

After covering a variety of sports over the past five decades, I am putting away the chisel and stone and calling it a career.

Linny White went from sixth to fourth in the final three laps and that was enough to propel him to the overall win of split Spears Southwest Tour race on Saturday night at Kern County Raceway.

Whether it’s on the dirt at Bakersfield Speedway or the pavement of Kern County Raceway there are sure to be fireworks galore on Saturday night.

Dylan Thornton was the class of the IMCA Modified field on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.

Like many of the young guns in the Mod Lites series the past couple of years, Kaden Cochrun often ran well but came up short of rolling into Victory Lane.

The Western Racesaver Sprint cars make the first of three appearances this season at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night.

Twin Late Model features on Saturday night at Kern County Raceway produced the same three drivers at the front of the field, just in inverse order.

Jim Coffey has never ran out of gas on the open road.

Late Model stock cars headline six divisions of competition on Saturday night at Kern County Raceway.

There was one fast way around Bakersfield Speedway in the Sports Mod feature on Saturday night: up high on the third-mile clay oval.

The Johnson brothers were racing for more than a win on Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.

The local racing community lost a big supporter on Sunday when Dawn Johnson died after a sudden illness.

By the looks of early results, the Sports Mod division at Bakersfield Speedway is shaping up to be one of the most competitive classes this season on the third-mile oval.

It’s been a while since The Californian has covered racing and yes, I have heard about it in phone calls, on social media and in some direct messages.