SATURDAY'S CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR RACE AT THE BAKERSFIELD CANCELED DUE TO SATURATED CONDITIONS
2023-03-17 14:51
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(Torrance, CA, March 16, 2023) Due to saturated conditions from recent storms, this Saturday's California Lightning Sprint Car Series race at the Bakersfield Speedway has been canceled. The CLS race will not be rescheduled.
"Keeping fans, teams, and the safety of everyone in mind, we are forced to cancel this Saturday night's event on March 18th," Bakersfield Speedway management said in a release on Wednesday afternoon. "For the second week in a row, the tremendous amount of rain we have received has created extremely saturated conditions on the track, in the entire pit area, and the walkways in the spectator areas. With a lot of race teams traveling long distances to the Speedway for this event, we felt it was appropriate to make this decision now."
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The Bakersfield Speedway posted these pictures of the track on Facebook on Wednesday.
"I've, looked at the schedule and we don't really have a place to add a makeup show," CLS President Jon Robertson said on Thursday morning. "We'll just have to write it off as a lost event."
The cancelation means the next event on the CLS schedule will be on April 1st at Arizona's Mohave Valley Raceway. On that night, the CLS will once again team with the POWRi Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars for round #3 of "The Best of the West Series." In addition, the USAC/CRA 410 Sprint Cars will also be in action.
The following companies are marketing partners with the CLS in 2023. Hoosier Tires West, T-Shirts By Timeless, Extreme Mufflers, and RacingJunk.com. if you or your company would like to be a marketing partner with the CLS, please get in touch with Jon Robertson using the contact information at the top of this release.
To keep up with the CLS online, please visit the website at http://racecls.com/ or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/californialightningsprints
2023 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Point Standings
1. Bobby Michnowicz, Lomita, CA … 253
2. Brent Sexton, Lakeside, CA … 249
3. Eric Greco, Palmdale, CA … 248
4. AJ Bender, San Diego, CA … 227
5. Connor Speir, Fillmore, CA … 188
6. Robby Brockman, El Cajon, CA … 161
7. Kevin Bates, San Diego, CA … 158
7. Seth Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA … 158
9. Jeff Dyer, Yucca Valley, CA … 154
10. Jon Robertson, Torrance, CA … 147
2023 California Lightning Sprint Car Series Schedule
March 10 Imperial Raceway CLS/SWLS "Best of the West" Round #1 AJ Bender
March 11 Imperial Raceway CLS/SWLS "Best of the West" Round #2 Braden Chiaramonte
March 18 Bakersfield Speedway CLS With USAC Western Midgets Rained Out
April 1 Mohave Valley Raceway CLS/SWLS "Best of the West" Round #3 With USAC/CRA Sprint Cars
April 8 Bakersfield Speedway CLS With USAC 360 Sprint Cars
May 13 Ventura Raceway CLS With USAC 360 Sprint Cars
May 20 Bakersfield Speedway CLS/SWLS "Best of the West" Round #4
June 3 Bakersfield Speedway CLS/BCRA "Civil War Series Round" #1 With USAC 360 Sprint Cars
June 17 Ventura Raceway CLS With USAC 360 Sprint Cars Wagsdash
July 8 Ventura Raceway CLS
July 22 Ventura Raceway CLS/SWLS "Best of the West" Round #5
August 19 Ocean Speedway CLS/BCRA "Civil War Series" Round #2, Johnny Key Classic
September 9 Bakersfield Speedway CLS/BCRA "Civil War Series" Round #3
September 23 Ventura Raceway CLS
October 7 Merced Speedway CLS/BCRA "Civil War Series" Round #4, Wayne Albright Memorial Non Wing
October 14 Mohave Valley Speedway CLS/SWLS "Best of the West" Round #6 With USAC/CRA Sprint Cars
October 28 Ventura Raceway CLS
November 14 Bakersfield Speedway CLS With USAC National Midgets
November 16 Placerville Speedway "Hangtown 100" No Points Non Wing
November 17 Placerville Speedway "Hangtown 100" No Points Non Wing
November 18 Placerville Speedway "Hangtown 100" No Points Non Wing
PAST CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONS
1994 Tony Everhart
1995 Gary Sexton
1996 Rob Sczymczak
1997 Jon Rahe
1998 Chris Rahe
1999 Brent Sexton
2000 Greg Bragg
2001 Greg Bragg
2002 Greg Bragg
2003 David Cardey
2004 Keith Janca
2005 Johnny Bates
2006 Donny Gansen
2007 Shane Rossen
2008 Brent Sexton
2009 Stuart Hielschier Sr.
2010 Jarrett Kramer
2011 Tim Brown
2012 Bobby Michnowicz
2013 Stephen Limon
2014 Bobby Michnowicz
2015 Bobby Michnowicz
2016 Bobby Michnowicz
2017 Bobby Michnowicz
2018 Jarrett Kramer
2019 Jarrett Kramer
2021 David Gasper
2022 David Gasper
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