Kern County Raceway Park Race Track in Bakersfield, California, USA

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Kern County Raceway Park races A-Modifieds, B-Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, WRC, and Mini Stocks. Special events include KWS NARC 410 Sprint Cars, POWRi BCRA Midgets, Flat Track Motorcycles, and 360 Wingless Sprints.

Kern County Raceway Park Dirt Track Location

• 13500 Raceway Blvd
  Bakersfield, California, 93311 USA
• lat: 35.290258, lng: -119.256518
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• Surface: 1/3 mile clay oval

Kern County Raceway Park Dirt Track Contacts

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• Email: lcollins@mesamarin.com
• Phone: 661-835-1264

Kern County Raceway Park Dirt Track Racing Schedule

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Kern County Raceway Park Dirt Track News

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  HANFORD AND KCRP SET FOR NARC-KING OF THE WEST HALLOWEEN WEEKEND DOUBLE-HEADER

  (October 25, 2021) Sacramento, CA ... The final double-header of the 2021 NARC-King of the West Fujitsu Sprint Car campaign is slated for this weekend as the West Coast's premier 410 series heads to Hanford's Keller Auto Speedway Friday October 29th then to the Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park the following night on October 30th. Friday will mark the 18th event of the season while Saturday will be the penultimate series race with the finale slated for November 6th at Stockton Dirt Track. Friday's show at Keller Auto Speedway will be the Anthony Simone Classic and feature a hefty purse and a variety of unique twists in the format. The Fujitsu Feature will award $10,000 to the winner with the runner-up earning $5,000 and 3rd place will receive $3,000. The prize of $10,000 is to honor the late Anthony Simone who wheeled a No. 10 machine during his versatile career. The Brown and Miller Racing Solutions Heat Races will be lined up straight up by qualifying times and be just five-laps in distance. The top-two finishers in each heat will transfer to the 10-car, 10-lap Sunnyvalley "Powered by Bacon" Dash. The lineup for the dash will be based on a complete inversion of the qualifying times from the 10 drivers who earned a spot. After the 30-lap Fujitsu Feature, drivers will have the chance to compete in a 20-lap NARC sanctioned non-wing feature awarding $3,000 to the victor. This will be the first NARC non-winged feature since 1985. Joining NARC-KWS at Hanford will be the USAC Western States Midgets and IMCA Stock Cars. Saturday will be the highly anticipated return of NARC-King of the West to Kern County Raceway Park. The series hasn't visited the Bakersfield bullring in more than two years since the October 5th, 2019 trip to KCRP. West Coast Sport Compacts will also be on the card at KCRP. Two-time series champion, Tim Kaeding of San Jose, has been on a roll the past few months. His finishes of eighth and third two weeks ago in the Morrie Williams Memorial twin features gave him 11 straight top-10s, and the latter result marked his second podium in the last three races. The current point leader, Dominic Scelzi, is coming off a 20th place result in the second Morrie Williams Memorial feature after winning the first. His win in the opener was his third series victory at Keller Auto Speedway, tied with Stockton for the most he owns at any one track. Scelzi is a two-time series winner at KCRP after sweeping the two appearances there in 2019. Four-time series champion Kyle Hirst is still hunting his first series win of the year while competing on a part-time basis. Friday's Anthony Simone Classic presents a good opportunity for Hirst to snag that win as he owns podium finishes at Hanford in half of his last dozen series starts there. Hanford's own DJ Netto continues to search for a hometown NARC win. Netto's runner-up result from the opening feature of the Morrie Williams Memorial marked his third career NARC-KWS runner-up result at Keller Auto Speedway. Other drivers expected to compete in one or both events this weekend include Roseville's Sean Becker, Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Hollister's Ryan Bernal, Billy Aton of Benicia, Clovis driver Sean Watts, Austin McCarl or Iowa, Sebastopol's Joel Myer's Jr. and more. There may also be a few surprise entries consisting of drivers who spend much of the year traveling the country to race. For Friday at Hanford, the NARC-King of the West Hoosier Tire Format will feature ARP Fast Time Qualifying, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions 5-lap Heat Races, a 10-lap Sunnyvalley Bacon Trophy Dash, a Kaeding Performance Semi-main, the Fujitsu 30-lap Feature and the 20-lap wingless feature. Saturday's NARC-King of the West Hoosier Tire Format will feature ARP Fast Time Qualifying, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions 10-lap Heat Races, a 6-lap Sunnyvalley Bacon Trophy Dash and the Fujitsu 30-lap Feature. Keller Auto Speedway's gates will open at 4:00 P.M. on Friday with hot laps scheduled for 6:00 P.M. Adult general admission tickets are $20. Seniors, military (ID required) and juniors age 6-17 will be admitted for just $15. Tickets can be purchased at the gate or online at myracepass.com or by using the MyRacePass app. Keller Auto Speedway is located at 801 South 10th Ave Hanford, CA 93230. For more information visit racekingsspeedway.com. Tickets for Saturday's event will be available at the gates. For more information regarding the Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park or the event on Saturday, visit kernraceway.com. Kern County Raceway Park is located at 13500 Raceway Blvd Interstate 5 and Enos Lane Bakersfield, CA 93311. Both nights of racing can be viewed live on floracing.com along with the entire NARC-King of the West Fujitsu Sprint Car schedule. NARC King of the West Fujitsu 410 Sprint Car Series Championship Points Standings (After 17 events in 20-race series 10/25/2021) Dominic Scelzi, Fresno - 1917 Tim Kaeding, San Jose - 1845 DJ Netto, Hanford - 1844 Bud Kaeding, Campbell - 1830 Sean Becker, Roseville - 1798 Billy Aton, Benicia (R) - 1772 Sean Watts, Clovis - 1723 Justin Sanders, Aromas - 1621 Shane Golobic, Elk Grove - 1446 Mitchell Faccinto, Hanford - 1237 Joel Myers Jr, Sebastopol (R) - 1234 Geoffrey Strole, Hanford (R) - 1148 Jessie Attard, Sydney, AUS (R) - 1092 Mitchel Moles, Raisin City - 1010 Willie Croft, Colfax - 954 Austin McCarl, Altoona, Iowa - 938 Ryan Robinson, Foresthill (R) - 937 Corey Day, Salinas (R) - 919 Blake Carrick, Lincoln - 837 JJ Ringo, Morgan Hill - 806 The King of the West-NARC Fujitsu General USA Racing Series is also sponsored by Hoosier Racing Tires. Associate and product award sponsors include Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bullet Impressions, FloRacing.com, Johnstone Supply, Kaeding Performance Center, KSE Racing Products, Maxim, PAC Racing Springs, Pyrotect, Racing Optics, Saldana Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, SCI Racing Products, Swift Metal Finishing, Sunnyvalley Bacon, System 1 Ignition, Ultra Light Brakes, Wilwood Disc Brakes, and Winters Performance Products. SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION Website: www.NARC410.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/kingofthewestsprints Facebook (history page): www.facebook.com/NARCsprintcars Twitter: https://twitter.com/NARC410 Instagram: www.instagram.com/narc410 YouTube: NARC410 Live Stream PPV: Floracing.com Upcoming Events: November 6 - Stockton Dirt Track - Tribute to Gary Patterson November 7 - Championship Celebration - Brookside Country Club, Stockton, CA

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  SCELZI AND MOLES CLAIM MORRIE WILLIAMS MEMORIAL FEATURES, SANDERS TAKES THE OVERALL TITLE

  (10/9/2021 - Alex Nieten) Hanford, CA... The NARC-King of the West twin 20-lap Morrie Williams Memorial Fujitsu Features at Hanford's Keller Auto Speedway weaved wildly different tales for the victors, Dominic Scelzi and first-time series winner Mitchel Moles. Scelzi started from the pole in the first feature and brought the field to green alongside fellow front row starter Rico Abreu. Before the field could get through the first set of turns, Mitchel Moles spun from his third starting spot in front of the field. Miraculously, everyone missed him. On the ensuing restart Justin Sanders drove the Works Limited No. 57 by Abreu for second. Sanders stalked Scelzi as the two most winningest sprint car drivers with NARC and in the nation in 2021 navigated slower cars. Scelzi's race nearly ended with heartbreak on lap eight when Steven Kent spun right in front of him coming out of turn four. Scelzi jumped to the outside near the wall and managed to squeeze between Kent's machine and the barrier, just grazing the fence but not harming his Scelzi Enterprises/Red Rose Transportations No. 41. Racing resumed for a few laps following the yellow for Kent until a stopped Kurt Nelson slowed the action again with nine circuits remaining. The hometown hero, DJ Netto, jumped into the runner-up spot in his Netto Ag/Penny Newman Gain No. 88N on the restart but wasn't able to mount serious a charge at Scelzi. The point leader held on to win by a comfortable margin. Netto and Sanders filled out the podium behind the Fresno native. The victory marked Scelzi's sixth of the year, a new personal best for a season, and the 15th of his career with KWS. Rico Abreu, Willie Croft, Kyle Hirst, Blake Carrick, Tim Kaeding, Sean Becker and Mitchel Moles completed the top-10. The front row in the second feature was comprised of Shane Hopkins and Jessie Attard after the invert based on the first feature's finish was applied. Attard took command early in search of his first series victory, and Moles, who started 11th, immediately began his charge. Moles began picking cars off on the bottom side of the track and received a little help on lap three when Ryan Bernal and Ryan Robinson were involved in an accident, gifting Moles two more spots in his journey toward the front. On the restart, Moles got back to work on the bottom, cruising by his competition within the top-five. Another yellow flew on lap five for a spun Rico Abreu. Moles stole the lead on the restart from Attard and quickly built a comfortable advantage. As the laps dwindled Moles' greatest threat began to creep toward the front. Using the same bottom line as Moles, Fremont's Shane Golobic moved his NOS Energy Drink/Elk Grove Ford No. 17W into second on lap seven. When Golobic got to the runner-up spot, Moles held a huge lead of roughly 15 car lengths, but the 12-time NARC feature winner started to slice into the margin. With five laps to go Golobic had all but erased Moles' advantage. However, the pilot of the Roth Enterprises No. 83JR showed the poise of a veteran in pursuit of his first series victory, clearing two lapped cars in one corner to give himself enough space to seal the deal. Moles' triumphs marked the third time of 2021 a driver has earned their inaugural series victory. Oddly enough, it was also the first time Roth Motorsports visited NARC-KWS victory since the winner of the first feature, Scelzi, took the 83 to the winner's circle in 2019. Behind Moles and Golobic, Tim Kaeding rounded out the podium in his R&B Company/Teichert No 42X for his second top-three in his last trio of KWS races at Keller Auto Speedway. Justin Sanders finished in fifth after starting 20th and was the only driver to earn top-fives in both feature events, collecting him enough points to win the Morrie Williams Memorial points title and the $2,000 that came with it. Scelzi and Moles' main event wins netted them each $3,200. Spots 4-10 in the second feature were occupied by Austin McCarl, Justin Sanders, Shane Hopkins, Blake Carrick, Kyle Hirst, Jessie Attard and Kalib Henry. Up next for the NARC-King of the West Fujitsu Sprint Cars is a double header weekend set for October 29th and October 30th at Keller Auto Speedway for the Anthony Simone Classic and Kern County Raceway Park. FUJITSU GENERAL USA FEATURE #1 (20 laps): 1. Dominic Scelzi 41S 2. DJ Netto 88N 3. Justin Sanders 57 4. Rico Abreu 24 5. Willie Croft 29 6. Kyle Hirst 0 7. Blake Carrick 38B 8. Tim Kaeding 42X 9. Sean Becker 83V 10. Mitchel Moles 83JR 11. Craig Stidham 36 12. Kalib Henry 93K 13. Shane Golobic 17W 14. JJ Ringo 2K 15. Bud Kaeding 69 16. Austin McCarl 88 17. Ryan Bernal 21 18. Ryan Robinson 56 19. Joel Myers Jr. 46JR 20. Sean Watts 98 21. Billy Aton 26 22. Shane Hopkins 21S 23. Kurt Nelson 72W 24. Steven Kent 7 25. Stephen Ingraham 93 26. Geoffrey Strole 09S 27. Jessie Attard 53 HOOSIER TIRE LAP LEADERS: Scelzi 1-20 SWIFT METAL FINISHING HARDCHARGER: Willie Croft 15th to 5th FUJITSU GENERAL USA FEATURE #2 (20 laps): 1. Moles 2. Golobic 3. T. Kaeding 4. McCarl 5. Sanders 6. Hopkins 7. Carrick 8. Hirst 9. Attard 10. Henry 11. Myers Jr. 12. Becker 13. Netto 14. Abreu 15. Ringo 16. Bernal 17. B. Kaeding 18. Watts 19. Croft 20. Scelzi 21. Stidham 22. Robinson 23. Aton 24. Nelson 25. Kent 26. Ingraham 27. Strole (did not start) HOOSIER TIRE LAP LEADERS: Attard 1-4, Moles 5-20 SWIFT METAL FINISHING HARDCHARGER: Justin Sanders 20th to 5th ARP FAST QUALIFIER (27 cars): Kyle Hirst 14.694 BROWN AND MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS HEAT RACE ONE (8 laps): Scelzi, Carrick, Robinson, Hirst, Aton, Nelson, Kent, Hopkins, McCarl FUJITSU GENERAL USA HEAT TWO (8 laps): Moles, Ringo, Attard, Stidham, Becker, Myers Jr., Bernal, Strole, Watts FLORACING.COM HEAT THREE (8 laps): Sanders, Abreu, Netto, Henry, Croft, T. Kaeding, Golobic, B. Kaeding, Ingraham SUNNYVALLEY "POWERED BY BACON" TROPHY DASH (6 laps): Scelzi, Abreu, Moles, Carrick, Sanders, Ringo

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  CHASE JOHNSON DOUBLES UP AT KERN COUNTY

  After winning the previous night at Bakersfield Speedway, Chase Johnson (Penngrove, CA) topped the USAC West Coast Sprint Car debut at The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park (Bakersfield, CA).

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  NARC-KING OF THE WEST SPRINT CARS HEAD TO HANFORD ON SATURDAY

  (9/20/21) Sacramento, CA ... The NARC-King of the West Fujitsu Sprint Cars enter the final quarter of the 2021 campaign this weekend with a trip to Hanford's Keller Auto Speedway on Saturday, September 25th. The west coast's premier 410-winged sprint car series will see a heavy slate of Hanford as the season winds down. After Saturday's event, the following two races will also take place on the Kings County 3/8th mile on October 9th and October 29th. Joining NARC will be the Kings of Thunder Bandit Non-Wing Sprint Cars, IMCA Stock Cars and West Coast Sports Compacts. The central valley speedway promises to offer some of the best racing of the year. While most California tracks are notorious for heavy, hooked up conditions, Hanford tends to slick off leading to a big curb up top and a technical bottom groove creating plenty of slide job opportunities and side by side action. Atop the standings with just five races remaining is Dominic Scelzi. The Fresno native carries a ton of momentum into Hanford with his current streak of eight podium finishes. A win for Scelzi would check off a trio of milestones for the twenty-four-year-old. If he claims the checkered flag, it will mark the most consecutive series podiums since four-time series champion Kyle Hirst notched nine in 2018, Scelzi's 30th career podium with NARC, and his 15th career series victory. Fortunately for Scelzi, he enters the weekend as the most recent series winner at Keller Auto Speedway and has already earned three trophies in Hanford in 2021. Hanford's own Mitchell Faccinto has experienced plenty of success at his home track. Faccinto's first two series victories came at Keller Auto Speedway in the 2017 and 2018 Cotton Classic. In his last eight series appearances at the 3/8th mile, he owns podiums in half of them including the pair of wins, and he boasts a stout 4.9 average finish over that span. San Jose's Tim Kaeding should be in contention for his third series victory of the year. The two-time titlist was the only driver to finish inside the top 5 in all three feature events completed at Keller Auto Speedway last year. Still seeking his first series victory is Iowa's Austin McCarl. He's returned to California aboard the Country Builders Construction No. 88, and Hanford might present his best opportunity for a win. In 2020's Morrie Williams Tribute Race, McCarl finished a respectable 8th and 5th in the twin Fujitsu Features. Earlier this year, the former Knoxville track champion scored a pair of top-5s in Kings of Thunder 360 action at Hanford including a runner-up result. Many more from California's crop of gassers will be competing on Saturday. Expect Hanford's DJ Netto, Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Roseville's Sean Becker, Billy Aton on Benicia, Clovis driver Sean Watts and more to be in attendance. The NARC King of the West Hoosier Tire format will feature ARP Fast Time Qualifying, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions 10-lap Heat Races, a 6-lap Sunnyvalley Bacon Trophy Dash and the Fujitsu 30-lap Feature. Keller Auto Speedway is located at 801 South 10th Ave Hanford, CA 93230. For more information visit racekingsspeedway.com. Saturday's race can be viewed live on floracing.com along with the entire NARC-King of the West Fujitsu Sprint Car schedule. ED NOTE: This event was originally scheduled at Santa Maria Raceway. However, it was moved to Hanford when Santa Maria Raceway ceased operations in August. NARC King of the West Fujitsu 410 Sprint Car Series Championship Points Standings (After 15 events in 20-race series 9/20/2021) Dominic Scelzi, Fresno - 1688 Tim Kaeding, San Jose - 1623 Bud Kaeding, Campbell - 1621 DJ Netto, Hanford - 1620 Sean Becker, Roseville - 1588 Billy Aton, Benicia (R) - 1568 Sean Watts, Clovis - 1528 Justin Sanders, Aromas - 1394 Shane Golobic, Elk Grove - 1343 Mitchell Faccinto, Hanford - 1162 Joel Myers Jr, Sebastopol (R) - 1032 Jessie Attard, Sydney, AUS (R) - 1003 Geoffrey Strole, Hanford (R) - 960 Mitchel Moles, Raisin City - 904 Ryan Robinson, Foresthill (R) - 639 Willie Croft, Colfax - 843 Corey Day, Salinas (R) - 802 Colby Copeland, Roseville - 768 Blake Carrick, Lincoln - 728 Austin McCarl, Altoona, Iowa - 727 The King of the West-NARC Fujitsu General USA Racing Series is also sponsored by Hoosier Racing Tires. Associate and product award sponsors include Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Autometer, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bullet Impressions, FloRacing.com, Johnstone Supply, Kaeding Performance Center, KSE Racing Products, Maxim, PAC Racing Springs, Pyrotect, Racing Optics, Saldana Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, SCI Racing Products, Swift Metal Finishing, Sunnyvalley Bacon, System 1 Ignition, Ultra Light Brakes, Wilwood Disc Brakes, and Winters Performance Products. SOCIAL MEDIA INFORMATION Website: www.NARC410.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/kingofthewestsprints Facebook (history page): www.facebook.com/NARCsprintcars Twitter: https://twitter.com/NARC410 Instagram: www.instagram.com/narc410 YouTube: NARC410 Live Stream PPV: Floracing.com Upcoming Events: October 9 - Keller Auto Speedway, Hanford, CA - Morrie Williams Legends Race October 29 - Keller Auto Speedway, Hanford, CA October 30 - Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield, CA November 6 - Stockton Dirt Track - Tribute to Gary Patterson November 7 - Championship Celebration - Brookside Country Club, Stockton, CA

Kern County Raceway Park Nearby Dirt Tracks

Distance information is direct (as the crow flies) - driving distance will differ due to road routes and things like lakes or mountains.

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  Bakersfield Speedway Race Track16 miles away - Bakersfield, California, USA
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  Thunderbowl Raceway Race Track62 miles away - Tulare, California, USA
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  Tulare County Kart Club Race Track62 miles away - Tulare, California, USA
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  Santa Maria Raceway Race Track69 miles away - Nipomo, California, USA
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  Ventura Raceway Race Track70 miles away - Ventura, California, USA
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  Keller Auto Raceway Race Track71 miles away - Visalia, California, USA
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  Keller Auto Speedway Race Track74 miles away - Hanford, California, USA
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  Lemoore Raceway Race Track74 miles away - Lemoore, California, USA

Kern County Raceway Park Dirt Track Racing Organizations

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  ASCS - American Sprint Car Series Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  BCRA - Bay Cities Racing Association Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  CLS - California Lightning Sprints Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  KWS - King of the West Sprints by NARC Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  USAC - United States Auto Club Dirt Track Racing Organization