Watsonville Speedway Race Track in Watsonville, California, USA

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Watsonville Speedway races Sprint Cars, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Stock Car, IMCA Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, Four Bangers, and Dwarf Cars.

Formerly known as Ocean Speedway.

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• Phone: 831-688-7223
• Surface: 1/4 mile clay oval

• 2601 E Lake Ave
  Watsonville, California, 95076 USA
• lat: 36.951992, lng: -121.734223
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Watsonville Speedway Dirt Track Racing Schedule

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Watsonville Speedway Dirt Track News

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  Fourteen-year-old Jett Barnes strikes for Gold Star GMC Sprint Car victory at Watsonville Speedway

  Watsonville, CA…Visalia's Jett Barnes and Redding's Max Mittry put forth a crowd-pleasing performance on Friday night at Watsonville Speedway. When all was done and dusted it was Barnes fending off Mittry to grab his first career Gold Star GMC Sprint Car triumph at the quarter mile. Fellow winners on Friday evening included Cody Burke with the IMCA Modifieds, Austin VanHoff with the Santa Cruz Apparel IMCA Sport Mods, Joe Gallaher with the R&J Landscaping Hobby Stocks and Eric Weisler with the SSSP South Bay Dwarf Cars. Barnes and Mittry led the field to green in the 25-lap Gold Star GMC Sprint Car finale. After a couple of laps, it was Barnes who settled into the lead. Mittry came to life after a handful of circuits however and closed right up on the tail tank of the Jason Meyers Racing No. 14. After hounding the leader for a few circuits Mittry made his move on lap 13 to scoop up the top spot as the crowd came to its feet. The reigning SCCT Speedweek champion was in search of career win number one and looked solid, but Barnes wasn't done just yet. The youngster found the high side in turns one and two, creating monster runs in his pursuit of the lead. With just five laps remaining Barnes shot back around for the top spot and held off Mittry to the Ed Entz checkered flag. It capped a strong three week run for Barnes at Watsonville Speedway, where he scored the Keith Day Company Fast Time Award on three straight occasions and podiumed each race. Completing the top five behind him and Mittry were Kaleb Montgomery, Dominic Gorden and Jake Haulot. Adrianna Demartini brought home the Taco Bravo Hard Charger Award. Past IMCA Modified champ Cody Burke of Salinas led all 25 laps in the main event during their season debut on Friday. Burke hit his marks down low each time and held off a relentless Andrew Pierce for the win. Pierce, Troy Foulger, Logan Drake and Nick Decarlo followed him across the line. The Santa Cruz Apparel IMCA Sport Mods put on a fantastic main event for the fans last night. With track conditions in superb shape the 20-lapper saw multiple different leaders and a race that wasn't decided till the very end. Kingsburg driver Todd Carlock led the early stages in his No7 mount until having a moment midway through the contest. The always fast Jason Ryan Jr. then held the point over the second half of the race as he, Bo Crebs and Austin VanHoff battled it out. Lapped traffic created a hectic finish that saw VanHoff take full advantage and pick the right spots to move out front. He led the final couple of circuits to claim the exciting triumph over Ryan, Tanner Thomas, Crebs and Emali VanHoff. The R&J Landscaping Hobby Stocks acted as the night cap on Friday and saw multi time track champion Joe Gallaher pick up a close win at the finish. Fan Favorite Adriane Frost led early until Gallaher rocketed by for the lead. As things began to play out it was Gallaher, Frost and Lilly Mead racing close together up front. The veteran Gallaher had to be perfect over the closing stages as Mead found another gear and came after him quickly. Gallaher never faltered though and narrowly beat out Mead coming to the checkered flag. Frost, Dwayne Short and Dakota Keldsen rounded out the top five. The Security Shoring and Steel Plates Dwarf Cars made their season debut on Friday. Danny Wagner dominated the contest only to have mechanical issues three laps shy of the finish. Eric Weisler took advantage and motored off to win over Jason Lazzerini and John Durden. Watsonville Speedway returns to action this coming Friday April 11th with a five-division program featuring by the traveling Ultimate Sprint Car Series Non-Wingers. Results Ocean Speedway April 3, 2026 Gold Star GMC Sprint Cars: 1. 14-Jett Barnes[1]; 2. 2XM-Max Mittry[2]; 3. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[4]; 4. 10-Dominic Gorden[6]; 5. 7H-Jake Haulot[7]; 6. 29-Bud Kaeding[5]; 7. 3D-Caleb Debem[9]; 8. 14E-Mariah Ede[8]; 9. 25Z-Jason Chisum[11]; 10. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[14]; 11. 29C-Cole Croft[13]; 12. 34B-Glenn Bryan[15]; 13. 93-Landon Henry[3]; 14. 24S-Izaak Sharp[12]; 15. (DNF) 17-Jesse Schlotfeldt[10] IMCA Modifieds: 1. 20-Cody Burke[1]; 2. 15P-Andrew Pearce[4]; 3. 49-Troy Foulger[6]; 4. 111-Logan Drake[9]; 5. 17-Nick DeCarlo[8]; 6. 43-Steve Pemberton[12]; 7. 77-Fred Lind[15]; 8. 828-Matt Kampfraat[11]; 9. 01-Raymond Keldsen Jr[13]; 10. 6-Jim Pettit II[7]; 11. 22-Robert Marsh[10]; 12. 25G-Randy Shafer[14]; 13. 7-Katelyn Robertson[3]; 14. 46N-Jonathan Hagio[2]; 15. 2-Bobby Hogge III[5] Santa Cruz Apparel IMCA Sport Mods: 1. 44-Austin VanHoff[2]; 2. 52-Jason Ryan Jr[6]; 3. 22T-Tanner Thomas[8]; 4. 168-Bo Crebs[11]; 5. 4M-Emali VanHoff[9]; 6. 11D-Danny Wagner[10]; 7. 96M-Jim DiGiovanni[5]; 8. NO7-Todd Carlock[1]; 9. 39-Steven Allee[7]; 10. 7K-Kennzzie Brown[18]; 11. 55F-Shane Freeman[3]; 12. 42B-Max Baggett[4]; 13. 6K-Mike Kofnovec Jr[19]; 14. 15-David Crocker[17]; 15. 6S-Mike Kofnovec SR[14]; 16. 89-Duane Bieser[15]; 17. 22W-Charlie Hunter[20]; 18. 96-Kaden Perez[16]; 19. 5-Carson Schnell[12]; 20. (DNS) 22S-Connor Solis R&J Landscaping Hobby Stocks: 1. 1-Joe Gallaher[2]; 2. 16-Lilly Mead[4]; 3. 22-Adriane Frost[1]; 4. 27S-Dwayne Short[5]; 5. 03-Dakota Keldsen[8]; 6. 73B-Brady Muller[6]; 7. X2-William Gallaher[9]; 8. 44-Jamie Magana[11]; 9. 08-Wayne Reeder[7]; 10. 511-Elizabeth Geary[10]; 11. X1-Bobby Gallaher[3] Watsonville Speedway is located on the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville, California with the physical address being 2601 East Lake Ave, Watsonville, CA 95076. Info can be found at www.watsonvillespeedway.com or by liking the track on Facebook by searching Watsonville Speedway.

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  Jett Barnes takes Watsonville checkers

  Watsonville,CA (April 3,2026)- Jett Barnes won the 25 lap feature at Watsonville Speedway Friday night over Max Mittry, Kaleb Montgomery, Dominic Gordon and Jake Haulot. Ocean 360 Sprint Cars Gold Star GMC A Feature 1

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  Haulot, King, Villanueva, Keldsen and Welborn score Friday wins at Watsonville Speedway

  Watsonville, CA…Cotati's Jake Haulot is routinely one of the fast cars when he makes the trip down to Watsonville Speedway. On Friday night he was able to fend off a late challenge from Jake Andreotti and Jett Barnes to claim an entertaining victory with the Gold Star GMC Sprint Cars. A total of 80 cars filled the pit area for point race number two and fans were treated to some excellent racing in all divisions. Sharing victory lane on Friday were Landon King with the Santa Cruz Apparel IMCA Sport Mods, Mike Villanueva with the Giuliani Construction IMCA Stock Cars, Dakota Keldsen with the R&J Landscaping Hobby Stocks and Jonathan Welborn with the Heat Wave Visual Four Bangers. Haulot climbed out front at the waving of the green flag during the 25-lap Gold Star Sprint Car feature. Young Jett Barnes moved into second after a few laps and attempted to chase after the leader. Making his debut with Keller Motorsports on Friday, all eyes were soon glued to Jake Andreotti, who found the high side to his liking in turns one and two. Andreotti sliced his way into third on lap six and then began to hound the top two as the race wound down. The final five laps were a high-speed tussle between Haulot, Barnes and Andreotti. On lap 22 Andreotti charged into second and looked to have something for the leader. Haulot hit his marks however and edged out Andreotti at the Ed Entz checkered flag. Jett Barnes came home a very close third after setting the Keith Day Trucking Fast Time for the second week in a row to start the evening. Grant Duinkerken and young Landon Henry completed the top five. Andreotti took home the Taco Bravo Hard Charger Award in the feature. The Santa Cruz Apparel IMCA Sport Mods brought a fantastic 24 car field to Watsonville Speedway on Friday. Pismo Beach driver Landon King rocketed out to the early lead in the 20-lap finale. Bakersfield's Nicholas Johnson was on the move right from the get-go and assumed the runner up spot on lap eight. Johnson applied pressure to King and seemed to have the speed to win but got into a spin seven circuits shy of the finish to draw a caution. King, who cut his teeth in Outlaw Karts, went on to tally his first Watsonville Speedway Sport Mod triumph. Following King across the stripe were Ethan Johnson, Jason Bannister, Danny Wagner and Buddy Kniss. The Watsonville Speedway debut of the Giuliani Construction IMCA Stock Cars saw the main event go right down to the wire. A solid field of 16 Stock Cars came out and provided some excellent action in their finale. Atwater racer Mike Villanueva ended up leading all 20 laps, but he certainly had to work for it. Tricky Troy Foulger and Fast Freddie Ryland gave him everything he could handle over the closing stages. Villanueva never faltered though and narrowly topped Foulger to bring home the bacon. Ryland came home third followed by Tyler Bannister and Paul Stone. The R&J Landscaping Hobby Stocks were the show of the night with a tremendous 20 lap feature on Friday. Numerous drivers battled up front for the win, and it was not decided until the flag stand on the final lap. Veteran driver Jerry Skelton from the famed Cheater Row Racing gang led a majority of the contest but had several fast cars hot on his heels. Bobby Gallaher, Dakota Keldsen, Adrianne Frost and Joe Gallaher were all within striking distance at times When the white flag waved it was Skelton and B. Gallaher who looked to be the pair deciding things. A wild final corner though saw both wash up the track, which allowed Keldsen to make a bold move down low and steal the win at the line. The Heat Wave Visual Four Banger feature was a dominant performance by Jonathan Welborn who picked up the win by nearly three seconds. Shelbie Freeman gave it great run to score her best career finish in second followed by Tracy Sampson, Matt Wirth and Travis VanGilder. Watsonville Speedway returns to action this coming Friday April 3rd with a five-division program headlined by the Gold Star GMC 360 Sprint Cars and the season debut of the SSSP South Bay Dwarf Cars. Results Ocean Speedway March 27, 2026 Gold Star GMC Sprint Cars: 1. 7H-Jake Haulot[1]; 2. 2K-Jake Andreotti[6]; 3. 14-Jett Barnes[4]; 4. 67G-Grant Duinkerken[5]; 5. 93-Landon Henry[3]; 6. 61-Travis Labat[7]; 7. 14E-Mariah Ede[8]; 8. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[2]; 9. 3D-Caleb Debem[11]; 10. 29-Cole Croft[10]; 11. 25Z-Jason Chisum[9]; 12. 34B-Glenn Bryan[12] Santa Cruz Apparel IMCA Sport Mods: 1. 43K-Landon King[1]; 2. 11-Ethan Johnson[3]; 3. 51-Jason Bannister[2]; 4. 11D-Danny Wagner[8]; 5. 19K-Buddy Kniss[6]; 6. 4M-Emali VanHoff[14]; 7. 22T-Tanner Thomas[9]; 8. 1N-Nicholas Johnson[10]; 9. 39-Steven Allee[5]; 10. 52-Jason Ryan Jr[13]; 11. 96M-Jim DiGiovanni[7]; 12. 89-Duane Bieser[15]; 13. 42B-Max Baggett[19]; 14. 15-David Crocker[18]; 15. 22W-Charlie Hunter[21]; 16. 7T-Trent Golden[4]; 17. 55F-Shane Freeman[17]; 18. 32-Jeff Bentancourt[12]; 19. 96-Kaden Perez[20]; 20. 44-Austin VanHoff[16]; 21. NO7-Todd Carlock[11] Giuliani Construction IMCA Stock Cars: 1. 69M-Mike Villanueva[1]; 2. 49-Troy Foulger[3]; 3. 7J-Fred Ryland[2]; 4. X-Tyler Bannister[6]; 5. 66P-Paul Stone[10]; 6. 10H-Lance Hurst[9]; 7. 15G-Anthony Giuliani[8]; 8. 97-Justin Villaneuva[5]; 9. 42S-Nick Spainhoward[14]; 10. 42F-Les Friend[16]; 11. 22L-Chris Lewis[12]; 12. 15A-Dave Hill[15]; 13. 2H-Clarence Holbrook[11]; 14. 43-Jake Archibald[4]; 15. 22-Adriane Frost[13]; 16. 22M-Mitch Machado[7] R&J Landscaping Hobby Stocks: 1. 03-Dakota Keldsen[9]; 2. X1-Bobby Gallaher[4]; 3. 69-Jerry Skelton[5]; 4. 22-Adriane Frost[8]; 5. 1-Joe Gallaher[6]; 6. 73B-Brady Muller[2]; 7. 9-Wally Kennedy[3]; 8. 10H-RJ Hurst[10]; 9. 101M-Joel Martinez[11]; 10. 511-Elizabeth Geary[13]; 11. 28J-Joshua Silva[7]; 12. X3-William Gallaher[17]; 13. 50-Ken Keegan[15]; 14. 117-Lilly Mead[14]; 15. (DNS) 88-Ryan Bowers; 16. (DNS) X2-Joyce Gallaher; 17. (DNS) 57W-Sam Kennedy; 18. (DNS) 08-Wayne Reeder Heat Wave Visual Four Bangers: 1. 33-Jonathan Welborn[2]; 2. 50F-Shelbie Freeman[4]; 3. 52-Tracy Sampson[7]; 4. 72-Matt Wirth[1]; 5. 112-Travis VanGilder[5]; 6. 519-Steve Roach[3]; 7. 8-Brody Figueroa[9]; 8. 96-Carlo Uribe[6]; 9. 65-Bruce Rubaker[8]; 10. 737-Preston Hohmann[10] Watsonville Speedway is located on the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville, California with the physical address being 2601 East Lake Ave, Watsonville, CA 95076. Info can be found at www.watsonvillespeedway.com or by liking the track on Facebook by searching Watsonville Speedway.

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  SCCT announces return to Watsonville Speedway

  Watsonville, CA…The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour has revealed an update to its schedule of events, with the 66th running of the Johnny Key Classic added to the slate. The SCCT 360s are eager to be back at the newly rebranded Watsonville Speedway for one night only this season on Saturday June 20th. The Johnny Key Classic originally started out at the paved San Jose Speedway following the passing of driver Johnny Key during a racing crash in Cincinnati, Ohio during the 1954 season. It moved to the fairgrounds dirt track in 1978 and had been a staple at the speedway until the closing of the dirt oval in 1999. After several years sitting idle, Watsonville Speedway decided to bring the event back in 2007 when the Ocean Sprints came into existence. This year marks the 20th consecutive season that it is held at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds facility. It will be the first Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour show at the track since 2023. Previous winners of the Key Classic in SCCT competition have included Dominic Scelzi on two occasions, along with Shane Golobic. Thanks to the support of www.shopkylelarson.com all main events with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour are once again a minimum of $3,000-to-win/ $400-to-start this season. It all gets underway with the Thrill on the Hill at Placerville Speedway on April 4th. Sprint Car Challenge Tour 2026 Championship Point Fund 1. $10,000 2. $9,000 3. $8,000 4. $7,000 5. $6,000 6. $5,000 7. $4,000 8. $3,000 9. $2,000 10. $1,000 If you can't make it to the track every SCCT event in 2026 can be seen live via www.calidirt.tv Be sure to also like us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sprintcarchallengetour and follow on X https://x.com/360SCCT for the latest breaking news regarding SCCT. You can also find us on Instagram by searching scct360. …… Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour 2026 Schedule Saturday April 4: Placerville Speedway (Thrill on the Hill) Saturday April 25: Merced Speedway (Clash on the High Banks) Sunday May 24: Marysville Raceway (26th annual Mel and Marlyn Hall Memorial) Saturday May 30: Placerville Speedway (2nd annual Davy Thomas Memorial) Saturday June 13: Petaluma Speedway (Wings Over Wine Country) Saturday June 20: Watsonville Speedway (66th Johnny Key Classic) (Western Sprint Tour Speedweek) Friday July 17: Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico (13th annual Tyler and Chuck Wolf Memorial) Saturday July 18: Placerville Speedway (Gold Pan Rampage) Monday July 20: Douglas County Dirt Track in Roseburg, Oregon Tuesday July 21: Coos Bay Speedway Wednesday July 22: Cottage Grove Speedway Friday July 24: Skagit Speedway in Alger, Washington (Fred Brownfield 360 Nationals Opener) Saturday July 25: Skagit Speedway ($26,000-to-win Fred Brownfield 360 Nationals Finale) Sunday July 26: Grays Harbor Raceway in Elma, Washington (Hall of Fame Tribute-360 Battle Royale Speedweek Finale) Saturday October 3: Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare (KRC Safety Night at the Races) Saturday October 17: Petaluma Speedway (15th annual $5,000-to-win Adobe Cup) Saturday November 7: Stockton Dirt Track (43rd annual Tribute to Gary Patterson)

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Watsonville Speedway Dirt Track Racing Organizations

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  BCRA - Bay Cities Racing Association Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  IMCA - International Motor Contest Association Dirt Track Racing Organization
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  NARC - Northern Auto Racing Club Dirt Track Racing Organization