Lance Jennings – Series Promoter Chris Kearns has released the 2012 Schedule for the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Cars. The Central California based group is poised for seventeen nights of action, starting with their debut at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. In addition to Tulare, Hanford, and Santa Maria, the series will return to Bakersfield [...]
Lance Jennings – Amsoil USAC/CRA Series Director Chris Kearns has released the 2012 schedule. Showcasing twenty-two nights of action, the traditional 410 cubic-inch powered cars will open their campaign at Perris with the “Sokola Shootout” on February 25th. The group will also return to the clay ovals of Hanford, Santa Maria, Watsonville, Calistoga, Chico, and [...]
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (August 17, 2011) – In the midst of a heavy battle for the points lead in the Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo championship, drivers will also be seeking a berth in the 51st Johnny Key Classic in Friday night’s action at Ocean Speedway. Four drivers will be locked in to the Johnny [...]
Photo by SurfNSprint.com Lance Jennings – This Saturday, July 23rd, the traditional 360 Sprint Cars of the Ventura Racing Association will compete in Round #14 at Jim Naylor’s Ventura Raceway. Joining the action packed card will be the Senior Sprints, Dwarf Cars, Mod Lites, Mod Lite Juniors, Junior Midgets & Mini Dwarfs. The front gates [...]
Kyle Larson Racing – Finding schedule breaks in the pursuit of USAC championship in the Mopar National Midgets and TRAXXAS Silver Crown Series, Kyle Larson made a homecoming to the west coast for a chance to get back to his forte of winged sprint car racing. While skipping the USAC Indiana Sprintweek due to his [...]
Scott Dalosio – The California Lightning Sprint Car Series will begin the second half of the 2011 season this Saturday night, July 23rd, at “The West’s Fastest 1/3 Mile High Banked Clay Oval,” the Bakersfield Speedway. Joining the CLS on the night will be the Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks and the NMRA [...]
Bill Sullivan – While Placerville Speedway is known for some of the best sprint car racing in Northern California on any given Saturday night, it has been more than two decades since the 46 year old dirt track in the Sierra Foothills has hosted any type of national competition. That statistic is about to change [...]
Chad Blonde remembers his fallen racing friend with a wheelie following the National Anthem at Butler Motor Speedway. His friend and track worker lost his life after a fuel tank exploded. Blonde currently still races at Butler Motor Speedway and sits fifth in the points standings.
Bud Kaeding picked up his fourth USAC West Coast 360 feature event at Giant Chevrolet Speedway on Saturday night. The Campbell native’s winning ways didn’t end there however picking up the Taco Bravo vs. ASCS Southern California WInged 360 feature event as well. Ryan Bernal finished second in the West Coast feature with Danny [...]
Gary Thomas – Santa Maria, CA – May 21, 2011…Placerville’s Andy Gregg has been trying hard for years to win a traveling 410 sprint car series main event. On two separate occasions in the past he had led until the final lap of a Golden State 410 feature, but each time it ended in disappointment. [...]
Cliff Morgan – The old saying, “It is the best of times, it is the worst of times” , holds meaning for Cory Kruseman after Saturday’s VRA Sprint Car race. Kruseman was the apparent winner of the race only to find that he did not finish the race with both mufflers intact and on the [...]
Steven Blakesley – Fremont teenager Shane Golobic pulled off a near clean sweep in Friday night’s Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo, qualifying second fastest before winning his heat race and the 30 lap feature before a strong crowd at the Ocean Speedway. The win marked Golobic’s second in the 2011 season, after winning a [...]
“COWBOY” CRAIG SMITH TAKES SPRINT CAR FEATURE; GRENERT FLIES IN DWARF CAR MAIN; WAGNER TOP DOG IN TRUX by Mike Adaskaveg Reigning track champ “Cowboy” Craig Smith of San Martin, Calif. fought off a late charge by Nick Green of San Jose, Calf. to win a non-stop 360 Winged Sprint Car feature Saturday night at [...]
The Kaeding family continued their Thunderbowl dominance Saturday Night at the Tulare Thunderbowl. Bud Kaeding won two early season victories there with the USAC West Coast 360 Series as well as a USAC/CRA feature not long ago. Bud isn’t the only Kaeding that has a long history of visiting victory lane at the Central Valley [...]
Cliff Morgan – Don Gansen took advantage of a good front row starting spot to lead all 30 laps of the VRA Sprint Car race Saturday night May 7, and take his first main event win of 2011. Gansen drove a great race holding off pole sitter Brian Camarillo, third place finisher and current point [...]
