Kyle Larson To Contend For USAC National Midget Championship In 2011 With Keith Kunz Motorsports

Elk Grove, California. February 6, 2011. Kyle Larson will make his first foray into competing for a national championship in 2011 as the 18 year old from Elk Grove, California will contest the complete Mopar USAC Midget National Series for Toyota Racing Development sponsored Keith Kunz Motorsports. The Columbus, Indiana based team will join together [...]

A little Background

Hi For anyone who doesn’t know me I drive the Number 19 Pinto MiniStock at Santa Maria Speedway. We just had our Banquet, and are now getting things back together for 2011.  I started out racing at SMS back in 1987 in the Hobby Stock Division. Eventually I stopped driving and started crewing for other [...]

Benefit BBQ Set Up for Cancer Patient

Kayla Naeini’s birthday party years ago. Left to right: Myself, Kayla Naeini, DELANEY LEMUS, two people I don’t remember and Megan Barks. So, every once in a while we’ll post a few articles that aren’t racing related. Here is one of them: I first met Delaney Lemus around three or four years old through Lil [...]

Ocean Speedway Banquet Attracts 400 to Fairground

WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (February 2, 2011) – Ocean Speedway officials celebrated the 2010 racing season and previewed the 2011 season with a highly successful awards banquet on January 15. 2011 Ocean Sprint Car Series champion Tommy Tarlton of Easton, California was honored for his season that saw him defend the crown over 18 year-old young gun [...]

Oil Twins Dominator Award at Perris Auto Speedway

(Perris, CA, February 2, 2011)  Perris Auto Speedway promoter Don Kazarian is pleased to announce the “Oil Twins Dominator Award” for the PASSCAR Street Stocks and Factory Stocks.  Beginning with the season opening PASSCAR race on Saturday, March 19th, the driver who passes the most cars in the main event for each class will receive [...]

Perris Auto Speedway's Scott Daloisio Announces This Year's Copper On Dirt

One of the most talented voices in the West coast dirt racing world has always been known to reside at Riverside County’s Perris Auto Speedway. Known for his funny antics to keep the crowd entertained and his vast knowledge of nearly every driver in every division to race at the PAS , Scott Daloisio is [...]

California On Dirt Asks You To be On The Lookout!

As of Tuesday January 25th, the #01 California Lightning Sprint driven by Darren Hillberg was stolen along with the trailer in Corona, Ca. between the hours of 10pm and 7am. We ask that everyone keep an eye out for the trailer, the car, or any clues that will lead to the recovery of the stolen [...]

The Best Deal in Racing - Perris Auto Speedway Season Tickets!

(Perris, CA, January 25, 2011) The best deal in racing, season tickets to the Southern California home of Major League Sprint Car Racing, Perris Auto Speedway, is available now. 2011 season tickets start as low as $10.00 per race. Season tickets, which will only be available through April 1st, come in four different packages. Reserved [...]

Starving For dirt Track Action? -Fans Get In Free At Perris' Open Practice March 5th

Perris Auto Speedway will begin the 2011 racing season when many different divisions take to the track for the first time in 2011 on March 5th for Open Practice night. The gates open at 1pm and action will continue until 6pm. Fans will enjoy free grandstand entry to watch drivers shake down their new equipment [...]

Chris Kearns Named USAC's CRA and 360 Sprint Director

DICK JORDAN – Chris Kearns of Santa Maria, Calif. has been named Director of USAC’s AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car and West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series. The current race organizer at Santa Maria Speedway, Chris is one of the busiest men in motorsports, organizing and coordinating West Coast Late Model and Street Stock racing in [...]

Perris Auto Speedway Lowers Ticket Price for Teens 13-18

(Perris, CA, January 20, 2011) Perris Auto Speedway, the Southern California home of Major League Sprint Car Racing, is lowering the ticket price for teens age 13-18 for the 2011 racing season.. Starting with the first race of the new campaign, the USAC/CRA Sprint Car and California Lightning Sprint Car Sokola Shootout on Saturday, March [...]

California On Dirt Brings In A New Generation Of Race Reporting

Since California On Dirt’s beginning in August of 2010, We’ve managed to bring a new genre of race reporting where fans, drivers, and crews can find the latest dirt on any major California dirt racing series, track, or division at one central web address. For the 2011 racing season, California On Dirt will provide a [...]

25th Annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals Feature Event Video

Did you miss the 25th Annual Chili Bowl Midget National’s feature event?or just want to watch it again? Sure, you can wait until the rerun is played on SPEED TV or you can watch it right here, right now. California on Dirt does not own or take credit for this video. Thank you Mark Ruel [...]

New Promoter takes the wheel of the famed Silver Dollar Speedway

CHICO, CA?- The famed Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, California will be under new management in the coming weeks, announced Handy Racing Promotions Incorporated, who has operated the quarter-mile dirt track for the last two years at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds. At this time Alan Handy and is his staff wish to officially welcome Gage [...]

Criag Stidham featured in Flat Out Magazine

?By Lance Jennings ?SANTA MARIA, CA ? JANUARY 7, 2011… USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car Champion Craig Stidham is featured in the latest edition of Flat Out Magazine. The February 2011 “Champions Issue” highlights the veteran driver as their “Weekend Warrior.” The page 95 article is penned by Gary Costa and a great read [...]

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