Groppetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway looks to feature more excitement with World of Outlaw Sprint Car Series coming to town Saturday!

Tulare, CA – March 10, 2011…The extended early-season swing on the West Coast for the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series will bring the tour to the always exciting Groppetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare on Saturday night March 19. An extremely talent-filled field is set to take on the action-packed 1/3 mile clay oval, [...]

Rutherford Looks for Ventura Repeat Win This Saturday

Lance Jennings – VENTURA, CA – MARCH 9, 2011… This Saturday, March 12th, Jim Naylor’s Ventura Raceway will host the second round of action for the VRA 360 Sprint Cars. Also on the card will be the VRA Senior Sprints, IMCA Modifieds, Sport Compacts, and VRA Go-Karts. The front gates will open at 3:00pm with [...]

USAC/CRA This Weekend at Victorville Raceway Park; Spencer Opens

Dick Jordan – Three-time AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champion Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. continues to top the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car standings, picking up right where he left off last year. Spencer opened defense of his 2010 title with a 30-lap victory in Saturday night’s “Sokola Shootout” at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. Spencer [...]

$3,000 to Win All Coast 360 Challenge at Ventura Raceway Saturday

Lance Jennings – VENTURA, CA – MARCH 16, 2011… This Saturday, March 19th, Jim Naylor’s Ventura Raceway will showcase the first race of the All Coast Construction 360 Challenge. The special event will feature the VRA 360 Sprint Cars, the debut of the VRA Midgets, the USAC Ford Focus Midgets, and Junior Focus Midgets. The [...]

Stanbrough Eyes Hanford's West Coast 360 Opener

DICK JORDAN – Indiana Sprint Week Champion Jon Stanbrough of Avon, Ind. will make his USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car debut in this Friday’s race at Giant Chevrolet Speedway in Hanford, Calif. Stanbrough, who earned the 2010 Hoosier Auto Racing Fans (HARF) Driver of the Year honors as a result of his second Indiana [...]

Faas to Fill a Big Pair of Shoes Starting Saturday at Perris!

(Perris, CA, March 7, 2011) When the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series takes the green flag to begin its eighth season with the Sokola Shootout at Perris Auto Speedway this Saturday, March 12th, young racing star Nick Faas will open a new chapter in his racing career. The Huntington Beach, California resident will be replacing [...]

LIVE Updates from Bakersfield Speedway Tonight!

California on Dirt is making it’s first trip of the 2011 season to Bakersfield Speedway for their season opener featuring IMCA Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, American Stocks and Mini Stocks. Racing is scheduled to start at 6 pm. To view live updates go to our main page and click on the “Live Updates” tab. You will [...]

2011 Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series Preview

Lance Jennings – SANTA MARIA, CA – MARCH 4, 2011 – The traditional 410 cubic-inch powered cars of the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series have a schedule featuring twenty-two events in 2011. With stops at the clay ovals of Perris, Hanford, Santa Maria, Watsonville, and Calistoga, the series will also make their debut at Victorville [...]

2010 USAC National Champion Bryan Clauson Enters John Padjen Classic in Chico

Troy Hennig - CHICO, CA (3-4-11) – The driver roster for the Inaugural John Padjen Classic at Silver Dollar Speedway just added one of the best and most versatile young open-wheel racers in America. Noblesville, IN driver Bryan Clauson will compete in both the USAC Western Classic Racing Series and the USAC/BCRA midget event Friday night [...]

Marysville Raceway Park Opens their doors for Sherm Toller Memorial Saturday Night

Marysville Raceway Park will be opening their doors this Saturday night, March 5th, for their season opener and biggest event of the year. MRP is the oldest independently owned short dirt track going on its forty-first year of continuous action. The biggest 360 Sprint Car drivers of the North West are expected to make their [...]

Bakersfield Speedway Comes to Life This Saturday Night!

This weekend Bakersfield Speedway will come to life with a full night of local racing. “The West’s Fastest 1/3 Mile High Banked Clay Oval” is scheduled to kick off their season on Saturday night with IMCA Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, American Stocks and Mini Stocks on the score card. Last season ONIT Chassis driver Brad Pounds [...]

Ventura Sprint Car Season Opener this Saturday

Lance Jennings – VENTURA, CA – MARCH 2, 2011… This Saturday, March 5th, Jim Naylor’s Ventura Raceway will host the 2011 season opener for the VRA Sprint Car Series. Joining the powerful Sprint Cars will be the IMCA Modifieds, Dwarf Cars, Mod Lites, Mod Lite Juniors, Junior Midgets, and Mini-Dwarf Cars. The pit gates will [...]

PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY PRE SEASON PRACTICE SATURDAY - FANS FREE!

(Perris, CA, February 28, 2011) Perris Auto Speedway, the Southern California home of Major League Sprint Car Racing, will hold a special pre-season practice session for all race cars this Saturday, March, 5th. Fans will be admitted to the grandstands free. The pit gate will open at 1:00 PM and wheel packing will start 2:00. [...]

Western All Star DIRTcar Late Model Series set to make a Big Bang

Official Release: Dan Beaver Western DIRTcar Public Relations 520.249.8486 / dbeaver@DIRTcar.com  Everything’s bigger in the West, and that will be apparent from the very beginning of the Western All Star DIRTcar Late Model Series. Actually, legendary will be the operative word during the first two weekends of the season with renowned racer turned promoter John [...]

Clay Daly Returns to USA Raceway for Copper on Dirt

Stephanie Odom, Watsonville, CA (February 17, 2011) – Clay Daly will be in competition this weekend at USA Raceway in Tucson, Arizona for the 5th annual Copper on Dirt featuring ASCS National Wing Sprint Cars, Midgets, The West Coast Late Model Shootout vs. Total Seal Late Model Dirt Racing Series and USRA Western Modifieds. He [...]

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