Archive for November 2020
ON THE RADAR: WEST COAST RACING CONTINUES DEEP INTO NOVEMBER
(November 12, 2020) – The 2020 season is far from over on the West Coast as the surge of late season races continues. West Coast Short Track fans will have multiple races to look forward to On The Radar! Friday November 13-Saturday November 14 Arizona Speedway is the site for the 53rd Western World Championships.…
Read MoreUSAC CRA & SOUTHWEST SPRINTS TAKE ON WESTERN WORLD NOV. 13-14
(November 12, 2020 from USAC PR) – Sprint Car racing has been a staple of the Western World Championships since the dawn of the event in 1968 with Bob Cleberg’s triumph at Manzanita Speedway. This weekend, Fri. & Sat., Nov. 13-14, the 53rd chapter of the event will be authored at the 1/3-mile Arizona Speedway…
Read MoreNovember 10, 2020 w/ Travis Sharpe
(November 10, 2020) – Crew Chief Travis Sharpe joins the show to discuss his role in the 2020 ARCA Menards Series West championship for Jesse Love. Love is the youngest champion in West Series history. We also look at the drivers in the Winner’s Circle and the “Best Thing I Saw”.
Read MoreMERCED ADDED, PLACERVILLE OFF FOR USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK NATIONAL MIDGETS
(November 10, 2020 from USAC PR) – The schedule for the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship’s season-ending west coast trip in the month of November will have another new look with the announcement of the cancellation of the Hangtown 100 at Placerville (Calif.) Speedway and the addition of two events at Merced (Calif.)…
Read MoreWEST COAST STOCK CAR/MOTORSPORTS HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR CLASS OF 2021
(Nov. 10, 2020) – Richie Clyne, builder of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, is among 20 nominees for 2021 induction into the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame. Clyne appears on the ballot for the first time, along with 13-time Northern Auto Racing Club (NARC) champion Brent Kaeding; Carl Trimmer, the winningest driver from…
Read MorePLACERVILLE SPEEDWAY ANNOUNCES CANCELATION OF HANGTOWN 100 FOR 2020
(November 10, 2020 from Gary Thomas) – Event Promoters of the Hangtown 100, Matt Wood, Scott Russell and Kami Arnold, have been forced to announce the cancelation of this year’s race scheduled for November 19th, 20th and 21st. Photo by Tim Holland With El Dorado County moving back to the red tier today and the…
Read MoreCHAMPIONS FROM ACROSS THE WEST DESCEND ON MADERA FOR INAUGURAL TURKEY TRIPLE OPEN
MADERA, CALIF. (November 10, 2020) – An entry list that includes many multi-generational champions of west coast stock car racing descends on Madera Speedway for this Saturday’s inaugural Turkey Triple Open. Open Late Models will battle for $2,000 to win while Open Pro Modifieds will race for $1,000 to win and Open Hobby Stocks have…
Read MoreMISSION ACCOMPLISHED: AVEDISIAN SWEEPS NOW600 NATIONAL TITLES
CLOVIS, CALIFORNIA (November 9, 2020) – 14-year-old Jade Avedisian completed her mission towards an unprecedented feat, as the Clovis, Calif. teenager won both the National Open Wheel A-Class and Restricted national championships. Avedisian closed the deal on Saturday and Sunday at the Fall Fling at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, OK. She became the first…
Read MoreNASCAR TRUCK SERIES CHAMPION SHELDON CREED WILL RACE IN FINAL 2020 CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SERIES RACES
(November 9, 2020 by Scott Daloisio) – Sheldon Creed, the newly crowned NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series champion, will be teaming with Sexton Gatlin Racing for the final California Lightning Sprint Car Series races of the Covid shortened 2020 season. First off will be the $1,000.00 to win November Classic at “The West’s…
Read MoreSANDERS DOMINATES KING OF THE WEST TRIBUTE TO GARY PATTERSON RACE IN STOCKTON
(November 8, 2020 by Jim Allen) – Justin Sanders put forward a dominating green-to-checkered victory performance Saturday night at the Stockton Dirt Track to claim the Tribute to Gary Patterson race in NARC King of the West Fujitsu Sprint Car Series action. Photo by Donna Peter Sanders, driving Larry Antaya’s potent Alkaline 88 Water/Fire Protection…
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