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2024 WESTERN MIDGET RACING SLATE UNVEILED FEATURING 18 RACES AT SIX CALIFORNIA DIRT TRACKS
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (January 10, 2024) – The sixth season for Western Midget Racing has been announced with six California dirt tracks set to host the grassroots Midget series as drivers compete for the coveted championship. Photo by Top Dawg Photos An 18-race slate awaits, including the season being bookended by races at Ventura Raceway on…
Read MoreCORBIN RUESCHENBERG TEAMS UP WITH TANNER THORSON FOR CHILI BOWL DEBUT
MESA, ARIZONA (January 6, 2024) – 14-year-old Corbin Rueschenberg of Mesa, Ariz. will become one of the youngest competitors in the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals history in 2024, competing in the 38th annual event in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week. Rueschenberg will drive a new Spike Chassis prepared by 2022 Chili Bowl Champion Tanner Thorson of…
Read MoreRECORD $10,000 TO WIN OUTLAW KART PURSE ANNOUNCED FOR INAUGURAL HIGH DESERT HUSTLE, FEB 1-3 IN RENO
RENO, NEVADA (January 5, 2024) – The infusion of major events into North American grassroots racing will hit the Outlaw Kart scene this February with the inaugural FTR High Desert Hustle featuring a $10,000 to win main event for the Open division inside the Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center. A temporary high banked dirt track will…
Read MoreRICO ABREU RACING CREW CHIEF RICKY WARNER TO BE INDUCTED INTO NATIONAL SPRINT CAR HALL OF FAME
Brownsburg, Indiana (December 29, 2023) – Veteran Sprint Car racing championship crew chief Ricky Warner, currently serving as the crew chief for Rico Abreu Racing, has been announced for the 2024 class of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. The 34th induction ceremony will take place on Saturday June 1 in Knoxville, Iowa. Photo…
Read MoreBRYANT BELL COMPLETES THE MISSION WITH A WALK OFF WIN AND WMR CHAMPIONSHIP AT VENTURA
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA (October 22, 2023) – Bryant Bell of Oakley won the 2023 Western Midget Racing championship with a walk off victory in Saturday’s 20-lap feature at Ventura Raceway, breaking his tie with Santa Cruz’ Logan Mitchell for the crown and holding off Surprise, Ariz.’s Drake Edwards for his fifth win of the season. Bell…
Read MoreBRYANT BELL AND LOGAN MITCHELL DRIVE INTO VENTURA RACEWAY TIED FOR WMR CHAMPIONSHIP
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (October 18, 2023) – An unprecedented moment in Midget racing on the West Coast will come to its exciting conclusion on Saturday night at Ventura Raceway, when Oakley’s Bryant Bell and Santa Cruz’ Logan Mitchell settle the score in their tied championship battle for the 2023 Western Midget Racing crown. The 17-year-old Bell…
Read MoreDRAKE EDWARDS WINS THIRD STRAIGHT WMR EVENT WHILE CHAMPIONSHIP TIGHTENS AT MOHAVE
MOHAVE VALLEY, ARIZONA (September 30, 2023) – Drake Edwards of Surprise, Ariz. kept Saturday night’s Western Midget Racing hardware in his home Copper State by winning at Mohave Valley Raceway. The win marked Edwards’ third straight Western Midget Racing victory and gives him the sweep of both Mohave Valley rounds in 2023. The penultimate round…
Read MorePENULTIMATE ROUND OF WESTERN MIDGET RACING CHAMPIONSHIP INVADES MOHAVE VALLEY
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (September 27, 2023) – Mohave Valley Raceway in Arizona will host Western Midget Racing for the second time in 2023 on Saturday night, serving as the penultimate round of the tight championship title duel between Oakley’s Bryant Bell and Santa Cruz’s Logan Mitchell. IMCA Modifieds, Street Stocks, and Dwarf Cars will also be…
Read MoreDRAKE EDWARDS STRIKES BLACK GOLD WITH INAUGURAL BAKERSFIELD WMR WIN
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (September 9, 2023) – Surprise, Ariz.’s Drake Edwards won his fifth points paying Western Midget Racing race of the 2023 season by striking black gold in the inaugural series race at Bakersfield Speedway on Saturday night. The victory was also Edwards’ third in the last four races. Edwards and Joey Klemish of Cortez,…
Read MoreWESTERN MIDGET RACING DEBUTS AT BAKERSFIELD THIS SATURDAY NIGHT
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (September 6, 2023) – The highly-anticipated debut for Western Midget Racing at Bakersfield Speedway hits the dirt this Saturday night, with the field of drivers aiming to strike black gold and make history as the first series winner at the historic speedway. A bevy of racing divisions will be competing including Pro Stocks,…
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