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BRYANT BELL COMPLETES WEEKEND WMR SWEEP WITH PETALUMA WIN
PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA (June 9, 2024) – Western Midget Racing has been home to many close championship battles and another is brewing in 2024, following Bryant Bell of Oakley sweeping the races on Friday and Saturday nights with wins at Ocean Speedway and Petaluma Speedway. Bell now trails Santa Cruz’s Logan Mitchell by only four markers…
Read MoreBRYANT BELL EARNS FOURTH CAREER OCEAN SPEEDWAY WMR WIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (June 7, 2024) – 2023 Western Midget Racing champion Bryant Bell of Oakley, Calif. steered Tony Boscacci’s No. 09 Spike Chassis to victory lane for the fourth time in his career at Watsonville’s Ocean Speedway on Friday night. The victory moves Bell back within six points of Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz in…
Read MoreR.J. JOHNSON LEADS USAC/CRA SPRINTS TO KERN “GOLDEN EMPIRE CLASH”
Story & Photo from Lance Jennings BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (June 5, 2024) – This Saturday, June 8th, the chase for the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC/CRA Sprint Car Championship will resume at The Dirt Track at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway. Promoted by Tim Huddleston, the “Golden Empire Clash” is the first of three appearances for the…
Read MoreLOGAN MITCHELL COMPLETES WEEKEND SWEEP, TAKES WMR PORTION OF TOM MANNING MEMORIAL
PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA (May 19, 2024) – Santa Cruz’s Logan Mitchell completed an exciting weekend sweep with Western Midget Racing, winning Friday’s feature at Ocean Speedway then leading the WMR competitors in Saturday’s Tom Manning Memorial at Petaluma Speedway. Saturday’s co-sanctioned event with the Bay Cities Racing Association saw eight stock production midgets competing and they…
Read MoreKURT NELSON RETURNS TO OCEAN SPEEDWAY VICTORY LANE UNDER FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (May 18, 2024) – Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo veteran Kurt Nelson of Gilroy earned a well-deserved second career series win on Friday night and his first since 2019, topping the 30-lap feature. Nelson led a parade of drivers at Ocean Speedway who earned breakthrough or overdue victories during an exciting five…
Read MoreLOGAN MITCHELL SCORES COVETED HOME TRACK VICTORY WITH OCEAN SPEEDWAY WIN
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (May 18, 2024) – 2023 Western Midget Racing runner-up Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz scored a coveted home track win on Friday night, taking the 20-lap feature at Watsonville’s Ocean Speedway. Mitchell had previously scored three second place finishes at the quarter-mile dirt track at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. The win is…
Read MoreWESTERN MIDGET RACING TO CO-SANCTION SATURDAY’S PETALUMA RACE WITH BAY CITIES RACING ASSOCIATION
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (May 13, 2024) – Western Midget Racing and Bay Cities Racing Association will team up this Saturday night at Petaluma Speedway for the Tom Manning Memorial, with both Northern California-based Midget Series co-sanctioning the feature event. Photo by AJ Johnson BCRA will handle sign-in and payout with a $25 pill draw fee deducted…
Read MoreDOMINIC GORDEN DOMINATES FOR OCEAN SPRINTS VICTORY IN WATSONVILLE
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (May 10, 2024) – After a pair of second place finishes and several laps led throughout the season, 18-year-old Dominic Gorden of Clovis, Calif. finally earned his first Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo win of 2024 on Friday night during round five at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville. Robert Marsh in IMCA Modifieds,…
Read MoreBRYANT BELL TOPS LOGAN MITCHELL IN WESTERN MIDGET RACING THRILLER AT VENTURA
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA (May 4, 2024) – 2023 Western Midget Racing champion Bryant Bell of Oakley, Calif. outlasted series runner-up Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz to claim round three of the WMR at Ventura Raceway on Saturday night. Bell became the third different winner of the 2024 season as well. Photo by AJ Johnson Bell and…
Read MoreGAUGE GARCIA SCORES FIRST CAREER OCEAN SPRINTS VICTORY
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (May 4, 2024) – 18-year-old Gauge Garcia of Lemoore won his first career Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo feature on Friday night at Watsonville’s Ocean Speedway. Garcia was one of five winners during the night, including Bakersfield’s Nicholas Johnson prevailing in Hobby Stocks, Fred Ryland of Brentwood claiming the IMCA Sport Modifieds,…
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