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IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY TO RESUME RACING ON JUNE 13TH WITH COMPETITOR ONLY EVENT

By Short Track Live | June 4, 2020

(June 4, 2020 from Irwindale PR) – Irwindale Speedway is pleased to announce that short track racing will return to Southern California with the 2020 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season opener on Saturday, June 13th. Photo by Sal Sigala, Jr. In accordance with federal, state and local guidelines, this event will be closed to the public.…

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JUNE’S WESTERN USAC SCHEDULE IS CANCELED

By Short Track Live | June 4, 2020

(June 4, 2020 from USAC PR) – As the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic continues, the United States Auto Club’s (USAC) Western office has announced that their June calendar has been canceled. In addition, the July 11th USAC West Coast Sprint Car and Western States Midget event at Placerville has been lost to the pandemic. Photo by Lance…

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SRL SOUTHWEST TOUR RACE AT STOCKTON IS POSTPONED

By Steven Blakesley | June 3, 2020

(June 3, 2020) – The SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour and the Stockton 99 Speedway announced Wednesday the cancelation of this weekend’s JM Environmental “Wild West Shootout – Shoot to Thrill 127” presented by 51 FIFTY. Pressure from local health authorities was the reason provided. No makeup date was immediately announced. The next scheduled Southwest Tour…

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LAKEPORT SPEEDWAY APPROVED FOR JUNE AUTO RACES

By Short Track Live | June 3, 2020

(June 3, 2020 from Lakeport Speedway PR) – Lakeport Speedway has been approved to run auto racing at Lakeport Speedway on June 13 and June 20. However, due to the state-mandated social distancing directives, the grandstands will be closed to spectators. The events will be twilight shows with racing beginning at 4:00 pm. A Test…

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USAC-BCRA MIDGET EVENT AT PETALUMA CANCELED

By Steven Blakesley | June 3, 2020

(June 3, 2020) – This Saturday’s USAC Western Midget Series and Bay Cities Racing Association Midget event at Petaluma Speedway has been canceled, as announced via Facebook: The event was planned to include both Midget Series competing head-to-head for a reduced purse of $600 to win. A post earlier this week on the Petaluma Speedway…

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June 2, 2020 w/ Dylan Zampa

By Steven Blakesley | June 2, 2020

(June 2, 2020) – Dylan Zampa joins us to preview this weekend’s season opening Late Model action at Madera Speedway. We also take a look at the winners over the weekend on the West Coast and discuss the cancelation of the California Speedweek

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2020 CALIFORNIA SPEEDWEEK CANCELED

By Steven Blakesley | June 2, 2020

STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA (June 2, 2020) – The 2020 Hoosier Tire California Speedweek has been canceled because of uncertainty surrounding track operations due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, officials announced Tuesday. The Speedweek was set to be held across Dixon Speedway, Delta Speedway, Keller Auto Raceway at Plaza Park, and Lemoore Raceway on June 23-27 in California.…

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GREEN FLAG FLIES FOR RACING AT MADERA WITH ACTION TO RESUME JUNE 6

By Steven Blakesley | June 1, 2020

MADERA, CALIF. (June 1, 2020) – Madera Speedway will open its gates for racing competition on Saturday June 6th, with the Madera Late Models and Toyotas on the card for the first event of the 2020 season. Madera Speedway has moved into the racing phase of its reopening plan, with approval from the Madera County…

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EVENTS IN JUNE AND JULY 4TH CANCELED AT SILVER DOLLAR SPEEDWAY

By Short Track Live | May 31, 2020

(May 31, 2020 from SDS PR) – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, races at Silver Dollar Speedway continue to be put on hold. As of today, the entire month of June will be canceled. With further restrictions on the horizon, the annual celebration of Fast Cars and Freedom on July 4th is also canceled. “We…

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SPRINT CAR RACING AT ANTIOCH AND MARYSVILLE CLAIMED BY FORSBERG AND MADJIC

By Steven Blakesley | May 31, 2020

(May 31, 2020) – Both Antioch Speedway and Marysville Raceway Park continued their return to racing on Saturday night with each of them hosting competition 360 winged Sprint Cars. Andy Forsberg picked up his first win of 2020 at Marysville while Chase Madjic topped 28 cars competing at Antioch. Antioch also played host to a…

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