Posts Tagged ‘Drake Edwards’
BOWER AND LEWIS CLAIM TITLES DURING CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT AT KERN DIRT TRACK
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (October 6, 2024) – Brentwood’s Blake Bower and Bakersfield’s Cade Lewis wrapped up two of the west coast’s traditional open wheel titles during Championship Night at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway Dirt Track on Saturday night. Bower had a come from behind effort to take the Ultimate Sprint Car Series presented by Inland Rigging…
Read MoreUSCS SPRINTS AND USAC WESTERN MIDGETS CROWN CHAMPIONS AT KERN DIRT THIS SATURDAY
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (October 2, 2024) – The traditional open wheel championships will be on the line on Saturday night October 5th at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway Dirt Track. Both the Ultimate Sprint Car Series presented by Inland Rigging and Avanti Windows & Doors USAC Western States Midgets will crown their 2024 champions at the one-third…
Read MoreLOGAN MITCHELL WINS COVETED JOHNNY KEY CLASSIC MIDGET FEATURE
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (August 11, 2024) – Santa Cruz’ Logan Mitchell won his fifth Western Midget Racing feature of the season on Saturday night at Ocean Speedway, closing in on the championship battle with 2023 champion Bryant Bell of Oakley in the process. The 25-lap win during the 64th Johnny Key Classic paid $1200 as part…
Read MoreGAUGE GARCIA SLIDES INTO 64TH JOHNNY KEY CLASSIC VICTORY LANE AT OCEAN SPEEDWAY
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (August 10, 2024) – Lemoore’s Gauge Garcia used an old-school Ocean Speedway low line maneuver in turns three and four to prevail over Bud Kaeding of San Jose and win the 64th Johnny Key Classic on Saturday night in Watsonville. Garcia slid past Kaeding in the fourth turn on lap 29, then led…
Read MoreWESTERN MIDGET RACING TRIPLE CROWN KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND IN WATSONVILLE AT HOWARD KAEDING CLASSIC
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (July 10, 2024) – This weekend’s Howard Kaeding Classic serves as the kick-off for the Western Midget Racing Triple Crown, with the stock production Midget series racing into Ocean Speedway in Watsonville on Friday and Saturday night. Friday’s action will pay $500 to win while Saturday’s 25-lap feature pays $1200 to win and…
Read MoreUSCS SPRINT CARS AND USAC WESTERN MIDGETS HEAD FOR KERN DIRT TRACK FOR DAVE CALDERWOOD MEMORIAL
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (May 1, 2024) – Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway Dirt Track fires off Saturday night May 4 with the Dave Calderwood Memorial, featuring USCS Sprint Cars, USAC Western Midgets, and the vintage Western Racing Association. Photo by AJ Johnson The Ultimate Sprint Car Series presented by Inland Rigging brings a large field of non-wing…
Read MoreWESTERN MIDGET RACING 2024 SEASON RACES INTO VENTURA RACEWAY THIS SATURDAY
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (March 13, 2024) – Western Midget Racing kicks off a busy season full of marquee events and competitive dirt midget racing this Saturday night at Ventura Raceway. The Ventura round fires off a 2024 schedule with 19 races, with the championship journey concluding at Ventura on October 26 as well. All told, WMR’s…
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…
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