SECOND NIGHT OF IMCA CHAMPIONSHIP RACING AT BAKERSFIELD SPEEDWAY HITS THE DIRT ON MARCH 29TH
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (March 25, 2025) – The all-new Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway brings dirt slinging thrills to the track for round two of the IMCA Championship Series on Saturday March 29th. The weekly championship line up of IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks, and American Stocks are set to battle. A large field of So-Cal Dwarf Cars will also be competing. Photo by Greg Toumassian
General Admission tickets in the new grandstands are on sale now at www.BakersfieldSpeedway.com or on TheFOAT. Adult general admission tickets are just $18 with kids ages 6-12 admitted for just $10 and kids five and under are free! Parking is free of charge. Grandstands open at 4pm with opening ceremonies half an hour early at 5:30m. Tickets will also be available at the gate.
Thanks to an anonymous sponsor, the top-three finishers in each Friday night main event at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville will receive a free pit pass to compete on Saturday in Bakersfield.
Bakersfield’s Robby Sawyer scored the exciting IMCA Modified win against a 30-car field on opening night on March 8th, with a last lap slide job on 2024 champion Gavyn Manning. Salinas’ Bobby Hogge, multi-time champion Brad Pounds of Bakersfield, and Shawn Natenstedt of Fernley, Nevada rounded out a varied top-five. A full field of drivers return this weekend for a 30-lap feature and $750 to win.
Tyler Bannister prevailed in the opening night IMCA Sport Mod feature ahead of Tanner Thomas of Atwater and 2024 champion Jason Bannister. IMCA Sport Mods compete in a 25-lap feature for $600 to the victor.
Nicholas Johnson is off to a red-hot start in the grassroots divisions on the one-third mile dirt track by winning both the American Stocks and H&S Body Works Hobby Stocks features during race one. Both divisions will race for 20-laps on Saturday. A strong 13-car field kicked off the IMCA Stock Car season with Chowchilla’s Austin VanHoff in victory lane. More new Stock Car faces are expected this weekend.
So-Cal Dwarf Cars make their first of four appearances in Bakersfield on Saturday. Bakersfield’s J.D. Brown carries tremendous momentum into his home track. Brown won the Pro Dwarf class at the first Western States National of the year at Mohave Valley Raceway on March 1st.
96 race cars packed the pits for opening night. Race fans are encouraged to check out round two for more excitement! Grandstand gates open at 4pm with opening ceremonies at 5:30pm.
For more information on Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway, visit www.BakersfieldSpeedway.com or follow the speedway on social media. Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway is located at 13500 Raceway Blvd, near Enos Ln and Interstate 5 in Bakersfield.