Press Releases

A Big 2008 For the SRL Tour Series

.....the most exciting announcement of the evening, a $100,000 event for the “Flashco SRL Southwest Tour Series” at the 2008 October Classic hosted at the new Bakersfield track.  $100,000 total payout, $30,000 to the winner.  Additionally, any driver who competes in each of the SRL Series events in 2008 will be eligible for an additional $10,000 bonus at the October Classic event.  The $100,000 SRL event will be nationally televised on the Lucas Oil Motorsports Hour on the VERSUS Network.

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April 26th Update

Construction Update

    As the final touches are being done on the dirt work at the new half mile raceway west of Bakersfield, structural construction has begun.  Concrete work is complete for the front straight grandstand and the turn 1 tunnel is ready for concrete forms and re-bar installation.  "Everything is coming together and taking shape in a way that is very exciting."  stated track president Larry Collins.
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Gentle Start Your Bulldozers

A very large crowd gathered on 85 acres of vacant lot, on the morning of February 7th, west of Bakersfield. Some of them were taking a little time off from work or school but it was for a very good reason: they all wanted to be a part of the jubilation from an official groundbreaking they had been waiting over a year for. With the turning of some earth, from gold shovels, Kern County's New Home to NASCAR is now officially ready to start its construction phase which will return NASCAR sanctioned motorsports back to Bakersfield.

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