Here are some highlights from the 2018 season!
(10/12/19), By Jim Allen, Hanford, CA … Rico Abreu scored his third King of the West by NARC Fujitsu 410 Sprint Car Series win of the 60th Anniversary season with a solid victory in Saturday’s 30-lap Penny Newman Grain Cotton Classic at Keller Auto Speedway. Abreu, piloting his own Abreu Vineyards/Golden State Restaurant Group sprinter,…
(October 8, 2019) Jim Allen, Sacramento, CA … The King of the West-NARC 410 Fujitsu Sprint Car Series will bring their high-stakes championship battle to Keller Auto Speedway in Hanford, this Saturday, October 12th, for the highly-anticipated 34th annual Penny Newman Grain Cotton Classic. This program will also feature the Sprint Car Challenge Tour 360’s,…
(October 7, 2019) Jim Allen, Sacramento, CA … The King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series has schedule their 60th Anniversary Championship Awards Celebration on Sunday, November 3rd at the Brookside Country Club in Stockton, CA. The event takes place the day after the Tribute to Gary Patterson season finale at the…
(October 5, 2019) Bakersfield, CA, By Jim Allen … Dominic Scelzi took no prisoners with a commanding 30-lap green-to-checkered King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series victory at the Kern County Raceway Park Dirt Track Saturday night. It was Scelzi’s club-high fifth victory of the season aboard the Dennis & Teresa Roth…
(10/1/19) Sacramento, CA, Jim Allen … With the 2019 60th Anniversary championship on the line, the King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series will return to the Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park on Saturday, October 5th, to tackle the exciting one-third mile oval dirt track. With only three races remaining…
NARC NEWSLINE – SEPTEMBER 10, 2019, By Jim Allen … Although the marketing slogan reads the Fastest Four Days in Motorsports, it’s actually four complete high-intensity racing programs jammed into a short 80-hour span. Now .., deduct about 24 hours for sleep (hopefully); 28 hours at the race track; and depending on your location, about…
(9/1/19) By Jim Allen, Calistoga, CA … It was the Rico Abreu sprint car show at Calistoga Speedway Sunday night. The popular driver started on the pole and dominated the field, leading all 25-laps at the second night of the Louie Vermeil Classic for the King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Racing Series! Combined…
(8/31/19) By Jim Allen, Calistoga, CA … Dominic Scelzi passed Chase Johnson with only three laps remaining to score Saturday’s exciting King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series feature event at Calistoga Speedway’s Louie Vermeil Classic. The victory was worth $6000 for Scelzi and the Dennis & Teresa Roth HR Livestock Transportation…
(August 27, 2019) Jim Allen, Sacramento, CA … The 60th Anniversary King of the West by NARC season comes full circle when the 410 winged sprint cars return to Calistoga Speedway to compete at the Louie Vermeil Classic on Saturday and Sunday, August 31st and September 1st. The sanctioning body, which was started in 1960…
(10/12/19), By Jim Allen, Hanford, CA … Rico Abreu scored his third King of the West by NARC Fujitsu 410 Sprint Car Series win of the 60th Anniversary season with a solid victory in Saturday’s 30-lap Penny Newman Grain Cotton Classic at Keller Auto Speedway. Abreu, piloting his own Abreu Vineyards/Golden State Restaurant Group sprinter,…
(October 5, 2019) Bakersfield, CA, By Jim Allen … Dominic Scelzi took no prisoners with a commanding 30-lap green-to-checkered King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series victory at the Kern County Raceway Park Dirt Track Saturday night. It was Scelzi’s club-high fifth victory of the season aboard the Dennis & Teresa Roth…
(9/1/19) By Jim Allen, Calistoga, CA … It was the Rico Abreu sprint car show at Calistoga Speedway Sunday night. The popular driver started on the pole and dominated the field, leading all 25-laps at the second night of the Louie Vermeil Classic for the King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Racing Series! Combined…
(8/31/19) By Jim Allen, Calistoga, CA … Dominic Scelzi passed Chase Johnson with only three laps remaining to score Saturday’s exciting King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series feature event at Calistoga Speedway’s Louie Vermeil Classic. The victory was worth $6000 for Scelzi and the Dennis & Teresa Roth HR Livestock Transportation…
(8/24/19) By Jim Allen, Stockton, CA … Tim Kaeding clinched the Fastest Four Days in Motorsports title with an impressive $10,000 King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series victory in front of a huge crowd at the Stockton Dirt Track’s Champions Classic on Saturday. It was his second victory aboard Rod Tiner’s…
(8/23/19) By Jim Allen, Stockton, CA … Bud Kaeding put together a dominating sprint car performance at the Stockton Dirt Track Friday Night leading all 30-laps of the King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series Champions Classic feature event. Kaeding, piloting the Morrie Williams Motorsports Alviso Rock/AV Solutions/Williams Roofing Maxim, started on…
(8/22/19) By Jim Allen, Chico, CA … Tim Kaeding found himself in the right place at the right time and capitalized to score round two of the King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series “Fastest Four Days in Motorsports” at Silver Dollar Speedway. He pocketed $5000 for his efforts! Kaeding, started the…
(8/21/19) By Jim Allen, Placerville, CA … Kyle Larson kicked off the Fastest Four Days in Motorsports with a thrilling sprint car victory, claiming Wednesday’s King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series 30-lap headliner at Placerville Speedway. Larson also won the POWRi Racing/BCRA midget feature. Larson started the Paul Silva Finley Farms/McDonalds-sponsored…
(7/27/19) By Jim Allen, Santa Maria, CA … Dominic Scelzi picked off Chase Johnson with only two laps remaining to score Saturday’s exciting King of the West-NARC Fujitsu 410 Sprint Car feature before a huge crowd at Santa Maria Raceway. Scelzi, piloting the potent Roth Motorsports number 83 KPC sprint car, started fifth in the grid…
NARC NEWSLINE – SEPTEMBER 10, 2019, By Jim Allen … Although the marketing slogan reads the Fastest Four Days in Motorsports, it’s actually four complete high-intensity racing programs jammed into a short 80-hour span. Now .., deduct about 24 hours for sleep (hopefully); 28 hours at the race track; and depending on your location, about…
NARC NEWSLINE – August 18, 2019, By Jim Allen … And just like that …, BAMM …, we’re at the halfway point of the King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car 60th Anniversary season. Ten races down and nine to go! It has been more than interesting up to this point and with some…
NARC NEWSLINE – JULY 18, 2019, By Jim Allen … It took eight races before the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu 410 Sprint Car Series finally revisited a race track this season. And, that’s the way it should be. Not to take anything away from points chasers who lock in to a local track, but…
NARC NEWSLINE – June 19, 2019, By Jim Allen … If you ever needed a reminder that sprint car racing is unpredictable and always worth the price of admission, all you had to do was attend either of the first two King of the West-NARC Fujitsu events in June. They were off the chain unpredictable! …
NARC NEWSLINE – May 16, 2019, By Jim Allen … Let’s talk about 1987 for a minute. Yup, like in 32 years ago. The god-awful ugly Ford Escort was the number one selling car in America and the Simpsons aired for the first time. Fox News was in the process of making its prime-time debut…
NARC NEWSLINE – April 28, 2019, By Jim Allen … Sometimes, having a weekly routine makes going to the races a little easier. And if you are chasing the King of the West-NARC 410 sprint cars this season, that routine will probably not kick in until about mid-June. With the March 2nd Stockton rain out, the…
NARC NEWSLINE – FEBRUARY 24, 2019, By Jim Allen Well …, based on my calendar, it’s time to get this party started. It’s time to get the show on the road. And it’s time for the big boys – and girl – of 410 winged sprint car racing to go out and play at the…
NARC NEWSLINE – DECEMBER 31, 2018, By Jim Allen Okay, let’s make this official … 16 King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car events … CHECK … Great wheel-to-wheel racing … CHECK … Eight Winners … CHECK … No serious racing injuries … CHECK … Kyle Hirst and Dennis Roth crowned champions … CHECK…
NARC NEWSLINE – October 21, 2018, By Jim Allen One of the best things about open wheel racing is that it’s almost always unpredictable. Every time you think you’ve got this gig figured out … BAM … the unexpected! Somebody jumps a wheel, somebody else scores a perfectly timed victory, and next thing you know,…
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Dennis & Teresa Roth
