Here is a recap of our 2019 season!
(May 24, 2020) Sacramento, CA … The NARC King of the West Fujitsu Sprint Car Series announced that all events through June 6th have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This now includes the May 30th Petaluma Speedway show and the Placerville Speedway race on June 6th. To date, six of the 19-scheduled races…
(5/7/20) Sacramento, CA … The highly anticipated Peter Murphy Classic scheduled at the Tulare Thunderbowl on May 16th has been postponed. The NARC King of the West Fujitsu Sprint Car Series was slated to share the program with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour on the second night (Saturday) of a lucrative two-day show. With California…
NARC NEWSLINE, April 9, 2020, By Jim Allen (Includes two special race reports!) … Okay, I’ll admit it! I’m bored out of my mind! Yes, I said it in public! Do we all agree that there’s a huge difference between enjoying a nice relaxing weekend at home to recharge the batteries and “having” to stay…
NARC NEWSLINE – March 25, 2020, By Jim Allen … And just like that, racing season and every other sport in America gets slam dunked by a China-borne virus named after a popular Mexican beer, which is hawked by a former Dallas Cowboy quarterback! What are the odds? Who saw that one coming? I didn’t! …
(March 18, 2020) Sacramento, CA … Saturday’s NARC King of the West Sprint Car scheduled show at the Stockton Dirt Track has been postponed due to ongoing COVID-19 virus safety concerns. The event was intended to salute legendary Northern Auto Racing Club champion LeRoy Van Conett of Galt. With the volatile situation of the global…
(March 13, 2020 – 3:00 p.m.) Sacramento, CA … After deliberating with board members, sponsors, and legal representatives, the NARC King of the West Racing Series has decided to follow California’s recommendations and postpone tomorrow’s (March 14th) season opening event at Kern County Raceway Park. The NASCAR portion of the “Dual Show” program will continue…
(11/2/19) By Joe Shivak, Stockton, CA … Shane Golobic won the King of the West by NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series season finale at the Stockton Dirt Track Saturday night, while D J Netto was crowned the overall champion. Golobic drove his familiar Matt Woods Racing NOS Energy Drink No. 17w from the pole position,…
(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…
NARC NEWSLINE, April 9, 2020, By Jim Allen (Includes two special race reports!) … Okay, I’ll admit it! I’m bored out of my mind! Yes, I said it in public! Do we all agree that there’s a huge difference between enjoying a nice relaxing weekend at home to recharge the batteries and “having” to stay…
NARC NEWSLINE – March 25, 2020, By Jim Allen … And just like that, racing season and every other sport in America gets slam dunked by a China-borne virus named after a popular Mexican beer, which is hawked by a former Dallas Cowboy quarterback! What are the odds? Who saw that one coming? I didn’t! …
NARC NEWSLINE, February 2, 2020, By Jim Allen … Now that the Super Bowl hype is finally over, it’s time to get fired up for the sport that really gets our heart thumping and adrenaline flowing. Of course, that would be sprint car racing. The best thing about this time of year is that there’s…
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…
