(5/3/19, Jim Allen) Sacramento, CA … In a three-tiered announcement today, the King of the West-NARC 410 sprint car series, Calistoga Speedway and the Stockton Dirt Track announced a schedule change today. The Saturday, June 22nd show schedule at Calistoga Speedway has been moved to the Stockton Dirt Track due to ongoing negotiations at the Napa County…
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…
(12/7/18) Auburn, CA … The 60th Anniversary King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series schedule was announced today and features 20 racing events at ten different dirt tracks in 2019. The 410 winged campaign is slated to award more than $500,000 in prize money and will kick off at the Stockton Dirt Track on…
NARC NEWSLINE, July 7, 2018, By Jim Allen, Auburn, CA … Another three races are officially in the books in the quest to crown the 2018 King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series champion. And everywhere we turn, there is another twist or turn that makes this campaign unique, entertaining, or just plain scratching…
6/23/18 – Calistoga, CA, By Jim Allen … Kyle Hirst outdueled Shane Golobic at the historic half-mile Calistoga Speedway on Saturday night to capture the 25-lap King of the West-NARC Fujitsu sprint car series headliner. Driving the potent 25th Anniversary Roth Motorsports sprint car owned by Dennis and Teresa Roth, Hirst earned his fourth victory…
(6/18/18, Sacramento, CA) … The exhilarating 950-horsepower winged sprint cars of the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Racing Series will feature a rare double-header racing weekend on June 22-23rd. It all kicks off on Friday (June 22nd) with the Pombo-Sargent Classic at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, CA. The following night, Saturday, June 23rd, the traveling…
12/2/17 – Jim Allen, Auburn, CA … The King of the West-NARC Sprint Car Series has rolled out a 2018 sprint car schedule that will feature 16 race dates at nine different dirt oval tracks in California. Up for grabs for open wheel teams will be more than $430,000 in prize money, championship point funds…
NARC NEWSLINE, By Jim Allen, September 10, 2017 … Walking into the annual Calistoga Speedway Hall of Fame Dinner is literally like stepping into a time warp of open wheel racing in California. Hey, isn’t that LeRoy? And over there … there’s only one guy who wears that 10-gallon hat. That’s got to be Johnny…
NARC NEWSLINE, (06/29/17) By Jim Allen … Now that we’ve got 10-races in the official King of the West-NARC record books, it’s time to award some mythical “mid-season awards.” They represent a compilation of highlights, lowlights, and a few other things you’ve probably already forgot about. Enjoy. THE “HEAT RACE GOD” AWARD: If there was…
06/24/17 – By Jim Allen – Calistoga, CA … DJ Netto drove a solid 25-laps and found himself at the right place at the right time to claim top honors in Saturday’s King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Racing Series Dirt Classic before a capacity crowd at Calistoga Speedway. The event, which was co-sanctioned…