Peter Murphy Classic

May 7, 2020

(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…

COVID-19

June 9, 2019

KAEDING FLIPS, ABREU SCORES PETER MURPHY CLASSIC

(6/8/19) Tulare, CA, By Joe Shivak & Jim Allen, … A surprised Rico Abreu ended up in victory lane at the Peter Murphy Classic for the Fujitsu King of the West-NARC 410 Series sprint cars at the Thunderbowl Raceway on Saturday night. Bud Kaeding had the lead coming to the checkered flag when he had…

Bud Kaeding

June 3, 2019

KING OF THE WEST-NARC SPRINT CARS TACKLE THE PETER MURPHY CLASSIC … AGAIN!

6/4/19, Sacramento, CA, Jim Allen … Mother nature might have got the better of the Sixth Annual Peter Murphy Classic three weekends ago, but that has just built up the anticipation for the rain-delayed sequel this weekend. The King of the West-NARC Fujitsu 410 Sprint Car Series will be battling for as much as a $21,000…

King of the West-NARC

May 18, 2019

BAD WEATHER POSTPONES SECOND NIGHT OF PETER MURPHY CLASSIC

May 18, 2019 – 11:20 a.m., Tulare, CA … Incoming bad weather has forced promoter Steve Faria to cancel the second night of the lucrative Peter Murphy Classic at Thunderbowl Raceway. However, the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu 410 Sprint Car Series event has been rescheduled at the track on Saturday, June 8th. The popular…

June 8th

May 15, 2019

NARC NEWSLINE – MAY 16, 2019

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…

Dave Bradway Jr.

May 13, 2019

KING OF THE WEST-NARC SPRINT CARS CHASE BIG PETER MURPHY CLASSIC PAYDAY

5/14/19 – Jim Allen, Sacramento, CA … The winged 410 sprint car teams of the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Racing Series will be focused on claiming a stout $11,000 payday at Saturday’s (May 18th) Sixth Annual Peter Murphy Classic. This marks the second night of a popular two-day open wheel racing event that also…

410 Winged Sprint Cars

April 28, 2019

NARC NEWSLINE – APRIL 28, 2019

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…

Dominic Scelzi

May 20, 2018

GOLOBIC STEALS PETER MURPHY CLASSIC AT TULARE

(5/19/18, Tulare, CA – Jim Allen) … Shane Golobic pulled off a dramatic late race pass of Kyle Hirst and Bud Kaeding to steal Saturday’s 30-lap Peter Murphy Classic in King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series action at the Thunderbowl Raceway. Golobic, who started 12th in the grid aboard the Tarlton Motorsports Tachi-Palace…

Bud Kaeding

May 14, 2018

PETER MURPHY CLASSIC ON TAP FOR KING OF THE WEST-NARC SPRINT CARS

(5/15/18) Sacramento, CA … The highly anticipated Peter Murphy Classic at the Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway will take place this Friday and Saturday, May 18-19 with an exciting open wheel extravaganza of sprint car racing. The weekend kicks off with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour (SCCT) and West Coast Sprint Car non-wing Series. The WCS sprint…

Bud Kaeding

May 11, 2018

NARC NEWSLINE – MAY 12, 2018

NARC NEWSLINE – May 12, 2018, By Jim Allen The King of the West-NARC sprint cars made their one and only appearance this season at Silver Dollar Speedway for the popular Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial race on May 5th. For those of you not familiar with the Northern Auto Racing club history books, there was…

Bradway Memorial