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Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway (formerly Kern County Raceway Park) is a 0.500 mi (0.805 km) oval speedway located on CA 43 (Enos Lane) just off Interstate 5 in Bakersfield, Kern County, California, United States. Opened in 2013, it was built as a replacement for Mesa Marin Raceway.
The Famoso Bakersfield Raceway still hosts the March Meet but it is now strictly a "nostalgia drag racing" event. In the 2000s, "Saturday Nitro" events featured Fuel altereds then switched to nostalgia funny cars around 2010. After a driver died in an on-track hit on the guardrail, they stopped hosting these non-sanctioned events.
Nov. 29—In racing terms, Kern County Raceway Park is changing its direction, taking the outside line and hitting the gas. Founded in 2013 by Charlie Beard, Rusty Risi and James Vernon, the track ...
The ARCA Menards Series West has held several races at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway (formerly Kern County Raceway Park) in Bakersfield, California over the years. The track currently has two races for the series, the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 and the NAPA Auto Parts 150. The West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame ...
The March Meet is an independent drag race held at Famoso Raceway, a dragstrip located approximately ten miles north of Bakersfield, California.It began in 1959 under the sanction of the "Smokers Car Club" and was initially known as the "US Fuel & Gas Championships."
On Sept. 3, 1977, the Grateful Dead played before 150,000 people at Raceway Park in Old Bridge.
Bakersfield is the home of several motor sports venues. During the formative period of American auto racing, Bakersfield, in 1911, hosted an American Automobile Association (AAA) Indy car event. The race took place around the local oil derricks, and was won by Harvey Herrick. The Bakersfield Speedway is a 1/3-mile (500m) banked clay oval track. [5]
Bakersfield is also located near a variety of motor racing venues. Current racing sports include drag strip (at Famoso Raceway), dirt (at Bakersfield Speedway), road course (at Buttonwillow Raceway), and a paved 1/2 mile oval (at Kern County Raceway Park), which replaced Mesa Marin Raceway, a NASCAR associated oval track, that was demolished in ...