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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.
The March Meet continued as a "nostalgia drag race" in 1994 under sanction by the Goodguys Vintage Racing Association. That year Bill Dunlap won Top Fuel, in a race car designed to represent the AA/Fuel Dragster or "front-engine" style of Top Fuel. That historic style of Top Fuel Eliminator is the class that has competed at the March Meet since ...
Throughout the 1970s, the raceway primarily held regional drag racing events. However, entering the early 1980s, the interest of adding a road racing circuit to the grounds began to mount, and in 1985 a road course was constructed by then-owner Jody Trover, featuring 2.600 mi (4.184 km) and 1.010 mi (1.625 km) configurations. [ 2 ]
“Hang on to your tickets, the event organizer is working to reschedule the concert,” the St. Louis Cardinals — who play at Busch Stadium, where the concert was to be held on Saturday ...
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 2012 NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Season was announced on September 8, 2011. [1] The schedule was revised on October 12, 2011, with the events at Maple Grove Raceway and Gateway International Raceway swapping dates. [2] There were 23 Top Fuel, Funny Car, and Pro Stock car events, and 16 Pro Stock Motorcycle events scheduled.
The 2021 NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Season was announced on October 6, 2020. [1]It is the 66th season of the National Hot Rod Association's top drag racing competition. . The NHRA will have 20 Top Fuel and Funny Car events, 17 Pro Stock events (17 Championship NHRA Formula and 5 Non-Championship Mountain Motor Formula; 2 events will showcase both classes), and 15 Pro Stock Motorcycle even