Sunny skies and temperatures in the mid-80s greeted racers Sunday as the ANRA Spring Nationals concluded at Famoso Dragstrip with champions crowned across a variety of nostalgia drag racing categories.
Manav Shah, a Centennial High alumnus and a professional golfer who recently qualified to play in the upcoming U.S. Open, has gained a year-long sponsorship agreement with Hard Rock Casino Tejon, it was announced this week.
A strong field of winged sprint cars and local favorites kept fans on the edge of their seats Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway as the United Sprint Car Series (USCS) made a highly anticipated stop at the clay oval.
The Kern Community College District approved the hiring of Lynn Kennedy as Bakersfield College’s new athletic director and dean of kinesiology and athletics at its board meeting Thursday. Kennedy, who most recently served as the head women’s basketball coach at Metropolitan State University …
Keelan Harvick picked up a marquee win Saturday night at the local race track bearing his father’s name, Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway, by capturing the SPEARS CARS Tour West Pro Late Model feature.
Local collegiate track and field programs, Bakersfield College and Cal State Bakersfield, are preparing for big championship meets today and Saturday in Southern California.
Big rigs, burnouts and a strong dose of horsepower highlighted the 45th annual Truckin’ For Kids Charity Show & Drags held Saturday and Sunday at Famoso Dragstrip.
Local racers led the way Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway with Brad Pounds, Ethan Johnson, Ricky Childress Jr. and Mason Conway scoring feature wins while Camarillo’s Nick Velasquez claimed the National Dwarf Car main event.
The Cal State Bakersfield softball team will close out the regular-season portion of its schedule starting at 5 p.m. Friday in Big West Conference play on the road against UC San Diego.
Bakersfield’s Ava Barta picked up a weekend victory at Famoso Dragstrip in winning the Junior Dragster Group 4 class (ages 15-17) during the ANRA season opener.
A full night of racing action unfolded Saturday at Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway with multiple divisions delivering competitive racing.
The Condors will play their final regular-season home game of 2025-26 at 7 p.m. today at Dignity Health Arena against the San Jose Barracuda and their second-to-last game as it pertains to playoff positioning in the upcoming AHL Pacific Division playoffs. The teams will meet again Saturday n…
Among the 2025-26 Bakersfield Condors’ team goals entering the season was to return to the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup playoffs for the first time since the 2023-24 season.
Local racers were among the big winners during a two-day Summit Racing Equipment Sportsman Series event held last weekend at Famoso Dragstrip.
The Bakersfield Condors will resume pursuit of strengthening their spot in the AHL Pacific Division standings while hosting a two-game weekend series against the Texas Stars of the Central Division on Friday and Saturday. The games start at 7 p.m. both nights.
The Bakersfield Christian High School boys basketball team, which is set to compete for its first-ever CIF state championship in a 4 p.m. Division 2 title game Saturday at Sacramento’s Golden 1 Center, is getting a campus community send-off at 9:45 a.m. today.
Both Tyler Hilton and Mike Peck left Famoso Dragstrip Sunday evening with first-time Good Vibrations Motorsports victories but any similarities end there.
Tyler Hilton has been the driver to beat in the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series Top Fuel category for the past four seasons.
When it comes to racing Nostalgia Funny Cars, Bobby Cottrell has proved he’s pretty darn good.
When it comes to the Good Vibrations Motorsports March Meet at Famoso Dragstrip, there’s not much reason to make changes.
Famoso Dragstrip welcomed 660 students representing 18 schools on Friday as the NHRA Youth & Education Services program stopped in Bakersfield, reinforcing the connection between motor sports and education.
Due to recent rain, the 2026 Bakersfield Speedway Winter Clash went from a two-day show Friday and today at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway to what will now be a “one-day super show” today, according to officials.
Moments after the book on 2025 closed, the immediate questions about what awaits for the new year arise.
Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway will celebrate the holiday season Saturday afternoon and evening with a Raceway Christmas show comprised of Christmas-oriented events and championship racing featuring two divisions of the SPEARS CARS Tour West Series and much more.
Buddy Kofoid returned to form in a big way Tuesday night by winning the Jason Leffler Memorial USAC NOS Energy Drink National midget car feature at Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway.
It will be a new location for the Jason Leffler Memorial race as well as the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Series, which rolls into Bakersfield on Tuesday evening.
The Spears CARS Tour West Championship Weekend scheduled for Saturday at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway has been postponed due to weather concerns.
Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway hosted a Spears CARS Tour West Super Late Models race on Saturday.
Neither driver won their respective NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series championships, but both had bookend victories — starting the season with wins at Famoso Dragstrip in March and ending their seasons with victories there on Sunday at the California Hot Rod Reunion.
The NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion opened its three-day run on Friday at Famoso Dragstrip in impressive fashion with the quickest eight qualifiers in Nostalgia Funny Car history.
The original premise of the California Hot Rod Reunion when it first began in 1992 was to honor the people and machines from the early days of drag racing.
