Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Excited to have Jac Haudenschild and Trey Marcham for the 30th Annual Chili Bowl Nationals in less than 19 days!!

January 12th – January 16th
30th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals
National Midget
River Spirit Expo Center
Tulsa, OK

We are only a little more than 2 weeks from the Chili Bowl! After the dust settles from Christmas and everyone gets their bearings back from New Year’s… it’s time to gear up for the first and biggest midget race of the year!

All the biggest names will be there including Larson, BC, Rico, Bacon, Bell, Hines, Swindell and so many more. There are well over 200 drivers for the 2016 extravaganza!

This year we will have the incredibly accomplished veteran Jac Haudenschild and the up and coming 2013 Western Midget Rookie of the Year Trey Marcham. Jac will pilot the King Racing Products / BR Motorsports / Pacific Coast Maintenance / Sun Valley Ag Transport #73X and Trey Marcham will be at the helm of the #73T.


Schedule and Information – 2016 Chili Bowl Nationals


We will provide highlights and updates throughout the 5 day event and Live coverage on Jac and Trey’s races.


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Monday, November 16, 2015

We are headed to Tucson with Trey Marcham and Brady Bacon this Thursday for Western World Championships!!

November 19th, 20th & 21st
Western World Championships
USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series
USA Raceway
Tucson, AZ

On Thursday, November 19th we will be at the USA Raceway for 3 days with Trey Marcham and Brady Bacon running West Coast 360’s.

This is the final 3 races of the year for WCSC Series where Trey Marcham is leading the Rookie of the Year chase and currently 4th overall in Championship points for 2015!

Brady recently ran 360’s with JFM in Las Cruces at the Richard Griffin Classic taking 2nd!! Bacon was crowned National Champion in 2014 and sits at 4th this year. Brady took 6th in the Oval Nationals last weekend in Perris.


The 2015 Western World Championships will feature The Amsoil USAC National 410 Sprint Cars vs. USAC CRA 410 Sprint Cars along with USAC Southwest Sprint Cars vs. USAC West Coast Sprint Cars. An open practice session will take place on Wednesday evening, November 18, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with racing action kicking off on Thursday, November 19, at 7pm. Both divisions will compete in full programs Thursday, Friday and Saturday with pit gates opening at 3pm, Front Gate will open at 5pm Thursday and Friday and 4pm Saturday, Qualifying at 6pm and racing starting at 7pm each night.
-Kevin Montgomery PEORIA, Ariz. (October 30th, 2015)

We will be providing all the race results and highlights LIVE for all 3 days!

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Friday, August 28, 2015

Kicking Off California Sprint Week at the LV Classic in Calistoga on September 5th!

Brady Bacon, Kevin Thomas Jr. and Trey Marcham hit the Louie Vermeil Classic September 5th and 6th in Calistoga!!


September 5th and 6th
8th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic
USAC Amsoil CRA & Western Midget
California Sprint Week
Calistoga Speedway
Calistoga, CA

California Sprint week kicks off with the 8th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic!! JFM is excited to have 3 of the best drivers for this famed event! The 2-day purse for both divisions is over $ 80,000!!


Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK is 4th in the Amsoil National Sprint Series and 12 wins in 2015 alone will be running both the #73 Sprint and #73x Midget on Saturday, September 5th.

Kevin Thomas Jr., out of Cullman, Indiana, has 8 Feature wins this year and is currently 6th in the National Sprint Championship race! Kevin will be driving both the #73 Sprint and #73x Midget on Sunday, September 6th. KT will also be in Petaluma with us on the Monday the 7th and on Chico on Thursday the 10th running the CRA Sprints.

Trey Marcham hailing from Oklahoma City has run with us all year primarily West Coast Sprints. Marcham leads the ROY chase and is 3rd in Championship points in his rookie year! Marcham will pilot the 73 Midget both Saturday the 5th and Sunday the 6th. Trey will also run the Midgets on Thursday the 10th in Chico at Silver Dollar Speedway.


We will provide LIVE updates for all of the racing throughout.

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Another West Coast 360 race this Saturday in Hanford with ROY leader Trey Marcham!!

Saturday, August 1
USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series
Keller Auto Speedway
Hanford, CA



Last Saturday in Tulare, Marcham built on his ‘Rookie of the Year’ points lead scoring another top 10 finish, placing 6th in the truncated feature race. Trey was gaining momentum with a chance to place better though with all the fanfare for the Peter Murphy Classic, the race was checkered at 23 laps in. Marcham now has 8 top ten finishes running WC 360’s and sits at 4th overall in the chase for the Championship with 518 points.


Marcham, hailing from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma will pilot the King Racing Products / Berry Pack / BR Motorsports / Pacific Coast Maintenance / Sun Valley Ag Transport #73. Along with the headlining 360 Sprints will be RaceSaver, IMCA Stocks, Mini's & WRA Sprints. After tonight there will be a 3 week break for the WCSC Series.

Pit gates will open at 2:00, front gates at 4:30 and racing should kick off at 7:00.

We will be covering the race, providing updates and highlights throughout.


@JFM_Racing | @TreyMarcham32

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Peter Murphy Classic this Saturday at the Thunderbowl with Trey Marcham!!

Saturday, July 25th
2nd Annual Peter Murphy Classic
West Coast Sprint Car Series
Thunderbowl Raceway
Tulare, CA

Peter Murphy Classic
We will have Trey Marcham in Tulare for another West Coast 360 race! Marcham, currently 5th overall in championship points, is leading the 2015 West Coast Sprint Car Series ‘Rookie of the Year’ chase with a comfortable lead. Trey has 7 top ten finishes and took 5th his last WCSC race in Hanford on June 27th. Trey will be running the Berry Pack / King Racing Products / Pacific Coast Maintenance / Sun Valley Ag Transport #73.

$4000 to win, $2000 for second with awards for long haul, hard charger and $1400 disbursed for the Trophy Dash! Also on the ticket for the Classic will be KWS 410’s and Western RaceSaver Sprints.

We will provide highlights and race updates throughout the evening.

@JFM_Racing | @TreyMarcham32

Friday, June 5, 2015

Brady Bacon & Trey Marcham for MIDGET WEEK in Indiana starting June 10th!



June 10th – June 14th
Honda USAC National Midget Series
Indiana – See Schedule


Next week starting on June 10th we will be in Indiana for Midget Week!
Last Saturday night, May 30th, Bacon won his first career USAC Western Midget Series race wheeling a King Racing Products / Berry Pack JFM #73 car. The Broken Arrow, Oklahoma driver has been winning sprint car races for many years, 7 just this year! Brady has driven a JFM car several times in 2015 with good results, winning 3 of 8 features! Last time in Gas City on the 15th Bacon won.

Trey Marcham, out of Oklahoma City, OK has put together some impressive stats in the USAC Western Midget in the last few years. He scored Rookie of the Year honors in 2013 and was runner up in 2014 for both the Western Midget and Western Midget Dirt Championship!









The first of 5 races kicks it off at Gas City I-69 Speedway in Gas City, IN.

SCHEDULE

Grandstands Open: 2PM
Jun 10 - Gas City, IN Gas City I-69 Speedway
Pit Gates Open: 2PM
Draw Close: 6:45PM
Hot Laps: 6:45PM
Racing: 7:30PM

Jun 11 - Putnamville, IN Lincoln Park Speedway
Jun 12 - Bloomington, IN Bloomington Speedway
Jun 13 - Lawrenceburg, IN Lawrenceburg Speedway
Jun 14 - Kokomo, IN Kokomo Speedway

We will provide live updates during all the racing every night here and tweeting.


@JFM_Racing | @TreyMarcham32 | @BradyBacon

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Trey Marcham in Tulare this Saturday for WCSC Series Race!!

May 16, 2015
USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series
Chris & Brian Faria Memorial
Thunderbowl Raceway
Tulare, CA

In 2 days we will be back at the Thunderbowl with Oklahoma City, Oklahoma’s Trey Marcham. In the chase for WCSC Rookie of the Year, Marcham leads by a good margin over other newcomers to the series including Tristan Guardino, Shannon McQueen, Colton Slack and Ryan Timmons. 23 year old Trey is currently running 5th overall in series Championship points and has scored a heat race win, 4 top 10’s finishes still early in the season. Trey claimed 5th in his last West Coast race in Santa Maria.

Front gates open at 4:00pm, qualifying will begin at 6:00pm and racing is scheduled for 7:00pm.

We are looking for a strong showing with the Marcham wheeling the King Racing Products / Berry Pack / Pacific Coast Maintenance Service JFM #73. Come to the track and follow us for all the highlights and updates throughout the race.

@JFM_Racing | @TreyMarcham32

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

Hunter Schuerenberg and Nic Faas in Ventura this Saturday!!

May 9, 2015
USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series
All Coast Challenge
Ventura Raceway
Ventura, CA

In 2 days we will have two accomplished and skilled open wheel drivers wheeling JFM CRA Sprints at “The Best Little Dirt Track in America.” Ventura Raceway will host this Saturday’s ‘All Coast Challenge’ with a $5000-to-win, $500-to-start 40 lap main event! At press time we have 54 entries!!

Hunter Schuerenberg will be coming off back to back weekends of WoO events in the Midwest when he pulls into Ventura Saturday. Schuerenberg last ran a CRA race with us in early March of this year, scoring a 7th place finish. The 2008 National Sprint Car Rookie of Year has focused on winged sprint car racing in 2015 though has also competed in several other open wheel classes. 15 years of racing for the 25 year old has brought success over the years to this young veteran. Hunter will be in the JFM #73.

Nic Faas drove with JFM for the better part of 2014 running WCSC, WCRS and CRA scoring many top ten and top 5 finishes including a 2nd place finish right here in Ventura! Faas finished 2014 in the top 10 in all three classes when the year came to a close. Nic will be piloting the King Racing Products / Berry Pack JFM #73x.


The track is located on the Ventura County Fairgrounds at 10 West Harbor Blvd. in Ventura, California. The pit gates open at 12 noon with the front gates opening at 3:00pm and racing getting underway about 5:30pm.

We look forward to seeing you at the track right here in our hometown of Ventura!! We will be providing updates and highlights throughout the race on our social platforms.

This week we will also highlight another of our long time principal sponsors, King Racing Products.

@jfm_racing | @hunterpercent | @nic_faas

May 7, 2015 – Michael Payne – Payne Media Marketing

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Shane Golobic and Ryan Bernal for WoO and USAC CRA in Perris on Saturday!!


April 18, 2015
So-Cal Showdown
World of Outlaws & USAC CRA
Perris Auto Speedway
Perris, CA


We will have a rare treat with having both World of Outlaws and USAC CRA 410 Sprint Car Series together in one event. And JFM will have two of the best open wheel drivers on the track with Golobic and Bernal!

Shane Golobic
We are happy to have the skills of Shane Golobic out of Fremont, CA wheeling the King Racing Products / Berry Pack / Jimmy May and Mikey Evans tuned JFM winged #73. Shane is having yet another impressive year running primarily winged 360 and 410 sprints. In 2015 Golobic has 8 top ten finishes, a win in the Marysville Civil War on March 20, a 2nd last week at the Calistoga Civil War and with us on our first Outlaw race in March Shane took 12th! Shane has 30 total feature wins, 20 winged feature wins to his credit as well as 10 other open wheel wins in his professional driving career!

Jimmy May and Ryan Bernal

Ryan Bernal has won a lot of races, has had a lot of success running in a JFM #73. Bernal, another local out of Hollister, CA is tearing it up this year! Bernal has ran most of the WCSC Series races this year, winning 5 out of 6, last three in a row, and the race he did not win, he finished 2nd!! Bernal has also competed in some winged sprint races this year, just last weekend claiming a 3rd and 10th


Bernal will race his first USAC CRA race of 2015 in the JFM CRA Sprint #73.

Spectator gates will open at 4:00 PM with racing at 7:00.

All the Latest JFM News at Josh Ford Motorsports site.

We will follow the racing throughout the night bringing live updates for all the happenings on the track from Perris Auto Speedway.


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Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Another West Coast 360 race for Trey Marcham wheeling the JFM #73 in Santa Maria this Saturday!

April 11, 2015
USAC West Coast Sprint Car
Santa Maria Speedway
Santa Maria, CA

Trey Marcham hailing from Oklahoma City will take 3 top ten finishes into Santa Maria this weekend. Trey leads in the Rookie of the Year chase and is currently 5th overall in the WCSC Series championship run!

Marcham is a great guy, talented and smart driver with a bevy of accolades through the years. With more laps under his belt, Trey just gains in confidence and gets faster and faster. We are excited to put him in the driver’s seat of the King Racing Products / Berry Pack / Pacific Coast Maintenance Service #73 whenever we can.

Ryan Bernal, Richard and Jace Vander Weerd, Jeff Sibley, Landon Hurst and many others are sure to be in attendance as well this Saturday.

See all the current points at JFM Points Page!

We look forward to seeing everyone at the track and keep the dial tuned here for live updates throughout the race!


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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Trey Marcham and Shane Golobic in Tulare this weekend!


JFM will have Shane Golobic in our first WoO race and Trey Marcham running the WCSC Series this Friday and Saturday at the Thunderbowl!!

March 13th and 14th, 2015
World of Outlaws / King of the West Sprints (Outlaws and KWS Combined)
West Coast 360 Sprint Cars
Thunderbowl Raceway
Tulare, CA

This weekend we will embark on a new era for Josh Ford Motorsports. We will compete in the World of Outlaws Series in Tulare with Shane Golobic. Golobic will pilot the Winged 410 Sprint #73. Shane is a skillful and accomplished Outlaw driver with polished experience. 23 year old Golobic finished 3rd in the WoO 2011 Gold Cup, track champion at several tracks and the 2014 Short Track Nationals Rookie of the Year and 2014 Civil War Champion. 65 races in 2014, Golobic had 6 wins, 7 fast times, 20 top 3’s and 42 top 10’s!

Trey Marcham out of New Castle, OK will be wheeling the King Racing Products / Berry Pack / A & A Precision CNC Machine 360 #73 in the West Coast Sprint Car Series races both Friday and Saturday. Trey has taken it up another level in 2014 with a bevy of accolades to his credit taking 3 wins and 9 top ten finishes. In the Tulsa Shootout completing just a week ago right here on January 3rd, Trey scored two Golden Drillers winning both Non-Wing Stock and Non-Wing Outlaw to kick off 2015!!

Jimmy May and the JFM Team are ready for this weekend.

Event Schedule
Front gates open at 4:00pm on both nights.
Racing scheduled for 7:00pm on both Friday and Saturday.

Come to the track and see JFM’s first winged race! Follow the race here for all the updates and play by play during the heats and features.


Thunderbowl Raceway
215 E Martin Luther King Jr. Ave
Tulare, CA 93274
559-688-0909
Track Website


Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Sin City Showdown in 2 DAYS with Trey Marcham and Hunter Schuerenberg!

March 5th, 2014
Sin City Showdown
West Coast Sprint Car Series
Las Vegas Motor Speedway

We are excited to have Hunter Schuerenberg wheeling for us for the first time in the JFM #73x! Hunter has put on quite a show for several years running. The 25 year old Missouri native began in winged micro-sprints at the age of 10 winning six national and state championships by the age 14! In 2006, Schuerenberg was named National Sprint Car Rookie of the Year and he won his first USAC National Sprint Car Series race in 2008.  Hunter’s schedule over the last several years has comprised mostly of competing for the USAC National Sprint Championship and various dirt track races locally to Indiana. Schuerenberg placed 3rd overall in 2011!

We are happy to have Hunter for this Thursday’s Showdown in Vegas as well as running the CRA Season Opener in Perris this Saturday on the 7th.

Trey Marcham had just an incredible year in 2014 finishing 2nd in both the Western Midget Dirt and Western Midget Overall. Marcham has more than 12 years’ experience and has raced NASCAR late models on asphalt, Midgets, A-Class, Non-wing and Multi/Outlaw race cars on dirt. Running with Josh Ford Motorsports all of 2014 Trey ran predominately in the Western Midget Series races, though had put together a few strong showings in the 360’s last year as well. Marcham ran this year’s Chili Bowl with us just missing the A Main on the final night. Trey’s latest highlights include capturing 2 Golden Drillers at the Tulsa Shootout the first week of this year!!

We are extremely happy to have the young and talented, though very experienced driver out of Newcastle, Oklahoma behind the wheel of a 73 car in the start of the 2015 season!!

Looking forward to this Thursday night! Follow the race as it happens here, we’ll keep you updated.


@jfm_racing | @treymarcham32 | @hunterpercent

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

USAC National Sprint Champ Brady Bacon for the Winter Challenge this weekend and the next!


January 23, 24, 25, 30 and 31
E&K Winter Challenge
USAC Southwest vs. USAC West Coast Sprint Cars
Canyon Speedway Park / USA Raceway
Peoria, Arizona / Tucson, Arizona

Last year’s USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Champion, winner first round Winter Challenge 2014 and just an incredibly accomplished driver, Brady Bacon, will wheel the King Racing Products / Berry Pack #73 for Josh Ford Motorsports in 2015!

Winter Challenge will have the sprints compete in three $2,000 and two $4,000 to win events over the five day event. The top five in the series will earn the E&K Winter Challenge Bonus along with the Most Valuable Racer collecting up $500. Payout Info: http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Winter-Challenge-2015-Purse.pdf

Practice and the first three rounds will be held at Canyon Speedway from January 22nd through 26th with the last two hosted by USA Raceway on January 30th and 31st with practice on the 29th.

The 2015 Winter Challenge Schedule of Events is as follows:
Thursday, January 22 – Open Practice at CSP 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday, January 23 – Round 1 at CSP (Gates open at 5:00 p.m., Racing at 7:00 p.m.)
Saturday, January 24 – Round 2 at CSP (Gates open at 3:00 p.m., Racing at 5:00 p.m.)
Sunday, January 25 – Round 3 at CSP (Gates open at 3:00 p.m., Racing at 5:00 p.m.)
Thursday, January 29 – Open Practice at USA from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday, January 30 – Round 4 at USA (Gates open at 5:00 p.m., Racing at 7:00 p.m.)
Saturday, January 31 – Round 5 (Gates open at 3:00 p.m., Racing at 5:00 p.m.)

Bacon hailing from Broken Arrow, OK had an outstanding 2014 with ten 1st Place and a slew of top 5 finishes that netted Brady the National Championship over Clauson and Darland. 24 year old Bacon has raced from age 15 in 1990 and will be having his 25th birthday day after the 3rd Round of Winter Challenge on January 26th. If you follow sprint racing at any level, you are sure to be familiar with one of the most celebrated in the sport, Brady Bacon.

“USAC National Champion, Brady Bacon, will pilot the Jimmy May prepared JFM USAC Sprint Car for E&K Winter Challenge 2015. The five race series will kick off January 23rd-25th at Canyon Speedway and then head to USA Raceway for the two day finale January 30th and 31st.” - Kevin Montgomery 1-5-15

Come to the track and follow the races here to get all the updates.

@jfm_racing | joshfordmotorsportsinc.com | @bradybacon | bradybaconracing.com

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Saturday, January 10, 2015

Trey Marcham and David Gravel for Chili Bowl 2015! It all kicks off in less than 2 days!!


JFM will have Trey Marcham and David Gravel competing against some of the best drivers in the nation including the likes of Kyle Larson, Kevin Swindell and Bryan Clauson for the biggest Midget Race of the year!!


January 12th – January 17th, 2014
29th Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals
River Spirit Expo Center in Tulsa, OK

Crew Chief Jimmy May and the JFM Team with the 73 cars are just arriving at the track getting in line to get into the pits tomorrow morning. With over 300 drivers the space is tight even with the incredible size of the River Spirit Expo Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Practice will kick off Monday and there will be 4 qualifying race nights, Tuesday through Friday, leading up to the spectacular finale on Saturday.


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma’s Trey Marcham will race the River Spirit Qualifying Night on Wednesday, January 14 piloting the King Racing Products / Berry Pack JFM / TCR / Esslinger / R.D. Marcham Energy / Best Western Tulsa Airport / Pinnacle Energy Services / Metal Supermarkets #73T. Marcham had another great year in 2014 taking 3 wins and 9 top ten finishes. In the Tulsa Shootout completing just a week ago right here on January 3rd, Trey scored two Golden Drillers winning both Non-Wing Stock and Non-Wing Outlaw!!

Thursday will see WoO sensation David Gravel out Warrenton, Connecticut taking the reins of the JFM / TCR / Fontana / Berry Pack / King Racing Products / Valley Ag Transport / Pacific Coast Maintenance #73D. David had a great 2014 season running the Roth #83 into 10th place in the 2014 World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series. Gravel had his first WoO win in November of 2011 and this year at the WoO banquet celebrated 5 wins, 25 top-5s, 53 top-10s & 11 quick times!

Look for the full entry lists and the entries broke down for each night, as well as the full event schedule and everything happening at this year’s Chili Bowl Nationals coming up in the next several posts.

Follow all the racing right her! We will highlight everything for all the qualifying nights and provide live updates as Marcham and Gravel are on the track!



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