Showing posts with label Bakersfield Speedway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bakersfield Speedway. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Marcham WIN Number 3 of 2014!! | Upcoming schedule changes for JFM

Marcham wins the ‘Monster Energy Recycling Night’ in Bakersfield last Saturday! Third win of 2014!!

Honda USAC Western Midget Series
‘Monster Energy Recycling Night’
Bakersfield Speedway – Bakersfield, CA

Trey Marcham qualified in the middle of the 20 Midgets signed in, 10th overall with a 13.881 time. Trey placed 3rd in his heat race. Going into the main had Marcham starting near the middle of the field. Surging from the green flag, Trey moved up quickly to take the lead from Alex Schutte in lap 10. Marcham lead through the remainder of the 30 lap feature to take the checkered flag.

Qualified - 10th (13.881)
Heat 1 -  3rd
Feature 1st

VIDEO - Last 10 laps of the Feature

Marcham's chances for taking the 2014 Championship are really good with just 4 more sanctioned races

Western Midget Dirt Points 

1 Gardner 629
2 Trey Marcham 593
3 Schutte 390
4 Blondel 342
5 McQueen 296
6 Pierovich 288
7 Dodenhoff 283
8 Ennis 216
9 Dolacki 194
10 Shelton 175

Western Midget Points

1 Gardner 629
2 Trey Marcham 593
3 Blondel 563
4 Schutte 443
5 Nichols 433
6 Pierovich 327
7 Chiello 322
8 McQueen 296
9 Dodenhoff 283
10 Ennis 216

ALL POINTS RACES

Coming up for JFM

Trey Marcham will compete in his first ever Sprint Car race on October 11th in Tulare!!

We will be off for the next few weeks with some schedule adjustments. Visalia cancelled earlier in the year for the Midget race on the 27th. We apologize for it still being on the 2014 JFM Schedule. We decided not to go to Canyon this Saturday for the WCSC race or to Petaluma on October 4th for the WCRS event.

Next USAC Midget Race

November 20th – 22nd
47th Annual Sands Chevrolet USAC Western World Championships
Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, AZ

Next Race

October 11th
29th Annual Cotton Classic
Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, CA

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Twitter - @jfm_racing | @treymarcham32

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Marcham in Bakersfield this Saturday for USAC Midget racing!!

Bakersfield Speedway - JFM
September 20th
Honda USAC Western Midget Series
‘Monster Energy Recycling Night’
Bakersfield Speedway

Trey Marcham, Oklahoma City, is currently second in the dirt and third in the overall combined point standings. Marcham won the here on May 3rd of this year and will look to gain ground on the points leader Ronnie Gardner this Saturday. Trey, in his last race, again took the podium finishing 2nd at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico. He has two Fast Time Awards and 8 Top Ten finishes this season.
Trey Marcham - JFM 73
Photo - Roger Seymour

Marcham will be running the potent Berry Pack / King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine #73 with Mikey Evans tuning. Evans was manning the wrenches in Bakersfield for the May 3rd win.

Saturday’s event will be the 100th appearance of the USAC Western Midgets at Bakersfield Speedway and the second time of 2014.

Schedule

Pit Gates to open at 2:00pm
Front Gates open at 4:00pm
Racing to start at 6:00pm

Come to the track and follow us here for live updates throughout the racing.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Faas at Perris Auto Speedway and Marcham in Bakersfield this Saturday!!

On Saturday, May 3rd, we will be at Bakersfield Speedway with Trey Marcham.

Honda USAC Western Midget
Bakersfield Speedway
May 3, 2014

Trey, New Castle, OK, is currently 3rd in the Points Race for the Midgets in 2014 just 5 points out of the lead early in the Western Midget season.

Gates will open at 4:00, Racing scheduled for 6:00 at ‘The West’s Fastest 1/3-Mile High Banked Clay Oval’. Marcham will be piloting the Berry Pack / King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC TCR JFM #73 with Mikey Evans tuning.

We will update throughout the race @JFM_Racing – Twitter / Facebook

Also on Saturday, May 3rd, we will be running at Perris Auto Speedway with Nic Faas.

USAC CRA Sprint Cars
Perris Auto Speedway
May 3, 2014

Nic goes into Saturday’s race second behind Damion Gardner in points. Faas out of Huntington Beach, CA has placed 3rd and 4th here the last 2 races! Faas has been strong and consistent all year. Faas will be piloting the always potent A&A Precision CNC Machine / Berry Pack / King Racing Products JFM #73.

Spectator gates for the open wheel spectacular will open at 5:00 PM and the first race will go green at 7:00. The campground will open at noon on Friday. Tailgating in the spectator parking lot will begin at 1:00 PM for all PAS events as well.

We will update throughout the race @JFM_Racing – Twitter / Facebook


@JFM_Racing | @nic_faas | @treymarcham32

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

West Coast, CRA and Western Midget Point Races heating up! Niemela running WC 360's in Bakersfield this Saturday!

Josh Ford Motorsports drivers have been solid through the first few point’s races of the early 2014 season and it's paid off with both Markus Niemelä and Nic Faas firmly in second place in the USAC/CRA and WCSC Series Points respectively and Trey Marcham in third for the Western Midgets!! Niemelä is just 4 points out of the top spot, Faas 20 with Marcham just 5 points out of the lead as well, in third, for the Western Midget Series!

Bakersfield Speedway will host the next WCSC Series race. Niemelä will be wheeling the potent A&A Precision CNC Machine / Berry Pack / King Racing Products #73 sprint, see if he can make a push for the lead.

2014 USAC West Coast Sprint Car Standings

1 A. Liggett 110
2 M. Niemelä 106
3 D. Howell 97
4 T. Rutherford 91
5 R. VanderWeerd 90
6 J. VanderWeerd 88
7 M. Mitchell 82
8 D. Faria Jr. 78
9 J. J. Yeley 64
10 L. Hurst 64

2014 USAC CRA Sprint Car Standings

1 D. Gardner 142
2 Nic Faas 122
3 Johnson 108
4 Spencer 103
5 Mitchell 99
6 Taylor 92
7 J. Swanson 91
8 Pelkey 79
9 C. Williams 75
10 Roa 71

2014 Western Midget Standings

1 R.J. Johnson 71
2 Alex Schutte 67
3 Trey Marcham 66
4 Jake Swanson 59
5 Terry Goodwin 53
6 Jarid Blondel 51
7 Chad Nichols 46
8 Ronnie Gardner 39


Markus Niemelä will be in Bakersfield this Saturday, March 22nd. Gates open at 4:00pm.  Racing will get underway at 6:00pm and the Pit Gates open at 1:00pm.

@jfm_racing | @markusniemela