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 6^th 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 4^th 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

JFM has West Coast Sprint Car leader Markus Niemelä and Nic Faas at Kings Saturday!

June 7^th, 2014
Kings Speedway, Hanford, CA
USAC WEST COAST SPRINTS

Markus Niemelä, Rauma Finland, has held the top spot in the WCSC Series for the better part of the season. He will bring a 40 point lead over second place Matt Mitchell with him to the track on Saturday night. Niemelä placed eighth last weekend in Tulare, though he had 4 top 4 finishes the previous 4 races. Wheeling for Josh Ford Motorsports, Niemela will be in the Spike JFM #73 Sprint.

1  Markus Niemelä 402
2  Matt Mitchell 362
3  Jace Vander Weerd 355
4  Troy Rutherford 349
5  Danny Faria Jr  332
6  Richard Vander Weerd 293
7  Dennis Howell 282
8  Nic Faas 281
9  Austin Liggett 273
10  Landon Hurst 259

Faas will be piloting a King Racing Products / Berry Pack / A&A Precision CNC Machine #73x! Faas has had a great year running mostly CRA in 2014. Nic is 8^th in the WCSC claiming two 4^th place and two 2^nd place finishes in the last 4 WCSC Series runs. Faas is currently 2^nd in the CRA point’s race.

Kings Speedway has 4 other classes competing Saturday night with the USAC Sprints. The RaceSaver Wing Sprints, IMCA Mods, IMCA Stock, Mini Stock will be part of the evenings events. It’s shaping up to be an exciting evening! Come to the track.

Catch us all the racing action right here as it happens!

@jfm_racing | @markusniemela | @nic_faas

Josh Ford Motorsports and Matt Mitchell will be at Kings this Saturday for the 28th Annual Cotton Classic!

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CARS | KINGS SPEEDWAY | HANFORD, CA | 10-12-13

28^th ANNUAL “COTTON CLASSIC”

The USAC West Coast Sprint Cars will crown their Champion at the Cotton Classic for the second year in a row at Kings Speedway! The finale for the 360 series will have all the top contenders vying for the championship… although Danny Faria Jr. has widened his lead considerably in recent races, taking him down would be nearly impossible at this point.

The top four points leaders for the West Coast Sprints 2013:

1. Danny Faria Jr. 887
2. Richard Vander Weerd 830
3. Bud Kaeding 804
4. Ryan Bernal 661

JFM will have Matt Mitchell, Yorba Linda, CA, wheeling the Josh Ford Motorsports A&A Precision CNC Machine / King Racing Products / Berry Pack #73. Mitchell has been solid all year and is ready to represent for this final race of the year for the West Coast Sprint Series!

Gates open at 5PM Saturday, with racing scheduled for 6:30 PM.

We will see you there!

Be sure to follow the race on our Twitter feed @JFM_Racing!

Perris Cancelled 10-5-13 | USAC West Coast Sprints and Matt Mitchell 10-12-13

This Saturday, October 5th, the USAC CRA Sprint Car race in Perris has been cancelled by the track, citing conflicting schedules and other reasons.

Next up for Josh Ford Motorsports is a West Coast Sprint Car race on October 12th, the ‘28th Annual Cotton Classic’ at Kings Speedway in Hanford, CA. We will again have veteran Matt Mitchell wheeling our Jimmy May and the JFM Team tuned King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine / Berry Pack #73 for the Saturday event.

We love racing Kings and can't

wait to get back and put it all out on the track. Hope to see everyone there!

Be sure to follow the race on our Twitter feed @JFM_Racing #JFMKINGS

Weekend Wrap Up - West Coat Sprint Cars - Hanford 9-20-13 - Tulare 9-21-13 - Matt Mitchell

The racing gods did not shine down on JFM this weekend in Hanford or Tulare. Matt Mitchell was doing his thing as always, Jimmy May had the #73 fast, just was not in the stars for us...

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR - KINGS SPEEDWAY - HANFORD, CA - 9-20-13

Coming into tonight’s running of the 6^th Annual ‘Jim Turner Memorial’ everything was looking about as good as it could. Jimmy May had the JFM King Racing Products A&A Precision CNC Machine Berry Pack #73 dialed in and fast. We had the talented Matt Mitchell running for us and he did not disappoint. Mitchell was third quick tonight with a time of 15.807 that put him to start 3rd in Heat 3. Matt came up strong in his Heat race to take the WIN which put him in the 8 lap Dash starting 6th. Again coming from behind he powered his way up to claim 3rd in the Dash which gave him a starting spot on the inside of the second row.

Now the feature race Mitchell fell back a spot from the gate but held onto 4^th for a good part of the race through several Yellow Flags. By lap 20 Matt was in front of Netto holding 3^rd and coming around laps 1 and 2 they got together and it took Mitchell out and to the back on the restart. Hobbling with a low left rear that was losing air quickly, he pulled off on the 23^rd lap. This is Sprint Car racing.

Qualified: 3^rd FORD-15.807
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1^st
DASH: (6 laps) 3^rd
FEATURE: (30 laps) 16^th DNF

USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR – THUNDERBOWL RACEWAY - TULARE, CA - 9-21-13 – ‘HARRY TALBOT MEMORIAL’

Matt Mitchell running the JFM King Racing Products A&A Precision CNC Machine Berry Pack #73 tonight here at the Thunderbowl, again, was going along as well as we could have scripted it. Mitchell was the fastest in qualifying, came from 6^th to 3^rd in his heat race, went from 8^th to 5^th in the Dash positioning him well for the main Sprint event of the evening in Tulare.

Starting on the inside of the 3^rd row for the Feature, things were looking pretty optimistic. Then, after the 2 front runners tangled in the first turn, the race had a full restart putting Mitchell starting 3^rd! Forward now to lap 5 where Mitchell had pulled into 2^nd right behind the leader and trying to pass he got into the wall and off the track completely. All or nothing sent Matt to the back and this made getting back to front a steep uphill battle. This was lap 5, by lap 10 he had powered his way up to 12^th with another yellow. Now in lap 15 with another yellow, Mitchell had the #73 car up to 9^th. Now with the track taking on all that rubber, passing was getting tough. Another Yellow at lap 29 has Matt in 8^th and he finishes in 7^th.

Qualified: 1^st FORD-15.639
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 3^rd
DASH: (6 laps) 5^th
FEATURE: (30 laps) 7^th

NEXT RACE FOR JFM:
USAC WEST COAST SPECIAL EVENT: September 28 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – “Brawl For It All” (Grudge Series)

Racing this WEEKEND! Kings Speedway & Thunderbowl Raceway | Matt Mitchell

JFM will have Matt Mitchell driving for us coming up this Friday & Saturday night for 2 events.

Friday, September 20th we will be at Kings Speedway for the USAC West Coast Sprint Cars series in Hanford, CA.

Saturday September 21st JFM will head over to the Thunderbowl in Tulare, CA for another USAC West Coast Sprint race, ‘The Harry Talbot Memorial’.

Matt Mitchell will be wheeling the JFM King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine / Berry Pack #73 both nights. Mitchell has had top 10 finishes in each of his last ten races, with 2 WINS!

Ryan takes 5th in Hanford - August 3, 2013

USAC West Coast Sprint - Kings Speedway - Hanford, CA

We had a fresh, dyno’d in motor going into Hanford for a the 6th annual “Jim Evett Memorial”. Bernal, Jimmy and ‘The Team’ was feeling pretty optimistic.

We blew the motor in qualifying, not getting a time, starting in the back of the field for the Heat and the Main. In the short 10 laps, running the backup Josh Ford Motorsports King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine / Berry Pack #73 in Heat 2, Bernal powered his way up to take 4th in the heat.

Starting in the back, outside 11th row, for the 30 lap Feature that was plagued with caution flags, Bernal out of Hollister gradually, persistently gained on the field. Driving his way up to 8th, flattening the left rear tire and having to start 12th after the red flag caution on the 11th lap did not stop Ryan. Then with just 6 laps to go after spinning out and again starting in the back, Bernal powered his way to a 6th place finish.

After official scoring came in, Ryan claims 5th for the “Jim Evett Memorial”.

Next 2 Races for JFM:

August 9
USAC CRA 410 - Ocean Speedway - Watsonville, CA

August 10
USAC CRA 410 - Santa Maria Speedway - Santa Maria, CA

Josh Ford Motorsports with Ryan Bernal will be running the 410’s next weekend and then to Stockton on the on the 21^st for the Western Classic Series and Santa Maria is the next West Coast 360’s on the 22^nd.

NEXT 2 RACE’s for JFM, Inc.:
June 14, 2013 - USAC CRA 410 – Ocean Speedway, Watsonville, CA
June 15, 2013 - USAC CRA 410 – Santa Maria Speedway - Santa Maria, CA

Complete Schedule can always be found here: www.joshfordmotorsportsinc.com/schedule.html

Ryan Bernal driving for Josh Ford Motorsports takes 2nd in Hanford.

USAC WC 360 SPRINT CAR – June 8, 2013 – Kings Speedway – Hanford, CA

With a short break in the schedule, Ryan Bernal of Hollister, CA piloting the JFM #73 sponsored by King Racing Products, A&A Precision CNC Machine and Berry Pack put it all out there on the track last night. Going into Saturday’s race, Bernal held on to a thirty point advantage over the Richard Vander Weerd and the rest of the talented competition in the USAC West Coast Sprint Series Points.

With the late 7:30 start to help ‘beat the heat’, Bernal began the evening qualifying 4^th out of a field of 23 with a time of 16.045. This put Ryan starting 5^th in the 10 lap first heat, where he took 2^nd. In the 6 lap dash Ryan, starting 3^rd finished third and so started in the inside of the second row for the main.

For the 30 lap Main Bernal, starting 3^rd, claimed a second place finish.

NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE:
June 22 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway – “Bud Stanfield Memorial”

May 12, 2013

Ryan Bernal takes it to the field in Hanford, takes the checkered flag!

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT – May 11 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway - "Billet Cup"

Lately, Bernal and the JFM team do not go home with anything less than a win!

Ryan Bernal out of Hollister, CA, and the Josh ford Motorsports team started the evening running their new 360 in the qualifier. The shiny new white JFM 73 car rolled onto the track and did not finish the first lap. Motor problems.

Now, piloting the backup #73 King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine in the qualifier, Ryan was 8^th quick overall, putting him to start 4^th in the second heat. Coming from the fourth spot Ryan powered his way to a 2^nd place finish just behind Austin Liggett in the 10 lap Second Heat. With a field of 18, the “Billet Cup” here in Hanford, ran two 12 lap qualifiers. Ryan started the Second Qualifier in 6^th, finishing 4^th taking him to second in points for the ‘Cup’.

Racing the backup car, though the car that has taken Ryan and JFM to the winners circle 5 times running, Bernal started way towards the back of all contenders in 14^th for the 40 lap Feature. Ryan pushed his way through the field methodically, weaving his way to the front getting by Dennis Howell in the 37th lap and taking home the win! We won the Feature, though we just missed winning the ‘Cup’ by 1 point. Great night of racing!

NEXT USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE:
June 8, 2013 – Kings Speedway, Hanford, CA

NEXT RACE for JFM, Inc.:
USAC CRA 410 – May 18 – Thunderbowl Raceway - Tulare, CA

See the full write-up at www.joshfordmotorsportsinc.com on Tuesday, May 14th with video and pictures if available.

 

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