Kevin Thomas Jr and Markus Niemelä next Thursday at the Oval Nationals in Perris!

November 6^th, 7^th and 8^th

2014 Budweiser Oval Nationals
USAC West Coast 360’s & USAC CRA 410’s
Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, Ca

Next week will be the 19^th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals at the PAS with $5,000 to win the prelim night and the finale on Saturday night pays $20,000 to win! This is an incredible event with the best sprint car drivers this sport has to offer in attendance. The event will be televised on MAVTV! Last year’s winner Dave Darland will be defending as well as signing copies of his book, “The Peoples, Champ,” for sale at the signing.

Markus Niemelä, Rauma Finland will be wheeling the King Racing Products / Berry Pack / A&A Precision CNC Machine 360 Sprint #73 on Thursday November 6^th. Niemelä is a talented, consistent driver and has run the 360 for us pretty much all season. Markus is solidly 2^nd in the points for the West Coast Sprint Car Series with this being the last point’s race of 2014 for the 360’s. Niemelä is 28 points out of the lead behind Yorba Linda’s Matt Mitchell.

Kevin Thomas Jr out of Indy will pilot the 360 #73x on Thursday and the #73 410 on Friday and Saturday.^th  KT has driven the CRA for JFM the later part of this season grabbing 4 top 5 and 2 second place finishes! Thomas runs the AMSOIL National Sprints where he is 12 overall as well as National Midget Dirt.

73 Car Images - Tear-Off Heaven Fotos

FULL SCHEDULE for the Oval Nationals 2014

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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.

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Faas, Niemelä and Bernal at Ventura Raceway this Saturday!

USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series
ALL COAST CHALLENGE
Ventura Raceway, Ventura, CA
Saturday, May 10

Josh Ford Motorsports will have 3 very accomplished sprint car drivers running for us in Ventura on Saturday. This is the first time Ventura has hosted an Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series race since 2010.

Nic Faas has been strong all this year, coming off an exciting 4^th place showing in Perris last weekend. Faas, hometown Huntington Beach, CA, has placed in the top 6 in every CRA race of 2014. Nic ranks 2^nd in the Points race with 247 and will pilot the JFM Berry Pack / King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine #73.

Markus Niemelä, Rauma Finland, has been driving for JFM for many west coast sprint races in 2014 with great success. Markus is currently leading the West Coast Sprint Car Series, placing in the top ten every race entered. Niemelä will be wheeling the JFM Berry Pack / King Racing Products #73x.

20 year old Ryan Bernal out of Hollister, CA, a west coast favorite has driven for several teams this year and is truly a talented and fun driver to watch. Bernal is second in the Western Classic Series this year. We are excited to have him running the JFM #73f for us this weekend.

It’s going to be a fun night in Ventura! “The Best Little Dirt Track In America”

Event Schedule
Pit Gates open at Noon
Front Gates open at 3:00pm
Drivers Meeting at 3:00pm
Racing scheduled for 5:30pm

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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

POINTS UPDATES - http://www.joshfordmotorsportsinc.com/points.html

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

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Great start to the WCSC Series for JFM, with Faas and Niemelä!!

Sprint and Midget Race Team

With Nic Faas finishing 4^th and Markus Niemelä 7^th in the first point’s race of the WCSC Season at the Dirt Track in Vegas, the point standings for the West Coast Sprint Car Series would obviously reflect this… (This is also the top ten for the ‘Grudge Series’ which will pick back up again on September 27^th at Canyon)

1 Austin Liggett 66
2 J.J. Yeley 64
3 Mike Spencer 60
4 Nic Faas 54
5 Troy Rutherford 53
6 Josh Pelkey 52
7 Markus Niemela 49
8 Charles Davis Jr. 44
9 Matt Mitchell 39
10 Mike Martin 37

As we were saying early this 2014, Josh Ford Motorsports will be focused on competing strongly in both the USAC CRA Sprint Car Series and the West Coast Sprint Car Series. Our schedule puts us at virtually every WCSC and CRA race for the 2014 race season.

Coming up for JFM this weekend!

Friday, March 14^th

USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series
Thunderbowl Raceway – Tulare, CA

Saturday, March 15^th

USAC CRA Sprint Car
Annual Sokola Shootout
Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

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