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 5^th and 6^th in Calistoga!!

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

California Sprint week kicks off with the 8^th 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 4^th 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 5^th.

Kevin Thomas Jr., out of Cullman, Indiana, has 8 Feature wins this year and is currently 6^th in the National Sprint Championship race! Kevin will be driving both the #73 Sprint and #73x Midget on Sunday, September 6^th. KT will also be in Petaluma with us on the Monday the 7^th and on Chico on Thursday the 10^th 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 3^rd in Championship points in his rookie year! Marcham will pilot the 73 Midget both Saturday the 5^th and Sunday the 6^th. Trey will also run the Midgets on Thursday the 10^th in Chico at Silver Dollar Speedway.

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

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 7^th 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 2^nd 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

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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!

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 2^nd last week at the Calistoga Civil War and with us on our first Outlaw race in March Shane took 12^th! 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!

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 2^nd!! Bernal has also competed in some winged sprint races this year, just last weekend claiming a 3^rd and 10^th. 

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.

@jfm_racing | @bernal_ryan | @shanegolobic

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

Come to the track and follow the race here!

@JFM_Racing | @markusniemela | @kevinthomasjr

Kevin Thomas Jr and Trey Marcham tomorrow night for the ‘Gold Cup Race of Champions’ in Chico, CA!!

September 4^th
USAC CRA / Western Midget
Day 3 of 5 ‘California Sprint Week’
Silver Dollar Speedway – Chico, CA
Gold Cup Race of Champions

California Sprint Week continues in Chico at Silver Dollar Speedway tomorrow night for the USAC CRA Sprint Car Series! The third of 5 days in 8 of racing on the west coast will pick up again tomorrow in Chico.

Kevin Thomas Jr will be wheeling the King Racing Products / Berry Pack #73 CRA Sprint.

On Sunday in Calistoga Thomas took 2nd and on the second day of the Louie Vermeil Classic and placed seventh on Saturday the 30th. KT is currently tied for 3^rd in Sprint Week Point Standings!

1) Christopher Bell 135
2) Rico Abreu 132
3) Kevin Thomas Jr 113
3) Damion Gardner 113
5) Matt Mitchell 105
6) Mike Spencer 92
7) Colby Copeland 89
8) Bradley Terrell 87
9) Cody Williams 83
10) Brody Roa 77

Trey Marcham will continue his bid for the Western Midget Championship. Trey Marcham is 2^nd in both the Western Midget Dirt and Western Midget overall series chases. Trey has had a great year with us and will be piloting the JFM Midget #73.

USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS

1 Ronnie Gardner 503
2 Trey Marcham 463
3 Jarid Blondel 455
4 Chad Nichols 343
5 Alex Schutte 340
6 Scott Pierovich 327
7 Nick Chivello 255
8 Shannon McQueen 203
9 Chris Ennis 186
10 Sean Dodenhoff 167

USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS

1 Ronnie Gardner 503
2 Trey Marcham 463
3 Scott Pierovich 318
4 Jarid Blondel 292
5 Alex Schutte 287
6 Shannon McQueen 203
7 Chris Ennis 186
8 Sean Dodenhoff 167
9 Chad Nichols 156
10 Tyler Dolacki 155

Event Schedule

Pit Gates Open 2:00
Spectator Gates Open at 5:00
Racing 7:00

Looking forward to another night of exciting races!

Come to the track and follow the action here.

@jfm_racing | @kevinthomasjr | @treymarcham32

JFM has a great lineup for this weekend’s ‘7^th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic’, Robert Ballou, Kevin Thomas Jr and Trey Marcham!!

August 30^th and 31^st, 2014
USAC CRA / USAC Western Midget
7^th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic
Calistoga Speedway, Calistoga, CA

Last year’s ‘Vermeil Classic’ we had Bryan Clauson taking 3^rd in the and Kyle Larson winning!

This year we again have some of the top drivers with Robert Ballou in the #73 Sprint, Kevin Thomas Jr. in the #73x Sprint and Trey Marcham in the #73 Midget.

Trey Marcham from Oklahoma City will be leading the Midgets into Calistoga this Saturday. Trey currently out front in the Western Midget Dirt and overall Western Midget Series point’s races! Marcham has won twice, placed 2^nd twice and taken 3^rd in his last 6 midget races! Trey was runner up in Petaluma on August 9^th. Marcham will be wheeling the JFM #73 Midget.

Kevin Thomas Jr. coming out of Indianapolis, Indiana, is coming off a 2^nd place USAC CRA finish on August 16^th driving for JFM for the first time this year at Perris Speedway. KT has been running both the AMSOIL National Sprints and the National Midget Dirt in 2014. Saturday Thomas was 6^th in Kokomo and then Monday, final day of the Sprint Car Smackdown III, won his heat race and finished 8^th. KT will pilot the King Racing Products / Berry Pack #73x Sprint.

Robert Ballou also hangs his hat in Indianapolis, Indiana. Ballou is currently 9^th in the AMSOIL National Sprint Series, winning in Putnamville in July and just Monday was runner up in the 40 lap feature in Kokomo, Indiana at Smackdown 3! Driving for JFM in 2011, Robert won his first career Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series right here on the opening night of the 4th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic! Ballou will drive the JFM #73 Sprint. STORY on First win of 2011 with JFM

We are looking forward to some exciting and exhilarating racing this weekend. We hope to see everyone at the track!

Follow the racing @jfm_racing as it happens!

@jfm_racing | @kevinthomasjr | @treymarcham32 | @robertballou81

Schedule Adjustments for JFM - Farewell to Kings Speedway

We will be in Ventura this Saturday July 19th for a USAC West Coast 360 race!

The CRA / Midget at Kings Speedway has been cancelled.

With Kings Speedway leaving the 17^th of this month, three of the scheduled races on the JFM Schedule have been cancelled including the race this weekend in Hanford. However, JFM will be in Ventura with point’s leader Markus Niemelä for a combined VRA 360 Sprint Cars and the USAC West Coast 360 Series Sprint Cars event! More information on that race tomorrow!

Two of the scheduled races at Kings, the Cotton Classic and Dirt Nationals, have been moved to the Thunderbowl in Tulare. We have made the adjustments to the JFM Schedule for the 3 remaining races on our schedule and will put out updates to the schedule if we plan to hit another venue in lieu of those cancelled races.

Please see the Schedule for updated information. We apologize if this made for any inconvenience.

JFM with Nic Faas and Trey Marcham Friday and Saturday!

Faas will run CRA in Perris on Friday and in Santa Maria Saturday.

Marcham will race in the Western Midget Series Saturday.

Friday, July 4^th – Independence Day
Nic Faas
USAC CRA Sprint Car Series
Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA
‘Firecracker 40’

Saturday, July 5^th
Trey Marcham & Nic Faas
USAC Western States Midgets & USAC CRA Sprint Car Series
Santa Maria Speedway – Santa Maria, CA
‘Party at the Coast / Doug Fort Memorial’

Out of Huntington Beach, ‘Cali Ace’, Nic Faas will be piloting the King Racing Products / Berry Pack / JFM #73 for two 410 Sprint Car races this weekend. Coming off a northern Cali swing last weekend in Watsonville and Petaluma, the CRA Sprints will run again for the ‘Firecracker 40’ in Perris and then on to Santa Maria for the ‘Party at the Coast / Doug Fort Memorial’. Faas will race in the CRA both nights. Nic is currently second in points for the CRA Sprint Series claiming a 4^th and 7^th in last weekend races and has 5 top five finishes this year.

The 2013 USAC-Western States Midget Rookie-of-the-Year, Trey Marcham has won the last two Western Midget races! He won May 3^rd in Bakersfield and May 31^st at the Thunderbowl in Tulare. Marcham is leading the points chase this year in the Western Midget Dirt Series by nearly 30 points. Trey will wheel the Berry Pack JFM Midget #73 for the ‘Party at the Coast / Doug Fort Memorial’ race in Santa Maria on Saturday.

Josh Ford Motorsports is greatly appreciative of all of our sponsors!

Berry Pack
A&A Precision Machine CNC
King Racing Products
Pacific Coast Maintenance Service
Cam2 / Blue Blood Racing Oils
Fontana Racing Engines
Lee Power Steering

Our fans are great and we have topped 700 likes on Facebook and nearly 500 followers on Twitter.

We will update throughout the racing on both nights, though tomorrow night will be mostly highlights.

@JFM_Racing | @nic_faas | @TreyMarcham32

Nic Faas and Michael Pickens are gearing up for two days of 410 CRA Sprint Car racing this weekend!!

The always exciting USAC CRA Sprint Car Series is headed up to Northern Cali for back to back races at Ocean and Petaluma!

Friday, June 27
Ocean Speedway - Watsonville, CA

Saturday, June 28
Petaluma Speedway – Petaluma, CA

Michael Pickens, New Zealand, will be piloting the Keith Ford / Berry Pack / King Racing Products JFM #73x. Pickens brings vast talent to track that has produced some winning results! Michael is the current New Zealand Midget Champion, has claimed that title an astounding 6 times, Winner NZ leg of POWRi World International Midget Series and most recently raced Indiana Midget Week and King of the West just last week here at Ocean Speedway where he took 12^th.

‘Cali Ace’ Nic Faas out of Huntington Beach will be wheeling the King Racing Products / Berry Pack / A&A Precision CNC Machine JFM #73. Faas is currently 2^nd in points and will be looking to make up some ground on leader Damion Gardner over the weekend. Nic, 2008 USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year, has a second, third and 2 fourth finishes running CRA in 2014. Faas has 10 main event CRA wins to his credit!

In Watsonville at Ocean Speedway tomorrow night the pit gate will open at 2:00pm, the drivers meeting & pill draw closes at 4:30pm and the front gate will let the fans in at 4:30pm!

In Petaluma on Saturday night the grandstands open at 4:00pm, qualifying at 5:00, racing at 6:30 pm.

Follow all the racing action through the weekend!

@JFM_racing | @nic_faas | @MPickensRacing

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

Follow the race as it happens!
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@jfm_racing | @nic_faas | @markusniemela | @bernal_ryan

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

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

Honda USAC Western Midget
Bakersfield Speedway
May 3, 2014

Trey, New Castle, OK, is currently 3^rd 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 3^rd, 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 3^rd and 4^th 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

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

Follow us this Friday and Saturday night:
@jfm_racing | @nic_faas | @markusniemela

Nic Faas and Trey Marcham for Copper on Dirt 2014 - February, 28th and March 1st!!

JFM, with crew chief Jimmy May, is packing up the 73’s and headed to Peoria, AZ!

This is The ‘COPPER on DIRT’ at Canyon Speedway Park and we will running both the CRA Sprints and the Midgets as this will start the 2014 Championship Season for the USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series and USAC Western States Midgets.

Nic Faas will be piloting the Berry Pack / King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine Sprint #73. Nic will be with us all year running the CRA and West Coast Sprints with some Western Classic peppered in there. Faas, out of Huntington Beach, CA, finished 3^rd overall last year for the CRA Series and finished 6^th in points at the recent Winter Challenge!

We will also have up and coming Trey Marcham, New Castle, OK, in the Midget #73. Trey ran strong and represented JFM well with Faas in this year’s Chili Bowl. Trey just recently took the 2013 USAC-Western States Midget Rookie-of-the-Year honor!!

Open practice for THE COPPER ON DIRT tomorrow going from 6 PM to 9 PM.

Friday at 4 PM the gates will open here in Peoria and the racing will get underway about 7 PM. Saturday will have the same schedule as Friday. All times MTZ.

Follow all the action on race day as they happen at @jfm_racing

@nic_faas | @treymarcham32 | #jfm_racing