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 13^th and 14^th, 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 3^rd 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 3^rd, 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

@JFM_Racing | @TreyMarcham32 | @shanegolobic

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.

@jfm_racing | @markusniemela

HAPPY NEW YEARS to All - 2014 is going to be exciting!!

Josh Ford Motorsports would like to wish all our fans, partners, racing family and everyone a Happy New Year!! We are excited about our drivers, the schedule and opportunities for 2014!!

Nic Faas and Marcus Niemela, two of the sports best, will be driving JFM for this coming year. We can go on and on about these talented drivers! Faas is coming off an incredibly successful 2013 coming in 3^rd in the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series Points and Niemela was in the running for the top spot of the USAC West Coast Sprint Series Points through most of the year, finishing 4^th overall.

Our full schedule will be posted soon as we are focusing on the 2014 Chili Bowl coming up here in just 12 short days!! There are 284 entries as of yesterday, December 31^st for this 2014 sprint car kick off event. Driving for JFM at the Chili Bowl will be Nic Faas and Trey Marcham.

2014 Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals
1/13/2014 -  Practice -  Event Details
1/14/2014  Tulsa Expo Raceway - Tulsa, OK -  Event Details
1/15/2014  Tulsa Expo Raceway - Tulsa, OK -  Event Details
1/16/2014  Tulsa Expo Raceway - Tulsa, OK -  Event Details
1/17/2014  Tulsa Expo Raceway - Tulsa, OK -  Event Details
1/18/2014  Tulsa Expo Raceway - Tulsa, OK -  Event Details 

We know we will be running all the West Coast Sprint Car Series races posted for 2014 and all of the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series races for 2014. We will also run most all of the Honda USAC National Midget that coincides with the CRA and/or West Coast races.

Again, the full schedule will be available soon on our website.

2014 is going to be a great year for the sport. We look forward to seeing everyone at the track. Be sure to follow us @JFM_Racing for the Chili Bowl and all races for real time updates!

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!