USAC National Sprint Champ Brady Bacon for the Winter Challenge this weekend and the next!

January 23, 24, 25, 30 and 31

E&K Winter Challenge
USAC Southwest vs. USAC West Coast Sprint Cars
Canyon Speedway Park / USA Raceway
Peoria, Arizona / Tucson, Arizona

Last year’s USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Champion, winner first round Winter Challenge 2014 and just an incredibly accomplished driver, Brady Bacon, will wheel the King Racing Products / Berry Pack #73 for Josh Ford Motorsports in 2015!

Winter Challenge will have the sprints compete in three $2,000 and two $4,000 to win events over the five day event. The top five in the series will earn the E&K Winter Challenge Bonus along with the Most Valuable Racer collecting up $500. Payout Info: http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Winter-Challenge-2015-Purse.pdf

Practice and the first three rounds will be held at Canyon Speedway from January 22^nd through 26^th with the last two hosted by USA Raceway on January 30^th and 31^st with practice on the 29^th.

The 2015 Winter Challenge Schedule of Events is as follows:

Thursday, January 22 – Open Practice at CSP 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday, January 23 – Round 1 at CSP (Gates open at 5:00 p.m., Racing at 7:00 p.m.)
Saturday, January 24 – Round 2 at CSP (Gates open at 3:00 p.m., Racing at 5:00 p.m.)
Sunday, January 25 – Round 3 at CSP (Gates open at 3:00 p.m., Racing at 5:00 p.m.)
Thursday, January 29 – Open Practice at USA from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Friday, January 30 – Round 4 at USA (Gates open at 5:00 p.m., Racing at 7:00 p.m.)
Saturday, January 31 – Round 5 (Gates open at 3:00 p.m., Racing at 5:00 p.m.)

Bacon hailing from Broken Arrow, OK had an outstanding 2014 with ten 1^st Place and a slew of top 5 finishes that netted Brady the National Championship over Clauson and Darland. 24 year old Bacon has raced from age 15 in 1990 and will be having his 25^th birthday day after the 3^rd Round of Winter Challenge on January 26th. If you follow sprint racing at any level, you are sure to be familiar with one of the most celebrated in the sport, Brady Bacon.

“USAC National Champion, Brady Bacon, will pilot the Jimmy May prepared JFM USAC Sprint Car for E&K Winter Challenge 2015. The five race series will kick off January 23rd-25th at Canyon Speedway and then head to USA Raceway for the two day finale January 30th and 31st.” - Kevin Montgomery 1-5-15

Come to the track and follow the races here to get all the updates.

@jfm_racing | joshfordmotorsportsinc.com | @bradybacon | bradybaconracing.com

#bradybacon #jfm #winterchallenge

Trey Marcham will be running his first West Coast Sprint Car Series race this Saturday in Tulare!

October 11, 2014
West Coast Sprint Car
Thunderbowl | Tulare, CA
29th Annual Cotton Classic

Marcham, coming out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is known for winning the Western Midget 2013 Rookie of The Year and currently 2^nd in the Western Midget Dirt and Western Midget overall points for 2014. This Saturday in Tulare, Trey will hop into a 360 Sprint and wheel the King Racing Products / Berry Pack 360 JFM #73!

Marcham’s first WCSC Series race will be in Tulare at the ‘Lightning Fast 1/3 Mile Clay Oval’ at the Thunderbowl Raceway. The raceway is at the Tulare Fairgrounds on Bardsley & K Street. The front gate will open at 4pm with racing expected to get underway around 7. Reserved grandstand seats for the Cotton Classic on Saturday will cost $25 with general admission bleacher tickets $20. The front gate will open at 4pm with racing expected to get underway around 7pm.

Also on the ‘Cotton Classic’ dance card will be King of the West 410 Sprint Cars, Legends of Kerney Bowl and Super Modifieds.

Come to the track and follow us on as the race is underway!

@jfm_racing | @treymarcham32 

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 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 has the leaders for the WCSC and Midgets wheeling for us in Tulare!

Markus Niemela and Trey Marcham at the Thunderbowl this Saturday!!

May 31, 2014

Thunderbowl Raceway, Tulare, CA
HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGETS
USAC WEST COAST SPRINTS

Niemela will bring his 39 point lead in the West Coast Sprint Car Series to continue his pursuit of the title. Niemela and 2014 have worked together to put together some great races and results. Coming off a 3^rd just 2 weeks back right here and placing in the top 4 the last 4 races running, Markus will be looking for the win and to widen the gap in the points race. Niemela will be in the Spike #73 Sprint.

Marcham out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma leads the Western Midget Dirt Series, second in the Western Midgets and is coming off a WIN in his last race early this month on May 3^rd at Bakersfield Speedway! 2014 obviously has been good for Trey as well. Marcham will be piloting a King Racing Products / Berry Pack / A & A Precision CNC Machine Midget TCR #73.

The ‘Lightning Fast’ 1/3 mile clay oval Thunderbowl Raceway is at the Tulare County Fairgrounds.

We’ll be updating throughout the race as always.

@jfm_racing | @treymarcham32 | @markusniemela

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

JFM and Nic Faas at Canyon in 2 weeks – Copper on Dirt! February 28 & March 1

Josh Ford Motorsports will race Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, AZ for ‘The Copper on Dirt’ which will kick off of the 2014 Championship Season for the USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series and USAC Western States Midgets.

As we have stated before the racing season began, JFM is focused on competing strongly in both the USAC CRA Sprint Car Series and the West Coast Sprint Car Series through 2014. Faas and JFM are quickly getting acclimated and comfortable with the Chili Bowl and Winter Challenge providing some great insight and solid racing for us.

Nic Faas, the ‘Cali Ace’ out of Huntington Beach, CA fared very well at the 300 cars deep and very competitive Chili Bowl. Faas with Jimmy May wrenching, piloted the Berry Pack / King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine #73 Sprint to claim 6^th overall at the Winter Challenge 2014 with some consistent and rock solid driving!

We will be heading to Peoria on the 27^th with racing on the 28^th and March 1^st. Come join us as we ignite the 2014 USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series!

Follow the races as they happen!

@jfm_racing | @nic_faas | #jfm_racing

WINTER CHALLENGE 2014 - NIC FAAS & JFM

The first 3 nights of the 2014 Winter Challenge are in the books.

With the new season just getting started, JFM has picked up the talents of a fairly young, though very experienced and skilled driver in Nic Faas out of Huntington Beach, CA. for the 2014 season. Faas, running the King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine / Berry Pack #73 drove his way directly to the A Main each of the first 3 nights of the this year's Winter Challenge which put him 10th overall in points with 117 so far for this event.

Friday, January 24th

HEAT 1 - 3rd (5th)
A-Main 9th (8th)

Saturday, January 25th

Heat 2 - 5th (6th)
A Main - 9th (14th)

Sunday, January 26th

Heat 2 - 5th (7th)
A Main - 11th (11th)

Three more days of Winter Challenge coming right up.

January 30 - Canyon Speedway - Peoria, AZ ($2,000-to-Win)
January 31 - Canyon Speedway - Peoria, AZ ($2,000-to-Win)
February 1 - Canyon Speedway - Peoria, AZ ($5,000-to-Win)

 @jfm_racing | @nic_faas | #jfm_racing | @canyonspeedway

Josh Ford Motorsports in 2014 | SCHEDULE | DRIVERS | FOCUS

JFM is putting together a 2014 Schedule geared toward competing strongly in both the USAC CRA Sprint Car Series and the West Coast Sprint Car Series.

We will have the skilled wheelman Nic Faas out of Huntington Beach, running the CRA and West Coast races while the talented Marcus Niemela from Rauma, Finland will be running the West Coast and some of the CRA as well. Both of these drivers are very well known and have been racing in some form or another from a very early age. These two drivers are veterans, we have high aspirations for them and are thrilled to have them in our racing family for the 2014 racing year!! @nic_faas | @markusniemela

Josh Ford Motorsports will be in several NON-USAC sanctioned events throughout the year as well as some National races, though we will be focused on the CRA and West Coast Series’. We have not finalized our 2014 Schedule just yet, though our intentions are to run every race in each of these series’ and race for points.

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2014 USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE

DATE - TRACK - LOCATION

January 24: *Canyon Speedway - Peoria, AZ (Winter Challenge / $2,000-to-Win / Non-Points)
January 25: *Canyon Speedway - Peoria, AZ (Winter Challenge / $2,000-to-Win / Non-Points)
January 26: *Canyon Speedway - Peoria, AZ (Winter Challenge / $3,000-to-Win / Non-Points)
January 30: *Canyon Speedway - Peoria, AZ (Winter Challenge / $2,000-to-Win / Non-Points)
January 31: *Canyon Speedway - Peoria, AZ (Winter Challenge / $2,000-to-Win / Non-Points)
February 1: *Canyon Speedway - Peoria, AZ (Winter Challenge / $5,000-to-Win / Non-Points)
March 6: *The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway - Las Vegas, NV (Sin City Showdown / $2,500-to-Win / Grudge Series)
March 14: Thunderbowl Raceway - Tulare, CA
March 22: Bakersfield Speedway - Bakersfield, CA
March 29: Kings Speedway - Hanford, CA (Gary Jacob Memorial)
April 25: #Kings Speedway - Hanford, CA
April 26: #Thunderbowl Raceway - Tulare, CA
May 16: #Ocean Speedway - Watsonville, CA
May 17: #Thunderbowl Raceway - Tulare, CA
May 31: #Thunderbowl Raceway - Tulare, CA
June 7: Kings Speedway - Hanford, CA
June 21: Thunderbowl Raceway - Tulare, CA
July 19: Kings Speedway - Hanford, CA
August 2: Kings Speedway - Hanford, CA (Billet Cup / $2,500-to-Win)
August 8: #Ocean Speedway - Watsonville, CA
August 9: #Chowchilla Speedway - Chowchilla, CA
September 27: *Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ (Brawl For It All / $2,500-to-Win / Grudge Series / Non-Points)
November 6: *Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA (Oval Nationals / $2,500-to-Win / Grudge Series)
November 20: *Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ (Western World Championships / Non-Points)
November 21: *Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ (Western World Championships / Non-Points)
November 22: *Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ (Western World Championships / $7,500-to-Win / Non-Points)

* = Co-Sanctioned Event with USAC Southwest Sprints.
# = Co-Sanctioned Event with USAC Western Classic Sprints.
This schedule is subject to change.

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2014 AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Schedule

DATE - LOCATION - TRACK 

February 28 - Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
March 1 - Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
March 15 - Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway
April 12 - Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway
May 3 - Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway
May 10 - Ventura, CA/Ventura Raceway
May 24 - Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway
June 14 - Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway
June 27 - Watsonville, CA/Ocean Speedway
June 28 - Petaluma, CA/Petaluma Speedway
July 4 - Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway
Jul 5 - Santa Maria, CA/Santa Maria Speedway
August 16 - Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway
August 30 - #Calistoga, CA/Calistoga Speedway
August 31 - #Calistoga, CA/Calistoga Speedway
September 4 - #Chico, CA/Silver Dollar Speedway
September 5 - #Watsonville, CA/Ocean Speedway
September 6 - #Santa Maria, CA/Santa Maria Speedway
September 13 - Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway
October 11 - Hanford, CA/Kings Speedway
November 7 - @Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway
November 8 - @Perris, CA/Perris Auto Speedway
November 14 - @Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park
November 15 - @Peoria, AZ/Canyon Speedway Park

# = Co-Sanctioned Event
@= Also Award National points

Also throughout the year, we will race several select Midget races as it works into our schedule, though again we are focused on the USAC CRA and USAC West Coast.

When our schedule is finalized we will post it here and on the site on our Schedule Page. This year by the start of race season we will have a Feedback Page and soon a JFM Forum. We already have all of the highlights from last year at our JFM Blog.

Please follow us every race @jfm_racing throughout the year! We will update continuously during the race all the latest. #jfmracing |www.joshfordmotorsportsinc.com

We look forward to an incredibly exciting and successful 2014 and appreciate all our fans, partners and racing family for helping make this all possible!

Josh Ford Motorsports – 2013 – Another incredibly exciting and winning year!

JFM wraps up another successful year of Sprint and Midget racing throughout the west coast and nationally. Headlines like, “Winning the final race of the year, Dave Darland takes the checkered flag at PAS for the 73^rd Running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix!!” and “Bernal and JFM are 2013 Western Classic Champions!” were all too common for JFM this 2013!

-          JFM 2013 Highlights

Winner of 12 Feature Races
Top Ten finishes 34 Feature Races
Winner of 8 of 12 races consecutively
Winner of the Western Classic Sprint Series 2013
Winner of the 73^rd Running ‘Turkey Night Grand Prix’

We are so appreciative of all our fans for following us and our drivers each weekend, through Nationals Week and for all the Special Events we were a part of this season! Our fans and racing family are the driving force behind the scenes that keep us all of us at JFM inspired and always aiming for the Winners Circle!

-          JFM 2013 Drivers

Josh Ford Motorsports, Inc. has been putting some of the best and most talented drivers over the more than 22 years we have had this team. In 2013, we literally put the most talented and prolific drivers this sport has seen in some time.

Kyle Larson

Bryan Clauson

Ryan Bernal

Bud Kaeding

Jon Stanbrough
Matt Mitchell
Dave Darland
Jac Haudenschild
Kevin Thomas Jr
Troy Rutherford
Greg Edenholm

We can’t say nearly enough about our amazing partners for their time and generosity with everything they put into to this team. We recognize everything they do and know we could not be where we are today without their part in this.

-          JFM 2013 Partners

Berry Pack

A&A Precision Machine CNC

King Racing Products

Pacific Coast Maintenance Service

Cam2 / Blue Blood Racing Oils

CSI Competition Suspension

Bob Wirth Racing Engines

Lee Power Steering

Fontana Racing Engines

Factory Khane Shocks

Michael Payne's SEO

Josh Ford Motorsports, Keith Ford, George Ito, Josh Ford with Crew Chief Jimmy May and Mikey Evans and the whole JFM Team is looking to 2014 with even higher expectations than this past year. We are securing some elite talent to pilot our always fast and competitive sprint and midget cars! 

Darland and JFM at WWC 2013 at Canyon Speedway Park!!

The illustrious Dave Darland will drive for Josh Ford Motorsports this weekend for the Western World Championships!!

46th Annual Western World Championships
Honda USAC National Midgets
USAC Southwest vs. USAC West Coast Sprint Cars
November 14^th, 15^th and 16^th
Canyon Speedway Park | Peoria, AZ

Dave Darland, out of Walton, Indiana, has had a phenomenal year to go along with his incredible career. Dave is coming off a $15,000 payday just last weekend at the Budweiser Oval Nationals. It should go without saying the caliber of this driver, anyone who knows Sprint Car racing knows the seemingly unending list of accomplishments this talented driver has racked up over the years. Some of the Highlights include 3x H.A.R.F. Driver of the year (1994-1997-1999), 1995 Buckeye Auto Racing Fan Club Driver of the Year, 3x Arnie Knepper Memorial award recipient, 15x I.S.W. Feature Winner (puts him #1 on The All Time Indiana Sprint Week win list) and so, so much more over his more than two decade storied career.

This year Dave claimed second behind Bryan Clauson in the National Sprint Car Series, though as mentioned earlier, he won over Clauson just last week in the 2013 Bud Nationals. Last year Dave finished just 5 points behind Clauson for the same series! Darland has placed in the top 10 in nearly every race he has been in and has won at least eight this year alone!

JFM, Jimmy May and the Team, our partners and everyone involved is excited to have Dave Darland wheeling the A&A Precision CNC Machine / King Racing Products / Berry Pack / CAM2 Blue Blood Racing Oils #73.

Darland will run both the Midget and the non-winged Sprint classes on all three nights of this national level racing in Peoria this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Come out to the track and support JFM and Dave Darland. Follow the full weekend of racing as it happens! @JFM_Racing