Day 2 of Western World is happening now!

Canyon Speedway Park – Peoria, AZ – 11/15/2013

Honda USAC National Midgets 46th Annual ‘Western World Championships’

Honda USAC National Midgets
USAC Southwest vs. USAC West Coast Sprint Cars
Canyon Speedway Park – Peoria, AZ – 11/15/2013

Last night Dave Darland, driving the Josh Ford Motorsports King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine / Berry Pack Midget #73 for the Sprints, locked us into the Top 8 for Saturday nights finale with a 4^th place finish in the 30 lap Feature!

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Heat 1 – 5^th – 8 Laps
First Qualifier – WINS (2^nd) – 8 Laps
Feature – 4^th (5^th) – 30 Laps

Dave also put together a solid start for the three night Midget event. Darland qualified well and finished 8^th in the Feature. We are 7^th in points so far for the weekend for the midgets. We are at 144 with the leader, Christopher Bell at 165. Hopefully the points will update here http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/results/ as they are tallied.

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Qualified – 8^th (14.129)
Heat 4 – 6^th – 8 Laps
B Main – 2^nd (3^rd) – 12 Laps
Feature – 8^th (9^th) – 30 Laps

Tonight we will only be running the Midgets as the Sprints were split in two parts for the qualifying.

Follow Darland and JFM throughout the night @JFM_Racing!!

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

JFM and Jon Stanbrough at the 18th Annual BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS

18th Annual BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS | Perris Auto Speedway | Perris, CA

Three exciting days of racing at PAS for JFM and Jon Stanbrough!

October 31st, November 1st and November 2^nd
Thursday - "USAC Grudge Series" USAC Western Sprint Car Series vs USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series
Friday & Saturday - USAC National & CRA Sprint Cars

The first day Stanbrough put in some solid racing, qualifying well and finishing strong, taking home 5^th for the 360 Sprints in the ‘Grudge Series’.

Qualified – 4^th
Heat 4 – NT (6^th)
Semi – WINS (1^st)
Feature – 5^th (17^th)

On Friday night, with 53 National and CRA 410’s, all vying for points to put them in position for the Saturday night finale, Stanbrough, again the consistent veteran put together a good night’s racing.

Qualified – 25^th (17.138)
Heat 4 – 4th (2^nd)
Semi – WINS (1^st)
Feature – 13^th (22^nd)

Saturday night’s finale to the Budweiser Oval Nationals was electric all through from qualifying to the final lap of the Feature!! We had Ryan Bernal driving Jon’s back up 73x and both cars performed well throughout the evening. Bernal’s ride from the previous evening had engine problems that could not be reconciled for Saturday’s race. Stanbrough claimed 8^th in the Feature and Bernal just missed the transfer in the B Main #1.

- Jon Stanbrough -

Qualified – 10^th (16.865)
Heat 2 – WINS (2^nd) – 10 Laps
Feature – 8^th (9^th) – 40 Laps

- Ryan Bernal -

Qualified – 21st (17.038)
Heat 1 – 4th (6^th) – 10 Laps
B Main #1 – 6^th (16^th) – 12 Laps

Up NEXT for JFM:
Nov 14 | USAC WWS & MIDGET | Canyon Speedway Park | Peoria, AZNov 15 | USAC WWS & MIDGET | Canyon Speedway Park | Peoria, AZ
Nov 16 | USAC WWS & MIDGET | Canyon Speedway Park | Peoria, AZ

Stanbrough and JFM are gaining momentum! Take 5th first night at Oval Nationals 2013!

With just 3 races together to date, we have gotten stronger, more confident and have placed better each race.

18th Annual BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS | Perris Auto Speedway | Perris, CA

Thursday - "USAC Grudge Series" USAC Western Sprint Car Series VS USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series.

Last night was the 360 part of the 3 days of the Budweiser Oval Nationals with the ‘Grudge Series’, where 36 of the nation’s best sprint drivers and teams put it all out on the track. It was an exciting night of racing!

Jon Stanbrough and the dialed in JFM King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine / Berry Pack #73 put in a time of 16.902 for 4^th fast to get the evening started. A bit of bad luck on Stanbrough’s heat race, where Jon got into Bruce St. James coming around turn 2 on the third lap and flattened his right front tire. This put him in the back where he stayed for the Heat 4. Stanbrough started on the pole and easily stayed out front through the 10 lap semi, taking the checkered and winning it.

The Feature for the 1^st round of the 2013 Budweiser Oval Nationals, Stanbrough started on the inside of the 9^th row, 17^th. Coming from the back, Jon quickly powered his way up to 12^th/13^th where we had some yellows around the 3^rd through 5^th laps. By the 10^th lap of the 30 lap feature, Stanbrough was running 9^th where he traded the 8^th and 9^th positions all the way through to the long yellow of the 27^th lap where several cars got tangled in turn 1… should have been a red. On the restart, Jon was running 8^th and surged to 6^th. With 1 lap to go, Clauson taking hold of the race but got up on the rubber and spun into the wall on 3/4 just as Stanbrough was charging 5^th and even 4^th as they threw the yellow. The race ended there on the 29^th lap and they gave Stanbrough 5^th. Jon did get the Hard Charger for the 17^th – 5^th.

Qualified – 4^th
Heat 4 – NT (6^th)
Semi – WINS (1^st)
Feature – 5^th (17^th)

Tonight we are still here in Perris where the perfect 72 degree is agreeable with JFM and fans alike. This will be the USAC National & CRA Sprint Cars. For the next 2 days we will have Stanbrough wheeling the 410 #73. Excited to get out there and put it all on the track!!

Follow the race @JFM_Racing

JFM is looking forward to seeing all our family, friends and partners at the PAS tonight!

JFM and Jon Stanbrough at Canyon for the Nationals this weekend!

13th Annual Hose Advantage ‘Hall of Fame Classic’

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT vs USAC/CRA
Canyon Speedway – Peoria, AZ
September 25^th and 26th

USAC National Sprints and USAC/CRA at Canyon this Friday and Saturday!! JFM is teaming up with Jim Stanbrough this weekend at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, AZ for the 13th Annual Hose Advantage Hall of Fame Classic.

Josh Ford Motorsports will have the nationally renowned, 2 time National Sprint Car Driver of The Year, 5 time Kiss champion, 2006 Sprint week Champion and HARF Hall of Famer Jon Stanbrough in the driver’s seat of the JFM Berry Pack / King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine #73 for both nights.

Jon Stanbrough, out of Avon Indiana, has had another great year and is coming off a 3^rd place finish in Kokomo on Friday the 18^th. Stanbrough took 3^rd at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN on September 28^th and 2^nd at Brownstown Speedway in Brownstown, IN on October 11^th. Jon is incredibly consistent, winning over 180 feature races in his career!

Stanbrough will be going up against the nation’s best with the likes of Darland, Gardner and Bryan Clauson… all of have driven for JFM or will in upcoming races.

All the excitement begins Friday with the gates opening at 4PM and the racing starting at 7PM.

AT THE TRACK:

Wednesday - Hose Advantage Hall of Fame Kick Off Party.
Thursday - Open Practice 6pm-9pm.
Friday - 13th Annual USAC Hose Advantage Hall Of Fame Classic.
Saturday - 13th Annual USAC Hose Advantage Hall Of Fame Classic.

Josh Ford Motorsports has decided not to participate in the winged portion of the Trophy Cup in Tulare.

Evaluating the #73 car after Mitchell flipped leading the 40 lap Main 2, there is too much damage to repair in time for tonight’s and tomorrow night’s race at the Thunderbowl.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause with plans you may have made.

Next Friday and Saturday we will have Jon Stanbrough at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, AZ. Jon is one of the most talented and awarded Sprint Car drivers in the nation!

Next 2 races for JFM

13^th Annual USAC Hose Advantage
Hall of Fame Classic

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CARS
October 25^th & 26^th
CANYON SPEEDWAY PARK
Peoria, AZ

@JFM_Racing

It’s hard to win upside down. 17 Flips tonight including Mitchell as he was leading the Feature.

Non-Winged Trophy Cup – October 17th, 2013 – Thunderbowl Raceway – Tulare, CA

Matt was one of the lucky ones not taken to the hospital. First it was Araki getting tagged by Nikko, flipping in hot laps, then Bernal flipping in time trials and then Niemela involved in a crash with Foresburg. JFM sincerely wishes all the best and a quick recovery for everyone involved in an incident tonight.

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After killing it with Fast Time of the evening, Mitchell started 6^th and went on to take 2^nd in his heat race. The format of the race events changed mid-stride, changing the dynamics. In the 20 lap red flag littered Main 1; Matt started 11^th and spun out on lap 2. This put him starting in the back where he gained some ground and again spinning out, again starting in the back. Mitchell pushed his way back up to finish 9^th.

Now in the Feature race, Mitchell driving the A&A Precision CNC Machine / King Racing Products / Berry Pack / CAM2 Blue Blood Racing Oils / JFM #73 started 14^th. Mitchell came charging in immediately in the 40 Lap finale, positioning himself in 5^th by lap 6 where yet another of the seemingly continuous waving red flags stopped the non-winged sprints cold. On green, he powered his way to 3^rd by lap 8, another flag. Matt took control in the 10^th lap, out in front leading… when fate took him and the JFM #73 where literally half the field had departed, wheels up.

Full and official results of this treacherous race will be posted tomorrow here and on Josh Ford Motorsports and the JFM Blog.

Tomorrow night we will be right here again at the Thunderbowl for the Southwest Contractors ‘20^th Annual Trophy Cup – Winged Sprints’. This will be a first for JFM and we are excited to get out there and not flip so much!!

Stands Open at 3PM | Qualifying at 4:15PM | Racing to Start at 5:30PM | Trophy Cup 2013