Western World Championships are tomorrow with Marcham and Darland!!

We will have Western Midget Series championship contender Trey Marcham and ‘The People’s Champ’ Dave Darland all three nights of sprint car racing!!

November 20^th – November 22^nd
47^th Annual Western World Championships
Honda USAC National Midgets
USAC South West and USAC West Coast Sprint Cars
Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria

Tomorrow night will kick off the first of the three day event with the final races for the West Coast Sprint Car Series being played out at the infamous 1/3 mile oval in Peoria.  

Heading in to the weekend’s 3 day, co-sanctioned event, Trey Marcham out of Oklahoma City is just 36 points behind point leader Ronnie Gardner with the next contender well back. Trey will be wheeling the King Racing Products / Berry Pack / A&A Precision CNC Machine TCR #73 Midget. Rookie of the Year in 2013, Marcham, has two Fast Time Awards, two heat race victories and nine top-10 finishes including three wins and three runner-up finishes this year!

Dave Darland has run for JFM many times over the years. This WWC Dave will pilot the Berry Pack / King Racing Products Spike #73 Sprint. Darland, Atlanta IN, needs little introduction. With 30+ years racing, the Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Hall of Fame inductee is a 53 time USAC National Sprint Car winner, three time Indiana Sprint Week Champion and so many more accolades. Darland just claimed 3^rd this year in the Amsoil National Sprint Series that wrapped up last weekend here at Canyon.

Front gates open at 4:00pm and racing scheduled to start at 7:00pm.

See www.canyonspeedwaypark.com for further details.

We are looking forward to an EXCITING 3 day racing event! Come to the track and follow us on Twitter and Facebook throughout the weekend.

@JFM_Racing | @TreyMarcham32 | @DaveDarland

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

29th Annual ‘Cotton Classic’ on tap for JFM with Trey Marcham running a 360 at the Thunderbowl!

Tomorrow night we will have the talents of Trey Marcham piloting the King Racing Products / Berry Pack / A&A Precision CNC Machine Sprint #73… for the first time. Marcham has had a great year running midgets and we are excited to put him behind the wheel of a 360!

The non-point 29^th Cotton Classic was originally scheduled to be at Kings in Hanford, so this will now be the fifth of 2014 and last WCSC Series race in Tulare.

October 11, 2014

USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series
Thunderbowl | Tulare, CA
29th Annual Cotton Classic

--Schedule--

Spectator Gates open at 4pm
Hot Laps will begin at 5pm
Time Trials to run at 6pm
Racing to start at 7pm

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We should be able to provide some good coverage of the night’s racing on social or come to the track in Tulare or both!

@jfm_racing | @treymarcham32

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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 

Marcham WIN Number 3 of 2014!! | Upcoming schedule changes for JFM

Marcham wins the ‘Monster Energy Recycling Night’ in Bakersfield last Saturday! Third win of 2014!!

Honda USAC Western Midget Series
‘Monster Energy Recycling Night’
Bakersfield Speedway – Bakersfield, CA

Trey Marcham qualified in the middle of the 20 Midgets signed in, 10^th overall with a 13.881 time. Trey placed 3^rd in his heat race. Going into the main had Marcham starting near the middle of the field. Surging from the green flag, Trey moved up quickly to take the lead from Alex Schutte in lap 10. Marcham lead through the remainder of the 30 lap feature to take the checkered flag.

Qualified - 10^th (13.881)

Heat 1 -  3^rd
Feature 1^st

VIDEO - Last 10 laps of the Feature

Marcham's chances for taking the 2014 Championship are really good with just 4 more sanctioned races

Western Midget Dirt Points 

1 Gardner 629
2 Trey Marcham 593
3 Schutte 390
4 Blondel 342
5 McQueen 296
6 Pierovich 288
7 Dodenhoff 283
8 Ennis 216
9 Dolacki 194
10 Shelton 175

Western Midget Points

1 Gardner 629
2 Trey Marcham 593
3 Blondel 563
4 Schutte 443
5 Nichols 433
6 Pierovich 327
7 Chiello 322
8 McQueen 296
9 Dodenhoff 283
10 Ennis 216

ALL POINTS RACES

Coming up for JFM

Trey Marcham will compete in his first ever Sprint Car race on October 11^th in Tulare!!

We will be off for the next few weeks with some schedule adjustments. Visalia cancelled earlier in the year for the Midget race on the 27^th. We apologize for it still being on the 2014 JFM Schedule. We decided not to go to Canyon this Saturday for the WCSC race or to Petaluma on October 4^th for the WCRS event.

Next USAC Midget Race

November 20^th – 22^nd
47^th Annual Sands Chevrolet USAC Western World Championships
Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, AZ

Next Race

October 11^th
29^th Annual Cotton Classic
Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, CA

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Marcham in Bakersfield this Saturday for USAC Midget racing!!

September 20^th

Honda USAC Western Midget Series
‘Monster Energy Recycling Night’
Bakersfield Speedway

Trey Marcham, Oklahoma City, is currently second in the dirt and third in the overall combined point standings. Marcham won the here on May 3rd of this year and will look to gain ground on the points leader Ronnie Gardner this Saturday. Trey, in his last race, again took the podium finishing 2^nd at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico. He has two Fast Time Awards and 8 Top Ten finishes this season.

Photo - Roger Seymour

Marcham will be running the potent Berry Pack / King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine #73 with Mikey Evans tuning. Evans was manning the wrenches in Bakersfield for the May 3^rd win.

Saturday’s event will be the 100th appearance of the USAC Western Midgets at Bakersfield Speedway and the second time of 2014.

Schedule

Pit Gates to open at 2:00pm
Front Gates open at 4:00pm
Racing to start at 6:00pm

Come to the track and follow us here for live updates throughout the racing.

@jfm_racing | @treymarcham32 | Marcham Racing

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