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

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

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

Faas and JFM are heading to Calistoga this weekend for the first Western Classic Racing Series race of 2014!

USAC Western Classic Racing Series
Calistoga Speedway | Calistoga, CA
April 5^th and 6^th

‘Cali Ace’, Nic Faas, Huntington Beach, CA, piloting the JFM King Racing Products / A & A Precision CNC Machine / Berry Pack #73’s has made the podium 3 times in three races!! If that’s not enough, Nic has placed in the top ten in the last 7 races he’s started, 2^nd in the USAC CRA points race and 4^th in the West Coast Sprint Car Series points race!

When we started the season we stated we were going to try and run all the WCSC, all the CRA, many of the Midget and Classic races. Well we said, “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.” The JFM drivers this year are running in the top 5 in all the West coast sprint series’, Faas in two different classes!

Josh Ford Motorsports, with the talented Ryan Bernal out of Hollister, won the points race for the Western Classic Racing Series last year.

"2014 will begin a new chapter for USAC’s Northern California traditional sprint car division. The WCRS has adopted the same successful rules package currently in use by the USAC West Coast Sprint Cars."
L. Jennings - Hosehead Forums

This is the first time at Calistoga that points will only be earned under the USAC Western Classic banner at this ½ mile, celebrated “Home of the Louie Vermeil Classic” track.

$2000 will go to the winner on both Saturday and Sunday. Gates open at 3pm. Racing starts at 7pm Saturday and 6pm Sunday.

Follow the racing as it happens both days here and on Twitter!

@JFM_racing | @nic_faas

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