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(10/24/25) ... The Northern Auto Racing Club (NARC) and Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway have cancelled the sprint car show scheduled for Saturday, October 25th, due to concerns about a low car count. However, the CARS Tour stock car event on the adjacent half-mile paved track will proceed as planned.”

Recent months have seen an intense schedule of sprint car racing events, which has strained the resources and equipment of several teams. As a result, many teams are unable to participate in this event. Historically, Kern Raceway has enjoyed strong participation, making this situation unusual.

Jim Allen, General Manager of NARC, stated, “Race fans deserve to see more than a dozen cars, and unfortunately, we were unable to meet that expectation this time. We believe cancelling the event is in the best interest of everyone involved, and we apologize for any inconvenience. Kern Raceway remains a first-class racing facility, and we look forward to future events.’”

Following this cancellation, only one race remains on the NARC schedule: the Tribute to Gary Patterson Championship Night, taking place on November 1st at Stockton Dirt Track.

 

(10/11/25 - Andrew Kunas) Antioch, CA ... D.J. Netto had a big night in his quest for his second NARC sprint car championship when he took Saturday’s feature at Antioch Speedway and added to his points lead, and also ended an extended winless streak in the process.

Netto led all 30 laps for his ninth career NARC victory and was rarely challenged throughout. At one point Netto did get passed by Dominic Scelzi for the lead on an early restart that was called back for another car stopping. Netto took advantage of that break and mastered his remaining restarts, and there were several of them as there were four red flags for cars going upside down on a challenging night.

Scelzi continued trying to go after Netto, but eventually suffered a mishap on another restart and flipped his car upside down. That handed the second position over to Dominic Gorden. Netto entered traffic in the closing laps as Gorden tried to close in along with Jesse Schlotfeldt but they eventually ran out of time before they could take any shot at Netto for the win.

The win was Netto’s third on the season aboard the Penny Newman Grain-sponsored Netto Ag No. 88n Rider-powered KPC, and it came five months after Netto’s second win, which also came at Antioch Speedway in May. Happy to end the drought, Netto popped a wheelie on the front stretch and then climbed atop his car to celebrate with the fans. Netto increased his narrow lead to 12 points over Sean Becker, who finished fourth.

Gorden, who set fast time in qualifying earlier in the evening, settled for second aboard the Silva’s All Natural Beef-sponsored Fortitude Driver Development No. 10 Rider-powered Maxim. Schlotfeldt, visiting from Washington, earned the Williams Roofing Hard Charger nod, coming from 13th to get on the podium in his first visit to Antioch Speedway aboard the Grinder’s Automotive & Marine-sponsored JRS Motorsports No. 21 Shark-powered Triple X.

Becker maintained his second place points standing with his fourth place finish aboard the D&J Construction Rental Equipment-sponsored Bjork Construction No. 7b Shaver-powered Maxim. Max Mittry recovered from a mishap of his own on the initial start and came back to finish fifth aboard the Shasta Realty Group-sponsored Mittry Construction No. 19 Shark-powered KPC. Mittry changed the car number to 19 for the night to honor Chuck Wolf, who had recently passed away. Cannon McIntosh, Tim Kaeding, Dylan Bloomfield, Jake Andreotti and Billy Aton rounded out the Top 10.

Heat races earlier in the evening were won by Mittry, Netto and Scelzi. Netto topped Scelzi in the Beacon Wealth Strategies – Raymond James Trophy Dash to secure the pole position for the main event.

Gorden paced the 18-car field in Automotive Racing Products Qualifying with a time of 12.142 seconds  around the 3/8-mile clay oval.

Hooser Racing Tires Feature (30 laps): 1. 88N-DJ Netto[1]; 2. 10-Dominic Gorden[3]; 3. 21-Jesse Schlotfeldt[13]; 4. 7B-Sean Becker[8]; 5. 19-Max Mittry[4]; 6. 83-Cannon McIntosh[5]; 7. 0-Tim Kaeding[9]; 8. 33-Dylan Bloomfield[11]; 9. 7P-Jake Andreotti[12]; 10. 26-Billy Aton[14]; 11. 12J-John Clark[15]; 12. 41-Dominic Scelzi[2]; 13. 17W-Shane Golobic[10]; 14. 17-Kalib Henry[16]; 15. 12-Jarrett Soares[17]; 16. 14-Mariah Ede[6]; 17. 29-Bud Kaeding[7]; 18. 88A-Joey Ancona[18].

METTEC Titanium Lap Leaders: 88n D.J. Netto 1-30

Williams Roofing Hard Charger: 21 Jesse Schlotfeldt, 13th to 3rd (+10)

Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 19-Max Mittry[1]; 2. 7B-Sean Becker[2]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[3]; 4. 10-Dominic Gorden[4]; 5. 26-Billy Aton[5]; 6. 17-Kalib Henry[6].

Kimo’s Tropical Car Wash Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88N-DJ Netto[1]; 2. 0-Tim Kaeding[2]; 3. 33-Dylan Bloomfield[3]; 4. 83-Cannon McIntosh[4]; 5. 12J-John Clark[5]; 6. 12-Jarrett Soares[6].

WEDG High Performance Karts Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 41-Dominic Scelzi[2]; 2. 29-Bud Kaeding[1]; 3. 7P-Jake Andreotti[5]; 4. 21-Jesse Schlotfeldt[6]; 5. 14-Mariah Ede[4]; 6. (DNS) 88A-Joey Ancona.

Beacon Wealth Strategies – Raymond James Trophy Dash (6 laps): 1. 88N-DJ Netto[2]; 2. 41-Dominic Scelzi[1]; 3. 10-Dominic Gorden[6]; 4. 19-Max Mittry[3]; 5. 83-Cannon McIntosh[5]; 6. 14-Mariah Ede.

 

 

 

(10/4/25 - Andrew Kunas) Tulare, CA ... Four months out of someone’s car? No problem for Tanner Holmes and the Tarlton Motorsports sprint car team, who found themselves in NARC victory lane together for the second time this season when they took Saturday’s Chris & Brian Faria Memorial at Thunderbowl Raceway.

The young Oregon driver had not been in the American Rock & Rent-sponsored No. 21 Kistler-powered Maxim since June 7th but quickly got comfortable once he was back in the car on Saturday evening. Starting from the pole after a dash win, Holmes took the lead and from there was rarely challenged as he led all 30 laps and earned his third career NARC win.

That initial start was called back after another car came to a stop but on the second start Holmes took off on an open track, but did find occasional difficulty in slower traffic. Washington visitor Jesse Schlotfeldt was in position once to take a shot at Holmes in the early laps, but couldn’t make a move as he also struggled occasionally. After that, Schlotfeldt couldn’t get back up to Holmes, whether in the open or in traffic, and eventually pulled off the track when his car had a driveline problem occur with just a few laps remaining.

After struggling with the slower cars in the first half of the race, Holmes admitted he had to get himself straight during a caution with 14 laps completed. He found his groove in the latter half of the race, and with Schlotfeldt pulling off and the race staying green, Holmes cruised in the last few laps to pick up another win at the same track where he won the first of the Twin 20’s at the Morrie Williams Memorial in May. For the Tarlton Motorsports team, it was their series leading eighth NARC win on the season, with two coming from Holmes and six from Australian star James McFadden during the summer when Holmes was in his family’s car.

“I took advantage of that yellow and almost had a chat with myself - and gather myself - and get a little more up on the wheel,” Holmes said about the caution flag coming after he managed to stay in the lead despite struggling some. “I felt like I regrouped well and knew exactly what to do. Really cool to win first night back out (in the Tarlton car).”

There may have been struggles early in the feature, but the win capped off what was nearly a perfect night for the No. 21. Holmes set fast time in qualifying and won the Beacon Wealth Strategies Dash to earn the pole for the main event. The only blemish was a fourth place finish in his heat race on a freshly reworked race track.

Sean Becker, who started outside the front row, fell back to sixth at one point, but after strong restart and finding his groove, Becker drove back up to third place and then inherited second when Schlotfeldt dropped out. Becker had been passed by D.J. Netto, who he was chasing for the points lead, but passed him back and Netto eventually fell back to finish ninth while Becker finished runner-up in the D&J Construction Rental-sponsored Bjork Construction No. 7b Shaver-powered Maxim, and shaved Netto’s lead to just seven points unofficially in the process.

Justin Sanders ran in and battled for positions in the top five throughout the race and picked up the podium finish aboard the Yuba Sutter Aviation-sponsored Mittry Construction No. 2x Rider-powered KPC. Shane Golobic earned the Williams Roofing Hard Charger nod, coming from 14th to finish fourth aboard the NOS Energy-sponsored Matt Wood Racing No. 17w Kistler-powered KPC. In addition to the $150 bonus from Williams Roofing, Golobic gained another $150 from the Western Renegades Non-Wing Sprint Car Series.

The 12th starting Tim Kaeding moved up to finish fifth in the Emadco Disposal-sponsored Williams Motorsports No. 0 Maxwill-powered Maxim. Cannon McIntosh, Bud Kaeding, Dominic Scelzi, Netto and Dominic Gorden rounded out the Top 10.

Heat races earlier in the evening were won by Schlotfeldt, Gauge Garcia and Sanders before Holmes won the dash. Holmes paced the 19-car field in Automotive Racing Products Qualifying, touring the 1/3-mile, high-banked clay oval in 13.587 seconds to start the evening off.

Hoosier Racing Tires Feature (30 laps): 1. 21-Tanner Holmes[1]; 2. 7B-Sean Becker[2]; 3. 2X-Justin Sanders[6]; 4. 17W-Shane Golobic[14]; 5. 0-Tim Kaeding[12]; 6. 83-Cannon McIntosh[8]; 7. 29-Bud Kaeding[13]; 8. 41-Dominic Scelzi[11]; 9. 88N-DJ Netto[7]; 10. 10-Dominic Gorden[9]; 11. 2XM-Max Mittry[10]; 12. X1-Chance Grasty[16]; 13. 14-Mariah Ede[15]; 14. 5-Cole Danell[18]; 15. 21S-Jesse Schlotfeldt[4]; 16. 17V-Danny Faria Jr[17]; 17. 11-Tyler Cato[19]; 18. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[3]; 19. 2K-Gauge Garcia[5]

METTEC Titanium Lap Leaders: Tanner Holmes 1-30

Williams Roofing Hard Charger: 17w Shane Golobic, 14th to 4th (+10)

Automotive Racing Products Fast Qualifier (19 cars): 21 Tanner Holmes, 13.587 seconds

Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Heat 1 (8 laps): 1. 21S-Jesse Schlotfeldt[2]; 2. 88N-DJ Netto[1]; 3. 2XM-Max Mittry[3]; 4. 21-Tanner Holmes[4]; 5. 14-Mariah Ede[6]; 6. X1-Chance Grasty[5]; 7. 11-Tyler Cato[7].

Kimo’s Tropical Carwash Heat 2 (8 laps): 1. 2K-Gauge Garcia[1]; 2. 10-Dominic Gorden[2]; 3. 7B-Sean Becker[4]; 4. 0-Tim Kaeding[5]; 5. 29-Bud Kaeding[3]; 6. 17V-Danny Faria Jr[6].

WEDG High Performance Karts Heat 3 (8 laps): 1. 2X-Justin Sanders[2]; 2. 83-Cannon McIntosh[1]; 3. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[4]; 4. 41-Dominic Scelzi[3]; 5. 17W-Shane Golobic[5]; 6. 5-Cole Danell[6].

Beacon Wealth Strategies – Raymond James Trophy Dash (6 laps): 1. 21-Tanner Holmes[1]; 2. 7B-Sean Becker[2]; 3. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[3]; 4. 21S-Jesse Schlotfeldt[5]; 5. 2K-Gauge Garcia[4]; 6. 2X-Justin Sanders[6].

 

 

 

(10/27/25 - Andrew Kunas) Stockton, CA ...A big night of racing awaits the NARC King of the West sprint car series, as the 2025 season concludes with the annual Tribute to Gary Patterson and a championship will be won Saturday night (November 1st) at the Stockton Dirt Track.

Just 12 points separate a pair of former NARC champions at the top of the standings, with each man in pursuit of his second title. Hanford’s D.J. Netto, the 2019 titlist, is ahead of Oroville’s Sean Becker, who won his championship 20 years ago, going into what will be a hotly contested season finale.

Netto has won three times this season and that includes the season opener at the Stockton Dirt Track in March when Netto won the Salute to Leroy Van Connett. He also won the last NARC event, held October 11th at Antioch Speedway. Netto and the Netto Ag No. 88n team will look for another strong performance at a track he has been successful at to wrap up a second NARC championship.

Becker meanwhile is winless this season, but he has been competitive all season aboard the Don Bjork No. 7b and the “Shark” has led laps in multiple main events this year. If Becker wants to win his second championship though, he will likely need to get that first win on the season in the finale and pair that with a significantly subpar performance by Netto.

With his three wins on the season, Netto owns the tiebreaker if the two drivers were to finish with identical point tallies. If Becker were to gain a point by setting fast time in qualifying and then win Saturday’s Patterson Tribute, Netto would need to finish 10th place or better in the main event to clinch the title.

Incidentally, neither Netto or Becker has won the race that honors the legendary Gary Patterson, at least in 410 sprint car competition, and both would love to add their name to the list of winners of the event to cap off the season. One of the all-time greats out of California, Patterson – or the “Preacher” as he was nicknamed - won races all over the West Coast and across the country, racing as a true outlaw for most of his career. Though he lost his life in a 1983 racing accident at Calistoga Speedway, Patterson’s accomplishments behind the wheel of a sprint car landed him in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1998.

The Tribute to Gary Patterson was first run in 1984, won by future Hall of Famer Chuck Gurney. The race had been held annually in Calistoga before moving to Stockton in recent years. The list of race winners is full of big names. Former “King of California” Steve Kent and Hall of Famer Brent Kaeding lead everyone with four wins each. Another Hall of Famer and NARC great Tim Green is a three-time winner of the event alongside Rico Abreau and Justin Sanders. Sanders won last year’s Patterson Tribute to win the 2024 NARC championship in walk-off fashion after an intense points battle with Cole Macedo. Other Hall of Famers who have won the Patterson Tribute include Jimmy Sills (twice), Jeff Swindell and Paul McMahan.

WHO ELSE TO WATCH

Campbell’s Bud Kaeding, another former NARC champion, is surprisingly one of the big names who has not won a Patterson main event, and this Saturday he will look to join his father Brent and brother Tim as a winner of the prestigious event. Kaeding, winner of the Johnny Key Classic at Ocean Speedway in August, sits third in the points going into the finale.

Aromas’s Justin Sanders, last year’s “King of the West” who leads everyone with seven NARC victories this year aboard the Mittry Motorsports No. 2x, will look to cap off his season a win that would tie him with Brent Kaeding and Steve Kent for most Patterson wins. Fremont’s Shane Golobic is still looking for his first NARC win this season but is twice a winner of the Patterson and would like to win his third on Saturday.

This year’s Dave Bradway Jr Memorial winner Dominic Gorden will be in attendance and is looking for a third career NARC win to cap off his season. Fresno’s Mariah Ede is expected to race on Saturday and will wrap up NARC Rookie of the Year honors. Former NARC champion Dominic Scelzi of Fresno is expected, along with Templeton’s Kaleb Montgomery, Lemoore’s Gauge Garcia, Redding’s Max Mittry, Windsor’s John Clark, Gilroy’s Jarrett Soares, and Benecia’s Billy Aton.

FAN INFO

The Stockton Dirt Track is located at the San Joaquin County Fairgrounds at 1658 S Airport Way in Stockton. Saturday’s event will see front gates open at 4:00 p.m. with opening ceremonies scheduled for 6:00p.m. with racing to follow. The NorCal Dwarf Cars and the BCRA/WMR midgets are also racing that night. Tickets are $30 for adults, $25 for juniors ages 12-17, $25 for seniors 65 and older, $25 for military, and kids 11 and under are in for $10.

Saturday, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., there will be a legends autograph session in the grandstands and fans can meet some of the greats of sprint car racing from around the region.

There is a Friday night show also as part of this year’s Tribute to Gary Patterson, with the 360 Sprint Car Challenge Tour in action, giving two nights of sprint car action for those arriving in Stockton a day early.

Sunday will see the annual NARC season ending banquet at the Brookside Country Club, honoring the season champion and other top performers during the 2025 season, and other special awards will be presented as well.

The Northern Auto Racing Club is the premier 410 winged sprint car series in the western United States. Since 1960, the traveling organization has thrilled fans at dirt tracks up and down the West Coast and crowned a “King of the West” champion. For more information on the NARC 410 sprint car series, including race results, points standings, and upcoming events, go to www.narc410.com. You can also follow on various social media platforms.

The NARC 410 Sprint Car Racing Series is sponsored by Hoosier Racing Tires and Floracing.com. Associate sponsors include Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Beacon Wealth Strategies, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bullet Impressions, Jim Allen Promotions, Kimo's Tropical Car Wash, Mettec Titanium, MyRacePass, Red Rose Transportation, Tarlton & Son, Wedg High Performance Karts, Williams Roofing, and Winters Performance Products.

2025 NARC 410 SPRINT CARS SERIES

(AFTER 26 EVENTS IN 27-RACE SERIES - 10/26/25)

  1. DJ Netto, Hanford - 3344
  2. Sean Becker, Roseville - 3332
  3. Bud Kaeding, Campbell - 3305
  4. Dominic Gorden, Clovis - 3278
  5. Mariah Ede, Fresno (R) - 2882
  6. Caeden Steele, Fresno - 2714
  7. Gauge Garcia, Lemoore - 2712
  8. Justin Sanders, Aromas - 2692
  9. Tyler Thompson, Harrisburg, OR (R) - 2550
  10. Dominic Scelzi, Fresno - 2382
  11. Shane Golobic, Fremont - 2318
  12. Billy Aton, Benicia - 2160
  13. John Clark, Windsor - 2128
  14. Tanner Holmes, Jacksonville, OR - 1903
  15. Max Mittry, Redding - 1964
  16. Landon Brooks, Rio Oso - 1881
  17. Kaleb Montgomery, Templeton - 1685
  18. Nick Parker, Tucson, AZ - 1684
  19. Jesse Schlotfeldt, Arlington, WA - 1612
  20. Dylan Bloomfield, Oakley - 1610

Upcoming Events
November 2 - Championship Celebration @ Brookside Country Club - Stockton, CA
 

(10/20/25 - Andrew Kunas) Bakersfield, CA ... The closing stretch of the 2025 NARC 410 Sprint Car Series campaign continues with the October Classic this Saturday (October 25th), as the series makes its only appearance of the season at the Bakersfield Speedway dirt track at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway.

The October Classic combo-show also features the CARS Tour and the "Harvick Showdown" with NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick and his son Keelan racing against each other in late models on the half-mile asphalt oval. The NARC show will follow that event on the neighboring dirt track, located just outside of turn four.  Race fans can purchase a $30 ticket to get into both events.  The pavement race starts at 6:00 p.m., the NARC show at approximately 7:30 p.m.

NARC last visited the Kern Raceway dirt track this time last year, but since then the old Bakersfield Speedway in nearby Oildale closed and its operations transferred over to the dirt track at Kern.  The dirt track facility now operates as Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway. The facility has also undergone improvements since NARC’s last visit, including additional seating.

No matter the official name of the track, action will be hot on Saturday night with much at stake. Things remain tight at the top of the NARC standings with only two events remaining. D.J. Netto of Hanford picked up an enormous victory on October 11th at Antioch Speedway to increase his point lead over Oroville’s Sean Becker, who finished fourth in that race. Just 12 points now separate the two former series champions.

Netto has three NARC wins on the season, including winning both Antioch races. Becker is winless on the season but has been strongly consistent all season and more than once has knocked on the door of victory. Even with Netto winning in NARC’s last outing, one misstep by Netto coupled with a strong outing by Becker – or even better, a win for him – could really shake things up for the November 1st finale at the Stockton Dirt Track.

WHO TO WATCH

In last year’s October Classic at Kern Raceway, it was San Jose’s Tim Kaeding picking up the victory. The veteran racer and former NARC champion led every lap, but had to withstand a number of race stoppages and challenges for the lead along the way. Kaeding, long one of the most popular and exciting racers out of California, will be one to watch again.

Another Kaeding to watch will be Tim’s brother Bud, who sits third in the NARC points. The Campbell driver won his 23rd NARC feature event of his career, winning the Johnny Key Classic at Ocean Speedway in August.

Clovis driver Dominic Gorden ran a strong second in the race at Antioch and set fast time in qualifying earlier that evening. Having won the Dave Bradway Jr Memorial earlier this season and posting other podium finishes, Gorden is hoping to capture a second NARC victory on the season before the season is up.

Having opened in 2015, the Kern Raceway dirt track has hosted numerous sprint car races and other open wheel events on its 1/3-mile clay oval. Shane Golobic was a NARC winner in 2022 and the following year it was Corey Day picking up a win there on his way to the 2023 NARC championship. Future NARC champion Justin Sanders picked up a win there in 2021.

Mariah Ede is expected to race and will look to all but wrap up NARC Rookie of the Year honors. The young lady from Fresno has had her struggles during his first year in a 410 sprint car, but has shown speed at times also. Former NARC champion Dominic Scelzi of Fresno is expected, along with Oregon driver Tanner Holmes, Templeton’s Kaleb Montgomery, Lemoore’s Gauge Garcia, Redding’s Max Mittry, Windsor’s John Clark, Gilroy’s Jarrett Soares, and Benicia’s Billy Aton.

FAN INFO

The Bakersfield Speedway dirt track at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway is located at 13500 Raceway Blvd, nearby the Interstate 5 / Hwy 43 interchange. The 1/3-mile clay oval sits just to the north of the half-mile asphalt track. WMR midgets and the SoCal dwarf cars will be joining NARC on Saturday.

General admission is $30 for adults. Front gates at the dirt track open at 6:00 p.m. with racing scheduled for approximately 8:00 p.m.

The Northern Auto Racing Club is the premier 410 winged sprint car series in the western United States. Since 1960, the traveling organization has thrilled fans at dirt tracks up and down the West Coast and crowned a “King of the West” champion. For more information on the NARC 410 sprint car series, including race results, points standings, and upcoming events, go to www.narc410.com.  You can also follow on various social media platforms.

The NARC 410 Sprint Car Racing Series is sponsored by Hoosier Racing Tires and Floracing.com. Associate sponsors include Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Beacon Wealth Strategies, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bullet Impressions, Jim Allen Promotions, Kimo's Tropical Car Wash, Mettec Titanium, MyRacePass, Red Rose Transportation, Tarlton & Son, WEDG High Performance Karts, Williams Roofing, and Winters Performance Products.

2025 NARC 410 SPRINT CARS SERIES

(AFTER 25 EVENTS IN 27-RACE SERIES - 10/19/25)

  1. DJ Netto, Hanford - 3244
  2. Sean Becker, Roseville - 3232
  3. Bud Kaeding, Campbell - 3205
  4. Dominic Gorden, Clovis - 3178
  5. Mariah Ede, Fresno (R) - 2782
  6. Gauge Garcia, Lemoore - 2712
  7. Caeden Steele, Fresno - 2614
  8. Justin Sanders, Aromas - 2592
  9. Tyler Thompson, Harrisburg, OR (R) - 2550
  10. Shane Golobic, Fremont - 2318
  11. Dominic Scelzi, Fresno - 2282
  12. Billy Aton, Benicia - 2160
  13. John Clark, Windsor - 2128
  14. Tanner Holmes, Jacksonville, OR - 1903
  15. Max Mittry, Redding - 1964
  16. Landon Brooks, Rio Oso - 1881
  17. Nick Parker, Tucson, AZ - 1684
  18. Jesse Schlotfeldt, Arlington, WA - 1612
  19. Dylan Bloomfield, Oakley - 1610
  20. Kaleb Montgomery, Templeton - 1585

Upcoming Events
November 1 - The Stockton Dirt Track (Tribute to Gary Patterson)
November 2 - Championship Celebration @ Brookside Country Club - Stockton, CA

NARC 2025 Winners
March 8 – D.J. Netto at Stockton Dirt Track (Salute to Leroy Van Connett)
April 12 – Justin Sanders at Silver Dollar Speedway (Mini Gold Cup)
May 10 – D.J. Netto at Antioch Speedway (Contra Costa County Clash)
May 16 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway
May 17 – Tanner Holmes (Race 1) & Caeden Steele (Race 2) at Thunderbowl Raceway (Morrie Williams Memorial)
May 31 – Dominic Gorden at Placerville Speedway (Dave Bradway Jr Memorial)
June 7 – Justin Sanders at Silver Dollar Speedway (David Tarter Memorial)
June 11 – James McFadden at Southern Oregon Speedway
June 12 – James McFadden at Douglas County Dirt Track
June 13 – Jesse Schlotfeldt at Cottage Grove Speedway
June 14 – James McFadden at Willamette Speedway
June 15 – James McFadden at Grays Harbor Raceway (Timber Cup)
June 19 – Levi Klatt at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup – Night 1)
June 20 – Justin Sanders at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup – Night 2)
June 21 – Trey Starks at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup finale)
July 12 – Tim Kaeding at Petaluma Speedway (Dave Lindt Memorial)
July 18 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway (Howard Kaeding Classic – Night 1)
July 19 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway (Howard Kaeding Classic – Night 2)
July 26 – Kaleb Montgomery at Santa Maria Speedway
August 2 – Bud Kaeding at Ocean Speedway (Johnny Key Classic)
August 30 – James McFadden at Calistoga Speedway (Louie Vermeil Classic – Night 1)
August 31 – James McFadden at Calistoga Speedway (Louie Vermeil Classic – Night 2)
September 6 - Justin Sanders at Placerville Speedway (Pay Dirt Showdown)
October 4 - Tanner Holmes at Thunderbowl Raceway (Chris & Brian Faria Memorial)
October 11 - DJ Netto at Antioch Speedway (Open Wheel Octoberfest)

 

(10/7/25 - Andrew Kunas) Antioch, CA ... The closing stretch of the 2025 NARC King of the West sprint car season continues this Saturday (October 11th) with the tour’s second visit of the year to Antioch Speedway for the Open Wheel Octoberfest.

Things have tightened up in the point standings with just three races remaining. Former series champion D.J. Netto of Hanford continues to lead in pursuit of his second NARC championship but is now holding on by a thread. Falling back to finish ninth in last Saturday’s event at Thunderbowl Raceway, combined with Oroville’s Sean Becker rising late to finish second, resulted in Netto’s lead over Becker shrinking to just seven points.

Saturday’s race ironically comes at the same track where the two battled for the lead in May’s Contra Costa County Clash. Becker had taken the lead, but hard racing resulted in contact between the two and Becker crashed out, and Netto went on to win his second race of the season. That was also Netto’s last victory this season. Becker is winless but has been competitive all season. With the two in a close points battle with just a few races remaining, so much is on the line Saturday.

Campbell’s Bud Kaeding, a winner in the Johnny Key Classic in August, continues to lurk in third place in the standings, sitting a mere 21 points out of the lead. A bad night for Netto and/or Becker could potentially put Kaeding in the thick of things as well.

WHO TO WATCH

Tim Kaeding and the Williams Motorsports No. 0 team is expected to run the remaining NARC races this season. One of the most exciting drivers to ever come out of California, the future Hall of Famer has one NARC win to his credit this season, coming in July at Petaluma Speedway. Kaeding struggled in qualifying last Saturday at Thunderbowl Raceway, but turned in a strong main event run, coming from 12th to finish fifth. Kaeding and the Zero Heroes will look to get back in the win column on Saturday.

Fresno’s Mariah Ede, in her first year racing 410 sprint cars, is now leading the NARC Rookie of the Year chase and is expected to race on Saturday. Joining her also is Fremont’s Shane Golobic, who was the hard charger at Thunderbowl, and who won a BCRA midget race at Antioch in May and will look to pick up a sprint car win there on Saturday. Also expected to compete are reigning NARC champion Justin Sanders of Aromas, Lemoore’s Gauge Garcia, Templeton’s Kaleb Montgomery, Dominic Gorden of Clovis, Dylan Bloomfield of Oakley, and Max Mittry of Redding. Washington’s Jesse Schlotfeldt will continue his fall swing of races in California and Oklahoma’s Cannon McIntosh is expected to again pilot a Roth Motorsports entry.

FAN INFO

Antioch Speedway is located at the Contra Costa County Fairgrounds at 1201 W 10th Street. It’s an all open wheel night as the NARC 410 sprint cars will be joined by the BCRA and USAC Western States midgets. General admission for adults is $35 with kids, seniors and military getting in for $25. Front gates open at 5:00 p.m. with hot laps scheduled for 5:30 p.m. with qualifying and racing to follow.

After Saturday’s race in Antioch, the next NARC event is October 25th at the dirt track at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway in Bakersfield, and the season concludes with the Tribute to Gary Patterson on Saturday, November 1st at the Stockton Dirt Track.

The Northern Auto Racing Club is the premier 410 winged sprint car series in the western United States. Since 1960, the traveling organization has thrilled fans at dirt tracks up and down the West Coast and crowned a “King of the West” champion. For more information on the NARC 410 sprint car series, including race results, points standings, and upcoming events, go to www.narc410.com.  You can also follow on various social media platforms.

2025 NARC 410 SPRINT CARS SERIES

(AFTER 24 EVENTS IN 27-RACE SERIES - 10/6/25)

  1. DJ Netto, Hanford - 3102
  2. Sean Becker, Roseville - 3095
  3. Bud Kaeding, Campbell - 3081
  4. Dominic Gorden, Clovis - 3038
  5. Gauge Garcia, Lemoore - 2712
  6. Mariah Ede, Fresno (R) - 2657
  7. Caeden Steele, Fresno - 2614
  8. Justin Sanders, Aromas - 2592
  9. Tyler Thompson, Harrisburg, OR (R) - 2550
  10. Shane Golobic, Fremont - 2190
  11. Dominic Scelzi, Fresno - 2153
  12. Billy Aton, Benicia - 2029
  13. John Clark, Windsor - 1998
  14. Tanner Holmes, Jacksonville, OR - 1903
  15. Landon Brooks, Rio Oso - 1881
  16. Max Mittry, Redding - 1828
  17. Nick Parker, Tucson, AZ - 1684
  18. Kaleb Montgomery, Templeton - 1585
  19. Dylan Bloomfield, Oakley - 1477
  20. Jesse Schlotfeldt, Arlington, WA - 1474

Upcoming Events
October 25 – Dirt Track at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway – Bakersfield, CA (October Classic)
November 1 - The Stockton Dirt Track (Tribute to Gary Patterson)
November 2 - Championship Celebration @ Brookside Country Club - Stockton, CA

NARC 2025 Winners
March 8 – D.J. Netto at Stockton Dirt Track (Salute to Leroy Van Connett)
April 12 – Justin Sanders at Silver Dollar Speedway (Mini Gold Cup)
May 10 – D.J. Netto at Antioch Speedway (Contra Costa County Clash)
May 16 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway
May 17 – Tanner Holmes (Race 1) & Caeden Steele (Race 2) at Thunderbowl Raceway (Morrie Williams Memorial)
May 31 – Dominic Gorden at Placerville Speedway (Dave Bradway Jr Memorial)
June 7 – Justin Sanders at Silver Dollar Speedway (David Tarter Memorial)
June 11 – James McFadden at Southern Oregon Speedway
June 12 – James McFadden at Douglas County Dirt Track
June 13 – Jesse Schlotfeldt at Cottage Grove Speedway
June 14 – James McFadden at Willamette Speedway
June 15 – James McFadden at Grays Harbor Raceway (Timber Cup)
June 19 – Levi Klatt at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup – Night 1)
June 20 – Justin Sanders at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup – Night 2)
June 21 – Trey Starks at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup finale)
July 12 – Tim Kaeding at Petaluma Speedway (Dave Lindt Memorial)
July 18 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway (Howard Kaeding Classic – Night 1)
July 19 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway (Howard Kaeding Classic – Night 2)
July 26 – Kaleb Montgomery at Santa Maria Speedway
August 2 – Bud Kaeding at Ocean Speedway (Johnny Key Classic)
August 30 – James McFadden at Calistoga Speedway (Louie Vermeil Classic – Night 1)
August 31 – James McFadden at Calistoga Speedway (Louie Vermeil Classic – Night 2)
September 6 - Justin Sanders at Placerville Speedway (Pay Dirt Showdown)
October 4 - Tanner Holmes at Thunderbowl Raceway (Chris & Brian Faria Memorial)

  

 

(9/30/25 - Andrew Kunas) Tulare, CA ... The closing stretch of the 2025 NARC King of the West sprint car season is upon us. The first of four races in five weeks is this Saturday as the NARC teams tackle the famous Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare for the Chris & Brian Faria Memorial.  This action-packed racing card will also feature the Sprint Car Challenge Tour 360's.

The race is one of the cornerstone events at the popular 1/3-mile clay oval. First contested in 2002, the event honors a pair of brothers from the Faria family, longtime participants in California racing. Chris Faria, who was an up and coming racer, passed away after a farming accident in 1993. His older brother Brian, who was active behind the scenes at Thunderbowl Raceway, tragically passed away in early 2006 in a traffic accident, and Brian’s name was soon put alongside his brother’s for this race.

The 2025 race was originally scheduled for April 26th, but Mother Nature interfered and forced its postponement. NARC and Thunderbowl Raceway officials agreed to reschedule the event for October 4th to start a busy stretch to finish NARC’s season.

The event, held at one of California’s most challenging dirt tracks, has long been looked forward to by NARC competitors and fans, and the list of past winners of the race reads like a who’s who of west coast sprint car racing. Jason Meyers, a future World of Outlaws champion, won the inaugural event in 2002. National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Brent Kaeding won it twice in the latter years of his legendary career. A young kid named Kyle Larson, years before the NASCAR world got to know him, was the 2010 winner of the race. NARC champions such as D.J. Netto and Kyle Hirst are also past winners.

Last year’s event, ironically postponed by weather to a later date also, was won by Cole Macedo aboard the Tarlton Motorsports No. 21.

WHO TO WATCH

Speaking of NARC champions, former series champ D.J. Netto, who lives just down the road from Thunderbowl Raceway in Hanford, holds a slim 14-point lead over another former champion in Sean Becker of Oroville. Netto has two NARC wins to his credit this season, but hasn’t won since May. Netto, however, has seen success in Tulare over the years, including winning the 2015 edition of the Faria. Netto hopes his past success at Thunderbowl Raceway will continue as he seeks his second NARC championship.

After winning six NARC races during the summer with Australian ace James McFadden in cockpit, the Tarlton Motorsports team will welcome back Oregon’s Tanner Holmes, who piloted the car back in the spring. Holmes was victorious in NARC competition with the Tarlton team in May when he took the first of the Twin 20’s at the Morrie Williams Memorial in Tulare. After piloting his family’s car during the summer, Holmes will rejoin the Tarlton’s and is hoping for a repeat of May this Saturday.

Between Holmes and McFadden, the seven NARC wins by the Tarlton Motorsports No. 21 team are tied for the most this season with the Mittry Motorsports No. 2x, all of theirs with Justin Sanders behind the wheel.

The second of the Twin 20’s in May was won by Caeden Steele, and it was the young Fresno-area driver’s first NARC win. Steele is another driver hoping that past history will repeat itself on Saturday.

Sean Becker, despite running second in points, is winless this season, but has been competitive all season and is coming off a podium run at the last NARC race at Placerville Speedway on September 6th. Another driver expected this Saturday include Campbell’s Bud Kaeding, a winner in August at the Johnny Key Classic at Ocean Speedway. Kaeding enters the night third in the points, just 23 tallies back of Netto with four races remaining.

Also expected this Saturday are Dominic Scelzi of Fresno, Dominic Gorden of Clovis, Mariah Ede of Fresno, Gauge Garcia of Lemoore, Shane Golobic of Fremont, Billy Aton of Benicia, John Clark of Windsor, Kaleb Montgomery of Templeton, Tanner Carrick of Lincoln, Landon Brooks of Rio Oso, Oakley's Dylan Bloomfield and Cannon McIntosh from Bixby, OK. Arlington.  Washington’s Jesse Schlotfeldt will be making the journey from the Pacific Northwest also to join NARC for its remaining races. Schlotfeldt won his first career NARC event in June at Cottage Grove Speedway.

FAN INFO

It will be ALL sprint cars for the fans on Saturday as NARC will be joined by the 360 Sprint Car Challenge Tour. Tickets will be available at the front gate. Grandstand tickets are $35, and $33 for seniors. Bleacher seats are $30 for adults, $28 for seniors and $15 for kids 12 and under. Pit passes are $45. Front gates open at 4:00 p.m. Hot laps are scheduled for 5:45 with qualifying at 6:00 and racing beginning at 7:00 p.m.

Thunderbowl Raceway is located along K Street at the Tulare County Fairgrounds.

The Northern Auto Racing Club is the premier 410 winged sprint car series in the western United States. Since 1960, the traveling organization has thrilled fans at dirt tracks up and down the West Coast and crowned a “King of the West” champion. For more information on the NARC 410 sprint car series, including race results, points standings, and upcoming events, go to www.narc410.com.  You can also follow on various social media platforms.

The NARC 410 Sprint Car Racing Series is sponsored by Hoosier Racing Tires and Floracing.com. Associate sponsors include Automotive Racing Products (ARP), Beacon Wealth Strategies, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Bullet Impressions, Jim Allen Promotions, Kimo's Tropical Car Wash, Mettec Titanium, MyRacePass, Red Rose Transportation, Tarlton & Son, Wedg High Performance Karts, Williams Roofing, and Winters Performance Products.

 

2025 NARC 410 SPRINT CARS SERIES

(AFTER 23 EVENTS IN 27-RACE SERIES - 9/28/25)

  1. DJ Netto, Hanford - 2970
  2. Sean Becker, Roseville - 2956
  3. Bud Kaeding, Campbell - 2947
  4. Dominic Gorden, Clovis - 2907
  5. Caeden Steele, Fresno - 2614
  6. Gauge Garcia, Lemoore - 2590
  7. Tyler Thompson, Harrisburg, OR (R) - 2550
  8. Mariah Ede, Fresno (R) - 2529
  9. Justin Sanders, Aromas - 2454
  10. Shane Golobic, Fremont - 2053
  11. Billy Aton, Benicia - 2029
  12. Dominic Scelzi, Fresno - 2020
  13. John Clark, Windsor - 1998
  14. Landon Brooks, Rio Oso - 1881
  15. Tanner Holmes, Jacksonville, OR - 1760
  16. Max Mittry, Redding - 1698
  17. Nick Parker, Tucson, AZ - 1684
  18. Dylan Bloomfield, Oakley - 1477
  19. Kaleb Montgomery, Templeton - 1462
  20. Jesse Schlotfeldt, Arlington, WA - 1348

Upcoming Events
October 11 – Antioch Speedway – Antioch, CA (Open Wheel Octoberfest)
October 25 – Dirt Track at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway – Bakersfield, CA (October Classic)
November 1 - The Stockton Dirt Track (Tribute to Gary Patterson)
November 2 - Championship Celebration @ Brookside Country Club - Stockton, CA

NARC 2025 Winners
March 8 – D.J. Netto at Stockton Dirt Track (Salute to Leroy Van Connett)
April 12 – Justin Sanders at Silver Dollar Speedway (Mini Gold Cup)
May 10 – D.J. Netto at Antioch Speedway (Contra Costa County Clash)
May 16 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway
May 17 – Tanner Holmes (Race 1) & Caeden Steele (Race 2) at Thunderbowl Raceway (Morrie Williams Memorial)
May 31 – Dominic Gorden at Placerville Speedway (Dave Bradway Jr Memorial)
June 7 – Justin Sanders at Silver Dollar Speedway (David Tarter Memorial)
June 11 – James McFadden at Southern Oregon Speedway
June 12 – James McFadden at Douglas County Dirt Track
June 13 – Jesse Schlotfeldt at Cottage Grove Speedway
June 14 – James McFadden at Willamette Speedway
June 15 – James McFadden at Grays Harbor Raceway (Timber Cup)
June 19 – Levi Klatt at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup – Night 1)
June 20 – Justin Sanders at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup – Night 2)
June 21 – Trey Starks at Skagit Speedway (Super Dirt Cup finale)
July 12 – Tim Kaeding at Petaluma Speedway (Dave Lindt Memorial)
July 18 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway (Howard Kaeding Classic – Night 1)
July 19 – Justin Sanders at Ocean Speedway (Howard Kaeding Classic – Night 2)
July 26 – Kaleb Montgomery at Santa Maria Speedway
August 2 – Bud Kaeding at Ocean Speedway (Johnny Key Classic)
August 30 – James McFadden at Calistoga Speedway (Louie Vermeil Classic – Night 1)
August 31 – James McFadden at Calistoga Speedway (Louie Vermeil Classic – Night 2)
September 6 - Justin Sanders at Placerville Speedway (Pay Dirt Showdown)

 
 

(9/29/25) Sacramento, CA ... In a strategic move to ensure the continued legacy of the Northern Auto Racing Club (NARC) sprint cars on the West Coast, the sanctioning body announced today that it has been acquired by Brad Sweet and Kevin Rudeen effective the 2026 season.

Founded by Louie Vermeil in 1960, the organization is currently owned, operated, and promoted by longtime business manager Jim Allen and perennial series champion and Hall of Famer Brent Kaeding.

"Brent and I have been exploring potential succession plans for NARC over the past few years," said Allen. "Our primary criterion was to find a party deeply invested in our sport and committed to building on the club's history. We are confident that we have made the right decision with Brad Sweet and Kevin Rudeen. Their extensive experience and support of 410 sprint car racing are highly regarded."

The transition process will be managed carefully to ensure a smooth handover.   

“Kevin and I are both really excited to continue our pursuit of helping and growing 410 sprint car racing on the West Coast,” said Brad Sweet, a six-time national sprint car champion. “There is no better way to accomplish this than to build on the foundation of what Jim Allen, Brent Kaeding, and many others, have built over many years. NARC has been a staple on the West Coast for many years, and we hope to continue to create many more successful seasons for the race fans, teams, promoters, and racers.”

Brent Kaeding and Kaeding Performance Center will continue their involvement with NARC as the official parts vendor and as a heat race sponsor. Jim Allen will transition into a NARC historian role, focusing on accumulating missing information from the organization's early years.

The Northern Auto Racing Club is the premier 410-winged sprint car series in the western United States. For over six decades, the traveling organization has thrilled fans at dirt tracks up and down the West Coast and crowned a “King of the West” champion. For more information on the NARC 410 sprint car series, including race results, points standings, and upcoming events, go to www.NARC410.com. You can also follow on various social media platforms.

Additional news will be released as it becomes available.

 

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By Jacob Seelman, Must See Racing Trackside PR

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Oct. 4, 2025) – Bobby Santos III stole a small portion of Joe Liguori’s thunder at the end of Saturday night’s Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series season finale, making a last-lap, last-corner pass of Aaron Willison to complete a weekend sweep of the Perfit Southern Shootout.

Liguori, meanwhile, finished third behind that duo at Montgomery Motor Speedway to finish off his third series championship, becoming just the second driver in history to win three or more titles.

It was a day of dueling storylines at the Alabama half mile, with Floridian Daniel Miller starting it off by earning his first ever fast time with Must See Racing during single-car qualifying, edging Santos to do so in thrilling fashion.

After Willison and Tommy Nichols won their respective heat races, Dylan Reynolds redrew the pole position for the second race in a row and got a good launch to lead at the initial green flag.

Reynolds paced the first five circuits, but Willison marched forward quickly from fourth on the starting grid, making an outside sweep off turn two to take the lead from Reynolds on lap six.

Moments later, the race’s lone caution flag waved when fourth-running Alby Ovitt slowed to a stop on the high side in turn four, bunching the field up for a frantic double-file restart.

Willison chose the outside for the lap-eight restart and got away cleanly, with Liguori slotting into second and Santos getting to third, setting up a three-way fight for all the marbles as the race wound into its second half.

Inside of 10 laps to go, the top three were all within a second of one another, with Santos scrapping hard for second before finally wrestling the position away from Liguori coming to five to go on the outside.

While that was happening, Willison was catching the back of the field, and the turbulent air from Kevin Mingus’ car cost him precious lap time as Santos began closing in down the home stretch.

Coming to two to go, Santos had a run on Willison for the lead, but slipped coming off turn four and seemingly lost his chance to pounce at that point. But the open-wheel veteran reloaded, and sent his DJ Racing-prepared No. 22a deep into turns three and four on the outside with the checkered flag looming.

The car stuck, and Santos surged around the outside of Willison on corner exit, leading only the last 100 yards of the 30-lap main event to win for the second day in a row and bank another $10,000 winner’s check.

It gave Santos $20,000 for the weekend, as well as four Must See Racing wins on the season and 14 for his standout career. But it wasn’t easy, as Santos attested after climbing from the car and catching his breath from the intensity of the moment.

“Oh my God, that was tough,” Santos said. “After looking at it now, I’m glad we started where we did, but going in we were deep enough I wasn’t sure we’d be able to pull this off. I had to work my butt off. That was such a hard race, and I didn’t know I was going to get to fifth … let alone to second and even with a shot to win there at the end.

“I thought the lap cars actually cost me the shot to win the race, and then a lap car ended up giving me the opportunity to win the race in that final corner,” he added. “It’s all for these guys on my team. They work so hard and it’s great to reward them with an exciting win like this.”

Willison was understandably disappointed with runner-up honors, after leading 24 of the 30 laps and coming oh-so-close to his second win of the year.

“The Statham Construction [No.] 36 was really good all night; we just got burned by a cloud of lap traffic right on that last lap,” Willison lamented. “It happens every now and then, when you come up on four or five of them racing each other really hard, and you’re just pinned in. There was nothing I could do.”

Liguori’s third-place finish at Montgomery backed up his win at the track from four years ago, the same night he earned his first Must See Racing points title in 2021.

This time, while it wasn’t a race win, the big trophy still went home with the Lebanon, Ind., resident.

“At the beginning, Aaron was a bit better than us, but he started cooking the right rear [tire] a bit and we were able to close on him,” Liguori reflected. “I’d sneak up on him a bit and then lose the nose … and I just had the wing too far back to get in his dirty air and be able to do anything, and that let Bobby get around me.

“It’s a testament to our team that we came back for a podium, after we blew off the left rear tire in the heat race. We were lucky we didn’t get any damage from that, and we just kept fighting. Three championships in six years with Must See is really cool, and hopefully we can add to that in the future.”

Miller crossed fourth and Dodge Carlbert, the current Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series 360 point leader in the Southeast, completed the top five. Both drivers’ finishes were MSR career bests.

While Miller’s 16.716-second lap (109.835 mph) was just a shade off the Must See Racing track record at Montgomery of 16.544 seconds from 2021, it was nowhere close to the all-time mark at the .51-mile oval of 15.038 seconds (122.090 mph). That lap was turned by Santos on April 3, 2016.

Liguori and the rest of the Must See Racing field will be honored for their season accomplishments during the sanctioning body’s annual Night of Champions this winter.

Specific details will be announced in due course at www.mustseeracing.com.

RESULTS: Must See Racing Sprint Car Series; Montgomery (Ala.) Motor Speedway; Oct. 4, 2025

Qualifying (best of two laps): 1. Daniel Miller, P1, P1 Chassis-16.716; 2. Bobby Santos III, 22a, Fieler-16.741; 3. Colton Bettis, 61, Bettis-16.859; 4. Aaron Willison, 36, Statham-17.015; 5. Joe Liguori, 5, PCS-17.083; 6. Alby Ovitt, 20, Parker-17.145; 7. J.J. Dutton, 86, Dutton-17.448; 8. Dodge Carlbert, 9, RAD-17.496; 9. Dylan Reynolds, 24, Reynolds-17.555; 10. Kevin Mingus, Z10, Mingus-17.563; 11. Tommy Nichols, 55, Nichols-17.731; 12. Shane Butler, 18, Butler-17.937; 13. Bobby Komisarski, 7, Fogle-18.118; 14. Johnny Gilbertson, 77, Crowder-18.335; 15. Mickey Kempgens, 68R, Rudolph-19.750; 16. Steven Hollinger, 81, Blake-NT.

TTI Machine Heat #1 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. 36-Aaron Willison [5], 2. 18-Shane Butler [1], 3. Z10-Kevin Mingus [2], 4. 9-Dodge Carlbert [3], 5. 77-Johnny Gilbertson [7], 6. 22a-Bobby Santos III [6], 7. 20-Alby Ovitt [4].

TTI Machine Heat #2 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. 55-Tommy Nichols [1], 2. 24-Dylan Reynolds [2], 3. 61-Colton Bettis [5], 4. P1-Daniel Miller [6], 5. 5-Joe Liguori [4], 6. 86-J.J. Dutton [3], 7. 7-Bobby Komisarski [7], 8. 68R-Mickey Kempgens (DNS).

Perfit Southern Shootout A-Feature (30 laps): 1. 22a-Bobby Santos III [7], 2. 36-Aaron Willison [4], 3. 5-Joe Liguori [6], 4. P1-Daniel Miller [5], 5. 9-Dodge Carlbert [10], 6. 55-Tommy Nichols [3], 7. 18-Shane Butler [2], 8. 77-Johnny Gilbertson [12], 9. Z10-Kevin Mingus [11], 10. 86-J.J. Dutton [9], 11. 24-Dylan Reynolds [1], 12. 20-Alby Ovitt [8], 13. 68R-Mickey Kempgens [13], 14. 7-Bobby Komisarski (DNS), 15. 61-Colton Bettis (DNS).

Lap Leader(s): Dylan Reynolds 1-5, Aaron Willison 6-29, Bobby Santos 30.

Hard Charger: 22a-Bobby Santos (+6)

 

 
 

From Jacob Seelman, Must See Racing Trackside PR

PENSACOLA, Fla. (Oct. 3, 2025) – By pulling the outside front-row starting spot in the feature redraw, Bobby Santos converted his night-long speed at Five Flags Speedway into a $10,000 Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series victory Friday.

Santos swept to the point on the initial start of the Perfit Southern Shootout opener at the half-mile paved oval and never looked back, eventually lapping all but the top three in an utterly dominant performance.

The past NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion led from start to finish for his 13th career Must See Racing victory and third in four tries this season.

After the race, he credited his DJ Racing team for a lightning-fast No. 22a sprinter that carved through traffic with ease, as the final 29 circuits of the 30-lapper ran uninterrupted.

“This team is so good at coming together to give me everything I need to succeed,” said Santos, who also celebrated his 40th birthday Friday as well. “It starts with Dick [owner Richard Fieler] and goes all the way down through the entire crew. We have all the resources to have fast race cars, and that makes my job that much easier as a driver.

“[Wife] Kristy asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and all I wanted was to win tonight,” he added. “It’s not easy; there’s so much competition and the depth of field keeps getting greater and greater, so to put together a night like we did here isn’t something to take for granted and we definitely have to appreciate when it comes, because you never know when you’ll be on the other end of it.”

The only yellow flag waved with one lap complete, after the No. 32 of Mississippi’s Joey Schmidt spun in turn three to set up the lone restart of the event.

Santos elected the outside lane with his leader’s prerogative, then jumped to an advantage he never relinquished as polesitter Dylan Reynolds faded back from the front row.

That allowed for a fierce battle for runner-up honors to develop through the middle portion of the race, with 16-year-old Colton Bettis eventually coming out on top of a three-car tussle for second place.

Bettis took the position on lap 16, but had nothing left to chase down Santos, who drove away by 9.443 seconds at the finish.

“I just missed it in the redraw,” said Bettis, who started the feature from seventh. “He was just better at pulling a pill than I was tonight. But he had a rocket ship, too, and there’s no denying that. He does this for a living, and it shows how talented he is when he goes out and whoops us all like that. It’s a push for all of us to get better and work to catch him. I think we had a really good piece tonight, though. We just have to build our notebook and hopefully get a better starting spot for the next one.”

“Unfortunately, we had to come from pretty far back,” added third-place finisher Aaron Willison. “The initial start was good on our end, but the restart didn’t go quite as well, and I lost a spot or two. It took a while to dig out from that hole, but we were really good through the center portion of the run … and just burned my stuff up a bit trying to get around Colton there late in the going.”

By finishing fourth, Joe Liguori unofficially clinched his third career Must See Racing Sprint Car Series championship and second in a row, adding to previous titles from 2021 and 2024.

Liguori has an insurmountable 106-point margin over Kevin Mingus with just one race remaining.

Mingus closed out the top five, followed by Dodge Carlbert, the highest finisher in the field with a 360-cubic-inch engine in sixth.

Santos kicked off the night with the fastest time in qualifying, a lap of 13.906 seconds, then joined Bettis and Bobby Komisarski as heat race winners prior to the main event.

Must See Racing teams conclude the season Saturday night, Oct. 4, at Montgomery (Ala.) Motor Speedway with the second and final night of the Perfit Southern Shootout.

Coverage will be streamed live on Racing America, and Liguori will officially be honored for his season championship at the same track where he won to clinch his first title four years ago.

RESULTS: Must See Racing Perfit Sprint Car Series; Five Flags Speedway; Pensacola, Fla.; Oct. 3, 2025

Qualifying (best of two laps): 1. Bobby Santos III, 22a, Fieler-13.906; 2. Colton Bettis, 61, Bettis-14.313; 3. Alby Ovitt, 20, Parker-14.429; 4. Joe Liguori, 5, PCS-14.429; 5. Kevin Mingus, Z10, Mingus-14.606; 6. Aaron Willison, 36, Statham-14.663; 7. Davey Hamilton Jr., 14, Morgan-14.721; 8. Shane Butler, 18, Butler-14.846; 9. Daniel Miller, P1, P1 Chassis-14.868; 10. Dodge Carlbert, 9, RAD-14.937; 11. Tommy Nichols, 55, Nichols-15.020; 12. Steven Hollinger, 81, Blake-15.056; 13. Dylan Reynolds, 24, Reynolds-15.163; 14. J.J. Dutton, 86, Dutton-15.537; 15. Bobby Komisarski, 7, Fogle-15.537; 16. Scotty Adema, 67, ?-15.567; 17. Mickey Kempgens, 68R, Rudolph-15.659; 18. Johnny Gilbertson, 77, ?-15.721; 19. Joey Schmidt, 32, TB-15.770; 20. Todd Bliss, 121, Bliss-17.031; 21. Butch David, 21, David-17.070.

TTI Machine Heat #1 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. 7-Bobby Komisarski [1], 2. 36-Aaron Willison [4], 3. P1-Daniel Miller [3], 4. 81-Steven Hollinger [2], 5. 77-Johnny Gilbertson [6], 6. 5-Joe Liguori [5], 7. 21-Butch David [7].

TTI Machine Heat #2 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. 61-Colton Bettis [5], 2. 18-Shane Butler [3], 3. 55-Tommy Nichols [2], 4. Z10-Kevin Mingus [4], 5. 86-J.J. Dutton [1], 6. 121-Todd Bliss [7], 7. 68R-Mickey Kempgens [6].

TTI Machine Heat #3 (8 laps, all transfer): 1. 22a-Bobby Santos III [4], 2. 24-Dylan Reynolds [1], 3. 9-Dodge Carlbert [2], 4. 67-Scotty Adema [5], 5. 32-Joey Schmidt [6], 6. 20-Alby Ovitt [3], 7. 14-Davey Hamilton Jr. (DNS).

Perfit A-Feature (30 laps): 1. 22a-Bobby Santos III [2], 2. 61-Colton Bettis [7], 3. 36-Aaron Willison [8], 4. 5-Joe Liguori [6], 5. Z10-Kevin Mingus [3], 6. 9-Dodge Carlbert [10], 7. 77-Johnny Gilbertson [16], 8. 55-Tommy Nichols [11], 9. 7-Bobby Komisarski [5], 10. 21-Butch David [19], 11. 81-Steven Hollinger [12], 12. 121-Todd Bliss [18], 13. 18-Shane Butler [4], 14. 68R-Mickey Kempgens [15], 15. 24-Dylan Reynolds [1], 16. 32-Joey Schmidt [17], 17. 86-J.J. Dutton [13], 18. P1-Daniel Miller [9], 19. 67-Scotty Adema [14], 20. 20-Alby Ovitt (DNS), 21. 14-Davey Hamilton Jr. (DNS).

Lap Leader(s): Bobby Santos 1-30.

 

Hard Charger: 77-Johnny Gilbertson (+9)

 

 

MUST SEE RACING ANNOUNCES 2026 SCHEDULE

October 28, 2025 - The Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts.Com today released its 2026 schedule. The schedule includes traditional venues, a new venue, and a track the series hasn’t raced at since 2021. 2026 will mark the seventeenth consecutive year the series has sanctioned 410-winged pavement sprint car racing.

The early version of the 2026 schedule contains eight events in five different states.

The 2026 season kicks off May 8 when the series visits 3/8 semi banked Anderson Motor Speedway in Williamston, South Carolina. It will be the first time the series has visited the facility since 2021. Joe Liguori and Troy DeCaire were victorious the last time the series competed in a two-day event there.

The series will then head to Cordele Motor Speedway in Cordele, Georgia the following evening May 9. It will be the first-ever visit by MSR to the 3/8 facility. It has also been since July 20, 2013, that winged sprint cars last raced there. Brian Gingras won that event nearly thirteen years ago.

Both early season events will pay $5,000 to win and $700 to start each night.

Next up will be a return to Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan on Saturday June 6. Berlin has hosted an MSR event every year since its formation in 2010 and is the oldest track on the schedule. This event will be Round #1 of the Fast Car Dash miniseries. A separate points fund will give teams a chance to earn extra money by competing in the Fast Car Dash miniseries.

 This event will be just three days after the new Million Dollar Series event at nearby Owosso Speedway. This event will give out-of-town teams the chance to compete with MSR as there will be a good number of out-of-town cars in the area. A huge field of cars is expected.

The final round of the Fast Car Dash will be contested at Owosso Speedway in Ovid, Michigan for the only visit to Owosso Speedway in 2026 on Saturday July 11. Kody Swanson picked up $10,000 after winning the August 31 event at the 3/8-high banked speedway on August 31.

There is a TBA announced date of August 7-8 on the schedule. Series officials announced details of these dates will be announced soon, once details have been finalized.

The 2026 season will conclude on October 1-2. The series will make a return visit to Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida on Friday night October 1 before wrapping up the weekend at Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, Alabama the following evening. Both events will be part of the 2nd annual Southern Shootout. Bobby Santos III swept the Southern Shootout in 2025.

Additional details pertaining to the 2026 schedule will be announced in the coming weeks. Like and follow us on Facebook or visit www.mustseeracing.com.
MUST SEE RACING SET TO REVEAL 2026 SCHEDULE & DETAILS IN COMING DAYS
October 27, 2025 - The Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts.Com today announced that the 2026 schedule is set to be released before the end of the week. MSR annually is one of the first pavement sprint car series in the country to release their schedule to give teams ample time to pursue sponsorship and map out their season as early as possible.
MSR hinted that the new schedule will include a new track and one that the series hasn’t been to in several years.
The series also announced that the 2025 Champions Awards Celebration will be held on January 10, 2026, at the Fairfield Inn in Grand Blanc, Michigan. Both the 410 National Series and Midwest Lights Series will be honored for their 2025 accomplishments.
During the Champions Awards Celebration MSR President Jim Hanks will give a state of the series address that will give teams a glimpse into what 2026 will look like. Additional breaking news and information are expected to be revealed at this time.
For those unable to attend the Champions Awards Celebration it will be broadcast live on Racing America. In addition, a one-hour highlights version of the night will air a few days later on Racing America.TV. Racing America.TV can be viewed for free on Roku or as a subscriber to DIRECTV.
Racing America.TV is also planning to highlight this past season with a full day of Must See Racing programming all day long on Saturday November 1, 2025, from 9:00 AM EST. – 8:00 PM EST. During this time every MSR race from 2025 will be rebroadcast. The 2025 MSR Season Rewind will give fans a chance to catch any rebroadcast from 2025 they may have missed.
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  SOUTHERN SHOOTOUT UP NEXT FOR MUST SEE RACING

 
September 30, 2025 - The Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts.Com is preparing for its biggest weekend of racing with this weekends 'Southern Shootout' looming. The series will visit Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida on Friday night October 3 and will conclude the weekends with a visit to Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, Alabama the following evening October 4.

 
This will be the first time unrestricted 410 winged pavement sprint cars have raced in the area since Must See Racing last visited Montgomery Motor Speedway in 2021. It has been since 2014 that MSR last raced at Five Flags Speedway.

 
Teams will be racing for a combined weekend purse of nearly $64,000 including bonuses and other incentives. The winner will receive $10,000 for finding victory lane each night.

 
The all-time track records could be in jeopardy at both tracks this weekend. Must See Racing bills itself as being the "Fastest Short Track Cars in the World", and for good reason. Must See Racing in the only 410 pavement sprint car series in the world that doesn't utilize restricted or detuned 410 engines.

 
 Brian Gerster established the all-time track record at Five Flags Speedway on April 11, 2014, with a lap of 13.046 seconds around the famous half mile. Bobby Santos III established the current all-time track record at Montgomery Motor Speedway on April 3, 2016, 15.038 seconds (122.090 mph). A $250 bonus will be awarded to the fast qualifier each night.

 
This weekend's events have drawn interest from some of the top drivers in winged pavement sprint car racing. Santos III headlines a list of some of the best from the Midwest and Southeast. Santos III has been hot in winged competition this season. He has won twice with Must See Racing thus far in 2025. He also picked up a par of $10,000 to win unsanctioned events at Dacono, Colorado in July.

 
16-year-old Florida standout Colton Bettis is also entered for this weekends 'Southern Shootout' The teenager got off to a hot start in the spring and hasn't slowed down. He currently leads the nation with 9 pavement sprint car feature victories in 2025. He will be making his second MSR start of the season.

 
Joe Ligouri, who is the current series points leader, is looking to finish off his season with a third MSR title. Liguori is winless so far in 2025 and would like nothing more than to finish his potential championship run by adding another career MSR feature victory to his season.

 
Langley, British Columbia hot shoe Aarron Willison is set to return to Must See Racing competition after two podium finishes with MSR over Labor Day Weekend. Willison was victorious with MSR at Sandusky in on July 23. He was the inaugural Open Wheel Showdown champion and runs strong in big money races.

 
Davey Hamilton Jr. makes his return after a busy season that has saw him split time between sprint cars and the Indy NXT Series. The multi-time MSR winner will be a strong contender all weekend.

 
A significant number of Floridian drivers are entered for this weekend's events including Scotty Adema, Shane Butler, JJ Dutton, Johnny Gilbertson, Steven Hollinger, Mickey Kempgens, Daniel Miller, Tommy Nichols, and Dylan Reynolds.

 
Other expected entrants include Todd Bliss, Butch David, Bobby Komisarski, Kevin Mingus, Alby Ovitt, and Joey Schmidt among others.
 

MILLER SET TO MAKE 410 DEBUT WITH MUST SEE RACING

September 30, 2025 - Ocklawaha, Florida’s Daniel Miller is set to make his Must See Racing Sprint Series Presented by Perfit-Parts.Com debut when the series visits the Panhandle area for two nights of racing as part of the ‘Southern Shootout’. Not only will it be his first points paying MSR debut, but it will also be the first time he has run an unrestricted 410 engine in competition.

The series will visit Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida on Friday October 3 and will conclude the racing weekend the following evening on Saturday October 4 at Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, Alabama. Both events will pay $10,000-to-win.

The 2023 Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series champion is no stranger to asphalt winged sprint car racing. In addition to his championship, he has previously won with the series during his racing career.

Miller did compete in the special co-sanctioned MSR / SSSS ‘Children’s Dream Fund 50’ non points event in 2024, but it was a restricted 410 engine race. This weekend’s racing agenda will be the first time he will get to feel the true horsepower of a 410 engine. The SSSS is a 360 series.  

“It will be the first time I’ve run with Must See Racing and with a 410 before. It’s definitely gonna be a learning curve” explained Miller. “I haven’t even tested the 410 yet. There is an open practice on Thursday. We’re gonna try and make it up for that to get some seat time.

“We’ve talked about running these races for a while. My car owner Chaz Hambling has had the 410 for a while. We ended up putting the 410 in about a month ago just to make sure we didn’t have any bugs or anything going on.

“These tracks will be new for me. I’ve run Five Flags in a late model but never in a sprint car. I liked Five Flags. It was definitely different. I remember it was fast and ate tires a lot. But comparing the late model to a sprint car there are two different animals.

‘We’re trying to get through some recent misfortunes with the car. We’ve struggled. We’re trying to get through some of the lows of the P1 car. We’re trying to get some of the things we’ve found wrong with the car straightened out. I think we’re there. If we do good this weekend, I think Chaz and everybody will be happy to do some more 410 racing in the future”.

The 29-year-old Miller began driving for the Chaz Hambling owned P-1 Chassis racing team in the spring. Despite driving for two different teams this season, he currently sits in seventh place in the SSSS points standings despite missing a race.

“Chaz has been great to drive for. Anything we’ve needed he’s bought. He’s willing to do whatever it takes to win. We explain it and he’s on board.

“I’d love to win this weekend. If the car is good, I think we’ll have a chance. I’d love to run in the top five. We’re gonna have a bunch of cars there so even a top ten and I’d be happy” concluded Miller.
Visit www.mustseeracing.com for additional information of this weekend's events.

 

SOUTHERN SPRINTS

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 SPRINT CARS RETURN TO NEW SMYRNA AFTER SIX-YEAR HIATUS
October 22, 2025 - The sound of winged sprint cars will fill the air at New Smyrna Speedway this Saturday night October 25, 2025, when the BG Products Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series makes its return. It will be the first time since 2019 that the speedway has hosted winged sprint cars.
New Smyrna Speedway, which opened in 1965, has a rich history of sprint car racing. The legendary Florida half-mile track has hosted numerous sanctioning bodies over the years, most notably the now defunct Tampa Bay Area Racing Association (T.B.A.R.A.), whose history at the track dates to the 1970’s.
It has been since October 12, 2019, that the SSSS last raced at New Smyrna Speedway. Sport Allen won the last event over six years ago and is expected for the return Saturday night.
A strong field of cars is expected, headlined by current series points leader Colton Bettis.
Dylan Rynolds, the most recent series winner, is also expected as is current series runner up in points Larry Brazil Jr.
r Dodge Carlbert will also be on hand.
Other expected drivers include Bruce Brantley, Jim Childers, Joe Elnagger, Brian Gingras, LJ Grimm, Steven Hollinger, Joe Liguori, Matt Mercer, and Bryan Riddle.
For more information on Saturday’s Family Fun Night at New Smyrna Speedway with $10 adult admission, please visit www.newsmyrnaspeedway.org or visit the New Smyrna Speedway and Southern print Car Shootout Series Facebook pages.
 

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