Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Dave Grayson's Hot Racing Tickets For October 8th



By Dave Grayson

We begin our listings this week with special events in the California cities of Stockton, Bakersfield and Madera because their tickets are so hot you may need protective gloves to hold them.

STOCKTON 99 SPEEDWAY. 1/4 MILE. STOCKTON, CA. www.stocktonspeedway.com FRIDAY & SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH & 8TH.

KERN COUNTY RACEWAY PARK. 1/2, 1/4 & 1/8 MILE. BAKERSFIELD, CA. www.kernraceway.com SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9TH.

These two tracks are linked together this weekend because they're both presenting the California based season finale, and championship weekend, for the Royal Purple King of the Wing National Sprint Car Series. This special evening at the Stockton 99 is being presented by Orchex with additional co-sponsorship Xyience Energy Drink.

Also on the Stockton race agenda will be the BCRA Midgets, the NCMA Modifieds and the San Jose Modifieds. The front gates will open at 5pm with the green flag falling over the racing at 6pm.

Adult tickets, age 16 to 59, are $20. Tickets for juniors, age 11 to 15, and seniors, age 60 plus, are $15. Kids age ten and under will be admitted free.

Once the checkers fall at Stockton, it will be time for the teams from the King of the Ring Series to load up their cars and equipment to make the trip to Bakersfield - the home of the Kern County Raceway Park for Sunday's George Snider Classic. For the third consecutive year this national sprint car series will be finishing their racing season, and crowning a champion, at Kern Raceway. This series has, without doubt, the fastest cars to ever compete on the Kern Raceway's 1/2 mile, high banked oval. The all time track record, 14.29 seconds, was set by driver Jo Jo Helberg. On Sunday night the Sprints will be running a series of heat races and then conclude their 2016 season with a 40 lap main event.

The George Snider Classic was named in honor of Indianapolis 500 legend George "Ziggy" Snider of Bakersfield who made 22 starts in the "Indy 500" driving for legendary car owner, and longtime friend, A J Foyt.

Also participating in Sunday's on track action will be the NASCAR Super Stocks, the INEX Legends and the 911 Racing Series. The spectator gates will open at 2pm followed by a King of the Wing practice session at 215pm. Fans will be invited to visit trackside for a driver autograph session at 330pm. King of the Wing single car qualifying will commence at 410pm following by racing at 5pm.

Adult tickets, age 16 plus, are $15. Tickets for seniors, age 65 plus, active military with valid ID and kids, age six to 15 are $10. Kids age five and under will be admitted free. The raceway will also be offering a family pass, priced at $35.which admits two adults and either two seniors or two kids. Reserved stadium seats, at $20, are currently available.

LOAN MART MADERA SPEEDWAY. 1/3 MILE. MADERA, CA. www.racemadera.com FRIDAY & SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH & 8TH.

Here's the other red hot ticket of the weekend. The fastest one-third mile in the west is going to be handing out a lot of money to race drivers this Saturday night. The evening will be highlighted by the 125 lap, $10,000 to win, short track shootout for the MAV TV Televised Loan Mart Open Late Model Series.

Also on this hot ticket will be the Lucas Oil Modified Racing Series, presented by Loan Mart, who will run a 75 lap main event that pays the winner $5,000.

Also on the Madera race agenda will be the Super Hobby Stock Series, Race #8 of the 51 FIFTY Junior Late Model Series and the Mini Cup Nationals.

The Loan Mart Madera weekend starts on Friday Night with an open practice session for all divisions from 3 to 9pm. The grandstands will be open free of charge for the fans. Saturday race day begins with practice at 1030am, qualifying at 1245pm. heat races and B mains at 3pm with opening ceremonies and main events beginning 530pm.

General admission tickets, age 13 and up, are $15. Tickets for Seniors and military personnel are $13. Youth tickets, are six to 12, are $7 with kids age five and under admitted free. If you're thinking those are low prices for a special event featuring that many racing divisions and laps you're right. Those ticket prices were made possible thanks to track sponsors Loan Mart, 51 FIFTY Energy Drink and Twisted Tea.

IRWINDALE EVENT CENTER. 1/2 & 1/3 MILE OVALS 1/8 MILE DRAGSTRIP. IRWINDALE, CA. www.irwindalespeedway.com THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6TH & FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OCTOBER 7TH & 8TH.

Once the Irwindale Event Center will divide it's oval tracks into sections to present two totally diverse forms of racing. It all begins with their NHRA Thursday Night Drag Racing program. It's street legal racing sending the all important message race the strip and not the streets. The spectator gates will open at 4pm with the drag racing running from 5 to 10pm. This program is very budget friendly; you can race all night for a $20 entry fee. Spectator tickets are priced at $10.

Then on Friday and Saturday the IEC will present two nights of slideways, rubber burning, Formula Drift. presented by BlackVue. It's the final night of the season and the O'Reilly Auto Parts Title Fight, presented by Gum Out, will decide which driver was the best of the year.

On Friday the gates will open at 2pm followed immediately by a practice session for all divisions. Qualifying rounds will be held at 415pm followed by an on track autograph session for the fans at 645pm. Saturday's gates will also open at 2pm and will be followed by a practice session. At 340pm the Pro Main Competition, Round of 32, will begin. Following an intermission at 530pm, there will be a VIP Experience track walk at 6pm. Then, following opening ceremonies at 7pm, the track gets hot with the main competition: the round of 16.

There is a variety of ticket options for the fans featuring both single day and two day pricing. The information and tickets can be obtained from the speedway's official website.

LAKEPORT SPEEDWAY. 1/4 MILE. LAKEPORT, CA.www.lakeportspeedway.com SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8TH.

Furia Motorsports will be presenting a lot of action and destruction at lakeport this Saturday night by featuring jalopy racing, boat racing and those behemoth monster trucks. The spectator gates will open at 330pm with the showtime set for 6pm.

General admission tickets, age 12 plus, are $15. Tickets for kids, age five to 11, are $12.

MAGIC VALLEY SPEEDWAY. 1/3 MILE. TWIN FALLS, ID. www.magicspeedway.com SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8TH.

It's championship night at Magic Valley. That usually means the racing intensity is usually amped up a notch with drivers prepared to do what is necessary to improve their final points standings and collect those bonus checks at banquet time.

Providing the on track action Saturday night will be the Royal Purple Mods, the National Guard Super Stocks, Project Filters Street Stocks, Quale's Electronic Junior Stiners and the evening will conclude with the Quale's Electronics Trailer Race of Destruction. The spectator gates will open at 5pm followed by McDonald's time trials at 630pm and racing at 7pm.

Adult tickets, age 13 plus, are $15 with tickets for seniors, age 62 plus, priced at $10. Kid's tickets, are six to 12, are $3. Military personnel with ID are always admitted free at this speedway.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN RACEWAY. 1/4 MILE. WEST VALLEY, UT. www.rmrracing.com. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8TH.

It's championship night #2 at Rocky Mountain this Saturday. Racing divisions, with drivers going after those last chance bonus points, will include the Shoq Late Models, University Federal Credit Union Sprint Cars, Midgets, the Sommers Auto Wrecking Hornets, and Tucker Towing Deckers. The front gates will open at 4pm followed by qualifying at 5pm, heat races at 6pm and main events at 7pm.

General admission tickets, age 13 and up, are $15. Youth tickets, age five to 12, are $5 with kids age four and under admitted free.