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      Last year March Meet went to four days to ensure that bad weather wouldn’t prevent completion of a field of 500 entrants.  The change worked well last year when the weather was fair.  This year, however, an unusually wet and cold storm lingered over Famoso Read More

NOSTALGIA FALL CHAMPIONSHIP – October 5-7, 2012, FAMOSO RACEWAY, Bakersfield, CA Nostalgia Fall Championship is the Heritage Series finals for Group 1 and Group 2 and this week-end there was no “bake” in Bakersfield.  The weather was picture perfect and the racing couldn’t have Read More

  NITRO NIGHT WITH WEST COAST HOT RODS July 28, 2012, FAMOSO RACEWAY, BAKERSFIELD, CA Since drag racing will not be a part of the Olympic Games, Famosa Raceway staged a great alternative to the 28th Olympiad this past weekend giving high horsepower fans a chance to watch Read More

SATURDAY NIGHT NITRO WITH WEST COAST HOT RODS, Famoso Raceway, Bakersfield, June 9, 2012 Last Saturday night drivers on California Highway 99 may have thought UFOs were landing north of Bakersfield as they witnessed bright lights high above the nut and citrus groves.  What they Read More