Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Hot Racing Tickets

Compiled By Dave Grayson

GOOD TIMES QUARTER MIDGET RACING ASSOCIATION. 1/8 MILE. MADERA, CA. www.goodtimeqm.com

Friday and Saturday, March 11th & 12. The Good Times group will be presenting the Stan Pavey Memorial at their home track in Madera this weekend. The action begins on Friday with an open practice session from 4 to 8pm. Saturday race day will begin with another practice session, at 9:30am, followed by qualifying rounds and main events for the association's seven racing classes. Sanctioned by Region 11 of Quarter Midget Racing of America, this outstanding program is specifically designed to develop the driving talents of boys and girls age five through 16.

IRWINDALE EVENT CENTER. 1/2 MILE. IRWINDALE, CA. www.irwindalespeedway.com

Saturday, March 12th. If you love crashing and bashing on purpose, then you'll love the IEC's Night of Destruction presented by Pick Your Part and Seidner's Collision Centers. The bump and grind action will be provided by the Pick Your Part Compact Car Demolition Derby, Enduro Racing and Skid Plate Racing, sponsored by Seidner's Collision Centers, plus the mayhem associated with Trailer Racing. There's also going to be some oval racing from the always exciting Robertson Solar Wear Southwest Tour Trucks.

The spectator gates will open at 4pm followed by an on track autograph session at 545pm and racing at 7pm. Pre sale general admission tickets are available for $10 online or at the speedway office. On Saturday race day these tickets will go for $15. Kids tickets are $5. There's also a $5 parking fee payable in cash.

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

Saturday, March 12th. The American Heart Association Men Go Red will host the inaugural Car Show and Breakfast, presented by Dignity Health along with Mercy and Memorial Hospitals, on Saturday from 9am until 4pm. The VIP breakfast buffet and key note speaker will begin at 9am. Key note speaker is famed motorcycle dare devil and stuntman Robbie Knievel. Tickets for the VIP breakfast are $20, age 12 plus, and $10 for kids under 12. General admission tickets, age 12 plus, for the car show only are $10 with kids 12 and under admitted free.

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Make it your mission to become a part of the Men Go Red and attend our 1st event at the Kern County Raceway on March 12. Your support, influence and gift will make a tremendous impact in the lives of so many people. Please contact Cori Kitchen atCori.Kitchen@heart.org or 661-327-1173 for more information on how you can join Men Go Red.www.kerngored.ahaevents.org

Sunday, March 13th. Here's a really good idea that calls for thinking and working outside of the box. Kern County RWP will be presenting Racer Appreciation Day. It's a special way of thanking their drivers and race team by treating them to a free open practice session this Sunday. The session will run from 9am to 5pm. The racing divisions that run on the smaller tracks configurations will practice in the morning hours followed by practice on the half mile oval in the afternoon.

LOAN MART MADERA SPEEDWAY. 1/3 MILE. MADERA, CA. www.racemadera.com

Saturday, March 12th. Anytime this speedway unlocks its spectator gates it automatically becomes a hot ticket. They're going to prove that point this Saturday night when the open their new racing season which also happens to be season number 45. Highlighting the racing action will be race #1, of the MAV TV televised, Loan Mart Open Late Models who will run a 125 lap main event that pays $5,000 to win. Also on the schedule is race #1 of the newly formed Junior Late Model Series, running a 50 lap main, along with a 40 lap main from the Super Hobby Stock Series plus the popular Toyota Sedan and MST divisions.

Saturday race day begins with practice at 1pm followed by qualifying at 3pm, heat races at 530pm and main events at 6pm. General admission tickets, age 13 plus, are $15 and $13 for seniors and military personnel. Kids tickets, age six to 12, are $7 while kids five and under are admitted free.