{"id":112846,"date":"2025-12-29T23:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T23:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/112846\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T23:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T23:02:10","slug":"bakersfield-speedway-at-kevin-harvicks-kern-raceway-announces-2026-slate-speedway-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/112846\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick\u2019s Kern Raceway Announces 2026 Slate &#8211; Speedway Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick\u2019s Kern Raceway has announced its 2026 schedule for the 81st season of dirt track racing in Kern County. The schedule represents the second campaign for the combined efforts of promoters Tim Huddleston and Scott Schweitzer at the one-third mile dirt track located at Enos Lane and I-5.<\/p>\n<p>19 nights of competition are scheduled, kicking off February 20-21 with the Winter Clash. Friday night\u2019s action lifts the curtain for the 2026 IMCA championships while Saturday serves as the season opener for the 2026 USAC Western States Midgets.<\/p>\n<p>Another two-night show beckons on March 20-21 with the Southwest Shootout featuring complete nights of IMCA points racing action.<\/p>\n<p>IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks, and American Stocks will compete for track championships. Visiting divisions include Racesaver 305 Sprint Cars, So-Cal Dwarf Cars, California Lightning Sprints, Mini Stocks, and much more. The Jason Leffler Memorial for the USAC National Midgets closes the season on November 24.<\/p>\n<p>Special events include the Richie McGowan Memorial on June 27, the Mike Moshier Classic on August 29, the first-ever Night of Destruction on the dirt track on September 12, and the Budweiser Nationals October 9-10.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick\u2019s Kern Raceway, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BakersfieldSpeedway.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">www.BakersfieldSpeedway.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow the speedway on social media. Kevin Harvick\u2019s Kern Raceway is located at 13500 Raceway Blvd, near Enos Ln and Interstate 5 in Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2026schedule-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-685178\" style=\"width:637px;height:auto\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>FEBRUARY<\/p>\n<p>20- IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, STOCK CARS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS<\/p>\n<p>21- USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGETS, IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, SOCAL DWARFS<\/p>\n<p>MARCH<\/p>\n<p>7- IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, STOCK CARS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS, MINI STOCKS<\/p>\n<p>20- IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, STOCK CARS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS<\/p>\n<p>21- RACESAVER SPRINTS, IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS<\/p>\n<p>APRIL<\/p>\n<p>11- IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS, CA LIGHTNING SPRINTS<\/p>\n<p>18- IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, STOCK CARS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS<\/p>\n<p>MAY<\/p>\n<p>2-RACESAVER SPRINTS, IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, AMERICAN STOCKS, SOCAL DWARFS<\/p>\n<p>9- IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, STOCK CARS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS, MINI STOCKS<\/p>\n<p>30- RACESAVER SPRINTS, IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, AMERICAN STOCKS, SOCAL DWARFS<\/p>\n<p>JUNE<\/p>\n<p>13- IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, STOCK CARS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS, SO CAL DWARFS<\/p>\n<p>27- MCGOWAN MEMORIAL\u00a0\u2013 IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS<\/p>\n<p>JULY<\/p>\n<p>25- IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, STOCK CARS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS<\/p>\n<p>AUGUST<\/p>\n<p>29- MIKE MOSHIER CLASSIC \u2013 IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, STOCK CARS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS<\/p>\n<p>SEPTEMBER<\/p>\n<p>12- NIGHT OF DESTRUCTION \u2013 HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS<\/p>\n<p>26- IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS, SOCAL DWARFS<\/p>\n<p>OCTOBER<\/p>\n<p>9-10 BUD NATIONALS\u00a0\u2013 IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, STOCK CARS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS, SO CAL DWARFS<\/p>\n<p>NOVEMBER<\/p>\n<p>24- JASON LEFFLER MEMORIAL USAC NATIONAL MIDGETS, SPORT MODS<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield Speedway PR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick\u2019s Kern Raceway has announced its 2026 schedule for the 81st season of dirt&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112847,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,14350,60603,14610,492,9027,14613,14614,14615,40156],"class_list":["post-112846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-dirt","tag-dirt-track-racing","tag-kevin-harvick","tag-october","tag-racing","tag-speedway","tag-sprint","tag-sprint-cars","tag-usac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112846\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}