{"id":185342,"date":"2026-02-20T00:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/185342\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T00:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T00:36:17","slug":"bakersfield-speedway-season-opener-moves-to-one-day-only-saturday-february-21st-speedway-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/185342\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield Speedway Season Opener Moves to One Day Only, Saturday February 21st &#8211; Speedway Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick\u2019s Kern Raceway launches the 2026 season with the Winter Clash, taking place all on Saturday night following wet weather throughout the week. Friday\u2019s racing activities move to Saturday, presenting race fans with a super show of seven divisions for one low ticket price. Action includes USAC Western States Midgets and National Dwarf Cars along with IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Mods, IMCA Stock Cars, Hobby Stocks, and American Stocks. All divisions are points paying races<\/p>\n<p>Grandstand gates open at 2pm. Hot laps and qualifying are at 2:45pm Opening ceremonies are set for approx. 5pm followed by heat races and main events for all divisions. Race fans can save on general admission tickets by grabbing them in advance at <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.BakersfieldSpeedway.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEySlROUTZLakM1SFVTTkU2Z3NydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7QSbws-6UPOTOp4VWjRWqhiT3GbhkK6gglodcIS-Zdd1jWwMPa8UY-fFMNmw_aem_7alnjd2GFZXioTS-GJEOcA&amp;h=ASWvz50KIG8OoJyy_XIWHsjOHspzCqYdNcmEH51h3VX7sYdRSXFDZoHrrn1ZuwiBe3G9pnQKn1QVMrXU07XwJP0xiXIQ0CmJx1xsf0p_0-DCyO6R5KRYrKTcU2iKJWKSYAXPYkmdxWLZgQ&amp;__tn__=-UK-R&amp;c%5b0%5d=ASWUX6cOkd44cz5bz9FbRD8hQ2nmQ0y7oz-_1NKnPqlLat6ZCwK9OJTpgGDQsoadrL_LbVVcOHysYrnEda9iW9FuiIs-ffzYlr3uWOIJ-X_xUHa9gt8q--q7_sw_-TaW8AcxRYl01VpOWSUg2eKa7iEmDYLFSj4RdMFu_HZLsvmWcdEPBkzu0GY3IEq2koRZvKHOZdqmAVQZi3iJ0IuhzREnQQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">www.BakersfieldSpeedway.com<\/a>General admission is $22 online including all fees or $25 at the gates. Kids 6-12 are $10 in advance or $12 at the gates each night. Kids 5 and under are free!<\/p>\n<p>Parking is free of charge. Kevin Harvick\u2019s Kern Raceway is located at 13500 Raceway Blvd, near Enos Ln and Interstate 5 in Bakersfield.<\/p>\n<p>2026 SCHEDULE \u2013 SUBJECT TO CHANGE<\/p>\n<p><a>FEBRUARY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>21- USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGETS, IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, NATIONAL 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- CALIFORNIA 305 SPRINT SERIES, 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- IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS, NATIONAL DWARFS<\/p>\n<p>9- CALIFORNIA 305 SPRINT SERIES, IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, STOCK CARS, HOBBY STOCKS<\/p>\n<p>30- USCS SPRINTS, CALIFORNIA 305 SPRINT SERIES, AMERICAN STOCKS, NATIONAL DWARFS<\/p>\n<p>JUNE<\/p>\n<p>13- IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, STOCK CARS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS, NATIONAL 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\u00a0\u2013 IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, STOCK CARS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS<\/p>\n<p>SEPTEMBER<\/p>\n<p>12- USCS SPRINTS,\u00a0HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS, MINI STOCKS, WRA VINTAGE<\/p>\n<p>25- WORLD OF OUTLAWS, CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINTS<br \/>26- IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS, NATIONAL DWARFS<\/p>\n<p>OCTOBER 9-10 BUD NATIONALS\u00a0\u2013 IMCA MODIFIEDS, SPORT MODS, STOCK CARS, HOBBY STOCKS, AMERICAN STOCKS, NATIONAL DWARFS<\/p>\n<p>NOVEMBER 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 launches the 2026 season with the Winter Clash, taking place all&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152,2908,14610,492,14611,9027,425,14613,14614,40156],"class_list":["post-185342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-fans","tag-kevin-harvick","tag-october","tag-qualifying","tag-racing","tag-series","tag-speedway","tag-sprint","tag-usac"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185342","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=185342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}