(Torrance, CA, May 24, 2022) After missing the last series race, Eric Greco dominated the competition and swept the show last Saturday when the California Lightning Sprint Car Series visited Jim Naylor’s Ventura Raceway. In…
(Torrance, CA, May 16, 2022) San Diego’s A.J. Bender made it two wins in three races in the California Lightning Sprint Car Series at the Bakersfield Speedway last Saturday night. On Monday, after reading that…
(Torrance, CA, May 3, 2022) Youth was served when the California Lightning Sprint Car Series visited Jim Naylor’s Ventura Raceway last Saturday and teenager David Gasper captured one of the two 25 lap main events…
(Torrance, CA, April 21, 2022) Last Saturday night, 16 of the 17 cars in the California Lightning Sprint Car Series main event received some devastating news when they checked the board for the lineup. When…
(Torrance, CA, April 4, 2022) If defending California Lightning Sprint Car Series champion Dave Gasper’s start to the 2022 campaign could be described in boxing vernacular, it would be said he got up off the…
(Torrance, CA, March 29, 2022) In what may have been the most exciting finish in the long, storied history of the California Lightning Sprint Car Series, 17-year old Grant Sexton grabbed a photo-finish win over…
(Upland, CA, November 22, 2021) Chris Crowder led about three seconds of the main event at night #2 of the California Lightning Sprint Car Series/Bay Cities Racing Association co-sanctioned “Hangtown 100” on Friday night at…
(Upland, CA, November 19, 2021) USAC racing star Logan Seavey made a cameo appearance in the California Lightning Sprint Car Series/Bay Cities Racing Association co-sanctioned “Hangtown 100” and won the 25-lap main event Thursday night…
(Upland, CA, November 17, 2021) AJ Bender scored a $1,000.00 win in Tuesday night’s “5th Annual Western States Lightning Sprint Car Championship.” The victory was the fourth CLS win of the season for the veteran…
(Upland, CA, November 10, 2021) On an evening filled with enough drama to keep the most ardent soap opera fans attention all night long, Jeff Dyer gained redemption for his heart-breaking loss four weeks earlier…
(Upland, CA, October 5, 2021) Eric Greco only led two laps of the main event at the Ventura Raceway last Saturday night, but they were the most important two and they propelled him to the…
(Upland, CA, September 25, 2021) Twenty-four hours after a tough night at the Bakersfield Speedway, David Gasper drove across town to the Kern County Raceway Park and scored an impressive win in the California Lightning…
(Upland, CA, August 11, 2021) Shaking off the disappointment of losing a right rear wheel while running second late in the race at Santa Maria a couple weeks earlier, rookie Dave Gasper led most of…
A.J. Bender became the first California Lightning Sprint Car Series driver to post three wins in 2021 when he bested the field last Saturday night in the “CLS Summer Classic” at the Santa Maria Raceway.…
Recent high school graduate Eric Greco led green to checkered last Saturday on a challenging Santa Maria Raceway track surface for his second California Lightning Sprint Car Series victory of 2021. At the CLS first…
After last Saturday night’s race at the Ventura Raceway, it is safe to say that the drivers in the California Lightning Sprint Car Series are anxiously scanning the USAC/CRA Sprint Car. They are checking to…
San Diego, California’s A.J. Bender became the fourth different winner in as many California Lightning Sprint Car Series races in 2021 when he led every inch of the way to capture the 25-lap main event…
James Turnbull started on the pole and led every inch of the way to win the California Lightning Sprint Car Series/Bay Cities Racing Association co-sanctioned Wayne Albright Memorial last Saturday night at the Merced Speedway.…
(Upland, CA, April 16, 2021) Just like a bottle of expensive French wine, Lomita, California’s Bobby Michnowicz seems to be getting better with age. Last Saturday night the 57-year-old veteran got into a battle with…
Eric Greco kicked off the California Lightning Sprint Car Series 27th season of action when he scored the win in the 25-lap main event last Saturday night at the Bakersfield Speedway. The victory was the…
Bakersfield Speedway November 17, 2020 – “November Classic” QUALIFYING/HOTLAPS: 1. Aiden Lange, 13X-12.771; 2. Sheldon Creed, 18-13.006; 3. Bobby Michnowicz, 21K-13.010; 4. A.J. Bender, 41B-13.061; 5. Eric Greco, 8G-13.073; 6. Grant Sexton, 3-13.165; 7. Wyat…
Bakersfield Speedway July 25, 2020 – “Covid Classic” FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. 91-A.J. Bender, 2. 3F-Brandon Leedy, 3. 25-Scott Kinney, 4. 13X-Aiden Lange, 5. 42-Jon Robertson, 6. 0-Jeremy Queener, 7. 03-Pat Kelly, 8. 14-Adam…
(Torrance, CA, December 2, 2019) Five-time POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series champion Bobby Michnowicz capped off a frustrating season when he led every inch of the way to capture the “3rd Annual…
Lucas Oil POWRi California Lightning Sprint Car Series Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California October 26, 2019 OCTOBER 5 MAKE UP FEATURE: (20 laps) 1 13x Aiden Lange, 2 1 Jarrett Kramer, 3 41b A. J.…
Just days before becoming a dad for the first time, veteran driver A.J. Bender stole the lead on the final lap in the POWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series and went on for…
