2020 California Speedway News
Speedway at Kern County Raceway
After another successful practice session yesterday at Kern County raceway in Bakersfield, Track manager Larry Collins and myself I have decided that pending final track improvements we want to go racing in the next month!
We want to get to work right away on building the speedway crash wall and adding in DG to the track surface. If that can be completed within the next 10 days we will do a final test session on 7 February.
The first race will feature a two hour speedway program late afternoon followed immediately by a flat track race event in the evening.
Places on both programs will be limited for the first event and will be signed up as pre-pay online. We will Have the sign-up link live in the next 7 to 10 days.
In the event we do not have the necessary improvements done in time we will instead run a practice session on February 20 and the start date for racing will be March 20.
Hot Shoe Hall of Fame Grand Opening
Hot Shoe Hall of Fame Grand Opening and 50th Anniversary Celebration of “On Any Sunday” Event Postponed
Our new event date is May 1, 2021
We are sorry to announce that we are moving our inaugural event date to May 1, 2021, due to the extended restrictions recently announced by the State of Nevada and the city of Las Vegas concerning live events. Our new event timing will be set to begin the last day of the Annual 2021 Mecum Motorcycle Auction, now moved to April 28 - May 1, 20121, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Convention Center is just minutes from the HOT SHOE Hall of Fame, located at 4th and Fremont, as part of the Famous Fremont Experience. Our Grand Opening and Celebration of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the iconic motorcycle movie On Any Sunday as originally planned, just now on May 1, 2021, versus our original date.
More Details to follow. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Our response to the event has been tremendous, and with our new date in place, we will be moving forward with additional event detail and activities.
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas! From the HOT SHOE Hall of Fame team
Gene Woods
Speedway at Kern County Raceway
The icing on the cake for a great speedway weekend at Perris!
Coming in 2021 Speedway and Flat Track at Kern County Raceway in Bakersfield.
Practice January 3rd. Numbers will be limited to 20 as we are still developing the track to get it race ready.
Race surface and crashwall are under development.
A handful of riders conducted a private test last week and we are ready to move to the next stage.
We hope to be racing by March. Practicing testing sessions meantime!
Perris is still the priority but we will be taking the Perris blueprint to new pastures with year round racing.
Sign up information for the practice session coming very soon.
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (December 14, 2020)
Supplementary Regulations
2020 AMA / FIM North American Speedway Final
AMA/FIM American Final at Perris
*Qualifications to the wild cards
Redmond Bohannon
Stevie Bonsey
Sara Cords
Mark Fillebrown
Kayle LeoGrande
Mike Miller
Rees Todd
Dylan Wagner
Michael Wells
The best two riders of the final will start in the qualifications to FIM Speedway Grand Prix Series 2022.
Wild Cards Run Offs Draw
Heat 1
Redmond Bohannon
Rees Todd
Michael Wells
Dylan Wagner
Stevie Bonsey
Heat 2
Mark Fillebrown
Mike Miller
Sara Cords
Kayle LeoGrande
1st and 2nd from heats to Run Off Final, Rest to LCQ.
1st from LCQ to final.
1st and 2nd in Final Qualify for American Final, 3rd-5th are reserves
Perris Raceway
AMA Under 21 / Junior Long Track Nationals at Perris
Supplementary Regulations - Speedway National Under 21 Championship and Youth Long Track National Championships
In case you didn't know, next up at Perris we have a HUGE event with the future stars of American Speedway in mind. The 2020 stagings of;
- The AMA Under 21 National Championship
- The AMA 250 Junior & 150 Mini Speedway Long Track Nationals
As well as these championships, we also have these classes
- Division 1 Exhibition (no prize money)
- Division 2 West Coast Championship
- Division 3 West Coast Championship
- Upright / Vintage West Coast Championship
- Pee Wee 50s
- Sidecars
- Hooligans
- Open Dirt Track
- 0-125cc & 100-150cc Mini Bike TT r
To sign up, the link is here. Note, U21 and Juniors need to sign up by noon 9 November. All other classes have until noon 13 November. ama-under-21-youth
The race is November 14th starting @5pm. It will be broadcast PPV on xsra.tv.
Spectator tickets are not on sale due to local pandemic restrictions.
Heat sponsorships are available at $75, Mains $200. It really helps at this time. We are the only SoCal track running in 2020 and it takes a team effort to keep speedway sliding!
We are also accepting items for goodie bags for the young riders (many thanks to Law Tigers, Gene Woods racing experience and Wolverhampton Speedway for donations so far). If you have cool items the kids will like, get in touch!
It will be a great night of racing! We are especially excited to bring the Under 21 Championship for the second consecutive year. We are expecting a good rider turn out in this division. It is especially appropriate that Perris has taken this race on given the requirement for an Under 21 rider on the 2021 Speedway of Nations team with Perris being the home of Team USA.
Please get in touch if you have any questions on this event. We are absolutely delighted to run these showpiece championships.
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The Perris race on October 24 will have a live PPV webcast at XSRA.TV - American speedway racing action!
We've mentioned this before, but Xtreme Speedway Racing Action TV is the business founded by the late and very missed Mark Williams and now in the hands of Ken McKinney. Ken has invested a lot of time and expense into this project but that comes from a belief in American Speedway. He has been helped in setting up this project by our former webcast crew at Low Budget TV, but having our own channel gives us much more potential to tailor the content and over time you will be seeing the channel and broadcasting developing as a massive asset for all of American Speedway. Many ideas and surprises are being developed.
We want to use the channel to reach new fans world over and inspire kids to give speedway a go. American Speedway is far from perfect but it is the best kept motor racing secret this side of the pond.
So, if you are missing seeing live American Speedway (and if you are not, please check you still have a pulse), sign up for the PPV and support the project. The racing will be excellent and the subscriptions put good faith in Ken and his team and enable them to keep up their great work.
Also, as a reminder, the rider link is here to sign up. We are asking all 500cc riders to sign up by 9pm on the 21st so we have a chance to draft the teams. http://www.perrisspeedway.com
And once more THANK YOU to the all the riders, crew and sponsors for giving us enough support to keep SoCal speedway alive and well in 2020. Having almost the entire speedway community behind the hard work is more appreciated than I could ever say and makes all of the time it takes to do this worthwhile.
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Sign Up link for October 24th, Team Racing Finals!
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Perris Raceway practice day October 10th 4-9pm.
We have a longer than normal gap until our next race event so we thought we would hold another practice session. The practices we held back in May raised funds that have helped us keep racing during this very tough time period economically with spectator and other restrictions.
Let’s have a fun day and raise some funds to keep our spectator-less racing viable!
Open to Speedway, Hooligans, Dirt Track, Mini Bikes, Pee Wees, and Sidecars. All profit goes to Keeping Perris Speedway Sliding for the rest of 2020 and into 2021!
Rider Pass $75 (includes rider and up to 2 pit crew) Pit Pass $25.
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (September 27, 2020)
New Speedway Online TV Channel
Ken McKinney, who took over the torch of Xtreme Speedway Action videos from the much loved and missed Mark Williams, is launching a new online Speedway TV Service which debuts at Perris this Saturday (September 29) with a PPV stream of our Salute to America race.
There are plenty of other areas we are exploring with the channel. More on those later!
Here is the link for Saturday's race. Salute to America Night
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (September 14, 2020)
2020 AMA Youth Nationals
At the AMA Youth National Speedway Championship August 29 each Youth racer received a Lucas Oil bag full of great stuff.
Big thanks to one of speedways biggest supporters Scott Talkington and of course Lucas Oil.
I hope you all enjoyed the Youth Championship and the livestream that reached just over 10,000 fans. It was a huge display of how far Fast Fridays reaches into the world and also how important AMA Youth Speedway is. It's what is keeping places like Fast Fridays and speedway in America alive.
A huge shout out and congratulations to the YOUTH Champions
250cc Wilbur Hancock
150cc Nick Hohlbein
And their parents and teams
Other thank you's must be given and certainly not forgotten:
Hank Hohlbein who helped with many things and mostly the Live Stream that was free.
All of the Fast Fridays officials that had a long day without much pay.
Marianne Hamilton who single handled got everybody licensed and signed up.
Michael Kirby broadcast to the entire community of speedway with his great articles on face book and the Auburn Journal.
Vladimir Kruk for his pictures that were well liked all over Facebook
And for me all the parents and teams and former Youth Speedway racers and supporters I must pay Homage to all.
Thanks for the support of myself and my family.
30 plus years supporting and developing youth riders and look forward to the next and every new generation.
Thanks you all!
David Joiner, September 10, 2020
2020 AMA Youth National Supplemental
 
 
Fast Fridays Speedway August 29th
Fast Fridays Motorcycle Speedway would like to invite all of the participants of the 2020 Youth National Championship and the pee wee's to a BBQ, Swim party and ice cream on Friday night, August 28th, from 6 to 9 pm.
FIM Speedway Grand Prix
(Can not confim if this is the correct link for the Livestream, but has videos)
Nicol fights for Speedway Grand Prix
"It'll be a tough meeting for sure but I've had a couple of meetings at Perris over the past month and felt really good on the bike and have plenty of self belief right now," said Broc Nicol before the FIM Speedway Grand Prix Challenge. The meeting will take place in Goričan, in Croatia on Saturday.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions connected with it, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) has canceled the four qualifying rounds and has moved the Grand Prix Challenge from Žarnovica, in Slovakia to Goričan. As a result of cancellation of the qualifying rounds, the 16 national federations has nominated its riders to start in the Challenge. The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) has nominated Broc Nicol to start in the meeting.
"It's the next step on the ladder for me and having tasted the qualifiers before this one-off meeting will be a first but I know if I can put five starts together on the day, I can compete and beat anyone in the field," added Nicol.
The best three riders from the meeting will qualify for the 2021 FIM Speedway Grand Prix Series.
The starting list
1. Grigory Laguta (Russia)
2. Krzysztof Kasprzak (Poland)
3. Matej Žagar (Slovenia)
4. Mikkel Michelsen (Denmark)
5. Jurica Pavlic (Croatia) – wild card
6. Nicolás Covatti (Italy)
7. Oliver Berntzon (Sweden)
8. Broc Nicol (United States)
9. Adam Ellis (Great Britain)
10. Kevin Wölbert (Germany)
11. Timo Lahti (Finland)
12. Václav Milík (Czech Republic)
13. Max Fricke (Australia)
14. Jevgeņijs Kostigovs (Latvia)
15. Dimitri Bergé (France)
16. Aleksandr Loktaev (Ukraine)
Reserves
17. Nick Škorja (Slovenia)
18. Norbert Magosi (Hungary)
From Dariusz ZAKRZEWSKI August 21, 2020 - dariusz.zakrzewski@onet.eu
Speedway Grand Prix Challenge
Here is a link to the SGP Challenge this Saturday. Broc Nicol will be competing in this race for a spot in the Speedway Grand Prix.
It is a pay-per-view event and costs €9.9 with is under $12US.
ESS - Elit Speedway Sweden Site
Steve Graham, August 20, 2020
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Taking a small step in the return to normalcy Speedway Grand Prix returns 2 weeks from today. Due to the abbreviated schedule each venue will hold races on consecutive days. The first 2 GPs will be held on August 28 and 29 at Wroclaw, site of last year's most exciting Grand Prix in years.
There will also be double rounds held at Gorzow, Prague and Torun for 8 rounds total.
No announcement about a stream yet but it is safe to assume it will be available to American audiences as has been the case in previous years.
Here's the calendar:
Speedway GP Calendar
Steve Graham, August 15, 2020
Fast Fridays Speedway August 29th
We are proud to announce that we will be running the 2020 Youth National Championship and Pee Wee Championship on Saturday August 29th.
Please call Fast Fridays Motorcycle at 530-878-7223 to get registered to race this famous race.
If you have any questions please call the office and we will gladly answer them for you.
David Joiner, Facebook (August 14, 2020)
Perris Speedway August 15
It's going to be a bit warm at Perris tomorrow so bring lots of water and sunscreen!
We have pushed the start time back to 6pm (gates will open 3pm and no admittance ahead of 3pm please). Division 1 will start around 7. No spectator tickets and grandstands closed per Covid protocols.
Unfortunately due to late unavailability of a cameraman we will not have a PPV webcast this time. We will broadcast the event on Facebook live (no charge) on the Perris Facebook page (link below). It will be a more basic broadcast (IE smart-phone on a tripod) but we do feel strongly that we need to make the event available to the public.
The Nick Varner Cup is always a special event. We have a good rider line up (including Becker, Max, Manzares, Novratil, Fox in Division 1), 8 Sidecars and a very nice rider purse; quite an incredible feat when our biggest revenue source (spectators) is not permitted at this time. But we are proud to be in a position to keep American Speedway going at this point. We also look forward to normal service resuming and Costa Mesa and Industry Racing staging their stellar events at a future time. SoCal Speedway is strong with three strong and passionate promotions.
Also, in tribute to Bruce Flanders, wear your Hawaiian shirt tomorrow if you are in attendance or even watching from home.
Here is the link to join our Facebook group if you want to view live tomorrow. (Thanks to Jeff Flanders for offering to be the cameraman!)
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (August 14, 2020)
Fast Fridays Speedway August 14th
CANCELED - HEAT WARNING VIA FACEBOOK AUGUST 13, 2020 - DAVID JOINER
Due to the excessive heat we have made the choice to cancel practice that was scheduled for tomorrow night, Friday August 14.
Stay tuned for more practices to come!
Thank you and have a great weekend.
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Join us this Friday night, August 14th, for another night of practice. This practice is also WITHOUT FANS/SPECTATORS.
Pitgate opens at 5:30 pm. Practice from 6:30 pm to 9 pm. Cost: Riders = $45, Mechanics = $10
You MUST HAVE your 2020 entry form turned in, a 2020 Fast Fridays Racing License and a current AMA License to enter. Again, this practice is WITHOUT SPECTATORS/FANS so if you don't have the above license you may not enter. Just a reminder that there is NO ALCOHOL in the pits during practice! Thank you so much and we look forward to seeing all of you on the race track.
Fast Fridays Speedway
AMA Youth National Speedway Championship
AMA Youth National Speedway Championship for both the 150cc and 250cc divisions on Saturday August 29th.
We will host a short practice on Saturday well before the race that will run without spectators we are sorry to say and will not be included is this event.
For those that need to sign up a racer for either class please see fastfridays.com and visit the rider sign up page for the proper documents and call Dave Joiner
At 530 878 RACE (7223) to notify him that you want to race in this. Space is limited.
David Joiner, Facebook (August 6, 2020)
Fast Fridays July 24
Join us this Friday night, July 24th for another night of practice. This practice is also WITHOUT FANS/SPECTATORS.
Pitgate opens at 5:30 pm. Practice from 6:30 pm to 9 pm
Cost: Riders = $45 Mechanics = $10
You MUST HAVE your 2020 entry form turned in, a 2020 Fast Fridays Racing License and a current AMA License to enter.
Again, this practice is WITHOUT SPECTATORS/FANS so if you don't have the above license you may not enter.
All of the reopen guidelines implemented from Placer County will need to practice (face coverings, hand sanitizers and social distancing.
Thank you so much and we look forward to seeing all of you on the race track.
David Joiner, Facebook (July, 2020)
Fast Fridays July 31
So excited to announce that those WILD and EXTREME SIDECARS will be here too. That's a full speedway racing action program with riders like Bart Bast, Billy Janniro and those EXTREME SIDECARS will be here. Friday night July 31st, gates open at 6:30 pm and the first race blast off at 8 pm.
Cost:
$60.00 per car load (6 people max per vehicle)
$30.00 per motorcycle (2 people max per motorcycle)
Come out and support one of longest running motorcycle speedway events in all of America during what would have been our 25th racing season.
[Editors Note: Fast Fridays for 25 years, 41 years for speedway racing at the Auburn track.]
We have a HUGE announcement to make:
Fast Fridays Motorcycle Speedway is co-promoting with BP Productions, Jumbo Vision and All Events Management Group, and we will be putting on a LIVE SPEEDWAY RACING ACTION DRIVE IN on Friday night July 31st. If you want to be on the program please call Fast Fridays Motorcycle Speedway ASAP! 530-878-7223. This event is open to all Div 1, 2, 3, youth riders and all the pee wee riders! This is going to be so EXCITING!
David Joiner, Facebook (July 17, 2020) (Updated July 26, 2020)
Perris Speedway July 18
It's British Style Team Racing in Division 1 at Perris Speedway.
PLUS! Speedway Division 2, Speedway Division 3, Vintage / Upright Engine Speedway, 250 Junior Speedway, 150 Mini Speedway, Xtreme Sidecar, Hooligan, 0-125cc Mini Bike, 100, 150cc Mini B.
Here is the link to register for Saturday nights pay-per-view webcast of the All-Star team racing at Perris. We have a great lineup and are thrilled to bring you the action. As a reminder, spectator areas are closed at the track. Low Budget TV
Perris All Star Team Speedway Bike Racing - July 18th
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (July 14, 2020)
Fast Fridays July 10
Join us this Friday night, July 10th for another night of practice. This practice is also WITHOUT FANS/SPECTATORS.
Pitgate opens at 5:30 pm
Practice from 6:30 pm to 9 pm
Cost:
Riders = $45
Mechanics = $10
You MUST HAVE your 2020 entry form turned in, a 2020 Fast Fridays Racing License and a current AMA License to enter. Again, this practice is WITHOUT SPECTATORS/FANS so if you don't have the above license you may not enter.
All of the reopen guidelines implemented from Placer County will need to practice (face coverings, hand sanitizers and social distancing. Thank you so much and we look forward to seeing all of you on the race track.
David Joiner, Facebook (July 3, 2020)
PERRIS SPEEDWAY JULY
Speedway Racing returns to Perris on July 18th. The Division 1 program will feature a British League style team race, Team Captains Gino Manzares and Aaron Fox will draft their teams a few days before the race from the signed up riders. All Divisions feature in the show and the Mini Bike Class will run the TT Track.
Also, Mike Lupo is working in coordination with ourselves and track owners to stage a 'Sunday Funday' Practice from 9am-2pm on Sunday 12 July (Update, this practice has been canceled due to lack of sign-ups). He needs 22 riders minimum to cover cost and will donate any profits towards some cool stuff we have in the works for Perris (info later).
Further ahead, our October race previously scheduled for October 17th is being put back one week to the 24th in coordination with Patrick Bedford and his awesome scheduled race in Tennessee on the 16th. With so few races this year last thing we want is a clash and we're always happy to work with other promotions so everyone wins.
Sign Ups are Pre Pay (the system is working well and virtually eliminating no shows). Do sign up early for the race as we sold out of speedway spots last weekend before the race.
July 18 - Perris Speedway - All Star Team Racing
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (July 2, 2020) (Updated July 9, 2020)
Fast Fridays June 26
With the 2020 Fast Friday’s Motorcycle Speedway season delayed because of the Covid 19 pandemic Fast Fridays has been unable to open to the public with speedway races. But Friday evening Fast Fridays hosted a practice for nearly 35 riders and their mechanics though without any spectators able to view the action in the stands. Following State of California and Placer County Covid 19 protection guidelines Fast Friday’s was able to allow riders and mechanics to the Auburn track for a long awaited night of racing. Each participant was requested to register before the event and was provided with two face masks and hand sanitizer upon entry for use during the event.
All three adult divisions and the youth, pee-wee’s and sidecars divisions were able to get out on the track and get back into the groove. Fast Friday’s promoter David Joiner is hopeful that as California re-opens the state that Fast Friday’s will have a season soon. All participants took the precautions seriously donning the masks when not able to keep a social distance of six feet and the evening was a total success.
Michael Kirby, Facebook June 27, 2020
PERRIS SPEEDWAY JUNE 27
Just a quick word to say thanks to everyone who is signing up to ride Saturday and to our sponsors and donors. It’s a pure speedway miracle that we can run races with a D1 purse at all with empty grandstands, but that is down to YOU for supporting and believing! You are all appreciated and I thank you for supporting practices and absorbing the temporary fee increases. It’s moments like this that are stand out me in my Speedway life. How cool we have defied the laws of physics to go racing!
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (June 24, 2020)
For all of those who want to watch Saturdays race at Perris but cannot attend due to spectator restrictions, we have an inexpensive Pay Per View link low budget tv.
If you are busy Saturday (races will be 5pm on) you also can view the race on demand for 30 days if you sign up. We are happy to partner with Low Budget TV during Covid to bring the races for everyone. If we cover our outlay on this we can keep the streams going for future events until we can reopen to full attendances!
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (June 23, 2020)
Tennessee
Patrick Bedford says!
Get ready Tennessee
America's top speedway racers are coming to Shelbyville, TN. Friday, October 16th.
Billy Janniro
Broc Nicol
Dillon Ruml
Max Ruml
Aaron Fox
Austin Novratil
Luke Becker
And more!
Junior 150cc
Division 2
Division 3
Methanol burning machines, No brakes, no fear.
Fast Fridays
ATTENTION! WE'VE GOT BIG NEWS!
Fast Fridays Motorcycle Speedway has been given the green flag to put on events out here at the speedway but it's WITHOUT FANS!
We are going to be running our first practice of the 2020 season on Friday night, June 26th. This practice is also WITHOUT FANS/SPECTATORS.
Pitgate opens at 4 pm. Practice from 5:30 pm to 9 pm.
Cost: Riders = $45. Mechanics = $10
This practice is without spectators. Only riders and mechanics with ALL of the appropriate forms turned in will be able to practice tonight. There is NO sign ups at practice.
You MUST HAVE your 2020 entry form turned in, a 2020 Fast Fridays Racing License and a current AMA License to enter. Again, this practice is WITHOUT SPECTATORS/FANS so if you don't have the above license you may not enter. All of the reopen guidelines implemented from Placer County will need to practice (face coverings, hand sanitizers and social distancing. Thank you so much and we look forward to seeing all of you on the race track.
Fast Fridays Motorcycle Speedway (June 17, 2020 - Updated June 26, 2020)
INDUSTRY SPEEDWAY RACING JUNE 17, 2020
 
Industry Racing (June 17, 2020)
PERRIS SPEEDWAY JUNE 27
PERRIS SPEEDWAY BREAKING NEWS:
After a week of productive work with the City we are officially cleared to begin racing based on the California Governor’s allowance for professional sports to resume. There will be spectator attendance restrictions per State rules which we will detail in another post. There will however be a live PPV webcast.
So 27 June will be the 2020 Covid Classic @ Perris.
We are delighted.
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (June 13, 2020)
CALIFORNIA SPEEDWAY COMMENTS
Ken Ray to Speedway America; "I assume that there is no Speedway motorcycle racing tonight at Industry Hills? We would have had some notification about it. If anyone knows any different speak up please."
Steve Evans; "No American speedway tracks are currently open for racing. We all have very different circumstances both with the facilities where we run and different cities and counties. Not to mention very different business plans and overhead."
Kelly Inman; "Nope. As posted before. LA County will be last to allow any sporting events with spectators. We still cant even have everyone working in office on the same day. "Phase 4" is what's been listed from day 1. We are just beginning stage 2 🤬🤬🤬.
And now with all this BS happening the last 2 weeks. We will see how big the "spike" will be in LA County.🤞
Any updates will be posted on website and the Industry Social Media..
Thanks for asking Ken.. Stay safe!"
Rented from Facebook (June 11, 2020)
PERRIS SPEEDWAY UPDATE
Perris Covid Classic Race rescheduled to June 27th. Full approval at all levels is very much a dice roll in time for this Saturday. State has approved but needs to be passed down to county and city levels for vote. Even if signed off later on this week too short a lead time to do all of the vital things needed for I see no issue with all being okay for 27th.
We will run a practice Saturday 4-9pm but need enough pre sign ups to cover cost. $75 including a +1. Need enough pre paid by 3pm Thursday so sign up early. In event we don’t make the overhead we will refund everyone immediately via PayPal.
Link on website coming up but can PayPal to dreamteamspeedway@sbcglobal.net meantime.
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (June 8, 2020)
Ekstraliga June 12, Round 1 Starting Times
The Polish Ekstraliga fires up this coming Friday, 6/12, with the first match on at 9am PDT, noon in the East. 2nd match of the day goes off at 11:30am PDT.
Streams are starting to appear online. Here is the first one I have found: http://www.maniak.tv/mk1
There will be 2 more matches on Sunday, at 7:30am PDT and 10:15. No streams posted yet but the above link would be a good place to start.
For additional links try here on race day: http://www.soccer-live.pl/transmisje.php?id=motorsport
Still no word on Perris next Saturday but hopefully some information coming early in the week. Look here for current information: https://perrisspeedway.com
Steve Graham stephenagraham@hotmail.com (June 7, 2020)
PERRIS JUNE 13 RACE UPDATE
Sorry to say but I don’t yet but have any further update as far as getting granted permission to run the race next weekend. This doesn’t mean it is canceled, we could wait till Monday to make a final decision. We need the county and the city to be in stage III of reopening and then we are good to go.
Just to prepare everyone, if we do get a greenlight we will put online prepaid sign up link up immediately so be ready to act quickly as we would need to have sufficient sign ups and support in a very short time span. The most likely scenario would be racing with no or very limited spectators. In either of those circumstances entry would increase by $5, So you’ll be looking at $45 to Race and $25 for crew. This would be temporary increase until we could run with spectators again. Thanks to our sponsors and the profit made from the practices we could run a few events without spectators but we’ll been making further cuts along the board, the biggest will be to the promoters. We intend to pay Price money for division one only around the AMA minimum of 1375 for that division and pay the top eight places only. 400, 300, 250, 200, 100, 70, 50, 25 is proposed breakdown. All other divisions would race for Trophies only. There will be no comp entries or pit passes without exception, even if Bartosz Zmarzlik signs up he’ll pay the same as Beachball.
I hope this information is useful and we are ready to run if we get the greenlight otherwise we will have to wait another two weeks till June 27.
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (June 4, 2020)
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We are hopeful but not 100% definite that we can give you good news in the next day or two regarding our scheduled race on June 13. At this point it is in the hands of the local city to authorize our return to racing. The track owners have very good relationships within the city which we see is a positive thing. California is now moving into stage 3 of reopening and that is the criteria where professional sport is allowed to return.
Assuming we get the approval then the only variable will be what the limits are on attendance are, most notably spectators. Rest assured, we have five different game plans written out that cover every circumstance. And in the event that fans are not allowed or very restricted, we will be offering pay-per-view broadcasts from low budget TV at a very affordable price.
It is a huge and complex process, a combination of state, county and city guidelines but ultimately it is now in the hands of the local city. We are 95% there.
As we have raised some good funds in our recent two practice sessions we will, with a few financial overhead adjustments, most likely be able to go racing under any permitted circumstances, even without fans (our biggest revenue source).
As we have stated before all admissions for riders crew and, if permitted, fans will be pre-ticketed. No on the day cash entry and no comped entry. We will all have to work together and be willing to give and take to make this happen but assured the biggest financial sacrifice will be on the part of the promotion.
I feel we are inches away from returning as long as we get the green light by the weekend we have time to pull this off but be ready to sign up the moment we go on sale as entry will be first come first serve regardless of division.
In a worst-case scenario we will continue with practices but not necessarily on the dates published for racing.
Keep an eye on our Facebook page so we can bring you the news when we have it.
We thank our sponsors for supporting us in every aspect of our return.
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (June 1, 2020)
Ekstraliga Round 1 Starting Times
First Ekstraliga matches now have starting times.
Friday June 12:
Lublin @ Wroclaw - 9am PDT
Grudziadz @ Czestochowa - 11:30am PDT
Sunday June 14:
Zielona Gora @ Rybnik - 7:30am PDT
Leszno @ Gorzow - 10:15am PDT
Hopefully there will be streams announced as we get closer to race day.
In between those 2 dates, on June 13, something will be happening at Perris Speedway which will be announced shortly.
Details will be available here: https://perrisspeedway.com/
Cardiff has been canceled. But Britain's biggest indoor motorsport event returns on July 17, 2021.
Steve Graham stephenagraham@hotmail.com (June 1, 2020)
Perris Speedway
We have now set up an easy to use online store for ordering our merchandise for a Perris. It features all current in stock merchandise from the track as well as any Official Team USA merchandise as it is released.
Link here: Perris Speedway Merchandise
The website (Perris Speedway Racing) also have our newly released schedule for practice and racing.
Keep an eye on the ensure and the Perris Facebook page for up-to-date news on our safe return to racing!
Stay safe and see you all soon!
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (May 20, 2020)
Perris Speedway Summer Race Schedule
After a successful and safe dry run wit practice yesterday, we are delighted to announce this Summer Schedule
May 30th - Perris Speedway Raceway Season Fund-raiser Practice
Summer Races
13 June - Covid Classic
27 June
18 July
15 August
Fall and Winter Schedule
19 September - Tentative (Based on AMA National at Fast Fridays / Costa Mesa dates
17 October - SpeedwayBikes.com 25th Year Anniversary Event
14 November -
12 December - AMA FIM North American Final
Dates above are good but are subject to Local & State Guidelines remaining at current or better levels. Based on current recommendations events will have limits on attendees and until allowed levels are higher, will likely be ticketed in advance.
Events will follow health recommendations and the facility will be set up for safety and social distancing.
The 30 May practice will serve as a fund-raiser for the Expanded speedway season. If it does very well it may allow us to budget for more additional events.
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (May 17, 2020)
Costa Mesa Speedway
2020 Season Announcement
Costa Mesa Speedway and Brad & Jaleen Oxley regret to announce that due to the concerns surrounding COVID-19 (and in order to comply with the state & federal guidelines of social distancing) the OC Fair & Event Center has, at this time, canceled all events through August 31st. This includes the previously posted Speedway events scheduled for May 30, June 6, June 20, August 12-16, August 22 and August 29. Should anything change between now & August 31st, we will immediately notify all fans, riders, & sponsors.
Brad & Jaleen Oxley (May 14, 2020)
Signs Of Life For Speedway
After a very weird few months speedway is finally coming back to life.
Locally, Perris is the first track firing up with a closed (no spectators) practice next Saturday. If riders need more information, it can be found here: Perris speedway practice-info.
Tentatively, Perris' first race may occur on June 13th provided the Riverside County Health Dept. gives its blessing. More information can be found here: Perris speedway to-be-confirmed.
If you want to see a good explainer about the goings on at Perris, go here (you don't need to be a FB member to view the video): steve.evans.3990 videos.
Fast Fridays is looking at a June 5th opening but I would guess a few things would need to fall into place for that to become a "for sure" date. More information can be found here: fast Fridays race-schedule.
Internationally, Britain is still on hold but Poland is preparing to fire up on June 12th. The Polish Ekstraliga dates are confirmed and hopefully streams will be available for those matches. They will be held with no fans for the time being. They can pull this off due to lucrative television contracts and excellent sponsorship. More information about the Ekstraliga can be found here: sportowefakty ekstraliga.
Last but not least is the Speedway Grand Prix. Obviously, due to current conditions and because they attract the largest crowds, they must be the most cautious. Tentatively they are looking at kicking off the season in Cardiff on July 18th. Here is the current schedule: speedwaygp calendar.
Stay safe everyone and hopefully we get back to racing sooner than later.
Steve Graham stephenagraham@hotmail.com (May 9, 2020)
Fast Fridays
Good afternoon riders and your mechanics,
Let me start off by thanking the riders that have mailed in their 2020 entry forms and are ready to go for the 2020 season.
For those of you that are not signed up, please click the link below, print out the forms and mail them into Fast Fridays Speedway.
We are keeping our fingers crossed that our date of June 5th is going to happen.
So we'd like to see everyone get signed up.
Thank you and have a great day!
Fast Fridays Sign Up Link
SPEEDWAY MOTORCYCLE PRACTICE @ PERRIS RACEWAY
SATURDAY MAY 16, 2020
4-9PM
Presented by Law Tiger and Keating Dental Arts.
FUNDRAISER FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FLAT TRACK ASSOCIATION
SPEEDWAY MOTORCYCLES, JUNIORS, PEE WEES, SIDECARS, HOOLIGANS, MINI BIKES
We are delighted that we have an okay to resume practice sessions at Perris Raceway.
The Riverside County Health Department reached out to us recently and told us we can open for private practices. We couldn't be more excited to share the news with you as we're sure you can't wait to get back on your bike to go fast and turn left!
The past two months have paid a hefty toll upon the venue and our landlord SCFTA with zero revenue and monthly bills mounting. This private session is a great chance to ride, have some fun and help the venue get back onto an even keel.
The number of attendees is limited to 75, as mandated by the county, and the pre-paid fundraising fee is $75 per rider (non-refundable). We need good viable attendance numbers hold a practice. If we fall short, your pre-paid fee will roll over to the next practice. If you pay, and don't show, it will not roll over. There will be no admission for riders not signed up ahead.
We also have a special ‘Speedway and Pit Bike’ family package at $100 for two riders (one speedway, one pit bike). Riders taking advantage of this package offer must arrive at the track together and pit adjacent to each other.
We will have a medic and a small track crew to flag and help bump you off.
We need approx 30 riders (not including the extra Mini Bike spots) to make this viable. The more the better to help the track!
We also welcome anyone who wants to donate or offer sponsorship towards this session so we can guarantee staging it and support our track. We have a high overhead to run practice. We will run at least one speedway session per month until races are allowed if we have the demand to make it viable.
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As you might guess, we have implemented new social distancing guidelines that will help keep riders safe. Those are listed below.
SCFTA’S
SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS
• Riders only at this point. No spectators, photographers, and/or trainers allowed. Riders under 18 may have a single parent/guardian (1) with them.
• All attendees must wear face protection during attendance when not wearing a helmet.
• Attendees must park vehicles at least 10 feet apart and maintain at least 6 feet between each other at all times inside the park.
• Maximum number of attendees is 75 at any given time.
• No events or group activities allowed.
• All bleachers and seating areas are closed.
• No high-risk persons allowed (as determined by health department).
• Anyone experiencing COVID-19 symptoms or who is ill is not allowed.
• Anyone who has been in contact with someone with COVID-19 symptoms is past week or has anyone at home who is currently ill should not attend.
• Temperature check will be taken prior to entering the facility.
To purchase your practice pass PayPal to Dreamteamspeedway@sbcglobal.net or text (310) 309-9418 if you wish to pay by Zelle or Credit card. Website payment link should be coming soon.
$75 Rider
$100 Speedway Rider + Pit Bike Rider family pass.
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (April 29, 2020)
Fast Fridays
Good afternoon, wanted to give an update on Pee Wee registration.
As of this morning, Thursday April 23rd, we have 9 slots left.
If you have a child that wants to race the pee wee 50 division this season the time to get them registered is now.
I have provided the link for the riders page: Fast Fridays Riders Page
Dave Joiner (April 23 2020)
BIG TIME SPEEDWAY
We hope everyone is doing well and doing everything in there power to help slow the spread of COVID-19 virus, For "now" stay home! We are very optimistic that later this summer / fall that racing will have resumed. We have rescheduled our event for late November believing by then that most other race venues events will have already taken place and there won't be any scheduling conflicts which will allow you to take part in our 2 day 2020 AMA California State Flat Track Championship! Plan on closing out this crazy year at Big Time Sonoma 1! Stay Safe.
BIG TIME * FUN TIME * ALL the TIME - Doing in Right ... tuning Left!
Fast Fridays
We have just added a page to our website that has everything you all need to get registered to race at Fast Fridays Speedway Riders for the 2020 racing season.
Please click on the link below and go to the appropriate section.
Adult Riders = anyone over the age of 18
18 years of age or younger = anyone under the age of 18 racing a 500cc, 250cc, 150cc or in the pee wee 50 class
Mechanics = all mechanics this includes parents of the pee wee 50 riders.
All riders and mechanics over the age of 18 will print out forms, fill them out and mail them into Fast Fridays with all appropriate fees
For any rider under the age of 18 no matter what division you ride in will print out forms, fill them out and then call Fast Fridays to set up a time to come into the Fast Fridays. There we will notarize your forms and get you registered.
ALL Pee Wee 50 riders and their parents please print out all forms, fill them out completely, then call Fast Fridays to set up a time to come into Fast Fridays and get all registered for the 2020 season.
*we are taking 30 pee wee riders only. These 30 riders will race the entire the 2020 season. This division fills up quickly and will be done on a first come first serve basis*
Appointments will start on Friday April 17th from 11 am to 4 pm every 30 minutes, then starting April 20th Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm.
We’d like everyone to be signed up no later than May 8th.
Thank you everyone for being patient with us as we worked out on how sign ups were going to work.
David Joiner (April 15, 2020)
2020 Speedway at The Grand Arena
2020 Speedway at The Grand Arena to be slightly delayed...
Due to the current global pandemic and the unknown, and after discussions with city and county officials, as tough as it is, its an easy decision ... we will be postponing / pushing the speedway season at The Grand Arena out until further notice. I will always keep everyone informed the minute I have word.
Our number 1 priority is safety. We want to keep everyone safe and are following all recommendations to do so with public gatherings.
I don't see any legit spectator driven sporting events anywhere happening for LEAST a couple months in all reality...
While our season opener at Industry Racing, the 6th annual Connor Penhall Memorial Cup will just be delayed / pushed back, we will be back strong and healthy ... and then just run later into the year!
Any schedule updates will always be on our website at IndustryRacing.com and posted on social media...
From our families here at Industry, Industry Hills Expo Center and City of Industry, California, we wish you all to be safe and healthy, and we truly look forward to seeing everyone as soon as possible!
We thank everyone on the front-line's and send well wishes to all that this virus has affected.
I'm also looking at some more Saturday races ... Sept 5th, Oct 3rd and Oct 24th so keep those in mind now. Thank you for the support,
be kind and stay well!
Kelly Inman and the Industry Team
Fast Fridays 2020 Schedule
Due to the constantly changing Covid-19 requirements we have made a few adjustments to the 2020 racing schedule.
Please take note that we have moved opening night back 1 week.
Everyone please stay safe and we look forward to seeing you May 15th!
David Joiner (April 6, 2020)
Team USA Speedway Promotions
Hope you are all keeping safe during our downtime. A break in the action does give us some extra time to plan the continued growth of our race program and as ever, we have exciting ideas as well as potential new venues on our radar. We will be back with more exciting big track speedway as soon as we can.
While supplies last, anyone who orders a Perris 2020 T Shirt, Long Sleeve T or Hoodies gets a free copy of Speedway Star Magazine included! If you have ordered in the last week you will be included! Offer while supplies last. Broc Nicol 2020 shirt. This design will not be reprinted
T Shirts all sizes S-4XL $25 including shipping to USA. Long Sleeve L, XL, XXL $35 inc shipping. Hoodies XL and 3XL only, $60 inc shipping. Call or text for overseas prices.
PayPal is dreamteamspeedway@sbcglobal.net.
Call 310 309 9418 for credit card ordering.
Looking at shipping all current orders Monday. Keep safe and we will see you all soon!
Team USA Speedway Promotions
 
Big Time Sonoma 1
We hope you and your families are staying well & are staying home, taking every precaution during these crazy times. It's up to all of us to slow the spread of COVID-19! We thank everyone for their patience & understanding as we work through these unprecedented times together. For anyone that pre-paid for any of the events that were scheduled during Big Time Sonoma 1, your entries - tickets etc. will just carry forward to the rescheduled soon to be announced date. (And Thank You to all that did) If you would like a refund- Contact me steve.s@bigtimespeedway Stay safe, and we look forward to seeing you soon.
Steve Steves (March 27, 2020)
Fast Fridays Speedway
To all of our racers, mechanics and supporters, Dave and I thank you so much for all of your loyal support over the past 25 years.
In these unknown and trying times we are aware that you might be wondering what is going to happen to our beloved speedway racing season.
Well: We are moving forward with our opening day of May 8th at this time.
Our normal sign up, BBQ and practice day has been put on temporary hold due to the guidelines set by the CDC. Please understand that we are doing our best to keep things moving along but at this time. At this time we just cannot set a day in stone to do sign ups.
We would like to ask you to please be patient and keep checking FB for all updated information.
If you have questions or concerns please call the track at (530) 878-7223
Thank you,
Dave and Marianne
Via Facebook March 23, 2020
Welcome to our 25th season of speedway motorcycle racing here at Fast Fridays famed and tricky dirt oval.
May 8th is our tentative date of opening night here at Fast Fridays Motorcycle Speedway.
In these difficult times we are aware that things are changing daily and we are staying on top of all the information as it comes in.
As things change we will keep you, our loyal fans, informed of any and updates.
Thank you for your cooperation and stay healthy.
Via Facebook March 23, 2020
Bakersfield
Just got word ... the state shut the Bakersfield - Kern County fairgrounds down for the races this weekend because of the whole Corona virus ... please help spread the word.
Stay tuned for a rescheduled and confirmed date!
Kelly Inman (3/12/2020)
Ridgecrest
While on the subject of race cancellations, Ridgecrest, scheduled for May 9th is also off. The Fairgrounds have event restrictions from the State through this date so no way we can run. We'll check into re-staging possibilities when we get through this.
Steve Evans dreamteamspeedway@sbcglobal.net (March 18, 2020)
Coming on May 9 - speedway is back in Ridgecrest - Desert Empire
Perris Raceway
PERRIS 28 MARCH CANCELLATION
A lot can happen in a day or two right now and it came as no surprise that the rules on Public Gatherings in Riverside County are now restricted to ten persons. We will be back once restrictions are lifted and being a year round promotion we will possibly add events when we can.
Be safe and we will see you soon!
New dates for Perris Speedway! We are adding May 16 and June 13 to our schedule. Details on these events to follow.
The Saturday September 19th event is now tentative as Fast Friday’s are running AMA Nationals that night. We aren’t against running a race on this date but it needs to be viable both in terms of riders and spectators. So we’ll keep that one as a reserved date at this point.
No races in July / August.
February 29 - Team League Racing Round 1 - 5pm
March 28 - Team League Racing Round 2 - 5pm
April 18 - Team USA Night + Team League Finals - 5pm
May 16 -
June 13 -
September 19 - Salute to America Night - 6pm
October 17 - SpeedwayBikes.com 25th Anniversary Celebration Race - 6pm
November 14 - 2020 AMA Speedway Under 21 National Championship & AMA Youth Long Track National Championships and Nick Varner Cup - 5pm
December 12 - 2020 AMA / FIM North America Speedway Final 7pm (Support and Junior races 4pm)
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway (February 13, 2020)
Speedway in Bakersfield
Saturday, March 14th 2020 - Division 1 Championship Speedway is coming back to Bakersfield CA! Junior Speedway too!
Looks like we are at $10,000 for the purse for the 1st annual Digger Helm Speedway Classic! A Championship event!
We are bringing speedway back to Bakersfield, California, at the Kern County Fairgrounds with an amazing event honoring local legend racer and the famous Bakersfield promoter, Digger Helm!
The Digger Helm Memorial Classic will be a great race and will be bringing back so many fans from yesteryear, that were at all the races in the 70's!! A lot of excitement in the Central Valley for this!
Division 1 speedway and Juniors will be the showcase for the 1st event. After this one, lets bring all divisions back!
Thanks to Mike Hatcher for wanting to bring back speedway to Bakersfield, and huge thanks to Michael S. Helm for getting this purse together for these deserving racers, in honor of the legendary Digger Helm!
Kelly Inman (2/8/2020)
Ventura 2020
Just to give everyone a heads up, after much consultation with Jim Naylor and Cliff Morgan I wanted to inform everyone that there will not be an AMA National Round at Ventura this year. It really comes down to the massive overhead and time involved in turning a car track into a speedway track. A burden which falls square upon promoter Jim and his team. Whilst it is disappointing not to have an 8th consecutive running of the race, we 100% understand the tracks situation and we continue to have a great working relationship. It was a mutual decision to take a year out.
The door is open to resume the event in 2021. With that in mind we plan to run a Division 1 Invitational event as part of the July 18 AJ Herrera Flat Track Race. More details on that in due course. It should be a well paid race where speedway has a chance to re mark its turf.
As an additional note, Jim runs a mini bike class on an infield oval once a month at his car events. He would run Upright and Amateur Laydown classes at these dates if enough interest. Schedule is at www.venturaraceway.com. I can help coordinate if any interest.
At this point I do not have any plans to run an AMA Round in 2020. The economics of such do not fit any other venues budget and I really think the series needs a bit of a rethink as it’s own concept.
Thanks once again to Jim Naylor. With enough support this could just be a one year break and it does buy us time to plan a better way forward.
Steve Evans Steve Evans (February 3, 2020)
2020 AMA SPEEDWAY NATIONAL BEST PAIRS CHAMPIONSHIP
We have a superb line up for the first AMA Number 1 plates of the year Feb 1st at Perris Speedway.
Team Line ups
Billy Janniro & Max Ruml
Broc Nicol & Luke Becker
Aaron Fox & Gino Manzares
Austin Novratil & Tim Gomez
Chris Kerr & Blake Borello
Eddie Castro & Brad Sauer
Jake Isaac & Sara Cords
Race format will be based on speedway of nations 21 heats and a winner takes grand final for the top two teams. It’s the last chance to see Broc and Luke before they head back for the European season.
Pairs racing starts at 7 PM with races for other divisions at 5 PM.
Thanks to our partners at Keating Dental Arts and Law Tigers for helping us make this happen!
Steve Evans Dream Team Speedway
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