2023 Speedway News
Hot Shoe Hall of Fame - January 27, 2024 - Las Vegas
Champion Speedway Fall Brawl
Fall Brawl at Champion Speedway is moved to next SUNDAY the 29th! I am told it has been raining all day in Owego.
That, along with several others factors, makes it seem like we will be best off doing it next Sunday instead.
Gates will open at 10am, Speedway will be at Noon and Quads will start at approx 2:30ish. See you all then!
Jason October 14, 2023
2023 U21 Supplemental Regulations - Final Version 2
The Dirt Track at KCRP
Open Practice at The Dirt Track at KCRP
Sunday 8 October 11-3
Speedway Academy 9-11
$50 practice ($60 on day)
$75 academy (practice included)
Venmo @steve-evans-87
Zelle 3103099418
paypal (add $3) dreamteamspeedway@sbcglobal.net
USA vs the World - Fast Fridays
List of team members for the USA vs the World. Quite impressive.
Adam Ellis, 2021 British Champion
Peter Ljung, former GP rider
Rasmus Jensen, 2022 Danish National Champion
Jacob Thorsell, 2019 and 2020 Swedish National Champion
Ludwig Lindgren (Freddie’s brother)
Chris Kerr, former Wolverhampton rider
--Gary Roberts Sep 28, 2023
2023 Team USA
Today’s Grand Prix Challenge (August 19) completed Team USA’s 2023 official racing program.
Ten riders represented the United States in 6 competitions at 8 venues in 6 countries.
Thank you to all ten of you for proudly wearing the stars and stripes and we look forward to 2024!
Steve Evans, August 20, 2023
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS AND STARTING DRAW
2023 AMA SPEEDWAY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES ROUND 2
2023 Team USA World Cup Qualification
Information concerning the USA World Cup from Steve Evans, June 22, 2023 (PDF) Translated from interview with Polish media.
Patrick Brady wanted to pass along a great article he found about the 1970's Irwindale Speedway. Thanks Patrick!
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SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS AND STARTING DRAW
2023 AMA SPEEDWAY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES ROUND 1
Point Standings after 1 round of 3 for the Championship.
1st Dillon Ruml 20
2nd Max Ruml 19
3rd Broc Nicol 15
4th Billy Janniro 15
5th Blake Borello 11
6th Chris Kerr 10
7th Louie Mersaroli 10
8th Slater Lightcap 7
9h Rheten Todd 6
10th Wilbur Hancock 6
11th Alex Martin 5
12th Eddie Castro 5
13th Michael Wells 5
14th Brad Sauer 2
15th Gregory Moore 1
16th Justin Almon 1
17th Rees Todd 0
18th Austin Novratil 0
Bishop Fairgrounds
FREE practice Tuesday 27 June 2-5pm -
Race Saturday July 8th at 7pm.
FREE entry and mechanics passes and good purses. Tri County Fairgrounds, 1234 Sierra St, Bishop, CA93514
Sign up for the race and support a new venue with huge potential!
Message me to sign up for practice.
Steve Evans, June 19, 2023
LEGENDS NIGHT - FAST FRIDAYS - JUNE 9, 2023
From Paul Petrali, grandnephew of Joe Petrali. "I would like to let you know, that we will be representing the great Joe Petrali at the Fast Fridays "Legend" night on June 9th. We will have Joe's AMA Champion Medals and other items of Joe's on display."
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, "Joe Petrali, or Smokey Joe, as his friends liked to call him, was arguably the country’s finest racer from the mid-1920s to the mid-30s, and perhaps one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time. Petrali was one of the last great Class A racing stars who competed in board track racing, dirt track, speed records and hill climbs. Petrali won an amazing 49 AMA national championship races, a mark that would not be surpassed for 55 years, until 1992, when Scott Parker won his 50th AMA national."
He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1992. In 1998, he was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, and in 2006 he was inducted into the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.
AMA - INDUSTRY HILLS - JUNE 3, 2023
SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS
2023 AMA SPEEDWAY NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES QUALIFIER
Industry Hills Track License
Please get track license paperwork done and submitted ASAP to be put on the program. Opening night is the AMA National Series Qualifier, and we will have support, Juniors, and sidecars if paperwork is done by next week.
Racers who submit complete paper work also receive comp passes for the season. The comp passes will only be given out until June 14. All riders and mechanics MUST have current AMA membership for paperwork to be considered complete.
Please help make it all easier by turning in now.
Visit the website for downloadable paperwork packets. IndustryHillsSpeedway.com
You can email them ion or hand to me at Costa Mesa!
Thank you to all that have done so already!
Kelly Inman May 19, 2023
Industry Hills Speedway Racing - AMA Speedway Nationals
Our season opener on Saturday June 3rd is slated to be a big one!
We will host the 2023 AMA Speedway National Series Qualifier!
The qualifier will determine the final 7 permanent spots in the 2023 National Series. Normally 6 spots, but Gino Manzares who finished in top 8 last year is racing in Sweden and will not compete in the series.
The seeded racers into the 2023 National Series are the top 8 finishers from the 2022 series,
which are:
Billy Janniro
Max Ruml
Aaron Fox
Gino Manzares (not racing)
Louie Mersaroli
Blake Borello
Rheten Todd
Bart Bast
The qualifier will be a championship program, and take the top 7 in points on the night, to make up the 14 permanent spots in the 3 round series for 2023.
Each track will also have 2 wildcard spots avail for riders of their choice, plus reserves.
The riders eligible for the qualifier are (but not limited to) :
Russell Green
Slater Lightcap
Alex Martin (if home from Denmark)
Austin Novratil (undecided if he wants to)
Tim Gomez
Gregory Moore
Eddie Castro
Bobby Schwartz
Broc Nicol
Dillon Ruml
Michael Wells
Wilbur Hancock
Justin Almon
Brad Sauer
Timmy Dion
Plus reserves
Qualifier - Industry - June 3
Round 1 - Bakersfield KCRP - June 24
Round 2 - Industry - August 5
Round 3 - Finale - Fast Fridays September 16
Other viable riders were asked, but have chosen not to compete in the series at this time.
We will also run a limited support class, juniors and sidecars as long as racers have their Industry Racing track licenses turned in by May 28th.
Letter of Intent must be filled out and turned in ASAP for all qualifier and 2023 series riders, to either myself, Steve Evans or Dave Joiner. The Letter of Intent is on SpeedwayBikes.Com.
AMA Speedway Nationals Update
The 2023 Letter of Intent - AMA Speedway National Series has been updated with new dates and information.
May 20th is the deadline!
AMA Speedway National Qualifier - Industry Hills Speedway
June 3 Saturday at Industry Hills Speedway - AMA Speedway National Championship Qualifier
Sixteen Riders going for seven of the final spots.
Already qualified are:
Billy Janniro
Max Ruml
Aaron Fox
Blake Borello
Louie Mersaroli
Bart Bast
Rheten Todd
Gino Manzares also was qualified but he’s racing full-time in Sweden. — with Kelly Inman.
Kern County Speedway
May 20 Speedway Classes at KCRP Flat Track race.
Expert (D1 / Upper D2), Support, Vintage, Sidecar.
Locals / non Costa Mesa riders only
$45 entry please use Venmo @steve-evans-87
Steve Evans, May 8, 2023
Industry Hills Speedway
Racers and Mechanics.... Please download track license forms from our website to fill out completely and return to me ASAP.
Racers will receive the comp passes ONLY if paperwork is complete and received by May 28th!
Paperwork MUST include current AMA member # to be complete.
You can email forms back to Kelly@industryhillsspeedway.com, or hand to me at CM, or Mail to:
Industry Racing,
5862 Research Dr,
Huntington Beach, Ca 92649
Thank you!
Kelly Inman May 3, 2023
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AMA National Qualifier
A while ago (see further below), I made a post regarding staging a qualifier for the AMA National Championship series. It is some thing that I one hundred percent believe in and that there is at least the opportunity for every bona fide division one rider to be able to qualify.
I’ve staged several of these over the years unfortunately, this time around I cannot make it work due to the lack of available Saturday nights on the schedule ahead of round 1 on June 24, 2023.
There is another promotion who is rapidly trying to see if they can make this work, and hopefully they can.
But there are lots of logistics to put together for anyone wanting to stage such a race. In the event that doesn’t work out, I have offered doing a short run off ahead of round one for the last couple of spots.
Sorry I couldn’t make it work this time, but the circumstances of some of our fellow promotions, which I 100% support and understand plus availability of my venues have made things a little scarce with dates.
Steve Evans, May 2, 2023
Perris & Kern County Speedway
Practice makes perfect
KCRP 7 May 10am-2pm
Discounted pre sign up
$45 per rider +1
$10 additional pit passes
Venmo @steve-evans-87
CHAMPION SPEEDWAY 2023 DATES
CHAMPION SPEEDWAY 2023 DATES, Our 49th Season!
(Please check for updates from time to time on our dates from Labor Day weekend on as several factors could change Fall dates or times between Action Park East and Champion Speedway.)
May 13 Patrick Ahlund Spring Classic
May 28 Meggan Hobart Memorial Championship Final - (Sunday 6pm)
June 10 Jagger Roberts Trophy Night
June 24 Hank Bassett Cup
July 8 Olympique Format
July22 Omar Lightner Cup
August 5 Larry and Kathy McBride Memorial
August 19 Danny Moonbeam Fallon NYS Championship
September 3 US OPEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FINAL - (Sunday 6pm and LIVE MUSIC BY HI-WAY FRUIT MARKET)
September 16 Track Points Championship Final
September 30 and Oct 1 OUTLAW NATIONALS (Sunday at 1pm)
October 15 Speedway Fall Brawl (Sunday at 1pm)
October 22 Quad Fall Brawl, On the Speedway Track (Sunday at Noon)
2023 Industry Hills Schedule
2023 Costa Mesa Schedule
2023 Fast Fridays Schedule
2023 AMA Speedway National Championship Series
Attention Division One Riders!
Series staging promoters are looking at logistics and criteria to qualify riders into 2023 series.
Top 8 riders from 2022 are automatically seeded into 2023 series. Remaining 6 spots, there are still 2 wildcard spots for each specific round.
It would be ideal to stage qualifying races during an event at the beginning of the regular season for the remaining 6 spots in the series.
Exact details will be sorted as riders confirm.
Must be established in Division 1 at ALL tracks.
Interested racers should contact private message or call,
either:
Kelly Inman
Steve Evans
Dave Joiner
As soon as possible...
Thank you to the riders I have spoken to already...
Kelly Inman March 11, 2023
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Staging promoters are looking at logistics and criteria to qualify riders for the 2023 AMA Speedway National Championship Series. Top eight from 2022 are automatically seeded in.
It is definitely an ideal to stage a qualifying event for the remaining spots or to have some written on track qualification criteria ahead of the spring and summer season starting.
If you are interested in being in this 2023 Speedway National Championship Series, please reach out to myself, Kelly Inman or David Joiner or comment below.
Unofficial Top 8 from 2022
1. Billy Janniro
2. Max Ruml
3. Aaron Fox
4. Gino Manzares
5. Louie Mersaroli
6. Blake Borello
7. Rheten Todd
8. Bart Bast
Steve Evans March 10, 2023
KCRP Speedway
KCRP RACE POSTPONED MARCH 11
Having reviewed current and projected rainfall, we have made the very reluctance decision to postpone tomorrow’s event.
The next race will be April 1 and we can credit any prepaid entries to this event or issue refunds.
We are also looking at a make up date when the weather is better.
Steve Evans <dreamteamspeedway@sbcglobal.net> March 10, 2023
The Dirt Track at KCRP March 11 race update.
As you most likely have seen, there is rain forecast ahead of this weekend’s event. If you look a little bit deeper into the forecast, you’ll see that the rain is coming Friday and is forecast end before the sun comes up on Saturday. the track is right between Bakersfield and Taft and the forecast difference between the two. Half an inch of rain in Bakersfield less than a quarter in Taft. The truth is at this point we most likely wouldn’t know until first thing Saturday morning if we can go racing. And part of the picture is how many of you would actually would come racing.
Perris already canceled their flat track event for this weekend. We are reviewing the situation literally every couple of hours and one thing that would help matters for us would be a count of how many people are planning to attend. Anyone who signs up can get an immediate refund or credit to the next event on April 1 in the event of cancellation. If you could please either sign up, or let us know below your intentions to race that will help in the decision process.
Steve Evans <dreamteamspeedway@sbcglobal.net> March 9, 2023
Industry Hills
Correction: Season Opener June 3, Conner Penhall Cup June 10.
KCRP Speedway
KCRP May Speedway date:
The Speedway event we had plans for May 13 will not be occurring. This is because Costa Mesa Speedway also has an event scheduled for that night. Since the beginning of my race promotion efforts in 2006 we have had a fantastic relationship with the Oxley family and we always have had the viewpoint that their schedule takes seniority to any other venue in California when it comes to Saturday races.
Their pattern of dates has changed somewhat in 2023 and we are more than happy to oblige accordingly.
The rest of our dates remain unchanged with the next Speedway and Flat Track event scheduled for March 11.
We wish Costa Mesa Speedway a fantastic 53rd season and look forward to more coordination with them in the future.
Steve Evans <dreamteamspeedway@sbcglobal.net> February 20, 2023
2023 Colorado Flat Track and Speedway Schedule
Perris Pairs Championship
After the success of the Team USA World Cup squad racing against the World yeah Stars, American fans have an encore coming up at Perris Raceway on Saturday, 18th of February.
Current world number six and two time Grand Prix winner Dan Bewley of Great Britain is entered in the division one program. Bewley by that time would have spent over a month in America in training for his 2023 Grand Prix and league campaigns in Poland, Sweden and Britain.
Team USA boss and Perris promoter Steve Evans enthused, “I knew Dan was staying in town a little while, and right after the success of the Bakersfield race he was keen to do more. So we are bringing him out to Perris. It is one more chance for American fans to see a rider hailed as a future world champion, and perhaps a contender this year. it is also a chance for American Speedway riders to race against one of the very best He’s been a pleasure to deal with, and we are very excited to bring him out again“
The racing action starts at 5 PM with gates open at 2 PM.
TEAM USA HAILS PROGRESS AFTER BAKERSFIELD INSTANT CLASSIC
Team USA management was thrilled with Inaugural USA V World Test Match at Kern County Raceway last week and is already looking forward to next time.
“The event was a huge amount of work and financial investment, but it came out very well,” said team boss Steve Evans. “We have wanted to have our World Cup squad race at home for some time and it is fair to say that not being the 2023 World Cup was the catalyst to doing this race at this time.”
The USA were narrow winners in a thrilling team event, whilst the World Stars dominated the second half individual with 2021 British Champ Adam Ellis coming out on top.
“The team rode very well and as a solid unit. Hats of to Laurence Rogers, who flew in from the UK for the event and fellow Brit Peter Davenport for their team management. The riders were fired up and it is fair to say that wearing the Stars and Stripes on your chest gives you something extra and they needed that. We were very solid throughout the line up with Luke and Gino jointly top scoring, Max winning the crucial final heat and Billy J in absolute beast mode in the deep dirt. Broc and Dillon rode better than their points haul whilst young Alex Martin, who will be our SGP2 rider in ’23, did all expected and more in his USA debut. I got a fair amount of stick in some quarters for choosing Alex over other more experienced and established riders and I understand that. But Alex is going to Europe again this Spring for SGP2 and we are looking at our international team for the next four years and Alex has the potential to be a massive contributor within that window.”
“The world riders were something else. Each one of them a true professional and a pleasure to deal with, on and off the track. For them it was a fun trip, a bit of warm weather, sightseeing and a chance to shake off some cobwebs before the serious business begins next month. I think we gave them a positive experience and I am sure most will want to do this again.”
The event, as well as attracting a big crowd at the track, also had a very impressive TV audience with the British Speedway Network broadcasting live coverage. “It was great to partner with BSN, they truly are a fantastic group of people. The production was first class. We were also very glad that the majority of the UK & European audience loved the event and gave excellent feedback. We certainly know from our end in America we can do better next time most notably with the use of helmet colors. They don’t get used in America, but I think we either need to use them next time or have easier ways for the fans at home to identify the riders and the teams. Our American fans know the home riders by their distinctive race suits but as this is an international event, we need to cater for those fans watching from overseas too.”
The success of the event means that organizers already have an eye to 2024 and not just staging the event as is but moving things forward and developing the concept. “It was great to showcase American Speedway live to the world. It’s been a hidden gem for some time but with the quality of riders and racing on show, this was the very best. We had fans in the USA commenting this was the best race they had ever seen and by some who have been around since the 70s. Moving forward, this has a lot of potential and events like this can only make American Speedway grow and grow faster. We will definitely do this event again and perhaps expand it. Why not run a test match series over 2-3 weekends? We would always invite other promotions to be a part of something like this though we can also grow it within our own venues and potential venues if others don’t want to partner. And for the future whilst we will most likely continue the theme of a World Stars team in opposition, there is also the possibility to race against a 7 man team from another country. That direction will get explored for sure. The sky is the limit really.”
“The USA test matches isn’t the only thing we are doing to develop our National Team. We had a fantastic junior speedway academy at Kern County Raceway the week before. We took a dozen kids, most of them flat trackers, and had three bikes on hand courtesy of Nick Hohlbein racing for them to test. Gino and Max gave fantastic tuition. By the end of the session several of these kids were race ready and are hopefully pressuring mom and dad to buy them a junior bike. This is more of a long range and not immediate thing that will impact SWC or SoN, but a massive base of junior riders would ultimately create what we need; enough talent when they are older to make an impact worldwide and a growing domestic rider base.
Concluding, Evans said, “The most important thing for us is to strengthen the National team and improve / expand our core squad of the most likely riders that will be involved in World Cup and Speedway of Nations events. The fact we had to leave out worthy riders is a good problem to have but you need 7 for the team, not 10. Though we can celebrate a win and a fantastic homecoming, the truth of the matter is that we have much work to do and much more progress to make if we are going to make world championship finals and contest for medals. These are not gimmick or exhibition events but a very serious investment into challenging for honors on a consistent and continual basis in the years ahead.
Steve Evans <dreamteamspeedway@sbcglobal.net> February 11, 2023
2023 Costa Mesa Schedule is now posted.
2023 ACTION PARK EAST SCHEDULE
These are some tentative dates that may or may not change a bit depending on the outcome of another facility we may have use of also and a couple more dates may also be added. We plan some more serious work to the surface at APE prior to the season!
May 27 (Saturday)
June 30
July 28
August 25
September 2 (Saturday)
September stay tuned
October TBA soon
RAIN CANCELLATION KCRP 14 JANUARY
With a huge amount of rainfall over the last week, and an 85% chance of rain on Saturday we are left with no other choice than to cancel Saturday’s event. The track is so wet right now we cannot get a prep vehicle onto it and whilst there are three days remaining the Saturday weather forecast means the sensible thing to do is to give everyone early notice. The AMA Speedway Pairs National Championship will be staged later this year.
Those who have prepaid entry fees can get them refunded or can use them as credit towards upcoming practice and races.
We will have open Practice, Speedway Academy and Flat Track awards Sunday, January 29
and Speedway USA versus the World on February 4.
The full 2023 schedule for the venue should be released in the next few days.
Steve Evans January 11, 2023
  
USA WORLD CUP TEAM TO RACE IN THE STATES
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 34 YEARS ON FEBRUARY 4TH 2023 AT KERN COUNTY RACEWAY
Bakersfield, CA (December 28th, 2022) - The USA World Cup Speedway Motorcycle Racing Team is coming home to race for the first time in over 34 years with an appearance on February 4th at ‘The Dirt Track’ at Kern County Raceway in Bakersfield. They will race against a World Stars team, featuring some of the best riders from the international leagues of Europe.
The event is the brainchild of Team USA Speedway Manager Steve Evans, and Kern County Raceway’s General Manager Larry Collins. The USA World Championship National team last raced on home dirt in 1988, when the World Team Cup Final was staged at the iconic Long Beach Veterans Stadium. On that day, the USA came second out of the four finalists with Team Denmark as the winners.
The event at Kern County Raceway will be in two parts. First, the team competition, expected to be over 14 heats, followed by a full individual competition to round out the event.
Currently teams are being finalized with riders representing at least six different countries and three continents for a powerhouse overseas World Team. It includes one multi–Grand Prix winning rider who has already agreed to spearhead the challengers.
The Team USA line up is expected to be built around riders who are true contenders for its 2024 Speedway of Nations World Championship team and will be led by 2022 North American Champion Luke Becker.
“Since day 1 at Kern County Raceway, we have wanted to stage groundbreaking events with the aim of taking American Speedway to the next level and this event checks all those boxes,” stated Team USA boss and KCRP Speedway Director Evans. “The USA team has been the pride of the sport and its fan base since it was brought back to the forefront of the annual World Cup in 2012. We have wanted to bring the team to race at home for a long time and here they are. It’s fair to say this is very ambitious on our part, but with Team USA not in international overseas competition until 2024 we expect our fans and sponsors to get behind this like never before.”
“I’ve been part of motorsports industry my entire life,” stated Kern County Raceway’s Larry Collins. “When you bring the best riders in the world together for a professional Speedway event, it’s one of the greatest motorsports events you’ll ever witness.”
More details about the event will be released in due course including the World Team riders. The start time of the event will also be finalized over the next week.
For more information call (310) 309-9418 or check back to www.kernraceway.com for further information and rider announcements
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