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BRYANT BELL COMPLETES WEEKEND WMR SWEEP WITH PETALUMA WIN
PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA (June 9, 2024) – Western Midget Racing has been home to many close championship battles and another is brewing in 2024, following Bryant Bell of Oakley sweeping the races on Friday and Saturday nights with wins at Ocean Speedway and Petaluma Speedway. Bell now trails Santa Cruz’s Logan Mitchell by only four markers…
Read MoreBRYANT BELL EARNS FOURTH CAREER OCEAN SPEEDWAY WMR WIN ON FRIDAY NIGHT
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (June 7, 2024) – 2023 Western Midget Racing champion Bryant Bell of Oakley, Calif. steered Tony Boscacci’s No. 09 Spike Chassis to victory lane for the fourth time in his career at Watsonville’s Ocean Speedway on Friday night. The victory moves Bell back within six points of Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz in…
Read MoreLOGAN MITCHELL COMPLETES WEEKEND SWEEP, TAKES WMR PORTION OF TOM MANNING MEMORIAL
PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA (May 19, 2024) – Santa Cruz’s Logan Mitchell completed an exciting weekend sweep with Western Midget Racing, winning Friday’s feature at Ocean Speedway then leading the WMR competitors in Saturday’s Tom Manning Memorial at Petaluma Speedway. Saturday’s co-sanctioned event with the Bay Cities Racing Association saw eight stock production midgets competing and they…
Read MoreLOGAN MITCHELL SCORES COVETED HOME TRACK VICTORY WITH OCEAN SPEEDWAY WIN
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (May 18, 2024) – 2023 Western Midget Racing runner-up Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz scored a coveted home track win on Friday night, taking the 20-lap feature at Watsonville’s Ocean Speedway. Mitchell had previously scored three second place finishes at the quarter-mile dirt track at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. The win is…
Read MoreWESTERN MIDGET RACING TO CO-SANCTION SATURDAY’S PETALUMA RACE WITH BAY CITIES RACING ASSOCIATION
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (May 13, 2024) – Western Midget Racing and Bay Cities Racing Association will team up this Saturday night at Petaluma Speedway for the Tom Manning Memorial, with both Northern California-based Midget Series co-sanctioning the feature event. Photo by AJ Johnson BCRA will handle sign-in and payout with a $25 pill draw fee deducted…
Read MoreBRYANT BELL TOPS LOGAN MITCHELL IN WESTERN MIDGET RACING THRILLER AT VENTURA
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA (May 4, 2024) – 2023 Western Midget Racing champion Bryant Bell of Oakley, Calif. outlasted series runner-up Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz to claim round three of the WMR at Ventura Raceway on Saturday night. Bell became the third different winner of the 2024 season as well. Photo by AJ Johnson Bell and…
Read MoreWESTERN MIDGET RACING RETURNS TO VENTURA RACEWAY THIS SATURDAY NIGHT
WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (May 1, 2024) – Western Midget Racing returns to Ventura Raceway for the second time in 2024 on Saturday night May 4, bringing a red-hot championship battle back to the dirt track by the Pacific Ocean. A busy lineup of racing sees Dwarf Cars, California Lightning Sprints, IMCA Sport Compacts, Hobby Stocks, and…
Read MoreLOGAN MITCHELL PREVAILS FOR FIRST WMR WIN AT BAKERSFIELD
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (April 21, 2024) – For the second consecutive Western Midget Racing event, a first-time winner emerged in victory lane on Saturday night. 2023 series runner-up Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz prevailed at Bakersfield Speedway after a 20-lap contest on the one-third mile dirt track. “This means a lot. We’ve been through a lot…
Read MoreWET WEATHER DOWNS DOUBLEHEADER WEEKEND FOR WMR AT OCEAN AND MARYSVILLE
The scheduled doubleheader Western Midget Racing weekend this Friday at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville and Saturday at Marysville Raceway has been canceled due to forecasted rain. Western Midget Racing will return to action on April 20 at Bakersfield Speedway along with USCS Sprint Cars, IMCA Stock Cars, and California Lightning Sprints. For more information visit…
Read MoreANTHONY BRUNO EARNS FIRST CAREER WMR WIN AT VENTURA RACEWAY
VENTURA, CALIFORNIA (March 17, 2024) – San Jose’s Anthony Bruno opened the 2024 Western Midget Racing season with his first career trip to victory lane in a Midget, winning the 20-lap feature on Saturday night at Ventura Raceway. Bruno shared the front row of the feature with series stalwart Kyle Hawse of Las Vegas, Nevada.…
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