WESTERN 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…

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ANTHONY 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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WESTERN MIDGET RACING HEADS FOR VENTURA RACEWAY FOR THE WAGSDASH

WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (June 14, 2023) – Western Midget Racing will race for $1,000-to-win in Saturday night’s prestigious “Wagsdash Reunion in Honor of Mrs. Wags” at Ventura Raceway. Their 25-lap feature will be joined USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Cars, California Lightning Sprints, and Dwarf Cars in an exciting and busy night. Photo by Action Captured…

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BLAKE BOWER SCORES TENTH CAREER WATSONVILLE VICTORY WITH WMR

WATSONVILLE, CALIFORNIA (May 12, 2023) – 2022 Western Midget Racing champion Blake Bower of Brentwood continued to dominate racing at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif., scoring his tenth career victory at the Santa Cruz County Faigrounds dirt track on Friday night. Bower and Todd Hawse of Moorpark split the two heat races for outstanding 15-car…

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VIDEO: 2022 WESTERN MIDGET RACING AWARDS SHOW

SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. (January 21, 2023) – Join us as we recap our 2022 Western Midget Racing championship award winners! Hear from 2022 champion Blake Bower, Adobe Mountain Speedway champion and series runner-up Cory Brown, our driver with perfect attendance in all 28 races Kyle Hawse, his cousin Todd Hawse, and 2022 Rookie of the…

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WESTERN MIDGET RACING ANNOUNCES $7K IN POST SEASON CASH AWARDS

Watsonville, Calif. (December 23, 2022) – Western Midget Racing has announced its post season awards totaling nearly $7,000. Drivers earned money from both the year-end points fund and the Road Warrior Start Fund, which rewards drivers based on their participation. Photo by Top Dawg Photos Brentwood, Calif.’s Blake Bower wrapped up his second consecutive WMR…

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DRAKE EDWARDS WINS SECOND VENTURA FEATURE OF SEASON WITH WMR

Ventura, Calif. (October 16, 2022) – Surprise, Ariz.’s Drake Edwards won his second Western Midget Racing Ventura Raceway feature of 2022 on Saturday night, topping a 16-car field in the 20-lap feature by the Pacific Ocean. Edwards drove the No. 86D Boss Chassis to the win. An 11-car invert lined up the Arizona drivers of…

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WESTERN MIDGET RACING RACES BACK INTO ARIZONA AT ADOBE MOUNTAIN

WATSONVILLE, CALIF. (April 7, 2022) – Round six of Western Midget Racing presented by Masters Design and Construction sees the stock production powered Midgets competing at Adobe Mountain Speedway in Glendale, Ariz. on Saturday night. The series is fresh off its first Northern California weekend, where 2021 champion Blake Bower of Brentwood became the first…

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