CLS VS BCRA CIVIL WAR
KICKS OFF SATURDAY AT THE BAKERSFIELD SPEEDWAY
(Torrance, CA, May 31, 2023) The
California Lightning Sprint Cars and the Bay
Cities Racing Association kick off the annual
Civil War Series this Saturday, June 3, at Scott
Schweitzer’s Bakersfield Speedway. The race will
be the first of four that pits two of the best
lightning sprint car series in the nation
against each other.....(more)
BOBBY MICHNOWICZ WINS
HIS SECOND CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR MAIN
EVENT IN A ROW
(Torrance, CA, May 23, 2023) The
hottest lightning sprint car racer in the
nation, Bobby Michnowicz, continued his
impressive season last Saturday night when he
won the California Lightning Sprint Car/POWRi
Southwest Lightning Sprint Car “Best of the
West” main event at Scott Schweitzer’s
Bakersfield Speedway. The win was his second in
a row and allowed him to extend his lead in both
the CLS and the “Best of the West” series....(more).
CLS POINT STANDINGS (AFTER
MAY 20) 1. 21X BOBBY MICHNOWICZ 796, 2. 8g
ERIC GRECO 692, 3. 4 JEFF DYER 594, 4. 42 JON
ROBERTSON 569, 5. 22 A.J. BENDER 533, 6. 3 PAT
KELLEY 482, 7. 57 CONNOR SPEIR 477, 8. 4x SETH
DYER 459, 9. 44 BRENT SEXTON 388, 10. 13x AIDEN
LANGE 358, 11. 45 CODY NIGH 355, 12. 56k CODY
GRIGGS 299, 13. 18 ROBBY BROCKMAN 260, 14. 21k
JARRETT KRAMER 240, 15. 97 LELAND DAY 197...(more)
BOBBY MICHNOWICZ WINS
HIS FIRST CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SERIES
RACE OF 2023 (Torrance, CA, May 17, 2023) Through
the first four races of 2023, five-time
California Lightning Sprint Car Series champion
Bobby Michnowicz got off to a phenomenal start
with three second-place finishes and a third.
Last Saturday night at Jim Naylor’s Ventura
Raceway, the wily veteran nabbed his first win
of the year and extended his lead to 69 points
in the championship standings. This Saturday
night, the CLS joins forces with the POWRi
Southwest Lightning Sprint Cars for round #4 of
the “Best of the West Series” at Scott
Schweitzer’s Bakersfield Speedway....(more).
CLS POINT STANDINGS (AFTER
MAY 13) 1. 21X BOBBY MICHNOWICZ 658, 2. 8g ERIC
GRECO 589, 3. 22 A J BENDER 533, 4. 4 JEFF DYER
471, 5. 42 JON ROBERTSON 463, 6. 3 PAT KELLEY
414, 7. 44 BRENT SEXTON 388, 8. 57 CONNOR SPEIR
381, 9. 4x SETH DYER 379, 10. 18 ROBBY BROCKMAN
260, 11. 13x AIDEN LANGE 247, 12. 45 CODY NIGH
229, 13. 56k CODY GRIGGS 205, 14. 20 KEVIN BATES
158, 15. 20 RYAN DUMAS 157....(more)
MAY 13 VENTURA RACE RESULTS
CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CARS AT VENTURA
SATURDAY WITH NEW SPONSORS AND SCHEDULE UPDATE
(Torrance, CA, May 9, 2023)
After a
month off in the schedule, the California
Lightning Sprint Car Series returns to action
this Saturday, May 13th, when it makes the first
of six 2023 appearances at Jim Naylor’s Ventura
Raceway. While the CLS has been idle since AJ
Bender outdistanced the competition at the last
race on April 8th at the Bakersfield Speedway,
things behind the scenes have been busy with a
race added to the “Best of the West Series” and
a pair of new sponsors have come on board....(more). CLS MEMBER
COMMUNICATION
(Torrance, CA,
April 25, 2023)
Greetings and Felicitations fellow racers! Just
a brief note during our short hiatus between
events. I hope everyone is taking this interlude
between races to empty out those old coin jars,
cash in the aluminum cans and get your cars all
serviced and ready for the next phase in our
schedule. Change the oil, grease those torsion
bars, clean the injectors, polish the muffler
bearings and freshen up your blinker fluid
because our next event is May 13th . It's our
first chance this season to party at the beach
at Ventura Raceway!!! Summer is on it's way and
so is a plethora of great racing. Your not going
to want to miss out on a single race as we've
got a lot of exciting events coming up..(more)
CLS MEMBER
COMMUNICATION
(Torrance, CA, April 14, 2023)
Yet another quick note to bring
everyone more exciting news! California
Lightning Sprints is pleased to announce 2 new
additions to our 2023 contingency sponsors. King
Racing Products and BR Motorsports have both
returned to provide contingency award
certificates at all CLS racing events for 2023....(more)
AJ BENDER TRIUMPHS IN
CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR RACE AT
BAKERSFIELD
(Torrance, CA, April 11, 2023) When the
competitors in the California Lightning Sprint
Car Series heard the old saying “the band is
getting back together again” last week, they
initially paid no attention to it. However, when
they found out it meant that star driver AJ
Bender was again teaming up with long-time car
owner Mike Schweitzer for last Saturday’s race
at the Bakersfield Speedway, it struck fear in
their hearts. As it turned out, that was
rightfully so as Bender smashed the competition
to win his second CLS main of the 2023 season...(more).
CLS POINT STANDINGS (AFTER
APRIL 8)
1. 21X BOBBY MICHNOWICZ 522, 2. 8g ERIC GRECO
463, 3. 22 A J BENDER 399, 4. 44 BRENT SEXTON
388, 5. 57 JEFF DYER 384, 6. 42 JON ROBERTSON
365, 7. 3 PAT KELLEY 328, 8. 4x SETH DYER 285,
9. 18 ROBBY BROCKMAN 280, 10. 25 CONNOR SPEIR
271, 11. 56k CODY GRIGGS 205, 12. 13x AIDEN
LANGE 171, 13. 4 KEVIN BATES 158, 14. 3 BRADEN
CHIARAMONTE 140, 15. 20 RYAN DUMAS 137...(more).
SEXTON BEATS
MICHNOWICZ IN CLS MAIN AT MOHAVE – BAKERSFIELD
THIS WEEK (Torrance, CA, April 3, 2023)
The statement “Youth Must Be Served” proved to
be an April Fool’s joke when the California
Lightning Sprint Cars and the POWRi Southwest
Lightning Sprint Cars co-sanctioned round #3 on
Saturday night at the Mohave Valley Raceway.
Geezers Brent Sexton, Bobby Michnowicz, and Jeff
Dyer, who have a combined age of 149 years,
claimed the top three spots in the 20-lap main
event on the 1/3 mile banked clay oval...(more).
BEST OF THE WEST POINT STANDINGS (AFTER
APRIL 1)
1. BOBBY MICHNOWICZ 388, 2. BRENT SEXTON 388, 3.
ERIC GRECO 371, 4. ROBBY BROCKMAN 280, 5. JEFF
DYER 280, 6. CONNOR SPEIR 271, 7. SETH DYER 262,
8. A J BENDER 261, 9. JON ROBERTSON 254, 10. PAT
KELLEY 240, 11. CODY GRIGGS 205, 12. KEVIN BATES
158, 13. RYAN DUMAS 137, 14. DEE JAY DUMAS 109,
15. BRENT HORN 105..(more). CLS POINT STANDINGS (AFTER
APRIL 1)
1. BOBBY MICHNOWICZ 388, 2. BRENT SEXTON 388, 3.
ERIC GRECO 371, 4. JEFF DYER 280, 5. ROBBY
BROCKMAN 280, 6. CONNOR SPEIR 271, 7. SETH DYER
262, 8. A J BENDER 261, 9. JON ROBERTSON 254,
10. PAT KELLEY 240, 11. CODY GRIGGS 205, 12.
KEVIN BATES 158, 13. RYAN DUMAS 137, 14. DEE JAY
DUMAS 109, 15. BRENT HORN 105...(more).
THE OLD GUARD LEADS
THE CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CARS INTO MOHAVE
VALLEY RACEWAY THIS SATURDAY (Torrance, CA, March
27, 2023) Shaking off the
disappointment of a rainout at the Bakersfield
Speedway two weeks ago, the California Lightning
Sprint Car Series continues its 29th season this
Saturday night, April 1st, at Arizona’s Mohave
Valley Raceway. The race will be round #3 of the
“Best of the West” series that is co-sanctioned
by the CLS and the POWRi Southwest Lightning
Sprint Cars. Spectator gates at the track that
is located just across the Colorado River from
Needles, California, will open at 5 PM and the
first race will be at 7:00....(more).
BRADEN
CHIARAMONTE GETS AN UNEXPECTED RIDE AND WINS
BEST OF THE WEST SERIES RACE AT IMPERIAL
(Torrance, CA, March 18, 2023)
Sixteen year old racer Braden Chiaramonte went
to the Imperial Valley Raceway with plans to
race his 360 sprint car in the Southern
California Open Competition Non Wing Sprint Car
race. After getting there, the rising star was
offered a chance to drive one of Sexton Gatlin
Racing’s potent cars in the lightning sprint car
portion of the show and he parlayed the
opportunity into his first win of the 2023
season....(more). SATURDAY’S CALIFORNIA
LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR RACE AT THE BAKERSFIELD
CANCELED DUE TO SATURATED CONDITIONS
(Torrance, CA, March 16, 2023)
Due to saturated conditions from recent storms,
this Saturday’s California Lightning Sprint Car
Series race at the Bakersfield Speedway has been
canceled. The CLS race will not be
rescheduled....(more).
CLS MEMBER
COMMUNICATION
(Torrance, CA,
March 15, 2023)
Attention all
racers..... just received word from the track
that the event at Bakersfield Speedway this
weekend has been cancelled, it's hard to fight
Mother Nature and win. The good news is this
gives everyone a couple of weeks to get your
stuff together for the April 1st show at Mohave
Speedway! Be ready for round 3 of the CLS/SWLS
Best of the West series! If it's anything like
the last 2 races at Imperial it should be a
pretty racy event!..(more).
CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONS:
1994 Tony Everhart, 1995
Gary Sexton, 1996 Rob Sczymczak, 1997 Jon Rahe, 1998
Chris Rahe, 1999 Brent Sexton, 2000 Greg Bragg, 2001
Greg Bragg, 2002 Greg Bragg, 2003 David Cardey, 2004
Keith Janca, 2005 Johnny Bates, 2006 Donny Gansen,
2007 Shane Rossen, 2008 Brent Sexton, 2009 Stuart
Hielschier Sr., 2010 Jarrett Kramer, 2011 Tim Brown,
2012 Bobby Michnowicz, 2013 Stephen Limon, 2014
Bobby Michnowicz, 2015 Bobby Michnowicz, 2016 Bobby
Michnowicz, 2017 Bobby Michnowicz, 2018 Jarrett
Kramer, 2019 Jarrett Kramer, 2020 No Award, 2021
David Gasper, 2022 David Gasper
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