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Ensign, Shank, Brown, & Machado Claim Jake’s Performance Hobbies Night Wins

By Devin Mayo and Rick Faeth A warm breeze brought Petaluma Speedway fans out to the hooked up and fast 3/8th’s this past Saturday on Jake’s Performance Hobbies Night for an action packed night of racing. The Pit Stop USA Winged 360’s saw “The Human Highlight Reel” Geoff Ensign from Sebastopol set fast time with a time of 13.202 over a field of fourteen. Heat races went to Dustin Golobic and Bradley Terrell. Visiting Peter Paulson and Ensign led the [...]

June 8, 2017 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

Robby Sawyer Wins Thriller at Petaluma Speedway

By Sean Stanish              With two rounds of the 2017 IMCA All Star Modified Tour season complete, some of the best modified drivers on the West Coast headed to Rick Faeth’s Petaluma Speedway, which saw Bakersfield’s Robby Sawyer capture his first Tour victory after a great race Saturday night.  This was Sawyer’s first visit to the 3/8s mile adobe clay track, where he was able to beat past track champion Nick DeCarlo of Martinez and [...]

May 11, 2017 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

Sprint Car Challenge Tour Invades Petaluma Speedway This Saturday

Petaluma, CA – The action-packed early season of racing continues for the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour presented by Abreu Vineyards with the first of two season visits at the Petaluma Speedway this Saturday night April 29.   The evening of competition marks the fourth round of the year with the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour presented by Abreu Vineyards and puts an exciting close to a busy month of April. Following this Saturday the tour will then have three weekends off, before [...]

April 26, 2017 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

Ensign Captures Emotional Pit Stop USA Shootout #1

by Devin Mayo & Rick Faeth An overcast, warm, windy, and sunny evening brought fans to the famed Petaluma Saturday night to find out who would be victorious in the first of four Pit Stop USA Shootout races. 17 winged warriors signed into the pits Saturday night with “The Human Highlight Reel” Geoff Ensign picking up quick time awards with a time of 14.384. The three heat races would see “The BT Express” Bradley Terrell, Zack Lynskey, and long-time Petaluma [...]

April 26, 2017 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

Petaluma Speedway Schedule Changes

Due to the large car counts expected for the April 29 & July 3 Sprint Car Challenge Tour Events and the 10 pm Petaluma Speedway curfew we will be rescheduling several divisions.  Super Stocks & 600’s have been removed from April 29.  Dwarfs and 600’s have been removed from July 3.  The Super Stocks have been added to June 3 with the Mini Stocks being removed from that night.  600’s have been added to June 10 and July 8 [...]

April 18, 2017 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

Races are on for Saturday Night April 15th!

After a couple of weeks of torrid weather, Petaluma Speedway has been whipped into shape for tomorrow nights schedule Non-Wing Injected 360 Sprint Cars presented by General Hydroponics, McLea’s Tire & Automotive IMCA Modifieds, Lumberjack Restaurant Super Stocks, Santa Rosa Auto Body 600’s, and Jake’s Performance Hobbies Mini Stocks.  Gates open 4 pm, qualifying at 5pm, and racing at 6 pm.  Patrons please be aware that we will only be utilizing about 2/3 of the dirt parking lot due to soft [...]

April 14, 2017 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

Rain Forces Cancellation of April 8th Race

Unfortunately last night’s deluge has saturated Petaluma Speedway to the point where we have to cancel tomorrow night’s event. There will be no make up date, however April 22nd will now be the 1st of 4 Pit Stop USA Shootout races featuring $2,000 winged 360 and $1,000 spec sprint to win. Next Saturday, April 15th we’ll feature the first of our three General Hydroponics non-wing injected 360 Sprint Car events along with the McLea’s Tire Automotive IMCA Modifieds, Lumberjack Restaurant [...]

April 7, 2017 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

Rain Forces Cancellation of March 25th Season Opener

Unfortunately with this week’s rain have saturated Petaluma Speedway to the point where we have to cancel tomorrow night’s 2017 season opener. There will be no make up date, however April 8th will now be the 1st of 4 Pit Stop USA Shootout races featuring $2,000 winged 360 and $1,000 spec sprint to win. Next Saturday, April 1 we’ll feature the C&H Hunt Wingless Sprint Car Series along with the McLea’s Tire Automotive & IMCA Modifieds, Lumberjack Restaurant Super Stocks, [...]

March 24, 2017 Petaluma Speedway Read more...