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SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA (July 14, 2020) – After a successful return to action last Friday night for Western Midget Racing at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, the series continues this weekend for a doubleheader of action. The Ecotec-powered Midget cars will race Friday at Ocean Speedway and then make their debut at Petaluma Speedway on Saturday, wrapping up a stretch of three events in eight days. Defending Ocean Speedway WMR champion David Prickett of Fresno picked up where left off with his...more

WATSONVILLE, CALIF. (July 10, 2020) – Roseville’s Sean Becker stormed from the sixth starting position earn his first 360 Sprint Car win at Ocean Speedway, topping a 37 car turnout for the win aboard the VanLare #5V. Becker fended off a late race challenge from two-time track champion Shane Golobic of Fremont for the win. Becker’s victory was part of a seven-division event that attracted 113 entries to the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. 24 cars started the 30-lap Ocean Sprints presented by...more

SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA (July 6, 2020) – Western Midget Racing makes its long-awaited return to the dirt bullrings of California, with three races over eight days for the Ecotec-powered Midget cars. The WMR will invade one of its home race tracks with events at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif. on Friday July 10th and Friday July 17th, followed by the series’ inaugural jaunt at Petaluma Speedway on July 18th. All three events will be open to WMR-legal competitors only and have attracted a...more

Ocean Speedway management has reached agreements with the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds and county health officials to open with a number of strict conditions in place. Pending a successful opening night at Ocean on June 19th, and with official's blessing to move forward, Western Midget Racing will be competing on Friday June 26th. This will be a special event open to all midgets. WMR and open Midgets will run together unless enough cars show up in both divisions to hold separate main events....more

Watsonville, CA – The 61st season of auto racing at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville gets underway this Friday, March 13th, with a five-division offering. Headlining the program will be the Ocean Sprints pres. by Taco Bravo, which is coming into its 14th year of action since being added to the weekly program in 2007. Last season saw one of if not the closest points battles in Ocean Sprints history come down to the final race of the season. Morgan Hill’s JJ Ringo won the...more

Watsonville, CA – For the first time in nearly a month, Ocean Speedway comes back to life this Friday.  Friday night’s event will feature the final 2019 appearance for the Police in Pursuit for Special Olympics and Western Midget divisions.  The IMCA Modifieds, IMCA SportMods, and Hobby Stocks will also be on the card.  The Police in Pursuit division have had five different winners in seven races this season.  Back on August 9th, Dan Anderson of the Task Force picked up his second win of the...more

Watsonville, CA – The Ocean Sprints pres. by Taco Bravo have just two races left in their season including this Friday, August 23rd and Championship Night on October 4th.  After Friday’s race, the track will be dark until September 20th when a champion in the Police in Pursuit division will be crowned.  Last week at the Johnny Key Classic, Aromas’ Justin Sanders was unstoppable.  He led every lap on his way to his second career victory in the 50-lap affair.  Colby Copeland of Roseville and St....more

Watsonville, CA – The 59th running of the Johnny Key Classic will take place this Saturday at Ocean Speedway. The race featuring the Civil War vs. Ocean Sprints will have a $5,000 payday for the winner. At last year’s event, Minden, Nevada’s Tanner Thorson took the checkered flag in the 50-lap affair after an exciting race with Visalia’s Cory Eliason. Aromas’ Justin Sanders and Campbell’s Bud Kaeding finished first and second at last week’s weekly show and will both be on the hunt for their...more

Watsonville, CA – Justin Sanders of Aromas won his third Ocean Sprints main event of the season, but it may not have been had the front wing on Koen Shaw’s car not collapsed. Shaw started on the outside pole and got the jump on Dash winner, Kurt Nelson of Gilroy. The first two cautions of the event came out back-to-back on laps six and seven when Salinas’ Keith Day Jr. lost his front wing and Morgan Hill’s JJ Ringo had his left sideboard come off. Shaw was able to maintain the lead on the...more

Watsonville, CA – With a week off, the Ocean Sprints pres. by Taco Bravo are back in action for the twelfth night racing this Friday.  Back on July 26th, Campbell’s Bud Kaeding won his fourth Ocean Sprints feature of the 2019 season over Stockton’s Brad Furr, who had his best run of the year.  Fresno’s Koen Shaw picked up another top five with a third place run.  Joel Myers Jr. of Sebastopol and Salinas’ Jason Chisum completed the top five.  For Chisum, this was his third top five in the last...more