Author - Rick Faeth

Ensign and Schmid Plant It in Victory Lane on General Hydroponics Night

~~PETALUMA, CA, April 19— Another great crowd filled the grandstand and pit area for General Hydroponics Night at Petaluma Speedway.  High winds made for an uncharacteristic hard slick racing surface and saw Geoff Ensign pick up fast time in the Pit Stop USA Winged 360 class with a 14.530.  Former track champion Shawn Arriaga and visiting Justyn Cox nabbed the pair of heat races.  The 25-lap feature saw Ensign power away from his advantageous pole starting position.  A [...]

April 23, 2014 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

Ensign, McClennon, & Studebaker Star on Opening Night

~~PETALUMA, CA, April 12— A filled grandstand and pit area established the tone on opening night for the launching of the 54th season at Petaluma Speedway on Saturday Night.  Doing double-duty in both sprint car classes, Zack Lynskey set fast time in the 18-car Pit Stop USA Winged 360 class with a 13.162.  Heat races on the newly configured, wider track saw Colby Copeland in the familiar Van Lare #5v, Chris Magoon in his own #77, and Geoff [...]

April 15, 2014 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

Flowmaster Teams With Petaluma Speedway

~~For Immediate Release Petaluma Speedway is proud to announce a partnership with Flowmaster Mufflers.  Founded in 1983 in Sonoma County Flowmaster is the industry leader in high performance racing mufflers.  Petaluma Speedway will host Flowmaster Nights on April 26th Civil War Night and June 28th USAC-CRA Night.  Petaluma Speedway’s Pit Stop USA Winged 360’s and Spec Sprint Series will adopt the Flowmaster 40 Series Delta Force Race Muffler for use.  The Pit Stop USA Winged 360’s will need [...]

April 11, 2014 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

Keizer Racing Wheels to Sponsor Pit Stop USA Sprint Car Series

~~Petaluma, CA – The Pit Stop USA Sprint Car Series is proud to announce that Keizer Wheels will award a selected competitor in each Pit Stop USA Sprint Car Series main event with a $25 product certificate good towards the purchase of any Keizer product for both the Pit Stop USA Winged 360 Sprint Cars and Spec Sprint Cars at every event in the 2014 season. In addition, Keizer is providing 4 wheels as giveaways for the year [...]

April 10, 2014 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

Bell Racing USA To Support Pit Stop USA Sprint Car Series

~~Petaluma, CA – The Pit Stop USA Sprint Car Series is pleased announce Bell Racing USA will award a new Bell GTX.2 Helmet to the 2014 series champion driver in both the Pit Stop USA Sprint Car Series Winged 360 Sprint Cars and non-wing Spec Sprint Cars. “We are very pleased to have Bell Racing USA join us by providing our Pit Stop USA Sprint Car Series 2014 champions with a Bell GTX.2 Helmet,” commented Ed Coughenour, Pit [...]

April 9, 2014 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

QuickCar Racing Products To Support Pit Stop USA Racing Series Champions

~~Petaluma, CA – The Pit Stop USA Sprint Car Series is proud to announce QuickCar Racing Products will award the 2014 Pit Stop USA Sprint Car Series Winged 360 Sprint Car and Spec Sprint Champion with QuickCar Pro Sprint Car Gauge Panels. “We are pleased to announce the QuickCar Racing Products support for our 2014 Pit Stop USA Sprint Car Series season,” commented Ed Coughenour, Pit Stop USA President/CEO. “QuickCar Racing Products offers outstanding gauge panels, pit equipment [...]

April 9, 2014 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

Petaluma Speedway Sponsors, Test & Tune, and Schedule Change

Petaluma Speedway welcomes back Hoosier Tires West, Mesa Beverage, Lumberjack Restaurant, NAPA – Petaluma Auto Parts, Pit Stop USA, McLea's Tire & Automotive Centers as track partners for the past three seasons.  General Hydroponics and O'Reilly Auto Parts are both returning for their second year with the track.  We'd also like to welcome Oilstop Drive-Thru Oil Change Center's and the Victory Dealer Group to the Speedway Family.  Another major announcement is that Larsen Racing Products will be the [...]

March 20, 2014 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

2014 Rules Have Been Posted

The 2014 Petaluma Speedway Rules have been posted.  Here is brief summary of changes: There were no changes for the Dwarf Car or Pit Stop USA Winged 360 Divisions. Lumberjack Restaurant Super Stocks – Rule 8.2 increase max spoiler height to 8." Pit Stop USA Spec Sprints – Rule 11, Cars requiring assistance at initial start of heat race or dash: go to the back of the pack. Cars requiring assistance at the initial start of a semi [...]

February 3, 2014 Petaluma Speedway Read more...

Petaluma Speedway is proud to release it’s 2014 Season Schedule

Twenty three events will be contested starting April 12th and ending with the 3rd Adobe Cup Open Show on October 11th. Returning for the third season will be the Pit Stop USA Winged 360’s and Spec Sprints with 13 point races for each division. Plenty of additional specialty sprint car shows will also headline at the west’s fastest 3/8th’s mile oval. The King of the West 410 Sprint Car Series will return on May 10th. The California State Civil [...]

January 1, 2014 Petaluma Speedway Read more...