Author - Rick Faeth

New Super Stock Rules Revised

The new Super Stock Rules have been revised.  The new rule book which feaures the revisions is labeled 2015-2018 rev 1.2 and can be downloaded from the 'Driver Zone' section. The rules that were reveised were: 3.2 Frame – 2"X3" (0.120" wall) tubing must be utilized for the rear clip. 3.5 Suspension – No Wide Five Hubs, Any OEM stock production spindle allowed.  No fabricated spindles. 3.8 Brakes – Any OEM direct replacement steel or aluminum calipers allowed.  [...]

2014 Petaluma Speedway Awards Banquet

The 2014 Petaluma Speedway Awards Bnaquet will be Saturday Night, November 29th in Herzog Hall at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds.  Happy Hour at 6 pm, Dinner at 7 pm, Awrards at 8 pm.  Dinner will be served by Angela's Catering and feature: Beef Tri-Tip, Marinated Turkey Filets, Polenta Marinara, Penne Pasta, Ceaser Salad, and Dessert.  $40 per person.  Awards will be for the top-five in each division plus rookies of the year, most improved driver, sportsmanship of the year [...]

Bernal Exaust USAC Field on Flowmaster Night

~~PETALUMA, CA – Oct 4th A pleasantly warm fall evening found 20 non-winged sprint cars signing in for the USAC Western Classic Points Finale on Flowmaster Night at Petaluma Speedway.   A heavy cushion saw Max Adams tour around the fast 3/8ths oval with a 13.998 effort to claim top qualifying honors.  Brett Rollag, Ryan Bernal, and Terry Schank Jr. claimed the trio of ten lap heat races.  Bernal who had already accumulated enough points to claim the Western [...]

Ensign, Blackwood, McCormick Prevail on Championship Night

~~PETALUMA, CA – Sept 27 After being bumped back one week for the Civil War, Petaluma Speedway’s surface was in record breaking shape on Saturday’s Championship Night.  Sebastopol’s Geoff Ensign narrowly eclipsed Joe Stornetta’s  year old spec sprint qualifying standard with a new track record of 14.017 (96.3 mph).  Sixteen Pit Stop USA Spec Sprints signed in with Terry Schank Jr. and Brian Azevedo capturing the pair of 8-lap heat races.  A zero invert saw Ensign and Gary [...]

Copeland, Myers, Mosier Thrill Full House

PETALUMA, CA – Sept 20 By Petersen Media & Rick Faeth During the July stop at the Petaluma Speedway with the Civil War Series Presented by Flowmaster, Colby Copeland came up just short of picking up a victory after a valiant late race charge. Fast forward to Saturday night, and Copeland was the one fending off the last lap challenge as he won a thrilling race at the Petaluma Speedway in what was a home race for his [...]

Terrell Sweeps, Ensign Returns, DeCarlo Continues

~~Smooth and fast were the order of the night as Petaluma Speedway featured four open wheel divisions Saturday Night.  For the second week in a row defending Pit Stop USA Winged 360 Champion Bradley Terrell outpaced the field just a tick off the track record with a 12.384 to pick up fast time honors.  Terrell grabbed the first heat as newly crowned track champion Herman Klein rode out a hard endo out the pit gate.  Alissa Geving captured [...]

Aton, Newberry, Blackwood Nab NAPA Night Hardware

~~PETALUMA, CA – Sept 6 Old school “hooked up” Petaluma Speedway reared its vintage head last Saturday Night on Petaluma Auto Parts NAPA Night.  Defending Pit Stop USA Winged 360 Champion Bradley Terrell scorched the transponder loop with a scorching 12.904 to pick up quickest qualifier honors.  Benicia’s Billy Aton and Sacramento’s Billy Butler netted the pair of 8-lap preliminary heats.  The 25-lap feature saw Aton best the 15-car field into turn one over current point leader Herman [...]

Petaluma Auto Parts NAPA Night this Saturday

Only five events remain for the 2014 Petaluma Speedway Racing Season. This Saturday Night is Petaluma Auto Parts NAPA Night at the races.  They'll be plenty of contests and prizes at intermission.  On tap will be the Pit Stop USA Winged 360's and Spec Sprints, Lumberjack Restaurant Super Stocks, and the Jakes Performance Hobbies Mini Stocks.  Get over to one of your local McLea's Tire & Automotive Center's and pick up your discount tickets. These tickets normally are [...]

Slack, Blackwood, Johnson, & Mosier Victorious on Driven Raceway Night

~~Smooth, ultra-fast, and hooked up would adequately describe the surface and warm and breezy the weather at Northern California’s fastest 3/8ths mile dirt oval Saturday Night.  Driven Raceway Night embarked with Morgan Hill’s Tommy Laliberte outshining the 16-car Joe Hunt Wingless Series vs Pit Stop USA Spec Sprint field with a swift 14.275 effort.  Stockton’s Trevor Schmid and Brentwood’s Colton Slack copped wins in the pair of 8-lap heat races.  Slack validated his heat race with a win [...]