SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The NARC 410 Sprint Car Series has rolled out a robust 26-race campaign for the upcoming season.
The tour will invade 17 different dirt oval tracks in California, Oregon and Washington and compete for more than $800,000 in prize money and awards.
The 65th annual open-wheel campaign will fire off on March 9 at Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. Other highlights from the opening month include the $10,000-to-win Mini Gold Cup at Silver Dollar Speedway on March 16 and a return trip to Merced Speedway for a March Madness show on March 23.
The NARC sprint cars will battle on the newly configured Stockton Dirt Track twice during the month of April. This includes the Asparagus Cup on April 6 and the Salute to Leroy Van Conett on April 27. Those events will bookend the lucrative $11,000-to-win April 13 Peter Murphy Classic at Kings Speedway.
The month of May features a pair of races at the Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway (May 4,18) and the Contra Costa County Clash at Antioch Speedway on May 11.
June is by far the busiest month on the schedule, featuring 10 events at eight different venues. It kicks off with the popular Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial race at Placerville Speedway, which will run for the 33rd time on June 1.
The centerpiece of the NARC schedule is an eight-race road show through the Pacific Northwest. The “Fastest Five Days in Motorsports” will get underway on June 12 at Southern Oregon Speedway in Central Point, Ore.
That will be followed by shows at the Douglas County Dirtrack, Cottage Grove Speedway, Willamette Speedway and Grays Harbor Raceway (Elma, Wash.) on consecutive nights. All of these events pay $5,000 to win and $600 to start the feature.
After a short three-day intermission, which will be loaded with several fan-engagement events, the NARC sprint cars will tackle the crown jewel on the schedule, the $62,000 to win Super Dirt Cup at Skagit Speedway on June 20-22.
The busy month concludes with the David Tarter Memorial at Silver Dollar Speedway on June 29.
Three more tracks are added to the mix during July. Petaluma Speedway will host its only NARC show of the season with the inaugural David Lindt Memorial ($5,200 to win) on July 6. The 14th Annual Howard Kaeding Classic, featuring a $6,900 payday to the winner at Ocean Speedway is next up on July 13. The NARC sprint cars plan to return to the newly reopened Santa Maria Speedway on July 27.
The Final Stretch
The NARC series is dark in August and September as the High Limit Series and the World of Outlaws stage dominate the calendar in California. At that point only four events remain on the schedule for those in the championship hunt. This includes the popular October 5 Morrie Williams Memorial Twin-20’s event at Kings Speedway, and a big double-header at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway and Kings Speedway on October 25-26. The event at Kern Raceway will coincide with an NASCAR ARCA event taking place on the paved track.
The season wraps up on November 2 at the Stockton Dirt Track with the Tribute to Gary Patterson. This Triple Crown event is the championship night for the NARC 410 Racing Series, the Sprint Car Challenge Tour 360’s and the JW Hunt non-wing series.
The NARC Championship Celebration awards presentation will take place on November 3 at the Brookside Country Club in Stockton, Calif.
Corey Day and car owner Jason Meyers captured the NARC title this year.
Full ScheduleÂ
March 9 – Kings Speedway (Hanford, CA)
March 16 – Silver Dollar Speedway (Chico, CA)
March 23 – Merced Speedway (Merced, CA)
April 6 – Stockton Dirt Track (Stockton, CA)
April 13 – Kings Speedway (Hanford, CA)
April 27 – Stockton Dirt Track (Stockton, CA)
May 4 – Thunderbowl Raceway (Tulare, CA)
May 11 – Antioch Speedway (Antioch, CA)
May 18 – Thunderbowl Raceway (Tulare, CA)
June 1 – Placerville Speedway (Placerville, CA)
June 12 – Southern Oregon Speedway (Central Point, OR)
June 13 – Douglas County Dirtrack (Roseburg, OR)
June 14 – Cottage Grove Speedway (Cottage Grove, OR)
June 15 – Willamette Speedway (Lebanon, OR)
June 16 – Grays Harbor Raceway (Elma, WA)
June 20-22 – Skagit Speedway (Burlington, WA)
June 29 – Silver Dollar Speedway (Chico, CA)
July 6 – Petaluma Speedway (Petaluma, CA)
July 13 – Ocean Speedway (Watsonville, CA)
July 27 – Santa Maria Speedway (Nipomo, CA)
October 5 – Kings Speedway (Hanford, CA)
October 25 – Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway (Bakersfield, CA)
October 26 – Kings Speedway (Hanford, CA)
November 2 – Stockton Dirt Track (Stockton, CA)