The
California Lightning Sprints (CLS) are a Southern California based 1200cc
Mini-Sprint club. The group competes in both winged
and non-winged events in California. Reaching speeds in excess of 100
mph, the cars of the CLS may be small
in size, but they are
big on excitement!!!
Welcome
To The Official Website Of The California Lightning Sprints!
SEPTEMBER 21&22: Civil War Placerville Speedway
– Placerville, CA
OCTOBER 6: USAC National Ventura Raceway
– Ventura, CA
OCTOBER 20: USAC National Barona Speedway
– Lakeside, CA
CALIFORNIA
LIGHTNING SPRINTS VS BCRA CIVIL WAR FINALE THIS
WEEKEND!
(Torrance, CA, September 16)The California
Lightning Sprint Cars/Bay Cities Racing
Association annual “Civil War Series” will
conclude this weekend with a pair of races at
the Placerville Speedway on Friday and Saturday
nights. Racing will begin at 6:30 each night.....more
A.J. BENDER WINS LIGHTNING SPRINT RACE AT
BAKERSFIELD!
(Torrance, CA, September 13)
With a night off from his regular racing gig in
the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, San Diego,
California’s A.J. Bender returned to his roots
and survived a hard-fought battle to take home
the trophy in the California Lightning Sprint
Car main event at the Bakersfield Speedway. In
posting the win, the 25-year-old San Diego boat
captain became the seventh different winner in
the first 12 CLS races this year.....more
MICHNOWICZ
WINS CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT RACE AT BARONA!
(Torrance, CA, August 30)Five-time California
Lightning Sprint Car Series champion Bobby
Michnowicz appears to have awakened from his
slumber as he scored his third win in his last
four starts last Saturday night at the Barona
Speedway. Two of those wins have come in CLS
competition (the other was in Northern
California with BCRA) and he now leads the
series with four wins on the year.....more
CLS POINT STANDINGS (prior to
September 8,
Bakersfield) 1 Jarrett Kramer
1387, 2 Cody Nigh 1174, 3 Brent Sexton 1170, 4
Aiden Lange 1106, 5 Dominic Del Monte 1106, 6
Bobby Michnowicz 1047, 7 Eric Greco 1034, 8 Pat
Kelley 991, 9 Grant Sexton 880, 10 Jeff Dyer
835, 11 Dale Gamer 798, 12 Dalton Sexton 732, 13
Frank Ditmar 652, 14 Bruce Douglass 599, 15 Jon
Robertson 589, 16 Robb Pelmear 515, 17 Kiwi
Alexander 412, 18 Doug Nunes 404, 19 James
Turnbull 354, 20 Jon Squire 316..more
KRAMER WINS PERRIS CLS MAIN EVENT – BARONA THIS
SATURDAY! (Torrance, CA, August 22)
USAC/California Lightning Sprint Car Series
point leader Jarrett Kramer won his second main
event of 2018 last Saturday night at Perris Auto
Speedway and increased his lead to more than
200-points in the championship standings for the
first time this season. This Saturday night,
August 25th, the series will be racing in
Kramer’s San Diego County backyard at the Barona
Speedway.....more
CLS POINT STANDINGS (prior to August 25,
Barona) 1
Jarrett Kramer 1267, 2 Brent Sexton 1055, 3 Cody
Nigh 1051, 4 Aiden Lange 1042, 5 Dominic Del
Monte 998, 6 Pat Kelley 916 7 Bobby
Michnowicz 913, 8 Eric Greco 907, 9 Jeff Dyer
835, 10 Grant Sexton 797, 11 Dale Gamer 718, 12
Frank Ditmar 652, 13 Dalton Sexton 649, 14 Bruce
Douglass 599, 15 Jon Robertson 519, 16 Robb
Pelmear 515, 17 Kiwi Alexander 412, 18 Doug
Nunes 404, 19 James Turnbull 354, 20 Michael
Tobiason 314...more
CALIFORNIA
LIGHTNING SPRINTS START SECOND HALF OF THE
SEASON SATURDAY AT PERRIS! (Torrance, CA,
August 12)The USAC/California
Lightning Sprint Car Series will begin the
second half of its championship season this
Saturday night, August 18th, at the “California
Racer’s Hall of Fame Night” at Perris Auto
Speedway. The race will be the second and final
appearance of the CLS for 2018 on the famous
Riverside County half-mile clay oval.....more
BOBBY MICHNOWICZ WINS CLS RACE AT VENTURA COUNTY
FAIR! (Torrance, CA, August 7)
Five-time California Lightning Sprint Car Series
champion Bobby Michnowicz got the monkey off his
back when he won the USAC/California Lightning
Sprint Car Series main event at the Ventura
Raceway on the opening night of the Ventura
County Fair. The victory ended a rare, nearly
three month long, seven-race winless streak for
the 54-year-old racing star......more
CLS POINT STANDINGS (prior to August 18,
Perris) 1 Jarrett Kramer 1128, 2 Aiden Lange 960,
3 Cody Nigh 930, 4 Brent Sexton 927, 5 Dominic
Del Monte 908, 6 Pat Kelley 845, 7 Bobby
Michnowicz 829, 8 Eric Greco 779, 9 Jeff Dyer
730, 10 Grant Sexton 680, 11 Dale Gamer 615, 12
Bruce Douglass 599, 13 Dalton Sexton 567, 14
Frank Ditmar 552, 15 Robb Pelmear 515, 16 Jon
Robertson 435, 17 Kiwi Alexander 412, 18 Doug
Nunes 404, 19 Michael Tobiason 314, 20 Dan
Hilberg 304....more
CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CARS RACE AT THE
VENTURA COUNTY FAIR WEDNESDAY! (Torrance, CA, July 29)
The California Lightning Sprint Cars will make
the pilgrimage to the Ventura Raceway for one of
their most popular races of the year, opening
night at the Ventura County Fair, this
Wednesday, August 1st. Racing will begin at 6:00
P.M. and will also include the IMCA Modifieds,
Dwarf cars and Focus Midgets.....more
NUNES WINS
ROUND #2 OF “CIVIL WAR SERIES” AT SANTA MARIA!
(Torrance, CA, July 26)
Kingsburg, California’s Doug Nunes topped the
show in round #2 of the California Lightning
Sprint Car Series/Bay Cities Racing Association
“Civil War Series” last Saturday night at the
Santa Maria Raceway. The veteran driver started
the evening off by setting fast qualifying time
and he ended the night with a win in the 25-lap
main event....more
CIVIL WAR POINTS (prior to
Sept. 21,
Placerville) 1 Jarrett Kramer
227, 2 Cody Nigh 214, 3 Kiwi Alexander 199, 4
Doug Nunes 192, 5 Dominic Del Monte 175, 6 Bobby
Michnowicz 174, 7 Scott Kinney 156, 8 Eric Greco
155, 9 Dan Hilberg 155, 10 Aiden Lange 149....more
CLS POINT STANDINGS (prior to August 1,
Ventura) 1 Jarrett
Kramer 1006, 2 Aiden Lange 877, 3 Dominic Del
Monte 844, 4 Cody Nigh 825, 5 Brent Sexton 799,
6 Pat Kelley 745, 7 Bobby Michnowicz 670, 8 Jeff
Dyer 667, 9 Eric Greco 663, 10 Grant Sexton 608....more
