CLS MEMBER
COMMUNICATION
(Torrance, CA,
January 16, 2023)
CLS Awards banquet is less than 3 weeks away,
get those checks in now!...(more).
CLS MEMBER
COMMUNICATION
(Torrance, CA,
January 4, 2023)
Happy New Year to all! We hope everyone enjoyed
their holidays and are starting to prepare for
the coming 2023 race season....(more)
CALIFORNIA
LIGHTNING SPRINT CARS SERIES RELEASES 21 RACE
SCHEDULE FOR 2023 (Torrance,
CA, December 24, 2022) California
Lightning Sprint Car Series President Jon
Robertson has released a 21-race schedule for
the club’s 29th season of racing. The campaign
will commence with a pair of races at the
Imperial Valley Raceway on March 10th & 11th and
will conclude with the annual “Hangtown 100” at
the Placerville Speedway on November 16th, 17th,
and 18th....(more).
CLS MEMBER
COMMUNICATION
(Torrance, CA,
December 22, 2022)
Best of the West Series....(more)
CLS MEMBER
COMMUNICATION
(Torrance, CA,
December 20, 2022)
Lotsa big news on this! First
visit to Ocean Speedway with BCRA for the Civil
War series, Best of the West series and points
fund with SWLS, Numerous shows with USAC/CRA,
USAC 360 and with USAC midgets all on Flo.
etc..... All races are Winged events with the
exception of the October 7th Albright Memorial
and Hangtown at Placerville in November...(more)
RacingJunk.com Joins Forces With The California
Lightning Sprint Series
DECEMBER 15, 2022....
RacingJunk.com, the flagship website of Internet
Brands Automotive, is excited to announce its
partnership with The California Lightning
Sprints series. The two properties have joined
forces for a multi-year media share
collaboration where RacingJunk will serve as the
Official Marketplace of The California Lightning
Sprints......(more)
GRANT SEXTON RIM RIDES TO THRILLING MAIN EVENT
WIN IN HANGTOWN 100 FINALE AT PLACERVILLE
(Torrance, CA, November 25, 2022)
Teenage racer Grant Sexton closed the California
Lightning Sprint Car Series 2022 season the same
way he began it eight months earlier when he
rim-rode his way to a thrilling victory in the
finale of the “Hangtown 100” at the Placerville
Speedway. The win in the race that was
co-sanctioned by Northern California’s BCRA,
gave Sexton Gatlin Racing a clean sweep of the
event as Sexton’s teammate, AJ Bender, captured
the first two nights......(more)
CLS DRIVER AJ BENDER MAKES IT TWO WINS IN A
ROW AT PLACERVILLE’S HANGTOWN 100
(Torrance, CA, November 22, 2022) In
November 2021, San Diego’s AJ Bender came to the
“Hangtown 100” and finished second all three
nights. Not wanting to face that frustration
again this year, Bender scored a convincing win
in night #2 of the prestigious lightning sprint
car race at the Placerville Speedway last
Friday. It was his second victory at the track
in 24 hours, and his third on the banked red
clay quarter mile in 2022. Overall, it was his
fifth lightning sprint car win of the year......(more)
CLS DRIVER AJ BENDER SCORES WIN IN LIGHTNING
SPRINT HANGTOWN 100 OPENER
(Torrance, CA, November 18, 2022)
One year ago this
week, AJ Bender journeyed to the Placerville
Speedway to take part in the lightning sprint
portion of the three-night Hangtown 100. The San
Diego, California-based star proceeded to finish
second in all three main events at the
open-wheel classic. Last night he kicked off
this year’s Hangtown with a win in the 25-lap
main event......(more)
NOVEMBER 17 PLACERVILLE HANGTOWN 100 RACE
RESULTS
CLS MEMBER
COMMUNICATION
(Torrance, CA,
November 16, 2022)
Howdy folks, First thing, I want to thank
everyone for stopping by or connecting in one
way or other last night after I stepped on my
male appendage and turned my car into a Maytag
appliance on the spin cycle in turn one of the
first lap of the main. I’m fine, the car not so
much, if you can put a wrench on it I broke it
😊This will make my Christmas list rather
lengthy but the important part is all the well
wishes and check-ins I received from everyone.
We are truly a racing family......(more)
FINAL 2022 CLS POINT STANDINGS
1. 18 David Gasper 2160, 2. 8g Eric Greco 2089,
3. 45 Cody Nigh 1913, 4. 21k Bobby Michnowicz
1851, 5. 4 Jeff Dyer 1777, 6. 57 Connor Speir
1548, 7. 8 Will Browne 1523, 8. 42 Jon Robertson
1246, 9. 3 Pat Kelley 1162, 10. 37 Dominic Del
Monte 784, 11. 41b A J Bender 672, 12. 22s Gage
Cheek 666, 13. 4x Seth Dyer 661, 14. 17 Harlee
Aguilera 551, 15. 97 Leland Day 538...(more)
CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT
BATTLES TO BE SETTLED AT BAKERSFIELD -
PLACERVILLE TO FOLLOW
(Torrance, CA, November 10, 2022)
The California
Lightning Sprint Car Series will wrap up its
28th season of racing with four races next week.
The first race will be the “6th Annual Western
States Lightning Sprints Championship” at Scott
Schweitzer’s Bakersfield Speedway on Tuesday,
November 15th. That race will be the final
points race for the CLS in 2022. It will also be
the final of the annual “Civil War Series”
featuring the CLS versus Northern California’s
Bay Cities Racing Association. After that, the
club will journey north for the last three races
of the year at the annual “Hangtown 100” at the
Placerville Speedway on November 17th, 18th, and
19th......(more)
CLS MEMBER
COMMUNICATION (Torrance, CA,
November 7, 2022)
Howdy racers…. One week from tomorrow is the 6th
annual Western States Lightning Sprints
Championship race. Who's in for committing lap
money (and anything else) for the WSLSC on
11/15?.....(more)
BOBBY MICHNOWICZ GOES WIRE TO WIRE IN CALIFORNIA
LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SERIES MAIN AT VENTURA (Torrance, CA, November 6, 2022)
When you chain an old dog to the front porch, he
is going to bark. That is exactly what happened
when five-time California Lightning Sprint Car
Series champion Bobby Michnowicz started on the
outside of the front row when the CLS visited
Jim Naylor’s Ventura Raceway on October 29th.
The veteran driver roared away from the pack and
led every inch of the way for his fourth win of
2022.....(more)
CLS MEMBER
COMMUNICATION
(Torrance, CA,
October 25, 2022)
HANGTOWN CLS/BCRA Format, Thursday and Friday
Format Points will be earned each night and
accumulate to determine lineups for
Saturday.......(more)
CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONS:
1994 Tony Everhart, 1995
Gary Sexton, 1996 Rob Sczymczak, 1997 Jon Rahe, 1998
Chris Rahe, 1999 Brent Sexton, 2000 Greg Bragg, 2001
Greg Bragg, 2002 Greg Bragg, 2003 David Cardey, 2004
Keith Janca, 2005 Johnny Bates, 2006 Donny Gansen,
2007 Shane Rossen, 2008 Brent Sexton, 2009 Stuart
Hielschier Sr., 2010 Jarrett Kramer, 2011 Tim Brown,
2012 Bobby Michnowicz, 2013 Stephen Limon, 2014
Bobby Michnowicz, 2015 Bobby Michnowicz, 2016 Bobby
Michnowicz, 2017 Bobby Michnowicz, 2018 Jarrett
Kramer, 2019 Jarrett Kramer, 2020 No Award, 2021
David Gasper, 2022 David Gasper
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