The
California Lightning Sprints (CLS) are a Southern California based 1200cc
Mini-Sprint club. The group competes in California.
Capable of 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!
APRIL 6: Point
Race #3 Barona Raceway
Lakeside, CA
APRIL 20: Point
Race #4 Bakersfield Speedway
Bakersfield, CA
CLS POINT STANDINGS
(prior to
April 6 at Barona) 1 Jarrett Kramer 271,
2 Eric Greco 250, 3 A. J. Bender 248, 4 Bobby
Michnowicz 240, 5 Cody Nigh 214, 6 Doug Nunes
199, 7 Jeff Dyer 186, 8 Aiden Lange 180, 9 Pat
Kelley 180, 10 Dan Hillberg 174, 11 Dalton
Sexton 166, 12 Gage Cheek 141, 13 Dominic Del
Monte 141, 14 Grant Sexton 135, 15 Dale Gamer
135, 16 Kyle Dodd 122, 17 Bill Dodd 118, 18
James Turnbull 116, 19 Frank Ditmar 104, 20
Bruce Douglass 99....more
NUNES WINS
LIGHTNING SPRINT OPENER IN BAKERSFIELD – VENTURA
THIS SATURDAY! (Torrance, CA, March 19, 2019)
Kingsburg, California’s Doug Nunes scored a
convincing win when the Lucas Oil POWRi
California Lightning Sprint Car Series opened
its season last Saturday night at the
Bakersfield Speedway. The historic race was the
first ever for the CLS under the POWRi banner......more
CLS POINT STANDINGS
(prior to
March 23 at Ventura) 1 Doug Nunes 140, 2
Jarrett Kramer 135, 3 A. J. Bender 125, 4 Eric
Greco 120, 5 Bobby Michnowicz 120, 6 Dan
Hillberg 108, 7 Aiden Lange 102, 8 Pat Kelley
97, 9 Cody Nigh 91, 10 Dalton Sexton 84, 11
Dominic Del Monte 80, 12 Dan Foster 79, 13 Bill
Dodd 78, 14 Jeff Dyer 68, 15 Dale Gamer 67, 16
Gage Cheek 62, 17 Jon Robertson 61, 18 Kyle Dodd
56, 19 Grant Sexton 55, 20 Robb Pelmear 51.....more
CALIFORNIA
LIGHTNING SPRINT CARS OPEN SEASON AT BAKERSFIELD
SATURDAY! (Torrance, CA, March
12, 2019) The Lucas Oil POWRi
California Lightning Sprint Car Series will kick
off its 26th consecutive season this Saturday
night, March 16th, at “The West’s Fastest 1/3
Mile High Banked Clay Oval,” the Bakersfield
Speedway. The race will be the first under the
POWRi banner for the CLS. Joining the CLS on the
quadruple header will be the USAC West Coast
Sprint Cars, IMCA Stock Cars and the American
Stocks. Spectator gates will open at 5:00 P.M.
and the first race will be at 7:00......more
2019 LUCAS OIL
POWRi CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SERIES
SCHEDULE! (Torrance, CA, January
10, 2019)The Lucas Oil POWRi
California Lightning Sprint Car Series has
released the schedule for the 2019 season. The
racing calendar will be comprised of 17 dates on
four different racetracks.....more
NUNES CLOSES
CLS SEASON WITH WESTERN STATES CHAMPIONSHIP WIN!
(Torrance, CA,
November 25, 2018) Kingsburg, California
veteran Doug Nunes closed the USAC California
Lightning Sprint Car Series silver anniversary
season with a victory in the “2nd Annual Western
States Lightning Sprint Car Championship” at the
Bakersfield Speedway. The win was Nunes third in
CLS competition in 2018....more
CLS POINT STANDINGS (FINAL) 1 Jarrett Kramer 2251,
2 Cody Nigh 1976, 3 Bobby Michnowicz 1873, 4
Brent Sexton 1845, 5 Dominic Del Monte 1780, 6
Aiden Lange 1694, 7 Eric Greco 1682, 8 Grant
Sexton 1397, 9 Pat Kelley 1385, 10 Dale Gamer
1202, 11 Jeff Dyer 1169, 12 Dalton Sexton 1079,
13 Frank Ditmar 1017, 14 Jon Robertson 951, 15
Doug Nunes 887, 16 Robb Pelmear 832, 17 Kiwi
Alexander 724, 18 Bruce Douglass 704, 19 Wink
Schweitzer 551, 20 Kyle Dodd 533....more
CALIFORNIA
LIGHTNING SPRINT CAR SERIES CLOSES SEASON
SATURDAY! (Torrance, CA,
November 12, 2019) The USAC California
Lightning Sprint Car Series will close it’s 25th
Anniversary campaign this Saturday night,
November 17th, with the running of the “2nd
Annual Western States Lightning Sprint Car
Championship” at the Bakersfield Speedway.
Saturday’s main event will pay $1,000.00 to win
and $150.00 to start. The CLS will be joined by
the USAC National and Western Midgets and Mini
Stocks. Spectator gates will open at 4:00 P.M.
and racing will begin at 6:00.....more
MICHNOWICZ
WINS MAIN EVENT – KRAMER WINS 2ND CLS TITLE!
(Torrance, CA, October 31) Bobby
Michnowicz won the battle when he won the USAC
California Lightning Sprint Car Series main
event last Saturday night at the Ventura
Raceway, but Jarrett Kramer won the war when he
sewed up his second ever CLS championship. The
Spring Valley based driver first won the title
in 2010......more
DOMINIC DEL
MONTE WINS HIS FIRST CALIFORNIA LIGHTNING SPRINT
CAR MAIN! (Torrance, CA,
October 25) Another one of the
California Lightning Sprint Car Series talented
teens, Dominic Del Monte, scored his first ever
CLS main event win last Saturday night at the
Barona Speedway. In posting the victory, Del
Monte became the fifth different first time CLS
winner in 2018......more
VENTURA'S "NIGHT AFTER TURKEY NIGHT" RACE IS
CANCELLED (Torrance, CA, October 24)
Sorry to announce that the November 23rd Race at
Ventura has been CANCELLED.
CLS POINT STANDINGS (prior to
October 27 at Ventura) 1.
Jarrett Kramer 1980, 2. Cody Nigh 1762, 3. Brent
Sexton 1644, 4. Bobby Michnowicz 1613, 5.
Dominic Del Monte 1585, 6. Eric Greco 1469, 7.
Aiden Lange 1466, 8. Pat Kelley 1302, 9. Grant
Sexton 1230, 10. Dale Gamer 1063, 11. Jeff Dyer
1054, 12. Frank Ditmar 922, 13. Dalton Sexton
896, 14. Jon Robertson 794, 15. Kiwi Alexander
724, 16. Bruce Douglass 704, 17. Doug Nunes 677,
18. Robb Pelmear 668, 19. James Turnbull 495,
20. Kyle Dodd 468
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