BIG TIME RACING TALENTS ENTERED FOR 51ST HARVEST CLASSIC AT MADERA SPEEDWAY THIS SATURDAY NIGHT

MADERA, CALIFORNIA (September 25, 2024) – Some of the biggest names in grassroots motorsports will be competing during the 51st Harvest Classic on Saturday night at Madera Speedway, with the NASCAR-sanctioned ARCA Menards Series West, Speed Tour Super Modifieds, and NCMA Sprint Cars competing at the fastest one-third mile in the west. Photo by Dennis Mattish

This combination of speed and horsepower with stock cars and open wheels makes for the biggest event of the season at Madera Speedway, located at the Madera Fairgrounds. Tickets are available in advance on Eventbrite at https://tinyurl.com/2024MaderaTickets or at www.RaceMadera.com Tickets will also be available at the gates.

Open Wheel fans will witness some of the greatest drivers in the sport’s history in the Super Modified and NCMA Sprint Car races. The Super Modified action is headlined by 11-time Indianapolis 500 starter Davey Hamilton. Hamilton also holds the all-time Madera track record at 11.91 seconds at 100 mph average, set on June 29, 1991. Hamilton ran second in the 50th Harvest Classic last September and will be hungry to go one step higher on the podium in 2024 in a 40-lap feature. The race will be in tribute to the late Bill Vukovich II, himself a 12-time Indianapolis 500 competitor.

10-time USAC champion Tony Hunt returns to Madera Speedway for the NCMA Sprint Car action. Hunt won the 2011 Pombo and Gerhardt Classics, before winning the 2012 Vukovich Classic as part of his nearly 40 USAC triumphs. He returns to try for his first win at Madera in over ten seasons with a 30-lap feature planned. The main event for the NCMA Sprint Cars fires off at 5:30pm and is in tribute to Dick Whalen.

Legends of Kearney Bowl, and BCRA Vintage Midgets are also slated for action during the Harvest Classic.

The ARCA Menards Series West entry list for the West Coast Stock Car / Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 includes 17 entries, representing many race wins and championships at Madera Speedway and across the West Coast. 2023 polesitter Eric Nascimento, Jr. of Manteca returns along with his 2022 Jr. Late Model Series championship winning brother Ethan. Las Vegas’ Tyler Reif, the youngest Jr. Late Model winner in Madera Speedway track history, is the current 2024 ARCA Menards Series West points leader.

Pro Late Model Series champion and two-time Short Track Shootout $10,000-to-win winner Kyle Keller joins the action from fifth in the ARCA standings. Former Short Track Shootout winner Trevor Huddleston is also entered.

All seating is general admission with adults priced at $35, kids 6-12 are $25, and kids five and under are FREE! Time trials kick off the action at 4pm followed by Super Modified heat races at 5pm and the NCMA Sprint Car main event at 5:30pm. An on-track autograph session is scheduled for 6:05pm with a chance for fans to meet the drivers and listen to live music. The green flag for the West Coast Stock Car Hall of Fame 150 for the West Series is at approx. 7pm, followed by the Tribute to Bill Vukovich II for Super Modifieds at approx. 8:30pm

The 2024 season would not be possible without the support of Mission Foods, 51FIFTY LTM, Lunkerdaddy Fishing Lures, 805 Beer, Race 2B Drug Free, Competition Carburetion, Hoosier Tires, Sealmaster, Frank’s Radio, and Sunoco Race Fuel.

Madera Racing on MAVTV airs Monday nights in primetime at 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern. Check www.MAVTV.com for program listings.

West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 Entry List (Subject to change)

1 Robbie Kennealy*

3 Todd Souza

4 Eric Nascimento Jr*

5 Sean Hingorani*

6 Henry Barton*

7 Takuma Koga

9 Michael Killen Jr

12 Kyle Keller*

13 Tyler Reif*

16 Jack Wood

19 Eric Johnson Jr

21 Ethan Nascimento*

23 Jaron Giannini*

50 Trevor Huddleston*

71 Rip Michels

77 Kyle Whisner

05 David Smith

*= Driver with a previous Madera Speedway Modified or Late Model win

Speed Tour Super Modified Harvest Classic Entry List (Subject to Change)

2A Randy Anderson

3 Roger Galleano

5 Dave Adamson

7H Tim Skogland

9H John McCann

14 Mark Sargent

15 Bobby Dalton

17 Shane Vanderpool

19 Art McCarthy

28 Richard Brophy

32X Jim Birges

40 Nathan Byrd

98H Davey Hamilton