<& /components/TrackPage.mhtml,
version=>'2',
new=>'1997-01-05',
updated=>'2005-04-13',
license=>'CC-NC-SA',
author=>'Richard Welty',
owner=>'Krusty Motorsports, Limited',
date=>'2005',
oval=>'dirt,active',
road=>'',
drag=>'',
kart=>'',
offroad=>'',
adBeforeTOC => '',
trackName => 'Bakersfield Speedway',
trackStreetAddr =>'5001 N Chester Avenue Ext',
trackCityState => 'Bakersfield, CA',
trackZip=>'93308',
introduction => ' is a 1/3 mile high-banked clay oval
located near Oildale, California.
',
weatherID => '',
officialWebSite => 'http://www.bakersfieldspeedway.com/',
schedulePage => 'schedule.php',
resultsPage => 'results.php',
ticketsPage => 'tickets.php',
gettingThere => '',
trackOffice => '
5001 North Chester Avenue Extension
Bakersfield, CA 93308
Bakersfield Speedway
P.O. Box 82184
Bakersfield, CA 93380-2184
(661)393-3373
(661)393-7085 (fax)
',
mapService=>'Google',
foodService=>'Google',
hotelService=>'Google',
timeZone=>'PST/PDT (-0800/-0700)',
elevation=>'670 feet',
latitude=>'35.451074',
longitude=>'-119.029119',
terraServerLink=>'http://terraserver.microsoft.com/addressimage.aspx?T=1&S=10&Alon=-119.027343&Alat=35.449676&W=1&opt=0&qs=5001+North+Chester+Extension%7cBakersfield%7cCA%7c&addr=5001+N+Chester+Ext%2c+Bakersfield%2c+CA+93308&Lon=-119.02860145666666&Lat=35.45108453',
googleMapLink=>'http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=5001+N+Chester+Avenue+Ext,+Bakersfield,+Kern,+California+93308,+United+States&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=33.160552,57.392578&ie=UTF8&cd=2&mpnum=0&ll=35.451074,-119.029119&spn=0.00416,0.007006&t=h&z=17&om=1',
historicalNote=>'
The track opened as a 1/4 mile dirt oval on May 5th, 1946. It
ran in 1946, 1948, and from 1950 to November 1958.
The track ran as a 1/4 mile paved oval in 1947, 1949, and from
May 30th, 1959 through 1979.
It reverted to a 1/4 mile dirt oval in 1980, running until 1991.
A 1/4 mile dirt figure 8 course ran in the 1980s.
The 1/3 mile dirt oval debuted in March of 1992.
The track has also operated as
Oildale Speedway,
Oil Bowl Speedway,
Bakersfield Speedbowl,
Bakersfield Thunderbowl
and
Hawks Brothers Speedway.
',
reference1=>'AmericasSpeedways',
reference1pages=>'125',
&>