INDIANAPOLIS –Â The 40th season of racing for the USAC Western States Midget Series gets underway next year with 16 events at eight different venues in California from March to October.
Bakersfield Speedway heads the schedule with the season opening race on March 27, co-sanctioned by the Bay Cities Racing Ass’n (BCRA), one of five combined events between the two organizations in the coming year.
Hanford’s Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds welcomes the series twice, first on April 10 for a co-sanctioned BCRA show along with the USAC West Coast Sprint Cars, which will join the midgets for USAC doubleheaders on 12 different occasions next season.
The second date at Hanford, on Oct. 29, will serve as the season finale and will decide the championship race.
Likewise, Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare will be the host twice for the USAC Western States Midgets, with the first on April 17 and again on June 12 for the Chris & Brian Faria Memorial, with the latter event co-sanctioned by BCRA.
Both races will be supplemented with the addition of USAC West Coast Sprint Cars.
Three times in 2021, the midgets will head to Petaluma Speedway, on May 15, July 31 and Oct. 10. The final event will be co-sanctioned by the BCRA while all three will feature a double with the USAC West Coast Sprint Cars.
Ventura Raceway’s scenic dirt oval on the beach has been an annual stop on the USAC Western States Midget tour since the 1980s.
In now its fifth decade of hosting USAC events, the racy bullring will supply action for the midgets three times, on June 5, Sept. 11 and Oct. 16.
Merced Speedway has continuously delivered on action-packed races each and every time. The next two opportunities arrive on July 9 and again with a BCRA co-sanctioned event on Aug. 7.
Both races will have double the pleasure and double the fun with USAC West Coast Sprint Cars on the card each time.
Placerville Speedway greets the USAC Western States Midgets twice, on July 10 and an Oct. 9 date with BCRA.
Once again, both races will be doubleheaders with the USAC West Coast Sprint Cars, as is the case with the Aug. 28 Ron Otto Classic, the lone trip of the year for either series to Santa Maria Raceway.
2021 USAC West Coast Midget Series Schedule
March 27 – Bakersfield Speedway – Bakersfield, Calif.
April 10 – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds – Hanford, Calif.
April 17 – Thunderbowl Raceway – Tulare, Calif.
May 15 – Petaluma Speedway – Petaluma, Calif.
June 5 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, Calif.
June 12 – Thunderbowl Raceway – Tulare, Calif.
July 9 – Merced Speedway – Merced, Calif.
July 10 – Placerville Speedway – Placerville, Calif.
July 31 – Petaluma Speedway – Petaluma, Calif.
Aug. 7 – Merced Speedway – Merced, Calif.
Aug. 28 – Santa Maria Raceway – Santa Maria, Calif.
Sept. 11 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, Calif.
Oct. 9 – Placerville Speedway – Placerville, Calif.
Oct. 10 – Petaluma Speedway – Petaluma, Calif.
Oct. 16 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, Calif.
Oct. 29 – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds – Hanford, Calif.