Kern County Raceway looking good
Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 3:12 PM 
A four-story tower that will feature luxury boxes overlooks grandstands that will seat more than 5,000 initially. I say initially because there's a lot of room for expansion.I ventured out to Kern County Raceway Park on Saturday to watch bits of a tire test and to check out the new speedway about 15 miles west of Bakersfield at Interstate 5 and Enos Lane.
All I can say is "wow!" There's still a ton of work to be done before the official March opening but it was great to see and hear real race cars on track. You can see a lot more of the track in a related photo gallery.
And here are two raw and low-fi videos of different late models testing Hoosier tires. Love the bark as drivers fight centrifigul force.
Logan Molen
Mike Griffith, my compadre at The Bakersfield Californian, posted a nice video story on Saturday's tire testing, including interviews with drivers and some telling close-ups of tires hot off the cars.
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Logan,
The track looks to be a long way from finished. March might be tough. I may wait till summer before coming down. The track design looks great and I suspect it'll become the top small track on the west coast.