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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.08.2011 - 3:51 pm
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Mesa Marin Raceway was a NASCAR affiliated oval racetrack located in
Bakersfield, California from 1977 until 2005. It was leveled in the fall
of 2005 after being sold to developers.

A replacement circuit is under construction, with the Collins family
co-owing the track. Kern River Raceway is a high banked half mile
racetrack in Bakersfield, California. On February 7, 2007, the new track
in Bakersfield broke ground. Naming rights are currently for sale and
the new track, currently referred as "Kern County's New Home for
RACING," was scheduled to open in 2008. Construction has stalled in 2008
because of financial issues.

The original Mesa Marin Raceway opened in April 1977, owned by Marion
Collins since its inception until its demise in 2005.

Many of its events were broadcast on television, including the 1995
Craftsman Truck Series race on ABC's Wide World of Sports, and also
airing the NCTS on The Nashville Network and later ESPN, and featuring
local races and both the NASCAR West Series and Southwest Tour (sanction
of that tour changed to SRL in 2007) on Speed Channel and HDNet.

The advent of the 911 racing series "pitted" area firefighters, police,
sheriff and other local agencies to race against each other at Mesa
Marin and at the same time offer assistance to youth programs in the area.

It ran NASCAR-sanctioned local racing, including the NASCAR Camping
World Series West, United States Auto Club open-wheel racing, the NASCAR
Southwest Tour, and other notable local racing. Nearly 4 million
spectators attended Mesa Marin Raceway over the original track's 29 year
lifetime.


  2.   nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted:
  12.30.2015 - 6:49 am
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Note: Configuration
Length: .5 mile
Banking in turns: 17°
Banking in straights: 7°


  3.   Marty Walter posted:
  10.20.2018 - 11:51 am
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Long live all of the great memories. Thank you Marion for everything you
did.


  4.   RaceFanX posted:
  11.09.2018 - 10:33 am
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A sports complex, also named Mesa Marin, now stands on part of the
property where this track once stood. It includes several softball fields.


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