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11/11/2025

08/15/2024

POUNDS IS READY!
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORIA (August 15, 2024) Brad Pounds is ready to race in the 9th ANNUAL MIKE MOSHIER CLASSIC at the Bakersfield Speedway Saturday Night, August 17th. The race is honoring long time announcer of Bakersfield Speedway “The Race Doctor” Mike Moshier. Pounds was coined the “Dominator” by Moshier. Pounds will be driving his KT Racing/Pounds Motorsports Powered GRT A Mod in the 50 lap topless race. The drivers will be driving without the roof’s on their cars. After finishing 2nd in the first race of the season and leading the last race for 13 laps and finishing 11th, after losing a cylinder, he is ready. There will be On-Track Autographs, Race Car Rides, T-Shirts Tossed into the Grandstands, Bus Rides during Intermission, and the Butter Food Truck visiting too.
Brad Pounds is multi year Champion of the IMCA A Mod Class at Bakersfield Speedway and has more than 100 International Motor Contest Association A Mod Wins. He has won most of those races at Bakersfield Speedway. He also won the IMCA Modified Track Championship at Mojave Valley in 2006. Pounds has over 30 Dirt Late Model Wins and dominated the Street Stock Division at Bakersfield Speedway 2007, winning 28 of 34 races. Scott Pounds, Brad’s Father is the crew chief and builds and works on the open motors. Scott was the 1994 IMCA National Champion. Scott and Brad work closely on the strategy for the car. This is a family tradition that started in the 70’s.
KT Racing has been involved in racing since 1987. In 1997 they fielded their first late model stock car at Mesa Marin Raceway in the NASCAR Winston Racing Series and finished 8th in points. KT Racing has worked with back to back NASCAR ARCA WEST SERIES Champion Mike Duncan, NASCAR Track Champions Dan Holtz, Brandon Miller, and Eric Richardson.
Pounds plans on running the Bud Nationals in October and in November The Duel in the Desert at the dirt track in Las Vegas.
Without marketing partners this all isn’t possible, go ask for the racers special at all our partners. We want to thank TIRE MAN in Bakersfield, HOVEN’S AUTOMOTIVE, RealFast.TV, Pounds Motorsports, Valley Decal, Skinny’s Automotive, and Incognito Design.

07/04/2024

06/26/2024

BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (JUNE 26, 2024) IMCA A Mod Driver Brad Pounds will be racing this Friday in his TIRE MAN KT RACING A Mod in the Richie McGowan Memorial at Bakersfield Speedway. This race is close to Brad’s Heart because Richie McGowan was his father-in-law and sponsor. Richie McGowan was a winning driver and one of the biggest sponsors of dirt racing on the West Coast. Brad won the race in 2023. Brad’s Father, Scott Pounds the 1994 IMCA National Champion is the crew chief and builds the motors. Brad and Scott work closely on the car, continuing a family tradition that started in the 70’s.
Pounds will be running a limited schedule in the TIRE MAN KT Racing GRT A Mod for the rest of this year. They plan on running The Mike Moshier Memorial on August 17th at Bakersfield Speedway, The Bud Nationals at Bakersfield Speedway on October 11-12, and The Duel at the Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. KT Racing is working in partnership with Pounds Motorsports with marketing partners: Tire Man, Skinny’s Automotive, Valley Decal, RealFast.TV, and Incognito Design.
Pounds is a multi-time champion at Bakersfield Speedway who started driving at the age of 15 in a Hobby Stock, winning 6 of 9 races. Thus, the number 15 he runs. The B on his door comes from late model driver Brian Birkhofer, who also ran the #15. Pounds was coined the “Dominator” by Bakersfield Speedway Announcer Mike Moshier because he has inked over 100 IMCA Wins (100th on May 10, 2014) and has won most of those races at Bakersfield Speedway. In 2011 Pounds won both IMCA A Mod and Late Model Races at the Bud Nationals. Pounds has over 30 Late Model Wins in his racing career. He also raced at Mojave Valley and won the IMCA Modified Track Championship in 2006. Pounds Dominated in the Street Stock Division at Bakersfield Speedway in 2007, winning 28 of 34 races and the championship. Pounds also has multiple California State IMCA Championships, has won the Race of Champions at Boone, Iowa, and finished 3rd in the IMCA Nationals.
KT Racing has been involved in racing since 1987. In 1997 they fielded their first NASCAR Super Late Model at Mesa Marin Raceway and finished 8th in points. Some of the drivers they have worked with over the years are two-time NASCAR K&N Champion Mike Duncan, Mesa Marin Track Champions, Dan Holtz, Brandon Miller, and Eric Richardson, Street Stock Champion David Hutchins, and 410 Sprint Driver Heidi Tresler.
The race will be broadcast on Live bakersfieldspeedway.tv and tape delayed on RealFast.TV.

05/07/2024

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04/23/2024

NASCAR in Bakersfield !!!