GOLOBIC STEALS PETER MURPHY CLASSIC AT TULARE

(5/19/18, Tulare, CA – Jim Allen) …  Shane Golobic pulled off a dramatic late race pass of Kyle Hirst and Bud Kaeding to steal Saturday’s 30-lap Peter Murphy Classic in King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Sprint Car Series action at the Thunderbowl Raceway. Golobic, who started 12th in the grid aboard the Tarlton Motorsports Tachi-Palace KPC, methodically maneuvered his way through the field into third place on a “rubber-down” dirt track with only four laps remaining.  However, it was a caution flag on [...]

May 21, 2018
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Gio Scelzi races to first Sprint Car Challenge Tour win on night one of the Peter Murphy Classic

Giovanni Scelzi races to first Sprint Car Challenge Tour win on night one of the Peter Murphy Classic Tulare, CA – May 18, 2018…Fresno’s Giovanni Scelzi opened the fifth annual Peter Murphy Classic by snagging his first career Sprint Car Challenge Tour presented by Elk Grove Ford and Abreu Vineyards triumph on Friday night at the Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway. Scelzi had come close to a Sprint Car Challenge Tour victory in Stockton on April 14, only to have older brother Dominic [...]

May 21, 2018
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USAC WEST COAST SPRINTS EYE TULARE’S “5TH ANNUAL PETER MURPHY CLASSIC

USAC WEST COAST SPRINTS EYE TULARE’S “5TH ANNUAL PETER MURPHY CLASSIC”  By Lance Jennings MAY 15, 2018… After battling at Hanford, the USAC West Coast Sprint Cars are back for two nights of action at Tulare’s Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway. The “5th Annual Peter Murphy Classic” opens this Friday, May 18th, and will also feature the winged 360 Sprint Car Challenge Tour and Legends of Kearney Bowl Vintage Cars. The Legends of Kearney Bowl Vintage Cars return on Saturday’s card [...]

May 16, 2018
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PETER MURPHY CLASSIC ON TAP FOR KING OF THE WEST-NARC SPRINT CARS

(5/15/18) Sacramento, CA … The highly anticipated Peter Murphy Classic at the Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway will take place this Friday and Saturday, May 18-19 with an exciting open wheel extravaganza of sprint car racing. The weekend kicks off with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour (SCCT) and West Coast Sprint Car non-wing Series.  The WCS sprint cars will return on Saturday for the headline act that will feature the King of the West-NARC Fujitsu Racing Series in a full-slate of championship points racing action. This marks the fifth [...]

May 15, 2018
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Sprint Car Challenge Tour kicks-off Peter Murphy Classic weekend this Friday May 18

Sprint Car Challenge Tour set to open Peter Murphy Classic weekend this Friday at Thunderbowl Raceway By Gary Thomas Tulare, CA – May 15, 2018…The Sprint Car Challenge Tour presented by Elk Grove Ford and Abreu Vineyards is amped up to head for Central California and kick-off the much-anticipated Peter Murphy Classic this Friday May 18 at Tulare’s Thunderbowl Raceway. The Peter Murphy Classic has become one of the biggest weekends of competition all season long in California. The Sprint Car Challenge [...]

May 14, 2018
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Steven Kent Makes Last Lap Pass To Record First Career Civil War Series pres. by Flowmaster Feature Event Win

(PETERSEN MEDIA- Tulare, CA, )- Saturday night in Tulare, CA, fans were treated to an exciting battle up front that ended with Steven Kent making a last lap pass over Landon Hurst to score his first ever Civil War Series pres. by Flowmaster feature event, as well as his first career feature event win in a 360ci sprint car. When the race came to life it was Landon Hurst jumping out to the early lead with Matthew Moles in tow. Hurst, [...]

May 7, 2018
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Brand new Peter Murphy Classic website launched

The next event at Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway will be the 5th annual Peter Murphy Classic on May 18 and 19. With the show fast approaching a brand new event website has been launched. Check it out at http://www.petermurphyclassic.com/  

May 6, 2018
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