Posted by cocopah on April 30, 2013 · Leave a Comment
RANDY HOEFT – SPECIALIZED CONTENT EDITOR When Miles Morris arrived at Cocopah Speedway Saturday night, he wasn’t dressed to go racing.Not hardly.Fresh from the father-daughter ball at his daughter’s school, wearing dress clothes and a tie, he quickly put on his driving suit, traded his dancing shoes for his driving shoes, and got down to [...]
Posted by cocopah on April 27, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Round 7 Cocopah Racing Series! Dont Miss LapTime Live on AM 1400 Outlaw Country at 11AM! It is Saturday April 27th, 2013. As of 11:35 am we have bright blue sky over Cocopah Speedway. A slight breeze. Temperature currently is 84 degrees. With a projected high today of 98. Race time temperature is projected to be 90 degrees. Tickets are on [...]
Posted by cocopah on April 27, 2013 · Leave a Comment
The rules for returning and much anticipated 4th of July Demolition Derby are now posted in the rules section of the website. (driver info/rules) There will be no entry fee for driver & 2 crew members. The payout will be $1000.00 for 1st, $300.00 for 2nd & $200.00 for 3rd. Cocopah Casino fireworks will follow the Derby.
Posted by cocopah on April 26, 2013 · Leave a Comment
RANDY HOEFT – @YUMASUNSPORTS While working in his lab late one night …OK, Greg Burgess is no mad scientist, but the director of operations at Cocopah Speedway is starting to see a transformation take place at the Somerton oval, a transformation he is orchestrating not with a scalpel, electrodes and a lightning bolt, but with [...]
Posted by cocopah on April 22, 2013 · Leave a Comment
RANDY HOEFT – SPECIALIZED CONTENT EDITOR You can’t judge a book by its cover.Apparently you can’t judge a race track by its video, either.Just ask Damion Gardner.Gardner, from Concord, Calif., had never been to Cocopah Speedway, so to prepare for the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series, two-night show he watched a lot of footage of [...]
Posted by cocopah on April 20, 2013 · Leave a Comment
Dont Miss LapTime Live on AM 1400 Outlaw Country at 11AM! USAC 410 Sprint Cars & Street Stocks tonight. It is Saturday April 20th, 2013. As of 10:15 am we have bright blue sky over Cocopah Speedway. No breeze. Temperature currently is 78 degrees. With a projected high today of 93. Race time temperature is projected to [...]
Posted by cocopah on April 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment
RANDY HOEFT – @YUMASUNSPORTS The Model T has certainly come a long way – on the race track.Dirt track racing, or to be more specific, sprint car racing, dates back to the 1930s when drivers would strip down a Ford Model T and turn it into a race car. This was referred to as “dirt [...]
Posted by cocopah on April 16, 2013 · Leave a Comment
You can now view the latest edition of the YumaSun’s “Speed” ..this edition focusses on this weekends USAC CRA big two night sprint car show at Cocopah Speedway. This edition is packed with some great driver stories. Thank you to the YumaSun & Randy Hoeft for their efforts. http://74.54.78.115/~book/Cocopah_Speedway/Speed.html#/8/ Tickets are on sale now for [...]
Posted by cocopah on April 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
After back to back weekends of racing at Cocopah Speedway, preparations are already underway for the weeks ahead. April 19 & 20 the sprint cars of USAC CRA will be in action along with Factory stocks on Friday night & Street Stocks on Saturday. That weekend will again be followed up with back to back [...]
Posted by cocopah on April 8, 2013 · Leave a Comment
RANDY HOEFT – @YUMASUNSPORTS Bobby Horton said he wasn’t going make any mistakes. But he didn’t expect the mistakes to come to him. While pulling away to what appeared to be a sure win in Saturday night’s IMCA Modified Division feature event in Round 6 of the Cocopah Speedway Racing Series at the Somerton oval, [...]