Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway hosts the 11th running of the Jason Leffler Memorial on Tuesday night, November 25, featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets competing for an increased winner’s share of $12,500 with the bump in the purse coming courtesy of Durst, Inc.

The Jason Leffler Memorial honors the memory of the four-time USAC national driving champion and resumes after a one-year hiatus. The event previously held in Illinois moves to Leffler’s home state in 2025.

Leffler captured USAC National Midget titles in 1997-1998-1999 and also scored the 1998 USAC Silver Crown championship. Among his 19 career USAC National Midget feature wins are the 1997 Belleville Nationals, the 1997 Hut 100, the 1999 Copper World Classic, the 2002 Night Before the 500 and the 1999 & 2005 Turkey Night Grand Prix. He is also an inductee of the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame and the USAC Hall of Fame.

No previous winners of the Jason Leffler Memorial are currently entered, ensuring a new victor out of the red hot field of drivers expected to compete, including recent USAC Golden State Invasion winners Daison Pursley (Placerville), Cannon McIntosh (Merced) and Logan Seavey (Merced).

Two drivers with recent winged sprint car success at Kern Raceway are expected in action, with 2025 World of Outlaws feature winner Buddy Kofoid of Penngrove, Calif. and 2023 NARC feature winner Corey Day of Clovis, Calif. expected to compete.

Two-time Bakersfield Speedway USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget winner Seavey of Sutter, Calif. takes his talents 20 miles west in 2025 to the new speedway. Surprise, Ariz.’s Drake Edwards is another driver with a victory at Kern on his resume, claiming a USAC Western Midget feature in 2024. Two-time Kern USAC Western States Midget winner Jake Andreotti of Castro Valley, Calif. will also be in the field after winning twice at the track in 2023.

Championship contenders such as Oklahoma’s McIntosh, Ione, California’s Justin Grant, Kevin Thomas, Jr. from Alabama, and Jacob Denney of Ohio will be gunning for a critical victory in the series’ penultimate race.

NASCAR Cup Series driver Ty Gibbs is expected along with popular multi-faceted driver Kaylee Bryson. West Coast standouts are headlined by Lemoore’s Carson Macedo, a 58-time winner with the World of Outlaws. Other Californians include Bakersfield’s own Jett Yantis and Broedy Graham, and Riverside’s Dane Culver.

SCHEDULE & RACE DETAILS

Grandstand gates open at 4pm followed by the first hot laps at 5pm. General admission tickets are on sale now at www.BakersfieldSpeedway.com or available at the gates. Adult general admission tickets are $30 with kids ages 6-12 admitted for $15 while kids five and under are free!

Tuesday's event is also the 9th annual Western States Championship for the California Lightning Sprints. The three 2025 stops for the series at Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway have featured three different winners, with Eric Greco, Jeff Dyer, and Bobby Michnowicz claiming wins. Aiden Lange of Lakewood leads Drake Cardey of Riverside by 52-points heading into the $500 to win finale.

For more information on Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway, visit www.BakersfieldSpeedway.com or follow the speedway on social media. Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway is located at 13500 Raceway Blvd, near Enos Ln and Interstate 5 in Bakersfield.

BAKERSFIELD EXPECTED USAC MIDGET ENTRY LIST

00       Jake Andreotti

4         Steven Snyder Jr.

4K       Corey Day

4R      Ronnie Gardner

4y       Jett Yantis

11       Kaylee Bryson

14       Kevin Thomas Jr

14JB   Jakeb Boxell

14JR   Connor Speir

17A    Drake Cardey

17NZ  Mathew Radisich

19AZ  Hayden Reinbold

20Q    Brecken Reese

25       Karter Sarff

27x     Kyle Jones

31       Michael Pickens

31B    Jake Swanson

43       Gunnar Setser

57       Logan Seavey

63       Cale Coons

66       Broedy Graham

67       Jacob Denney

68       Michael Faccinto

71       Buddy Kofoid

71K    Cannon McIntosh

73       Dane Culver

81       Ty Gibbs

83       Drake Edwards

86       Daison Pursley

87       Justin Grant

97       Gavin Miller

97K    Kale Drake

98K    Brandon Carr

99AU Carson Macedo

JASON LEFFLER MEMORIAL WINNERS

2013: Zach Daum (8/28)

2014: Daryn Pittman (8/26)

2015: Bryan Clauson (10/23)

2016: Brady Bacon (10/20)

2018: Tyler Thomas (10/21)

2019: Tyler Courtney (10/17)

2020: Tanner Thorson (10/9)

2021: Christopher Bell (12/18)

2022: Mitchel Moles (10/7)

2023: Tanner Thorson (8/18)