Just like that, a new season is here.
Fewer than 80 days after the conclusion of the 2024 season, ARCA Menards Series West teams and drivers will be back on track Saturday night for the running of the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway (3 p.m. PT / 6 p.m. ET on FloRacing).
The 16th West Series race at the half-mile asphalt oval in Bakersfield, California marks the track’s first time hosting the season-opener for the series that began racing there in 2013. Greg Pursley, a two-time West Series champion, won the first two trips to the track. Other West Series winners at Kern include Dylan Lupton, Dalton Sargeant, Todd Gilliland, Derek Kraus, Taylor Gray, Landen Lewis, Kole Raz and the most recent winner, Sean Hingorani.
Ticket’s to Saturday’s West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 are available here. Below is everything you need to know about the opening round of the 2025 ARCA Menards Series West season.

West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway
The chase for the 2025 ARCA Menards Series West championship begins Saturday at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway, and several drivers have their eyes on the year-end prize.
They include Trevor Huddleston, who is back for another season of competition on the West Coast. Driving for his father Tim’s High Point Racing team, Huddleston scored two wins last year and finished the season third in the standings. He’ll look to get off to a fast start Saturday at Kern aboard the No. 50 High Point Racing Ford.
Central Coast Racing will bring two cars to Kern for Saturday’s opener. Tanner Reif, the older brother of Central Coast Racing’s former driver Tyler Reif, will be at the wheel of the No. 13 Toyota, and Spanish driver Adrian Ferrer will pilot the team’s No. 3 Toyota.
Bill McAnally Racing will field a car for 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion Daniel Hemric, who is moving to the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series to pilot the No. 19 for McAnally-Hilgemann Racing this season.
Additional entries include the Jan’s Racing Team cars driven by Kyle Keller and Robbie Kennealy. Bruce Cook’s No. 17 will be piloted by Spencer Davis, and Eric Johnson Jr. will be behind the wheel of Jerry Pitts’ No. 5.
The full entry list for Saturday’s West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 will be available later this week.
RACING REFERENCE
RACE | West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 |
PLACE | Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway |
LOCATION | Bakersfield, California |
DATE | Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025 |
TIME | 3:20 p.m. PT / 6:30 p.m. ET |
HOW TO WATCH | FloRacing |
AUDIO | ARCARacing.com |
TRACK LAYOUT | Half-mile paved oval |
LAPS | 150 |
TICKETS | Here |
CREW CHIEF HANDOUT: The starting field for the West Coast Stock Car Motorsports Hall of Fame 150 is limited to 22 starters plus provisionals. This event will be run under the 2025 ARCA Menards Series West rules, procedures, regulations and specifications.
QUALIFYING: Starting position will be set by each car’s fastest recorded lap per the Timed Session qualifying procedure.
RACE PIT STOP: Break pitting procedure. Break at / or near the conclusion of lap 75. No adding or moving tires to or from pit box once race has started.
TIRE ALLOTMENT: Per ARCA Rulebook, maximum tire usage for this event (purchased plus from-home tires) is eight (8). Maximum number of tires allowed in pit box for use in race is two (2) for emergency use only as approved by ARCA Official.