Ocean Speedway

0.25 mi./0.402 km. Dirt Oval located in Watsonville, CA
Opened: 1960 | Track In Operation

Previous Names: Watsonville Speedway; Watsonville Fairgrounds Speedway

Previous Configurations: 1/2mi dirt oval (1971); 1/8mi dirt oval (1984-1985)


Promoters: John Prentice
Website: http://www.oceanspeedway.com/Watsonville/

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The following table contains a list of all known touring series or major events held at this speedway. Think we're missing one or have the results to it? Contact us!

Date	Sanction	Winner	Laps
1 September 1957	California Racing Association	Roy Prosser
3 April 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Natinal Championship	Jerry Cecil	20
10 April 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
17 April 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
24 April 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
1 May 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Gary Pacheco
8 May 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil	20
15 May 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
22 May 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil	20
5 June 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
12 June 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
19 June 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
26 June 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
10 July 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
17 July 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
24 July 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
31 July 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
7 August 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Ron Gravelle	150
14 August 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Duane Belt
21 August 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
28 August 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil
4 September 1970	NASCAR Late Model Sportsman National Championship	Jerry Cecil	100
4 October 1986	NARC Miller High Life Racing Series	Scott Luhdorff
4 July 1991	Northern Auto Racing Club	Tim Green
24 August 1991	Bay Cities Racing Association Midgets	Rick Bussell
24 April 1993	Golden State Sprint Car Series	Brent Kaeding
24 April 1993	Northern Auto Racing Club	Brent Kaeding
24 September 1994	Budweiser Northern Auto Racing Club	Brent Kaeding
29 September 1995	Golden State Sprint Car Series	Steve Kent
26 July 1996	Northern Auto Racing Club	Brent Kaeding
1 August 1997	Northern Auto Racing Club	Brent Kaeding
2 August 1997	Northern Auto Racing Club	Jason Lund
15 May 1998	Western Dirt Racing Tour	Steve Drake (CA)
28 June 1998	Northern Auto Racing Club	Randy Hannagan	30
31 July 1998	Northern Auto Racing Club	Randy Hannagan
1 August 1998	Northern Auto Racing Club	Randy Tiner
4 June 1999	Western Dirt Racing Tour	Shawn DeForest
12 May 2000	Western Dirt Racing Tour	John Silva
9 September 2000	Pennzoil World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series	Joey Saldana	30
18 May 2001	Golden State Sprint Car Series	Steve Kent
29 August 2001	Pennzoil World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series	Andy Hillenburg (OK)	40
2 August 2002	Western Dirt Racing Tour	Phil Barrow
3 September 2002	Pennzoil World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series	Brad Furr	30
30 May 2003	Western Dirt Racing Tour	John Silva
8 August 2003	Western Dirt Racing Tour	Eric Jacobsen
7 May 2004	USAC California North Ford Focus Midget Car Series USAC California South Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Josh Lakatos	25
13 August 2004	USAC California North Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Bobby Michnowicz	25
20 May 2005	Western Dirt Racing Tour	Mike Johnson (Clovis, CA)
3 June 2005	USAC California Dirt Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Alex Harris	24
23 July 2005	USAC California Dirt Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Alex Harris	25
5 August 2005	USAC California Dirt Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Robbie Whitchurch	20
20 August 2005	Western Dirt Racing Tour	Richard Papenahausen
2 September 2005	USAC California Dirt Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Audra Sasselli	25
5 May 2006	Western Dirt Racing Tour	Bobby Hogge, IV
19 August 2006	Western Dirt Racing Tour	Bobby Hogge, IV
23 March 2007	Wright One 360 Sprint Car Series	Brent Kaeding
6 April 2007	Wright One 360 Sprint Car Series	Brent Kaeding
27 April 2007	Wright One 360 Sprint Car Series	Mike Henry (CA)
11 May 2007	Wright One 360 Sprint Car Series	Bud Kaeding
20 June 2008	Western Allstars DIRTcar Late Model Series	Steve Drake (CA)
17 October 2008	Advance Auto Parts World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series	Steve Kinser	40
15 May 2009	USAC California Dirt Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Cody Swanson	20
15 May 2009	USAC California Junior Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Taylor Ferns	15
10 July 2009	USAC California Junior Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Taylor Ferns	15
10 July 2009	USAC California Dirt Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Nick Carlson (CA)	20
16 April 2010	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Bud Kaeding	30
7 May 2010	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Justin Sanders	30
14 May 2010	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Kyle Larson	30
4 June 2010	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Tommy Tarlton
18 June 2010	USAC Western Dirt Young Guns Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Alex Jacobsen	20
18 June 2010	USAC Western Dirt Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Andrew Mulhearn	20
18 June 2010	AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car Series	Cory Kruseman	30
25 June 2010	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Kyle Larson
16 July 2010	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo Civil War Sprint Car Series	Kyle Larson
30 July 2010	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Tommy Tarlton
7 August 2010	USAC Western Dirt Young Guns Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Jarid Blondel	20
7 August 2010	USAC Western Dirt Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Nick Carlson (CA)	20
20 August 2010	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Tim Kaeding
28 August 2010	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Tim Kaeding
24 September 2010	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo Civil War Sprint Car Series	Tommy Tarlton
8 October 2010	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Brent Kaeding	30
15 October 2010	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Tim Kaeding	30
17 June 2011	USAC Western Dirt Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Wally Pankratz	25
17 June 2011	USAC Western Dirt Young Guns Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Cole Custer	20
17 June 2011	AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car Series USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series	Cory Kruseman	30
5 August 2011	USAC Western Dirt Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Jarid Blondel
5 August 2011	USAC Western Dirt Young Guns Ford Focus Midget Car Series	Trevor Hunt	20
20 April 2012	USAC Western Dirt Ignite Midget Series	Jet Davison	30
20 April 2012	USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series	Ryan Bernal	30
15 June 2012	AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car Series USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series	Mike Spencer (CA)	30
6 July 2012	USAC Mopar Western Midget Championship	Cory Kruseman	30
6 July 2012	USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series	Brent Kaeding	30
3 August 2012	USAC Western Dirt Ignite Midget Series	Parker Colston	20
10 August 2012	AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car Series	Mike Spencer (CA)	30
19 April 2013	USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series	Ryan Bernal	30
14 June 2013	AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car Series USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series	Damion Gardner	30
14 June 2013	USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series	Damion Gardner	30
12 July 2013	USAC Honda Western Midget Championship	Ronnie Gardner	30
12 July 2013	USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series	Bud Kaeding	30
9 August 2013	AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car Series USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series	Marty Hawkins	30
16 May 2014	USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series	Ryan Bernal	30
27 June 2014	AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car Series	Mike Spencer (CA)	30
8 August 2014	USAC Western Classic Sprint Car Series USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series	Matt Mitchell (CA)	30
5 September 2014	AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car Series	Damion Gardner	30
26 June 2015	King of the West Sprint Car Series	D.J. Netto
10 July 2015	Joe Hunt Magnetos Sprint Car Series	Klint Simpson
10 July 2015	Civil War Sprint Car Series	Justin Sanders
11 July 2015	King of the West Sprint Car Series	Kyle Hirst
29 August 2015	Joe Hunt Magnetos Sprint Car Series	Klint Simpson
29 August 2015	Civil War Sprint Car Series	Andy Forsberg
1 April 2016	World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series	Brad Sweet	35
3 June 2016	Bay Cities Racing Association Midgets	Dustin Golobic
24 June 2016	King of the West Sprint Car Series	Shane Golobic	30
15 July 2016	Civil War Sprint Car Series	Kyle Hirst	30
16 July 2016	Joe Hunt Magnetos Sprint Car Series	Tommy Laliberte	25
16 July 2016	King of the West Sprint Car Series	Kyle Hirst	30
6 August 2016	IMCA All-Star Modified Tour	Bobby Hogge, IV	30
12 August 2016	USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series	Jace Vander Weerd	33
20 August 2016	Civil War Sprint Car Series	Justin Sanders	50
20 August 2016	Joe Hunt Magnetos Sprint Car Series	Terry Schank, Jr.	15
9 September 2016	AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car Series California Sprint Week	Thomas Meseraull	30
30 September 2016	IMCA All-Star Modified Tour	Bobby Hogge, IV	33
1 October 2016	IMCA All-Star Modified Tour	Bobby Hogge, IV	33
7 October 2016	King of the West Sprint Car Series	Justin Sanders	30
9 June 2017	Bay Cities Racing Association Midgets	David Prickett	25
23 June 2017	King of the West Sprint Car Series presented by NARC Fujitsu Racing Series	Shane Golobic	30
14 July 2017	Civil War Sprint Car Series	Kyle Hirst	30
15 July 2017	King of the West Sprint Car Series presented by NARC Fujitsu Racing Series	Michael Kofoid	30
15 July 2017	IMCA All-Star Modified Tour	Duane Cleveland
28 July 2017	USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series	Austin Liggett	30
5 August 2017	IMCA All-Star Modified Tour	Troy Foulger
12 August 2017	Civil War Sprint Car Series	Michael Kofoid	50
8 September 2017	AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car Series	Kevin Thomas, Jr.	30
30 September 2017	IMCA All-Star Modified Tour	Ethan Dotson
6 October 2017	King of the West Sprint Car Series presented by NARC Fujitsu Racing Series	Shane Golobic	30
30 March 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Justin Sanders	30
13 April 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Bud Kaeding
20 April 2018	King of the West Sprint Car Series presented by NARC Fujitsu Racing Series	Kyle Hirst	30
20 April 2018	South Bay Dwarf Car Association	Punky Pires	20
27 April 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Justin Sanders
27 April 2018	South Bay Dwarf Car Association	Punky Pires
4 May 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Brad Furr
11 May 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Bud Kaeding
1 June 2018	South Bay Dwarf Car Association	Terre Rothweiler
8 June 2018	Bay Cities Racing Association Midgets	Chase Johnson
8 June 2018	South Bay Dwarf Car Association	Zach Price
15 June 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Koen Shaw
22 June 2018	King of the West Sprint Car Series presented by NARC Fujitsu Racing Series	Justin Sanders
22 June 2018	South Bay Dwarf Car Association	Zach Price
6 July 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Justin Sanders
13 July 2018	South Bay Dwarf Car Association	Zach Price
13 July 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Brad Furr
20 July 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo Civil War Sprint Car Series presented by Flowmaster	Tanner Thorson
20 July 2018	South Bay Dwarf Car Association	Terre Rothweiler
20 July 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Justin Sanders
21 July 2018	King of the West Sprint Car Series presented by NARC Fujitsu Racing Series	Colby Copeland
27 July 2018	IMCA Western Racesaver Sprint Car Series	Blake Robertson
10 August 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Brad Furr
10 August 2018	South Bay Dwarf Car Association	Punky Pires
17 August 2018	South Bay Dwarf Car Association	Shawn Jones
17 August 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Brad Furr
25 August 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo Civil War Sprint Car Series presented by Flowmaster	Tanner Thorson
25 August 2018	IMCA Western Racesaver Sprint Car Series	Grant Duinkerken
7 September 2018	AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car Series	Brody Roa	30
21 September 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Bud Kaeding
29 September 2018	IMCA All-Star Modified Tour	Nick DeCarlo
5 October 2018	South Bay Dwarf Car Association	Shawn Jones
5 October 2018	Ocean Sprint Cars presented by Taco Bravo	Dominic Scelzi

A table of all seasons in which The Third Turn has point standings for this track. Click on each individual season to view all divisions and point standings. If we don't have points to a particular season and you do, please Contact us!

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