Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway

One of California’s most unique racing playgrounds, Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway opened in 2013. The track was built about 30 miles west of the former Mesa Marin Raceway, another half-mile paved oval that held races from 1977 through 2005, including nine NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series events. Alongside the paved oval, which is a regular host of the ARCA Menards Series West and other stock car events, Kern Raceway also has a third-mile, asymmetrical clay oval for sprint car and midget racing.

Kern Raceway’s paved oval features progressive banking in the corners, starting at 12 degrees at the bottom of the track and rising to 14 degrees at the top, as well as eight degrees of banking on the straightaways. Turns 1 and 2 are raised slightly higher than the straightaways and Turns 3 and 4. The corners are also different on Kern Raceway’s dirt oval, with Turns 1 and 2 of that track tighter than Turns 3 and 4.

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