This Hanford winners list was compiled between March 2020 and April 2021. It is incomplete (but much better than what we had before, which was nothing). Thanks to Marty Kobata, Kevin Eckert, Lance Jennings, Casey Shuman, and Paul Vetter for their tremendous help! ...We would LOVE to fill in all the blanks on this list, particularly in terms of car owner victories. Please email me if you can help with specific information.
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Hanford, CA. Keller Auto Speedway history. 2016-2020 / 2011-2015 / 2006-2010 / 2001-2005 / 1996-2000 / 1991-1995 / 1986-1990 / Pre 1986
| Date | Winning driver | Winning Car | Sanction | Notes | Class |
| 3/9/91 | Ron Shuman (5) | Morales 2 (2) | CRA | Shuman started fifth. 31 cars. Billy Boat had fast time in qualifying. | 410 |
| 3/16/91 | Darren Howard | Jaz Miller 54 | KoT | Howard led all 20 laps. 26 cars. | 360 |
| 3/23/91 | Monte Faccinto | Dennis Johnson 14 | KoT | Monte Faccinto led all 25 laps. 23 cars on hand. | 360 |
| 3/23/91 | Brent Kaeding | Miller 69 (15) | 410w | Darrell Hanestad led laps 1-29, and Kaeding stole the win on the last lap. | 410 |
| 3/30/91 | Ronnie Day | Berry 7 (7) | 410w | Day's first Hanford win! 28 cars. | 410 |
| 4/6/91 | Darren Howard | Jaz Miller 54 (2) | KoT | ASCOT track prep man, Rico Hawkes was grooming the Hanford soil on this night. Howard led laps 2-25. | 360 |
| 4/6/91 | Steve Kent | Tony Dias 2x (3) | 410 W | 18 cars. Kent took the lead on lap 2 and never looked back. | 410 |
| 4/13/91 | Monte Faccinto | Tarlton 21 (4) | 410w | 23 cars. Faccinto won from the pole. The win paid $2,000 | 410 |
| 4/19/91 | Mike Kirby | CRA | 410 | ||
| 4/26/91 | Kevin Pylant | Pylant 14p | Golden State NARC | Spanky Matthews Memorial | 410 |
| 5/4/91 | Darryl Haugh | George Haugh 25 | KoT | Haugh started fifth and took the lead on lap 12 of 25. | 360 |
| 5/11/91 | Dale Cross | Cross 9 (2) | KoT | 26 cars. Entertaining feature had four different leaders. Cross started fifth. | 360 |
| 5/11/91 | Steve Kent | Tony Dias 2x (4) | 410 W | Kent boomed from 4th starting to lead lap one until conclusion at lap 30 with 22 cars racing. | 410 |
| 5/17/91 | Terry McCarl | Offill 88 | 410w | McCarl started outside the front row. 20 cars. | 410 |
| 5/30/91 | Steve Kent | Louden/Forbes X (5) | KoT | Fair races. 22 cars. ...Brent Kaeding finished second in the Bettencourt #4b | 360 |
| 5/31/91 | Bobby Michnowicz | Michnowicz #21c | 410 W | Fair races. 22 cars. ...Micnowicz started outside front row and led all 30 laps. | 410 |
| 6/15/91 | Darrell Gowens | Bettencourt 4B | KoT | Gowens transferred out of the semi-main, started 17th in the feature and won it! 29 cars. | 360 |
| 6/15/91 | Ronnie Day | Berry 7 (8) | 410 W | 24 cars. | 410 |
| 6/22/91 | Ron Shuman | CRA | 410 | ||
| 6/29/91 | Brent Kaeding | Miller 69 (16) | NARC | 36 cars. | 410 |
| 7/6/91 | Darren Howard | Jaz Miller 54 (3) | KoT | 22 cars. | 360 |
| 7/6/91 | Ronnie Day | Berry 7 (9) | 410w | 16 cars. | 410 |
| 7/19/91 | Chuck Miller | Danell/DeHart 5 (14) | Golden State NARC | What could have been the upset win of the year did not quite happen. 46 entries with Chuck Miller taking the #5 Danell/DeHart Farms into victory lane. Upstart Mitch Sue led laps 1-24 before running second in the Pombo/Sargent Classic. | 410 |
| 7/20/91 | Brent Kaeding | Miller 69 (17) | Golden State NARC | BK was the winner from 6th starting leading the final pair of circuits over Day and Kent and the balance of the field of 37. Night #2 of the Pombo/Sargent Classic. | 410 |
| 8/3/91 | Andy Ferris | Ferris 33 | KoT | 29 cars raced in this North/South challenge event. Andy Ferris taking his own #33 to the $1,200 to win from fourth row starting after Darrel Gowens spun out of the lead. | 360 |
| 8/17/91 | Steve Kent | Tony Dias 2x (5) | 410 W | Kent started in the third row. 20 cars. | 410 |
| 8/18/91 | Doug Silva | Bettencourt 4B (4) | KoT | Race was called after six laps (and four yellow flags) due to curfew. | 360 |
| 8/24/91 | Darrell Gowens | Bettencourt 4B (2) | KoT | Gowens started eleventh. 21 cars. | 360 |
| 9/7/91 | Doug Silva | Bettencourt 4B (3) | KoT | Silva started third in the feature. | 360 |
| 9/18/91 | Dave Blaney | Chupp 7c | WoO | 45 WoO Sprint Cars in the pits. Blaney started from the pole. …Paul Vetter announced on this night. Kenny Garcia was the scorer. | 410 |
| 9/21/91 | Doug Silva | Bettencourt 4B (5) | KoT | Silva started 7th. | 360 |
| 10/4/91 | Brent Kaeding | Miller 69 (18) | 410w | Cotton Classic prelim. BK started fifth. 35 cars in the pits. | 410 |
| 10/5/91 | Chuck Miller | Danell/DeHart 5 (15) | 410w | Cotton Classic. Miller led all 30 laps from his outside front-row starting spot. He took home the ”cotton bale”. | 410 |
| 10/12/91 | Darren Howard | Jaz Miller 54 (4) | KoT | This division had their own Cotton Classic. | 360 |
| 11/15/91 | Jimmy Sills | CRA | Frank Lewis and fairgrounds manager Ethan Hirsch pulled the plug on this one early due to curfew. | 410 | |
| 3/4/92 | Stevie Smith | Hamilton 77 | WoO | 37 cars. Smith started fourth. | 410 |
| 3/28/92 | Darrell Gowens | Gowens 76 | KoT | Gowens led laps 4-25. | 360 |
| 3/28/92 | Tim Green | Owen 14 (7) | 410w | Only 19 cars. Leader Darrell Hanestad's car broke a rear end gear on the white flag lap. Green won the drag race to the finish ahead of Chuck Miller. | 410 |
| 4/18/92 | Doug Silva | Bettencourt 4B (6) | KoT | Silva drove the Bettencourt #4B from second row start and led from lap 7 to completion. 25 cars. | 360 |
| 4/24/92 | Kevin Pylant | Pylant 14p (2) | Golden State NARC | Spanky Matthews Memorial. NARC ran a new format for 38 cars in pits called for two “qualifying” heats of 20 laps each. A feature within a feature so to speak. No trophy dash. Pylant won from 10th starting spot in the “feature event”. | 410 |
| 5/8/92 | Brent Kaeding | Miller 69 (19) | 410w | BK started on the pole and won with ease, leading all 30 laps. | 410 |
| 5/9/92 | Monte Faccinto | Dennis Johnson 14 (2) | KoT | Monte Faccinto drove the Johnson #14 from the third row and took the lead on lap 16 before a time curfew checkered the event so the featured 410's could get their feature run. | 360 |
| 5/9/92 | Paul McMahan | Hasebe 2 (4) | 410 W | A major frontstretch crash involving Gene Manhire and Anthony Simone curtailed this one at 19 laps due to curfew. McMahan was leading and won aboard the Hasebe #2 car. | 410 |
| 5/30/92 | Monte Faccinto | Dennis Johnson 14 (3) | KoT | Faccinto started 8th, was first on lap 8 and won in the Johnson #14 with 28 cars. | 360 |
| 6/11/92 | Steve Kent | Louden/Forbes X (6) | KoT | Kent drove the #XX Louden/Forbes entry to the win. 28 cars. Kent led laps 7-30 at this Kings Fair race. | 360 |
| 6/12/92 | Dale Cross | Cross 9 (3) | KoT | Another night at the Fair. Dale Cross and 24 others raced with Cross in his own #9 leading all 20 laps from the pole | 360 |
| 6/12/92 | Steve Kent | Helm 11 | 410 W | Steve Kent in the #11 Helm/Freund machine started 6th and took the lead on lap 9 from Blake Robertson for another feature win with 18 cars in the house. | 410 |
| 6/27/92 | Monte Faccinto | Dennis Johnson 14 (4) | KoT | Monte Faccinto reeled in leader Brad Duinkerken on the last lap for the 30 lap feature victory. He started 10th in the Johnson #14 with 31 cars available. | 360 |
| 7/11/92 | Graydon Cross | Cross 9 (4) | KoT | Graydon Cross (son of Dale-but you probably already knew that!) won from the pole, but not easily. Todd Ventura battled Cross and led a bunch of laps but Cross prevailed in the 30 lap affair as 29 cars competed. | 360 |
| 7/17/92 | Steve Kent | Helm 11 (2) | Golden State NARC | Shortened to 17 laps. Curfew. The Pombo-Sargent Classic A whopping 51 cars raced with Kent in the lead from fourth row starting when curfew time struck 11. | 410 |
| 7/18/92 | Steve Kent | Helm 11 (3) | Golden State NARC | 40 cars returned for night #2 of the Pombo/Sargent. Kent led all 30 laps with Kevin Pylant chasing the whole way for second | 410 |
| 7/25/92 | Brad Duinkerken | Duinkerken 7D (2) | KoT | Starting seventh and taking the lead on lap ten of 30, Duinkerken drove his own #7D to the win. Tim Worth ran second with 27 cars on hand. | 360 |
| 8/1/92 | Brad Duinkerken | Duinkerken 7D (3) | KoT | KOT 360 North-South shootout. Brad Duinkerken came from third starting and won the deal. Monte Faccinto and Kevin Urton made up the top three. 29 cars were in the pits. |
360 |
| 8/15/92 | Doug Silva | Bettencourt 4B (7) | KoT | 23 cars pitside with Silva in the Bettencourt #4B passing leader Miles Short for the lead on lap two from row two and won ahead of M. Faccinto and Todd Ventura. | 360 |
| 8/21/92 | Steve Kent | Helm 11 (4) | 410 W | 33 cars. 40 lap Cotton Classic win went to S.Kent in #11 again. Joe Von Schriltz led lap one with Kent coming from fifth starting for the win. | 410 |
| 8/22/92 | Steve Kent | Helm (5) | 410 W | Kent again victorious in #11 with 32 cars returning. Early leaders P. McMahan and D. Hanestad were passed by Kent in the 40-lapper. Cotton Classic. | 410 |
| 9/2/92 | Sammy Swindell | Annett 1 (TMC) (2) | WoO | 410 | |
| 9/12/92 | Jason Lund | Lund 8L | KoT | Cotton Classic for 360's. Jason Lund won his first feature in the Lund #8L ride. He led all 30 laps for the win ahead of M. Faccinto and D. Silva | 360 |
| 9/26/92 | Blake Robertson | BR Motorsports 15 | KoT | Aboard the familiar #15, Blake Robertson started fourth and took the lead from Ronnie Day for the win. 25 cars in the pits with feature 2-3 spots going to M. Faccinto and Ryan Bailey. | 360 |
| 10/10/92 | Graydon Cross | Cross 9 (5) | KoT | 360 | |
| 10/10/92 | Ron Shuman | Skip Schuck 72 (2) | USAC Western Midgets | Midgets | |
| 11/14/92 | Joe Gaerte | USAC Western Midgets | Midgets | ||
| 4/10/93 | Monte Faccinto (30) | Dennis Johnson 14d | KoT | The 1993 season was promoted by Fair Manager Beverly Baker. ...30 cars. This was the last race worked as regular scorer by Paul Vetter. | 360 |
| 4/23/93 | Brent Kaeding | Miller 69 | Golden State NARC | Spanky Matthews Memorial drew 43 cars in the pits. BK won the feature ahead of Tim Green, and Steve Kent. | 410 |
| 5/1/93 | Billy Boat | USAC Western Midgets | Midgets | ||
| 5/7/93 | 410 and 360 | 410 | |||
| 5/15/93 | Monte Faccinto | Dennis Johnson 14d | KoT | 24 cars on hand. Monte started 12th and drove to the win. | 360 |
| 5/22/93 | Kot | 360 | |||
| 6/26/93 | Todd Ventura | Roth 83 | KoT | 360 | |
| 6/26/93 | Steve Kent | 410w | 410 | ||
| 7/16/93 | Brent Kaeding | Miller 69 | Golden State NARC | The Pombo/Sargent Classic. 45 cars. Kaeding started in the third row. | 410 |
| 7/17/93 | Chuck Miller | Koziar 24kt | Golden State NARC | Night two of the Pombo/Sargent. | 410 |
| 7/31/93 | Monte Faccinto | Dennis Johnson 14d | Civil War 360w | 33 cars for the Civil War event. Faccinto had seven lapped cars between himself and Kevin Urton at the checkered flag. | 360 |
| 8/14/93 | Jimmy Sills | 410w | 410 | ||
| 8/21/93 | Doug Silva | Bettencourt 4B | KoT | Doug Silva drove the #4B Steve Bettencourt ride from 4th to win over Monte Faccinto and current point leader Todd Ventura in the Roth Motorsports #83 with 22 racers on hand. | 360 |
| 9/1/93 | Stevie Smith (3) | Al Hamilton 77 | WoO | He earned the win on a turn four pass coming down for the checkers from race long leader Andy Hillenburg Steve Kinser started on the pole and finished third. | 410 |
| 9/17/93 | Tim Worth | Homer Worth 33 | KoT | 17 cars. Worth won from the pole. | 360 |
| 9/25/93 | Monte Faccinto | Dennis Johnson 14d | KoT | Cotton Classic. Winner, Faccinto finally won after three consecutive years being runnerup for the cotton bale trophy that was a big deal back in the days. He started on the pole but did not take the lead until lap 23 of 30. The field was made up of 27 racers. | 360 |
| 10/1/93 | Chuck Miller | Koziar 24kt | 410w | Chuck Miller in the Koziar 24KT ride started on the outside front row and won over the 26 car field. | 410 |
| 10/2/93 | Steve Kent | 410w | 410 | ||
| 10/8/93 | Ron Shuman | Wilkerson 11 | 410 NW | 410 | |
| 10/8/93 | Billy Boat | Lawson 87 | USAC Western Midgets | Midgets | |
| 11/13/93 | Andy Minchner | 6m | USAC Western Midgets | USAC Midgets with 27 cars in the pits. Andy Michner had a bad heat race, won the semi from front row, transferred to the feature and started outside front row to take the win in #6M J/S Plating/Michner Plating Gaerte (to be specific!!) | Midgets |
| 11/13/93 | Corey Kruseman | Jim Sharp 59 | TQ's | Wow. T.Q.s actually raced on the big track . They had 27 cars as well with The Cruiser, Cory Kruseman winning from 6th. He drove a #59 car for owner Jim Sharp. | TQ |
| 3/26/94 | Doug Silva | Silva 4b | KoT | 360 | |
| 3/26/94 | Tony Stewart | USAC Western Midgets | Midgets | ||
| 4/5/94 | Todd Ventura | Roth 83 | KoT | 20 cars. Monte Faccinto was second, follwed by Doug Silva | 360 |
| 4/30/94 | Monte Faccinto | Dennis Johnson 14 | KoT | A major crash during the feature effectively ended the driving career of Todd Ventura. 21 cars. | 360 |
| 5/13/94 | Monte Faccinto | Dennis Johnson 14 | KoT | 12 cars. Tim Worth was runner-up. | 360 |
| 5/21/94 | Monte Faccinto | KoT | 360 | ||
| 6/11/94 | Rip Williams | Gaffney 47 | SCRA | 410 | |
| 6/25/94 | Paul McMahan | Lamar 3C | Golden State NARC | Spanky Matthews Memorial | 410 |
| 7/9/94 | Monte Faccinto | Dennis Johnson 14 | KoT | Clean Sweep for Faccinto! Darrel Gowens ran second ahead of Jim Taves. The 30 lap feature saw only 5 cars finish on the lead lap. | |
| 7/15/94 | Chuck Miller (11, 10-410) | Koziar 24kt | Golden State NARC | 32 cars. Miller won the semi main to transfer and started 8th spot for the 30 lap win. BK ran second followed by Steve Kent. | 410 |
| 7/16/94 | Steve Kent | Helm 11 | Golden State NARC | 410 | |
| 7/30/94 | Monte Faccinto | Civil War 360w | 360 | ||
| 8/13/94 | Tim Worth | KoT | 360 | ||
| 9/7/94 | Dave Blaney | WoO | 410 | ||
| 9/21/94 | Lee Brewer Jr. | Danell/DeHart 5 (15) | KoT | 21 cars with Lee Brewer setting a NTR in qualifying at 14.073 aboard #5. He started 6th in the main and won ahead of Darrel Gowens and Troy Newsome (a name not often mentioned). | 360 |
| 10/2/94 | Steve Kent | 410w | 410 | ||
| 10/7/94 | Ron Shuman | SCRA | 410 | ||
| 10/7/94 | Donnie Beechler | 67 | USAC Western Midgets | midgets | |
| 10/15/94 | Darren Howard | Civil War 360w | 360 | ||
| 3/25/95 | Billy Boat | Lawson 15 | USAC Western Midgets | midgets | |
| 4/1/95 | Branden Olsen | 360 NW (Bandits) | Davey Pombo had fast time of 16.8 seconds. | 360 | |
| 4/1/95 | Chris Stevens | KoT | Lee Brewer set quick time at 15.7 seconds | 360 | |
| 4/8/95 | Anthony Pombo | 360 NW (Bandits) | Only 4 cars. They ran an 8-lap feature. | 360 | |
| 4/8/95 | Lee Brewer Jr. | 3T | KoT | 15 cars for the winged 360 show. Darren Howard finished second, followed by Gary Righetti, Darrel Gowens, and Chris Stevens | 360 |
| 4/22/95 | Brad Duinkerken (6) | KoT | Jim Taves set quick-time. Duinkerken won the feature over Tim Worth, Dale Cross, Brad Evetts, and Doug Silva. | 360 | |
| 4/22/95 | Branden Olsen | 360 NW | 8 cars. Olsen won over D Pombo, A Pombo, Righetto, and Les Loeser | 360 | |
| 4/29/95 | Rained OUT | USAC Western Midgets | Midgets | ||
| 5/13/95 | Rained OUT | ||||
| 5/20/95 | Darren Howard (9) | Williams 0 | KoT | 360 | |
| 5/20/95 | Richard Harvey Jr. | 360 NW | 360 | ||
| 6/2/95 | Jim Taves | KoT | Top three: Taves, Darren Howard, Darrell Gowens. Gary Righetti had quick-time at 14.872. | 360 | |
| 6/2/95 | Chuck Miller | 410 W | Miller won everything but the Dash. He had quick time, won his heat and the Feature. Paul McMahan finished second, followed by Mone Faccinto. | 410 | |
| 6/8/95 | Blake Robertson | Roth 83 | KoT | Kings Fair Races. 18 cars. Robertson won over Gowens, Worth, D Silva, and G Righetti. | 360 |
| 6/8/95 | Bobby Elliott | Feature was called after 9 laps. Only two cars were left running (Elliott and A Pombo). | 360 | ||
| 6/24/95 | Mike Faria | KoT | Spanky Matthews Memorial (fifth annual) | 360 | |
| 6/24/95 | Greg DeCaires | Roth 83 | Golden State NARC | Spanky Matthews Memorial | 410 |
| 7/8/95 | Brad Johnson | 360 NW | 360 | ||
| 7/8/95 | Jim Taves | KoT | 360 | ||
| 7/14/95 | Brent Kaeding | BK Racing 69 | Golden State NARC | 410 | |
| 7/15/95 | Dale Cross | Four C's 9 | 360 NW (Bandits) | Race was called after ten laps. Gary Righetti too a bad flip in turn 3. | 360 |
| 7/15/95 | Rick Martin | Martin 44 | Golden State NARC | Pombo/Sargent Classic. 32 cars. Martin started on the front row. Brent Kaeding finished second followed by Greg DeCaires, Paul McMahan, and Chuck Miller. | 410 |
| 7/22/95 | Davey Pombo | 360 NW (Bandits) | H.P. Myatt suffered a wicked flip on lap 18 of the 20 lap Feature. He was transported to the hospital. …Denny McCallister set quick time of 17.023. | 360 | |
| 7/22/95 | Mike Faria | KoT | Faria held off a late challenge from Tim Worth. | 360 | |
| 7/29/95 | Mike Faria | KoT | Tim Worth had quick-time at 15.361. | 360 | |
| 8/12/95 | Davey Pombo | 360 NW | 11 cars. | 360 | |
| 8/12/95 | Mike Faria | KoT | 10 cars. | 360 | |
| 8/19/95 | Brad Evett | KoT | 360 | ||
| 8/19/95 | Jim Bohling | 360 NW | 360 | ||
| 8/26/95 | Lealand McSpadden | 360 NW SCRA | 360 | ||
| 9/6/95 | Danny Lasoski | WoO | 410 | ||
| 9/23/95 | Mike Faria | KoT | Mike Faria had quick time of 14.25 seconds. | 360 | |
| 9/23/95 | Patrick Lawrence | 360 NW (Bandits) | Richard Harvey broke the Bandits track record with a 16.412 lap in time trials. | 360 | |
| 9/30/95 | Jim Bohling | 360 NW | 360 | ||
| 10/6/95 | Mike Kirby | SCRA | 410 | ||
| 10/6/95 | Billy Boat | Lawson 15 | USAC Western Midgets | Midgets | |
| 10/14/95 | Lee Brewer Jr. | KoT | 360 | ||
| 10/14/95 | Mike Faria | KoT | 360 | ||
| 10/28/95 | Jimmy Sills | 410w | 410 |
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