The Famoso Bakersfield Raceway hosted the first ever March Meet in 1959 and it helped establish the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) legitimacy.
[1][2][3] The Famoso Bakersfield Raceway still hosts the March Meet but it is now strictly a "nostalgia drag racing" event.
In the 2000s, "Saturday Nitro" events featured Fuel altereds then switched to nostalgia funny cars around 2010.
After a driver died in an on-track hit on the guardrail, they stopped hosting these non-sanctioned events.
The track also hosts A.N.R.A (American nostalgia racing association) events and the annual NHRA Museum's California Hot Rod Reunion in October as well as a high school racing series and other smaller events.