Paul Silva knows Kyle Larson could have raised his fees to race Silva's No. 57 sprint car against the World of Outlaws and others this season. But the rising NASCAR star from Elk Grove has continued to honor the agreement he reached with the Sacramento car owner before the 2012 season.

Now this is the start to the 2013 season Cameron Beaubier wanted.

A 68-year-old man and 14-year-old boy died of blunt-force trauma when a car at the Marysville Raceway Park crashed into the pit area Saturday.

Kasey Kahne's bumper-banging battle with Brad Keselowski was just the warm-up act in an action-packed race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Sunday.

The two victims struck and killed Saturday by a race car at Marysville Raceway Park have been identified by deputies as Dale Richard Wondergem Jr., 68, a race car owner, and Marcus Joseph Johnson, 14, the cousin of the sprint car driver in the accident.

Two people were killed Saturday evening at Marysville Raceway Park when a sprint car careened at high speed over a wall and into the pit area.

If watching sprint car legend Steve Kinser and the other World of Outlaws drivers roar on the dirt at 120 mph isn't enough to rev you up, NASCAR star Tony Stewart returns to his racing roots for the grand opening of Stockton 99 Dirt Track on March 22.

A listing of 15 racetracks in Northern California, all within about a three-hour drive of Sacramento.

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