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TOP 11 COUNTDOWN – PARKER STEPHENS

By Kevin Peters Next up, in the top 11 countdown, is the driver currently tied for 9th in the Spears Southwest Tour Series Point Standings, Olympia, WA driver Parker Stephens. Parker is running for Rookie of the Year driving for the NTS Motorsports Team in 2015. He currently occupies the [...]

TOP 11 COUNTDOWN – BLAINE ROCHA

By Kevin Peters   At the current midpoint of the season, here is a countdown of the top 11 in the Spears Southwest Tour Series Point Standings. Today we begin with Blaine Rocha from Oakdale, CA. Blaine sits 11th in points, 115 markers out of first place after four point events [...]

Thorn Wins PLM at Five Flags

Being that Derek Thorn calls Bakersfield, California home, he very rarely gets the chance to race at Pensacola, Florida’s Five Flags Speedway.  Usually he only gets to travel to the famous half-mile oval once a year in December for the Snowball Derby.  But there he was anyway, on Friday [...]

Five-time Redwood Acres Champion Jimmy Walker

The name Jim (or Jimmy) Walker is highly regarded and respected amongst race fans all over Northern California and Southern Oregon. For over 40 years the Ferndale, California dairy man has raced a baby blue (aka Walker blue) and silver numerated 48 car first on dirt then later on pavement [...]

GOMES CARRIES TRACK RECORD TO EUREKA

Jacob Gomes topped qualifying at the June 1, 2013 event at Redwood Acres Raceway, the only appearance the SPEARS Southwest Tour has made at the historic 3/8 mile.  The series will make its second visit to the track on August 1st.   Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps 1 16 Jacob Gomes YG 00:15.478 2 87.221 2 2 18 Jim Pettit II 00:15.535 2 86.901 00:00.057 00:00.057 2 3 75 Jeremy Doss [...]

POLLARD SCORES $60,000 SHOWDOWN DOUBLE

In a follow up to his Winter Showdown win at Kern County Raceway on March 1st, Bubba Pollard scored a victory in Saturday's Summer Showdown at Evergreen Speedway to collectively win $60,000 in prize money and bonuses from the two events.  SPEARS Southwest Tour Series drivers Derek Thorn and [...]

Dylan Garner Gets First SRL S2 Win

  Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 97 Dylan Garner 30 15:56.478 00:20.753 0 86.734 2 41 Todd Conrad 30 15:57.590 00:01.112 00:20.828 0 86.422 3 45 Dave Lowenstein 30 16:01.093 00:04.615 00:21.165 0 85.046 4 0 Bill Waters 30 16:01.472 00:04.994 00:20.728 0 86.839 5 42 Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh 30 16:01.853 00:05.375 00:21.298 0 84.515 6 24 Craig Yeaton 30 16:27.290 00:30.812 00:21.026 0 85.608 7 44 Karon Lowenstein 29 16:03.520 1 Lap 00:21.729 0 82.839 8 59 Johnny Butler 27 15:05.572 3 Laps 00:20.852      

Up NEXT – EUREKA (photo from 1980)

Next stop for the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series is at the historic Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka, California on August 1st. Known as “The Acres”, Redwood Acres Raceway is located at the Redwood Acres Fairgrounds in Eureka, California, in the heart of Humboldt County.  A 3/8 mile “D” with [...]