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Current Track Records for SPEARS Southwest Tour Series – updated

SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOURING SERIES TRACK RECORDS TRACK LENGTH DRIVER CAR # TIME DATE All American Speedway 0.333 Dan Holtz 23 13.090 10/16/10 Altamont Motorsports Park 0.500 Greg Voigt 4 17.328 5/24/08 Colorado National Speedway 0.375 Cris Muhler 95 16.238 8/18/07 Irwindale Speedway 0.500 Derek Thorn 43 17.544 6/6/15 Kern County Raceway Park 0.500 Derek Thorn 43 17.398 4/18/15 Madera Speedway 0.333 Jim Pettit II 18 13.482 3/16/13 Orange Show Speedway 0.250 Derek Thorn 2 12.719 4/17/10 Redwood Acres Raceway 0.375 Jacob Gomes 16 15.478 6/1/13 Rocky Mountain Raceways 0.375 Derek Thorn 26 14.625 7/23/11 Pikes Peak Int'l Raceway 1.000 Derek Thorn 43 26.897 9/28/14 Shasta Raceway Park 0.375 Craig Raudman 2 15.372 5/5/07 Stockton 99 Speedway 0.250 Mike Mendenhall 10 13.084 10/3/09 The Bullring @ Las Vegas 0.375 Derek Thorn 43 14.308 11/22/14  

June 10, 2015 By News 0 CommentsRead more...

THORN GETS IRWINDALE WIN

    Bakersfield, CA – Saturday night at Irwindale Speedway, Derek Thorn drove his Campbell Motorsports Ford to victory in the Spears Manufacturing 100 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse.   It was Thorn’s record 23rd SPEARS Southwest Tour Series victory, but his first series win at the Irwindale half-mile. Thorn, driving the same car [...]

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NEW TRACK RECORD for THORN at IRWINDALE

  Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps 1 43 Derek Thorn 00:17.544 1 102.599 2 2 29 Greg Voigt 00:17.721 2 101.574 00:00.177 00:00.177 2 3 31 Ryan Cansdale * 00:17.764 1 101.329 00:00.220 00:00.043 2 4 33 M. K. Kanke 00:17.767 1 101.311 00:00.223 00:00.003 2 5 16 Jacob Gomes 00:17.785 1 101.209 00:00.241 00:00.018 2 6 12 Colby Potts 00:17.785 1 101.209 00:00.241 00:00.000 2 7 19 Brandon White 00:17.826 1 100.976 00:00.282 00:00.041 2 8 21 Blaine Rocha 00:17.869 1 100.733 00:00.325 00:00.043 2 9 28 Parker Stephens * 00:17.871 1 100.722 00:00.327 00:00.002 2 10 89 Bobby Hodges 00:17.885 2 100.643 00:00.341 00:00.014 2 11 66 Jeff Bischofberger 00:17.897 1 100.576 00:00.353 00:00.012 2 12 71 Christian McGhee * 00:17.920 1 100.446 00:00.376 00:00.023 1 13 90 Ross Strmiska 00:17.920 1 100.446 00:00.376 00:00.000 2 14 17 Blaine Perkins * 00:17.932 1 100.379 00:00.388 00:00.012 2 15 20 Tracy Bolin 00:18.101 1 99.442 00:00.557 00:00.169 2 16 14 Austin Reed * 00:18.120 2 99.338 00:00.576 00:00.019 2 17 37 Keith Spangler 00:18.179 2 99.015 00:00.635 00:00.059 2 18 3 Cale Kanke * 00:18.199 1 98.907 00:00.655 00:00.020 2 19 51 Carlos Vieira 00:18.256 1 98.598 00:00.712 00:00.057 2 20 24 Scott Sanchez 00:18.269 2 98.528 00:00.725 00:00.013 2 21 46 Kevin Clark 00:18.545 1 97.061  

June 7, 2015 By News 0 CommentsRead more...

VOIGT TAKES OVER CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

Current Championship Standings: Pos No. Name Total Diff Gap 1 29 Greg Voigt 619 0 0 160 160 165 165 124 124 170 170 2 31 Ryan Cansdale * 589 30 30 150 150 124 124 150 150 165 165 3 19 Brandon White 570 49 19 134 134 155 155 121 121 160 160 4 20 Tracy Bolin 569 50 1 165 165 118 118 165 165 121 121 5 66 Jeff Bischofberger 566 53 3 146 146 134 134 180 180 106 106 6 51 Carlos Vieira 565 54 1 155 155 138 138 138 138 134 134 7 16 Jacob Gomes 544 75 21 138 138 130 130 134 134 142 142 8 37 Keith Spangler 542 77 2 127 127 127 127 142 142 146 146 9 43 Derek Thorn 540 79 2 180 180 180 180 x x 180 180 10 28 Parker Stephens * 540 79 0 130 130 142 142 130 130 138 138 11 21 Blaine Rocha 504 115 36 124 124 112 112 118 118 150 150 12 24 Scott Sanchez 354 265 150 121 121 109 109 x x 124 124 13 18 Jim Pettit II 330 289 24 170 170 x x 160 160 x x 14 2 Craig Raudman 292 327 38 x x 146 146 146 146 x x 15 90 Ross Strmiska 267 352 25 x x x x 155 155 112 112 16 44 Bob Lyon 263 356 4 142 142 121 121 x x x x 17 89 Bobby Hodges 260 359 3 x x 160 160 x x 100 100 18 71 Christian McGhee * 259 360 1 x x 150 150 x x 109 109 19 17 David Mayhew 170 449 89 x x 170 170 x x x x 20 05 Eric Schmidt 170 449 0 x x x x 170 170 x x 21 12 Colby Potts 155 464 15 x x x x x x 155 155 22 14 Austin Reed * 130 489 25 x x x x x x 130 130 23 12 Greg Potts 127 492 3 x x x x 127 127 x x 24 33 M. K. Kanke 127 492 0 x x x x x x 127 127 25 3 Cale Kanke * 118 501 9 x x x x x x 118 118 26 99 Tim Smith 115 504 3 x x 115 115 x x x x 27 88 Jason Gilbert 115 504 0 x x x x 115 115 x x 28 46 Kevin Clark 115 504 0 x x x x x x 115 115 29 17 Blaine Perkins * 103 516 12 x x x x x x 103 103 Legend 1 1st place 2 2nd place 3 3rd place  

June 6, 2015 By News 0 CommentsRead more...

Ron Nava Wins S2 at Irwindale

  Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 42 Ron Nava 40 18:21.893 00:20.493 21 87.835 2 97 Dylan Garner 40 18:22.423 00:00.530 00:20.510 4 87.762 3 59 Johnny Butler 40 18:24.268 00:02.375 00:20.660 23 87.125 4 29 Cory Elliott 40 18:29.920 00:08.027 00:20.847 24 86.343 5 0 Bill Waters 40 18:40.641 00:18.748 00:20.875 4 86.228 6 89 Henry Hodges 38 18:23.400 2 Laps 00:21.438 24 83.963 7 41 Todd Conrad 18 06:31.793 22 Laps 00:20.968 6 85.845 8 24 Craig Yeaton 18 06:36.248 00:04.455 00:21.113  

June 3, 2015 By News 0 CommentsRead more...

SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Returns to Irwindale Speedway

This Saturday night the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series will make its only appearance at Irwindale Speedway in 2015. Saturday night’s “Spears Manufacturing 100 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse” is the fourth race of the 2015 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series championship season. Spectator Gates open at 4pm, Autograph Session at [...]

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M.K. Kanke and Cale Kanke Enter Irwindale Event

Bakersfield, CA – Cale Kanke, the son of 2009 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series champion M.K. Kanke, will make his SPEARS Southwest Tour Series driving debut at Irwindale Speedway on June 6th.   RPM Motor Sports will have two entries in the upcoming “Spears Manufacturing 100 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse” [...]

May 29, 2015 By News 0 CommentsRead more...

FORMER IRWINDALE WINNERS

Greg Voigt held off Derek Thorn in an epic late race battle to win last year's SPEARS Southwest Tour event at Irwindale.   RESULTS: August 16, 2014   Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 29 Greg Voigt 100 43:27.735 00:18.448 7 97.572 2 43 Derek Thorn 100 43:28.036 00:00.301 00:18.791 67 95.791 3 77 Toni McCray * 100 43:28.158 00:00.423 00:18.688 7 96.318 4 21 Garrett Archer * 100 43:28.485 00:00.750 00:18.484 7 97.382 5 75 Jeremy Doss 100 43:29.275 00:01.540 00:18.665 7 96.437 6 16 Jacob Gomes 100 43:29.665 00:01.930 00:18.947 5 95.002 7 19 Brandon White 100 43:29.682 00:01.947 00:18.918 45 95.147 8 90 Ross Strmiska 100 43:30.301 00:02.566 00:18.567 5 96.946 9 20 Tracy Bolin 100 43:31.114 00:03.379 00:18.935 5 95.062 10 37 Keith Spangler 100 43:31.362 00:03.627 00:18.752 5 95.990 11 98 Blaine Rocha * 100 43:31.594 00:03.859 00:18.931 6 95.082 12 71 Christian McGhee * 100 43:46.182 00:18.447 00:18.384 5 97.911 13 73 Jason Gilbert 99 43:32.268 1 Lap 00:18.839 7 95.546 14 33 M. K. Kanke 99 43:33.106 00:00.838 00:18.870 6 95.390 15 51 Carlos Vieira 99 43:33.476 00:01.208 00:18.655 6 96.489 16 44 Bob [...]

May 27, 2015 By News 0 CommentsRead more...

Perkins Dosen’t Want to Waste Chance in SRL Debut

-By Spencer Lewis, Speed51.com Canadian Editor - Twitter: @itsspencerlewis   Rising star Blaine Perkins has confirmed with Speed51.com powered by JEGS that he will make his first career start with the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series on June 6 at Irwindale Speedway (CA).   The 15-year old has scored top-five finishes in three of his last [...]

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