2007 SERIES CHAMPION – Dave Byrd
If you have been a race fan in the southwest portion of the country for any length of time, you have probably heard our 2007 champion’s name. He is the owner of 13 Track Championships, a NASCAR State of California Championship, a NASCAR Pacific Coast Regional Championship, as well [...]
20 for 2020 – Mark Neff
20 for 2020 - Tour Drivers - Neff
Update from the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series
Update from the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Bakersfield, CA – In the unprecedented times we are all currently living through, we at the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series want to let you all know that we are focused and ready for the first opportunity to get back to racing. Over the [...]
2006 SERIES CHAMPION – Eric Schmidt
Celebrating the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series 20th season, we are looking back to our previous champions. We have already commemorated Nathan Tucker, Jeff Anthony, Ron Strmiska Jr., Steve Belletto and Jason Fensler as the series’ first five champions. We now reach the 2006 season, and the first champion [...]
20 for 2020 – Scott Sanchez
20 for 2020 - Tour Drivers - Sanchez
2005 SERIES CHAMPION – JASON FENSLER
As we continue our tribute to our former champions, we now reach one of the most dominant seasons in Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series history. In 2005, all the pieces of the puzzle came together for Jason Fensler, when he set the record for victories in a season with [...]
Tune in on April 1st…
Make sure to tune into this video on April 1st, from ALL AMERICAN SPEEDWAY - ROSEVILLE CA for last years "JM ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. 127 presented by 51 FIFTY LTM". No foolin'. It was a knock down drag out battle for the lead, first between Eric Schmidt and Linny White [...]
2004 SERIES CHAMPION – STEVE BELETTO
In our 20th season, we now continue with our tribute to our former champions, by looking back to the 2004 season. For the first time, in Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series (formerly the SRL Wild West Shootout) history, the schedule expanded beyond its base three tracks: Altamont Motorsports Park, [...]
20 for 2020 – Bobby Hodges
20 for 2020 - Tour Drivers - Hodges
2003 SERIES CHAMPION – Ron Strmiska, Jr.
The driver who has the distinction of winning the first Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series (formerly SRL Wild West Shootout) race, in the history of the series, is the same driver who scored the 2003 championship. That driver is a second-generation racer, whose son is still active in the [...]
2002 SERIES CHAMPION – JEFF ANTHONY
As we continue to celebrate the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series 20th season, and the champions that help mold the series into what it is today, we now arrive at our second champion. In 2002 the late Jeff Anthony took home the championship by winning three events, all at [...]
20 for 2020 – Christian McGhee
20 for 2020 - Tour Drivers - McGhee
SRL STATS
Click the link below for the 2019 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series statistics, along with the updated series’ historical statistics https://www.srlsouthwesttour.com/series-info/stats/
Best Finishing Percentage
Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series Stat of the Day. To finish first, first you must finish. One driver that hopes that rings true is Tyler Fabozzi. Fabozzi has the best finishing percentage of any driver that has competed in the series, with 10 or more starts. The 2019 Rookie-of-the-Year [...]
UPDATED STATEMENT REGARDING UPCOMING EVENTS
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series officials, together with our partner tracks are paying close attention to the ongoing COVID-19 health concerns. All SPEARS Southwest Tour Series events are planned to go forward as scheduled, with the next event being at Irwindale Speedway on April 25th. As always, we will act in [...]
WINTER SHOWDOWN CANCELLED
To the Teams and Fans of the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series and Spears Manufacturing Modified Series: At this point, we would prefer to move forward with this weekend’s Winter Showdown and we want to bring some normalcy to what is currently going on. But we have little or no control [...]
MOORE LOOKING FOR MORE
Veteran racer John Moore is headed back to Kern County Raceway, for the Winter Showdown on March 21st. Kern is one of John's best track in Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series competition, as he is working on a streak of five top-10's in a row, including a sixth in [...]
Short Track Racing Legend Passes Away
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Welcome Back Chris Davidson
Welcome back Chris Davidson to the Spears Srl Southwest TourSeries, and the Sixth Annual Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway on March 21st. This will be Davidson's fifth trip to the event from his home in Friendswood, TX. Davidson finished 11th in the season opening All-Star Showdown at Irwindale [...]
“KISS”, Keep it Simple Stupid”
2006 Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series Champion Eric Schmidt has entered the Sixth Annual Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway on March 21st. Schmidt is one of the most successful drivers in series history with five wins, 30 top-five and 46 top-10 finishes. His Showdown stats don’t bear that [...]
Winter Showdown Schedule
Thursday – March 19th (Optional Open Test Day) 12noon Gates 2:00 - 7:00pm Track is Hot for Practice - $300 per car (Call Ahead – 661-835-1264) Friday, March 20th 12:00pm Gates 3:00 – 4:00pm Spears Manufacturing Modified Series Practice 4:00 – 4:45pm SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Practice 4:45 – 5:15pm Super Stocks Practice 5:15 [...]
LINNY WHITE LOOKS TO MAINTAIN KERN HOT STREAK AT WINTER SHOWDOWN
Bakersfield, CA --Linny White will resume his chase for the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series Championship, when the series rolls into Kern County Raceway for the Sixth Annual Winter Showdown on March 21st. White finished fifth, in the season opening "Sunrise Ford All-Star Showdown" at Irwindale Speedway, after leading 17 laps during the event. A brush with the [...]
“I love the challenge, and enjoy racing there.”
Jim Wulfenstein has made only occasional starts, in the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series over the years. But in those eight career SRL starts, five of them have been at Kern County Raceway. For the first time, Wulfenstein will make an appearance at the Winter Showdown on March 21st. [...]
Eddie Vecchiarelli Jr.
Eddie Vecchiarelli Jr. has submitted his entry for the 2020 Winter Showdownat Kern County Raceway on March 21st. The Brighton, CO, Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series Rookie-of-the-Year Contender will be making his first start in the series. Eddie has participated in several partial Super Late Model seasons at Colorado [...]
Start Number 95
Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series veteran Carlos E. Vieira is set to make his sixth appearance in the Winter Showdown, at Kern County Raceway on March 21st. For Vieira, it will make start number 95 in his SRL career. The Livingston, CA driver got his 2020 season off to [...]
