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2019 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series TESTING POLICY

    NO TESTING THE WEEK OF AN EVENT AT HOST TRACK:There will be no SRL Team testing allowed the week of a race event (Sunday-Thursday) at the track hosting the upcoming SRL race.   Example: If Kern County Raceway is hosting the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series on June 29th, there will be [...]

SHOWDOWN HARD CHARGER

Congratulations to Wisconsin's Brad Kossow, for taking home the Franks Radio Service Hard Charger Award! The award is given to the driver who advances the most positions, from their starting spot, in the "Spears Manufacturing Winter Showdown 300". Brad advanced 23 positions, from 34th to 11th, to recieve a [...]

Midwest Fest at Winter Showdown

As Ty Majeski prepares to make his second shot at victory lane in the SPEARS Manufacturing SRL Tour’s Winter Showdown this weekend, he’ll have some serious support from the Midwest in the form of a new sponsor for his team: Halter CNC Robotics, out of Cascade, Iowa. The company will join [...]

TESTING FOR SHOWDOWN HEATS UP

Super Late Model teams are arriving early for the weekend's Fifth Annual Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway.  On track today;  Centerville, Tennessee's Wille Allen, Pacific Palisades, California's Dan Holtz, Escalon, California's Eric Holmes, and Oak Creek, Wisconsin's Brad Kossow.    

WINTER SHOWDOWN on SCHEDULE

  Bakersfield, CA – This weekend’s Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway is on schedule.  With some rain forecasted, the plan is to stick with the schedule and make any adjustments necessary to get all the racing in by the end of the day on Saturday.   “In Bakersfield the average rainfall [...]

Eric Holmes has entered the 2019 Winter Showdown

Eric Holmes has entered the 2019 Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway on February 1-2. The three-time NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Champion owns 17 victories in that series, nine NASCAR Southwest Tour Series wins and three Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series triumphs. In addition, Holmes was the winner [...]

From Tucson to the Showdown

Congratulations to Logan Jewell, Jace Hansen and Brad Kossow for finishing third, fourth and fifth respectively in the Chilly Willy 150, at Tucson Speedway Saturday night. Each of those three drivers have entered next weekend's $30,000-to-win, $3,000-to-start "SPEARS Manufacturing Winter Showdown 300 at Kern County Raceway. Action gets underway [...]

Ryan Reed will Have a Reunion Next Weekend

Ryan Reed will have a reunion next weekend, when Super Late Models from all across the country, converge on Kern County Raceway for the $30,000-to-win, 5th Annual Winter Showdown. This will be the first time the 25-year-old driver has been back to compete at his home track, since 2013, [...]

2018 NASCAR Whelen All American Series Washington State Champion in for Showdown

Doni Wanat, the 2018 NASCAR Whelen All American Series Washington State Champion, has entered the 2019 Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway on February 1-2. Wanat earned the title, racing his Super Late Model at Evergreen Speedway(WA), finishing off his NASCAR Championship season by winning the Heritage Distillery 100. [...]