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WULFENSTEIN RETUNS TO KERN

Jim Wulfenstein will be making his fourth start in a Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series event in Bakersfield, on October 28th. The first two were at Mesa Marin Raceway in 2004. Start number three was at Kern County Raceway in May of 2016. He finished 17th in that effort. [...]

SPANGLER MAKING CAREER START NUMBER 86

  Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series veteran Keith Spangler will be one of this weekend's "Bulwark 'FR / Timberland Pro 101 presented by 51 FIFTY Energy Drink" featured drivers. Spangler will bring his Retro Custom Metals, Spangler Racing, RONS REAR ENDS Chevrolet to Kern County Racewaytenth in series points, after [...]

FLUIDYNE HIGH PERFORMANCE

Special thanks to series partner, FLUIDYNE High Performance, for serving as our Winner’s Bonus Sponsor for Round #8 at Kern County Raceway. With FLUIDYNE’s support, the winner of this weekend’s race will take home $5,000!! Thank you FLUIDYNE High Performance for being the “Official Radiator of the SPEARS Southwest [...]

FALL CLASSIC BULLRING WIN TO THORN

Congratulations to Three-time SPEARS Southwest Tour Series champion Derek Thorn on his win Saturday at the "Senator's Cup 150" at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.   In a race for the ages, Derek Thorn emerged victorious at the Senator's Cup Fall Classic on Saturday. The Bakersfield, Calif., driver went back [...]

BUDDY SHEPHERD ENTERS KERN

Buddy Shepherd hasn't raced in a SPEARS Southwest Tour Series event since his break through win at Madera Speedway on July 15th.  But he may have some momentum coming off another big win with his victory a week ago in the $10,000 to Late Model event at Madera.  Shepherd [...]

SANCHEZ IS HARD CHARGER

Scott Sanchez won the Rockwell Time Hard Charger Award at the Tucson Speedway, Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series Event on September 30th. Scott Sanchez Racingimproved eight positions, to finish fifth, in the final SRL rundown, in his American Truck and Crane, Race for Autism Chevrolet. It was Scott's third [...]

VANDOORN GETS SRL TUCSON WIN

Congratulations to Coopersville, Michigan's Johnny VanDoorn and Wilson Motorsports on winning Saturday night’s SPEARS Southwest Tour Series race Tucson Speedway. It was VanDoorn’s first career series start.  Bob Lyon was second, and Christian McGhee third in the SPEARS Southwest Tour 125 lap race.  Sean Bray was the top Tucson Speedway [...]

THORN SETS NEW TRACK RECORD AT TUCSON

Congratulations to Derek Thorn on picking up the Rockwell Time Fast Time Award at Tucson Speedway on Saturday. Thorn set a New Track Record with a 15.304 second effort in qualifying, for his 45th all-time leading fast time in SPEARS Southwest Tour competition.

RACE RESULTS TUCSON

  FP SP Car Driver Team / Make Laps Points Money   Status 1 16 51B Sean Bray Dale’s Doors Chevrolet 125 0 $0 Running 2 5 15 Johnny VanDoorn Wilson’s Industrial Pump, VanDoorn Racing Toyota 125 180 $5,000.00 Running 3 11 44 Bob Lyon Alliance Rental Solutions Chevrolet 125 170 $1,500.00 Running 4 7 26 Christian McGhee J&M Racing Chevrolet 125 165 $1,250.00 Running 5 6 43 Derek Thorn Race For Autism, Campbell Motorsports Ford 125 160 $1,000.00 Running 6 3 22B Paul Banghart Wells Johnson Co., Tucson Motorsports Chevrolet 125 0 $0 Running 7 15 24 Scott Sanchez Race For Autism, American Truck & Crane Chevrolet 123 155 $1,000.00 Running 8 2 11 Tracy Bolin Bolin Builders, David’s Racing Prod. Chevrolet 123 150 $550.00 Running 9 14 51 Carlos Vieira 51 FIFTY Energy Drink, [...]

DETAILED RACE RESULTS:  RETRO CUSTOM METALS 150

RACE RESULTS:  RETRO CUSTOM METALS 150 Rocky Mountain Raceways SPEARS Southwest Tour Series   FP SP Car Driver Team / Make Laps Points Money   Status 1 6 48 Ricky Schlick* Racing4Rachel, S&J Towing Service, Chevrolet 150 180 $10,000.00 Running 2 5 43 Derek Thorn Race For Autism, Campbell Motorsports Ford 150 170 $3,500.00 Running 3 1 51 Carlos Vieira 51 FIFTY Energy Drink, Allied Packaging Chevrolet 150 165 $2,000.00 Running 4 8 22E Chris Eggleston Globe Fire Sprinkler, H2O Fire Protection Chevrolet 150 0 $1,500.00 Running 5 18 2 Craig Raudman Approved Memory, Lucas Oil Chevrolet 150 160 $1,000.00 Running 6 4 22G Jonathon Gomez Century Motorsports and Marine Chevrolet 150 155 $1,000.00 Running 7 9 19 Eddy McKean Magic [...]

18 – Jack Wood

Driver Hometown: Loomis, CA Car Owner: Don Wood Crew Members: RJ Godett, Jake Kohens, Roger Bracken, Seth Perry Years In Racing: 6 Sponsors: Cooks Collision, Velocity Racing Racing Accomplishments: 2016 Legends of the Pacific Young Lion Champion

64 – Matthew Meech

Driver Hometown: San Diego,CA Car Owner: Mark Meech Crew Members: Mark, Marty, Alan, Ronald Sponsors: J S Plastering, Bryans Racing Enterprises Website:@meechracing on instagram

THORN LEADS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH 3 TO GO

CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:   Pos No. Name Total Diff Gap M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total 1 43 Derek Thorn 956 0 0 170 170 138 138 180 180 118 118 180 180 170 170 2 48 Ricky Schlick * 922 34 34 146 146 170 170 160 160 106 106 160 160 180 180 3 21 Blaine Rocha 876 80 46 155 155 180 180 165 165 138 138 88 88 150 150 4 89 Bobby Hodges 873 83 3 180 180 165 165 170 170 121 121 103 103 134 134 5 2 Craig Raudman 870 86 3 160 160 115 115 138 138 170 170 127 127 160 160 6 05 Eric Schmidt 837 119 33 142 142 121 121 146 146 165 165 121 121 142 142 7 16 Jacob Gomes 826 130 11 134 134 142 142 150 150 115 115 155 155 130 130 8 51 Carlos Vieira 792 164 34 115 115 160 160 155 155 112 112 85 85 165 165 9 24 Scott Sanchez 721 235 71 103 103 100 100 127 127 130 130 115 115 146 146 10 37 Keith Spangler 654 302 67 121 121 x x 106 106 155 155 134 134 138 138 11 54 Donny St. Ours 490 466 164 138 138 94 94 112 112 146 146 x x x x 12 26 Christian McGhee 487 469 3 106 106 112 112 x x 160 160 109 109 x x 13 33C Cale Kanke * 445 511 42 109 109 118 118 118 118 x x 100 100 x x 14 12 Colby Potts 424 532 21 x x 124 124 x x 150 150 150 150 x x 15 15W Lance Wilson * 418 538 6 x x 134 134 142 142 x x 142 142 x x 16 20F Dennis Furden * 339 617 79 x x x x 124 124 109 109 106 106 x x 17 36 Luke Hall * 312 644 27 100 100 97 97 115 115 x x x x x x 18 99 Linny White 311 645 1 x x 146 146 x x x x 165 165 x x 19 50 Trevor Huddleston * 294 662 17 124 124 x x x x x x 170 170 x x 20 15s Buddy Shepherd * 283 673 11 x x 103 103 x x 180 180 x x x x 21 64 Matthew Meech * 256 700 27 118 118 x x x x x x 138 138 x x 22 14c Chris Clyne 252 704 4 DNS 0 x x 134 134 x x 118 118 x x 23 90 Toni McCray 244 712 8 150 150 x x x x x x 94 94 x x 24 18W Jack Wood * 239 717 5 97 97 x x x x 142 142 x x x x 25 77 Toby Becker * 236 720 3 130 130 106 106 x x x x x x x x 26 44 Bob Lyon 233 723 3 x x x x x x 103 103 130 130 x x 27 4A Willie Allen 165 791 68 165 165 x x x x x x x x x x 28 20M Cole Moore * 155 801 10 x x 155 155 x x x x x x x x 29 22G Jonathon Gomez 155 801 0 x x x x x x x x x x 155 155 30 17 Johnny White 150 806 5 x x 150 150 x x x x x x x x 31 56R Ron Esau 146 810 4 x x x x x x x x 146 146 x x 32 9 Justin Westmoreland 134 822 12 x x x x x x 134 134 x x x x 33 27M John Moore 130 826 4 x x 130 130 x x x x x x x x 34 08 Jace Hansen 130 826 0 x x x x 130 130 x x x x x x 35 66 Jeff [...]

URSETTA SETS NEW TRACK RECORD IN RMR QUALIFYING

Qualifying Results: Retro Custom Metals 150   1 6U Dominic Ursetta 00:14.621 2 92.333     2 2 43 Derek Thorn 00:14.633 2 92.257 00:00.012 00:00.012 2 3 48 Ricky Schlick * 00:14.659 2 92.094 00:00.038 00:00.026 2 4 21 Blaine Rocha 00:14.677 2 91.981 00:00.056 00:00.018 2 5 51 Carlos Vieira 00:14.680 2 91.962 00:00.059 00:00.003 2 6 05 Eric Schmidt 00:14.706 2 91.799 00:00.085 00:00.026 2 7 22G Jonathon Gomez 00:14.750 2 91.525 00:00.129 00:00.044 2 8 22E Chris Eggleston 00:14.764 2 91.439 00:00.143 00:00.014 2 9 19 Eddy McKean 00:14.765 2 91.432 00:00.144 00:00.001 2 10 33S Brooke Schimmel 00:14.766 2 91.426 00:00.145 00:00.001 2 11 89 Bobby Hodges 00:14.805 2 91.185 00:00.184 00:00.039 2 12 16 Jacob Gomes 00:14.808 2 91.167 00:00.187 00:00.003 2 13 52 Brittney Zamora 00:14.874 2 90.762 00:00.253 00:00.066 2 14 11T Ed Thomsen 00:14.913 2 90.525 00:00.292 00:00.039 2 15 26 John Newhouse 00:14.925 2 90.452 00:00.304 00:00.012 2 16 64J Jan Evans 00:14.927 2 90.440 00:00.306 00:00.002 2 17 11D John Dillon 00:14.957 2 90.259 00:00.336 00:00.030 2 18 2 Craig Raudman 00:14.991 2 90.054 00:00.370 00:00.034 2 19 17 Dylan Caldwell 00:15.102 2 89.392 00:00.481 00:00.111 2 20 1K Mitch Kleyn 00:15.150 1 89.109 00:00.529 00:00.048 2 21 37 Keith Spangler 00:15.150 2 89.109 00:00.529 00:00.000 2 22 24 Scott Sanchez 00:15.650 2 86.262 00:01.029

THORN WINS IRWINDALE

3X series Champion, Derek Thorn, wins Saturday night's "Patriots Honor 100 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse San Dimas" at Irwindale Event Center. CLICK FOR FULL STROY: Thorn Scores Emotional Win in Final SRL Race at Irwindale RESULTS: Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 43 Derek Thorn 100 1:07:20.849   00:17.888 2 100.626 2 50 Trevor Huddleston * 100 1:07:21.539 00:00.690 00:17.894 3 100.592 3 99 Linny White 100 1:07:22.545 00:01.696 00:18.238 3 98.695 4 48 Ricky Schlick * 100 1:07:22.674 00:01.825 00:17.922 2 100.435 5 16 Jacob Gomes 100 1:07:23.098 00:02.249 00:17.922 2 100.435 6 12 Colby Potts 100 1:07:24.337 00:03.488 00:18.395 2 97.853 7 56R Ron Esau 100 1:07:26.228 00:05.379 00:18.415 8 97.746 8 15W Lance Wilson [...]