SPEED51 STORY – KEITH SPANGLER
CLICK LINK TO SPEED51.COM: After Racing for 40 Years, Spangler Still Seeking First Tour Win
NASHVILLE BOUND
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series drivers, Derek Thorn, Blaine Rocha and Christian McGhee will all make the trip to Nashville, Tennessee to compete in the upcoming "All American 400" at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville on October 1 and 2. Willie Allen, who travels from his home in Bon Aqua, Tennessee to each SPEARS [...]
Collins In at Kern County Raceway – Brooks Appointed Competition Director
Bakersfield, CA -- An agreement has been finalized for Larry Collins to fill the position of General Manger at Kern County Raceway. Collins, the current managing partner of the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series will take on his new position at Kern County Raceway starting October 1st. Collins will still maintain an [...]
16 – Jacob Gomes
Driver Hometown: Manteca, CA Car Owner: Ron & Susan Dell'Osso Crew Members: Paul Gomes (crew chief), Mike David, Phil Gomes, Mikie Parocua, Chris Oliveira, Josh "JJ" Johnson Years In Racing: 15 Sponsors: Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats, Dell'Osso Family Farm/Pumpkinmaze.com, Arbini Farms, Perry & Sons, David's Racing Products, Pepsi, Mid-Valley Pacific & Gomes Motorsports, LLC. Family: [...]
THREE RACES LEFT TO DETERMINE THE 2016 SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP
By The Numbers: 1 – The September 17th race at Tucson Speedway will be the 1st time in series history the SPEARS Southwest Tour will compete on the 3/8 mile Arizona oval. 3 – Championship points leader Derek Thorn is shooting for his 3rd SPEARS Southwest Tour Series championship title. Thorn [...]
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ROCHA LEADS QUALIFYING WITH NEW TRACK RECORD
Redwood Acres Raceway - August 5, 2016 Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps 1 21 Blaine Rocha 00:15.408 2 87.617 2 2 16 Jacob Gomes 00:15.499 2 87.102 00:00.091 00:00.091 2 3 26 Christian McGhee * 00:15.507 2 87.057 00:00.099 00:00.008 2 4 19 Brandon White 00:15.513 2 87.024 00:00.105 00:00.006 2 5 43 Derek Thorn 00:15.536 2 86.895 00:00.128 00:00.023 2 6 57 Ryan Cansdale 00:15.565 2 86.733 00:00.157 00:00.029 2 7 51 Carlos Vieira 00:15.622 2 86.417 00:00.214 00:00.057 2 8 10 Mike Mendenhall 00:15.726 2 85.845 00:00.318 00:00.104 2 9 89 Bobby Hodges 00:15.739 2 85.774 00:00.331 00:00.013 2 10 37 Keith Spangler 00:15.776 2 85.573 00:00.368 00:00.037 2 11 2 Craig Raudman 00:15.784 2 85.530 00:00.376 00:00.008 2 12 36 Luke Hall 00:15.806 2 85.411 00:00.398 00:00.022 2 13 23A Brandon Ash 00:15.826 2 85.303 00:00.418 00:00.020 2 14 91 Allen Cress 00:15.955 2 84.613 00:00.547 00:00.129 2 15 80 Andre Prescott * 00:15.963 2 84.571 00:00.555 00:00.008 2 16 20F Dennis Furden * 00:16.303 1 82.807 00:00.895 00:00.340
THE SRL GOES TO TUCSON FOR THE FIRST TIME
On September 17th, the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series will compete at Tucson Speedway for the first time in series history. In 1995, Tucson hosted the NASCAR Super Truck (Camping World) Series.
Consistency Moves Rookie up to 2nd in Championship Standings
Rookie-of-the-Year Challenge leader Christian McGhee, has moved into second place in the 2016 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series championship standings, with his his forth place finish at Madera. Under the guidance of crew chief Dustin Ash, McGhee has not finished outside the top four all season. OS. CAR DRIVER NAME TOTAL 4/9 4/30 5/21 6/18 7/16 8/6 9/17 10/29 11/19 1 43 Derek Thorn 860 180 170 180 150 180 2 26 Christian McGhee * 810 165 160 160 165 160 3 57 Ryan [...]
SPEED 51’s COVERAGE of MADERA
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RESULTS – MADERA
RESULTS: 51 FIFTY Energy Drink presents "RACE FOR AUTISM 125" Madera Speedway - July 16, 2016 Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 43 Derek Thorn 125 33:57.942 00:14.156 11 84.685 2 89 Bobby Hodges 125 34:00.096 00:02.154 00:14.286 27 83.914 3 16 Jacob Gomes 125 34:09.326 00:11.384 00:14.291 5 83.885 4 26 Christian McGhee * 125 34:10.146 00:12.204 00:14.277 13 83.967 5 2 Craig Raudman 125 34:12.285 00:14.343 00:14.360 8 83.482 6 51 Carlos Vieira 124 33:58.253 1 Lap 00:14.317 10 83.733 7 50 Trevor Huddleston * 124 33:58.656 00:00.403 00:14.206 8 84.387 8 22S Buddy Shepherd * 124 34:06.304 00:08.051 00:14.347 11 83.558 9 20M Cole Moore * 124 34:11.003 00:12.750 00:14.328 7 83.668 10 27M John Moore 124 34:11.512 00:13.259 00:14.338 6 83.610 11 57 Ryan Cansdale 124 34:11.842 00:13.589 00:14.213 12 84.345 12 20F Dennis Furden * 92 27:00.567 33 Laps 00:14.640 23 81.885 13 21H Eric Holmes 65 19:45.078 60 Laps 00:14.371 26 83.418 14 9 Justin Westmoreland 55 17:23.306 70 Laps 00:14.375 5 83.395 15 37 Keith Spangler 18 08:30.734 107 Laps 00:14.354 7 83.517 16 10 Mike Mendenhall 13 04:17.199 112 Laps 00:14.357 9 83.499 17 28 Dustin Ash 5 01:22.015 120 Laps 00:14.653 4 81.813 18 21 Blaine [...]
THE COOLEST RACETRACK ON THE CIRCUIT
Redwood Acres Races, Eureka, California - Average High Temperature for August, 64 degrees.
20 – Dennis Furden
Driver Hometown: Stevenson Ranch, CA Car Owner: Tri-Signal Motorsports Crew Members: John Roberts, Michael Stuart, Tony Jackson, Monica Jackson, Brandon Alonso Years In Racing: 46 Sponsors: Gun Owners of America, Tri-Signal Integration, Inc. , Rons Read Ends, Adams Armory
Rocha Looking to Find a Balance
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RETURNING TO THE SERIES
Former Madera Speedway Champion, Justin Westmoreland will debut a brand new car this weekend. Westmoreland has 40 career starts in the series and will be making his first SPEARS Southwest Tour Series start of 2016.
SHEPHERD IN AT MADERA
2015 LoanMart Madera Speedway Open Late Model Champion, Buddy Shepherd, has entered the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series "Race For Autism 125" on July 16th at Madera Speedwayay. Buddy is the current Kern County Raceway Late Model Championship leader, with an undefeated record this season. Shepherd has one start with the Spears Southwest Tour Series [...]
HOLMES ENTERS MADERA
Eric Holmes will make his first Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series start since 2011 when the series visits Madera Speedway on July 16, for the Race for Autism 125. It will be Eric's 26th career start which includes 3 Wins, 10 Top 5 and 14 Top 10 finishes. The career average finish for Eric [...]
NTS Motorsports and Parker Stephens Part Ways
BAKERSFIELD, CA - (July 7, 2016) Changes are in store for the NTS Motorsports stable as the SPEARS (SRL) Southwest Tour Series heads to Madera Speedway on July 16th. Parker Stephens and NTS Motorsports have mutually parted ways at the mid point of the season. Stephens, the 2015 SPEARS [...]
THORN LEADS CHAMPIONSHIP HEADING TO MADERA
POS. CAR DRIVER NAME TOTAL 4/9 4/30 5/21 6/18 7/16 8/6 9/17 10/29 11/19 1 43 Derek Thorn 680 180 170 180 150 2 57 Ryan Cansdale 675 150 180 165 180 3 26 Christian McGhee * 650 165 160 160 165 4 28 Parker Stephens 630 170 155 150 155 5 16 Jacob Gomes 564 160 165 142 97 6 51 Carlos Vieira 564 130 150 146 138 7 89 Bobby Hodges 552 142 146 130 134 8 21 Blaine Rocha 528 155 112 155 106 9 37 Keith Spangler 525 138 142 118 127 10 19 Brandon White 512 146 121 121 124 11 80 Andre Prescott * 418 118 100 112 88 12 11n John Nesmith 373 - 134 124 115 13 64 Matthew Meech * 342 121 103 - 118 14 23 Dan Holtz 297 - - 127 170 15 50 Trevor Huddleston * 275 115 - - 160 16 77 Toni McCray 272 - 130 - 142 17 14 Austin Reed * 265 127 138 - - 18 42 Ricky Schlick * 257 - 127 - 130 19 15W Lance Wilson * 255 - - 109 146 20 54 Donny St. Ours 252 - 118 134 - 21 10 Mike Mendenhall 227 - 115 - 112 22 24 Scott Sanchez 224 - 124 - 100 23 44 Bob Lyon 218 - 109 - 109 24 20f Dennis Furden 197 - - 106 91 25 17 David Mayhew 170 - - 170 - 26 2 Craig Raudman 138 - - 138 - 27 4 Eric Richardson 134 134 - - - 28 73 Ken Benhamou 124 124 - - - 29 33 Cale Kanke * 121 - - - 121 30 12W Jim Wulfenstein 115 - - 115 - 31 4 Rip Michels 106 - 106 - - 32 7 Johnny White 103 - - 103 - 33 12 Colby Potts 103 - - - 103 34 15J RJ Johnson * 94 - - - 94 35 75 Jeremy Doss 0 0 - - - 36 8 Noah Gragson 0 0 - - - 37 22s Buddy Shepherd [...]
LAP TWO
The SPEARS Southwest Tour Series at Irwindale Speedway...
Cansdale Gets Out Broom, Makes It an Irwindale Sweep
By Kevin Peters, Speed51.com Midwest Correspondent Ryan Cansdale continued his early season hot streak with a convincing win in the 51 Fifty Energy Drink 100 SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series event at Irwindale Speedway (CA) Saturday night. The Laguna Beach, California driver led the final 45 laps and held off [...]
The FRONT ROW
After Derek Thorn drew a nine for the the invert, Cale Kanke and Dan Holtz would lead the field to the green for the "51 FIFTY Energy Drink 100".
THINGS TO KNOW – IRWINDALE
Bakersfield, CA – The largest field of SPEARS Southwest Tour Series teams of 2016 are set compete at Irwindale Speedway this Saturday night. The event titled, “Summer Motorsports Mayhem” will feature a unique collection of motorsports competition and entertainment in one big night. The event will include; the SPEARS (SRL) [...]
27 Entries for Irwindale
Twenty-seven entries set for the June 18th "51 Fifty Energy Drink 100" at Irwindale Speedway. SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Tentative Roster for Irwindale Speedway as of June 14, 2016 9 Justin Westmoreland, Fresno, CA – TBD 10 Mike Mendenhall, Santee, CA – RBK Race Cars, Crower 11 John Nesmith, Meridian, ID – Meridian Automotive [...]
SRL Headlines “Summer Motorsports Mayhem” at Irwindale Speedway
Bakersfield, CA – In a unique blend of high-level motorsports competition and entertainment, the “Summer Motorsports Mayhem” is coming to Irwindale Speedway on Saturday, June 18th. “Summer Motorsports Mayhem” will feature the fastest stock cars to ever race on the Irwindale half-mile oval, the SPEARS (SRL) Southwest Tour Series, plus [...]
