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Jeff Bischofberger Enters Finale

Jeff Bischofberger will enter the final event, of the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series, with an abundance of confidence, after finishing third in the Senators Cup Super Late Model event, at the Bullring @ Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Bischofberger finished behind three-time SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Champion Derek Thorn, [...]

QUALIFYING RESULTS: KERN

QUALIFYING RESULTS: KERN   Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps 1 22S Buddy Shepherd * 00:17.572 1 102.436     2 2 43 Derek Thorn 00:17.739 1 101.471 00:00.167 00:00.167 2 3 50 Trevor Huddleston * 00:17.768 2 101.306 00:00.196 00:00.029 2 4 15W Lance Wilson * 00:17.786 1 101.203 00:00.214 00:00.018 2 5 48 Ricky Schlick * 00:17.794 1 101.158 00:00.222 00:00.008 2 6 21 Blaine Rocha 00:17.811 1 101.061 00:00.239 00:00.017 2 7 89 Bobby Hodges 00:17.862 1 100.773 00:00.290 00:00.051 2 8 26 Christian McGhee 00:17.898 1 100.570 00:00.326 00:00.036 2 9 44 Bob Lyon 00:17.908 1 100.514 00:00.336 00:00.010 2 10 33 M. K. Kanke 00:17.941 2 100.329 00:00.369 00:00.033 2 11 2 Craig Raudman 00:17.967 1 100.184 00:00.395 00:00.026 2 12 05 Eric Schmidt 00:17.993 1 100.039 00:00.421 00:00.026 2 13 51 Carlos Vieira 00:18.047 1 99.740 00:00.475 00:00.054 2 14 9 Justin Westmoreland 00:18.052 2 99.712 00:00.480 00:00.005 2 15 45 Nick Joanides 00:18.096 1 99.469 00:00.524 00:00.044 2 16 20M Cole Moore * 00:18.105 1 99.420 00:00.533 00:00.009 2 17 16 Jacob Gomes 00:18.114 1 99.371 00:00.542 00:00.009 2 18 27M John Moore 00:18.120 2 99.338 00:00.548 00:00.006 2 19 12 Colby Potts 00:18.142 2 99.217 00:00.570 00:00.022 2 20 12w Jim Wulfenstein 00:18.162 1 99.108 00:00.590 00:00.020 2 21 18 Jack Wood * 00:18.171 1 99.059 00:00.599 00:00.009 2 22 56R Ron Esau 00:18.213 1 98.831 00:00.641 00:00.042 2 23 37 Keith Spangler 00:18.299 2 98.366 00:00.727 00:00.086 2 24 24 Scott Sanchez 00:18.547 2 97.051 00:00.975 00:00.248 2 25 11D John Dillon 00:18.570 1 96.931 00:00.

ROCHA LOOKING TO SWEEP

  Blaine Rocha will be looking to sweep the 2017 Kern County Raceway, Spears Srl Southwest TourSeries events, when the SRL visits the facility this weekend, for the Bulwark Protective Apparel / Timberland Pro 101 presented by 51 FIFTY Energy Drink. Rocha emerged victorious, on April 22, after a late [...]

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