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 [...]
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Prepares for Final Stop at Irwindale
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MAVTV TO TELEVISE PATRIOTS HONOR 100 at IRWINDALE
The “Patriots Honor 100 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse San Dimas” just got a lot more exciting!! The $5,000 to win race at Irwindale Event Center on August 19, 2017 will now be nationally broadcasted on MAVTV. The air date and time is TBA.
West Coast Legend Returns to the Southwest Tour Series
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$10K to Win Fast Approaching at RMR
Salt Lake City, UT (July 24, 2017) - For the first time in history, the West Coast’s top-two Super Late Model series are coming together for racing’s version of the Civil War. The SPEARS (SRL) Southwest Tour Series and Northwest Super Late Model Series will converge on Rocky Mountain [...]
Shepherd Scores Biggest Win of Young Career
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August 19th – “Patriots Honor 100 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse”
“Patriots Honor 100 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse” at Irwindale Speedway on August 19th. Friday – August 18, 2017 PIT GATES OPEN 1:00pm SPEARS Southwest Tour Series – Crew Chief Meeting 2:30pm SPEARS Southwest Tour Series – Tech Open 2:15 – 7:15pm Super Stocks 4:00 – 4:15pm SPEARS Southwest Tour Series [...]
Results: Madera
RESULTS: Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 15s Buddy Shepherd * 125 1:22:21.762 00:14.225 80 84.274 2 2 Craig Raudman 125 1:22:23.085 00:01.323 00:14.267 51 84.026 3 05 Eric Schmidt 125 1:22:24.103 00:02.341 00:14.257 77 84.085 4 26 Christian McGhee 125 1:22:25.695 00:03.933 00:14.417 124 83.152 5 37 Keith Spangler 125 1:22:26.036 00:04.274 00:14.303 45 83.815 6 12 Colby Potts 125 1:22:27.739 00:05.977 00:14.462 26 82.893 7 54 Donny St. Ours 125 1:22:29.315 00:07.553 00:14.548 28 82.403 8 18 Jack Wood * 125 1:22:30.200 00:08.438 00:14.500 51 82.676 9 21 Blaine Rocha 125 1:22:29.264 00:07.502 00:14.361 79 83.476 10 9 Justin Westmoreland 125 1:22:29.260 00:07.498 00:14.454 77 82.939 11 24 Scott Sanchez 125 1:22:31.021 00:09.259 00:14.733 114 81.368 12 7 Michael Sandoval 122 1:22:32.163 3 Laps 00:14.597 38 82.126 13 11 Tracy Bolin 100 1:12:50.330 25 Laps 00:14.285 86 83.920 14 89 Bobby Hodges 98 56:47.742 27 Laps 00:14.334 80 83.633 15 43 Derek Thorn 96 57:06.874 29 Laps 00:14.197 43 84.440 16 16 Jacob Gomes 72 53:01.102 53 Laps 00:14.284 32 83.926 17 51 Carlos Vieira 70 34:12.094 55 Laps 00:14.240 9 84.185 18 20F Dennis Furden * 60 32:04.782 65 Laps 00:14.813 39 80.929 19 48 Ricky Schlick * 11 09:25.354 114 Laps 00:14.653 1 81.813 20 44 Bob Lyon 2 00:29.299 123 Laps 00:14.513 2
FAST FACTS of the SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR SERIES as it HEADS to MADERA
FAST FACTS of the SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR SERIES as it HEADS to MADERA CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER – Not a surprise to many, but Carson City, Nevada’s Bobby Hodges has led the SPEARS (SRL) Southwest Tour Series championship since the season opener at Irwindale Speedway on March 25th, where Hodges scored his second [...]
VARIETY OF WINNERS
– Twenty-one different drivers have taken the checkered flag first, in SPEARS (SRL) Southwest Tour Series action at Madera Speedway.
40 DIFFERENT DRIVERS HAVE TAKEN THE GREEN
2017 STARTS – After Madera, forty different drivers have taken the green flag, in the first four SPEARS Southwest Tour Series races of 2017.
MOST WINS at MADERA
– Derek Thorn has won the most races at Madera Speedway, in SRL competition with six.
PERFECT ATTENDANCE
– Twelve drivers have started every SPEARS (SRL) Southwest Tour Series event this season; Bobby Hodges, Blaine Rocha, Derek Thorn, Ricky Schlick, Jacob Gomes, Carlos Vieira, Craig Raudman, Eric Schmidt, Cale Kanke, Donny St. Ours, Scott Sanchez and Luke Hall.
3 RACES 3 WINNERS
– Heading to Madera, the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series has had three winners, at the first three races of 2017. Hodges held off Thorn and Tennessee’s Willie Allen at Irwindale on March 25th. At Kern County Raceway, Fresno State freshman, Blaine Rocha, capitalized to win on a late race [...]
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR LEADER
– Ricky Schlick has scored the “Rookie of the Race” Award, at each of the first three events. Schlick leads the rookie standings over Cale Kanke and Luke Hall, with championship point totals of 476, 345 and 312 respectively.
MADERA MULTIPLE WINNERS
– There have been seven different drivers to score multiple wins at Madera Speedway in SPEARS Southwest Tour Series competition: Derek Thorn (6), Ray Lawson Jr. (5), M.K. Kanke and Jim Pettit II (4), Ryan Foster, Chad Nichols and Nathan Tucker (2).
CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER
– Not a surprise too many, but Carson City, Nevada’s Bobby Hodges has led the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series championship since the season opener at Irwindale Speedway on March 25th, where Hodges scored his second career SPEARS Southwest Tour win. Hodges leads the standings over Blaine Rocha, 515 to [...]
MPI – Max Papis Innovations 2017 Champions Award
MPI and the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series partner for 2017. MPI has designed and will present the 2017 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series champion with a unique award designed by MPI. MPI stands for MAX PAPIS INNOVATIONS and was founded in 2009 by Max Papis and Tatiana Fittipaldi Papis, in Mooresville, [...]
FORMER MADERA CHAMP – WESTMORELAND
Madera, CA's Justin Westmoreland will be making his 2017 season debut at his home track on July 15th. The "51 FIFTY Energy Drink 125" at Madera Speedway is Round #4 of the 2017 season!
AutoWeek Article – Ricky Brooks
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ROCHA ON THE POLE AT SPUD 150
Blaine Rocha led practice, qualifying and wins heat and pole for Spud 150.
MADERA IS NEXT
Carson City, Nevada's Bobby Hodges continues to lead the championship standings heading to Madera on July 15th, while Carlos Vieira, who is fifth in the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series championship, returns to Madera with a PCS win earlier this season on the 1/3 mile oval.