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CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE – CLOSEST IN SERIES HISTORY

CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS 3/21/2015 4/18/2015 5/2/2015 6/6/2015 8/1/2015 8/22/2015 9/12/2015 Pos No. Name Total Diff Gap M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total 1 29 Greg Voigt 1042 0 0 160 160 165 165 124 124 170 170 127 127 146 146 150 150 2 16 Jacob Gomes 1034 8 8 138 138 130 130 134 134 142 142 130 130 180 180 180 180 3 51 Carlos Vieira 1031 11 3 155 155 138 138 138 138 134 134 146 146 150 150 170 170 4 28 Parker Stephens * 1022 20 9 130 130 142 142 130 130 138 138 170 170 170 170 142 142 5 31 Ryan Cansdale * 989 53 33 150 150 124 124 150 150 165 165 118 118 127 127 155 155 6 21 Blaine Rocha 949 93 40 124 124 112 112 118 118 150 150 165 165 115 115 165 165 7 37 Keith Spangler 938 104 11 127 127 127 127 142 142 146 146 134 134 124 124 138 138 8 20 Tracy Bolin 848 194 90 165 165 118 118 165 165 121 121 124 124 155 155 x x 9 66 Jeff Bischofberger 846 196 2 146 146 134 134 180 180 106 106 150 150 130 130 x x 10 19 Brandon White 812 230 34 134 134 155 155 121 121 160 160 121 121 121 121 x x 11 43 Derek Thorn 674 368 138 180 180 180 180 x x 180 180 x x x x 134 134 12 24 Scott Sanchez 634 408 40 121 121 109 109 x x 124 124 138 138 142 142 x x 13 2 Craig Raudman 607 435 27 x x 146 146 146 146 x x 155 155 160 160 x x 14 89 Bobby Hodges 566 476 41 x x 160 160 x x 100 100 160 160 x x 146 146 15 18 Jim Pettit II 510 532 56 170 170 x x 160 160 x x 180 180 x x x x 16 44 Bob Lyon 393 649 117 142 142 121 121 x x x x x x x x 130 130 17 90 Ross Strmiska 385 657 8 x x x x 155 155 112 112 x x 118 118 x x 18 12 Colby Potts 315 727 70 x x x x x x 155 155 x x x x 160 160 19 05 Eric Schmidt 312 730 3 x x x x 170 170 x x 142 142 x x x x 20 88 Jason Gilbert 280 762 32 x x x x 115 115 x x x x 165 165 x x 21 12 Greg Potts 265 777 15 x x x x 127 127 x x x x 138 138 x x 22 71 Christian McGhee * 259 783 6 x x 150 150 x x 109 109 x x x x x x 23 14 Austin Reed * 257 785 2 x x x x x x 130 130 x x x x 127 127 24 17 David Mayhew 170 872 87 x x 170 170 x x x x x x x x x x 25 73 Ken Benhamou 134 908 36 x x x x x x x x x x 134 134 x x 26 33 M. K. Kanke 127 915 7 x x x x x x 127 127 x x x x x x 27 3 Cale Kanke * 118 924 9 x x x x x x 118 118 x x x x x x 28 99 Tim Smith 115 927 3 x x 115 115 x x x x x x x x x x 29 46 Kevin Clark 115 927 0 x x x x x x 115 115 x x x x x x 30 17 Blaine Perkins * 103 939 12 x x x x x x 103 103 x x x x x x    

News and Notes: Century Motorsports & Marine 122

Rocky Mountain Raceways – September 12, 2015   The Century Motorsports & Marine 122 presented by Retro Custom Metals is set for this weekend at Rocky Mountain Raceways, located just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. The Century Motorsports & Marine 122 is a first time event that has brought together [...]

37 – Keith Spangler

Driver Hometown:  Porter Ranch, California Car Owner:  Keith Spangler / David '' Homie '' Mulcahy Crew Members:  Keith Spangler, Loren Spangler, David '' Homie '' Mulcahy, Justice Mulcahy, Harrison Cleveland Years In Racing:  40 Sponsors:  Spangler Racing , Rons Rear Ends, Retro Custom Metals.com, HP Tuners.com, DM Motorsportz, Drexel Metals.com Website: RetroCustomMetals.com

Pay to the Order of Jacob Gomes – OFFICIAL RESULTS

OFFICIAL RESULTS: Rocky Mountain Raceways September 12, 2015 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series   FP SP Car Driver Team / Make Laps Points Money   Status 1 11 16 Jacob Gomes Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats Inc. Chevrolet 122 180 $10,000.00 Running 2 10 75 Jeremy Doss I5 Tire Factory, Pathfinder Chassis Ford 122 0 $3,500.00 Running 3 7 5w Ryan Wells Racing Dynamics, Joe’s Racing Products Chevrolet 122 0 $2,000.00 Running 4 3 51 Carlos Vieira 51 FIFTY Energy Drink, Fresh & Easy Chevrolet 122 170 $1,500.00 Running 5 1 21 Blaine Rocha NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 122 165 $1,000.00 Running 6 19 12 Colby Potts Nascimiento Motorsports 122 160 $800.00 Running 7 6 31 Ryan Cansdale** MaC Steel, High Point Racing Chevrolet 122 155 $1,000.00 Running 8 9 29 Greg Voigt NTS Motorsports [...]

GOMES WINS STOCKTON 99

BY DALE BOSOWSKI Special to the Bulletin   STOCKTON — Tracy’s Jeff Bischofberger and Jacob Gomes, of Manteca, held the front row of the stellar 16 car field lined up to take the green flag for the Spears Southwest Tour 125 lap feature at the Stockton 99 Speedway on Saturday night.
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CURRENT CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

  Pos No. Name Total Diff Gap M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total 1 29 Greg Voigt 892 0 0 160 160 165 165 124 124 170 170 127 127 146 146 2 28 Parker Stephens * 880 12 12 130 130 142 142 130 130 138 138 170 170 170 170 3 51 Carlos Vieira 861 31 19 155 155 138 138 138 138 134 134 146 146 150 150 4 16 Jacob Gomes 854 38 7 138 138 130 130 134 134 142 142 130 130 180 180 5 20 Tracy Bolin 848 44 6 165 165 118 118 165 165 121 121 124 124 155 155 6 66 Jeff Bischofberger 846 46 2 146 146 134 134 180 180 106 106 150 150 130 130 7 31 Ryan Cansdale * 834 58 12 150 150 124 124 150 150 165 165 118 118 127 127 8 19 Brandon White 812 80 22 134 134 155 155 121 121 160 160 121 121 121 121 9 37 Keith Spangler 800 92 12 127 127 127 127 142 142 146 146 134 134 124 124 10 21 Blaine Rocha 784 108 16 124 124 112 112 118 118 150 150 165 165 115 115 11 24 Scott Sanchez 634 258 150 121 121 109 109 x x 124 124 138 138 142 142 12 2 Craig Raudman 607 285 27 x x 146 146 146 146 x x 155 155 160 160 13 43 Derek Thorn 540 352 67 180 180 180 180 x x 180 180 x x x x 14 18 Jim Pettit II 510 382 30 170 170 x x 160 160 x x 180 180 x x 15 89 Bobby Hodges 420 472 90 x x 160 160 x x 100 100 160 160 x x 16 90 Ross Strmiska 385 507 35 x x x x 155 155 112 112 x x 118 118 17 05 Eric Schmidt 312 580 73 x x x x 170 170 x x 142 142 x x 18 88 Jason Gilbert 280 612 32 x x x x 115 115 x x x x 165 165 19 12 Greg Potts 265 627 15 x x x x 127 127 x x x x 138 138 20 44 Bob Lyon 263 629 2 142 142 121 121 x x x x x x x x 21 71 Christian McGhee * 259 633 4 x x 150 150 x x 109 109 x x x x 22 17 David Mayhew 170 722 89 x x 170 170 x x x x x x x x 23 12 Colby Potts 155 737 15 x x x x x x 155 155 x x x x 24 73 Ken Benhamou 134 758 21 x x x x x x x x x x 134 134 25 14 Austin Reed * 130 762 4 x x x x x x 130 130 x x x x 26 33 M. K. Kanke 127 765 3 x x x x x x 127 127 x x x x 27 3 Cale Kanke * 118 774 9 x x x x x x 118 118 x x x x 28 99 Tim Smith 115 777 3 x x 115 115 x x x x x x x x 29 46 Kevin Clark 115 777 0 x x x x x x 115 115 x x x x 30 17 Blaine Perkins * 103 789 12 x x x x x x 103 103 x x x x Legend 1 1st place 2 2nd place 3 3rd place  

PETTIT GOES TWO IN A ROW AT REDWOOD ACRES

By Matthew Sullivan – Redwood Acres Raceway Pettit Wins Two in a Row at Redwood Acres Saturday night the Spears Southwest Tour Series competed at Redwood Acres Raceway in the Bear River Hotel And Casino 125. Local favorite, Brandon White set quick time with a 15.574. The invert for the race [...]

RESULTS – REDWOOD ACRES RACEWAY

  Redwood Acres Raceway August 1, 2015 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series   FP SP Car Driver Team / Make Laps Points Money   Status 1 2 18 Jim Pettit    Moeller Bros., HUR Performance Engines Chevrolet 125 180 $3,000.00 Running 2 10 28 Parker Stephens** NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 125 170 $1,500.00 Running 3 8 21 Blaine Rocha NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 125 165 $1,250.00 Running 4 9 89 Bobby Hodges Nevada Auto Test Center Chevrolet 125 160 $1,000.00 Running 5 1 2 Craig Raudman Approved Memory, Lucas Oil Chevrolet 124 155 $1,000.00 Running 6 7 66 Jeff Bischofberger RTO Visalia, Pathfinder Chassis Ford 124 150 $1,000.00 Running 7 13 51 Carlos Vieira 51 FIFTY Energy Drink, Fresh & Easy Chevrolet 124 146 $1,000.00 Running 8 12 05 Eric Schmidt Sierra Speed, PM NorCal [...]

VOIGT MAINTAINS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD

Despite a tough night at Redwood Acres, Greg Voigt maintained his lead in the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series championship.   DRIVER NAME TOTAL 3/21 4/18 5/2 6/6 8/1 Greg Voigt 746 160 165 124 170 127 Jeff Bishofberger 716 146 134 180 106 150 Carlos Vieira 711 155 138 138 134 146 Parker Stephens * 710 130 142 130 138 170 Ryan Cansdale   * 707 150 124 150 165 118 Tracy Bolin 693 165 118 165 121 124 Brandon White 691 134 155 121 160 121 Keith Spangler 676 127 127 142 146 134 Jacob Gomes 674 138 130 134 142 130 Blaine Rocha 669 124 112 118 150 165 Derek Thorn 540 180 180 - 180 - Jim Pettit II 510 170 - 160 - 180 Scott Sanchez 492 121 109 - 124 138 Craig Raudman 447 - 146 146 - 155 Bobby Hodges 420 - 160 - 100 160 Eric Schmidt 312 - - 170 - 142 Ross Strmiska 267 - - 155 112 - Bob Lyon 263 142 121 - - - Christian McGhee * 259 - 150 - 109 - David Mayhew 170 - 170 - - - Colby Potts 155 - - - 155 - Austin Reed * 130 - - - 130 - Greg Potts 127 - - 127 - - M. [...]

WINTER SHOWDOWN 2016 RACE DATES ANNOUNCED

    Bakersfield, CA – After a successful inaugural Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway Park in February, the management team of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series is pleased to announce the dates of the 2nd Annual Winter Showdown will be February 26, 27, and 28 of 2016.   Improvements for the [...]

RICHARDSON BRINGS LATE MODEL SUCCESS TO SRL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SRL Media July 14, 2015 Bakersfield, CA – The Winter Showdown and the introduction of the S.E.A.L. engine program into the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series caught the attention of Bakersfield’s Brian Richardson. Richardson, one of the most successful Late Model drivers on the west coast, with track championships at [...]

SCHEDULE for the ACRES

July 31st and August 1st, 2015   Schedule of Events   Practice Day: Friday – July 31st   3:00pm                                                Pit Gates   4:30 – 7:30pm                                    SPEARS Southwest Tour Series   Race Day: Saturday – August 1st   10:30am                                    Pit Gates Open   12:30pm                                    Driver’s/Spotter’s/Crew Chief/Rookie Meeting 1:00pm                                    Chapel Service   2:00 – 3:00pm                       [...]

TOP 11 COUNTDOWN – GREG VOIGT

By Kevin Peters Now to the top of the board for our Top 11 countdown of the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Driver Standings. Goleta, California driver Greg Voigt is accustomed to getting off to slow starts and finishing off the season strong. This year Greg and his NTS Motorsports Team [...]

TOP 11 COUNTDOWN – RYAN CANSDALE

By Kevin Peters Sitting second in our Top 11 countdown of the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series Point Standings is Laguna Beach, California's Ryan Cansdale. It is even more impressive that his position, of championship runner-up, is during his rookie season. As the current Rookie of the Year Point Leader, [...]

TOP 11 COUNTDOWN – BRANDON WHITE

By Kevin Peters   After leading the Spears Spears Srl Southwest Tour <https://www.facebook.com/spearssrl.tour>  Series Points Standings through four races in 2014, Brandon White entered 2015 as one of the drivers to beat. Through four point races in 2015, Brandon sits in the 3rd position in our current top 11 rundown. [...]

TOP 11 COUNTDOWN – TRACY BOLIN

By Kevin Peters As our Top 11 countdown continues, we reach the 4th place position in the Spears Spears Srl Southwest Tour <https://www.facebook.com/spearssrl.tour>  Series Points Standings. Valley Springs California driver Tracy Bolin currently sits only 50 points out of the championship lead and 20 markers out of second. Tracy is [...]

Holtz Makes Return to SPEARS Southwest Tour Series

      Bakersfield, CA – Southwest Tour veteran Dan Holtz will return to the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series this season, in preparation for a 2016 campaign.   “I’m really looking forward to coming back to compete in the SRL,” stated Holtz. “I’ve had the best times of my life racing in the Tour, [...]

TOP 11 COUNTDOWN – JEFF BISCHOFBERGER

By Kevin Peters Moving into the Top 5, for our Spears Spears Srl Southwest Tour <https://www.facebook.com/spearssrl.tour>  Series Point Standings countdown, we find Jeff Bischofbereger holding down slot number five. The Tracy California native is only 54 points out of the championship lead and 13 points out of second. Jeff began the [...]

TOP 11 COUNTDOWN – Carlos Vieira

By Kevin Peters Next in our countdown to number one is our 6th place driver in the Spears Southwest Tour Series points. That driver is Livingston, California's Carlos Vieira. The 51 Fifty Energy Drink driver has had one of his strongest seasons to date and has been a model of [...]

TOP 11 COUNTDOWN – JACOB GOMES

By Kevin Peters   Continuing our countdown of the Top 11 in Spears Southwest Tour Series points, Jacob Gomes, from Manteca, CA comes in next at position number 7. Jacob was the 2010 Spears Southwest Tour Series Rookie of the year and 2011 Championship Runner-up. In his 5 full seasons on [...]

TOP 11 COUNTDOWN – KEITH SPANGLER

By Kevin Peters   Keith Spangler Sitting 8th in the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series Points Standings is Porter Ranch, California driver Keith Spangler. Keith is a veteran of the series with 66 career starts (5th most all-time) and 47 career Top 10 finishes (2nd all-time). His career started at the now [...]

TOP 11 COUNTDOWN – DEREK THORN

By Kevin Peters The 2012 and 2014 Spears Southwest Tour Series Champion, Derek Thorn, currently sits in a tie for ninth in our current series points countdown. Despite missing the third race of the season at Stockton 99 Speedway, the Lakeport, CA native has accumulated enough points to sit only [...]