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 [...]
TOP 11 COUNTDOWN – PARKER STEPHENS
By Kevin Peters Next up, in the top 11 countdown, is the driver currently tied for 9th in the Spears Southwest Tour Series Point Standings, Olympia, WA driver Parker Stephens. Parker is running for Rookie of the Year driving for the NTS Motorsports Team in 2015. He currently occupies the [...]
TOP 11 COUNTDOWN – BLAINE ROCHA
By Kevin Peters At the current midpoint of the season, here is a countdown of the top 11 in the Spears Southwest Tour Series Point Standings. Today we begin with Blaine Rocha from Oakdale, CA. Blaine sits 11th in points, 115 markers out of first place after four point events [...]
Thorn Wins PLM at Five Flags
Being that Derek Thorn calls Bakersfield, California home, he very rarely gets the chance to race at Pensacola, Florida’s Five Flags Speedway. Usually he only gets to travel to the famous half-mile oval once a year in December for the Snowball Derby. But there he was anyway, on Friday [...]
Five-time Redwood Acres Champion Jimmy Walker
The name Jim (or Jimmy) Walker is highly regarded and respected amongst race fans all over Northern California and Southern Oregon. For over 40 years the Ferndale, California dairy man has raced a baby blue (aka Walker blue) and silver numerated 48 car first on dirt then later on pavement [...]
GOMES CARRIES TRACK RECORD TO EUREKA
Jacob Gomes topped qualifying at the June 1, 2013 event at Redwood Acres Raceway, the only appearance the SPEARS Southwest Tour has made at the historic 3/8 mile. The series will make its second visit to the track on August 1st. Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps 1 16 Jacob Gomes YG 00:15.478 2 87.221 2 2 18 Jim Pettit II 00:15.535 2 86.901 00:00.057 00:00.057 2 3 75 Jeremy Doss [...]
POLLARD SCORES $60,000 SHOWDOWN DOUBLE
In a follow up to his Winter Showdown win at Kern County Raceway on March 1st, Bubba Pollard scored a victory in Saturday's Summer Showdown at Evergreen Speedway to collectively win $60,000 in prize money and bonuses from the two events. SPEARS Southwest Tour Series drivers Derek Thorn and [...]
Dylan Garner Gets First SRL S2 Win
Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 97 Dylan Garner 30 15:56.478 00:20.753 0 86.734 2 41 Todd Conrad 30 15:57.590 00:01.112 00:20.828 0 86.422 3 45 Dave Lowenstein 30 16:01.093 00:04.615 00:21.165 0 85.046 4 0 Bill Waters 30 16:01.472 00:04.994 00:20.728 0 86.839 5 42 Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh 30 16:01.853 00:05.375 00:21.298 0 84.515 6 24 Craig Yeaton 30 16:27.290 00:30.812 00:21.026 0 85.608 7 44 Karon Lowenstein 29 16:03.520 1 Lap 00:21.729 0 82.839 8 59 Johnny Butler 27 15:05.572 3 Laps 00:20.852
Redwood Acres Raceway – Host Hotel Information
Bear River Casino Hotel 11 Bear Paws Way Loleta, CA 95551 (707) 733-9644 <file://localhost/tel/%2528707%2529%20733-9644> Room Rate: $99 per night Group name: Spears Racing Group code: GSPEARS Cutoff Date: Thursday July 16, 2015
Up NEXT – EUREKA (photo from 1980)
Next stop for the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series is at the historic Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka, California on August 1st. Known as “The Acres”, Redwood Acres Raceway is located at the Redwood Acres Fairgrounds in Eureka, California, in the heart of Humboldt County. A 3/8 mile “D” with [...]
Blaine Perkins Grateful For Experience after Spears SRL Southwest Tour Debut
BAKERSFIELD, CA-Although his first career SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour event did not go exactly as planned, personable up-and-comer Blaine Perkins was all smiles post-race at Irwindale Speedway. "I just wanted to ride and knock down some laps," explained Perkins. "We were in a good spot and were really starting to [...]
Current Track Records for SPEARS Southwest Tour Series – updated
SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOURING SERIES TRACK RECORDS TRACK LENGTH DRIVER CAR # TIME DATE All American Speedway 0.333 Dan Holtz 23 13.090 10/16/10 Altamont Motorsports Park 0.500 Greg Voigt 4 17.328 5/24/08 Colorado National Speedway 0.375 Cris Muhler 95 16.238 8/18/07 Irwindale Speedway 0.500 Derek Thorn 43 17.544 6/6/15 Kern County Raceway Park 0.500 Derek Thorn 43 17.398 4/18/15 Madera Speedway 0.333 Jim Pettit II 18 13.482 3/16/13 Orange Show Speedway 0.250 Derek Thorn 2 12.719 4/17/10 Redwood Acres Raceway 0.375 Jacob Gomes 16 15.478 6/1/13 Rocky Mountain Raceways 0.375 Derek Thorn 26 14.625 7/23/11 Pikes Peak Int'l Raceway 1.000 Derek Thorn 43 26.897 9/28/14 Shasta Raceway Park 0.375 Craig Raudman 2 15.372 5/5/07 Stockton 99 Speedway 0.250 Mike Mendenhall 10 13.084 10/3/09 The Bullring @ Las Vegas 0.375 Derek Thorn 43 14.308 11/22/14
THORN GETS IRWINDALE WIN
Bakersfield, CA – Saturday night at Irwindale Speedway, Derek Thorn drove his Campbell Motorsports Ford to victory in the Spears Manufacturing 100 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse. It was Thorn’s record 23rd SPEARS Southwest Tour Series victory, but his first series win at the Irwindale half-mile. Thorn, driving the same car [...]
NEW TRACK RECORD for THORN at IRWINDALE
Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps 1 43 Derek Thorn 00:17.544 1 102.599 2 2 29 Greg Voigt 00:17.721 2 101.574 00:00.177 00:00.177 2 3 31 Ryan Cansdale * 00:17.764 1 101.329 00:00.220 00:00.043 2 4 33 M. K. Kanke 00:17.767 1 101.311 00:00.223 00:00.003 2 5 16 Jacob Gomes 00:17.785 1 101.209 00:00.241 00:00.018 2 6 12 Colby Potts 00:17.785 1 101.209 00:00.241 00:00.000 2 7 19 Brandon White 00:17.826 1 100.976 00:00.282 00:00.041 2 8 21 Blaine Rocha 00:17.869 1 100.733 00:00.325 00:00.043 2 9 28 Parker Stephens * 00:17.871 1 100.722 00:00.327 00:00.002 2 10 89 Bobby Hodges 00:17.885 2 100.643 00:00.341 00:00.014 2 11 66 Jeff Bischofberger 00:17.897 1 100.576 00:00.353 00:00.012 2 12 71 Christian McGhee * 00:17.920 1 100.446 00:00.376 00:00.023 1 13 90 Ross Strmiska 00:17.920 1 100.446 00:00.376 00:00.000 2 14 17 Blaine Perkins * 00:17.932 1 100.379 00:00.388 00:00.012 2 15 20 Tracy Bolin 00:18.101 1 99.442 00:00.557 00:00.169 2 16 14 Austin Reed * 00:18.120 2 99.338 00:00.576 00:00.019 2 17 37 Keith Spangler 00:18.179 2 99.015 00:00.635 00:00.059 2 18 3 Cale Kanke * 00:18.199 1 98.907 00:00.655 00:00.020 2 19 51 Carlos Vieira 00:18.256 1 98.598 00:00.712 00:00.057 2 20 24 Scott Sanchez 00:18.269 2 98.528 00:00.725 00:00.013 2 21 46 Kevin Clark 00:18.545 1 97.061
VOIGT TAKES OVER CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD
Current Championship Standings: Pos No. Name Total Diff Gap 1 29 Greg Voigt 619 0 0 160 160 165 165 124 124 170 170 2 31 Ryan Cansdale * 589 30 30 150 150 124 124 150 150 165 165 3 19 Brandon White 570 49 19 134 134 155 155 121 121 160 160 4 20 Tracy Bolin 569 50 1 165 165 118 118 165 165 121 121 5 66 Jeff Bischofberger 566 53 3 146 146 134 134 180 180 106 106 6 51 Carlos Vieira 565 54 1 155 155 138 138 138 138 134 134 7 16 Jacob Gomes 544 75 21 138 138 130 130 134 134 142 142 8 37 Keith Spangler 542 77 2 127 127 127 127 142 142 146 146 9 43 Derek Thorn 540 79 2 180 180 180 180 x x 180 180 10 28 Parker Stephens * 540 79 0 130 130 142 142 130 130 138 138 11 21 Blaine Rocha 504 115 36 124 124 112 112 118 118 150 150 12 24 Scott Sanchez 354 265 150 121 121 109 109 x x 124 124 13 18 Jim Pettit II 330 289 24 170 170 x x 160 160 x x 14 2 Craig Raudman 292 327 38 x x 146 146 146 146 x x 15 90 Ross Strmiska 267 352 25 x x x x 155 155 112 112 16 44 Bob Lyon 263 356 4 142 142 121 121 x x x x 17 89 Bobby Hodges 260 359 3 x x 160 160 x x 100 100 18 71 Christian McGhee * 259 360 1 x x 150 150 x x 109 109 19 17 David Mayhew 170 449 89 x x 170 170 x x x x 20 05 Eric Schmidt 170 449 0 x x x x 170 170 x x 21 12 Colby Potts 155 464 15 x x x x x x 155 155 22 14 Austin Reed * 130 489 25 x x x x x x 130 130 23 12 Greg Potts 127 492 3 x x x x 127 127 x x 24 33 M. K. Kanke 127 492 0 x x x x x x 127 127 25 3 Cale Kanke * 118 501 9 x x x x x x 118 118 26 99 Tim Smith 115 504 3 x x 115 115 x x x x 27 88 Jason Gilbert 115 504 0 x x x x 115 115 x x 28 46 Kevin Clark 115 504 0 x x x x x x 115 115 29 17 Blaine Perkins * 103 516 12 x x x x x x 103 103 Legend 1 1st place 2 2nd place 3 3rd place
Cansdale is Top Rookie with a Third Place Finish at Irwindale
With a third place finish at Irwindale, Ryan Cansdale now leads the Rookie-of-the-Year standings, and is second in the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series championship standings.
Ron Nava Wins S2 at Irwindale
Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 42 Ron Nava 40 18:21.893 00:20.493 21 87.835 2 97 Dylan Garner 40 18:22.423 00:00.530 00:20.510 4 87.762 3 59 Johnny Butler 40 18:24.268 00:02.375 00:20.660 23 87.125 4 29 Cory Elliott 40 18:29.920 00:08.027 00:20.847 24 86.343 5 0 Bill Waters 40 18:40.641 00:18.748 00:20.875 4 86.228 6 89 Henry Hodges 38 18:23.400 2 Laps 00:21.438 24 83.963 7 41 Todd Conrad 18 06:31.793 22 Laps 00:20.968 6 85.845 8 24 Craig Yeaton 18 06:36.248 00:04.455 00:21.113
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Returns to Irwindale Speedway
This Saturday night the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series will make its only appearance at Irwindale Speedway in 2015. Saturday night’s “Spears Manufacturing 100 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse” is the fourth race of the 2015 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series championship season. Spectator Gates open at 4pm, Autograph Session at [...]
M.K. Kanke and Cale Kanke Enter Irwindale Event
Bakersfield, CA – Cale Kanke, the son of 2009 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series champion M.K. Kanke, will make his SPEARS Southwest Tour Series driving debut at Irwindale Speedway on June 6th. RPM Motor Sports will have two entries in the upcoming “Spears Manufacturing 100 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse” [...]
FORMER IRWINDALE WINNERS
Greg Voigt held off Derek Thorn in an epic late race battle to win last year's SPEARS Southwest Tour event at Irwindale. RESULTS: August 16, 2014 Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 29 Greg Voigt 100 43:27.735 00:18.448 7 97.572 2 43 Derek Thorn 100 43:28.036 00:00.301 00:18.791 67 95.791 3 77 Toni McCray * 100 43:28.158 00:00.423 00:18.688 7 96.318 4 21 Garrett Archer * 100 43:28.485 00:00.750 00:18.484 7 97.382 5 75 Jeremy Doss 100 43:29.275 00:01.540 00:18.665 7 96.437 6 16 Jacob Gomes 100 43:29.665 00:01.930 00:18.947 5 95.002 7 19 Brandon White 100 43:29.682 00:01.947 00:18.918 45 95.147 8 90 Ross Strmiska 100 43:30.301 00:02.566 00:18.567 5 96.946 9 20 Tracy Bolin 100 43:31.114 00:03.379 00:18.935 5 95.062 10 37 Keith Spangler 100 43:31.362 00:03.627 00:18.752 5 95.990 11 98 Blaine Rocha * 100 43:31.594 00:03.859 00:18.931 6 95.082 12 71 Christian McGhee * 100 43:46.182 00:18.447 00:18.384 5 97.911 13 73 Jason Gilbert 99 43:32.268 1 Lap 00:18.839 7 95.546 14 33 M. K. Kanke 99 43:33.106 00:00.838 00:18.870 6 95.390 15 51 Carlos Vieira 99 43:33.476 00:01.208 00:18.655 6 96.489 16 44 Bob [...]
Perkins Dosen’t Want to Waste Chance in SRL Debut
-By Spencer Lewis, Speed51.com Canadian Editor - Twitter: @itsspencerlewis Rising star Blaine Perkins has confirmed with Speed51.com powered by JEGS that he will make his first career start with the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series on June 6 at Irwindale Speedway (CA). The 15-year old has scored top-five finishes in three of his last [...]
FORMER IRWINDALE WINNERS
Jonathon Gomez won at Irwindale on July 17th, 2010 in route to his SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Championship. Gomez also competed in the K&N Pro Series event that same weekend in Portland, Oregon. Gomez traveled over 4200 miles during the weekend. Flying from his Idaho home to Ontario, practiced [...]
FORMER IRWINDALE WINNERS
M.K. Kanke is the winningest driver in SPEARS Southwest Tour history at Irwindale Speedway, with three wins.
