FORMER IRWINDALE WINNERS
M.K. Kanke is the winningest driver in SPEARS Southwest Tour history at Irwindale Speedway, with three wins.
AUSTIN REED FIRST TO ENTER SPEARS MANUFACTURING 100 at IRWINDALE
Moorseville, North Carolina's Austin Reed was the first to submit an entry for the June 6th "SPEARS MANUFACTURING 100 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse" at Irwindale Speedway. Reed made his SRL debut at the 2014 season finale at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with an impressive 4th [...]
FORMER IRWINDALE WINNERS
Jim Pettit II won the first SPEARS Southwest Tour race ever run at Irwindale Speedway on April 26, 2008. Pettit held off a late race charge from multi-time Irwindale track champion Rip Michels. Other former SRL winners at Irwindale Speedway include; M.K. Kanke (3-times - 10/10/09, 9/4/10, 11/27/10), Troy [...]
UP NEXT – IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY on JUNE 6th
On Saturday, June 6th, the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series will compete at Irwindale Speedway for the "SPEARS Manufacturing 100 presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse in Colton/San Dimas". With the Edelbrock Performance bonus, the 100-lap event will pay $4,000 to the winner. Current championship leader Jeff Bischofberger is coming off his first [...]
BUTLER WINS SECOND MAIN EVENT TO MAINTAIN CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD IN S2 SERIES
Twin Main Event #2 SRL S2 Tour Series May 9, 2015 - Kern County Raceway Park Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 59 Johnny Butler 26 12:26.457 00:20.993 0 85.743 2 29 Cory Elliott 26 12:27.265 00:00.808 00:20.957 0 85.890 3 45 Dave Lowenstein 26 12:29.585 00:03.128 00:21.267 0 84.638 4 0 Bill Waters 26 12:30.701 00:04.244 00:21.208 0 84.874 5 97 Dylan Garner 26 12:31.166 00:04.709 00:20.947 0 85.931 6 24 Craig Yeaton 26 12:33.060 00:06.603 00:21.308 0 84.475 7 41 Todd Conrad 26 12:45.638 00:19.181 00:21.375 0 84.211 8 81 Nastasia Dodd 25 12:05.548 1 Lap 00:21.342 0 84.341 9 44 Karon Lowenstein 25 12:36.700 00:31.152 00:22.591
ELLIOT SETS S2 TRACK RECORD THEN WINS FIRST TWIN MAIN EVENT AT KERN
Twin Main Event #1 SRL S2 Tour Series May 9, 2015 at Kern County Raceway Park Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 29 Cory Elliott 25 08:50.732 00:20.900 0 86.124 2 59 Johnny Butler 25 08:52.071 00:01.339 00:21.024 0 85.616 3 97 Dylan Garner 25 08:54.196 00:03.464 00:20.827 0 86.426 4 81 Nastasia Dodd 25 08:55.810 00:05.078 00:21.103 0 85.296 5 41 Todd Conrad 25 09:07.590 00:16.858 00:21.468 0 83.846 6 24 Craig Yeaton 25 09:09.587 00:18.855 00:21.612 0 83.287 7 45 Dave Lowenstein 25 09:09.813 00:19.081 00:21.548 0 83.534 8 0 Bill Waters 25 09:11.802 00:21.070 00:21.599 0 83.337 9 44 Karon Lowenstein 24 08:59.318 1 Lap 00:21.465 0
Bischofberger gets $7,000 payday at 51 FIFTY Energy Drink 151
By DALE BOSOWSKI – Manteca Bulletin May 2, 2015 The 4th of July is still two months ago, but there were plenty of fireworks in Saturday night’s season opening race at the Stockton 99 Speedway. Manteca’s Jacob Gomes led in qualifying for the Spears SRL Southwest Tour 51 Fifty Energy Drink 151-lap [...]
Cansdale Top Rookie at Stockton
Ryan Cansdale was the top placing Rookie at Stockton 99 with a 6th place finish.
GOMES FAST QUALIFIER at STOCKTON 99
Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps 1 16 Jacob Gomes 00:13.394 2 67.194 2 2 29 Greg Voigt 00:13.436 2 66.984 00:00.042 00:00.042 2 3 05 Eric Schmidt 00:13.444 2 66.944 00:00.050 00:00.008 2 4 66 Jeff Bischofberger 00:13.450 2 66.914 00:00.056 00:00.006 2 5 18 Jim Pettit II 00:13.481 2 66.761 00:00.087 00:00.031 2 6 20 Tracy Bolin 00:13.520 2 66.568 00:00.126 00:00.039 2 7 19 Brandon White 00:13.544 2 66.450 00:00.150 00:00.024 2 8 90 Ross Strmiska 00:13.559 2 66.377 00:00.165 00:00.015 2 9 21 Blaine Rocha 00:13.575 2 66.298 00:00.181 00:00.016 2 10 2 Craig Raudman 00:13.625 2 66.055 00:00.231 00:00.050 2 11 28 Parker Stephens * 00:13.638 2 65.992 00:00.244 00:00.013 2 12 31 Ryan Cansdale * 00:13.644 2 65.963 00:00.250 00:00.006 2 13 51 Carlos Vieira 00:13.682 2 65.780 00:00.288 00:00.038 2 14 12 Greg Potts 00:13.698 1 65.703 00:00.304 00:00.016 1 15 88 Jason Gilbert 00:13.952 1 64.507 00:00.558 00:00.254 1 16 37 Keith Spangler 00:13.975 2 64.401
RESULTS – STOCKTON 99: 51 FIFTY Energy Drink 151
May 2, 2015 Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 66 Jeff Bischofberger 151 1:09:57.527 00:13.584 6 66.254 2 05 Eric Schmidt 151 1:09:58.116 00:00.589 00:13.771 8 65.355 3 20 Tracy Bolin 151 1:09:58.599 00:01.072 00:13.512 5 66.607 4 18 Jim Pettit II 151 1:09:59.025 00:01.498 00:13.542 6 66.460 5 90 Ross Strmiska 151 1:09:59.227 00:01.700 00:13.780 12 65.312 6 31 Ryan Cansdale * 150 1:10:00.902 1 Lap 00:13.710 5 65.646 7 2 Craig Raudman 150 1:10:09.137 00:08.235 00:13.770 14 65.359 8 37 Keith Spangler 149 1:10:02.348 2 Laps 00:13.980 9 64.378 9 51 Carlos Vieira 149 1:10:12.577 00:10.229 00:13.715 8 65.622 10 16 Jacob Gomes 147 1:10:02.754 4 Laps 00:13.783 8 65.298 11 28 Parker Stephens * 132 57:40.194 19 Laps 00:13.720 6 65.598 12 12 Greg Potts 109 50:39.502 42 Laps 00:13.832 8 65.067 13 29 Greg Voigt 81 43:54.207 70 Laps 00:13.716 7 65.617 14 19 Brandon White 72 50:55.918 79 Laps 00:13.521 4 66.563 15 21 Blaine Rocha 40 14:07.751 111 Laps 00:13.685 4 65.765 16 88 Jason Gilbert 40 14:08.173 00:00.422 00:13.937
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Returns to Stockton 99 Speedway
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Returns to Stockton 99 Speedway WHEN: Saturday, May 2, 2015 WHAT: The 51 FIFTY Energy Drink 151 - $7,000 to win (Series record at Stockton 99 Speedway). WHERE: Stockton 99 Speedway TICKETS: Adult General Admission $20, Youth 11–15 $15, 10 & under Free. TIMES: Spectator Gates open at 4pm, [...]
Thorn Scores First Career Win at KCRP
BY MIKE GRIFFITH The Bakersfield Californian mgriffith@bakersfield.com Thorn rids himself of “monkey” with victory at KCRP The frustration Derek Thorn has had with Kern County Raceway Park came to an end on Saturday night. Thorn shattered the track record in qualifying (the old mark was his as well), then went on to do something [...]
$7,000 TO WIN STOCKTON 99 on MAY 2ND
151 laps presented by 51 FIFTY Energy Drink Payout: $7,000.00 Winner $2,500.00 2 $1,250.00 3 $1,000.00 4 $850.00 5 $650.00 6 $575.00 7 $550.00 8 $525.00 9 $525.00 10 $500.00 11 $500.00 12 $500.00 13 $500.00 14 $500.00 15 $450.00 16 $450.00 17 $450.00 18 $450.00 19 $450.00 20 $450.00 21 $450.00 22 $450.00 23 $450.00 24
Bischofberger Finds New Speed with New Deal
Bakersfield, CA – Jeff Bischofberger has stepped up his racing program in a big way in 2015. After two abbreviated SPEARS Southwest Tour Series seasons with his own team, Bischofberger has teamed up with Mike Doss at Nitro Racing from Upper Lake, California for 2015. A graduate from the Speed [...]
RAUDMAN at KERN
2001 NASCAR Southwest Tour Series champions Craig Raudman and Dave Reed will team up once again for the upcoming DC's RV Center 100 presented by RaceForWishes.com at Kern County Raceway on April 18th.
THORN SCORES 21st CAREER VICTORY BY WINNING THE “WESTAIR 125 presented by DC’S RV CENTER”
Southwest Tour showdown leads big night at the LoanMart Madera Speedway By Ronald Montez The Madera Tribune Madera, Ca — How close was the Spears Southwest Tour’s main finish between Bakersfield’s Derek Thorn and Prunedale’s Jim Pettit II? Try less than one tick on the official scoring time — 0.255 was [...]
WestAir 125 presented by DC’s RV Center: Results
Madera Speedway March 21, 2015 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series FP SP Car Driver Team / Make Laps Points Money Status 1 8 43 Derek Thorn Four Star Fruit, Campbell Motorsports Ford 125 180 $3,100.00* Running 2 7 18 Jim Pettit II Moeller Bros., HUR Performance Engines Chevrolet 125 170 $1,500.00 Running 3 10 20 Tracy Bolin Bolin Builders, David’s Racing Products Chevrolet 125 165 $1,250.00 Running 4 2 29 Greg Voigt NTS Motorsports Chevrolet 125 160 $1,000.00 Running 5 9 51 Carlos Vieira 51 FIFTY Energy Drink, Fresh & Easy Chevrolet 125 155 $1,000.00 Running 6 3 31 Ryan Cansdale** MaC Steel, High Point Racing Chevrolet 125 150 $650.00 Running 7 6 66 Jeff Bischofberger RTO Visalia, Pathfinder Chassis [...]
CANSDALE TOP ROOKIE AT MADERA
Laguna Beach's Ryan Cansdale made his SPEARS Southwest Tour Series debut with a sixth place finish at Madera Speedway, taking top rookie honors at the event.
THINGS TO KNOW FOR THE 2015 SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR SERIES SEASON OPENER
THINGS TO KNOW FOR THE 2015 SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR SERIES SEASON OPENER: March 21st at Madera Speedway FIFTEENTH SEASON: The March 21st race at Madera Speedway will be the start of the fifteenth season of the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series. To date; the series has paid out over $2.5 million in prize [...]
SRL FAMILY OF SPONSORS FOR 2015
The SPEARS Southwest Tour Series is proudly associated with thirty-five sponsors for the 2015 season. These companies invest their marketing dollars to promote their products and services through the series.
SPEARS FREQUENT FLYER $1,000 TO START PROGRAM CONTINUES IN 2015
BAKERSFIELD, CA – The SPEARS Southwest Tour Series, with the support of Spears Manufacturing, proudly announces the “SPEARS Frequent Flyer Program” will continue for 2015. For the fourth consecutive year, the “SPEARS Frequent Flyer Program” awards teams a minimum $1,000 for starting a SPEARS Southwest Tour Series main event [...]
Pollard Wins Winter Showdown
BY MIKE GRIFFITH - The Bakersfield Californian Bakersfield, CA (March 2nd, 2015) - Bubba Pollard missed his 5 p.m. flight home to Senoia, Ga. on Sunday, but he was all smiles.Winning the Spears Manufacturing Winter Showdown 250 on Sunday afternoon at Kern County Raceway Park -- and the $25,000 [...]
RESULTS – WINTER SHOWDOWN
1 26B Bubba Pollard 250 2:44:03.230 00:17.871 121 100.722 2 5s Dalton Sargeant 250 2:44:04.045 00:00.815 00:17.955 71 100.251 3 43 Derek Thorn 250 2:44:04.205 00:00.975 00:17.870 52 100.727 4 21 Blaine Rocha 250 2:44:04.781 00:01.551 00:18.186 206 98.977 5 26PP Preston Peltier 250 2:44:05.617 00:02.387 00:17.951 71 100.273 6 11A Dustin Ash 250 2:44:06.404 00:03.174 00:18.197 71 98.917 7 12 Colby Potts 250 2:44:06.916 00:03.686 00:18.196 120 98.923 8 99W Linny White 250 2:44:07.129 00:03.899 00:18.207 120 98.863 9 77 Toni McCray 250 2:44:07.424 00:04.194 00:18.201 123 98.896 10 89 Bobby Hodges 250 2:44:07.925 00:04.695 00:18.063 73 99.651 11 75 Jeremy Doss 250 2:44:08.374 00:05.144 00:18.223 120 98.776 12 8 Noah Gragson 249 2:44:08.800 1 Lap 00:18.323 138 98.237 13 81 Darrell Midgley 248 2:44:11.665 2 Laps 00:18.509 121 97.250 14 6U Dominic Ursetta 245 2:44:09.769 5 Laps 00:18.097 71 99.464 15 71 Christian McGhee 203 2:44:09.150 47 Laps 00:18.474 78 97.434 16 29V Greg Voigt 195 2:21:29.257 55 Laps 00:18.074 124 99.591 17 17 David Mayhew 191 2:18:46.696 59 Laps 00:18.014 18 99.922 18 20 Tracy Bolin 159 2:15:17.182 91 Laps 00:18.368 120 97.997 19 16 Jacob Gomes 149 1:45:58.603 101 Laps 00:18.082 53 99.547 20 5G Will Gallaher 134 1:21:58.979 116 Laps 00:18.306 3 98.328 21 19W Brandon White 134 1:21:59.672 00:00.693 00:18.196 122 98.923 22 22G Jonathon Gomez 134 1:21:59.822 00:00.843 00:18.303 124 98.345 23 6s Donny St. Ours 134 1:22:00.529 00:01.550 00:18.297 52 98.377 24 33 M. K. Kanke 134 1:23:17.948 01:18.969 00:18.548 73 97.046 25 5W Ryan Wells 114 54:08.848 136 Laps 00:18.464 72 97.487 26 57 David Ross 113 2:04:12.097 137 Laps 00:18.478 77 97.413 27 22E Chris Eggleston 109 48:00.440 141 Laps 00:18.134 74 99.261 28 51 Carlos Vieira 95 40:30.182 155 Laps 00:18.449 55 97.566 29 18 Jim Pettit II 80 55:40.331 170 Laps 00:17.923 4 100.430 30 7 Johnny White 75 35:54.089 175 Laps 00:18.296 54 98.382 31 31 Jason [...]
