Three in the Top 5 for NTS
Photo by Joe Starr Brennan Newberry ran in the top 3 for most of the day, crossing the line in 4th at the finish, with his NTS Motorsports teammates Garret Archer and Greg Voigt finishing in 3rd and 5th respectively.
Thorn Wins at PPIR
Results of SPEARS SWT - SWT Main Pos Start Pos No. Name Laps Sponsor Make Hometown Comment 1 1 43 Derek Thorn 100 Four Star Fruit, Campbell Mortorsports Chevrolet Bakersfield, CA Running, $15,003.00 2 3 6 Dominic Ursetta 100 Productive Data Solutions, Arvada Excavation Chevrolet Arvada, CO Running, $7,500.00 3 7 21 Garrett Archer * 100 NTS Motorsports Chevrolet Black Diamond, WA Running, $3,500.00 4 6 09 Brennan Newberry 100 Qore 24, NTS Motorsports Chevrolet Bakersfield, CA Running, $3,000.00 5 10 29 Greg Voigt 100 NTS Motorsports Chevrolet Goleta, CA Running, $3,500.00 6 11 66 Darren Bucklen 100 Puppies N' stuff, Allbrick Vet Clinic Chevrolet Greeley, CO Running, $2,250.00 7 12 55 Jesse Runkle 100 Old Glory Fireworks, [...]
Top Rookie – Archer Finishes 3rd at PPIR –
Photo by Joe Starr
Thorn Sets New Track Record at PPIR
Photo by Joe Starr Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps 1 43 Derek Thorn 00:26.897 1 133.844 2 2 06 Mike Gallegos 00:26.980 1 133.432 00:00.083 00:00.083 2 3 6 Dominic Ursetta 00:27.057 1 133.052 00:00.160 00:00.077 2 4 22 Chris Eggleston 00:27.201 1 132.348 00:00.304 00:00.144 2 5 16 Jacob Gomes 00:27.290 2 131.916 00:00.393 00:00.089 2 6 09 Brennan Newberry 00:27.349 1 131.632 00:00.452 00:00.059 2 7 21 Garrett Archer * 00:27.356 2 131.598 00:00.459 00:00.007 2 8 12 Bruce Yackey 00:27.454 1 131.128 00:00.557 00:00.098 2 9 20 Tracy Bolin 00:27.501 1 130.904 00:00.604 00:00.047 2 10 29 Greg Voigt 00:27.546 1 130.690 00:00.649 00:00.045 2 11 66 Darren Bucklen 00:27.600 1 130.435 00:00.703 00:00.054 2 12 55 Jesse Runkle 00:27.657 2 130.166 00:00.760 00:00.057 2 13 83 Jim Sikes Jr 00:27.776 2 129.608 00:00.879 00:00.119 2 14 19 Brandon White 00:27.800 1 129.496 00:00.903 00:00.024 2 15 28 Nick Williams * 00:27.806 2 129.468 00:00.909 00:00.006 2 16 51 Carlos Vieira 00:27.842 1 129.301 00:00.945 00:00.036 2 17 37 Keith Spangler 00:27.869 2 129.176 00:00.972 00:00.027 2 18 89 Bobby Hodges 00:27.894 2 129.060 00:00.997 00:00.025 2 19 75 Jeremy Doss 00:27.918 2 128.949 00:01.021 00:00.024 2 20 54 Anthony Giannone 00:27.950 2 128.801 00:01.053 00:00.032 2 21 27 Roger Avants 00:28.026 1 128.452 00:01.129 00:00.076 2 22 39 Jack Nugent 00:28.125 2 128.000 00:01.228 00:00.099 2 23 34 Rudy Vanderwal 00:28.139 1 127.936 00:01.242 00:00.014 2 24 46 Kevin Clark 00:28.284 2 127.280 00:01.387 00:00.145 2 25 14 Chad Stutzman 00:28.447 2 126.551 00:01.550 00:00.163 2 26 60 Dan Savage 00:29.199 1 123.292 00:02.302 00:00.752 2 27 24 Scott Sanchez 00:30.314 1 118.757 00:03.417 00:01.115
Dominic Ursetta Top Colorado Driver at PPIR
Photo by Joe Starr With his second place finish, Dominic Ursetta was the top placing Colorado driver for the second consecutive year in the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series "Colorado 100" at Pikes Peak International Raceway On Sunday, September 28th.
Roster for Spears Manufacturing Colorado 100
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Tentative Roster for PPIR as of September 24, 2014 06 Mike Gallegos, Aurora, CO – Steven’s Transmission & Gears, PVC Specialties 6 Donny St. Ours, Upland, CA – Auto Park-It, Dasher Lawless, Inc., Eibach 6U Dominic Ursetta, Arvada, CO – Productive Data Solutions, Arvada Excavation 7 David Johnson, [...]
Newberry Returns to his Roots at PPIR
NTS MOTORSPORTS For Release Newberry Returns to his Roots at PPIR KERNERSVILLE, NC (September 18, 2014) Brennan Newberry, who has competed in the NASCAR K&N East Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, ARCA and NASCAR Nationwide Series over the past three seasons, is returning to his roots. A longtime familiar face in the [...]
$25,000 to Win the Inaugural Winter Showdown
Bakersfield, CA – The management team of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series is proud to announce the $125,000 “Winter Showdown” for Super Late Models at Kern County Raceway Park in Bakersfield, California, February 26 - 28, 2015. The “Winter Showdown” will not be a SPEARS Southwest Tour Series points [...]
Racing Family Patriarch Ron Strmiska dies at 73
Ron Strmiska, the patriarch of a racing family that started competing on local tracks in 1969 and continues today, two generations later, died Wednesday after a lengthy illness. He was 73. Known locally as the Manteca Missile, Strmiska and his pink car won back-to-back Stockton 99 Speedway championships (1978-79) in [...]
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Jeremy Doss: Another Rising Late Model Star in the West August 28, 2014 • Archives, Late Models, Top Stories Each region has its top notch teenager that everyone is following. In the North it’s youngster Tommy Barrett, Jr. who just took his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win at Bristol. In the Midwest it’s [...]
Colorado National Speedway Championship Leader, Ursetta has posted Colorado 100 Entry
Ursetta has now won 9 of the 12 events in the 2014 CNS season and has a commanding lead in the season standings.
Blaine Perkins Wins 3rd Straight S2 Main Event – Brandon Weaver Leads Championship
RESULTS - IRWINDALE: August 26th, 2014 Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 50 Blaine Perkins 35 17:43.865 00:20.524 3 87.702 2 43 Kenny Smith 35 17:44.733 00:00.868 00:20.681 2 87.036 3 59 Johnny Butler 35 17:44.864 00:00.999 00:20.674 5 87.066 4 15 Brandon Weaver 35 17:46.995 00:03.130 00:20.895 7 86.145 5 52 Uli Perez 35 17:47.686 00:03.821 00:21.033 7 85.580 6 29 Cory Elliott 35 17:48.203 00:04.338 00:21.249 34 84.710 7 42 Carlos Quintero 35 17:48.289 00:04.424 00:21.105 33 85.288 8 77 Craig Yeaton 35 17:49.044 00:05.179 00:20.920 4 86.042 9 45 Dave Lowenstein 35 17:49.435 00:05.570 00:21.211 7 84.862 10 0 Bill Waters 34 17:50.782 1 Lap 00:21.467 33 83.850 11 44 Karon Lowenstein 34 17:51.345 00:00.563 00:21.489 34 83.764 12 14 Dylan Baker 34 17:52.615 00:01.833 00:21.445 34 83.936 13 81 Nastasia Dodd 33 17:54.312 2 Laps 00:22.257 31 80.873 14 99 Chris Morrison 31 12:25.887 4 Laps 00:20.873 6 86.236 15 97 Dylan Garner 31 12:30.968 00:05.081 00:21.460 CURRENT SRL S2 TOUR SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: Pos No. Name Total Diff Gap M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total 1 15 Brandon Weaver 1428 0 0 138 138 165 165 155 155 165 165 150 150 180 180 160 160 155 155 160 160 2 81 Nastasia Dodd 1299 129 129 155 155 160 160 134 134 138 138 146 146 142 142 150 150 150 150 124 124 3 0 Bill Waters 1289 139 10 146 146 150 150 142 142 160 160 127 127 150 150 142 142 138 138 134 134 4 59 Johnny Butler 1261 167 28 165 165 170 170 160 160 155 155 160 160 121 121 x x 165 165 165 165 5 43 Kenny Smith 1180 248 81 170 170 x x 170 170 x x 180 180 165 165 165 165 160 160 170 170 6 99 Chris Morrison 1163 265 17 160 160 155 155 146 146 150 150 130 130 146 146 155 155 x x 121 121 7 50 Blaine Perkins 880 548 283 x x x x x x x x 170 170 170 170 180 180 180 180 180 180 8 45 Dave Lowenstein 850 578 30 x x 146 146 138 138 146 146 155 155 127 127 x x x x 138 138 9 44 Karon Lowenstein 798 630 52 x x 142 142 130 130 134 134 138 138 124 124 x x x x 130 130 10 50 Trevor Huddleston 700 728 98 180 180 x x 180 180 170 170 x x x x 170 170 x x x x 11 14 Dylan Baker 683 745 17 x x x x x x x x 134 134 138 138 138 138 146 146 127 127 12 29 Cory Elliott 475 953 208 x x x x x x x x 165 165 160 160 x x x x 150 150 13 77 Kyle Whisner 453 975 22 150 150 138 138 165 165 x x x x x x x x x x x x 14 52 Uli Perez 447 981 6 x x x x 150 150 x x x x x x x x 142 142 155 155 15 42 Carlos Quintero 422 1006 25 x x x x x x 142 142 x x 134 134 x x x x 146 146 16 5 Dylan [...]
ARCHER LEADS ROOKIE CHALLENGE
(photo: Brandon White-Garret Archer-Jeremy Doss-Christian McGhee) Pos No. Name Total Diff Gap M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total 1 21 Garrett Archer * 997 0 0 150 150 112 112 160 160 146 146 109 109 160 160 160 160 2 66 Jeff Bischofberger * 745 252 252 124 124 130 130 124 124 127 127 x x 134 134 106 106 3 52 Cole Loftsgard * 652 345 93 134 134 138 138 138 138 124 124 118 118 x x x x 4 98 Blaine Rocha * 561 436 91 x x x x x x 130 130 155 155 146 146 130 130 5 61 Hannah Newhouse * 215 782 346 112 112 103 103 x x x x x x x x x x 6 64 Matthew Meech * 215 782 0 x x x x 115 115 x x x x x x 100 100 7 77 Toni McCray * 165 832 50 x x x x x x x x x x x x 165 165 8 71 Christian McGhee * 127 870 38 x x x x x x x x x x x x 127 127 9 01 Ryan Cansdale * 0 997 127 x x x x x x DNS 0 x x x x x x Legend 1 1st place 2 2nd place 3 3rd place
DOSS STILL ON TOP OF CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Pos No. Name Total Diff Gap M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total M Total 1 75 Jeremy Doss 1160 0 0 160 160 180 180 170 170 155 155 160 160 180 180 155 155 2 43 Derek Thorn 1157 3 3 127 127 170 170 180 180 180 180 180 180 150 150 170 170 3 19 Brandon White 1098 62 59 180 180 160 160 165 165 170 170 112 112 165 165 146 146 4 90 Ross Strmiska 1048 112 50 170 170 127 127 134 134 150 150 170 170 155 155 142 142 5 16 Jacob Gomes 1019 141 29 165 165 150 150 109 109 160 160 115 115 170 170 150 150 6 29 Greg Voigt 999 161 20 146 146 142 142 130 130 165 165 124 124 112 112 180 180 7 21 Garrett Archer * 997 163 2 150 150 112 112 160 160 146 146 109 109 160 160 160 160 8 37 Keith Spangler 963 197 34 142 142 134 134 127 127 142 142 142 142 142 142 134 134 9 51 Carlos Vieira 907 253 56 155 155 124 124 150 150 115 115 121 121 124 124 118 118 10 20 Tracy Bolin 896 264 11 106 106 100 100 146 146 138 138 150 150 118 118 138 138 11 24 Scott Sanchez 864 296 32 115 115 118 118 155 155 134 134 130 130 109 109 103 103 12 66 Jeff Bischofberger * 745 415 119 124 124 130 130 124 124 127 127 x x 134 134 106 106 13 52 Cole Loftsgard * 652 508 93 134 134 138 138 138 138 124 124 118 118 x x x x 14 6 Donny St. Ours 629 531 23 138 138 106 106 121 121 118 118 146 146 x x x x 15 98 Blaine Rocha * 561 599 68 x x x x x x 130 130 155 155 146 146 130 130 16 57 David Ross 490 670 71 x x 109 109 142 142 x x 127 127 x x 112 112 17 44 Bob Lyon 472 688 18 118 118 x x 112 112 x x x x 127 127 115 115 18 89 Bobby Hodges 374 786 98 100 100 x x x x x x 165 165 x x 109 109 19 12 Colby Potts 358 802 16 103 103 x x x x x x 134 134 121 121 x x 20 33 M. K. Kanke 351 809 7 109 109 121 121 x x x x x x x x 121 121 21 73 Jason Gilbert 262 898 89 x x x x x x x x x x 138 138 124 124 22 02 Dave Byrd 253 907 9 x x x x x x x x 138 138 115 115 x x 23 73 Ken Benhamou 251 909 2 121 121 x x x x x x x x 130 130 x x 24 17 Jonathan Mawhinney 239 921 12 x x x x 118 118 121 121 x x x x x x 25 18 Jim Pettit II 227 933 12 130 130 97 97 x x x x x x x x x x 26 61 Hannah Newhouse * 215 945 12 112 112 103 103 x x x x x x x x x x 27 64 Matthew Meech * 215 945 0 x x x x 115 115 x x x x x x 100 100 28 17 David Mayhew 165 995 50 x x 165 165 x x x x x x x x x x 29 77 Toni McCray * 165 995 0 x x x x x x x x x x x x 165 165 30 22 Jonathon Gomez 155 1005 10 x x 155 155 x x x x x x x x x x 31 14 Craig Raudman 146 1014 9 x x 146 146 x x x x x x x x x x 32 71 Christian McGhee * 127 1033 19 x x x x x x x x x x x x 127 127 33 99 Tim Smith 115 1045 12 x x 115 115 x x x x x x x x x x 34 73 Joe Miller 112 1048 3 x x x x x x 112 112 x x x x x x 35 13 Todd Souza 97 1063 15 97 97 x x x x x x x x x x x x 36 25 Brandon Loverock 0 1160 97 x x x x x x x x x x x x DNS 0 37 88 Ken Benhamou 0 1160 0 x x x x x x x x x x x x DNS 0 38 01 Ryan [...]
VOIGT PUTS NTS MOTORSPORTS IN VICTORY LANE AT IRWINDALE
Bakersfield, CA – In what might be considered the best race in the series history, Goleta, California’s Greg Voigt drove his NTS Motorsports Chevrolet to victory in the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series “51 FIFTY Energy Drink 100 presented by AmeriPride” at Irwindale Speedway. Voigt, a former track champion at the [...]
Thorn is Top Qualifier for a Record 26th Time
Derek Thorn set fast time on Saturday for a record 26th time in his Spears Southwest Tour Series career. Thorn finished 2nd in the 51 Fifty Energy Drink 100. Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps 1 43 Derek Thorn 00:17.763 1 101.334 2 2 21 Garrett Archer * 00:17.987 1 100.072 00:00.224 00:00.224 2 3 19 Brandon White 00:17.988 1 100.067 00:00.225 00:00.001 2 4 75 Jeremy Doss 00:18.028 1 99.845 00:00.265 00:00.040 2 5 71 Christian McGhee * 00:18.044 2 99.756 00:00.281 00:00.016 2 6 29 Greg Voigt 00:18.052 2 99.712 00:00.289 00:00.008 2 7 66 Jeff Bischofberger * 00:18.089 1 99.508 00:00.326 00:00.037 2 8 16 Jacob Gomes 00:18.106 1 99.415 00:00.343 00:00.017 2 9 77 Toni McCray * 00:18.114 1 99.371 00:00.351 00:00.008 2 10 20 Tracy Bolin 00:18.195 1 98.928 00:00.432 00:00.081 2 11 33 M. K. Kanke 00:18.198 2 98.912 00:00.435 00:00.003 2 12 37 Keith Spangler 00:18.249 2 98.636 00:00.486 00:00.051 2 13 98 Blaine [...]
Tentative Roster for Irwindale Speedway
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series 16 Jacob Gomes, Manteca, CA – Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats, Inc., Dennis Arbini 19 Brandon White, Eureka, CA – Northcoast Lighting & Electric, Inc. 20 Tracy Bolin, Valley Springs, CA – Bolin Builders, David’s Racing Products 21 Garret Archer, Black Diamond, WA – NTS Motorsports* 24 Scott Sanchez, Livermore, [...]
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Returns to Irwindale Speedway
This Saturday night the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series will make its first appearance at Irwindale Speedway since 2010, for the “51 FIFTY Energy Drink 100 presented by AmeriPride Services”, which is the first race of the “2014 Pat Pettit Memorial Triple Crown”. Saturday’s race has shaped up to be [...]
McGhee Switches Gears
Christian McGhee, winner of the August 2nd NASCAR Whelen Late Model event at Irwindale Speedway, is switching gears to prepare for the upcoming Spears SRL Southwest Tour “51 Fifty Energy Drink 100” race being held on August 16, 2014. The race is being run at Irwindale Speedway, a racetrack that [...]
TONI MCCRAY TO COMPETE IN THE SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR
Bakersfield, CA – Current Irwindale Speedway Super Late Model championship leader Toni McCray of Highland, California will make her SPEARS Southwest Tour Series debut when the series returns to the Irwindale ½ mile on Saturday, August 16th. “We have a brand new car from the ground up and we’re really [...]
DOSS WINS SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR AT STOCKTON 99
Bakersfield, CA – Upper Lake’s Jeremy Doss won Saturday night’s SPEARS Southwest Tour Series “Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats 125” at Stockton 99 Speedway. It was Doss’ second win of 2014, and his second consecutive win at Stockton 99 Speedway. Saturday’s win moved Doss back on top of the 2014 championship [...]
THORN – TOP QUALIFIER AT STOCKTON 99
Qualifying Results: July 26, 2014 Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps 1 43 Derek Thorn 00:13.122 2 68.587 2 2 90 Ross Strmiska 00:13.190 2 68.234 00:00.068 00:00.068 2 3 75 Jeremy Doss 00:13.217 2 68.094 00:00.095 00:00.027 2 4 19 Brandon White 00:13.235 2 68.002 00:00.113 00:00.018 2 5 16 Jacob Gomes 00:13.257 1 67.889 00:00.135 00:00.022 2 6 12 Colby Potts 00:13.341 2 67.461 00:00.219 00:00.084 2 7 20 Tracy Bolin 00:13.344 1 67.446 00:00.222 00:00.003 2 8 88 Jason Gilbert 00:13.352 2 67.406 00:00.230 00:00.008 2 9 98 Blaine Rocha * 00:13.358 2 67.375 00:00.236 00:00.006 2 10 21 Garrett Archer * 00:13.399 2 67.169 00:00.277 00:00.041 2 11 29 Greg Voigt 00:13.416 1 67.084 00:00.294 00:00.017 2 12 02 Dave Byrd 00:13.440 2 66.964 00:00.318 00:00.024 2 13 51 Carlos Vieira 00:13.450 1 66.914 00:00.328 00:00.010 2 14 24 Scott Sanchez 00:13.578 2 66.284 00:00.456 00:00.128 2 15 66 Jeff Bischofberger * 00:13.584 2 66.254 00:00.462 00:00.006 2 16 37 Keith Spangler 00:13.587 2 66.240 00:00.465 00:00.003 2 17 73 Ken Benhamou 00:13.675 2 65.814 00:00.553 00:00.088 2 18 44 Bob Lyon 00:13.705 2 65.669 00:00.583
