1,240 Mile Trek
Logan Bearden is upping the mileage travelled numbers, with his entry into the $10,000 to win, “ Retro Custom Metals 150” at the Bullring @ Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The Leander, TX driver will make the 1,240 mile trek, to compete with the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series on May 5th. This will be Bearden’s second SRL start at “The Bullring”, after making the same trip in November of 2017, for the “2017 Season Finale presented by Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse San Dimas. He finished 27th after brake issues shortened his night, after only 28 laps.
Heading into this year’s spring event, Bearden and his team have begun to figure out their new car, and have posted some impressive results. Bearden showed his speed early in the season with an eighth place qualifying effort in the 2018 Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway. He followed that up with a ninth place qualifying effort and a 12th place finish in the North-South Super Late Model Challenge 100 at Fairgrounds Speedway at Nashville in Nashville, TN. The event was a combination race between the Sunoco Southern Supers Series, ARCA CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS and CARS Response Energy Tour.
With his run of recent success, Bearden is feeling confident that his trip to Las Vegas could end in Victory Lane.
“I believe we can compete for a win, with not only the speed we have shown, but also the group of guys that are making it possible at the race track and in the shop”, Bearden told the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series.
Logan will bring his Parker Electric, Bearden Automotive Chevy SS to Las Vegas, hoping to draw a 21, and take the $10,000 winner’s check, thanks to David Mulcahy and Retro Custom Metals, back to Texas. It would certainly make the 1,240 mile trek home seem much shorter, and create a memory in Vegas that he would never forget.
Heading into this year’s spring event, Bearden and his team have begun to figure out their new car, and have posted some impressive results. Bearden showed his speed early in the season with an eighth place qualifying effort in the 2018 Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway. He followed that up with a ninth place qualifying effort and a 12th place finish in the North-South Super Late Model Challenge 100 at Fairgrounds Speedway at Nashville in Nashville, TN. The event was a combination race between the Sunoco Southern Supers Series, ARCA CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS and CARS Response Energy Tour.
With his run of recent success, Bearden is feeling confident that his trip to Las Vegas could end in Victory Lane.
“I believe we can compete for a win, with not only the speed we have shown, but also the group of guys that are making it possible at the race track and in the shop”, Bearden told the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series.
Logan will bring his Parker Electric, Bearden Automotive Chevy SS to Las Vegas, hoping to draw a 21, and take the $10,000 winner’s check, thanks to David Mulcahy and Retro Custom Metals, back to Texas. It would certainly make the 1,240 mile trek home seem much shorter, and create a memory in Vegas that he would never forget.
