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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 [...]

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 [...]