November of 2010
Bakersfield, CA - In a race that time has seemingly forgotten, the SRL Southwest Tour visited Irwindale Speedway in November of 2010. The "Canidae California Classic 100" capped off the season in a non-points paying affair. But although the $10,000 to win event didn't pay championship points, the MK [...]
Congratulations to our 2019 Rookie-of-the-Year competitor Jesse Love
Congratulations to our 2019 Rookie-of-the-Year competitor Jesse Love for winning the NASCAR Xfinity "United Rentals 300" today at Daytona International Speedway!! It was his second win in the series, after his Rookie-of-the-Year triumph in 2024. Love finished 10th in the SRL Southwest Tour Series championship in 2019, and scored [...]
Colorado’s Nathan Gasser made his third start with the SRL Modified Series
Colorado's Nathan Gasser made his third start with the SRL Modified Series when the series made its' debut at Colorado National Speedway for the "AAA Service 75 presented by Sangers Cycles". Gasser improved upon his previous best of ninth at All American Speedway, to bring his #24 ride home [...]
Cassidy Hinds
Making her third start with the SRL Southwest Tour Series in 2024, Cassidy Hinds finished 11th in the "Salted Metals Architectural Metals 150" at Colorado National Speedway. Her previous best result was a ninth at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway in 2023. Hinds has made seven starts with the SRL [...]
SRL Favorite Track Poll Results:
SRL Poll: Entering its' 25th season, the SRL Southwest Tour Series has visited 15 tracks since its' inaugural season in 2001. We took a poll and asked what was your favorite track. Thank you to the hundreds of you who took the time to vote in our most popular track [...]
Kyle Clegg
The #51 of Kyle Clegg made his first SRL Modified Series start on August 17th, 2024, when the series visited Colorado National Speedway (CO) for the "AAA Service 75 presented by Sangers Cycles". Clegg made a successful debut bringing home his Grease Monkey Modified home second in the 75 [...]
2022 Colorado National Speedway Super Late Model champion Cody Dempster
The 2022 Colorado National Speedway (CO) Super Late Model champion Cody Dempster made his seventh career start with the SRL Southwest Tour Series in 2024. Dempster finished eighth in the " "Salted Metals Architectural Metals 150" at his hometrack, after earning a fifth in 2023. Dempster has a career best [...]
Tim Spurgeon
Bakersfield, CA - Tim Spurgeon made his seventh career start in the SRL Southwest Tour when the series visited The New Stockton 99 Speedway (CA) for the JM ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. Wild West Shootout- There's Gonna Be Some Rockin 127" last September. It was the veteran racers only SRL start [...]
Young SRL Champs
When this picture was taken, neither of these two young guns had SRL Southwest Tour Series championships. Now Jacob Gomes (3) and Jeremy Doss (1) have four combined.
Two-time Colorado NASCAR Regional Series championship runner-up Michael Scott
Bakersfield, CA - Two-time Colorado NASCAR Regional Series championship runner-up Michael Scott made his third SRL Southwest Tour Series start in the 2024 Salted Metals Architectural Metals 150" at Colorado National Speedway (CO). Scott led 11 laps and looked to be a race winning contender, but finished 12th at [...]
SRL Heads to the Big Sky State in 2025
Bakersfield, CA (January 24, 2025) – The SRL Southwest Tour Series and Mission Valley Super Oval have announced a technical alliance for the upcoming 2025 race season. The SRL will be aligned with MVSO for all of five races of its ‘Montana Big 5 Super Late Model Series’. The [...]
Buddy Shepherd – 2024 SRL Champion
Bakersfield, CA – Buddy Shepherd was in contention for the 2021 SRL Southwest Tour Series championship as a rookie, ultimately earning the Rookie-of-the-Year title and third in the championship standings. In 2024, he finished his mission, earning the championship after grabbing two wins in six starts. It came down [...]
Michael Sandoval
Bakersfield, CA – 2011 SRL Rookie-of-the-Year Michael Sandoval continued his string of SRL starts in 2024, making his fourth consecutive appearance at The The New Stockton 99 Speedway (CA). Sandoval brought home his new FURY Race Cars Super Late Model, sponsored by Sandoval Farms, Belletto Farms, and David's Racing [...]
Four-time North State Modified Series champion Scott Winters
Four-time North State Modified Series champion Scott Winters made his return to the SRL Modified Series, in the potent Ferrari Farms Modified, winning at Redwood Acres Raceway on Labor Day Weekend. For Winters, it was his sixth triumph in the series, after last competing in 2019. The multi-time track [...]
Wes Burton made his SRL debut in 2024 at Colorado National
Bakersfield, CA - Former "World Crown 300" top-five finisher Wes Burton made his SRL Southwest Tour Series debut in 2024 at Colorado National Speedway, in the "Salted Architectural Metals 150". Burton, from Cheifland, FL, qualified 11th, but finished 18th in his debut, after falling out after 30 laps. Burton [...]
RAZ GETS SRL WIN at CNS in ’24
Bakersfield, CA - Kole Raz entered the Salted Architectural Metals 150” at Colorado National Speedway (CO) winless in Super Late Model touring series competition. He had 19 starts with the SRL Southwest Tour Series, nine starts with the Northwest Super Late Model Series, two starts with the Southern Super [...]
Entire community needs our prayers
Please keep our good friend Dan Holtz and those in the Pacific Palisades, Hurst, and Eaton fire areas in your thoughts and prayers. Dan is okay, but the entire community needs our prayers.
Chris Eggleston
Bakersfield, CA - Chris Eggleston has only been behind the wheel of a Super Late Model on a sporadic basis over the last several seasons. But the winner of "The Race" at North Wilkesboro Speedway (NC) brought his beautifully prepared #22 out on August 17th, to compete in the [...]
Four-time Redwood Acres Raceway Sportsman / Late Model champion Brandon Barnwell
Four-time Redwood Acres Raceway Sportsman / Late Model champion Brandon Barnwell made his SRL Southwest Tour Series debut in 2024. The Labor Day weekend "JM ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. Wild West Shootout Money Talks 127 presented by Big Valley Sanitation" found Barnwell earning an eighth-place finish after qualifying 10th. Barnwell battled [...]
Brian Yackey Made SRL Debut at CNS
Bakersfield, CA - The Yackey family is well known throughout Colorado National Speedway history, with multiple championships at the famous 3/8-mile. In 2024 Brian Yackey added his name to the record books of SRL Southwest Tour Series participants, the third to do so in his family. Brian made his [...]
Rocha Just Misses SRL Championship
Blaine Rocha entered the 2024 SRL Southwest Tour Series season looking for his first series win since 2017. He completed the campaign with a victory and a near championship, as he and the Duane Sharp led team rebounded from several seasons of bad luck. The championship came down to [...]
Sutton made the trip to Colorado National Speedway
Bakersfield, CA - One of 10 competitors who made their first starts in the SRL Southwest Tour Series in 2024 was Lebanon, Tennessee's Dawson Sutton. Sutton made the trip to Colorado National Speedway in August to compete in the Salted Metals Architectural Metals 150" in his Willie Allen Racing, [...]
SRL Remembers Irwindale Speedway
Bakersfield, CA – On December 21st, 2024, Irwindale Speedway ran its’ last event on the oval tracks that populate the grounds of the former quarry. The facility was first opened on a cold night, in March of 1999. It was met with a packed grandstand. It was bookended with [...]
Dane Nissen made first start with the SRL Southwest Tour in 2024
Bakersfield, CA - Dane Nissen was one of 10 different competitors to make their first start with the SRL Southwest Tour Series in 2024. Nissen made his debut at Redwood Acres Raceway and finished sixth in the "JM ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. Wild West Shootout - Money Talks 127 presented by [...]
