3rd Annual Irwindale Speedway “All-Star Showdown” Schedule of Events
Thursday, February 3rd - Optional Open Test Day 1:00pm Gates 3:00pm Mandatory Team Meeting 4:00 - 4:30pm SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Practice 4:30 – 5:00pm Pro Late Model Series Practice & Modified Series Practice (Share the time) 5:00 – 5:40pm SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Practice 5:40 – 6:20pm [...]
HOST HOTEL: ALL-STAR SHOWDOWN
February 5 – Irwindale Speedway Courtyard by Marriott - 4 mi to Speedway 14635 Baldwin Park Towne Center Baldwin Park, CA 91706 (626) 962-6000 Group Code: SPEARS SW Tour Series Group Rate: $110.00 Cutoff Date: January 23, 2022 Book your group rate for Spears SW Tour Series R
All-Star Showdown at Irwindale Speedway Date Change
Bakersfield, CA – The 2022 “All-Star Showdown” at Irwindale Speedway has been moved up one week and will now take place on Saturday, February 5th, 2022. This event will feature the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series, SPEARS Manufacturing Modified Series, and the SPEARS Pro Late Model Series presented by Sigma [...]
SPS RETURNS AS PRESENTING SPONSOR WITH ADDED BONUS FOR SRL PRO LATE MODEL SERIES
Bakersfield, CA (December 14, 2022) – After a very successful inaugural season in 2021, SIGMA Performance Service will return as the presenting sponsor of the SPEARS (SRL) Pro Late Model Series. The “SPEARS Pro Late Model Series presented by Sigma Performance Services” will compete in a minimum of 11 [...]
Congratulations to 2020 Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series ROTY
Congratulations to 2020 Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series ROTY, Dean Thompson Racing on your new ride!! Best of luck in 2022!! -Dean Thompson Racing Read More: http://niecemotorsports.com/dean-thompson-lucas-oil-150.../
More of the “Ironman” in 2022!!
John Moore had a career best three top-five finishes, in Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series 2021 competition, to come home 10th in the series championship standings. Moore also suffered a career worst three DNF's in an up and down season for the 2015 Pacific Challenge Series Champion. Moore also [...]
Sanchez Totals 116 SRL Starts
Scott Sanchez sat just outside the top-10 in the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series Championship Standings for a majority of the season, but closed strong to finish ninth in the final standings. Over the last four events, he finished 12th, 11th, 10th and a season best 8th to earn [...]
Tanner Reif Caps 2021 Spears Pro Late Model Season With Fourth-Place Championship Finish
Bakersfield, CA - Tanner Reif completed the 2021 Spears Manufacturing Pro Late Model Series presented by Sigma Performance Services in the number four position in the championship standings. Reif clicked off four top-five and eight top-10 finishes in his 11 series starts. Reif found his best two finishes at [...]
SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series Competitors Set to Compete on Snowball Derby Weekend
Bakersfield, CA - The Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series and the Spears Pro Late Model Series presented by Sigma Performance Services would like to wish the best of luck to each of our series competitors heading to 5 Flags Speedway for the “Snowball Derby” 300 and the “Snowflake 100”. [...]
Carlos Vieira is Eighth in 2021 SRL Championship Standings
Bakersfield, CA - The man with a million-dollar smile had his worst full-time series finish, in his last six efforts, but he still managed his ninth top-10 finish in the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series championship standings. Carlos E. Vieira brought home an eighth-place finish in 2021, which followed [...]
Tyler Reif Overcomes Broken Collarbone to Finish Fifth in SPEARS PLM Standings
Tyler Reif averaged better than a fifth-place finish in 2021 Spears Manufacturing Pro Late Model Series presented by Sigma Performance Services competition. That figure, amongst the series regulars, was only bested by Jeremy Doss and Dylan Zampa. Reif finished fifth in the championship standings however, when he missed two [...]
Mike Lovell
Mike Lovell converted one top-five and five top-10 finishes, in eight starts, into an eighth-place finish in the Spears Manufacturing Pro Late Model Series presented by Sigma Performance Services championship standings. The Upper Lake, CA driver had a best finish of fourth at ALL AMERICAN SPEEDWAY - ROSEVILLE CA [...]
Multi-time Tucson Speedway Champion Finishes Seventh in SRL Championship Standings
Bakersfield, CA - Brandon Farrington entered the 2021 Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series season seeking the Rookie-of-the-Year Award, at the completion of the 10-race season. He had already participated in six previous events, earning two top-five finishes, including a third at the LVMS Bullring and Dirt Track in a [...]
SRL TO EXPAND TO THE EAST TO SANCTION SUPER LATE MODEL RACING EVENTS
Bakersfield, CA – For 2022, the SRL will expand its operation east to sanction some of the nation’s top Super Late Model events. Ricky Brooks, Larry Collins and Brian Olsen will head up the SRL’s new venture. Since 2001, the SRL Southwest Tour Series has been sanctioning and managing short [...]
Kole Raz Battles Bad Luck to Finish Fifth in the SRL Championship Standings
Bakersfield, CA - Oswego, OR driver Kole Raz entered the 2021 Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series season fresh off two consecutive NASCAR Advanced Auto Parts Weekly Racing Series State of Arizona Championships, as well as the 2020 Tucson Speedway. Track Championship. He had racked up eight wins in 21 [...]
Rocha Knocks Out Sixth-Place Championship Run in the SRL
Bakersfield, CA - Oakdale, CA driver Blaine Rocha slotted into the number six position in the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series championship standings in 2021. Rocha has been a series regular since the second half of the 2014 season, posting 51 consecutive starts before missing the first two events [...]
Cole Brown Wrangles Sixth-Place Championship Run in the SPEARS Pro Late Models
Bakersfield, CA - Sigma Performance Services “Young Gun” Cole Brown participated in nine of 11 SPEARS Pro Late Model Series events in 2021, coming home sixth in the championship standings. Brown scored two top-five and six top-10 finishes by season end. Brown had extremely limited experience in a Pro [...]
Seth Wise Converts KCRP Win Into Seventh Place SPEARS PLM Championship Finish
Bakersfield, CA - Seth Wise stepped up, in his first full season in a Pro Late Model, becoming one of only three winners in the Spears Manufacturing Pro Late Model Series presented by Sigma Performance Services’ inaugural season. Wise scored a victory at his home track, Kern County Raceway [...]
TIRE TEST CONDUCTED THIS WEEK
Bakersfield, CA (November 18, 2022) – On Monday of this week, the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series and Hoosier Tire West conducted a tire test at Kern County Raceway with driver Blaine Rocha. The purpose of the test was to test the durability and performance of a new tire combination [...]
SPEARS PRO LATE MODEL SERIES EXPANDS SCHEDULE FOR 2022
Bakersfield, CA (November 2, 2021) – After a highly successful inaugural season in 2021, the SPEARS SRL Pro Late Model Series presented by Sigma Performance Services will expand its race schedule to twelve championship events in 2022. New for 2022, the SPEARS SRL Pro Late Model Series will add The [...]
Doss Earns Hard Fought SPEARS Pro Late Model Series October Classic Victory
Bakersfield, CA - Jeremy Doss held off a furious charge from Bradley Erickson in the final laps to take home a $5,400 win in the “Sigma Performance Services 54” from Kern County Raceway Park on October Classic weekend. Doss earned his ninth victory of the season Saturday night, but [...]
Thorn Capitalized on Misfortune to Secure October Classic Victory at Kern County Raceway
Bakersfield, CA - Derek Thorn finished off a near perfect SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series season Saturday night, by being declared the winner of the “Bulwark ‘FR October Classic 150” at Kern County Raceway. Thorn was proclaimed the winner when Preston Peltier was found to have to much left [...]
Celebration of Life for Nick Sivesind Announced for the 33rd Annual October Classic Weekend
Bakersfield, CA - Nick Sivesind was a popular personality at the racetrack for many years. He was a man who left his mark on many of the competitors who will be at the 33rd Annual October Classic at Kern County Raceway this weekend. Nick was a fan, friend, crew [...]
Spears Southwest Tour Storylines for the 33rd Annual October Classic at Kern County Raceway
October Classic: For 28 years, the October Classic was a mainstay and highlight of the season at Mesa Marin Raceway (CA) (1977 to 2005). In 2019, the race returned to Kern County Raceway (CA) and Bakersfield, CA. This year’s edition will find the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series joined [...]
Peltier Pursues First Kern County Raceway Park Victory
Bakersfield, CA - Preston Peltier will make his tenth career Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series championship event start this weekend, when the series visits Kern County Raceway Park (CA) for the “Bulwark ‘FR October Classic 150”. Peltier is a two-time winner in the series, but he will be looking [...]
