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The Bryans Racing “Fastest Lap of the Race”

Congratulations to Jacob Gomes for scoring the Bryans Racing "Fastest Lap of the Race". Gomes turned a lap of 17.691 on the 1/2-mile Irwindale Speedway oval, to lead all his competitors. Gomes would also lead the first 15 laps of the "Spears Manufacturing 100 presented by Earnest Performance" and [...]

Irwindale Speedway Results – July 18, 2020

Irwindale Speedway Results - July 18, 2020   FP   Car Driver Team / Make Laps Points Money   Status 1 6 99 Linny White Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse, Swift Springs Toyota 100 180   $5,000.00 Running 2 3 43 Derek Thorn Santa Maria Brewing H&M Motorsports, Toyota 100 170 $1,500.00 Running 3 5 4 Dylan Lupton Lupton Excavation, FATAL Motorsports Chevrolet 100 165 $1,375.00# Running 4 13 6F Tyler Fabozzi MSI Machining Toyota 100 160 $1,000.00 Running 5 7 50 Trevor Huddleston High Point Racing, Sunrise Ford, Race Car Factory Ford 100 155 $850.00 Running 6 10 22S Buddy Shepherd* Finishmasters, Axalta Toyota 100 150 $650.00 Running 7 12 20 Cole Moore JM Environmental, JM Racing Toyota 100 146 $1,000.00 Running 8 2 16 Jacob Gomes Sunnyvalley Smoked [...]

“Rookie-of-the-Race” Honors

Congratulations to Bakersfield's Buddy Shepherd for earning the "Rookie-of-the-Race honors at Irwindale Speedway last weekend. Shepherd finished sixth, which was the best of the five rookies entered in the "Spears Manufacturing 100 presented by Earnest Performance". Shepherd is the first rookie in 2020, to take home the honor twice. [...]

The Coleman Powersports “Hard Charger Award”

Congratulations to Keith Spangler for scoring the Coleman Powersports "Hard Charger Award" at Irwindale Speedway last weekend. Spangler started in the 24th position, but improved 12 positions to finish 12th in the "Spears Manufacturing 100 presented by Earnest Performance". It is Spangler's second Hard Charger Award of the season, [...]

the Performance Friction Brakes Zero Qualifying Results – Irwindale

Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps 1 4 Dylan Lupton 00:17.269 1 104.233     2 2 99 Linny White 00:17.315 1 103.956 00:00.046 00:00.046 2 3 16 Jacob Gomes 00:17.338 1 103.818 00:00.069 00:00.023 2 4 43 Derek Thorn 00:17.376 2 103.591 00:00.107 00:00.038 2 5 71 Kyle Neveau 00:17.411 1 103.383 00:00.142 00:00.035 2 6 18 Jack Wood 00:17.453 1 103.134 00:00.184 00:00.042 2 7 33C Cale Kanke 00:17.475 1 103.004 00:00.206 00:00.022 2 8 50 Trevor Huddleston 00:17.495 1 102.887 00:00.226 00:00.020 2 9 51 Carlos Vieira 00:17.502 1 102.845 00:00.233 00:00.007 2 10 22S Buddy Shepherd * 00:17.506 2 102.822 00:00.237 00:00.004 2 11 71M Christian McGhee 00:17.515 1 102.769 00:00.246 00:00.009 2 12 20M Cole Moore 00:17.521 1 102.734 00:00.252 00:00.006 2 13 6F Tyler Fabozzi 00:17.529 1 102.687 00:00.260 00:00.008 2 14 05 Eric Schmidt 00:17.532 1 102.669 00:00.263 00:00.003 2 15 27M John Moore 00:17.534 2 102.658 00:00.265 00:00.002 2 16 43R Tanner Reif * 00:17.614 2 102.191 00:00.345 00:00.080 2 17 54M Jonathan Mawhinney 00:17.620 1 102.157 00:00.351 00:00.006 2 18 22A Andy Allen 00:17.646 1 102.006 00:00.377 00:00.026 2 19 25 Brandon Farrington * 00:17.652 1 101.971 00:00.383 00:00.006 2 20 88 Joey Iest * 00:17.675 2 101.839 00:00.406 00:00.023 2 21 51T Dean Thompson * 00:17.735 2 101.494 00:00.466 00:00.060 2 22 45 Nick Joanides 00:17.737 2 101.483 00:00.468 00:00.002 2 23 24 Scott Sanchez 00:17.782 2 101.226 00:00.513 00:00.045 2 24 37 Keith Spangler 00:17.860 2 100.784 00:00.591 00:00.078 2 25 26 Jim Vermillion 00:18.012 2 99.93

2020  SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS                                                                     

            2020  SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR DRIVER POINTS                                                                                    POS. CAR  DRIVER NAME TOTAL 2/1 3/21 4/25 5/16 7/4 7/18 8/15 9/5 9/26 10/24 11/21   1 43 Derek Thorn 710 180     180 180 170             2 99 Linny White 634 155     134 165 180             3 05 Eric Schmidt 570 146     142 170 112             4 20C Cole Moore 570 109     165 150 146             5 6F Tyler Fabozzi  566 118     146 142 160             6 51 Carlos Vieira 564 142     138 160 124             7 16 Jacob Gomes 536 112     127 155 142             8 71 Kyle Neveau 509 97     155 127 130             9 27 John Moore 497 115     121 146 115             10 24 Scott Sanchez 448 100     124 121 103             11 88 Joey Iest  * 439 85     130 118 106             12 4 Dylan Lupton 428 160     103 - 165             13 51T Dean Thompson * 407 70     115 134 88             14 18 Jack Wood 392 165     106 - 121             15 22A Andy Allen 391 76     112 103 100             16 48 Preston Peltier 330 170     160 - -             17 22S Buddy Shepherd * 320 -     170 - 150             18 33C Cale Kanke 261 127     - - 134             19 50 Trevor Huddleston  258 103     - - 155             20 37 Keith Spangler 248 121     - - 127             21 71M Christian McGhee 220 82     - - 138             22 11B Tracy Bolin 215 -     100 115 -             23 25 Brandon Farrington * 203 106     - - 97             24 26 Jim Vermillion 188 -     97 - 91             25 66 Logan Bearden 150 150     - - -             26 21W Cole Williams 150 -     150 - -             27 14R Austin Reed 138 138     - - -             28 71W Matthew Wendt * 138 -     - 138 -             29 89 Bobby Hodges 134 134     - - -             30 14D Chris Davidson 130 130     - - -             31 86 Tim Spurgeon * 130 -     - 130 -             32 54 Joe Farre` 124 124     - - -             33 6B Mike Beeler 124 -     - 124 -             34 42 Lance Elliott [...]

Lupton, will be looking for series win #1…

Irwindale Speedway Spears Srl Southwest TourSeries Track Record holder, Dylan Lupton, will be looking for series win #1 this weekend in the "Spears Manufacturing 100 presented by Earnest Performance". Lupton has shown speed in qualifying, but has had small issues slow his performance during the feature event. This weekend's [...]

SCHEDULE: July 17 and 18 Schedule at Irwindale

I Irwindale Speedway   Friday – July 17, 2020   PIT GATES OPEN                                                                                                       1:00pm Southwest Tour Series & Spears Modifieds – Tech Opens by appointments    TBA Practice: Southwest Tour Trucks                                                                                               3:00 – 3:15pm Pro Late Models                                                                                                           3:15 – 3:30pm Spears Modifieds                                                                                                         3:30 – 3:45pm Southwest Tour Series                                                                                             3:45 – 4:15pm Southwest Tour Trucks                                                                                               4:15 [...]

UPDATES & REMINDERS: Irwindale Speedway

    L.A. COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH MANDATE – Irwindale Speedway is operating under special conditions set by L.A. County, one of those conditions is that everyone on the speedway grounds must wear a mask at all times.    (The track will host an ‘All Crew Member’ meeting on Friday at 2pm, to address [...]

Wood on a roll…

Jack Wood has hit his stride in 2020, as far as speed on the 1/2-mile tracks of the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series. Wood has qualified second, at both Irwindale Speedway and Kern County Raceway, backing up the Irwindale effort with a third-place finish behind Derek Thorn and Preston [...]

For the first time in his racing career…

For the first time in his racing career, Buddy Shepherd will make a start, in Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series competition, at Irwindale Speedway. The young 20-year-old chauffer is coming off a second place effort in his last "Tour" start at Kern County Raceway and would love to pick [...]

“I always look forward to racing at Irwindale”

Kyle Neveau has competed in 21 consecutive events for the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series. With next weekends "Spears Manufacturing 100 presented by Earnest Performance”, Neveau will continue that streak, which finds him fifth, behind Jacob Gomes, Scott Sanchez, John Moore and Cole Moore. Start #22 will come at [...]

“JM Environmental Wild West Shootout – Shoot to Thrill 127 presented by 51 FIFTY: RESULTS

  Stockton Speedway SPEARS Southwest Tour Series   FP SP Car Driver Team / Make Laps Points Money   Status 1 2 43 Derek Thorn Santa Maria Brewing H&M Motorsports, Toyota 127 180 $5,625.00#A Running 2 4 05 Eric Schmidt Sierra Speed Technology Chevrolet 127 170 $1,500.00 Running 3 8 99 Linny White Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse, Swift Springs Toyota 127 165 $1,250.00 Running 4 2 51 Carlos Vieira 51 FIFTY, Allied Packaging Toyota 127 160 $2,000.00B Running 5 5 16 Jacob Gomes Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats Chevrolet 127 155 $1,000.00 Running 6 6 20 Cole Moore JM Environmental, JM Racing Toyota 127 150 $1,000.00 Running 7 15 27 John Moore JM Environmental, JM Racing Chevrolet 127 146 $1,000.00 Running 8 3 6F Tyler Fabozzi MSI Machining Toyota 127 142 $1,000.00 Running 9 14 71W Matthew Wendt* Wendt Construction, Cali Style [...]

Congratulations to Dean Thompson

Congratulations to Dean Thompson for scoring the Coleman Powersports"Hard Charger Award" for the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series at The New Stockton 99 Speedway. Thompson drove from 19th starting to finish 10th, improving nine positions to earn the award. The "JM ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. Wild West Shootout - Shoot to [...]

SRL News and Notes – Stockton 99 Speedway

SRL News and Notes – Stockton 99 Speedway When: July 4, 2020.  Where: The New Stockton 99 Speedway. The ¼-mile oval has been in operation since 1947 and has hosted the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series a total of 28 times. That number is third most in series history behind Madera [...]

UPDATES & REMINDERS: July 7, 2020

    With only two weeks between this weekend’s event at Stockton 99 and the Irwindale Speedway race, we wanted to get this information out now regarding the Irwindale weekend.     IRWINDALE SCHEDULE - Please see attached the July 17th and 18th event schedule for Irwindale Speedway.  The schedule is currently tentative. PLEASE NOTE [...]

Thorn Searching for Stockton Win Number Five

The winningest driver in Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series history, is not surprisingly the series winningest driver at The New Stockton 99 Speedway. Derek Thorn will bring that winning history to a track with 73 years of history, when the “Tour” visits on July 4th, for the “JM Environmental [...]

GILBERT ENTERS STOCKTON 99

2008 NASCAR Whelen All American Series State of California Champion Jason Gilbert Racing will be making his first Spears Srl Southwest TourSeries start of the season, on July 4th. Gilbert will be heading to The New Stockton 99 Speedway for the "JM ENVIRONMENTAL, INC. Wild West Shootout – Shoot [...]