2002 SERIES CHAMPION – JEFF ANTHONY
As we continue to celebrate the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series 20th season, and the champions that help mold the series into what it is today, we now arrive at our second champion. In 2002 the late Jeff Anthony took home the championship by winning three events, all at [...]
20 for 2020 – Christian McGhee
20 for 2020 - Tour Drivers - McGhee
SRL STATS
Click the link below for the 2019 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series statistics, along with the updated series’ historical statistics https://www.srlsouthwesttour.com/series-info/stats/
Best Finishing Percentage
Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series Stat of the Day. To finish first, first you must finish. One driver that hopes that rings true is Tyler Fabozzi. Fabozzi has the best finishing percentage of any driver that has competed in the series, with 10 or more starts. The 2019 Rookie-of-the-Year [...]
UPDATED STATEMENT REGARDING UPCOMING EVENTS
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series officials, together with our partner tracks are paying close attention to the ongoing COVID-19 health concerns. All SPEARS Southwest Tour Series events are planned to go forward as scheduled, with the next event being at Irwindale Speedway on April 25th. As always, we will act in [...]
WINTER SHOWDOWN CANCELLED
To the Teams and Fans of the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series and Spears Manufacturing Modified Series: At this point, we would prefer to move forward with this weekend’s Winter Showdown and we want to bring some normalcy to what is currently going on. But we have little or no control [...]
MOORE LOOKING FOR MORE
Veteran racer John Moore is headed back to Kern County Raceway, for the Winter Showdown on March 21st. Kern is one of John's best track in Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series competition, as he is working on a streak of five top-10's in a row, including a sixth in [...]
Short Track Racing Legend Passes Away
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Welcome Back Chris Davidson
Welcome back Chris Davidson to the Spears Srl Southwest TourSeries, and the Sixth Annual Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway on March 21st. This will be Davidson's fifth trip to the event from his home in Friendswood, TX. Davidson finished 11th in the season opening All-Star Showdown at Irwindale [...]
“KISS”, Keep it Simple Stupid”
2006 Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series Champion Eric Schmidt has entered the Sixth Annual Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway on March 21st. Schmidt is one of the most successful drivers in series history with five wins, 30 top-five and 46 top-10 finishes. His Showdown stats don’t bear that [...]
Winter Showdown Schedule
Thursday – March 19th (Optional Open Test Day) 12noon Gates 2:00 - 7:00pm Track is Hot for Practice - $300 per car (Call Ahead – 661-835-1264) Friday, March 20th 12:00pm Gates 3:00 – 4:00pm Spears Manufacturing Modified Series Practice 4:00 – 4:45pm SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Practice 4:45 – 5:15pm Super Stocks Practice 5:15 [...]
LINNY WHITE LOOKS TO MAINTAIN KERN HOT STREAK AT WINTER SHOWDOWN
Bakersfield, CA --Linny White will resume his chase for the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series Championship, when the series rolls into Kern County Raceway for the Sixth Annual Winter Showdown on March 21st. White finished fifth, in the season opening "Sunrise Ford All-Star Showdown" at Irwindale Speedway, after leading 17 laps during the event. A brush with the [...]
“I love the challenge, and enjoy racing there.”
Jim Wulfenstein has made only occasional starts, in the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series over the years. But in those eight career SRL starts, five of them have been at Kern County Raceway. For the first time, Wulfenstein will make an appearance at the Winter Showdown on March 21st. [...]
Eddie Vecchiarelli Jr.
Eddie Vecchiarelli Jr. has submitted his entry for the 2020 Winter Showdownat Kern County Raceway on March 21st. The Brighton, CO, Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series Rookie-of-the-Year Contender will be making his first start in the series. Eddie has participated in several partial Super Late Model seasons at Colorado [...]
Start Number 95
Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series veteran Carlos E. Vieira is set to make his sixth appearance in the Winter Showdown, at Kern County Raceway on March 21st. For Vieira, it will make start number 95 in his SRL career. The Livingston, CA driver got his 2020 season off to [...]
Cale Kanke has entered the Sixth Annual Winter Showdown
on March 21st, in this Dodge Super Late Model named "Trampled Under Foot". Cale heads to Kern County Raceway, after finishing 12th in the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series season opening "All-Star Showdown", at Irwindale Speedway. The result was a momentum builder, after a lap one incident, not of [...]
Score to Settle with the Winter Showdown
Preston Peltier has a score to settle with the Winter Showdown and Kern County Raceway. The Brighton, CO driver has attended all five “Showdown” events, but has yet to take home the coveted trophy, and winner’s share of the booty. For the sixth annual affair, Peltier hopes the stars [...]
BEARDEN REPRESENTS TEXAS AT WINTER SHOWDOWN
Logan Bearden is set to make the return trip from Leander, TX to Bakersfield, CA for the Sixth Annual Winter Showdown on March 21st. Bearden is coming off a career best Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series finish at Irwindale Speedway, in the Sunrise Ford All-Star Showdown". Logan Bearden Racing [...]
“Returning to the SRL is awesome”
As the entries continue to come in for the Sixth Annual Winter Showdown a familiar name, to Bakersfield area fans, will make his fourth start in the event. One of Kern County Raceway’s most successful “Young Guns” is planning to make his first appearance at the facility in two [...]
Owen Riddle Enters Winter Showdown
Owen Riddle was set to make his first start, in Spears Srl Southwest TourSeries competition, at the All-Star Showdown three weeks ago. He was unable to make the trip with his brother Tayler Riddle, but the four-time Yakima Speedway Super Late Model Champion is set to make that debut [...]
NOTES and REMINDERS: WINTER SHOWDOWN
NATIONAL COVERAGE – The Winter Showdown will be streamed live on SpearsRacing.TV and will be national televised at a later date on MAVTV. TESTING – Testing is allowed anytime up to race weekend. Contact the Kern County Raceway to reserve a test day at 661-835-1264, price will be based on the [...]
Peltier Taking Next Step
https://speed51.com/peltier-taking-next-step-with-new-team-in-2020/
Nex Gen Body Approved for 2021
https://speed51.com/abc-next-gen-body-approved-for-major-groups-in-2021/
Racking Up the Frequent Flyer Miles
The first entry, submitted for the Sixth Annual Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway, is that of former Bakersfield, CA resident Austin Reed. Reed, who now hails from Mooresville, NC, will make his second "Spears Srl Southwest TourSeries presented by Lucas Oil’ start of the season on March 21, [...]
Reppin’ the Spears Southwest Tour Series
Congrats to Jesse Love, for reppin' the Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series and the West Coast as well, at the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway. Love finished third overall in the SLM points standings at the end of 2020 Speedwaeeks.
