Thorn Gets Hard Fought Win, As White Takes Over Championship Lead
BAKERSFIELD, CA – Derek Thorn won Monday’s SPEARS Southwest Tour Series “Century Motorsports and Marine 125” at Rocky Mountain Raceways in West Valley, Utah. Thorn’s win was hard fought, as he made his way up from his tenth starting position for his third career win at the 3/8-mile oval. Jeff [...]
Archer Again Top Rookie
Garret Archer, of Black Diamond, Washington extended his lead in the 2014 Rookie-of-the-Year Challenge with his seventh place finish in Monday's "Century Motorsports and Marine 125".
S2 Series Returns to Kern County Raceway on June 14th
The SRL S2 Tour Series will return to Kern County Raceway Park on Saturday, June 14th for the series' fifth race of 2014. Johnny Butler is the current point leader, followed closely by Brandon Weaver and Chris Morrison. Natasia Dodd is fourth in the championship standings, with Bill Waters [...]
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Returns to Rocky Mountain Raceway on Memorial Day Monday
Bakersfield, CA – For the fourth consecutive year, the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series will make its annual trip to the Rocky Mountain Raceway 3/8-mile oval just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. This Memorial Day Monday, the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series “Century Motorsports and Marine 125” will headline one [...]
Kenny Smith Wins at Kern with a Record S2 Field
Kenny Smith won the 40 lap SRL S2 Tour Series feature, spinning across the finish line to end an exciting race. Oak Hills rookie Nastasia Dodd led the first seven laps of the event before Smith took over on lap eight. Fast time qualifier Brandon Weaver spun on lap 11, [...]
NTS Motorsports Makes SRL S2 Debut
NTS MOTORSPORTS For Release NTS Motorsports Makes SRL S2 Debut KERNERSVILLE, NC (May 13th, 2014) NTS Motorsports will make their SRL S2 Tour Series debut this Saturday night at Kern County Raceway Park. Behind the wheel of the NTS SRL S2, will be Bakersfield driver Corey Elliott. “We’re excited about our new S2, it’s [...]
ARCHER IS TOP ROOKIE AT THE BULLRING
Garret Archer was the top finishing rookie in the GoLiveStream.TV Blackjack 121 at the Bullring with his 4th place finish. Rookie contenders Cole Loftsgard, Jeff Bischofberger, and Matthew Meech finished 9th, 13th and 15th respectively. With his 4th place finish, Archer took over the Rookie-of-the-Year points lead from Loftsgard.
THORN WINS – DOSS LEADS THE CHAMPIONSHIP
From the Bullring PR... Derek Thorn is beginning to make this a habit. Thorn, from Bakersfield, Calif., led the final 71 laps of Saturday night's Spears Southwest Tour Blackjack 121 and earned his sixth career SWT victory at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Although Thorn was the fastest qualifier, [...]
Current Championship Standings
SPEAR Southwest Tour Series Championship Standings: 1 75 Jeremy Doss 510 0 0 160 160 180 180 170 170 2 19 Brandon White 505 5 5 180 180 160 160 165 165 3 43 Derek Thorn 477 33 28 127 127 170 170 180 180 4 90 Ross Strmiska 431 79 46 170 170 127 127 134 134 5 51 Carlos Vieira 429 81 2 155 155 124 124 150 150 6 16 Jacob Gomes 424 86 5 165 165 150 150 109 109 7 21 Garrett Archer * 422 88 2 150 150 112 112 160 160 8 29 Greg Voigt 418 92 4 146 146 142 142 130 130 9 52 Cole Loftsgard * 410 100 8 134 134 138 138 138 138 10 37 Keith Spangler 403 107 7 142 142 134 134 127 127 11 24 Scott Sanchez 388 122 15 115 115 118 118 155 155 12 66 Jeff Bischofberger * 378 132 10 124 124 130 130 124 124 13 54 Donny St. Ours 365 145 13 138 138 106 106 121 121 14 20 Tracy Bolin 352 158 13 106 106 100 100 146 146 15 57 David Ross 251 259 101 x x 109 109 142 142 16 33 M. K. Kanke 230 280 21 109 109 121 121 x x 17 44 Bob Lyon 230 280 0 118 118 x x 112 112 18 18 Jim Pettit II 227 283 3 130 130 97 97 x x 19 61 Hannah Newhouse * 215 295 12 112 112 103 103 x x 20 17 David Mayhew 165 345 50 x x 165 165 x x 21 22 Jonathon Gomez 155 355 10 x x 155 155 x x 22 14 Craig Raudman 146 364 9 x x 146 146 x x 23 73 Ken Benhamou 121 389 25 121 121 x x x x 24 17 Jonathan Mawhinney 118 392 3 x x x x 118 118 25 99 Tim Smith 115 395 3 x x 115 115 x x 26 64 Matthew Meech * 115 395 0 x x x x 115 115 27 12 Colby Potts 103 407 12 103 103 x x x x 28 89 Bobby Hodges 100 410 3 100 100 x x x x 29 13 Todd Souza 97 413 3 97 97 x
Cansdale Wins S2 Main Event at Vegas
Results: Las Vegas Bullring May 3, 2014 Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 4 Ryan Cansdale 35 11:17.766 00:16.611 20 81.271 2 50 Trevor Huddleston 35 11:19.709 00:01.943 00:16.898 10 79.891 3 15 Brandon Weaver 35 11:20.086 00:02.320 00:16.813 11 80.295 4 0 Bill Waters 34 11:19.580 1 Lap 00:17.232 10 78.343 5 59 Johnny Butler 34 11:21.636 00:02.056 00:17.354 9 77.792 6 99 Chris Morrison 34 11:25.548 00:05.968 00:17.528 6 77.020 7 45 Dave Lowenstein 34 11:36.290 00:16.710 00:17.584 6 76.774 8 42 Carlos Quintero 33 11:23.618 2 Laps 00:17.930 32 75.293 9 81 Nastasia Dodd 32 11:18.162 3 Laps 00:17.893 15 75.448 10 44 Karon Lowenstein 32 11:35.206 00:17.044 00:18.557 32 SRL S2 Championship Standings: 1 59 Johnny Butler 650 0 0 165 165 170 170 160 160 155 155 2 15 Brandon Weaver 623 27 27 138 138 165 165 155 155 165 165 3 99 Chris Morrison 611 39 12 160 160 155 155 146 146 150 150 4 0 Bill Waters 598 52 13 146 146 150 150 142 142 160 160 5 81 Nastasia Dodd 587 63 11 155 155 160 160 134 134 138 138 6 50 Trevor Huddleston 530 120 57 180 180 x x 180 180 170 170 7 77 Kyle Whisner 453 197 77 150 150 138 138 165 165 x x 8 45 Dave Lowenstein 430 220 23 x x 146 146 138 138 146 146 9 44 Karon Lowenstein 406 244 24 x x 142 142 130 130 134 134 10 43 Kenny Smith 340 310 66 170 170 x x 170 170 x x 11 50 Bill Sedwick 180 470 160 x x 180 180 x x x x 12 4 Ryan Cansdale 180 470 0 x x x x x x 180 180 13 52 Uli Perez 150 500 30 x x x x 150 150 x x 14 46 Daryl Scoggins 142 508 8 142 142 DQ 0 x x x x 15 42 Carlos Quintero 142 508 0 x x x x x
YOUNG DRIVERS SHARE THE LEAD IN THE SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2014 SRL Media YOUNG DRIVERS SHARE THE LEAD IN THE SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP Bakersfield, CA - After two rounds of the 2014 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series, a pair of seventeen-year-old drivers, Brandon White and Jeremy Doss currently share the championship lead with 340 points each. In 2013, [...]
Dick Berggren’s “Speedway Illustrated”
Featured in this month’s edition of Dick Berggren’s “Speedway Illustrated” in their ‘Hot Spots feature, Places to Go, Races to See’.
Trevor Huddleston Wins SRL S2 Event at Irwindale
Race Results: Irwindale Speedway - April 19, 2014 Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 50 Trevor Huddleston 30 10:21.162 00:20.398 0 88.244 2 43 Kenny Smith 30 10:25.318 00:04.156 00:20.448 0 88.028 3 77 Kyle Whisner 30 10:26.050 00:04.888 00:20.309 0 88.631 4 59 Johnny Butler 30 10:33.021 00:11.859 00:20.637 0 87.222 5 15 Brandon Weaver 30 10:34.558 00:13.396 00:20.368 0 88.374 6 52 Uli Perez 30 10:34.610 00:13.448 00:20.720 0 86.873 7 99 Chris Morrison 30 10:39.740 00:18.578 00:20.651 0 87.163 8 0 Bill Waters 30 10:40.142 00:18.980 00:20.854 0 86.314 9 45 Dave Lowenstein 29 10:32.704 1 Lap 00:21.330 0 84.388 10 81 Nastasia Dodd 29 10:35.499 00:02.795 00:21.242 0 84.738 11 44 Karon Lowenstein 28 10:22.240 2 Laps 00:21.570 0 Current Championship Standings: 1 59 Johnny Butler 495 0 0 165 165 170 170 160 160 2 99 Chris Morrison 461 34 34 160 160 155 155 146 146 3 15 Brandon Weaver 458 37 3 138 138 165 165 155 155 4 77 Kyle Whisner 453 42 5 150 150 138 138 165 165 5 81 Nastasia Dodd 449 46 4 155 155 160 160 134 134 6 0 Bill Waters 438 57 11 146 146 150 150 142 142 7 50 Trevor Huddleston 360 135 78 180 180 x x 180 180 8 43 Kenny Smith 340 155 20 170 170 x x 170 170 9 45 Dave Lowenstein 284 211 56 x x 146 146 138 138 10 44 Karon Lowenstein 272 223 12 x x 142 142 130 130 11 50 Bill Sedwick 180 315 92 x x 180 180 x x 12 52 Uli Perez 150 345 30 x x x x 150 150 13 46 Daryl Scoggins 142 353 8 142 142 DQ 0
COLE LOFTSGARD – TOP ROOKIE CONTENDER at KERN
Loftsgard led all rookie contenders with a 9th place finish at Kern, and currently leads the 2014 Rookie-of-the-Year standings with 272 points, followed by Garret Archer with 262, Jeff Bischofberger at 254 and Hannah Newhouse with 215 points.
BRANDON WHITE IS THE ROCKWELL TIME HARD CHARGER AT KERN
After qualifying 16th, Brandon White drove to 4th to claim the "Rockwell Time Hard Charger Award" at Kern Raceway, and currently shares the championship point lead with Jeremy Doss at 340 points.
DOSS WINS AT KERN
Steven Blakesley Email: sblakesley@kernraceway.com Phone: (661) 835-1264 ext 3203 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JEREMY DOSS TAKES DC'S RV CENTER 100 AT KERN RACEWAY BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (April 5, 2014) - 2013 SPEARS Southwest Tour Rookie of the Year Jeremy Doss claimed the second "DC's RV Center 100 presented by AmeriPride Services” during an exciting opening [...]
UPDATED TRACK RECORDS – Thorn Sets New Mark at Kern
SPEARS SRL SOUTHWEST TOURING SERIES TRACK RECORDS TRACK LENGTH DRIVER CAR # TIME DATE All American Speedway 0.333 Dan Holtz 23 13.090 10/16/10 Altamont Motorsports Park 0.500 Greg Voigt 4 17.328 5/24/08 Colorado National Speedway 0.375 Cris Muhler 95 16.238 8/18/07 Irwindale Speedway 0.500 Derek Thorn 2 17.635 7/17/10 Kern County Raceway Park 0.500 Derek Thorn 43 17.521 4/5/14 Madera Speedway 0.333 Jim Pettit II 18 13.482 3/16/13 Orange Show Speedway 0.250 Derek Thorn 2 12.719 4/17/10 Redwood Acres Raceway 0.375 Jacob Gomes 16 15.478 6/1/13 Rocky Mountain Raceways 0.375 Derek Thorn 26 14.625 7/23/11 Pikes Peak Int'l Raceway 1.000 Jim Pettit II 18 27.092 9/29/13 Shasta Raceway Park 0.375 Craig Raudman 2 15.372 5/5/07 Stockton 99 Speedway 0.250 Mike Mendenhall 10 13.084 10/3/09 The Bullring @ [...]
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series at Kern County Raceway Park on April 5th News & Notes:
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series at Kern County Raceway Park on April 5th News & Notes: SECOND TIME: This Saturday will mark the second time the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series has competed on the D-shaped oval of Kern County Raceway Park. On September 7th of 2013, Jim Pettit II won the 100-lap [...]
STRMISKA READY FOR RETURN TO KERN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 2, 2014 Strmiska Racing STRMISKA READY FOR RETURN TO KERN Manteca, CA – Ross Strmiska, the third generation driver from Manteca, CA and his Mainline Equipment/Jack Tone Vineyards team started their 2014 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series season with a second place finish at [...]
CVR, CVF & 51 FIFTY Energy Drink Celebrate Autism Awareness Day
CONTACT: Carlos Vieira 209.201.4025 Samantha Yniguez 209.394.3973 April 2, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CVR, CVF & 51 FIFTY Energy Drink Celebrate Autism Awareness Day LIVINGSTON, CA- Today we celebrate Autism Awareness Day and April is Autism Awareness Month. It’s the one day a year that our country recognizes the growing concern of Autism within our [...]
PETTIT LOOKING FORWARD
FOR RELEASE – April 2, 2014 Jim Pettit Racing PETTIT LOOKING FORWARD Prunedale, CA – Three-time SPEARS Southwest Tour Series champion Jim Pettit II and his Quentin Bammer team are looking forward to this weekend’s SPEARS Southwest Tour race at Bakersfield’s Kern County Raceway Park. “It’s always fun coming to Bakersfield, we’ve had [...]
Garret Archer to Continue Rookie of the Year Quest at Kern County Raceway Park April 5th
Garret Archer Racing March 31, 2014 For Release Garret Archer is preparing for his second SPEARS Southwest Tour Series race in Bakersfield on April 5th, in a continuation of his hunt for the 2014 Rookie of the Year title. Driving the #21 car [...]
ROSS and LUCAS OIL CELEBRATE 20 YEARS
(Photo credit Ricky Bassman) April 1, 2014 As the David Ross Motorsports race team prepares to start the 2014 season, this weekend, in the Spears SRL Southwest Tour’s DCS RV Center 100, at Kern County Raceway, many will notice a significant change to the 57 car. Usually sporting a black racecar, [...]
ROSS STRMISKA SECOND AT SRL OPENER
Manteca, CA – Ross Strmiska, the third generation driver from Manteca, CA and his Mainline Equipment/Jack Tone Vineyards team started their 2014 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series season with a second place finish at Madera Speedway. “This was a great way to start our season,” said Strmiska. “We put ourselves in [...]