Firecracker 125 Set to Live Up to Its Name
Madera Speedway Source — Mark Smith (The Madera Tribune) Racing fans get ready, because one of the hottest tours in the nation and one of the country's largest fireworks shows will be at the LoanMartMadera Speedway">Madera Speedway for its Big Brothers Big Sisters Firecracker 125 on Saturday. The Southwest Tour has launched the [...]
Cody Hodgson to Race SPEARS Southwest Tour at Madera Speedway
For Immediate Release June 27, 2013 Cody Hodgson to Race SPEARS Southwest Tour at Madera Speedway MODESTO, CA -- After finishing 9th in Eureka on June 1st, earning his second top 10 finish in only two starts for the 2013 SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series, Cody Hodgson will again be [...]
Roster for Madera Speedway
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Tentative Roster for Madera Speedway as of June 26, 2013 02 Stanislav Osterlund, Los Gatos, CA – Mass Precision, Whalen Motorsports* 0 Cody Hodgson, Escalon, CA – RAM Mechanical* 1 Donny St. Ours, Upland, CA – Eibach Springs, K&N Filters, Peters Racing Engines* 5 Troy Ermish, Fremont, CA [...]
“Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Central California 125” presented by AmeriPride – Notes of Interest:
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series “Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Central California 125” presented by AmeriPride Madera Speedway – June 29th, 2013 Notes of Interest: MIDWAY POINT OF 2013 SEASON: This weekend’s “The Big Brothers-Big Sisters of Central California 125” presented by AmeriPride at Madera Speedway featuring a Fireworks Spectacular is the fifth of [...]
Ross Strmiska Has Momentum For Madera
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2013 Strmiska Racing Manteca, CA – Ross Strmiska and his Mainline Equipment/Jack Tone Vineyards Team have momentum on their side for this Saturday night’s SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series race at Madera Speedway. Strmiska has been on a roll with [...]
THORN WINS K&N at SONOMA
Congratulations to defending SPEARS Southwest Tour champion, Derek Thorn on his win last Saturday in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series at Sonoma Raceway.
DOSS WINS “CENTURY MOTORSPORTS and MARINE ‘IDAHO’ 200”
Congratulations to SPEARS Southwest Tour Series rookie contender, Jeremy Doss on his two wins at weekend at Magic Valley Speedway, in Twin Falls, Idaho, including the $10,000 to win "Idaho 200"
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series TEAM BBQ
WHEN: Friday, June 28th following Practice at 7:15pm WHERE: Madera Speedway WHAT: Team BBQ and 51 FIFTY Qualifying Draw for Saturday’s “Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Central California 125 presented by AmeriPride Services” on stage. FOR: All SPEARS Southwest Tour Series, SRL S2 Tour Series and SRL Legends Series Teams [...]
Ross Strmiska Finishes Second in Front of Full House
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2013 Strmiska Racing Ross Strmiska Finishes Second in Front of Full House Manteca, CA – Ross Strmiska and his Mainline Equipment/Jack Tone Vineyards Team finished second last Saturday night in the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series 125 lap event in front [...]
RESULTS – REDWOOD ACRES
Redwood Acres Raceway June 1, 2013 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series FP SP Car Driver Team / Make Laps Points Money Status 1 5 18 Jim Pettit II Moeller Bros., Golden Gate Petroleum Chevrolet 125 180 $4,000.00 Running 2 2 90 Ross Strmiska Mainline Equipment, Jack Tone Vineyards Chevrolet 125 170 $1,500.00 Running 3 6 16 Jacob Gomes Sunnyvalley Smoked Meats Inc. Chevrolet 125 165 $1,250.00 Running 4 8 89 Bobby Hodges* Nevada Automotive Test Center Chevrolet 125 160 $1,000.00 Running 5 3 19 Brandon White* Northcoast Lighting & Electric Ford 125 155 $850.00 Running 6 19 88 Jason Gilbert S.A.S German Auto Chevrolet 124 150 $1,000.00 Running 7 4 75 Jeremy Doss* Nitro Racing, Pathfinder Chassis Ford 124 146 $1,000.00 Running 8 11 73 Ken Benhamou S.A.S German [...]
GOMES TOPS IN QUALIFYING
Jacob Gomes set the fastest time of the day in qualifying at Redwood Acres. Pos No. Name Best time In lap Best speed Diff Gap Laps 1 16 Jacob Gomes YG 00:15.478 2 87.221 2 2 18 Jim Pettit II 00:15.535 2 86.901 00:00.057 00:00.057 2 3 75 Jeremy Doss * YG 00:15.551 2 86.811 00:00.073 00:00.016 2 4 19 Brandon White * YG 00:15.561 1 86.755 00:00.083 00:00.010 2 5 90 Ross Strmiska 00:15.679 2 86.102 00:00.201 00:00.118 2 6 1 Donny St. Ours * YG 00:15.745 2 85.742 00:00.267 00:00.066 2 7 25 Brandon Loverock * 00:15.776 2 85.573 00:00.298 00:00.031 2 8 89 Bobby Hodges * YG 00:15.805 2 85.416 00:00.327 00:00.029 2 9 5 Troy Ermish 00:15.811 1 85.384 00:00.333 00:00.006 1 10 48 Jimmie Walker 00:15.824 1 85.313 00:00.346 00:00.013 1 11 73 Ken Benhamou 00:15.831 2 85.276 00:00.353 00:00.007 2 12 54 Andy Allen * 00:15.860 2 85.120 00:00.382 00:00.029 2 13 29 Greg Voigt 00:15.868 2 85.077 00:00.390 00:00.008 2 14 79 Forrest Kuecker * 00:15.895 2 84.932 00:00.417 00:00.027 2 15 0 Cody Hodgson YG 00:15.914 2 84.831 00:00.436 00:00.019 2 16 12 Colby Potts * [...]
RECORD CROWD AT REDWOOD ACRES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SRL Media June 4, 2012 RECORD CROWD AT REDWOOD ACRES Bakersfield, CA – The largest crowd in over two decades at Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka, CA, watched two-time SPEARS Southwest Tour Series champion Jim Pettit II hold off Ross Strmiska to win the “Flowmaster 125”. After a day and half [...]
Spears Southwest Tour race is now the “BIG BROTHERS-BIG SISTERS 125 presented by AmeriPride”
Madera, CA (6.3.13) - The Spears Southwest Tour is coming to the LoanMart Madera Speedway on June29th for what many refer to as the best night of racing and FIREWORKS found anywhere on the planet. Thanks to support from two major sponsors the event title has been donated to [...]
PETTIT WINS IN EUREKA – MOVES INTO POINTS LEAD
POS. CAR DRIVER NAME TOTAL 3/16 4/6 5/11 6/1 6/29 1 18 Jim Pettit II 700 170 170 180 180 2 90 Ross Strmiska 601 106 160 165 170 3 88 Jason Gilbert 585 165 146 124 150 4 16 Jacob Gomes 554 142 165 82 165 5 75 Jeremy Doss ** 535 121 138 130 146 6 43 Derek Thorn 530 180 180 170 - 7 29 Greg Voigt 529 130 150 146 103 8 89 Bobby Hodges ** 524 124 134 106 160 9 73 Ken Benhamou 522 138 121 121 142 10 51 Carlos Vieira 516 150 106 142 118 11 25 Brandon Loverock ** 510 146 118 112 134 12 12 Colby Potts ** 497 155 103 109 130 13 24 Scott Sanchez 494 134 124 115 121 14 1 Donny St. Ours ** 480 109 109 150 112 15 10 Mike Mendenhall 448 118 127 97 106 16 46 Zane Lovelace 430 115 155 160 - 17 61 Austin Barnes ** 312 97 112 103 - 18 33 M.K. Kanke 302 160 142 - - 19 84 Eddie Secord 300 94 130 76 - 20 0 Cody Hodgson 293 - - 155 138 21 19 Brandon White ** 282 - - 127 155 22 5 Michael Sandoval 242 127 115 - - 23 57 David Ross 222 88 - 134 - 24 54 Andy Allen 215 - - 88 127 25 22 Jonathon Gomez 203 85 - 118 - 26 5 Troy Ermish 203 - - 94 109 27 66 Jeff Bischofberger ** 191 91 100 - - 28 02 Dave Byrd 191 100 - 91 - 29 37 Keith Spangler 188 103 - 85 - 30 39 Cole Custer ** 138 - - 138 - 31 79 Forrest Kuecker ** 124 - - - 124 32 48 Jimmy Walker 115 - - - 115 33 9 Justin Westmoreland 112 112 - - - 34 26 Greg Pursley 100 - - 100 - 35 02 Stanislav [...]
Familiar Faces at “The Acres”
Lakeport, CA (May, 28, 2013) Saturday June 1st marks the initial visit to the Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka, California for the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series (SRL), but it is not the first visit for many of the drivers who call the series home. Redwood Acres Raceway, which is [...]
PETE HOLKO – Rest In Peace
We are very saddened to announce that SPEARS Southwest Tour Series official Pete Holko, died at 5:30 this morning (his coffee time), surrounded by his family. The Oncologist said this was one of the fastest moving cancers he has seen, the speed was a blessing for Pete, and very [...]
Ross Strmiska Scores Top Three in Vegas
Manteca, CA – Ross Strmiska and his Mainline Equipment/Jack Tone Vineyards Team finished an impressive third in Saturday night’s SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series “GoLiveStream.TV – Blackjack 121” at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Strmiska, the third generation driver from Manteca, CA started 14th in the 29 car [...]
2013 SRL S2 Tour Series Championship Point Fund Announced
CHAMPIONSHIP POINT FUND – With support from Hoosier Tire West, Five Star Racecar Bodies and 51 FIFTY Energy Drink, the SRL announced today that there will be a minimum $4500 championship point fund distributed to the top five drivers of 2013, with $1,250 going to the SRL S2 Tour [...]
TOUGH “BRAKE” FOR LOVELACE
Roseville CA- After 4 races of a 10 race schedule, The Spears Southwest Tour ‘s Zane Lovelace, driver of the #46 Prestige Autobuyers.com/ MotoFX Toyota Camry finds himself 5th in season points, with only 5 points separating him from 3rd position. The “Blackjack 121” presented by GoLiveStream.TV at The Bullring [...]
18 WINS BLACKJACK 121
Bakersfield, CA – Jim Pettit won Saturday night’s “GoLiveStream.TV Blackjack 121” by leading every lap at the Las Vegas Bullring. Pettit had to hold off the challenges of Greg Pursley, and then Jonathon Gomez and finally the late race charge from series point leader Derek Thorn. At the checkers, [...]
REPORT from THE BULLRING
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Jim Pettit II of Prunedale, Calif., and Dylan Kwasniewski of Las Vegas shared the spotlight tonight at Las Vegas Motor Speedway">The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Pettit won the 121-lap SPEARS Southwest Tour event and Kwasniewski dominated the second half of the 75-lap Lucas Oil Modified feature. SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR: David [...]
Ryan Cansdale Remains Hot in Vegas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SRL Media May 17, 2013 Ryan Cansdale Remains Hot in Vegas Bakersfield, CA – Fourteen-year-old Ryan Cansdale of Laguna Beach, continued his winning streak, with two victories Saturday night in the ‘SRL S2 Tour Series’ ‘twin main’ events at The Bulling at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With his two wins [...]
RESULTS – GoLiveStream.TV Blackjack 121
Date May 11, 2013 11:30:00 PM Track The BullRing @ Las Vegas 0.375miles Event GoLiveStream.TV "BLACKJACK 121" Group 2013 SPEARS SRL Best Lap Tm 14.922 In Lap 15 Best Speed 90.470 by Greg Pursley Classification Pos No. Name Laps Total time Diff Best time In lap Best speed 1 18 Jim Pettit II 121 1:03:54.601 00:14.938 16 90.374 2 43 Derek Thorn 121 1:03:54.898 00:00.297 00:14.998 74 90.012 3 90 Ross Strmiska 121 1:04:03.572 00:08.971 00:15.128 16 89.238 4 46 Zane Lovelace 121 1:04:07.123 00:12.522 00:15.148 12 89.121 5 0 Cody Hodgson YG 121 1:04:09.631 00:15.030 00:15.080 17 89.523 6 1 Donny St. Ours * YG 121 1:04:11.219 00:16.618 00:15.111 12 89.339 7 29 Greg Voigt 120 1:03:55.548 1 Lap 00:15.020 25 89.880 8 51 Carlos Vieira 120 1:03:59.257 00:03.709 00:15.245 52 88.554 9 39 Cole Custer * YG 120 1:03:59.607 00:04.059 00:15.123 12 89.268 10 57 David Ross 120 1:03:59.890 00:04.342 00:15.085 15 89.493 11 75 Jeremy Doss * YG 120 1:04:02.173 00:06.625 00:15.352 72 87.936 12 19 Brandon White * YG 120 1:04:02.983 00:07.435 00:15.205 73 88.787 13 88 Jason Gilbert 120 1:04:05.003 00:09.455 00:15.383 11 87.759 14 73 Ken Benhamou 119 1:04:05.860 2 [...]
St. Ours Best in Bullring Qualifying
Modesto, CA – 2013 SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series rookie contender Donny St. Ours driving the Jeff Strandwold prepared #1 Eibach Springs/K&N Filters Chevrolet set the fastest qualifying lap of the 29 car field at the Bullring in Las Vegas on Saturday. “It was nice to see Donny set fast [...]
12 – Colby Potts
Driver Hometown: Stockton CA, Oxford MS Car Owner: Greg Potts Crew Members: Mike Nascimento (crew chief), George Parino, Victor Machado, Mikey Nascimento, Henry Nascimento, Chad Nascimento, Ed Lyle, Paul Cardozo Years In Racing: 12 Sponsors: Nascimento Motorsports, Economy Signs, Manteca Tires Family: Father: Greg Potts, Mother: Carla Potts Job Info: Student at Ole Miss Racing Accomplishments: [...]
