89 – Bobby Hodges
Driver Hometown: Carson City, NV Car Owner: Henry Hodges Jr. Crew Members:Josh Bews (Crew Chief), Kris Keller (Car Chief), David Pearce (Spotter) Years In Racing: 12 Sponsors: Nevada Automotive Test Center, No Coast Customs, Long Engines Systems, JBews Fabrication Family: Henry and Mary (parents), Jennifer and Kelley (Sisters), Cami Simpson (girlfriend) Job Info:Test Engineer Racing Accomplishments:2011 [...]
73 – Ken Benhamou
Driver Hometown: San Ramon, CA Car Owner: Ken Benhamou Crew Members: Dave Kaler, Randy Gilbert, Ken Morgan, Brian Laue, Nick Smith, Daniel Blouin. Years In Racing: 16 Sponsors: SAS German Auto Family: Wife; Linda, Son; Johnathan, Daughters; Brianna and Madeline Job Info: Owner; SAS German Auto Racing Accomplishments: I've enjoyed every single race in my life...that [...]
FLOWMASTER SIGNS WITH THE SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR SERIES FOR 2013
Bakersfield, CA – Flowmaster, manufacturer of performance exhaust systems, has signed with the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series to present the “2013 Flowmaster Young Guns Championship”. The “Flowmaster Young Guns Championship” will award the top drivers (23 and younger), with a points fund that include $1,000 to the “Young Guns [...]
SRL SOUTHWEST TOUR TO RACE AT KERN RACEWAY SEPTEMBER 7TH
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (January 18, 2013) – Continuing with a rich tradition of Southwest Tour car racing in Bakersfield, Kern County Raceway Park has signed the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour for a major event on September 7th at the brand-new asphalt track. The announcement of the SRL comes after yesterday's announcement [...]
Madera Speedway Media Relations / for Immediate Release
The Stage is Set, the 2013 LoanMart Madera Speedway Schedule is Released Madera, CA (1.18.13) – The 2013 racing schedule is out and the LoanMart Madera Speedway is ready to roar into action for the upcoming season. Fans will enjoy a mixture of big open wheel events, big stock car [...]
LoanMart Joins the Madera Speedway Team as the Premier Marketing Partner for 2013
Madera, CA (1.17.13) – Management at the Madera Speedway is proud to announce LoanMart as a sponsor of the Madera Speedway for the 2013 season. This week an agreement was completed and LoanMart became the premier marketing partner of the Madera Speedway for 2013. Fans will see the LoanMart logo [...]
24 – Scott Sanchez
Age: 41 Hometown: Livermore, CA Home_Track: Altamont Car_Number: 24 Chassis: Victory Circle Elite Years_In_Racing: 11 Car_Owner: Scott Sanchez Crew_Members: RJ Godett, Steven Godett, Christian Mayer, Marty Sanchez, Joe Fernandez Profession: Contractor Favorite_Racing_Memory: Starting 29th at the California Classic at Irwindale and finishing 4th
18 – Jim Pettit
Age: 47 Hometown: Prunedale, Ca Home_Track: Madera Speedway Car_Number: 18 Chassis: Hamke Years_In_Racing: 28 Car_Owner: Quentin Bammer Crew_Members: Lee Bandetinni, Byron Decker, Ed Garcia, Nick Robfogel, Duane Sharp, Mark Shrader, Derek Soeth, Bobby Thomas, Louie Toledo, Greg Wilson, Ted Yamashiro, George Yawornisky. Family: Jim Pettit I, Patricia Pettit, Tammy Keldsen, Liz Nelson Profession: JP Surplus Salvage AD Sponsors: Moeller Bros., [...]
Q and A with SPEARS Southwest Tour Series team owner – Dan Nikolai:
Dan and Kathy Nikolai field the legendary #33 car for driver M.K. Kanke: 1. How did you get your start in racing? These first two questions need to be rolled into one since my physical involvement in racing began with M.K. However, I got hooked on the sport back in the [...]
SRL LEGENDS TOUR SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED FOR 2013
Bakersfield, CA – The 2013 SRL Legends Tour championship season will consist of eleven race dates, at six racetracks, in three different states. A new twist to the 2013 championship will be that a driver’s best eight finishes, of the eleven scheduled events, will determine the final championship standings [...]
KERN COUNTY RACEWAY PARK TO OPEN NASCAR RACING SCHEDULE IN APRIL
BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA (January 17, 2013) – The highly anticipated opening of the state-of-the-art Kern County Raceway Park in Bakersfield will become a reality when NASCAR Whelen All-American Series-sanctioned races hit the track in 2013. The grand opening race has been scheduled for Saturday night April 20. The half-mile and quarter-mile [...]
CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS BANQUET INFO
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS BANQUET The Pleasure of Your Company is Requested Saturday – February 9, 2013 Doors Opens at 11:30 am Lunch Served at 12:00 pm Awards Presented Top Twenty SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Drivers Top Ten SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Team Owners Top Ten SRL Legends Tour presented by ProCast Products [...]
SRL to SANCTION NEW SERIES in 2013
BAKERSFIELD, CA – The management of the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series proudly announced today a new division that will compete under the SRL banner, in 2013, the SRL will organize, officiate and sanction the “SRL S2 Tour Series”. The ‘S2’ is a full-size 108-inch wheelbase, tubular chassis stock car, [...]
The Inaugural SUNOCO Driven Challenge is Down to Two Drivers
Bakersfield, CA - The champion of the 2012 SUNOCO Driven Challenge will be crowned this weekend at the season finale of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Just two drivers, Derek Thorn, 26 of Bakersfield, CA and Jim Pettit II, 48 [...]
Kern County Raceway Park to Host the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series in 2013
BAKERSFIELD, CA – This morning at a 7am meeting, James Vernon of Kern County Raceway Park and Larry Collins of the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series met and signed contracts for a September 7, 2013 race date. “James and everyone involved are so busy working to get the track ready for [...]
SPEARS Southwest Tour Series 2013 Schedule of Events Released
BAKERSFIELD, CA -- Nine SPEARS Southwest Tour Series race dates are set for 2013, with one or the possibility of two additional dates being added after the first of the year. “We wanted to get our dates out to our teams before the holidays,” stated the SRL’s Larry Collins. “We [...]
SRL S2 TOUR SERIES SET FOR DEBUT in 2013
BAKERSFIELD, CA – The inaugural season for the SRL S2 Tour Series is taking shape for the upcoming season. The S2 Tour Series is a new division that will compete under the SRL banner in 2013 and will feature a companion schedule that will be close to that of [...]
Derek Thorn Wins 2012 SUNOCO Driven Challenge
Bakersfield, CA – At the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series season finale held at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Lakeport, California’s Derek Thorn drove to a third place finish to secure both the SUNOCO Driven Challenge and the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series championships. Thorn, who began racing at age [...]
THORN IS CHAMPION – GOMEZ WINS BIG
Bakersfield, CA – The final race of the 2012 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series saw Lakeport’s Derek Thorn win the series title and Twin Falls, Idaho’s Jonathon Gomez win the race and the record $15,000 in prize money that came with the win at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor [...]
ROSEVILLE TO THORN
Bakersfield, CA – Derek Thorn won his sixth SPEARS Southwest Tour Series race of 2012, with his win Saturday night at the “West Coast Transmissions 125” at Roseville’s All-American Speedway. Saturday’s win was Thorn’s third career SPEARS Southwest Tour Series victory at Roseville, which extended his championship point lead to [...]
TWO to GO in SPEARS SOUTHWEST TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
BAKERSFIELD, CA – Only two races remain before the crowning of the 2012 SPEARS Southwest Tour Series champion. With the upcoming “West Coast Transmission 125” at All-American Speedway and the November 17th “Sigma Engineering Solutions 154” at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the championship is far from [...]
