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Brittany and Ashley Force Looking for Votes in the Traxxas Nitro Shootout

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Brittany Force is our guest on Monday, August 31, 2015 at 9:30 pm ET. Photo - Courtesy of JFR
Brittany Force is our guest on Monday, August 31, 2015 at 9:30 pm ET. Photo – Courtesy of JFR

Brittany Force is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, August 31st at 9:30 pm ET. Call 929-477-1790 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite @Sal_Sigala or @beberly18 with any questions or comments during our LIVE broadcast. 

Two of the biggest names in the NHRA include Brittany and Ashley Force and now with the Traxxas Nitro Shootout, they need the support of their fans. They want their Monster Energy Top Fuel team and their Traxxas Chevrolet Camaro SS Funny Car team to secure the last spots in the field for the Top Fuel and Funny Car division.  Both drivers are successful, but they are not one of the first seven pro drivers to find nitro victories this season. Continue reading →

Five Star Bodies is Providing Decades of Innovation to NASCAR Racing

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Steve Einhaus, Key Programs Manager at Five Star Bodies is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, April 13, 2015 at 9:30 pm ET.  During the LIVE broadcast call 714-202-9918 or tweet @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala your questions or comments. 

Five Star Race Car Bodies, a division of Five Star Fabricating, Inc. was formed by Fran Prestay and Carl Schultz in the late 1970s in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. It began as a side job for the two in response to a need for innovative sheet metal products in the stock car racing industry. Fran owned an auto service shop across from Carl’s local plumbing and heating business, and after a rough night at the local short track, Fran asked Carl to produce a set of sheet metal fenders for his car since finding stock parts in the salvage yard was difficult and time-consuming. Continue reading →

Bubba Pollard Wins the Inaugural SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Winter Showdown

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Bubba Pollard, the inaugural SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Winter Showdown Champion at Kern County Raceway in Bakersfiled, CA.. Photo - Sal Sigala Jr.
Bubba Pollard, the inaugural SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Winter Showdown Champion at Kern County Raceway in Bakersfield, CA.. Photo – Sal Sigala Jr.

Derek Thorn is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, March 2, 2015 at 9:30 pm ET. During the LIVE broadcast call 714-202-9918 or tweet us @Fan4RacingSite, @Sal_Sigala with any questions or comments.

Over 60 drivers entered the inaugural SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway.When qualifying was complete, 36 drivers went on to compete on Sunday, March 1st – after rain postponed activities from Saturday. And only one picked up the checkered flag after crossing the finish line first – Bubba Pollard, the 2014 Southern Super Series Champion. Continue reading →

Derek Thorn Wins 2014 SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Championship

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Derek Thorn is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, November 24, 2014 at 9:30 pm ET.  Call 347-996-5176 during the LIVE broadcast with any questions or comments.

Derek Thorn set a new track record but faced a challenging night at the Bullring in Las Vegas enroute to the 2014 Spears SRL Southwest Tour Championship.

Thorn, a Lakeport, CA native who now calls Bakersfield home, only needed to finish twenty-fifth or better at the season finale because of a 92 point margin over second place Jeremy Doss.  Thorn had enjoyed Victory Lane four times in 2014 and until Saturday’s Las Vegas finale had not had a DNF all season. 

Thorn’s Byron Campbell Motorsports, Four Star Fruit #43 Chevy was good in practice, running some of the fastest laps among the weekend’s drivers.  As qualifying began, several cars flirted with breaking the track record and Jeremy Doss put up a blistering time of 14:454.  Thorn rolled out a few cars later and surpassed Doss with a new track record of 14:308!  With only the #28 of Nick Williams and the #4 of Chad Stulzman waiting to qualify, it only took a few minutes to solidify Thorn’s track record.

The invert for the start of the championship race had Thorn starting 9th with a stellar field of cars just ahead of him.  The pace was slowed on laps 4 and 7 for caution flags that took out a couple of competitors, and left Thorn in fifth as racing resumed on lap 13.  As Thorn and Doss battled for position, incidental contact between the two allowed Doss to gain an advantage as the two began closing on race leader Ross Strmiska, with Brandon White challenging from behind.  

Lap 27 proved to be costly in the chase for a fifth victory.  After gaining the advantage over Doss, Thorn and Doss were caught up in an accident that also collected Eric Schmidt and Brandon White.  While the wreck would end the night for Thorn and White, Derek had already succeeded in securing the 2014 championship.  The Byron Campbell Motorsports team gathered with Derek at the Start/Finish line after the race and all were soon reveling in the Bullring applause as Thorn was introduced to the crowd as the SPEARS SRL CHAMPION for 2014.