Category Archives: SPEARS Southwest Tour Series

Daytona 500 Preview with Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk – Monday, February 16, 2015

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Guests include, Daytona Winner, Grant Enfinger at GMS Racing talking about his back-to-back victories in the ARCA Racing Series season opener.

Jeb Burton, at BK Racing, talks about qualifying for his first Sprint Cup Series race – the Daytona 500 and his 2015 season.

Brian Olsen, part of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Touring Series management, talks about the inaugural Winter Showdown at Kern County Raceway later this month.

Join host Sharon Burton and co-host Sal Sigala every Monday night 8:30 to 10 pm ET as we bring fans the smartest racing talk around on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk!

NASCAR Hot Topic Sound Off  is 10 to 10:30 pm ET with Sharon Burton hosting an interactive discussion with co-host Chris Knight.

Listen to our panel discussion with drivers, crew, and other racing personalities and call 714-202-9918 OR Tweet @Fan4RacingSite @Sal_Sigala or @Knighter01 during the LIVE Broadcast to join the conversation about the hottest topics leading up to the next race.

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We start our LIVE broadcast at 8:30 pm ET February 16th ~ Thanks for Listening!

Inaugural SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Winter Showdown is Revving Up

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Brian Olsen, part of the SPEARS SRL Southwest management team, is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, February 16, at 9:30 pm ET. During the LIVE broadcast, call 714-202-9918 or tweet, @Fan4RacingSite or @Sal_Sigala any questions/comments.

On Monday, February 23, at 9:30 pm ET, Kern County Raceway Director of Marketing and Communications – Steve Hughes is our guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk.

The management team of the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series proudly presents the “Winter Showdown 250” for Tour Cars and Super Late Models at Kern County Raceway Park in Bakersfield, California, February 27 and 28. The race also features a 75-lap event for the Lucas Oil Modifieds on Saturday.

The nationally televised on MAVTV, “Winter Showdown” will be one of the richest asphalt short track events in the nation, with over $150,000.00 in prize money, and a record $25,000.00 payday to the winner of the Winter Showdown 250. 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.

The Spears Southwest Tour with 51FiftyEnergy 100 at Irwindale Speedway this Weekend

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Brian Olsen, co-owner of The Spears Southwest Tour is our next guest on Fan4Racing Fan2Fan NASCAR & Race Talk on Monday, August 11th at 9:30 pm ET.  Call 347-996-5176 during the LIVE broadcast to interact with any comments/questions. 

After a ten-year absence, The Spears Southwest Tour is returning to Irwindale Event Center on August 16th. A little history about the series seems relevant to celebrating the occasion. So here we go… Continue reading →