This Saturday’s SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series “THUNDER VALLEY Casino Resort 135 presented by AmeriPride Uniform Services” at All-American Speedway in Roseville, CA will mark the sixth consecutive time the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series has been paired up with the NASCAR K&N Pro Series for one night of competition. All-American Speedway will also host NASCAR Late Models and Modifieds on Friday night.
"Saturday’s 135-lap race is the penultimate event of the 2011 SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series Championship, followed only the SRL Season Finale “Sigma Engineering Solutions 154” at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October "
General admission for Friday is $15 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Tickets for Saturday night’s race are $30 in advance and $35 on Saturday. Juniors ages 6-11 are $15, and kids 5 and under get in free. VIP hospitality tickets are $65 in advance and $70 on Saturday. Gates open at 4pm each day.
SRL NOTES OF INTEREST:
• Four drivers will pull double duty this weekend driving in both the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series and K&N Pro Series; Jacob Gomes, Eric Holmes, Derek Thorn and Eagle, Idaho’s John Wood.
• Winner’s share of the prize money for the “THUNDER VALLEY Casino Resort 135 presented by AmeriPride Uniform Services” will be $4,000.
• Defending race winner is Eric Holmes, who made a late race pass on Dan Holtz for the lead in the final three laps of last year’s race.
• Three former SPEARS Southwest Tour Series champions have submitted entries for Saturday’s event: Dave Byrd – 2007, Jim Pettit II – 2008, and M.K. Kanke – 2009.
• Past SRL ‘All-American Speedway’ Winners – Troy Ermish (2008), M.K. Kanke (2009), Derek Thorn (April 2010 & April 2011) and Eric Holmes (Oct. 2010).
• Drivers making a return to the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series this Saturday night include; Michelle Nagai, Brennan Newberry, Bobby Hodges, Zane Lovelace, and Jeff Oleen from Bethseda, Maryland.
• 2011 Airport Auto Brokers Late Model Series champion Trevor Cristiani, and NASCAR Southwest Tour ‘ironman’ Bob Lyon will be making their SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series debuts at the “THUNDER VALLEY Casino Resort 135 presented by AmeriPride Uniform Services” this Saturday night.
• “Cowboy” Kenny Bartram and his Steel Rodeo, an X Games freestyle moto-X show, will perform both nights. Bartram is a winner of seven International Freestyle Motocross Association world championships, a Dew Tour title, 10 medals from the X and Gravity Games.
• Tickets can be purchased by calling (916) 676-0256; at Bill McAnally Racing, 8636 Antelope North Road in Antelope; through the Placer County Fair office at 800 All America City Blvd. in Roseville; and online with Pay Pal at www.billmcanallyracing.com.
• Saturday’s 135-lap race is the penultimate event of the 2011 SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series Championship, followed only the SRL Season Finale “Sigma Engineering Solutions 154” at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on October 29th.
The Race: The THUNDER VALLEY Casino Resort 135 presented by AmeriPride Uniform Services
The Place: All-American Speedway, Roseville, CA
The Date: Saturday, October 15, 2011 (Open SRL Practice and NASCAR Late Models & Modifieds on Friday, October 14th)
Track Layout: .333-mile paved oval
SRL Track Record: Dan Holtz 13.090 seconds
Current SRL Top 10: M.K. Kanke 1350 points, Jim Pettit II 1272, Jacob Gomes 1263, Derek Thorn 1238, Ross Strmiska 1177, Keith Spangler 1138, Dave Byrd 1099, Eric Holmes 1052, Carlos Vieira 995, Justin Westmoreland 987.
SRL Event Sponsors: Thunder Valley Casino Resort, AmeriPride Uniform Services, Hoosier Tire, SUNOCO Race Fuels, Bay BioDiesel, World’s Champion Hand Cleaner and Coors Light.
