Irwindale To Host Historic Double-Header with K&N West Series & SRL Southwest Tour

17 mar 2017

The starter gives the green flag to the 2016 K&N Pro Series race at Irwindale

The starter waves off the field for the 2016 K&N Pro Series. Will you be there for 2017?

On Saturday, March 25th, the NASCAR K&N Pro Series and the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series together will make history by competing on the same night at Irwindale Speedway. The night will feature a 100 lap race for the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series and for the first time in series history, two 100 lap events for K&N Pro Series competitors.

The NASCAR K&N Pro Series, which includes the East and the West, is the top step in NASCAR’s developmental ladder before a driver progresses to the three national series. The NASCAR K&N Series was previously known as – among other names – Grand National West, Winston West Series, and the Camping World West Series. It was actually formed in 1954, not long after NASCAR itself, as a way to develop the skills of drivers from the western US who couldn’t regularly travel to compete in the Southeastern US. The very first (of three) championships went to Lloyd Dane driving a Hudson Hornet.

Iwindale offers the chance to meet the rising stars of NASCAR before they become famous

Previous winner Patrick Staropoli raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series last year

NASCAR K&N Pro Series cars ride on a chassis based on the Generation 4 Sprint Cup design. The body is a composite design, but is comprised of separate pieces that are flanged and bolted together, so if a fender is damaged, only that fender needs to be replaced. Engines produce 625 horsepower, for reduced cost and reliability, versus the 850 horsepower produced by a Cup motor. The series competes on a mix of short tracks, larger ovals, and road courses to provide the drivers the experience on different types of circuits that they’ll need as they move up the ladder.

The SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series is a Late Model racing league operating since 1985, originally with NASCAR sanction as the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour and later AutoZone Elite Division, Southwest Series, and before being sanctioned by a group of West Coast racers under the premises of the Stockcar Racing League.

The cars feature a 101” wheelbase and weigh 2,900 lbs. All cars are fitted with a fiberglass body and are powered by a 362 CID Chevrolet, Dodge, of Ford V8.

Dave Reed Racing enters two cars in the Southwest Tour series, both supported by K&N

One of the Dave Reed Racing entries blows a little flame in exciting SRL Southwest Tour racing

While all NASCAR K&N Pro Series cars are required to use K&N Filters, in the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour races K&N will be represented by two cars entered by Dave Reed Racing and supported by Approved Memory.

The schedule for this big night at Irwindale Speedway will start off with qualifying, an on-track autograph session, and the first 100 lapper for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series, followed by the SPEARS Southwest Tour Series “SPEARS Manufacturing 100”, and finally the second 100-lap event for the K&N Series.

Irwindale Speedway is located near the intersection of the 210 and 605 freeways, east of Los Angeles. The speedway offers 6,000 comfortable seats, twin paved oval race tracks (banked 1/2 and 1/3 mile), excellent sound and lighting systems, and paved parking for over 3,000 spectator cars.

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