BAKERSFIELD, CA – SPEARS Southwest Tour Series, together with Kern County Raceway officials, have released a list of Pre-Entrants for the Sixth Annual Winter Showdown, scheduled to take place March 21st, 2020 at the half-mile banked oval in Bakersfield, California.
2020 Winter Showdown – Kern County Raceway – Pre-Entrants List
| Car | Driver |
| 4 | Dylan Lupton |
| 05 | Eric Schmidt |
| 5x | Don Zoll Jr. |
| 6 | Tyler Fabozzi |
| 10 | Owen Riddle |
| 11 | Tracy Bolin |
| 12 | Jim Wulfenstein |
| 14D | Chris Davidson |
| 14R | Austin Reed |
| 15 | Tayler Riddle |
| 16 | Jacob Gomes |
| 18V | Eddie Vecchiarelli |
| 18W | Jack Wood |
| 20 | Cole Moore |
| 21 | Dean Thonpson |
| 22A | Andy Allen |
| 22S | Buddy Shephard |
| 24 | Scott Sanchez |
| 25 | Brandon Farrington |
| 27 | John Moore |
| 29 | Randy Hedrick |
| 33 | Cale Kanke |
| 42 | Lance Elliot |
| 43 | Derek Thorn |
| 44 | Bob Lyon |
| 48 | Preston Peltier |
| 50 | Trevor Huddlestom |
| 51T | Dean Thompson |
| 51V | Carlos Vieira |
| 54 | Joe Farre' |
| 66 | Logan Bearden |
| 71M | Christian McGhee |
| 71N | Kyle Neveau |
| 88 | Joey Iest |
| 89 | Bobby Hodges |
| 99 | Linny White |
The 2020 Winter Showdown, from Kern County Raceway, is entering its sixth season of competition. It is supported by Spears Manufacturing, Motor City Buick GMC, Traffic Management, Inc. and Visit Bakersfield. The previous winners of the event include Bubba Pollard Fan Page (2015, 2016), Derek Thorn (2017), Kyle Busch (2018) and Ty Majeski (2019). The previous Feature Events have included several formats, with distances of 250 laps (2015 – 2017), 300 laps (2018 – 2019) and this year’s 200-lap version.
In 2020, the event will feature a halfway break, where half of the purse money will be awarded based on its’ result. The completion of 200 laps will wholly determine the final championship event finish, with the second half of the purse payout. Drivers eligible for the SPEARS Frequent Flyer Program will receive a minimum of $1,400 to start the feature. If required, eligible drivers who do not transfer from the Last Chance Qualifier will receive $1,000.
The SPEARS Southwest Tour Series Super Late Models will be joined by the Spears Modified Series, as well as the Kern County Raceway Super Stocks. The SPEARS Modifieds will be racing for $4,000-to-win. The event will be Nationally televised on MAVTV, at a date to be named later. It will be Live-Streamed on spearsracing.tv/
