Gomez Tops Speed Charts in Vegas Pratice for SRL Opener

April 2, 2011 - PRLog -- Jonathon Gomez of Twin Falls, Idaho will defend his 2011 SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour championship starting this weekend at The Bullring at Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway in the SPEARS Manufacturing "111".

In three practice sessions yesterday, Gomez topped the speed charts in the last practice session with a quick lap of 14.810 seconds around the challenging 3/8-mile paved oval layout. Gomez will need to back up his practice speeds in qualifying later today with a tough field of 30-cars on hand for round one of the 10-race championship series.

The SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour may invert up to 12-cars at each race so qualifying quick takes on particular importance. "Even though the invent might erase a top qualifying effort, it is about bragging rights," Gomez said. "I want to qualify fast no matter what and if that means we have to start deeper in the field then that's okay by me."

In three previous starts at The Bullring, Gomez has qualified no worse than fourth and finished no worse than third completing all 464 laps contested on the 3/8-mile paved oval. The Ron Copeland led team is up to the challenge as Gomez opens up defense of his 2010 crown.

"Defending a championship is new to me," Gomez offered. "We are not going to do anything different this and so I really expect the same results." The SPEARS Manufacturing "111" is set to take the green flag later after 8pm PT this evening along with a full slate of local racing action at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Gomez drives a Chevrolet owned by Bob Strandwold, a multi-time SRL championship car owner. Ron Copeland is his crew chief and is supported on the crew by Craig Raudman, Dave Reed, Derek Copeland, Adam Wyse, and Ty Henson.

Jonathon Gomez is in his fifth year of competitive racing having won local track titles at Magic Valley Speedway in Twin Falls and competed in various Late Model events the past several seasons. Gomez has started eleven SRL Southwest Tour races and has two wins, nine top-10 and eight top-5 finishes along with two fast time awards.   He has also started 21 NASCAR K&N Pro Series races since 2008 scoring ten top ten finishes and finished sixth last season in the final standings. He is already touted as a title contender after finishes of second (Phoenix) and third (All-Star Showdown) in two races this season.

Jonathon Gomez is supported by Heritage Cattle Company, Century Boatland, J&C Custom Harvesting, United Oil, Modern Machinery, DJ Safety, and Gomez Farms. Gomez will contend for championships in both the SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour and NASCAR K&N Pro Series this season along with making several starts in other regional racing series'.  For more information on Jonathon Gomez, please log onto his website at http://jonathongomez.com. You can also follow all of the best in West coast racing action by visiting http://www.racingwest.com.

Marketing partnerships and sponsorship opportunities for the 2011 racing season are still available with Heritage Motor Sports and rising star Jonathon Gomez. For a custom proposal and additional information please contact John Gomez at 208/731-1288 or Derrick Shannon at 208/870-8066.

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