Thomas Soper Racing

First tentative look at what could be happening out in Yuma! Very excited to get the opportunity to be able to race here!

Our home track schedule is out!! Now we can plan for maybe a little traveling this year! Let me know if there is a track in the southwest area you would like to see us at!

Saturday Night at Barona Speedway 🏁🎶

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🎶 “Dirt Track Bells – Barona Speedway Edition” 🎶

(To the tune of Jingle Bells)

(Verse 1)
Clay is flyin’ high,
Engines scream and yell,
Barona Saturday night,
Hear those Sport Mods bell.
Green flag in the air,
Hammer down we go,
Number sixty-four out front,
Slidin’ wall to low!

(Chorus)
Dirt track race! Dirt track race!
Barona Speedway!
Oh what fun it is to win
In a Sport Mod Saturday!
Dirt track race! Dirt track race!
Hang it out and roar!
Checkered flag is wavin’ now,
Sixty-four wants more!

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(Verse 2)
Mud up on the hood,
Tear-offs hittin’ fast,
Bumpers bangin’ hard,
Here comes sixty-four to pass.
Crew chief on the radio,
“Easy in, hard out,”
Door-to-door through turns three-four,
Hear the crowd all shout!

(Chorus)
Dirt track race! Dirt track race!
Feel that engine cry!
Throw it sideways, keep it straight,
Let that Sport Mod fly!
Dirt track race! Dirt track race!
Bottom line’s the key!
When the checkers finally wave,
Barona victory!

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(Bridge)
Sport Mods thunder, steel and clay,
Saturday nights under SoCal skies,
Barona Speedway, best around,
Where real race cars fly!

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(Final Chorus)
Dirt track race! Dirt track race!
Fire up and send!
Number 64 is comin’ hard,
Right ‘til the end!
Dirt track race! Dirt track race!
Fans on every side!
Barona clay and Sport Mods loud,
That’s a champion ride!

Just say it 🏁🔥

Hey folks!

Tomorrow, Salvador Topete Restorations is putting on a car show at Kimball Park in National City from 2-8 PM. It is free for all folks that would like to bring their car down! We will have the 64 Sport Mod out and polished. Come on down and enjoy some gorgeous cars and great time with the family. We hope to see you out there!

Last race of 2025 if your out in Arizona come hang with the crew. Until we come back for winter nationals in January.

Last night we got 90 % of the work done to get us ready for Case Grande. We have some of the best people in the garage helping us with repairs and maintenance. Thank you to Steve Elder, Jeff Felkner, and Mike Chaffin at Sam's Alignment. And thank you to the team down at Bryans Racing Enterprises always coming through with parts and assistance. Without them we couldn’t make it week in and week out.

What do you do when the big night gets rained out? Get the whole family together and play some poker. A huge thank you John Wilson and Michelle Wilson down at A to Z Collision in Mojave Valley. Not only did they open there home to us, BUT they also fed 12 very hungry folks with some amazing Chicken and Dumplings!!

If you ever find yourself in the Mojave Valley area stop by and tell them we sent you!

Got the car up on the rack at Sam's Alignment and found some more bent parts from Mohave. Gonna get those on order from Bryans Racing Enterprises and get the ol gal tuned up and right for our next race at Central Arizona Raceway over Thanksgiving. I’m very blessed and lucky to have sponsors like these to allow us the opportunity to race as much as we do.

*** Dual at Mohave Update ***

First and formost this was a great time and I am very excited to see this event stay at Mohave Valley Raceway. We went and tried our hand against some of the best on the west coast.

Wednesday we got to the track around 2 and unloaded for practice at 6. Shout out to Ed Druillard and the Maxwells for setting us up in a great spot.

When we got on the track we were instantly fast. Car was hooked up and hitting the chip on both ends. We made very small changes as the track slicked off and we stayed great.

Thursday for the heat race we started 3 rd and wuickly got to the lead by the time we cane around to end lap one. We led 3 laps before the caution came out and somehow I lost my mojo. We ended up 4th and started in the middle of a B main. We somehow fubked our way through the B spinning twice and not being the “cause” of a caution and made the A. In the Main the track was black and single lane on the bottom. We lacked drive and patience on my part. Unfortunately got caught up in a wreck and ended our night early in the main.

With the help of Robert Chavez we made some changes Friday morning to help tighten the car up and give us some drive. With no hot laps on Friday the track was in decent shape amd we missed the set up finishing 3rd in the heat and starting outside front row for the B. We made a small change to help with what we missed and it worked. We led a few laps in the B main uktimatley battling with the 711 car and our good Buddy Steven Luecht. That put us starting 13th in the main and we were charging to a transfer spot on Friday when disaster struck again. Got hit in the left front sheering our steering arm bolts and put us out.

We were slated to start outside pole of the LCQ on Saturday Then of course Mother Nature took the rest of our weekend. The shortened weekend sucked but we overall had a GREAT time with all of our friends that made the journey with us.

What’s up guys. I’ve been trying to create this page for a while. I had another one that for some reason I am unable to edit anymore. My other Soper Racing page will be left up but likely not updated as much. Please follow along as I try to this new page out and keep you all up to date on what we are doing and where we are going! Thank you for your support!