51FIFTY Blog

Welcome to our blog page! Here you will find stories and updates of what is happening in the 51FIFTY family! Whether Supercross/Motocross updates or finding out what the 51FIFTY girls and team is up to these days.
Derek Thorn has been on another planet than everyone else this weekend at the 54th annual Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida.The Bakersfield, California driver led flag-to-flag Saturday night and topped the 35-car Pro Late Model field to capture the Allen Turner Snowflake 100.It's his second event win in three years. It als...
51FIFTY Fight Night Seven is finally here. It's been a long wait but it will be an even better return! Pure MMA action-packed fights you will not want to miss!Join us in Livingston, California on November 6, 2021 at the 51FIFTY Fitness Center. 51FIFTY Fight Night Seven!Doors open at 6:00pm and action begins at 7:00pm. We have plenty of cards for yo...
Bakersfield, CA – Derek Thorn finished off a near perfect SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series season Saturday night, by being declared the winner of the "Bulwark 'FR October Classic 150" at Kern County Raceway. Thorn was proclaimed the winner when Preston Peltier was found to have to much left side weight in post-race tech. The driver of the Campbell ...
Derek Thorn Racing remained hot, winning his eighth Spears Srl Southwest Tour Series event in a row, coming home first in the "Nut Up 125 presented by 51 FIFTY LTM" from ALL AMERICAN SPEEDWAY - ROSEVILLE CA Saturday night. Thorn beat leading Rookie-of-the-Year contendor Buddy Shepherd by less than 0.8 seconds to score his 57th career victory and mo...
Bakersfield, CA – Derek Thorn made it five wins in six SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series starts in 2021, with a thrilling win in the "JM Environmental Inc. Wild West Shootout – Get It Hot 75" from Kern County Raceway Saturday night. Thorn used a little contact in Turn 1 on lap 62 to wrestle the lead away from Buddy Shepherd, and take the $10,000 vic...
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (May 23, 2021) – Bakersfield's Derek Thorn earned his 52nd career SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour victory on Saturday night in Roseville, taking the $8,000-to-win JM Environmental Wild West Shootout at All American Speedway. Thorn also earned the pole for the 147-lap contest, part of a three-pronged night of touring action that saw Jere...
Derek Thorn Gets Another SRL Milestone Win at Irwindale SpeedwaySPEARS SRL Southwest Tour SeriesBakersfield, CA - Derek Thorn tied M.K. Kanke with six career Southwest Tour Series victories at Irwindale Speedway (CA) Saturday night, winning the "SPEARS Manufacturing 100 presented by Earnest Performance" and a cool $5,000. Kanke had three in the SRL...
By Steven Blakesley | March 21, 2021Five-time SPEARS SRL Southwest Tour Series Champion Derek Thorn has had a long history of being snakebit, when it comes to prestigious Super Late Model events. While he has victories in some of these events, he has been in position to score multiple more over his career. Saturday night, he picked up a big win at ...
CARLOS VIEIRA TAKES $5,000 MADERA MAVTV PRO LATE MODEL OPENERMADERA, CALIF. (March 13, 2021) – Livingston's Carlos Vieira scored his first MAVTV-televised Nut Up Pro Late Model victory on Saturday night at Madera Speedway, earning the $5,000 season opener during a five-lap shootout to close the 100-lap feature. The opening night on the one-third mi...
Corey Taylor has lent his rapping talents to Moonshine Bandits' "Live the Madness," the latest single from the outlaw country hip-hop duo. The Slipknot and Stone Sour vocalist also appears in an accompanying music video alongside his wife, Alicia, and her dancing cabaret crew, the Cherry Bombs.The high-energy clip shows the Bandits — Dusty "Tex" Da...
It's a match made perfect! As a long time sponsor of Hunter Cross, we are so proud to see Hunter at the top of his game. The sky is the limit to where this young man will go. And we love to see him continue to #LiveTheMadness and chase his dreams!Hunter started racing his dirt bike when he was 7 years old. Hunter loves racing and works very hard to...
We are proud to sponsor such an amazing program for up and coming drivers! Here's to another great year....A little different but still a great year!This is a nine race SERIES in 2021 and it is televised on MAVTV! "The concept for the Jr. Late Model Series is something I've thought about since 2006, as I believe a restricted late model is a great p...
In late 2020 the 51FIFTY team and the Moonshine Bandits teamed up to put into motion one of the best music videos we have ever done. Since the release of their new song "Live The Madness" the Moonshine Bandits have been tearing up the charts, and continuing their rise to deserved stardom. So....we decided to take the next step and make this even bi...
We're proud to have been able to host the Region XI Junior Olympics Boxing Tournament at the 51FIFTY Fitness Center this past weekend with the Carlos Vieira Foundation. A huge congratulations to all the boxers who have made it to the next round #51FIFTY #LiveTheMadness #Boxing
Everything in life always leads up to a moment @LukeDolinFMX #51FIFTY #LiveTheMadness #FMX
We're happy to have been able to sponsor another free Autism Day BBQ with the Carlos Vieira Foundation. A huge thanks to everyone who made the event a success and to the families that attended! #Autism #RaceForAutism #51FIFTY #LiveTheMadness
Any step towards your ultimate goal, no matter how big or small, is something worth celebrating #51FIFTY #LiveTheMadness #Goals #PushYourLimits
Although sometimes life can be tough, you always gotta live through the madness! #51FIFTY #LiveTheMadness #HumpDay
We're happy to be part of the Carlos Vieira Foundation Portuguese Festival! All for a great cause—the Race for Autism campaign! #51FIFTY #LiveTheMadness #CVF #RaceForAutism
Catch us with the @MoonshineBandit tomorrow in Fresno at Strummers and Saturday at the Asparagus Festival to hang out with the 51FIFTY Girls! #51FIFTY #LiveTheMadness