Spindletop is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

[1] Founded in November 2008,[2] by January 2009 the league had ten skaters and was hoping to recruit more, in order to put a bouting team together.

[3] The formation of the Bayou Outlaw Rollergirls, based in Orange, Texas, was inspired by the Spindletop league, and the two maintained close links.

[4] For the 2012 season, the Bayou Outlaws merged with Spindletop, becoming a new home team for the league.

[5] Spindletop was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program in January 2010,[6] and became a full member of the WFTDA in December.