That's right folks, while the state of Colorado sat under 5 feet of snow all winter long, we at CNS were hard at work crafting something new and improved for our adult patrons.

Parents, Seniors and everyone else share many things in common. We like to have somewhere comfortable to relax and just be ourselves. After a long week of obligations, appointments and headaches, we like to kick up our feet, have someone bring us a cold drink and ask "can I bring you anything else?". Thanks to the thoughtful folks at CNS now you can do just that in the all new Beer Garden!

Read more: Introducing the ALL NEW Beer Garden!

Pair-a-Dice Sportsman
17 Sportsman hit the track for the 30 lap A Main. #49 Dennis Pobanz had the pole with #43 Stan Griffin on the outside. #84 Bruce Borchardt had the inside of row 2 with #46 Blackey Blackard on his outside, #62 Jim Bob Rogers had the inside of row 3.

It was a wild race for the lead through 4 straight laps. Blackey, the winner of the evening's 2nd qualifier took the lead with the winner of the evening's Sportsman Dash #62 Jim Bob Rogers moving quickly behind him into 2nd.

The leaders began racing seamlessly through lapped traffic at lap 15.

It was a clean A Main with Blackey finishing in 1st followed by Jim Bob Rogers and Bruce Borchardt. Hard charger #55 Craig Holmes started in 10th and finished in 4th place.

Read more: Blackey Blackard Takes the Season Opener at CNS

We've been waiting 6 months to say it...
YOU'VE GOTTA BE HERE!

First of all, Congrats to Pamela Stovall (aka musicsavesmysol on twitter) for winning our first twitter contest of 2010! Pam and nine of her friends and family are coming to our first race, this Saturday April 10th FREE. OF. CHARGE!

Wanna win our next contest? Sign up on twitter.com, follow us @cnsracing and look for our next contest announcement.

On to the racing!

This Saturday, April 10th is the first race of the season and it starts at 5PM! Weather reports show clear skies and temps around 70 degrees. If you've got gasoline running through your veins, you know nothing beats the smell of burnt rubber on a warm spring evening.

Come on down and check out the action as the Sportsman and Pro Trucks hit the track for 30 lap main events! Open wheel fans are in for a treat because the Grand American Modifieds are gonna burn rubber through a 30 lap A main of their own. The speedy Legends and CRAAAAZY Trains will round out the evening, which is SURE to be one you aren't going to forget!

We'll see you this Saturday, April 10th right here at Colorado National Speedway. You've Gotta Be Here!!!

To: All CNS Late Model competitors

CNS Management has determined that due to the increasing performance of engines built solely for use in USLMA competition the following rules amendment is effective immediately.

Competitors that choose to utilize the USLMA legal engine in CNS competition in 2010 will only be allowed to participate in a maximum of five events. An event will be defined as a car, driver or team that practices and competes for a position in a 2010 CNS Late Model A-feature event. The USLMA legal engine will not be legal for participation in the 2010 Challenge Cup event. All competitors utilizing USLMA legal engines will be required to disclose to the Race Director the use of the USLMA legal engine and adhere to all other 2010 CNS Late Model rules including a 50 pound weight penalty. In addition, all competitors that choose to participate with a USLMA legal engine will not be awarded CNS championship points.

Read more: Rules Amendment for USLMA legal engines participating in 2010 CNS Late Model events.

For CNS, 2009 meant a lot of things. We launched a new website with easier access to race results and recaps. Our social network went online, giving fans the opportunity to follow the action blow by blow from anywhere with a cell phone or a computer. Drivers, crew members, officials and even fans learned to bring an umbrella with them wherever they go. Most importantly we proved yet again, that CNS is the best darn short track in the state of Colorado and maybe even the USA.

Read more: 2009 is in the Record Books!