Labor Day Double Header Thrills Fans at CNS

(08-31-2019 Dacono CO) As August ended and September began the CNS faithful were treated to two exciting nights of racing at the speedway. The first night of racing included not one but two Super Late Model feature events combining for 110 laps of racing action. While on night two the Late Models were featured with a 25 and 50 lap main event. Dramatic finishes and close racing action was prevalent in all the main events tightening up the championship points and entertaining the fans.

Mountain States Fire Protection Super Late Models

Two Mountain States Fire Protection Super Late Model feature events were on tap for the Lincoln Tech 21st Century Careers Night at CNS. Most of the drivers played it pretty cool in the opening 30 lap feature. The race was dominated by #6 Dominic Ursetta and #22 Chris Eggleston with #84 Matt Zingleberg close behind. Clearly tire conservation was on their minds as the prepped for the 2nd of the two features.

Dominic Ursetta cruises to the win in the 30 lapper (Starr photo)

For the 80 lap final feature the cars were inverted which placed Dominic and Chris well back in the field. At the drop of the green flag #34 Rudy Vanderwal led early until #32 Brett Yackey passed him on the inside.

#21 Conner Snow found a fast line up top and hounded Yackey for the lead for several laps even taking the lead on many occasions.

At the halfway point Dominic Ursetta had finally worked his way to the front and occupied 2nd position. Entering turn 3 Yackey got too high and Ursetta dove low to make the pass. Yackey tried to squeeze him off but made contact with Ursetta and it was Brett’s car that suffered race ending damage as he parked on the main straight.

With 25 laps to go it was now Ursetta and Eggleston racing for the top spot with Snow and Kody Vanderwal in chase.

As the 6 and 22 battled Vanderwal made a daring move in turn 2 going under both leaders to steal the P1 position and stun the crowd. While Vanderwal’s move to the lead was the best move of the night he couldn’t hold off the pace of Eggleston who methodically moved to the front.

When the cars crossed the line it was Eggleston taking the big win while Vanderwal just barely held off Ursetta for 2nd place. Points leader Darren Robertson finished 4th and Rudy Vanderwal took an impressive 5th place finish.

The next race for the Super Late Models will be Championship night on Saturday September 21st.

80 LAP FEATURE: #22 Chris Eggleston
 30 LAP FEATURE: #6 Dominic Ursetta
 QUICK TIME: #22 Chris Eggleston 15.572

Lincoln Tech Pure Stocks
 
 Saturday night’s Lincoln Tech Pure Stock feature had just about everything you would want in a race: action, drama, and even some bent metal without any injury. 24 cars took the green flag and 23g Mike Gallo grabbed the early lead with #34 Ronald Johnson in hot pursuit. After the halfway point a caution came out for the #33 car in turn one. This wasn’t what Gallo wanted as it bunched up the field for a double-file restart.

On the restart 21W Jamie Ward took the lead and Gallo was shuffled back. Ward got sideways in turn four but managed to hang on and not spin maintaining the lead as the fans cheered with excitement. The cars directly behind Ward slowed to avoid him except 41G Topher Galvin who shot passed several cars on the outside to challenge for the lead.

The remains of Jordan Abeyta’s Pure Stock (Starr photo)

After a red flag for a hard crash involving #23 Jordan Abeyta the race resumed and now it was 99JR Ryan Raley Jr banging doors with Ward. On the final lap Raley got by Ward but somehow Ward retaliated with a pass of his own on Raley for the lead and the dramatic win.

Jamie Ward on route to victory (Starr photo)

FEATURE: 21W Jamie Ward
 FAST DASH: 21W Jamie Ward
 DASH: 99JR Ryan Raley Jr.
 QUICK TIME: 60ps Matt Hill 19.935

Elite V Twin Legend Cars
 
 Typically when you describe an event with the phrase “Same ‘ol same ‘ol” that’s a bad thing. But when you are talking about the Elite V Twin Legend Cars it means week-in and week-out you are going to see super tight racing racing with hair-raising passes for position. Yep it was “Same ol’ same ol’” for the Legends cars on Lincoln Tech night.

Once again it was Danny Medina, Darrell J Stewart, Travis Roe, Ryan Jones, Chris Eggleston and Kyle Clegg diving fearlessly into the corners battling for 1st place all the while navigating lapped traffic. As the fans moved to the edge of their seat Clegg took control of the race with Eggleston not far behind.

On the final lap Clegg drifted high and Eggleston snuck under coming out of turn four as the drivers drag raced side-by-side to the finish. At the line it was Clegg taking the win by mere feet over Eggleston to the roar of the crowd for such a great race.

Clegg wins by a nose (Starr photo)

FEATURE: #66 Kyle Clegg
 FAST DASH: #22 Chris Eggleston
 DASH: #44 Alfred Matthews
 DASH: #28 Adam Powers
 QUICK TIME: #30 Darrel J Stewart 18.272

Witthar Racing Trains

FEATURE: #151 Crazy Train – Jereme Wall and Chad Sutherland

(09-01-2019 Dacono CO) the second night of the Labor Day Double-Header was Rail’s End Beer night that included the Galitz Trucking Late Models, Snap-On Tools Pro Trucks and the only appearance of the year for the Supermodifieds.

Galitz Transportation Late Models

Brett Yackey swept the night in the Galitz Trucking Late Model division on a night that featured 25 and 50 lap main events. In both races Yackey’s main competition was #8 Dan Alamaa who hounded the 32 car for the win.

Brett Yackey takes the first Late Model feature (Starr photo)

While the first 25 lap feature was fairly tame the final 50 lapper proved Alamaa could give Yackey all he could handle in a battle that went down to the wire. Alamaa probably would have took the win had there not been a late race restart which allowed Brett to find a way past the 8 car for the win.

#31 Derek Smith who is battling for the points lead ran out of gas late in the race and wasn’t able to restart which will make the final races very interesting.

Brett Yackey barely nudges out Dan Alamaa for the win in the 50 lapper (Starr phot)

The best run of the night came from #10 Rick Fierro who started almost dead last to finish 4th. Fierro also made a daring 3 wide pass late in the race to momentarily take over 3rd position thrilling the CNS fans.

But it was Yackey’s night setting quick time and hauling home the trophies for both feature events.

The Late Models will get no rest as they return next Saturday night September 7th.

50 LAP FEATURE: #32 Brett Yackey
 25 LAP FEATURE: #32 Brett Yackey
 QUICK TIME: #32 Brett Yackey 16.776

Snap-On Tools Pro Trucks
 The Snap-On Tools Pro Truck main event featured an epic battle for the lead between #7 Adam Deines and #22 Brian Yackey.

Each time when Yackey would take control of the race Deines would battle back to regain the lead. Eventually Deines had muscled himself into the top spot and was headed for victory.

With 11 laps to go a caution came out and this brought #43 Kody Vanderwal into the mix for the battle up-front. The restart also gave Yackey another shot at Deines. Brian took advantage of this opportunity by getting the jump on the 7 truck and taking home the win.

The Pro Trucks return to action in two weeks Saturday September 14th.

FEATURE: #22 Brian Yackey
 FAST DASH: #34 Rudy Vanderwal
 DASH: 5w Troy Witthar
 QUICK TIME: #22 Brian Yackey 16.573

Supermodifieds

It was the return of the Supermodifieds and a nice field of 12 cars started the feature event. Ricky Otts took the early lead but was soon passed on the outside by #95 Cris Muhler. #02 Johnny Pickard was doing a great job moving towards the front moving into 2nd place until he made contact with the lapped car of #1 Luke Johnson and both cars crashed out in turn 3.

After the restart Muhler and 6G Bryan Gossel (both in sprint cars) bolted away from the field to battle amongst themselves.

With just 3 laps to go Gossel went all out to catch Muhler and on the final corner had a legitimate shot at the win but Cris held strong and crossed the line first to take the checkers. Gossel settled for 2nd place and #34 Randy Whitman was 3rd.

FEATURE: #95 Cris Muhler

FAST DASH: #95 Cris Muhler
 DASH: #1 Luke Johnson
 QUICK TIME: #6 Bryan Gossel 14.036

Extreme Trucks

FEATURE: #01 Sean Orth General Lee Truck

80 Lap Super Late Model finish
 
 Pos No. Name Hometown
 
 1. 22 Chris Eggleston Thornton
 
 2. 43 Kody Vanderwal LaSalle
 
 3. 6 Dominic Ursetta Arvada
 
 4. 11 Darren Robertson Westminster
 
 5. 88 Jonathan Knee (R) Fort Collins
 
 6. 27 Roger Avants
 
 7. 34 Rudy Vanderwal LaSalle
 
 8. 12 Bruce Yackey Greeley
 
 9. 24 Cody Dempster
 
 10. 16 Steve Mills Colorado Springs
 
 11. 42 Mark Neff
 
 12. 19 Matthew Martinez Parker
 
 13. 21 Conner Snow Morison
 
 14. 84 Matt Zwingelberg Parker
 
 15. 32 Brett Yackey Greeley
 
 16. 14 Mark Bybee
 
 17. 6D Rick Duckworth (R) Arvada
 
 18. 8 Jeff Walbaum (R) Brighton
 
 DNS 57 Brady Balderson (R) Aurora

30 Lap Super Late Model finish
 
 Pos No. Name Hometown
 
 1. 6 Dominic Ursetta Arvada
 
 2. 22 Chris Eggleston Thornton
 
 3. 84 Matt Zwingelberg Parker
 
 4. 11 Darren Robertson Westminster
 
 5. 12 Bruce Yackey Greeley
 
 6. 24 Cody Dempster
 
 7. 43 Kody Vanderwal LaSalle
 
 8. 32 Brett Yackey Greeley
 
 9. 21 Conner Snow Morison
 
 10. 34 Rudy Vanderwal LaSalle
 
 11. 27 Roger Avants
 
 12. 42 Mark Neff
 
 13. 88 Jonathan Knee (R) Fort Collins
 
 14. 6D Rick Duckworth (R) Arvada
 
 15. 14 Mark Bybee
 
 16. 8 Jeff Walbaum (R) Brighton
 
 17. 16 Steve Mills Colorado Springs
 
 18. 19 Matthew Martinez Parker
 
 19. 57 Brady Balderson (R) Aurora

Pure Stocks
 
 Pos No. Name Hometown
 
 1. 21W Jamie Ward Denver
 
 2. 99JR Ryan Raley Jr Bennett
 
 3. 41G Topher Galvin Byers
 
 4. 82 Justin Karrol
 
 5. 88 Jacob Poole Evans
 
 6. 34 Ronald Johnson (R) Wheatridge
 
 7. 13S Isaac Slinker Eaton
 
 8. 20 Tanner Faatz (R) Windsor
 
 9. 02 Chan Raley Bennett
 
 10. 11 Chandron Denman Commerce City
 
 11. 4 Brian Galvin Jr
 
 12. 23G Mike Gallo Loveland
 
 13. 60PS Matt Hill Brighton
 
 14. 22PS Jay Hill
 
 15. 23A Alyssa Salazar (R) Arvada
 
 16. 8A Austin Richards Arvada
 
 17. 23 Jordan Abeyta Denver
 
 18. 7 David Robinson Johnstown
 
 19. 18 Keanna Weber Denver
 
 20. 44 Mike Vail
 
 21. 33 Alex Krivocheev (R) Wheatridge
 
 22. 38C Colton Green
 
 DNS 52 Chad Sutherland Commerce City
 
 DNS 86 Dylan Gault Colorado Springs

Legends
 
 Pos No. Name Hometown
 
 1. 66 Kyle Clegg Westminster
 
 2. 22 Christopher Eggleston Thornton
 
 3. 30 Darrell J Stewart Arvada
 
 4. 15 Danny Medina Colorado Springs
 
 5. 16 Travis Roe Thornton
 
 6. 21 Ryan Jones Arvada
 
 7. 27 Ray Oakley Conifer
 
 8. 03 Darrell Stewart Arvada
 
 9. 46 Zachary Witherwax Arvada
 
 10. 96 Ryan Rudolph Denver
 
 11. 3 Wayne Barlock Jr Peyton
 
 12. 44 Alfred Matthews Arvada
 
 13. 88 Paul Himler Erie
 
 14. 04 Natalie Foster Westminster
 
 15. 28 Adam Powers Silverthorne
 
 16. 86 Travis Rudolph Thornton
 
 17. 13 Jason Hulvey Thornton
 
 18. 00 Chris Saykally Denver
 
 19. 29 Mathew Brunker Lakewood
 
 20. 95 Jessilyn Dike Westminster
 
 21. 26 Chris Brunker Lakewood
 
 22. 31 Kurt Brookhart
 
 23. 93 Zeke Hanger
 
 24. 42 James Bowman
 
 25. 78 Ashlyn Himler Erie
 
 26. 37 Tanner Scarberry (R) Westminster
 
 27. 72 Cynthia Robb Wheatridge
 
 28. 53 Ryan Scott Colorado Springs
 
 29. 9 Terry McBride Edgewater
 
 30. 82 Austin Saunders

Trains
 
 Pos No. Name Hometown
 
 1. 151 Crazy Train Jeremy & Chad
 
 2. 86 Last Call
 
 3. 17 Salute to Serve Robert & Lonnie
 
 4. 77 Slimers Revenge
 
 5. 45 The Trump Train Kelly & Vinny

Late Models 50 lapper
 
 Pos No. Name Hometown
 
 1. 32 Brett Yackey Greeley
 
 2. 8 Dan Alamaa Colorado Springs
 
 3. 24 Eric Bowers Colorado Springs
 
 4. 10 Rick Fierro (R) Cheyenne
 
 5. 3 Wade Grove Thornton
 
 6. 41 Dale Reeder Boulder
 
 7. 07 David Hondel Cheyenne
 
 8. 94 Kyle Morse Peyton
 
 9. 76 Chad Cowan
 
 10. 44 Thomas Powers Pine
 
 11. 50 Justin McKeachie
 
 12. 72 Gary Cagle Ft. Collins
 
 13. 6 Jason Sharp Fountain
 
 14. 43 Chris Donnelson (R) Morrill NE
 
 15. 31 Derek Smith Mead
 
 16. 33B Christopher Buskirk Bayard NE
 
 17. 16 Steve Mills Colorado Springs
 
 18. 85 Donald Cole Dacono
 
 DNS 75 Emilio Abeyta Denver

Late Models 30 lapper
 
 Pos No. Name Hometown
 
 1. 32 Brett Yackey Greeley
 
 2. 8 Dan Alamaa Colorado Springs
 
 3. 31 Derek Smith Mead
 
 4. 76 Chad Cowan
 
 5. 24 Eric Bowers Colorado Springs
 
 6. 33B Christopher Buskirk Bayard NE
 
 7. 44 Thomas Powers Pine
 
 8. 3 Wade Grove Thornton
 
 9. 41 Dale Reeder Boulder
 
 10. 94 Kyle Morse Peyton
 
 11. 07 David Hondel Cheyenne
 
 12. 72 Gary Cagle Ft. Collins
 
 13. 16 Steve Mills Colorado Springs
 
 14. 50 Justin McKeachie
 
 15. 6 Jason Sharp Fountain
 
 16. 43 Chris Donnelson (R) Morrill NE
 
 17. 10 Rick Fierro (R) Cheyenne
 
 18. 75 Emilio Abeyta Denver
 
 19. 85 Donald Cole Dacono

Pro Tucks
 
 Pos No. Name Hometown
 
 1. 22 Brian Yackey Greeley
 
 2. 7 Adam Deines
 
 3. 43 Kody Vanderwal LaSalle
 
 4. 34 Rudy Vanderwal LaSalle
 
 5. 9 Curtis Heldenbrand
 
 6. 33 Tyler Davis
 
 7. 5W Troy Witthar Arvada
 
 8. 08 Krystal Faulkingham (R) Westminster
 
 9. 21 Chris Nelson (R)
 
 10. 11 Steve Johnson Windsor
 
 11. 05W Tyler Wiggans
 
 12. 05 Nick Cooper (R)
 
 13. 3c Cassidy Hinds Arvada

Supermodifieds
 
 Pos No. Name Hometown
 
 1. 95 Cris Muhler Brighton
 
 2. 6G Bryan Gossel Ft. Collins
 
 3. 34 Randy Whitman Fort Collins
 
 4. 4 Cody Castor Bennett
 
 5. 52 Jordan Decenick Milliken
 
 6. 9 Reece Anderson Plateville
 
 7. 02 Johnny Pickard Pueblo
 
 8. 3 Ricky Otts Canon City
 
 9. 1 Luke Johnson Fort Lupton
 
 10. 51 Joseph Priselac Commerce City
 
 11. 2 Rich Castor Bennett
 
 DNS 16 Austyn Gossel Ft. Collins