Jim Bob Rogers and Cris Muhler Shine for Part 1 of the Midseason Championship

Saturday, 03 July 2010 20:58

Among the talent at Colorado National Speedway, Adam Deines, Blackie Blackard, Chris Leaf and Happy Ferree all brought their A Game for the first night of the Independence Day marathon. But Jim Bob Rogers and Cris Muhler just couldn't be taken down.

Pair-A-Dice Sportsman
#62 Jim Bob Rogers started the 30 lap Sportsman A Main on the pole. #99 Nick Brinlee had the outside of row 1. In row 2 #39 Scott Estes had the inside with #38 Frankie Estes on his outside. At lap 10 our point leader #64 Blackie Blackard had taken 2nd place behind Jim Bob, #6 Tommy Roe had 3rd. Try as Blackie might, Jim Bob had a solid hold on his lead and rode it the remaining 20 laps to victory. Blackard took 2nd followed by Roe and #8 Jeff Walbaum.

Snap-On Tools Pro Trucks
#74 Cris Muhler held the lead for the first 16 laps of the 30 lapper. At lap 17 the #7 of Adam Deines pulled up along side Muhler, and the two rode nose to nose, locked together through 8 straight laps. A spin out in turn 4 lined the trucks back up for a restart and upon reviewing the last completed lap, Adam Deines was ruled the leader. Deines opted to take the inside for the restart. One lap later, Muhler had taken back the top spot. Meanwhile #1 Happy Ferree was painstakingly making his way up the field. Happy had started in 16th place. At lap 23 Ferree made a daring, 3 wide pass along the outside of the front stretch for 6th. #07 Chris Leaf passed Deines for 2nd. At the finish it was #74 Cris Muhler, #07 Chris Leaf, #7 Adam Deines and #1 Happy Ferree.

CARC Modified Coupes
#95 Cris Muhler and #20 Rich Bubak broke away from the rest of the field early on in the 25 lap Mod Coupe Main Event. #09 Frank Denning III maneuvered his way up the field from his 2nd to last place start, taking 4th by lap 15. Yellow flag at lap 18 lined them all back up for a restart. Muhler regained his lead with Bubak still on his tail. #55 Gary Land made his way to the 3rd spot with Frank Denning in 4th. Denning made an exciting pass over Gary Land in turn three of the last lap. The pack finished the race out clean with Muhler taking the win followed by Bubak, Denning and Land.

ERA Supermodifieds
Starting in 4th for the 25 lap ERA Supermodified A-Main, #33 Chris Sheil rocketed down the back stretch for the lead. After holding the lead for several laps #29 Craig Moore lost a tire going through turn 3 at lap 9 and was towed off the track. The gang lined up for a single file restart. When green flag racing resumed, #2 Rich Castor Jr slipped past Sheil for the lead. #40 Harry Stone had started the race 2nd to last, but by lap 16 he had a lock on 3rd place. Rich Castor Jr crossed the checkered first followed by Stone.

RMLRA Legends
The Legends had a yellow free 25 lap Main Event. #66 Kyle Clegg showed us all once again that he knows the fastest line around the oval. Kyle took the win by the length of the front stretch followed by #12 Justin Irwin, #3 Wayne Barlock and #17 Terry Plummer.

Buses
It was yet another off the wall Bus race. You've Gotta Be Here to see the insanity for yourself!

Sportsman
1 #62 JAMES ROGERS, ERIE, 2 #46 ERIC BLACKARD, LAKEWOOD, 3 #6 TOMMY ROE, THORNTON, 4 #8 JEFFREY WALBAUM, BRIGHTON, 5 #99 NICHOLAS BRINLEE, BROOMFIELD, 6 #98 LEE KEMMIT, THORNTON, 7 #41 BEAR LYNCH,  8 #84 BRUCE BORCHARDT, LAFAYETTE, 9 #39 SCOTT ESTES, PARKER, 10 #38 FRANKIE ESTES, PARKER, 11 #43 STAN GRIFFIN, STRASBURG, 12 #72 GARY CAGLE, FT COLLINS, 13 #3 WADE GROVE, COMMERCE CITY, 14 #49 DENNIS POBANZ, COLORADO SPRINGS, 15 #44 RANDOLPH MOSSMAN, JOHNSTOWN, 16 #26 DALE REEDER, WESTMINSTER, 17 #29 X JAN OXLEY,  18 #28 ALAN CARTER, THORNTON, 19 #10 X BRANDON DREILING, WESTMINSTER, 20 #58 JEFF WEBB, ARVADA, 21 #2 X NICHOLAS MARTINEZ, 22 #83 GREG WOHLCKE, ARVADA, 23 #9 X DALTON HEWITT, FT MORGAN

Pro Trucks
1 #74 CRISTOFER MUHLER, BRIGHTON, 2 #07 CHRIS LEAF, KERSEY, 3 #7 ADAM DEINES, LONGMONT, 4 #1 HAPPY FERREE, WINDSOR, 5 #53 JEFF STEVENS, 6 #5 TROY WITTHAR, EASTLAKE, 7 #27 ROGER AVANTS, LITTLETON, 8 #18 ERIC MEISNER, LAKEWOOD, 9 #06 ADAM HILTON, 10 #0 BILLY HARKINS, LAKEWOOD, 11 #34 RUDY VANDERWAL, LASALLE, 12 #36 MATT BURTON, ENGLEWOOD, 13 #51 CHRIS CARLSON, LONGMONT, 14 #71 JIM STIVALETTA, 15 #15 MICHAEL BERNARD, FT COLLINS, 16 #04 X BOBBY DURAND, 17 #09 X JUSTIN SIMONSON, WHEATRIDGE, 18 #76 GERALD GARDNER, FT LUPTON, 19 #32 MARK NEFF, EATON

Legends
1 #66 KYLE CLEGG, WESTMINSTER, 2 #12 JUSTIN IRWIRN, 3 #3 WAYNE BARLOCK, EATON, 4 #17 TERRY PLUMMER, LAKEWOOD, 5 #03 DARRELL STEWART, ARVADA, 6 #8 JON KRIZMAN, LOVELAND, 7 #7 COREY SEIP, LITTLETON, 8 #13 X PETE DELARCO, HIGHLANDS RANCH, 9 #62 PHIL PECONI, LITTLETON, 10 #18 KYLE McCARTNEY, DENVER, 11 #57 JASON STEWART, 12 #51 A.J. CANADA, CENTENNIAL, 13 #58 KYLE RAY, LITTLETON, 14 #96 RICK RUSK, AURORA, 15 #47 X DAVID HONDEL, CHEYENNE, WY, 16 #6 SCOTTY SCOTT, 17 #07 WILLIAM SEIP, PARKER, 18 #16 TIMOTHY FAATZ, WINDSOR, 19 #81 RAYSHAWN CARTER, THORNTON

Modified Coupes
1 #95 CRIS MUHLER, 2 #20 RICH BUBAK, 3 #09 FRANK DENNING III, 4 #55 GARY LAND, 5 #24 CHAD GUILFORD, 6 #34 BRYAN GOSSEL, 7 #87 JOSEPH ST PETER, 8 #54 JOE JAMES JR, 9 #12 JAIME BUBAK, 10 #45 CARL VAIR, 11 #33 CHET GRAHAM, 12 #21 CORY GORDON

Supermodified
1 #2 RICH CASTOR J.R., 2 #40 HARRY STONE, 3 #3 HJ EVANS, 4 #51 JOE PRISELAC, 5 #88 KEVIN DAY, 6 #26 BRIAN PACHECO, 7 #15 JOSHUA LEWIS, 8 #33 CHRIS SCHEIL, 9 #29 MOORE CRAIG, 10 #16 BRYAN GOSSEL, 11 #22 IRA CASTOR