Rick Smith holds off Ronnie Hults for his first win of the year at CNS

Saturday, 30 July 2011 21:57

(Dacono, CO 07-30-2011) Rick Smith and 2010 CNS Champ "Speedy" Ronnie Hults raced side by side, lap after lap bringing the CNS crowd to their feet. Yet it was Rick Smith who proved he knew the fastest line around the 3/8ths mile paved oval as he took his first main event win of the 2011 CNS season.

Gillett Vet Clinic Late Models
One might think that with #42 Speedy Ronnie Hults on the pole position for the late model main event that the race might be all over before it started. However #31 Rick Smith jumped out to an early lead while Hults ran in second. With 22 laps to go #4 Brad Tilton made contact with the front straight wall and slid to a stop in turn one. Tilton was okay but his night was done. #11 Darren Robertson returned to CNS for the first time in 2011 in a beautiful black and silver #11 but spun coming out of two on lap 24 and was narrowly missed by the rest of the field. Smith and Hults ran side by side, lap after lap thrilling the large crowd at CNS, but on this night Rick Smith wasn't going to be denied as he had the fastest line and grabbed his first win of the 2011 season. Hults came in second, #66 Darren Bucklen was third, #74 Dan Savage was fourth, and #91 Chris Atkinson rounded out the top five.

Qualifying race winners: #42 Ronnie Hults & #31 Rick Smith

PAIR A DICE INTERIOR FINISHES SPORTSMAN
#98 Lee Kemmit jumped out to a massive early lead in the 30 lap PAIR-A-DICE  INTERIOR FINISHES Sportsman main event and only teammate #06 Tommy appeared as if he had a chance to catch Kemmit. A great battle for 2nd heated up between Roe, #46 Eric Blackard, and #8 Jeff Walbaum which had the fans cheering but it was Kemmit who once again stole the show and secured yet another main event win. The race went caution free and at the finish it was Kemmit followed by Roe, Walbaum, Blackard, and #84 Bruce Borchardt.

Qualifying race winners: #98 Lee Kemmit & #02 Rick Hunt

RMLRA LEGENDS
A massive field of 29 Legend cars lined up for the main event and #66 Kyle Clegg, #58 Kyle Ray, #22 Chris Eggleston, and #12x Justin Irwin from New Mexico that filled out the top two rows. All eyes were on pre-race favorite #15 Danny Medina who started at the rear of the field due to a crash in his heat race. Clegg led the early part of the race with Irwin and Eggleston in tow. With 11 laps to go current points leader Kyle Ray left the track with mechanical problems ending his chance at winning the feature. On the restart Medina who had been working his way through the field to the front went low to make a pass for the eighth position but spun causing a multi-car crash ending the night for #71 Craig Coughlin as he made hard contact with the wall. After the action resumed Justin Irwin made a daring pass on race leader Clegg but Kyle dove right back under him and ripped the lead back as the CNS crowd went wild. Irwin eventually snuck under Clegg and took a 3 car lead but Chris Eggleston challenged Irwin for the win in the final stages. At the flag it was Irwin, Eggleston, Clegg, #9 Jason Irwin, and #06 Mike Gallegos rounding out the top 5.

Qualifying race winners: #66 Kyle Clegg & #58 Kyle Ray & #22 Chris Eggleston

A COMFORT SHACK FIGURE 8's
The first dozen laps in the Figure 8 main event were uneventful as #23 Big Al Duran jumped out to a large lead and the rest of the field ran single file lap after lap. With 10 laps to go #52 Wally Wall hit he wall and brought out the caution. Only a few laps later Big Al spun coming to the line and #03 Luke Zike got sideways after contact with #15 Jereme Wall. #86 Shirley Thompson T-boned Zike at full speed bringing a red flag and hush of concern to the CNS faithful. Thankfully both drivers were okay but their cars suffered massive damage. #24 Smokin' Joe took advantage of the others misfortune and won the main event followed by #17 Harry Livermore Jr., #50 Justin Mackeachie, #28 Vic Johnson, and #23 Big Al Duran.

Qualifying race winners: #23 Big Al Duran & #17 Harry Livermore Jr.

ERA Supermodifieds
#33 Chris Sheil jumped out to an early lead in the ERA Supermodified main event and quickly built a large lead. As the laps ticked away the #3 of Harold Evans and the #02 of Johnny Pickard pulled up on Sheil's nerf bar and a great battle for the lead ensued. With 12 laps to go Harold Evans dove low and made a hair raising pass on Sheil to take the lead. From that point on Evans cruised to the checkered followed by Sheil and Pickard.

 

 

Supermodified

1 #3 Harold Evans

2 #33 Chris Sheil

3 #02 John Pickard

4 #2 Richard Castor Jr

5 #14 Joe Gallegos

6 #54 Matt Gilbert

DNF #51 Joe Priselac

DNF #58 Matt Griffin

DNF #1 Stevie Gallegos

DNF #7 Ian Tolen

 

Late Models

1 #31 Rick Smith, Gering, NE, 07 Monte Carlo

2 #42 Ronnie Hults, Centennial, CO

3 #66 Darren Bucklan, Greeley, CO, Monte Carlo

4 #74 Dan Savage, Aurora, CO, Fusion

5 #91 Chris Atkinson, Cheyenne, WY, 08 Monte Carlo

6 #27 Roger Avants, Littleton, CO, 2010 Monte Carlo

7 #12 Bruce Yackey, Greeley, CO, 07 Monte Carlo

8 #54 Joe James Jr, Denver, CO, '08 Monte Carlo

9 #55 Jesse Runkle, Lakewood, CO

10 #95 Todd Finley, Brighton, CO

11 #78 Darren Crocker, Brighton, CO, '11 Impala

12 #11 Darren Robertson

DNF #84 Matt Zwingelberg, Aurora, CO

DNF #7 Adam Deines, Longmont, CO, 97 Cutlass

DNF 32 Nick Martinez

DNF #4 Bradley Tilton, Cheyenne, WY

 

Legend

1 #12x Justin Irwin

2 #22 Chris Eggleson, Erie, CO

3 #66 Kyle Clegg, Westminster, CO, 34 Ford Coupe

4 #9 Jason Irwin, Albuquerque, NM, 34 Ford Coupe

5 #06 Mike Gallegos, Wheatridge, CO, '34 Ford Coupe

6 #29 Scott Griffith, Colorado Springs, CO, 37 Chevy

7 #8 John Krizman

8 #6 Scotty Scott

9 #34 Chris Simons-Cooper, Frederick, CO, 34 Ford

10 #1 Eric Stedman, Woodland Park, CO, 34 Ford Coupe

11 #7 Corey Seip

12 #13 Peter Dellarco, Highlands Ranch, CO

13 #37J Josh Jackson, Albuquerque, NM, Coupe

14 #23 Michael Morris, Colorado Springs, CO, 37 Ford Sedan

15 #78 Brittany Duncan, Aurora, CO, 37 Ford Sedan

16 #85 Cole MacEwen, Fort Collins, CO, 34 Ford Sedan

17 #52 Eric Hipkins, Woodland Park, CO, '34 Ford Coupe

18 #07 Bill Seip

19 #44 Kevin Kurtz, Brighton, CO, 37 Sedan

20 #77 Brandon Moore, Colorado Springs, CO

21 #96 Rick Rusk, Aurora, CO, 34 Chevy Coupe

22 #8x Bryan Grandin, Los Lunas NM, '34 Ford Coupe

23 #58 Kyle Ray Littleton, CO, 34 Ford Coupe

24 #25 Adam Pechman, Morrison, CO

25 #81 Rayshawn Carter, Commerce City, CO

DNF #12 Tyler Chrisinger, Littleton, CO, '32 Ford Coupe

DNF #15 Danny Medina

DNF #71 Craig Coughlin, Westminster, CO, 37 Chevy Sedan

 

Sportsman

1 #98 Lee Kemmit, Thornton, CO, 03 Pontiac

2 #6 Tommy Roe, Thornton, CO, 03 Pontiac Grand Prix

3 #8 Jeff Walbaum, 03 Monte Carlo

4 #46 Eric Blackard, Lakewood, CO, 03 Monte Carlo

5 #84 Bruce Borchardt, Lafayette, CO, 03 Grand Prix

6 #02 Rick Hunt, Arvada, CO, Chevy

7 #9 Dalton Hewitt, Fort Morgan, CO, 81 Camaro

8 #61 Phillip Holliday

9 #3 Wade Grove, Thornton, CO, Chevy

10 #28 Alan Carter, Commerce City, CO

11 #97 Adam Gastineau, Aurora, CO

12 #00 Steve Maas, Longmont, CO

13 #29 Jan Oxley, Fort Lupton, CO, 03 Grand Prix

 

 

Figure 8s

1 #24 Joe Martinez

2 #17 Harry Livermore Jr

3 #50 Justin McKeachie

4 #28 Vic Johnson

5 #23 Al Duran

6 #52 Jared Wall

7 #81 David Smith

8 #03 Luke Zike

9 #86 Shirley Thompson

10 #15 Jeremy Wall

11 #16 Vinny Smith