We went back to Colorado National Speedway last night to cover the Late Model NASCAR short trtack stock car race, but what we saw, was a night of very exciting racing in all classes. We show here a video highlite of the race which we shot on a flip Mino HD cam designed for the web. It was on a tripod and allows us to edit and post instantly without tieing up editors and staff. We will continue to experiment to try to bring you excellent local racing coverage.

FROM COLORADO NATIONAL SPEEDWAY NEWS:
photos by Joe Starr
It was a night of thrills and spills at CNS as cars wrecked and a past champ returned to the oval for a Mother’s day race that most moms won’t soon forget!

hults-savage-05-07-2011Gillett Veterinary Clinic Late Models
Starting Top 5: 12, 74, 27, 42, 31
40 Laps
The Late Models didn’t disappoint, putting on a show for the ages as #12 Bruce Yackey, #74 Dan Savage and #42 Ronnie Hults shuffled back and forth in an epic battle for the lead. Yackey’s time in 1st was short lived but not easily given up as “Speedy” Ronnie Hults and “The Savage Man” Dan Savage ganged up on the multiple time CNS Late Model championship winner and passed him 25 laps to go in the 40 lap event. #90 Frank Denning spun out in turn 2 bringing on caution and a double file restart. The leader Dan Savage opted to take the outside on the restart. It was a wise tactic against Hults who has a penchant for taking down competitors via the outside. Savage took the lead but Hults found his groove on the inside and pulled up for an old fashioned drag race. Not a moment after Ronnie snagged the lead, Grazier and Fisbeck got together bringing on caution. The fate of Dan Savage seemed sealed when Ronnie opted for the outside on the restart. Racing resumed and Hults shot to a 5 car length lead but contact between hard charger #66 Darren Bucklen and #27 Roger Avants sent Avants careening into the wall between turns 3 and 4. A pile up ensued and severe damage to the #27 and #66 machines ended the both drivers chances at winning the feature. Racing resumed with Hults back on the outside of row 1 and subsequently back into the lead. Hults took the win followed by Dan Savage, Bruce Yackey and #55 Jesse Runkle.
sportsman-05-07-2011Pair-A-Dice Sportsman
Starting top 5: 43, 6, 49, 84, 98
30 Laps
Lee Kemmit took the win for his qualifier and wowed the audience again at the Sportsman Main Event, quickly moving to the front of the field from a start in 5th place. Nearly half way through the 30 lapper, Kemmit approached and flawlessly weaved by lapped traffic. The Sportsman finished out their race in style, with a yellow free race. Kemmit took the win followed by his teammate #6 Tommy Roe, #42 Stan Griffin and #8 Jeff Walbaum.
jace-winners-circle-pro-truckSnap-On Tools Pro Trucks
Starting top 5: 32, 09, 27, 11, 26
30 Laps
#32 Mark Neff maintained the lead through the first 6 yellow laden laps of the Pro Truck Main Event. #34 Rudy Vanderwal took Neff down at lap 7 but some crazy antics by multiple drivers along the back stretch brought on the 19th yellow flag of the event thus far. #07 Chris Leaf took a black flag and the rest of the gang lined up for a restart. After green flag racing resumed, with some fancy moves, #11 Jace Hansen maneuvered past #34 Rudy Vanderwal, Mark Neff and #27 Roger Avants for the lead. With 5 laps to go, the top 4 leaders had 10 car lengths between them, Hansen in 1st followed by, Vanderwal, Avants and Simonson. Hansen held on for the win.

NTC Trucking Super Stocks
Starting top 5: 02, 13, 09, 39, 3
25 Laps
super-stock-05-07-2011#13 Jason Morris took down #02 Darrell Smith as they made their way around the oval in lap 1. Slowly but surely, 2010 champion #46 Rick Lothert navigated his way past Jack Nugent and Michael Cox for 2nd place. #19 Scott Miller showed equal skill as he made his way from a start in 8th place, taking 3rd behind Lothert. At lap 11 Lothert and Miller advanced single file past Morris, taking 1st and 2nd respectively. Soon after, a battle raged for 2 place between miller, #39 Jack Nugent and Jason Morris. Behind Lothert, Miller seemed the favorite leading the pack of 2nd place hopefuls until the final lap when Nugent rocketed past Miller taking 2nd by only a few inches. Lothert took the win.

Whittar Racing Trains
As always, the train race was a hoot! You’ve Gotta Be Here to see the insanity for yourself!

Saturday Night May 7 2011  Race  Results for Colorado National speedway

LATE MODEL MAIN EVENT
1 42 Ronnie Hults
2 74 Dan Savage
3 12 Bruce Yackey
4 55 Jesse Runkle
5 39 Jack Nugent
6 54 Joe James Jr
7 7 Adam Deines
8 99 Brian Murphy
9 33 Emett Grazier
10 66 Darren Bucklan
11 84 Matt Zwingelberg
12 15 Douglas Cox
13 31 Rick Smith
14 90 Frank Denning
DNF 27 Roger Avants
DNF 23 Davin Fisbeck
17 91 Chris Atkinson
DNF 14 Mark Bybee
DNF 71 Nick Brimlee
DNF 68 Chris Leaf
DNF 12x Jace Hansen

SPORTSMAN MAIN EVENT
1 98 Lee Kemmit
2 6 Tommy Roe
3 43 Stan Griffin
4 8 Jeff Walbaum
5 84 Bruce Borchardt
6 26 Bear Lynch
7 02 Rick Hunt
8 49 Dennis Pobanz
9 46 Eric Blackard
10 41 Dale Reeder
11 45 Grant Simpson
12 58 Jeff Webb
13 13 Eric Potts
14 72 Gary Cagle
15 00 Steve Maas
16 9 Dalton Hewitt
17 3 Wade Grove
18 40 Jason Trujillo
19 29 Jan Oxley
20 28 Alan Carter
21 27 Wendi Lewis
DNF 55 Craig Holmes
DNF 2 Nicholas Martinez

PRO TRUCK MAIN EVENT
1 11h Jace Hansen
2 34 Rudy Vanderwal
3 27 Roger Avants
4 09 Justin Simonson
5 06 Adam Hilton
6 36 Matt Burton
7 04 Bobby Durand
DNF 32 Mark Neff
DNF 26 Bear Lynch
DNF 84 Bruce Borchardt
DNF 07 Chris Leaf
DNF 60 Jonathan Lindberg

SUPER STOCK MAIN EVENT
1 46 Richard Lothert
2 39 Jack Nugent
3 19 Scott Miller
4 13 Jason Morris
5 3 Michael Cox
6 15 Troy Witthar
7 77 Kevin Keller
8 7 Ethan Penrod
9 05 David Rothrock
10 72 Hans Brewster
11 61 John Humphrey
12 8 Ryan Moser
13 02 Darrell Smith
14 90 Kyle Patee
15 23 Harry Livermore
16 24 Dave Coblentz
17 95 Todd Finley
18 25 Kathy Calkins
19 43 Rob Sears
20 11 Steve Maas
21 66 Tom Sr Evans
22 14 Brian Bradford
23 09 John Patee
DNF 99 Ryan Raley
DNF 75 Emilio Abeyta
DNF 49 Cole Whitford
DNF 18 Chris Pinelli

TRAINS MAIN EVENT
1. 22
2. 67
3. 37
4. 52
5. 43