ERIE, Colorado -- Bakersfield’s Mike Duncan took the lead from Brian Ickler on lap 87 and drove his Lucas Oil Chevrolet to the win Saturday night, during the NAPA 150 NASCAR Grand National West race at Colorado National Speedway. Tommy Powers won his first career Sportsman main event at CNS during the Suss.net Sportsman feature. In the Winged Sprint car main, Nick Haygood dominated for the win. Jared Wall pushed his Wally Built Motors Camero to the win in the Aamco Transmission Figure 8 feature, stopping Al Duran’s win streak.
Alan Carter jumped out to the early lead in the Sportsman feature with Tommy Powers, Frankie Estes, Matt Curless and John Baker in tow. Stephanie Brown spun for a caution on lap 4. On lap 5, Powers took over the lead and Stan Griffin was fifth on lap 7. John Baker was extremely loose and started falling back. Davey McCray broke on lap 10 sending him down the backstretch wall. On the restart, Griffin got by Curless and Rick Hunt knocked Curless out of the top 5 on lap 11. Griffin got by Estes for third on lap 12 and Tommy Roe was fifth on lap 14. Roe got by Estes for fourth on lap 15 and Hunt cracked back in the top 5 on lap 23. Davin Fisbeck was fifth on lap 24 and in the final few laps, Fisbeck and Hunt knocked Roe out of the top 5 and Griffin got by Carter for second. A very happy Powers took the win over Griffin, Carter, Fisbeck and Hunt. Jim Bob Rogers set quick time in qualifying.
Larry Lapoint shot like a cannon to the front of the Sprint Car main event, while Nick Haygood was picking off cars quickly. Haygood took the lead on lap 6 with Lapoint falling into second over Jeff Wheeler, Kyle Ray and John Gerloff. Wheeler fell back to fifth by lap 20, and late in the race Gerloff got by Ray for third. Haygood took the dominating win over Lapoint, Gerloff, Ray and Wheeler. Haygood set quick time and won the trophy dash.
The Figure 8 main needed a complete restart after Stephen Webb spun and Vic Johnson slammed into the wall trying to miss Webb. Dennis Stepanich Jr led the first lap an Harry Livermore Jr took over on lap 2. Jared Wall moved into second on lap 4 ahead of Stepanich Jr, Jereme Wall, and Dennis Stepanich. On lap 6, Livermore got hit in the X by John Martello. Livermore spun and continued and Martello sat out the rest of the race. Wall took the lead with Stepanich Jr, Duran, Jereme Wall and Joe Matlock following. Jereme Wall was out of the top 5 by lap 7 as Matlock moved into fourth and Stepanich was fifth. Duran took second on lap 8 and Matlock was third on lap 9. Joe Martinez snuck into the top 5 on lap 10 as he got by Stepanich. On lap 11 Stepanich knocked his son out of the top 5 and Duran along with Matlock started trying to reel in Wall. On lap 13, Doc Floyd met Livermore in the X, Floyd continued and Livermore sat the rest of the race out in the infield. Wall held on and took the win after some close calls in the X, Duran was second, Matlock third, Martinez fourth and Stepanich fifth. Martinez set quick time in qualifying.
In the NAPA 150 Grand National West Race, Brian Ickler jumped to the early lead over Ryan Foster, Mike Duncan, Eric Richardson and Mike David. By lap 20, David and Brett Thompson both got by Richardson knocking him outside of the top 5. On lap 33, Duncan took second from Foster and the first yellow flew on lap 39 when Ed Vecchiarelli spun. Rick Wall was the lucky dog for this caution. David got by Foster on the lap 43 restart. Ed Vecchiarelli Jr spun for a lap 57 caution, with Jose Luis Ramirez getting the Lucky Dog.
On lap 62, Justin Lofton moved into the fifth position as he got by Thompson. Ickler pushed up on lap 64 and Duncan snuck to the inside, but couldn’t pull off the pass. Lofton got by Foster for fourth on lap 71. Vecchiarelli started smoking on lap 75 and pulled off on lap 77. Wall spun for a lap 80 caution and Vecchiarelli Jr was the lucky dog. Thompson was back in fifth on lap 87 and Duncan took the lead as well. Ickler’s power steering started going south and a caution flew on lap 88 with Wall getting the lucky dog. Duncan still led over David, Lofton, Thompson and Foster.
On lap 94, Stan Silva Jr moved into the top 5 and Eric Hardin spun for a lap 96 caution. Ickler was the lucky dog for the caution and got a lap back. Thompson took third on lap 103, and on lap 104, Thompson and Lofton tangled with both going to the back. Mike Gallegos was the lucky dog and Duncan now led David, Foster, Jim Inglebright and Silva. Silva got by Inglebright for fourth on lap 114, and Daryl Harr spun for a lap 127 caution with Gallegos getting another free pass. Darren Robertson’s fantastic run ended on lap 139 as he was forced into the front-stretch wall for a caution. Robertson was battling for sixth and Richardson was now back up to fifth with Johnny Borneman getting the lucky dog.
The last caution flew on lap 149 for Silva and Lofton spinning, sending the race into overtime. Duncan held on for the win after the green-white-checkered. David came home second over Foster, Richardson and Jason Bowles. Ickler was the quickest in qualifying.
| Sportsman |
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| 1. 1 Tommy Powers, Aurora 2. 42 Stan Griffin, Strasburg 3. 28 Alan Carter, Thornton 4. 32 Davin Fisbeck, Thornton 5. 02 Rick Hunt, Arvada 6. 6 Tommy Roe, Thornton 7. 38 Frankie Estes, Parker 8. 39 Scott Estes, Parker 9. 62 Jim Bob Rogers, Erie 10. 4 Matt Curless, Cheyenne WY 11. 98 Lee Kemmit, Thornton 12. 9 Jerry Borquez, Commerce City 13. 8 Jeff Walbaum, Thornton 14. 3 Wade Grove, Commerce City 15. 93 John Baker, Cheyenne WY 16. 45 DJ Neff, Eaton 17. 84 Bruce Borchardt, Lafayette 18. 55 Craig Holes, Arvada 19. 99 Nick Brinlee, Thornton 20. 13 Eric Potts, Arvada 21. 00 Steven Maas, Firestone 22. 42 Daniel Martinez, Commerce City 23. 58 Jeff Webb, Arvada 24. 06 Davey McCray, Broomfield 25. 67 Stephanie Brown, Littleton 26. 46 Eric Blackard, Lakewood 27. 49 Dennis Pobanz, Commerce City |
| Winged Sprit Car |
| 1. 1 Nick Haygood, Centennial 2. 88 Larry Lapoint, Steamboat Springs 3. 7 John Gerloff, Denver 4. 85 Kyle Ray, Highlands Ranch 5. 82 Jeff Wheeler, Black Forest 6. 3 Julee Jamison, Highlands Ranch 7. 02 Josh Fellows, Loveland 8. 6 Bryan Gossel, Ft. Collins 9. 07 Jace Penetta, Denver 10. 9 Rich Bubak, Arvada 11. 99 Kyle Rayburn, Pueblo West 12. 74 Zach Merritt, Greeley |
| Figure Eights |
| 1. 52 Jared Wall, Commerce City 2. 23 Al Duran, Lakewood 3. 22 Joe Matlock, Aurora 4. 24 Joe Martinez, Centennial 5. 18 Dennis Stepanich, Arvada 6. 15 Jereme Wall, Commerce City 7. 8 Dennis Stepanich Jr, Arvada 8. 26 Nick Martinez, Littleton 9. 07 Doc Floyd, Brighton 10. 4 Stephen Webb, Thornton 11. 89 Eddie Garcia, Littleton 12. 02 Brett Stepansky, Brighton 13. 90 John Johnson, Golden 14. 17 Harry Livermore Jr, Denver 15. 28 Vic Johnsen, Northglenn 16. 66 John Martello, Denver 17. 25 Phil Taylor, Leadville |
| NASCAR Grand National West Series |
| 1. 9 Mike Duncan, Bakersfield CA 2. 2 Mike David, Modesto CA 3. 21 Ryan Foster, Redding CA 4. 20 Eric Richardson, Bakersfied CA 5. 22 Jason Bowles, Ontario CA 6. 1 Jim Inglebright, Fairfield CA 7. 88 Alex Hasse, Las Vegas NV 8. 77 Mike Gallegos, Wheat Ridge CO 9. 18 Moses Smith, Chandler AZ 10. 42 Rick Wall, Newport Beach CA 11. 5 Eric Hardin, Anaheim CA 12. 66 Justin Lofton, West Morland, CA 13. 65 Stan Silva Jr, Castroville CA 14. 61 Brett Thomposon, Jerome ID 15. 16 Brian Icker, San Diego CA 16. 8 Johnny Borneman, Ramona CA 17. 90 Ed Vecchiarelli, Brighton 18. 11 Darren Robertson, Arvada 19. 71 Daryl Harr, St. Albert Alberta 20. 63 Jose Luis Ramirez, Mexico City Mexico 21. 09 Ed Vecchiarelli Jr, Brighton |
