Centennial's Ronnie Hults had his Snap-On Tools Pro Truck dialed in Saturday night at Colorado National Speedway during the Rocky Mountain Spring Sizzler. Ed Vecchiarelli Jr powered his Dodge to the win during the Sunoco Grand American Modified feature. Other winners were: Terry Plummer in the Legend Cars, Gary Land in the Modified Coupes and Steel Dragon in the Witthar Racing Trains.
The Legend Cars rolled out first for their main event on a very chilly evening. Darrell Stewart jumped to the early lead in the feature over Terry Plummer and Jace Hansen. On lap 2, several cars collided and Jason Stewart ended up against the back-stretch wall. Chad Wilson and Craig Coughlin both recieved damage. Back underway, Plummer jumped into the lead with Stewart, Hansen, Jon Krizman and Keith Law following. Ed Bostron spun for a lap 5 caution, and Kyle Clegg passed Law for fifth on lap 8. On lap 11, John Jolly spun and Ty Hunter locked up his brakes to miss Jolly, after the carnage Jason Duncan was in the infield missing a tire and Scotty Scott was spun. Law got back by Clegg on lap 11, and Law's race ended on lap 13, when oil for his broken oil line caused Clegg and Bill Yeros to spin. Law was done for the night. A green-white-checkered would finish the show and Plummer won over Hansen, Krizman, D Stewart and Clegg. Plummer and Stewart took the qualifier races.
The next feature to roll out onto the speedway was the Modified Coupe division. Carl Vair jumped to the early lead over Gary Land, Frank Denning III, David Johnson, from the back, and Chet Graham. On lap 11 Land and Vair bumped and Land took control of the lead. On lap 13, Denning and Johnson tangled and Johnson was sent to the rear. Denning was second on lap 15, and Johnson was flying back through. On lap 23, Johnson charged back up to third and Land won over Denning, Johnson, Vair and Graham. Denning and Land raced to wins in the qualifiers.
The SUNOCO Grand American Modifieds were next to test out the cold track. Ed Vecchiarelli Jr jumped out to the early lead with Paul Deines, Jace Hansen, Ed Vecchiarelli Sr and Mike Castagno following. Dave Finley and Kyle Maloney tangled for a lap 3 caution. Deines, Hansen and Vecchiarelli Jr were dicing through lapped traffic and on lap 18 Deines was partly in the infield and briefly had the lead. Vecchiarelli Jr regained the lead with Hansen up to second. On lap 23, Jared Wall's car broke and sent him hard into the wall to end his evening. On lap 29, Deines got back by Hansen and Vecchiarelli Jr took the win over Deines, Hansen, Vecchiarelli Sr and Castagno. In post race inspection, Hansen was docked 4 positions moving Finley into fifth. Castagno and Vecchiarelli Jr took wins in the qualifiers.
Mark Neff and Ronnie Hults led the Snap-On Tools Pro Truck feature to the green flag. Hults jumped to the early lead over Neff, Richard Burton, Happy Ferree and Beau Kellogg. On lap 13, debris on the track was spotted for a caution flag. Burton took second from Neff on lap 14 and then Kellogg and Cris Muhler got by Ferree as Adam Deines was joining the mix. The handiling on the Neff ride went away as he fell out of the top 5 and Kellogg was now third ahead of Muhler and Deines. Deines was third on lap 23 over Muhler and Kellogg as Ferree came charging back on lap 25. On lap 27 Rudy Vanderwal spun for a caution and Ferree got by Kellogg late in the race. Hults took the narrow win over Burton, Deines, Muhler and Ferree. Burton and Hults took the qualifier races.
Steel Dragon nipped the Exhaust Pros Express in the Witthar Racing Train race.
| RMLRA Legend Cars |
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| 14 Terry Plummer, Loveland 08 Jace Hansen, Eaton 8 Jon Krizman, Loveland 03 Darrell Stewart, Arvada 66 Kyle Clegg, Westminster 62 Phil Peconi, Littleton 17 Bill Yeros, Lakewood 3 Wayne Barlock Jr, Johnstown 84 Mike Webber, Erie 7 Scott Miller, Brighton 99 Greg O'Donnell, Laramie WY 07 Corey Seip, Littleton 1 David Miller, Brighton 36 Kyle McCartney, Denver 78 Brittany Duncan, Aurora 81 Ty Hunter, Ft. Collins 64 Bob Peck, Johnstown 50 John Jolly, Ft. Collins 6 Scotty Scott, Arvada 95 Luke Ulander, Golden 00 Bill Seip, Littleton 9 Josh Bandstra, Highlands Ranch 16 Tim Faatz, Windsor 60 Keith Law, Arvada 80 Brittney Johnson, Greeley 90 Ed Bostron, Laramie WY 98 Jason Duncan, Aurora 71 Craig Coughlin, Westminster 52 Chad Wilson, Colorado Springs 57 Jason Stewart Arvada |
| CARC Modified Coupes |
| 55 Gary Land, Littleton 90 Frank Denning III, Arvada 29 David Johnson, Denver 45 Carl Vair, Golden 33 Chet Graham, Kiowa 3 Chad Guilford, Englewood 56 Michael Fetters, Denver 51 Joe Sullivan, Denver 05 Corey Gordon, Denver 71 Jim Bredeson, Aurora 99 Bob Land, Englewood 41 Bill Kolb, Westminster 7 Paul Bredenberg, Broomfield 18 Dean Carr, Aurora 59 Jeff Hubbard, Denver |
| Grand American Modifieds |
| 48 Ed Vecchiarelli Jr, Brighton 5 Paul Deines, Longmont 18 Ed Vecchiarelli, Brighton 22 Mike Castagno, Arvada 95 Dave Finley, Brighton 69 Forest Smith, Poverty Flats 08 Jace Hansen, Eaton 11 Tom Evans, Cheyenne WY 77 Jeff Hansen, Berthoud 01 Terry Tjarks, Berthoud 7 Jon Lincicome, La Salle 66 John Seely, Parker 16 Shawn Trackwell, Ft. Collins 20 Marc Ferguson, Longmont 14 Kyle Maloney, Keenesburg 52 Jared Wall, Commcerce City |
| Pro Trucks |
| 42 Ronnie Hults, Centennial 36 Richard Burton, Englewood 7 Adam Deines, Longmont 74 Cris Muhler, Brighton 1 Happy Ferree, Windsor 33 Beau Kellogg, Denver 32 Mark Neff, Eaton 07 Chris Leaf, Kersey 06 Adam Hilton, Broomfield 0 Billy Harkins, Lakewood 20 Dustin Courter, Parker 34 Rudy Vanderwal, La Salle 23 Jake Snider, Grand Junction |
| Racing Trains |
| 0 Steel Dragon 13 Exhaust Pros Express 8 Termin-8-or 43 1/2 Fool and Plum M.T. 25 Train Fools 22 Two Two Twain 80 SNAFU 86 Last Call |
