The last time Forest Smith was in Victory Circle was back in 2006 when he drove Wayne Muhler’s ride to the win after Smith has a mechanical failure. Smith changed that Saturday night as he cruised to the SUNOCO Grand American Modified win during the United Power/Touchstone Energy night at the races. Darren Crocker held off Roger Avants to win the ableplanet Late Model feature. Ric Lothert took the Doc Popcorn Super Stock win after Emett Grazier was penalized four positions for a minor tech infraction. Chris Eggleston took the win in the RMLRA Legend Car feature after a wild ending and Jay Sant took the 600 Mini Sprint win. To end the night, Turbo Train chugged to the Witthar Racing Train race win.
The first cars to hit the track for their main event were the 600 Mini Sprints for their final appearance of the season. The red flag came out quickly as Todd Weland went for a wild ride after contact. Stan Allen, but that would only last 3 laps as Jay Sant took the lead on lap 4. By lap 5, Sant led Brandon Steele, Allen, Nick Burton, and Paul Babich. Burton was up to second on lap 8, but by then Sant was long gone. Babich moved up to third on lap 12 and Burton tried everything he could to catch Sant. Sant took the commanding lead and scored this third CNS win of the season over Burton, Babich, Allen and Steele.
Jace Hansen jumped to the early lead in the Legend feature over Chris Eggleston, Corey Seip, Kyle Clegg and Jon Krizman. Eggleston took the lead on lap 4, and Clegg along with Krizman got by Seip on lap 5. Darrell Stewart was fifth on lap 7, and Eggleston and Hansen had a great battle for the top spot. Jennifer Johnson spun for a lap 16 caution and Clegg got by Hansen on lap 18. Hansen got by Clegg on lap 22, but Clegg shot back by Hansen on lap 24. As the field was coming for the checkered, cars tangled in turn 4 for a caution, then Hansen and Krizman got together. Eggleston was sent to the pits for leaking fluid, however since the field had taken the white flag, Eggleston was determined the winner. Eggleston returned to the track to take his hardware and the win over Clegg, Hansen, Krizman and Stewart.
Emett Grazier took off in the Doc Popcorn Super Stock feature and led early over Bob Foster, Joel Sidell, Matt Burton and Ric Lothert. Lothert got by Burton on lap 4 for the fourth position and Lothert was third on lap 11. Grazier and Foster had a great battle for the lead when Darrell Smith blew up for a lap 13 caution laying oil down in turn 3. Keenan Riddell slid into the oil and slid into the turn 3 wall. Riddell continued after a quick pit stop. A couple more cautions for spun cars occurred then on lap 16, Sean Chapel and Gerry Gardner tangled. Burton got by Sidell on lap 17and Burton took third on lap 20. Jeff Sluss did an amazing save in turn 1 on lap 21 and Emilio Abeyta spun for a lap 22 caution. Dennis Edwards took over fifth and Mike Cox’s tire came loose for a lap 24 caution. Grazier held off Lothert for the win, but was penalized four (4) positions in tech inspection for a minor infraction. Lothert was awarded the win over Burton, Foster, Edwards and Grazier.
Forest Smith jumped out to the early lead in the SUNOCO Grand American Modified feature with Justin Case, Jeff Hansen, Jace Hansen and Ed Vecchiarelli Jr following. Je. Hansen was second on lap 3 and Vecchiarelli Jr was fourth on lap 6. Kenton Gross had an amazing save in front of Smith on lap 9, Smith was able to get by Gross and maintain his head. The only caution came on lap 13 when Shawn Trackwell spun. Smith took off on the restart with Je. Hansen trying to get by Smith, but it was all Smith. A very happy Smith took the win over Je. Hansen, Case, Vecchiarelli Jr, and Ja. Hansen. This was Smith's first career win in his own car at Colorado National Speedway!
Joe James Jr broke scrubbing in his tires to begin the ableplanet Late Model feature. Darren Crocker jumped out to the early lead with Nick Rozack, Chris Atkinson, Rick Smith and Tyler Chrisinger in hot pursuit. Rozack spun and other cars collided to miss Rozack on lap 2, and Rozack was moved back up to his position. Roger Avants took over fifth on lap 7 and both Smith and Avants got by Atkinson on lap 8. Bruce Yackey got by Atkinson for fifth on lap 12 and Avants rocketed into second on lap 13. Crocker had a nice lead at the half-way mark over Avants, Smith, Rozack and Yackey. Mike Bowen broke for a lap 22 caution to bunch up the field. Crocker held off Avants for the win with Smith, Rozack and Yackey following.
Turbo Train claimed the train race over Two Two Train.
| 600 Mini Sprints A-Main Finish |
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| 1 24 Jay Sant, Parker 2 9 Nick Burton, Arvada 3 69 Paul Babich, Ft Collins 4 71 Stan Allen, Peyton 5 5 Brandon Steele, Littleton 6 56 Troy Simpson, Denver 7 19 Larry Pachello, Arvada 8 55 Sammy Gallo, Arvada 9 42 Tim Weland, Parker 10 39 Larry Kassel, Aurora 11 27 Dave Weihrich, Beulah 12 29 Dwight Hoelscher, Arvada 13 1 Gary Burton, Arvada 14 40 Todd Weland, Denver |
| Legends Main Event Finish |
| 1 22 Chris Eggleston, Erie 2 66 Kyle Clegg, Westminster 3 08 Jace Hansen, Eaton 4 8 Jon Krizman, Loveland 5 03 Darrell Stewart, Arvada 6 60 Keith Law, Denver 7 3 Wayne Barlock Jr, Johnstown 8 07 Corey Seip, Littleton 9 93 John Baker, Cheyenne WY 10 35 Mike Murr, Frederick 11 62 Phil Peconi, Littleton 12 98 Jason Duncan, Aurora 13 99 Greg O'Donnell, Laramie WY 14 71 Craig Coughlin, Westminster 15 78 Brittney Duncan, Aurora 16 17 Bill Yeros, Lakewood 17 84 Mike Webber, Erie 18 50 John Jolly, Ft Collins 19 36 Kyle McCartney, Denver 20 95 Luke Ulander, Arvada 21 9 Josh Bandstra, Highlands Ranch 22 16 Tim Faatz, Windsor 23 20 Jennifer Johnson, Greeley 24 57 Jason Stewart, Arvada 25 6 Scotty Scott, Arvada 26 24 Derek Kopp, Parker 27 00 Bill Seip, Parker 28 73 Zach Powell, Colorado Springs 29 80 Brittney Johnson, Greeley |
| Witthar Racing Trains Main Event Results |
| 1 11 Turbo Train 2 22 Two Two Train 3 8 Termin-8-tor 4 43 1/2 Fool & Plum M.T. 5 80 SNAFU 6 95 Nuts & Guts 7 0 Steel Dragon 8 25 Train of Fools 9 13 Exhaust Pros DQ: 86 Last Call |
| ableplanet Late Model Main Event Results |
| 1 78 Darren Crocker, Littleton 2 27 Roger Avants, Littleton 3 31 Rick Smith, Gering NE 4 82 Nick Rozack, Denver 5 12 Bruce Yackey, Greeley 6 22 Chris Eggleston, Erie 7 10 Tyler Chrisinger, Littleton 8 91 Chris Atkinson, Cheyenne WY 9 77 Steve Yackey, Loveland 10 42 Ronnie Hults, Centennial 11 03 Happy Ferree, Windsor 12 37 Derek Murphy, Colorado Springs 13 23 Davin Fisbeck, Thornton 14 8 Larry Hunter, Englewood 15 66 Darren Bucklen, Greeley 16 39 Jack Nugent, Lafayette 17 21 Mike Bowen, Centennial 18 97 Adam Gastineau, Aurora 19 11 Darren Robertson, Greeley 20 26 Brian Pacheco, Elizabeth DNS 54 Joe James Jr |
| SUNOCO Grand American Modifieds A-Main Results |
| 1 69 Forest Smith, Poverty Flats 2 77 Jeff Hansen, Berthoud 3 44x Justin Case, Brighton 4 48 Ed Vecchiarelli Jr, Brighton 5 08 Jace Hansen, Eaton 6 5 Paul Deines, Longmont 7 22 Mike Castagno, Arvada 8 01 Terry Tjarks, Berthoud 9 66 John Seely, Parker 10 21 Jeff Purvis, Frederick 11 51 Brad Tilton, Cheyenne WY 12 85 Devin Breeze, Colorado Springs 13 20 Marc Ferguson, Longmont 14 16 Shawn Trackwell, Ft Collins 15 25 Dan Jagoditsh, Cheyenne WY 16 9 Bryant Hart, Erie 17 h2 Bob Harr, Arvada 18 23g Kenton Gross, Thornton 19 81 George Wetzel, Brighton |
