Evans, Savage win racing titles at CNS
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DACONO -- Harold Evans and Dan Savage were among the season champions at the Colorado National Speedway this summer.
The track closed out its racing season Oct. 15 and Oct. 22 as division champions and rookies of the year were officially crowned. The Legends Division was the only one where the top spot was still in question going into the final race. All others saw the top spot locked up ahead of the last races. But some of the remaining spots within the top 10 were still up for grabs.
Evans won his title in the super modified class. Savage was the winner in the late model class. Keith Swenson was the winner in the Witthar Train division, a division that may have seen its part of the show come to a close. Lacking the car count of its early days and the dwindling of interest due to low car numbers has forced management to consider shutting it down. There is nothing etched in stone just yet.The School Bus division was put to bed prior to the seasons start for low numbers and other issues of safety. The new Demo “X” class, (pronounced Demo Cross), has taken a good foothold as the replacement during the next season.
Jack Nugent won top honors in super stock. He also finished atop the Division IV standings. Roger Avants won in pro trucks, and Lee Kemmitt followed suit in the sportsman division.
There may be some changes in the off-season at the track. The grand American modifieds are looking to get their car count back up so they can run separately in 2012, as are the Mod Coupes of the CARC. The two divisions were put together due to low car counts over the past few seasons. There was a lot of skepticism about the move, but the season went on without any major issues between the divisions.
Things will crank back up in late March with Tech and hot laps and the first races of the new season to start in early April.
Here are the final point results for all divisions in 2011.
Gillette Vet Clinic, Late Models (*Rookie)
Place car # Driver name Hometown Pts
- 74 Dan Savage Aurora, CO 469
- 12 Bruce Yackey Greeley, CO 456
- 31 Rick Smith Gering, NE 444
- 27 Roger Avants Littleton, CO 410
- 66 Darren Bucklen Greeley, CO 359
- 7 Adam Deines Longmont, CO 354
- 22 Chris Eggelston Erie, CO 258
- 55 Jesse Runkle * Lakewood, CO 226
- 91 Chris Atkinson Cheyenne, WY 224
- 54 Joe James Jr Denver, CO 218
- 42 Ronnie Hults Centennial, CO 205
- 84 Matt Zwingleberg * Aurora, CO 186
- 39 Jack Nugent Lafayette, CO 140
- 78 Darren Crocker Brighton, CO 124
- 95M Cris Muhler Brighton, CO 115
- 11 Darren Robertson Brighton, CO 106
- 4 Brad Tilton Cheyenne, WY 90
- 95 Todd Finley * Brighton, CO 82
- 77 Dave Finley Brighton, CO 82
- 90 Frank Denning III* Arvada, CO 72
- 08 Mike Gallegos Wheat Ridge, CO 60
- 33 Emmitt Grazier Lakewood, CO 58
- 17 Paul Deines Frederick, CO 58
- 12X Jace Hansen Eaton, CO 54
- 83S Jim Sikes Jr Co Spgs, CO 54
- 2 Nick Martinez Centennial, CO 50
- 99 Brian Murphy Cheyenne, WY 46
- 14 Mark Bybee Littleton, CO 44
- 48 Ed Vechiarrelli Jr Brighton, CO 32
- 6 Trent Phillips Hemingford, NE 30
- 99B Nick Brinlee Broomfield, CO 30
- 15 Doug Cox Pueblo West, CO 24
- 23 Davin Fisbeck Thornton, CO 24
- 21 Mike Bowen Brighton, CO 18
- 25 Scott Rueschenburg Mesa, AZ 16
- 00M Steve Maas Longmont, CO 16
- 13 Joni Cowan Gering, NE 14
- 99S Kyle Shannahan Cheyenne, WY 14
- 84B Bruce Borchardt Lafayette, CO 14
- 0 Ron O’Neil Co Spgs, CO 10
- 68 Chris Leaf Kersey, CO 8
- 23G George Maldonado Co Spgs, CO 6
- 2V Rudy Vanderwal LaSalle, CO 4
- 08N Mark Neff Eaton, CO 2
- 9N Ron Norman Tucson, 2
- 23R Gary Reposta Pueblo, CO 2
- 3 Randy Gastineau Strasburg, CO 2
- 7M Bob Meyer Calhan, CO 2
Pair-A-Dice, Sportsman (*Rookie)
Place car# Driver name Hometown Pts
1 98 Lee Kemmitt Thornton, CO 568
2 6 Tommy Roe Thornton, CO 489
3 8 Jeff Walbaum Brighton, CO 463
4 84 Bruce Borchardt Lafayette, CO 429
5 46 Eric Blackard Lakewood, CO 416
6 41 Dale Reeder Denver, CO 264
7 3 Wade Grove Commerce City, CO 236
8 9 Dalton Hewitt* Ft Morgan, CO 210
9 02 Rick Hunt Aurora, CO 204
10 29 Jan Oxley Ft Lupton, CO 168
11 26 Bear Lynch Arvada, CO 167
12 58 Jeff Webb Arvada, CO 148
13 28 Alan Carter Thornton, CO 138
14 72 Gary Cagle Ft Collins, CO 130
15 43 Stan Griffin Strasburg, CO 118
16 45 Grant Simpson* Pueblo, CO 116
17 00 Steve Maas Longmont, CO 106
18 27 Wendi Lewis Johnstown, CO 94
19 55 Craig Holmes Arvada, CO 84
20 49 Dennis Pobanz Co Spgs, CO 82
21 99 Nick Brinlee Broomfield, CO 76
22 32 Mark Neff Eaton, CO 74
23 44 Randy Mossman Johnstown, CO 60
24 2 Nick Martinez Lakewood, CO 54
25 17 Dave Deines Gering, NE 54
26 17D Paul Deines Frederick, CO 48
27 48 Harry Livermore Jr Englewood, CO 30
28 97 Adam Gastineau Aurora, CO 30
29 67 Stephanie Brown Littleton, CO 30
30 40 Jason Trujillo Commerce City, CO 28
31 85 Kaden Webb Arvada, CO 26
32 72S Jace Hansen Eaton, CO 24
33 13 Eric Potts Arvada, CO 22
34 24 Joe Martinez Centennial, CO 18
35 61 Phillip Holliday Cheyenne, WY 14
36 62 James Rogers Erie, CO 10
37 37 Ethan Hunter Pueblo, CO 8
Snap-On Tools, Pro Trucks (*Rookie)
Place Trk# Driver name Hometown Pts
1 27 Roger Avants Littleton, CO 321
2 32 Mark Neff Eaton, CO 290
3 36 Matt Burton Englewood, CO 228
4 34 Rudy Vanderwal LaSalle, CO 206
5 09 Justin Simonson Wheat Ridge, CO 146
6 5 Troy Witthar Eastlake, CO 134
7 26 Bear Lynch Arvada, CO 119
8 79 John Jacob* Strasburg, CO 100
9 07 Chris Leaf Kersey, CO 97
10 06 Adam Hilton Broomfield, CO 70
11 11 Steve Johnson Windsor, CO 70
12 0 Billy Harkins Lakewood, CO 64
13 15 Mike Bernard Fort Collins, CO 56
14 7 Adam Deines Longmont, CO 54
15 53 Jeff Stevens Arvada, CO 50
16 04 Bobby Durand* Broomfield, CO 48
17 11H Jace Hansen Eaton, CO 29
18 60 John Lindberg Broomfield, CO 28
19 9B Tim Billinger Denver, CO 18
20 6R Tommy Roe Thornton, CO 14
21 84 Bruce Borchardt Lafayette, CO 14
22 32X Scott Rhoades* Westminster, CO 12
23 2 Cris Muhler Brighton, CO 6
NTC Logistics, Super Stocks (*Rookie)
Place Car# Driver name Hometown Pts
1 39 Jack Nugent Lafayette, CO 594
2 13 Jason Morris Denver, CO 460
3 61 John Humphrey Cheyenne, WY 421
4 33 Mike Cox Littleton, CO 404
5 23 Harry Livermore Jr Englewood, CO 372
6 7 Ethan Penrod Thornton, CO 370
7 46 Rick Lothert Loveland, CO 344
8 02 Cecil Smith Littleton, CO 336
9 77 Kevin Keller Englewood, CO 264
10 90 Kyle Patee Thornton, CO 252
11 95 Todd Finley Fort Lupton, CO 252
12 19 Scott Miller Brighton, CO 226
13 75 Emilio Abeyta Denver, CO 216
14 05 David Rothrock Golden, CO 196
15 25 Kathy Calkins Denver, CO 178
16 72 Hans Brewster Henderson, CO 158
17 15 Troy Witthar Eastlake, CO 158
18 15X Scott Rhoades Westminster, CO 150
19 0 Andrew Mues Arvada, CO 132
20 8 Ryan Moser Englewood, CO 94
21 52 Don Patterson Arvada, CO 92
22 09 John Patee Thornton, CO 90
23 17 Jeremy Barclay Brighton, CO 83
24 84 Bryan Eubank Fort Collins, CO 80
25 6 Brent Holliday Cheyenne, WY 62
26 42 Dave Witzke Denver, CO 52
27 24 David Coblenz Wellington, CO 50
28 99 Ryan Raley Thornton, CO 42
29 11 Steve Maas Longmont, CO 40
30 43 Robert Sears Firestone, CO 38
31 18 Chris Pinelli Arvada, CO 34
32 47 Donald McAtee Brighton, CO 32
33 83 Greg Wolke Westminster, CO 32
34 50X Mike Jensen Golden, CO 28
35 65 Gordon Dornan Arvada, CO 28
36 04 Jim Hunt Brighton, CO 26
37 25W Jared Wall* Commerce City, CO 22
38 71 Kent Stubbe Sterling, CO 22
39 85 Ricky Penetta* Brighton, CO 20
40 4 Dusty Fisher* Englewood, CO 16
41 9 Curtis Heldenbrand*Arvada, CO 14
42 20 David Schmidt Arvada, CO 14
43 52M Mike Mercer Arvada, CO 12
44 94 Brent Cave Cheyenne, WY 10
45 11M Heather Maas* Longmont, CO 8
46 14 Brian Bradford* Lafayette, CO 8
47 08 Jace Hansen Eaton, CO 6
48 57 Robert Sanchez* Denver, CO 6
49 66 Tom Evans Sr Cheyenne, WY 4
50 89 Jason Gonzalez Loveland, CO 2
51 14X Josh Parker Denver, CO 2
52 49 Cole Whitford Denver, CO 2
A Comfort Shack, Figure 8’s (*Rookie)
Place Car# Driver name Hometown Pts
1 24 Joe Martinez Centennial, CO 372
2 23 Al Duran Lakewood, CO 329
3 52 Jared Wall Commerce City, CO 259
4 28 Victor Johnsen Northglenn, CO 252
5 50 Justin McKeachie Denver, CO 228
6 17 Harry Livermore Jr Englewood, CO 194
7 15 Jereme Wall Commerce City, CO 167
8 81 David Smith Englewood, CO 144
9 4 Joe Matlock Arvada, CO 136
10 20 Lance Proctor Sterling, CO 128
11 10M Nick Martinez Lakewood, CO 122
12 03 Luke Zike Morrison, CO 108
13 5 Dennis Summers Denver, CO 84
14 05 Jerome Hohn Denver, CO 68
15 67 Keith Swenson Aurora, CO 64
16 19 Bruce Wall* Commerce City, CO 56
17 66 John Martello Denver, CO 28
18 16 Phil Taylor Fort Lupton, CO 22
19 86 Shirley Thompson Northglenn, CO 22
20 95 Eddie Floyd Jr Roggen, CO 16
21 10 Brandon Dreiling Westminster, CO 2
RMLRA,Legends (*Rookie)
Place Car# Driver name Hometown Pts
1 66 Kyle Clegg Broomfield, CO 416
2 58 Kyle Ray Littleton, CO 413
3 22 Chris Eggleston Erie, CO 357
4 6 Scott Larell Arvada, CO 338
5 34 Chris Simons-Cooper Frederick, CO 318
6 8 Jon Krizman Loveland, CO 317
7 7 Corey Seip Littleton, CO 302
8 06 Mike Gallegos Wheat Ridge, CO 290
9 13 Pete Delarco Highlds Ranch, CO 240
10 78 Brittany Duncan Aurora, CO 218
11 85 Cole McKewen* Fort Collins, CO 170
12 15 Danny Medina Colorado Spgs, CO 164
13 3 Wayne Barlock Eaton, CO 158
14 07 Bill Seip Parker, CO 146
15 77 Brandon Moore* Colorado Spgs, CO 144
16 1 Eric Stedman Colorado Spgs, CO 142
17 84 Mike Webber Erie, CO 138
18 47 David Hondel Cheyenne, WY 134
19 44 Kevin Kurtz * Brighton, CO 122
20 71 Craig Coughlin Westminster, CO 102
21 12X Justin Irwin Albuquerque, N.M. 90
22 29 Scott Griffin Co. Spgs, CO 84
23 14P Terry Plummer Littleton, CO 82
24 33 Gaylord Tripp Evergreen, CO 70
25 9 Jason Irwin Albuquerque, N.M. 66
26 16 Tim Faatz Windsor, CO 64
27 25 Adam Peckman* Denver, CO 54
28 23 Mike Morris Colorado Spgs, CO 50
29 37 David Richard* Peyton, CO 50
30 96 Rick Rusk Aurora, CO 50
31 52 Eric Hipkins Woodld Park, CO 42
32 2 Luke Ulander Golden, CO 42
33 08 Jace Hansen Eaton, CO 36
34 03 Brad Tilton Cheyenne, WY 34
35 03S Darrell Stewart Arvada, CO 30
36 46 Zach Witherwax * Lakewood, CO 26
37 14 Gary Stevens* Littleton, CO 20
38 37J Josh Jackson Co. Spgs, CO 16
39 81 Rayshawn Carter Thornton, CO 14
40 10 Steve Smith Denver, CO 14
41 18 Brian McCartney* Denver, CO 14
42 88 Jim Stevens Wheat Ridge, CO 14
43 4 John Kast Parker, CO 6
44 8G Bryan Grandin Albuquerque, N.M. 4
45 77H Carl Halsey Colorado Springs, CO 2
46 12 Tyler Chrisinger Boulder, CO 2
47 57 Brian Bohannon* Co Spgs, CO 2
ERA, Super Modifieds (*Rookie)
Place car# Driver name Hometown Pts
1 3 Harold Evans Littleton, CO 174
2 2 Rich Castor Bennett, CO 132
3 02 Johnny Pickard Pueblo, CO 105
4 51 Joe Priselac Commerce City, CO 92
5 14 Joe Gallegos Castle Rock, CO 88
6 33 Chris Sheil Englewood, CO 86
7 54 Matt Gilbert Franktown, CO 54
8 1 Stevie Gallegos Castle Rock, CO 48
9 58 Matt Griffin Denver, CO 36
10 7S Ian James Tolan Castle Rock, CO 36
11 22 Ira Castor Brighton, CO 32
12 26 Brian Pacheco Elizabeth, CO 28
13 31 Kyle Vanderpool Madera, CA 27
14 8 Larry LaPoint Grand Junction, CO 26
15 12 Mike Anderson Arvada, CO 14
16 48 Jason Castor Englewood, CO 10
17 40 Ricky Otts New Caney, TX 6
Sunoco –CNS, Modifieds (CARC Mod Coupes) (*Rookie)
Place Car# Driver name Hometown Pts
1 55 Gary Land Littleton, CO 160
2 12 Jaime Bubak Arvada, CO 114
3 20 Rich Bubak Arvada, CO 111
4 95 Cris Muhler Brighton, CO 104
5 46 Eric Blackard* Arvada, CO 90
6 24 Chad Guilford Highlds Ranch, CO 87
7 80 Matt Devich Hartsel, CO 54
8 87 Joe St Peter Englewood, CO 46
9 61 Theron Bredesen* Arvada, CO 40
10 71 Jim Bredesen Westminster, CO 32
11 45 Carl Vair Golden, CO 29
12 2 Don Hoselton Denver, CO 26
13 09R Darren Robertson Brighton, CO 24
14 18 Dean Carr Aurora, CO 22
15 09 Harry Stone Broomfield, CO 20
16 54 Joe James Jr Denver, CO 18
17 07 Drew Utecht Fort Lupton, CO 14
18 98 Shonnon Flick Alamosa, CO 10
19 29 David Johnson Englewood, CO 4
20 09H Ronnie Hults Centennial, CO 4
21 38 Greg McLaughlin Littleton, CO 2
Sunoco- CNS, Modifieds (GA Modifieds) (*Rookie)
Place car# Driver name Hometown Pts
1 4 Mark Sopr Cheyenne, WY 92
2 1 Jason Fields Pueblo West, CO 87
3 77 Jeff Hansen Berthoud, CO 74
4 44 Justin Case Brighton, CO 68
5 95 Dave Finley Brighton, CO 53
6 02 Sammy Gallo Denver, CO 48
7 11 Tom Evans Cheyenne, WY 43
8 08 Jace Hansen Eaton, CO 40
9 22 Mike Costagno Aurora, CO 32
10 2X Trevor Snow Denver, CO 28
11 12 Gary Meisman Pueblo, CO 22
12 11X Chad Wilson Denver, CO 16
13 3 Deland Clements Cheyenne, WY 16
14 52 Jared Wall Commerce City, CO 12
15 3C Mark Chisolm Pueblo, CO 8
16 2 Willard Nash Cheyenne, WY 6
17 5 Brad Tilton Cheyenne, WY 6
18 81 Jeff Larsen Jr Co Spgs, CO 2
Witthar Racing ,Trains
Place Car# Driver name Hometown Pts
1 67 Keith Swenson Aurora, CO 144
2 22 John Johnson Northglenn 86
3 52 Jared Wall Commerce City, CO 55
4 37 Chad’s Xpress Englewood, CO 48
5 43 1/2 Fool Plum MT Denver, CO 44
6 13 Mike Steward Commerce City, CO 31
7 0 Tom Johnson Centennial, CO 25
8 86 Last Call Commerce City, CO 12
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