Belleville, IL. (08/03/2020) Continuing the season the POWRi Lucas Oil Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints would head to Honor Speedway in Pueblo, Colorado Saturday night. Changing up the pace for competitors, this lighting sprint event would go wingless with tight battles for nearly every running position. After close racing, Blair Cooper would control his GSXR powered Hyper chassis to the front with two laps to go picking up the feature win from the seventh starting spot.
Placing behind #32 Blair Cooper would find the runner-up #24B Johnny Boos in his Honda-powered Hyper chassis, and #26 Chris Crowder in his Honda-powered Diablo chassis rounding out the podium. Full results include 4) #5 T. J. Trengrove, 5) #9 Andy Flood, 6) #39x Dakota Dillin, 7) #44 Ryan Radar, 8) #57 Brady Balderson, 9) #33 Gale Ingram, 10) #7 Josh Flood, DNS - #75 Junior Thompson - #86 Jason Woods.
With five winners in eight events for the POWRi RMLS which driver will find the edge going into crunch-time for the season championship quest? So far in 2020 for the Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints Dakota Dillon has risen to the top of the standings with one feature victory and consistent placings in nearly every race. Open-Wheel journeyman Chris Crowder, also with one feature victory, currently resides in the second spot only twenty-nine points behind the leader and well within striking distance. Three-time feature winner Johnny Boos rounds out the top-three in points less than one-hundred points behind Crowder.
This Friday, August 7th and Saturday, August 8th the POWRi Lucas Oil Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprints will put the wings back on for a doubleheader weekend of racing action. Friday’s racing starts at 6 PM with Saturday’s program starting at 5 PM as El Paso County Raceway hosts both nights of excitement. Pit gates open at 2 PM with driver’s registration scheduled from 2:30-4:30 PM.
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