Rocky Mountain Lighting Sprint Association

Welcome to the RMLSA

Welcome to the Rocky Mountain Lightning Sprint Association home page. The RMLSA is a Winged and Non-Wing mini sprint association that races in the rocky mountain region at race tracks such as: I-76 Speedway in Fort Morgan Colorado, Phillips County Raceway in Holyoke Colorado, Sherman County Speedway in Goodland Kansas and Lincoln County Speedway in North Platte Nebraska. Check out the RMLSA Video Gallery for some of the latest videos and the RMLSA Photo Gallery for the latest photos.

Upcoming RMLSA Events

Date	Event	Location	City
07-06-2013	Race at I-76 Speedway	I-76 Speedway	Fort Morgan
07-13-2013	Race at Lincoln County Raceway	Lincoln County Raceway	North Platte, NE
07-20-2013	Race at I-76 Speedway	I-76 Speedway	Fort Morgan

To view the complete RMLSA Schedule click here.

Crowder makes it 5 for 5

June 15^th, 2013 – Chris Crowder earned his first RMLSA Saturday at Butch Speicher’s I-76 Speedway. Starting from the outside 4^th row Crowder used the outside to get to the front in short order. Even a couple cautions bunching up the field Crowder in his Rate Per Mile, Fabtech Chassis, Yamaha R1 powered Lightning Sprint had the field covered. Coming home in 2^nd was #55 Sammy Gallo in his Stu Carlson, James Mote and Bona Fied Athletics, Yamaha powered R1 returning after almost a year away. Third was #69 Paul Babich in his QED, M2C1, Yamaha powered R1, 4^th was #31 Steve Becker in his Bert’s Model A Ford sponsored, Yamaha R1 powered Lightning Sprint and 5^th was Glenn Waterland in his #11 Lightning Sprint.

Thank you to all the fans for coming out to fan appreciation night at I-76 Speedway. Without the fans we couldn’t do what we love.

Heat Race 1 – Paul Babich, Auston Pribennow, TJ Worcester, Glenn Waterland, Sammy Gallo and Troy Ullery DNF.

Heat Race 2 – Troy Simpson, Chris Crowder, Jesse Fernandez, Steve Becker and Bob Harr.

Main Event – 1. #26 Chris Crowder – Colorado Springs (7), 1. #55 Sammy Gallo – Arvada (2), 3. #69 Paul Babich – Fort Collins (9), 4. #31 Steve Becker – Lakewood (4), 5. #11 Glenn Waterland – Broomfield (3), 6. #33 TJ Worcest – Elizabeth (5), 7. #2 Bob Harr – Arvada (2), 8. #71 Auston Pribbenow – Elizabeth (7), 9. #19 Jesse Fernandez – Parker (6) DNF, 10. #56 Troy Simpson – Windsor (10) DNF, #1 Troy Uller – DNS.

The RMLSA takes a couple weeks off to enjoy some summer activities and will return to I-76 Speedway on July 6^th. Come see if we can make it 6 for 6 and catch NASCAR Star and all around great racecar driver Kenny Schrader.

Gieg makes it 4 for 4

June 1st, 2013 - Jeff Gieg picks up the victory and makes it 4 different winners in the first 4 weeks. A warm and windy spring day made for a tricky track and a wild main event. Seventeen cars rolled in to I-76 with a new face and old friend making their first appearance in 2013. Bob Harr in the beautiful yellow #2, Harr Chassis, Yamaha R1, Bear electric sponsored Lighting Sprint and Dwight Hoelscher in the #4 Diet Pepsi, Yamaha powered Lighting Sprint. After grabbing the early lead Gieg was challenged and passed by a hard charging Brent Rees driving the Brandon Steele #5 machine but the yellow came out and put Gieg back on point. The insuing restart saw Auston Pribbenow get below Bob Harr in turn one and clip a tire and get upside down. Auston was a little shaken up but was able to make repairs and return. As the leaders approached turn 4 as the red came out TJ Worcester and Brent Rees got tangled up and Rees could not make repairs and retired. Worcester was able to make repairs and return. With Gieg back on point at the restart #69 Paul Babich was able to sneak by Gieg coming off turn 2 and held the lead for the better part of the race and looked to the race in hand. Two late cautions came out and on the second restart Babich clipped a tire in between turn 1 and 2 and spun. Gieg got a solid restart and held off #1 Troy Ullery to claim the victory. Following Gieg across the line were #1 Troy Ullery, #56 Troy Simpson #7 Scott Wilson and #71 Auston Pribbenow rounded out the top 5. The complete results are as follows.

Heat 1 - Troy Ullery, Troy Simpson, Paul Babich, TJ Worcester, Jeff Gieg, Steve Becker, Rick Marchbank, David Gillpatrick and Dwight Hoelscher.

Heat 2 - Auston Pribbenow, Brent Rees, Bob Harr, Glenn Waterland, Scott Wilson, Scott Heikes, Mike Anderson and Bill Rousch

Main Event - 1. #18 Jeff Gieg - Johnstown, 1. #1 Troy Ullery - Lakewood, 3. #56 Troy Simpson - Windsor, 4. #7 Scott Wilson - Thornton, 5. #71 Auston Pribbenow - Elizabeth, 6. #33 TJ Worcest - ELizabeth, 7. #11 Glenn Waterland - Brighton, 8. #69 Paul Babich - Fort Collins, 9. #31 Steve Becker - Lakewood, 10. #3 Rick Marchbank - Colorado Springs, 11. #4 Dwight Hoelscher - Arvada DNF, 12. #2 Bob Harr - Arvada DNF, 13. #5 Brent Rees - Arvada DNF, 14. #30 Scott Heikes - Colorado Springs DNF, 15. #97 Bill Rousch - Morrison DNF, #32 Mike Anderson - Lakewood DNF, #82 David Gillpatrick DNS.

The RMLSA takes a week off and is back at I-76 Speedway on Saturday June 15th for Race #6 and will have the wings back on top. Come catch the exciting action. Can we make it 5 for 5?