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16 Lightning Sprints made the trip back to El Paso County Raceway after a few weeks off. Mother Nature rained out the heat races, but the track crew and racers packed in a bad fast smooth racetrack . Since there was no qualifying and no heat races, the feature was lined up by pill draw. #31 Steve Becker led the first couple laps, then #24B Johnny Boos took the lead and never looked back. Jason Woods in the #82 took over second on lap 7 trying to run down Boos, followed by Becker, #39X Dakota Dillin and #7 Josh Flood. Lap 13 saw the first red as Becker ran over the infield berm running into the #33 car of Gayle Ingram causing him to flip several times. Both drivers were OK but unable to continue. A lap after that red another red flew for second place #82 Jason Woods flipped in turn one. He was okay and able to join the rear of the field with a bent up wing. #26 Chris Crowder drove from the eleventh spot to try to run down the leader Boos. When the checkered flew it was #24B Boos, #26 Crowder, #39x Dillin, #7 Flood, #86 Jenn Woods, #3J Joel Mellon, #1 Troy Ullery, #82 Jason Woods, #9F Andy Flood, #32 Blair Cooper, #13 Josiah King, #0 BJ Sauer, #23 Cullen Potoker, #10 Ken Brown, #31 Steve Becker and #33 Gayle Ingram.

14 Lightning Sprints raced the second half of our Independence Day doubleheader at Butch Speichers I76 Speedway in Fort Morgan, CO. For the Don Flood Memorial Race. Two heat races were won by #26 Chris Crowder and #82 Jason Woods. The feature was a great race. #82 Jenn Woods took the lead for the first third of the race. #26 Chris Crowder took the lead and never looked back capturing his first win with his new car. #82 Jason Woods tried a last lap pass but fell short finishing second two nights in a row. #86 Jenn Woods (wife of #82 Jason) finished third to round out the podium. #24B Johnny Boos and #1 Trou Ullery rounded out the top 5.The rest of the finishing order, #9F Andy Flood, #61 Jesse Fernandez, #3J Joel Mellon, #7 Josh Flood, #00 Jacob Hazlitt , #0 BJ Sauer, #33 Gale Ingram, #39x Dakota Dillon and #31 Steve Becker.

Night one of the Independence Day Doubleheader saw 15 Lightning Sprints make the long trip to the fast 3/8 mile clay at Phillips County Raceway in Holyoke, Colorado. Heat races were won by #24B Johnny Boos and #82 Jason Woods. The feature saw Johnny Boos take the lead , but the hard charging Woods tried to catch him but couldn’t quite get it done. Joel Mellon in the #3J had his season best finish rounding out the top three. #7 Josh Flood finished fourth, followed by his father #9F Andy Flood. #1 Troy Ullery finished sixth, #86 Jenn Woods seventh, #61 Jesse Fernandez in eighth, #33 Gale Ingram in 9th. #26 Chris Crowder rounded out the top 10. #32 Blair Cooper, #0 BJ Sauer, #31 Steve Becker and 39x Dakota Dillin rounded out the field.