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A beautiful spring evening had 16 wingless Lightning Sprints Racing at I76 Speedway for race #2 for the 2019 Season. Two heat races were again won by #1 Troy Ullery and #24B Johnny Boos. The feature started well with Troy Ullery taking the lead . On lap #4 he #7 Josh Flood car spun in turn 2 collecting the #0 BJ Sauer and his teammate #9F Andy Flood. All three cars were hurt, but the drivers were fine. Several laps later the #24B Johnny Boos took the lead in the high side and never looked back. Finish is #24 B Boos, #82 Jason Woods, #39X Dakota Dillin, #86 Jenn Woods, #61 Jesse Fernandez, #31 Steve Becker, #3J Joel Mellon, #10 Ken Brown, #33 Gale Ingram, #57 Gregg McGlaughlin, #1 Troy Ullery, #46 Matt Icke, #7 Josh Flood, #0 BJ Sauer, #9F Andy Flood.

The 2019 RMLSA POWRI Lightning Sprint season started off with 17 cars showing up at El Paso County Raceway for a wingless night on the 1/4 mile clay. 2 heat races were run with the #24B Johnny Boos and the #1 Troy Ullery taking the wins. 14 cars started the feature on a rough slick track. Lap two saw the #56 Jason Wessling car wheel hop the #82, sending him for a ride in turn one. The #75 Junior Thompson flipped avoiding the flipped #56. Both drivers were OK. The restart saw the #61B driven by Lance Bennett taking the lead followed by the #24 of Johnny Boos. The #61B got sideways and collected the #24B sending him flipping as well . Both drivers were OK. Troy Ullery in the #1 took the lead for several laps until the #82 Jason Woods slipped under him in turn two taking the lead. Woods, Ullery and #39X Dakota Dillin stayed top three for quite a while until the #86 driven by Jenn Woods passed the #39X taking over the 3rd spot. In the End the #82 Jason Woods takes the win, followed by #1 Troy Ullery in second and #86 Jenn Woods (wife of Jason Woods) rounded out the podium. #39X Dillin was 4th, #75 Junior Thompson was 5th, #3J Joel Mellon 6th, #61 Jesse Fernandez was 7th, #0 BJ Sauer was 8th, #7 Josh Flood was 9th, #24B Johnny Boos was 10th, #61X Chris Crowder was 11th, #31 Steve Becker was 12th, #56 Jason Wessling was 13th . #61B was DQ'd for leaving his car while on the track. The #32, #33 and #9 Did not start the feature due to mechanical problems.

Jason Wessling won his first RMLSA Lightning Sprint Feature Race on a cold night and a very dry slick race track at I-76 Speedway in Fort Morgan on Saturday night. Starting in the 4th position, Wessling took the lead early and never looked back. Finishing 2nd was the #86 Rookie Jenn Woods with young Dakota Dillin rounding out the podium. Steve Becker and Johnny Boos rounded out the top 5. It was a crash filled race with many cars leaving the track on the back of the tow truck. Last race of 2018 is wingless at El Paso County Raceway on October 20th.