Winners at Colorado National Speedway (CO) on Saturday, August 5, were Chris Eggleston (Legends Fast), Dillyn Kellogg (Legends), Wyatt Dent (Bandolero Outlaws), and Reagan Fruge (Bandolero Bandits). Race stories below, as posted by the track. Photos from the track’s social.
AC Transmission Legends FAST
Fast Dash – 10 Laps
No. 74 Trayc Walker-Scott & No. 03 Darrell L. Stewart brought the field to green in the fast dash. Stewart jumped out to the early lead with No. 78C Colton Crocker in tow. A great battle ensued as Crocker got by Stewart to take the lead with the No. 22 Chris Eggleston joining the mix and getting by Stewart for second. Halfway through, Eggleston made a daring move to get around Crocker to take the lead. As the leaders began to pull away from the field, a great battle for 5th was underway between No. 21 Ryan Jones & No. 11s Tanner Scarberry, with Jones able to hold on to fifth. Eggleston fended off a couple of challenges from Crocker and picked up the fast dash win.
Fast Feature – 25 Laps
An all-brother front row brought the field to green with the No. 57 Jarret Scarberry & Tanner Scarberry. Jarret Scarberry jumped out to an early advantage leading lap 1; however, one lap later Stewart got around Scarberry for the lead with Jones right on Stewart’s bumper. Quick Time & Fast Dash winner Chris Eggleston was on the move early – starting 9th and making his way up to second place by Lap 6. Eggleston quickly set his sights on the new leader of Ryan Jones who got around Stewart the previous lap. A short time later, Eggleston setup Jones for a pass down the front stretch heading into turn 1 and blasted his way around Jones for the lead.
Eggleston then showed his muscle and started setting a torrid pace around the speedway. Colton Crocker who started 6th was also on the move and got to third place; setting his sights on Jones who was several car lengths ahead. As the top 3 cars began to get spread out, a great battle was underway between Tanner Scarberry, Stewart, & No. 15 Danny Medina who were all fighting for the 5th position. Another driver who was having a great run was rookie Trayc Walker-Scott who was running in fourth place for most of the feature. With just a few laps to go Eggleston had reached the back of the field and began navigating through lapped traffic, with Jones & Crocker both losing ground to Eggleston in the final stages of the feature. Eggleston would go on to pick up his 6th victory of the 2023 season with Jones in second & Crocker in third.
AC Transmission Legends
Dash – 10 Laps
No. 29 David Johnson jumped out to the lead in a hurry while the No. 73 Mike Markison & No. 27 Brian Harlow battled for second & No. 33 Dillyn Kellogg & No. 18 JJ Sanders battled for 4th. Sanders was able to get by Kellogg in short order and set his sights on Markison who slipped back to 3rd after battling with Harlow. With just a couple laps left, Harlow chased down Johnson but ran out of time as Johnson was able to capture the dash win.
Feature – 25 Laps
With so many legends competing at Colorado National Speedway, the field is often split into two features. Dash winner David Johnson & Brian Harlow brought the field to green. Johnson jumped out to an early lead; however, his lead would be relinquished when No. 17 Jeremy Krueger spun down the front stretch and No. 95 Jessilyn Dike, No. 28 Elijah Anadon & No. 19 Dominic Moss tangled trying to avoid the spinning Krueger. The race was subsequently stopped to clean up the incident scene. When the green flag flew on the restart, Johnson was flanked by Dillyn Kellogg and Johnson once again got out to a big lead while Kellogg was in a fierce battle with Mike Markison & Harlow. JJ Sanders was on the move from the back and up to 5th by the halfway mark.
The field was once again slowed when the No. 34 Patty Sylvester spun in Turn 4. On the restart, Johnson got away once again and allowed Markison to get side by side with Kellogg and ultimately get by him in turn 3 to take second place. However, a couple laps later, Markison began getting loose coming out of Turn 4 and that allowed Kellogg to dive to the inside and take back second place; bringing Harlow & Sanders with him on the inside and dropping Markison back to fourth. With just a handful of laps remaining, Johnson – who had a sizable lead – got loose in turn 4 and ultimately allowed both Kellogg & Sanders to close in. On Lap 20, Kellogg was able to take the lead from Johnson which earned him a huge cheer from the crowd. Johnson & Sanders began battling for second and contact was made down the backstretch; sending Johnson around and the yellow flag was thrown setting up a two-lap shootout. Looking like a veteran racer, Kellogg was able to fend off Harlow on the final restart and grab his first ever Legend Car feature win.
Puzzle Effect Denver Bandoleros
Bandolero Outlaw
Dash – 10 Laps
No. 68 Wyatt Dent flew around No. 21 Madilyn Lange to take the lead on lap 1 with No. 38 Javon Barnard able to get alongside Lange for second and began chasing down Dent for the lead but ran out of laps, as Dent picked up the Dash win.
Feature – 15 Laps
No. 68 Dent once again muscled his way to the lead early over No. 08 Tanner McKim. Javon Barnard battled with McKim for second and took the position by lap 3. The field then began to spread out and with a couple laps remaining McKim spun down the front stretch and No. 89 Justin Barnard spun to avoid. Both cars were able to get back going and Dent flew under the checkered flag to capture the feature win.
Bandolero Bandit
Dash – 10 Laps
No. 12 Aspyn Lange & No. 5 Reagan Fruge battled for the lead after an early yellow came out for No. 07 Madison Stanley. Fruge ultimately got around Lange for the lead while both cars dodged slower cars in front of them. Fruge held down the top spot to win the dash.
Feature – 15 Laps
No. 5 Fruge led the charge with No. 44 Emersyn Weitzel who started on the front row dropped back and allowed Lange to get to second. Lange and Fruge made slight contact for the lead and were side by side when both drivers had to take evasive action and split slower running cars. Fruge was able to prevail and lead the way to his 2nd victory this season.
 on Saturday, August 5, were Chris Eggleston (Legends Fast), Dillyn Kellogg (Legends), Wyatt Dent (Bandolero Outlaws), and Reagan Fruge (Bandolero Bandits).){kind=link}