6/25/2018
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Blurton wins first of 2018 with URSS In Colorado
By URSS PR (Calhan, CO) -- Zach Blurton won his first feature of the year with the United Rebel Sprint Series as he bested a 19 car field at El Paso County Raceway in Calhan, CO.
Colorado’s Nick Haygood and Dodge City’s Brian Herbert brought the field to the green with Herbert getting the jump on the initial start only to have it negated by a couple cars tangling in turn on. On the ensuing restart, Haygood jumped into the lead and held Herbert at bay for the first three laps before Herbert made his move on lap 4 to take over the number one spot. Herberts lead only lasted two laps before Haygood would once again retake the lead on lap 7 only to get high a lap later in turn three and drop a wheel off the edge allowing Herbert back by and falling to sixth.
In the meantime 9th starting Blurton was moving his way up through the field and was third by lap seven and took over 2nd from Colorado’s Coby Pearce on lap nine. At the end of ten laps it was Herbert, Blurton, Pearce, Oklahoma’s Ty Williams and Colorado’s Buddy Tubbs rounding out the top five.
By lap eleven, Blurton made his move to wrestle the lead from Herbert with Williams taking over third from Pearce one lap later. From there Blurton cruised to the checkers leading Herbert by over two seconds at the end and also taking the Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger Award, with Williams in third, Pearce fourth and Haygood rounding out the top five.
Heats were won by Nick Nichols, Pearce and Herbert
Results - Calhan Colorado 6/23
A Feature
1 Zach Blurton 2j
2 Brian Herbert 97
3 Ty Williams 911
4 Coby Pearce 92
5 Nick Haygood 1
6 Buddy Tubbs 95
7 Shane Sundquist 7
8 Ryan Ellinger 38
9 Kevin Schramek 4s
10 Skyler Hughes 43
11 Chad Salem 17s
12 Todd Plemons 4
13 Nick Nichols 75
14 Lonnie Cox 45
15 Brian Hardman 16
16 Kyle Johnson 44
17 Travis Almen 77
18 Aaron Ploussard 33k
19 Brad Wasson DNS 21
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott