Working For the Weekend – Jason Hurley Leads Winner List From First Rocky Mountain Race Weekend Event at Pueblo Motorsports Park
Following their successful MEGAWEEK Presented by Sick The Magazine with over 500 competitors, Rocky Mountain Race Week (RMRW) hosted their second different event of 2025 - Rocky Mountain Race Weekend, September 5th through the 7th.
With a slightly different format than RMRW week-long format, the event centered around Pueblo Motorsports Park. Two days of racing would compile the averages, and two separate cruises would be held from the track. Sunday would bring the traditional RMRW Shootout, with additional titles on the line for competitors.
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A full line-up of RMRW classes would be served up to nearly 150 participants, with the Unlimited class leading the way on the best elapsed times and average for a winner.
Jason Hurley and his ’85 Pontiac Firebird known as the ‘Meltdown Firebird’ would clock a pair of 7.4-second times, including a best of 7.41 at 197 mph on Day One, for a 7.45 average and the Unlimited class victory.
The class of the Ultimate Radial class would be John Ketch, who navigated the two track outings for a 7.80 average, the second-quickest of the event, for the class win.
James Schauer and Trevor Branden duked it out in the Outlaw Street class, and although Branden produced a solid 8.02 average, Schauer would do just a bit better. The 1998 Camaro of Schauer produced a pair of 7-second time slips, for a winning average of 7.85. Schauer doubled down and snagged the Fast As F*** 8 Shootout title as well.
In the 8.5-second Limited Street class, Jason King and Aaron Slayden produced a pair of 8.5-second time slips each. King did just a little bit better, as his 8.521 average claimed the win over Slayden’s 8.578 average.
Always a popular class, Stick Shift had two competitors average in the 8-second range. Brent Stephens topped the field, wheeling his ’69 Dodge Dart to an 8.62 average. Bill Armstrong came in second with an average of 8.68.
The closest finish of the non-index classes was Pro Street, where multi-time drag and drive participant Dustyn Caudle held off the S-10 pick-up of Camryn Andreen by .021 of-a-second. Caudle’s 8.798 average from his Isuzu Faster won out over the 8.819 average of Andreen.
Jon Wischmann would be the lone competitor in the Hot Rod class to clock an 8-second time, leading to an 8.96 average and the first place trophy with his ’55 Chevrolet.
The eighth-mile, 235-tire mandated Rowdy Radial class found a trio of competitors in the 5-second range, with Jacob Broyles doing the best with a 5.44 average for the class accolades.
The Gasser class would have Rob Lepenske at the top of the sheet based on his performance, and even though Lepenske had the quickest average at a 10.10, he failed to complete the final drive. That swung the class victory to Bryan Glover and his ’35 Dodge Truck with a 10.92 average.
In the Naturally Aspirated classes, only fuel and air are allowed to determine a competitor’s chances at a class ranking. The quickest in the N/A Big Block class was Roy Whittrmore and his ’64 Ford Falcon. But after failing to finish out the final drive, Kristen Chester notched the top spot with an 11.43 average.
The N/A Small Block win went to a veteran RMRW competitor, as Keith Horton’s 1966 Chevy II put together a 10.88 average for the top spot over Jason Schroeder’s 10.91 average.
The Gasser class would have Rob Lepenske at the top of the sheet based on his performance, and even though Lepenske had the quickest average at a 10.10, he failed to complete the final drive. That swung the class victory to Bryan Glover and his ’35 Dodge Truck with a 10.92 average.
The biggest class was the Tailgate class, with sixteen competitors. After finishing second at RMRW MEGAWEEK, Jeff Short climbed the final step on the ladder to top the field with his 12-second 1994 Chevrolet Silverado.
The quickest index class, 9-Second Index, almost had MEGAWEEK winner Vince Ruhe claim his second win in as many events. But Ruhe’s 9.10 average came up just a bit shy, as Chris Padgett and his turbocharged ’55 Chevy wagon snagged the win with a 9.06 average.
Jesse Hazlett had his 2002 Chevy Camaro tuned well to the 10-Second Index, clocking a near-perfect 10.008 on the second day to arrive at a 10.046 average and the class win.
The 11-Second Index was a tough one, with the top four competitors putting together averages within four hundreds of-a-second of each other. Christian Leija Aviln started the event with an 11.007 pass, and averaged an 11.014 for the overall win.
Travis Boltman would emerge at the top of the 12-Second Index class, using his 1996 GMC Sierra to compile a 12.0315 average for the win.
The closest finish of the event came in the 13-Second Index class, where Don Harmon, Tyler Bond and Dan Creegan were separated by a mere 0.011 of-a-second on their averages. Harmon did the best with a 13.0655 average for the win, Bond was second with a 13.075 average, and the 13.0765 average of Creegan claimed third.
A familiar man with RMRW claimed the 14-Second Index class, but this time, Adam Dorey traded the microphone for the driver seat of a 2006 Cadillac CTS-V. His 14.08 average was tops in the class, and Dorey added the Bracket Shootout title to his haul on Sunday.
Adalyn Urie was the top of the class in Junior Street, varying just .013 of-a-second between his two runs for the victory.
Written by Derek Putnam. Photos courtesy of Sick The Magazine, Rocky Mountain Race Week, and various participants.
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