Dacono CO 6-27-2009 - Darren Roberston and eventual winner Cris Muhler battled door-handle to door-handle for 40 laps in the Race to Find Missing Kids event at Colorado National Speedway.

When the 40 lap main event started, #10 Tyler Chrisinger had the pole with #27 Roger Avants on the outside. #03 Happy Ferree had the inside of row two with the Furniture Row Racing #11 car of Darren Robertson beside him. #95 Chris Muhler was on the outside of row 3.  When the green flag waved, Chrisinger moved to the front as Muhler sped into 3rd. Robertson saw an opening on lap 5 and took the lead. The speedy #42 Ronnie Hults found his way from 8th to 4th. There they were, Robertson, Muhler, Chrisinger and Hults 4 of the fastest at CNS. Neither Muhler nor Robertson gave an inch to the other as they sped round, swapping paint, lap after lap. Meanwhile Hults was a mere car length behind and gaining.

At lap 31 the leaders were approaching lapped traffic. The three leaders navigated through the lapped traffic while staying within striking distance of each other. It was Muhler in 1st, Robertson in 2nd and Hults in 3rd. Robertson pressed onward. Muhler wasn’t giving a thing! At the white flag Robertson pulled up past Muhler on the inside. On the final lap, Muhler took back the lead in dramatic fashion. At the checkered it was #95 Chris Muhler for the win with Robertson following only a few inches behind. Ronnie Hults was 3rd followed by #12 Bruce Yackey in 4th and #27 Roger Avants in 5th.

1 #95 CRISTOFER MUHLER, 2 #11 DARREN ROBERTSON, 3 #42 RONNIE HULTS, 4 #12 BRUCE YACKEY, 5 #27 ROGER AVANTS, 6 #10 TYLER CHRISINGER, 7 #31 RICHARD SMITH, 8 #74 DAN SAVAGE, 9 #77 STEVEN YACKEY, 10 #91 CHRIS ATKINSON, 11 #88 GREG FOWLER, 12 #48 ED VECCHIARELLI JR, 13 #9 NICK BURTON, 14 #78 DARREN CROCKER, 15 #03 HAPPY FERREE, 16 #76 CHAD COWAN, 17 #63 BUTCH TILTON, 18 #33 EMETT GRAZIER