Eric Holmes wins NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race in Colorado

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Eric Holmes won the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race at Colorado National Speedway on Saturday night. It was his second win in a row and his fourth of the season.

Holmes, a driver from Escalon, Calif., led a race-high 119 laps. He took the lead on Lap 3 and held it for 74 laps. He regained the lead on Lap 107 and held it for the remainder of the race.

Paulie Harraka, a driver from Wayne, N.J., finished second. Luis Martinez Jr. of Long Beach was third.

Martinez won the first pole and posted the first podium finish of his West Series career. He led the first two laps of the race and 29 more midway through the race. Martinez took the lead from Holmes on Lap 78 and was out front until Lap 106.

Go to Haddock in the Paddock and NASCAR Home Tracks for more on the race from Colorado National Speedway.

-- Tim Haddock