Running the black No. 78 car in recent weeks has been a dangerous proposition for Regan Smith, driver for the Denver-based Furniture Row Racing team. At Sonoma two weeks ago, Smith fractured his left wrist during a multi-car wreck on lap 67 of the 110-lap road course.
He bounced back last week in qualifying at New Hampshire to earn a starting spot at 18. Come race day Sunday, after his first pit on lap 40, Smith’s Chevrolet broke a right-front wheel. And later in the waning laps, the car broke its transmission. Smith finished 33rd.
But the races go on. Smith heads to Daytona this week for the Coke Zero 400 under the lights Saturday, one of the biggest remaining races on the Sprint Cup Series schedule before the Chase begins. Smith’s best career result was a 12th-place finish last year — at the Daytona summer race.
Before the green flag goes, Smith will answer reader’s questions in this week’s installment of “Fan Mail.” Send questions for Regan in an e-mail to fanmail@denverpost.com and we’ll run his answers online later this week and in the newspaper.
Broncos tickets on sale.
The Broncos will put individual-game tickets on sale for next season beginning Saturday, July 10, the team said. The Broncos have sold out 309 consecutive regular-season games dating to 1970, the NFL’s second-longest streak.
Fans can find tickets at . Full-price tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. Half-price tickets go on sale at 1 p.m.
Santiago claims WBC crown.
Denver’s Juan Santiago finally felled Arizona’s Donaldo Holguin for good with a 10th-round knockout in a light welterweight bout late Saturday at Red & Jerry’s in Denver. Santiago (13-4-1) earned the vacant WBC Latino title in the process. Holguin dropped to 8-2.
Also on the card, Greeley’s Robert Rodriguez, a former amateur U.S. Future Stars national champ, improved to 4-0 by overpowering New Mexico’s Mi- chael Montalbano in a featherweight bout. Rodriguez won with a first-round TKO. Also, Isiah Barela won a heavyweight fight by KO over Mike Simmons.
Nebraskan tops Senior Open qualifier.
Jeff Klein of Mitchell, Neb., won medalist honors at U.S. Senior Open sectional qualifying Monday at The Broadmoor East Golf Course in Colorado Springs.
The top Colorado finisher was Ron Vlosich of Lakewood, who shot an even-par 70 for third place and the first alternate spot. Kent Moore of Greenwood Village claimed the second alternate spot by winning a playoff.
