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Pole sitter Patrick Day had his hands plenty full during the entire race. There was good battling going on throughout the field and up front. About mid race, in a long green flag stretch, Breuning built up a lead maxing at about 7 seconds., A late yellow put an end to that and bunched the field back up. Patrick Day made a pass for the lead and got it in turn one, right after which the final yellow came out which unfortunately led them to the flag, denying Bruening another shot at victory. Don Warren was 3rd, Mike Erter and Bill Smithem rounded out the top 5.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Patrick Day	1	1	0:53.65	0	21
Marcellus Breuning	2	2	0:53.13	0	17
Donald Warren2	3	4	0:53.290	0	14
Mike Erter	4	6	0:53.260	0	12
Bill Smithem	5	3	0:53.200	0	10
Chris C Brown	6	13	0:54.135	2	8
Ian Wilson2	7	11	0:53.979	0	6
Charles Harris3	8	5	0:53.316	8	5
Roland Olsen	9	8	0:53.479	8	4
Steven Kiefer	10	7	0:53.531	0	3
Stuart Wright	11	14	0:53.862	6	2
Andrew Forrester2	12	12	0:53.998	3	1
Gregory T Herr	13	10	0:54.243	4	0
Philip Peterson	14	9	0:53.682	5	0

Warren Rodgers started from pole position at the brickyard, but fell victim to the close racing fairly early. At the front it was David Cooke, Don Warren, Marc Breuning battling closely for the lead, while Bill Smithem spent the entire race working his way back from an early incident on lap 3.

Breuning, running without a spotter working, crashed on 86, almost taking Smithem with him. The dash for the cash at the end saw Cooke, Smithem, Charles Harris and Bill Colley fighting for the win. Although they touched as a result of a chain reaction in sight of the line, Cooke won by as 0.021 margin over Smithem, with Harris in 3rd and Colley in 4th, all within 0.5 of a second! Ian Wilson rounded out the top five despite a last lap crash.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
David Cooke	1	3	0:46.813	6	21
Bill Smithem	2	7	0:46.584	12	16
Charles Harris3	3	8	0:46.750	8	14
Bill Colley II	4	15	0:46.600	4	12
Ian Wilson2	5	11	0:46.576	8	10
Donald Warren2	6	6	0:46.274	8	8
Johnny Berardi	7	14	0:46.881	0	6
Steven Kiefer	8	2	0:47.18	4	5
Stuart Wright	9	16	0:46.744	4	4
Marcellus Breuning	10	4	0:46.506	6	3
Chris C Brown	11	5	0:46.570	6	2
Pierre Binette	12	9	0:46.323	8	1
Andrew Forrester2	13	13	0:46.598	23	0
Warren Rodgers	14	1	0:46.903	6	1
David L Cooke	15	10	0:46.28	12	0
Fozzy Fozillo	16	12	0:46.951	2	0
Randy Lloyd	17	17	1439:59.1000	0	0
Larry Eaglen	18	18	1439:59.1000	0	0

Starting from the pole, Breuning took the lead and never looked back. It’s not easy to drive Long Beach in the 49s without messing up at some point, but he managed. Behind him, most drivers went through their own set of troubles. Ultimately, Bill Smithem finished 2nd and Patrick Day rounded out the podium, followed by Steven Kiefer and Larry Eaglen.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Marcellus Breuning	1	1	1:20.381	0	22
Bill Smithem	2	2	1:20.911	2	16
Patrick Day	3	3	1:20.264	4	14
Steven Kiefer	4	7	1:22.611	2	12
Larry Eaglen	5	9	1:22.501	8	10
Rod Potgieter	6	5	1:21.909	6	8
Ian Wilson2	7	8	1:23.870	6	6
Andrew Forrester2	8	10	1:24.667	12	5
Donald Warren2	9	4	1:21.998	8	4
Mike Erter	10	6	1439:59.1000	0	0

Pole sitter David Cooke took the lead from the start and remained there until the checkered, while behind him George Sandman initially ran strong in 2nd until a technical issue force him out. Marc Breuning suffered the same after he had contact with the wall, pitted and tried to save fuel to remain on a 1 stop race, but technical woes took him out as well. Patrick Day took over the chase in 2nd and Rafael Rodrigues worked his way to 3rd from starting in the back. Larry Eaglen and Ian Wilson rounded out the top 5.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Marcellus Breuning	1	1	1:20.381	0	22
Bill Smithem	2	2	1:20.911	2	16
Patrick Day	3	3	1:20.264	4	14
Steven Kiefer	4	7	1:22.611	2	12
Larry Eaglen	5	9	1:22.501	8	10
Rod Potgieter	6	5	1:21.909	6	8
Ian Wilson2	7	8	1:23.870	6	6
Andrew Forrester2	8	10	1:24.667	12	5
Donald Warren2	9	4	1:21.998	8	4
Mike Erter	10	6	1439:59.1000	0	0

Polesitter Patrick Day started the race leading, until he brushed the wall hard enough to require some work done; He came back from it with some strong driving and the help of a few yellows bunching up the field. Took the lead from Breuning, who admitted maybe being too carefull after last season’s lap one debacle. Don Warren joined them on the podium, followed by Stuart Wright and Bill Smithem.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Patrick Day	1	1	0:28.436	4	22
Marcellus Breuning	2	2	0:28.494	0	16
Donald Warren2	3	6	0:28.475	4	14
Stuart Wright	4	10	0:29.93	4	12
Bill Smithem	5	3	0:28.598	4	10
Larry Eaglen	6	5	0:28.718	4	8
JD Wardlow	7	9	0:29.272	8	6
Warren Rodgers	8	4	0:28.889	10	5
Philip Peterson	9	7	0:28.850	8	4
Andrew Forrester2	10	8	1439:59.1000	14	3
Gregory T Herr	11	11	1439:59.1000	0	0

It was close and furious all race long at Phoenix, opening round of our 11th season. A late race caution after Breuning crashed out bunched them all up and for the final ‘dash-for-the-cash’ there were 4 drivers racing hard for the win. Don Warren kept it up front, while Patrick Day got the short end of the stick when the #9 washed up a bit after touching the apron with the left wheels. Rafel Rodriguz finished 2nd, with Warren Rodgers 3rd, Mike Erter in 4th and Chris Brown in 5th.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Donald Warren2	1	3	0:23.225	16	20
Rafael Rodrigues5	2	11	0:22.875	0	17
Warren Rodgers	3	1	0:23.187	8	15
Mike Erter	4	2	0:22.886	4	12
Chris C Brown	5	5	0:22.888	4	10
Stuart Wright	6	14	0:23.204	8	8
Patrick Day	7	4	0:23.227	12	6
Philip Peterson	8	9	0:23.164	8	5
Andrew Forrester2	9	8	0:23.124	17	4
Gregory T Herr	10	10	0:23.142	13	3
Marcellus Breuning	11	6	0:22.898	16	2
Bill Colley II	12	13	0:23.220	12	1
Bill Smithem	13	12	0:23.219	12	0
JD Wardlow	14	7	0:23.439	8	0