Author: cpradmin

The Season 3 opening round at Phoenix saw some close racing; Early leader was Trey Mitts, who got reeled in by Breuning and Ravon mixing in the fight. The first yellow came out when Chris Brown spun around and Bill Schurmatz couldn’t avoid him. Breuning passed under yellow and earned himself a penalty, taking himself out of the fight.

After the second yellow, during which Ravon pitted, it was Mitts again until he spun around in turn 2. The final stretch saw Rick Ravon holding off a hard charging Blake Tschida and Ryan Freeman. Ravon took the win by .09 sec!

1. Rick Ravon
2. Blake Tschida
3. Ryan Freeman

Theo Schleret has already made his mark as a newcomer in the Retro CART League and proved to be the man to beat again in Laguna Seca. But the race was really about the Season 2 championship. Breuning had an 11 point lead coming in, meaning that finishing 4th or better would secure his 2nd title. Hamby qualified on pole, led the most laps and looked good for the win. Breuning followed him in 2nd and had no need for trying to pass. Then the pitstop, where he was caught speeding. He had to come in again but after the penalty, he was still 3rd.

The championship was well within reach until Chris Brown spun coming out of the final turn on lap 27. Breuning came around the concrete wall and the moment he decided to go to the right, Brown reversed to clear the track. The damage to the #61 was too much to carry on.

Hamby was free and clear and Schleret gaining on him was not a problem; Approaching the corkscrew they touched, but luckily Hamby was able to finish the race in 2nd and therefor takes home the Season 2 Championship!

Congratulations Johnny Hamby!

Thanks to TURN3 and Dave Worrell for the exciting broadcasts. Thanks to iSplash for coming on board as the series Sponsor, offering iRacing credits to the championship winner.

Thanks all drivers for coming out and helping to grow the league!

Podium

1. Théo Schleret
2. Johnny Hamby
3. Neil D Canning

Theo Schleret entered his first Retro CART League event as a dominating force; The French driver took the pole, lead the most laps and won the race by a 25 second margin over Rick Ravon, Zach Millett and Johnny Hamby.

Breuning and Smithem came together in turn one on lap 4, ending both their races. That means that the championship battle between Breuning and Hamby has narrowed to 11 points and these two drivers will be deciding who brings home the hardware in Laguna Seca next week!

Podium

1. Theo Schleret
2. Rick Ravon
3. Zach Millett

Loudon, New Hampshire, turned out to be a tricky 1 miler for some of the drivers. Especially turn two caught a few of them out. First victim was pole sitter Wade Tschida when he was running 2nd, unfortunately collecting Chris Hamelink who was running strong. Then Austin Dabbs brushed the wall and spun while battling Darren Fahey for the lead. Fahey became the latest victim while leading, handing the race to Breuning who scored his 2nd win of the season.

Podium

1. Marc Breuning
2. Darryl Wineinger
3. Jason Crumley