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Taylor Jordan led the field to the green flag on what was quickly becoming a ‘close as ever’ event at the tricky triangle. The first yellow was a result of three wide in turn 3, with Jordan getting caught between Peterson and the wall. His fast repair saved the day. Robert Love and Breuning were at it at the helm but Love later fell victim to an incident as well.

Jordan had caught back up to the front late in the race and was defending his lead hard. Breuning had a nose length on him going into lap 48-turn one, when the yellow came out. Jordan spun when slowing down and Breuning was safe as the race finished under yellow. Phil Peterson was 2nd, also coming back from adversity and 3rd was Jack Wilson, who ran a strong race up front for the 2nd half of the race. Smithem was 4th and Stuart Wright rounded out the top five.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Marcellus Breuning	1	4	0:47.431	0	21
Philip Peterson	2	6	0:47.149	8	16
Jack Wilson21	3	8	0:47.215	16	14
Bill Smithem	4	2	0:47.410	0	12
Stuart Wright	5	12	0:47.251	8	10
Bill Colley II	6	11	0:47.262	0	8
Andrew Forrester2	7	9	0:47.707	8	6
Randy Dale	8	10	0:49.570	6	5
Taylor Jordan	9	1	0:47.65	8	5
Les Bentz	10	7	0:47.118	8	3
Mike Erter	11	5	0:47.344	2	2
Robert Love2	12	3	0:47.700	12	1

It was Bill Smithem leading the field to the green flag and leading, with Breuning going side-by-side in the first turns only to find himself facing the wrong way at the exit. Not having hit anything, his racing became a game of catching up in which he succeeded.

He passed Smithem for the lead with the help of the pit stop and the latter’s tires being ground down to the canvas. They were joined on the podium by Rod Potgieter, with Ian Wilson and Bob Mills rounding out the top 5. Andrew Forrester was the only driver taking home the ‘CR Award’.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Marcellus Breuning	1	2	1:12.236	6	20
Bill Smithem	2	1	1:12.197	4	18
Rod Potgieter	3	4	1:13.13	2	14
Ian Wilson2	4	7	1:13.23	4	12
Bob Mills	5	8	1:12.954	2	10
Larry Eaglen	6	3	1:12.935	7	8
Philip Peterson	7	6	1:12.990	17	6
Andrew Forrester2	8	9	1:14.476	0	5
Rafael Rodrigues5	9	5	1439:59.1000	0	0

Jordan started from the pole and led the entire race at blistering pace in the wet, lapping the entire field. It was a race for survival behind them with Phil Peterson starting out fast in 2nd place but soon finding that the track was getting worse and worse. Breuning moved up to 2nd, in 3rd it was Bob Mills, while Smithem and Peterson rounded out the top 5.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Taylor Jordan	1	1	1:25.603	3	22
Marcellus Breuning	2	4	1:28.622	1	16
Bob Mills	3	5	1:29.240	3	14
Bill Smithem	4	2	1:29.816	10	12
Philip Peterson	5	3	1:28.270	22	10
Andrew Forrester2	6	6	1:35.504	22	8
Rod Potgieter	7	7	1:31.825	13	6
Duane Gibbs	8	8	1439:59.1000	0	0
Ronald grayson	9	9	1439:59.1000	0	0

Taylor Jordan was the man to beat all afternoon long, having started from the pole. Breuning couldn’t keep up and lost a few extra seconds when he overshot turn one. The field stretched thin, but the looming issue was tirewear for many. Two laps before the end, Jordan made a rare and uncharacteristic mistake coming off the final turn. He spun around and couldn’t be avoided by Rodrigues. It handed Breuning the win, Smithem moved up to 2nd and Rod Potgieter grabbed the final podium spot, while Rodrigues still classified 4th and Peterson rounded out the top 5.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Marcellus Breuning	1	2	1:4.465	1	20
Bill Smithem	2	3	1:5.22	5	16
Rod Potgieter	3	10	1:5.984	2	14
Rafael Rodrigues5	4	7	1:5.112	13	12
Philip Peterson	5	8	1:5.409	10	10
Ian Wilson2	6	5	1:5.380	9	8
Bob Mills	7	12	1:6.820	6	6
Larry Eaglen	8	9	1:5.776	11	5
Andrew Forrester2	9	11	1:7.39	18	4
Tommy Cook	10	6	1:5.435	17	3
Donald Warren2	11	4	1:5.215	4	2
Taylor Jordan	DQ	1			1

It was George Sandman that led the field to the green flag, but Taylor Jordan took the lead in turn one and didn’t seem to leave much doubt on where he wanted to be. Sandman followed, stayed close initially, until an incident with a back marker that was a lot slower than he expected ended his pursuit and he called it a race.

Aaron Blackburn took over in the chase with Bill Smithem following him after Breuning had gone off on lap 5. Breuning later had another issue, touching the #16 because of going in too deep in turn 5. He had to claw his way back from 8th, managed to pass several cars, including Phil Peterson on the last lap – who in is own right was having a good day.

So Jordan, Blackburn and Smithem were on the podium, Breuning and Peterson rounded out the top 5 finishers.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Taylor Jordan	1	2	1:52.302	5	21
Aaron M Blackburn	2	4	1:53.745	6	16
Bill Smithem	3	5	1:53.382	5	14
Marcellus Breuning	4	3	1:53.734	16	12
Philip Peterson	5	10	1:54.859	14	10
Larry Eaglen	6	11	1:55.405	17	8
Bob Mills	7	12	1:55.662	4	6
Stuart Wright	8	15	1:57.596	13	5
Ian Wilson2	9	9	1:55.675	16	4
Chris C Brown	10	14	2:0.576	9	3
Danny K Passmore	11	7	1:54.572	6	2
Andrew Forrester2	12	13	1:57.56	20	1
George Sandman	13	1	1:52.492	4	1
Donald Warren2	14	6	1:54.568	15	0
David Tamira	15	8	1:55.482	14	0