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BREUNING WINS IN THE DESERT!

Returnee Donald Strout took the pole position at Phoenix, with Patrick Day in 2nd. Breuning and Eaglen shared the second row on the grid. As always, the racing was tight on the 1-mile oval, with all four drivers chasing each other closely. Day and Strout took themselves away from that action by pitting early, will Breuning and Eaglen stayed out.

More cautions brought it all back together. On lap 63, Breuning and Strout touched, sending both to the back of the lead lap after pitstops. Breuning benefited from a gap on the high side on the restart, making up 3 spots.

A late yellow on lap 71 took the back markers to the back of the line, with Breuning and Day fighting for the lead and Peterson and Forrester doing the same for 3rd. Day, having sustained minor damage from the cause of that final yellow, saw Breuning take the win by 0.043 of a second while Peterson snatched the final podium spot from Forrester.

DriverFinishStartFastestIncidentsPoints
Marcellus Breuning130:23.217820
Patrick Day220:23.245417
Philip Peterson360:23.229414
Andrew Forrester2490:23.312012
Darryl Wineinger5110:23.2801010
Bill Smithem6100:22.98148
Larry Eaglen740:23.199136
Chris C Brown870:22.99895
Jack Wilson219150:23.154124
Bill Colley II10140:23.181133
Kirk Pedersen1150:23.190142
Donald Strout1210:23.238102
Les Bentz13120:23.40690
Lawrence Hochgesang214130:23.35090
Roland Olsen1580:23.394100
Stuart Wright16160:23.53440
Donald Warren217171439:59.100000