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Lotus49 News Season 12

BREUNING WINS SEASON FINALE, SMITHEM WINS CHAMPIONSHIP!

Pole sitter Breuning had a 13 pt deficit on Smithem going into the finale, meaning that Smithem needed to finish in the top 5 to secure his first title. Which he did. He ran a solid and careful race and finished on the podium behind Breuning and Mike Erter, who had a good dice for the lead – swapping positions twice. As always in this Lotus 49, a little mistake has big consequences and Breuning got lucky when Erter went wide in the carousel. Rod Potgieter, who started on the front row, finished 4th – also finding out that small mistakes take you back a ways. Phil Peterson rounded out the top 5.

DriverFinishStartFastestIncidentsPoints
Marcellus Breuning111:8.61422
Mike Erter231:7.941016
Bill Smithem341:8.347314
Rod Potgieter421:8.361312
Philip Peterson551:8.672410
Larry Eaglen671:9.65688
Donald Warren2761:8.42786
Jack Wilson21881439:59.100000
Stuart Wright991439:59.100000