Category: Lotus49

Staring from the pole, Breuning lost it on cold tires on the exit of turn one. Bill Smithem gladly took the helm, followed by Rod Potgieter. Breuning worked his way back through the 7 car field and got back into 2nd position. Smithem wasn’t about to give a possible win all that easy and held the #61 off until he made a mistake at the exit of turn one on lap 21, allowing Breuning to get by. Breuning had an off on lap 22, but by now the lead was big enough to hang on and take the win ahead of Smithem, Potgieter, Wilson and Mills.

Polesitter Breuning and Bill Smithem duked it out for a good bit at Pocono, until the latter scuffed the wall and lost the draft. But a late race caution brought the field back together and suddenly Breuning found himself trying to hold off Warren, Miller and Smithem for the win. Three wide into the final two turns, Warren and Miller touched on turn 3 going into the final lap and the subsequent yellow saved leader Breuning from being run over with the finish in sight. Breuning won ahead of Smithem, Warren, Civitaresse, Miller and Forrester.

Starting from the pole, Marc Breuning led all the way at Elkart Lake. Although front row starter Bill Smithem appeared to have something for him in the first few laps, once everyone ‘warmed up’ the field stretched out. Smithem and Erter had a good back and forth for 2nd, but a short loss of focus meant that Smithem had to settle for 3rd behind him.

Joseph Miller and Andrew Forrester rounded out the top 5, the latter being very content with a top 5 road course finish!

It was Don Warren that took the pole, but he scraped the wall early on. It were Day, Breuning, Smithem and Miller battling wheel to wheel all race long, with Warren recovering and mixing it in there as well, until he did the same thing again later. At the end, it was Day that took the win by 0.08 over Breuning, with Miller close in 3rd and Smithem in 4th, still within 1/2 a second of the winner. Charles Harris rounded out the top 5 in a caution free event!

Pole sitter Patrick Day led flag to flag at Willow Springs, initially followed by front row starter Breuning. On lap 5 Breuning blew the engine going in the first turn and had to pit for repairs. That opened the road for Mike Erter in 2nd and Charles Harris in 3rd. Breuning managed to bring it home in 4th after the repairs, ahead of 5th place Jeff Bruno.