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Rod Potgieter put himself on the pole with Breuning alongside; They battled for the lead for a few laps until Potgieter spun out of the hairpin and Breuning, taking over the lead, crashed a lap later exiting turn one. Danny Passmore took over and also messed up, leaving the way open for Bill Smithem. Potgieter, who drove a battered machine but didn’t need to stop, held on to 2nd, with Ian Wilson proving ‘easy does it’ actually does it and got him 3rd. Breuning managed to take 4th and Wardlow rounded out the top 5.

Bill Smithem started from the front row and took the lead right off the bat, closely followed by Breuning until another tech issue ended his pursuit.

David Brown and Rod Potgieter joined Smithem on the podium, with Ian Wilson and Tommy Cook rounding out the top 5.

Starting from the pole, Breuning led flag to flag at Mid Ohio. Bill Smithem had to recover from a spin in turn one and reclaim 2nd from Mike Zakar, who finished 3rd. Rod Potgieter finished 4th and Andrew Forrester made it to another top 5 finish!

Don Warren took the pole at the tricky triangle, with Danny Passmore alongside him. As always, Pocono delivered some very close racing and some yellows. Breuning took himself out of contention brushing the wall in turn 2. Stofer, Passmore, Warren, Smithem and Erter all remained in close proximity of one another.

A late yellow bunched all of it back up; Breuning got his lap down as the lucky dog, but for him it didn’t matter. The battle for the win was tight and close, with Stofer beating Erter to the line by 0.001 of a second. Warren managed to stay ahead of Passmore by 0.05 for third and Bill Smithem took fifth as Peterson and Breuning spun on the last turn, taking Wright with them.

Pole sitter Marc Breuning led the way after a brief swapping of the lead with Bill Smithem early on, until a technical issue mid race dropped him out. David Brown took over and led to the end, with Bill Smithem recovering to 2nd after a crash involving a back marker, who came back on track after a spin. Ian Wilson joined them on the podium, with Rod Potgieter and Stuart Wright rounding out the top 5.