Category: Lotus49

Pole sitter Mike Erter had a good thing going once the race started, were it not for a technical issue setting him back. Patrick Day happily took over the reins, with Breuning in pursuit. A back marker crashing almost took Day with him, but he kept the damaged car going at good speed, with Breuning following.

Going wide he had to let Brent Cook by and then messed up an overtaking attempt to get 2nd back. Bill Smithem took advantage of that for 3rd.

Day won the race ahead of Cook, Smithem, Don Warren and Phil Peterson.

Patrick Day started from the pole, flanked by Breuning. The race at the front was close with these two, Mike Erter and later Donald Warren. On lap 73 the battle up front was disrupted, when Warren and Breuning touched lightly, sending the latter into the wall. With Day, Erter and Warren at the helm, that’s how they finished. Jim Wardlow was 4th and Les Bentz was 5th.

Pole sitter Patrick Day led the first 5 laps until he slightly misjudged the turn one entry and touched the barrier. It allowed Breuning to get by and he led all the way to the end. Mike Erter was 2nd and Patrick Day lucked in when Bill Smithem lost his 3rd place to him in the closing stages of the race with a braking error at the end of the back stretch. He dropped behind 4th placed Rod Potgieter to finish in 5th.

Patrick Day started from the pole and took it to victory lane. The race was not as easy as that sounded, with Mike Erter and Chris Stofer running hard behind him. Stofer ultimately made a mistake, and it was Jeff Bruno that took 3rd place.

The first Lotus 49 season came to a close with Patrick Day starting from pole, followed by Breuning and Potgieter; On lap 2, Breuning got into the carousel corner too deep and spun both himself and Day around, handing the lead to Potgieter. Day caught up quickly, took the lead back and a similar incident happened between Day and Potgieter, handing the lead back to Breuning. He held on till the end, while Potgieter was in 2nd and Day dropped back after blowing the engine. Tom DeSelms rounded out the podium.