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The season 10 opener at Phoenix was a closely battled race for many drivers. Early on it was Mike Erter and Steve Martinez, with Breuning and Day staying with them. Both Breuning and Day pitted during the 2nd yellow, which seemed a little too early, but later cautions saved them. Erter and Martinez were forced to pit under green later in the race, which brought Breuning and Day up front to battle for the win. Though a late yellow bunched up the field and got Smithem closely in 3rd, it was Breuning and Day crossing the line so close scoring showed 0.000 difference. It was Breuning that got the win in the closest finish ever in Retro CART League racing.

Pole sitter Breuning took the lead and never looked back at Laguna Seca, the final round of the 9th season. Several drivers struggled a little, among which Patrick Day and Steven Martinez, allowing Michael Kulaga to grab 2nd and Rafael Rodrigues to take 3rd. Eric Kulaga was 4th and Bill Smithem was 5th.

Season 9 is in the books; The 10th season will start in three weeks, so there will be two testing/recruiting events in between.

Thanks all for coming out this season and making this league what it has become!

Rick Ravon started from the pole, took the lead at the start and never looked back. Breuning followed in 2nd, while Fozillo had a great start and slotted into third. Behind them, turn one was chaos, with several drivers getting bottomed out on the outside curb, while Erter and Eric Culage touched. The rest of them had to take evasive action, some with more luck than others.

Michael Kulaga ended up finishing in 3rd behind the two leaders after Fozillo’s troubles, with Smithem in 4th and Steven Martinez in 5th.

Polesitter Steven Martinez and Patrick Day , together with Breuning, initially led the race and went back and forth. Breuning got caught up in a crash in front of him and was done. After that, it was Chris Brown giving him a real good run for his money, but in the process Brown spun – managed to keep it going – and finished 4th. The late yellow made it a two lap shoot out, Day managed to stay ahead of Mike Erter by 0.027 at the line! Ian Wilson finished 3rd and Andrew Forrester finished 5th.

Polesitter Marc Breuning led the first 19 laps, until he made a mistake in the penultimate corner and that allowed Patrick Day to take the lead. Both drivers had pretty equal pace and Breuning wasn’t gaining on Day despite a little faster pitstop. And then Day did the same thing Breuning did, returning the favor in an even prettier spin. He, too, avoid damage but lost the lead and allowed Breuning to take top spot. Third was Steven Martinez, 4th was Michael Kulaga and 5th his brother Eric Kulaga.