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BREUNING WINS AT BELLE ISLE

Starting from the pole, Breuning led the race flag to flag, with Bill Smithem in 2nd position. Initially Rod Potgieter was running 3rd, but it was Phil Peterson that grabbed the final podium spot in the end. Lary Eaglen and Ian Wilson rounded out the top 5, with Potgieter in 6th.

DriverFinishStartFastestIncidentsPoints
Marcellus Breuning111:21.88022
Bill Smithem221:21.519216
Philip Peterson341:22.536414
Larry Eaglen451:22.457312
Ian Wilson2561:22.716210
Rod Potgieter631:23.4328
Andrew Forrester2781:24.56486
Chris C Brown871:27.58165
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Season 13, Lotus 79, Round 5 Standings

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BREUNING WINS AT BELLE ISLE

Starting from the pole, Breuning led the race flag to flag, with Bill Smithem in 2nd position. Initially Rod Potgieter was running 3rd, but it was Phil Peterson that grabbed the final podium spot in the end. Lary Eaglen and Ian Wilson rounded out the top 5, with Potgieter in 6th.

DriverFinishStartFastestIncidentsPoints
Marcellus Breuning111:21.88022
Bill Smithem221:21.519216
Philip Peterson341:22.536414
Larry Eaglen451:22.457312
Ian Wilson2561:22.716210
Rod Potgieter631:23.4328
Andrew Forrester2781:24.56486
Chris C Brown871:27.58165
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Season 13, Lotus 79, Round 4 Standings

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RODRIGUES WINS A NAILBITER AT GATEWAY!

Rafael Rodrigues was the last to qualify but planted himself on the pole just seconds before the time expired. He raced hard with Breuning the first part of the race, though Breuning managed to run a fast high line through turns 1 and 2. Mike Erter was the first victim of another car washing up in turn 2, unfortunately he crashed hard into the wall and called it a night.

The race up front was tight till the end. Breuning led when the white came out, but Rodrigues drafted off turn 4 and beat him to the line by 0.006 of a second. Andrew Forrester scored his first ever podium finish only yards behind. Smithem and Tamira rounded out the top 5.

DriverFinishStartFastestIncidentsPoints
Rafael Rodrigues5110:27.584421
Marcellus Breuning230:27.658017
Andrew Forrester2380:27.800614
Bill Smithem4100:27.958412
David Tamira550:27.8781210
Chris C Brown690:27.88648
Jack Wilson21720:27.905126
Ian Wilson2870:27.96175
Donald Warren2940:27.952104
Mike Erter1060:28.17443

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Season 13, Lotus 79, Round 3 Standings

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SMITHEM WINS HIS FIRST INDY 100!

It was pole sitter Robert Love that led the field to the green flag and took and early lead. The racing was pretty hard right off the bat and that resulted in a massive accident after some 6 laps, that forced a lot of drivers to pit and use their repair; After that, it was still furious and several yellows thinned out the field. The second half of the race, things calmed down. Stuart Wright and Bill Smithem were running for the win together, but Wright unfortunately was caught speeding on pit road on his last stop, which gave Smithem a comfortable lead. Fozillo stretched his fuel to secure 2nd but was disqualified for reaching the incident limit on the last lap. Breuning sputtered across the line to grab 2nd. Fozillo was award third as he completed 99 laps.

Stuart Wright salvaged his race with 4th and Jack Wilson was 5th.

DriverFinishStartFastestIncidentsPoints
Bill Smithem180:46.508421
Marcellus Breuning240:46.349616
Fozzy Fozillo360:46.3942014
Stuart Wright4130:46.490112
Jack Wilson21520:46.6771710
Pierre Binette6120:46.62708
Chris C Brown790:46.406166
Philip Peterson8110:46.40285
Andrew Forrester2970:46.91764
Ian Wilson210100:46.97083
Donald Warren21130:46.440142
Robert Love21210:46.415122
Mike Erter1350:46.73580

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Season 13, Lotus 79, Round 2 Standings

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BREUNING WINS AT LONG BEACH!

Breuning qualified on pole, but the battle for the quickest lap time was very close; The first 5 cars on the grid were within a second. First to third, 0.121 seconds.

At the start, it was Smithem that looked to take the lead, with Breuning on his inside in turn one. Approaching the tight section around the fountain, Smithem took the safe way and let the #61 go. The margin between Breuning and Smithem remained close, while Smithem was dealing with Austin Dilts, who passed him for 2nd only to miss turn one a lap later – ending his race. Smithem was back in 2nd, but a little bit further behind now. The pitstops widened the gap even more and Breuning took the win, ahead of Smithem and Morgan Smith. Larry Eaglen and Ian Wilson rounded out the top 5.

DriverFinishStartFastestIncidentsPoints
Marcellus Breuning111:13.794022
Bill Smithem221:13.542016
Morgan Smith3361:13.769614
Larry Eaglen481:14.549212
Ian Wilson2591:14.966410
Fozzy Fozillo631:14.19068
Philip Peterson751:14.884126
Chris C Brown8121:19.85505
JD Wardlow9111:16.15964
Andrew Forrester210101:15.82963
Austin Dilts1141:13.84022
Mike Erter1271:14.95361
Rafael Rodrigues513131:16.3940

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Mike Erter Wins First Race Of The Season

Erter and Fozillo battled out front for most of the race, with Erter leading all but four until the pair pitted on lap 57. Smithem and Brown ran one two until an incident dropped Smithem to fifth. A bit later Brown, after leading several laps, came together with Fozillo, dropping to fourth.

The race finished in a two lap shootout after that caution, with Erter on the top step, Fozillo second, and Smithem third. Top five was rounded out by Brown in fourth and Eaglen in fifth.

DriverFinishStartFastestIncidentsPoints
Mike Erter110:23.425022
Fozzy Fozillo220:23.146416
Bill Smithem340:23.149414
Chris C Brown470:23.1571812
Larry Eaglen580:23.492610
Jack Wilson21660:23.368148
Stuart Wright7100:23.72186
Andrew Forrester2850:23.62185
Marcellus Breuning9110:23.41224
Les Bentz1090:23.38643
JD Wardlow1130:23.569142