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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.

It was Eric Kulaga led the field to the green flag from pole position. The field split up in two groups, but in each of them the racing was very close. The first yellow came around lap 20 and earned Breuning a black flag on the restart, dropping down to the final spot on the lead lap. A late caution got him back in contention. At the front, it was anyone’s race until Breuning took the white flag with Erter right on his tail; Mike Erter passed him between turns 2 and 3 and Breuning tried to come back coming off the final turn but was 0.027 short of keeping Erter from his first win in the series! Fozillo was 3rd, Love was 4th and Brown 5th.

Starting from the pole, Breuning led to the finish flag in a good sized field with 3 rookies on board. Bill Smithem took a strong second place and one of the new drivers, Steve Martinez, finished in 3rd, followed by the other two new drivers Eric and Michael Kulaga. That’s a strong debut for all three!

Patrick Day qualified on the pole, took a cautious approach to the race, but ended up taking away the biggest trophy. Breuning gave him a run for his money after the pitstops but touched with Dale and basically ended his endeavors. Les Bentz took advantage and finished in 2nd place, Severiano Espinoza rounded out the podium.