Category: Lotus79

Pole sitter Marc Breuning had a tech issue while gridding, so he started from the pitlane behind everyone else. Don Warren took the lead ahead of Rod Potgieter. It took Breuning about half the race to work his way to the lead, but then a slow pitstop put him behind leader Warren again and he couldn’t make up for it in the final ten laps. Warren to the victory, Potgieter was 3rd. Phil Peterson and Larry Eaglen rounded out the top 5, having had a good race between each other and Andrew Forrester, who had to settle for 11th at the end due to a spin.

Pole sitter Marc Breuning led the race until a technical issue took him out on lap 33, trying again after that but the tech issue persisted, and his race was done.

Goerge Sandman, who had started last on the grid, had worked his way to 2nd by then and took over the lead. Rod Potgieter followed, now in 2nd and Fozzi Fozillo in 3rd. Bill Smithem and Larry Eaglen rounded out the top 5.

Polesitter Bill Smithem started fast with front row starter Breuning and rookie Austin Dilts on his tail, but unfortunately he ran wide exiting the final turn on lap 4 and spun into the inside wall. He was forced to pit and wound up finishing 8th, while Dilts and Breuning raced for the win. Dilts took the lead with a better executed pit stop, but Breuning stuck to him for a bit until small mistakes started coming and he lost ground. Austin Dilts won his first outing in the 79s, with Breuning holding on to 2nd, Mike Erter in 3rd, Rod Potgieter in 4th and rookie Morgan Smith in 5th.

Both Polesitter Erter and front row starter Breuning spun their wheels on launch, though they didn’t touch it was Erter hitting the wall and Breuning taking the lead. Cooke caught up fast, but he pitted during the first yellow and handed the lead back to Breuning. Warren chased him for a good bit but didn’t seem to be too interested in leading.

With a mid-race yellow, Kiefer took the lead as most others took tires and thus spent more time on pit road. Cooke quickly demoted Kiefer to 2nd, while Breuning and Warren duked it out for the podium spots. Cooke won by 3 1/2 seconds, with Breuning and Warren following, Smithem in 4th and Kiefer rounding out the top 5.

George Sandman started from the pole and ended up in victory lane despite David Cooke’s best efforts – leading 15 laps. Cooke dropped out after 24 laps, opening opportunities for Don Warren and Ian Wilson to score podium positions with Bill Smithem and Larry Eaglen rounding out the top 5.