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Rick Ravon qualified on the pole and led pretty much all the way at Watkins Glen, although Joseph McWhorter managed to stick with him for a good amount of laps and even challenge for the lead at some point.
Breuning, who started on the front row, had trouble keeping up with the two of them. He led for a few laps when the leaders pitted, spun around without hitting anything and remained in 3rd until McWhorter lost it and hit the rail, handing him 2nd.
Bill Smithem had a good run finishing on the podium once again, followed by Rod Potgieter, Jason Crumley and Chris Brown.
- Rick Ravon
- Marc Breuning
- Bill Smithem
With win number 6 and another pole and most laps led, Rick Ravon has sealed up the season 4 and becomes the first repeat championship winner.
Running an unusually small field at New Hampshire, Ravon started from the pole and led all but 6 laps. Bill Smithem qualified a strong 2nd, only less than 0.1 of a second slower than Ravon. Breuning started from 3rd, with Chris Brown and Jason Crumley in 4th and 5th.
Smithem held off Breuning for about the first half of the race, until a slight wiggle slowed him down enough for Breuning to slip through. Crumley reeled in Brown for 4th.
Ravon has a 66 point lead over Breuning; Breuning could mathematically equal that with all wins, poles and most laps led, but on equal points Ravon would win the tiebreaker on most races won. Breuning is still winless this season.
- Rick Ravon
- Marc Breuning
- Bill Smithem
Rick Ravon started from the pole and led from flag to flag at Mid Ohio, putting him back where we are most used to seeing him: Up front. Behind him, Breuning reeled in Hamby and passed for 2nd place and the #15 driver held on to collect bronze.
Last weeks winner Daryll Wineinger finished 4th ahead of Bill Smithem.
The Mid Ohio result puts Ravon 60 points ahead of the next driver, which means that catching him for the championship has pretty much been reduced to a mathematical impossibility.
- Rick Ravon
- Marc Breuning
- Johnny Hamby
Rick Ravon started from the pole alongside Johnny Hamby and took the lead early on with Smithem in 3rd holding off Wineinger. Breuning, who qualified down in 7th, worked his way forward and helped by the 2nd yellow started challenging for the lead until his car snapped on lap 35 in turn one and he crashed, unfortunately taking Hamby with him. Smithem, running strong all night, was touched by Zakar as they were setting up for turn one and he hit the wall, damaging his car badly.
In the final stretch, it was Wineinger challenging Ravon for the lead while Zakar and Kielblock duked it out closely for the final podium spot. It was Wineinger that took advantage of the draft when it counted and he beat Ravon to the line by 0.018 of a second, while Zakar took the final podium spot by only .09 of a second!
- Darryl Wineinger
- Rick Ravon
- Mike Zakar
