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Pole sitter Marc Breuning took the lead and never looked back, staying ahead of Bill Smithem, Steven Kiefer and Charles Harris at Mid Ohio. Unfortunately a very small field, but it was good practice as always in the Lotus 49!

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Marcellus Breuning	1	1	1:24.47	0	22
Bill Smithem	2	2	1:24.422	4	16
Steven Kiefer	3	4	1:26.594	0	14
Charles Harris3	4	3	1:25.67	21	12

David Cooke started from pole position and pulled away instantly. On lap 3 he already clocked a lap faster than his pole time and was gone! George Sandman, who qualified on the front row, had Breuning behind him but the #61 driver dropped off little by little and. When Sandman made a mistake coming onto Thunder Alley, he managed to take 2nd, but then handed 2nd back to Sandman when he did the same thing on lap 30. It was Cooke, Sandman, Breuning at the end, with Mike Erter and Don Warren rounding out the top 5 in a 15-car field.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
David Cooke	1	1	1:12.512	0	22
George Sandman	2	2	1:12.692	2	16
Marcellus Breuning	3	3	1:13.263	3	14
Mike Erter	4	5	1:14.52	0	12
Donald Warren2	5	6	1:13.869	9	10
Bill Smithem	6	4	1:14.89	6	8
Charles Harris3	7	7	1:14.266	2	6
Glenn Sprechini	8	9	1:15.24	0	5
Philip Peterson	9	8	1:14.610	8	4
Larry Eaglen	10	11	1:15.166	11	3
Warren Rodgers	11	12	1:15.656	6	2
Chris Augustine	12	10	1:15.98	9	1
Steven Kiefer	13	13	1:18.8	0	0
JD Wardlow	14	14	1:17.50	10	0
Andrew Forrester2	15	15	1:17.510	9	0

Starting from the pole, Breuning was among several drivers having a good chance of winning the race at Pocono; Bill Smithem was in the mix until a slight touch with Breuning sent him into the wall. Mike Erter was in the mix as well as Warren Rodgers until they got together in the heat of the battle. Ultimately, it was Breuning and Warren that were going for the win, with Warren scuffing the wall on the last turn, denying himself a good run at the top spot. He had to settle for 2nd, followed by Smithem, Rodgers and Kiefer.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Marcellus Breuning	1	1	0:54.914	3	22
Donald Warren2	2	6	0:54.809	4	16
Bill Smithem	3	2	0:54.732	2	14
Warren Rodgers	4	4	0:54.688	4	12
Steven Kiefer	5	5	0:54.959	3	10
Mike Erter	6	3	0:54.728	6	8
Andrew Forrester2	7	7	0:56.118	2	6

Starting from the pole, David Cooke had no competition. Breuning and Smithem swapped position on lap one twice, both fighting cold tires, but it was Breuning that took 2nd. He was no match for the leader and ended up the only driver that wasn’t put a lap down.

Don Warren was 3rd, Sprechini and Kiefer rounded out the top 5.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
David Cooke	1	1	1:3.910	3	22
Marcellus Breuning	2	2	1:4.574	2	16
Donald Warren2	3	4	1:5.560	3	14
Glenn Sprechini	4	5	1:5.893	0	12
Steven Kiefer	5	7	1:6.431	0	10
Bill Smithem	6	3	1:5.534	16	8
Philip Peterson	7	6	1:5.912	9	6
Chris Augustine	8	9	1:5.841	10	5
Roland Olsen	9	8	1:6.434	2	4

Pole sitter Chris Ragan led the first 12 laps with easy as none of his pursuers had anything for him. Then, going into lap 12 on turn one, he appeared to miss his brake marker and went off into the barriers, handing the lead to Breuning on a silver platter.

Of the 8 starters, only 4 made it to the finish, proving that sticking around earns points. Breuning kept it up front followed by Bill Smithem, Don Warren and Larry Eaglen, with Ragan scoring 5th place points despite not making it to the end.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Marcellus Breuning	1	2	2:7.600	3	21
Bill Smithem	2	3	2:8.228	8	16
Donald Warren2	3	6	2:9.504	17	14
Larry Eaglen	4	8	2:11.146	9	12
Christopher Ragan2	5	1	2:7.408	7	12
Stuart Wright	6	9	2:17.663	7	8
Austin Dilts	7	4	1439:59.1000	6	6
Fozzy Fozillo	8	5	1439:59.1000	5	5
Mike Erter	9	7	1439:59.1000	0	0
Roland Olsen	10	10	1439:59.1000	0	0
Andrew Forrester2	11	11	1439:59.1000	0	0