Category: Season 11
Bill Smithem started from the pole and never looked back at the season finale at Watkins Glen, leading every lap and saving fuel as best he could. He came over the finish line with a sputtering engine, as did 2nd placed Breuning. Both leading cars were the only ones not to pit for fuel, which brought Breunign back from 5th to 2nd after a lap one spin. Stuart Wright grabbed 3rd place, followed by Ian Wilson and Pierre “PappaBinz” Binette.
Breuning had already secured the championship, Bill Smithem is 2nd and Don Warren (absent today) 3rd.
| Driver | Finish | Start | Fastest | Incidents | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Smithem | 1 | 1 | 1:47.921 | 0 | 22 |
| Marcellus Breuning | 2 | 2 | 1:46.296 | 7 | 16 |
| Stuart Wright | 3 | 6 | 1:48.987 | 8 | 14 |
| Ian Wilson2 | 4 | 4 | 1:49.201 | 14 | 12 |
| Pierre Binette | 5 | 3 | 1:46.797 | 14 | 10 |
| Andrew Forrester2 | 6 | 5 | 1439:59.1000 | 6 | 8 |
| Larry Eaglen | 7 | 7 | 1439:59.1000 | 0 | 0 |
Pole sitter David Cooke led flag to flag in Laguna Seca ahead of George Sandman. Initially Breuning ran 3rd, but a misunderstanding with a back marker caused an incident and he dropped to 5th. It was Bill Smithem that grabbed the final podium spot ahead of Don Warren, who also had to pit for repairs after a mishap.
David Cooke is our Season 11 Champion. He won an impressive 10 races, the final 8 of them consecutively. Congratulations to him!
| Driver | Finish | Start | Fastest | Incidents | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Cooke | 1 | 1 | 1:11.967 | 7 | 22 |
| George Sandman | 2 | 2 | 1:12.106 | 6 | 16 |
| Bill Smithem | 3 | 5 | 1:14.26 | 6 | 14 |
| Donald Warren2 | 4 | 4 | 1:14.199 | 14 | 12 |
| Marcellus Breuning | 5 | 3 | 1:13.366 | 5 | 10 |
| Larry Eaglen | 6 | 11 | 1:14.961 | 15 | 8 |
| Pierre Binette | 7 | 6 | 1:14.896 | 14 | 6 |
| Ian Wilson2 | 8 | 8 | 1:15.704 | 10 | 5 |
| Chris C Brown | 9 | 10 | 1:18.786 | 14 | 4 |
| Andrew Forrester2 | 10 | 9 | 1:17.384 | 10 | 3 |
| Mike Erter | 11 | 7 | 1439:59.1000 | 0 | 0 |
| David L Cooke | 12 | 12 | 1439:59.1000 | 0 | 0 |
Newcomer Brown put his machine on the pole alongside Mike Erter, but the race was really anyone’s. The top 5-6 drivers were all in it and dicing the entire time. Three wide, two wide, and it all seemed to fit on the high banked oval as if it was made for it!
The pit stops pulled the field apart a little bit, but the fight for the top spot remained. Ultimately, David Brown inched it over the line ahead of Erter with Breuning in 3rd. The winning margin was too close to measure in 3 digits behind the dot! Steven Kiefer and Ian Wilson rounded out the top 5.
| Driver | Finish | Start | Fastest | Incidents | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David E Brown | 1 | 1 | 0:39.750 | 0 | 22 |
| Mike Erter | 2 | 2 | 0:39.917 | 0 | 16 |
| Marcellus Breuning | 3 | 3 | 0:39.877 | 0 | 14 |
| Steven Kiefer | 4 | 4 | 0:39.862 | 1 | 12 |
| Ian Wilson2 | 5 | 5 | 0:39.898 | 0 | 10 |
| Stuart Wright | 6 | 10 | 0:39.816 | 0 | 8 |
| Roland Olsen | 7 | 7 | 0:39.835 | 2 | 6 |
| Andrew Forrester2 | 8 | 9 | 0:40.48 | 0 | 5 |
| Philip Peterson | 9 | 8 | 0:39.793 | 5 | 4 |
| Donald Warren2 | 10 | 6 | 0:39.910 | 2 | 3 |
David Cooke started from the back of a 17-car field at Watkins Glen, but quickly made his way forward. Polesitter Breuning tried to give him a little run for his money, but he was just too fast and walked away with another great win. Duane Gibbs followed in 3rd position, with Bill Smithem and Mike Erter rounding out the top 5.
| Driver | Finish | Start | Fastest | Incidents | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Cooke | 1 | 16 | 1:31.751 | 5 | 21 |
| Marcellus Breuning | 2 | 1 | 1:32.531 | 0 | 17 |
| Duane Gibbs | 3 | 4 | 1:32.682 | 3 | 14 |
| Bill Smithem | 4 | 2 | 1:32.908 | 0 | 12 |
| Mike Erter | 5 | 5 | 1:33.530 | 0 | 10 |
| Philip Peterson | 6 | 8 | 1:33.731 | 8 | 8 |
| Glenn Sprechini | 7 | 6 | 1:33.637 | 7 | 6 |
| Pierre Binette | 8 | 17 | 1:34.43 | 9 | 5 |
| Chris Augustine | 9 | 7 | 1:33.821 | 2 | 4 |
| Andrew Forrester2 | 10 | 13 | 1:34.698 | 4 | 3 |
| Donald Warren2 | 11 | 3 | 1:33.182 | 10 | 2 |
| Ian Wilson2 | 12 | 9 | 1:34.342 | 7 | 1 |
| Warren Rodgers | 13 | 10 | 1:34.129 | 6 | 0 |
| Stuart Wright | 14 | 14 | 1:35.527 | 7 | 0 |
| Fozzy Fozillo | 15 | 12 | 1:36.97 | 6 | 0 |
| Larry Eaglen | 16 | 11 | 1:35.33 | 6 | 0 |
| Clinton Chambers | 17 | 15 | 1439:59.1000 | 0 | 0 |
Breuning took the lead from the pole and never looked back at Mosport, except for maybe one off track in turn 2, that cost him a few seconds. It wasn’t enough for Smithem to close the gap despite his running the fastest lap. Rod Potgieter finished 3rd, ahead of Ian Wilson and Andrew Forrester.
| Driver | Finish | Start | Fastest | Incidents | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcellus Breuning | 1 | 1 | 1:18.954 | 1 | 22 |
| Bill Smithem | 2 | 2 | 1:18.854 | 1 | 16 |
| Rod Potgieter | 3 | 3 | 1:19.334 | 0 | 14 |
| Ian Wilson2 | 4 | 4 | 1:20.306 | 5 | 12 |
| Andrew Forrester2 | 5 | 5 | 1439:59.1000 | 2 | 10 |