Category: Season 11
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 |
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 |
It was close all night between the top drivers, Breuning starting from pole alongside Cooke, but Smithem, Sprechini, Wright, Kiefer and others were all in the mix up front. The pitstops under green pulled the field apart a little, leaving Breuning and Cooke to battle for the win. A late race caution meant a one lap shootout for the prizes; With Breuning starting in the lead, Crooke got him out of turn one. Breuning didn’t have enough momentum out of two to get to his inside in three and had to settle for 2nd behind the new Retro Cart League Champ! Chris Augustine was 3rd only a few car lengths back, ahead of Wright and Sprechini.
David Cooke has secured the Season 11 championship, congratulations to him!
| Driver | Finish | Start | Fastest | Incidents | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Cooke | 1 | 3 | 0:47.485 | 0 | 21 |
| Marcellus Breuning | 2 | 1 | 0:47.540 | 0 | 17 |
| Chris Augustine | 3 | 10 | 0:47.393 | 3 | 14 |
| Stuart Wright | 4 | 15 | 0:47.355 | 0 | 12 |
| Glenn Sprechini | 5 | 5 | 0:47.670 | 0 | 10 |
| Bill Smithem | 6 | 4 | 0:47.549 | 6 | 8 |
| Steven Kiefer | 7 | 2 | 0:47.758 | 0 | 6 |
| Caleb Rybalka | 8 | 14 | 0:48.299 | 4 | 5 |
| Chris C Brown | 9 | 8 | 0:47.631 | 4 | 4 |
| Charles Harris3 | 10 | 12 | 0:48.49 | 0 | 3 |
| Ian Wilson2 | 11 | 6 | 0:47.713 | 0 | 2 |
| Bill Colley II | 12 | 11 | 0:47.582 | 4 | 1 |
| David L Cooke | 13 | 13 | 0:48.13 | 10 | 0 |
| Fozzy Fozillo | 14 | 9 | 0:47.516 | 6 | 0 |
| Donald Warren2 | 15 | 7 | 1439:59.1000 | 4 | 0 |
| Gregory T Herr | 16 | 16 | 1439:59.1000 | 0 | 0 |
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, 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 |