Category: Season 11

Cooke started from the pole, having demolished the field in qualifying by 1.5 seconds, with Bill Smithem at the helm of ‘the rest’!

Breuning took 2nd shortly after the start but also had nothing for Cooke, who ran away with the lead and never looked back. The race, lengthened to 30 laps, became a fuel battle for many, although ultimately it was flagged a lap early due to the time limit. Cooke, Breuning and Smithem were on the podium, with Don Warren and Charles Harris rounding out the top 5.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
David Cooke	1	1	1:51.871	7	22
Marcellus Breuning	2	3	1:53.17	2	16
Bill Smithem	3	2	1:53.710	5	14
Donald Warren2	4	5	1:54.53	17	12
Charles Harris3	5	4	1:54.141	6	10
Fozzy Fozillo	6	8	1:53.736	8	8
Philip Peterson	7	10	1:54.186	8	6
Duane Gibbs	8	6	1:53.710	14	5
Chris Augustine	9	11	1:54.957	10	4
Ian Wilson2	10	12	1:55.920	2	3
Larry Eaglen	11	9	1:54.112	13	2
Stuart Wright	12	14	1:57.119	8	1
Pierre Binette	13	7	1:54.83	16	0
Chris C Brown	14	13	1:59.848	11	0
Mike Erter	15	15	1:54.885	2	0
David L Cooke	16	16	1439:59.1000	0	0

Pole sitter David Cooke took the lead right away, but initially Breuning stuck with him and they swapped positions a few times. Avoiding a spinning car, Breuning dropped back to the group of pursuers and never caught back up. When the group he was in was headed to the pits, Erter, Breuning and Smithem got collected in the mess that happened on entry. It was Don Warren that took 2nd ahead of Bill Smithem, who got away out of the mess unscathed. Steven Kiefer and Charles Harris rounded out the top 5.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
David Cooke	1	1	0:30.751	0	22
Donald Warren2	2	3	0:30.763	0	16
Bill Smithem	3	5	0:30.872	6	14
Steven Kiefer	4	9	0:30.976	0	12
Charles Harris3	5	7	0:31.178	0	10
Glenn Sprechini	6	8	0:31.110	0	8
Mike Erter	7	6	0:30.888	4	6
Bill Colley II	8	17	0:31.216	2	5
Ian Wilson2	9	15	0:31.234	2	4
Marcellus Breuning	10	2	0:30.867	4	3
Chris C Brown	11	12	0:31.248	2	2
Gregory T Herr	12	13	0:31.228	2	1
Chris Augustine	13	14	0:31.282	2	0
Andrew Forrester2	14	16	0:31.279	4	0
Warren Rodgers	15	11	0:30.855	4	0
Fozzy Fozillo	16	10	0:31.186	4	0
David L Cooke	17	18	0:31.834	6	0
Bink Lucas	18	4	0:31.85	8	0
Darryl Wineinger	19	19	1439:59.1000	0	0

George Sandman started the Detroit GP from the pole and led most of the way, with Cooke and Breuning following in basically the grid order; Breuning started dropping off quickly but maintained his position ahead of Rafael Rodrigues. Sandman pitted earliest of the leaders, but when it was all said and done, it was David Cooke leading Sandman. Cooke took the checkered 7 seconds ahead of Sandman, with Breuning 3rd, Rodrigues 4th and Mike Erter in 5th.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
David Cooke	1	2	1:20.269	0	20
George Sandman	2	1	1:20.129	2	18
Marcellus Breuning	3	3	1:20.709	0	14
Rafael Rodrigues5	4	4	1:21.600	2	12
Mike Erter	5	5	1:22.747	0	10
Charles Harris3	6	7	1:22.380	0	8
Philip Peterson	7	8	1:23.171	10	6
Steven Kiefer	8	9	1:24.166	0	5
Glenn Sprechini	9	12	1:23.487	4	4
Warren Rodgers	10	10	1:23.163	6	3
Fozzy Fozillo	11	6	1:22.129	7	2
Chris Augustine	12	11	1:24.238	16	1
Chris C Brown	13	13	1:27.235	4	0
Andrew Forrester2	14	14	1:33.195	8	0
Donald Warren2	15	15	1439:59.1000	0	0

Polesitter David Cooke in the #71 car took the lead and kept it for 77 laps, despite a mid race yellow bunching up the field. Neither Warren Rodgers nor Marc Breuning were able to threaten him. But on lap 77, a back marker bouncing off the wall ended the leader’s aspirations and made Warren Rodgers a lucky man, followed by Marc Breuning and Bill Smithem. Mike Erter and Steven Kiefer rounded out the top 5 in a race that only had 3 cautions, but the final one decided the outcome…

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Warren Rodgers	1	2	0:24.371	0	20
Marcellus Breuning	2	3	0:24.290	6	16
Bill Smithem	3	5	0:24.375	4	14
Mike Erter	4	7	0:24.441	0	12
Steven Kiefer	5	6	0:24.689	0	10
Philip Peterson	6	8	0:24.774	4	8
Donald Warren2	7	9	0:24.402	0	6
JD Wardlow	8	13	0:24.659	4	5
Chris C Brown	9	10	0:24.774	4	4
Bill Colley II	10	14	0:24.990	0	3
David Cooke	11	1	0:24.280	4	4
Andrew Forrester2	12	11	0:24.968	4	1
Ian Wilson2	13	4	0:24.603	6	0
David L Cooke	14	12	0:25.545	16	0
Rafael Rodrigues5	15	15	0:25.404	0	0

Warren Rodgers started from pole position at the brickyard, but fell victim to the close racing fairly early. At the front it was David Cooke, Don Warren, Marc Breuning battling closely for the lead, while Bill Smithem spent the entire race working his way back from an early incident on lap 3.

Breuning, running without a spotter working, crashed on 86, almost taking Smithem with him. The dash for the cash at the end saw Cooke, Smithem, Charles Harris and Bill Colley fighting for the win. Although they touched as a result of a chain reaction in sight of the line, Cooke won by as 0.021 margin over Smithem, with Harris in 3rd and Colley in 4th, all within 0.5 of a second! Ian Wilson rounded out the top five despite a last lap crash.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
David Cooke	1	3	0:46.813	6	21
Bill Smithem	2	7	0:46.584	12	16
Charles Harris3	3	8	0:46.750	8	14
Bill Colley II	4	15	0:46.600	4	12
Ian Wilson2	5	11	0:46.576	8	10
Donald Warren2	6	6	0:46.274	8	8
Johnny Berardi	7	14	0:46.881	0	6
Steven Kiefer	8	2	0:47.18	4	5
Stuart Wright	9	16	0:46.744	4	4
Marcellus Breuning	10	4	0:46.506	6	3
Chris C Brown	11	5	0:46.570	6	2
Pierre Binette	12	9	0:46.323	8	1
Andrew Forrester2	13	13	0:46.598	23	0
Warren Rodgers	14	1	0:46.903	6	1
David L Cooke	15	10	0:46.28	12	0
Fozzy Fozillo	16	12	0:46.951	2	0
Randy Lloyd	17	17	1439:59.1000	0	0
Larry Eaglen	18	18	1439:59.1000	0	0