Category: Season 11

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

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

Starting from the pole, Mike Erter didn’t have it easy all the time up front, but he managed to stay in control of his pursuers, with Breuning just 0.075 behind him at the finish and Don Warren right there in 3rd despite brushing the wall earlier in the race. The lucky dog rule got him right back in contention. Roland Olsen was 4th, sticking with the leaders for the second part of the race in one of his best performances to date, but not finding a way to challenge them. Steven Kiefer rounded out the top 5.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Mike Erter	1	1	0:30.158	0	22
Marcellus Breuning	2	5	0:30.229	0	16
Donald Warren2	3	3	0:30.99	2	14
Roland Olsen	4	4	0:30.252	0	12
Steven Kiefer	5	2	0:30.234	0	10
Charles Harris3	6	9	0:30.264	2	8
Ian Wilson2	7	7	0:30.280	0	6
Bill Smithem	8	6	0:30.225	0	5
Andrew Forrester2	9	10	0:30.420	10	4
Larry Eaglen	10	8	0:30.439	4	3

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