Category: Season 11

Pole sitter Mike Erter took the lead right off the bat, while front row starter Bill Smithem let Breuning sneak into 2nd. Breuning managed to pass for the lead as well, but the joy was short lived as Mike Erter commanded his way back to the front again. Late in the race, Breuning started losing ground on the leader and going wide in turn 3 made him lose 2nd to Don Warren as well. He had to settle for 3rd, ahead of Bill Smithem and Steven Kiefer.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Mike Erter	1	1	0:30.528	0	22
Donald Warren2	2	7	0:30.501	0	16
Marcellus Breuning	3	3	0:30.481	0	14
Bill Smithem	4	2	0:30.630	2	12
Steven Kiefer	5	4	0:30.802	0	10
Ian Wilson2	6	6	0:31.13	1	8
Warren Rodgers	7	5	0:30.713	9	6
Andrew Forrester2	8	8	0:37.443	4	5

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

Pole sitter Patrick Day had his hands plenty full during the entire race. There was good battling going on throughout the field and up front. About mid race, in a long green flag stretch, Breuning built up a lead maxing at about 7 seconds., A late yellow put an end to that and bunched the field back up. Patrick Day made a pass for the lead and got it in turn one, right after which the final yellow came out which unfortunately led them to the flag, denying Bruening another shot at victory. Don Warren was 3rd, Mike Erter and Bill Smithem rounded out the top 5.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Patrick Day	1	1	0:53.65	0	21
Marcellus Breuning	2	2	0:53.13	0	17
Donald Warren2	3	4	0:53.290	0	14
Mike Erter	4	6	0:53.260	0	12
Bill Smithem	5	3	0:53.200	0	10
Chris C Brown	6	13	0:54.135	2	8
Ian Wilson2	7	11	0:53.979	0	6
Charles Harris3	8	5	0:53.316	8	5
Roland Olsen	9	8	0:53.479	8	4
Steven Kiefer	10	7	0:53.531	0	3
Stuart Wright	11	14	0:53.862	6	2
Andrew Forrester2	12	12	0:53.998	3	1
Gregory T Herr	13	10	0:54.243	4	0
Philip Peterson	14	9	0:53.682	5	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

Starting from the pole, Breuning took the lead and never looked back. It’s not easy to drive Long Beach in the 49s without messing up at some point, but he managed. Behind him, most drivers went through their own set of troubles. Ultimately, Bill Smithem finished 2nd and Patrick Day rounded out the podium, followed by Steven Kiefer and Larry Eaglen.

Driver	Finish	Start	Fastest	Incidents	Points
Marcellus Breuning	1	1	1:20.381	0	22
Bill Smithem	2	2	1:20.911	2	16
Patrick Day	3	3	1:20.264	4	14
Steven Kiefer	4	7	1:22.611	2	12
Larry Eaglen	5	9	1:22.501	8	10
Rod Potgieter	6	5	1:21.909	6	8
Ian Wilson2	7	8	1:23.870	6	6
Andrew Forrester2	8	10	1:24.667	12	5
Donald Warren2	9	4	1:21.998	8	4
Mike Erter	10	6	1439:59.1000	0	0