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Lotus79 News Season 13

BREUNING WINS AT LONG BEACH!

Breuning qualified on pole, but the battle for the quickest lap time was very close; The first 5 cars on the grid were within a second. First to third, 0.121 seconds.

At the start, it was Smithem that looked to take the lead, with Breuning on his inside in turn one. Approaching the tight section around the fountain, Smithem took the safe way and let the #61 go. The margin between Breuning and Smithem remained close, while Smithem was dealing with Austin Dilts, who passed him for 2nd only to miss turn one a lap later – ending his race. Smithem was back in 2nd, but a little bit further behind now. The pitstops widened the gap even more and Breuning took the win, ahead of Smithem and Morgan Smith. Larry Eaglen and Ian Wilson rounded out the top 5.

DriverFinishStartFastestIncidentsPoints
Marcellus Breuning111:13.794022
Bill Smithem221:13.542016
Morgan Smith3361:13.769614
Larry Eaglen481:14.549212
Ian Wilson2591:14.966410
Fozzy Fozillo631:14.19068
Philip Peterson751:14.884126
Chris C Brown8121:19.85505
JD Wardlow9111:16.15964
Andrew Forrester210101:15.82963
Austin Dilts1141:13.84022
Mike Erter1271:14.95361
Rafael Rodrigues513131:16.3940

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Mike Erter Wins First Race Of The Season

Erter and Fozillo battled out front for most of the race, with Erter leading all but four until the pair pitted on lap 57. Smithem and Brown ran one two until an incident dropped Smithem to fifth. A bit later Brown, after leading several laps, came together with Fozillo, dropping to fourth.

The race finished in a two lap shootout after that caution, with Erter on the top step, Fozillo second, and Smithem third. Top five was rounded out by Brown in fourth and Eaglen in fifth.

DriverFinishStartFastestIncidentsPoints
Mike Erter110:23.425022
Fozzy Fozillo220:23.146416
Bill Smithem340:23.149414
Chris C Brown470:23.1571812
Larry Eaglen580:23.492610
Jack Wilson21660:23.368148
Stuart Wright7100:23.72186
Andrew Forrester2850:23.62185
Marcellus Breuning9110:23.41224
Les Bentz1090:23.38643
JD Wardlow1130:23.569142