Category: Season 2

Theo Schleret has already made his mark as a newcomer in the Retro CART League and proved to be the man to beat again in Laguna Seca. But the race was really about the Season 2 championship. Breuning had an 11 point lead coming in, meaning that finishing 4th or better would secure his 2nd title. Hamby qualified on pole, led the most laps and looked good for the win. Breuning followed him in 2nd and had no need for trying to pass. Then the pitstop, where he was caught speeding. He had to come in again but after the penalty, he was still 3rd.

The championship was well within reach until Chris Brown spun coming out of the final turn on lap 27. Breuning came around the concrete wall and the moment he decided to go to the right, Brown reversed to clear the track. The damage to the #61 was too much to carry on.

Hamby was free and clear and Schleret gaining on him was not a problem; Approaching the corkscrew they touched, but luckily Hamby was able to finish the race in 2nd and therefor takes home the Season 2 Championship!

Congratulations Johnny Hamby!

Thanks to TURN3 and Dave Worrell for the exciting broadcasts. Thanks to iSplash for coming on board as the series Sponsor, offering iRacing credits to the championship winner.

Thanks all drivers for coming out and helping to grow the league!

Podium

1. Théo Schleret
2. Johnny Hamby
3. Neil D Canning

Theo Schleret entered his first Retro CART League event as a dominating force; The French driver took the pole, lead the most laps and won the race by a 25 second margin over Rick Ravon, Zach Millett and Johnny Hamby.

Breuning and Smithem came together in turn one on lap 4, ending both their races. That means that the championship battle between Breuning and Hamby has narrowed to 11 points and these two drivers will be deciding who brings home the hardware in Laguna Seca next week!

Podium

1. Theo Schleret
2. Rick Ravon
3. Zach Millett

Loudon, New Hampshire, turned out to be a tricky 1 miler for some of the drivers. Especially turn two caught a few of them out. First victim was pole sitter Wade Tschida when he was running 2nd, unfortunately collecting Chris Hamelink who was running strong. Then Austin Dabbs brushed the wall and spun while battling Darren Fahey for the lead. Fahey became the latest victim while leading, handing the race to Breuning who scored his 2nd win of the season.

Podium

1. Marc Breuning
2. Darryl Wineinger
3. Jason Crumley

Johnny Hamby took the pole and led the most laps to win the Mid-Ohio race tonight, ahead of a hard charging Rick Ravon and Marc Breuning. After missing the Pocono race and his unfortunate DNF at Road America, Hamby was happy to score maximum points in his bid for the championship. Currently, Breuning is leading with 103 and Hamelink is second with 92 – notably scoring points in all 8 races but without a win – and Hamby is in third now with 88.

Podium

1. Johnny Hamby
2. Rick Ravon
3. Marc Breuning

Round 7 in Pocono tonight was a very hard fought race! Breuning started from the pole with Ravon alongside. Ravon took the lead at the drop of the flag and both drivers pulled away from the rest of the field. It seemed it was between them, but yellows bunched the field up again. Darren Fahey, who started in the back of the pack, worked his way forward. In the final stages, Breuning, Ravon, Fahey and Hamelink led the pack. After the last yellow, an epic battled emerged that saw Fahey take the win from Ravon about ten yards from the line! The top three drivers finished within 0.1 of a second, with Breuning rounding out the top 3 and Hamelink finishing a strong 4th.

Podium

1. Darren Fahey
2. Rick Ravon
3. Marc Breuning

George Sandman started from the pole and led from flag to flag at Road America, round 6 of the Retro CART League’s 2nd season! Johnny Hamby, who was running a strong second all race long, made an attempt to pass him around the outside in turn one, but a slight touch sent him to the gravel trap and he turned his car over. Sandman explained post race that he had a little twitch mid turn which most likely caused them to touch…

Breuning and Ravon both moved up and rounded out the podium.

Podium

1. George Sandman
2. Marc Breuning
3. Rick Ravon

Johnny Hamby took his RCA machine to victory lane at the Milwaukee Mile! It was an exciting race in which Pole sitter Trey Mitts was the first to find out the cars could get a little loose after a bit. First time he actually kept it out of the wall, but the second time he wasn’t so lucky. As was Breuning, who lead the most laps, but while leading lost the car in turn two and couldn’t save it.

Darryl Wineinger put some late race pressure on Hamby but had to settle for 2nd place with Bill Smithem rounding out the podium finishes with a solid 3rd!

Podium

1. Johnny Hamby
2. Darryl Wineinger
3. Bill Smithem

George Sandman ran a perfect one on the bumpy streets of Belle Isle. Starting on the pole, he led 33 of the 35 laps and parked his machine in victory lane for the first time in the Retro CART League. Marc Breuning and Johnny Hamby rounded out the podium, with Bill Smithem in 4th and Cody Hunley in 5th.

Podium

1. George Sandman
2. Marc Breuning
3. Johnny Hamby

Rick Ravon won the iSplash Indy 100, his debut race with the Retro CART Leage. Margin of victory 0.353 over Austin Dabbs, with Trey Mitts in 3rd. The top 4 drivers finished within .6 of a second after a long night of wheel to wheel racing.

Great to see 18 drivers taking the green flag. Awesome and close racing all night long. Few more yellows than last season, but a fun night none the less!

Podium

1. Rick Ravon
2. Austin Dabbs
3. Trey Mitts

Johnny Hamby proved to be the quickest at Long Beach, starting from the pole and leading from flag to flag, scoring maximum points. George Sandman, who qualified on the front row alongside Hamby, got the shortest end of the stick in a lap 8 pile up in the hairpin that also damaged Breuning’s car, but the #61 driver was able to carry on. After lengthy repairs on his pit stop he dropped to 4th and opened the way forward for Chris Hamelink, who finished 2nd ahead of Cody Hunly.

Happy holidays to all drivers and fans, we’ll be back in January with the Indianapolis 100 event!

Podium

1. Johnny Hamby
2. Chris Hamelink
3. Cody Hunley