The series heads to the biggest track on the circuit, Talladega. One of the wildest races was bound to happen, and in my opinion, it was pretty great.
Flint and Unger lead the 20 car grid to take the green!
Lap 12: The entire field is running together, swapping positions every turn
Lap14: 200 mph speeds claim it's first victim, Richardson ducks to the pits with a blown engine
Lap 44: The top 5 cars all head to the pits under green
Lap 70: After pitstops cycle through, 3 packs of 6 litter the track Only Harkins wasn't in a group, and he was lapping the track by himself in 19th
Lap 107: Another set of pitstops happen, leaving Fischer and Unger as the only cars in the lead pack
Lap 134: Bowen is runing in the back pack, and spins heading into 3. No caution on the track puts him a few laps down after repair.
Lap 150: After the 3rd set of pit stops, these 3 cars remain in the front. Flint tries to regain his pole position after a fast pitstop.
Lap 172: The lead pack catch up to Harkins, mixing up the order
Lap 179: With 9 laps to go, Flint is leading and has an electrical problem. He retires and finishes in 19th.
Lap 185: Some cars couldn't stretch the fuel, Unger has to gas and go with 3 laps to go. A hand full of cars had to do the same.
And through a series of eliminations, Fischer wins his first race of the season! Taylor Motorsports will have both cars in the All-Star Race!
This was the race to the line from 2nd-9th.
Here are the results. It could've been a very different race no one had problems late. But Fischer held on for a big win, and it was well deserved. In the last 140 laps, the lowest he ran was 6th. Not bad for a driver that came into the race in 13th in the points.
The series will now head to Sonoma and do the first road course in the series. It should be very interesting!
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