(Edited with later information. The "live" timing final results provided last night had actually been recorded with about 20 minutes to go.)R-C Racing, a.k.a. Rogue Squadron, seems to have found the ideal combination for success at crap can racing: A cheap reliable car, consistent drivers, stay out of trouble. A large part of the reason they have won two ChumpCar races this year has been that they have stayed on the track while others were dealing with minor, and sometimes major, issues.
"We really haven't done a lot of work on the car," said team member Peter Barnes. "We took out the spark plugs and replaced them recently, not because there was anything wrong with the old ones, but we felt we should do some work on the engine."
Their 1991 Nissan Sentra is quick, too; perfectly capable of running with the faster cars on the track. Unfortunately those other cars had to make extended stops while the Nissan kept motoring on, completing 324 laps.
Second place went to the #3 Squirrels of Fury VW Scirocco. They, too, just kept up a pace while the faster cars dropped away. At the checkered flag, they were eight laps behind the winners.
Finishing third was the #70 Pole Position Racing Toyota MR2, eleven laps behind the #5 car.
The rest of the top 10 (+1):
4. #91 Super Troopers, Mustang - 312 laps
5. #7 Cone Damage, Mazda Miata - 311
6. #11 Team Firechicken, Pontiac Firebird - 310
7. #20 Brian Towey Surfing School, Mazda Miata - 310
8. #47 Pistons are Highly Overrated, Mazda RX7 - 309
9. #45 Formula Roadster, Datsun roadster - 307
10. #58 Friends of Paul Bunyan, BMW 325e - 305
Complete results may be found on MyLaps.com.
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