First race is done. For everyone other than JRII it was a pretty event filled race. JR, McGregor and Benson qualified seconds faster than everyone else who were tightly bunched together. At the start, those three gapped the rest but then a P2 car got in the mix and Robinson got away.
Meanwhile, behind them everyone was mixing it up and dropping their lap times significantly. Dave Livingston after chasing electric problems all weekend at Homestead got his Spectrum hooked up and 73 year old Larry Hendrickson had his DB6 going really well. So there was a big pack fighting for P4 also including Bill, Jason Generotti whose DB1 was putting down really quick laps, and John Schimenti in Treadways old DB6.
On lap 6 Benson blew his second engine in two weeks. Larry spun at turn 1 and everyone behind had to take evasive action. Jason and Bill went into 17 side by side and Bill jumped sideways over a bump and made side to side contact with Jason, with their wheels interlocked as they came onto the front straight. Luckily neither lost their cool and they separated but each had a bent toe link.
The race ended under double yellow, they came across the line as Robinson, McGregor, Larry Henrickson, Livingston, Bill then Sam Lockwood. However, in impound Dave said Larry passed him under the double yellow, Larry apologized and they asked the steward to change their positions. He said to do that Dave had to file a protest because nobody saw it. Dave declined to do so.
Provisional results:
1. John Robinson. Swift Ford
2. Thomas McGregor Spectrum Honda
3. Larry Hendrickson Swift Ford
4. Dave Livingston Spectrum Honda
5. Bill Valet Swift Honda
6. Sam Lockwood Spectrum Honda
Edit: just spoke with John Benson, he found that his oil pump had loosened which caused the loss of oil pressure. He is hoping he didn't damage the engine because he shut it off quickly, so they expect to be ready for race two.