Round 5: Watkins Glen (Cup)
Race 5a
Lap 1 - Eugene Demax and Lance Kubica take the green!
Lap 1 - Trouble! Daniel Voyles gets turned heading into the first corner and is his by Ryan Reid!
Lap 1 - Lead Change! Kyle Basaglia! With help from Aidan Shepherd! Sails past Demax coming towards the bus stop!
Lap 1 - Lead Change! Shepherd overpowers Basaglia coming off the last turn! He's gonna lead lap 1!
Lap 9 - Lead Change! Dan Bartlett swings past his boss Shepherd through the esses!
Lap 13 - James Gibson loses the engine and retires!
Lap 25 - Daniel Voyles also loses the engine! His miserable race finally comes to an end!
Lap 31 - Lead Change! Bartlett comes in for his green flag stop! Shepherd stays out!
Lap 32 - OH NO! Shepherd loses the engine coming into the pits! Demax gets held up on pit entry!
Lap 32 - Lead Change! Ryan Griffin stays out as Shepherd limps back to his pit! He leads a lap in only his second career start!
Lap 34 - Lead Change! Everyone else pits and cycles Dan Bartlett back out in front!
Lap 51 - WHITE FLAG! Dan Bartlett is one lap away from pretty much perfection!
Lap 51 - CHECKERED FLAG! He's not stepped a foot wrong all race! First win for himself, and first win for Mazda in WTSS! Dan Bartlett and Trailblazer Motorsports win in Watkins Glen!
Race results
race 5b
Lap 1 - Ryan DeLuso and his boss Ryan Bolden take the green!
Lap 4 - Lead Change! Nate Stewart flies past DeLuso down the frontstretch into turn 1 now with control over the field!
Lap 26 - Lead Change! Ryan Bolden powers past Stewart through the esses and goes out front!
Lap 34 - Lead Change! Green flag pit stops! Bolden comes in while Mark Nutt and others stay out for a bit!
Lap 34 - Oh my! Nate Stewart has surged past Bolden on his out lap! He's now leading the cars who've pitted!
Lap 35 - Lead Change! Nate Stewart cycles to the front after everyone else stopped!
Lap 41 - Lead Change! William Brock makes a decisive move past Stewart out of the bus stop with 10 to go!
Lap 50 - WHITE FLAG! Rookie William Brock has one more lap till a surprise first career win!
Lap 50 - CHECKERED FLAG! William Brock! The team struggled hard the first four rounds! No real promise shown, no ability to put up a fight! Well they've put up a fight! They executed well! DR Motorsports and William Brock rejoice as they score their first win together in Watkins Glen!