Pro 4 recap from yesterdays race: The final race of the regular season was Pro 4 Unlimited. With the championship already sewn up, Carl Renezeder was free to fly for a simple race win here this afternoon, but then again, so was the rest of the field. Eric Barron grabbed the lead straight away after starting on the second row in his #32 LAT Racing Oils/Mickey Thompson Toyota, with Greg Adler running second in the #10 ProComp/4 Wheel Parts Ford, Kyle LeDuc third in the #99 Monster Energy/Toyo Tires Ford, Renezeder fourth in the #17 Lucas Oil/General Tire Nissan, and Rob MacCachren fifth in the #21 Rockstar Energy Drink/Makita Power Tools Ford. LeDuc got by Adler for second early on lap three, and while Barron was at this point holding a comfortable lead over his pursuers, LeDuc immediately began to slowly reel Barron in once hed gotten past Adler. On lap five, Renezeder got by Adler for third at turn two, and three laps later, MacCachren also passed Adler, this time at turn one, as MacCachren moved up to fourth. Up front, LeDuc was now within remote striking distance of Barron, and was given an even better shot at the lead when a full course yellow was thrown to allow safety crews to clear debris from the track up in turn two. On the restart, LeDucs shot at the lead was then dashed, as Renezeder spun him as the two exited turn two. This dropped LeDuc back to eighth, while MacCachren got by both LeDuc and Renezeder to take over second spot. Renezeder remained third, while Ryan Beat was now up to fourth in the #51 Lunarpages/MavTV Ford, and Jerry Daugherty ran fifth in the #23 E3 Spark Plugs/Team Losi Racing Dodge. LeDuc quickly began to fight his way back, and on the next lap, he was already up to fifth after passing Daugherty out of turn three. Nearer the front of the pack, MacCachren suddenly put in a hard charge to close the gap on the leader Barron on lap 14, but just as quickly, his truck suddenly went up in flames at turn four. MacCachren managed to skillfully guide his truck safely to the infield before quickly climbing out to safety, and track safety crews were right on the scene to get the sizeable fire extinguished almost immediately. The race was briefly red flagged, but resumed pretty quickly, with Barron, Renezeder, Beat, LeDuc, and Daugherty running in the top five. On the restart lap, Daugherty was forced wide in turn one and dropped back to seventh, with Adler moving up to fifth as a result. On the final lap, Renezeder really tried hard to get by Barron, and even did a deep slide into the final corner in a last-ditch shot at the win. Barron drove brilliantly, though, and held the lead from the first lap to the last as he picked up his second win of the season, closing out the regular season with a flourish. Renezeder was a close second, with LeDuc taking third after passing Beat out of turn three on the penultimate lap. Beat finished fourth, and Adler rounded out the top five. Renezeder, as mentioned earlier, had already wrapped up the title back in Las Vegas, but he nonetheless garners our congratulations- way to go Carl Renezeder, the 2013 Lucas Oil Off Road Pro 4 Unlimited champion!
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 15:19:57 +0000
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