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The B-Main would see SE driver David Ramirez shar the front row with long time CalSpeed racer and Super Series Grandmasters talent Jeff Latimer, but the pair race would go anything but smoothly. On lap two Latimer had moved to the lead, and while Frank Hsu looked to slide past for 2nd on Ramirez, contact into Latimer would cause a large pile up into turn #1, with all three drivers falling all the way down the order. Ramirez would retire early, while Hsu and Latimer would work back up the ranks a little, none would have a shot at the win. Instead it would be Arizona race Steve Lattanzi coming out of the kerfluffle with the lead, and it looked like he have had things wrapped up, if it wasn’t for first year Sprint Series driver Lucas Weisenberg. Bouncing back from a penalty in his heat, Lucas marched up from outside the top 10 to steal away the win from Lattanzi on the final lap.
The start of the A-Main would see John Rice lead the field away after having the top qualifying time of the heat race winners, and joined by Carl Zhu on his outside, while fellow sub-championship contender and heat race winner Tommy Haake lined up just behind him in third. While Rice lead the opening circuits, the driver on the move was current point leader Evan Lawrence, who made his bid for the lead on lap 3. Rice would slot in to 2nd with Zhu third and Michael Martin tagging along in fourth, but it soon became a three horse race as both Zhu and Martin found a way by, and Rice lost the draft. With about three to go Zhu made the move for the lead, taking over the top spot, but unable to shake Clarence or Martin. Evan would apply the pressure, but Zhu ran a strong defense, holding on for his first career win, while Lawrence settled for 2nd, but with it, the Winter Series championship. For Michael Martin it was his second podium of the year, and enough to hold down 2nd in the overall standings...