Mike Bonanni, Dai Yoshihara win MPTCC Round 3 at Cal Speedway!

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Mike Bonanni, Dai Yoshihara win MPTCC Round 3 at Cal Speedway!
By mid race Brian Smith had settled into a comfortable second place.
Mike Bonanni, Dai Yoshihara win MPTCC Round 3 at Cal Speedway!
In the front Dai Yoshihara had checked out and was pulling away from the entire TU field.
Mike Bonanni, Dai Yoshihara win MPTCC Round 3 at Cal Speedway!
Steve Rockwood continued to hold off the extremely aggressive charge of Richard Ho and Mike Kojima.  It was like David vs Goliath as the G20 is definitely an underdog in the power department.  This was probably the most exciting battle of the day.
Mike Bonanni, Dai Yoshihara win MPTCC Round 3 at Cal Speedway!
Way ahead in TO Carl Rydqust appeared to be in control solidly maintaining a lead.  Was Bonanni sandbagging to save the Berk BMW?  Earlier in the day the Berk team was concerned that they did not have enough fuel tank capacity to finish the race.  The Berk car was also fighting oil temp issues.  Was this strategy?
Mike Bonanni, Dai Yoshihara win MPTCC Round 3 at Cal Speedway!
Ryan Lapp deserves credit with the hardest flog to make the race.  After his primary car blew the motor in an early Saturday practice, his team worked all night to swap parts into his old PTD Focus.  Unfortunately his old car did not have the power of his new car and he was off his previous pace.
Mike Bonanni, Dai Yoshihara win MPTCC Round 3 at Cal Speedway!
Scott Vanderhedeide was suffering from fuel delivery problems that prevented him from going full throttle around the roval section of the track.
Mike Bonanni, Dai Yoshihara win MPTCC Round 3 at Cal Speedway!
Eventually David got his ass kicked as Rockwood got passed by the Ho-Kojima freight train.  Now only the Acura of Brian Smith stood between them and second place.

 

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