(CHASE RACE #4) Delta Force 200 @ Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Ruby McBrien earns Round of 8 position with Indianapolis domination

Ruby McBrien has made the next two weeks easier for herself as she held off a hard charging Bradley Carlisle to win her third race in her rookie season. There were multiple charges on her over the last few laps as the race restarted with 8 laps to go, and despite an accident between Yoshiko Kunikida and Matilda Dillinger, the race remained green, and McBrien held strong.

Ryan Matthews completed a three wide dive on Carlisle and Ben Atkins, successfully getting around the latter for third place. This was not to Atkins' amusement, as he ran into the back of the #6 car after the race had been completed. The two had made contact at Dover which resulted in Atkins crashing out of the championship fight, while Matthews looks to be one of the strongest competitors. Kevin Miller rounded out the top 5.

A serious accident in turn 3 with 14 laps to go marred the race however, as Evie Vance got spun across the track in turns 3 and 4 after contact with Gregory Hadaway, before contact with Frank McBrien sent McBrien hard into the turn 4 wall. Both McBrien and Vance had to be assisted from their cars, but Vance was cleared in the infield care centre, while McBrien had to be taken to a local hospital. McBrien was conscious and alert, however, and later tweeted about his excitement to see his daughter win.

"It... wasn't easy for us." said Ruby McBrien after her win, "I knew Dad crashed hard and I didn't know how he was... but we needed to win. He's called me and said he's going to be alright. I just gotta keep doing my Rubesty and go for the championship!!!"

Matilda Dillinger, who was relegated to a 27th place finish after her crash, was critical of competitors and the series officials.

"I mean I got up on my side and they stayed green! I have no idea why the moron in the #08 was out there being a weapon! She was well off the lead lap and off the pace! It's just frustrating that our championship might be on the line here because of a truck series hack."

"You couldn't pass. The package was bad. Once the 29 got the lead that was the race. She didn't have to do much for it really."

Second place Bradley Carlisle disagreed with Dillinger's opinion, however, insisting McBrien earned the win on merit.

"I saved up the run and she ran slightly higher in 1 and 2 knowing that I'd try the inside... she's just outraced me. Nothing to it. I tried to save my stuff and she saw it coming. She's a hell of a driver and she deserved to win today. I'm proud of her."

Next race will be at Road America.

F S # DRIVER INTERVAL LAPS LED POINTS STATUS
1 6 29 R McBrien 173.831 80 43* 185 Running
2 8 92 B Carlisle -0.15 80 13 175 Running
3 5 6 R Matthews -0.29 80 0 165 Running
4 1 2 B Atkins -0.35 80 4 165 Running
5 11 99 K Miller -0.50 80 0 155 Running
6 17 02 R Truro, Jr. -0.87 80 0 150 Running
7 18 66 D Donohue -1.35 80 0 146 Running
8 14 20 C Swift -1.51 80 0 142 Running
9 16 44 E Jenkins -1.61 80 1 143 Running
10 23 88 B Green -1.80 80 0 134 Running
11 9 50 G Macena -2.06 80 0 130 Running
12 19 31 J Eichholtz -2.18 80 2 132 Running
13 15 00 J Clagett -2.26 80 9 129 Running
14 20 75 W Carmichael -2.71 80 0 121 Running
15 22 86 M Montellini -3.20 80 0 118 Running
16 25 14 G Hadaway -3.52 80 0 115 Running
17 31 82 J Sanders -3.56 80 0 112 Running
18 27 10 D Leckliter -3.82 80 0 109 Running
19 29 76 R McKee -3.89 80 0 106 Running
20 24 24 P Vaughn -3.91 80 0 103 Running
21 28 15 B Stansfield -6.94 80 0 100 Running
22 21 55 N Yazawa -7.16 80 0 97 Running
23 39 05 M McAllister -8.85 80 0 94 Running
24 35 78 D Williams -9.02 80 0 91 Running
25 13 28 R Carter -2L 78 0 88 Running
26 2 12 G Macintosh -3L 77 6 90 Running
27 7 1 M Dillinger -7L 73 0 82 Accident
28 30 08 Y Kunikida -8L 72 0 79 Accident
29 10 11 F McBrien -13L 67 0 76 Accident
30 3 19 E Vance -14L 66 2 78 Accident
31 4 21 C Lester -51L 29 0 70 Accident
32 34 65 I Durbin -60L 20 0 67 Fuel Lk
33 12 22 C Minami -64L 16 0 64 Accident
34 36 98 S Harrow -74L 6 0 61 Piston
35 26 0 M Nishikino -75L 5 0 58 Accident
36 32 01 H Tsushima -75L 5 0 55 Accident
37 37 89 L Forrester -75L 5 0 52 Accident
38 33 57 D Dent -75L 5 0 49 Accident
39 38 70 S Peterson -75L 5 0 46 Accident
40 40 7 D Johnson -75L 5 0 43 Accident

1. Ruby McBrien (1 win)
2. Bradley Carlisle (+74)
3. Ryan Matthews (+68)
4. Kevin Miller (+58)
5. Breyton Green (+33)
6. Gabriel Macena (+30)
7. Grant Macintosh (+1)
8. Ross Carter (+1)
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9. Matilda Dillinger (-1)
10. Frank McBrien (-3)
11. Ike Durbin (-6)
12. Chiyo Minami (-7)

Pos +/- Driver ST W T5 T10 AvFP P AvSP PTS BF/BN
1 +5 R McBrien 24 3 7 11 16.58 2 10.21 3111 0/0

2 -1 B Carlisle 24 2 6 8 18.63 6 5.13 3091 20/20

3 +8 R Matthews 24 2 11 12 14.04 2 7.33 3085 26/6

4 -2 K Miller 24 0 7 13 14.71 0 17.58 3075 36/10

5 -1 B Green 24 0 7 14 13.88 0 18.79 3050 61/25

6 +1 G Macena 24 0 4 8 18.04 1 15.88 3047 64/3

7 +3 G Macintosh 24 4 9 11 15.63 3 6.08 3018 93/29

8 -- R Carter 23 0 2 7 18.39 0 13.96 3018 93/0

9 -- M Dillinger 24 4 9 11 15.25 0 7.42 3016 95/2

10 -7 F McBrien 24 2 5 9 15.58 2 7.54 3014 97/2

11 +1 I Durbin 24 0 3 7 21.00 0 20.67 3011 100/3

12 -7 C Minami 24 1 4 6 20.29 0 19.29 3010 101/1

13 +1 B Atkins 24 2 8 12 15.67 2 6.46 2175 936/835

14 -1 E Jenkins 23 0 4 10 19.22 0 20.17 2146 965/29

15 -- C Lester 24 0 5 9 17.46 0 9.04 2088 1023/58

16 -- E Vance 24 3 7 7 20.71 2 8.29 2073 1038/15

17 -- C Swift 24 0 4 8 20.50 0 16.25 847 2264/1226

18 +3 R Truro, Jr. 23 0 1 7 19.52 0 18.04 790 2321/57

19 -1 M Nishikino 24 0 2 5 20.04 0 27.83 777 2334/13

20 +2 D Donohue 24 0 1 6 20.17 0 18.00 775 2336/2

21 -2 P Vaughn 24 0 1 5 19.92 0 29.08 764 2347/11

22 -2 J Clagett 23 0 2 5 19.78 0 16.57 762 2349/2

23 +1 M Montellini 22 0 1 5 19.18 0 22.73 711 2400/51

24 -1 S Harrow 24 0 0 3 20.58 0 26.04 700 2411/11

25 -- R McKee 24 0 2 4 22.38 0 25.25 688 2423/12

26 -- L Forrester 24 0 1 4 22.75 0 26.13 629 2482/59

27 -- W Carmichael 24 0 0 1 21.54 0 25.13 628 2483/1

28 -- J Sanders 24 0 0 1 22.71 1 24.25 616 2495/12

29 +1 J Eichholtz 24 0 0 4 24.46 0 18.17 597 2514/19

30 -1 D Leckliter 24 0 0 2 22.21 0 26.83 594 2517/3

31 -- H Tsushima 11 1 1 4 15.18 2 22.91 479 2632/115

32 -- D Dent 23 0 0 0 25.30 0 34.52 441 2670/38

33 -- B Stansfield 15 0 1 3 20.53 0 27.00 434 2677/7

34 -- D Williams 24 0 0 0 27.46 0 34.71 408 2703/26

35 -- D Johnson 20 0 0 0 25.05 0 35.60 388 2723/20

36 +1 N Yazawa 9 0 1 3 16.33 1 21.22 345 2766/43

37 -1 M McAllister 21 0 0 0 27.43 0 36.43 345 2766/0

38 -- M Hanley 10 0 1 3 20.40 0 17.20 317 2794/28

39 -- B Ward 13 0 0 0 23.31 0 32.31 294 2817/23

40 -- Y Kunikida 11 0 1 2 24.00 0 27.82 291 2820/3

41 -- C Conway 7 0 0 2 19.43 0 12.14 241 2870/50

42 -- N Balandier 8 0 0 1 19.00 0 25.13 239 2872/2

43 +2 G Hadaway 7 0 0 1 19.29 0 24.57 211 2900/28

44 -1 S Libra 5 0 2 2 19.60 0 15.20 202 2909/9

45 -1 N Prowse 7 0 0 1 19.86 0 16.57 201 2910/1

46 -- R Matsuura 6 0 0 0 21.67 0 32.33 150 2961/51

47 -- S Peterson 6 0 0 0 25.50 0 36.00 121 2990/29

48 -- B Collins 2 0 0 1 14.00 0 31.00 81 3030/40

49 -- M Johnson 3 0 0 0 21.67 0 32.00 80 3031/1

50 -- T Benatar 4 0 0 0 25.75 0 30.50 69 3042/11

51 -- G Carter 2 0 0 1 21.50 0 30.50 68 3043/1

52 -- B Boyd 1 0 0 1 9.00 0 32.00 55 3056/8

53 -- B Perrin 3 0 0 0 33.00 0 25.67 30 3081/25