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Speedyman11 at Auto Club Speedway on Wednesday night. (Credit: DusterLag / HeatFinder)
Speedyman11 Wins 2017 ARL IndyCar Series Opener
DusterLag | Monday, March 20, 2017 at 11:28am EDT | ARL Racing, ARL IndyCar Series
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After not running any events in 2016, the ARL IndyCar Series returned Wednesday night with the California Kickoff 120 for it's seventh season. DusterLag kicked off the night by capturing the pole award, running a 30.548 second lap. Duster continued to dominate the night, leading 49 of the 60 laps and earning the fastest lap award with a 30.480 second lap. Until he ran his #01 NH Autosport Ford out of fuel in turn 2 in the closing laps. Speedyman11, who was the victim of at least two accidents out of his control, ran a clean race through the second half. While Duster was on pit road, Speedy took the lead and captured his 10th career series victory in the #11 TMS Wolfpack Honda. Speedy also took home the hard charger award. DusterLag held onto second with BlackKnight following to finish third. Apod, making his firs series start, finished fourth with Grumpy fifth. DusterLag begins the season with a one point lead in the overall driver and oval championship standings over Speedyman11. NH Autosport: Orange leads the team championship by one point over TMS Wolfpack. Honda picked up the series opener win and leads the manufacturer standings over Ford and Chevrolet. View complete results here. The IndyCar Series next hits the track for the 5th Annual Nurburgring Nordschleife Challenge at the historic 14.1 mile Nurburgring Nordschleife "North Loop" course, a special event on March 29th at 8:45pm ET.

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