The Ides of March - St. Paul, Minnesota
Heat 2
Bobby Gallagher, Joe Ramage, Steven Redden, Will Murphy, Scott Hutchins, Tom Gariepy, Matt Welliver, Dick Garrett, Will Thompson, Bob Alexander, Lynne Higgins, Darryl Lozier
Four of the top five drivers in the championship featured in the middle heat of the day, and there was early drama when third place finisher at Frostbite Scott Hutchins crunched heavily into Tom Gariepy. The hit was deemed excessive disqualifying Hutchins and started a fire in the car of the Valentine's Day Massacre joint runner-up. They were quickly joined on the sidelines by the other half of the runner-up spots at VDM Steven Redden after a big blindside hit from Dick Garrett.
The action settled into something resembling normality and it wasn't until five minutes in that Lynne Higgins departed the scene thanks to a stall, and Bobby Gallagher who blindsided both Higgins and Darryl Lozier before becoming the favoured target of Bob Alexander.
Joe Ramage creeps into the consolation heat with sixth place man Will Murphy helping him on his way before becoming stuck on a safety barrier. Matt Welliver came out on top in his mini battle against Ramage with an interlude against Alexander who in turn would go hard after Lozier but end up in fourth.
It was Lozier's turn next after spending a couple of minutes targeting specific drivers. He started out against Will Thompson before Joe Ramage took his eye, but it was the battering he took, in addition to Garrett's final blow, that sealed his fate in third.
While Garrett hit Thompson twice before they were the only men standing, the latter of the final two was very focused upon removing Higgins from contention before he finally turned on the heat runner-up.
Race Result
1. Will Thompson
2. Dick Garrett
3. Darryl Lozer
4. Bob Alexander
5. Matt Welliver
6. Will Murphy
7. Joe Ramage
8. Bobby Gallagher
9. Lynne Higgins
10. Steven Redden
11. Tom Gariepy
12. Scott Hutchins
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