Sunday, August 14, 2011

Cup - Putnam Wins Race, Branch Wins Championship, Delgado Gets Top 10 Despite Last Place



ATLANTA, GA - In a night where championships were clinched, Tyler Putnam won the Cup finale at Atlanta, capping off a strong season for BMI. Joe Branch finished 2nd, and that allowed him to win the championship by 5 points over Cliff Raymond. Branch won at Las Vegas, and had 18 top 5's en route to the championship.

Since there were only 10 cars who started the race, everyone was guaranteed a top 10. Tom Delgado cinched up his 3rd last place finish of the weekend, self-spinning to cause the first caution on lap 2. He then took the car off the track and retired. This is Delgado's 3rd last place finish of the cup season, but it is not enough to win the ISRA Cup Series LASTCAR Championship. With 4 last place finishes, Dan Mackay in his various "start and park" cars, won the last place championship. One of them is shown above, the #14 Petro Canada Dodge Charger.

THE BOTTOM FIVE

10. #73 Tom Delgado - 2 laps - "Banana"
9. #48 Colin Stiles - 3 laps - "Handling"
8. #29 Nick Phillip - 16 laps - Crash
7. #4 Ryan Griffin - 20 laps - Crash
6. #20 Josh Batista - 95 laps - Damage

ISRA Cup Series - Last Place Standings - Driver

1. Dan Mackay (4)
2. Tom Delgado, Ben Atkins (3)
3. Mike Rutana, Chris Wetz, Brandon Lareau, Nick Phillip, Rence Brown, Josh Batista, Tyler Putnam, Chris Jackson, Colin Stiles, Michael Madrigal (1)

ISRA Cup Series - Last Place Standings - Team

1. Branch-Mantup Inc. (5)
2. Troll Racing LLC, Mopar Magic Racing (4)
3. Stiles-Brown Motorsports (2)
4. Sandy/Thunder Racing, SpeedSOS Motorsports, Team Lotus, Ceej Motorsports, EichReau Motorsports (1)

NEXT RACE: Next season, silly.

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