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teammate Brad Sweet behind him .
The all KKR front row , was in charge early , as Pittman took the lead on the first lap . As he worked his way through lapped traffic , he built up an impressive multisecond lead over Sweet and Shane Stewart . Sweet held firm in second as Stewart worked to close the gap on the second place position . The two were within a car length of each other much of the night .
With one lap to go , Pittman made contact with Paul McMahan that sent McMahan spinning . The caution flag waved . Pittman later apologized to McMahan in victory lane . The reset field , with a green-whitecheckered finish ahead , looked for one last chance to make a move . Stewart , looking for the second position , made a bold charge on Sweet through one and two but was not able to get around the No . 49 Razorback Professional Tools car . The move opened the door for fourth-place running Saldana to close the gap with his No . 83 Roth Motorsports car .
" I think Brad had his tires going down a little and Shane had a good racecar so he was trying really hard to get by him and he just used his tires up there or had his tires going down there and missed the rubber going into three ," Saldana said . " That was the only shot I had so I went for it and luckily we were on the front straightaway ." Saldana completed the pass on the final lap
coming off of turn four to finish third .
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LUCAS OIL Off Road Pro 4 Unlimiteds at Lake Elsinore
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IIn Pro 4 Unlimited , things got ugly in a hurry , and it was a rough and tumble race from flag to flag . After a six-truck inversion of the qualifying results , it was Doug Mittag and Greg Adler who started from the front row , and Mittag led Adler , Carl Renezeder , Rob MacCachren , and Bryce Menzies at the end of lap one . Kyle LeDuc got by Menzies on the inside at turn one to take over fifth on lap two , with MacCachren then passing Renezeder down the inside at turn two to move into third .
Renezeder then charged hot into turn three , setting off a little smash fest , and mixing up the order around him . By the end of the lap , Mittag still led , with MacCachren now second , Adler third , Menzies fourth , and Renezeder fifth . LeDuc then got by Renezeder at turn one on the next lap , but it was now an angry five-truck pack battling hard in positions two through six . LeDuc moved up to third by lap ’ s end , while up front , Mittag was streaking away in the lead .
The end of lap five saw a full course caution after Bradley Morris , making his long-awaited return to competition after breaking his neck in a mountain biking accident two years ago , rolled over in turn three . After several yellow flag laps , racing resumed on lap 10 , with Renezeder having dropped to the back of the pack and Adler changing a tire under yellow , it was now Mittag , MacCachren , LeDuc , Menzies , and Doug Fortin in the top five .
On the restart lap , MacCachren ran hard into turn three while trying to hold LeDuc off , and wound up smacking LeDuc hard when he set himself back down on all four wheels . LeDuc initially got away quickly , but then slowed with obvious right front suspension damage . At the end of the lap , it was now Mittag , Menzies , Fortin , LeDuc , and Adler in the top five . As LeDuc ’ s pace slowed to a crawl , he quickly dropped out of the top five , and at the end of the next lap , a second
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