Race Overview
The defining story of Michigan
Jared Philpott Charges From 30th To Victory Lane
Official iRacing scoring lists #8 Jared Philpott as the winner after starting 30th. Philpott led 27 laps and finished 0.439 seconds ahead of Dylan C Jones. The race featured six cautions, 19 caution laps, and 18 official lead changes.
Race Winner
Jared Philpott
#8 • Started P30 • Finished P1
27Laps Led
13Incidents
39.318Best Lap
+29Positions
P1#8 Jared PhilpottP30 → P1 • 27 laps led
P2#56 Dylan C JonesP32 → P2 • +30 positions
P3#12 Trevor HaleyPole • fastest lap 38.924
Fastest Lap
#12 Trevor Haley38.924 seconds
Biggest Mover
#56 Dylan C JonesP32 → P2 (+30)
Fourth Place
#03 Joshua McKinneyP23 → P4 (+19)
Long-Form Race Breakdown
Trevor Haley started from the pole, but Ethan Fonseca Moreno took the lead on lap 1. Moreno controlled much of the opening portion before Juan Escamilla moved to the point on lap 19. Moreno reclaimed the lead on lap 22.
The first caution came on lap 5 for a slow car involving #8 Jared Philpott. Philpott recovered from that early trouble and from a 30th-place starting position to eventually win the race.
The second caution came on lap 27 involving #10. Race control issued repairs-needed calls to Larkin Boyer and Brock Piper during that caution cycle, along with additional admin and Lucky Dog instructions.
Haley returned to the lead on lap 38 before another caution involving the #12. Ethan Eckert, Juan Escamilla, Nicholas Baumann, Jared Philpott and Dylan C Jones all spent time at the front through the middle portion of the race.
The fifth caution came on lap 59 involving #012 Ethan Eckert. The sixth and final official caution began on lap 65 for a slow car involving #86. From there, Michigan settled into a long green-flag run to the finish.
The supplied session-event history records Jared Philpott taking the lead from Dylan C Jones on lap 115. Official scoring at the finish put Philpott P1, Dylan C Jones P2, Trevor Haley P3, Joshua McKinney P4 and Matthew Brown P5.
Jared Philpott: P30 → P1. Dylan C Jones: P32 → P2. Two massive drives through the field decided the Michigan podium.
The official race summary reports 18 lead changes. The session-event list supplied for this report contains 19 lead-change entries, so the website keeps the official summary number while still displaying every supplied lead-change event.
6Total Cautions
19Caution Laps
18Official Lead Changes
+30Biggest Gain
Major Movers
#56 Dylan C JonesStarted P32 • Finished P2+30 positions
#8 Jared PhilpottStarted P30 • Finished P1+29 positions
#03 Joshua McKinneyStarted P23 • Finished P4+19 positions
Lead Change Events
Lap 1#88 Ethan Fonseca Moreno takes over from #12 Trevor Haley
Lap 19#99 Juan Escamilla takes over from #88 Ethan Fonseca Moreno
Lap 22#88 Ethan Fonseca Moreno takes over from #99 Juan Escamilla
Lap 38#12 Trevor Haley takes over from #88 Ethan Fonseca Moreno
Lap 39#012 Ethan Eckert takes over from #12 Trevor Haley
Lap 40#99 Juan Escamilla takes over from #012 Ethan Eckert
Lap 48#97 Nicholas Baumann takes over from #99 Juan Escamilla
Lap 53#8 Jared Philpott takes over from #97 Nicholas Baumann
Lap 56#012 Ethan Eckert takes over from #8 Jared Philpott
Lap 60#56 Dylan C Jones takes over from #012 Ethan Eckert
Lap 70#99 Juan Escamilla takes over from #56 Dylan C Jones
Lap 73#8 Jared Philpott takes over from #99 Juan Escamilla
Lap 74#99 Juan Escamilla takes over from #8 Jared Philpott
Lap 76#14 Matthew Brown takes over from #99 Juan Escamilla
Lap 88#8 Jared Philpott takes over from #14 Matthew Brown
Lap 100#01 Jeremy S Jeffries takes over from #8 Jared Philpott
Lap 102#15 Shane Hatfield takes over from #01 Jeremy S Jeffries
Lap 104#56 Dylan C Jones takes over from #15 Shane Hatfield
Lap 115#8 Jared Philpott takes over from #56 Dylan C Jones
Caution Log
Official race summary
6 Cautions / 19 Caution Laps
The session-event history identifies the following six caution periods.
Lap 5
Caution for slow car involving #8
Lap 27
Caution for slow car involving #10
Lap 38
Caution for slow car involving #12
Lap 51
Caution for slow car involving #22
Lap 59
Caution for slow car involving #012
Lap 65
Caution for slow car involving #86