race 1 Richard Spicer, of Laurel, Md., started third and raced to the front of the SCCA Pro Racing Spec Racer Ford Round Nine race on Sunday morning at Road Atlanta, the first of two Sunday races to finish the season. Franklin Futrelle, of Augusta, Ga., and Tray Ayres, of Woodstock, Ga., completed the podium. Spicer's No. 65 Spicer Race Engines/Hagerman Engineering Spec Racer Ford moved from third on the grid and into the lead by lap four, just in time for a long caution period after the No. 90 Apple Motorsports Spec Racer Ford of Bob Gilbert and the No. 81 Dinosaur Racing Spec Racer Ford of Mark Vultaggio made contact, knocking both out of the race and spreading debris across the race track. race 2 Tray Ayres, from nearby Woodstock, Ga., earned a victory in the SCCA Pro Racing Spec Racer Ford season finale on Sunday afternoon at Road Atlanta. Scott Rettich, of Camden, Ohio, finished in the runner-up position to clinch his second-consecutive series title, with John Greene, of Gainesville, Ga., completing the podium. Ayres started on pole in the No. 7 Ayers Racing Spec Racer Ford and led 17 of 20 laps in the race on his way to a 0.241-second victory over Rettich, averaging 90.080 mph in the 50.8-mile race. Ayres also turned the fastest lap of the race on the 2.54-mile circuit in 1:40.583 (90.910 mph). The top two finishers survived heavy attrition and were left alone to battle for the win on the last several laps, with Ayres holding off a challenge from Rettich's No. 17 Alliance Autosport/Springboro Car Wash Spec Racer for the victory.

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