As the great Skinny Mulligan once said "A Richmond with banking would be all I need to do the spanking". Ryan Heuser and Tony Pizzaro feel the same way, and look to dominate the show while the points contenders try to pull off the upset.

Race Results

Points Standings

Schedule

The event started off with Las Vegas race winner Matthew Dominique on the pole. He would lead the first 47 laps before struggling to find his groove through lapped traffic. During this time, Tim McDonnell made an unscheduled pit stop, droping him 2 laps down.

Ryan Heuser took the lead exiting turn 4, using Glenn Kaufmann as a pick. He sailed away from the field and went on to lead most of the next 100 laps. John Battista and Scott Jackson battled vigorously for second spot.

On old tires, Tim McDonnell tried to hold everybody off after their green flag pit stops. Donald Stewart hit his rear on the backstretch, sending the #22 ricocheting off the wall and into Adam Crapser. Adam smacked the inside wall and sailed into traffic entering turn 3. This took Brodrick Wittmann and Michael Henson into the cyclone of carnage, and miraculously gave McDonnell a free lap back.

How do you go four-wide without crashing? Do not ask Randy Dobbins, who wound up the loser in the group after contact from Ben Geer. Randy's car slammed the outside wall and was uncompetitive for the rest of the night, finishing 27th.

On the restart, leader Ryan Heuser hit the wall while battling Rob Scarberry on the inside lane. Matt Raboin took the spot on the backstretch, leading the next 13 laps. Cristian Torres and Jonathan Skrabacz were involved in a spin during this time.

After a 5-lap losing battle with Alan Nesfeder, John Battista followed the #78 through in turn one and passed them both for the lead. Battista went on to lead 14 more laps, finishing 4th and winding up only 31 points behind in the championship.

After Dave Miller and Jimmie Stevens made contact exiting turn 2, the #90 was clipped in the rear by Dan Johnston. Dave would terrorize the outside wall, somehow able to continue on and limp to the pits. He would blow up there, becoming the first casualty of the race.

On lap 178, John Battista and Matt Raboin pitted, handing the lead to Ryan on the next restart. From lap 180-on this team was easily the one to beat, leading practically every lap up until the final stage of the race.

Jimmie Stevens blew up on lap 128 and provided one heck of a scare for the leader. Dan Johnston hit his smoking AMPIO machine and sent him sideways directly in front of Ryan. He barely sneaked by on the inside, while Rob Scarberry clobbered the stagnant #2. Speedy would go on to finish 41st, while Rob crossed the line in 38th.

It was primarily a battle for second place between Matt Raboin and Scott Jackson during the final stages of the race. The two swapped positions a couple of times through the lapped traffic, and were close to catching Ryan during the final 30 laps. The interval continued to wane.

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