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Main » 2020 » February » 17

For the 60th time in Extravaganza Series history, the best of the best show up to take the crown of the most prestigious race in the nation. Rick Jackson comes in as the odds-on favorite to win an unprecedented fourth crown, with 41 other drivers ready to fullfill their own dreams in the Great American Race.

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It didn't take long for the lead changes to start. Pole-sitter Ken Pettit fell back early, giving Craig Lee, Scott Jackson and John Battista turns at the lead. It would be a precursor for the rest of the event.

The entire field stayed together for the initial green flag run. Tim McDonnell, who led 40 laps total, took his first lead of the day just before the first round of green flag pit stops.

Lap 42 began the pit lane action. Rookie Mark Murphy spun on entry after contact with Alan Nesfeder. Otherwise, the spots ran smoothly with a 5-car breakaway up front consisting of Scott Jackson, Ryan Heuser, Steven Spears, Matt Raboin and David Butterworth. In 10 laps, the second pack caught up with Tim McDonnell at the helm.

After the second round of pit stops, Randy Dobbins blew a tire on lap 89 to bring out the first caution. The entire middle of the field crashed after a huge check-up while slowing for the pace car, destroying Matthew Dominique, Jim Fitzmaurice, Mike Carroll, Aaron Cummings, Jack Paynter, Scott Drake and Adam Crapser in the process. The #50 and #51 machines went for a wild ride, but continued on. As did the rest of the cars involved.

The next segment of the race saw complete domination by Tim McDonnell, John Battista and Ryan Heuser. Very few seemed to have an answer for the trio, though Rick Jackson, Tony Pizzaro and John Tharp stayed in the thick of things during the middle of the race,

The biggest green-flag crash of the day occurred on lap 143. Tony Pizzaro turned the the lapped car of Jim Fitzmaurice on the tri-oval, sending him into the path of Dave Miller. He, Ryan Heuser and Dalton Lucas recorded minor damage after a series of spins, and were able to continue on competitively.

During the caution flag, leader Rick Jackson blew up. He became the first and only casualty of the day, resulting in a last place finish after running 3/4 of the entire event. After a roller-coaster day, his teammate Ken Pettit got back to the lead after meandering towards the back for most of the day. The race had come full circle.

John Tharp, Alex Crapser, Jimmie Stevens and Tony Pizzaro short-pitted between lap 175 and 178. This led to a five-car draft with lapped rookie Mark Murphy. This pit stop would be the race winning move, as the line of five was able to out-pace the large pack in front.

The lead draft went from four lead-lap cars to twelve with 10 laps to go. Up front, The Pettit machine saved enough fuel until lap 191. This enabled him to take much less fuel, and was three-second ahead of the pack coming out of the pits. In just a couple laps, the field ran him down with Tony Pizzaro in the lead. He, Alex Crapser, Alan Nesfeder and Zakk Miller swapped the lead until lapped traffic became a factor. John Tharp sneaked on the inside of all of them with four laps to go, taking the lead and racing side-by-side with Tony Pizzaro.

On the final lap, Pizzaro was out in front. Tharp made a move to the inside in turn-1 with help from Alex Crapser. Once he was clear, he blocked Pizzaro's line on the outside and left Crapser with no drafting help, leaving the field scattering behind for every spot they could grab. Tharp came off of turn 4 practically uncontested and won his second consecutive Daytona 500 in amazing fashion! Congratulations to John, crew chief King Joe Dawkins and the entire PHR team for an excellent victory! ... Read more »

Views: 208 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 17-February-20

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