Ryan Heuser comes to a track where he has won at in his last three appearances. He is the odds on favorite with points leader "broken ribs" Pizzaro recording his second pole of the season, the first to complete the feat in 2020. We're expected to see some action packed racing in the quest to de-throne King Heuser.

Race Results

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Schedule

Tony Pizzaro dominated the first 36 laps of the event before the ultimate disaster. Tex Perry blew up entering turn 3 and got hit by Michael Henson. Zach Michael failed to avoid the smoke, and in time, Pizzaro was in it as well, destroying his front end. He went on to finish 34th and out of the points lead.

Scott Jackson had an airborne excursion in turn 3 after contact with Randy Dobbins sent them both hard into the outside wall. For Randy, it would wind up being his third straight event outside the top-30. Scott rebounded to finish 15th and stay 5th in points.

John Battista took his first lead of the event on lap 59 after passing by Matthew Dominique, who took the lead after the Pizzaro incident. He led for the next 80 laps before slowing down for an incident. Ken Pettit flew by on the outside, leading for 12 laps before Ryan Heuser made a dash to the inside to take his first lead of the night. Last week's winner Jimmie Stevens led nine laps after staying out under yellow before Ryan took it back. On lap 203, Battista took it back and flew away.

John Battista was gone. He eclipsed to a 10+ second lead in 73 laps, an unheard-of margin at a short track these days. Ryan Heuser short-pitted to gain as much track position as he could. The 12 extra laps brought him within two seconds before Craig Lee and Michael Henson wrecked before pit stops were cycled. Battista and Heuser were the only drivers up front to pass then-leader Alex Crapser. Jimmie Stevens, Ken Pettit, Johnny Reed Foley and Craig Lee all went a lap down after being in the top-6.

Alex Crapser used severe pit strategy to grab the lead, just like he did last year before getting involved in a crash. The same exact thing happened. Contact with Zach Michael sent him flying into the outside wall hard, destroying the front-end of the car before getting pulverized by Kevin Corbat, destroying the rear. In conclusion, it was a wild ride that sent the #04 team packing with a 27th place finish.

More incidents occurred during the waning laps of the race. Tony Pizzaro had a bewildering impact with the outside wall after contact from Dalton Lucas off of turn 2. He went for a near-flip after squeezing Scott Jackson into the safer barrier as they played barricade to the rest of the field behind. Afterwards, Scott Drake went for a self-spin on the backstretch to bring out the 9th caution.

The wildest ride of the night commenced with 55 laps to go. Adam Crapser and Craig Lee tangled on the backstretch. Steven Spears smashed into the back of Adam's machine and spun into the middle of the racing groove. He then got annihilate by Jonathan Skrabacz on the passenger side, sending Spears for a series of barrel-rolls as the rest of the field went left, right and under to avoid the melee.

By the time the madness ended, John Battista was back on top with 50 laps to go. Johnny Reed Foley became the first driver to pass Battista for the lead head-to-head all night, swapping the lead three times and leaving Foley with the advantage with 20 laps to go. Battista's tires seemed to be falling off.

With 12 laps remaining, Battista had cooled off his tires enough to make one last charge. He dove underneath Foley in turn 3 and remained side-by-side for three laps before finally completing the pass. By this time, Ryan Heuser had flown through the field and caught the two leaders, flying by Foley and was on Battista's tail with 8 laps to go. For the next 7 laps, he would be planning for the right opportunity.

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