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Main » 2025 » July » 5 » 2025 Toyota Save Mart 350 @ Sonoma Raceway: Ryan Heuser Wins!
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2025 Toyota Save Mart 350 @ Sonoma Raceway: Ryan Heuser Wins!

An immaculate view! 43 gear-binding racecars fight for a 110-lap vineyard excursion! Tony Pizzaro, Ryan Heuser, Johnny Reed Foley and Zach Michael look to add a road course victory to their impressive 2025 resume's, each with a chance at taking the points lead. Alan Nesfeder and Matthew Dominique start on the front-row. Can they keep their track position? The experts say no, as does the rest of the field.

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One fan described this race as an "unconventional convention". "I asked for fish and chips" said Virginia man Joe Washington, traveling for the first time by railroad. "They gave me fries instead. The fish was so fried it melted the meat! What a deal!" Matthew Dominique led the first lap, with Alan Nesfeder blowing a tire entering turn-2 on the fourth lap. Ken Pettit took over the second position, hoping to rebound his season at an unlikely track.

Dominique blows third gear! The leader suffers transmission woes early, forcing Pettit to back off while Johnny Reed Foley scampers to the inside through the esses. Foley steals the second spot, with Dominique successfully holding both drivers off while entering the eighth lap. Foley makes a move in turn-1, backing off as the #25 chops the inside groove away. Adam Crapser takes advantage, braking hard through 4-A to steal the position away from Foley. By the end of the esses, the #4 Green Bay Packers Chevrolet would take the lead.

Crapser's advantage grew to a five-second gap by lap 18 as the rest of the field meandered past the #25. Johnny Reed Foley, Craig Lee and Zakk Miller swapped the second-through-fifth positions as Rick Jackson, Chauncey Redmond Jr., Jimmie Stevens, John Tharp and points leader Tony Pizzaro scampered behind. From the rear, Ryan Heuser jumped from the 38th starting spot to tenth by lap-23.

Adam's lead started to evaporate once Craig Lee took the second position. The gap was down to three seconds by lap 30, catching the lapped car of Rob Scarberry in the process. A three-wide check-up behind Doug Spark and David Baldinger in 7-A forced Adam to lock the rear brakes, handing Lee the left side entering the esses. The #101 NOS Energy Chevrolet took the top spot on lap-36, with Adam heading for pit road as they reached the two-stop fuel window.

A turn-1 crash from pole-sitter Alan Nesfeder brought out the first yellow flag on lap-38. Timothy McDonnell went for a spin during the race back, with Dan Johnston blowing an engine to become the first casualty of the event. A deke by Jimmie Stevens to lead a lap under yellow cycled back to Lee, leading the field for the lap-42 restart. Adam Crapser, Johnny Reed Foley, Ryan Heuser, Chauncey Redmond Jr., Rick Jackson, Donald Stewart, John Tharp, Tony Pizzaro and Dakota Wilkins rounded out the top-10.

Several attempts for the lead by Adam Crapser finally paid off, diving underneath entering turn-11 to steal the spot away on lap-47. Pressure from the #3 AC-Delco machine made it tough, battling Redmond and Heuser for second as Lee struggled to maintain his earlier pace. Luckily, the #101 would hold them off through the half-way point before Heuser finally took the spot away. Adam would nab the halfway bacon, with Heuser's #138 power-plant the fastest car in the field.

38th starting spot to behind the leader by lap-76! Leader Adam Crapser came in for his final fuel stop the following lap, handing Heuser his first lead of the day. He would come out a whopping six seconds ahead of the #4 Green Bay Packers entry, with Johnny Reed Foley inheriting the second position. John Battista would lead a lap during the cycle, mired in the tenth spot despite being a heavy favorite to win.

Zakk Miller and Rob Scarberry crash in turn-1! The restart sees Ryan Heuser steady at the helm, with Adam Crapser and Johnny Reed Foley banging fenders in a maniacal scrap for the second position. Adam would win the battle, with Foley losing third to points leader Tony Pizzaro. Heuser would gap the field by five seconds with 15-to-go. Chauncey Redmond flew by Foley for fourth, with John Battista passing Craig Lee for sixth.

Adam Crapser blows up! The dominant car of the day; 59 laps led and in line for seventh in the Championship battle. He'll drop from 2nd to 41st, handing Pizzaro, Redmond, Foley and Battista the rights for the penultimate spot. Up front, Ryan Heuser was gone. A miracle turn-11 move gained Battista the second position over Foley, as Heuser cruised to his league-leading third victory of 2025!

Ryan Heuser's 87th career win puts him just one behind Buddy Rakestraw for second on the all-time list! He jumps closer to points leader Tony Pizzaro, only 78 behind in his attempt to pass Mert Socks and Roscoe Riker with his fifth Championship crown. This is Ryan's second career victory at Sonoma, hoping to replicate his efforts next week by re-capturing his Daytona 500 Glory with a win in the Coke Zero 400. Congratulations to Heuser, crew chief Mustard Mahoney and the entire Quick-Silver Motorsports organization for an excellent victory!

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