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Main » 2020 » May » 29 » Ryan Heuser Wins: 2020 Coca-Cola 600 @ Charlotte!
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Ryan Heuser Wins: 2020 Coca-Cola 600 @ Charlotte!

Tony Pizzaro pulled off an extravagant performance last season after his Coca-Cola 600 victory. Ryan Heuser blew up very late in the going, a factor that would have him fall 10th place in the championship after his season crown the year before. Endurance may play a factor again tonight.

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The early laps saw Tim McDonnell and Ryan Heuser battle hard for the top-spot, with pole sitter Ryan eventually taking the spot. Unfortunately, fear fell into the laps of the QSM motor-squad, as teammate Craig Lee blew up just 33 laps into the extravaganza.

Pit stops from lap 61-64 gave John Battista the lead. He, Tim McDonnell and Donald Stewart would battle up front for the next 60 laps, with the #22 machine leading the bulk.

Brandon Raines went for a turn-2 spin after contact with David Butterworth. This brought out the first caution of the night, with leader Tim McDonnell making contact with Alan Nesfeder during yellow flag pit stops. An un-diagnosed tire rub sent him from the lead to one lap down after an unscheduled stop.

An enormous crash on lap 130 saw Kevin Corbat fly over racecars. Tony Pizzaro went for a half-flip, but maintained competitive pace throughout the event. Contact between Kavin Corbat and Cristian Torres started the melee. Rick Jackson, Alan Nesfeder, Ben Geer, Jonathan Skrabacz, Ken Pettit, Steven Spears, Matt Raboin, Rob Scarberry and Scott Jackson were also involved in the incident.

Donald Stewart and Ryan Heuser battled for the lead between lap 135 and 138. John Tharp took over on lap 143, and led 41 laps before relinquishing the spot to teammate William "Tex" Perry. He would lead 11 laps before pit stops. Tharp would steal the top-spot back past the half-way point.

Heuser and Tharp were the mid-show dominators. On lap 252, Tharp scraped the wall, causing Heuser to get loose and fly into the infield road course section. After another round of pit stops, the opposite happened. Tharp played superman through the access road and locked the brakes to avoid devouring the wall. Somehow, he would maintain enough pace to take the lead back on lap 280.

The caution bug started to hit on lap 269. Dalton Lucas went for a spin. Then Rick Jackson tangled with Tex Perry battling for fourth, sending them into the outside wall. Adam Crapser and Walt made heavy contact on the frontstretch. Leader Ryan would make an unscheduled pit stop, sending him a lap down and into a crash with Matthew Dominique and Jonathan Skrabacz. Tony Pizzaro and Steven Spears would headline the next to cautions, before another spin by Adam Crapser and Scott Deutsch would round it all up. Randy Dobbins cycled out as the leader without being involved in the mass-melee's. In total, there were 8 caution flags in only 63 laps.

A horrifying ordeal on lap 369 saw Donald Stewart crossing the start-finish line in prayer. Zach Michael and Dave Butterworth tangled off of turn-4, ricocheting into the #55 and sending him for a spin. Matt Raboin collided with him with pure dynamite force. Donald went head-over and back on his wheels, while Matt barrel-rolled several times before making a violent impact with the inside wall floor first. Both drivers would finish terribly, but came out unscathed.

An excellent pit stop saw Tony Pizzaro in front, short-lived by the strong WASP machine of Randy Dobbins. He held off a hard-charging Tim McDonnell, who had re-gained his lap during the several cautions, up until 11 laps to go. Tim had finally gotten the lead back. Five laps later, another early dominator was on the charge as well. Ryan Heuser was coming.

It took not time for Ryan to turn on the shuttle. Ryan had gotten his lap back 75 laps prior. Despite 22 cars still on the lead lap, he methodically worked his way through traffic to fly by Tim in turn 2 with 6 laps to go. It was over from there, capturing his third victory of the season in the longest race of the year. Congrats to Ryan, crew chief Mustard Mahoney, and the entire Quick-Silver Motorsports team for an excellent victory!

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