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Main » 2020 » June » 1 » Ryan Heuser Wins: 2020 Digital Ally 400 @ Kansas!
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Ryan Heuser Wins: 2020 Digital Ally 400 @ Kansas!

Three of the four championship favorites: Ryan Heuser, Tony Pizzaro and Tim McDonnell, are currently 1-2-3 in the standings heading into Kansas. The other, Rick Jackson, comes in 17th with only 2 top-10's in 13 races. All of them will start in the top-10 today, with Pizzaro on the pole.

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With plenty of side-by-side racing towards the middle of the field, It was Tony Pizzaro, Ryan Heuser, Rick Jackson and Dave Miller in a four-car get-away. Pizzaro lead every lap until his green flag pit stop on lap 61. From there, Dave Miller took the lead by coming in two laps earlier.

Lap 65 saw Dalton Lucas and Alex Crapser make contact entering turn 1. Dalton's car was sent for a slide into the outside wall, spinning across the track while getting passed by the leaders. He would go on to finish 35th. 

Tony Pizzaro re-took the lead after a splash-n'-go stop under yellow. He stayed up front through lap 112, when Rick Jackson dove underneath to take his first lead of the night entering turn 1. Dave Miller, who took four tires on the last stop, eased through traffic and passed Rick for the top-spot 13 laps later.

Dalton Lucas's crash would be the only caution of the night, as the pit crews of the top-5 showed their muscle by not making any big mistakes all evening. Pizzaro, Jackson, Heuser, Miller and Lee were the kings of the long run and all had an equal shot at the victory.

The next round of pit stops saw Dave Miller stay out for three more laps than the rest of the field. He would drop back to fourth, with Randy Dobbins leading the way after an unscheduled pit stop during the earlier run. Rick, Craig Lee, and Dave all flew by the #96 machine with relative ease. On lap 143, Dave and Craig raced side-by-side for almost 2 full laps before the #90 pulled back out front.

Alan Nesfeder was the first and only casualty of the race. On lap 162, the engine let go, finishing last and dropping to 21st in the standings by the races end. Up front, Dave was a complete rocket-ship. His dominance and high-horsepower engine helped him lead 100-straight green flag laps, totaling 107 by the nights end. Before the final -round of green flag pit stops, he and Pizzaro were side-by-side for the top-spot before the #12 darted in.

With 33 laps left, Ryan was the first to make his final stop. His teammate Craig came in one lap later, with a flawless stop by the #101 crew. Leader Dave went in 6 laps after Craig, coming out in the 3rd position while the former two exited the pits 1-2 with 25 laps to go. It was a Quick-Silver Motorsports 1-2-3 effort.

Disaster struck in the late-going for Craig Lee. Only a half-second behind leader Ryan, he made contact with Philip Parker and got forced into the outside wall, losing positions to Tony  and Dave. He would never recover, maintaining 4th place while the #138, #12 and #90 battle it out for the win in the waning laps.

Dave and Tony swapped second place with less than 6 laps to go. Pizzaro grabbed the position back exiting turn-2 but could not pass the lapped car of Johnny Reed Foley to help catch Ryan. Unfortunately, Ryan got caught in heavy traffic with 2 laps to go, as the #12 reeled himself in and battled for the victory. A bottom lane move on the frontstetch of the final lap seemed like an imminent win for the Fenway Park machine, but Ryan was able to hold his ground on the outside and use the draft of Adam Crapser ahead to stay side-by-side entering the final corners.

Heuser pinched Pizzaro hard entering turn-3, gathering enough momentum off of the high-line to take get on the gas first and squeak away with the win. It would be Ryan's second in-a-row, extending his points lead to 57 after the 14th week. Congrats to Ryan, crew chief Mustard Mahoney, and the entire Quick-Silver Motorsports crew for an excellent victory!

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