In the blistering hot New England summertime lies the 1-mile magic mile oval in Loudon New Hampshire. The favorite coming in is last week's winner at North Wilkesboro, and current points leader Tony Pizzaro at his home racetrack. We'll look to see if anybody can triumph over the Fenway mobile.

Race Results

Points Standings

Schedule

Johnny Reed Foley won the pole and led early on, with heavy pressure from John Tharp and the #14 machine.After several pass attempts, he finally passed Foley for the lead and stayed atop through the entire green flag run.

Several crashes occurred early in the going. A lap 88 spin involving Jim Fitzmaurice brought out the first caution during green flag pit stops. Most of the field was trapped 1 lap down, though most got back on track after contact between Dale Rosendaul and Scott Jackson entering turn 3 brought out the second caution. All three would limp to finishes outside the top-25. On lap 128, PHR teammates John Tharp and William Perry made contact in the same corner, wrecking themselves and Dalton Lucas in the process. This would severely hinder Tharp's progress of racing back to the front. 

Zakk Miller became the new leader by pitting just before the caution came out on lap 88 and stayed on the lead lap. He kept the spot for the next 88 laps, where Dave Miller and Bill Werkhesier batt;ed ferociously for second place. By the end of the run, it was Tim McDonnell and Ryan Heuser flying through the field, as Heuser took the lead exiting turn 2 on lap 179.

More problems in turn 3 occurred on lap 184. Donald Stewart and Jimmie Stevens spun out battling for 12th position, collecting the lapped car of Michael Henson. Both drivers would still finish inside the top-20. Much prior to this, Dave Miller was in fourth racing above two lapped cars who made contact exiting turn 4. Dave spun out to last on the lead lap in 28th, never recovering from the incident.

Engine failures and bad luck were the big story during the mid-point fo the race. While Ryan Heuser was sitting pretty out front, David Courtney, Cristian Torres, William Perry, Rob Scarberry and Ben Geer all suffered engine failures. Alex Crapser's engine was also damaged during a mid-race crash, sending him further out of the points picture after a 36th-place finish.

From lap 133 thought lap 228, the top-3 included Ryan Heuser, Zakk Miller and Tim McDonnell for the entire stint. Ryan and Tim were in shape to practically lock their chase status, as Craig Lee, Bill Werkheiser, Zach Michael, John Battista and Tony Pizzaro all were left searching for the speed they needed to catch up to the big-3.

They didn't need speed to catch two of the big-3. While passing the lapped car of David Butterworth, he and Tim made contact entering turn-3. Tims car turn towards the outside wall, clipping Zakk Miller and sending the second and third place cars into the outside wall. Tim would climb from 20th place to finish 6th during the final 69 laps. Zakk would fight a tight race car during the stint, failing to finish inside the top-20 after an excellent day.

John Tharp had struggled to get back to the front after his earlier incident. Battling for 13th with Ken Pettit and Matt Raboin, the three spun each other out on the frontsretch. Matt and John managed to slide through without losing several positions. Ken spun around several times, while Matthew Dominique awkwardly clipped the rear end of Dale's machine and went for a tumble. He went for two sideways flips before getting hit in the roof by Dave Miller. After sliding to a stop against the outside wall, his chase hopes went from 6 points in, to 90 points out after his 37th place finish.

Craig Lee took the 2nd position after the incident between Zakk and Tim. Bill Werkheiser lost spots from Zach Michael and John Battista and dropped outside of the top-10 before the day was over. Zach and Battista swapped the 3rd position several times through the waning laps, while Rick Jackson caught up and passed Zach on the outside lane to take 4th with 17 laps to go. A few laps later, Battista passed Craig for second, but was no match for Ryan Heuser who had pulled away from the field.

Ryan Heuser dominated the event once he took the lead on lap 179. He led all of the green flag laps from then on, cruising to his 6th victory of the season with ease, and gaining 34 points on the championship lead. Congrats to Ryan, crew chief Mustard Mahoney, and the entire Quick-Silver Motorsports team for an excellent victory!

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