It was an incredible run with incredible fun. From points-contenders crashing down to oblivion, to the guys on the bubble staying out of trouble. Safe to say, the action was in full-force for most of t his one.

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Early on, it was already a horror story of the ages for points leader Matthew Dominique, who crashed in the same corner twice. He made contact with Scott Jackson on lap 10, and then with John Tharp on lap 40. Both suffered big hits to the outside turn 1 wall, ending his day with a 42nd place finish.

Rick Jackson and Tim McDonnell were the front-runners early on, each leading 40 laps of the event. As the field looked on, it appeared that there were at least 5 cars that could easily keep up, including John Battista, Matt Raboin and Zach Michael.

Johnny Reed Foley meandered hios way through the pack to race the "Big-2". Despite leading no laps, he would remain a factor throughout, keeping his car in the top-5 for most of the event.

Dave Miller, Ken Pettit, Tim McDonnell, Tony Pizzaro and Matt Raboin were the biggest point- losers other than Dominique and John Tharp. They were all involved in wrecks, giving some action to the point-lead race after this one was over. For Pizzaro and Miller, they would dig into a deeper hole from chase contention. 

Tony Long, who had used miraculous pit strategy to come out first with almost 100 laps to go, was involved in an accident with David Baldinger on lap 163. He and Randy Dobbins were able to short pit on what what people were calling "Hell's tires" today, and got out to a spectacular lead. Unfortunately, it ended in spectacular fashion.

The race heated up late as the leaders were stuck behind Scott Jackson and Ken Pettit, who were all eagerly racing to stay on the lead lap. Zakk Miller had a short-lived stint at the lead before Zach Michael passed him on lap 176. Alex Crapser and Johnny Reed Foley made various attempts for the top-spot during the spanning laps.

Rick Jackson re-pitted during the previous pit stop and used his four tires to gather himself to the front. He raced Zach side-by-side for five straight laps before finally taking the spot. Unfortunately, he could not pull away far asthe #8 and #38 impeded his progress to further his lead.

On lap 223, the #20 and #18 came in for four fresh tires. Rick entered the pits three laps later and fell to a five-second deficit over the Home Depot/Coke machine. It was doubtful that he could catch up, but the fears of his winless streak would outway his common sense as he would make a run for it.

Zach got caught up in heavy lapped traffic during the final laps, as Rick's deficit went to less than a second by the white flag. It was all he could muster, as the 51-race winless streak came to an end on this day for the #20 NSRA machine. Congrats to Zach Michael, crew chief Justin Knapp, and the entire NSRA Racing crew for an excellent victory!

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