RANSOMVILLE, N.Y. — Zeb Wise won by nearly a mile on Friday night at Ransomville Speedway and that’s hardly an exaggeration, as the pilot of the Rudeen Racing No. 26 drove off by nearly 12 seconds at the Empire State staple, ultimately leading all 35 circuits for a $15,000 top prize and the seventh Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 victory of his career.
Wise is now a three-time series winner this season.
“The Madman” Kerry Madsen finished second in the Vermeer Motorsports No. 55, followed by Chris Windom, defending event champion Parker Price-Miller and Nate Dussel.
“We were really, really good. I would have never guessed that I’d be able to run the top as long as I did,” Zeb Wise, driver of the Sundollar Restoration/Rayce Rudeen Foundation No. 26, said. “I kinda felt like the lapped cars were keeping pace with me at first, but once I got to a clean track, I realized that the top was definitely the better place to be. As the laps were closing, I could see the 55 was on the board, but I kept looking over to my left and I was able to see the 55 across the track from me, so I knew I must have had a good lead.”
Madsen, an open wheel veteran, as well as the newly hired gun for Vermeer Motorsports, finished second, slipping into the runner-up spot with a slider beyond Chris Windom on lap five.
Although a red flag during the initial green would force a complete restart, the 35-lapper would resume and go on unhinged. Wise’s massive lead commenced as early as lap 10, already stretching his advantage to four seconds. By lap 33, Wise’s command extended beyond the 10-second mark.
The finish:
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 26-Zeb Wise[2]; 2. 55-Kerry Madsen[5]; 3. 4-Chris Windom[3]; 4. 9P-Parker Price Miller[7]; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[15]; 6. 10-Paulie Colagiovanni[6]; 7. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[9]; 8. 19-Brent Marks[14]; 9. 97-JJ Hickle[4]; 10. 45-Tim Shaffer[11]; 11. 7NY-Matt Farnham[8]; 12. 28F-Davie Franek[10]; 13. W20-Greg Wilson[12]; 14. 5D-Jacob Dykstra[18]; 15. 35-Jared Zimbardi[13]; 16. 55S-Dallas Schott[19]; 17. 47D-Kyle Drum[22]; 18. 8-Nick Fratto[16]; 19. 3-Denny Peebles[20]; 20. (DNF) 47-Brett Brunkenhoefer[21]; 21. (DNF) 28M-Conner Morrell[17]; 22. (DNF) 29-Sye Lynch[1]