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What a way to go for the chase contenders, as a race that should have split the championship chase into fractions ended up making it close again. 18 leaders in all, it was the one who dominated the middle segment that fell, but he did not fall the hardest.

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Early on it seemed dangerous, too dangerous for drivers like John Battista to even consider driving towards the back to stay away from the mayhem. His car was strong enough to out-speed the three-wide traffic during the beginning stages, while the other chase contenders were burrowed in agony.

The first big wreck involved Tim McDonnell, Alex Crapser, Ken Pettit and Kevin Corbat. All four cars were minorly hurt until the caution. Johnny Reed Foley made contact with Michael Henson and Zach Michael while slowing for the pace car, slowing in front of points leader Craig Lee before he smashed the front of Foley's car with the right front. The engine blew immediately and Craig was furious, throwing his can of bottled NOS at Foley's pit-sign holder after the incident. He could only repeat the words "You will lead the DNF total when I'm through." Lee finished 40th, winding up 3rd in points.

Zakk Miller flew and flipped into the catch fence several times on the frontstretch, causing a melee behind, and underneath. Fortunately, with the rapid DNF's soon ahead, he would limp 3 laps down and finish 23rd by the end. Michael Henson went on to finish 25th.

Chase contenders and all were battling 4-wide for the lead near the mid-point of the race, attempting to gather those all powerful bonus points with Craig Lee done for the day. John Battista and Rick Jackson were sitting pretty in the standings, as some found it hard to believe that they would race this hard. John Tharp was the only driver in desperation mode, and was happy to finally have a fast racecar after all of these weeks. He went on to finish 6th and get back into the points race.

After leading his 9th race in-a-row, Ryan Heuser blew up again. The field was in a severe holocaust behind, with disrupted vision and indecision plaguing the masses. They all scattered through, though the field was now split in three. Ryan went on to finish 28th, now 10th in points.

The mid-stages of the race saw a four-car breakaway between John Battista, Scott Jackson, William "Tex" Perry and Jimmie Stevens. They stayed in line for the entire green flag run, but a few cars in the second pack caught them after some poor green flag stops. Battista went on to lead 39 laps, but finished 22nd after being involved in a wreck late.

The big story of the day was the amount of engine failures. Donald Stewart fell first for his only DNF of the season. Then Ryan, Glenn Kaufmann, Adam Crapser, Zach Michael, along with chase contenders Rick Jackson and Matthew Dominique all fell to the motor bug. Matthew actually grabbed the points lead after the race, simply by blowing up later than Craig crashed.

More big wrecks were to come, involving John Battista, John Tharp and Matthew Dominique. It brought the field back together as Tony Pizzaro, Alan Nesfeder, Tim McDonnell and Dave Miller all raced for the lead up front. These four would dominate the final stages of the race.

The final round of pit stops led everyone to believe the #12 would run out of fuel by the end. He pitted nearly 10 laps before Bill Werkheiser, John Tharp, Dave Miller and Tim McDonnell, as they all watched firmly behind and waited for him to sputter.

It never happened, and now the race was coming to the final lap with a frenzy of 8 racecars. Alan Nesfeder was a full car-length away from Dave Miller coming into lapped traffic. Scott Jackson gave the #90 an ... Read more »

Views: 191 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 14-October-19

Action Ice Motorsports is done for the season after losing primary sponsor Team Activision. The Texas crash that put promising star Russell Charneski in a coma defeated their spirits, but a 3rd place at Martinsville in the spring with Tyler Scott looked to resurrect the organization. Unfortunately, it's been a turn for the worse since, barely keeping their top-35 status that has been a given for the last few seasons. They will reportedly sold the team to Old Farts Racing, who is looking to add a third team to their stable in 2020.

Views: 186 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 08-October-19

Randy missed last week's race at Charlotte with a concussion caused by a practice crash on the frontstretch. His car slammed off the dogleg and flew into the infield pit lane wall. In redemption, he was able to stay on the lead lap all race long, get to the front on pit strategy, let the top-dog's race side-by-side, and navigated through lapped traffic perfectly to barely eek out a victory over his former long-time WASP teammate Rick Jackson. It was his 27th career Extravaganza Series victory, and possibly his last as the entire WASP team looks to be falling apart at the seams. What a job!

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Matthew Dominique leads the field early on, and would lead 53 laps overall. Ken Pettit, Ben Geer, Ryan Heuser, and points leader Craig Lee follow in the footsteps of glory, hoping to overtake.

Things got dicey later on, with John Battista and Tony Pizzaro slicing Dominique three-wide on the frontstretch. Pizzaro would take the top-spot, leading his first of 97 laps on the night.

Chase contenders Ken Pettit and John Tharp make contact on the frontstretch and both slam hard into the inside wall. Ken would wind up four laps down in 31st place, 103 points back from the points leader. John dropped to last in points, 174 points back after finishing 29th.

The big one involved Scott Jackson's flipping car among others, who attempted to avoid the wreck by driving straight through it. It didn't work. The melee took away many promising finishes, including Ben Geer for the 30th race in-a-row it seems. Scott wound up finishing 33rd, dropping him back to 7th in the standings, 119 points back.

Points leader Craig Lee found his way up front again, with four of the best non-chase drivers right behind him. John Battista, who was lurking just a few car-lengths behind, would wind up in a crash with Dale Rosendaul later on and finished 28th, dropping him to 5th in the standings. Meanwhile Tim McDonnell looked to be on his game in his attempt to sweep Dover.

Tyler Scott had been struggling on horsepower since he re-joined the Extravaganza Series, and it caused the leaders to lose track. Leader Tim McDonnell spun him out, sending him across the racetrack and into Johnny Reed Foley and John Tharp. John stalled his car on the apron, needing a tow and finishing 29th. Foley ended up 27th after a masterful run.

Ryan Heuser, Tony Pizzaro and Matthew Dominique were the drivers to beat as per usual. Unfortunately, all would have bad pit stops that stymied their hard-racing efforts, and put a new driver to the top.

Tim McDonnell had the first four-tire pit stop under 14 seconds this season, clocking in at 13.8. It sent him from 6th to a 3+ second lead, and started to pull away from the field.

Dave Miller and Zach Michael, two drivers racing for that 11th place points money, made contact on the frontstretch with Bill Werkheiser. Dave spun on the narrow infield and slid into Brandon Raines who sent him flipping into the Steven Spears machine. Dave was okay, but was unable to continue on and finished 40th.

The final 50 laps saw Tim McDonnell and Rick Jackson stealing the show. There was a lot of lapped traffic, giving Tony Pizzaro trouble while Randy Dobbins and Ryan Heuser passed them with ease. Rick drove from 5th to 1st in five laps to re-take the lead with 2 laps to go.

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Views: 203 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 07-October-19

Heading into the wonderful racing facility of Charlotte Motor Speedway, several have questioned the decision to run the oval instead of the infield road course. This would inevitably hinder the chances of Tim McDonnell and John Battista gaining valuable points, though the top-10 is so tight after 2 races that even the speedway-ringers will have trouble gaping anybody. The top-3 are only 5 points apart, and the top-10 are only 76...

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The race started with the unlikliest of leaders. Aaron Cummings drove from 9th to 1st in only 8 laps to lead for three full circuits. It would be his first multiple lap-led race of the season, and he would've led more if not for a Walt Flowers and Johnny Reed Foley incident on the backstretch.

Ryan Heuser passed Craig Lee, Tony Pizzaro and Matthew Dominique all on the same lap to take the lead on lap 70. He would go on to lead the next 23 circuits before a no-tire pit call put Ken Pettit to the front.

After being mired outside of the top-15 for most of the day, Zach Michael found his opportunity for a big move on lap 84. His four-wide outside bonzai move exiting turn 2 was almost complete before getting tagged by Tony Pizzaro. Complete chaos ensued, as John Tharp was sent for a wild inside-wall spin as Tim McDonnell slammed hard into the left-rear of the #20. Rick Jackson slammed the front-end of Tyler Scott, as the rest of the field fell into complete obliteration spinning towards turn 3. Adam Crapser, Tony Long, Cristian Torres, Michael Henson, Donald Stewart, Glenn Kaufmann, Rob Scarberry, William Perry, Tim McDonnell, Johnny Reed Foley, Dan Johnston, Dave Butterworth, Aaron Cummings, David Courtney, Rick Jackson, Dalton Lucas, John Tharp, Zach Michael, Tony Pizzaro, Tyler Scott, Jonathan Skrabacz and Matthew Dominique were all involved in the incident.

It was back to reality up front, as Bill Werkheiser, Alan Nesfeder, Craig Lee and Dave Miller swapped the lead several times during the middle portion of the race. All four drivers would finish on the lead lap, with Bill and Craig continuing to be a factor all day long.

Bill and Ken Pettit swapped the lead twice around the halfway point, with Craig Lee in view the entire time. Craig stayed out under caution on lap 183 to secure the top-spot and kept it for 24 laps before John Battista drove by on the inside of turn 1. Craig crossed him over twice in only three laps, until Battista finally cleared him for good on the third attempt. He led for 21 laps, only for Craig to beat him out of the pits during the next yellow.
 

Death and destruction occurred for Ryan Heuser on lap 234. He and Tyler Scott made contact exiting turn 2, sending Ryan's car flying into the access-gap on the inside wall. His car ricocheted off and screamed onto the racetrack. Walt Flowers hit him head on. Then Brandon Raines smashed his drivers-side door and flipped him upside-down in front of traffic. To cap it off, Tim McDonnell smashed him on the right side, officially ending both of their dismal nights. Miraculously, Ryan was able to walk out under his own power and waved to the crowd. He and Tim would wind up 9th and 10th in the points standings after all was said and done.

Despite a good run by Tony Pizzaro late in the race, the second-half show continued to be dominated by Craig Lee and John Battista. Battista re-took the lead on lap 255 before the #12 took it back. Craig re-took the lead again after another fabulous pit stop under yellow. With 40 laps to go, they were neck-and-neck.

The #101 and #39 swapped the lead a miraculous four times between 35 and 25 laps to go. Craig took it three-wide underneath Battista and lapped car John Tharp for a fifth attempt, and things got scary. Battista and Tharp made contact and sent the #39 for a tailspin, miraculously saving the racecar and staying in contention for the win. He would lose only a second and run him back down in a matter of laps.

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Views: 228 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 01-October-19

As the great Skinny Mulligan once said "A Richmond with banking would be all I need to do the spanking". Ryan Heuser and Tony Pizzaro feel the same way, and look to dominate the show while the points contenders try to pull off the upset.

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The event started off with Las Vegas race winner Matthew Dominique on the pole. He would lead the first 47 laps before struggling to find his groove through lapped traffic. During this time, Tim McDonnell made an unscheduled pit stop, droping him 2 laps down.

Ryan Heuser took the lead exiting turn 4, using Glenn Kaufmann as a pick. He sailed away from the field and went on to lead most of the next 100 laps. John Battista and Scott Jackson battled vigorously for second spot.

On old tires, Tim McDonnell tried to hold everybody off after their green flag pit stops. Donald Stewart hit his rear on the backstretch, sending the #22 ricocheting off the wall and into Adam Crapser. Adam smacked the inside wall and sailed into traffic entering turn 3. This took Brodrick Wittmann and Michael Henson into the cyclone of carnage, and miraculously gave McDonnell a free lap back.

How do you go four-wide without crashing? Do not ask Randy Dobbins, who wound up the loser in the group after contact from Ben Geer. Randy's car slammed the outside wall and was uncompetitive for the rest of the night, finishing 27th.

On the restart, leader Ryan Heuser hit the wall while battling Rob Scarberry on the inside lane. Matt Raboin took the spot on the backstretch, leading the next 13 laps. Cristian Torres and Jonathan Skrabacz were involved in a spin during this time.

After a 5-lap losing battle with Alan Nesfeder, John Battista followed the #78 through in turn one and passed them both for the lead. Battista went on to lead 14 more laps, finishing 4th and winding up only 31 points behind in the championship.

After Dave Miller and Jimmie Stevens made contact exiting turn 2, the #90 was clipped in the rear by Dan Johnston. Dave would terrorize the outside wall, somehow able to continue on and limp to the pits. He would blow up there, becoming the first casualty of the race.

On lap 178, John Battista and Matt Raboin pitted, handing the lead to Ryan on the next restart. From lap 180-on this team was easily the one to beat, leading practically every lap up until the final stage of the race.

Jimmie Stevens blew up on lap 128 and provided one heck of a scare for the leader. Dan Johnston hit his smoking AMPIO machine and sent him sideways directly in front of Ryan. He barely sneaked by on the inside, while Rob Scarberry clobbered the stagnant #2. Speedy would go on to finish 41st, while Rob crossed the line in 38th.

It was primarily a battle for second place between Matt Raboin and Scott Jackson during the final stages of the race. The two swapped positions a couple of times through the lapped traffic, and were close to catching Ryan during the final 30 laps. The interval continued to wane.

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Views: 285 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 22-September-19

The 10 chase drivers start their season over at Las Vegas, celebrating the famed Eddie Money while looking to grab the first victory of the 10-race finale. Tim McDonnell lost his 200+ point advantage, as the remaining prepare to take advantage of his 37th starting spot.

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Pole-sitter Alan Nesfeder could only keep the lead for one lap, as the top-spot switched four times during the first four laps. Drivers would fight three-wide for first until Tony Pizzaro took the spot and led the pack.

Pizzaro was in front for the first 2/5th's of the event, leading 107 laps until blowing up on the frontstretch on lap 116. From there- Scott Jackson and Alex Crapser led the show until green flag pit stops near the halfway point.

Ken Pettit passed Crapser for the lead on lap 144 and led the show on pure horsepower. Only QSM teammates Ryan Heuser and Craig Lee could keep up, and remained top-3 until a short-pitting #04 re-took the spot.

Without any caution flags, it was the third green flag pit stop of the day. Nobody made any attempts at stretching the fuel, as previous races indicated several yellows during the first 100 laps. With the championship on the line, it appeared to be a cautious approach for all who drover around the big-10, and the big-10 themselves.

On slightly fresher tires, Ryan scooted by Crapser on lap 194 and led his first laps. He pulled away from the field, flying past lapped traffic and earning over a five second interval over Crapser and Rick Jackson with only 30 laps to go.

With 26 laps to go, disaster struck again for the #138 team. After contact between Cristian Torres and Scott Jackson on the frontstretch, the #26 spun several times and stopped near the entrance of turn 1. Ryan tried to pass high through the smoke, but slammed into the rear of #26, with William Perry following suit. He would continue on, though finishing 39th and dropping to 10th in the standings.

Alex Crapser led the next 13 green flag laps with Matthew Dominique lurking behind for nearly the entire run. Farther back, Steven Spears made a mistake. Reminiscent of NASCAR's Scott Pruett at 2000 Talladega, the #65 drove down two lanes and clipped the Tony Long machine on the frontstretch. Spears went airborne and sent Aaron Cummings for a ride. Dave Miller and David Butterworth were also involved in the incident.

After the caution flag, there was only 6 laps to go. Crapser remained the leader until Dominique dove inside the #04 on the frontstretch, taking less than a half-lap to clear him. Crapser would fall back to 5th, while the #25 fought hard to stay in first until the end.

John Tharp took second, and followed the #25 for four laps without gaining enough momentum to pass. On the final lap Tharp was there, but the dirty air in turn 1 destroyed his chances as the #25 pulled away for his first victory of the season. Congrats to Matthew and the entire Quantum Motorsports team for an excellent victory!

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Views: 211 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 14-September-19

The best 10 drivers in the Extravaganza Series duke it out for the final 10 races, beginning at Las Vegas. As these drivers steal the headlines, Zach Michael, Tony Pizzaro, Dave Miller and Johnny Reed Foley have all brought up the fact that there have been fourteen wins from drivers outside of the top-10 in points, and they refuse to let the chase drivers run away with the victories. Dave Miller has already put a bounty on his teammates, going for three wins in-a-row for the first times since Ryan Heuser in 2013. Tim McDonnell loses a 200+ point buffer, while win-less wonders John Battista, Scott Jackson and Matthew Dominique are back into the mix. Each driver has a chance to exit this race with the points lead, a feat that both Lucas Racing drivers have never reached.

Views: 207 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 12-September-19

Views: 210 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 11-September-19

It was an incredible sunny day in the land of infinite superiority, as the Indy 500 venue paid tribute to former NOWS (National Open Wheel Series) crossover driver Mert Socks. He won their stock car division races at the Indy road course in 1966 and 1967, and many looked to follow in his tradition for the final regular season race of 2019. Coming in, Zach Michael was only 21 points ahead of Matthew Dominique for the final chase position. Matt Raboin and Dave Miller were long shots, but a bad finish by Scott Jackson could propel them to the championship promise-land.

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Early on, there was no doubt that Tim McDonnell was the class of the field. Dave Miller and Matthew Dominique could hold on to the draft as long as they wanted, but it was clear that the #22 was handling perfectly for the 26th race in-a-row.

It took an incredible 72 laps before John Battista, who had been running in the top-7 all day, blew up entering turn one. John Tharp creamed him from behind and destroyed the front end of his machine. He would limp around to finish 31st. Battista, who started the race 156 points ahead of 10th, would finish 42nd. 
 

Zach Michael's championship dreams would be sandwiched after helping Ken Pettit squeeze Zakk Miller on the frontstretch. Zach's front end was slightly bent, as Miller flew directly into the path of Ben Geer who slammed him drivers-side first next to the inside wall. Johnny Reed Foley also caught a piece of the incident.

Craig Lee, Rick Jackson and Scott Jackson dominated the middle portion of the event, leading a combined 29 laps before a flying Ryan Heuser came out of nowhere to pass them all. Sadly, Craig and Rick would pit early on the next round of pit stops, where chaos and sorrow ensued.

On lap 109, Rick merged out of the pit lane wide trying to apex turn three, and cut across of Craig Lee's nose. Both cars suffered minor damage, though each, including Scott Jackson, Ken Pettit, Tyler Scott, Scott Drake, Randy Dobbins and Glenn Kaufmann, were now trapped a lap down.

The next restart provided some three-wide bump-and-run action, as leader Tim McDonnell was punted out of the way by Dave Miller entering turn three trying to navigate the lapped traffic in front. Tim was pushed back to seventh, as Dave Miller pulled away from the field after Ryan Heuser made contact with Scott Drake.

Another bump-and-run by Ryan pushed Dave out of the lead on lap 131, giving Alex Crapser the room to navigate three-wide on the inside and pass them both. Despite a few lead swaps between he and Jimmie Stevens, who was having another miraculous day, the #04 looked to have the final-run charge to the finish.

With less then 10 laps to go, Scott Jackson had gotten his lap back and worked his way to 19th position. Zach Michael struggled to stay in the top-20 after his early accident and was slated in 23rd. Matt Raboin was 5th, though teammate Matthew Dominique was one position behind to play spoiler to both him and the #20 team. For now, Scott and Matthew were in, with Zach and Matt coming from behind with nearly no laps left.

Misfortune occurred on lap 150, after Dan Johnston blew up in front of Steven Spears, who were both in the top-15. They both slid into the outside wall, bringing out the final caution of the race. Leader Alex Crapser hit their debris entering turn one and blew his left-front tire, forcing him to pit and drop back to 34th position. Dave Miller would re-take the lead for a seven-lap shootout.

Lapped-car Randy Dobbins raced side-by-side with ... Read more »

Views: 253 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 11-September-19

Chase for the 2019 N.O.R.L. Extravaganza Series Championship

Tim McDonnell

Craig Lee

Alex Crapser

Ken Pettit

John Tharp

Rick Jackson

Ryan Heuser

John Battista

Scott Jackson

Matthew Dominique

 

Views: 224 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 08-September-19

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