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Two races remain in the regular season coming into the Southern 500. Everyone from fifth through 15th is within 228 points, leaving it an 11-driver desperation race at the narrowest track in all of Extravaganza.

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Terror arose on lap 8 for points leader Tim McDonnell, spinning hard into the inside frontstretch wall with Randy Dobbins and Dalton Lucas. He has already clinched, though Ryan Heuser and Tony Pizzaro battled desperately for the lead up front with their championship hopes in jeopardy. Unfortunately for Ryan, he and the #12 would be involved in a pit road incident later on, sending him two laps down en route to a 28th place finish.

Complete disaster struck for #12 and #20 teams on lap 73. Trying to get past the Tony Long machine, the two tangle and fly towards the inside wall. Zach Michael was able to correct his car forwards suffering only minor damage. Pizzaro slammed head-on, destroying his racecar and eventually winding up 31st. Zach Michael could only rebound to 17th, leaving him needing a good finish at Indy. Pizzaro would need to win that race and then some.

Teammates Craig Lee and Dave Miller raced hard during the earlier stages of the race, with Alex Crapser lurking inside the top-5 as he always does. Craig would go on to lead 81 laps during the next green flag run, and 112 overall. 

Scott Jackson, John Battista and Ken Pettit spent some significant time leading during the middle stages. Both went on to lead 20+ laps and finish in the top-12, significantly increasing their championship chances coming into Indy.

Johnny Reed Foley is officially done for the second week in-a-row, and again it wasn't his fault. A Donald Stewart and Bill Werkheiser tangle off of turn four sent chaos through the field, with Ben eventually flipping the #18 machine over. He went on to finish 33rd. Matthew Dominique hit the turn 1 wall hard in the crash, damaging his roof and finishing 38th while dropping back to 11th in points.

Jimmie Stevens had the best race of his season, racking up 44 laps led and trying to match his top-5 performance at Bristol. He wound up 11th, but many say that a top-15 finish in points is in reach. Meanwhile, the QSM drivers battle hard behind.

Green flag pit stops occurred on lap 304, making it possible to stretch their fuel to the finish. Coming out, it was a three-car train between Craig Lee, Alex Crapser and Jimmie Stevens. The three stayed together and drafted away from the second pack, which was led by Dave Miller. 

With 30 laps to go, the second pack caught up with the help of lapped traffic. Fourteen cars were now in contention for the victory, including a hungry Cristian Torres. Rick Jackson rode behind and points raced, while a nearly destroyed Tim McDonnell miraculously worked his way into the top-5.

Dave Miller passed Craig for the lead with 25 laps to go, with a helpful nudge from lapped teammate Ryan Heuser. John Tharp took the point one lap later and dropped Dave back to third. Ken Pettit couldn't hold off the strong #90 and relinquished second place, giving Dave a chance to re-pass the John Tharp machine before the lapped traffic hit. He did.

The final stages saw Dave five lapped cars ahead of second place Zakk Miller. With ten laps to go, he was able to pass two with drafting help from John Battista. Again, he was able to pass two more, and then pass Donald Stewart to end up one car-length behind Dave with four laps to go. It was the Miller and Miller show, but the #28 didn't have the muscle to pass the Marlboro Virginia Blend machine, giving Dave a much n ... Read more »

Views: 170 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 06-September-19

Points Standings After Southern 500:
1. Tim McDonnell - (In)
2. Craig Lee -203 (In)
3. Alex Crapser -282 (In)
4. John Tharp -310 (Has to Start)
5. John Battista -334
6. Ken Pettit -371
7. Rick Jackson -378
8. Ryan Heuser -418
9. Scott Jackson -441
10. Zach Michael -480
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11. Matthew Dominique -21
12. Matt Raboin -53
13. Dave Miller -68
14. Tony Pizzaro -120

Views: 207 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 02-September-19

 

Team NSRA drivers Mark Murphy and Mike Carroll will share the #47 ride in 8 of the final 10 races of the year to prepare for the 2020 season. It is already rumored that Mark will replace the empty #32 ride, while Mike Carroll continues to show promise in the lower Busch Bonanza Series. It's going to be interesting to see how competitive the part-time team will be, but with the points leader in the cockpit for most of the events, the confidence is at an enormous high.

2019 Busch Bonanza Series Points

1. Mark Murphy - 

2. Mark Heron -82

3. Mike Carroll -106

4. Ken Joynt -188

5. Steven Davis -231

6. Ron Stout -276

7. Nigel Ramasawmy -322

8. J.T. Armstrong -457

9. Chad Glass -538

10. Dwight York -523

Views: 185 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 27-August-19

After a very good top-35 season for the old man, the longtime-veteran Walt Flowers will officially retire after 31 N.O.R.L. Extravaganza Series seasons. Still in high hopes for career victory #10 this season, it has been more of the same story, despite some decent runs in the last couple of weeks. NSRA Racing has two up-and-coming stars in the Busch Series and Guthrie was already expecting to lose his ride before the announcement. "Walt, Scoop and I have been in talks for some weeks now" referring to Old Farts Racing owner Scoop Driscol. "It's been a pleasure racing for a competitive team like NSRA, but it's time to go back to the roots and put some fun back into it". Walt Flowers will take part ownership of the third Old Farts ride that is expected to be announced by the end of 2019, and will remain at the racetrack. "I wish I could've won the Daytona 500, but other than that it's been the best career anyone could have asked for". Struggling teammate Dale Rosendaul will continue on in the #11, and has high spirits for the oncoming season.

Walt Flowers Career Statistics

Views: 182 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 24-August-19

 

When it comes to success at the Bristol Motor Speedway, the Quantum Racing and Quicksilver Motorsports drivers have it down as well as the rest of the field. The race proved to be as such, but with too many twists and turns that left it a race for the ages, despite the calamity.

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Pole sitter Ryan Heuser went on to lead the first 10 laps before lapped traffic had Rick Jackson catch up and pass on the inside lane. Rick led the next 33 with Ryan in distance by less than a second the entire time, meandering through more lapped cars.

On lap 40, Adam Crapser spun out off of turn 4 and clipped Cristian Torres, spinning him and sending Adam into Kevin Corbat. Corbat flipped the #4 Pennzoil machine once and on top of Torres, doomly damaging all three cars. Corbat would finish 39th, Torres 42nd, and Adam 32nd.

Ryan took the lead back after the yellow flag and led through lap 84. Matt Raboin, coming in 37 points behind his teammate who was 10th in points, was only leading his 127th lap of the season. In this race, he went on to lead 167, all in a row except for 1. Ryan was directly behind the entire time, and made several attempts to pass back by.

Johnny Reed Foley's chase hopes blew up entirely on lap 72, where the header blew up and sent smoke into the teary eyes of his country fans. Tony Pizzaro blew up on lap 192 after breaking the ignition, sending him back to 12th in points and a 40th place finish. On top of it all, leader Matt Raboin blew up on lap 253 and spun in his own oil entering turn one, finishing 39th after an incredible performance.

Oil was all over the race track, sending Kevin Corbat for a spin directly in front of Rick Jackson and John Tharp, who were in 3rd and 4th place. Both drivers would fall out of the lead lap, finishing 33rd and 20th after a very good day. After hitting debris from the #87, Ryan also lost a lap in the pits repairing the front nose of the car. The top-4 were now scattered in the standings, giving Matthew Dominique the lead.

Points leader Tim McDonnell got spun after contact with John Tharp. After a checkup for the wreck, Zach Michael, who drove from last to second after 292 laps, at one point a lap down, got flipped over once on the backstretch and fell out of the race. After a 37th place finish, he would fall from 7th to 10th in the standings.

Matthew Dominique led 35 laps before that caution, but relinquished it to John Battista after he beat him out of the pits. He led the next 109 laps, and looked to be the strongest car in the field. With less than 100 laps to go, the two were side-by-side for three straight laps before Battista got caught on the outside line behind lapped traffic. Matthew, Alan Nesfeder and Scott Jackson all took advantage, dropping the #39 back to fourth.

Dominique was the sole leader again. Nesfeder took a peak to the inside for the lead on lap 410, but couldn't complete the pass. Several laps later, Scott Jackson passed both on the same lap and flew away. 32 laps later, Nesfeder and Dominique made contact battling for second. Dominique spun and hit the inside wall hard, flying back up the race track into Jimmie Stevens and Adam Crapser. Surprisingly, Dominique would continue on to finish 7th and crawl up to 9th in the points standings.

With a new spring of life, Nesfeder was able to take advantage. With 20 laps to go, he made a 3-wide move underneath 2-lapped cars while Jackson was stuck behind. Between lap 488 and 490, the two were again side-by-side. Jackson had the preferred line and picked the #78 behind the Steven Spears machine. Nesfeder made an amazing three-wide move in the middle and somehow kept the lead. ... Read more »

Views: 244 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 21-August-19

For the first time in Extravaganza Series history, the best of the best go to Lime Rock Park. After the Forrest Grove death, it would appear that most drivers would play it safe. For the most part, it remained true.

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For the first 12 laps, it was Johnny Reed Foley and Tim McDonnell battling for the lead in the early going. They passed each other four times before the first caution flew out.

Steven Spears and William Perry tagged coming into the chicane, sending the #65 straight into the tire wall and gasping for air. Despite the oncoming crowd, the debris barely missed the people.

Brodrick Wittmann and Aaron Cummings made contact in the same area as the last wreck. The Subway machine barely missing the crowd and went flipping violently into the forest. Brodrick would come out okay, with nothing but a head full of anxiety.

Matthew Dominique, Johnny Reed Foley, Ryan Heuser and Tim McDonnell were giving it their all to take the top spot, battling hard between laps 19 and 51. Foley and Dominique passed each other ten times during the green flag run.

Ryan and Foley also battled hard, passing each other five times during the same stint. The #18 would short pit on lap 52, taking a full load of fuel while Ryan came in 10 laps later with a half-tank and a five second lead. It's only halfway and pit strategy would start to look significant.

After a Mark Guthrie engine failure, a Cristian Torres crash and a Rick Jackson motor failure, it was a two-way race for sixth between Zach Michael and Tony Pizzaro. As Johnny Reed Foley pulled ahead and four slower cars stayed out, the rest were trapped behind lapped traffic. Ryan Heuser and Matthew Dominique re-pitted and was working their way through heavier traffic towards the back, while Tim McDonnell and John Battista were waiting in the wings behind chase contender Donald Stewart, who went a lap down early. For him, this was likely the final nail in the coffin.

It was looking even more dominant for the #18 than Watkins Glen. With nobody in sight, a green flag run to the end probably would have meant victory again. The reality was a 15th place finish after pitting under the next caution, but he did lead the most laps and continues to be a force to be reckoned with three races remaining in the regular season. He'll have to gain 40 points a race on 10th place for the final three races to make it in.

Glenn Kaufmann had a tire go down entering turn one on lap 106. Chaos ensued behind, as Alex Crapser and John Tharp made every last attempt to crash while trying to pass him. They did not, but the chicane proved a different story for Matthew Dominique and Dalton Lucas. They were three-wide on corner exit, as the #25 hit the #54 on the right side and flew into the bushes, flipping and sending the #88 along as a spectator of the massive barrell-rolls. Both drivers were uninjured, but it sent Matthew all the way to 10th in the standings after leading for most of the season.

The waning laps were a show between Zach Michael, Tim McDonnell and Tony Pizzaro. John Battista, Alex Crapser and Jimmie Stevens lurked behind during the run, but after McDonnell passed Michael on turn one on lap 121, the Caterpillar machine was gone and nobody had a chance. They would need a caution to even the field back out.

The yellow flag never flew. Jimmie Stevens would have to pit for fuel with a couple laps to go, wondering if the rest of the field could make it. They did. McDonnell would ea ... Read more »

Views: 190 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 15-August-19

Today, at approximately 3:37 PM Eastern time, ARCA driver Forrest Grove was killed after exiting turn 6 in his #14 Stanley Dodge. He made contact with another car, sending him past the concrete bridge and over the hill. After being an estimated 7 stories above the racing surface, Forrest's car landed, the shear impact killing him instantly, and tumbled through a series of barrel-rolls until his car stopped near the pit road entrance. Few of the ARCA competitors who saw the incident were so horrified that they parked their cars in shear terror. "It was one of the worst incidents in modern stock car history" says ARCA chairman Dexter Holmes. "We are currently in thought and prayer for the Grove family." Forrest was the second-nephew of long-time Extravaganza Series driver Jason Grove, who was looking to fall into his footsteps. Today, the dream, as well as his life, has ended. 

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Views: 230 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 09-August-19

It was a wonderful day for the drivers who were farthest out of contention for the chase. While they reeled themselves back in, it was the opportunity for them and the rest of the field to beat the road course Big 3: Battista, McDonnell, and Pizzaro.

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Tony Pizzaro qualified a miserable 24th, but worked his way up the field immediately. On his way up, he spun out Jimmie Stevens and kept the train chuggin'. Speedy was understandably upset.

Averaging over two positions a lap, Pizzaro took the lead away from pole sitter Rick Jackson on lap 11. He continued to lead until the lap 22 caution, when Ben Geer and Dale Rosendaul wrecked coming off of turn 5.

What was already deemed the fastest car in the history of the Extravaganza Series since the "Rapid Riker" in the 1984 World 600, blew up on the same lap 22. Some have already speculated that it was a test motor prepared for the chase.

Scott Jackson led the next 20 laps of the race before pitting. The rest of the field came in several laps later, handing the lead to the short-pitting John Battista, still recovering from the whiplash from last week.

It would be a loss for Battista, as Scott Deutsch flipped coming out of the pit lane with Bill Werkhesier. Ironically that wasn't the caution, as teammates Dave Butterworth and Ken Pettit blew up a few laps a part, with the latter bringing out the caution and forcing the #39 to pit virtually alone. Teammates Matt Raboin and Matthew Dominique grabbed the #1 and #2 spots.

A lot of confusion stems as to why the Race 2 Win Lombardi-Justice duo would decide to take a big risk this close to the chase. Perhaps it is only coincidence, but seeing Rick Jackson with arguably the fastest car in a road course race made some think otherwise. It could be dire straits for the field if this program hits it's stride. For now, Quantum Racing looks like the brains, as R2W engines go up in flames.

On lap 58, Dominique had a left-front tire going down and was forced to pit. Raboin came in after the next caution, giving the lead to Tim McDonnell. He had Rick Jackson, Johnny Reed Foley and Craig Lee up his tail before a three-wide incident into the inner-loop settled the race back down. Zakk Miller, Alan Nesfeder and Adam Crapser all have different opinions about who caused the wreck. The #4 says Miller dove down too late. The #28 says Adam was a lap down and should have let them go. The #78 made a remark about a sandwich, and how it's tastier when you don't crash.

It became a four-way battle for the lead in the waning laps. McDonnell suffered the same pressure from the #44 and #18 as the last run, but kept his cool as the two raced side-by-side for second. Foley would grab the spot.

Tim and Foley raced side-by-side for a half-lap before the AC Delco machine cleared the CAT car for the lead on lap 68. Rick tried to take advantage of the lost momentum, but came up short. Behind them, Battista was able to pass Craig Lee for fourth.

After a Cristian Torres spin on lap 82, it became a six-way battle for the win. Foley was able to pull away from the field after an incredible battle for second place. Battista was able to scoot by McDonnell after a lap-and-a-half. He was ready to run Foley down.

... Read more »

Views: 201 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 06-August-19

What went from a death-defying event turned into a three-way battle for the lead across three green flag runs. The veterans ended up running away with the top-positions, as the young guns ran into hard luck all day.

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Immediately, there was a horror crash on lap 3 involving John Battista after Matthew Dominique blew up on the frontstretch. Battista tried to dodge the #25 on the inside, but failed and flew into the infield grass, careening into the inside wall and flying through the racetrack. He flew so fast that he sailed through a gap between Rick Jackson and Zach Michael and head-on into the outside wall at 143 miles-per-hour. The #39 was feet from climbing the wall and floating into the forest, but instead flipped five times and landed upside-down on it's roof. In sheer amazement and determination, the car was able to continue with ARCA driver Bink Lucas at the helm. Battista was rattled, but will hang on to race at the track he won at last year, Watkins Glen next week.

After Alex Crapser and Dave Miller led a few laps, the battle turned to Jimmie Stevens and Tony Pizzaro for the top-spot. Speedy held it for three laps before falling back rapidly. Pizzaro would continue to be a factor. 

On lap 20, Pocono master Rick Jackson took the helm and led for the next 22 laps. After a terrible green flag pit stop, he would relinquish the lead to Randy Dobbins.

A Steven Spears and Jonathan Skrabacz crash in turn 3 brought out the caution during green flag pit stops. This trapped chase contenders Scott Jackson and Donald Stewart a lap down, as well as Speedy, Ben Geer, Tex Perry, Tony Long, Brandon Raines, Glen Kaufmann, Adam Crapser and Brodrick Wittmann. Leader Randy Dobbins was in complete turmoil, racing them while trying to mantain his advantage.

Glenn Kaufmann scraped the tunnel-turn wall on lap 48. He corrected into Michael Henson and Ryan Heuser, and slammed hard into the inside barricade. Heuser and Henson spun with him into the turn three-traffic. Scott Jackson, Dale Rosendaul, Cristian Torres and Bink Lucas were all injured from the incident, but carried forward.

The middle of the race was a battle for second, as Pizzaro pulled away from the field. Lapped car Adam Crapser passed him with fresh tires, and towed Pizzaro away from the pack during the first green flag run. It took John Tharp 65 laps to finally catch up and pass. The two would remain the front-runners as the battle for the win loomed near. It seemed they would be the only two, until Rick Jackson jumped ahead on lap 129.

One lap after Rick took the lead, Tharp made a three-wide move in turn 1 and made it stick. It caused some confusion between the R2W teamates. Pizzaro refused to give to the #44 on the outside and sent he and Rick into the outside wall. Fortunately, they would continue on with minimal damage and stay in contention for the win.

Pizzaro took the lead back on lap 137, but pitted on lap 142 in an attempt to gain track position. Despite coming in three laps later, Rick managed to beat the #12 on the track by a nose, killing two birds with the fresh tires. Tharp was not so fortunate, pitting one lap after Rick and coming out 2-1/2 seconds behind. There was only 12 laps to go.

Other than valiant efforts to gain time through the traffic, the #12 had nothing for the Crown Royal machine. Tharp caught the draft too late, and looked to be the only car who had anything for Rick. The #44 machine crossed the finish line first for the first time since the Charlotte fall race last season, breaking one of the longest losing streaks of his career. Congrats to Rick, crew chief Falco Lombardi, and the entire Race-2-Win crew for an excellent victory!

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Views: 219 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 31-July-19

 

After a race where bumpers were torn off, flames flew out of hoods, and drivers were nearly ejected from their race seats, a welcome trip to the northeast was well needed. It was a mild race, though it still contained plenty of excitement.

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Craig Lee took the pole position but was immediately passed by Matthew Dominique, who needed a good finish after several clunkers as of late. Craig was the fastest car all week, and looked to be saving his car early.

Alex Crapser took the lead on lap 48 from Scott Jackson. Scott had acquired the lead after missing his pit stall, the beginning of a series of errors that placed him 37th by the end and dropping him to 14th in points. Alex would lead 40 laps in total.

Craig Lee bided his time and re-took the lead on lap 69. With five straight top-15 finishes on the season, it looked as if the streak would continue with a big victory at the Magic Mile.

Disaster struck on lap 98 for the #101. Donald Stewart and Scott Drake made contact out turn 4 while Craig was flying through the field with fresh tires. Drake smacked the "Trojan Man", sending him into the inside wall and to the rear of the field. Meanwhile, points leader Tim McDonnell would get caught in an incident with Dalton Lucas at the same part of the track. Both drivers would continue on without major damage.

By miracle of all miracles, it only took Craig 42 laps to fly by the field and re-take the lead away from Rick Jackson. It was his race to lose, as the others stared in wonderment and confusion.

After plenty of side-by-side battles, it took Tony Pizzaro a full 17 laps to fully overtake Craig for the lead on lap 174. With nobody else in sight, the two could swap it out all day and still pull away from the field with ease.

Several big names like Alex Crapser, Donald Stewart and John Tharp were about to go a lap down before a spin on the frontstretch saved them all. Tony lost the lead to Craig due to lapped traffic, got a little aggressive and spun Bill Werkheiser into the inside wall. He came back up the track into William Perry, who caught air and black smoke at the same time. Both cars finished outside the top-30. Later, Zach Michael and Johnny Reed Foley made contact battling for 17th. Both cars slammed the outside wall, collecting Donald Stewart and Tyler Scott, who got the worst of it.

Between lap 253 and 264, Tony Pizzaro and Ken Pettit were battling hard for the top-spot. Ryan Heuser and Craig Lee were lurking behind, but the two Race 2 Wincars seemed to have the balance right late in the going. For the final 20 laps, Ken would make several attempts to complete the pass on the #12. He would get side-by-side with him multiple times in turns 1-2, but seemingly lose grip on the bottom lane in 3-4 each time. Meanwhile, Craig found his way past Ryan to lurk behind in third.

With three laps to go and a three-way battle for the lead, Aaron Cummings and Jonathan Skrabacz made contact entering turn 3. Steven Spears got involved in the mess as well, as it became a race for the victory up front with the yellow flag in hand.

Craig managed to find his way underneath Ken Pettit, destroying the #8's momentum on the final green flag lap. Ken would hold him off, but paid the price by missing the opportunity to grab his first victory since Atlanta, as Tony Pizzaro and the Fenway machine crossed the start-finish line in first. Congrats to Tony, crew chief Neil Justi ... Read more »

Views: 214 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 25-July-19

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