Alex Crapser became unhinged but unhurt during his Brickyard 400 catastrophe! "I felt like a bowling ball inside the cockpit" said Crapser, shifting limbs inside the seat that nearly unscrewed itself from the floor-board. "I clung on to the shifter for life support. Luckily it stayed together, but my brain feels like an empty can!" Crapser hopes to double-down on his Michigan victory last year, ensuring his hopes of his fifth-straight chase birth. Extravaganza Series Career Wins 1. Harrison James: 129 2. Buddy Rakestraw: 88 3. Ryan Heuser: 88 4. Roscoe Riker: 82 5. Scott Jackson: 79
Ryan Heuser hopes to break his tie with Buddy Rakestraw! 88 career victories in a legendary career, in line for his fifth Championship crown and possible fifth victory of 2025. Both he, Johnny Reed Foley and points leader Tony Pizzaro hope to break the 1,000 lap-led mark on the year; the first time since 2022 when Heuser, Rick Jackson and John Battista performed the same feat. In the points, Alex Crapser and Rick Jackson suffer at Indy, bringing their shoe-in Chase status to a halt. Zakk Miller and John Battista gain!
Points Standings (After 22 of 36 Events) 5. Rick Jackson: +208 6. Alex Crapser: +205 7. Timothy McDonnell: +76 (+2) 8. Craig Lee: +67 (-1) 9. Matt Raboin: +9 (+1) 10. Bink Lucas: +8 (-2) -------------------------------------------- 11. Adam Crapser: -8 12. Zakk Miller: -28 (+2) 13. John Battista: -62 (+3) 14. Markell Murphy: -68 (+1) 15. Dakota Wilkins: -126 (-3) 16. Dave Miller: -144 (-3) ... Read more »
Nobody has dominated the Brickyard like Ryan Heuser and the #138 Quick-Silver Motorsports NOS Energy Chevrolet. He's earned a top-5 finish in every event since 2018, hoping to finally nab the points lead away from Tony Pizzaro. Both drivers will qualify outside the top-10. 400,000 spectators roam the facility in hopes of a new superstar, with 45 drivers ready to dethrone the King!
Zakk Miller earns his third straight pole! A Team Danger Zone one-two punch on the front-row, hoping to sever ties with the rest of the pack and dominate the show. They would fail. Johnny Reed Foley leads lap-one with ease, navigating past the teammates like Magellan on the Victoria. It's his fourth-straight race with a lap-led, only one behind Ryan Heuser and John Battista for the league lead.
Devastation on lap-three! Dakota Wilkins gets turned exiting turn-three, sliding through the short-chute access-road before returning to the track. Dave Miller pulverized his passenger-side, sending Dakota for a flip with Miller clipping both "camera-cars" Tony Gunk and Mike Carroll. All four ventured into the turn-four wall, with Chauncey Redmond Jr. failing to avoid. All would fail to continue.
Dakota Wilkins and Dave Miller dropped to 15th and 16th in the standings after the accident, dropping 100-points behind tenth-place Bink Lucas with only three races left. More importantly, they lost the Brickyard 400. Up front, Alex Crapser inherits the lead after he, Craig Lee, Doug Spark, Markell Murphy, Scott Jackson and Bink Lucas stay out. Crapser would continue his advantage through lap-15, before pole-sitter Zakk Miller re-gained the throne. Markell Murphy pulled to fourth, leaving three of the top-four spots to Team Danger Zone.
Despite a second full-fledged effort for Miller and Michael to pull away from the pack, Ryan Heuser rummaged through the field to lead his sixth-straight event on lap-37. Only Miller, Johnny Reed Foley and Jeremy Hebel could match his pace through the halfway mark, slicing a five-second gap on fifth place Geno Sphere. After pit stops, the #138 Quick-Silver Motorsports entry was gone, in-line to take the points lead if the results stood still.
Horrible crash in turn-3! Alex Crapser goes for a spin after contact with Tony Pizzaro, becoming dismantled by Scott Jackson as Bink Lucas and Molemar Diggs fly into the carnage. Three severe hits to Crapser's #04 Pennzoil Chevrolet knock him out cold, with Molermar Diggs pile-driving him towards the outside barrier. Luckily, the walls were foam-based, increasing his chances to race at Michigan next week.
Molemar Diggs goes for a ride! Fifteen full flips in eight-seconds; a tumble of the ages! Miraculously, Molemar came out unscathed. Every socket in his body turned red, with a bleeding mouth and eye socket the only blemish. He'd park next to Bink Lucas, who also went for a slide across the pavement. Molemar, Bink, Crapser, Matthew Dominique, Rick Jackson, Scott Jackson, Michael Henson, Rod Weston, Jonathan Skrabacz and Steven Spears all failed to continue.
Ryan Heuser leads the field to green! Johnny Reed Foley gets a push from John Battista, taking the helm before Heuser nabs it back on lap-102. A turn-4 accident between Dan Johnston and Cristian Torres puts the field to a halt, with both drivers okay despite their heavy impact to the outside barrier. It was Heuser, Foley, Tony Pizzaro, Jeremy Hebel, Geno Sphere, Battista, Matt Raboin, Alan Nesfeder, Timothy Mc
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Nobody has enjoyed more success than Ryan Heuser at the Brickyard 400! Seven-straight seasons of top-5 finishes have been the plague of his competition, knowing they'll have to endure the wrath of the NOS Energy #138. Zach Michael was able to break the Quick-Silver domination in 2023 with a late-race charge! Can anyone do it again? Heuser comes in 71 points behind first-place Tony Pizzaro for the regular season Championship. He's led a lap in five-straight weeks, hoping to tie Buddy Rakestraw for second-most career wins with 88. Heuser passed Roscoe Riker with his Brickyard 400 victory last year, closing the gap on Harrison James.
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Tony Pizzaro, Ryan Heuser, Johnny Reed Foley, Zach Michael, Rick Jackson and Alex Crapser are well on their way to the promised-land! All they have to do is survive the five remaining races and they should be locked into the Chase. Miracle-man Zakk Miller wins an unprecedented sixth pole of 2025, sharing the front row with Danger Zone teammate Zach Michael in a 1-2 punch from the Mustang Gods! Miller enters the Brickyard 400 only 52-points back of 10th-place Matt Raboin, hoping to clinch his second-straight chase birth!
Points Standings (After 21 of 36 Events)
7. Craig Lee:+76 8. Bink Lucas:+71(+1) 9. Timothy McDonnell: +43(+3) 10. Matt Raboin: +3(+4) -------------------------------------------- 11. Adam Crapser: -3(-3) 12. Dakota Wilkins:-37(-2) 13. Dave Miller: -49 (+5) 14.Zakk Miller: -52(-3) 15. Markell Murphy: -72 (+1) 16.John Battista:-82(-3) 17. Jeremy Hebel: -135 ... Read more »
Dakota Wilkins shows his stride! Five victories last season proves to be no fluke, currently 10th in the standings, though winless for 20 races in 2025. "We went water rafting in Tunk Creek yesterday" said crew chief Joe "Novacane" Densham. "We crashed on the Fern Ridge, and our kayak flew into somebody's backyard. A man started shooting at us. We gave the man a free boat, we should be shooting him!" He will start outside-pole for the Pennsylvania 400.
Zakk Miller wins his fifth pole of 2025! Cardboard cut-outs of his exoskeleton are shown in convenience stores throughout the country, holding an ice-cold Bepis in one hand and a thumbs up on the other. "They printed 2,000 copies of it." said Miller "One will be riding with me during the race!" The #30 Team Danger Zone Mustang led the first three laps, relinquishing to Craig Lee.
The #101 Quick-Silver Motorsports entry only led 73 laps entering the Pennsylvania 400. Just three top-5's puts him a modest 7th in the standings, hoping to overcome his 26-race winless streak. He and Matt Raboin tag-teammed away from the pack before Chauncey Redmond Jr. took charge. The #64 New England Patriots Chevrolet was class of the field, leading the pack through green flag stops on lap-45.
Ziggy Moonglow endures demonic luck! Just one week after his first DNF of the year, a pit road accident involving Mike Carroll and Geno Sphere puts his team into a frenzy! He'd limp to a 37th-place finish after the damage. Geno recovered to 33rd, with SPAM-Man Mike Carroll rebounding for his third-straight top-13 finish, putting him back inside the top-35 in points! Up front, Matt Raboin passes Redmond for the lead before the first caution flag.
A morbid crash! Pole-sitter Zakk Miller blows a right-rear tire, sliding into the path of Ben Geer as they both smack the outside wall exiting turn-1. Rod Weston slams into Geer, eventually cauterized by Dakota Wilkins, Alan Nesfeder and Zach Michael. Adam Crapser, Dan Johnston, Mark Heron and Cristian Torres dove low to avoid, only to clip Weston's NAPA Dodge parked in the infield grass. Wilkins, Weston, Geer, Nesfeder, Michael and Torres all failed to continue. A pit road crash ended the day for Rick Jackson, slashing Craig Lee as they exited their stalls. Miraculously, both would maintain their fifth and seventh positions in the standngs, as Zach Michael loses third to Johnny Reed Foley after the previous incident. Up front, Chauncey Redmond Jr. regained his lead after a masterful pit stop, only to lose it to Ryan Heuser on lap-70.
Miracle-man Tony Gunk pulls towards the leader, roping Timothy McDonnell, John Battista and Markell Murphy along as the remainder of the field fails to keep pace. The #138 NOS Energy Chevrolet wins the Halfway Bacon Bonus, along with capping the 100-lap mark. A short-pit strategy by Johnny Reed Foley and Alex Crapser put them atop the heap with one stop to go! Heuser's crew would drop a lug nut, falling to 10th.
Liquid from Jeremy Hebel's blown motor brought out the final caution on lap-111. Most of the field stayed out, with Tony Gunk, Ryan Heuser, Dalton Lucas, Michael Henson, Steven Spears, Ken Pettit, Jimmie Stevens, Logan Sheets, and Doug Spark coming in on the first lap. The second lap also saw takers, with Timothy McDonnell, Dave Miller, Molemar Diggs, Donald Stewart, Trae Larkin, Ken Joynt and Scott Jackson attempting to make it to the finish.
46-to-go on the restart. Johnny Reed Foley, Alex Crapser, Markell Murphy, John Battista, Steve Inkman, Mike Carroll, Tony Pizzaro, Bink Lucas, John Thar
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The #38 W.A.S.P. entry misses it's first race since 2000! Scott Jackson takes over the #70 Mudhole Motorsports Dodge, fulfilling the promise to his late aunt Dolores that he will never drive a Ford. "She bought a Cougar in 1968" he said. "Her ex-husband stole the rod bearings during an LSD trip. He thought they were poisonous." The rod fell off during her trip to Buckeye Mart, solidifying her disdain for the Ford Motor Company. Zakk Miller earns his fifth pole of 2025, dropping his season average to 7.3.
Veteran Scott Jackson leaves W.A.S.P. Motorsports after 20+ years of success. 79 victories and two Championship titles (2003 and 2009), solidifying the chain-link #38 as a staple in Extravaganza Series racing! He will substitute for longtime counterpart William Perry in the #70 Mudhole Motorsports entry; a team that finally reached top-20 status after it's infancy in 2022. Perry won his first race as a car owner at Kansas in May, finishing 21st or better in seven of eight events before his big crash at Chicagoland. Scott has gone the opposite direction, currently dead-last in points (39th) of every driver that's competed in every event. A third-place finish at Talladega is his only highlight, finishing 18th or worse in all but two race during his nightmare campaign. No guarantee of W.A.S.P. Motorsport's existence in 2026 has been confirmed, and without guarantee of making the field for next years Daytona 500, or even this week at Pocono, a top-20 ride is the medicine for a potential rebound. No timetable is set on Perry's return, leaving the aging Jackson's future in "overcast mode". Hopefully he can "overcast" the expectations for the remainer of 2025!
William Perry suffered a broken leg, a fractured right elbow, three broken ribs and a concussion during a crash in last night's Tropicana 400. John Tharp made contact with the outside retaining barrier, losing his steering while sliding into the racing groove. Perry hit the Zig Zag #14, catapulting forward before contact with Ken Joynt and another massive blow by Markell Murphy near the backstretch apron. Perry propelled up the track into the path of Matthew Dominique, then slammed into Jimmie Stevens. The #70 Flex Fuel Dodge was sent into a skyward turnstile, suffering eight violent flips before coming to a stop right-side-up near the entrance to turn-3. He was placed on a stretcher; taken to the Saint Joseph Medical Center in serious but stable condition.
Zakk Miller looks smooth! Another pole from the Bepis man, leaving many to wonder how he sets his car up for qualifying. "I stuff a Benjamin Franklin half-dollar under my shoe." said Miller. "The value of the coin dropped $4,000, and his face melted into a John Calhoun complexion." Teammate Markell Murphy attempted the Sacagawea full-dollar coin, hoping to run twice the speed! "The coin fell off and flew into the air duct. May it rest in pieces."
Markell Murphy set the all-time Extravaganza Series record of 209.090 miles-per-hour last week at Daytona! That performance will fossilize inside the record books, right next to R.L. Fazio's Bonanza victory in a Jeep, and Corpse Johnson's duel-radio Studebaker; one for listening to Elvis, and one for listening to more Elvis! Zakk Miller led the field through the first green flag run, with Ken Pettit and Ben Geer in his wake.
A lap-25 excursion into the barrier! Rod Weston devastates the outside barricade, dismantling his NAPA #56 Dodge into a heap of confusion! David Butterworth clipped the left-rear of Timothy McDonnell while battling for the 38th position, sending both cars up the racetrack and into Rod. Butterworth catapulted the outside wall into the path of Chauncey Redmond Jr. Miraculously, nobody was seriously hurt, with Rod suffering minor torso contusions. McDonnell continued on, as the remaining three crawled into the garage.
Ziggy Moonglow ended his 25-race streak without a DNF, suffering a blown piston early. The #02 Delta Sim Racing Chevrolet becomes the final team to vistit the garage area in 2025, tying only Rick Jackson with one DNF on the year. Up front, a miraculous pit stop by Ben Geer's Twinkie crew put him on top, leading his first race since the Coca-Cola 600 in May. Zakk Miller would take the spot back on lap-33.
42 drivers within six-seconds of the leader! Trae Larkin tails the field, with usual contenders Craig Lee and Timothy McDonnell struggling to surge through the calamity. Johnny Reed Foley takes the top-spot from Zakk Miller on lap 45, battling maniacally before the AC-Delco #3 pulled away from the pack. By lap 85, he pulled to a five-second advantage while Miller, Ryan Heuser and John Battista contested for second.
The spark plug failed to combust on Jeremy Hebel's Milwaukee Brewers Chevrolet. After replacing the plug, it still wouldn't start! A hard luck effort for Hebel, just one week removed from his fuel-mileage miracle at Daytona. Johnny Reed Foley would cruise to the halfway-bacon-bonus, pulling ahead by nine seconds before Molemar Diggs entered the second-place skirmish. The #41 was the only car duplicating Foley's speed, hoping for a caution flag to balance out the distance.
A horrifying crash with 100-to-go! Dave Miller decapitates the outside wall after contact with John Tharp, locking his brakes as the #14 meanders down the racetrack. William Perry clips him, catapulting into Ken Joynt while sliding into the outside backstretch barrier. Markell Murphy, Matthew Dominique and Jimmie Stevens dismantle the #70 Flex Fuel automobile, air-lifting Perry into a skyward turnstile. Eight violent flips before coming to a stop right-side-up on the backstretch apron, with Geno Sphere driver underneath the heap. All drivers including Geno and Timothy McDonnell failed to continue. William Perry suffered a broken leg, a fractured right elbow, three broken ribs and a concussion during the accident. He was placed on a stretcher; taken to the Saint Joseph Medical Center for further observation.
