With the talk of the town being Rick Jackson's lack of production and Alex Crapser's horrible luck, the true disaster of the first three races belong to two drivers who finished in the top-17 in points last season. Donald "Lugster" Stewart, who started the first 30 races of the 2019 season without a DNF, has already blown two engines with a season best finish of 35th at the Daytona 500. Teammate Glenn Kaufmann, who has competed in one less race, is currently one spot ahead of Lugster in the standings. He currently places 39th and a full 80 points out of the provisional cutoff. Likewise, the same #28 team that completed more laps than anybody last season has Zakk Miller in a bind. An engine failure at North Carolina and a blown tire at California last week puts him 36th in points. Ironically, teammate Johnny Reed Foley, who went from Johnny King in 2018 to King DNF last season, is leading the points with seemingly the best motors in Extravaganza. Miller can still rebound to a chase birth, while Lug needs to rally a top-20 finish at Phoenix on Sunday. It's the only hope for the usual top-finisher of the Gear-5 stable.

Zakk Miller: 36th place

Donald Stewart: 39th place