Metamorphic racing will commence at the Nashville Superspeedway! The third-annual Bepis 400 has encapsulated the crowd each year, and continues to do so with 200,000 screaming fans ready to throw their favorite Heineken can onto the track! Drivers like Rick Jackson, Matt Raboin, Dave Miller, Timothy McDonnell, John Battista, Matthew Dominique, Tony Pizzaro and Ryan Heuser all enter in winless on the season. They hope to rectify their misfortune into immaculate Bepis glory!

Race Results

Points Standings

Race Recap

The Bepis pre-race ceremony saw 1,000 cans fly out of a helicopter! The blades severed the high-hanging cans, spewing corn syrup and citric acid into the grandstands to the delight of thousands! Sharp "can" metal flew into the garage area, legal for use to repair damage throughout the event. On the point is Ryan Heuser, the leader of the Bepis Racing family!

Miracle-man Chauncey Redmond Jr. took the lead on lap three to the roar of the crowd! Many Patriots bandwagoners lie within the Davidson County district, leaving no room for an alternate fan base. Chauncey came in 37th in the standings, hoping to revitalize his career on this glorious concrete cathedral! Heuser took the lead back on lap-5, with Alex Crapser and Matthew Dominique taking the point early.

Winless-wonders Matthew Dominique and John Battista battled frantically for the top-spot, swapping the lead multiple times from laps 12 through 40. An unbelievable drive from John Tharp broke up the fun! He drove from the 44th starting spot to take the lead outright on lap 41. Coming off his victory at Sonoma and second place in the Coca-Cola 600, this is the most dominant we've seen Tharp in years.

Tharp, Dominique and Craig Lee dominated the remainder of the run, persevering through the bumps and grind of the aging concrete. A fantastic run for Rob Scarberry and Tony Gunk as well, running inside the top-10 through green flag pit stops. Both hope to rectify their season, with Scarberry missing the race at Sonoma and Gunk making only four. The newly deemed "Kelpo Cam" has not seen action since Pocono, where a crash took him out by lap 40. Hopefully today will produce a much different result.

Donald Stewart blows up! The Clorox man is the first to leave the racetrack, with smoke devouring the inside groove. Jeremy Hebel suffered a loose lugnut during the same stint, falling to the 44th position and losing more ground in the Rookie of the Year battle. Up front, Alan Nesfeder, Craig Lee, Alex Crapser, Dave Miller, John Tharp and Dakota Wilkins compete frantically for the Halfway Bacon Bonus!

Early pit stops for Dave Miller and Dakota Wilkins put them atop the heap! Craig Lee and Alan Nesfeder meandered three seconds behind the two, with Wilkins able to cross the halfway-line to earn the $100,000 slab. It remained caution free, though drivers like Tony Pizzaro, Ryan Heuser and Zach Michael all suffered trouble throughout the event. Heuser dropped to 28th in the standings after tire trouble. Pizzaro to 27th, two of Extarvaganza's  most dominant drivers in  recent history possibly out of Champinship contention. Michael dropped to 14th, continuing his streak of four finishes outside the top-20 after a gas tank failure.

The battle for the 6th position was incredible! Bink Lucas, Ken Pettit, John Battista, Rob Scarberry, Ziggy Moonglow, Zakk Miller, Chauncey Redmond Jr., Logan Sheets, Matthew Dominique and Adam Crapser all fought maniacally for the only reachable spot as the top-5 pulled away from the rest. With no cautions through lap 250, the race would go down to Wilkins, Miller, Lee, Nesfeder and points leader Johnny Reed Foley for the final prize!

Dave Miller exited the pit road directly behind the Dakota Wilkins' #77 Colorado Rockies Chevrolet. He passed Wilkins with 33 to go, in line for his first victory of the season! It was not to be. Wilkins re-passed him two laps later, only to swap again with 25-to-go. Again, Wilkins would take the spot back with 13 laps remaining. The two battled ferociously for the following seven laps with Wilkins back out front. This time with the lapped-traffic slip-stream ahead, he would keep it for good.

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