Timothy McDonnell enters Charlotte Motor Speedway hoping for his fifth career All-Star Race victory! He will start 15th, with Zakk Miller, Alan Nesfeder and Donald Stewart eclipsing the 26-second bracket to occupy the top-3 spots in the grid. Nesfeder won the Fall event here last year, hoping to duplicate his success for the $10,000,000 grand prize. Pole-sitter Miller is the 2022 Coke 600 Champion, hoping to hold off the field for the entire 100-lap distance.

2024 All-Star Race Results

The #30 Bepis Mustang dominated the first portion of the race, leading the field for the first 10 circuits. Nesfeder and Donald Stewart raced side-by-side for second, clogging the rest of the pack in a double and triple-file hornets nest extending through last place. Extravaganza greats Alex Crapser, Ken Pettit, Rick Jackson and Johnny Reed Foley battled ferociously for the final four positions.

John Battista power-housed his way to the front, passing Miller for the lead on lap 11 in search for his first career All-Star Race victory! He would keep the top-spot through lap 20. By then, disaster would strike. Contact between Markell Murphy and Craig Lee stirred up a backstretch cataclysm. Logan Sheets got clipped from the rear, getting tapped by Rick Jackson and Alex Crapser before a blow to the drivers-side door from Tony Pizzaro sent him back up the racing groove.

Markell Murphy, Ken Pettit, Ryan Heuser, John Tharp, Bink Lucas,  Timothy McDonnell, Scott Jackson and Johnny Reed Foley and all pile-drove into the cloud of smoke. McDonnell's Volkswagen went for a flip for the second time in three weeks, sliding across the turn-3 banks before coming to a stop on the apron. Surprisingly, only Sheets, Murphy and McDonnell would fail to continue. All drivers were void of serious injury.

Contact on pit road between John Battista and Matt Raboin lost the #39 Wendy's Chevrolet the lead. Zakk Miller would re-occupy the spot, leading the field through lap 34 before teammate Zach Michael stole the position. The #20 Coca-Cola Mustang held ground for seven laps before Miller re-took the lead, with Dakota Wilkins, Matt Raboin and Donald Stewart maintaining the top-4 positions by the halfway point.

Miller would nab the $1,000,000 bonus for leading on lap 25 and lap 50. On lap 54, Dakota Wilkins took the helm with green flag pit stops looming. Both Raboin and Stewart would falter in the pits, leaving veterans John Tharp and Rick Jackson as the only cars within distance of the lead two. On lap 73, Miller would re-take the advantage and earn the final $1,000,000 bonus by leading on  lap 75. If he can win, the #30 Bepis Mustang will be the only team in All-Star Race history to win the pole and sweep all four segments.

Despite the immaculate effort, nobody could catch the Team Danger Zone #30. Coming in, Miller led the league in laps led with 356, narrowly beating out teammate Zach Michael and Johnny Reed Foley each with 330+. His victories last season at Texas and New Hampshire put him in position to run this event, finally capitalizing on a near decade-long adventure to the Extravaganza promise-land! Miller would cruise to the victory, taking home $13,000,000 by winning every bonus segment.

The crowd roars in astonishment at the feat! Pure domination from the Bepis-man, jumping out of the car in ice-cold Bepis style! Confetti flies in the air like a hail storm, choking crew members and fans alike while the monopoly dollar-bills engulf the stratosphere. Nobody can breathe, but nobody needs to. Zakk Miller just won the 2024 Extravaganza All-Star Race! Congratulations to Zakk, crew chief Carl Kirpatrick and the entire Team Danger Zone crew for an excellent victory!

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