Alex Crapser comes in as the points leader after Craig Lee's blown tire at Homestead! He'll grid inside the top-6 for a fourth straight week, rolling off behind his former crew chief Jeremy Hebel for the first time in their Extravaganza careers. He, Rob Scarberry and Trae Larkin look to upset the field after showing speed all weekend at The Rock!

Race Results

Points Standings

Race Recap

Rick Jackson, Johnny Reed Foley and Bink Lucas crashed hard in qualifying, starting dead-last while giving the grandstands a field day for the first 50 laps. The Crown Royal and AC Delco machines roamed through with beer cans and demonic swag flying through the air. Up front, the Team Danger Zone duo of Markell Murphy and Zakk Miller led the field to the green.

Jeremy Hebel led his second career race with former compatriot Alex Crapser following through. The current points leader took the lead after an early Geno Sphere and Bink Lucas crash, only to blow a tire after the restart. The #04 would lose a lap, handing the top-spot to Matt Raboin.

Timothy McDonnell's pit crew put him in position to nab the lead on lap 11, traversing from 19th to first and staying there through lap 29. Ryan Heuser took the spot in an eventual 1-2 Quicksilver dominion, traversing between he and Craig Lee until the second caution. Mark Heron and Ben Geer spun off of turn-4, collecting Rob Scarberry and Geno Sphere in the process. The #444, #01 and #42 would fail to continue, finishing only ahead of Rod Weston's blown motor.

A bonzai move entering turn-4 handed Ken Pettit the lead on lap 79. The Bob Marley machine dominated the first-half of the run, leading 28 laps before Matt Raboin took the advantage. He would pull to five-seconds ahead of Timothy McDonnell, Zakk Miller and Bill Werkheiser before pit stops.

An immaculate short-pit strategy gave Johnny Reed Foley a ten-second advantage while leaving only eight cars on the same lap! Ten drivers rummaged through to earn it back before a turn-2 crash brought out the caution Adam Crapser and Ryan Heuser made contact, flying into the outside wall hard and into the path of Jimmie Stevens. The #138 and #2 failed to continue, handing Heuser his third-straight finish of 25th or worse. Stevens would finish his fourth race of 2024 without recording a top-12.

Matt Raboin and Johnny Reed Foley swapped the lead multiple times throughout the half-way run, handing the #3 another Halfway Bacon Bonus. Both drivers would enter the pits early before a frontstretch spin by Cristian Torres trapped both of them a lap down. Foley would blow an engine soon after, with Raboin gaining his lap back late to finish third.

Intense domination from Zakk Miller stole the show as we closed to the 100-to-go mark. Only Ken Pettit managed to scrum his way anywhere close, flying by Miller after the final green flag pit cycle with Donald Stewart hanging on from behind. Disaster in the field would strike soon afterwards.

Battling defiantly to stay on the lead lap, Jeremy Hebel and Timothy McDonnell made contact off of turn-4. the #22 flew into the path of Matthew Dominique, who was coming in for a pit stop to repair damages from earlier in the race. All three cars shot up the racetrack. Rick Jackson pulverized the front-end of the #25, ending his day. Points leader Alex Crapser had cars on the inside and outside, slowing down hard but with nowhere to go. He would also slam into the #25. Logan Sheets, Ben Geer and fourth-place Bill Werkheiser all failed to meander through the carnage, taking out six racecars and handing Zakk Miller the current lead in the standings.

Zakk Miller, Tony Pizzaro, John Tharp and Steven Spears stayed out on slightly worn tries in hopes of an early caution flag. It was not to be! A Cinderella run by Dan Johnston gave him the advantage on lap 330, with Donald Stewart and Markell Murphy in tow as the older Goodyear's fell back. Miller, Tharp and Spears would all short-pit in hopes of the race remaining green.

Markell Murphy worked ferociously to pass Dan Johnston, looking for his first Extravaganza Series victory in an extremely fast All-State #121. Johnston lost his teammate David Butterworth during the offseason and started the season with poor finishes and a bruised ego. He would drop back to fourth by the end of the race, but this is the effort their team desperately needed! A late caution involving Zakk Miller and Tony Pizzaro brought out the final caution flag, just after Miller lost his points lead to Craig Lee during the short-pit strategy. It ended in mild catastrophe, still finishing 28th due to the amount of attrition. After the restart, Markell Murphy and Donald Stewart battled for ultimate supremacy.

Despite the hard-charging effort from the #55, Markell Murphy was able to clinch his first race victory since the spring event at Martinsville in 2022! It's been a mortifying struggle for the Team Danger Zone organization during the first three races, with Markell and Steven Spears outside of the top-35 coming in and Zach Michael 28th in the standings. All four cars showed miraculous speed today, climbing back up the ladder with immaculate help from the #47 team. It is also the second-straight week a driver has won from the pole! Congrats to Markell, crew chief "Toucan" Sam Elliott and the entire Team Danger Zone organization for an excellent victory!

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