John Battista entered his local Domino's food chain and prayed for victory in the Miller Lite 400! When the local neighborhood joint became a temple of the Extravaganza Gods is yet to be determined, but he did order a a cinnamon-twist box with a triple order of icing. The liquified cinnamon-sugar leaked through the undercarriage of the box, signifying elite dessert domination. Papa John's can learn a thing or two.

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The winless Battista, Jackson, Raboin, McDonnell, Pizzaro and Dominique all enter the starting line in hopes of high horsepower fury! Dakota Wilkins and Adam Crapser raced side-by-side for the first two circuits; each grabbing bonus points in the process. With Adam's chase hopes extinguished, he looks for an all-or-nothing approach to his program. Wilkins will gladly limp to his first chase birth, coming in 166 points ahead of 11th-place Matt Raboin.

A serenade of packed-racecars prevails the speedway! Two-wide from first to last in hopes of tasting the front-pack marinade, with Scott Jackson, Craig Lee and Markell Murphy mired behind them all. Up front, Johnny Reed Foley, Tony Pizzaro and William "Tex" Perry made attempts at taking away the top spot. None could prevail over the Green Bay Packers. Jim Valvano would agree!

Three-wide mania engulfed the mid-pack, with Championship contenders Ken Pettit and Johnny Reed Foley immersed into the frenzy. Surprisingly, none of them wrecked or even scraped the wall, entering the first pit stop without a mere blemish. Matt Raboin was forced to come in twice after suffering a pit-exit violation. He would never recover, finishing down a lap in 40th position. They would drop one spot in the standings to 12th with three races left in the regular season. 

Adam Crapser ripped the middle-groove to lead the field from lap-2 on. A three-wide divebomb from Johnny Reed Foley sandwiched himself between Adam and John Tharp for the lead, with the AC-Delco Chevrolet prevailing! It would be Foley's 10th-straight race with a lap led, leading the league with 724 on the year. Miracle-man Chauncey Redmond Jr. took the helm just six laps later in search for his first top-5 finish of the season.

Despite hardcore efforts from Zakk Miller and Tony Pizzaro, sophomore driver Redmond would dominate the ensuing 15-lap stretch. It's been an enduring campaign for the #64 Patriots team, entering the race with only nine finishes of 33rd of better. They stand 37th in the standings, hoping to rectify their season after their victory in the Brickyard 400 qualifier. They've made every event despite the immaculate handicap. Now the fruits of their labor prevail!

A mortifying accident sent shockwaves into the frontstretch grandstands. Tony Pizzaro's car was hit from behind after a check-up entering turn-3. He and Dave Miller's cigarette mobile catapulted over the wall with Pizzaro rear-first into the catch-fencing. The impact was horrifying; stopping 122 miles-per-hour after the hit and dreideling upside-down onto the apron. Miller launched front-first for a full second before coming down on four-wheels, unhurt by the crash. Pizzaro's injuries are yet to be determined. He was airlifted to the Henry Ford hospital in Jackson per request by the driver. Even in agony he is loyal to his manufacturer.

Dave Miller dropped to 11th in the standings after the accident, making room for perennial contender Timothy McDonnell to take his place. A miraculous pit stop by McDonnell's crew put him in view of the leaders, with John Tharp, Alex Crapser, Adam Crapser and William Perry inheriting the top-4 spots by short-pitting before the caution. The Pennzoil #04 would take the lead away just before the halfway point, earning a bacon slab at the track that injured him one year ago.

Contact sends Zakk Miller and Dakota Wilkins into the outside wall! Ziggy Moonglow got sandwiched between them and the barrier, ending his day after the front end misaligned. Wilkins went down a lap, finishing 41st and dropping to 8th in the standings; a devastating blow. Zakk Miller finished 42nd after repairs, ending his top-17 streak at six races. Up front, Alex Crapser and Johnny Reed Foley pulled away from he field, gapping Timothy McDonnell, Craig Lee and Michael Henson by five seconds while swapping the top-spot.

A horrible blow! Johnny Reed Foley blows a tire with eight laps to go! The points leader endures his second-straight miscue, with an engine stall the week before in the Brickyard 400. He would lose the points lead to a hard-charging Ken Pettit for the first time since Charlotte, finishing 39th while Pettit battles maniacally for the win. A spin by John Battista nearly took the field to a late-race shootout, but the race stayed green. Alex Crapser's attempt to hold off Pettit and Craig Lee for the victory held true. He would conquer the track that nearly bit him one year ago, crossing the line first to win his first event since the Daytona 500!

A fantastic drive by the #04 Pennzoil Chevrolet. A short-pit strategy put them to second place after the only yellow flag, never relinquishing their top-2 standing for the remainder of the race. This bumps them to third in the standings in a sure-lock to make the chase for a fourth-straight season. With teammate Battista enduring the gremlins from the Extravaganza God's, Alex might be the one to finally take Lucas Racing to the promiseland! Congrats to Alex, crew chief Cheato Jacobsen and the entire Lucas Racing organization for an excellent victory!

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