The fires are down! A winner will be crowned! Tenuous speculation on whether a California race will be run in 2025. The wood burned mightily, but the steel-rigged grandstands stayed afloat despite the immaculate conflagration. "I'm ready to roll!" says poll sitter Dakota Wilkins. "This track is like a fine wine; smooth and to the point!" Wilkins will start at "the point" for the Laurel Canyon 400.

Race Results

Points Standings

Race Recap

Wilkins' Cinderella story in 2023 was outmatched. He passed the entire Danger Zone brigade en route to victory number one! In 2024, he and crew chief Joe "Novacane" Densham won five times, looking for their first victory-circle interview in the new campaign. He, Alex Crapser and Johnny Reed Foley shuffled the top-spot for the initial eight-lap stint. Crapser would take it outright, leading through lap-28.

Speedway masters Dave Miller and Rick Jackson struggled mightily early in the go. By the first green flag stop, they remained mired outside the top-20, with green-men Adam Crapser and Logan Sheets logging towards the rear. Tony Pizzaro, points leader Zach Michael and Ken Pettit made the biggest improvements, showcasing their speed in front of the West Coast sell-out.

Miracle-man Ziggy Moonglow entered California with four-straight top-30 finishes, hoping to revitalize his soul after a hard-luck pit-wall crash at Sonoma two years ago. Since then, he's missed several races due to injury, slower speed and lack of points. Now he's back looking for vengeance! Moonglow stole the lead from Crapser on lap-29, only to relinquish it to a dueling Zakk Miller and Ken Pettit just two circuits later.

The #30 Team Danger Zone Bepis Chevrolet leads the field to lap-50 fuel stops. By the end, Tony Pizzaro came out leading a six-car cavalcade to the promised-land! He, Moonglow, Johnny Reed Foley, Matt Raboin, Miller and Zach Michael held a three-second advantage over the Ryan Heuser-led second pack. Michael, Foley and Miller all made their bid for the top-spot, dismantling their advantage from the rest of the pack.

William Perry makes Superman look like Captain Crunch! A 40-lap jaunt from 18th to 1st puts the #70 Flex Fuel Dodge in line for the Halfway Bacon Bonus, flying past Tony Pizzaro and Zakk Miller exiting the second-turn. Towards the rear, Mark Heron and Doug Spark were lapped by the front pack. Chauncey Redmond Jr., Dalton Lucas, Scott Jackson, Jeremy Hebel, Jonathan Skrabacz and Rick Jackson all fought maniacally to keep their lead-lap status alive.

An immaculate lead by William Perry! 1.6-seconds over the field despite the multi-car draft, trucking along like a tandem-rig on the Ventura Highway. A late pit stop put Tony Pizzaro and Zach Michael back on top, hoping to make it on fuel despite the risky pre-half short-pit. Perry would lose the lead while nabbing the halfway bonus. He would never recover, finishing a respectable tenth. Bonanza Champion Mike Carroll would blow up for a second-staight week, becoming the first driver in 2025 to finish dead-last twice.

Pizzaro and Michael pulled to a three-second advantage! By lap 133, John Battista, Matt Raboin, Johnny Reed Foley, Ryan Heuser and Zakk Miller all caught the lead-duo with rubber to spare. The #39 Lucas Racing Wendy's Chevrolet took the top-spot just two laps later, ... Read more »