Beverages fly across the grandstands! Children add Michelob and Heineken to their bottle-cap collections, picking up where the custodians forgot to sweep. Up front, Daytona 500 winner Ryan Heuser looks to sweep the Superspeedways in 2025, hoping to fend off the recent Lucas Racing dominance at the facility. Both he and Alex Crapser occupy the front row, currently third and fourth in points behind leader Zach Michael.

Race Results

Points Standings

Race Recap

Pole-sitter Alex Crapser dominates the initial stretch! His Lucas Racing horsepower reigned supreme, dropping Ben Geer, Mike Carroll and Geno Sphere out of the draft with his dynamic pace. Donald Stewart dropped a lap after a blown tire, splitting the field in two while leaving Adam Crapser, Rob Scarberry, William Perry, Dalton Lucas, Markell Murphy, Steven Spears, Scott Jackson, Molemar Diggs and Mark Heron severed from the leading group.

Johnny Reed Foley breaks a tie with Ryan Heuser and Tony Pizzaro, leading his league-leading seventh race after passing Alex Crapser on lap 24. He, Alan Nesfeder, Dan Johnston, Bink Lucas, Zach Michael, John Tharp, Trae Larkin and Matthew Dominique all took turns at the top-spot before pitting for tires. Miracle-man John Tharp stretched his fuel through lap 54; two laps further than anyone else in the field. Despite little draft, the lack of congestion in the pits puts the Zig-Zag man on top!

John Battista re-took the lead immediately, sending Tharp to the wolves. Ken Pettit, Tony Pizzaro, Cristian Torres, Alex Crapser, Logan Sheets, Chauncey Redmond Jr., Craig Lee, Ryan Heuser and Jeremy Hebel led an eleven car cavalcade to the promised-land. Miraculously, Jimmie Stevens led the second-pack charge to the front, showcasing speed that Lifesaver Racing lacked so far in 2025. 24 cars were in the lead pack by lap 80.

Ken Pettit, Tony Pizzaro, Logan Sheets, Matthew Dominique, Timothy McDonnell, John Battista and Craig Lee all swapped the lead during the middle-stages. They would lap Ben Geer, Mark Heron, Molemar Diggs, Rob Scarberry, William Perry, Donald Stewart, Mike Carroll, Geno Sphere and Jeremy Hebel during the long green flag run. Usual Talladega-masters Rick Jackson and Johnny Reed Foley lose hope, currently over 30-seconds behind.

Ayn Rand once said "The best way to help the poor is to not be one of them!" Sadly, Old Farts Racing teammates Rob Scarberry and David Butterworth became "one of them", smashing into each other on the turn-3 banking after contact with Michael Henson. Butterworth would place 43rd, failing to finish better than 34th in a disastrous 2025 campaign. Scarberry comes off a top-5 at Bristol to finish 44th, dropping to 31st in the standings. Henson continued on.

Leader John Battista blows up! Overhreating issues plagued the #39 for the entire race, planning to lead the field for the remaining laps in search for that "chilled air". Sadly, the air was only "chill" in spirit, detonating the Wendy's #39 power-plant during the slow-speed pilgrimage. A peace-prize effort by teammate Alex Crapser pushed Battista back to his pit. He'll drop to 16th in the standings; falling while leading for the second time in 2025. Sophomore drivers Steve Inkman and Jeremy Hebel also fell with motor issues.

40 cars remained for the 70-lap shootout to the finish! Ken Pettit acquired the lead, losing a contest of strength while battling the lapped traffic. Molemar Diggs led the field for 10 circuits before getting re-lapped, with Alan Nesfeder, Zach Michael, Ryan Heuser, Chauncey Redmond Jr., Tony Pizzaro, Adam Crapser, Zakk Miller, Dave Miller and Matthew Dominique all swapping the top-spot in hopes of leading the field to the pits. 20 cars held on to the front group.

Bristol winner Chauncey Redmond Jr. looks strong again! Johnny Reed Foley relinquishes the spot, failing to surmount the Wizards of Speed duo with additional help from the Crapser brothers. Alan Nesfeder and Dave Miller took turns up front, leading the field to pit stops. By the end, there were 25 laps-to-go and only 13 cars in the running. John Tharp, Matthew Dominique, Dave Miller, Alan Nesfeder, Cristian Torres, Scott Jackson, Chauncey Redmond Jr., Zach Michael, Johnny Red Foley, Adam Crapser, Jonathan Skrabacz, Rick Jackson and Tony Pizzaro each fight for Talladega supremacy!

John Tharp inherits the lead out of the pits, holding off Matthew Dominique and Cristian Torres in a hardcore crusade for the victory! Never in Extravaganza Series history have two Toyotas finished 1-2 in a race, handing Tharp and Torres the extra incentive to fend-off the field. Chauncey Redmond Jr. and Johnny Reed Foley freight-trained Torres on the frontsrtretch, drafting by Tharp with 17 laps-to-go. Redmond would fend off Foley, Tharp, Torres, Adam Crapser and Matthew Dominique, who was side-by-side with Redmond with five laps remaining. Miraculously, nobody could pass the #64 New England Patriots Chevrolet. A last effort charge from Matthew Dominique and Scott Jackson failed to overtake, handing Redmond his second-straight victory after staring his career 0-for-86!

If you bet Chauncey Redmond Jr. to be the first two-time winner in 2025, you deserve a lifetime supply of 50-piece chicken! Fortunately for Redmond, serving nuggets at the local McDonalds is a thing of the past, raking in wins like Jimmy Spencer rakes a KFC double-down! This team went from the fringe to the syringe, jumping to 37th in points just four weeks ago to 14th, with teammate Molemar Diggs just one spot ahead. Wizards of Speed is on the roll of the century! Congratulations to Redmond, crew chief Cortez Strong and the entire Wizards of Speed organization for another excellent victory!

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