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, segregating himself from the pack while pulling to a 2.5-second gap. It was John Battista's race to lose!

Only one victory in 47 starts for the team who won seven in 2023! Despite Battista's success, he hasn't won at a speedway smaller than Daytona and bigger than Rockingham since the 2021 Southern 500. He and Tony Pizzaro continued their early-pit strategy to keep their 1-2 pace, praying for a caution flag. It would never come. Both drivers short-pitted with eighteen laps to-go, powering their way to 15th and 18th by the finish. Timothy McDonnell and Steven Spears also fell short of making the distance.

Points leader Zach Michael inherits the lead! It was short-lived, with Matt Raboin stealing the spot away in hopes of his first victory since Richmond in 2023. Quantum Racing went 1-for-48 before Matthew Dominique's win at Phoenix just one week ago. If Raboin can hold off Michael, Ryan Heuser and Zakk Miller for fifteen laps, it will be 2-for-2! The #87 Valvoline Viper flew by David Butterworth and Jeremy Hebel, utilizing their cars as a gap from the second-place battle. He would not be denied!

Matt Raboin becomes the fifth different winner in 2025! Quantum Racing is back, leading Team Danger Zone, Race-2-Win and Quicksilver Motorsports with their second-straight victory and a duel-threat for the Championship. The Vermont-born driver chugs steak-sauce out of his famed "B2" cannister after each winner-circle celebration. This time, he will drink two. Congratulations to Matt, new crew chief Bill Vought and the entire Quantum Racing organization for an excellent victory!

2025 Laurel Canyon 400 Video