The top Ford organization in Extravaganza! Team Danger Zone continues their dominant stride, earning six victories in 2025 with three drivers finishing inside the top-15. Zach Michael places 3rd in the standings for a second-straight year, earning top-10's in all five quad-oval events. Zakk Miller dominated the time-trials, earning a whopping seven poles while gridding inside the top-5 on twenty occasions. Energy-man Markell Murphy became the conservative lab rat, completing the most laps in 2025 with a fuel package of the Gods! With Steven Spears extending his Mello-Yello tenure through 2027, this could finally be the year.
Comparable to the 2025 Detroit Lions, Lucas Racing packed way more punch than their result. Adam Crapser and John Battista combined for 30 top-10 finishes, with the #39 Wendy's Chevrolet earning more top-5's than anyone during the final ten-race stretch. Alex Crapser's #04 Pennzoil Chevrolet finishing a team-high 8th in the standings, earning 100 laps led at both Richmond events, and earning a victory at Homestead! His brother Adam became the first new-wave driver to earn a Chase birth, eradicating his DNF issues while earning his bi-weekly top-10 finish. Team owner Dalton Lucas is willing to sacrifice his enterprise to put these three to the top! Expect Lucas Racing to be a Championship contender in 2026.
Ryan Heuser continues to dominate! His #138 NOS Energy Chevrolet enters the Daytona 500 on a three-race winning streak, nearly earning his fifth Series crown after an immaculate nine-victory campaign. He won the Daytona 500, Brickyard 400 and Southern 500 in immaculate style, passing Buddy Rakestraw for second on the all-time list with 93! Engine failures at Las Vegas and Bristol proved to be the bane of his title run, continuing their all-or-nothing approach in the engine shop. Teammate Craig Lee finished 9th in the standings, with Dave Miller hoping to end a four-year winless streak in 2026.
The #44 Crown Royal Chevrolet holds true! Veteran Rick Jackson ended his 56-race winless streak at Rockingham early in the year, ready to focus on his third Extravaganza title run. He would wind up 6th, leading in 17 events while showing signs their usual Speedway mastery. Teammate Tony Pizzaro led the standings for 15 weeks, earning a whopping 16 top-10 finishes during the first 26 events. Their success on the restrictor-plate's and road courses was unparalleled, earning a top-10 finish in all seven races! Scott Nowacki will enter his first full season as Ken Pettit's crew chief, hoping to rebound after a sub-par 2025 campaign. A Chase birth for all three teams is the goal.
A quiet year for Quantum Racing. Surprisingly, Logan Sheets "quietly" pulverized the field during the final 15-race stretch, earning ten top-10 finishes while jumping from 31st to 15th in the standings. Matt Raboin miraculously clinched the Chase with just one top-5 finish during the regular season, relying on limiting morbid finishes to find his way to Extravaganza's promised-land! He would finish seventh in the standings. Back-to-back victories at Phoenix and California sent Matt Raboin and Matthew Dominique into the early-year headlines! By the end of the season, the spotlight was limited, but still a force to be reckoned with. Two teams in the Chase will be the goal for 2026.
CFM Motorsports reduced their St. Louis warehouse to a two-car operation in 2025, sending Kevin Corbat and Doug Spark to the other side of the city for the new Overspeed Rennsport effort. Whether their new satellite team paid dividends is yet to be determined, but Johnny Reed Foley was able to re-capture his 2024 glory for his second-straight Extravaganza Championship crown! 1,308 laps led with victories at Martinsville and Texas, finishing the Chase stretch with six top-10 finishes with a sensational performance at Homestead to cap-off the title! Teammate Timothy McDonnell ended an 80-race winless streak at Martinsville, finishing 5th in points in his own right. Expect both to be title contenders in 2026.
