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Despite being the namesake of the team, Dalton Lucas could very possibly be replaced by Adam Crapser in the #88 next year if things don't start picking up. He hasn't recorded a top-30 finish in 5 races, and isn't qualifying much better while driving the same equipment as Alex Crapser and John Battista. He's 718 points back from Matthew Dominique, and desperately needs a top-20 finish to keep himself respectable.

Views: 210 | Added by: TonyPizzaro | Date: 12-June-19

It was a battle of epic proportions from start to finish as what expected to be a single-file bore-fest turned into a pretty good race, with 29 lead changes and a last lap pass for the win.

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The race started horribly for Ryan Heuser. He started on the pole for the 7th time this season, but the engine would not crank and his car would sit out for the entire event.

There were several problems coming out of turn one early, with a lap-1 skirmish between Rick Jackson and John Battista nearly turning the field into grated cheese. Dave Miller came up on Tony Pizzaro a little later, damaging the #90 but saving it before any severe harm was done.

Tim McDonnell and Craig Lee battled it out early, swapping the lead a couple of times as the rest of the field, including the points leader, lurked behind.

The biggest incident of the day was caused by contact between Zakk Miller and Donald Stewart. Off of turn 1, the #55 drove deep into the infield grass and clipped the inside tunnel-turn wall. His car careened onto the racetrack, slamming into Mark Guthrie and ending his race. Mark would fly deeper out of the top-35 in owners points, while Donald dropped out of the top-10 in the standings after the race.

Bill Werkhesier was showing another strong run as the WASP Motorsports team continues to find it's youth again. It was 6 laps led and only a 17th place finish, but a future win for "Awesome Bill" may be in the works. 

After a set of green flag pit stops, the unthinkable happened. Tony Pizzaro drove into turn three too hard and tagged Bill, who was battling Matthew Dominique for the lead. The both went for a tailspin and smacked the turn-3 wall while Pizzaro drove away as the leader. Neither would finish in the top-15, though Dominique kept his points lead.

The most dominating car of the day was Craig Lee's #101, leading 65 laps before his engine deteriorated, leaving Rick Jackson with the lead before his car finally blew up off of turn one on lap 132. he and teammate Ryan wold drop to 8th and 9th in points, despite easily having the two most dominant cars all week.

Rick Jackson and Ken Pettit had an easy three-second lead with 20 laps to go before the two started racing. They swapped the lead multiple times, giving Johnny Reed Foley, Zach Michael, Tim McDonnell and John Tharp an opportunity to race for the win.

Foley took the top-spot with 13 laps to go. Ken's tires disintegrated, and Rick's were not much better as McDonnell and Tharp were able to draft away from the others in time.

Tharp passed McDonnell with six laps to go, and with five took the lead away from the #18. Foley passed him back in lapped traffic with two to go, and kept the lead coming to the white flag.

Using the long straightaway draft, Tharp drove underneath Foley in the ... Read more »

Views: 233 | Added by: TonyPizzarolosthispw | Date: 04-June-19

It was a glorious evening in the hot North Carolina air, where the soda-battles came into full swing, and the stamina of the drivers turned into an ethereal iota of dust by the races end. 

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It only took Ryan Heuser 18 laps to take the lead away from Dave Miller. He would lose it to Tim McDonnell four laps later, but grabbed it back on lap 29 while Craig Lee and Rick Jackson battled behind.

Ben Geer and Dave Miller battled hard for the lead mid-race, each leading over 20 laps during the event. They swapped the lead twice during a 30-lap span before one of the Coke cars had their say.

Tony Pizzaro started on the pole, but blew a tire early and went a lap down. He grabbed it back after a series of minor cautions and took the lead away from Ben Geer on lap 217.

Ben would backslide to fourth complaining of a tight condition. After a restart, his car tightened his way into Mark Guthrie, who slid into Dale Rosendaul while Ben clipped Adam Crapser into Cristian Torres and Tyler Scott. Scott body-slammed into the inside wall, only to see Scott Deutsch hit the access-opening 10 times as hard and speed back onto the racetrack. Johnny Reed Foley collided with Deutsch at near-full speed, sending the #16 upside-down, while Dalton Lucas flipped over the points leader. It was a crazy mess, with 22 cars involved. It would be the first time in N.O.R.L. Extravaganza history that more than half of the field was involved in an incident in a track less than two miles.

From lap 238 to 280, Tony Pizzaro re-took the lead from Ryan Heuser, who had grabbed it back after the big incident. Ryan took it back after the #12 got jammed behind Tim McDonnell's pit, leading almost every lap until the end.

On lap 347, David Butterworth blew up off of turn 4, collecting Kevin Corbat and sending Tim, Dale and Jonathan Skrabacz into a domino effect crash. The end result would see Ken Pettit and Cristian Torres on top of other racecars.

Jimmie Stevens had the pit stop of a lifetime, beating out the NOS Warriors on a four tire change. Unfortunately for him, the Rocket-Man would overtake him within three laps and set sail.

By lap 384, Craig Lee and Tony Pizzaro were there. Something seemed amiss on the #138, and to everyone's surprise his car blew up in turn 1. Lee and Pizzaro had to lift massively, putting Matt Raboin in second right behind the #101. It would be up to Craig to get QSM the much deserved victory.

Craig got destroyed by lapped traffic coming off of turn four just two laps later, sending the #12 by Raboin who got caught in the same melee. The next time through turn one, Pizzaro was able to pass Hardracer #101 and take off for his second victory of the season. Congrats to Tony, crew chief Neil Justice and the Race2Win team for an excellent victory!

Coca-Cola 600, Part 1

Coca-Cola 600, Part 2

Coca-Cola 600, Part 3

Views: 214 | Added by: TonyPizzarolosthispw | Date: 27-May-19

NASCAR independent Sappy Sackson beat out the competition during the first World-600 in 1964. That year it was 99 degrees, as the factory teams could not handle the heat. He was later vanquished of his earnings after using an over-sized radiator, along with a secret airflow compartment to keep the engine cool. What strategy will some of the underlings use to defeat the heavy competition this year? Some say it is Coca-Cola. The Pepsi-Co chairman and crew are very upset by the ordeal, causing a heavy controversy by claiming Alan Nesfeder, a coke-driver who has barely been competitive all year, had been given an illegal over-sized engine by the N.O.R.L. sanctioning body during the All-Star events. Pepsi has also claimed that Zakk Miller had been paid by N.O.R.L. to intentionally wreck himself during the early parts of the event, and for pepsi dream-team driver Ryan Heuser to slow his pace down during the race. N.O.R.L. Chairman Glenn Jackson has dismissed the claims as a "jealous torment, designed to outrage the menial few who care". Tim McDonnell came to the defense of the Chairman, quoting that "any company who can pour piss in a bottle and force others to pay and drink it deserve no regard, let alone a say in this sport". Heuser and Miller have yet to comment. Whoever wins the Coca-Cola 600, there entire top-line of Pepsi's finest will be there to watch the results to an enormous boo of the crowd.

Views: 217 | Added by: TonyPizzarolosthispw | Date: 24-May-19

It was a wonderful day in paradise for the six drivers who entered the race via the consolation duels. For the rest, it was business as usual, as the 15 who clinched prepared their racecars for this race only.

It was evident from the start that pole-sitter Tony Pizzaro had a fast car, leading the first 15 laps and pulling ahead by 1.4 seconds as the rest of the field raced for their lives.

A series of accidents made it difficult to progress any headway for the front-runners, but for Ken Pettit, Dan Johnston, Bill Werkheiser, Jimmie Stevens, Craig Lee, Johnny Reed Foley and Alex Crapser, it would be an even worse night.

Ryan Heuser took the lead on lap-22, and led for 14 laps until getting jammed behind Pizzaro's pit crew during a pit stop, handing the lead to Rick Jackson.

Two four-wide attempts both turned into wrecks, killing the races of most involved. Cristian Torres and Scott Jackson would get the immediate worst of it, getting clipped by the cars on the inside and sent into a tailspin.

On lap 47, Rick Jackson lost the lead to teammate Pizzaro, who regained his earlier speed. He would pull to 1.3 seconds ahead and looked to be unbeatable.

Alan Nesfeder proved everybody wrong, getting by all of the earlier incidents to catch and fly by Pizzaro with 25 laps to go. Matthew Dominique would follow, as the #12's tires could not handle the strain of leading.

Alan and Matthew were side-by-side for the final three laps. Matthew tried to get the run off of corner 2 that he needed to clear, but Nesfeder used the outside lane like a champ every time and stayed along-side the #25 coming to the final lap.

The last lap saw a slide-job attempt off of turn 2 for Dominique, but to no avail as Alan was able to hold his intimidation and fly along the outside wall once more to clear the points leader and take the checkered flag in excellent style. He would become the first driver to win the All-Star race from one of the consolation spots. Congrats to Alan, crew chief Barney Griswald, and the entire Nesfeder Racing crew for an excellent victory!

2019 All-Star Race Video

Views: 280 | Added by: TonyPizzarolosthispw | Date: 22-May-19

On lap 7 of Duel #1, Dale Rosendaul and Zakk Miller crashed in turn-2 racing for the sixth position. Both cars were okay, but there was too much track position to overcome.

Both drivers ended up in the second crash on lap 24. Steven Davis squeezed Dalton Lucas into the wall, cutting down on Zakk as Dale got spun trying to avoid the incident.

Dan Johnston and Alan Nesfeder raced side-by-side for the final 12 laps, with Alan pulling a miracle move in turn 3 to take the lead with 7 more circuits to run.

The rest of the field was in a frenzy for the last transfer spot. Philip Parker's team put all of their funding into this one race, and nearly squeezed by Cristian Torres on the inside. Like a madman, Torres executed the high line perfectly and kept the spot until the waning laps.

In the end, it would be Alan Nesfeder, Dan Johnston and Cristian Torres advancing to the All-Star Race. Congrats to Alan!

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Fans would enjoy a hearty hot dog break at the local RV grill while they await the second duel of the night. 

Pole-sitter Jimmie Stevens and Bill Werkheiser battled hard during the first two laps. It was evident that their qualifying times held true, but the fastest of all was coming from behind.

On lap 3, Stephen Lowe and Rob Scarberry made contact off of turn 2, causing a spin in front of the field. Nate Moorehead obliterated his racecar on the inside wall after trying to avoid the accident.

Zach Michael would go from 7th to 1st in only 11 laps, several of them under caution. There would not be another one, as Zach, Jimmie and Bill easily pulled their way ahead of a tight Ben Geer racecar in 4th.

Zach would never relinquish the lead and sailed to a victory clinch. Speedy and Bill and a fun battle for second, with Bill coming out on top and all three advancing to the show!

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Views: 266 | Added by: TonyPizzarolosthispw | Date: 21-May-19

Top-3 of each race will earn their spot into the All-Star Race.

Open Race 1: Alan Nesfeder, Zakk Miller, Dan Johnston, Russ Charneski, Donald Stewart, Cristian Torres, Michael Henson, Philip Parker, Steven Davis, Kevin Corbat, Steven Spears, Adam Crapser, Dale Rosendaul, Walt Flowers, Ben White, Jonathan Skrabacz, David Courtney, Dalton Lucas, Jim Fitzmaurice

Open Race 2: Ben Geer, Bill Werkheiser, David Butterworth, Scott Deutsch, Aaron Cummings, Zach Michael, Mark Guthrie, Rob Scarberry, Tony Long, Jimmie Stevens, Jaxon Vaccher, Brodrick WIttmann, Jacob Stumpf, Stephen Lowe, William Perry, Glenn Kaufmann, Brandon Raines, Nate Moorehead, Brian Lowe, Scott Drake

Views: 257 | Added by: TonyPizzarolosthispw | Date: 20-May-19

The 2019 All-Star Race will consist of the 15 winners since the last all-star race, and the top-3 of each 20-car All-Star Open. Here are the drivers currently in the show, and their last victory.

Ryan Heuser: North Wikesboro, 2019
Matt Raboin: New Hampshire, 2018
Tony Pizzaro: Rockingham, 2019
John Tharp: Phoenix, 2019
Tim McDonnell: Dover, 2019
John Battista: Watkins Glen, 2018
Alex Crapser: Texas, 2019
Matthew Dominique: North Carolina, 2018
Johnny Reed Foley: Talladega, 2019
Rick Jackson: Charlotte, 2018
Scott Jackson: Indianapolis, 2018
Craig Lee: Bristol, 2019
Ken Pettit: Atlanta, 2019
Dave Miller: California, 2019
Randy Dobbins: Martinsville, 2019

 

Views: 285 | Added by: TonyPizzarolosthispw | Date: 19-May-19

It wasn't the most exciting race at North Wilkesboro, but it was a blast for the three drivers who dominated the show. There was only five cautions, four occurring in the first half of the event, propelling the drivers who had the right setup underneath to lap the rest. 

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On lap 3, Ryan Heuser took the lead from pole-sitter John Battista. Matthew Dominique would steal the spot by staying out after a Scott Drake spin, but it was deemed early that Ryan had a chassis to win.

Tyler Scott received a bump from John Tharp on lap 47. That bump turned into a serious accident, causing Tyler's #17 to smash the turn-1 entry-wall to the outside of the track. He came out okay, but the Action-Ice team nearly lost their second driver to a serious injury.

Ryan would pass Matthew on lap 96 after getting trapped behind lapped traffic. It would be short lived for now, as the attention turned to the next couple of accidents.

After getting clipped by his brother Alex earlier, Adam Crapser and Tony Long made contact out of turn 4. Adam spun into Philip Parker, who spun rear-first into the pit wall, ending his day. The #4 was smashed by Donald Stewart on the right side, causing him to flip into the path of John Battista. All three cars were destroyed, with Adam joining Phillip in the garage.

The excitement wasn't over for John Battista. He and Donald Stewart made contact out of turn 2, drifting up into Scott Deutsch and getting slammed in the rear by Jimmie Stevens. Sitting in the middle of the track, Cristian Torres had nowhere to move and flipped the #39 over. With the roof caved in, JB could only limp to 34th.

Ryan Heuser avoided the Battista crash by diving onto pit road, handing the lead to Tony Pizzaro. He was mired in heavy lapped-traffic, but once he got free he stole the show. During the next 160-lap fuel run, he led all the laps with Scott Jackson mired in second.

By lap 260, Ryan was able to pass all of the lead-lap cars except one. With a sensational pit stop, he was able to come out in front of Pizzaro, only for lapped traffic to bog him down. He lost the lead on lap 279, but grabbed it back on lap 330 after racing Scott Jackson for several laps.

Dalton Lucas blew up in front of the field, causing Philip Parker and Zach Michael to crash in front of Rick Jackson, who lost a lap slowing down for the incident. The yellow flag came out with only Ryan, Tony, Scott, and Alex Crapser in line for a 28-lap shootout for the win. Pizzaro was able to pass Scott, while Crapser flew by both of them ready to make a charge at the QSM powerhouse.

Crapser's run would come to a halt as Pizzaro's tires came in, losing the second spot with 19 laps to go. The distance grew a half-second by the white flag, and Ryan was able to coast to a well-fought victory and tie Wimpy Brown for 9th on the all-time N.O.R.L. Extravaganza wins list. Congrats to Ryan, crew chief Mustard Mahoney, and the entire Quicksilver Motorsports team for an excellent victory!

First Union 400, Part 1

First Union 400, Part 2

Views: 243 | Added by: TonyPizzarolosthispw | Date: 15-May-19

Ryan Heuser was expected to possibly tie N.O.R.L. pioneer Wimpy Brown for 9th on the all-time wins list. It hasn't happened yet, but Brown, who won the third and fifth ever race at North Wilkesboro, could lose out on a track that Heuser has mastered over the years. This week could possibly be it. With 6 poles so far, a win-streak could be in the works for #138.

Wimpy, ready to roll in his Kaufmann Brothers '56 chevrolet in 1957.

Harrison James: 129
Buddy Rakestraw: 88
Roscoe Riker: 82
Scott Jackson: 74
Buddy Griswald: 70
Mert Socks 65
Rick Jackson: 61
Brandon Beyke: 58
Wimpy Brown: 54
Ryan Heuser: 53
 

Views: 269 | Added by: TonyPizzarolosthispw | Date: 10-May-19

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