*Magic Moe destroying a Ford V-8 in 1968

Legendary stuntman Magic Moe died yesterday at age 81. A staple of Charlotte Motor Speedway's pre-race escapades, including the 1970 "Leap of Wraith", when he flew through burning helicopter propellers with a pogo stick. In 1976 he put a bee-hive on his head while igniting his fingernails in kerosene. In 1980 the wives of every driver pepper-sprayed him, leaving him motionless for twenty minutes. In 1993 he failed to jump 400 mailboxes, collapsing both lungs and ending his career. May he rest in peace.

Johnny Reed Foley Season Statistics
Wins: 2
Top-5's: 11
Top-10's: 18
Laps Led: 1,308
Overall Average Finish: 16.2
Regular Season Average Finish: 17.0
Chase Average Finish: 14.1

 

Johnny Reed Foley Season Results
1. Daytona: 3rd
2. Atlanta: 28th
3. Rockingham: 45th
4. Phoenix: 2nd
5. California: 9th
6. Homestead: 22nd
7. Martinsville: 1st
8. Darlington: 14th
9. Bristol: 22th
10. Talladega: 4th
11. Texas: 1st
12. Kansas: 4th
13. Charlotte: 42nd
14. Nashville: 17th
15. Pocono: 7th
16. Richmond: 7th
17. Gateway: 41st
18. Sonoma: 3rd
19. Daytona: 13th
20. Chicagoland: 23rd
21. Pocono: 13th
22. Indianapolis: 21st
23. Michigan: 46th
24. Watkins Glen: 8th
25. Lime Rock: 37th
26. Richmond: 9th
27. Darlington: 2nd
28. Las Vegas: 17th
29. Bristol: 19th
30. New Hampshire: 10th
31. Talladega: 10th
32. Charlotte: 37th
33. Martinsville: 3rd
34. Atlanta: 38th
35. Rockingham: 2nd
36. Homestead: 3rd

Johnny Reed Foley, Zach Michael and Ryan Heuser battle for ultimate supremacy! The N.O.R.L. Extravaganza Series Championship trophy sits atop victory lane, ready to be snagged after 267 laps of Everglades action! Foley takes the green flag with an enormous advantage, starting outside-pole with a three-point lead coming in. Zach Michael start deep in the field, needing to build momentum and pass Foley for any shot at the title. Heuser grids 33rd, hoping for a dominant run to earn his fifth Extravaganza Series crown!

Race Results

Points Standings

Race Recap

The lights dim down during driver introductions. The spotlight shines on the infield, as drivers and crews walk onto the make-shift stage. Scott Jackson received a standing ovation! Dalton Lucas enjoyed the heaviest cheer! Ladies man Dakota Wilkins was wooed by the wives and booed by the grooms! Logan Sheets received the loudest boo, still suffering from his car chief's money laundering scheme. Foley, Zach and Ryan each endured a roar from the Gods, entering the Richtor-scale as the grandstands shook out of their fasteners.

The green flag waves! Johnny Reed Foley goes for broke on the outside, failing to lead lap one as Adam "Pack-Man" Crapser dominates the inside groove. On lap-2, it was no contest. The #3 AC-Delco CFM Motorsports Chevrolet clears the pride of Brookfield, Wisconsin off of turn-2, earning his five bonus-points early. Zach Michael remains mired in the bottom-half of the field, now needing to gain two-spots on Foley. He and Ryan Heuser would make a charge, each clinching the top-20 by lap-28.

Up front, Johnny Reed Foley, Adam Crapser and John Battista pulled away from the pack. Then, disaster struck. Geno Sphere blows an engine off of turn-2, sliding in his own oil as the rest of the field endures the smoke-screen. The #444 pounds the outside wall, skidding into the path of Rod Weston, who clobbers him with the force of an anvil! Both drivers came out shaken, but okay. Rod would finish 40th in the standings, having to qualify for the Daytona 500 if NAPA stays on board. Geno ends 38th in points, ending his streak of two-straight top-12's.

A morbid blow! Johnny Reed Foley gets penalized for passing the pace car! He comes in to pit from the lead on lap-55, exiting just a half-second ahead of new leader John Battista. A miracle stop! Amazingly, just three laps later, the caution flag waved. Scott Jackson blows exiting turn-2, getting clipped by Tony Pizzaro, who gets slammed by Ken Joynt after drifting up the track. Jackson failed to continue, finishing 30th in the standings, and keeping William Perry's Mudhole Motorsports in tact after his big injury at Chicagoland. Joynt would finish 45th in the standings with a miracle fourth-place at Pocono! Pizzaro rebounded with an 18th-place finish, winding up fourth in the standings.

Dan Johnston inherits the lead on a two-tire stop! Johnny Reed Foley catches the tail-end of the field, hoping to morph his early misfortune into a monumental display of glory! The green flag waved on lap-64, with Johnston and John Battista racing side-by-side for the lead. Once Battista re-took the advantage, Ryan Heuser flew underneath to nab his first lead of the night, crawling from his 33rd starting spot in just over 100-miles. Heuser and Adam Crapser would set the pace, with Foley already up to the 13th-spot by lap-100, side-by-side with Zach Michael for the Championship!

Alex Crapser takes the lead on lap-107, racing teammate John Battista for most laps led on Lucas Racing! Crapser would earn the prize, tallying 478 to Battista's 457. He, Heuser, Logan Sheets, Bink Lucas and Ben Geer occupied the top-5 before green flag stops on lap-120. Johnny Reed Foley cruised to 10th, while Zach Michael dropped to 26th with a tight sensation. Up front, Geer's #29 Twinkie Chevrolet edged Heuser out of the pits, only to get re-passed just after the conclusion of the cycle.

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Qualifying Results

The #20 Coca-Cola Mustang needs a rebound! They were outside the top-20 in every practice session, gridding a modest 27th-place for the Pennzoil 400. Some say they were sandbagging. Others credit their history, not earning a top-10 at Homestead since their immaculate victory in 2022. Johnny Reed Foley has dominated the sessions, gridding outside-pole to Adam Crapser! A lap led will extend his advantage to eight points, hoping to pull away from Zach Michael's group in a race notorious for long green-flag runs. For The #138 NOS Energy team, it isn't so easy. They need both Foley and Zach to finish 17th-or-worse to have any chance at the title. It will be Ryan Heuser's fifth if he can pull off the feat, gripping deep in 33rd after a slip-up in turn-2. It will be Foley's second-straight if he finishes ahead of the #20 while finishing top-3rd in the field! If Zach finishes one-spot ahead of Foley with the same bonus points, and finishes top-3rd in the field, Team Danger Zone will win their first Extravaganza Series Championship!

Zach Michael has a new hobby! In anticipation for the Championship race, he bought an 8-millimeter camera once owned by the great Kazuo Miyagawa. From there, he traveled to the local neighborhood Lowe's and bought some all-purpose drywall mud, using it to create claymation! "God bless An-Lowe's" he exclaimed. Johnny Reed Foley endured a project of his own. A 12-string guitar wasn't enough to perform his newest hit "Heiniken Needs Drinkin'", so he amped it up! A 36-string guitar was brought to the racetrack on Wednesday, carried by Foley and his jackman "Big Pop" Solomon. "We used Lowe's trimmer line for half the strings." said Foley. "Hopefully the acoustics will improve!". Ryan Heuser currently sits at home, roasting mashmallows with his new KFC enviro-log. "I bought it at Lowe's while shopping for toilet seats!" said Heuser. May the best man win.

The Rookie of the Year title is uncontested! Doug Spark started twenty races to Larry Sheldrake's one, earning a career-best 8th-pace finish at Chicagoland; the first for Overspeed Rennsport. He will not be in the field for the Pennzoil 400, already searching for opportunities that may be capped. Shake N' Bake Racing and W.A.S.P. Motorsports may shut down during the offseason, with no open rides available for any of the top-contenders. Scott Jackson and Rob Scarberry are in line for a farewell tour, forcing drivers to be patient for the 2027 free agent scramble!

Friday, November 28th, 6:00 ET

Ryan Heuser rides smooth! An historic year for the #138 NOS Energy team, passing Buddy Rakestraw on the all-time wins list with 92! More importantly, after 18 years of deprivation and strife, Ryan finally wins the Daytona 500! A new rules package jumped up speeds and reduced handling during the fuel runs, prompting Heuser to use his skills more than usual. He and his teammate Craig Lee fought off a hard-charging Johnny Reed Foley to pull off the feat. He'd wait until June for victory #2, passing John Battista with 7 laps-to-go to win the Pocono 400! He would wave a flag with Brian Wilson's face on it, saluting his recent death to the fans. He drove from 38th to 1st at Sonoma for victory #3, before tying Buddy Rakestraw's 88 career wins in the Brickyard 400! It was Ryan's fourth win in six previous tries at the facility, waving the Black Sabbath banner in tribute to Ozzy. He held off Lucas Racing at Richmond for victory #5 before pulling off the impossible! The Extravaganza Series triple crown has never been won. With Ryan's Southern 500 victory, somebody finally pulled it off! Three straight DNF's followed, dropping Heuser to 209-points behind Johnny reed Foley. Two-straight victories at Atlanta and Rockingham erased more than half the gap, needing a magnum-opus performance in the Pennzoil 400 to clinch his fifth Extravaganza Championship!

Zach Michael Statistics (2025)

Wins: 8 (1st)
Top-5's: 14 (1st)
Top-10's: 17 (T-2nd)
Laps Led: 983 (2nd)
Avg. Fin.: 13.9 (1st)
Poles: 3 (T-2nd)
DNF %: 17.1% (T-13th)
Laps Run: 9,319 (21st)
Points Behind Foley: -76 (3rd)

Zach Michael is in the groove! Three victories at Atlanta, Watkins Glen and Charlotte is his best since 2019, capitalizing on an impeccable sixth-straight Chase birth. The #20 Coca-Cola team started the year with five-straight top-11's, catapulting to a near full-race lead on the rest of field. By Kansas, they had amassed 11 top-20's in 12 events. The summer stretch was rough; three accidents at Charlotte, Gateway and Pocono dropped them to fourth in the standings, conveniently nestled between a series of top-10 finishes. A third at Michigan followed an impressive second-place run in the Brickyard 400, earning momentum for a big victory at The Glen! By the Chase, they were back to third in the standings. A fifth-place in the Eddie Money Classic put them atop the heap! A crash at Talladega dropped them to 4th, only to win the following week in the Mello Yello 500, back in contention. Zach Michael enters Homestead only 3-points behind Johnny Reed Foley, starting 27th for the Pennzoil 400 finale!

Zach Michael Statistics (2025)

Wins: 3 (2nd)
Top-5's: 10 (T-3rd)
Top-10's: 16 (4th)
Laps Led: 510 (4th)
Avg. Fin.: 14.7 (3rd)
Poles: 2 (T-5th)
DNF %: 11% (T-4th)
Laps Run: 9,745 (3rd)
Points Behind Foley: -3 (2nd)

What a year! The #3 AC-Delco team entered 2025 as the Championship favorites, hoping to match their career-high totals in 2024. A third-place finish in the Daytona 500, combined with early victories at Martinsville and Texas kept the dominance-streak alive! Despite a tough summer-stretch, 1,045 laps led propelled them to fourth in points by the end of the regular season. Five-straight top-20 finishes earned Foley a 99-point lead entering Charlotte, in-line to win his second-straight title! Unfortunately, a crash at in the Mello Yello 400 earned him 37th-place, with a blown camshaft in Atlanta just two weeks later. He would persevere. Three top-3 finishes at Martinsville and Rockingham put him back in the lead, just three-points ahead fo Zach Michael entering the Pennzoil 400! He will start on the outside-pole, ready to lead the first lap in style!

Johnny Reed Foley Statistics (2025)

Wins: 2 (T-3rd)
Top-5's: 10 (T-3rd)
Top-10's: 17 (T-2nd)
Laps Led: 1,239 (1st)
Avg. Fin.: 16.6 (4th)
Poles: 3 (T-2nd)
DNF %: 20% (T-21st)
Laps Run: 9,132 (27th)
Points Behind Foley: 0 (1st)

Zach Michael looks smooth! Four-straight top-15 finishes puts the #20 Coca-Cola Mustang atop the heap. A monstrous 42-point advantage over Johnny Reed Foley heading to the Pop Secret 400, starting deep in the field in 39th spot. Foley will grid 8th, with young-guns Adam Crapser and Jeremy Hebel occupying the front row. Timothy McDonnell and Ryan Heuser still have a shot at the title, also gridding outside the top-20. Can all four drivers stay on the lead lap? With the torrid pace of the front-runners in previous events, look for one of the title-contenders to fall behind early.

Race Results

Points Standings

Race Recap

The green flag waves! Pole-sitter Adam Crapser fails to lead the first lap, relinquishing the top-spot to Zakk Miller on lap-1. Amazingly, Miller has failed to earn a pole since Watkins Glen, ending a streak of six in ten events during the summer-stretch. Despite the lack of front-row starts, their race-pace hasn't slowed, leading a lap in six of their last eight races. Seeing Team Danger Zone up front is a good omen for points-leade Zach Michael, mired in 40th-place by lap ten in an attempt to save tires. 

Alex Crapser's #04 Pennzoil Chevrolet was at the helm by lap-15. He and Tony Pizzaro attempted to pull away from the field, gapping the pack by a full two-seconds before the tires gave way. Johnny Reed Foley, Matt Raboin and John Battista had caught them, with Raboin's Valvoline Viper taking the top-spot away on lap-52. The #87 Quantum Racing team hasn't earned a top-3 finish since their victory at California in March, hoping to climb up the standings from their current 8th-place spot.

Mike Carroll, Scott Jackson, Tony Gunk, Trae Larkin, Jimmie Stevens, David Butterworth, Mark Heron, Rob Scarberry, Donald Stewart, Kevin Corbat, Ken Joynt, Molemar Diggs, Jonathan Skrabacz and Dalton Lucas all fell down a lap after the first round of pit stops. Zach Michael, Timothy McDonnell and Ryan Heuser fought defiantly to stay ahead of Raboin before the cycle, succeeding, though having to overcome the same obstacle for the second green flag run. Up front, Wendy's man John Battista passed Raboin for the lead, setting a blistering pace.

The #39 Lucas Racing Chevrolet lapped third-in-points Timothy McDonnell on lap-98! Fourth-in-points Ryan Heuser went down on lap-131, with points leader Zach Michael well in sight. Amazingly, Michael would hold Battista off for the remainder of the stint, only to lose his lap under the second green-flag stop. He was still running 16th, a good 23-spots gained from his 39th starting position. McDonnell came out of the pits in 22nd, with Heuser extending his fuel run, coming out 27th with fresher rubber. Johnny Reed Foley was fifth, in a virtual tie with Michael for the standings lead.

Dakota Wilkins came out on top! He pitted early, inheriting a five-second advantage over John Battista, with Ben Geer, Ken Pettit and Johnny Reed Foley in tow. Wilkins would win the Halfway Bacon Bonus, as he and Battista pulled to an enormous lead by lap-215, lapping everyone in the field through the seventh-place car. Battista re-took the top-spot after the next round of stops, with several drivers gaining their lap back by pitting early, including Ryan Heuser and Zach Michael. John Tharp used the same strategy, occupying the second position.

Johnny Reed Foley takes the lead! Five bonus-points while Zach Michael goes back a lap down. He and Ryan Heuser pitted earlier than Battista, with Heuser inheriting second-place after a masterful full-lap gain over the field, all under green! Then, disaster struck. John Tharp and Cristian Torres make contact entering turn-3, clipping Tony Gunk as all three wallop the outside wall. Torres gets knocked by Matthew Dominique and fifth-place Ken Pettit as the #26 slides onto the racing groove, with Logan Sheets, Zakk Miller, Mike Carroll and Tony Pizzaro failing to avoid. Most of the cars were parked over the banking transition, with smoke billowing towards the frontstretch grandstands. Tharp, Torres, Dominique, Carroll, Pettit and Sheets all failed to continue.

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Qualifying Results

The kernels are poppin'! Zach Michael, Johnny Reed Foley, Timothy McDonnell and Ryan Heuser ain't stoppn'! 123 points divide the top-three Championship contenders, with Heuser looking for victory #8. Zach Michael and Timothy McDonnell finished 11th and 18th here in the spring, with Foley out with a blown engine. Look for better luck to befall them this week. The AC-Delco squad hasn't finished a race here since 2023, nearly costing Foley the 2024 title! Look for a more conservative gear ratio this week. Adam Crapser sweeps both Rockingham poles, in shades of Markell Murphy in 2024! Marvel-man Jeremy Hebel occupies the outside, hoping to extend his short-track luck to The Rock. Foley grids 8th. McDonnell starts 22nd. Zach and Ryan will kickoff 39th and 35th after near-spins off the tight turn-2 corner. Good luck to all 45 teams in the Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400!

2025 Chase Results (Eight Events)

Points Standings (After 34 of 36 Events)
1. Zach Michael: - (+1)
2. Johnny Reed Foley: -42 (-1)
3. Timothy McDonnell: -106
4. Ryan Heuser: -123 (+3)
5. Tony Pizzaro: -155 (-1)
6. Rick Jackson: -195 (-1)
7. Craig Lee: -247 (-1)
8. Matt Raboin: -264
9. Alex Crapser: -338
10. Adam Crapser: -372

Friday, November 21st, 4:00 ET