Caskets from the Indian burial grounds rise to the surface, sending shockwaves across the bleachers! Rainwater desecrates the infield, turning the garage area into a pool of the dead. The Yellow Brick Road 500 will be postponed to Friday, October 10th, 4:00 ET.

Points Standings (After 30 of 36 Events)
1. Johnny Reed Foley: -
2. Zach Michael: -29
3. Tony Pizzaro: -112 (+3)
4. Rick Jackson: -133 (-1)
5. Timothy McDonnell: -158 (+3)
6. Matt Raboin: -188 (+3)
7. Craig Lee: -208
8. Ryan Heuser: -209 (-4)
9. Alex Crapser: -235 (-4)
10. Adam Crapser: -240

The hills of the Monadnock countryside to the west and the Man on the Mountain to the north! Celebrities Ronnie James Dio, Franklin Pierce and Chip Kelly once resided near the wondrous Bob Bahre built facility, tearing down trees in place of asphalt immortality in the late 1980's. "We were going to build a track at Fenway Park." said Bob's cousin Fredrick. "The Citgo sign was to be converted into a scoreboard! But when Buckner missed the ball, the facility became hostile for years and we had to bail out."

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Celebrity musician Peter Frampton was at the facility, rejoicing in the "fine wines and cheeses" of the luxury box. "I lost my guitar pick inside the caviar." said Frampton. "I tried eating it with a fork, but a 100-year old woman named Dolores slapped me with her wallet in dismay! She gave me some chop-sticks, as I struggled mightily to pick up the fish-eyed delicacy. As they laughed and hollered, Dolores took off her suit and was Steven Spock in disguise, playing me as a fool! He handed me the guitar pick, telling me to stick to Sauerkraut and Tea."

Steven Spock's pre-race benediction was a Ryan Heuser victory! It would be his seventh of 2025, hoping to end his duel-race mulligans at Las Vegas and Bristol and climb back into the Championship hunt. Zach Michael won the pole, entering just 23-points behind leader Johnny Reed Foley, currently mired deep in the pack. The #20 Coca-Cola Danger Zone Mustang led the entre 78-lap stretch, defying pass attempts by Bink Lucas and John Battista.

John Battista's Wendy's "baconator" crew dominates the stop! A three-second gap over Michael out of the pits, with tires burning the hands of tire changer Biff Stewart. "I converted a pair of oven mitts into a glove" said Biff. "Unfortunately, the rubber burned through the neoprene, igniting my index finger." After the stop, he celebrated by waving his finger in the air, looking like ET. "We'll buy some Dave's Quadruple's after the race" said Battista, proud of the  accomplishment.

A Craig Lee blown tire brought the field to a halt! He'd limp to a 31st-place finish, maintaining seventh in the standings but dropping 208-points back to leader Johnny Reed Foley. Up front, Bink Lucas, Geno Sphere, Markell Murphy, Ryan Heuser and Ken Pettit all took two-tires, dropping Battista to fifth for the lap-99 restart. Murphy would pass him on lap-118, holding his ground before Ryan Heuser took the point just ten laps later. Steven Spock's benediction may hold true!

Dan Johnston blows a tire during green flag stops! Early-race dominators Ryan Heuser, Bink Lucas, Ken Pettit and Johnny Reed Foley get trapped a lap down, forcing an aggressive approach for the following stint. Alex Crapser, John Tharp, Steven Spears and Dakota Wilkins would take that approach, crashing off of turn-2 as leaders Jeremy Hebel and Timothy McDonnell plow into the aftermath! Both would continue on, with Crapser, Spears, Jimmie Stevens, Rod Weston and Rob Scarberry failing to continue. Crapser dropped from fifth to ninth in the standings, using his last mulligan with six races left.

Ryan Heuser gets slammed! He and Ken Pettit fly into the spinning carnage of Scott Jackson and Rob Scarberry, combining for 100 years of expertise and skill. Despite this, both cars slid back into traffic, slamming Heuser's left-front fender and destroying the brake assembly and radiator. Pettit would decapitate his front grill, as he, Heuser and Scarberry were towed to the garage. The #138 NOS Energy Chevrolet fell to eighth in the standings, enduring a third-straight DNF after their victory in the Southern 500.

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Points Standings (After 29 of 36 Events)
1. Rick Jackson: - (+2)
2. Johnny Reed Foley: -18
3. Zach Michael: -35 (+1)
4. Ryan Heuser: -81 (-3)
5. Timothy McDonnell: -130 (+4)
6. Tony Pizzaro: -149
7. Craig Lee: -159 (-2)
8. Alex Crapser: -193 (-1)
9. Adam Crapser: -224 (-1)
10. Matt Raboin: -243

The Bristol Motor Speedway provides all extremes! Food, beverages, hot dogs, cinnamon sticks, chips, soft crust pizza, pretzels, crab rangoon and more! "We ate at the Chinese buffet across the turn-three grandstand" said super-fan Dick Wisen. "The beef was undercooked, but the duck sauce was a 10 out of 10!" Nobody loves duck sauce more than Ryan Heuser, clinching his third pole of 2025 while attempting to re-take the points lead from Rick Jackson!

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Three green flag waves, blinding the drivers with flash-bulbs in the grandstand! "It was like staring at the sun" said Heuser, relinquishing the lead to Matt Raboin after his temporary blindness. Matt and teammate Matthew Dominique would swap the lead during the first stint, with three-wide action creating chaos towards the rear. Title contenders Zach Michael, Craig Lee and Timothy McDonnell battle frantically to fly through the field, struggling outside the top-35.

Matthew Dominique took his first lead of the night on lap-75, getting re-passed on lap-114 after battling Craig Lee, David Butterworth, Donald Stewart and Bink Lucas; mired at the tail-end of the lead lap. Rod Weston's #56 NAPA Dodge took the point one lap later, leading his third race of 2025 in hopes of passing Tony Gunk for 40th in the standings. He wouldn't remain here long, getting re-passed by Dominique the following circuit.

Matt Raboin re-assumes the advantage on lap-122, handing the spot back to Weston before a hard-charging Mark Heron comes into view. Heron enjoyed a career race during the Food City 500 in the spring, leading 92-laps early before dropping to 18th. He would pass Matthew Dominique on lap-137, dominating the remaining stint and lapping the field through 30th-place. Title contenders Zach Michael, Timothy McDonnell and Craig Lee all fell down a lap to the #01 Energizer Chevrolet.

The points leader blows! Rick Jackson suffered a cataclysmic night, crawling to 27th-place after his sub-par qualifying effort. He'd finish dead-last, dropping to third in the standings in a psychological blow from the Gods! Johnny Reed Foley acquired the points lead, standing atop the mountain for the first time since his Championship party at Homestead. He'd ride around inside the top-20, with Mark Heron capturing his first career Halfway-Bacon Bonus!

An Alan Nesfeder crash on lap-298 brings out the second caution flag. An impressive low-attrition night under the lights, with Nesfeder and Zakk Miller making contact entering turn-1. Title contender Tony Pizzaro swerved high, slapping the #78 radiator-first but continuing on through. A backstretch spin by Geno Sphere nearly took out Alex Crapser, eventually finishing an impressive seventh despite limited speed all night. He and Matt Raboin were the only two title-men to finish inside the top-10, rubber-banding the standings with seven races left.

Ryan Heuser blows! A horrid break after the Rick Jackson detonation, failing to finish his second straight event after duel-victories at Richmond and the Southern 500. Despite the horrid luck, the #138 NOS Energy Chevrolet only fell to fourth in points , still a race-distance from leader Johnny Reed Foley. Dan Johnston and Michael Henson also fell to the gremlins, dropping to 32nd and 33rd in the standings. Henson stands just 36 points ahead of Ben Geer for 36th in owners points, hoping to keep the Shake N' Bake Racing team afloat with a guaranteed spot in the Daytona 500.

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Points Standings (After 28 of 36 Events)
1. Rick Jackson: - (+2)
2. Johnny Reed Foley: -18
3. Zach Michael: -35 (+1)
4. Ryan Heuser: -81 (-3)
5. Timothy McDonnell: -130 (+4)
6. Tony Pizzaro: -149
7. Craig Lee: -159 (-2)
8. Alex Crapser: -193 (-1)
9. Adam Crapser: -224 (-1)
10. Matt Raboin: -243

The sands of Las Vegas burn! Lizards catch on fire, while scorpions crawl to the local McDonald's too use the ice machine. "My snow cone didn't just melt, it evaporated!" said drag racer Don Prudhomme, carrying his half-liquified cone. "They wouldn't give me a refund, so I poured Coors Light in it and used it as a cup." Other fans poured jiffy pop into the cones, gratifying their culinary cravings in immaculate style!

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Timothy McDonnell starts on the pole; his first since the Southern 500 in 2022. A dry-spell of the Gods, with the #22 Caterpillar CFM Motorsports Volkswagen hoping to earn it's first victory in over two years! Like an overcooked patty with Squidward at the grill, the burnt devastation of winless woes has given this team more determination to win the title! McDonnell comes in 144-points back of leader Ryan Heuser.

The green flag waves! Several attempts by Zakk Miller, Adam Crapser and John Battista to possess the lead were thwarted, seeing the #22 Caterpillar Volkswagen up front for the first 47-laps. Towards the rear, title contenders Alex Crapser and Tony Pizzaro tangle on the frontstretch, gliding across the outside wall and out of harms way. They would crawl to 37th and 38th place, dropping to sixth and eighth in points.

An immaculate four-tire change puts Zakk Miller and the Bepis #30 on top! He'd lead the following 55 laps, pressured by Dakota Wilkins and John Battista for the entirety of the run. Then, disaster struck. Matt Raboin slaps the outside wall off of turn-4, spinning in front of the pack before points leader Ryan Heuser and teammate Craig Lee pulverize the Valvoline Viper! Raboin went for a violent flip across the start-finish line and back onto his wheels, while black smoke poured out of both NOS Energy Chevrolet's. 

Ryan Heuser dropped from first to fourth in the standings, devastated by horrid luck while failing to lead a lap. Craig Lee dropped from fifth to seventh, with Matt Raboin enduring his second-straight finish outside the top-35 to begin the Chase. Up front, Dakota Wilkins would inherit the lead, holding off CFM teammates Timothy McDonnell and Johnny Reed Foley in a race to the Halfway-Bacon Bonus!

The low-groove comes in! Most of the early-race passing was performed on the outside, with Johnny Reed Foley navigating from 33rd to 2nd by running where everyone else feared to tread. On lap-128, he'd work past Dakota Wilkins for the top-spot, leading his fifth straight event in hopes of taking the points lead after Heuser's misfortune. The #3 AC-Delco Chevrolet earned the Halfway Slab, leading the field without challenge through lap-148.

Johnny Reed Foley gets turned! Contact from the lapped car of Matthew Dominique sends the leader for a wild-ride on the backstretch, losing his rear-end with Dakota Wilkins inheriting the lead. A mortifying crash involving Jimmie Stevens, Dalton Lucas, Geno Sphere, Mark Heron, Chauncey Redmond Jr., Alan Nesfeder, Mike Carroll, Michael Henson and Ken Joynt brought out th next caution flag. Miraculously, only Stevens and Lucas were done for the day, leaving the hard-luck title-contenders little attrition to gain.

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Adam Crapser celebrates his Chase birth with a trip to the cinema! He and crew stayed up all morning, waiting for a movie called "Closed". By 8 AM they realized that the movie theatre is closed. The #4 Green Bay Packers crew prepared for qualifying later that afternoon, with a comatose driver at the wheel putting up the eighth best time. Brother Alex earned provisional-pole before Matt Raboin stole the show! The #87 Valvoline put up a 27.819, earning his first pole-position since Martinsville in 2023.

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Markell Murphy enjoyed a crab rangoon meal before the race. By lap-2, he was ready for the porta-john! Crew chief "Two-Can" Sam Elliott coaches his driver through the catastrophe, telling his driver to "hold it in" and "pretend your not sick". Murphy wouldn't have it! The dashboard was filled with regurgitation by the first pit stop, dropping to 39th after cleaning the gauges.

Matt Raboin dominates the first stint, holding off several charges from Alex Crapser before Ryan Heuser took the helm on lap-15. A debris caution on lap-27 puts Mark Heron at the helm after a two-tire stop, leading his first race since their miracle run at Bristol. He'd stay afloat after the restart before Chauncey Redmond Jr. took the helm. By lap-50, he'd pull to a five-second advantage, hoping to become the second driver in 2025 with three trips to victory lane!

Three-wide action prevailed throughout the race! Alex Crapser, Adam Crapser and John Battista suffered through a mid-pack excursion, watching the rest of the field pull away as teammate Dalton Lucas glides inside the top-10 after a two-tire stop. Ryan Heuser leads the four-tire brigade, crawling to the 15th position by lap-70. Up front, Jeremy Hebel, Rick Jackson and Ben Geer close in on leader Chauncey Redmond Jr.

The #64 New England Patriots Chevrolet laps the title contenders! Chauncey blows by Alex Crapser on lap-100, regretting his four-tire strategy. He passes Craig Lee on lap-112. Adam Crapser, still tired from his movie-theatre excursion on Friday, goes down on lap-118. Champions Timothy McDonnell and Tony Pizzaro fall to the wayside on lap-123, handing the "new guard" their due as Chauncey makes the veterans look elderly and even dead!

While most of the veterans lay in their coffin, Rick Jackson starts to catch the #64! He'd pull to within a second by lap-160, only to endure a broken jack on his green flag stop. By the halfway lap, Chauncey was ahead by eight seconds, with Rick holding off his cousin Scott for third. A miracle run for the #70 ATEUP team, arguably Scott's best run of the year at a track he's dominated in the past. Bink Lucas dropped debris on lap-195, bringing out the second yellow flag.

25-cars remained on the lead lap! Alex Crapser, Timothy McDonnell, Adam Crapser, Matt Raboin and Tony Pizzaro were trapped, leaving Rick Jackson, Johnny Reed Foley, Craig Lee, Ryan Heuser and Zach Michael in contention for a huge points-advantage after the first week. Up front, Rick Jackson finally made it by Chauncey Redmond Jr. for the lead! Johnny Reed Foley, Ben Geer and John Tharp also flew by Redmond, apparently cracking a cylinder under the yellow. By lap-270, the engine blew. 169 laps led was the best performance of Redmond's career, falling to the wayside while joining John Battista, Ken Pettit, Bink Lucas and Mike Carroll in the garage.

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The Southern 500 is seen as a vortex of Extravaganza Championship glory! It's also perceived as the deli-slicer of pain, ending some title hopes after week one. Ryan Heuser, Tony Pizzaro, Zach Michael, Rick Jackson, Craig Lee, Adam Crapser, Timothy McDonnell, Alex Crapser and Matt Raboin each pray to survive the first round with a top-20 finish. A victory earns them $10,000,000 and a probable points lead, earning a mulligan or three during the final stretch. Only the #4 Green Bay Packers Lucas Racing Chevrolet is in uncharted ground, making the chase for the first time since his 2019 debut. He will start eighth. Contenders Matt Raboin and brother Alex Crapser occupy the front row for the green.
Friday, September 5th, 4:00 ET