Qualifying Results
Last season, Johnny Reed Foley pulled off a miraculous dema-dodge move on the final green flag lap to pass a crashing Tim McDonnell and Dale Rosendaul for the win. He is in need of another victory at Daytona, already behind the 8-ball in the championship race. He is currently only 44 points out of the chase cutoff, but four points-positions behind in what may be the closest regular season chase battle in Extravaganza history. Jimmie Stevens fell off the mountain during the Pocono duels and Nashville, dropping him to 11th in the standings. Behind, him in 12th, John Tharp has gone from no-man's land to euphoria after three 2nd-place finishes in the last five events. Where will the momentum lie down the final seven-race stretch? It all starts here at the Super-Center of Speed!

Current Points Positions
7. Matt Raboin: +77
8. Alex Crapser: +31
9. Scott Jackson: +27
10. Zach Michael: +7
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11. Jimmie Stevens: -7
12. John Tharp: -29
13. Rick Jackson: -37
14. Johnny Reed Foley: -44
15. Dave Miller: -77
16. Zakk Miller: -106

Craig Lee is on the pole with his QSM teammate Ryan Heuser on the outside front-row. They've won two of the last three events, and look to dominate the final restrictor plate race of the regular season. Both drivers are well within distance of clinching their spot, boding well for a nothing-to-lose mentality and an aggressive demeanor on the racetrack. Everybody is looking to end the Lucas Racing sweep on the restrictor plate race tracks. Look for a surprise winner to capture the feat.

Sunday, July 25th, 9:00 PM ET

The second race in the Pocono mountains starts with yesterday's winner Ryan Heuser on the pole. He's one of the strongest cars at Pocono in every event, as he looks to claw his way towards the front of the standings. He looks to be the second driver in two years to sweep the Pocono duel events.

Race Results

Points Standings

Schedule

Ryan Heuser's car immediately blows up on the start, leaving the rest of the field with a huge advantage going in. He will battle attrition and finish in 38th place. Dakota Wilkins amazingly took the green up front and led the first two laps before Tony Pizzaro put him back into the pack.

With Rick Jackson battling for his chance at the Championship, the wick turned up for the #44 machine. His teammates were in the mix already, with Johnny Reed Foley as the only cog in the bunch. Ken Pettit would make a three-wide move for the lead in the tunnel turn early, proving he was ready to dominate the masses.

The first portion of the race saw Race-2-Win cars dominating the top-5, Foley looking to redeem himself after his Duel #1 accident. He would take the lead, only to see John Battista blow by with seemingly the fastest car in the field with Heuser out. He and Pettit  would hash it out, with Ken leading 13 laps and JB 11 by the races end.

Craig Lee and Scott Jackson became a factor after saving their tires during the first fuel run. Lee was uncompetitive during the first event, but looked to hold the forst for the QSM bunch after the early misfortune. Jackson was ready to roll himself, looking for his fourth victory of the season to continue the lack-of-drought streak in 2021.

Lee and Ken pettit duked it out for several laps, with each driver looking for redemption over the next. Ken has not won a race in two-and-a-half years, though staying consistent through the battle. Lee just won at Nashville, and looks to overtake the points lead from Pizzaro and McDonnell to earn those fabulous chase bonus points.

Johnny Reed Foley and William Perry make contact mid-way through the race. Another turn-1 accident sends Foley into the outside wall for the second race in-a-row. Amazingly, he would rebound back to finish third, though still drop to 14th in the standings.

A huge wreck after the restart started with Alex Crapser and Zach Michael making contact entering the tunnel turn. As Michael slid slightly out of harms way and into the barrier, Crapser was pulverized by the field. 

The #04 flew into the air, while Aaron Cummings went for the wildest ride of the season in the middle of the tunnel turn apron. He flipped over 2 times a second for several barrel-rolls before coming to a stop. Fortunately, Cummings was okay after the accident, though finished 41st.

The final green flag run were dominated by John Tharp, as Craig Lee sailed back nearly outside the top-10. Zakk Miller took the lead with just a few laps to go, as he and Tharp swapped places several times. John Battista took four tires on the previous caution, flew near the top-10 before getting bumped in the tunnel turn. He mbattled back, and took the lead outright from Tharp with less than three laps to go.

John Battista and Ryan Heuser have been neck-and-neck on the led laps, points and victories all season long. Battista would cruise to the finish line in first and tie Ryan with the most victories on the season with four. Congrats to John, crew chief Lew Money, and the entire Lucas Racing team for an excellent victory!

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Qualifying Results

Rookie of the Year leader Dakota Wilkins qualifies a career-best third for the second Pocono event tomorrow. He finished 41st in the first race with an engine failure, as purple nuts and bolts flew into the tunnel-turn bushes. His backup motor may be the dark-horse of the race. First race winner Ryan Heuser starts on the pole, looking to be the second driver in-a-row to sweep the Pocono Duels.

Up The Standings (After First Pocono Race)

Dave Miller: +2 (12th)

Rick Jackson: +2 (13th)

Mark Murphy: +2 (18th)

Jonathan Skrabacz: +2 (21st)

Ryan Heuser: +1 (4th)

Alex Crapser: +1 (7th)

Matt Raboin: +1 (9th)

Aaron Cummings: +1 (23rd)

David Butterworth: +1 (28th)

Dalton Lucas: +1 (30th)

Ben Geer: +1 (32nd)

Sunday, July 18th, 9:00 PM ET

The misty Pocono mountains fade as the sun arises to excellent Pocono Raceway action. The two points leaders await the green flag on the front row, as Craig Lee and the rest follow the draft line to a possible victory.

Race Results

Points Standings

Schedule

Scott Drake and Steven Lowe bring out the first two cautions quickly after check-ups entering turn 2. Randy Dobbins and Philip Parker were also involved in the melee's, and neither would recover to finish inside the top-35. Lowe and Drake would finish 24th and 37th by the end.

Tony Pizzaro and Tim McDonnell came in for tires during the multiple yellow flags. Dave Miller came out the leader entering the first green flag run, with John Battista and John Tharp each taking turns at the front.

Tharp, Johnny Reed Foley and Rick Jackson each dominated the run, with Pizzaro losing a lap after a blown tire in the tunnel-turn. McDonnell could only muster through the field up to 4th, as teammate Ben Geer followed through the pack in a Cinderella effort.

McDonnell, Geer, Ken Pettit and Alex Crapser bottled up to the front as Dave Miller lost grip on his older tires. Foley and Jackson both led double-digit laps by the end, and seemed to be the top-goers for the victory. It was proved as the wrong analysis quickly, as Ryan Heuser stole the show from nowhere to take his first lead of the race.

A battle for 2nd place with 39 laps to go turned deadly, as Foley and Pettit made contact entering the first corner battling for second. Foley slammed the outside wall rear-first as the oncoming chaos meandered passed the stopped AMP-mobile. Fortunately, he was not hit by oncoming traffic.

Zach Michael took the lead several laps after the restart. He and Ryan mustered enough horsepower to pull away from the pack with Ben Geer tagging along. It was a 3-wide melee for 4th between all three R2W and Team Danger Zone cars, who were clearly the cream of the crop other than Ryan and Ben.

Heuser and Michael swapped the lead six times before the final green flag stop with 12 laps to go. The #138 led a race-leading 40 laps while the #20 led 11 by the end. Geer followed the two in the awe of his dramatic top-3 performance. He had not recorded a top-13 all season.

Michael and Geer came in first, with Heuser in one lap later. The Domino's mobile came out over a second, but was reeled in by the "Rocket Man" in time for the final debris caution to come out. In the meantime, Johnny Reed Foley attempted to stretch the fuel all the way to the finish.

It was a three-lap shootout to the finish. Heuser and Michael were side-by-side for the entire first lap before the #138 took charge off of turn-3. Geer made his move past on the oncoming front-straightaway, as Michael was left to hold off his teammates and the R2W crowd to stay in 3rd.

Ben Geer came extremely close to victory, drafting up to the NOS Energy machine on the front-stretch coming to the checkered. The Quick-Silver horsepower ended up stealing the show, crossing the line in first and earning his league-leading 4th victory of the season. Congrats to Ryan, crew chief Mustard Mahoney, and the entire Quick-Silver Motorsports team for an excellent victory!

Pocono Organics 325 Video

Qualifying Results

Second-in-points Tim McDonnell has not recorded a top-7 finish in 9-straight events. Last season, he went from "Mr. Consistency" to "The McDoninator" after his Pocono sweep set him on course to his second-straight series title. Craig Lee closes in with 5 top-7 finishes in the same span, only 19 points behind McDonnell and 125 out of the lead. He will start the first Pocono race in 18th, as Tim and points leader Tony Pizzaro monopolize the front row. 

11th through 14th in points are separated by only 12 points in total, ranging from 73 to 85 points behind Matt Raboin for the cutoff with 9 races left in the regular season:

9. Scott Jackson: +91

10. Matt Raboin: +73

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11. Zach Michael: -73

12. John Tharp: -82

13. Johnny Reed Foley: -83

14. Dave Miller: -85

The two Pocono events take up 23% of the remaining races, as drivers remain vigilant to the Championship prize. Who can dethrone the American off-brand dominance in the second half of 2021? Perhaps nobody.

Friday, July 16th, 6:30 PM ET

A battle of epic proportion after the south-lands wildfires spread halfway across the country. Ryan Heuser enters the race on the pole and looking for forward momentum on his fourth Championship crown. Tony Pizzaro comes in the points leader, winning one of the Duel events while Tim McDonnell starts deep in the field.

Race Results

Points Standings

Schedule

Heuser leads the first segment of the event in hands-down fashion. McDonnell gets lapped early, leaving Craig Lee, John Battista, Ken Pettit  and Alex Crapser in line for advancement into the top-2 position in the standings. 24 cars would remain on the lead lap before 100 laps are complete.

Matthew Dominique and Rick Jackson make contact early to bring out the first caution. Alan Nesfeder and Steven Spears would also go for single car spins, with damage to the #78 as the cause of a 36th place finish. Fortunately, he would still finish ahead of Randy Dobbins and Bill Werkheiser in the points.

Dave Miller led 6 laps in between a segment of caution flags. Matt Raboin took over in no time, and eventually passed by the #138 car to put Ryan a lap down. He had made an unscheduled pit stop under yellow for a loose lug-nut, and struggled to find the handling afterwards. He would finish 31st on the night.

A backstretch accident saw Donald Stewart up on zero wheels, sliding the side of his racecar against the asphalt. Steven Spears and Zakk Miller sandwiched the #55 machine, sending Muzzy for another wild ride in 2021. He would finish the event 32nd in points.

Matt Raboin led 98 laps before a pass from Craig Lee in the later half of the event. Matt led 98 laps in total, leading 344 total short track laps on the season. Tony Pizzaro would take the reigns several laps later, as the #12 and #101 battled continuously through lapped traffic. 

Despite the roughneck racing between the top-2, they would become two of the only four cars on the lead lap. Zach Michael and Matt Raboin would battle for third right in front of the leaders. Before green flag stops, only the Pizzaro and Lee remained.

Half of the leaders pitted before a Rob Scarberry spin on the backstretch brought out the yellow flag after 100+ laps of green flag racing. Miraculously, Matthew Dominique, Ryan Heuser, Zach Michael and Scott Jackson all found themselves back on the lead lap. The Can-Bandit super-fuel engines of Ken Joynt and Mark Heron joined the parade as well.

Ken Joynt lost a lap after a spin in turn 3 in the ensuing restart. A Connor Germain spin sent the leaders for a frenzy trying to get by, as the #101 eeked by the Fenway machine to the caution line. It would be the final yellow of the race.

The final green flag run of the race was spread out. Craig Lee pulled from 3 to 5 seconds ahead of second place Matthew Dominique. Tony Pizzaro, Zach Michael and Scott Jackson has a multi-lap battle for third, with the #12 holding on to the position despite a Cola-charge on the penultimate lap. 

The NOS Energy machine was no match once he got to the front. It would be Craig's second short-track victory of the season, propelling him to just 125 points behind the leader in the 2021 standings. Congrats to Craig, crew chief Spook Millikan and the entire Quick-Silver Motorsports team for an excellent victory!

2021 Bepis 320 Race Video

Qualifying Results
With only 10 races left in the regular season, the chase race appears to be as tight as ever. Scott Jackson and Johnny Reed Foley have meandered their way to several straight top-10 finishes in-a-row, and have eeked their way into the top-10 in points. Matt Raboin and Dave Miller have been knocked out after crashes at Chicagoland, but are still on the borderline of Championship livelihood. Here are the standings between 9th through 12th:

9. Scott Jackson: +14
10. Johnny Reed Foley: +7
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11. Matt Raboin: -7
12. Dave Miller: -13

Tony Pizzaro enters the Fairgrounds 42 points ahead of Tim McDonnell for the Championship. Tim has still completed every lap this season. With the possibility of not making the feature, and the simplicity of going a lap down in a 320-lap short track race, the streak may end this week.

Every driver inside the top-16 in points made the Nashville Feature other than Jimmie Stevens. The Cinderella story will take a deep hit, handing the opportunity for Rick Jackson, Zach Michael, John Tharp, Dave Miller and Matt Raboin to fly inside the chase bubble. Here are the points accumulated for every driver that missed the big show:

52 Points: Jimmie Stevens (16th, Duel 2)
49 Points: Scott Deutsch (17th, Duel 1)
46 Points: Michael Henson (17th, Duel 2)
43 Points: Dakota Wilkins (19th, Duel 1)
40 Points: Randy Dobbins (19th, Duel 2)
37 Points: Bill Wekheiser (20th, Duel 1)
34 Points: Tony Long (20th, Duel 2)
31 Points: Glenn Kaufmann (21st, Duel 1)
28 Points: Brodrick Wittmann (21st, Duel 2)
25 Points: Jim Fitzmaurice (22nd, Duel 2)
22 Points: Bink Lucas (23rd, Duel 1)
19 Points: Jaxon Vaccher (24th, Duel 1)
16 Points: Brian Lowe (24th, Duel 2)
13 Points: David Baldinger (25th, Duel 1)
10 Points: Stephen Lowe (25th, Duel 2)
7 Points: Steven Davis (26th, Duel 1)
4 Points: Mark Guthrie (26th, Duel 2)
1 Point: Scott Drake (27th, Duel 2)

Sunday, July 11th, 9:00 PM ET

Race Results

Race Video

Race Results

Race Video

What was once a monument of success and fulfilled dreams turned into an inferno from the depths of the underworld. The fires have been tamed for the most part, as the cornfields of the mid-west plains and the Mississippi River diminished the spread. Racing will be underway in two weeks, as the grandstands need repair and the track surface ready for de-burning. "Piqua was 100 miles from obliteration" said Rick Jackson. "Thank goodness for gods' vegetable crop: the corncob". With the maize-fields considered the pinnacle reason for the wildfire's near-extinction, every fan from Duel #1 to the end of the Nashville feature will receive two corn cobs. One for feast, and one for waving in the air as their favorite driver roars past. 

Nashville Duel #1: Wednesday, July 7th: 7:00 PM (Qualifying Results)

Nashville Duel #2: Thursday, July 8th: 7:00 PM (Qualifying Results)

Last Chance Shootout: Friday, July 9th: 7:00 PM (Qualifying Results)

Nashville Feature: Sunday, July 11th: 9:00 PM