Cowboy hats and big checks claimed at FTD Customs’ End of the Year Extravaganza

McKay, Rich, Foley, Ledford, and Barnes picked up $40K wins and cowboy hats to lead FTD Customs’ End of the Year Extravaganza.

IMMOKALEE, FL – Racing in December continued at Immokalee Regional Raceway over the weekend where the FTD Customs’ End of the Year Extravaganza brought five days of jammed packed big money bracket racing. The weekend consisted of five $40,000-to-win events with several shootouts throughout.

Chase McKay, Paul Rich, Joe Foley, Mike Ledford, and Ryan Barnes led the weekend – wearing the cowboy hats proud in the winner’s circle for their $40K wins.

Read more below on the event winners!

Tuesday

Chase McKay claimed the first win of the weekend over Randy Folk in the final round. Folk had the slight starting line advantage, .012 to .015, but McKay was able to take the win with a 4.405 at 154 mph on his 4.39 dial-in.

Wednesday

Paul Rich picked up the second $40K of the weekend over Kenny Underwood in the final round. Underwood missed the tree up front and was mathematically ineligible as Rich was .021 total to drive to the winner’s circle.

Jeremy York and Blake Fuqua claimed the semi-finalists spots.

Thursday

Joe Foley continued on his hot streak and parked his brother’s truck in the winner’s circle for $40K and a cowboy hat over Billy Back in the final round. Foley had the starting line advantage, .012 to .042, and ran a 5.850 at 111 mph to grab the win.

Marie Muller and Mike Ledford claimed the semi-finalists spots.

Garrett Griffith grabbed the door-car shootout win over Brandon Powell in the final round.

Carl Birney and Logan Back were the semi-finalists.

Randy Banger Jr. took the dragster shootout win over Amanda Pearce in the final round.

Kyle Langley and Kyle Russell were the semi-finalists.

Caden Meuth grabbed the high-roller shootout win over Gage Burch in the final round.

Talon Farmer and Kyle Cultrera were the semi-finalists.

Friday

Mike Ledford took home the Friday night win over Gary Williams in the final round. Ledford had the starting line advantage, .009 to .022, and ran a 6.209 at 108 mph on his 6.21 dial-in for the double-breakout victory.

Jacob Knight and Bug McCarty were the semi-finalists.

Saturday

Ryan Barnes took home the last $40K win of the weekend over Bode Bennett in the final round. Bennett clicked it -.002 at the hit to hand the win over to Barnes, who was .014 up front and coasted to the stripe.

Cooper Chun and Talon Farmer were the semi-finalists.

Gage Burch claimed the high-roller shootout win over Logan Back in the final round.

Tyler Bohannon and Jeff Serra were the semi-finalists.

Justin Harrington took the low-roller shootout win over Brandon Williams in the final round.

Mike Nelson and Paul Truitt were the semi-finalists.

In the super high-roller shootout, it was Jeff Serra over Gage Burch in the final round.

Tracy Sons and Bug McCarty were the semi-finalists.

Congratulations to all winners and finalists from FTD Customs’ End of the Year Extravaganza at Immokalee Regional Raceway.

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An avid racer herself, Megan Strassweg, 28, sees her two worlds collide with DragChamp – journalism and drag racing. Megan resides in Evansville, IN, and she pilots a 2015 American Dragster in the NHRA North Central Division 3 Super Comp series, along with some local bracket racing on the side. Her passion for racing began early, having grown up at the racetrack, and she remains committed to the sport. When she’s not racing, you can find her working at WDRB News as a Digital Producer, playing with her two dogs – Clutch and Goose, or spending time with her friends and family.

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