Truitt, Creasman clinch VMP Triple Threat MegaBucks wins

Phillip Truitt and Will Creasman ended the weekend as winners at Virginia Motorsports Park for their Triple Threat Bracket Series MegaBucks event.

NORTH DINWIDDIE, VA – The final event of the 2025 Triple Threat Bracket Series concluded over the weekend at Virginia Motorsports Park, attracting racers to come and race for some big money. The weekend consisted of a $10,000-to-win warm-up on Thursday, a $50,000-to-win race on Friday, and then a combined $75,000-to-win race on Saturday.

Will Creasman and Phillip Truitt both parked it in the winner’s circle to headline the weekend. Read more about the event below!

Triple Threat Bracket Series Results

Thursday

Will Creasman picked up the first trophy of the weekend as the $10K Warm-Up champion after defeating Will Dotson in the all-dragster final round. Dotson was .003 under his dial-in, as Creasman went 4.417 on his 4.40 dial-in to head to the winner’s circle.

Rick Hustwayte was the semi-finalist.

Friday

Phillip Truitt swept the field on Friday for the $50,000 trophy and the big check in the final round, defeating Ray Miller III in the final round. Truitt threw down a .004 package by the way of a .001 reaction time and a 5.433 on his 5.43 dial-in to lock out Miller, even though he was dead-on his 4.65 dial-in.

Doug Foley Jr. and Dustin Smiley were the semi-finalists.

Saturday

$50,000 Saturday and $25,000 Sunday were combined to a $75,000-to-win event due to the chance of potential weather on Sunday. As the round of 14 rolled into the tunnel, Mother Nature began to fall. The total purse was split between the remaining racers – Michael Adams, Andy Lloyd, Joe Julsrud, Kevin Burkett, Brian Pryor, Joe Gary, Kenny Snyder, Charles Careccia, Russ Sparks, Shane Maddox, Luke Harris, Bug McCarty, Kyle Hustwayte, and Will Creasman.

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.

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