Half the field eliminated: 8 players speed ahead in NASCAR Powerball Playoff

JOHNSTON, Iowa (Oct. 5, 2025) – Eight lottery players have advanced in the NASCAR Powerball Playoff™, with two elimination drawings remaining before a $1 million champion is revealed!

Powerball® and NASCAR® announced today, during the Bank of America ROVAL™ 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on USA Network, the eight lottery players who made it past the latest elimination drawing. The eight lottery players advancing in the national Powerball promotion, include:

•             Franklin Bangurah – Johnson City, TN

•             Francisco Javier Erives – Jetmore, KS

•             Daryle Fair – Columbia, SC

•             Patricia Hockaday – Raleigh, NC

•             Alex Kamzalow – Tarentum, PA

•             Bradley Pansy – Neenah, WI

•             Ronald Perreault, Jr. – Coventry, RI

•             Todd Smith – N. Waterboro, ME

The four lottery players eliminated from the NASCAR Powerball Playoff have each won $5,000, they include:

•             Tomorrow Huff – Houston, TX

•             Alana Neville – Milesville, SD

•             Cynthia Steckel – Phoenix, AZ

•             Samuel Szomstein – Aventura, FL

The next elimination drawing will determine the four finalists who will win a VIP trip for two to NASCAR Championship Weekend™ at Phoenix Raceway®, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2. In addition, the four finalists will have a 1 in 4 chance to win $1 million in a special drawing televised live on NBC before the start of the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship™ Race.

The four finalists will be announced during the Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Oct. 26. The race will air live on NBC, HBO Max, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio at 2 p.m. ET. The four players eliminated from the Playoff at that time will win $7,500 each.

The VIP trip includes roundtrip airfare for two to Phoenix, three nights hotel accommodations – double occupancy, two Ally Curve Hospitality Club passes for both the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race on Nov. 1 and the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race on Nov. 2, two passes for VIP experiences at Phoenix Raceway during NASCAR Championship Weekend including NASCAR Cup Series™ VIP access, NASCAR team hauler tour, MRN radio booth tour, pace car rides, Victory Lane access, all meals, and ground transportation to scheduled events and activities.

Each lottery player entered the national Powerball promotion through a participating state lottery. Lotteries that participated in the 2025 NASCAR Powerball Playoff, include Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana (Hoosier), Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Last year, Louisiana Lottery player Meagan Lewis, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was declared the NASCAR Powerball Playoff Champion and $1 million winner in a special drawing broadcast live from Phoenix Raceway before the start of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race.

Players can also follow the NASCAR Powerball Playoff on Facebook, Instagram, and online at Powerball.com.

About Powerball

Powerball^® holds the current world record for largest national lottery jackpot at $2.04 billion. Since its first drawing in 1992, the game has helped generate more than $36 billion for good causes supported by U.S. lotteries. More than half of all proceeds from the sale of a Powerball ticket remain in the jurisdiction where the ticket was sold. Powerball tickets are $2 per play. Tickets are sold in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Powerball drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. ET from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. Powerball drawings are also live streamed on Powerball.com.

About NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is the sanctioning body for the No. 1 form of motorsports in the United States and owner of 14 of the nation’s major motorsports entertainment facilities. NASCAR sanctions races in three national series (NASCAR Cup Series™, NASCAR Xfinity Series™, and NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series™), four international series (NASCAR Brasil Series, NASCAR Canada Series, NASCAR Euro Series, NASCAR Mexico Series), four regional series (ARCA Menards Series, ARCA Menards Series East & West and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour) and a local grassroots series (NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series). The International Motor Sports Association™ (IMSA®) governs the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship™, the premier U.S. sports car series. NASCAR also owns Motor Racing Network, Racing Electronics, and ONE DAYTONA. Based in Daytona Beach, Florida, with offices in five cities across North America, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,200 races annually in 11 countries and more than 30 U.S. states.

For more information visit www.NASCAR.com and www.IMSA.com, and follow NASCAR on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, X and Facebook.