16 lottery players revealed for chance at $1 million in NASCAR Powerball Playoff™
16 lottery players revealed for chance at $1 million in NASCAR Powerball Playoff™
$1 million drawing to be broadcast live from 2025 NASCAR Championship Weekend™
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(Aug. 23, 2025) – The NASCAR Powerball Playoff™ has returned with a new group of lottery players locked in for the chance to win $1 million at the NASCAR Cup Series Championship™ Race on Nov. 2 at Phoenix Raceway®.
The 16 lottery players advancing in the national Powerball® promotion were revealed today during the broadcast of the Coke Zero Sugar 400™ at Daytona International Speedway™ on NBC. The lottery players in the Round of 16, include:
- Franklin Bangurah – Johnson City, TN
- Dianne Brandon – Baker, LA
- Francisco Javier Erives – Jetmore, KS
- Daryle Fair – Columbia, SC
- Patricia Hockaday – Raleigh, NC
- Tomorrow Huff – Houston, TX
- Alex Kamzalow – Tarentum, PA
- Ronald Mikus – New York Mills, NY
- Alana Neville – Milesville, SD
- Bradley Pansy – Neenah, WI
- Ronald Perreault, Jr. – Coventry, RI
- Todd Smith – N. Waterboro, ME
- Cynthia Steckel – Phoenix, AZ
- Samuel Szomstein – Aventura, FL
- Lisa Tyson – Willmar, MN
- David Zettlemoyer – Magnolia, DE
Over the next few months, the NASCAR Powerball Playoff field of lottery players will be reduced through a series of elimination drawings that mirror the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs™. The NASCAR Powerball Playoff field will be cut from 16 to 12 to 8 to four finalists. Each cut will be announced during select NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs races, with the players winning cash prizes based on their elimination position.
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Powerball Playoff Drawings |
Date |
Race Announcement |
Notes |
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Round of 16 |
Aug. 23 |
Coke Zero Sugar 400, Daytona Intl Speedway, Daytona, FL |
16 semi-finalists advance |
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Round of 12 |
Sept. 13 |
Bass Pro Shops Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN |
12 semi-finalists advance 4 eliminated win $2,500 |
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Round of 8 |
Oct. 5 |
Bank of America ROVAL™ 400, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC |
8 semi-finalists advance 4 eliminated win $5,000 |
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Championship 4 |
Oct. 26 |
NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Race, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA |
4 finalists advance & win VIP trip 4 eliminated win $7,500 |
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$1 Million Championship |
Nov. 2 |
NASCAR Cup Series Championship, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, AZ |
(1) $1 million winner (3) $10,000 winners |
The remaining four finalists win a VIP trip for two to NASCAR Championship Weekend™ at Phoenix Raceway®, Oct. 31 – Nov. 2. In addition, the four lottery players 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 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 the 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.
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.
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Contacts:
Anna Domoto
Multi-State Lottery Association
515-453-1401
Matt Nordby
NASCAR Communications
704-293-1281