Extravamania spread througout the skies of Chicagoland Speedway, ready for an event proportionate to the likes of a Babe Ruth grand slam at the local ball game. Enjoy your hot dog, as it is time to see if anyone can dethrone King Heuser as Emperor of Extravaganza after 16 hard-knuckle weeks.

Race Results

Points Standings

Schedule

Despite several attempts from Tim McDonnell to take the lead on the first green flag run, pole-sitter Tony Pizzaro was able to lead the first 45 laps of the event. With a massive run on the high-side of lap 46, Ken Pettit flew by on the backstraightaway and took position #1.

Ken remained in first place until the first caution flag on lap 88. Rick Jackson had the better pit stop, coming out first and leading all but one lap through lap 119. He followed the draft of Tim McDonnell ahead, who had lost four laps after his engine stalled several laps earlier. Rick would hand his lead to teammate Dave Butterworth who stayed out on old tires.

The lap-87 caution was violent. Johnny Reed Foley and John Battista made contact entering turn 1. Battista slammed head-first into the wall, drifting down into traffic and shunting into Scott Deutsch head-on in a massive collision. Braindon Raines then hit the Deutsch machine, ending the day of the #39 and #16, while Raines limped to 30th. The second caution was about to be a Zach Michael lead change before making contact with Ken Pettit in the same corner. Zach went from second to last after a deja-vu collision in the same corner and angle destroyed the front end of his automobile. The #20 team would work on the car all day long to get it up to speed, pulling off a miracle 8th place finish. Ken would limp to 21st after a dominating start.

Michael Henson and Alex Crapser rubbed fenders entering turn 3 on lap 155. The ensuing chaos saw the chicken machine slammed the outside wall and flip four times before coming to a halt in the racing groove. Craig Lee and Aaron Cummings suffered minor damage as well, with the #04 finishing 25th and the #144 in 31st position after the incident.

Ken Pettit stayed out on old tires on lap 127, gaining back his track position after the accident and taking the lead once more. He would keep it for 17 more laps before the four-tire mania came trucking through. For 16 laps, Ryan Heuser was at the point. Matthew Dominique used the lapped car of Aaron Cummings as a pick to float by on the inside lane on lap 160 to take his first lead of the race. Bill Werkhesier would draft him for 18 laps before making a pass on the backstretch, putting the #6 up front while still drafting the lapped #22 car to pull away from the field.

A Tony Pizzaro and William Perry crash in turn-3 bunched the field back up for it's most miraculous crash of the day. Matthew Dominique took the lead back under green flag pit stops, and was lucky enough to be ahead of the madness that ensued. Alan Nesfeder made contact with points leader Ryan Heuser battling for the 5th position. Ryan hit head-on and tagged Rick Jackson along for a spin. Rob Scarberry and Brandon Raines made heavy contact with the stopped #78 machine. As Scarberry attempted to limp to the pits, Brodrick Wittmann devoured Heuser at full speed, ricocheting the #138 into the #42 at violent force, while Wittmann went for a series of 9 barrel-rolls. It would be a doomed 32nd place finish for King Heuser.

Matthew Dominique led the race through until 30 to go. His car lost a cylinder while leading and was forced to make a pit stop, handing the lead to Johnny Reed Foley. Dominique went on to finish 27th after leading the most laps. In better news, Steven Spears was challenging for the lead for the first time at a non-plate track, hoping to become the dark-horse of the decade with a victory today.

Battling the lapped car of Tim McDonnell, Foley lost grip on the bottom lane and handed the top to Matt Raboin. The two raced side-by-side for two straight laps before Randy Dobbins found a hole in the middle grove. He would take the top-spot coming out of turn-4 after saving his tires throughout the run.

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