Qualifying Results

The first night race at Chicagoland should provide excitement for the masses as Randy Dobbins looks to steal the show for the second straight season. Another dark horse Jim Fitzmaurice qualifies inside the top-20, with Steven Spears and Rob Scarberry also starting top-20 in the field. Ryan Heuser pulled a blistering lap of 28.667 and looks to dominate the show like he did in 2016. Up in the points, Tim McDonnell will start the race as the points leader, qualifying 14 positions ahead of current leader Tony Pizzaro. McDonnell was struggling in happy hour, leaving many to believe that the night conditions will be the downfall for the CAT crew in this event. Tim has still completed every lap in 2021.

Besides the top-4 in points (and Ken Pettit), it has been boom-or-bust for most of the Extravaganza Championship contenders. All victories except one are outside of the top-4, meanwhile the top-5 and top-10 percentage skyrockets towards the Pizzaro-McDonnell duel for the regular season Championship. This could be the first time in Extravaganza Series history that the top-2 could be winless after 26 races. Here is the current chase cutoff with only 11 races left:

4. Jimmie Stevens: +173
5. John Battista: +173
6. Ken Pettit: +166
7. Ryan Heuser: +128
8. Alex Crapser: +123
9. Dave Miller: +72
10. Matt Raboin: +55
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11. Johnny Reed Foley: -55
12. Scott Jackson: -94
13. Rick Jackson: -127
14. Zach Michael: -137
15. Zakk Miller: -151
16. John Tharp: -172

Cristian Torres comes into Chicagoland with a fractured right shin and a concussion from last Tuesday's Extravaganza event at Sonoma. Torres's car catapaulted into the turn-11 pit wall at full speed, resulting in the worst crash of his career since Atlanta of 2018. That incident caused him to miss most of the season, while this one looks to grudgingly keep him in the car for Chicagoland. Cristiano De Sa will be in the pit box if Cristian needs a relief driver. Here are the worst rated crashes of 2021 so far:

Extravaganza Bodywork Damage Rating (4500 max)
Cristian Torres @ Sonoma: 3214
Matt Raboin @ Talladega: 3143
Randy Dobbins @ Dover: 2714
Steven Spears @ Phoenix: 2095
Mark Murphy @ Texas: 1976

Tuesday, June 15th, 7:00 PM