Qualifying Results

A miracle qualifying run by Ziggy Moonglow puts him on the pole for the Cracker Barrel 500! It couldn't have come at a better time, entering Atlanta at a respectable but not safe 29th in the points standings. He failed to qualify better than 37th during the first three events, but has overcome all odds to find the 206.889 mile-per-hour speed. Can he stay up there? Last week's winner John Battista will join him outside the front row.

Half-Dollar Motley won the first ever Atlanta race in Extravaganza Series history back in 1960. After a re-configuration and several repaves over the years, the Race-2-Win team has dominated the spring Atlanta event over the last several years:

2019: Ken Pettit
2020: Tony Pizzaro
2021: Rick Jackson

Last season saw Rick Jackson lead 137 laps, while Tony Pizzaro narrowly lost to a last-lap pass by Johnny Reed Foley at the finish. Ken Pettit's 2019 victory was his last, in hopes of turning his disastrous 2023 season around at the facility.

After four events, only three drivers have finished better than they have qualified in every race:

1. Dave Miller
2. Donald Stewart
3. Zakk Miller

All three drivers will start 14th or lower on the grid at Atlanta, giving themselves decent odds to continue their streak.

Friday, March 17th, 2023