Oswego the Octopus used to come out of Lake Ontario once a year to watch Bonanza Racing. It's been over a decade, but we are finally back and there has been no sight of the 8-legged octo-fan. Jonathan Cheeseman has inherited the points lead after his fourth straight top-6 finish on the season. He has never driven at Oswego, but looks to shock the world by extending his points lead from Ron Stout. It will be an all-Bonanza field for this one.
Jonathan Cheeseman comes into Dover only 21 points behind points leader Ron Stout. He has finished inside the top-6 in the last three events, two from starting outside of the top-30 in points. This week he starts inside the top-10 with Stout only 6 positions behind. Despite the many Extravaganza regulars in this event, look for the cream-of-the crop in Bonanza to steal the show away. 7th in points Geno Sphere misses the show for the first time this season. Cristian Torres, Dan Johnston, Glenn Kaufmann, Tony Pizzaro, Dalton Lucas, Mark Heron and Zakk Miller (who crashed hard on his second qualifying lap) will be amongst the crowd at Dover.
Three-time Extravaganza Champion Tim McDonnell starts 14th at Bonanza Gateway. He is over a second faster than second place Jonathan Cheeseman and looks to be the first Ganza-Wacker at the top-podium of 2021 on Saturday. Cheeseman comes in just one point behind Ron Stout at the top of the standings, with Joe Polson and Bink Lucas all starting in the top-42.
Points leader Ron Stout accepts his role as pole-sitter of the second superspeedway event in the young Busch Bonanza season. Only 40 points behind is Joe Polson, who has pronounced himself as the most consistent driver in the series. In every race so far, he has finished better than when he started. Joe has also the only driver to finish in the first-half of the field in all seven events. Despite leading only one lap all season, this could be the first victory for the #007 in 2021 at Kentucky.
