COMPLETE RESULTS FOR 1987
Date (Sanction/Event) – Winners
4/24 (WoO) Brad Doty 4/25 (WoO) Steve Kinser 5/2 Rain 5/9 410 – Jeff Tuttle, 360 – Dean Chadd 5/16 410 – Randy Smith, 360 – Mike Chadd 5/23 410 – Jeff Tuttle, 360 – Mike Chadd 5/30 410 – Randy Smith, 360 – Mike Chadd 6/6 410 – Jeff Tuttle, 360 – Mike Chadd 6/13 410 – Danny Lasoski, 360 – Terry Thorson 6/20 Rain 6/21 (Night of the Wolf II) Jeff Tuttle, 360 – Bob Thompson 6/24 (WoO) Rain 6/27 410 – Danny Lasoski, 360 – Mike Chadd 7/4 410 – Jeff Tuttle, 360 – Greg Helms 7/11 (Twin Features) 410 – Rocky Hodges, Ray Lipsey, 360 – Toby Lawless, Mike Twedt 7/18 410 – Rocky Hodges, 360 – Terry Thorson 7/21 (Enduro) Dennis Barta 7/22 (Makeup WoO) Steve Kinser, (WoO) Steve Kinser 7/24 360 – Bob Thompson 7/25 410 – Terry McCarl, 360 – Dean Chadd 8/1 410 – Danny Lasoski, 360 – Terry Thorson 8/8 410 – Randy Smith, 360 – Mike Chadd 8/12 (Knoxville Nationals Prelim) Rain 8/13 (Knoxville Nationals Prelim) Rain 8/14 (Knoxville Nationals Prelim) Rain 8/15 (Knoxville Nationals Prelim) Steve Kinser 8/15 (Knoxville Nationals Prelim) Sammy Swindell 8/15 (Knoxville Nationals) Steve Kinser 8/16 (Knoxville Nationals Special) Terry McCarl, (Race of States/Mystery) Keith Kauffman 8/29 410 – Danny Lasoski, 360 – Dean Chadd
4/24
Doty Takes WoO Knoxville Spring Opener Prelim by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Brad Doty, aboard the Marks-Kepler Gambler sprinter captured the preliminary twenty-lap World of Outlaw Spring Opener at the Knoxville Raceway Friday night. The win paid Doty $2,000 and transferred him into the Saturday night finale.
The feature also transferred second through fourth place as those spots went to Bobby Davis Jr., Steve Kinser and Jac Haudenschild respectively.
Doty, who grabbed the lead on lap six from Davis, sailed through lapped traffic. By mid-point in the race, Kinser had come into contention with Johnny Herrera and Haudenschild in close pursuit.
A yellow flag on lap seventeen, again bunched the cars, but Doty was able to pull away again and lead to the checkered. Herrera finished fifth with Jimmy Sills, Craig Keel, Danny Smith, Cris Eash and Bob East finishing in positions six through ten.
Kinser led an onslaught against Marion County track records as he dashed to a one-lap time trial of 16.553 to erase a 1985 mark set by Doug Wolfgang. Haudenschild set a new standard for eight laps in his qualifying heat race, and Sills put a new record on the books for twelve laps in the B Feature. Additional heat race events went to Danny Smith, Ron Shuman and Rocky Hodges.
Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (28) 16.553 (NTR); 2. 8, Craig Keel, Weedsport, NY (13) 16.674; 3. 5m, Jimmy Sills, Placerville, CA (24) 16.797; 4. 18, Brad Doty, Fredericksburg, OH (31) 16.856; 5. 6, Bobby Davis Jr., Memphis, TN (43) 16.872; 6. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (18) 16.891; 7. 12, Bob East, West Des Moines, IA (40) 16.893; 8. 17E, Cris Eash, Woodbine, MD (8) 16.975; 9. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (6) 16.999; 10. 31, John Stevenson, St. Paul, MN (4) 17.012; 11. 48, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (22) 17.079; 12. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (20) 17.124; 13. 1st, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (32) 17.140; 14. 56, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (41) 17.140; 15. 2, Jac Haudenschild, Millersburg, OH (39) 17.141; 16. 23s, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (29) 17.230; 17. 3x, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (26) 17.233; 18. 10, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (7) 17.353; 19. 2V, Jerry Potter, Raymore, MO (15) 17.367; 20. 20H, Rocky Hodges, Des Moines, IA (1) 17.479; 21. 88, Tim Gee, Jamestown, IN (37) 17.506; 22. 9, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (3) 17.531; 23. 10T, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (5) 17.535; 24. 20, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (38) 17.634; 25. 12x, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (34) 17.676; 26. 5x, Greg Rule, Pine Grove, CA (42) 17.700; 27. 3, Larry Ball Jr., Des Moines, IA (33) 18.096; 28. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (19) 18.109; 29. 66, Rich Brahmer, Wisner, NE (30) 18.249; 30. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (36) 18.306; 31. 2L, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (25) 18.247; 32. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (21) 18.449; 33. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (10) 18.452; 34. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (2) 18.476; 35. 56x, Kenny Haynes, Bourbonnais, IL (14) 18.533; 36. 29, Gary Zitterich, Sioux Falls, SD (17) 18.536; 37. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (27) 18.548; 38. 33x, Bill Smith, Worthington, MN (12) 19.164; 39. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (35) 19.592; 40. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (11) 20.684; 41. 4c, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (9) NT; 42. 2x, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (16) NT; 43. 23, Greg Wooley, Oklahoma City, OK (23) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:19.4 (NTR): 1. Danny Smith (4) 2. Steve Kinser (8) 3. Rich Brahmer (1) 4. Bobby Davis Jr. (7) 5. Tim Gee (3) / 6. Shane Carson (5) 7. TJ Giddings (6) 8. Bruce Drottz (10) 9. Mike Houseman (9) 10. Terry McCarl (2)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:20.7: 1. Ron Shuman (4) 2. Johnny Herrera (5) 3. Greg Rule (2) 4. Craig Keel (8) 5. Kenny Jacobs (3) / 6. Rich Bubak (1) 7. John Stevenson (6) 8. Bill Smith (7) DNS – Danny Lasoski, Mark Shaffer DNS – Galen Martin
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:18.9 (NTR): 1. Jac Haudenschild (5) 2. Jeff Tuttle (3) 3. Mark Kinser (6) 4. Bob East (7) 5. Jerry Potter (4) / 6. Jimmy Sills (8) 7. Larry Ball Jr. (2) 8. Kenny Haynes (9) 9. Larry Webb (10) 10. Gabby Lusk (1) DNS – Tod Bishop
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:19.9: 1. Rocky Hodges (2) 2. Tony Armstrong (5) 3. Brad Doty (6) 4. Cris Eash (7) 5. Ray Lipsey (4) / 6. Gary Zitterich (9) 7. Jimmy Bell (1) 8. Randy Smith (3) 9. Bob Weuve (8) DNS – Jaymie Moyle, Greg Wooley
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:35.9 (NTR): 1. Jimmy Sills (4) 2. John Stevenson (2) 3. Shane Carson (1) 4. Danny Lasoski (7) 5. Rich Bubak (3) 6. Bruce Drottz (13) / 7. Kenny Haynes (11) 8. Gary Zitterich (14) 9. Jimmy Bell (9) 10. Larry Webb (15) 11. Gabby Lusk (10) 12. Larry Ball Jr. (5) 13. Jaymie Moyle (8) 14. Terry McCarl (6) 15. Mike Houseman (12) DNS – TJ Giddings, Bill Smith, Bob Weuve, Tod Bishop, Galen Martin, Greg Wooley, Mark Shaffer, Randy Smith
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Brad Doty (3) 2. Bobby Davis Jr. (2) 3. Steve Kinser (6) 4. Jac Haudenschild (14) 5. Johnny Herrera (1) 6. Jimmy Sills (4) 7. Craig Keel (5) 8. Danny Smith (16) 9. Cris Eash (8) 10. Bob East (7) 11. Shane Carson (12) 12. Ray Lipsey (11) 13. Danny Lasoski (24) 14. Greg Rule (22) 15. Bruce Drottz (23) 16. Jeff Tuttle (19) 17. Rocky Hodges (17) 18. Mark Kinser (10) 19. Tim Gee (20) 20. Tony Armstrong (15) 21. Rich Brahmer (21) 22. Jerry Potter (18) 23. John Stevenson (9) 24. Kenny Jacobs (13) DNS – Ron Shuman, Rich Bubak. Lap Leaders: Herrera 1-5, Doty 6-20.
4/25
WoO Knoxville Spring Opener to Kinser by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Steve Kinser, aboard the Karl Kinser Coors Light Gambler, drove to a convincing win before a huge crowd at the World of Outlaws Knoxville Spring Opener Saturday night. The win, which extended the fleet Kinser’s WoO point lead, paid $8000 and was his 176th World of Outlaw feature event win.
“I about got caught loafin’,” Kinser said in victory lane as he referred to Jac Haudenschild’s late race charge. “I was just trying to stay out of the holes. The track was rough tonight and there toward the end, I thought I had a better lead,” the Hoosier concluded.
The twenty-five lap event was halted on lap eight, when race leader Bobby Davis Jr. tangled with a lapped car as he entered turn two. The impact sent the Mud City native tumbling into the fence. He was taken to the Knoxville Area Community Hospital complaining of discomfort in an arm and in his back. No report was available at press time.
Kinser assumed the lead on the restart, and a two car battled ensued when Haudenschild came into contention shortly thereafter. Both used great portions of the half-mile oval as they fought through lapped traffic for the top spots, but at the checkereds it was Kinser with the win. Haudenschild earned $4,500 for his runner-up efforts. Brad Doty, Mark Kinser and Danny Smith rounded out the top five finishers.
Finishing in positions six through ten respectively were Cris Eash, Jimmy Sills, Shane Carson, Ron Shuman and Bob East. Shuman turned in the best passing performance of the evening after starting twentieth.
Mark Kinser set yet another track record for this weekend, erasing cousin Steve’s twenty-four hour old mark during qualifying time trials with a clocking of 16.500. Heats for the Spring Opener were won by Jeff Tuttle, Shuman, Greg Rule and Smith. The B feature went to John Stevenson.
Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 48, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (17) 16.500 (NTR); 2. 17E, Cris Eash, Woodbine, MD (31) 16.785; 3. 8, Craig Keel, Weedsport, NY (3) 16.848; 4. 56, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (27) 16.896; 5. 12, Bob East, West Des Moines, IA (12) 16.901; 6. 5m, Jimmy Sills, Placerville, CA (7) 16.915; 7. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (24) 16.983; 8. 23s, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (6) 17.014; 9. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (32) 17.049; 10. 1st, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (4) 17.075; 11. 31, John Stevenson, St. Paul, MN (22) 17.168; 12. 3x, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (2) 17.192; 13. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (20) 17.204; 14. 88, Tim Gee, Jamestown, IN (23) 17.216; 15. 20H, Rocky Hodges, Des Moines, IA (37) 17.234; 16. 2V, Jerry Potter, Raymore, MO (14) 17.270; 17. 10T, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (8) 17.337; 18. 10, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (16) 17.354; 19. 5x, Greg Rule, Pine Grove, CA (21) 17.385; 20. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (35) 17.410; 21. 23, Greg Wooley, Oklahoma City, OK (1) 17.423; 22. 9, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (29) 17.455; 23. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (25) 17.552; 24. 66, Rich Brahmer, Wisner, NE (33) 17.618; 25. 3, Larry Ball Jr., Des Moines, IA (15) 17.726; 26. 12x, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (36) 18.003; 27. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (9) 18.027; 28. 29, Gary Zitterich, Sioux Falls, SD (18) 18.189; 29. 2L, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (19) 18.198; 30. 56x, Kenny Haynes, Bourbonnais, IL (26) 18.280; 31. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (10) 18.350; 32. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (28) 18.670; 33. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (11) 19.225; 34. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (34) 19.869; 35. 12s, Lyle Sylvester, Hedrick, IA (5) 21.375; 36. 20, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (13) NT; 37. 4c, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (30) NT; Also Locked into Feature from Prelim: 18, Brad Doty, Fredericksburg, OH; 6, Bobby Davis Jr., Memphis, TN; 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN; 2, Jac Haudenschild, Millersburg, OH.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:19.2: 1. Jeff Tuttle (2) 2. Mark Kinser (6) 3. Greg Wooley (1) 4. Bob East (5) / 5. Ray Lipsey (4) 6. Danny Lasoski (3) 7. Larry Ball Jr. (7) 8. Gabby Lusk (8) DNS – Randy Smith, Tod Bishop
Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Ron Shuman (2) 2. Shane Carson (4) 3. Cris Eash (6) 4. Tim Gee (3) / 5. Jimmy Sills (5) 6. Terry McCarl (7) 7. Kenny Haynes (8) 8. Larry Webb (9) 9. Rich Bubak (1)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:22.4: 1. Greg Rule (2) 2. Rocky Hodges (3) 3. Johnny Herrera (5) 4. TJ Giddings (1) / 5. Craig Keel (6) 6. John Stevenson (4) 7. Bruce Drottz (8) 8. Bob Weuve (9) 9. Jimmy Bell (7)
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:22.7: 1. Danny Smith (4) 2. Kenny Jacobs (6) 3. Jaymie Moyle (2) 4. Tony Armstrong (5) / 5. Jerry Potter (3) 6. Rich Brahmer (1) 7. Gary Zitterich (7) 8. Lyle Sylvester (9) 9. Mike Houseman (8)
B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. John Stevenson (1) 2. Danny Lasoski (5) 3. Jimmy Sills (3) 4. Craig Keel (4) / 5. Ray Lipsey (2) 6. Jerry Potter (6) 7. Terry McCarl (10) 8. Gary Zitterich (12) 9. Rich Brahmer (8) 10. Larry Ball Jr. (9) 11. Gabby Lusk (13) 12. Bruce Drottz (15) 13. Mike Houseman (16) 14. Rich Bubak (7) 15. Kenny Haynes (14) 16. Larry Webb (17) 17. Bob Weuve (18) 18. Jimmy Bell (11) DNS – Lyle Sylvester, Randy Smith, Tod Bishop
A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Steve Kinser (4) 2. Jac Haudenschild (1) 3. Brad Doty (3) 4. Mark Kinser (5) 5. Danny Smith (15) 6. Cris Eash (6) 7. Jimmy Sills (10) 8. Shane Carson (13) 9. Ron Shuman (20) 10. Bob East (9) 11. Johnny Herrera (11) 12. Rocky Hodges (18) 13. Tim Gee (17) 14. Tony Armstrong (12) 15. Greg Wooley (23) 16. Danny Lasoski (16) 17. Jeff Tuttle (19) 18. John Stevenson (14) 19. Craig Keel (7) 20. Kenny Jacobs (8) 21. TJ Giddings (24) 22. Bobby Davis Jr. (2) 23. Jaymie Moyle (22) 24. Greg Rule (21). Lap Leaders: Davis 1-7, Kinser 8-25.
5/2
Rain
5/9
Jeff Tuttle Grabs Knoxville Season Opener by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – The thirty-fourth season opener at the Knoxville Raceway was captured by a young Jeff Tuttle as he drove the Bob Tuttle sprinter to a twenty-lap feature event win Saturday night.
The race, which was hotly contested for the entire distance, saw Tuttle take the lead at the outset. From lap six to the finish, he was challenged at close range by Danny Lasoski, who had moved up from a row three starting berth. The twosome diced repeatedly through lapped traffic with Tuttle always able to sustain the advantage at the flagstand.
As the white flag flew, Tuttle went high into the loose dirt in turn one and Lasoski brought the large opening night crowd to its feet as he dove low for the lead. Tuttle was able to fend him off and recaptured the top spot, as he exited on the second turn. Randy Smith, who started in row eight, finished fast to gain third, John Stevenson took fourth and Ray Lipsey was fifth.
Tony Armstrong, Bob East, TJ Giddings, Gabby Lusk and Tim Monson finished in positions six through ten respectively. Heats for the winged sprints were won by Stevenson, Lasoski and Smith.
The limited sprint portion of the program saw former division track champion, Dean Chadd, capture the checkered flag. Brother Mike Chadd came from the tail to finish second, Mackie Heimbaugh was third, Terry Thorson finished fourth and Rookie Mike Twedt made his Knoxville debut a memorable one as he ran fifth.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 31, John Stevenson, St. Paul, MN (5) 16.999; 2. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (18) 17.339; 3. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (12) 17.424; 4. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (24) 17.484; 5. 23s, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (10) 17.587; 6. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (17) 17.602; 7. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (8) 17.788; 8. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (13) 17.973; 9. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr. (9) 17.975; 10. 6m, Tim Monson, Lakefield, MN (1) 17.998; 11. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (22) 18.028; 12. 12x, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (23) 18.028; 13. 2, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (20) 18.262; 14. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (6) 18.385; 15. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (15) 18.430; 16. 2L, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (7) 18.480; 17. 3, Larry Ball Jr., Des Moines, IA (16) 18.634; 18. 20, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (19) 18.746; 19. 4c, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (4) 19.025; 20. 7, Rick Ryun, Corder, MO (25) 20.143; 21. 2V, Don Vanderwoude, Shawnee, KS (14) 20.235; 22. 35, Melvin Krause, Elwood, KS (21) 22.422; 23. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (2) NT; 24. 18, Bobby Houseman, Estherville, IA (3) NT; 25. 6, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (11) NT; 26. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (26) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. John Stevenson (7) 2. Jeff Tuttle (5) 3. Tod Bishop (1) 4. Tim Monson (4) 5. Gabby Lusk (2) 6. Galen Martin (3) 7. TJ Giddings (6) DNS – Jimmy Bell, Bob Weuve
Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (5) 2. Bruce Drottz (1) 3. Jaymie Moyle (3) 4. Larry Ball Jr. (2) 5. Don Vanderwoude (6) 6. Wayne Redmond (4) DNS – Rick Ryun, Tony Armstrong, Bobby Houseman
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:26.6: 1. Randy Smith (1) 2. Terry McCarl (3) 3. Ray Lipsey (5) 4. Bob East (6) 5. Jerry Beeck Jr. (4) 6. Mike Houseman (2) 7. Melvin Krause (7) DNS – Jim Grafton
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Jeff Tuttle (2) 2. Danny Lasoski (5) 3. Randy Smith (15) 4. John Stevenson (6) 5. Ray Lipsey (3) 6. Tony Armstrong (19) 7. Bob East (4) 8. TJ Giddings (18) 9. Gabby Lusk (13) 10. Tim Monson (8) 11. Galen Martin (10) 12. Mike Houseman (12) 13. Tod Bishop (16) 14. Larry Ball Jr. (14) 15. Jaymie Moyle (1) 16. Jerry Beeck Jr. (7) 17. Bruce Drottz (11) 18. Don Vanderwoude (17) 19. Melvin Krause (20) 20. Terry McCarl (9) DNS – Wayne Redmond, Rick Ryun, Jimmy Bell, Bobby Houseman, Jim Grafton, Bob Weuve. Lap Leader: Tuttle 1-20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 1:59.9 (NTR): 1. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (1) 2. 00, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (5) 3. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (3) 4. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (4) 5. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (7) / 6. 12, Toby Lawless, Des Moines, IA (8) 7. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (2) 8. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (6)
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 2:04.3: 1. 25, Rick McClure, Cincinnati, IA (7) 2. 71, Brian Ridge, Ottumwa, IA (2) 3. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (4) 4. 91, Mark Hauge, Story City, IA (3) 5. 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS (6) / 6. 30x, Dave Hendricks, Des Moines, IA (1) 7. 3, Willie Snowden, Kansas City, MO (8) 8. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (5)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 2:01.7: 1. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (4) 2. 20, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (3) 3. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (7) 4. 5, Steve Johnson, Orion, IL (2) 5. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (1) / 6. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (5) 7. 38, Craig Agan, Columbia, IA (8) 8. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (6)
B main (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Toby Lawless (6) / 2. Walt Esch (2) 3. Willie Snowden (4) 4. Craig Agan (7) 5. Dave Hendricks (1) 6. Archie Ergenbright (3) 7. Matt Fox (5) DNS – Greg Helms, Bob Thompson
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Dean Chadd (3) 2. Mike Chadd (6) 3. Mackie Heimbaugh (10) 4. Terry Thorson (4) 5. Mike Twedt (1) 6. Larry Webb (9) 7. John Kearney (14) 8. Tom Whiting (8) 9. Brian Ridge (2) 10. Terry Alexander (15) 11. Randy Babcock (7) 12. Mark Hauge (11) 13. Dwight Snodgrass (13) 14. Toby Lawless (16) 15. Rick McClure (5) 16. Steve Johnson (12). Lap Leader: D. Chadd 1-12.
5/16
Randy Smith Claims $2000 Go At Knoxville by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Randy Smith drove to an exciting twenty-lap feature event victory in the Bob Trostle sprinter to claim $2000 at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night.
Last week’s winner, Jeff Tuttle, took the lead at the outset of the race, but dropped on lap four. Marlon Jones then assumed the top spot and was closely pursued by Danny Lasoski until he passed Jones in lapped traffic on lap fifteen.
For the next three laps, Lasoski held off the advances of Jones, and a hard-charging Smith. Craig Keel, who was also in the thick of the hunt for the top spot, trailed Smith closely.
On the nineteenth lap, Smith made a daring move as he dove between Lasoski and Jones, who were running side by side, to claim the lead when exited turn three. Jones was able to take the faltering Lasoski as did Keel, but it was Smith across the finish line for his twenty-second career win at the Knoxville Raceway.
Finishing fifth through tenth were Ray Lipsey, Jerry Beeck Jr., TJ Giddings, Tony Armstrong, Ron Milton and Jaymie Moyle. Terry McCarl, Bruce Drottz and Moyle captured qualifying heat races.
In the companion Limited Sprint program, Mike Chadd took a fifth lap lead to claim his initial 1987 Knoxville feature even win. Randy Babcock, Rick McClure, Brian Ridge and Mike Twedt were the top five finishers.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 8K, Craig Keel, Weedsport, NY (17) 16.876; 2. 31, John Stevenson, St. Paul, MN (3) 16.932; 3. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (14) 17.162; 4. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (10) 17.289; 5. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (1) 17.301; 6. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (13) 17.457; 7. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (7) 17.476; 8. 23s, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (24) 17.527; 9. 4, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (11) 17.531; 10. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (8) 17.550; 11. 20, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (12) 17.618; 12. 3, Larry Ball Jr., Des Moines, IA (19) 16.647; 13. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (4) 17.736; 14. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (5) 17.765; 15. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (2) 17.861; 16. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (25) 17.889; 17. 8, Ron Milton, Jacksonville, IL (6) 17.929; 18. 18, Bobby Houseman, Estherville, IA (28) 17.973; 19. 2L, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (22) 18.139; 20. 2, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (20) 18.296; 21. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (16) 18.317; 22. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (23) 18.412; 23. 12x, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (18) 19.217; 24. 37, Mike Thomas, Des Moines, IA (27) 19.283; 25. 33, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (15) 20.112; 26. 76, Ken Miner, Altoona, IA (26) 24.486; 27. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (9) NT; 28. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (21) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:25.4: 1. Jaymie Moyle (4) 2. Danny Lasoski (7) 3. Gabby Lusk (2) 4. Craig Keel (8) 5. Jeff Tuttle (5) 6. Tommy Scott (3) / 7. Mike Houseman (1) 8. Bob Weuve (9) 9. TJ Giddings (6) DNS – Jimmy Bell
Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (1) 2. Tony Armstrong (4) 3. Randy Smith (5) 4. Ron Milton (3) 5. Jerry Beeck Jr. (6) 6. Galen Martin (2) / 7. John Stevenson (7) 8. Ken Miner (8) DNS – Wayne Redmond
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:25.2: 1. Bruce Drottz (2) 2. Bobby Houseman (3) 3. Marlon Jones (6) 4. Bob East (8) 5. Ray Lipsey (7) 6. Larry Ball Jr. (5) / 7. Mike Thomas (1) 8. John McCoy (4) DNS – Mark Shaffer
B main (started), 8 laps, 2:27.3: 1. TJ Giddings (2) 2. Mike Houseman (4) / 3. Mike Thomas (1) 4. Bob Weuve (5) 5. Ken Miner (3) DNS – John Stevenson, John McCoy, Wayne Redmond, Mark Shaffer, Jimmy Bell
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Randy Smith (9) 2. Marlon Jones (2) 3. Craig Keel (8) 4. Danny Lasoski (6) 5. Ray Lipsey (4) 6. Jerry Beeck Jr. (5) 7. TJ Giddings (19) 8. Tony Armstrong (3) 9. Ron Milton (13) 10. Jaymie Moyle (11) 11. Bruce Drottz (17) 12. Galen Martin (16) 13. Gabby Lusk (15) 14. Tommy Scott (12) 15. Mike Houseman (20) 16. Bob East (7) 17. Bobby Houseman (14) 18. Larry Ball Jr. (10) 19. Jeff Tuttle (1) 20. Terry McCarl (18). Lap Leaders: Tuttle 1-4, Jones 5-14, Lasoski 15-18, R. Smith 19-20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 1:58.7 (NTR): 1. 25, Rick McClure, Cincinnati, IA (4) 2. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (2) 3. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (5) 4. 00, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (6) 5. 12, Toby Lawless, Des Moines, IA (7) / 6. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (1) 7. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (3) 8. 4, John Greenwood, Des Moines, IA (8) DNS – 38, Craig Agan, Columbia, IA, 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 2:00.3: 1. 20, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (6) 2. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (4) 3. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (7) 4. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (1) 5. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (3) / 6. 12x, Larry Sylvester, Hedrick, IA (9) 7. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (5) 8. 30x, Dave Hendricks, Des Moines, IA (2) 9. 27, Gary Allbaugh, Lincoln, NE (8)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (1) 2. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (7) 3. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (6) 4. 5, Steve Johnson, Orion, IL (3) 5. 71, Brian Ridge, Ottumwa, IA (5) / 6. 91, Mark Hauge, Story City, IA (4) 7. 02s, Ron Jones, Knoxville, IA (8) 8. 3, Willie Snowden, Kansas City, MO (2) 9. 2x, Randy Hibbs, Stewartsville, MO (9)
B main (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Tom Whiting (1) / 2. Walt Esch (4) 3. Terry Alexander (2) 4. Mark Hauge (3) 5. Larry Sylvester (10) 6. Dave Hendricks (5) 7. Ron Jones (8) 8. Gary Allbaugh (7) 9. Willie Snowden (6) 10. John Greenwood (9) DNS – Randy Hibbs, Craig Agan, John Kearney
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Mike Chadd (7) 2. Randy Babcock (1) 3. Rick McClure (9) 4. Brian Ridge (2) 5. Mike Twedt (4) 6. Bob Thompson (12) 7. Tom Whiting (16) 8. Toby Lawless (15) 9. Matt Fox (13) 10. Dwight Snodgrass (10) 11. Larry Webb (3) 12. Terry Thorson (5) 13. Steve Johnson (11) 14. Archie Ergenbright (14) 15. Mackie Heimbaugh (6) 16. Dean Chadd (8). Lap Leaders: Ridge 1-4, M. Chadd 5-12.
5/23
Tuttle, Chadd, Claim Second Knoxville Features of 1987 Season by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Jeff Tuttle took the lead at the drop of the green flag and drove to a convincing win in the 20- lap feature event at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night.
Tuttle, aboard his father’s winged sprinter, claimed $2000 for the win, his second feature victory at Knoxville this year. Trailing a close second was last week’s winner, Randy Smith, who received $1,500 for his efforts.
A week of rain made for a rough and bumpy track, but Tuttle proved masterful of track conditions as he moved through lapped traffic. TJ Giddings, Tony Armstrong and Terry McCarl trailed Tuttle and Smith to the checkered flag.
Mike Chadd claimed his second limited sprint feature in a row as he moved from his sixth row starting position to take the top spot on lap ten. Greg Helms, Dean Chadd, Rick McClure and Bob Thompson formed the top five finishers of that event.
Next week the Knoxville Raceway will present the 15th Annual Mini-Nationals. The event will carry a $15,000 purse with $2,200 going to the winner of the feature race.
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Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 5m, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (29) 17.239; 2. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (24) 17.327; 3. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (2) 17.419; 4. 12x, Andy Hillenburg, Broken Arrow, OK (1) 17.445; 5. 23s, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (5) 17.471; 6. 23, Greg Wooley, Oklahoma City, OK (10) 17.518; 7. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (16) 17.524; 8. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (11) 17.562; 9. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (6) 17.583; 10. 31, John Stevenson, St. Paul, MN (25) 17.632; 11. 20, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (15) 17.698; 12. 44x, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (18) 17.746; 13. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (27) 17.839; 14. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (32) 17.897; 15. 86, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (7) 17.946; 16. 28m, Cliff Woodward, Kearney, MO (8) 18.021; 17. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (3) 18.094; 18. 3, Larry Ball Jr., Des Moines, IA (12) 18.125; 19. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (14) 18.169; 20. 2, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (9) 18.217; 21. 44, Ricky Allen, Montgomery, TX (22) 18.368; 22. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (20) 18.472; 23. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (4) 18.545; 24. 56x, Kenny Haynes, Bourbonnais, IL (30) 18.738; 25. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (28) 18.762; 26. 2V, Danny Thoman, Higginsville, MO (26) 18.822; 27. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (23) 18.992; 28. 53, Paul Tetrault, Chicago, IL (17) 19.714; 29. 33, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (21) 19.715; 30. 11x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (31) 21.122; 31. 35, Wayne Krause Jr., Elwood, KS (13) 22.673; 32. 76, Ken Miner, Altoona, IA (19) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:24.4: 1. Jeff Tuttle (4) 2. Terry McCarl (8) 3. TJ Giddings (6) 4. Cliff Woodward (3) 5. John Stevenson (5) 6. Andy Hillenburg (7) / 7. Bruce Drottz (9) 8. Paul Tetrault (10) 9. Mike Houseman (1) 10. Jaymie Moyle (2) DNS – Ken Miner
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:24.9: 1. Randy Smith (5) 2. Tony Armstrong (7) 3. Ray Lipsey (8) 4. John McCoy (3) 5. Tommy Scott (4) 6. Jimmy Bell (1) / 7. Danny Thoman (9) 8. Bob Weuve (10) 9. Bob East (6) 10. Galen Martin (2)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:24.8: 1. Danny Lasoski (8) 2. Kenny Haynes (1) 3. Shane Carson (5) 4. Greg Wooley (7) 5. Jerry Beeck Jr. (6) 6. Ricky Allen (2) / 7. Larry Ball Jr. (3) 8. Billy Vielhauer (10) 9. Tod Bishop (4) 10. Wayne Krause Jr. (9) DNS – Kenny McCarl
B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Bob East (1) 2. Jaymie Moyle (2) / 3. Larry Ball Jr. (3) 4. Danny Thoman (4) 5. Bruce Drottz (5) 6. Bob Weuve (6) 7. Billy Vielhauer (8) 8. Paul Tetrault (7) DNS – Tod Bishop, Galen Martin, Mike Houseman, Wayne Krause Jr., Ken Miner, Kenny McCarl
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Jeff Tuttle (1) 2. Randy Smith (3) 3. TJ Giddings (6) 4. Tony Armstrong (8) 5. Terry McCarl (12) 6. Jerry Beeck Jr. (5) 7. Danny Lasoski (10) 8. Bob East (19) 9. Ray Lipsey (11) 10. Greg Wooley (7) 11. Andy Hillenburg (9) 12. Tommy Scott (13) 13. Kenny Haynes (18) 14. John McCoy (15) 15. Jaymie Moyle (20) 16. Jimmy Bell (17) 17. Ricky Allen (16) 18. Shane Carson (2) 19. Cliff Woodward (14) 20. John Stevenson (4). Lap Leader: Tuttle 1-20.
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Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (8) 2. 5, Steve Johnson, Orion, IL (4) 3. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (3) 4. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (5) 5. 71, Brian Ridge, Ottumwa, IA (7) / 6. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (6) 7. 3, Willie Snowden, Kansas City, MO (2) 8. 27, Gary Allbaugh, Lincoln, NE (1) 9. 12, Toby Lawless, Des Moines, IA (9) DNS – 3s, Bill Smith, Knoxville, IA
Heat two (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 20, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (8) 2. 12x, Larry Sylvester, Bondurant, IA (2) 3. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (10) 4. 25, Rick McClure, Cincinnati, IA (7) 5. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (5) / 6. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (4) 7. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (6) 8. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (3) 9. 2x, Randy Hibbs, Stewartsville, MO (1) 10. 8, John Greenwood, Des Moines, IA (9)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 00, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (8) 2. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (2) 3. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (6) 4. 91, Mark Hauge, Story City, IA (4) 5. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (3) / 6. 02s, Ron Jones, Knoxville, IA (1) 7. 38, Craig Agan, Columbia, IA (10) 8. 25Y, Jim Yeager, East Moline, IL (9) 9. 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS (5) 10. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (7)
B main (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Mackie Heimbaugh (2) / 2. Larry Webb (1) 3. John Greenwood (9) 4. Archie Ergenbright (6) 5. John Kearney (4) 6. Matt Fox (3) 7. Craig Agan (12) 8. Ron Jones (8) 9. Randy Hibbs (7) 11. Willie Snowden (5) 12. Toby Lawless (11) DNS – Terry Thorson, Gary Allbaugh, Bill Smith
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Mike Chadd (12) 2. Greg Helms (14) 3. Dean Chadd (10) 4. Rick McClure (8) 5. Bob Thompson (5) 6. Tom Whiting (7) 7. Walt Esch (1) 8. Terry Alexander (2) 9. Brian Ridge (9) 10. Mackie Heimbaugh (16) 11. Larry Sylvester (13) 12. Mike Twedt (11) 13. Mark Hauge (3) 14. Randy Babcock (15) 15. Steve Johnson (4) 16. Dwight Snodgrass (6). Lap Leaders: Alexander 1, McClure 2-9, M. Chadd 10- 12.
5/30
Smith Scores Knoxville Mini-Nationals Win by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Three-time Knoxville track champion, Randy Smith, took a late race lead to capture the fifteenth annual Knoxville Mini-Nationals at the Marion County Fairgrounds Saturday night.
Smith, who started in the third row, came into contention for the top spot on lap fifteen as he caught race leader Danny Lasoski at the flagstand and took that position at the completion of the eighteenth circuit. He then powered the Bob Trostle sprinter away from a fading Lasoski to take the $2,200 victory and his twenty-third career feature event win at the track.
Terry McCarl and John Stevenson also passed Lasoski to finish second and third, Lasoski was fourth and Tony Armstrong finished fifth. Bob East, Jerry Beeck Jr., Ray Lipsey, TJ Giddings and Bruce Drottz rounded out the top ten finishers.
In the companion limited sprint program, Mike Chadd captured his third feature event win in a row to extend his advantage in the season point race. Chadd took the lead on the eighth lap and was trailed to the checkereds by Toby Lawless, Terry Thorson, Bob Thompson and Greg Helms. The win paid Chadd $450 for his efforts.
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Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 31, John Stevenson, St. Paul, MN (25) 17.295; 2. 12x, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (8) 17.356; 3. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (12) 17.369; 4. 23s, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (22) 17.408; 5. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (7) 17.524; 6. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (14) 17.607; 7. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (5) 17.744; 8. 20, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (23) 17.853; 9. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (1) 17.912; 10. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (9) 18.017; 11. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (2) 18.150; 12. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (24) 18.277; 13. 3, Larry Ball Jr., Des Moines, IA (21) 18.295; 14. 86, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (11) 18.377; 15. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (28) 18.429; 16. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (27) 18.453; 17. 2V, Danny Thoman, Higginsville, MO (15) 18.456; 18. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (16) 18.645; 19. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (10) 18.660; 20. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (13) 18.741; 21. 23R, Devlin Polkinghorn, Dodge City, KS (26) 18.945; 22. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (17) 19.147; 23. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (20) 19.653; 24. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (3) 19.836; 25. 12c, Billy Cohee Jr., Topeka, KS (4) 20.565; 26. 7, Rick Ryun, Corder, MO (6) 21.284; 27. 69, Robert Houseman, Runnells, IA (18) NT; 28. 11x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (19) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:25.7: 1. Bob East (4) 2. John Stevenson (6) 3. Wayne Redmond (1) 4. Danny Lasoski (5) 5. Kenny McCarl (3) 6. Tony Armstrong (7) / 7. Larry Ball Jr. (2) DNS – Mike Houseman, Robert Houseman, Billy Vielhauer
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:25.6: 1. Terry McCarl (8) 2. Ray Lipsey (5) 3. Randy Smith (6) 4. Bruce Drottz (2) 5. Jaymie Moyle (3) 6. Danny Thoman (1) / 7. Billy Cohee Jr. (7) 8. Tod Bishop (4) DNS – Mike Proffitt
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:33.2: 1. TJ Giddings (8) 2. Jeff Tuttle (7) 3. Jerry Beeck Jr. (6) 4. John McCoy (4) 5. Devlin Polkinghorn (2) 6. Tommy Scott (5) / 7. Bob Weuve (1) 8. Jimmy Bell (3) DNS – Rick Ryun
B main (started), 6 laps, 2:00.7: 1. Larry Ball Jr. (1) 2. Jimmy Bell (3) / 3. Bob Weuve (5) 4. Billy Cohee Jr. (4) 5. Tod Bishop (2) DNS – Mike Houseman, Rick Ryun, Billy Vielhauer, Robert Houseman, Mike Proffitt
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Randy Smith (5) 2. Terry McCarl (11) 3. John Stevenson (12) 4. Danny Lasoski (3) 5. Tony Armstrong (9) 6. Bob East (6) 7. Jerry Beeck Jr. (4) 8. Ray Lipsey (8) 9. TJ Giddings (10) 10. Bruce Drottz (16) 11. Jaymie Moyle (2) 12. Wayne Redmond (18) 13. Larry Ball Jr. (19) 14. Devlin Polkinghorn (17) 15. Jimmy Bell (20) 16. Tommy Scott (1) 17. John McCoy (13) 18. Kenny McCarl (14) 19. Jeff Tuttle (7) 20. Danny Thoman (15). Lap Leaders: Lasoski 1-17, R. Smith 18-20.
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Heat one (started), 6 laps, 2:02.8: 1. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (5) 2. 20, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (7) 3. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (8) 4. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (9) 5. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (3) / 6. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (4) 7. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (2) 8. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (6) 9. 38, Craig Agan, Columbia, IA (1) 10. 3s, Bill Smith, Knoxville, IA (10)
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 2:03.1: 1. 00, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (8) 2. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (4) 3. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (6) 4. 12x, Larry Sylvester, Hedrick, IA (7) 5. 91, Mark Hauge, Story City, IA (3) / 6. 2x, Randy Hibbs, Stewartsville, MO (1) 7. 3, Willie Snowden, Kansas City, MO (2) 8. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (5) DNS – 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA, 71, Brian Ridge, Ottumwa, IA
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 2:07.4: 1. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (7) 2. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (5) 3. 12, Toby Lawless, Des Moines, IA (4) 4. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (6) 5. 8, John Greenwood, Des Moines, IA (1) / 6. 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS (3) 7. 02s, Ron Jones, Knoxville, IA (2) 8. 25, Rick McClure, Cincinnati, IA (8) 9. 52B, Jordan Albaugh, Johnston, IA (9)
B main (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Greg Helms (5) / 2. Tom Whiting (3) 3. John Kearney (2) 4. Archie Ergenbright (7) 5. Ron Jones (9) 6. Randy Hibbs (11) 7. Jordan Albaugh (10) 8. Bill Smith (8) 9. Craig Agan (6) 10. Rick McClure (1) 11. Willie Snowden (4) DNS – Brian Ridge, Terry Alexander, George Dickerson
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Mike Chadd (12) 2. Toby Lawless (3) 3. Terry Thorson (7) 4. Bob Thompson (14) 5. Greg Helms (16) 6. Matt Fox (2) 7. Mark Hauge (1) 8. Larry Sylvester (15) 9. Dwight Snodgrass (5) 10. Walt Esch (4) 11. John Greenwood (13) 12. Larry Webb (6) 13. Mackie Heimbaugh (8) 14. Mike Twedt (10) 15. Dean Chadd (11) 16. Randy Babcock (9). Lap Leaders: Hauge 1-2, Lawless 3-7, M. Chadd 8-12.
6/6
Tuttle, Chadd Again Score Knoxville Feature Wins by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Jeff Tuttle scored a convincing win at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night as he picked up his third feature event victory of the 1987 season. Tuttle garnered $2000 in the Goodyear shod Trostle sprinter owned by his father.
Mike Chadd captured his fourth feature event win in a row as he survived three yellow flags to claim the limited sprint card.
Tuttle, who drove through lapped traffic to perfection, caught a yellow flag instead of the white from flagman Doug Clark, but pulled away on the restart for the win. The restart saw several position changes occur as Terry McCarl grabbed second, TJ Giddings took third and Danny Lasoski faded to fourth with Ray Lipsey jumping to fifth at the finish.
Albuquerque’s Johnny Herrera drove off the Outlaw circuit to place sixth as he and seventh finisher, Randy Smith, fought for position the entire race. Tony Armstrong was eighth, John McCoy took ninth, and Bob East rounded out the top ten.
Chadd, who heads the limited sprint point standings, took the lead after a lap ten restart. He was challenged at the checkereds by a quick finishing Mike Twedt. Terry Thorson crossed in third, Bob Thompson was fourth and Larry Webb finished fifth.
Next week, the Marion County Fairgrounds will celebrate Mid-Season night with the “Return of the Wolf” slated for the following week.
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Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (26) 17.354; 2. 31, John Stevenson, St. Paul, MN (28) 17.392; 3. 23s, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (34) 17.675; 4. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (11) 17.711; 5. 20, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (5) 17.734; 6. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (33) 17.832; 7. 12x, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (29) 17.834; 8. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (7) 17.858; 9. 86, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (22) 17.870; 10. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (4) 17.873; 11. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (6) 17.953; 12. 2V, Danny Thoman, Higginsville, MO (21) 18.045; 13. 3, Larry Ball Jr., Des Moines, IA (27) 18.162; 14. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (30) 18.194; 15. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (10) 18.284; 16. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (35) 18.371; 17. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (13) 18.426; 18. 6, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (18) 18.426; 19. 32V, Todd Vance, Gibsonburg, OH (20) 18.447; 20. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (17) 18.483; 21. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (25) 18.527; 22. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (9) 18.641; 23. 11x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (3) 18.820; 24. 69, Robert Houseman, Runnells, IA (2) 18.921; 25. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (14) 18.950; 26. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (15) 18.983; 27. 7, Rick Ryun, Corder, MO (1) 19.084; 28. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (8) 19.277; 29. 56, Kenny Haynes, Bourbonnais, IL (31) 20.288; 30. 12c, Billy Cohee Jr., Topeka, KS (16) 20.349; 31. 35, Melvin Krause, Elwood, KS (24) 21.706; 32. 53, Greg Roorda, Altoona, IA (12) 21.823; 33. 19, Curtis Wandfluh Jr., Savannah, MO (32) 31.024; 34. 73, Bob Johnson, Sioux City, IA (19) NT; 35. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (23) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. John McCoy (1) 2. Johnny Herrera (8) 3. Terry McCarl (6) 4. Bob East (7) 5. Tommy Scott (3) 6. Jeff Tuttle (5) / 7. Todd Vance (2) 8. Mike Houseman (9) 9. Bob Weuve (10) 10. Melvin Krause (11) 11. Larry Ball Jr. (4) DNS – Bob Johnson
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:38.1: 1. Randy Smith (7) 2. Kenny McCarl (2) 3. TJ Giddings (4) 4. Danny Lasoski (6) 5. John Stevenson (8) 6. Jerry Beeck Jr. (5) / 7. Mike Proffitt (3) 8. Kenny Haynes (10) 9. Bruce Drottz (9) 10. Greg Roorda (11) 11. Billy Vielhauer (1) DNS – Wayne Redmond
Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Ray Lipsey (7) 2. Tony Armstrong (8) 3. Tod Bishop (6) 4. Jim Grafton (3) 5. Jaymie Moyle (4) 6. Jimmy Bell (2) / 7. Robert Houseman (1) 8. Danny Thoman (5) 9. Rick Ryun (9) 10. Billy Cohee Jr. (10) 11. Curtis Wandfluh Jr. (11)
B main (started), 10 laps, 3:30.3: 1. Todd Vance (2) 2. Danny Thoman (1) / 3. Kenny Haynes (9) 4. Mike Proffitt (3) 5. Mike Houseman (5) 6. Bruce Drottz (6) 7. Robert Houseman (4) 8. Larry Ball Jr. (14) 9. Billy Cohee Jr. (10) 10. Melvin Krause (11) 11. Curtis Wandfluh Jr. (13) 12. Bob Weuve (8) 13. Greg Roorda (12) 14. Rick Ryun (7) DNS – Billy Vielhauer, Bob Johnson, Wayne Redmond
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Jeff Tuttle (3) 2. Terry McCarl (6) 3. TJ Giddings (1) 4. Danny Lasoski (5) 5. Ray Lipsey (7) 6. Johnny Herrera (12) 7. Randy Smith (8) 8. Tony Armstrong (10) 9. John McCoy (18) 10. Bob East (9) 11. John Stevenson (11) 12. Jaymie Moyle (13) 13. Tommy Scott (14) 14. Todd Vance (19) 15. Jim Grafton (15) 16. Jimmy Bell (17) 17. Jerry Beeck Jr. (2) 18. Kenny McCarl (16) 19. Danny Thoman (20) 20. Tod Bishop (4). Lap Leaders: Giddings 1, Tuttle 2-20.
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Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (9) 2. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (8) 3. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (7) 4. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (5) 5. 91, Mark Hauge, Story City, IA (4) / 6. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (6) 7. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (1) 8. 52B, Jordan Albaugh, Johnston, IA (10) 9. 38, Craig Agan, Columbia, IA (2) 10. 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS (3)
Heat two (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (5) 2. 00, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (8) 3. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (7) 4. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (4) 5. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (3) / 6. 8, John Greenwood, Des Moines, IA (2) 7. 71, Brian Ridge, Ottumwa, IA (6) 8. 02s, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (9) 9. 30x, Dave Hendricks, Des Moines, IA (1)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 20, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (7) 2. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (3) 3. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (5) 4. 12, Toby Lawless, Des Moines, IA (6) 5. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (4) / 6. 12x, Larry Sylvester, Hedrick, IA (1) 7. 2x, Randy Hibbs, Stewartsville, MO (2) DNS – 25Y, Jim Yeager, East Moline, IL, 44, Greg Brown, Ottumwa, IA
B main (started), 6 laps, 2:15.2: 1. Tom Whiting (2) / 2. John Greenwood (3) 3. Larry Sylvester (1) 4. John Kearney (4) 5. Jordan Albaugh (7) 6. Tim Deaver (6) 7. George Dickerson (5) DNS – Brian Ridge, Randy Hibbs, Craig Agan, Dave Hendricks, Greg Brown, Jim Yeager
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Mike Chadd (12) 2. Mike Twedt (10) 3. Terry Thorson (7) 4. Bob Thompson (8) 5. Larry Webb (1) 6. Greg Helms (4) 7. Randy Babcock (5) 8. Toby Lawless (3) 9. Mackie Heimbaugh (6) 10. Dwight Snodgrass (2) 11. Terry Alexander (13) 12. Tom Whiting (16) 13. Mark Hauge (14) 14. Dean Chadd (11) 15. Matt Fox (13) 16. Walt Esch (15). Lap Leaders: Helms 1-3, Thompson 4-9, M. Chadd 10-12.
6/13
Danny Lasoski Claims Knoxville Mid-Season Championship by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – It took half the season and weeks of frustration, but 1986 Knoxville Track Champion, Danny Lasoski, wheeled the winged sprinter of the Scotch Grove Racing Team into victory lane Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway.
“This is the old car from last year with a new motor,” Lasoski said in victory lane. “And it really feels good.” The victory paid the “Show Me” state driver $2,200 to win and extended his narrow point margin during the 34th Annual Mid-Season Championship at this historic half-mile oval.
Lasoski grabbed the lead after a second lap restart, and survived an additional trio of cautions to win going away. Chasing him to the checkereds was Randy Smith, who trailed in the point standings by a mere five markers going into the event.
Fast qualifier, Andy Hillenburg, finished in the third spot, as Ray Lipsey came from the tail to place fourth. Jerry Beeck Jr., John Stevenson, Bob East, Tony Armstrong, TJ Giddings and Mike Proffitt rounded out the top ten.
1986 Knoxville Rookie of the Year in the limited sprint division, Terry Thorson, led from flag to flag in claiming his initial career feature win. Bobby Thompson, Toby Lawless, Larry Webb and Randy Babcock trailed. Mike Chadd, who had won the previous four weeks, dropped from the event at the mid-point.
Next week is “Return of the Wolf” night as Doug Wolfgang returns on behalf of the Variety Clubs of Iowa.
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Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 5m, Andy Hillenburg, Broken Arrow, OK (2) 17.567; 2. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (5) 17.659; 3. 23s, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (18) 17.696; 4. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (4) 17.743; 5. 31, John Stevenson, St. Paul, MN (6) 17.883; 6. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (31) 17.927; 7. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (11) 17.973; 8. 3, Larry Ball Jr., Des Moines, IA (3) 18.008; 9. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (14) 18.058; 10. 12x, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (26) 18.155; 11. 86, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (22) 18.272; 12. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (10) 18.319; 13. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (19) 18.392; 14. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (30) 18.395; 15. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (1) 18.434; 16. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (32) 18.515; 17. 6, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (17) 18.523; 18. 2V, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (20) 18.625; 19. 20, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (12) 18.654; 20. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (28) 18.656; 21. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (15) 18.678; 22. 1T, Danny Thoman, Higginsville, MO (23) 18.919; 23. 11x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (21) 19.007; 24. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (13) 19.112; 25. 2, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (7) 19.303; 26. 69, Robert Houseman, Runnells, IA (16) 19.534; 27. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (27) 19.770; 28. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (25) 19.993; 29. 53, Greg Roorda, Altoona, IA (9) 21.470; 30. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (29) 22.206; 31. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (33) 25.521; 32. 35, Melvin Krause, Elwood, KS (8) NT; 33. 7, Rick Ryun, Corder, MO (24) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Ray Lipsey (7) 2. Andy Hillenburg (8) 3. Randy Smith (2) 4. Jerry Beeck Jr. (6) 5. Mark Shaffer (4) 6. Terry McCarl (5) / 7. Danny Thoman (1) 8. Galen Martin (9) 9. Kenny McCarl (3) 10. Mike Houseman (10) DNS – Melvin Krause
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:34.1: 1. Mike Proffitt (2) 2. Bob East (8) 3. John Stevenson (7) 4. TJ Giddings (10) 5. Tod Bishop (5) 6. Billy Vielhauer (1) / 7. Jim Grafton (3) 8. Larry Ball Jr. (6) 9. Robert Houseman (9) 10. Jeff Tuttle (4) DNS – Greg Roorda
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:30.9: 1. Jimmy Bell (2) 2. Dean Chadd (3) 3. Danny Lasoski (7) 4. John McCoy (4) 5. Tony Armstrong (8) 6. Bruce Drottz (1) / 7. Tommy Scott (6) 8. Jaymie Moyle (5) 9. Bob Weuve (9) 10. Wayne Redmond (10) DNS – Rick Ryun
B main (started), 10 laps, 3:13.4: 1. Jeff Tuttle (4) 2. Larry Ball Jr. (1) 3. Kenny McCarl (5) / 4. Jaymie Moyle (3) 5. Jim Grafton (6) 6. Mike Houseman (11) 7. Robert Houseman (9) 8. Bob Weuve (10) 9. Tommy Scott (2) 10. Danny Thoman (7) 11. Rick Ryun (13) 12. Galen Martin (8) 13. Wayne Redmond (12) DNS – Greg Roorda, Melvin Krause
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (3) 2. Randy Smith (11) 3. Andy Hillenburg (10) 4. Ray Lipsey (5) 5. Jerry Beeck Jr. (4) 6. John Stevenson (6) 7. Bob East (7) 8. Tony Armstrong (8) 9. TJ Giddings (18) 10. Mike Proffitt (14) 11. Jimmy Bell (13) 12. Kenny McCarl (19) 13. Tod Bishop (2) 14. Jeff Tuttle (17) 15. Larry Ball Jr. (20) 16. Bruce Drottz (15) 17. Mark Shaffer (1) 18. Dean Chadd (12) 19. Billy Vielhauer (16) 20. John McCoy (9) DNS – Terry McCarl. Lap Leaders: Bishop 1-2, Lasoski 3-20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 2:04.4: 1. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (6) 2. 52B, Jordan Albaugh, Johnston, IA (1) 3. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (4) 4. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (2) 5. 8, John Greenwood, Des Moines, IA (3) / 6. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (5) DNS – 3, Willie Snowden, Kansas City, MO, 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA, 00, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE, 3D, Denny Knight, Cedar Rapids, IA
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 2:01.1: 1. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (6) 2. 20, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (9) 3. 12x, Larry Sylvester, Hedrick, IA (2) 4. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (5) 5. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (7) / 6. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (3) 7. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (4) 8. 25, Rick McClure, Cincinnati, IA (8) 9. 3s, Bill Smith, Knoxville, IA (1) DNS – 30x, Dave Hendricks, Des Moines, IA
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 2:02.8: 1. 12, Toby Lawless, Des Moines, IA (6) 2. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (8) 3. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (3) 4. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (5) 5. 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS (1) / 6. 91, Mark Hauge, Story City, IA (4) 7. 2x, Randy Hibbs, Stewartsville, MO (2) 8. 4, Jim Gates, Des Moines, IA (7) DNS – 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA
B main (started), 6 laps, 2:11.8: 1. Archie Ergenbright (3) / 2. Mackie Heimbaugh (1) 3. Tom Whiting (2) 4. Mark Hauge (4) 5. Randy Hibbs (6) 6. Willie Snowden (5) 7. Rick McClure (9) 8. Jim Gates (7) 9. Bill Smith (8) DNS – Walt Esch, Dean Chadd, Denny Knight, Dave Hendricks, George Dickerson
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Terry Thorson (8) 2. Bob Thompson (7) 3. Toby Lawless (4) 4. Larry Webb (3) 5. Randy Babcock (6) 6. Archie Ergenbright (16) 7. Larry Sylvester (12) 8. Matt Fox (1) 9. John Kearney (13) 10. Jordan Albaugh (15) 11. Dwight Snodgrass (2) 12. Mike Twedt (9) 13. Terry Alexander (11) 14. Mike Chadd (10) 15. Greg Helms (5) 16. John Greenwood (14). Lap Leader: Thorson 1-12.
6/20
Rain
6/21
Tuttle Claims Knoxville’s “Return of the Wolf II” by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Jeff Tuttle, aboard the Bob Tuttle sprinter, captured the twenty-lap feature event at the Knoxville Raceway during an evening designated as “Return of the Wolf Night II”.
Doug Wolfgang, who won the event in 1986, failed to win a $10,000 bonus for a clean sweep from the tail of his events, as early in the evening his engine let go during a qualifying heat race. With Wolfgang out, Dean Chadd then picked up $1000 for being the first to beat the “Wolf”.
Tuttle, who lead from flag to flag, collected $2000 for his efforts in the rare Sunday night show, which was delayed twenty-four hours by rain. It marked his fourth feature event win at Knoxville for the 1987 season.
Wolfgang, who managed an engine change after his ill-fated heat race, started on the tail of the A feature, but again lost an engine on the sixth lap after moving to a mid-pack position. On the restart, Terry McCarl hooked a rut in turn four, flipping sideways and becoming airborne. The tumbling sprinter struck the wings of several other cars as it bounded about. McCarl was taken to a local hospital and then transferred to a Des Moines hospital for further observation.
From that point on, Tuttle led through several more cautions as he fought off the determined challenges of Danny Lasoski at the checkereds. Behind that duo were tail-end starters Rocky Hodges and TJ Giddings, Randy Smith and Larry Ball Jr. Rounding out the top ten were Tony Armstrong, Dean Chadd, Mike Proffitt and Bruce Drottz.
Bobby Thompson took his initial feature win of 1987 in the Limited Sprint feature in a race which saw the positions directly behind him change with every lap. At the finish, Toby Lawless, Greg Helms, Mike Twedt and Randy Babcock formed the top five finishers.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 29, Doug Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (30) 16.950; 2. 5m, Rocky Hodges, Des Moines, IA (3) 17.004; 3. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (15) 17.201; 4. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (9) 17.223; 5. 12x, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (11) 17.231; 6. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (16) 17.318; 7. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (2) 17.405; 8. 3, Larry Ball Jr., Des Moines, IA (14) 17.406; 9. 23s, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (20) 17.450; 10. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (21) 17.490; 11. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (8) 17.551; 12. 44x, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (22) 17.591; 13. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (7) 17.743; 14. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (17) 17.813; 15. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (5) 17.892; 16. 86, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (19) 17.916; 17. 6, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (6) 17.997; 18. 2V, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (27) 18.033; 19. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (4) 18.039; 20. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (24) 18.049; 21. 1T, Danny Thoman, Higginsville, MO (25) 18.120; 22. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (18) 18.152; 23. 11x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (26) 18.346; 24. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (10) 18.409; 25. 3x, Junior Parkinson, Gladstone, MO (1) 18.569; 26. 69, Robert Houseman, Runnells, IA (12) 18.571; 27. 2, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (29) 18.615; 28. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (23) 18.716; 29. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (28) 19.186; 30. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (13) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:22.5: 1. Terry McCarl (5) 2. Rocky Hodges (8) 3. Mike Proffitt (2) 4. Larry Ball Jr. (6) 5. Tommy Scott (4) 6. Robert Houseman (7) / 7. Bob Weuve (9) 8. Jim Grafton (1) 9. Jerry Beeck Jr. (3) DNS – Billy Vielhauer
Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Dean Chadd (3) 2. Randy Smith (5) 3. Tony Armstrong (6) 4. Ray Lipsey (8) 5. Danny Thoman (2) 6. Bruce Drottz (1) / 7. Galen Martin (9) 8. Mark Shaffer (4) 9. Doug Wolfgang (10) 10. Bob East (7)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:23.6: 1. Jeff Tuttle (5) 2. Danny Lasoski (6) 3. Jaymie Moyle (7) 4. Kenny McCarl (2) 5. Jimmy Bell (3) 6. Mike Houseman (8) / 7. TJ Giddings (4) 8. Junior Parkinson (1) DNS – Tod Bishop, John McCoy
B main (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. TJ Giddings (1) 2. Jerry Beeck Jr. (2) / 3. Jim Grafton (3) 4. John McCoy (6) 5. Galen Martin (5) 6. Bob Weuve (4) DNS – Billy Vielhauer, Tod Bishop, Bob East, Mark Shaffer, Junior Parkinson
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Jeff Tuttle (2) 2. Danny Lasoski (8) 3. Rocky Hodges (10) 4. TJ Giddings (19) 5. Randy Smith (3) 6. Larry Ball Jr. (5) 7. Tony Armstrong (4) 8. Dean Chadd (11) 9. Mike Proffitt (13) 10. Bruce Drottz (16) 11. Jaymie Moyle (6) 12. Ray Lipsey (9) 13. Kenny McCarl (15) 14. Robert Houseman (17) 15. Jimmy Bell (12) 16. Danny Thoman (14) 17. Jerry Beeck Jr. (20) 18. Tommy Scott (1) 19. Terry McCarl (7) 20. Doug Wolfgang (21) 21. Mike Houseman (18). Lap Leader: Tuttle 1-20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 20, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (6) 2. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (8) 3. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (4) 4. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (5) 5. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (3) / 6. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (2) 7. 52B, Jordan Albaugh, Johnston, IA (1) DNS – 3s, Bill Smith, Knoxville, IA, 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 2:04.3: 1. 12, Toby Lawless, Des Moines, IA (7) 2. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (8) 3. 25, Rick McClure, Cincinnati, IA (1) 4. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (6) 5. 4, John Greenwood, Des Moines, IA (3) / 6. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (5) 7. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (4) 8. 02s, Ron Jones, Knoxville, IA (2)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 2:00.9: 1. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (8) 2. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (6) 3. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (7) 4. 2x, Randy Hibbs, Stewartsville, MO (2) 5. 12x, Larry Sylvester, Blakesburg, IA (4) / 6. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (5) 7. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (3) 8. 48D, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (1)
B main (started), 8 laps, 2:49.3: 1. Matt Fox (2) 2. Walt Esch (3) / 3. Tom Whiting (1) 4. George Dickerson (7) 5. Tim Deaver (6) 6. Bill Smith (8) 7. Ron Jones (4) 8. Jordan Albaugh (5) DNS – Archie Ergenbright, John Kearney
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Bob Thompson (8) 2. Toby Lawless (5) 3. Greg Helms (3) 4. Mike Twedt (7) 5. Randy Babcock (6) 6. Matt Fox (16) 7. Walt Esch (15) 8. Terry Alexander (11) 9. Dwight Snodgrass (1) 10. Larry Sylvester (12) 11. Rick McClure (13) 12. Randy Hibbs (14) 13. Mike Chadd (10) 14. Terry Thorson (9) 15. Mackie Heimbaugh (2) 16. Larry Webb (4) DNS – John Greenwood. Lap Leaders: Heimbaugh 1-3, Thompson 4-12
6/24
Knoxville WoO Event Falls to Rain by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Showers and thunderstorms put a damper on the World of Outlaws feature event at the Knoxville Raceway Wednesday night. Four heats and the B main had been run before the rains fell.
The conclusion to the program has been rescheduled for July 22 when the Outlaws are once again due at the Marion County Fairgrounds. At that time, a double feature will be run with Steve Kinser and Sammy Swindell claiming the front row starting grid for the rain cancelled June feature.
Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 18, Brad Doty, Fredericksburg, OH (12) 16.998; 2. 48, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (10) 17.156; 3. 8, Craig Keel, Weedsport, NY (30) 17.175; 4. 6, Bobby Davis Jr., Memphis, TN (24) 17.188; 5. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (22) 17.316; 6. 1, Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, TN (4) 17.358; 7. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (23) 17.436; 8. 17E, Cris Eash, Woodbine, MD (32) 17.445; 9. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (18) 17.446; 10. 5x, Greg Rule, Pine Grove, CA (19) 17.450; 11. 10, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (7) 17.504; 12. 1st, Lee Brewer Jr., Memphis, TN (29) 17.552; 13. 3x, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (35) 17.601; 14. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (15) 17.648; 15. 2, Jac Haudenschild, Millersburg, OH (5) 17.658; 16. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (31) 17.660; 17. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (1) 17.671; 18. 31, John Stevenson, St. Paul, MN (36) 17.684; 19. 23s, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (26) 17.733; 20. 88, Tim Gee, Jamestown, IN (11) 17.765; 21. 20, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (33) 17.920; 22. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (20) 17.924; 23. 1J, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (9) 17.934; 24. 23, Greg Wooley, Oklahoma City, OK (14) 17.943; 25. 44x, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (2) 17.968; 26. 10T, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (13) 18.065; 27. 80, Rick Downey, Santa Cruz, CA (28) 18.257; 28. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (38) 18.378; 29. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (17) 18.790; 30. 2x, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (37) 18.934; 31. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (25) 19.206; 32. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (16) 19.299; 33. 9, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (8) 21.658; 34. 9m, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (3) NT; 35. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (6) NT; 36. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (21) NT; 37. 5m, Andy Hillenburg, Broken Arrow, OK (27) NT; 38. 3, Larry Ball Jr., Des Moines, IA (34) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:24.3: 1. Danny Lasoski (4) 2. Brad Doty (8) 3. Randy Smith (2) 4. Danny Smith (5) 5. Steve Kinser (7) / 6. Johnny Herrera (6) 7. Shane Carson (3) 8. Bruce Drottz (1) DNS – John McCoy, Mark Shaffer
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:22.7: 1. John Stevenson (4) 2. Sammy Swindell (7) 3. Jeff Tuttle (2) 4. Mike Proffitt (3) 5. Mark Kinser (8) / 6. Greg Rule (6) 7. TJ Giddings (5) 8. Galen Martin (1) DNS – Jimmy Bell, Larry Ball Jr.
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:21.2: 1. Jac Haudenschild (3) 2. Tony Armstrong (4) 3. Bob East (5) 4. Rick Downey (2) 5. Jaymie Moyle (1) / 6. Craig Keel (6) 7. Rich Bubak (7) DNS – Mike Houseman, Ron Shuman
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:25.2: 1. Tim Gee (4) 2. Ray Lipsey (5) 3. Bobby Davis Jr. (8) 4. Cris Eash (7) 5. Lee Brewer Jr. (6) / 6. Tommy Scott (2) 7. Greg Wooley (3) 8. Andy Hillenburg (9) 9. Bob Weuve (1)
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:39.2: 1. Johnny Herrera (1) 2. Shane Carson (3) 3. Craig Keel (4) 4. Greg Rule (2) / 5. Greg Wooley (6) 6. Andy Hillenburg (11) 7. Tommy Scott (5) 8. Bruce Drottz (8) 9. Galen Martin (7) 10. Mike Houseman (10) 11. Rich Bubak (12) 12. Bob Weuve (9) DNS – TJ Giddings, John McCoy, Mark Shaffer, Jimmy Bell, Larry Ball Jr., Ron Shuman
A main postponed to July 22…
6/27
Lasoski Resumes Form in Knoxville Raceway Win by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Danny Lasoski resumed the form which guided him to last year’s track title as he drove the Scotch Grove Racing Team sprinter to a twenty-lap win at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night.
Lasoski, who claimed $2000 for the feature event victory, started on the pole position an never relinquished the top spot. He was able to forge a commanding lead and extended it in lapped traffic on a track which turned dry and dusty.
Tony Armstrong, who ran second the entire distance, held that spot to the checkereds ahead of a fast closing Randy Smith. Shane Carson, Bob East, Jaymie Moyle, TJ Giddings, Jeff Tuttle, Mike Proffitt and Mark Shaffer completed the top ten finishers.
In the companion Limited Sprints, Mike Chadd scored his fifth feature event win of the 1987 season as he guided his new Gambler of Iowa sprinter from the tail to the top spot for the victory. Terry Thorson, Randy Babcock, Larry Webb and Tom Whiting finished in that order at the line.
At trackside ceremonies during the evening, four men were inducted into the Knoxville Raceway Hall of Fame. The ninth annual affair saw Jack Redmond, Joe Saldana, Mike Brooks and Boge Johnson become new members.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (5) 16.984; 2. 12x, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (9) 17.022; 3. 20x, Jeff Gordon, Pittsboro, IN (2) 17.240; 4. 23s, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (17) 17.386; 5. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (15) 17.434; 6. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (20) 17.438; 7. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (8) 17.462; 8. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (3) 17.463; 9. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (16) 17.607; 10. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (12) 17.768; 11. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (14) 17.804; 12. 20, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (4) 17.871; 13. 2, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (7) 17.892; 14. 2V, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (11) 17.910; 15. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (6) 18.135; 16. 6, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (19) 18.167; 17. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (23) 18.227; 18. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (10) 18.349; 19. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (21) 18.647; 20. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (13) 18.798; 21. 53, Greg Roorda, Altoona, IA (1) 19.232; 22. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (24) 19.601; 23. 53x, Paul Tetrault, Chicago, IL (18) 19.648; 24. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (22) 20.157; 25. 11x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (25) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Tony Armstrong (7) 2. Mike Proffitt (6) 3. Jim Grafton (3) 4. Bob East (8) 5. Tommy Scott (5) 6. Galen Martin (4) 7. Mike Houseman (1) 8. Wayne Redmond (2) DNS – Billy Vielhauer
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:24.5: 1. Jeff Tuttle (6) 2. Randy Smith (8) 3. Dean Chadd (4) 4. Mark Shaffer (3) 5. John McCoy (5) 6. Jaymie Moyle (7) 7. Bob Weuve (2) 8. Paul Tetrault (1)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:30.9: 1. Shane Carson (3) 2. Danny Lasoski (5) 3. TJ Giddings (6) 4. Bruce Drottz (1) 5. Jeff Gordon (7) 6. Kenny McCarl (4) 7. Greg Roorda (2) DNS – Jimmy Bell
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (1) 2. Tony Armstrong (3) 3. Randy Smith (5) 4. Shane Carson (12) 5. Bob East (6) 6. Jaymie Moyle (2) 7. TJ Giddings (9) 8. Jeff Tuttle (8) 9. Mike Proffitt (7) 10. Mark Shaffer (17) 11. Bruce Drottz (18) 12. Tommy Scott (10) 13. Dean Chadd (14) 14. Mike Houseman (21) 15. Galen Martin (13) 16. Bob Weuve (19) 17. Jim Grafton (16) 18. Kenny McCarl (15) 19. Greg Roorda (20) 20. John McCoy (11) 21. Jeff Gordon (4) 22. Paul Tetrault (22). Lap Leader: Lasoski 1-20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 2:05.5: 1. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (8) 2. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (9) 3. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (4) 4. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (6) 5. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (7) / 6. 52B, Jordan Albaugh, Johnston, IA (3) 7. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (5) 8. 02s, Ron Jones, Knoxville, IA (2) 9. 3s, Bill Smith, Knoxville, IA (1)
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 2:00.8: 1. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (7) 2. 12, Toby Lawless, Des Moines, IA (8) 3. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (6) 4. 30x, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (2) 5. 12x, Larry Sylvester, Hedrick, IA (5) / 6. 91, Mark Hauge, Story City, IA (4) 7. 2x, Randy Hibbs, Stewartsville, MO (3) 8. 48D, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (1) DNS – 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA, 63, Mike Whaley, Carlisle, IA
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 2:04.1: 1. 20, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (6) 2. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (1) 3. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (7) 4. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (5) 5. 8, John Greenwood, Des Moines, IA (3) / 6. 25, Rick McClure, Cincinnati, IA (2) 7. 4, Brian Ridge, Ottumwa, IA (4) 8. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (8)
B main (started), 6 laps, 2:01.7: 1. Mike Chadd (1) 2. Walt Esch (2) 3. Jordan Albaugh (5) / 4. Rick McClure (4) 5. Brian Ridge (3) 6. Ron Jones (7) 7. Mike Whaley (6) DNS – Mark Hauge, Bill Smith, Bob Thompson, Randy Hibbs, Tim Deaver
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Mike Chadd (13) 2. Terry Thorson (6) 3. Randy Babcock (3) 4. Larry Webb (1) 5. Tom Whiting (10) 6. Toby Lawless (4) 7. Terry Alexander (7) 8. Walt Esch (16) 9. Dwight Snodgrass (5) 10. Archie Ergenbright (9) 11. John Greenwood (12) 12. George Dickerson (11) 13. Matt Fox (8) 14. Jordan Albaugh (15) 15. Mackie Heimbaugh (14) 16. Greg Helms (2) DNS – Mike Twedt, Larry Sylvester. Lap Leaders: Helms 1, Lawless 2-5, M. Chadd 6-12.
7/4
Jeff Tuttle Flies to Fifth Knoxville Sprint Feature Win by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Jeff Tuttle wheeled the Bob Tuttle winged sprinter to a twenty-lap feature even win during the Independence Day race Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. The victory marked Tuttle’s fifth feature win here for the 1987 racing season and paid the young sprint pilot $2000.
Most of the fireworks were provided on back in the pack as Randy Smith, Ray Lipsey, Danny Lasoski, Tony Armstrong and Bob East fought their way forward from deep starting positions.
Tuttle caught race leader, John McCoy, to take the lead on lap nine and extended his margin through a single caution flag to take the win. Following Tuttle to the checkered flag were Smith, Lipsey, East, McCoy, Lasoski, Armstrong, Mike Proffitt, Greg Roorda and Terry McCarl.
In the companion Limited Sprint program, Greg Helms led through three yellow flag situations to capture his initial feature event win for the 1987 season. The race proved to be an exciting battle, as the top four finishers crossed the line within fifty yards of each other. Mike Twedt, Toby Lawless, Larry Webb and Randy Babcock completed the top five.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (13) 17.263; 2. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (3) 17.360; 3. 23s, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (26) 17.408; 4. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (15) 17.413; 5. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (9) 17.480; 6. 3, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (7) 17.505; 7. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (22) 17.525; 8. 12x, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (16) 17.527; 9. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (14) 17.621; 10. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (11) 17.899; 11. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (20) 17.926; 12. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (4) 17.991; 13. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (19) 18.067; 14. 2V, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (8) 18.082; 15. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (23) 18.148; 16. 2, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (10) 18.176; 17. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (21) 18.237; 18. 3x, Junior Parkinson, Gladstone, MO (2) 18.351; 19. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (17) 18.353; 20. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (18) 18.527; 21. 6, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (24) 18.538; 22. 53, Greg Roorda, Altoona, IA (6) 18.559; 23. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (25) 18.699; 24. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (5) 18.862; 25. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (12) 18.948; 26. 23R, Devlin Polkinghorn, Dodge City, KS (1) 19.003.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:31.3: 1. Galen Martin (3) 2. Ray Lipsey (4) 3. Danny Lasoski (7) 4. Kenny McCarl (5) 5. Bob East (6) 6. Greg Roorda (1) / 7. Mike Proffitt (2) DNS – Mark Shaffer
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:32.6: 1. Bruce Drottz (1) 2. Wayne Redmond (2) 3. Terry McCarl (6) 4. TJ Giddings (8) 5. Tommy Scott (3) 6. Jeff Tuttle (5) / 7. Dean Chadd (4) 8. Jaymie Moyle (7) 9. Bob Weuve (9)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:28.4: 1. Randy Smith (5) 2. Tony Armstrong (8) 3. Jimmy Bell (4) 4. Jerry Beeck Jr. (6) 5. John McCoy (3) 6. Devlin Polkinghorn (7) / 7. Mike Houseman (1) 8. Jim Grafton (2) DNS – Junior Parkinson
B main (started), 6 laps, 1:48.2: 1. Jaymie Moyle (1) 2. Mike Proffitt (2) 3. Dean Chadd (3) 4. Junior Parkinson (4) 5. Bob Weuve (5) / DNS – Mark Shaffer, Jim Grafton, Mike Houseman
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Jeff Tuttle (3) 2. Randy Smith (8) 3. Ray Lipsey (7) 4. Bob East (12) 5. John McCoy (2) 6. Danny Lasoski (9) 7. Tony Armstrong (10) 8. Mike Proffitt (20) 9. Greg Roorda (16) 10. Kenny McCarl (4) 11. Jerry Beeck Jr. (5) 12. Jaymie Moyle (17) 13. Devlin Polkinghorn (18) 14. Terry McCarl (6) 15. Jimmy Bell (1) 16. Tommy Scott (14) 17. Wayne Redmond (13) 18. Bruce Drottz (15) 19. Galen Martin (11) 20. Bob Weuve (19) DNS – TJ Giddings, Dean Chadd, Junior Parkinson. Lap Leaders: McCoy 1-8, Tuttle 9- 20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 20, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (6) 2. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (4) 3. 52B, Jordan Albaugh, Johnston, IA (3) 4. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (5) 5. 55D, Joe Boyles, Independence, MO (7) / 6. 02s, Ron Jones, Knoxville, IA (2) 7. 3s, Bill Smith, Knoxville, IA (1) DNS – 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:55.0 (NTR): 1. 12, Toby Lawless, Des Moines, IA (6) 2. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (5) 3. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (3) 4. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (1) 5. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (4) / 6. 25, Rick McClure, Cincinnati, IA (2) 7. 4, Jerry Janssen, Des Moines, IA (7) DNS – 25Y, Jim Yeager, East Moline, IL
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 2:05.9: 1. 91, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (3) 2. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (2) 3. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (4) 4. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (6) 5. 63, Mike Whaley, Carlisle, IA (8) / 6. 12x, Larry Sylvester, Hedrick, IA (1) 7. 3D, Denny Knight, Cedar Rapids, IA (5) 8. 23. Richard Crook, Oskaloosa, IA (7) DNS – 48D, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA
B main (started), 6 laps, 2:13.7: 1. Larry Sylvester (1) / 2. Rick McClure (2) 3. Jerry Janssen (6) 4. Richard Crook (5) 5. Ron Jones (3) 6. Denny Knight (4) DNS – Bill Smith, Bob Thompson, Jim Yeager, Tim Deaver
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Greg Helms (7) 2. Mike Twedt (9) 3. Toby Lawless (10) 4. Larry Webb (8) 5. Randy Babcock (11) 6. Archie Ergenbright (2) 7. Tom Whiting (5) 8. George Dickerson (13) 9. Terry Thorson (12) 10. Dwight Snodgrass (6) 11. Joe Boyles (15) 12. Larry Sylvester (16) 13. Walt Esch (3) 14. Mike Whaley (14) 15. Terry Alexander (4) 16. Jordan Albaugh (1). Lap Leaders: Albaugh 1-3, Helms 4-12.
7/11
Four Races, Four Faces at Knoxville by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – It was Twin Features Night at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday evening and four different drivers shared in the $17,000 purse as they claimed feature event wins.
Rocky Hodges, fresh off the outlaw trails, drive the McBride and Shoff sprinter to a convincing win in the first sixteen-lap feature event to claim $1500. Bob East, John Stevenson, Randy Smith and TJ Giddings completed the top five finishers.
In the second of the Twin Sixteens, which was inverted according to the finish of the first, Ray Lipsey took his initial Knoxville Raceway feature event victory in his own car as he led the distance to win $1500. Terry McCarl and Giddings took the place and show positions, while Hodges took passing honors to claim fourth. Shane Carson was fifth.
Toby Lawless and Mike Twedt each garnered their initial Limited Sprint features at Knoxville as both came away victorious in Twin Ten feature events. Lawless took a fifth lap lead which he held to the checkereds and was followed by Twedt, Bob Thompson, Terry Thorson and Larry Webb. Twedt took a sixth lead in the inverted second ten lap feature as Jordan Albaugh, Randy Babcock, Dwight Snodgrass and Tom Whiting trailed him to the line.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (4) 17.347; 2. 23s, Rocky Hodges, Des Moines, IA (11) 17.455; 3. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (6) 17.526; 4. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (15) 17.563; 5. 31, John Stevenson, St. Paul, MN (5) 17.609; 6. 5m, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (24) 17.666; 7. 12x, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (19) 17.817; 8. 20, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (17) 17.843; 9. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (13) 17.918; 10. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (23) 17.957; 11. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (7) 17.982; 12. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (12) 18.127; 13. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (2) 18.136; 14. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (3) 18.199; 15. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (25) 18.215; 16. 2, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (22) 18.276; 17. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (10) 18.304; 18. 2V, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (30) 18.428; 19. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (9) 18.498; 20. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (8) 18.842; 21. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (1) 19.234; 22. 3, Larry Ball Jr., Des Moines, IA (21) 19.360; 23. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (14) 19.509; 24. 53, Greg Roorda, Altoona, IA (28) 19.808; 25. 35, Melvin Krause, Elwood, KS (27) 21.524; 26. 12c, Billy Cohee Jr., Topeka, KS (20) 22.692; 27. 6, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (16) NT; 28. 11x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (18) NT; 29. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (26) NT; 30. 6x, Danny Thoman, Higginsville, MO (29) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:27.8: 1. Mike Proffitt (2) 2. Randy Smith (6) 3. Bob East (8) 4. Danny Lasoski (7) / 5. Ray Lipsey (5) 6. John McCoy (4) 7. Galen Martin (3) 8. Larry Ball Jr. (1) DNS – Jim Grafton, Danny Thoman
Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Rocky Hodges (8) 2. Jerry Richert Jr. (3) 3. John Stevenson (7) 4. Shane Carson (6) / 5. Kenny McCarl (5) 6. Bob Weuve (1) 7. Melvin Krause (9) 8. Wayne Redmond (2) 9. Bruce Drottz (4) DNS – Billy Vielhauer
Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. TJ Giddings (6) 2. Jerry Beeck Jr. (8) 3. Greg Roorda (1) 4. Billy Cohee Jr. (9) / 5. Dean Chadd (3) 6. Terry McCarl (7) 7. Jeff Tuttle (5) 8. Tommy Scott (4) 9. Mike Houseman (2) DNS – Mark Shaffer
B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (1) 2. Ray Lipsey (2) 3. Kenny McCarl (3) 4. John McCoy (4) / 5. Mark Shaffer (13) 6. Wayne Redmond (8) 7. Danny Thoman (11) 8. Bruce Drottz (5) 9. Galen Martin (7) 10. Billy Vielhauer (14) 11. Melvin Krause (12) 12. Larry Ball Jr. (10) 13. Tommy Scott (6) 14. Bob Weuve (9) DNS – Mike Houseman, Jim Grafton
A main #1 (started), 16 laps, NT: 1. Rocky Hodges (2) 2. Bob East (1) 3. John Stevenson (5) 4. Randy Smith (6) 5. TJ Giddings (8) 6. Danny Lasoski (4) 7. Terry McCarl (13) 8. Jerry Beeck Jr. (3) 9. Shane Carson (7) 10. Jerry Richert Jr. (9) 11. Ray Lipsey (14) 12. Billy Cohee Jr. (12) 13. John McCoy (16) 14. Mike Proffitt (10) 15. Kenny McCarl (15) 16. Greg Roorda (11). Lap Leader: Hodges 1-16.
A main #2 (started), 16 laps, 5:07.2: 1. Ray Lipsey (2) 2. Terry McCarl (6) 3. TJ Giddings (8) 4. Rocky Hodges (12) 5. Shane Carson (4) 6. Danny Lasoski (7) 7. Bob East (11) 8. John Stevenson (10) 9. Jerry Beeck Jr. (5) 10. Randy Smith (9) 11. Mark Shaffer (16) 12. Jerry Richert Jr. (3) 13. Greg Roorda (14) 14. Billy Cohee Jr. (1) 15. John McCoy (13) 16. Kenny McCarl (15) DNS – Mike Proffitt. Lap Leader: Lipsey 1-16.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (8) 2. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (7) 3. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (5) / 4. 48D, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (2) 5. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (6) 6. 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS (4) 7. 2x, Randy Hibbs, Stewartsville, MO (3) 8. 3D, Denny Knight, Cedar Rapids, IA (1) DNS – 12x, Larry Sylvester, Hedrick, IA
Heat two (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 20, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (8) 2. 91, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (7) 3. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (3) / 4. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (5) 5. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (6) 6. 23, Richard Crook, Oskaloosa, IA (9) 7. 02s, Ron Jones, Knoxville, IA (2) 8. 71, Brian Ridge, Ottumwa, IA (4) 9. 63, Mike Whaley, Carlisle, IA (1)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 2:06.0: 1. 12, Toby Lawless, Des Moines, IA (8) 2. 52B, Jordan Albaugh, Johnston, IA (3) 3. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (6) / 4. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (7) 5. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (4) 6. 25, Rick McClure, Cincinnati, IA (2) 7. 30x, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (5) 8. 55, Steve Morris, Burlington, IA (9) 9. 4, Jerry Janssen, Des Moines, IA (10) 10. 25Y, Jim Yeager, East Moline, IL (1)
B main (started), 10 laps, 3:26.3: 1. Bob Thompson (1) / 2. Tom Whiting (2) 3. Terry Alexander (3) 4. Mackie Heimbaugh (4) 5. Walt Esch (5) 6. Archie Ergenbright (7) 7. Brian Ridge (8) 8. Steve Morris (18) 9. John Kearney (9) 10. Tim Deaver (13) 11. Richard Crook (17) 12. Randy Hibbs (10) 13. Ron Jones (12) 14. Rick McClure (11) 15. Jim Yeager (14) 16. Jerry Janssen (19) 17. Denny Knight (16) 18. Larry Sylvester (6) 19. Mike Whaley (15)
A main #1 (started), 10 laps, 3:24.1 (NTR): 1. Toby Lawless (2) 2. Mike Twedt (3) 3. Bob Thompson (10) 4. Terry Thorson (1) 5. Larry Webb (5) 6. Greg Helms (6) 7. Randy Babcock (4) 8. Dwight Snodgrass (7) 9. Jordan Albaugh (8) 10. George Dickerson (9). Lap Leaders: Thorson 1-4, Lawless 5-10.
A main #2 (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Mike Twedt (7) 2. Jordan Albaugh (2) 3. Randy Babcock (4) 4. Dwight Snodgrass (3) 5. Tom Whiting (9) 6. Toby Lawless (10) 7. George Dickerson (1) 8. Greg Helms (5) 9. Larry Webb (6) 10. Bob Thompson (8) DNS – Terry Thorson. Lap Leaders: Albaugh 1-5, Twedt 6-10.
7/18
Hodges Rockets to Second Knoxville Feature Win by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Rocky Hodges took feature event number two in a row at the Knoxville Raceway as he piloted the McBride and Shoff winged sprinter to a twenty-lap win Saturday night.
Hodges, who pocketed $2000 in the event, had trailed race-long leader Terry McCarl from lap seven after Knoxville point leader, Danny Lasoski, crashed in turn two. On the restart, Hodges followed McCarl through ten circuits and took the lead on lap seventeen when that duo came into lapped traffic. Once in the top spot, he then went on to build a substantial margin to take his eleventh career Knoxville feature.
McCarl held the second position with Tony Armstrong, TJ Giddings and Jerry Beeck Jr. forming the top five finishers. Wayne Redmond, Bruce Drottz, John McCoy, Tommy Scott and Greg Roorda rounded out the top ten as the first five drivers in the Knoxville season point standings fell from the event.
In the companion Limited Sprint feature, Terry Thorson took a mid-race lead to capture his second feature event of the 1987 race season. Dean Chadd, Mike Chadd, Matt Fox and Randy Babcock finished behind him.
Next week, the Knoxville Raceway celebrates the 70th Annual Marion County Fair with Limited Sprints on Friday and a full program of both divisions on Saturday.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (4) 17.462; 2. 44x, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (27) 17.552; 3. 23s, Rocky Hodges, Des Moines, IA (3) 17.649; 4. 20, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (23) 17.684; 5. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (13) 17.700; 6. 31, John Stevenson, St. Paul, MN (7) 17.742; 7. 2T, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (1) 17.761; 8. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (10) 17.818; 9. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (26) 17.850; 10. 5m, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (19) 17.870; 11. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (16) 17.901; 12. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (5) 18.010; 13. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (2) 18.044; 14. 3, Larry Ball Jr., Des Moines, IA (18) 18.118; 15. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (14) 18.194; 16. 12x, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (12) 18.224; 17. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (15) 18.232; 18. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (29) 18.316; 19. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (21) 18.379; 20. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (24) 18.547; 21. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (6) 18.665; 22. 2, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (28) 18.755; 23. 11x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (20) 18.780; 24. 53, Greg Roorda, Altoona, IA (11) 18.861; 25. 3x, Junior Parkinson, Gladstone, MO (22) 18.883; 26. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (17) 18.930; 27. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (9) 19.420; 28. 76, Jeff Wilke, Dousman, WI (25) 20.157; 29. 86, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (8) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:30.3: 1. John McCoy (2) 2. Rocky Hodges (8) 3. Tommy Scott (4) 4. Wayne Redmond (3) 5. Danny Lasoski (6) 6. Greg Roorda (1) / 7. Kenny McCarl (5) 8. Junior Parkinson (9) 9. John Stevenson (7) DNS – Tod Bishop
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:25.4: 1. Bruce Drottz (2) 2. Bob East (6) 3. Ray Lipsey (7) 4. Larry Ball Jr. (4) 5. Tony Armstrong (8) 6. Jerry Beeck Jr. (5) / 7. Jeff Wilke (10) 8. Jeff Tuttle (3) 9. Billy Vielhauer (1) 10. Mike Houseman (9)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Mark Shaffer (2) 2. Randy Smith (3) 3. Mike Proffitt (4) 4. Terry McCarl (5) 5. Shane Carson (7) 6. TJ Giddings (8) / 7. Galen Martin (1) 8. Tim Baker (6) 9. Bob Weuve (9)
B main (started), 8 laps, 2:21.9: 1. John Stevenson (1) 2. Tim Baker (2) / 3. Kenny McCarl (3) 4. Billy Vielhauer (4) 5. Junior Parkinson (7) 6. Galen Martin (5) 7. Jeff Wilke (6) DNS – Jeff Tuttle, Mike Houseman, Bob Weuve, Tod Bishop
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Rocky Hodges (6) 2. Terry McCarl (1) 3. Tony Armstrong (6) 4. TJ Giddings (8) 5. Jerry Beeck Jr. (9) 6. Wayne Redmond (14) 7. Bruce Drottz (16) 8. John McCoy (17) 9. Tommy Scott (12) 10. Greg Roorda (18) 11. Shane Carson (5) 12. Larry Ball Jr. (11) 13. Mark Shaffer (15) 14. Randy Smith (13) 15. Danny Lasoski (2) 16. Bob East (3) 17. Ray Lipsey (4) 18. Jerry Beeck Jr. (9) 19. John Stevenson (19) 20. Mike Proffitt (10). Lap Leaders: McCarl 1-16, Hodges 17-20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 2:05.8: 1. 4, Jerry Janssen, Des Moines, IA (1) 2. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (4) 3. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (8) 4. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (6) 5. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (5) / 6. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (7) 7. 25, Rick McClure, Cincinnati, IA (3) 8. 30x, Dave Hendricks, Des Moines, IA (2) DNS – 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA, 33, Chuck Burgner, Rock Island, IL
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 2:04.7: 1. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (8) 2. 00, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (5) 3. 48D, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (2) 4. 12, Toby Lawless, Des Moines, IA (9) 5. 71, Brian Ridge, Ottumwa, IA (4) / 6. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (6) 7. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (7) 8. 2x, Randy Hibbs, Stewartsville, MO (3) 9. 3s, Bill Smith, Knoxville, IA (1) 10. 27, Richard Jones, Lincoln, NE (10)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 2:05.8: 1. 52B, Jordan Albaugh, Johnston, IA (4) 2. 20, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (9) 3. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (8) 4. 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS (3) 5. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (7) / 6. 02s, Ron Jones, Knoxville, IA (2) 7. 12x, Larry Sylvester, Hedrick, IA (5) 8. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (6) 9. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (11) 10. 23, Richard Crook, Oskaloosa, IA (1) 11. 87, Jeff Jones, Des Moines, IA (10)
B main (started), 8 laps, 2:46.6: 1. Dwight Snodgrass (2) / 2. Tom Whiting (1) 3. Walt Esch (3) 4. Larry Sylvester (6) 5. Richard Crook (9) 6. Ron Jones (7) 7. Randy Hibbs (5) 8. Bill Smith (10) 9. Dave Hendricks (8) 10. Richard Jones (11) 11. Terry Alexander (4) 12. Jeff Jones (12) 13. Mackie Heimbaugh (13) DNS – Bob Thompson, Rick McClure, Chuck Burgner
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Terry Thorson (4) 2. Dean Chadd (1) 3. Mike Chadd (5) 4. Matt Fox (2) 5. Randy Babcock (6) 6. Greg Helms (3) 7. Toby Lawless (7) 8. Jordan Albaugh (10) 9. George Dickerson (12) 10. John Kearney (13) 11. Brian Ridge (11) 12. Jerry Janssen (15) 13. Dwight Snodgrass (16) 14. Archie Ergenbright (9) 15. Mike Twedt (8) 16. Tim Deaver (14). Lap Leaders: D. Chadd 1-5, Thorson 6-12.
7/21
Dennis Barta Wins Second Annual Enduro
Finish, 200 laps: 1. Dennis Barta 2. Randy Branson, Melcher, IA 3. Steve Norton, Knoxville, IA 4. Roger Wardenburg, Knoxville, IA 5. Kevin Pearson, Knoxville, IA 6. Tony Miller, Knoxville, IA 7. Bob Augustine, Knoxville, IA 8. Lyn Munson, Monroe, IA 9. David Jones 10. Steve Kingery
7/22
Kinser Takes Two WoO Features at Knoxville Fair Date by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Steve Kinser was as hot as the recent ninety degree Iowa weather as he put on an awesome show of driving at the World of Outlaws Knoxville Raceway Wednesday race stop. It was a two feature night at the seventieth annual Marion County Fair as the rain-cancelled feature from June was also contested.
In the makeup feature, Kinser beat Sammy Swindell to the first turn from their front row starting positions to take the lead in a race which went green for the entire twenty-five lap distance. Swindell trailed Kinser by a half straightaway through ten laps until he dropped from contention with mechanical difficulties.
Kinser continued to slowly extend his margin in lapped traffic and won going away when the checkered flag fell. Mark Kinser was second, Brad Doty took third, Bobby Davis Jr. finished fourth and Cris Eash tallied fifth.
The second twenty-five laps feature was a wild affair as Lee Brewer Jr. led the first ten laps with Johnny Herrera, Jac Haudenschild and Kinser dicing with each other for the runner-up spot. Herrera took the lead on lap eleven but surrendered to Kinser one lap later as the seven-time World of Outlaw king then cruised to his twenty-fourth 1987 WoO feature event win. Kinser pocketed more than eight thousand dollars for his efforts, which kept him solidly on top of the WoO standings. Sammy Swindell continued his evening of problems as he spun and slid to the infield pit entrance before the first lap was completed. No caution flag was issued.
Herrera held his position to finish in the runner-up spot, Haudenschild finished third, Ron Shuman was fourth and Bobby Allen came across the line for fifth.
In victory lane, Kinser gave much credit to his car owner and uncle, Karl Kinser. “We’ve got the big racing coming up,” Steve said. “Like Karl says, he gets ‘em tuned up for the big ones. We’ve been together since ’78,” Kinser continued, “when you’re on top, it’s easier to stay together.”
Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 2, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (30) 16.590; 2. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (18) 16.686; 3. 1, Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, TN (29) 16.889; 4. 48, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (21) 16.930; 5. 6, Bobby Davis Jr., Memphis, TN (11) 17.154; 6. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (27) 17.166; 7. 1a, Bobby Allen, Hanover, PA (19) 17.186; 8. 1st, Lee Brewer Jr., Memphis, TN (4) 17.191; 9. 18, Brad Doty, Fredericksburg, OH (13) 17.226; 10. 10, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (2) 17.228; 11. 3x, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (8) 17.371; 12. 23s, Rocky Hodges, Des Moines, IA (1) 17.373; 13. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (24) 17.401; 14. 2T, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (33) 17.407; 15. 1J, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (31) 17.432; 16. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (23) 17.503; 17. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (14) 17.514; 18. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (17) 17.567; 19. 23, Greg Wooley, Oklahoma City, OK (20) 17.578; 20. 12x, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (6) 17.630; 21. 5m, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (16) 17.634; 22. 88, Tim Gee, Jamestown, IN (15) 17.761; 23. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (9) 17.773; 24. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (28) 17.796; 25. 3, Larry Ball Jr., Des Moines, IA (7) 17.880; 26. 44x, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (25) 17.893; 27. 17E, Cris Eash, Woodbine, MD (5) 17.899; 28. 20, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (3) 17.995; 29. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (10) 18.069; 30. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (34) 18.187; 31. 9, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (22) 18.411; 32. 2L, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (26) 18.485; 33. 9m, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (12) 18.530; 34. 35, Melvin Krause, Elwood, KS (35) 20.727; 35. 9z, no driver (32) NT.
Makeup A main (started), 25 laps, 7:29.4 (NTR): 1. Steve Kinser (2) 2. Mark Kinser (4) 3. Brad Doty (5) 4. Bobby Davis Jr. (3) 5. Cris Eash (7) 6. Johnny Herrera (8) 7. Lee Brewer Jr. (9) 8. Bob East (6) 9. Jac Haudenschild (11) 10. Danny Smith (10) 11. Randy Smith (16) 12. Ray Lipsey (17) 13. Danny Lasoski (12) 14. Shane Carson (13) 15. Jaymie Moyle (15) 16. Sammy Swindell (1) 17. Mike Proffitt (14) 18. Tim Gee (18) (not present: 23s, Tony Armstrong, 8, Craig Keel, 10T, Jeff Tuttle, 80, Tom Downey, 5x, Greg Rule, 31, John Stevenson). Lap Leader: S. Kinser 1-25.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:25.7: 1. Greg Wooley (2) 2. TJ Giddings (4) 3. Jac Haudenschild (8) 4. Mark Kinser (7) 5. Ron Shuman (5) 6. Tim Gee (1) / 7. Danny Lasoski (3) 8. Bobby Allen (6) 9. Rich Bubak (11) 10. Shane Carson (10) 11. Larry Ball Jr. (9) DNS – 9z
Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Steve Kinser (8) 2. Lee Brewer Jr. (6) 3. Bobby Davis Jr. (7) 4. Jerry Beeck Jr. (3) 5. Danny Smith (5) 6. Tim Baker (4) / 7. Kenny McCarl (10) 8. Gabby Lusk (11) 9. Ray Lipsey (1) 10. Tony Armstrong (2) 11. Melvin Krause (12) 12. Randy Smith (9)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:24.6: 1. Brad Doty (6) 2. Sammy Swindell (8) 3. Terry McCarl (2) 4. Bob East (3) 5. Rocky Hodges (5) 6. Cris Eash (9) / 7. Johnny Herrera (7) 8. Bruce Drottz (1) 9. Mike Proffitt (10) 10. John McCoy (11) 11. Jaymie Moyle (4)
B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Bobby Allen (3) 2. Johnny Herrera (2) 3. Randy Smith (9) 4. Shane Carson (6) 5. Danny Lasoski (1) 6. Bruce Drottz (7) / 7. Rich Bubak (13) 8. Gabby Lusk (10) 9. John McCoy (15) 10. Melvin Krause (12) 11. Kenny McCarl (11) 12. Larry Ball Jr. (4) 13. Tony Armstrong (5) 14. Mike Proffitt (8) DNS – Jaymie Moyle, Ray Lipsey, 9z
A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Steve Kinser (7) 2. Johnny Herrera (3) 3. Jac Haudenschild (8) 4. Ron Shuman (10) 5. Bobby Allen (2) 6. Brad Doty (9) 7. Rocky Hodges (12) 8. Mark Kinser (5) 9. Lee Brewer Jr. (1) 10. Bob East (16) 11. TJ Giddings (13) 12. Cris Eash (21) 13. Danny Smith (11) 14. Shane Carson (22) 15. Randy Smith (20) 16. Tim Baker (14) 17. Bruce Drottz (24) 18. Terry McCarl (18) 19. Greg Wooley (17) 20. Danny Lasoski (23) 21. Jerry Beeck Jr. (15) 22. Tim Gee (19) 23. Bobby Davis Jr. (4) 24. Sammy Swindell (6). Lap Leaders: Brewer 1-10, Herrera 11, S. Kinser 12-25.
7/24
Bob Thompson Claims Knoxville Limited Sprint Feature by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Bob Thompson, driving his own limited sprinter, won the feature event at the Knoxville Raceway during the Marion County Fair Friday night. Thompson, who claimed his fifth career feature win, led the entire distance as the weather threatened to put an end to the racing activities.
Thompson took the lead from the outset from his row three starting position. Running behind him were Toby Lawless and Mike Chadd in close order as the trio worked through lapped traffic by lap seven.
As the threesome exited turn two on lap fourteen, Chadd ran up over a tire of lapped car which had spun in front of him. The Chadd sprinter thrashed about and took a slow rollover. He was unable to restart.
Thompson gained the win as the checkered and red flags flew for Mike Twedt, who had struck the fourth turn fence while running fourth. Toby Lawless took the runner-up spot to sustain his season points advantage, Randy Babcock finished third, Walt Esch was fourth and Terry Thorson rounded out the top five.
Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (19) 19.084 (NTR); 2. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (6) 19.373; 3. 12, Toby Lawless, Des Moines, IA (5) 19.382; 4. 00, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (20) 19.471; 5. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (14) 19.856; 6. 20, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (26) 19.874; 7. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (16) 19.914; 8. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (22) 19.955; 9. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (24) 19.961; 10. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (13) 20.114; 11. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (12) 20.220; 12. 52B, Jordan Albaugh, Johnston, IA (28) 20.228; 13. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (4) 20.359; 14. 48D, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (18) 20.431; 15. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (25) 20.573; 16. 4, Jerry Janssen, Des Moines, IA (27) 20.625; 17. 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS (3) 20.646; 18. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (10) 20.691; 19. 25, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (21) 20.749; 20. 63, Mike Whaley, Carlisle, IA (8) 20.821; 21. 87, Jeff Jones, Des Moines, IA (23) 20.827; 22. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (2) 21.028; 23. 23, Richard Crook, Oskaloosa, IA (7) 21.360; 24. 02s, Ron Jones, Knoxville, IA (1) 21.506; 25. 3s, Bill Smith, Knoxville, IA (17) 22.165; 26. 3D, Denny Knight, Cedar Rapids, IA (1) 23.098; 27. 44, Greg Brown, Ottumwa, IA (9) NT; 28. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (15) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Dean Chadd (7) 2. Larry Webb (2) 3. George Dickerson (4) 4. Greg Helms (5) 5. Archie Ergenbright (1) 6. Mike Chadd (8) / 7. Tom Whiting (6) 8. Jerry Janssen (3) DNS – Greg Brown, Mackie Heimbaugh
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:49.8: 1. Terry Thorson (8) 2. Walt Esch (6) 3. John Kearney (3) 4. Bob Thompson (7) 5. Richard Crook (1) 6. Mike Whaley (2) / 7. Bill Smith (9) 8. Dwight Snodgrass (5) 9. Tim Deaver (4)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:47.5 (NTR): 1. Toby Lawless (8) 2. Randy Babcock (6) 3. Mike Twedt (7) 4. Matt Fox (3) 5. Jeff Jones (2) 6. Jordan Albaugh (5) / 7. Terry Alexander (4) 8. Ron Jones (1) 9. Denny Knight (9)
B main (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Tom Whiting (1) 2. Dwight Snodgrass (2) / 3. Bill Smith (3) 4. Ron Jones (5) 5. Terry Alexander (4) DNS – Tim Deaver, Jerry Janssen, Denny Knight, Greg Brown, Mackie Heimbaugh
A main (started), 16 laps, NT: 1. Bob Thompson (6) 2. Toby Lawless (8) 3. Randy Babcock (3) 4. Walt Esch (4) 5. Terry Thorson (9) 6. Greg Helms (2) 7. Archie Ergenbright (17) 8. Tom Whiting (19) 9. George Dickerson (11) 10. Mike Whaley (15) 11. Mike Twedt (5) 12. Richard Crook (18) 13. Jordan Albaugh (1) 14. Matt Fox (13) 15. John Kearney (12) 16. Mike Chadd (10) 17. Larry Webb (14) 18. Jeff Jones (16) 19. Dean Chadd (7) 20. Dwight Snodgrass (20). Lap Leaders: Thompson 1-16.
7/25
A Family Affair for Knoxville Fair Sprints by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Terry McCarl made it a family affair as he piloted the Lenard McCarl winged sprinter to a twenty-lap feature event win Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. The win paid young McCarl and his father $2000 during the 133rd Exhibition of the 70th Annual Marion County Fair.
McCarl took the lead at the outset and never trailed as TJ Giddings and Rocky Hodges fell into pursuit on a track which had turned dry-slick. One early caution slowed the event, but the trio soon faced lapped traffic by the tenth circuit and was joined in the run for the checkereds by Johnny Herrera.
Each circuit saw the foursome struggle with the track, lapped traffic, and each other as only Hodges managed to pass on the final lap in turn four and down the front chute.
McCarl, Hodges and Giddings formed the a near blanket finish at the checkereds with Herrera taking a close fourth. Andy Hillenburg tallied fifth.
The family affair continued in the Limited Sprint feature as Dean Chadd captured his second 1987 main event win while runner-up honors went to his brother Mike Chadd. Terry Thorson took third in the event and vaulted into the seasons’ point lead for the Limited division.
In celebration of the Marion County Fair, McCarl was presented with a thousand pound beef steer and Chadd received a two hundred forty pound market hog.
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Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (19) 17.048; 2. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (26) 17.207; 3. 44x, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (5) 17.229; 4. 31, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (15) 17.355; 5. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (12) 17.385; 6. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (14) 17.509; 7. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (21) 17.519; 8. 23s, Rocky Hodges, Des Moines, IA (32) 17.573; 9. 2H, Andy Hillenburg, Broken Arrow, OK (31) 17.714; 10. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (23) 17.763; 11. 5m, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (7) 17.793; 12. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (17) 17.889; 13. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (20) 17.942; 14. 20, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (1) 17.966; 15. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (27) 17.972; 16. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (11) 18.003; 17. 2T, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (30) 18.010; 18. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (4) 18.180; 19. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (13) 18.198; 20. 2, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (3) 18.228; 21. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (24) 18.263; 22. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (22) 18.306; 23. 9D, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (29) 18.330; 24. 2V, Danny Thoman, Higginsville, MO (33) 18.351; 25. 6, Mike Pinckney, Pleasant Hill, IA (8) 18.354; 26. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (18) 18.489; 27. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (6) 18.734; 28. 11x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (10) 18.949; 29. 76, Jeff Wilke, Dousman, WI (2) 18.958; 30. 12R, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (28) 18.961; 31. 53, Greg Roorda, Altoona, IA (9) 18.967; 32. 7, Rick Ryun, Corder, MO (16) 19.558; 33. 9z, Rick Haas, Lincoln, NE (25) 21.171.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:28.9: 1. Randy Smith (5) 2. Bob East (6) 3. John McCoy (1) 4. Tommy Scott (2) 5. TJ Giddings (3) 6. Jerry Beeck Jr. (4) / 7. Mike Pinckney (7) 8. Greg Roorda (9) 9. Billy Vielhauer (8) DNS – Jimmy Bell, Mark Shaffer
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:32.5: 1. Shane Carson (4) 2. Rich Bubak (1) 3. Johnny Herrera (8) 4. Rocky Hodges (6) 5. Tim Baker (3) 6. Terry McCarl (5) / 7. Ray Lipsey (7) 8. Wayne Redmond (9) 9. Galen Martin (2) 10. Jeff Wilke (10) 11. Rick Ryun (11)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:28.8: 1. Danny Lasoski (5) 2. Tony Armstrong (8) 3. Jeff Tuttle (4) 4. Andy Hillenburg (6) 5. Mike Proffitt (2) 6. Jaymie Moyle (7) / 7. Danny Thoman (1) 8. Bruce Drottz (10) 9. Mike Houseman (9) 10. Rick Haas (11) 11. Kenny McCarl (3)
B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Ray Lipsey (1) 2. Danny Thoman (4) / 3. Wayne Redmond (6) 4. Mark Shaffer (2) 5. Mike Pinckney (7) 6. Galen Martin (5) 7. Jeff Wilke (11) 8. Mike Houseman (9) 9. Rick Haas (12) 10. Rick Ryun (10) 11. Greg Roorda (13) 12. Kenny McCarl (3) 13. Billy Vielhauer (8) DNS – Jimmy Bell, Bruce Drottz
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (1) 2. Rocky Hodges (4) 3. TJ Giddings (2) 4. Johnny Herrera (9) 5. Andy Hillenburg (3) 6. Randy Smith (7) 7. Tony Armstrong (8) 8. Jaymie Moyle (6) 9. Danny Lasoski (11) 10. Bob East (10) 11. Rich Bubak (18) 12. Jeff Tuttle (14) 13. Jerry Beeck Jr. (5) 14. Ray Lipsey (19) 15. John McCoy (17) 16. Tim Baker (15) 17. Shane Carson (13) 18. Tommy Scott (12) 19. Danny Thoman (20) 20. Mike Proffitt (16). Lap Leader: McCarl 1-20.
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Heat one (started), 6 laps, 2:05.0: 1. 00, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (6) 2. 71, Brian Ridge, Ottumwa, IA (4) 3. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (9) 4. 3, Willie Snowden, Kansas City, MO (2) 5. 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS (8) / 6. 87, Jeff Jones, Des Moines, IA (1) 7. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (7) 8. 30x, Dave Hendricks, Des Moines, IA (3) 9. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (5) DNS – 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 2:09.3: 1. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (8) 2. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (9) 3. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (5) 4. 23, Richard Crook, Oskaloosa, IA (2) 5. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (6) / 6. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (4) 7. 3s, Bill Smith, Knoxville, IA (1) 8. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (7) 9. 5, Steve Johnson, Orion, IL (3) DNS – 44, Greg Brown, Ottumwa, IA
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 2:02.0: 1. 12, Toby Lawless, Des Moines, IA (7) 2. 52B, Jordan Albaugh, Johnston, IA (3) 3. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (5) 4. 63, Mike Whaley, Carlisle, IA (2) 5. 12x, Larry Sylvester, Hedrick, IA (4) / 6. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (6) 7. 02s, Ron Jones, Knoxville, IA (1) 8. 25, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (8) 9. 10D, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (9) DNS – 3D, Denny Knight, Cedar Rapids, IA
B main (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Tom Whiting (2) / 2. Walt Esch (5) 3. Mike Twedt (1) 4. Dwight Snodgrass (3) 5. Jeff Jones (10) 6. Bill Smith (11) 7. Ron Jones (6) 8. Steve Wares (12) 9. Dave Hendricks (8) 10. George Dickerson (7) 11. Steve Johnson (9) 12. Mackie Heimbaugh (4) DNS – Bob Thompson, Greg Brown, Denny Knight
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Dean Chadd (4) 2. Mike Chadd (7) 3. Terry Thorson (9) 4. Greg Helms (6) 5. Archie Ergenbright (2) 6. Matt Fox (5) 7. Tom Whiting (16) 8. John Kearney (15) 9. Mike Whaley (12) 10. Willie Snowden (14) 11. Brian Ridge (11) 12. Richard Crook (13) 13. Randy Babcock (8) 14. Larry Sylvester (1) 15. Jordan Albaugh (3) 16. Toby Lawless (10). Lap Leader: D. Chadd 1-12.
8/1
Danny Lasoski Takes Third Knoxville Feature by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – 1986 Knoxville Track Champion, Danny Lasoski, returned to form at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night as he powered the Max Rogers Scotch Grove Racing sprinter to a twenty-lap feature event win.
Lasoski had pulled out to a commanding lead after taking the top spot from Jeff Tuttle on lap six. However, the race was halted on lap thirteen when Tuttle and Rocky Hodges made contact while contesting the runner-up spot. Hodges skillfully saved his sprinter from a hard crash into the fence, but took a slow rollover as a result and could not restart.
On the restart, Lasoski again pulled away to take the $2000 to win first place and his sixth career Knoxville Raceway feature event. Tuttle held the second place position, Randy Smith captured third to maintain his narrow season’s point lead over Lasoski, TJ Giddings was fourth and Terry McCarl finished fifth.
In the companion Limited Sprint division, Terry Thorson caught race-long leader Jordan Albaugh at the checkered flag in lapped traffic to record a narrowest of margins feature event win. Mike Chadd took top passing honors as he flew from the tail of the race alignment to place third, Dean Chadd was fourth and Terry Alexander finished fifth.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 31, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (4) 17.062; 2. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (21) 17.145; 3. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (11) 17.156; 4. 44x, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (1) 17.175; 5. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (15) 17.222; 6. 2T, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (17) 17.340; 7. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (13) 17.348; 8. 23s, Rocky Hodges, Des Moines, IA (5) 17.398; 9. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (22) 17.451; 10. 2V, Danny Thoman, Higginsville, MO (27) 17.532; 11. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (9) 17.576; 12. 5m, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (10) 17.615; 13. 3, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (32) 17.802; 14. 20, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (19) 17.834; 15. 11x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (25) 17.941; 16. 2, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (6) 17.980; 17. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (29) 17.985; 18. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (24) 18.060; 19. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (16) 18.130; 20. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (7) 18.142; 21. 6, Mike Pinckney, Pleasant Hill, IA (31) 18.371; 22. 12R, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (2) 18.660; 23. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (14) 18.732; 24. 76, Jeff Wilke, Dousman, WI (30) 18.823; 25. 53, Greg Roorda, Altoona, IA (3) 18.862; 26. 5c, Curt Grogan, Kansas City, MO (8) 18.927; 27. 9z, Rick Haas, Lincoln, NE (20) 19.218; 28. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (26) 19.395; 29. 117, Bill Randleman, Jefferson, IA (28) 19.848; 30. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (12) 20.089; 31. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (18) NT; 32. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (23) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Jimmy Bell (2) 2. Danny Lasoski (6) 3. Tony Armstrong (7) 4. Randy Smith (8) 5. Galen Martin (3) 6. Greg Roorda (9) / 7. Danny Thoman (5) 8. Bruce Drottz (4) 9. Jim Grafton (1) DNS – Jaymie Moyle, John McCoy
Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Wayne Redmond (3) 2. Rocky Hodges (6) 3. Jeff Tuttle (5) 4. TJ Giddings (7) 5. Ray Lipsey (8) 6. Mike Proffitt (4) / 7. Mike Houseman (1) 8. Curt Grogan (9) 9. Bill Randleman (10) 10. Kenny McCarl (2) DNS – Tommy Scott
Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (5) 2. Mike Pinckney (2) 3. Mark Shaffer (3) 4. Bob East (8) 5. Jerry Beeck Jr. (6) 6. Tim Baker (7) / 7. Jeff Wilke (1) 8. Bob Weuve (10) 9. Rick Haas (9) 10. Billy Vielhauer (4)
B main (started), 8 laps, 2:27.5: 1. Danny Thoman (1) 2. Mike Houseman (2) 3. Curt Grogan (4) / 4. Jeff Wilke (3) 5. Rick Haas (5) 6. Bill Randleman (7) 7. Bob Weuve (6) DNS – Bruce Drottz, Billy Vielhauer, Kenny McCarl, Jim Grafton, Jaymie Moyle, John McCoy, Tommy Scott
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (4) 2. Jeff Tuttle (1) 3. Randy Smith (10) 4. TJ Giddings (6) 5. Terry McCarl (11) 6. Tony Armstrong (7) 7. Ray Lipsey (9) 8. Tim Baker (5) 9. Danny Thoman (19) 10. Jimmy Bell (14) 11. Mike Proffitt (12) 12. Jerry Beeck Jr. (2) 13. Bob East (8) 14. Mark Shaffer (15) 15. Mike Pinckney (17) 16. Galen Martin (13) 17. Rocky Hodges (3) 18. Greg Roorda (16) 19. Curt Grogan (18) DNS – Wayne Redmond, Mike Houseman. Lap Leaders: Tuttle 1-5, Lasoski 6-20.
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Heat one (started), 6 laps, 2:02.0: 1. 87, Jeff Jones, Des Moines, IA (1) 2. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (3) 3. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (7) 4. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (6) 5. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (5) / 6. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (8) 7. 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS (4) 8. 25Y, Jim Yeager, East Moline, IL (2) DNS – 3, Willie Snowden, Kansas City, MO
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 2:02.8: 1. 4, Jerry Janssen, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 20, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (8) 3. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (4) 4. 52B, Jordan Albaugh, Johnston, IA (5) 5. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (6) / 6. 2, Dwight Snodgrass, Indianola, IA (7) 7. 3s, Bill Smith, Knoxville, IA (1) 8. 23, Richard Crook, Oskaloosa, IA (9) 9. 12x, Larry Sylvester, Hedrick, IA (10) 10. 25, Rick McClure, Cincinnati, IA (3)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 1:58.9: 1. 00, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (6) 2. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (8) 3. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (9) 4. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (4) 5. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (5) / 6. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (3) 7. 02s, Ron Jones, Knoxville, IA (1) 8. 10D, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (7) 9. 30x, Dave Hendricks, Des Moines, IA (2) DNS – 3D, Denny Knight, Cedar Rapids, IA
B main (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Greg Helms (1) / 2. John Kearney (4) 3. Dwight Snodgrass (2) 4. Archie Ergenbright (3) 5. Larry Sylvester (13) 6. Richard Crook (11) 7. Ron Jones (5) 8. Rick McClure (6) 9. Steve Wares (12) 10. Dave Hendricks (8) 11. Bill Smith (10) 12. Jim Yeager (9) 13. Willie Snowden (7) DNS – Denny Knight
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Terry Thorson (10) 2. Jordan Albaugh (2) 3. Mike Chadd (15) 4. Dean Chadd (5) 5. Terry Alexander (1) 6. Randy Babcock (9) 7. Bob Thompson (7) 8. Matt Fox (4) 9. Walt Esch (3) 10. Mackie Heimbaugh (11) 11. Tom Whiting (6) 12. Jeff Jones (14) 13. Jerry Janssen (13) 14. George Dickerson (12) 15. Mike Twedt (8) 16. Greg Helms (16). Lap Leaders: Albaugh 1-11, Thorson 12.
8/8
Randy Smith Takes Knoxville Pre-National Feature Event by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Three-time Knoxville track champion, Randy Smith, guided the Dave Paulson winged sprinter to a twenty-lap feature event victory in a pre-national showdown at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The win paid Smith $2000 as he extended his point lead in a quest for an unprecedented fourth track title.
Smith, who was piloting a new Trostle chassis, had built a substantial lead before a red flag stopped the race on lap fifteen. On the restart, he again pulled away to record his twenty-fourth Knoxville career feature win. Pole- sitter Tony Armstrong came across the line for second, National entrant Jimmy Sills took third, Terry McCarl was fourth and Rocky Hodges finished fifth.
Mike Chadd recorded his sixth feature event win of the 1987 race season to take a narrow points lead in the Limited Sprint portion of the program. Chadd, who was injured in a race away from Knoxville during the month of July, took the lead on lap four and never looked back. Jordan Albaugh, Dean Chadd, Walt Esch and Larry Webb completed the top five finishers. Terry Thorson, the points leader prior to the evening’s activities, finished far down the line with mechanical problems.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (3) 16.824; 2. 14, Jimmy Sills, San Jose, CA (20) 16.840; 3. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (7) 17.022; 4. 31, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (32) 17.104; 5. 23, Greg Wooley, Oklahoma City, OK (18) 17.176; 6. 5m, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (19) 17.220; 7. 2H, Andy Hillenburg, Oklahoma City, OK (27) 17.254; 8. 23s, Rocky Hodges, Des Moines, IA (13) 17.274; 9. 20, Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (28) 17.380; 10. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (33) 17.414; 11. 12x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (22) 17.450; 12. 44x, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (35) 17.503; 13. 3, Roger Rager, Mound, MN (15) 17.536; 14. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (16) 17.545; 15. 1, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (2) 17.610; 16. 70, Richard Griffin, Silver City, NM (24) 17.617; 17. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (34) 17.639; 18. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (5) 17.711; 19. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (21) 17.743; 20. 20T, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (14) 17.889; 21. 30, Rick England, Irving, TX (25) 17.917; 22. 9z, Rick Haas, Lincoln, NE (8) 17.976; 23. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (12) 17.989; 24. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (31) 18.122; 25. 1x, Danny Thoman, Higginsville, MO (6) 18.232; 26. 2, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (26) 18.317; 27. 53, Greg Roorda, Altoona, IA (1) 18.375; 28. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (9) 18.447; 29. 43, Keith Mann, Perth, WA, Aust. (30) 18.746; 30. 6, Mike Pinckney, Pleasant Hill, IA (17) 18.982; 31. 12R, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (29) 19.003; 32. 53x, Paul Tetrault, Chicago, IL (4) 19.129; 33. 76, Jeff Wilke, Dousman, WI (10) 19.217; 34. 7, Rick Ryun, Corder, MO (11) 19.355; 35. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (23) 20.147.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:28.3: 1. Jeff Tuttle (4) 2. Terry Gray (6) 3. Ray Lipsey (8) 4. Keith Mann (1) 5. Greg Wooley (7) / 6. Roger Rager (5) 7. Rick England (3) 8. Danny Thoman (2)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:26.1: 1. Jimmy Sills (8) 2. Mark Shaffer (4) 3. Terry McCarl (7) 4. Mike Pinckney (1) 5. Tommy Scott (5) / 6. Danny Lasoski (6) 7. Galen Martin (2) 8. Rick Haas (3) 9. Jeff Wilke (9)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Andy Hillenburg (7) 2. Kenny McCarl (3) 3. TJ Giddings (8) 4. Greg Roorda (2) 5. Jimmy Bell (4) / 6. Jaymie Moyle (5) 7. Rick Ryun (9) 8. Billy Vielhauer (6) 9. Jim Grafton (1)
Heat four (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Randy Smith (8) 2. Rocky Hodges (7) 3. Wayne Redmond (3) 4. Richard Griffin (5) 5. Tony Armstrong (6) / 6. Paul Tetrault (1) 7. Bob Weuve (9) 8. Mike Houseman (2) 9. Mike Twedt (4)
B main (started), 10 laps, 3:01.6: 1. Danny Lasoski (1) 2. Billy Vielhauer (2) / 3. Roger Rager (3) 4. Rick Haas (5) 5. Galen Martin (7) 6. Paul Tetrault (6) 7. Bob Weuve (8) 8. Jeff Wilke (9) 9. Rick England (4) DNS – Jaymie Moyle, Mike Twedt, Danny Thoman, Mike Houseman, Jim Grafton, Rick Ryun
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Randy Smith (7) 2. Tony Armstrong (1) 3. Jimmy Sills (9) 4. Terry McCarl (5) 5. Rocky Hodges (3) 6. Andy Hillenburg (4) 7. Terry Gray (2) 8. TJ Giddings (8) 9. Wayne Redmond (17) 10. Danny Lasoski (21) 11. Greg Wooley (6) 12. Ray Lipsey (10) 13. Jeff Tuttle (13) 14. Keith Mann (19) 15. Jimmy Bell (15) 16. Mike Pinckney (20) 17. Richard Griffin (12) 18. Tommy Scott (11) 19. Billy Vielhauer (22) 20. Greg Roorda (18) 21. Kenny McCarl (16) 22. Mark Shaffer (14). Lap Leaders: Armstrong 1-2, R. Smith 3-20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 2:01.6: 1. 00, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (6) 2. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (8) 3. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (4) 4. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (5) 5. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (7) / 6. 12x, Larry Sylvester, Hedrick, IA (3) 7. 30x, Dave Hendricks, Des Moines, IA (2) 8. 25Y, Jim Yeager, East Moline, IL (1) 9. 3, Willie Snowden, Kansas City, MO (9)
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 2:00.6: 1. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (8) 2. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (4) 3. 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS (3) 4. 52B, Jordan Albaugh, Johnston, IA (5) 5. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (6) / 6. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (7) 7. 32, Bob Werkmeister, Omaha, NE (9) 8. 10D, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (1) 9. 4, Jerry Janssen, Des Moines, IA (2)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 2:05.8: 1. 87, Jeff Jones, Des Moines, IA (1) 2. 22, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (7) 3. 1T, Tony Aksamit, Lincoln, NE (9) 4. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (6) 5. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (5) / 6. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (3) 7. 02s, Ron Jones, Knoxville, IA (2) 8. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (4) 9. 23, Richard Crook, Oskaloosa, IA (8)
B main (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Bob Thompson (1) / 2. Terry Alexander (2) 3. Richard Crook (11) 4. Larry Sylvester (4) 5. George Dickerson (3) 6. Steve Wares (9) 7. Dave Hendricks (6) 8. Jim Yeager (8) 9. Ron Jones (5) 10. Bob Werkmeister (12) 11. Jerry Janssen (7) 12. Willie Snowden (10)
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Mike Chadd (9) 2. Jordan Albaugh (1) 3. Dean Chadd (5) 4. Walt Esch (2) 5. Larry Webb (6) 6. Randy Babcock (8) 7. Tony Aksamit (15) 8. Tom Whiting (4) 9. John Kearney (13) 10. Matt Fox (3) 11. Greg Helms (7) 12. Archie Ergenbright (11) 13. Bob Thompson (16) 14. Terry Thorson (10) 15. Mackie Heimbaugh (12) 16. Jeff Jones (14). Lap Leaders: Albaugh 1-3, M. Chadd 4-12.
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8/14
Rain Wreaks Havoc at Twenty-seventh Knoxville Nationals by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Knoxville Raceway officials had things off to a good start Friday when once again showers accompanied with dangerous lightning halted the events for the third straight day. The unprecedented string of cancellations has forced the schedule of the 27th Annual Knoxville Nationals to be reshuffled each day since activities began on Wednesday.
The stubborn weather front which has refused to move from the midsection of the nation’s region dumped over an inch of rain on the track shortly after the it gates opened on the initial day of qualifying and brought about the first cancellation. Occasional overnight showers produced an impossible pit area situation on Thursday, but several hundred man hours of labor created a working parking area in the infield.
With the track surface in near perfect condition despite the excess moisture, qualifying time trials pushed off remarkably close to schedule. Californian, Jimmy Sills, eclipsed the existing track record on each of his runs and lowered the mark to 16.461 for the half-mile oval. Forty-seven of the fifty-six entrants had gone through qualifications when once again, the rains fell. A one hour delay ensued before the event was finally called. The Sills’ record was allowed to stand, but the program was a complete washout.
On Friday, track personnel worked throughout the afternoon with a bulldozer, vacuum water pumps, several end loaders and various other machines to clear the pit area of the moisture ladened earth. Huge mounds of black Iowa dirt were shoved to various locations of the infield due to their efforts. Ironically, the track itself was watered as a needed preparation and once again the initial night of National qualifying events was attempted.
Jimmy Sills, aboard the Virgil Owens winged sprinter, again broke the track record as he dashed to a clocking of 16.263 seconds in qualifying time trials. The twenty-four hour old mark also fell to Steve Kinser and Bobby Allen. Qualifying heat races went to Tommy James, Kinser, Terry Gray, Jeff Swindell and Rick Ungar. Sills captured the B main as he and second place Randy Smith transferred to the tail of the ill-fated feature event, which went awash on the first lap when rain began to fall. The completion of that event plus the scheduled second day of qualifying were then moved to Saturday afternoon.
Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 14, Jimmy Sills, Placerville, CA (11) 16.263 (NTR); 2. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (8) 16.313; 3. 1a, Bobby Allen, Hanover, PA (42) 16.363; 4. 1T, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (53) 16.438; 5. 56, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (7) 16.477; 6. 7R, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (16) 16.629; 7. 5D, Randy Roberts, Denver, CO (9) 16.752; 8. 31, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (32) 16.777; 9. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (41) 16.777; 10. 23s, Rocky Hodges, Des Moines, IA (47) 16.786; 11. 20K, Kelly Kinser, Bloomington, IN (26) 16.795; 12. 24D, Ronnie Daniels, Canton, MS (18) 16.803; 13. 12x, Lealand McSpadden, Tempe, AZ (29) 16.841; 14. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (28) 16.910; 15. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (13) 16.943; 16. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (51) 16.949; 17. 2s, Steve Siegel, New Oxford, PA (44) 16.959; 18. 1B, Steve Butler, Kokomo, IN (3) 16.960; 19. 9D, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (35) 16.963; 20. 7TW, Rick Ungar, Indianapolis, IN (1) 16.968; 21. 12P, Steve Perry, Dallas, TX (52) 17.032; 22. 23, Greg Wooley, Oklahoma City, OK (33) 17.040; 23. 4c, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (54) 17.124; 24. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (37) 17.143; 25. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (36) 17.158; 26. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (17) 17.231; 27. 38, Tony Weyant, Springfield, IL (21) 17.242; 28. 3, Roger Rager, Mound, MN (27) 17.282; 29. 18B, Bobby Houseman, Estherville, IA (14) 17.320; 30. 6m, Tim Monson, Lakefield, MN (46) 17.335; 31. 51L, Larry Hillerud, Arlington Heights, IL (39) 17.343; 32. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (40) 17.394; 33. 30, Rick England, Irving, TX (2) 17.400; 34. 23R, Devlin Polkinghorn, Dodge City, KS (5) 17.402; 35. 61a, Bob Aton, Springfield, MO (45) 17.494; 36. 86, Tommy James, Sioux Falls, SD (25) 17.514; 37. 32x, John Sernett, Minneapolis, MN (10) 17.566; 38. 20, Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (49) 17.609; 39. 78, Reed Petersen, Riverton, WY (23) 17.748; 40. 32u, Dave Fitzgerald, Salt Lake City, UT (43) 17.837; 41. 2m, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (6) 17.857; 42. 18F, Fran Bruns, Madison, SD (30) 18.076; 43. 11E, Dave Ekern, Flandreau, SD (22) 18.212; 44. 34, Mike Brudigan, Sioux Falls, SD (31) 18.433; 45. 29z, Gary Zitterich, Sioux Falls, SD (48) 18.438; 46. 76, Jeff Wilke, Dousman, WI (12) 18.665; 47. 53x, Paul Tetrault, Chicago, IL (55) 18.735; 48. 1Y, Bruce Young, Union Grove, WI (34) 18.816; 49. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (20) 19.343; 50. 4x, Jerry Janssen, Des Moines, IA (24) 19.514; / 51. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (15) 19.576; 52. 10D, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (19) 19.799; 53. 35, Melvin Krause, Elwood, KS (38) 20.072; 54. 2x, Randy Hibbs, Stewartsville, MO (4) 20.310; 55. 5c, Curt Grogan, Kansas City, MO (50) NT.
Heat one (started), 10 laps, 2:59.5: 1. Tommy James (3) 2. Danny Lasoski (7) 3. Ron Shuman (9) 4. Kelly Kinser (8) / 5. Jimmy Sills (10) 6. Steve Perry (6) 7. Larry Hillerud (4) 8. Galen Martin (2) / 9. Jerry Beeck Jr. (5) 10. Jeff Wilke (1)
Heat two (started), 10 laps, 2:54.4 (NTR): 1. Steve Kinser (10) 2. Steve Siegel (7) 3. Ronnie Daniels (8) 4. Fran Bruns (2) / 5. TJ Giddings (4) 6. Greg Wooley (6) 7. Paul Tetrault (1) 8. John Sernett (3) / 9. Randy Roberts (9) DNS – Tony Weyant (5)
Heat three (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Terry Gray (3) 2. Tod Bishop (6) 3. Lealand McSpadden (8) 4. Steve Butler (7) / 5. Randy Smith (9) 6. Roger Rager (5) 7. Bruce Young (1) 8. Dave Ekern (2) / 9. Rick England (4) 10. Bobby Allen (10)
Heat four (started), 10 laps, 2:58.8: 1. Jeff Swindell (10) 2. Devlin Polkinghorn (4) 3. Tommy Scott (6) 4. Rich Bubak (7) / 5. Ray Lipsey (8) 6. Johnny Herrera (9) 7. Mike Brudigan (2) 8. Bobby Houseman (5) / 9. Tom Whiting (1) 10. Reed Petersen (3)
Heat five (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Rick Ungar (7) 2. Kenny Jacobs (10) 3. Tim Monson (5) 4. Gary Zitterich (2) / 5. Mike Proffitt (6) 6. Bob Aton (4) 7. Jerry Richert Jr. (8) 8. Dave Fitzgerald (3) / 9. Jerry Janssen (1) 10. Rocky Hodges (9)
B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Jimmy Sills (1) 2. Randy Smith (2) / 3. Ray Lipsey (4) 4. Johnny Herrera (3) 5. Steve Perry (6) 6. Greg Wooley (5) 7. Larry Hillerud (9) 8. Bobby Houseman (10) 9. Bob Aton (11) 10. Galen Martin (16) 11. Dave Ekern (15) 12. TJ Giddings (12) 13. Mike Brudigan (18) 14. Paul Tetrault (17) 15. Roger Rager (7) 16. Dave Fitzgerald (13) 17. John Sernett (14) 18. Mike Proffitt (8) DNS – Jerry Richert Jr., Bruce Young
A main postponed to 8/15
8/15 (am)
Steve Kinser Takes Rain Delayed National Opener by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Steve Kinser came from a fourth row starting spot to grab a ninth lap restart lead in his Karl Kinser prepared Coors Light sprinter and powered away to a twenty-lap feature event win. The race completed the rained out feature from Friday night. “I tightened the car up to try to run the slick track,” Kinser said concerning the afternoon racing event, “but there towards the last, the track got faster.”
Kinser used all of the track in his move to the front as he rode the high groove in turn one and two and the low groove in three and four. Once in front, he chose the high spot for the remainder of the race as the early track conditions began to change.
Chasing Kinser for the major portion of the race was Ronnie Daniels, who held the lead prior to Kinser’s move into the top spot. Daniels kept the runner-up position to the end with Kelly Kinser, Jeff Swindell and Steve Butler forming the top five finishers.
8/14 A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (8) 2. 24D, Ronnie Daniels, Canton, MS (3) 3. 20K, Kelly Kinser, Bloomington, IN (4) 4. 1T, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (7) 5. 1B, Steve Butler, Kokomo, IN (10) 6. 56, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (6) 7. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (1) 8. 7R, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (5) 9. 14, Jimmy Sills, Placerville, CA (21) 10. 2s, Steve Siegel, New Oxford, PA (9) 11. 12x, Lealand McSpadden, Tempe, AZ (2) 12. 7TW, Rick Ungar, Indianapolis, IN (12) 13. 20, Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (18) 14. 9D, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (11) 15. 31, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (22) 16. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (14) 17. 86, Tommy James, Sioux Falls, SD (17) 18. 4c, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (13) 19. 18F, Fran Bruns, Madison, SD (19) 20. 29z, Gary Zitterich, Sioux Falls, SD (20) 21. 6m, Tim Monson, Lakefield, MN (15) 22. 23R, Devlin Polkinghorn, Dodge City, KS (16). Lap Leaders: Lasoski 1-6, Daniels 7-8, S. Kinser 9-20.
Sammy Swindell Scores Convincing Second Round National Win by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Sammy Swindell, aboard the Raymond Beadle Blue Max sprinter claimed the second Saturday Knoxville National qualifier in a race staged under bright afternoon Iowa skies. The four day event which had been plagued by rain, ran off with very few hitches after starting late.
Swindell, who sustained a severe shoulder injury a week ago in Tennessee, complained of pain during his qualifying heat race. An additional neck brace and shoulder strap aided the swift Volunteer state native during the event.
“I’m glad we had all the yellows we had,” Swindell commented in victory lane, “since I hurt my shoulder, they helped,” he said in reference to the extra physical restraints.
Swindell led from his pole position, and stretched out a substantial advantage as he passed through lapped traffic. By lap twelve, he had built a half lap lead when the red flag flew for Danny Smith, who had struck the fourth turn fence just beyond the pit gate exit.
On the restart, Swindell assumed another huge margin and was cruising the backstretch on the white flag lap when Brad Doty’s right rear tire blew as he crossed the start/finish line. The final laps were run without incident and Doty managed an eleventh place finish after restarting on the rear.
Following Swindell across the line were Terry McCarl, Lee Brewer Jr. and Mark Kinser. Dave Blaney took top passing honors of the event as he drove from the rear of the lineup after transferring out of the B main to take fifth.
The largest field of cars since 1978 took part in the twenty-seventh annual national affair as one hundred twenty drivers went through qualifying time trials.
Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 6, Bobby Davis Jr., Memphis, TN (22) 16.740; 2. 2, Jac Haudenschild, Millersburg, OH (32) 16.746; 3. 40, Jeff Gordon, Pittsboro, IN (18) 16.851; 4. 51, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (38) 16.858; 5. 48, Dave Blaney, Hartford, OH (51) 16.901; 6. 29, Doug Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (25) 16.953; 7. 10T, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (67) 16.963; 8. 18, Brad Doty, Fredericksburg, OH (27) 16.978; 9. 880, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (20) 17.037; 10. 3c, Chuck Ward, McSherrystown, PA (61) 17.073; 11. 1x, Joey Allen, Hanover, PA (34) 17.076; 12. 6r, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (68) 17.106; 13. 4, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (37) 17.124; 14. 1st, Lee Brewer Jr., Memphis, TN (65) 17.131; 15. 2V, Danny Thoman, Higginsville, MO (52) 17.158; 16. 5m, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (55) 17.176; 17. 17E, Cris Eash, Woodbine, MD (49) 17.186; 18. 2H, Andy Hillenburg, Broken Arrow, OK (53) 17.219; 19. 8, Craig Keel, Weedsport, NY (69) 17.228; 20. 1, Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, TN (9) 17.236; 21. 70, Richard Griffin, Silver City, NM (1) 17.272; 22. 33, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (66) 17.334; 23. 44x, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (58) 17.356; 24. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (35) 17.368; 25. 9z, Rick Haas, Lincoln, NE (30) 17.413; 26. 10, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (33) 17.438; 27. 88, Tim Gee, White Horse, YUK, Can. (16) 17.445; 28. 1J, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (14) 17.653; 29. 48x, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (4) 17.672; 30. 39, Tommie Estes Jr., Ada, OK (26) 17.699; 31. 5T, Todd Mack, Grand Forks, ND (28) 17.736; 32. 28m, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (23) 17.756; 33. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (15) 17.764; 34. 2L, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (11) 17.779; 35. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (47) 17.781; 36. 5x, Greg Rule, Rodeo, CA (6) 17.785; 37. 43, Keith Mann, Perth, WA, Aust. (31) 17.799; 38. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (5) 17.824; 39. 16A, Leonard Lee, San Diego, CA (10) 17.833; 40. 8T, Van May, Hanover, PA (62) 17.951; 41. 66, Rich Brahmer, Wisner, NE (43) 17.973; 42. 56H, Kenny Haynes, Bourbonnais, IL (64) 18.083; 43. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (12) 18.086; 44. 15m, Scott Ritchhart, Lincoln, IL (46) 18.152; 45. 73, Bob Johnson, Sioux City, IA (54) 18.203; 46. 6x, Jim Moughan Jr., Springfield, IL (21) 18.318; 47. 12D, Rick Dump, Brandon, SD (39) 18.426; 48. 88H, Bob Hop, Mendota, MN (24) 18.434; 49. 52, Spike Lempelius, Glasgow, KY (63) 18.450; 50. 55, Joe Kouba, Princeton, MN (13) 18.497; / 51. 3N, John Tierney, Lake Villa, IL (70) 18.530; 52. 5w, Tom Winter, Canton, SD (50) 18.597; 53. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (44) 18.711; 54. 2K, Jim Kouba, Rochester, MN (48) 18.828; 55. 3x, Junior Parkinson, Gladstone, MO (2) 18.855; 56. 63, JD Hommes, Rock Rapids, IA (59) 18.868; 57. 17J, Jon Barger, Wentworth, SD (42) 19.247; 58. 14c, Lawrence Sinks, Topeka, KS (56) 19.255; 59. 12c, Billy Cohee Jr., Topeka, KS (57) 19.341; 60. 1D, Jerry Johnston, Rapid City, SD (71) 19.420; 61. 11x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (7) 19.553; 62. 15, Gene Kester, Kansas City, MO (29) 20.003; 63. 11a, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (3) 20.367; 64. 66c, Charlie Taylor, Harrisburg, SD (36) 20.703; 65. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (8) 20.966; 66. 63m, Mike Whaley, Carlisle, IA (19) 21.081; 67. 3w, Willie Snowden, Kansas City, MO (45) 21.700; 68. 34G, HA Henderson, Green Rock, IL (17) NT; 69. 21B, Glenn Berkner, Sleepy Eye, MN (40) NT; 70. 23c, Richard Crook, Oskaloosa, IA (41) NT; 71. 1n, Jack Hewitt, Troy, OH (71) NT.
Heat one (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Shane Carson (5) 2. Terry McCarl (7) 3. Greg Rule (3) 4. Bobby Davis Jr. (10) / 5. Joey Allen (8) 6. Richard Griffin (6) 7. Todd Mack (4) 8. Doug Wolfgang (9) / 9. Jim Moughan Jr. (1) 10. Rich Brahmer (2)
Heat two (started), 10 laps, 3:03.8: 1. Kenny Haynes (2) 2. Bruce Drottz (4) 3. Danny Smith (8) 4. Joe Gaerte (6) / 5. Jac Haudenschild (10) 6. Tim Gee (5) 7. Cris Eash (7) 8. Jeff Tuttle (9) / 9. Rick Dump (1) 10. Keith Mann (3)
Heat three (started), 10 laps, 3:07.2: 1. Wayne Redmond (2) 2. Bob Hop (1) 3. Jaymie Moyle (5) 4. Brad Doty (9) / 5. Andy Hillenburg (7) 6. Tony Armstrong (6) 7. Jeff Gordon (10) 8. Marlon Jones (8) / 9. Mark Shaffer (4) 10. Kenny McCarl (3)
Heat four (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Lee Brewer Jr. (8) 2. Spike Lempelius (1) 3. Bob East (6) 4. Mark Kinser (10) / 5. Keith Kauffman (9) 6. Craig Keel (7) 7. Leonard Lee (3) 8. Bob Thompson (5) / 9. Scott Ritchhart (2) 10. Gabby Lusk (4)
Heat five (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Sammy Swindell (7) 2. Van May (3) 3. John McCoy (4) 4. Danny Thoman (8) / 5. Dave Blaney (10) 6. Rick Haas (6) 7. Joe Kouba (1) 8. Bob Johnson (2) / 9. Tommie Estes Jr. (5) 10. Chuck Ward (9)
B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Jeff Tuttle (5) 2. Dave Blaney (3) / 3. Keith Kauffman (6) 4. Cris Eash (9) 5. Jeff Gordon (2) 6. Andy Hillenburg (10) 7. Marlon Jones (8) 8. Richard Griffin (12) 9. Tony Armstrong (13) 10. Craig Keel (11) 11. Tim Gee (15) 12. Joe Kouba (20) 13. Todd Mack (17) 14. Leonard Lee (18) 15. Jac Haudenschild (1) 16. Bob Johnson (19) 17. Joey Allen (7) 18. Bob Thompson (16) 19. Rick Haas (14) 20. Doug Wolfgang (4)
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Sammy Swindell (1) 2. Terry McCarl (2) 3. Lee Brewer Jr. (4) 4. Mark Kinser (7) 5. Dave Blaney (22) 6. Shane Carson (11) 7. Bobby Davis Jr. (8) 8. Danny Thoman (3) 9. Bob East (10) 10. Joe Gaerte (9) 11. Brad Doty (6) 12. Greg Rule (15) 13. Bruce Drottz (13) 14. Van May (16) 15. Wayne Redmond (18) 16. Bob Hop (19) 17. Kenny Haynes (17) 18. John McCoy (14) 19. Jeff Tuttle (21) 20. Spike Lempelius (20) 21. Danny Smith (5) 22. Jaymie Moyle (12). Lap Leader: S. Swindell 1-20.
8/15 (pm)
Steve Kinser Flies to Record Fifth Knoxville Nationals Title by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – “That Karl Kinser’s tougher’n hell!” was the excited admonishment which Steve Kinser bestowed upon his uncle shortly after winning a record fifth title at the 27th Annual Knoxville Nationals Saturday night.
“It’s just one super team and I’m just proud to drive that car,” Kinser continued. “I would get on the bottom and float back,” the new champ said of the handling qualities of the Karl Kinser prepared Coors Light Gambler. “We put in a fresh motor and our Goodyear tires worked.”
The 31st World of Outlaws win in the 1987 season was one of the most awesome National victories of the last decade as the Hoosier native lapped all but the top six cars. Kinser, whose previous titles came in 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1986, earned $27,500 for the thirty-lap run and totaled better than $30,000 for his four day efforts.
The seven-time WoO King had earned a pole position start for the National Championship feature by virtue of a 498 point total gained during qualifying events. When the green flag fell on the starting field of twenty-four, Kinser beat fellow front row starter Jeff Swindell to the first turn and the race was effectively over.
By lap six, Kinser had moved into lapped traffic and was leading by a huge margin. His march past seemingly slower cars appeared effortless as he attacked them and the perfect track conditions with orchestrated precision. The outcome, as witnessed by an estimated record crowd of over 14,000 spectators, was typical of Kinser’s 1987 season.
A single yellow flag flew during the event on lap fourteen, when Joe Gaerte stalled his machine against the turn two fence. At that point, Kinser had built a phenomenal half lap lead and he again enjoyed that margin five laps later after the restart.
Second place finisher, Bobby Davis Jr. was in a real dog fight throughout much of the race with Jimmy Sills, Jeff Swindell and Mark Kinser. The foursome ran nose to tail and exchanged running positions in heated competition time and again over the half-mile oval.
Davis finally broke away from that pack shortly after the restart to gain the $17,000 runner-up payoff for the Paul Morgan sprint team and Mark Kinser recorded a $10,500 third place showing with a newly formed team headed by his father, Karl Kinser. Those fans who stayed to witness the victory ceremonies will forever remember the younger Kinser’s abundant excitement and joy over his high finish which was highlighted by an indifferent champagne bottle cork that refused to pop.
Fourth place in the national championship feature went to fast finisher, Kenny Jacobs. Jacobs, who was out of the picture for much of the race, charged hard in the final stages to finish just ahead of Jimmy Sills. Sammy Swindell came from a seventh row starting spot to make a late race pass of his brother to claim sixth. Jeff Swindell held for seventh, Ron Shuman finished eighth, Brad Doty was ninth and Ronnie Daniels rounded out the top ten.
The twenty-two lap B feature provided a real spectator pleaser for the overflow National crowd as Doug Wolfgang came from dead last in the field of twenty-two cars to register a third position running slot as the yellow came out on lap twenty. The placing would have transferred the South Dakota native into the championship feature, but a flat rear tire forced a speedy pit stop in the work area and he was once again relegated to the tail. On the restart, and during the ensuing two laps, Wolfgang gave the legion of “Wolfpack” fans who attended this event an incredible driving exhibition, as he finished ninth.
Due to excess water held in the soil as a result of the nearly five inches of rain in four days, the D feature was finally pushed off at midnight to begin the evening’s activities. It was truly a monumental effort by the track crews and the infield crew officials to prepare and make ready for racing an impossible situation brought about by the inclement weather. Never in the twenty-seven years which this event has been staged, has such a Herculean task been called for and delivered.
27th Annual Knoxville Nationals Results
D main (started), 10 laps, 3:05.3: 1. 18B, Bobby Houseman, Estherville, IA (2) 2. 47, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (4) 3. 51L, Larry Hillerud, Arlington Heights, IL (1) 4. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (3) / 5. 3, Roger Rager, Mound, MN (5) 6. 16A, Leonard Lee, San Diego, CA (11) 7. 48x, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (9) 8. 9z, Rick Haas, Lincoln, NE (6) 9. 2m, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (8) 10. 5D, Randy Roberts, Denver, CO (16) 11. 53x, Paul Tetrault, Chicago, IL (12) 12. 34, Mike Brudigan, Sioux Falls, SD (10) 13. 11E, Dave Ekern, Flandreau, SD (13) 14. 61a, Bob Aton, Springfield, MO (7) 15. 55, Joe Kouba, Princeton, MN (15) 16. 73, Bob Johnson, Sioux City, IA (14) DNS – 5T, Todd Mack, Grand Forks, ND, 32x, John Sernett, Minneapolis, MN, 32u, Dave Fitzgerald, Salt Lake City, UT, 1a, Bobby Allen, Hanover, PA
C main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. 2H, Andy Hillenburg, Broken Arrow, OK (2) 2. 29, Doug Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (10) / 3. 17E, Cris Eash, Woodbine, MD (1) 4. 12P, Steve Perry, Dallas, TX (6) 5. 44x, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (15) 6. 23, Greg Wooley, Oklahoma City, OK (11) 7. 4, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (3) 8. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (7) 9. 18F, Fran Bruns, Madison, SD (14) 10. 52, Spike Lempelius, Glasgow, KY (18) 11. 8, Craig Keel, Weedsport, NY (13) 12. Bobby Houseman (19) 13. TJ Giddings (20) 14. Mike Proffitt (22) 15. 88H, Bob Hop, Mendota, MN (17) 16. Larry Hillerud (21) 17. 70, Richard Griffin, Silver City, NM (12) 18. 1x, Joey Allen, Hanover, PA (9) 19. 8T, Van May, Hanover, PA (4) 20. 29z, Gary Zitterich, Sioux Falls, SD (16) 21. 56H, Kenny Haynes, Bourbonnais, IL (8) 22. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (5) DNS – 23R, Devlin Polkinghorn, Dodge City, KS, 88, Tim Gee, Whitehorse, YUK, Can.
B main (started), 22 laps, NT: 1. 10, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (2) 2. 7TW, Rick Ungar, Indianapolis, IN (1) 3. 6r, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (3) 4. 33, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (6) / 5. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (12) 6. 880, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (10) 7. 40, Jeff Gordon, Pittsboro, IN (8) 8. 10T, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (5) 9. Doug Wolfgang (22) 10. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (15) 11. 4c, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (9) 12. Andy Hillenburg (21) 13. 20, Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (16) 14. 5x, Greg Rule, Rodeo, CA (17) 15. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (11) 16. 6m, Tim Monson, Lakefield, MN (20) 17. 86, Tommy James, Sioux Falls, SD (18) 18. 28m, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (13) 19. 12, Bob East, Des Moines, IA (4) 20. 2, Jac Haudenschild, Millersburg, OH (14) 21. 9D, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (7) 22. 1J, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (19)
A main (started), 30 laps, NT: 1. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (1) 2. 6, Bobby Davis Jr., Memphis, TN (4) 3. 51, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (5) 4. 56, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (3) 5. 14, Jimmy Sills, Placerville, CA (6) 6. 1, Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, TN (13) 7. 1T, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (2) 8. 7R, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (8) 9. 18, Brad Doty, Fredericksburg, OH (14) 10. 24D, Ronnie Daniels, Canton, MS (9) 11. Rick Ungar (22) 12. 5m, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (12) 13. 48, Dave Blaney, Hartford, OH (7) 14. 1st, Lee Brewer Jr., Memphis, TN (10) 15. Shane Carson (21) 16. 1B, Steve Butler, Kokomo, IN (17) 17. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (15) 18. 12x, Lealand McSpadden, Tempe, AZ (16) 19. 31, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (20) 20. 20K, Kelly Kinser, Bloomington, IN (11) 21. 2s, Steve Siegel, New Oxford, PA (19) 22. 2V, Danny Thoman, Higginsville, MO (18) 23. Danny Smith (23) 24. Joe Gaerte (24). Lap Leader: S. Kinser 1-30.
8/16
Knoxville Nationals Conclude With McCarl and Kauffman Winning Sunday Features by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Events of the 27th Annual Knoxville Nationals were completed Sunday night at the Knoxville Raceway as Terry McCarl and Keith Kauffman captured the twenty-lap feature events.
McCarl’s win came in the A feature as he chased race-long leader, Rich Bubak, for sixteen circuits around the half-mile oval. A yellow was thrown at that point and all cars closed on the leaders.
On the restart, McCarl charged to the outside, motored past Bubak down the front chute, and took the lead going into turn one. Bubak held for the runner-up spot, Keith Kauffman came from deep in the pack to claim third, Cris Eash was fourth and Rocky Hodges took passing honors from a twentieth starting slot to finish fifth.
The Race of States feature, which is always a dandy at Nationals time, saw Keith Kauffman win for the state of Pennsylvania. Johnny Herrera took the initial lead and was chased by Kauffman through the first six laps.
The Keystone state pilot began working the high side of the track and charged past Herrera on the outside through turns three and four to take a lead which was never relinquished. Herrera stayed within striking range of the fleet Hardee’s sponsored car, but could never mount a passing effort as the duo raced nose to tail.
Kauffman took the win as the final checkereds flew on the 1987 Nationals with Herrera placing a close second. Terry McCarl was third, Rocky Hodges finished fourth and Jimmy Sills took fifth.
Results
Heat one (started), 10 laps, 2:56.7: 1. 14, Jimmy Sills, Placerville, CA (6) 2. 44x, Tony Armstrong, Tulsa, OK (4) 3. 78, Reed Petersen, Riverton, WY (2) 4. 880, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (10) 5. 17E, Cris Eash, Woodbine, MD (7) / 6. 7TW, Rick Ungar, Indianapolis, IN (3) 7. 2m, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (1) 8. 11a, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (5) 9. 10D, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (9) 10. 3x, Junior Parkinson, Gladstone, MO (8)
Heat two (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. 12x, Lealand McSpadden, Tempe, AZ (1) 2. 9D, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (9) 3. 1J, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (3) 4. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (8) 5. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (2) / 6. 55, Joe Kouba, Princeton, MN (4) 7. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (5) 8. 3N, John Tierney, Lake Villa, IL (6) 9. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (7)
Heat three (started), 10 laps, 2:55.2: 1. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (3) 2. 8, Craig Keel, Weedsport, NY (6) 3. 52, Spike Lempelius, Glasgow, KY (1) 4. 31, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (8) 5. 23, Greg Wooley, Oklahoma City, OK (7) / 6. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (5) 7. 48x, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (9) 8. 53x, Paul Tetrault, Chicago, IL (2) 9. 15m, Scott Ritchhart, Lincoln, IL (4)
Heat four (started), 10 laps, 2:59.5: 1. 23s, Rocky Hodges, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 5m, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (3) 3. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (1) 4. 11x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (9) 5. 76, Jeff Wilke, Dousman, WI (4) / 6. 63m, Mike Whaley, Carlisle, IA (5) 7. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (6) 8. 5, Mike Proffitt, Pleasantville, IA (8) 9. 1Y, Bruce Young, Union Grove, WI (7)
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:45.1: 1. Rick Ungar (2) 2. Bob Thompson (3) / 3. Joe Kouba (1) 4. Kenny McCarl (6) 5. Galen Martin (10) 6. John McCoy (12) 7. Jr. Parkinson (11) 8. Paul Tetrault (8) 9. Terry Alexander (4) 10. George Dickerson (7) 11. Steve Wares (13) 12. Archie Ergenbright (5) 13. Mike Whaley (9) DNS – Bruce Young, Mike Proffitt, Scott Ritchhart, Kenny McCarl
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (4) 2. Rich Bubak (1) 3. Keith Kauffman (14) 4. Cris Eash (9) 5. Rocky Hodges (20) 6. Randy Smith (8) 7. Craig Keel (19) 8. Johnny Herrera (15) 9. Lealand McSpadden (18) 10. Tony Armstrong (3) 11. Greg Wooley (7) 12. Tommy Scott (6) 13. Spike Lempelius (2) 14. Reed Petersen (5) 15. Jeff Wilke (16) 16. Tom Whiting (11) 17. Jaymie Moyle (12) 18. Jimmy Sills (10) 19. Billy Vielhauer (17) 20. Bob Thompson (22) 21. Bob Weuve (13) 22. Rick Ungar (21). Lap Leaders: Bubak 1-16, McCarl 17-20.
Race of States/Mystery Feature (started, state represented), 20 laps, 6:19.2: 1. Keith Kauffman (2, PA) 2. Johnny Herrera (1, NM) 3. Terry McCarl (3, IA) 4. Rocky Hodges (6, IA) 5. Jimmy Sills (14, CA) 6. Greg Wooley (7, OK) 7. Lealand McSpadden (8, AZ) 8. Cris Eash (15, MD) 9. Rich Bubak (15, CO) 10. Tony Armstrong (9, OK) 11. Tommy Scott (10, IL) 12. Jaymie Moyle (5, Aust.) 13. Spike Lempelius (18, KY) 14. Reed Petersen (12, WY) 15. John McCoy (13, IA) 16. Craig Keel (17, NY) 17. Jeff Wilke (18, WI) 18. Randy Smith (4, IA) DNS – Mike Proffitt (IA), Rick Ungar (IN). Lap Leaders: Herrera 1-6, Kauffman 7-20.
8/29
Lasoski and Chadd Score Feature Event Wins at Knoxville Finale by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – The Knoxville Raceway waved the final checkered flag on its thirty-fourth season of weekly racing as Danny Lasoski and Dean Chadd captured feature events Saturday night at the season championships of the Knoxville Raceway. The concluding events crowned Randy Smith and Mike Chadd as point champions in their respective sprint divisions for 1987.
Lasoski, who led from green to checkereds and survived three yellow flag restart situations in the twenty-lap feature, finished a scant sixty-five markers behind Smith for the track championship. The victory, which was Lasoski’s seventh career win here, paid the Missouri pilot $2,500 and gained the owners track title for Max Rogers.
Smith claimed an unprecedented fourth Knoxville title, but fell from the event on lap sixteen while running third in a race-long battle with Terry McCarl. However, the newly crowned track titlist was victorious in the $5,000 to win Miller Trophy Dash.
McCarl held his position to place second in the feature, Tod Bishop was third, Jeff Tuttle took fourth and Ray Lipsey finished fifth. Doug Wolfgang, aboard the Stanley Shoff sprinter, captured sixth after twice starting at the tail of the event.
Passing honors for the limited sprint feature went to Dean Chadd who came from the tail of the event to take the win. Most eyes were focused on Mike Chadd and Terry Thorson who were in close contention for the track title as Dean quietly picked his way through traffic to take a late race lead. The close order finish showed Mike Chadd second, Thorson third, Bob Thompson fourth and George Dickerson fifth. The runner-up finish for Mike Chadd in the event gave the Lincoln, Nebraska native the track title for the Limited Sprint division.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 31, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (5) 16.723; 2. 23s, Doug Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (11) 16.890; 3. 9z, Rick Haas, Lincoln, NE (18) 16.953; 4. 5m, Terry McCarl, Des Moines, IA (27) 16.995; 5. 10, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (3) 17.075; 6. 45, Ray Lipsey, Lincoln, NE (16) 17.135; 7. 47, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (1) 17.226; 8. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (4) 17.268; 9. 12x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee, KS (2) 17.302; 10. 49, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (12) 17.341; 11. 20, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (23) 17.473; 12. 74s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (21) 17.474; 13. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA (8) 17.508; 14. 73, Bob Johnson, Sioux City, IA (19) 17.633; 15. 3, TJ Giddings, Kansas City, KS (20) 17.653; 16. 21, Mark Shaffer, Newton, IA (10) 17.722; 17. 8x, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (13) 17.724; 18. 4c, Jaymie Moyle, Paradise, SA, Aust. (6) 17.823; 19. 2, Galen Martin, Fairfield, IA (14) 17.921; 20. 68, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (17) 18.334; 21. 76, Jeff Wilke, Dousman, WI (22) 18.538; 22. 33w, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (15) 19.081; 23. 19, Curtis Wandfluh Jr., Savannah, MO (26) 20.118; 24. 37, Mike Thomas, Des Moines, IA (29) 20.288; 25. 15, Gene Kester, Kansas City, MO (28) 20.607; 26. 32, Jimmy Bell, Des Moines, IA (7) NT; 27. 12R, Cliff Woodward, Kearney, MO (9) NT; 28. 61, Wayne Redmond, Mason City, IA (24) NT; 29. 4, Jerry Janssen, Des Moines, IA (25) NT.
Dash for Cash (started), 10 laps, 2:54.5: 1. Randy Smith (1) 2. Terry McCarl (2) 3. Ray Lipsey (5) 4. Jim Grafton (4) 5. TJ Giddings (3)
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:20.2: 1. Randy Smith (6) 2. Mark Shaffer (3) 3. Terry McCarl (7) 4. Danny Lasoski (5) 5. Galen Martin (2) 6. Bob Weuve (1) / 7. John McCoy (4) DNS – Jim Grafton, Jimmy Bell, Wayne Redmond
Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Tod Bishop (5) 2. Jeff Tuttle (7) 3. Jerry Beeck Jr. (6) 4. Kenny McCarl (3) 5. Bob Johnson (4) 6. Mike Thomas (1) / 7. Doug Wolfgang (8) 8. Mike Houseman (2) 9. Curtis Wandfluh Jr. (9) DNS – Jerry Janssen
Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. TJ Giddings (4) 2. Ray Lipsey (7) 3. Tommy Scott (5) 4. Billy Vielhauer (6) 5. Jaymie Moyle (3) 6. Rick Haas (8) / 7. Jeff Wilke (2) 8. Gene Kester (1) DNS – Cliff Woodward
B main (started), 6 laps, 1:48.6: 1. Doug Wolfgang (1) 2. Jim Grafton (2) / 3. John McCoy (3) 4. Mike Houseman (4) 5. Curtis Wandfluh Jr. (6) 6. Gene Kester (5) DNS – Jeff Wilke, Jimmy Bell, Cliff Woodward, Wayne Redmond, Jerry Janssen
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (1) 2. Terry McCarl (6) 3. Tod Bishop (9) 4. Jeff Tuttle (5) 5. Ray Lipsey (4) 6. Doug Wolfgang (19) 7. Jim Grafton (20) 8. Jerry Beeck Jr. (3) 9. TJ Giddings (12) 10. Mark Shaffer (13) 11. Tommy Scott (10) 12. Mike Thomas (18) 13. Galen Martin (16) 14. Randy Smith (8) 15. Bob Weuve (17) 16. Rick Haas (7) 17. Jaymie Moyle (15) 18. Kenny McCarl (14) 19. Billy Vielhauer (2) 20. Bob Johnson (11). Lap Leader: Lasoski 1-20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 55, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (8) 2. 12x, Larry Sylvester, Hedrick, IA (3) 3. 2, Randy Babcock, Knoxville, IA (5) 4. 40, Greg Helms, Kansas City, MO (7) 5. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (9) / 6. 02s, Ron Jones, Knoxville, IA (2) 7. 23, Richard Crook, Oskaloosa, IA (1) 8. 00, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (6) 9. 3A, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (4) 10. 33, Steve Johnson, Orion, IL (10)
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 2:04.6: 1. 87, Jeff Jones, Des Moines, IA (1) 2. 30, Terry Thorson, Newton, IA (8) 3. 86x, John Kearney, Lawrence, KS (3) 4. 52B, Jordan Albaugh, Johnston, IA (5) 5. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (7) / 6. 96, Tom Whiting, Cedar Rapids, IA (6) 7. 5, Dave Miller, Omaha, NE (9) 8. 2x, Randy Hibbs, Stewartsville, MO (2) 9. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (4) DNS – 8, John Greenwood, Des Moines, IA
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 2:05.9: 1. 25, Rick McClure, Cincinnati, IA (3) 2. m2, Matt Fox, Paton, IA (6) 3. 63, Mike Whaley, Carlisle, IA (2) 4. 20x, George Dickerson, Colfax, IA (4) 5. 11, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (5) / 6. 11m, Max Grogan, Kansas City, KS (8) 7. 30x, Dave Hendricks, Des Moines, IA (1) 8. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (7)
B main (started), 8 laps, 2:41.6 (NTR): 1. Dean Chadd (1) / 2. Mackie Heimbaugh (4) 3. Terry Alexander (3) 4. Tom Whiting (2) 5. Max Grogan (9) 6. Ron Jones (5) 7. Randy Hibbs (6) 8. Steve Johnson (8) 9. Richard Crook (7) DNS – Dave Hendricks, Dave Miller, John Greenwood, Larry Webb
A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Dean Chadd (16) 2. Mike Chadd (8) 3. Terry Thorson (7) 4. Bob Thompson (5) 5. George Dickerson (1) 6. Matt Fox (4) 7. Greg Helms (6) 8. Jordan Albaugh (3) 9. John Kearney (10) 10. Larry Sylvester (9) 11. Rick McClure (11) 12. Jeff Jones (13) 13. Mike Whaley (12) 14. Archie Ergenbright (2) 15. Randy Babcock (15) 16. Walt Esch (14). Lap Leaders: Dickerson 1-6, M. Chadd 7-10, D. Chadd 11-12.
1987 410 Final Point Standings and Feature Winners:
Driver Feature Wins Points Primary car(s) (Feature Laps Led)
1. Randy Smith 3 (23) 3020 Trostle 20, Paulson 31, Durst 44x, Vielhauer 12x 2. Danny Lasoski 4 (100) 2955 Scotch Grove Racing 49 3. TJ Giddings 0 (1) 2440 Sonner 47 4. Terry McCarl 2 (40) 2235 McCarl 5m, Vielhauer 12x 5. Ray Lipsey 1 (16) 2215 Lipsey 45 6. Tony Armstrong 0 (2) 2180 Shoff 23s, Durst 44x 7. Jeff Tuttle 5 (100) 2155 Tuttle 10 8. Bob East - 2080 TMC/Challenger 12 9. Jerry Beeck Jr. - 1330 Busted Blackjack Racing 27 10. Jaymie Moyle - 970 Jordan Racing 1 11. Bruce Drottz - 795 RCBS 12R 12. John McCoy 0 (8) 755 McCoy 9 13. Tommy Scott - 660 Scott 74s 14. Kenny McCarl - 600 Mom Racing 8x 15. Jimmy Bell - 565 Bell 32 16. Galen Martin - 460 Martin 2 17. Mike Houseman - 440 Houseman 68 18. Bob Weuve - 330 Weuve 33w
Other 410 Feature Winners (Laps Led): Steve Kinser 5 (99), Rocky Hodges 2 (20), Sammy Swindell 1 (20), Brad Doty 1 (15), Keith Kauffman 1 (14), Rich Bubak 0 (16), Johnny Herrera 0 (12), Marlon Jones 0 (10), Lee Brewer Jr. 0 (10), Bobby Davis Jr. 0 (7), Tod Bishop 0 (2), Ronnie Daniels 0 (2)
1987 360 Final Point Standings and Feature Winners:
Driver Feature Wins Points Primary car(s) (Feature Laps Led)
1. Mike Chadd 6 (39) 1517 J&J Racing 55 2. Terry Thorson 3 (24) 1500 Action Auto Racing 30 3. Randy Babcock - 1332 Babcock 22 4. Toby Lawless 1 (15) 1174 TMC/Challenger 12 5. Greg Helms 1 (13) 1159 Wineland 40 6. Bob Thompson 2 (31) 1155 Thompson 48 7. Mike Twedt 1 (5) 1101 T & T Racing 20 8. Larry Webb - 910 Webb 28w, Hauge 91 9. Tom Whiting - 838 Whiting 96 10. Matt Fox - 820 Fox m2 11. Jordan Albaugh 0 (22) 797 Albaugh 52B 12. Walt Esch - 774 Esch 52 13. Dwight Snodgrass - 744 Hutchison 2 14. Archie Ergenbright - 650 Ergenbright 11 15. Terry Alexander 0 (1) 602 Alexander 3A 16. George Dickerson 0 (6) 591 Dickerson 20x 17. Mackie Heimbaugh 0 (3) 554 Heimbaugh 04 18. Larry Sylvester - 552 Sylvester 12x 19. John Kearney - 548 Kearney & Son 86x 20. Ron Jones - 225 Jones 02s
Other 360 Feature Winners (Laps Led): Dean Chadd 3 (31), Rick McClure 0 (8), Brian Ridge 0 (4), Mark Hauge 0 (2)