COMPLETE RESULTS FOR 2019
Date (Sanction/Event) – Winners
4/20 410 – Brian Brown, 360 – Ryan Giles, Pro – Matthew Stelzer 4/27 Rain 5/4 410 – Brian Brown, 360 - Joe Beaver, Pro - Matthew Stelzer 5/11 Rain 5/18 Rain 5/24 Rain 5/25 Rain 6/1 410 – Terry McCarl, 360 – Ryan Giles, Pro – Matthew Stelzer 6/8 410 – Brian Brown, 360 – Carson McCarl, Pro – Matthew Stelzer 6/14 (World of Outlaws) Brian Brown, Pro – Mike Mayberry 6/15 (World of Outlaws) Brad Sweet, 360 – Clint Garner 6/22 410 – Rain, 360 – Rain, Pro – Russ Hall 7/5 (Corn Belt Nationals Prelim) Brady Bacon, 360 – Wayne Johnson 7/6 (Corn Belt Nationals) Brady Bacon, 410 – Parker Price-Miller 7/13 410 – Kerry Madsen, Brian Brown, 360 – Clint Garner, Pro – Matthew Stelzer, Dirt Trucks - Myles Michehl x2 7/14 (Enduro) Tony Shilling 7/20 Rain 7/27 (All Stars) Gio Scelzi, 360 – Cory Eliason 8/1 (360 Nationals Prelim) Ryan Giles 8/2 (360 Nationals Prelim) James McFadden 8/3 (360 Nationals) James McFadden, Pro – Evan Epperson 8/4 (Capitani Classic) David Gravel 8/7 (Knoxville Nationals Prelim) Trey Starks 8/8 (Knoxville Nationals Prelim) David Gravel 8/9 (Knoxville Nationals Hard Knox Night) Kerry Madsen 8/10 (Knoxville Nationals) David Gravel 8/24 410 – Gio Scelzi, 360 – Carson McCarl, Jamie Ball, Pro – Russ Hall 9/12 (Late Model Nationals Prelim) Shane Clanton 9/13 (Late Model Nationals Prelim) Ricky Weiss 9/14 (Late Model Nationals) Jimmy Owens, (Malvern Bank SLMR) Jason Rauen
4/20
Brian Brown Captures Emotional Win in Knoxville Opener! Ryan Giles Tops 360’s, Matthew Stelzer Wins in Pro Sprints by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (April 20, 2019) – An emotional couple of weeks for Brian Brown culminated in his 45th career win at the Knoxville Raceway, and his third triumph in a Season Opener here on Kraig Ford/PellaMotors.com/Town Crier Night. It was worth $4,000. The Grain Valley, Missouri native lost his grandmother recently, and dedicated the win to her. Ryan Giles led wire to wire to grab the 360 feature, and Matthew Stelzer won in the Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance.
Justin Henderson looked strong early in the 20-lap 410 feature ahead of defending track champ, Austin McCarl, Brown, Kerry Madsen and Parker Price-Miller. Brown worked by McCarl for second on third lap, while defending All Star Circuit of Champions titlist Aaron Reutzel had moved from outside row six to fifth on the multi-groove half-mile.
Reutzel continued his charge, battling Kerry Madsen back and forth before taking the spot at the halfway point. Meanwhile, the leaders were in traffic, and Brown used the cushion to shoot around Henderson to lead lap ten. Reutzel moved by McCarl for third on lap 13, and dueled Henderson for the second spot before sliding by with three to go.
Up front, Brown was on cruise control, beating the hard-charging Reutzel to the checkers. Madsen was third, ahead of Terry McCarl and Henderson. Austin McCarl, Ian Madsen, Price-Miller, Gio Scelzi and Christopher Bell rounded out the top ten. Brown set quick time over the 33-car field, while Cory Eliason, Terry McCarl, Mason Daniel and Brooke Tatnell won heat races. Davey Heskin claimed the B main.
“This is for my grandma, my grandpa, my mom, Danny (Lasoski) and my whole family,” said Brown in Victory Lane. “I sat up in section G, Row 19 for a lot of years. She was a big part of my life and career. I’m just proud of all of our guys. Winning here never gets old. The Dunkin’s did a wonderful job with the track. There were four or five lanes out there. I got to Justin there, and I couldn’t figure out how to get by him. I knew I had to attack. This is probably the toughest field we’ll face until the Outlaws get here. It’s fun.”
The 360’s had a stout 34-car field on hand. The start of the 18-lap main event was a ragged one. Rookie Kelby Watt washed up the track, taking Ryan Bickett with him, just short of the turn one wall. Bickett retired, but Watt continued with wing damage.
Giles took control early, ahead of Carson McCarl, Jon Agan, Lee Grosz and Jamie Ball. Agan cruised the low groove to pass McCarl for second before Christian Bowman spun with two laps down. It would be the last caution. Giles led Agan, McCarl, Grosz and Ball back to green.
McCarl got back by Agan, as did Grosz, who moved into third. A lap later, Agan would return the favor, and on lap six, he overtook McCarl for the runner-up spot. Up front, Giles was heading into lapped traffic on the eighth circuit. Grosz moved into third with seven laps to go, and Cory Eliason followed him into fourth a lap later.
Giles was never challenged, winning his eighth feature here. Agan was second, ahead of Grosz, Eliason and Ball. Clint Garner, Matt Moro, McCarl, Calvin Landis and Jack Dover completed the top ten. Ball set quick time, and Garner, Agan, Giles and Landis won heats. Josh Higday won the B main. Jayce Jenkins flipped in turn four in the B main, but walked away.
“This is great,” said Giles in Victory Lane. “We’re fortunate to be here. Last year was kind of a rebuilding year for us whether it seemed like it or not. Hopefully, we’ve got all the bumps behind us, and we’re looking forward to this year, taking it easy and having fun. I remember the last race we won was kind of boring starting up front, but the lapped traffic tonight made it fun.”
Matthew Stelzer stormed to his eighth career victory in the Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance. He took control early from outside row two, in front of Devin Wignall and Chris Walraven. Tyler Barrick spun with one lap down, bringing the only caution of the event.
Jeff Wilke was an early mover, shooting from eighth to fifth on the first lap, and then gaining third on the restart. Brandon Worthington battled back by him on the fifth lap before Wilke did a 360 spin, kept it going, and dropped to fifth.
Up front, Stelzer won the 12-lapper, ahead of Wignall, Mike Johnston, Mike Ayers, Chase Young, Wilke, Walraven, Mike Mayberry, Worthington and Barrick. Young set quick time, while Wilke won the heat race. Rookie Matt Johnson took a wild ride after something broke on his car in qualifying. He walked away.
“After the heat race, I was really down on myself,” said Stelzer afterwards. “I went to some of my mentor’s advice over the years back in Lincoln, Nebraska. I threw the ‘kitchen sink’ at the car and things went well. I got by Devin. I know he’s going to be a good driver. I knew tonight he wouldn’t be able to keep up with me on this type of track, since it was his first time here. Good job to him. I have to thank my guys.”
Join us for Petro-Canada Lubricants Night, next Saturday night, April 27. The 410, 360 and Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance will all be in action! For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
410 Results
Time Trials, (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (14), 16.112; 2. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (2), 16.188; 3. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (24), 16.192; 4. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (29), 16.199; 5. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (10), 16.203; 6. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (30), 16.225; 7. 83, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (3), 16.239; 8. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (32), 16.255; 9. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (7), 16.257; 10. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (33), 16.261; 11. 39, Christopher Bell, Norman, OK (13), 16.319; 12. 11, Dale Blaney, Hartford, OH (15), 16.329; 13. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (18), 16.427; 14. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (6), 16.459; 15. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (19), 16.483; 16. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (23), 16.483; 17. 26, Cory Eliason, Selma, CA (12), 16.508; 18. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (9), 16.526; 19. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (25), 16.592; 20. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (11), 16.729; 21. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (1), 16.742; 22. 99, Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can. (5), 16.756; 23. 70X, Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN (21), 16.758; 24. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (8), 16.769; 25. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (16), 16.830; 26. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (17), 16.888; 27. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (28), 17.121; 28. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (20), 17.137; 29. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (4), 17.149; 30. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (22), 17.162; 31. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (26), 17.667; 32. 7S, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA (31), NT; 33. 10, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (27), NT.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Cory Eliason (2); 2. Brian Brown (6); 3. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (5); 4. Mark Dobmeier (7); 5. Aaron Reutzel (4); 6. Tasker Phillips (1); 7. Craig Dollansky (3); 8. Chase Wanner (8) DNS – RJ Johnson
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:21.7: 1. Terry McCarl (3); 2. Gio Scelzi (4); 3. Justin Henderson (5); 4. Skylar Gee (1); 5. Trey Starks (2); 6. Austin McCarl (6); 7. Josh Schneiderman (7); 8. Sawyer Phillips (8)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:23.7: 1. Mason Daniel (2); 2. Matt Juhl (3); 3. Spencer Bayston (1); 4. Christopher Bell (4); 5. Parker Price-Miller (6); 6. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 7. Chris Martin (7); 8. Joe Simbro (8)
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:26.1: 1. Brooke Tatnell (3); 2. Ian Madsen (5); 3. Kerry Madsen (6); 4. Dale Blaney (4); 5. Davey Heskin (2); 6. AJ Moeller (1); 7. Bobby Mincer (7); 8. Tyler Groenendyk (8)
B main (started), 12 Laps, 3:44.3: 1. Davey Heskin (1); 2. Tasker Phillips (2); 3. Mark Dobmeier (5); 4. Josh Schneiderman (6) / 5. Skylar Gee (3); 6. Chris Martin (7); 7. Chase Wanner (9); 8. Tyler Groenendyk (12); 9. Sawyer Phillips (10); 10. Joe Simbro (11); 11. AJ Moeller (4); 12. Bobby Mincer (8) DNS – RJ Johnson
A main (started), 20 Laps, 6:36.2: 1. Brian Brown (6); 2. Aaron Reutzel (12); 3. Kerry Madsen (5); 4. Terry McCarl (9); 5. Justin Henderson (2); 6. Austin McCarl (1); 7. Ian Madsen (7); 8. Parker Price-Miller (3); 9. Gio Scelzi (8); 10. Christopher Bell (14); 11. Dale Blaney (17); 12. Brooke Tatnell (11); 13. Davey Heskin (21); 14. Cory Eliason (13); 15. Lynton Jeffrey (10); 16. Matt Juhl (15); 17. Mark Dobmeier (23); 18. Mason Daniel (16); 19. Tasker Phillips (22); 20. Spencer Bayston (18); 21. Trey Starks (19); 22. Josh Schneiderman (24); 23. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (4); 24. Craig Dollansky (20). Lap Leaders: Henderson 1-9, Brown 10-20. Hard- charger: Reutzel.
360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (25), 17.023; 2. 26, Cory Eliason, Selma, CA (3), 17.036; 3. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (2), 17.147; 4. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (13), 17.161; 5. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (8), 17.177; 6. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (7), 17.305; 7. 17, Zeb Wise, Angola, IN (21), 17.338; 8. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (11), 17.351; 9. 53D, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (33), 17.377; 10. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (14), 17.386; 11. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (9), 17.390; 12. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (12), 17.425; 13. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (6), 17.427; 14. 40C, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (17), 17.564; 15. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (24), 17.598; 16. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (4), 17.607; 17. 17B, Ryan Bickett, Ramona, SD (27), 17.610; 18. 21, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can. (26), 17.618; 19. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (22), 17.750; 20. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (5), 17.754; 21. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (16), 17.768; 22. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (10), 17.830; 23. 2D, Dusty Ballenger, Harrisburg, SD (23), 17.837; 24. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (31), 17.960; 25. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (19), 18.031; 26. 33J, Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (1), 18.208; 27. 19, Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (15), 18.366; 28. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (18), 18.482; 29. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (29), 19.116; 30. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (28), 20.508; 31. 28, Rich Cerveny, Omaha, NE (34), NT; DQ (Illegal Tire) 77X, Alex Hill, Six Nations, ONT, Can. (20); DQ (Illegal Tire) 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (32); DQ (Illegal Tire) 68, Frank Rodgers III, Lucas, IA (30).
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 2:07.2: 1. Clint Garner (3); 2. Ryan Bickett (2); 3. Jamie Ball (6); 4. Jack Dover (4); 5. Carson McCarl (5); 6. Brad Comegys (1); 7. Frank Rodgers III (7); 8. Tom Lenz (9); 9. Jon Hughes (8)
Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 2:06.9: 1. Jon Agan (4); 2. Cory Eliason (6); 3. Robbie Price (2); 4. Cody Wehrle (3); 5. McKenna Haase (5); 6. Jayce Jenkins (7); 7. Alan Zoutte (1); 8. Ben Woods (8); 9. Rich Cerveny (9) Heat three (started), 7 Laps, 2:08.9: 1. Ryan Giles (4); 2. Ryan Leavitt (2); 3. Kelby Watt (3); 4. Dusty Ballenger (1); 5. Joe Beaver (6); 6. Zeb Wise (5); 7. Rob Weuve (7); 8. Alex Hill (8)
Heat four (started), 7 Laps, 2:07.9: 1. Calvin Landis (4); 2. Lee Grosz (5); 3. Christian Bowman (3); 4. Matt Moro (6); 5. Josh Higday (1); 6. Casey Greubel (7); 7. Nathan Mills (8); 8. Rob Kubli (2)
B main (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Josh Higday (4); 2. Brad Comegys (2); 3. Rob Kubli (1); 4. Tom Lenz (5) / 5. Nathan Mills (12); 6. Casey Greubel (8); 7. Alex Hill (11); 8. Alan Zoutte (3); 9. Jon Hughes (9); 10. Frank Rodgers III (13); 11. Rich Cerveny (14); 12. Rob Weuve (7); 13. Ben Woods (10); 14. Jayce Jenkins (6)
A main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1. Ryan Giles (1); 2. Jon Agan (3); 3. Lee Grosz (4); 4. Cory Eliason (8); 5. Jamie Ball (7); 6. Clint Garner (11); 7. Matt Moro (6); 8. Carson McCarl (2); 9. Calvin Landis (10); 10. Jack Dover (12); 11. Joe Beaver (5); 12. McKenna Haase (9); 13. Ryan Leavitt (17); 14. Zeb Wise (13); 15. Josh Higday (21); 16. Dusty Ballenger (20); 17. Kelby Watt (15); 18. Rob Kubli (23); 19. Robbie Price (19); 20. Brad Comegys (22); 21. Christian Bowman (16); 22. Tom Lenz (24); 23. Cody Wehrle (18); 24. Ryan Bickett (14). Lap Leader: Giles 1-18. Hard-charger: Garner.
Pro Series Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (3), 17.833; 2. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (11), 18.109; 3. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (5), 18.248; 4. 50, Mike Ayers, Waukee, IA (8), 18.303; 5. 21X, Devin Wignall, Altoona, IA (4), 18.397; 6. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (6), 18.659; 7. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (9), 18.764; 8. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (7), 18.978; 9. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (2), 18.981; 10. 2, Matt Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (1), 19.052; 11. 11, Tyler Barrick, Slater, IA (10), 21.467.
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:56.4: 1. Jeff Wilke (3); 2. Brandon Worthington (7); 3. Mike Johnston (1); 4. Mike Ayers (2); 5. Chase Young (5); 6. Matthew Stelzer (4); 7. Devin Wignall (9); 8. Mike Mayberry (8); 9. Chris Walraven (6); 10. Tyler Barrick (10) DNS – Matt Johnson
A main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Matthew Stelzer (4); 2. Devin Wignall (2); 3. Mike Johnston (5); 4. Mike Ayers (6); 5. Chase Young (7); 6. Jeff Wilke (8); 7. Chris Walraven (1); 8. Mike Mayberry (9); 9. Brandon Worthington (3); 10. Tyler Barrick (10) DNS – Matt Johnson. Lap Leader: Stelzer 1-12. Hard- charger: Stelzer.
4/27
Rain
5/4
Brian Brown Wins Again in Great Racing at Knoxville! Joe Beaver Wins 360 Slugfest, Matthew Stelzer Repeats in Pro Sprints by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (May 4, 2019) – Brian Brown is two for two this year at Knoxville Raceway. The Grain Valley, Missouri driver passed Josh Schneiderman just past the halfway point, and held on for his 46th career win here. It was worth $4,000 aboard the Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21 on Budweiser Night. Joe Beaver duked it out with fellow Knoxville native Jon Agan to win a 360 feature that saw five lead changes to win his first main event here since 2016. Matthew Stelzer was dominant, leading wire to wire in the Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance feature.
Schneiderman shot out to an early lead ahead of Matt Juhl and Kerry Madsen in the 20-lap 410 main event. Madsen moved into second by lap four, while Brown slid into fourth. By lap six, Brown had gotten by Juhl for third, and he eked by Madsen on lap eight for second.
Up front, Schneiderman was strong on the cushion, but entered lapped traffic on lap nine. Brown shot by for the point, but the pass was negated when seventh running Justin Henderson flipped in turn two. He walked away. Schneiderman led Brown, Madsen, Juhl and Parker Price-Miller back to green.
Brown and Madsen were all over the tail tank of the leader. Brown threw a slider to take the point from Schneiderman on lap 11, with Madsen moving into second. Mark Dobmeier was running twelfth on lap twelve when he got the wrong end of a three-wide battle, and flipped in turn one. He walked away.
Brown led Madsen, Schneiderman, Juhl and Price-Miller back to green. Brown pulled away with some furious action behind him. Madsen crossed the stipe second, ahead of Juhl, a late charging Brooke Tatnell and Price- Miller. Schneiderman, Sheldon Haudenschild, Davey Heskin, Trey Starks and Austin McCarl completed the top ten. Cale Thomas registered quick time over the 31-car field, while Tatnell, Brown and Heskin won heats. Chad Kemenah won the B main.
“(Schneiderman) is a really good race driver,” said Brown in Victory Lane. “He’s just had some tough luck over the years here. That’s a family I really admire. They’ve been here a long time. I want him to win a race, just when I’m not here. My engine (lost a cylinder) with about eight laps to go. I’m proud of all of our guys. My grandpa George (Lasoski) is here, and he hasn’t been here in about three years to see me win. It’s awesome to have him back. It’s just a calming feeling to have him back in my pit.”
The 18-lap 360 feature may have been the race of the year to date. Joe Beaver led early from outside row one. Jon Agan was in second by lap two, working the low side of the big half-mile. He shot by Beaver on lap four to take the lead. Behind him, Clint Garner was taking third from Lee Grosz.
Beaver would not go away, and passed Agan briefly for the lead on lap six, but Agan kept his spot until heading into traffic on lap eight. Beaver hit the cushion to shoot around Agan, who was pinned behind a lapper. Agan freed himself and performed a big slide job on Beaver in turns one and two to take the lead back on the ninth circuit.
The pair dueled on. Beaver maintained his momentum on the top, and on lap 14, drove between Agan and the turn two wall to shoot back into the point. He would get through traffic from there to win his ninth feature here, and his first since his championship season of 2016. Garner took second with two to go, and Grosz claimed third on the last lap, ahead of Agan and Carson McCarl. Ryan Giles, Zeb Wise, Matt Moro, Calvin Landis and Kelby Watt rounded out the top ten. Giles set quick time over the 31-car field, while Wise, Agan and Garner won heats. Jake Bubak won the B main.
“He did the same thing on me,” said Beaver of his winning move on Agan. “He squeezed one through, and I thought, ‘The hell with this, we’re doing it too.’ I’m getting a little choked up here. What can I say about this thing? It was ripping around there. We spent a lot of time in the shop this week that we normally don’t. We found some things. It was fun! It was like going to Slideways (Karting Center) at two in the morning and giving it hell!”
Matthew Stelzer dominated the 12-lap Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance main event for the second straight time. It was his ninth career win here. Stelzer took the lead immediately from his starting spot outside row two. Brandon Worthington gave chase, ahead of Jeff Wilke and Chase Young.
A restart with four laps down, gave Young a chance to jump up to second place, while Evan Epperson also entered the top four. Worthington dueled with Young, using the bottom to regain second with five laps to go. A final caution came out for a spun Mayberry, but nothing was stopping Stelzer.
Stelzer’s victory came ahead of Worthington, Young, Epperson and Mike Ayers. Chris Walraven, Mike Johnston, Wilke, Mayberry and Tyler Barrick completed the top ten. Young set quick time for the second straight time, and Walraven and Worthington won heats.
“I’m on a mission this this year,” said a determined Stelzer in Victory Lane. “We’ve got a lot of goals to accomplish this year, and we’re starting to knock them off. I don’t know how much time I have left in this car, and I have to make time with what I have.”
Join us for Vermeer Night featuring the Interstate Racing Association 410 sprints, next Saturday night, May 11. The 360 and Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance will also be in action! For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 91, Cale Thomas, Fairland, IN (12), 16.068; 2. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (17), 16.076; 3. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (2), 16.215; 4. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (7), 16.246; 5. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (6), 16.319; 6. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (5), 16.378; 7. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (31), 16.402; 8. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (22), 16.438; 9. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (13), 16.440; 10. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (19), 16.450; 11. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (26), 16.515; 12. 41S, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (1), 16.542; 13. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (11), 16.603; 14. 17, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (9), 16.633; 15. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (16), 16.682; 16. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (24), 16.688; 17. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (20), 16.699; 18. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (15), 16.702; 19. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (3), 16.775; 20. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (25), 16.794; 21. 10, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (30), 16.801; 22. 35L, Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE (10), 16.899; 23. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (28), 16.944; 24. 45, Chad Kemenah, Alvada, OH (29), 16.962; 25. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (8), 16.984; 26. 35, Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (14), 17.024; 27. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (4), 17.243; 28. 21M, Brinton Marvel, Pittsboro, IN (18), 17.358; 29. 7S, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA (27), 17.411; 30. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (21), 17.553; 31. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (23), 17.558
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature), 8 Laps, 2:16.0: 1. Brooke Tatnell (1*); 2. Justin Henderson (3*); 3. Tasker Phillips (2*); 4. Parker Price-Miller (5*); 5. Trey Starks (4*); 6. Cale Thomas (6*); 7. AJ Moeller (7); 8. Joe Simbro (9); 9. Cody Ledger (8); 10. Brinton Marvel (10) DNS – Craig Dollansky
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature), 8 Laps, 2:14.8: 1. Brian Brown (6*); 2. Sheldon Haudenschild (2*); 3. Matt Juhl (4*); 4. Chris Martin (1*); 5. Terry McCarl (3*); 6. Sawyer Phillips (7*); 7. Mason Daniel (5*); 8. Bobby Mincer (8); 9. Skylar Prochaska (9); 10. Tyler Groenendyk (10)
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature), 8 Laps, 2:16.2: 1. Davey Heskin (2*); 2. Mark Dobmeier (1*); 3. Kerry Madsen (5*); 4. Gio Scelzi (3*); 5. Austin McCarl (4*); 6. Josh Schneiderman (6*); 7. Chad Kemenah (8); 8. RJ Johnson (7*); 9. Chase Wanner (10); 10. Glen Saville (9)
B main (started), 10 Laps, 2:59.2: 1. Chad Kemenah (3); 2. AJ Moeller (4); 3. Bobby Mincer (2); 4. Skylar Prochaska (5); 5. Tyler Groenendyk (8); 6. Joe Simbro (10); 7. Brinton Marvel (7); 8. Chase Wanner (9) DNS – Cody Ledger, Glen Saville, Craig Dollansky
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Brian Brown (6); 2. Kerry Madsen (3); 3. Matt Juhl (1); 4. Brooke Tatnell (11); 5. Parker Price-Miller (4); 6. Josh Schneiderman (2); 7. Sheldon Haudenschild (13); 8. Davey Heskin (10); 9. Trey Starks (8); 10. Austin McCarl (12); 11. Gio Scelzi (15); 12. Chris Martin (18); 13. Tasker Phillips (14); 14. Terry McCarl (16); 15. Mason Daniel (9); 16. Cale Thomas (5); 17. Sawyer Phillips (19); 18. Chad Kemenah (21); 19. Skylar Prochaska (24); 20. Bobby Mincer (23); 21. AJ Moeller (22); 22. Mark Dobmeier (17); 23. RJ Johnson (20); 24. Justin Henderson (7). Lap Leaders: Schneiderman 1-10, Brown 11-20. Hard- charger: Tatnell.
360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (22), 16.291; 2. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (28), 16.770; 3. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (3), 16.826; 4. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (31), 16.900; 5. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (14), 17.051; 6. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (21), 17.131; 7. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (12), 17.191; 8. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (29), 17.254; 9. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (18), 17.269; 10. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (8), 17.285; 11. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (9), 17.315; 12. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (13), 17.320; 13. 17, Zeb Wise, Angola, IN (17), 17.358; 14. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (26), 17.386; 15. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (10), 17.386; 16. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (4), 17.439; 17. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (23), 17.492; 18. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (16), 17.505; 19. 17B, Ryan Bickett, Ramona, SD (19), 17.687; 20. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (20), 17.696; 21. 40C, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (27), 17.700; 22. 9X, Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO (25), 17.728; 23. 33J, Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (5), 17.760; 24. 19, Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (15), 17.914; 25. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (1), 17.947; 26. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (7), 18.005; 27. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (30), 18.051; 28. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (24), 18.128; 29. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (11), 18.654; 30. 6, Frank Rodgers III, Lucas, IA (6), 18.850; 31. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (2), NT.
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature), 7 Laps, 2:04.0: 1. Zeb Wise (2*); 2. Carson McCarl (5*); 3. Ryan Giles (6*); 4. Ryan Leavitt (1*); 5. Calvin Landis (4*); 6. McKenna Haase (3*); 7. Ryan Bickett (7*); 8. Jake Bubak (8); 9. Ben Woods (10); 10. John Anderson (11) DNS – Casey Greubel
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature), 7 Laps, 2:03.3: 1. Jon Agan (5*); 2. Josh Higday (2*); 3. Matt Moro (6*); 4. Nathan Mills (4*); 5. Tom Lenz (1*); 6. Brad Comegys (3*); 7. Rob Kubli (7*); 8. Jayce Jenkins (8); 9. Alan Zoutte (9); 10. Jon Hughes (10)
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature), 7 Laps, 2:05.3: 1. Clint Garner (4*); 2. Tasker Phillips (2*); 3. Lee Grosz (6*); 4. Joe Beaver (5*); 5. Christian Bowman (1*); 6. Eric Bridger (9); 7. Kelby Watt (3*); 8. Rob Weuve (8); 9. Cody Wehrle (7); 10. Frank Rodgers III (10)
B main (started), 10 Laps, 3:06.0: 1. Jake Bubak (2); 2. Cody Wehrle (1); 3. Rob Weuve (4); 4. Eric Bridger (7); 5. Casey Greubel (5); 6. Jayce Jenkins (3); 7. Jon Hughes (11); 8. Ben Woods (8); 9. Frank Rodgers III (10); 10. John Anderson (9); 11. Alan Zoutte (6)
A main (started), 18 Laps, 5:40.8: 1. Joe Beaver (2); 2. Clint Garner (3); 3. Lee Grosz (4); 4. Jon Agan (6); 5. Carson McCarl (5); 6. Ryan Giles (8); 7. Zeb Wise (10); 8. Matt Moro (7); 9. Calvin Landis (9); 10. Kelby Watt (16); 11. McKenna Haase (13); 12. Ryan Leavitt (15); 13. Rob Kubli (20); 14. Jake Bubak (21); 15. Nathan Mills (1); 16. Josh Higday (11); 17. Ryan Bickett (19); 18. Eric Bridger (24); 19. Cody Wehrle (22); 20. Brad Comegys (14); 21. Rob Weuve (23); 22. Christian Bowman (18); 23. Tom Lenz (17); 24. Tasker Phillips (12). Lap Leaders: Beaver 1-3, Agan 4-7, Beaver 8, Agan 9-13, Beaver 14-18. Hard-charger: Kubli.
Pro Series Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (9), 17.647; 2. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (6), 17.878; 3. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (11), 17.947; 4. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (2), 18.138; 5. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (10), 18.158; 6. 21X, Devin Wignall, Altoona, IA (12), 18.325; 7. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (5), 18.327; 8. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (7), 18.406; 9. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA (8), 18.512; 10. 11, Tyler Barrick, Slater, IA (4), 19.966; 11. 2, Matt Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (1), 20.132; 12. 50, Mike Ayers, Waukee, IA (3), NT.
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:53.7: 1. Chris Walraven (3); 2. Evan Epperson (2); 3. Chase Young (6); 4. Jeff Wilke (5); 5. Mike Mayberry (4); 6. Matt Johnson (1)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:53.3: 1. Brandon Worthington (2); 2. Mike Johnston (4); 3. Devin Wignall (3); 4. Matthew Stelzer (5); 5. Mike Ayers (6); 6. Tyler Barrick (1)
A main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Matthew Stelzer (4); 2. Brandon Worthington (1); 3. Chase Young (6); 4. Evan Epperson (8); 5. Mike Ayers (9); 6. Chris Walraven (3); 7. Mike Johnston (5); 8. Jeff Wilke (2); 9. Mike Mayberry (7); 10. Tyler Barrick (10); 11. Matt Johnson (11) DNS – Devin Wignall. Lap Leader: Stelzer 1- 12. Hard-charger: Epperson.
5/11
Vermeer Night Rained Out at Knoxville Raceway
Steady precipitation canceled events at the Knoxville Raceway prior to hot laps. Sixty-nine cars signed in. Join us next week, Saturday, May 18, for Jersey Freeze/Dennison Racing Tee's Night with Future Stars!
5/18
Races Canceled for May 18 by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (May 4, 2019) - Mother Nature has not been a race fan lately at the Knoxville Raceway! The races for May 18 (Jersey Freeze/Dennison Racing Tees Night) has been canceled due to inclement weather. Join us next Saturday, May 25, for Slideways Karting Center/Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Night! Military members receive FREE admission (with valid Military ID).
5/24
Races at Knoxville canceled Friday, May 24!
(Bill Wright) Knoxville, IA, May 24, 2019 - More heavy rains hit Knoxville Raceway Friday morning and more are expected causing officials to cancel the Jersey Freeze/Dennison Racing Tees Night event on Friday, May 24. We'll try it again, Saturday night, May 25. The 410's, 360's and Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance will all be in action on Slideways Karting Center/Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Night.
5/25
Heavy Showers End Knoxville Racing on May 25!
(Bill Wright) May 25, 2019 - Heavy showers and a bit of hail during 410 time trials was too much for the Knoxville Raceway to take Saturday night, May 25 at Slideways Karting Center/Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Night. The wet grounds caused a cancellation of racing. Join us next Saturday, June 1 for McKay Group/West Bend Insurance Night!
6/1
Terry McCarl One Win Short of Wolfgang at Knoxville with Saturday Night Win! Ryan Giles Notches $3,000 360 Score, Matthew Stelzer Dominates Pro Sprints Again by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 1, 2019) – Terry McCarl won his 59th career main event in the 410 class at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday night. It was worth $4,000 to the Altoona, Iowa driver aboard the Destiny Motorsports #4 machine. It puts the veteran who is in third place on the all-time wins list here just one victory behind the 60 that Doug Wolfgang notched. Ryan Giles topped a 48-car 360 sprint car field to earn $3,000. Matthew Stelzer made it three for three in wins this season with the Pro Sprint Series presented by Pace Performance.
McCarl started outside row one and outdueled pole-sitter Brooke Tatnell to stripe completing lap one. Kerry Madsen had already moved up to third from outside row six. Madsen continued his pursuit by shooting by Tatnell for second on the second lap. Five laps in, quick timer Trey Starks slowed his mount in turn four to bring the only caution of the event.
The restart saw McCarl leading Madsen, Tatnell, Austin McCarl and Wayne Johnson back to green. Madsen and Tatnell exchanged second, but Madsen took the spot for good, while Justin Henderston moved into the top five. Terry McCarl entered lapped traffic by lap ten.
While the veteran leader maneuvered through traffic, Davey Heskin was using the bottom to move into the top five himself. A pair of near disasters in lapped traffic late almost ended McCarl’s run, but he escaped and drove to his first win here since 2017. Madsen maintained second, ahead of Tatnell, Austin McCarl and Heskin. Henderson, Matt Juhl, Johnson, Tasker Phillips and hard-charger Mark Dobmeier, who overcame a heat mishap, completed the top ten. Mike Reinke, Phillips and Johnson won heat races.
“We’ve been struggling really, even last year,” said McCarl in Victory Lane. “We were trying things and once I was injured, I didn’t think we had anything to lose. Steve (Fitzpatrick) and Doug (Rankin) liked to experiment and sometimes it hurt us and sometimes it helped us. It’s been a while since I had a car like that where I could change directions. When Kerry’s behind us, you certainly never let up. He’s such a great driver with such a great team. It’s (Destiny Motorsports) first 410 win at Knoxville, and that means a lot to me.”
Forty-eight 360’s packed the pits as the Nebraska 360 Sprints and the Midwest Power Series tangled with the regulars for the $3,000 payday. Coming in, Brooke Tatnell had a shot at another $3,000 bonus for winning Friday’s event at Jackson Motorplex in Minnesota, and Lee Grosz had a $1,500 bonus if he finished in the top two. Tatnell’s chance was over after not qualifying for the main event through the B, while Grosz still had his shot.
Tasker Phillips shot out from his pole position to lead early over Thomas Kennedy and Carson McCarl. Kennedy was good on the high side and overtook the low riding Phillips for the point on lap three. Ryan Giles had moved into fourth, passing Grosz in the early going.
The leaders hit lapped traffic by the seventh circuit around the big half-mile. Ryan Leavitt spun on the inside of turn four eight laps in, bringing the first caution of the race. Kennedy led Phillips, McCarl, Giles and Grosz back to green. Two laps later, Leavitt would flip in turn two, ending his night. He walked away.
Kennedy led the field back to green, while Giles made his way into third on the restart. He overtook Phillips for second with four laps to go before Christian Bowman spun, bringing about a four lap dash to the checkers. Giles used the restart to take the lead from Kennedy and march to his eighth win here.
Giles big win came ahead of Kennedy, Phillips, McCarl and Matt Juhl. Grosz, Terry McCarl, Jon Agan, Clint Garner and Calvin Landis rounded out the top ten. Giles and Terry McCarl posted quick times in their respective groups, while Kennedy, Agan, Ryan Bowers and Garner were heat race winners. Phillips earned his pole position with a Dash win, while feature hard-charger Travis Rilat and Ayrton Gennetten won B mains.
“I saw how brown and crumby it was out there, and I thought the middle looked juiced up,” said Giles of his winning pass. “This car worked so well around the bottom here. I could just ‘bonsai’ it, and then come up, float through and catch that brown. It worked out for us. (The track) is perfect. They can make it like this every week.”
Matthew Stelzer won his third straight Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance feature this year. The Nebraska native led from start to finish in the 15-lapper. By lap six, Stelzer had a straightaway lead, and by lap eleven, his lead was almost a half lap.
Stelzer had built an almost eight-second lead when Brandon Worthington spun with a lap to go. The green, white, checker finish saw Chris Walraven on Stelzer’s bumper, but it was Chase Young who made the charge from third and threatened the leader. Stelzer admitted afterwards that his fuel was low, but Young’s charge fell just short, and he ended second, followed by Walraven, Evan Epperson and Jeff Wilke. Mike Ayers, Devin Wignall, Worthington, Matt Johnson and Mike Mayberry completed the top ten. Young set quick time, while Mike Johnston and Worthington won the heats.
“We just ran out of fuel,” said Stelzer in Victory Lane. “At the end of the day, I guess we’re up here and we made weight. I was trying to splash enough around going down the straightaway and let it pick up in the tank. We are lucky to be here tonight. My guys did a great job. I feel like we’ve lost enough here, and we finally got one.”
Join us for Hy-Vee Night on Saturday, June 8. All three sprint car classes will be back in action. Join us for the Hy-Vee tailgate party from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. There will be FREE parking on the grounds for anyone attending the races showing a $25 receipt from Hy-Vee! For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (4), 15.974; 2. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (21), 15.978; 3. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (23), 16.011; 4. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (14), 16.022; 5. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (12), 16.142; 6. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (15), 16.168; 7. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (20), 16.183; 8. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (25), 16.209; 9. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (1), 16.239; 10. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (22), 16.284; 11. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (24), 16.349; 12. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (11), 16.415; 13. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (19), 16.469; 14. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (10), 16.542; 15. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (2), 16.601; 16. 02, Mike Reinke, Howards Grove, WI (16), 16.602; 17. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (5), 16.723; 18. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (8), 16.733; 19. 5J, Jeremy Schultz, Beaver Dam, WI (3), 16.867; 20. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (13), 17.036; 21. 85T, Mike Terry Jr., Plainfield, IN (9), 17.171; 22. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (18), 17.729; 23. 7S, Matt Stephenson, Altoona, IA (6), 18.792; 24. 14K, Tori Knutson, Monticello, MN (7), 18.879; 25. 1AJ, Trevor Mell, Harwood, ND (17), 19.691
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.2: 1. Mike Reinke (1); 2. Chris Martin (2); 3. Davey Heskin (3); 4. Austin McCarl (4); 5. Brooke Tatnell (5); 6. Trey Starks (6); 7. Jeremy Schultz (7); 8. Joe Simbro (8); 9. Trevor Mell (9)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.8: 1. Tasker Phillips (2); 2. Kerry Madsen (6); 3. Matt Juhl (3); 4. Terry McCarl (5); 5. Sawyer Phillips (7); 6. AJ Moeller (4); 7. Chase Wanner (1); 8. Matt Stephenson (8)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:18.7: 1. Wayne Johnson (5); 2. Justin Henderson (6); 3. Josh Schneiderman (4); 4. Craig Dollansky (2); 5. Bobby Mincer (1); 6. Mike Terry Jr. (7); 7. Tori Knutson (8); 8. Mark Dobmeier (3)
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (2); 2. Kerry Madsen (6); 3. Brooke Tatnell (1); 4. Austin McCarl (7); 5. Davey Heskin (9); 6. Justin Henderson (5); 7. Matt Juhl (11); 8. Wayne Johnson (4); 9. Tasker Phillips (10); 10. Mark Dobmeier (17); 11. Josh Schneiderman (8); 12. Chris Martin (12); 13. Craig Dollansky (15); 14. Sawyer Phillips (18); 15. Mike Reinke (13); 16. Chase Wanner (19); 17. Jeremy Schultz (21); 18. AJ Moeller (14); 19. Bobby Mincer (16); 20. Mike Terry Jr. (20); 21. Joe Simbro (23); 22. Matt Stephenson (22); 23. Trevor Mell (24); 24. Trey Starks (3) DNS – Tori Knutson. Lap Leader: T. McCarl 1-20. Hard- charger: Dobmeier.
360 Results
Time Trial Group #1 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (20), 16.517; 2. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (14), 16.816; 3. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (4), 16.852; 4. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (6), 16.854; 5. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (7), 16.873; 6. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (12), 16.963; 7. 81, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (22), 17.031; 8. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (21), 17.046; 9. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (10), 17.068; 10. 14, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (2), 17.082; 11. 22K, Kaleb Johnson, Sioux Falls, SD (8), 17.252; 12. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (9), 17.266; 13. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (5), 17.269; 14. 77, John Klabunde, Fort Calhoun, NE (11), 17.294; 15. 35L, Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE (19), 17.396; 16. 82, Jason Martin, Liberal, KS (24), 17.500; 17. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (16), 17.582; 18. 12, Tyler Drueke, Eagle, NE (13), 17.642; 19. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (1), 17.697; 20. 33J, Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (23), 17.987; 21. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (17), 18.091; 22. 03J, Jamey Ogston, Duluth, MN (3), 18.501; 23. 91A, Reed Allex, St. Cloud, MN (15), 18.536; DQ (Tire) 11, Colton Fisher, Mediapolis, IA (18).
Time Trial Group #2 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 4X, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (8), 16.801; 2. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (11), 16.950; 3. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (6), 16.952; 4. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (13), 17.091; 5. 44, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (17), 17.101; 6. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (22), 17.105; 7. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (10), 17.110; 8. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (4), 17.203; 9. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (3), 17.215; 10. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (20), 17.291; 11. 1B, Ryan Bowers, Ham Lake, MN (9), 17.297; 12. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (15), 17.298; 13. 3, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (12), 17.318; 14. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (23), 17.445; 15. 03, Shayle Bade, Lincoln, NE (5), 17.670; 16. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (7), 17.699; 17. 33B, James Broty, Lonsdale, MN (1), 17.746; 18. 50, Chase Viebrock, New Richmond, WI (14), 17.816; 19. 19, Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (18), 17.970; 20. 37H, Nicholas Howard, Lawrence, KS (16), 18.008; 21. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (2), 18.112; 22. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (19), 18.193; 23. 28X, Rich Cerveny, Omaha, NE (24), 18.762; 24. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (21), 18.799.
Group #1 Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 2:03.6: 1. Thomas Kennedy (4); 2. Tom Lenz (2); 3. Jack Dover (3); 4. Ryan Giles (6); 5. Kaleb Johnson (1); 6. Travis Rilat (7); 7. Calvin Landis (5); 8. Cody Ledger (8); 9. Brad Comegys (10); 10. Alan Zoutte (9); 11. Ben Woods (11); 12. Reed Allex (12)
Group #1 Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 2:04.4: 1. Jon Agan (6); 2. Rob Kubli (1); 3. Carson McCarl (5); 4. Matt Moro (4); 5. Christian Bowman (3); 6. Brooke Tatnell (2); 7. Jason Martin (8); 8. Tyler Drueke (9); 9. Jayce Jenkins (10); 10. John Klabunde (7); 11. Jamey Ogston (11); 12. Colton Fisher (12)
Group #2 Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 2:06.1: 1. Ryan Bowers (1); 2. Tasker Phillips (3); 3. Terry McCarl (6); 4. Kelby Watt (2); 5. Trey Starks (4); 6. Shayle Bade (8); 7. Ryan Leavitt (5); 8. Ayrton Gennetten (7); 9. James Broty (9); 10. Casey Greubel (11); 11. Rob Weuve (10); 12. Rich Cerveny (12)
Group #2 Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 2:03.0: 1. Clint Garner (2); 2. Lee Grosz (3); 3. Matt Juhl (6); 4. Joe Beaver (4); 5. Ryan Roberts (5); 6. Nathan Mills (1); 7. McKenna Haase (7); 8. Josh Higday (8); 9. Nicholas Howard (10); 10. Chase Viebrock (9); 11. John Anderson (12); 12. Jon Hughes (11)
Dash (started), 6 Laps, 1:47.6: 1. Tasker Phillips (3); 2. Lee Grosz (1); 3. Carson McCarl (2); 4. Ryan Giles (4); 5. Thomas Kennedy (6); 6. Jon Agan (8); 7. Matt Juhl (5); 8. Terry McCarl (7)
B main one (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Travis Rilat (3); 2. Cody Ledger (5); 3. Brooke Tatnell (1); 4. Jason Martin (6); 5. Tyler Drueke (8); 6. Brad Comegys (9); 7. John Klabunde (4); 8. Jayce Jenkins (10); 9. Ben Woods (11); 10. Jamey Ogston (12); 11. Colton Fisher (14); 12. Reed Allex (13); 13. Kaleb Johnson (2); 14. Alan Zoutte (7)
B main two (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Ayrton Gennetten (3); 2. Kelby Watt (1); 3. Nicholas Howard (10); 4. Rob Weuve (9); 5. Shayle Bade (5); 6. Casey Greubel (11); 7. Chase Viebrock (8); 8. John Anderson (12); 9. Rich Cerveny (13); 10. Josh Higday (6); 11. James Broty (7); 12. Nathan Mills (2); 13. McKenna Haase (4) DNS - Jon Hughes
A main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1. Ryan Giles (4); 2. Thomas Kennedy (5); 3. Tasker Phillips (1); 4. Carson McCarl (3); 5. Matt Juhl (7); 6. Lee Grosz (2); 7. Terry McCarl (8); 8. Calvin Landis (15); 9. Clint Garner (12); 10. Travis Rilat (21); 11. Jon Agan (6); 12. Trey Starks (16); 13. Jack Dover (9); 14. Rob Kubli (17); 15. Cody Ledger (23); 16. Ryan Roberts (10); 17. Matt Moro (11); 18. Joe Beaver (14); 19. Kelby Watt (24); 20. Ryan Bowers (18); 21. Ayrton Gennetten (22); 22. Christian Bowman (19); 23. Ryan Leavitt (20); 24. Tom Lenz (13). Lap Leaders: T. Phillips 1-2, Kennedy 3-16, Giles 17-20. Hard-charger: Rilat.
Pro Series Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (2), 17.597; 2. 50, Mike Ayers, Waukee, IA (7), 17.666; 3. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (12), 17.782; 4. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (5), 17.823; 5. 21X, Devin Wignall, Altoona, IA (1), 17.896; 6. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (9), 17.904; 7. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (4), 17.929; 8. 29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (3), 17.951; 9. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (6), 18.154; 10. B29, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA (8), 18.266; 11. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (13), 18.363; 12. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA (14), 18.468; 13. 2, Matt Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (10), 18.733; 14. 11, Tyler Barrick, Slater, IA (11), 18.913.
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:53.5: 1. Mike Johnston (1); 2. Matthew Stelzer (3); 3. Mike Mayberry (2); 4. Jeff Wilke (5); 5. Devin Wignall (4); 6. Chase Young (6); 7. Matt Johnson (7)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:51.9: 1. Brandon Worthington (2); 2. Russ Hall (3); 3. Evan Epperson (1); 4. Chris Walraven (5); 5. Mike Ayers (4); 6. Tyler Barrick (6) DNS – Dan Henning
A main (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1. Matthew Stelzer (1); 2. Chase Young (3); 3. Chris Walraven (2); 4. Evan Epperson (11); 5. Jeff Wilke (5); 6. Mike Ayers (4); 7. Devin Wignall (8); 8. Brandon Worthington (6); 9. Matt Johnson (13); 10. Mike Mayberry (10); 11. Mike Johnston (9); 12. Tyler Barrick (12); 13. Dan Henning (14); 14. Russ Hall (7). Lap Leader: Stelzer 1-15. Hard-charger: Epperson.
6/8
Brian Brown Preps for the Outlaws With Another Knoxville Win! Carson McCarl Holds Off Clint Garner for his First 360 Feature, Matthew Stelzer Makes it Four in a Row with Pro Sprints by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 8, 2019) – Brian Brown notched his 47th career win at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. It was good timing, considering the World of Outlaws will be in town next weekend. The Grain Valley, Missouri driver bested Matt Juhl early in the non-stop event, and pulled away to the $4,000 win in the Brian Brown Racing #21. Carson McCarl held off Clint Garner in a late restart to record his first ever 360 win, and his first since his 305 championship season in 2011 at the “Sprint Car Capital of the World.” Matthew Stelzer had a serious challenge from Mike Ayers but persevered to win his fourth straight main event with the Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance.
Matt Juhl shot out from his starting spot outside row one to lead early in the 20-lap 410 feature. Quickly, Brown, who started fourth, was all over the leader. On lap three, he slid in front of Juhl in turn three and took the point for good.
Lynton Jeffrey was also on the move, and bested Juhl for second on lap five. Terry McCarl was moving forward as well, and claimed fourth from Justin Henderson on the seventh circuit. The leaders entered lapped traffic on lap eight, and by the halfway point, Brown’s lead over Jeffrey was a straightaway.
Though the leader had checked out, the battle for second between Jeffrey, Juhl and McCarl was a showstopper lasting a good ten laps. McCarl had the momentum late, grabbing third with two to go, and second coming for the white flag. Austin McCarl entered the fray as well, claiming fourth on the last lap.
Brown was 5.7 seconds out front at the checkers, ahead of Terry McCarl, Jeffrey, Austin McCarl and Juhl. Henderson, Trey Starks, Mason Daniel, Sammy Swindell and Brooke Tatnell rounded out the top ten. Brown set quick time and won his heat for a clean sweep. Juhl and Austin McCarl were the other heat winners.
“Our car is just so good,” said Brown in Victory Lane. “It’s just not much fun running that bottom. But you’re not going to win the bigger races this summer just blasting around the top. I made a conscious effort to watch video and run the bottom when I can. We’re glad to be back here on a Saturday night. This is home. You guys are my fans. We’re not going to put to much pressure on ourselves (next weekend). If we get our car good like it is and I drive smart, we can beat anybody in the country. We just have to do our best. We’re not going to overthink it.”
The 27-car 18-lap 360 feature was a good one. Matt Moro held a four-thousandths of a second lead over Carson McCarl at the outset, but that was negated by a Jayce Jenkins spin. The restart saw Moro again take the point ahead of McCarl, Thomas Kennedy, Clint Garner and Jamie Ball. Garner and Kennedy battled for the show position, with Garner gaining it on lap five.
Moro hit lapped traffic on lap six, and McCarl closed. When Moro was trapped behind a lapper on the low side of three, McCarl pounced to gain the lead on lap nine. Garner followed him into second a circuit later. Jenkins tipped over with eight laps to go. He walked away.
McCarl went back to green ahead of the veteran Garner, Moro, Kennedy and Ball. Using the low line while Garner went high, McCarl was able to keep his advantage to the checkers. Garner had his hands busy with Moro, who gained the second spot back briefly.
McCarl’s first career 360 win, came ahead of Garner, Moro, and Ryan Grimes, who passed Kennedy with two to go. Ball, Jon Agan, Joe Beaver, Calvin Landis and McKenna Haase completed the top ten. Moro nailed down quick time, while Cody Wehrle, Garner and Ball won heats.
“I knew the bottom was good,” said McCarl in Victory Lane. “Matt got me on the start. The outside wasn’t the place to be. I just got in line and was staying patient with traffic. You had to pick your lines right. I’m not usually a bottom runner. I like it up top, so this is a little more special for me! I have Gerald and Johnn Cressman to thank. This is a twelve-year-old Ford in this thing and it’s ripping good. There was a time in January when I didn’t think we’d get this deal done. I’m just really thankful.”
Matthew Stelzer had the pole position in the Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance 15-lapper, and it looked inevitable that he would make it four wins in a row. As he led Mike Ayers, Mike Johnston, Chris Walraven and Russ Hall early, there seemed little doubt that would be ture.
Walraven gained third, and Hall followed him into fourth by lap five. Stelzer entered lapped traffic on the seventh circuit, while Hall continued his good run on the bottom, claiming third from Walraven on lap 11.
Suddenly, Ayers was reeling in the leader as his car was working better on the bottom. He passed Stelzer to lead lap 13, but the veteran battled back by to lead the white flag lap and go on for the win. Ayers settled for second, ahead of Hall, Walraven and Johnston. Brandon Worthington, Jeff Wilke, Evan Epperson, Devin Wignall and Chase Young rounded out the top ten. Walraven set quick time, and Worthington and Epperson were heat winners.
“I didn’t know how big of a lead we had,” said Stelzer in Victory Lane. “I didn’t know how hard to push it. At the end of the day, Mike should have had this. It was his race. We just got lucky. He outdrove me tonight. Sometimes, it’s better to be lucky than good. The guys gave me a good car tonight. It was ‘stylin’ and profilin’.’”
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series hits the Knoxville Raceway next weekend for the Brownell’s Big Guns Bash! On Friday night, June 14, the Pro Sprints Presented by Pace Performance will join the 410 action, while the 360 sprint cars will be running with the WoO on Saturday, June 15. For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (6), 15.855; 2. 83, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (8), 16.165; 3. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (3), 16.246; 4. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (7), 16.248; 5. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (1), 16.299; 6. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (20), 16.331; 7. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (22), 16.431; 8. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (11), 16.479; 9. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (14), 16.483; 10. 1, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (17), 16.520; 11. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (15), 16.546; 12. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (5), 16.594; 13. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (12), 16.707; 14. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (4), 16.742; 15. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (10), 16.795; 16. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (16), 16.864; 17. 7S, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (2), 16.951; 18. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (18), 17.185; 19. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (19), 17.263; 20. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (21), 17.707; 21. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (9), NT; 22. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (13), NT.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.8: 1. Brian Brown (6); 2. Terry McCarl (4); 3. Josh Schneiderman (1); 4. Justin Henderson (5); 5. Sammy Swindell (3); 6. Davey Heskin (2); 7. Bobby Mincer (7) DNS – Chase Wanner
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:19.7: 1. Matt Juhl (4); 2. Lynton Jeffrey (6); 3. Chris Martin (3); 4. Mason Daniel (5); 5. Josh Baughman (2); 6. RJ Johnson (1); 7. Joe Simbro (7)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:20.4: 1. Austin McCarl (4); 2. Tasker Phillips (1); 3. Sawyer Phillips (2); 4. Craig Dollansky (3); 5. Trey Starks (6); 6. Brooke Tatnell (5); DNS – AJ Moeller
A main (started), 20 Laps, 6:07.8: 1. Brian Brown (4); 2. Terry McCarl (5); 3. Lynton Jeffrey (3); 4. Austin McCarl (7); 5. Matt Juhl (2); 6. Justin Henderson (1); 7. Trey Starks (6); 8. Mason Daniel (8); 9. Sammy Swindell (11); 10. Brooke Tatnell (9); 11. Craig Dollansky (12); 12. Davey Heskin (17); 13. Chris Martin (10); 14. Tasker Phillips (14); 15. Sawyer Phillips (13); 16. Josh Baughman (16); 17. Josh Schneiderman (15); 18. Bobby Mincer (19); 19. Joe Simbro (20); 20. RJ Johnson (18) DNS – AJ Moeller, Chase Wanner. Lap Leaders: Juhl 1-2, Brown 3-20. Hard-charger: Heskin.
360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (4), 16.483; 2. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (16), 16.637; 3. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (26), 16.746; 4. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (3), 16.817; 5. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (19), 16.837; 6. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (11), 16.848; 7. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (21), 16.903; 8. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (6), 17.003; 9. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (14), 17.007; 10. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (9), 17.047; 11. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (18), 17.111; 12. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (28), 17.130; 13. 40C, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (13), 17.143; 14. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (8), 17.278; 15. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (20), 17.351; 16. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (7), 17.382; 17. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (17), 17.513; 18. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (24), 17.526; 19. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (5), 17.559; 20. 33J, Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (22), 17.699; 21. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (10), 17.749; 22. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (27), 17.987; 23. 0, Dustin Adams, St. Louis, MO (25), 18.090; 24. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (2), 18.127; 25. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (23), 18.462; 26. 80N, Richard Nelson, Cascade, IA (12), 20.007; 27. 19, Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (15), NT; 28. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (1), NT.
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 2:04.0: 1. Cody Wehrle (2); 2. Josh Higday (1); 3. Matt Moro (4); 4. Christian Bowman (3); 5. Jon Agan (6); 6. Calvin Landis (5); 7. Ryan Leavitt (8); 8. Alan Zoutte (7); 9. Ben Woods (9) DNS – Tom Lenz
Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 2:03.1: 1. Clint Garner (4); 2. Ryan Giles (5); 3. Carson McCarl (6); 4. Kelby Watt (2); 5. Rob Kubli (1); 6. Jayce Jenkins (7); 7. McKenna Haase (3); 8. Dustin Adams (8); 9. Richard Nelson (9)
Heat three (started), 7 Laps, NT: 1. Jamie Ball (4); 2. Brad Comegys (1); 3. Thomas Kennedy (6); 4. Joe Beaver (5); 5. Eric Bridger (2); 6. Rob Weuve (9); 7. Nathan Mills (3); 8. John Anderson (8); 9. Casey Greubel (7)
A main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1. Carson McCarl (2); 2. Clint Garner (5); 3. Matt Moro (1); 4. Ryan Giles (4); 5. Thomas Kennedy (3); 6. Jamie Ball (6); 7. Jon Agan (9); 8. Joe Beaver (7); 9. Calvin Landis (8); 10. McKenna Haase (15); 11. Christian Bowman (11); 12. Ryan Leavitt (21); 13. Kelby Watt (14); 14. Rob Kubli (18); 15. Josh Higday (12); 16. Brad Comegys (13); 17. Eric Bridger (16); 18. Nathan Mills (17); 19. Casey Greubel (22); 20. John Anderson (25); 21. Dustin Adams (23); 22. Cody Wehrle (10); 23. Richard Nelson (27); 24. Jayce Jenkins (19); 25. Ben Woods (24); 26. Alan Zoutte (20); 27. Rob Weuve (26) DNS – Tom Lenz. Lap Leaders: Moro 1-8, C. McCarl 9-18. Hard-charger: Leavitt.
Pro Series Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (14), 17.261; 2. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (10), 17.488; 3. 50, Mike Ayers, Waukee, IA (1), 17.508; 4. 29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (7), 17.651; 5. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (2), 17.678; 6. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (6), 17.707; 7. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (9), 17.713; 8. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (4), 17.746; 9. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (13), 17.769; 10. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA (12), 17.903; 11. 21X, Devin Wignall, Altoona, IA (8), 18.064; 12. 2, Matt Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (5), 18.603; 13. 11, Tyler Barrick, Slater, IA (11), 18.905; 14. B29, TJ Massick, Knoxville, IA (3), 24.807.
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:53.2: 1. Brandon Worthington (2); 2. Devin Wignall (1); 3. Mike Johnston (4); 4. Chase Young (3); 5. Mike Ayers (5); 6. Chris Walraven (6); 7. Tyler Barrick (7)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:52.5: 1. Evan Epperson (2); 2. Russ Hall (5); 3. Matthew Stelzer (4); 4. Jeff Wilke (6); 5. Matt Johnson (1); 6. Mike Mayberry (3) DNS – TJ Massick
A main (started), 15 Laps, 4:47.8: 1. Matthew Stelzer (1); 2. Mike Ayers (2); 3. Russ Hall (6); 4. Chris Walraven (3); 5. Mike Johnston (4); 6. Brandon Worthington (7); 7. Jeff Wilke (5); 8. Evan Epperson (8); 9. Devin Wignall (10); 10. Chase Young (9); 11. Mike Mayberry (11); 12. Tyler Barrick (13); 13. Matt Johnson (12) DNS – TJ Massick. Lap Leaders: Stelzer 1-12, Ayers 13, Stelzer 14-15. Hard-charger: Hall.
6/14
Brian Brown Thumps the Outlaws at Knoxville! Mike Mayberry Wins with the Pro Sprints Presented by Pace Performance by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 14, 2019) – Brian Brown has dominated things at Knoxville Raceway this season, winning all three times he has competed heading into Friday night’s opener at the Brownell’s Big Guns Bash featuring the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series. The Grain Valley, Missouri driver made it “four for four” in dominating fashion, leading every step of the way in the 25-lap feature event. The win was worth $10,000 for the pilot of the Casey’s General Stores/FVP Brian Brown Racing #21. Brown became the fifteenth different winner of the season for the World of Outlaws.
Brown came from his starting spot inside row two to blow by front row starters Daryn Pittman and Shane Stewart. As he pulled away in clean air, seventh running Sammy Swindell slowed to bring out a caution two laps in. The restart saw Brown leading Pittman, Stewart, Donny Schatz and Brad Sweet.
Brown chose the inside line and pulled away again, building on his lead. The leaders entered lapped traffic on the tenth circuit. Brown continued to build his lead with Pittman maintaining second over Stewart and Schatz. Sweet pressured Schatz for the fourth spot as the two took turns battling past each other. Eventually Schatz would maintain his advantage.
Brown weaved masterfully through traffic, and was four seconds ahead of the second place car of Pittman at the checkers. Stewart followed, ahead of Schatz and Sweet. Carson Macedo, Logan Schuchart, Kraig Kinser, David Gravel and Sheldon Haudenschild rounded out the top ten. Schuchart and Macedo set quick time in their respective groups, while both were joined by Brown and Schatz as heat winners. Pittman won the Dash, and Dominic Scelzi claimed the B.
“This one’s for you Knoxville fans!” exclaimed Brown in Victory Lane. “You guys support us every Saturday night. It’s important for us to run well in front of you guys when the Outlaws are in town. I’m proud of everyone on the team. I got a really good start, and I haven’t been running the top much. I knew I was running my tires off a little bit. You don’t know how far you’re ahead. Lapped traffic got intense a couple of times. I kept my composure and here we are. We treated this like a normal week. I always thought I’d like to win my first Outlaw show at Knoxville. We’ve won them in Charlotte, Arizona and Kansas, but this one’s special. Four seconds (his lead at the checkers) felt like four-tenths of a second to us!”
“That just means he did a better job than I did,” said Pittman of Brown working well through lapped traffic. “I don’t know that they slowed me down any more than him. He just was probably a little more aggressive. He’s good here. I was unsure how far you could be behind a guy to pull the trigger on him. I know not completing the pass would kill our speed. I was maybe a little hesitant to do that. I’ve got to thank my guys. They worked their tails off. We got an engine changed before the Dash, and I went out there and the car was really good. I have to thank Dennis and Teresa (Roth). We’ve got a super race team. I’m super-excited about the direction we’re headed.”
“There’s no spots easy here with these guys,” said Stewart, who drove the CJB Motorsports #5. “We were able to get back by Donny there on the last lap, but this race was over at the green flag. Brian and those guys did a great job. We’ve been proving that every time we make the Dash, we’re in contention to win. We just have to keep making the Dashes. These are little test sessions for August. We’ll go back to the drawing board tomorrow. My guys work really hard. I wouldn’t want to be on any other team. I’m happy to be where I’m at.”
The 15-lap Pro Sprints Presented by Pace Performance feature saw a familiar early leader. Matthew Stelzer was trying to make it five in a row as he led from his pole position over Brandon Worthington and Mike Mayberry early on. Chase Young flipped in turn one with a lap in the books. He walked away.
After the restart, Worthington used the high side to drive around Stelzer, leading lap four. Five laps in, fourth running, Mike Ayers, spun in turn four. Worthington led Stelzer, Mayberry, Chris Walraven and Jeff Wilke back to green. Stelzer shot under the leader to take the point again. Worthington wasn’t going anywhere, however.
Mayberry was coming on strong, as was Evan Epperson, and along with Stelzer and Worthington, it created a mad scramble for the lead on lap nine. Mayberry shot to the bottom of turn one, sliding both Worthington and Stelzer to take the lead. He would ride the cushion and pull away from the field, leaving no doubt over the last six laps.
Mayberry’s second career win came ahead of Epperson, who grabbed second with three to go, and Worthington, who snagged third with two to go. Stelzer, Walraven, Devin Wignall, Matt Johnson, Wilke and Tanner Barrick completed the top ten. Russ Hall set quick time, while Young and Mayberry were heat winners.
“I’ve got to thank everyone on my team for sticking with me,” said Mayberry in Victory Lane. “Last week we were the last running car. We just kept working, and these guys worked their tails off. We’re glad to get a win. We threw the kitchen sink at it this week.”
The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series returns to the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night as part of the finale of the Brownell’s Big Guns Bash! The 360 sprint cars . For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
410 Results
Time Trials Group #1 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 1s, Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (5), 14.735; 2. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (15), 14.906; 3. 83, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (9), 15.037; 4. 1, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (14), 15.130; 5. 41S, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (6), 15.143; 6. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (3), 15.197; 7. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (2), 15.231; 8. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (18), 15.238; 9. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (17), 15.281; 10. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (19), 15.281; 11. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (10), 15.302; 12. 9, James McFadden, Ormeau, QLD, Aust. (7), 15.302; 13. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (8), 15.323; 14. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (4), 15.365; 15. 69K, Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA (12), 15.376; 16. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (13), 15.381; 17. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (11), 15.457; 18. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (21), 15.463; 19. 7S, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (20), 15.503; 20. 68, Chase Johnson, Penngrove, CA (1), 15.547; 21. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (16), 15.609.
Time Trials Group #2 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 2, Carson Macedo, Lemoore, CA (2), 14.902; 2. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (4), 15.059; 3. 41, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (18), 15.099; 4. 5, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (17), 15.123; 5. 49, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (5), 15.163; 6. 1A, Jacob Allen, Hanover, PA (6), 15.200; 7. 83R, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (3), 15.210; 8. 49J, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (21), 15.348; 9. 17, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (14), 15.386; 10. 11K, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (13), 15.534; 11. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (19), 15.539; 12. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (16), 15.554; 13. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (9), 15.588; 14. 19, Brent Marks, Myerstown, PA (15), 15.730; 15. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (8), 15.766; 16. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (20), 15.902; 17. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (11), 15.966; 18. 7SX, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (12), 16.012; 19. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (7), 16.113; 20. 15M, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (10), 17.819; 21. 35, Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (1), NT.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:06.0: 1. Logan Schuchart (1); 2. Daryn Pittman (2); 3. Mason Daniel (4); 4. Sawyer Phillips (6); 5. Davey Heskin (7) / 6. Thomas Kennedy (11); 7. Jason Sides (10); 8. Justin Henderson (9); 9. Lance Dewease (8); 10. Dominic Scelzi (3); 11. Dustin Selvage (5)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:05.7: 1. Brian Brown (1); 2. Sammy Swindell (2); 3. Terry McCarl (3); 4. Kerry Madsen (5); 5. James McFadden (6) / 6. Trey Starks (7); 7. Chase Johnson (9); 8. Tasker Phillips (8); 9. Ian Madsen (4) DNS – AJ Moeller
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:06.6: 1. Carson Macedo (1); 2. Brad Sweet (3); 3. David Gravel (2); 4. Sheldon Haudenschild (5); 5. Lynton Jeffrey (4) / 6. Matt Juhl (6); 7. Austin McCarl (7); 8. Mark Dobmeier (8); 9. Jamie Ball (9); 10. Joe Simbro (10); DNS - Skylar Prochaska
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Donny Schatz (1); 2. Shane Stewart (2); 3. Kraig Kinser (5); 4. Brent Marks (7); 5. Jacob Allen (3) / 6. Josh Schneiderman (4); 7. Chris Martin (8); 8. RJ Johnson (9); 9. Bobby Mincer (10); 10. Brooke Tatnell (6)
Dash (started), 6 Laps, 1:37.2: 1. Daryn Pittman (2); 2. Shane Stewart (1); 3. Brian Brown (5); 4. Carson Macedo (6); 5. Donny Schatz (7); 6. Brad Sweet (3); 7. Sammy Swindell (8); 8. Logan Schuchart (4)
B main (started), 12 Laps, 3:20.3: 1. Dominic Scelzi (1); 2. Josh Schneiderman (2); 3. Matt Juhl (4); 4. Ian Madsen (3) / 5. Trey Starks (5); 6. Justin Henderson (11); 7. Austin McCarl (8); 8. Chase Johnson (15); 9. Lance Dewease (7); 10. Thomas Kennedy (17); 11. Tasker Phillips (9); 12. Mark Dobmeier (10); 13. RJ Johnson (16); 14. Jason Sides (13); 15. Chris Martin (12); 16. Joe Simbro (18); 17. Brooke Tatnell (6); 18. Jamie Ball (14); 19. Bobby Mincer (19) DNS - Dustin Selvage, AJ Moeller, Skylar Prochaska.
A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. Brian Brown (3); 2. Daryn Pittman (1); 3. Shane Stewart (2); 4. Donny Schatz (5); 5. Brad Sweet (6); 6. Carson Macedo (4); 7. Logan Schuchart (8); 8. Kraig Kinser (12); 9. David Gravel (10); 10. Sheldon Haudenschild (14); 11. Dominic Scelzi (21); 12. Terry McCarl (11); 13. Kerry Madsen (15); 14. Brent Marks (16); 15. Ian Madsen (24); 16. James McFadden (19); 17. Lynton Jeffrey (18); 18. Matt Juhl (23); 19. Sammy Swindell (7); 20. Davey Heskin (17); 21. Mason Daniel (9); 22. Sawyer Phillips (13); 23. Josh Schneiderman (22); 24. Jacob Allen (20). Lap Leader: Brown 1-25. Hard-charger: D. Scelzi.
Pro Series Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (14), 17.233; 2. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (4), 17.306; 3. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (2), 17.519; 4. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA (7), 17.651; 5. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (1), 17.696; 6. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (12), 17.755; 7. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (3), 17.819; 8. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (6), 17.831; 9. 50, Mike Ayers, Waukee, IA (9), 17.933; 10. 21X, Devin Wignall, Altoona, IA (8), 17.981; 11. 2, Matt Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (5), 18.040; 12. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (10), 18.275; 13. 11, Tyler Barrick, Slater, IA (11), 18.382; 14. 3TJ, Joel Thorpe, Urbandale, IA (15), 19.480; 15. B29, TJ Massick, Knoxville, IA (13), 19.833.
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, NT: 1. Chase Young (3); 2. Mike Ayers (2); 3. Chris Walraven (5); 4. Matt Johnson (1); 5. Matthew Stelzer (4); 6. Tyler Barrick (7); 7. Russ Hall (6); 8. TJ Massick (8)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:52.2: 1. Mike Mayberry (3); 2. Mike Johnston (1); 3. Brandon Worthington (4); 4. Devin Wignall (2); 5. Jeff Wilke (6); 6. Evan Epperson (5); 7. Joel Thorpe (7)
A main (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1. Mike Mayberry (5); 2. Evan Epperson (9); 3. Brandon Worthington (4); 4. Matthew Stelzer (1); 5. Chris Walraven (8); 6. Devin Wignall (11); 7. Matt Johnson (12); 8. Jeff Wilke (6); 9. Mike Ayers (2); 10. Tyler Barrick (13); 11. Mike Johnston (10); 12. Joel Thorpe (14); 13. Chase Young (7) DNS – Russ Hall, TJ Massick. Lap Leaders: Stelzer 1-3, Worthington 4-5, Stelzer 6-8, Mayberry 9-15. Hard- charger: Epperson.
6/15
Brad Sweet Wins Outlaw Showdown at Knoxville! Clint Garner Wins His First Feature of 2019 in 360 Sprints by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 15, 2019) – Brad Sweet won the Brownells Big Gun Bash featuring the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Cars Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. The Grass Valley, California won a shootout that saw three lead changes. The win, aboard the Kasey Kahne Racing #49 was worth $10,000. Clint Garner earned his first feature win of the year in the 360 class. It was the 39th of his career here.
A two hour rain delay slowed the proceedings, but ultimately, the event overcame Mother Nature and the sizable crowd was rewarded with some great racing. Dash winner, Lance Dewease, led early in the 25-lap Outlaw feature, with Sweet, Logan Schuchart, Sheldon Haudenschild and Lynton Jeffrey in tow. On lap two, Schuchart rode the low line to pass Sweet for second, while Jeffrey took fourth.
Trey Starks blew a right rear and stopped in turn two, bringing the only caution of the event three laps in. Sweet shot by Schuchart for second, while Pittman went from sixth to fourth. Dewease entered lapped traffic on the twelfth circuit. Sweet reeled him in and passed the veteran low in turn four on lap 14.
Schuchart used the same line to take second the following lap, and then shot around Sweet on the top side to take the point on lap 16. Sweet would battle back by two laps later, while Pittman moved into the third spot. Pittman and Schuchart battled for second, while Sweet distanced himself in traffic.
Sweet crossed the checkers first for the sixth time in his career here in a 410 sprint car. Schuchart regained second with three to go. Pittman was third, ahead of Haudenschild and David Gravel. Dewease, Brian Brown, Shane Stewart, Carson Macedo and Jeffrey rounded out the top ten. Stewart and Pittman set quick time in their respective groups, while Stewart, Gravel, Sweet and Jeffrey were heat winners. Donny Schatz won the B main.
“(Schuchart) is very underrated,” said Sweet in Victory Lane. “He gets up front in one of these Nationals…he’ll be tough to beat. He can time well, and Logan’s just getting better and better as a driver. He definitely got me up on the wheel there. It took all I had to hold him off and beat him. The track was fast and tricky. Everything was happening way faster than you want it to happen, and you still have to try and hit that narrow bottom. I kind of figured out a few things about the bottom. I still missed it about fifty percent of the time. I think we were a little bit better than most tonight. The guys always give me a great racecar, and we’ve really figured some things out the last few weeks with our shocks and our engines. Hopefully, we can keep carrying this momentum.”
“I kind of watched Brad and Lance there for a little while,” said Schuchart. “I could hit the bottom early in the race, and any time you can hit the bottom here, it’s a good sign. Once I did get the lead, it was tough to hit the bottom that many times consistently. I just felt more comfortable hitting the top. I didn’t want to slow myself up too much, and it hurt me. Their team won the Knoxville Nationals last year, and we ran them down and passed them…so that’s something to be proud of. I look forward to coming here again in August.”
“I was really worried starting tenth,” said Pittman. “As wet as this track was…you get too far back, and it’s easy to get caught up in dirty air behind guys, especially on the start. We got a great start, and we were free enough to get by some guys. We were still good enough at the end. I felt we were as good as the leaders. I got next to Logan in there with two or three to go, and I felt I should have finished the pass. We kept Brad, Logan and Lance in sight. We’ll keep working at it and continue to make it better.”
The 18-lap 360 main event was marred by some incidents. When Nate Mills slowed on the backstretch with steering issues, Jayce Jenkins caught his rear end and flipped. Casey Greubel also took a hard ride down the backstretch in the incident. Josh Higday, Rob Weuve and John Anderson also exited as a result of the melee. Mills would try to make repairs and restarted at the tail.
Contact from another car, sent Christian Bowman spinning in turn two on the next try at green. Joe Beaver led the field once the green flew, ahead of Ryan Giles, Clint Garner, Calvin Landis and Thomas Kennedy. Garner worked his way by Giles for second on lap two, before McKenna Haase came to a stop on the inside of turn two four laps in.
Garner and Giles battled for the second spot before Bowman made heavy contact with the turn three wall, bringing out the red flag again. He was helped from the car to his feet and was communicating with safety workers, but was taken in for observation.
Beaver took off from the field again, but Garner was determined and reeling him in. He used a high side pass to lead lap ten, and began pulling away. Garner entered lapped traffic with four to go, but would not be deterred in taking a victory back to Sioux Falls. Beaver was second, ahead of Giles, Landis and Kennedy. Completing the top ten were Carson McCarl, Matt Moro, hard-charger Jon Agan, Kelby Watt and Jamie Ball. Giles set quick time, while Haase, Tasker Phillips and Beaver won heats.
“It’s alright,” said Garner of a smoking motor coming for the checkers. “I’m not sure what happened there. It must just have had a little oil leak. It (is hard to get a win). In a way I enjoy it. I think everyone was giving me guff for dominating. I didn’t even feel that way when I was winning. This year is definitely showing that as the case. There’s a lot of good equipment here and the drivers are doing a great job. We just need to qualify a little better.”
Join us next week, Saturday, June 22, for Marion County Farm Bureau Night! It is also Knoxville Raceway Hall of Fame Night. Join us for the banquet at Noon in the Dyer-Hudson Hall. For more information on the banquet, contact the Knoxville Raceway. All three classes of sprint cars will be on hand Saturday night, and it is $1 Busch Light Night as well. For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
410 Results
Time Trial Group 1 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 5, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (12), 14.977; 2. 41, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (8), 14.981; 3. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (6), 15.004; 4. 1S, Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (19), 15.014; 5. 11K, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (11), 15.089; 6. 2, Carson Macedo, Lemoore, CA (2), 15.091; 7. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (13), 15.166; 8. 9, James McFadden, Ormeau, QLD, Aust. (3), 15.228; 9. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (10), 15.232; 10. 49J, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (4), 15.275; 11. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (1), 15.286; 12. 19, Brent Marks, Myerstown, PA (5), 15.300; 13. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (17), 15.335; 14. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (14), 15.383; 15. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (15), 15.394; 16. 1, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (16), 15.422; 17. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (7), 15.425; 18. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (9), 15.498; 19. 68, Chase Johnson, Penngrove, CA (18), 15.681.
Time Trial Group 2 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 83, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (13), 15.112; 2. 83R, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (3), 15.200; 3. 49, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (12), 15.205; 4. 69K, Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA (18), 15.247; 5. 17, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (10), 15.282; 6. 41S, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (16), 15.375; 7. 1A, Jacob Allen, Hanover, PA (15), 15.375; 8. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (1), 15.380; 9. 7S, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (14), 15.402; 10. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (11), 15.503; 11. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (17), 15.579; 12. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (7), 15.628; 13. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (6), 15.676; 14. 7SX, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (2), 15.734; 15. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (9), 15.783; 16. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (4), 15.884; 17. 15M, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (8), 16.005; 18. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (19), 16.009; 19. 1AJ, Trevor Mell, Harwood, ND (5), 16.604.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:03.4: 1. Shane Stewart (1); 2. Brian Brown (2); 3. Sawyer Phillips (4); 4. Matt Juhl (6); 5. Kraig Kinser (3) / 6. Donny Schatz (5); 7. Kerry Madsen (7); 8. Brooke Tatnell (8); 9. Davey Heskin (9); 10. Chase Johnson (10)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:02.7: 1. David Gravel (1); 2. Logan Schuchart (2); 3. Carson Macedo (3); 4. James McFadden (4); 5. Brent Marks (6) / 6. Sammy Swindell (8); 7. Josh Schneiderman (5); 8. Ian Madsen (7); 9. Mason Daniel (9)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:04.0: 1. Brad Sweet (2); 2. Sheldon Haudenschild (3); 3. Daryn Pittman (1); 4. Jason Sides (5); 5. Jacob Allen (4); 6. Justin Henderson (6); 7. Tasker Phillips (7); 8. Austin McCarl (8); 9. Bobby Mincer (9); 10. Trevor Mell (10)
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:03.7: 1. Lynton Jeffrey (1); 2. Lance Dewease (2); 3. Terry McCarl (4); 4. Dominic Scelzi (3); 5. Trey Starks (6) / 6. AJ Moeller (5); 7. RJ Johnson (7); 8. Chris Martin (8); 9. Joe Simbro (9)
Dash (started), 6 Laps, 1:32.2: 1. Lance Dewease (2); 2. Brad Sweet (4); 3. Logan Schuchart (5); 4. Sheldon Haudenschild (1); 5. Lynton Jeffrey (3); 6. Brian Brown (7); 7. Shane Stewart (8); 8. David Gravel (6)
B main (started), 12 Laps, 3:07.1: 1. Donny Schatz (1); 2. AJ Moeller (2); 3. Justin Henderson (4); 4. Kerry Madsen (5); 5. Brooke Tatnell (9); 6. Ian Madsen (7); 7. Sammy Swindell (11); 8. Tasker Phillips (6); 9. Austin McCarl (10); 10. Mason Daniel (15); 11. RJ Johnson (8); 12. Davey Heskin (13); 13. Chase Johnson (17); 14. Bobby Mincer (14); 15. Trevor Mell (18); 16. Joe Simbro (16); 17. Josh Schneiderman (3); 18. Chris Martin (12)
A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. Brad Sweet (2); 2. Logan Schuchart (3); 3. Daryn Pittman (10); 4. Sheldon Haudenschild (4); 5. David Gravel (8); 6. Lance Dewease (1); 7. Brian Brown (6); 8. Shane Stewart (7); 9. Carson Macedo (11); 10. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 11. Ian Madsen (25, prov.); 12. Terry McCarl (12); 13. James McFadden (15); 14. Dominic Scelzi (16); 15. Donny Schatz (21); 16. Brent Marks (19); 17. Kraig Kinser (17); 18. Jason Sides (14); 19. Sawyer Phillips (9); 20. Matt Juhl (13); 21. Justin Henderson (23); 22. Trey Starks (20); 23. Jacob Allen (18); 24. Kerry Madsen (24); 25. AJ Moeller (22). Lap Leaders: Dewease 1-13, Sweet 14-15, Schuchart 16-17, Sweet 18-25. Hard-charger: I. Madsen.
360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (24), 16.093; 2. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (17), 16.254; 3. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (13), 16.283; 4. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (3), 16.315; 5. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (16), 16.331; 6. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (9), 16.344; 7. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (10), 16.416; 8. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (14), 16.419; 9. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (23), 16.454; 10. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (27), 16.465; 11. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (26), 16.476; 12. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (12), 16.563; 13. 40C, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (25), 16.567; 14. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (5), 16.628; 15. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (18), 16.630; 16. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (6), 16.702; 17. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (19), 16.704; 18. 19, Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (1), 16.727; 19. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (21), 16.761; 20. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (8), 16.776; 21. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (7), 16.781; 22. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (4), 16.805; 23. 33J, Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (15), 16.873; 24. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (20), 17.013; 25. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (22), 17.064; 26. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (11), 17.120; 27. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (2), NT.
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 1:58.1: 1. McKenna Haase (1); 2. Thomas Kennedy (4); 3. Ryan Giles (6); 4. Clint Garner (5); 5. Cody Wehrle (2); 6. Nathan Mills (3); 7. Jon Agan (8); 8. Casey Greubel (9); 9. Alan Zoutte (7)
Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 1:58.1: 1. Tasker Phillips (1); 2. Matt Moro (4); 3. Jamie Ball (2); 4. Calvin Landis (6); 5. Christian Bowman (3); 6. Ryan Leavitt (7); 7. Brad Comegys (5); 8. Jayce Jenkins (8); 9. John Anderson (9)
Heat three (started), 7 Laps, 1:58.9: 1. Joe Beaver (6); 2. Kelby Watt (2); 3. Eric Bridger (4); 4. Rob Kubli (3); 5. Carson McCarl (5); 6. Josh Higday (7); 7. Rob Weuve (1); 8. Jon Hughes (8) DNS – Tom Lenz
A main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1. Clint Garner (4); 2. Joe Beaver (1); 3. Ryan Giles (2); 4. Calvin Landis (3); 5. Thomas Kennedy (5); 6. Carson McCarl (7); 7. Matt Moro (6); 8. Jon Agan (21); 9. Kelby Watt (12); 10. Jamie Ball (14); 11. Ryan Leavitt (18); 12. Eric Bridger (8); 13. Tasker Phillips (11); 14. Cody Wehrle (17); 15. Alan Zoutte (22); 16. Rob Kubli (13); 17. Brad Comegys (9); 18. Jon Hughes (24); 19. Christian Bowman (15); 20. McKenna Haase (10); 21. Nathan Mills (16); 22. Rob Weuve (19); 23. Josh Higday (20); 24. Jayce Jenkins (23); 25. Casey Greubel (25); 26. John Anderson (26) DNS – Tom Lenz. Lap Leaders: Beaver 1-9, Garner 10- 18. Hard-charger: Agan.
6/22
Russ Hall Victorious with Pro Sprints at Knoxville! 410 and 360 Features Postponed Due to Rain by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 22, 2019) – Russ Hall picked up his first ever Pro Sprint Series presented by Pace Performance win at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The native of Pleasant Hill, Iowa held off the charge of veteran Chris Walraven to take the win aboard the Skillz Motorsports #29. The Knoxville Raceway could not hold off the charge of Mother Nature, however. Despite hard work all day by track crews and a quick program underway, persistent rains fell just after 8:30 p.m. bringing a halt to the action as the 360 sprint feature was ready to take the green. Track officials will discuss the make-up of both the 360 and 410 features. Stay tuned for an announcement.
Rookie Mike Johnston was the early leader in the 15-lap Pro Sprints feature. Second row starter Russ Hall trailed him, but took the lead coming to the completion of lap two. Chris Walraven made a move by Jeff Wilke on the same circuit to take third. On lap four, Walraven took the high side around Johnston for second and set his sights on the leader.
The last half of the race saw Walraven all over Hall for the lead. On lap 11, he was just one-tenth of a second behind, and on the white flag lap was just ninety-five thousands of a second in arears. Hall hit his marks on the low sides of turns two and four to carry his mount to the win
Following Hall across the line were Walraven, Johnston, Matthew Stelzer and Devin Wignall. Chase Young, Mike Mayberry, Jeff Wilke, Brandon Worthington and Evan Epperson rounded out the top ten. Walraven set quick time, while Johnston and Mayberry were heat winners.
“We put on junk tires to start with,” said Hall in Victory Lane. “We had a hard time finding a used one in the pits. It’s good to be back in Victory Lane (Hall has three career 360 wins). I’m glad to be racing! I’m excited! We had a good race there with Walraven. I heard him there the whole time. I didn’t know if I was going to make it. I had a hard time getting off the corner.”
Lynton Jeffrey set his first quick time of the season in the 410 class, while Tasker Phillips, Sawyer Phillips and Josh Schneiderman won heat races. Carson McCarl set quick time in the 360 class and won a heat, while Tasker Phillips and Josh Higday took the others.
Saturday, June 29, will be an open date at Knoxville Raceway as the AGCO Jackson Nationals commence at Jackson Motorplex that weekend. The next action at the track will be the inaugural BRANDT Professional Agriculture Corn Belt Nationals featuring the USAC National Sprint Cars and the POWRi WAR Sprints Friday and Saturday, July 5 and 6. Saturday night’s finale will pay $20,000 to the winner! The 360 sprints will accompany the non-wing sprints Friday, while the 410 sprints will be in action on Saturday! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 83, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (11), 15.900; 2. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (17), 15.936; 3. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (2), 16.157; 4. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (1), 16.204; 5. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (4), 16.258; 6. 7S, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (20), 16.259; 7. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (14), 16.274; 8. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (3), 16.301; 9. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (13), 16.303; 10. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (16), 16.321; 11. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (15), 16.356; 12. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (8), 16.377; 13. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (12), 16.423; 14. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (22), 16.453; 15. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (9), 16.471; 16. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (18), 16.489; 17. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (10), 16.493; 18. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (21), 16.6; 19. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (6), 16.762; 20. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (5), 17.374; 21. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (19), 17.63; 22. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (7), NT.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:23.3: 1. Tasker Phillips (1); 2. Davey Heskin (3); 3. Lynton Jeffrey (6); 4. Austin McCarl (4); 5. Mason Daniel (2); 6. AJ Moeller (5); 7. Bobby Mincer (7); 8. Bob Weuve (8)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:22.4: 1. Sawyer Phillips (2); 2. Justin Henderson (3); 3. Brian Brown (6); 4. Terry McCarl (5); 5. Jamie Ball (1); 6. Josh Baughman (4); 7. Joe Simbro (7)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:23.4: 1. Josh Schneiderman (2); 2. Trey Starks (1); 3. Brooke Tatnell (4); 4. Matt Juhl (6); 5. Chris Martin (3); 6. RJ Johnson (5) DNS – Glen Saville
A main Scheduled lineup (PPD): 1. Lynton Jeffrey (1); 2. Brian Brown (2); 3. Matt Juhl (3); 4. Terry McCarl (4); 5. AJ Moeller (5); 6. Austin McCarl (6); 7. Davey Heskin (7); 8. Brooke Tatnell (8); 9. Justin Henderson (9); 10. RJ Johnson (10); 11. Sawyer Phillips (11); 12. Josh Schneiderman (12); 13. Tasker Phillips (13); 14. Josh Baughman (14); 15. Trey Starks (15); 16. Chris Martin (16); 17. Mason Daniel (17); 18. Jamie Ball (18); 19. Bobby Mincer (19); 20. Joe Simbro (20); 21. Bob Weuve (21); 22. Glen Saville (22).
360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (6), 16.854; 2. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (13), 16.985; 3. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (22), 17.001; 4. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (17), 17.003; 5. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (10), 17.080; 6. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (15), 17.103; 7. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (2), 17.191; 8. 66, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (20), 17.214; 9. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (21), 17.258; 10. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (12), 17.299; 11. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (16), 17.307; 12. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (19), 17.337; 13. 40C, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (8), 17.396; 14. 23S, Stu Snyder, Waverly, NE (7), 17.422; 15. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (24), 17.458; 16. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (9), 17.534; 17. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (18), 17.561; 18. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (4), 17.578; 19. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (25), 17.623; 20. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (1), 17.634; 21. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (27), 17.650; 22. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (23), 17.770; 23. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (11), 17.804; 24. 99, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (3), 17.919; 25. 19, Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (26), 18; 26. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (14), 18.438; 27. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (5), 18.556.
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 2:07.7: 1. Carson McCarl (6); 2. Kelby Watt (1); 3. Ryan Giles (4); 4. Ryan Leavitt (3); 5. Calvin Landis (5); 6. Cody Wehrle (2); 7. Rob Kubli (7); 8. Mitchell Alexander (8); 9. Rob Weuve (9)
Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 2:08.3: 1. Tasker Phillips (1); 2. Matt Moro (3); 3. Clint Garner (6); 4. Stu Snyder (2); 5. Ricky Montgomery (4); 6. Joe Beaver (5); 7. Jon Agan (7); 8. Alan Zoutte (8); 9. Jon Hughes (9)
Heat three (started), 7 Laps, NT: 1. Josh Higday (2); 2. Jamie Ball (5); 3. Tom Lenz (4); 4. Austin McCarl (8); 5. Brad Comegys (3); 6. McKenna Haase (6); 7. Eric Bridger (7); 8. Nathan Mills (1); 9. Casey Greubel (9)
A Scheduled Lineup (PPD): 1. Calvin Landis (1); 2. Jamie Ball (2); 3. Clint Garner (3); 4. Carson McCarl (4); 5. Ryan Giles (5); 6. McKenna Haase (6); 7. Tom Lenz (7); 8. Joe Beaver (8); 9. Matt Moro (9); 10. Ricky Montgomery (10); 11. Josh Higday (11); 12. Ryan Leavitt (12); 13. Tasker Phillips (13); 14. Kelby Watt (14); 15. Brad Comegys (15); 16. Stu Snyder (16); 17. Cody Wehrle (17); 18. Austin McCarl (18); 19. Rob Kubli (19); 20. Jon Agan (20); 21. Nathan Mills (21); 22. Eric Bridger (22); 23. Mitchell Alexander (23); 24. Alan Zoutte (24); 25. Rob Weuve (25); 26. Jon Hughes (26); 27. Casey Greubel (27)
Pro Series Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (10), 17.876; 2. 29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (14), 18.022; 3. 50, Mike Ayers, Waukee, IA (12), 18.024; 4. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (1), 18.155; 5. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (2), 18.201; 6. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA (5), 18.228; 7. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (6), 18.332; 8. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (11), 18.364; 9. 11, Tyler Barrick, Slater, IA (9), 18.423; 10. B29, Adam Mason, Knoxville, IA (8), 18.471; 11. 21X, Devin Wignall, Altoona, IA (4), 18.483; 12. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (3), 18.498; 13. 2, Matt Johnson, Melcher- Dallas, IA (13), 18.650; 14. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (7), 21.826.
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:54.5: 1. Mike Johnston (3); 2. Devin Wignall (1); 3. Brandon Worthington (4); 4. Chris Walraven (6); 5. Tyler Barrick (2); 6. Mike Ayers (5); 7. Matt Johnson (7)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, NT: 1. Mike Mayberry (3); 2. Matthew Stelzer (1); 3. Jeff Wilke (5); 4. Russ Hall (6); 5. Adam Mason (2); 6. Evan Epperson (4); 7. Chase Young (7)
A main (started), 15 Laps, 5:00.1: 1. Russ Hall (3); 2. Chris Walraven (4); 3. Mike Johnston (1); 4. Matthew Stelzer (10); 5. Devin Wignall (8); 6. Chase Young (14); 7. Mike Mayberry (6); 8. Jeff Wilke (2); 9. Brandon Worthington (5); 10. Evan Epperson (9); 11. Mike Ayers (7); 12. Tyler Barrick (11); 13. Matt Johnson (13); 14. Adam Mason (12). Lap Leaders: Johnston 1, Hall 2-15. Hard-charger: Young.
7/5
Brady Bacon Conquers Corn Belt Nationals Opener After Six Lead Changes! Wayne Johnson Wins 360 Thriller with Last Lap Pass by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 5, 2019) – An outstanding night of racing greeted a great crowd at Knoxville Raceway in Friday’s Brandt Professional Agriculture Corn Belt Nationals opener. Brady Bacon notched his second career win here after six lead changes in the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car/POWRi War feature. He earned $5,000 aboard the Hoffman Racing #69 entry, and became the first repeat victor with USAC in their eleven trips here. Wayne Johnson passed Terry McCarl on the final lap to win a thrilling 360 main event as well.
In the non-stop 25-lap Corn Belt Nationals feature, Kevin Thomas Jr. led early over Chris Windom and Matt Westfall. Windom shot around Thomas to lead lap two, while Justin Grant took third from Westfall. It was clear that Bacon had speed early, when he jumped from sixth to fourth on lap four.
Up front, Thomas regained the lead from Windom on lap five, while Bacon took third. Bacon used a middle groove to take second from a cushion riding Windom on lap six, creating a three-way duel for the point. Windom would bounce back to lead lap seven.
Bacon reeled in the leader, and when Windom missed the bottom of turn one on lap 12, took his first lead of the event. A lap later, Bacon made the same mistake, and Windom was back up front. On lap 14, Windom bobbled over the cushion in turn three, and Bacon rode back by for good.
The leaders entered lapped traffic on lap 16. Tyler Courtney, who won here a year ago, battled with Thomas for third behind the leaders. Windom closed in the late stages, but Bacon was able to just maneuver enough in traffic to take his second win here.
Bacon’s win came over Windom, Thomas, Courtney and Grant. Ryan Bernal, Chase Stockon, hard-charger Jason McDougal, CJ Leary and Westfall rounded out the top ten. Leary and Grant set quick time in their respective groups. Leary, Bacon, Wesley Smith, Courtney, Nick Bilbee and Stockon won heats. Kory Schudy won the C main and Carson Short claimed the B. A seven-car melee starting the B main involving Glen Saville, Chris Parkinson, Doug Schenck, Craig Campton, Chris Morgan and Isaac Chapple saw everyone walk away.
“I really love this place,” said Bacon in Victory Lane. “It’s fun to be able to do in this car, what I’d like to be able to in our wing car when we run the Nationals when we see Donny (Schatz) and everyone who runs the bottom and middle so good. I think, just having a lot of laps here…more than the competition helped me a little bit here to know that middle would come in and things like that. I was having to run a little different line, but I was able to catch the marbles in the middle and get some speed to pass a couple guys. It is testing to slow down and run the bottom. Windom almost got back by me, but fortunately we had a car good enough to make up for my mistakes.”
“Lapped cars were in the way, but you’re going to have that at a place like this,” said Windom. “If you miss the top or the bottom, you’re hung out to dry. Those guys seemed to do that in front of me. We had a good side- by-side battle I felt almost the entire race. I think I could have got back by him there if circumstances were different, but he ran a good race and hit his marks. I didn’t think the bottom would stay that good for us. You just had to hit it perfectly to make it work. That’s what Brady did to get by us. I think we’ll put on another good show tomorrow.”
“It was perfect (the battle for the lead),” said Thomas Jr. “That’s the way it should be. For me to run the bottom around this place…it’s real tricky. You have to have a little knack for it. They gave me a great race car. I just made a few mistakes. Everybody did a great job. Congratulations to the #69 and #5. It was a tough race. I saw them switching lines, and I was trying to figure out where to go. It’s a fun joint. I’m just glad to be here. It’s a great facility and track.”
The 18-lap 360 feature started ugly. Austin McCarl and Rob Kubli took wild rides, but walked away. An eight-car pileup saw six cars eliminated. Joining the pair who flipped were the point leader coming in, Ryan Giles, as well as Trey Starks, Thomas Kennedy and Matt Juhl.
Once underway, the race went non-stop. Carson McCarl took the early lead over Matt Moro and Terry McCarl. Clint Garner worked his way from row six into the top five by lap three. Terry McCarl used the low side to gain second from Moro on the same lap. Wayne Johnson used the same move to work into the show position on lap five, with Garner taking fourth two laps later.
Johnson’s car was working well on the bottom and he shot by Terry McCarl for second on lap nine. A three- wide battle for the lead commenced, with Terry getting by his son for point on lap 11. Johnson worked his way into second with six to go as the leaders approached traffic.
Johnson slowly reeled in Terry McCarl and when the leader slipped in turn one, he pounced using the low side. The win was Johnson’s 13th here in a 360, and came ahead of Terry McCarl, Garner, who gained third on the last lap, Carson McCarl and Gio Scelzi. Jon Agan, Matt Moro, Ryan Roberts, Calvin Landis and Kelby Watt completed the top ten. Terry McCarl and Trey Starks set quick time in their respective groups, and Kennedy, Johnson, Austin McCarl and Jason Martin won heats. Jason Martin also won the B main.
“I’m a little bit rejuvenated here at Knoxville,” said Johnson in Victory Lane. “I’ve been away a little bit racing some 360 stuff. I have to thank Todd and Kelly Carlile for letting me go race and do what I want to do. I love this place and this is where I want to race. My guys have been busting their butt. That’s a brand new racecar. Anytime you can beat Terry McCarl here, you’ve done something. You know that. He just made a mistake in traffic, and my car was really good on the bottom.”
The $20,000 to win BRANDT Professional Agriculture Corn Belt Nationals featuring the USAC National Sprint Cars and the POWRi WAR Sprints concludes Saturday night, July 6! The 410 winged sprints will also be in action on Saturday! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
Brandt Professional Agriculture Corn Belt Nationals Night #1 Results
Time Trial Group #1 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 19AZ, CJ Leary, Greenfield, IN (26), 19.297; 2. 21, Carson Short, Marion, IL (14), 19.313; 3. 6, Mario Clouser, Auburn, IL (2), 19.635; 4. 28, Kory Schudy, Springfield, MO (11), 19.638; 5. 69, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (19), 19.675; 6. 7, Tim Buckwalter, Douglassville, PA (23), 19.724; 7. 33M, Matt Westfall, Pleasant Hill, OH (10), 19.741; 8. 17B, Ryan Bernal, Hollister, CA (8), 19.766; 9. 12S, Wesley Smith, Nixa, MO (13), 19.777; 10. 1M, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (5), 19.780; 11. 56, Mitchell Davis, Auburn, IL (3), 19.793; 12. 75X, Dustin Christie, Washington, IN (24), 19.818; 13. 52, Isaac Chapple, Willow Branch, IN (22), 19.834; 14. 42, Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN (7), 19.957; 15. 24, Landon Simon, Indianapolis, IN (12), 20.121; 16. 0S, Steve Irwin, Fenton, MI (15), 20.185; 17. 77K, Katlynn Leer, Moulton, IA (21), 20.235; 18. 73, Lane Stone, Concordia, MO (4), 20.472; 19. 65, Chris Parkinson, Gladstone, MO (9), 20.503; 20. 44, Dickie Gaines, Mitchell, IN (20), 20.508; 21. 71S, Doug Schenck, Cottage Grove, WI (18), 20.517; 22. 52F, Logan Faucon, Elkhart, IL (25), 20.701; 23. 19, Jori Hughes, Tower, MN (17), 21.162; 24. 20, Steve Thomas, Rantoul, IL (6), 21.307; 25. 13MJ, Brandon Halverson, Jackson, MN (1), 21.714; 26. 4A, Braydon Cromwell, Lone Jack, MO (16), 22.135
Time Trial Group #2 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 4, Justin Grant, Ione, CA (11), 19.297; 2. 71P, Jason McDougal, Broken Arrow, OK (3), 19.535; 3. 32, Chase Stockon, Fort Branch, IN (18), 19.573; 4. 19T, Kevin Thomas Jr., Cullman, AL (23), 19.583; 5. 5G, Chris Windom, Canton, IL (22), 19.642; 6. 90, Riley Kreisel, Warsaw, MO (14), 19.675; 7. 7BC, Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis, IN (7), 19.749; 8. 11W, Wyatt Burks, Topeka, KS (2), 19.882; 9. 98E, Chad Boespflug, Hanford, CA (9), 19.980; 10. 74X, Josh Hodges, Tijeras, NM (19), 19.986; 11. 17, Nick Bilbee, Indianapolis, IN (6), 19.988; 12. 24V, Brian VanMeveren, St. Paul, MN (20), 20.128; 13. 22S, Slater Helt, Harrisonville, MO (17), 20.277; 14. 99, Korey Weyant, Springfield, IL (12), 20.286; 15. 16, Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett, TN (10), 20.434; 16. 57, TJ Artz, Lincoln, NE (1), 20.442; 17. 9G, Cody Gardner, Milford, OH (21), 20.487; 18. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (25), 20.516; 19. 78, Rob Caho Jr., Wyoming, MN (16), 20.552; 20. 0, Brandon Stevenson, Holstein, IA (24), 20.720; 21. 7S, Craig Campton, Pardeeville, WI (4), 20.771; 22. 7C, Chris Morgan, Topeka, KS (5), 20.775; 23. 18, Terry Richards, Denton, NE (13), 21.572; 24. 12X, Doug Sylvester, Ottumwa, IA (15), 22.092; 25. 6R, Frank Rodgers III, Lucas, IA (8), NT
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. CJ Leary (6); 2. Matt Westfall (4); 3. Don Droud Jr. (3) / 4. Steve Irwin (1); 5. Chris Parkinson (7); 6. Logan Faucon (8) / 7. Brandon Halverson (9); 8. Kory Schudy (5); 9. Isaac Chapple (2)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:42.5: 1. Brady Bacon (5); 2. Dave Darland (2); 3. Ryan Bernal (4) / 4. Carson Short (6); 5. Mitchell Davis (3); 6. Katlynn Leer (1) / 7. Dickie Gaines (7); 8. Braydon Cromwell (9); 9. Jori Hughes (8)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Wesley Smith (4); 2. Landon Simon (2); 3. Tim Buckwalter (5) / 4. Dustin Christie (3); 5. Mario Clouser (6); 6. Doug Schenck (7) / 7. Steve Thomas (8); 8. Lane Stone (1)
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:39.3: 1. Tyler Courtney (4); 2. Justin Grant (6); 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5) / 4. Josh Hodges (3); 5. TJ Artz (1); 6. Chris Morgan (8) / 7. Rob Caho Jr. (7); 8. Slater Helt (2); 9. Frank Rodgers III (9)
Heat five (started), 8 Laps, 2:45.8: 1. Nick Bilbee (3); 2. Wyatt Burks (4); 3. Chris Windom (5) / 4. Jason McDougal (6); 5. Korey Weyant (2); 6. Cody Gardner (1) / 7. Terry Richards (8); 8. Brandon Stevenson (7)
Heat six (started), 8 Laps, 2:46.1: 1. Chase Stockon (6); 2. Chad Boespflug (4); 3. Anthony Nicholson (2); 4. Riley Kreisel (5); 5. Glen Saville (1); 6. Craig Campton (7); 7. Doug Sylvester (8); 8. Brian VanMeveren (3)
C main (started), 10 Laps, 3:39.3: 1. Kory Schudy (1); 2. Isaac Chapple (3); 3. Rob Caho Jr. (2); 4. Dickie Gaines (7); 5. Terry Richards (6); 6. Brandon Stevenson (4) / 7. Lane Stone (5); 8. Jori Hughes (9); 9. Steve Thomas (10); 10. Doug Sylvester (8); 11. Brandon Halverson (11) DNS - 12. Brian VanMeveren; 13. Slater Helt; 14. Frank Rodgers III; 15. Braydon Cromwell
B main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Carson Short (1); 2. Jason McDougal (2); 3. Korey Weyant (8); 4. Josh Hodges (6); 5. Mario Clouser (3); 6. Riley Kreisel (4) / 7. Steve Irwin (9); 8. Mitchell Davis (5); 9. Cody Gardner (12); 10. Dustin Christie (7); 11. Dickie Gaines (22); 12. Brandon Stevenson (24); 13. Kory Schudy (19); 14. Rob Caho Jr. (21); 15. Terry Richards (23); 16. Logan Faucon (17); 17. TJ Artz (10); 18. Katlynn Leer (11); 19. Glen Saville (14); 20. Chris Parkinson (13); 21. Doug Schenck (15); 22. Chris Morgan (18); 23. Isaac Chapple (20); 24. Craig Campton (16)
A main (started), 25 Laps, 9:11.9: 1. Brady Bacon (6); 2. Chris Windom (1); 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3); 4. Tyler Courtney (10); 5. Justin Grant (7); 6. Ryan Bernal (9); 7. Chase Stockon (5); 8. Jason McDougal (20); 9. CJ Leary (8); 10. Matt Westfall (2); 11. Wyatt Burks (12); 12. Wesley Smith (11); 13. Don Droud Jr. (13); 14. Korey Weyant (21); 15. Nick Bilbee (16); 16. Tim Buckwalter (4); 17. Josh Hodges (22); 18. Mario Clouser (23); 19. Carson Short (19); 20. Dave Darland (15); 21. Anthony Nicholson (18); 22. Riley Kreisel (24); 23. Chad Boespflug (14); 24. Landon Simon (17). Lap Leaders: Thomas Jr. 1, Windom 2-4, Thomas Jr. 5-6, Windom 7-11, Bacon 12, Windom 13, Bacon 14-25. Hard-charger: McDougal.
360 Results
Time Trials Group #1 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 4X, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (6), 16.340; 2. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (5), 16.428; 3. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (14), 16.583; 4. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (7), 16.592; 5. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (21), 16.618; 6. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (2), 16.635; 7. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (11), 16.645; 8. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (16), 16.655; 9. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (3), 16.660; 10. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (20), 16.666; 11. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (4), 16.672; 12. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (15), 16.720; 13. 66, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (1), 16.730; 14. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (9), 16.764; 15. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (17), 16.777; 16. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (13), 16.835; 17. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (18), 17.155; 18. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (12), 17.371; 19. 35L, Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE (10), 17.525; 20. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (8), 18.934; DQ (Tire) - 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (19)
Time Trial Group #2 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (11), 16.470; 2. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (5), 16.534; 3. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (8), 16.587; 4. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (17), 16.697; 5. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (4), 16.741; 6. 1B, Ryan Bowers, Ham Lake, MN (1), 16.745; 7. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springfield, CA (20), 16.749; 8. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (15), 16.811; 9. 99, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (18), 16.828; 10. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (12), 16.848; 11. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (10), 16.870; 12. 82, Jason Martin, Liberal, KS (2), 16.916; 13. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (13), 16.925; 14. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (21), 17.036; 15. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (16), 17.084; 16. 19, Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (3), 17.143; 17. 5M, Troy Manteufel, St. Peter, MN (6), 17.277; 18. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (19), 17.349; 19. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (14), 17.464; 20. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (9), 17.658; 21. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (7), NT
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 1:57.6: 1. Thomas Kennedy (1); 2. Clint Garner (2); 3. Terry McCarl (6); 4. Matt Moro (5); 5. Kelby Watt (3); 6. Tasker Phillips (9); 7. Calvin Landis (4); 8. Ricky Montgomery (7); 9. Cody Ledger (10); 10. Mitchell Alexander (8); 11. Chris Martin (11)
Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 1:59.3: 1. Wayne Johnson (6); 2. Joe Beaver (2); 3. Josh Higday (4); 4. Rob Kubli (1); 5. Gio Scelzi (5); 6. Jamie Ball (7); 7. Ryan Leavitt (8); 8. Tom Lenz (3); 9. Jon Hughes (9); 10. Casey Greubel (10)
Heat three (started), 7 Laps, 2:00.5: 1. Austin McCarl (2); 2. Ryan Roberts (4); 3. Trey Starks (6); 4. Mason Daniel (3); 5. Carson McCarl (5); 6. McKenna Haase (7); 7. Brad Comegys (1); 8. Nathan Mills (8); 9. Troy Manteufel (9); 10. John Anderson (10); 11. Ben Woods (11)
Heat four (started), 7 Laps, 2:01.1: 1. Jason Martin (1); 2. Davey Heskin (2); 3. Matt Juhl (3); 4. Ryan Bowers (4); 5. Jon Agan (5); 6. Ryan Giles (6); 7. Eric Bridger (7); 8. Rob Weuve (8); 9. Alan Zoutte (9); 10. AJ Moeller (10)
B main (started), 10 Laps, 3:03.7: 1. Jason Martin (4); 2. Rob Kubli (3); 3. Jamie Ball (7); 4. Tom Lenz (1) / 5. Ricky Montgomery (5); 6. Ryan Leavitt (11); 7. Tasker Phillips (13); 8. McKenna Haase (6); 9. Cody Ledger (17); 10. Mitchell Alexander (9); 11. Nathan Mills (10); 12. Eric Bridger (8); 13. Troy Manteufel (14); 14. Rob Weuve (12); 15. Jon Hughes (15); 16. Casey Greubel (19); 17. Alan Zoutte (16); 18. John Anderson (18); 19. Brad Comegys (2) DNS – Steve Thomas, Chris Martin, Ben Woods
A main (started), 18 Laps, 5:32.8: 1. Wayne Johnson (6); 2. Terry McCarl (4); 3. Clint Garner (11); 4. Carson McCarl (1); 5. Gio Scelzi (9); 6. Jon Agan (12); 7. Matt Moro (2); 8. Ryan Roberts (3); 9. Calvin Landis (19); 10. Kelby Watt (17); 11. Davey Heskin (20); 12. Jamie Ball (23); 13. Mason Daniel (18); 14. Josh Higday (7); 15. Joe Beaver (15); 16. Jason Martin (21); 17. Ryan Bowers (14); 18. Tom Lenz (24); 19. Trey Starks (5); 20. Austin McCarl (8); 21. Ryan Giles (10); 22. Thomas Kennedy (13); 23. Matt Juhl (16); 24. Rob Kubli (22). Lap Leaders: C. McCarl 1-10, T. McCarl 11-17, W. Johnson 18. Hard-charger: Ball.
Corn Belt Nationals Points After Night #1
Pos Car Driver Points 1 69 Brady Bacon 492 2 4 Justin Grant 489 3 5G Chris Windom 484 4 19T Kevin Thomas Jr. 484 5 32 Chase Stockon 484 6 19AZ CJ Leary 484 7 7BC Tyler Courtney 482 8 71P Jason McDougal 475 9 17B Ryan Bernal 470 10 33M Matt Westfall 467 11 11W Wyatt Burks 463 12 12S Wesley Smith 462 13 7 Tim Buckwalter 454 14 21 Carson Short 453 15 1M Don Droud Jr. 452 16 17 Nick Bilbee 452 17 6 Mario Clouser 450 18 74X Josh Hodges 441 19 90 Riley Kreisel 439 20 98E Chad Boespflug 437 21 99 Korey Weyant 436 22 42 Dave Darland 433 23 16 Anthony Nicholson 426 24 24 Landon Simon 423 25 56 Mitchell Davis 404 26 75X Dustin Christie 401 27 0S Steve Irwin 399 28 28 Kory Schudy 399 29 9G Cody Gardner 387 30 57 TJ Artz 376 31 44 Dickie Gaines 374 32 78 Rob Caho Jr. 370 33 0 Brandon Stevenson 369 34 77K Katlynn Leer 369 35 75 Glen Saville 368 36 65 Chris Parkinson 364 37 52F Logan Faucon 363 38 18 Terry Richards 360 39 52 Isaac Chapple 358 40 71S Doug Schenck 355 41 7C Chris Morgan 351 42 7S Craig Campton 349 43 24V Brian VanMeveren 335 44 73 Lane Stone 333 45 22S Slater Helt 331 46 20 Steve Thomas 320 47 19 Jori Hughes 318 48 12X Doug Sylvester 318 49 13MJ Brandon Halverson 314 50 6R Frank Rodgers III 302 51 4A Braydon Cromwell 301
7/6
Brady Bacon Combines Competition at $20,000 Corn Belt Nationals in Knoxville! Parker Price-Miller Storms to First 410 Win by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 6, 2019) – Brady Bacon dominated the Brandt Professional Agriculture Corn Belt Nationals Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. The Broken Arrow, Oklahoma native led all 30 laps to take home the top prize of $20,000 aboard the Hoffman Racing #69. Parker Price-Miller led wire to wire in a competitive main event in the winged 410 class, taking his first career win here. It was worth $4,000 aboard the Indy Race Parts #71P.
Bacon, who won the preliminary event here Friday night, led the 24-car USAC National Sprint Car/POWRi WAR field from the outset ahead of CJ Leary, Justin Grant and Tyler Courtney. Kevin Thomas Jr. entered the top five on lap four, but was under pressure from Chase Stockon in a good battle for fifth.
By lap ten, Bacon opened up an advantage of 4.5 seconds running the cushion, and entered lapped traffic on lap 14. With ten to go, his lead had eclipsed seven seconds, and his margin of victory was 8.286 seconds at the checkers.
Behind him, good battles from positions two through six had the fans’ attention. Courtney shot by both Grant and Leary to climb to second with nine to go. Leary went back by for the spot a lap later, and Courtney returned the favor again on lap 23. When Courtney jumped the cushion with two to go, Leary grabbed the runner-up spot for good. Courtney, Thomas and Chris Windom followed. Grant, Jason McDougal, Chase Stockon, Ryan Bernal and Carson Short rounded out the top ten.
This was Bacon’s third career win here under the USAC sanction. Grant and Thomas set quick time in their respective groups. Qualifier winners included Grant, Stockon, Courtney and Bacon. Chris Morgan won the C main, and Dave Darland won the B. Wesley Smith took a wild ride in the third heat race, but would return to start the main event.
“I was like ‘Doug (Clark), Doug, throw the white, let’s go, I’m done with this!” said an excited Bacon in Victory Lane. “I was having some trouble with those lapped cars, and it was getting treacherous. Obviously, you don’t know how good you are. The competition with USAC is so good. We picked up some momentum in Eastern Storm and we carried it on here. My guys have been working hard. It’s obviously awesome to win here at Knoxville. A big check makes it a lot better! Hopefully, we can come back and do this again.”
“The #19AZ was pretty fast all weekend,” said Leary. “Last night, we had a lifter that got stuck, and had the pushrod run out. We were running on seven cylinders all night. Tonight, the racetrack kind of fooled us. We got too tight. There was a soft spot coming off four, and coming off two. It about bit me, and let Tyler catch up. It bit him too, and let me get back to second. A $12,000 payday is a good night for us.”
“We were way too tight,” said Courtney. “Our hat’s off to Brady. He got two big wins this weekend. It was a great event, and hopefully, we can come back next year. Hopefully, we can come back and get a couple more spots on the podium. We’ll go on to the next race and go from there.”
The 20-lap 410 sprint car feature went non-stop as well. Parker Price-Miller shot out from the pole position to lead early over Justin Henderson and Lynton Jeffrey. Price-Miller’s Indy Race Parts teammate Gio Scelzi entered the top five early on. He claimed fourth on lap four from Davey Heskin before the leaders entered lapped traffic on the sixth circuit.
Jeffrey capitalized on a fast car, shooting by Henderson for second on lap six. Jeffrey gained on the leader and challenged at times in the second half of the event. Scelzi was gaining ground as well, getting by Henderson for third with five to go.
Price-Miller’s mount worked well all over the track, as he maneuvered through traffic, holding off Jeffrey for his first career win. Scelzi joined his teammate on the podium in third, followed by Heskin and Austin McCarl. Henderson, Trey Starks, Matt Juhl, Brooke Tatnell and Terry McCarl completed the top ten.
“My car was really good wherever I went,” said Price-Miller afterwards. “My motor stumbled on the start, and Justin got a good start. I could hit the bottom those first few laps, and I kept slipping the left rear, and I kept pulling my wing back to make up for it. I just felt like I was wasting too much time with tire spin. I moved up and pounded the cushion. I saw Lynton a few times and I was looking at the board. I wanted to win this one so bad. It’s been a tough year. To get our first win here at Knoxville…it’s a pleasure. I’m so excited…I can’t imagine what it feels like to win here in August.”
Join us Friday night, July 12, for our concert featuring John Michael Montgomery and Jo Dee Messina at the Marion County Fair! On Saturday, July 13, Van Wall Equipment Night will showcase all three sprint car classes and dirt trucks, and include the make-up 360 feature from June 22. For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
Brandt Professional Agriculture Corn Belt Nationals Night #1 Results
Time Trial Group 1 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 4, Justin Grant, Ione, CA (5), 19.312; 2. 32, Chase Stockon, Fort Branch, IN (24), 19.719; 3. 90, Riley Kreisel, Warsaw, MO (10), 19.771; 4. 98e, Chad Boespflug, Hanford, CA (12), 19.818; 5. 21, Carson Short, Marion, IL (21), 19.847; 6. 28, Kory Schudy, Springfield, MO (4), 19.866; 7. 24, Landon Simon, Indianapolis, IN (8), 19.972; 8. 9G, Cody Gardner, Milford, OH (9), 20.050; 9. 42, Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN (22), 20.122; 10. 56, Mitchell Davis, Auburn, IL (13), 20.129; 11. 1M, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (11), 20.259; 12. 78, Rob Caho Jr., Wyoming, MN (7), 20.311; 13. 17, Nick Bilbee, Indianapolis, IN (15), 20.320; 14. 17B, Ryan Bernal, Hollister, CA (23), 20.425; 15. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (19), 20.702; 16. 7C, Chris Morgan, Topeka, KS (14), 20.730; 17. 18, Terry Richards, Denton, NE (18), 21.019; 18. 13MJ, Brandon Halverson, Jackson, MN (3), 21.031; 19. 77K, Katlynn Leer, Moulton, IA (17), 21.094; 20. 19, Jori Hughes, Tower, MN (2), 21.125; 21. 4A, Braydon Cromwell, Lone Jack, MO (20), 21.846; 22. 20, Steve Thomas, Rantoul, IL (16), 22.283; 23. 12X, Doug Sylvester, Ottumwa, IA (6), 21.767; 24. 52, Isaac Chapple, Willow Branch, IN (1), NT
Time Trial Group 2 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 19T, Kevin Thomas Jr., Cullman, AL (7), 19.823; 2. 71P, Jason McDougal, Broken Arrow, OK (1), 20.121; 3. 19AZ, CJ Leary, Greenfield, IN (13), 20.168; 4. 33M, Matt Westfall, Pleasant Hill, OH (15), 20.194; 5. 7BC, Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis, IN (19), 20.241; 6. 69, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (14), 20.323; 7. 5G, Chris Windom, Canton, IL (9), 20.386; 8. 11W, Wyatt Burks, Topeka, KS (2), 20.386; 9. 12S, Wesley Smith, Nixa, MO (21), 20.477; 10. 74X, Josh Hodges, Tijeras, NM (10), 20.589; 11. 16, Anthony Nicholson, Bartlett, TN (3), 20.694; 12. 6, Mario Clouser, Auburn, IL (11), 20.805; 13. 99, Korey Weyant, Springfield, IL (24), 20.965; 14. 75X, Dustin Christie, Washington, IN (6), 21.024; 15. 7, Tim Buckwalter, Douglassville, PA (23), 21.196; 16. 52F, Logan Faucon, Elkhart, IL (4), 21.319; 17. 22S, Slater Helt, Harrisonville, MO (5), 21.414; 18. 0S, Steve Irwin, Fenton, MI (8), 21.461; 19. 44, Dickie Gaines, Mitchell, IN (18), 21.692; 20. 57, TJ Artz, Lincoln, NE (17), 21.782; 21. 0, Brandon Stevenson, Holstein, IA (12), 21.966; 22. 73, Lane Stone, Concordia, MO (22), 22.008; 23. 65, Chris Parkinson, Gladstone, MO (16), 22.091; 24. 6R, Frank Rodgers III, Lucas, IA (25), NT; 25. 24V, Brian VanMeveren, St. Paul, MN (20), NT
Qualifier one (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Justin Grant (6); 2. Carson Short (4); 3. Nick Bilbee (7); 4. Riley Kreisel (5); 5. Dave Darland (2); 6. Glen Saville (8); 7. Landon Simon (3); 8. Terry Richards (9); 9. Katlynn Leer (10); 10. Braydon Cromwell (11); 11. Doug Sylvester (12); 12. Don Droud Jr. (1)
Qualifier two (started), 10 Laps, 3:33.5: 1. Chase Stockon (6); 2. Ryan Bernal (7); 3. Mitchell Davis (2); 4. Kory Schudy (4); 5. Chad Boespflug (5); 6. Cody Gardner (3); 7. Chris Morgan (8); 8. Rob Caho Jr. (1); 9. Brandon Halverson (9); 10. Jori Hughes (10); 11. Steve Thomas (11) DNS – Isaac Chapple
Qualifier three (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Tyler Courtney (4); 2. CJ Leary (5); 3. Chris Windom (3); 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (6); 5. Anthony Nicholson (1); 6. Tim Buckwalter (8); 7. Dickie Gaines (10); 8. Korey Weyant (7); 9. Slater Helt (9); 10. Brandon Stevenson (11); 11. Chris Parkinson (12); 12. Wesley Smith (2) DNS – Brian VanMeveren
Qualifier four (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Brady Bacon (4); 2. Wyatt Burks (3); 3. Jason McDougal (6); 4. Matt Westfall (5); 5. Mario Clouser (1); 6. Josh Hodges (2); 7. Lane Stone (11); 8. TJ Artz (10); 9. Steve Irwin (9); 10. Logan Faucon (8); 11. Frank Rodgers III (12); 12. Dustin Christie (7)
C main (started), 10 Laps, 3:42.2: 1. Chris Morgan (1); 2. Brandon Stevenson (2); 3. Lane Stone (3); 4. Slater Helt (4); 5. Jori Hughes (5); 6. Brandon Halverson (6); 7. Doug Sylvester (7); 8. Steve Thomas (8); 9. Braydon Cromwell (10); 10. Frank Rodgers III (9) DNS – Chris Parkinson, Isaac Chapple, Brian VanMeveren, 71s, Doug Schenck, Cottage Grove, WI, 7s, Craig Campton, Pardeeville, WI
B main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Dave Darland (2); 2. Josh Hodges (1); 3. Anthony Nicholson (4); 4. Kory Schudy (8); 5. Korey Weyant (6); 6. Steve Irwin (9); 7. Glen Saville (11); 8. Cody Gardner (7); 9. Mitchell Davis (5); 10. TJ Artz (13); 11. Lane Stone (19); 12. Chris Morgan (17); 13. Rob Caho Jr. (12); 14. Katlynn Leer (16); 15. Dustin Christie (10); 16. Dickie Gaines (14); 17. Terry Richards (15); 18. Brandon Stevenson (20); 19. Logan Faucon (18); 20. Jori Hughes (21); 21. Slater Helt (22); 22. Brandon Halverson (23); 23. Landon Simon (3) DNS - Don Droud Jr.
A main (started), 30 Laps, 11:08.8: 1. Brady Bacon (2); 2. CJ Leary (4); 3. Tyler Courtney (6); 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5); 5. Chris Windom (8); 6. Justin Grant (1); 7. Jason McDougal (7); 8. Chase Stockon (3); 9. Ryan Bernal (12); 10. Carson Short (11); 11. Matt Westfall (9); 12. Korey Weyant (23); 13. Wyatt Burks (10); 14. Josh Hodges (20); 15. Nick Bilbee (14); 16. Dave Darland (19); 17. Mario Clouser (16); 18. Steve Irwin (24); 19. Kory Schudy (22); 20. Anthony Nicholson (21); 21. Riley Kreisel (13); 22. Chad Boespflug (15); 23. Tim Buckwalter (18); 24. Wesley Smith (17). Lap Leader: Bacon 1-30. Hard-charger: Weyant.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 24, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (1), 15.506 ($100 from OpenWheel101.com); 2. 83, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (17), 15.539; 3. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (12), 15.563; 4. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (20), 15.609; 5. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (9), 15.661; 6. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (14), 15.665; 7. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (2), 15.728; 8. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (4), 15.742; 9. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (18), 15.778; 10. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (19), 15.828; 11. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (5), 15.837; 12. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (6), 15.893; 13. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (16), 15.907; 14. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (22), 15.966; 15. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (3), 15.991; 16. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (13), 16.018; 17. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (21), 16.042; 18. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (7), 16.142; 19. 35L, Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE (8), 16.209; 20. 7S, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (23), 16.222; 21. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (11), 16.285; 22. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (10), 16.692; 23. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (15), 16.712.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (2); 2. Brooke Tatnell (5); 3. Jamie Ball (1); 4. Parker Price- Miller (4); 5. Carson McCarl (6); 6. Cody Ledger (7); 7. Bob Weuve (8); 8. AJ Moeller (3)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.4: 1. Chris Martin (1); 2. Matt Juhl (2); 3. Wayne Johnson (3); 4. Justin Henderson (5); 5. Trey Starks (4); 6. Lynton Jeffrey (6); 7. Jeff Swindell (7); 8. Joe Simbro (8)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.9: 1. Davey Heskin (4); 2. Gio Scelzi (5); 3. Tasker Phillips (2); 4. Sawyer Phillips (1); 5. Austin McCarl (6); 6. Bobby Mincer (3); 7. Matt Moro (7)
A main (started), 20 Laps, 6:09.1: 1. Parker Price-Miller (1); 2. Lynton Jeffrey (3); 3. Gio Scelzi (6); 4. Davey Heskin (4); 5. Austin McCarl (5); 6. Justin Henderson (2); 7. Trey Starks (10); 8. Matt Juhl (12); 9. Brooke Tatnell (8); 10. Terry McCarl (9); 11. Carson McCarl (7); 12. Tasker Phillips (14); 13. Wayne Johnson (11); 14. Sawyer Phillips (17); 15. Jeff Swindell (20); 16. Jamie Ball (15); 17. Chris Martin (13); 18. Cody Ledger (19); 19. Matt Moro (21); 20. Bob Weuve (22); 21. Joe Simbro (23); 22. Bobby Mincer (16) DNS – AJ Moeller. Lap Leader: Price-Miller 1-20. Hard-charger: J. Swindell.
7/13
Kerry Madsen Wins the Beef; Brian Brown Cashes in $5,000 at Knoxville! Clint Garner Wins #40 in #40; Matthew Stelzer Becomes All-time Winner in Pro Sprints Myles Michehl Sweeps Dirt Trucks by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 13, 2019) – Van Wall Equipment Marion County Fair Night was jam packed full of great racing Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway! Kerry Madsen won half a beef and $4,000 on the way to his 23rd career 410 sprint car feature win here. Brian Brown cashed in $5,000 for his 49th career win in the make-up 410 feature from June 22. Clint Garner won his 40th career main event in the 360 class, while Matthew Stelzer became the all-time leading feature winner in the Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance, with his 13th career victory. Myles Michehl swept the two ten-lap Dirt Truck main events scheduled, his first wins here. In under three hours time, ten heats, two B mains and six feature events were run off in an efficient manner in front of the Marion County Fair crowd.
In the regularly scheduled 20-lap 410 feature, AJ Moeller led lap one from his pole position. A point invert of eight had Kerry Madsen starting fifth, but at the conclusion of lap two, he was already at the point. Brian Brown started eighth, but was also in the top five by the second circuit. Lynton Jeffrey passed Moeller for second on lap three, before Jamie Ball spun in turn four.
Madsen led Jeffrey, Moeller, Brown and Wayne Johnson back to green. Brown quickly claimed third, while Parker Price-Miller jumped from seventh to fourth. On lap five, Brown shot by Jeffrey for second, and pursued the leader. Terry McCarl and Price-Miller had an entertaining battle for the fourth spot going in the middle stages of the race, while the leaders hit lapped traffic.
As Madsen sliced through traffic, Brown stayed close, but could not catch the St. Mary’s, New South Wales native. Price-Miller, Gio Scelzi and Jeffrey chased the lead pair to the checkers. Rico Abreu, Terry McCarl, Davey Heskin, Austin McCarl and Johnson rounded out the top ten. Brown set quick time over the 35-car field, while Chris Martin, Tasker Phillips, Craig Dollansky and Austin McCarl won heats. Trey Starks won the B main.
“We have a great engine builder,” said Madsen, whose team changed a motor after the heat. “All of our stuff runs well. I wasn’t able to tinker on the car much, so maybe that helped us. I got a great start and the car was really ripping. That’s good racing (lapped traffic that he dealt with). What makes racing good is fighting through the lapped cars. That’s what it’s all about.”
The 25-lap make-up feature belonged to Brian Brown. Brown started outside row one, and led every lap. Justin Henderson was on the move early, advancing into the top five by lap two, and then passing Matt Juhl for fourth on lap three. Brown was into lapped traffic ahead of second place, Lynton Jeffrey, by lap six. A circuit later, both Terry McCarl and Henderson shot by Jeffrey in the second and third place spots.
Henderson clearly was fast on the cushion and shot by McCarl for second on lap nine. By lap 12, Brown’s lead was 5.4 seconds. Juhl entered the top three with nine to go, and Austin McCarl took fourth on lap 18.
With five to go, Brown’s lead peaked at over six seconds. At the checkers, he lapped up to eighth place. Henderson finished second, ahead of Juhl, Austin McCarl and Brooke Tatnell. Terry McCarl, Trey Starks, Jeffrey, Mason Daniel and Davey Heskin completed the top ten. The win was Brown’s 49th here, putting him one behind Sammy Swindell, who sits fifth all-time in feature wins.
“This is not easy by any stretch of the imagination,” said Brown in Victory Lane. “This thing is just a pleasure to drive. I felt in the first race, we had Kerry where we might have an opportunity. I missed the bottom coming to the white and that was a little frustrating. Starting on the front, you have to go hard for 25 laps. It’s a long time, so you can’t run the tires off. You have to search around a little. Hat’s off to the Dunkin’s. It was a phenomenal track for this many cars in the heat.”
Clint Garner led early in the 18-lap 360 feature over Ryan Roberts and Ryan Giles. Joe Beaver entered the battle for a podium spot, as he and Giles exchanged third, before Rob Kubli spun at the halfway point. Garner led Roberts, Giles, Beaver and Carson McCarl back to green.
While Giles gained second, McCarl made a bold move through the middle of the pack to pick up two spots of his own. Beaver gained fourth from Roberts, before sliding under McCarl and spinning in turn three on lap 12. His spin collected Roberts and sent both cars upside down. Both walked away.
The shake-up with six laps to go saw Garner leading Giles, McCarl, Jamie Ball and Ryan Leavitt back to green. McCarl took second on the restart, and Ball followed him into third on lap 14. Ball was riding the cushion to perfection and shot around McCarl, who was in the low groove for second with three to go.
There was no catching Garner, who won his 40th career feature in Boyd and Glenda Fluth’s #40, and took home half a hog. Ball was second, ahead of McCarl, Leavitt and Giles. Jon Agan, hard-charger Travis Rilat, Calvin Landis, Ricky Montgomery and Matt Moro rounded out the top ten. Roberts set quick time over the 32-car field, and Landis, Josh Baughman, Nate Mills and Kyle Bellm won heat races. Devon Dobie took the B main.
“I thought I was running away with it, and Ryan must have peeked under me a little bit,” said Garner in Victory Lane. “I knew there was some stuff on the bottom of three and four. In one and two, I didn’t think there was much to be had there. I had to move around a little bit and get him thinking. At the end of the day, I think ‘high, high’ was to my liking. My wife told me when I left the camper, ‘Go win me a hog!’”
Rookie Mike Johnston led early in the 15-lap Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance feature, ahead of Matthew Stelzer, Evan Epperson, Russ Hall and Devin Wignall. Wignall gained fourth on the second lap, while Stelzer closed on the leader.
On lap eight, Stelzer made a pass for the point, relegating Johnston to second. Wignall gained third from Epperson on lap 11 and then took second from Johnston on the next go-around. Up front, however, Stelzer was checking out.
Stelzer’s 12th career win put him on top of the all-time list for the division. Wignall was second, ahead of Epperson, Hall and Johnston. Chris Walraven, Chase Young, Mike Mayberry, Jeff Wilke and Mike Ayers completed the top ten. Hall set quick time, and Wilke and Wignall were heat winners.
“When we heard there was going to be a quarter-hog on the line, I was really focused to get one for my guys,” said Stelzer in Victory Lane. “We knocked one thing off the bucket list this year, and that was to be the all-time leading feature winner here. We have one more goal this year. I felt like Steve Breazeale up there on the cushion tonight.”
Myles Michehl was able to sweep twin features for the Dirt Trucks annual visit to Knoxville. In the first of two ten-lap events, Lou Sipolt led lap one, before former Knoxville sprint regular, Jeff Johnson, took over. Jeff Frevert led lap four, before Michehl found his way to the point from his eighth starting spot.
In the second feature, Michehl led from start to finish. “I’d like to thank Jeff Frevert,” said Michehl in Victory Lane. “It’s his truck. I just get to drive him. It’s pretty cool (winning at Knoxville). Last year, we led until about one to go, when the exhaust fell off this thing. I wanted to make sure I got it tonight.”
Join us Sunday night, July 14 for the annual Enduro! The Marion County Fair runs through July 18! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (32), 15.620; 2. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (31), 15.764; 3. 41S, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (19), 15.792; 4. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (27), 15.818; 5. 83, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (4), 16.023; 6. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (13), 16.066; 7. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (11), 16.072; 8. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (30), 16.095; 9. 64, Scotty Thiel, Sheboygan, WI (21), 16.116; 10. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (6), 16.132; 11. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (7), 16.137; 12. 24, Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA (25), 16.148; 13. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (34), 16.155; 14. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (3), 16.174; 15. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (24), 16.177; 16. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (9), 16.187; 17. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (29), 16.238; 18. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (33), 16.245; 19. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (17), 16.267; 20. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (16), 16.277; 21. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (18), 16.281; 22. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (10), 16.310; 23. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (2), 16.348; 24. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (1), 16.400; 25. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (28), 16.461; 26. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (26), 16.477; 27. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (20), 16.544; 28. 84, Tom Harris, Banbury, OXFD, UK (14), 16.612; 29. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (15), 16.617; 30. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (8), 16.870; 31. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (23), 17.038; 32. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (12), 17.063; 33. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (5), 17.368; 34. 7S, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (22), 17.581; 35. 6, Frank Rodgers III, Lucas, IA (35), NT. Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.5: 1. Chris Martin (1); 2. Josh Schneiderman (2); 3. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 4. Brian Brown (6); 5. Scotty Thiel (4); 6. Jamie Ball (7); 7. Chase Wanner (8); 8. Travis Rilat (3) DNS – Joe Beaver
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.2: 1. Tasker Phillips (1); 2. Wayne Johnson (4); 3. Trey Starks (2); 4. Matt Juhl (3); 5. AJ Moeller (5); 6. Kerry Madsen (6); 7. Josh Baughman (7); 8. RJ Johnson (9); 9. Bobby Mincer (8)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Craig Dollansky (1); 2. Mark Dobmeier (2); 3. Gio Scelzi (6); 4. Terry McCarl (5); 5. Davey Heskin (4); 6. Sawyer Phillips (3); 7. Glen Saville (7); 8. Joe Simbro (8) DNS – Frank Rodgers III
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Austin McCarl (2); 2. Rico Abreu (4); 3. Brooke Tatnell (3); 4. Justin Henderson (5); 5. Parker Price-Miller (6); 6. Mason Daniel (1); 7. Tom Harris (7); 8. Bob Weuve (8)
B main (started), 12 Laps, 3:30.6: 1. Trey Starks (1); 2. Sawyer Phillips (2); 3. Jamie Ball (3); 4. Mason Daniel (4) / 5. Glen Saville (5); 6. Bobby Mincer (8); 7. Chase Wanner (7); 8. RJ Johnson (11); 9. Joe Simbro (9); 10. Bob Weuve (10); 11. Josh Baughman (6) DNS – Travis Rilat, Tom Harris, Joe Beaver, Frank Rodgers III
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Kerry Madsen (5); 2. Brian Brown (8); 3. Parker Price-Miller (4); 4. Gio Scelzi (7); 5. Lynton Jeffrey (6); 6. Rico Abreu (10); 7. Terry McCarl (3); 8. Davey Heskin (14); 9. Austin McCarl (13); 10. Wayne Johnson (2); 11. Mark Dobmeier (17); 12. Justin Henderson (9); 13. Brooke Tatnell (16); 14. Trey Starks (21); 15. Matt Juhl (19); 16. Mason Daniel (24); 17. Sawyer Phillips (22); 18. Josh Schneiderman (12); 19. AJ Moeller (1); 20. Chris Martin (15); 21. Tasker Phillips (18); 22. Scotty Thiel (11); 23. Craig Dollansky (20); 24. Jamie Ball (23). Lap Leaders: Moeller 1, K. Madsen 2-20. Hard- charger: Daniel.
Make-up A main (started), 25 Laps, 8:06.6: 1. Brian Brown (2); 2. Justin Henderson (9); 3. Matt Juhl (3); 4. Austin McCarl (6); 5. Brooke Tatnell (8); 6. Terry McCarl (4); 7. Trey Starks (15); 8. Lynton Jeffrey (1); 9. Mason Daniel (17); 10. Davey Heskin (7); 11. Sawyer Phillips (11); 12. RJ Johnson (10); 13. Tasker Phillips (13); 14. Jamie Ball (18); 15. Chris Martin (16); 16. Bobby Mincer (19); 17. Joe Simbro (20); 18. Josh Schneiderman (12); 19. Josh Baughman (14); 20. AJ Moeller (5); 21. Glen Saville (22); 22. Bob Weuve (21). Lap Leader: Brown 1-25. Hard-charger: Starks.
360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (13), 16.675; 2. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (10), 16.715; 3. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (25), 16.741; 4. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (3), 16.821; 5. 3, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (5), 16.825; 6. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (31), 16.884; 7. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (6), 16.905; 8. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (14), 16.906; 9. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (22), 16.908; 10. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (30), 16.930; 11. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (1), 16.986; 12. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (20), 16.995; 13. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (29), 17.002; 14. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (8), 17.007; 15. 23D, Devon Dobie, Wapakoneta, OH (17), 17.029; 16. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (7), 17.031; 17. 66, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (4), 17.071; 18. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (27), 17.150; 19. 40C, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (9), 17.176; 20. 75AU, Kyle Bellm, Nixa, MO (12), 17.191; 21. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (26), 17.226; 22. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (24), 17.300; 23. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (19), 17.315; 24. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (21), 17.332; 25. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (16), 17.361; 26. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (28), 17.363; 27. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (23), 17.404; 28. 19, Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (11), 17.466; 29. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (2), 17.658; 30. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (32), 17.903; 31. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (15), 18.176; 32. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (18), NT.
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 2:01.7: 1. Calvin Landis (3); 2. Travis Rilat (1); 3. Ricky Montgomery (2); 4. Jon Agan (4); 5. Josh Higday (7); 6. Ryan Roberts (6); 7. Ayrton Gennetten (5); 8. Casey Greubel (8)
Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 2:02.1: 1. Josh Baughman (2); 2. Carson McCarl (4); 3. Joe Beaver (6); 4. Brad Comegys (1); 5. Kelby Watt (5); 6. Tom Lenz (7); 7. Rob Kubli (3); 8. Jon Hughes (8)
Heat three (started), 7 Laps, 2:05.7: 1. Nathan Mills (1); 2. Ryan Leavitt (4); 3. Ryan Giles (6); 4. Cody Wehrle (2); 5. Jamie Ball (5); 6. Devon Dobie (3); 7. Ben Woods (7) DNS – Christian Bowman
Heat four (started), 7 Laps, 2:03.0: 1. Kyle Bellm (2); 2. Matt Moro (4); 3. Clint Garner (6); 4. Alan Zoutte (1); 5. McKenna Haase (3); 6. Eric Bridger (5); 7. Rob Weuve (7) DNS – John Anderson
B main (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Devon Dobie (2); 2. Rob Kubli (1); 3. Josh Higday (5); 4. Tom Lenz (6) / 5. Brad Comegys (3); 6. Alan Zoutte (4); 7. Rob Weuve (8); 8. Casey Greubel (7); 9. Jon Hughes (9) DNS – Christian Bowman, Ben Woods, John Anderson
A main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1. Clint Garner (2); 2. Jamie Ball (8); 3. Carson McCarl (5); 4. Ryan Leavitt (7); 5. Ryan Giles (3); 6. Jon Agan (10); 7. Travis Rilat (18); 8. Calvin Landis (9); 9. Ricky Montgomery (16); 10. Matt Moro (11); 11. Ayrton Gennetten (12); 12. McKenna Haase (19); 13. Cody Wehrle (20); 14. Eric Bridger (13); 15. Rob Kubli (22); 16. Kyle Bellm (15); 17. Devon Dobie (21); 18. Nathan Mills (17); 19. Josh Baughman (14); 20. Joe Beaver (4); 21. Ryan Roberts (1); 22. Kelby Watt (6); 23. Tom Lenz (24); 24. Josh Higday (23). Lap Leader: Garner 1-18. Hard-charger: Rilat.
Pro Series Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (3), 17.493; 2. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (4), 17.576; 3. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (7), 17.592; 4. 50, Mike Ayers, Waukee, IA (6), 17.735; 5. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA (13), 17.735; 6. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (9), 17.783; 7. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (1), 17.802; 8. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (5), 17.899; 9. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (12), 17.955; 10. 21X, Devin Wignall, Altoona, IA (11), 18.033; 11. 11, Tyler Barrick, Slater, IA (14), 18.254; 12. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (2), 18.316; 13. 2, Matt Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (10), 18.946; 14. B29, Adam Mason, Knoxville, IA (8), 18.382
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:51.4: 1. Jeff Wilke (2); 2. Tyler Barrick (1); 3. Russ Hall (6); 4. Mike Mayberry (5); 5. Evan Epperson (4); 6. Brandon Worthington (3)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:49.9: 1. Devin Wignall (2); 2. Matthew Stelzer (3); 3. Chase Young (1); 4. Mike Johnston (4); 5. Chris Walraven (6); 6. Mike Ayers (5)
A main (started), 15 Laps, 4:55.5: 1. Matthew Stelzer (4); 2. Devin Wignall (3); 3. Evan Epperson (1); 4. Russ Hall (8); 5. Mike Johnston (2); 6. Chris Walraven (6); 7. Chase Young (12); 8. Mike Mayberry (7); 9. Jeff Wilke (5); 10. Mike Ayers (9); 11. Brandon Worthington (11); 12. Matt Johnson (13); 13. Tyler Barrick (10) DNS – Adam Mason. Lap Leaders: Johnston 1- 7, Stelzer 8-15. Hard-charger: Young.
Dirt Trucks Results
A main #1 (started), 10 Laps: 1. 21, Myles Michehl, Fort Dodge, IA (8); 2. 23, Jeff Johnson, Indianola, IA (7); 3. 2x, Jeff Frevert, Fort Dodge, IA (5); 4. 1, Brad Moyer, Alleman, IA (9); 5. 9, Lou Sipolt, Altoona, IA (2); 6. 40, David Safill, Des Moines, IA (10); 7. 17, Bryan Spangler, Des Moines, IA (6); 8. 79, Shonn Mapes, Ankeny, IA (1); 9. 2, Del Enos, Des Moines, IA (4); 10. 16, Justin Schroeder, Coon Rapids, IA (3). Lap Leaders: Sipolt 1, J. Johnson 2-3, Frevert 4, Michehl 5-10. Hard-charger: Michehl.
A main #2 (started), 10 Laps: 1. Myles Michehl (1); 2. Jeff Frevert (4); 3. Jeff Johnson (2); 4. Brad Moyer (10); 5. Lou Sipolt (8); 6. David Safill (9); 7. Bryan Spangler (3); 8. Shonn Mapes (7); 9. Justin Schroeder (6); 10. Del Enos (5). Lap Leader: Michehl 1-10. Hard-charger: Moyer.
7/14
Tony Shilling Wins 31st Running of Knoxville Enduro! by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, July 14, 2019 – Tony Shilling of Knoxville took the 31st annual Marion County Fair Enduro at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. In a race that went the full 200 laps, the win paid him $1,000 for his efforts. Two-time Enduro winner, Tyler Sutter, seemed to have the car to beat, but suffered myriad of issues that needed three pit stops. He would eventually retire a handful of laps form the end. Each time, Sutter had issues, Shilling would retake the lead in a classic battle of “the tortoise and the hare.” Shilling’s final pass for the lead came with 8:49 left in the event. His 200th lap coincided with the two hour time limit. It was Shilling’s first Enduro win, but he does have a pair of 360 sprint car wins to his credit here. Des Moines native Blake Miller finished second for the second year in a row, pocketing $700, and Todd Zobel, also from Des Moines grabbed $500 for third.
Just three red flag periods were encountered along the way for various reasons such as debris on the track as well as removal of stalled cars which were in a dangerous position.
Saturday night, July 20 is 3M Night at Knoxville Raceway. All three sprint car divisions will be in action. The 360 class will see a feature paying $3,000 to win, as well as their make-up feature from June 22! Get your goodie bag from 3M, and the kids can participate in the candy drop presented by Casey’s General Stores. For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
Top 20 Finishers: (Official Finish)
1. 74, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, 200 (laps completed) 2. 1, Blake Miller, Des Moines 3. 17, Todd Zobel, Des Moines 4. 75, Marty Erdman, Jonesville, MN 5. 4, Branden Lee, Knoxville 6. 5m, Mike Goff, Lacona 7. 14T, Tyler Sutter, Pleasantville 8. 7x, Ryan Lundy, Knoxville 9. 51, Jason Everley, Knoxville 10. 4E, Brian Clarke, Knoxville 11. 00J, Joe Graves, Melcher-Dallas 12. 69, Chad DeJong, Knoxville 13. 10s, Dave Seddon, Knoxville 14. 78, Mike DeJong, Knoxville 15. 50, Wes Alexander, Melcher-Dallas 16. 47T, Cory Moore, Knoxville 17. 10, Trevor Flesher, Lacona 18. 22, Seth Vernon, Knoxville 19. 33m, Jamie Matheny, Des Moines 20. 75A, Brad Alexander, Melcher-Dallas
7/20
Rain
7/27
Gio Scelzi is Youngest 410 Knoxville Winner with All Star Drubbing! Cory Eliason Captures His First Knoxville 360 Win by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 27, 2019) – Gio Scelzi, who was already the youngest ever winner with the World of Outlaws and at Williams Grove Speedway, added the Knoxville Raceway to his list on Saturday. At 17 years and eight months, he became the track’s youngest winner with a $5,000 triumph with the Ollie’s Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions on Weiler Night. The win came aboard Bernie Stuebgen’s Indy Race Parts #71, and came six days earlier than the late Danny Young’s previous record victory in 1988. Cory Eliason topped a non-stop 360 feature event to record his first ever win at the Knoxville Raceway aboard the Rudeen Racing #26. It was the second win in as many years for the Rudeen team on this night. Joey Saldana captured the 360 win here a year ago.
Before a lap could be completed in the 25-lap All Star main event, Shane Golobic came to a stop in turn two after contacting the wall. Brock Zearfoss also went to the work area. On the second try, a number of cars stacked up in turn two, with Matt Juhl and Thomas Kennedy getting upside down. Both walked away.
The event would go non-stop from there, with Kerry Madsen leading early over Scelzi and Brian Brown. Brown used the low side to motor by Scelzi, but the youngster battled back by, cruising on the cushion.
Madsen entered lapped traffic on the seventh circuit, and Scelzi began reeling him in. He made his winning pass on lap ten, and never looked back. Cory Eliason was on the move as welll, gaining a top five standing early and passing Terry McCarl for fourth on lap 14. Up front, Scelzi extended his lead ahead of Madsen and Brown.
Scelzi would lap up to ninth place and finish 7.8 seconds ahead of Madsen at the finish. Brown chased the lead pair, ahead of Eliason and Aaron Reutzel. Terry McCarl, Parker Price-Miller, James McFadden, Austin McCarl and Rico Abreu rounded out the top ten. Brown was the overall quick qualifier, while Scelzi, Davey Heskin, Terry McCarl, Price-Miller and McFadden won heats. Madsen and Scelzi won the Dashes, while Gerard McIntyre Jr. claimed the C, and Wayne Johnson took the B. Justin Henderson flipped in his heat race but was uninjured.
“That’s pretty cool,” said Scelzi of being the youngest to win at Knoxville. “I couldn’t have done it any later! This is cool. This place is unique. I couldn’t have picked a better time to do it than before Nationals. It’s a dream come true to win here. The lapped traffic went my way, and I kept pushing. I looked at the scoreboard with three to go, and really hoped there wasn’t a slider coming. When you have two guys like Kerry and Brian, and even Cory, you have to go as hard as you can for 25 laps.”
“We got a good start,” said Madsen. “We just weren’t quite good enough. Gio deserved to win. Congrats to him and Bernie. It was a good finish, and being on the podium was a good night. The team has really been putting in the hours. We’ve got the Cappy (August 4) yet, and we’ll keep working.”
“That was a whipping there,” said Brown. “Gio is a hell of a racecar driver. He did a phenomenal job. I messed around down there on the bottom. I thought I maybe should have been up quicker. My hat’s off to Bernie and his whole team. We were good all night long, just not good enough to win.”
An entertaining 18-lap 360 feature began with Travis Rilat leading Carson McCarl and Sammy Swindell early. Cory Eliason was moving forward, and passed Sammy by lap three for third. He took second from McCarl the next time around, and tried reeling in the leader.
Gio Scelzi was showing signs of things to come, climbing from his 18th starting spot to eighth by lap five. Up front, Eliason was battling Rilat for the point, as the two went back and forth. Finally, Eliason wrestled the lead away on lap seven. Swindell continued moving up as well, garnering third from McCarl on lap seven.
Eight-time track champ Clint Garner looked like he would be a contender when he passed McCarl for fourth on lap ten. He would slow and exit immediately after, however, ending his run. Scelzi kept his charge going as he also passed McCarl for fourth. Swindell grabbed second from Rilat with five to go, while Scelzi followed him into the show position on lap 15.
Eliason’s first ever win here came ahead of Sammy Swindell, Scelzi, Rilat and Jeff Swindell. McCarl, Davey Heskin, Ryan Giles, Aaron Reutzel (who started 19th) and 21st starter Jon Agan completed the top ten. Giles and Scelzi set quick time in their respective groups, while heats were taken by McKenna Haase, Agan, Heskin, Josh Higday, Alex Hill and Jamie Ball. Agan and Joe Beaver won the B mains.
“My car was a Cadillac tonight,” said Eliason in Victory Lane. “My hat’s off to my guys. It’s a been a long week. I thought I was going to be the one falling out of the seat early.”
Join us Thursday, August 1 through Saturday, August 3 for the 29th Annual MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
410 Results
Time Trials Group #1 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (5), 15.531; 2. 70, Brock Zearfoss, Jonestown, PA (3), 15.567; 3. 13, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (6), 15.589; 4. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (2), 15.817; 5. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (4), 15.830; 6. 99, Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can. (1), 15.854; 7. 5H, Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN (9), 15.912; 8. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (7), 15.992; 9. 14M, Marcus Dumesny, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (10), 16.063; 10. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust (8), 16.139
Time Trial Group #2 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (3), 15.650; 2. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (6), 15.748; 3. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (9), 15.800; 4. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (2), 15.827; 5. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (10), 15.861; 6. 70X, Justin Peck, Monrovia, IN (5), 15.972; 7. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (8), 16.246; 8. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (7), 16.398; 9. 40, George Hobaugh Jr., Chicora, PA (1), 16.771; 10. 1AJ, Trevor Mell, Harwood, ND (4), 17.627
Time Trial Group #3 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (2), 15.598; 2. 26, Cory Eliason, Selma, CA (6), 15.724; 3. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (3), 15.758; 4. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (8), 15.911; 5. 07, Gerard McIntyre Jr., New Oxford, PA (1), 15.913; 6. 14, Tony Stewart, Columbus, IN (10), 15.962; 7. 17W, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (7), 16.019; 8. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (9), 16.148; 9. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (5), 16.762; 10. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (4), 16.780
Time Trial Group #4 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (9), 15.498; 2. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (4), 15.614; 3. 11, Dale Blaney, Hartford, OH (3), 15.618; 4. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (7), 15.653; 5. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (2), 15.811; 6. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (6), 16.051; 7. 7S, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (5), 16.081; 8. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (8), 16.204; 9. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (1), 16.855
Time Trial Group #5 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (8), 15.441; 2. 24, Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA (7), 15.746; 3. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (2), 15.873; 4. 9, James McFadden, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (6), 15.917; 5. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (3), 15.922; 6. 83, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (1), 15.986; 7. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (5), 16.143; 8. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (4), 16.165; 9. 2AU, Andrew Schuerle, Toowoomba, QLD, Aust. (9), 16.506
Overall Time Trial Results ($100 from OpenWheel101.com): 1. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO, 15.441; 2. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX, 15.498; 3. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA, 15.531; 4. 70, Brock Zearfoss, Jonestown, PA, 15.567; 5. 13, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN, 15.589; 6. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA, 15.598; 7. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust., 15.614; 8. 11, Dale Blaney, Hartford, OH, 15.618; 9. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA, 15.65; 10. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN, 15.653; 11. 26, Cory Eliason, Selma, CA, 15.724; 12. 24, Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA, 15.746; 13. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX, 15.748; 14. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX, 15.758; 15. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN, 15.800; 16. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK, 15.811; 17. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN, 15.817; 18. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA, 15.827; 19. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA, 15.830; 20. 99, Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can., 15.854; 21. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can., 15.861; 22. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA, 15.873; 23. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust., 15.911; 24. 5H, Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN, 15.912; 25. 07, Gerard McIntyre Jr., New Oxford, PA, 15.914; 26. 9, James McFadden, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust., 15.917; 27. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD, 15.922; 28. 14, Tony Stewart, Columbus, IN, 15.962; 29. 70X, Justin Peck, Monrovia, IN, 15.972; 30. 83, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust., 15.986; 31. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA, 15.992; 32. 17W, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA, 16.019; 33. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA, 16.051; 34. 14M, Marcus Dumesny, Sydney, NSW, Aust., 16.063; 35. 7S, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN, 16.081; 36. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust., 16.139; 37. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 16.143; 38. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 16.148; 39. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD, 16.165; 40. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX, 16.204; 41. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH, 16.246; 42. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA, 16.398; 43. 2AU, Andrew Schuerle, Toowoomba, QLD, Aust., 16.506; 44. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA, 16.762; 45. 40, George Hobaugh Jr., Chicora, PA, 16.771; 46. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA, 16.780; 47. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA, 16.855; 48. 1AJ, Trevor Mell, Harwood, ND, 17.627.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Gio Scelzi (4); 2. Craig Dollansky (1); 3. Paul McMahan (2); 4. Chris Martin (5) / 5. Skylar Gee (6); 6. Marcus Dumesny (9); 7. Glen Saville (10); 8. Brock Zearfoss (3); 9. Mason Daniel (8); 10. Spencer Bayston (7)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.0: 1. Davey Heskin (2); 2. Josh Schneiderman (1); 3. Josh Baughman (3); 4. Thomas Kennedy (5) / 5. AJ Moeller (4); 6. Greg Wilson (7); 7. Justin Peck (6); 8. Bobby Mincer (8); 9. George Hobaugh Jr. (9); 10. Trevor Mell (10)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.8: 1. Terry McCarl (4); 2. Cory Eliason (3); 3. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (2); 4. Brooke Tatnell (1) / 5. Shane Golobic (7); 6. Tasker Phillips (8); 7. Tony Stewart (6); 8. Gerard McIntyre Jr. (5); 9. Joe Simbro (9); 10. Bob Weuve (10)
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:13.7: 1. Parker Price-Miller (1); 2. Kerry Madsen (3); 3. Dale Blaney (2); 4. Aaron Reutzel (4); 5. Wayne Johnson (5); 6. Jeff Swindell (7); 7. Trey Starks (6); 8. Travis Rilat (8); 9. Chase Wanner (9)
Heat five (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. James McFadden (1); 2. Brian Brown (4); 3. Austin McCarl (2); 4. Rico Abreu (3); 5. Matt Juhl (8); 6. Sawyer Phillips (7); 7. Lynton Jeffrey (6); 8. Justin Henderson (5) DNS – Andrew Schuerle
C main (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Gerard McIntyre Jr. (1); 2. Travis Rilat (2) / 3. Mason Daniel (4); 4. Bobby Mincer (3); 5. Bob Weuve (10); 6. Andrew Schuerle (5); 7. Joe Simbro (6); 8. Chase Wanner (8); 9. George Hobaugh Jr. (7); 10. Trevor Mell (12) DNS – Justin Henderson, Spencer Bayston
Dash one (started), 4 Laps, 1:05.8: 1. Kerry Madsen (1); 2. Cory Eliason (2); 3. Terry McCarl (3); 4. Josh Schneiderman (4); 5. Craig Dollansky (6); 6. Davey Heskin (5)
Dash two (started), 4 Laps, 1:06.8: 1. Gio Scelzi (1); 2. Brian Brown (3); 3. James McFadden (2); 4. Parker Price-Miller (4); 5. Aaron Reutzel (5); 6. Paul McMahan (6)
B main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Wayne Johnson (3); 2. Shane Golobic (5); 3. Jeff Swindell (8); 4. Matt Juhl (6) / 5. Brock Zearfoss (1); 6. Trey Starks (15); 7. Tony Stewart (12); 8. Lynton Jeffrey (14); 9. Skylar Gee (4); 10. Justin Peck (13); 11. Travis Rilat (18); 12. Sawyer Phillips (9); 13. Glen Saville (16); 14. Gerard McIntyre Jr. (17); 15. AJ Moeller (2); 16. Greg Wilson (11); 17. Marcus Dumesny (7); 18. Tasker Phillips (10)
A main (started), 25 Laps, 9:23.6: 1. Gio Scelzi (2); 2. Kerry Madsen (1); 3. Brian Brown (4); 4. Cory Eliason (3); 5. Aaron Reutzel (10); 6. Terry McCarl (5); 7. Parker Price-Miller (8); 8. James McFadden (6); 9. Austin McCarl (16); 10. Rico Abreu (17); 11. Josh Schneiderman (7); 12. Brooke Tatnell (20); 13. Paul McMahan (12); 14. Dale Blaney (13); 15. Wayne Johnson (21); 16. Shane Golobic (22); 17. Craig Dollansky (9); 18. Gerard McIntyre Jr. (26, prov.); 19. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (15); 20. Chris Martin (18); 21. Josh Baughman (14); 22. Davey Heskin (11); 23. Jeff Swindell (23); 24. Brock Zearfoss (25, prov.); 25. Thomas Kennedy (19); 26. Matt Juhl (24). Lap Leaders: K. Madsen 1-9, G. Scelzi 10-25. Hard-charger: Tatnell.
360 Results
Time Trial Group #1 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (1), 16.376; 2. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (5), 16.381; 3. 11X, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (9), 16.448; 4. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (11), 16.490; 5. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (17), 16.620; 6. 88, Scottie McDonald, Porter, TX (18), 16.736; 7. 75AU, Kyle Bellm, Nixa, MO (19), 16.742; 8. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (23), 16.747; 9. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (22), 16.754; 10. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (16), 16.754; 11. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (4), 16.758; 12. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (12), 16.837; 13. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (2), 16.865; 14. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (6), 16.870; 15. 19, Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (10), 16.912; 16. 2X, Tucker Doughty, Sunnyvale, TX (25), 16.948; 17. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (14), 16.971; 18. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (7), 17.053; 19. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (13), 17.261; 20. 1CB, Chelsea Blevins, Janesville, CA (15), 17.307; 21. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (24), 17.520; 22. 3C, Robert Converse, Battle Creek, MI (8), NT; 23. 14, Jordon Mallett, Greenbrier, AR (26), NT; DQ (Tire) 28, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Au (3); DQ (Light at Scales) B29, Adam Mason, Knoxville, IA (21); DQ (Tire) 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (20).
Time Trial Group #2 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (20), 16.371; 2. 26, Cory Eliason, Selma, CA (7), 16.452; 3. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (23), 16.572; 4. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (2), 16.637; 5. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (18), 16.688; 6. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (25), 16.698; 7. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (9), 16.730; 8. 94, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (3), 16.734; 9. 95, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (15), 16.837; 10. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (10), 16.853; 11. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (14), 16.860; 12. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (13), 16.866; 13. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (12), 16.881; 14. 3, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (11), 16.899; 15. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (21), 16.899; 16. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (5), 16.924; 17. 77X, Alex Hill, Six Nations, ONT, Ca (19), 16.971; 18. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (4), 16.979; 19. 66, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (8), 17.023; 20. 74, Brodie Tulloch, Brisbane, QLD, Aust. (1), 17.064; 21. 17W, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (16), 17.094; 22. 22K, Kaleb Johnson, Sioux Falls, SD (24), 17.306; 23. 35L, Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE (22), 17.473; 24. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (17), 17.514; 25. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (6), 17.427.
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 2:00.3: 1. McKenna Haase (2); 2. Tucker Doughty (1); 3. Kyle Bellm (4); 4. Ryan Giles (6); 5. Calvin Landis (5); 6. Brad Comegys (3); 7. Tom Lenz (8); 8. Casey Greubel (7) DNS – Jordon Mallett
Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 1:59.3: 1. Jon Agan (2); 2. Aaron Reutzel (3); 3. Wayne Johnson (4); 4. Travis Rilat (6); 5. Parker Price-Miller (5); 6. Nathan Mills (1); 7. Chelsea Blevins (7) DNS – Robert Converse, Scott Bogucki
Heat three (started), 7 Laps, 2:02.5: 1. Davey Heskin (4); 2. Alan Zoutte (1); 3. Sammy Swindell (6); 4. Christian Bowman (3); 5. Scottie McDonald (5); 6. Rob Weuve (2); 7. Adam Mason (8); 8. Jon Hughes (7)
Heat four (started), 7 Laps, NT: 1. Josh Higday (2); 2. Carson McCarl (5); 3. Ryan Leavitt (1); 4. Sawyer Phillips (4); 5. Ricky Montgomery (7); 6. Eric Bridger (3); 7. Kaleb Johnson (8); 8. John Anderson (9); 9. Gio Scelzi (6)
Heat five (started), 7 Laps, 2:01.5: 1. Alex Hill (1); 2. Jeff Swindell (4); 3. Cory Eliason (6); 4. Joe Beaver (3); 5. Ayrton Gennetten (2); 6. Matt Moro (5); 7. Cody Ledger (8); 8. Brodie Tulloch (7)
Heat six (started), 7 Laps, 2:02.3: 1. Jamie Ball (2); 2. Clint Garner (6); 3. Matt Covington (4); 4. Kelby Watt (1); 5. Ryan Roberts (5); 6. Rob Kubli (3); 7. Harli White (7); 8. Ben Woods (8)
B main one (started), 10 Laps, 3:03.0: 1. Jon Agan (4); 2. McKenna Haase (3) / 3. Christian Bowman (2); 4. Brad Comegys (1); 5. Rob Weuve (5); 6. Tom Lenz (13); 7. Nathan Mills (7); 8. Chelsea Blevins (10); 9. Jon Hughes (11); 10. Casey Greubel (9); 11. Adam Mason (12); 12. Tucker Doughty (6); 13. Alan Zoutte (8) DNS – Jordon Mallett, Scott Bogucki, Robert Converse
B main two (started), 10 Laps, 3:02.1: 1. Joe Beaver (2); 2. Jamie Ball (5) / 3. Ayrton Gennetten (4); 4. Kelby Watt (8); 5. Ryan Leavitt (6); 6. Eric Bridger (1); 7. Harli White (11); 8. Alex Hill (7); 9. Ricky Montgomery (9); 10. Rob Kubli (3); 11. Brodie Tulloch (10); 12. Ben Woods (12); 13. John Anderson (13) DNS – Kaleb Johnson, Cody Ledger
A main (started), 18 Laps, 5:32.8: 1. Cory Eliason (3); 2. Sammy Swindell (4); 3. Gio Scelzi (18); 4. Travis Rilat (2); 5. Jeff Swindell (8); 6. Carson McCarl (1); 7. Davey Heskin (7); 8. Ryan Giles (6); 9. Aaron Reutzel (19); 10. Jon Agan (21); 11. Joe Beaver (22); 12. Kyle Bellm (11); 13. Parker Price-Miller (13); 14. Sawyer Phillips (10); 15. Calvin Landis (9); 16. McKenna Haase (23); 17. Matt Moro (16); 18. Ryan Roberts (12); 19. Josh Higday (20); 20. Scottie McDonald (17); 21. Clint Garner (5); 22. Wayne Johnson (15); 23. Matt Covington (14); 24. Jamie Ball (24). Lap Leaders: Rilat 1-6, Eliason 7-18. Hard-charger: G. Scelzi.
8/1
Ryan Giles Wins One for the Home Team on Night #1 of the MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank! by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 1, 2019) – Knoxville regular Ryan Giles led wire to wire on Dingus Lounge Qualifying Night #1 of the 29th Annual MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank. The Grimes, Iowa native’s ninth career win at Knoxville and first with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by MavTV earned him $3,000. Dusty Zomer was the high point earner for the night heading into Saturday’s finale, followed by Aaron Reutzel and Wayne Johnson (points below results).
Giles early lead in the 20-lapper came ahead of Thomas Kennedy, Rob Kubli, Johnson and Trey Starks. Zomer thrust himself into the top five by lap four, but he was overtaken by Reutzel on lap seven. A spin by Lee Grosz eight laps in brought the first caution. Thirteenth running Dominic Scelzi had a right rear tire explode at the same time.
Giles led Kennedy, Kubli, Johnson and Reutzel back to green. Kubli’s restart was a rocky one as Zomer and Johnson went to the outside and inside of him in turn two. Kubli got over the turn three cushion, came back off of it and had contact with Reutzel, sending him into the wall and ending his night. Calvin Landis would spin on that restart, negating a move from fourth to second by Reutzel.
Johnson claimed second on yet another restart, while Reutzel took third from Kennedy on lap 14. Giles was back in lapped traffic with three to go, while Reutzel took second from Johnson. Giles was coming for the checkers, but the caution flew one last time for Grosz, setting up a green, white, checker finish.
Giles was able to hold onto the win, ahead of Reutzel, Johnson, Eliason and Kennedy. Justin Henderson, Zomer, Carson McCarl, hard-charger Parker Price-Miller and Sam Hafertepe Jr. rounded out the top ten. Zomer set quick time over the 42-car field, and Devon Dobie, Kennedy, Mason Daniel, Jack Dover and Henderson won heat races, and Price-Miller claimed the B main.
“I could have done without any of them,” Giles said of the restarts in Victory Lane. “I have to give a big shout out to my wife. She’s six months pregnant with our baby girl, and she was in the hospital this morning. I felt like I abandoned her and had to work all day. She told me to go have fun, so…this one’s for her. I definitely have to thank Gary Isom. This is all his deal.”
“The guys did a great job,” said Reutzel. “We were really good on long runs. I knew unless (Giles) made a big mistake, we wouldn’t be able to get him. We got lucky there with that one caution (lap eight restart). I don’t even know what happened on that deal. There was one big cluster of people and I drove across the track and I guess made contact. It was a racing deal.”
“We had a really good racecar,” said Johnson. “It’s unfortunate that I got by Kennedy on that restart, and the thing started blowing up. We finished this thing on seven cylinders. I was pretty excited just to finish. To take third and be pretty good in points for Saturday night…we have another fresh bullet we can put in. Hopefully, we’ll have all eight cylinders on Saturday.”
The 29th Annual MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank continues Thursday on Night #2 with Iowa Corn Growers Night! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
Results from Night #1 of the MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 5, Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD (9), 16.267; 2. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (1), 16.336; 3. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (7), 16.338; 4. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (23), 16.338; 5. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (4), 16.449; 6. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (6), 16.541; 7. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (28), 16.585; 8. 11X, Sammy Swindell, Lakeland, TN (36), 16.593; 9. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (29), 16.601; 10. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (25), 16.685; 11. J2, John Carney II, El Paso, TX (21), 16.722; 12. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (38), 16.725; 13. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (18), 16.729; 14. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (41), 16.748; 15. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (14), 16.748; 16. 26, Cory Eliason, Visalia, CA (22), 16.779; 17. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (26), 16.790; 18. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (35), 16.800; 19. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (5), 16.813; 20. 83H, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (42), 16.814; 21. 23D, Devon Dobie, Wapakoneta, OH (20), 16.815; 22. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (15), 16.859; 23. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springfield, CA (17), 16.875; 24. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (27), 16.886; 25. 35L, Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE (8), 16.909; 26. 41S, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (24), 16.913; 27. 94, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (32), 16.913; 28. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (33), 16.916; 29. 53D, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (40), 16.965; 30. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (13), 16.971; 31. 66, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (39), 16.989; 32. 45, Rusty Hickman, Tullamarine, VIC, Aust. (3), 17.037; 33. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (11), 17.058; 34. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (34), 17.062; 35. 3B, Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN (2), 17.076; 36. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (10), 17.080; 37. 1CB, Chelsea Blevins, Janesville, CA (19), 17.234; 38. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (37), 17.379; 39. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (31), 17.409; 40. 2D, Dusty Ballenger, Harrisburg, SD (16), 17.443; 41. 37H, Nicholas Howard, Lawrence, KS (30), 17.513; 42. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (12), 18.153
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:15.3: 1. Devon Dobie (2); 2. Cory Eliason (3); 3. Dominic Scelzi (1); 4. Dusty Zomer (6) / 5. John Carney II (4); 6. Ricky Montgomery (7); 7. Parker Price-Miller (5); 8. Nicholas Howard (9); 9. Ryan Leavitt (8)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Thomas Kennedy (4); 2. Carson McCarl (3); 3. Jeff Swindell (1); 4. Aaron Reutzel (5) / 5. Sawyer Phillips (2); 6. Lee Grosz (6); 7. Rusty Hickman (7); 8. Chelsea Blevins (8); 9. Kevin Ingle (9)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:18.3: 1. Mason Daniel (2); 2. Brady Bacon (1); 3. Rob Kubli (4); 4. Chris Martin (3) / 5. Calvin Landis (6); 6. Sammy Swindell (5); 7. Alan Zoutte (7); DNS - Joe Beaver
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.4: 1. Jack Dover (1); 2. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (6); 3. Ryan Giles (4); 4. Travis Rilat (2); 5. Jamie Ball (5); 6. Kelby Watt (3); 7. Casey Greubel (8); 8. Eric Bridger (7)
Heat five (started), 8 Laps, 2:19.3: 1. Justin Henderson (3); 2. Wayne Johnson (5); 3. Brad Comegys (1); 4. Trey Starks (6); 5. Cody Ledger (2); 6. Ryan Roberts (4); 7. Spencer Bayston (7); 8. Dusty Ballenger (8)
B main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Parker Price-Miller (3); 2. Lee Grosz (1); 3. Calvin Landis (2); 4. Sawyer Phillips (9) / 5. Spencer Bayston (13); 6. Kelby Watt (8); 7. Ryan Roberts (7); 8. Cody Ledger (10); 9. John Carney II (6); 10. Rusty Hickman (12); 11. Ricky Montgomery (11); 12. Eric Bridger (14); 13. Dusty Ballenger (17); 14. Sammy Swindell (4); 15. Alan Zoutte (15); 16. Nicholas Howard (19); 17. Kevin Ingle (20); 18. Casey Greubel (18); 19. Chelsea Blevins (16); 20. Jamie Ball (5) DNS - 21. Joe Beaver; 22. Ryan Leavitt
A main (started), 21 Laps, NT: 1. Ryan Giles (1); 2. Aaron Reutzel (5); 3. Wayne Johnson (4); 4. Cory Eliason (9); 5. Thomas Kennedy (3); 6. Justin Henderson (12); 7. Dusty Zomer (8); 8. Carson McCarl (10); 9. Parker Price-Miller (21); 10. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (7); 11. Jeff Swindell (17); 12. Brady Bacon (18); 13. Mason Daniel (14); 14. Travis Rilat (15); 15. Chris Martin (11); 16. Jack Dover (19); 17. Sawyer Phillips (24); 18. Lee Grosz (22); 19. Devon Dobie (13); 20. Brad Comegys (20); 21. Calvin Landis (23); 22. Trey Starks (6); 23. Dominic Scelzi (16); 24. Rob Kubli (2). Lap Leader: Giles 1-21. Hard-charger: Price-Miller.
Thursday Point Totals Pos Car Driver Points 1 5 Dusty Zomer 479 2 87 Aaron Reutzel 477 3 2C Wayne Johnson 475 4 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. 473 5 21K Thomas Kennedy 470 6 9 Ryan Giles 468 7 26 Cory Eliason 461 8 71P Parker Price-Miller 456 9 83H Justin Henderson 452 10 27 Carson McCarl 451 11 4J Lee Grosz 449 12 70 Calvin Landis 444 13 44S Trey Starks 441 14 33M Mason Daniel 432 15 44 Chris Martin 429 16 23D Devon Dobie 424 17 83 Rob Kubli 424 18 94 Jeff Swindell 422 19 99 Brady Bacon 421 20 1 Travis Rilat 419 21 53D Jack Dover 414 22 3P Sawyer Phillips 414 23 J2 John Carney II 402 24 41S Dominic Scelzi 400 25 76 Brad Comegys 398 26 18 Ryan Roberts 395 27 11X Sammy Swindell 395 28 1K Kelby Watt 389 29 5J Jamie Ball 384 30 35L Cody Ledger 376 31 3B Spencer Bayston 356 32 66 Ricky Montgomery 355 33 45 Rusty Hickman 352 34 81E Eric Bridger 341 35 33 Alan Zoutte 330 36 2D Dusty Ballenger 327 37 53 Joe Beaver 325 38 64C Casey Greubel 322 39 1CB Chelsea Blevins 321 40 37H Nicholas Howard 319 41 22 Ryan Leavitt 314 42 2K Kevin Ingle 312
8/2
James McFadden Wins Thriller on Night #2 of the MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank! by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 2, 2019) – Four-time Australian World Series Sprintcars titlist James McFadden won a barnburner on Iowa Corn Districts 5 and 9 Night #2 of the MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank on Saturday night. McFadden, now residing in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, took home $3,000 for his first career win at Knoxville, as well as with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series aboard the Kasey Kahne Racing #9M. He also locked himself into Saturday night’s main event pole position alongside Joey Saldana (complete lineups below).
Blake Hahn brushed the turn one wall after the green flag fell, bringing out the caution. He would restart at the tail. Davey Heskin led the field when the green fell again, ahead of Harli White, Brian Brown, Colby Copeland and Gio Scelzi. Scelzi moved into fourth on the second lap, followed by McFadden.
Brown reeled in White for second, and he and Scelzi shot by for second and third on lap nine. The leaders were in lapped traffic by the tenth circuit, and McFadden used the bottom to gain fourth. The next five laps saw racing for the lead. With five laps to go, a blanket could be thrown over Heskin, Brown and Scelzi. On the 17th lap, Brown moved into the lead, with McFadden shooting under Scelzi on the backstretch.
Scelzi gained momentum again heading into three and hopped the left rear of McFadden’s car, sending him careening into the wall. He walked away. The caution negated Brown’s pass for the lead, so Heskin led Brown, McFadden, Paul McMahan and Saldana back to green.
A three-car battle for the lead commenced on the restart, with McFadden battling to the fore heading into turn three. Brown moved into the runner-up spot, while Saldana advanced to fourth. Saldana gained third from Heskin with two to go.
Austin McCarl, who started 14th, came on strong late in the event, advancing as far as third, but Saldana got back by him at the line. McFadden’s win came ahead of Brown, Saldana, Austin McCarl and Heskin. McMahan, Clint Garner, hard-charger Matt Juhl, Copeland and Terry McCarl rounded out the top ten. Saldana set quick time over the field, while Hahn, Josh Baughman, Garner, Kyle Bellm and Roger Crockett won heat races. Randy Hannagan won the C main, and Scott Bogucki took the B.
“We stuck to the bottom there, and tried to roll it as good as we could,” said McFadden in Victory Lane. “(Heskin) kind of missed the bottom there, and it was enough to get by him. We’ve struggled here at Knoxville the last couple of weeks, so it’s good to get a win. It’s a big confidence booster going into tomorrow night. I came of the bottom and had a big push (when he passed Gio). I about ran into (Heskin), and I felt a nudge. I didn’t know if it was my fault. I apologize to Gio if it was my fault. I didn’t feel like I could see him, so I’m not sure.”
“I just kind of guessed wrong there on the last restart,” said Brown. “I didn’t want to see the yellow, because I had gotten by Davey. I just guessed wrong. I was going to go where Davey didn’t, but he blocked enough of the bottom and kind of shut my line down there. I tried to get around the outside, but James what he needed to do and stuck the bottom like a champion. He’s a heck of wheelman.”
“The driver didn’t show up until the end,” said Saldana. “The car had really good speed. I was just making mistakes. You can’t make mistakes. You have to be perfect. Luckily, we had that restart at the end, and I hit the bottom. I almost gave third away. Hopefully, I can learn from tonight and be a little better tomorrow.”
The $15,000 to win 29th Annual MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank concludes Saturday night, August 3! The Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance will also be in action. For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
Results from Night #2 of the MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 12N, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (14), 15.993; 2. 9M, James McFadden, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (4), 16.049; 3. 28, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (26), 16.133; 4. 14, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (28), 16.188; 5. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (20), 16.279; 6. 5H, Colby Copeland, Roseville, CA (2), 16.361; 7. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (36), 16.377; 8. 3, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (17), 16.441; 9. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (10), 16.453; 10. 17W, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (3), 16.503; 11. 17WX, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (8), 16.597; 12. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (31), 16.629; 13. 4X, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (38), 16.646; 14. 47X, Dylan Westbrook, Scotland, ONT, Can. (11), 16.662; 15. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (13), 16.675; 16. 88, Scottie McDonald, Porter, TX (21), 16.759; 17. 5G, Curt Michael, Ocean View, DE (39), 16.782; 18. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (37), 16.782; 19. 77X, Alex Hill, Six Nations, ONT, Can. (22), 16.797; 20. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (7), 16.808; 21. 52, Blake Hahn, Sapulpa, OK (32), 16.811; 22. 2KS, Jason Solwold, Mount Vernon, WA (23), 16.812; 23. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (51), 16.857; 24. 22K, Kaleb Johnson, Sioux Falls, SD (46), 16.925; 25. 18R, Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC (33), 16.959; 26. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (25), 16.964; 27. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (53), 17.015; 28. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (48), 17.044; 29. 75AU, Kyle Bellm, Nixa, MO (19), 17.055; 30. 11, Roger Crockett, Broken Arrow, OK (35), 17.062; 31. 13V, Seth Brahmer, Wisner, NE (9), 17.068; 32. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (34), 17.095; 33. 23H, Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (40), 17.124; 34. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (1), 17.156; 35. 29, Willie Croft, Roseville, CA (45), 17.164; 36. 19, Rob Weuve, Newton, IA (15), 17.205; 37. 22M, Shawn Murray, Jacksonville, FL (12), 17.247; 38. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (29), 17.289; 39. 14M, Jordon Mallett, Greenbrier, AR (54), 17.296; 40. 74, Brodie Tulloch, Brisbane, QLD, Aust. (27), 17.308; 41. 85, Dustin Daggett, Portland, MI (44), 17.342; 42. 41D, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA (16), 17.368; 43. 95, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (47), 17.418; 44. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (43), 17.442; 45. 87H, Matthew Howard, Lawrence, KS (24), 17.475; 46. 21P, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can (42), 17.498; 47. 22G, Bryan Grimes, Slater, MO (6), 17.597; 48. 2X, Tucker Doughty, Sunnyvale, TX (52), 17.605; 49. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (49), 17.659; 50. 07, Michael Bookout, Tulsa, OK (18), 17.808; 51. 51A, Elliot Amdahl, Flandreau, SD (41), 18.016; 52. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (50), 18.24; 53. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (30), 19.075; 54. 40C, Luke Cochran, Springfield, NE (5), 17.507; 55. 6, Frank Rodgers III, Lucas, IA (55), NT.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.4: 1. Blake Hahn (2); 2. Joey Saldana (6); 3. AJ Moeller (1); 4. Colby Copeland (5) / 5. Shane Golobic (4); 6. Scottie McDonald (3); 7. Seth Brahmer (7); 8. Robbie Price (10) / 9. Dustin Daggett (9); 10. Rob Weuve (8)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:18.0: 1. Josh Baughman (1); 2. James McFadden (6); 3. Jason Solwold (2); 4. Gio Scelzi (5) / 5. Curt Michael (3); 6. Matt Juhl (4); 7. Matt Moro (7); 8. Shawn Murray (8) / 9. Bryan Grimes (10); 10. Dan Henning (9)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:18.8: 1. Clint Garner (1); 2. Austin McCarl (2); 3. Terry McCarl (4); 4. Jon Agan (3); 5. Scott Bogucki (6); 6. Ayrton Gennetten (5); 7. Matt Covington (9); 8. Tasker Phillips (8); 9. Randy Hannagan (7); 10. Tucker Doughty (10)
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:20.2: 1. Kyle Bellm (1); 2. Paul McMahan (6); 3. Kaleb Johnson (2); 4. Davey Heskin (5); 5. Alex Hill (3); 6. Dylan Westbrook (4); 7. Greg Wilson (10); 8. Jordon Mallett (8); 9. Nathan Mills (9); 10. John Anderson (7)
Heat five (started), 8 Laps, 2:22.1: 1. Roger Crockett (1); 2. Brian Brown (6); 3. Harli White (5); 4. Christian Bowman (3); 5. McKenna Haase (4); 6. Willie Croft (7); 7. Brodie Tulloch (8); 8. Lance Moss (2); 9. Matthew Howard (9); 10. Michael Bookout (10)
C main (started), 10 Laps, 3:05.1: 1. Randy Hannagan (1); 2. Dustin Daggett (4); 3. Matthew Howard (7); 4. Rob Weuve (3) / 5. Bryan Grimes (6); 6. Tucker Doughty (9); 7. Ben Woods (8); 8. Elliot Amdahl (11); 9. Dan Henning (5); 10. Luke Cochran (10); 11. John Anderson (2); 12. Glen Saville (12) DNS - 13. Nathan Mills 14. Michael Bookout 15. Frank Rodgers III
B main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Scott Bogucki (1); 2. Matt Juhl (4); 3. Ayrton Gennetten (2); 4. Matt Moro (12) / 5. Shane Golobic (3); 6. Dylan Westbrook (5); 7. McKenna Haase (6); 8. Tasker Phillips (15); 9. Matt Covington (18); 10. Willie Croft (13); 11. Scottie McDonald (7); 12. Greg Wilson (20); 13. Seth Brahmer (11); 14. Curt Michael (8); 15. Randy Hannagan (21); 16. Robbie Price (19); 17. Lance Moss (10); 18. Jordon Mallett (16); 19. Alex Hill (9); 20. Dustin Daggett (22); 21. Matthew Howard (23); 22. Shawn Murray (14); 23. Brodie Tulloch (17); 24. Rob Weuve (24)
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. James McFadden (7); 2. Brian Brown (5); 3. Joey Saldana (8); 4. Austin McCarl (14); 5. Davey Heskin (2); 6. Paul McMahan (6); 7. Clint Garner (18); 8. Matt Juhl (22); 9. Colby Copeland (4); 10. Terry McCarl (9); 11. Harli White (1); 12. Josh Baughman (17); 13. Jon Agan (10); 14. Jason Solwold (13); 15. Blake Hahn (12); 16. Kyle Bellm (19); 17. Roger Crockett (20); 18. Christian Bowman (11); 19. Matt Moro (24); 20. AJ Moeller (16); 21. Scott Bogucki (21); 22. Ayrton Gennetten (23); 23. Gio Scelzi (3); 24. Kaleb Johnson (15). Lap Leaders: Heskin 1-16, McFadden 17-20. Hard-charger: Juhl.
Lineups for Saturday’s MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals Presented by Great Southern Bank
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 9M-James McFadden; 2. 12N-Joey Saldana; 3. 21-Brian Brown; 4. 14-Paul McMahan; 5. 5-Dusty Zomer; 6. 87-Aaron Reutzel; 7. 2C-Wayne Johnson; 8. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr; 9. 21K- Thomas Kennedy; 10. 9-Ryan Giles; 11. 56N-Davey Heskin; 12. 5H-Colby Copeland; 13. 26-Cory Eliason; 14. 71P-Parker Price-Miller; 15. 17W-Harli White; 16. 83H-Justin Henderson; 17. 4X-Terry McCarl; 18. 27-Carson McCarl; 19. 09-Matt Juhl; 20. 4J-Lee Grosz
B Feature (15 Laps): 1. 17A-Austin McCarl; 2. 70-Calvin Landis; 3. 28-Scott Bogucki; 4. 44S-Trey Starks; 5. 71-Giovanni Scelzi; 6. 40-Clint Garner; 7. 4-Jon Agan; 8. 33M-Mason Daniel; 9. 52-Blake Hahn; 10. 44-Chris Martin; 11. 3-Ayrton Gennetten; 12. 17-Josh Baughman; 13. 2KS-Jason Solwold; 14. 23D-Devon Dobie; 15. 83-Rob Kubli; 16. 94-Jeff Swindell; 17. 99-Brady Bacon; 18. 1-Travis Rilat; 19. 15-Christian Bowman; 20. 75AU-Kyle Bellm
C Feature (12 Laps): 1. 53D-Jack Dover; 2. 3P-Sawyer Phillips; 3. 11-Roger Crockett; 4. 17WX-Shane Golobic; 5. 20-A.J. Moeller; 6. 22K-Kaleb Johnson; 7. J2-John Carney II; 8. 41S-Dominic Scelzi; 9. 47X-Dylan Westbrook; 10. 76-Brad Comegys; 11. 55-McKenna Haase; 12. 18-Ryan Roberts; 13. 11X-Sammy Swindell; 14. 1K-Kelby Watt; 15. 88-Scottie McDonald; 16. 2M-Matt Moro; 17. 5J-Jamie Ball; 18. 5G-Curt Michael; 19. 35L-Cody Ledger; 20. 77X-Alex Hill
D Feature (10 Laps): 1. 3B-Spencer Bayston; 2. 66-Ricky Montgomery; 3. 45-Rusty Hickman; 4. 29-Willie Croft; 5. 18R-Lance Moss; 6. 13V-Seth Brahmer; 7. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips; 8. 81E-Eric Bridger; 9. 23H-Randy Hannagan; 10. 95-Matt Covington; 11. 33-Alan Zoutte; 12. 2D-Dusty Ballenger; 13. 53-Joe Beaver; 14. 64C- Casey Greubel; 15. 1CB-Chelsea Blevins; 16. 37H-Nicholas Howard; 17. 14M-Jordon Mallett; 18. 22M-Shawn Murray; 19. W20-Greg Wilson; 20. 22-Ryan Leavitt
E Feature (8 Laps): 1. 2K-Kevin Ingle; 2. 74-Brodie Tulloch; 3. 21P-Robbie Price; 4. 85-Dustin Daggett; 5. 19-Rob Weuve; 6. 87H-Matthew Howard; 7. 1A-John Anderson; 8. 22G-Bryan Grimes; 9. 41D-Dan Henning; 10. 2X-Tucker Doughty; 11. 24N-Nathan Mills; 12. 07-Michael Bookout; 13. 51A-Elliot Amdahl; 14. 11B-Ben Woods; 15. 75-Glen Saville; 16. 40C-Luke Cochran; 17. 6-Frank Rogers
Point Totals 1 9M James McFadden 495 2 12N Joey Saldana 493 3 21 Brian Brown 487 4 14 Paul McMahan 481 5 5 Dusty Zomer 479 6 87 Aaron Reutzel 477 7 2C Wayne Johnson 475 8 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. 473 9 21K Thomas Kennedy 470 10 9 Ryan Giles 468 11 56N Davey Heskin 467 12 5H Colby Copeland 465 13 26 Cory Eliason 461 14 71P Parker Price-Miller 456 15 17W Harli White 456 16 83H Justin Henderson 452 17 4X Terry McCarl 452 18 27 Carson McCarl 451 19 09 Matt Juhl 449 20 4J Lee Grosz 449 21 17A Austin McCarl 447 22 70 Calvin Landis 444 23 28 Scott Bogucki 444 24 44S Trey Starks 441 25 71 Gio Scelzi 435 26 40 Clint Garner 434 27 4 Jon Agan 433 28 33M Mason Daniel 432 29 52 Blake Hahn 432 30 44 Chris Martin 429 31 3 Ayrton Gennetten 429 32 17 Josh Baughman 426 33 2KS Jason Solwold 426 34 23D Devon Dobie 424 35 83 Rob Kubli 424 36 94 Jeff Swindell 422 37 99 Brady Bacon 421 38 1 Travis Rilat 419 39 15 Christian Bowman 419 40 75AU Kyle Bellm 414 41 53D Jack Dover 414 42 3P Sawyer Phillips 414 43 11 Roger Crockett 410 44 17WX Shane Golobic 410 45 20 AJ Moeller 406 46 22K Kaleb Johnson 402 47 J2 John Carney II 402 48 41S Dominic Scelzi 400 49 47X Dylan Westbrook 399 50 76 Brad Comegys 398 51 55 McKenna Haase 398 52 18 Ryan Roberts 395 53 11X Sammy Swindell 395 54 1K Kelby Watt 389 55 88 Scottie McDonald 385 56 2M Matt Moro 384 57 5J Jamie Ball 384 58 5G Curt Michael 380 59 35L Cody Ledger 376 60 77X Alex Hill 366 61 3B Spencer Bayston 356 62 66 Ricky Montgomery 355 63 45 Rusty Hickman 352 64 29 Willie Croft 349 65 18R Lance Moss 349 66 13V Seth Brahmer 348 67 7TAZ Tasker Phillips 341 68 81E Eric Bridger 341 69 23H Randy Hannagan 334 70 95 Matt Covington 332 71 33 Alan Zoutte 330 72 2D Dusty Ballenger 327 73 53 Joe Beaver 325 74 64C Casey Greubel 322 75 1CB Chelsea Blevins 321 76 37H Nicholas Howard 319 77 14M Jordon Mallett 319 78 22M Shawn Murray 315 79 W20 Greg Wilson 314 80 22 Ryan Leavitt 314 81 2K Kevin Ingle 312 82 74 Brodie Tulloch 310 83 21P Robbie Price 309 84 85 Dustin Daggett 308 85 19 Rob Weuve 307 86 87H Matthew Howard 298 87 1A John Anderson 287 88 22G Bryan Grimes 276 89 41D Dan Henning 275 90 2X Tucker Doughty 269 91 24N Nathan Mills 266 92 07 Michael Bookout 249 93 51A Elliot Amdahl 236 94 11B Ben Woods 233 95 75 Glen Saville 218 96 40C Luke Cochran 217 97 6 Frank Rodgers III 202
8/3
James McFadden Wins Tug-of-War with Brian Brown to Win the MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank! Evan Epperson Wins Pro Sprints Go by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 3, 2019) – The 29th Annual MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank will go down in history as one to remember! Australia’s James McFadden won a battle with Brian Brown that saw five lead changes to cash in on the $15,000 top prize. His win also earned him Rookie of the Year honors and a bonus $500 from sponsors Jetco and Pace Performance. In support action, Evan Epperson won his second career feature with the Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance.
The 25-lap main event saw McFadden leading Brown, Joey Saldana, Wayne Johnson and Aaron Reutzel early. The only caution of the race occurred two laps in, when Scott Bogucki performed a 360 spin and tapped the wall. He restarted at the tail.
While McFadden was true to the low groove early, Brown stormed the high side into the lead on lap three. Undeterred, the Warrnambool, Victoria resident steamed back by to the point to lead lap four. Meanwhile, Johnson passed Saldana for the third spot.
A great battle ensued for the lead and Brown made another charge to lead lap seven. He changed to McFadden’s low groove, but James went up top at that point and shot back around the #21 to lead for good on lap eight.
The leaders hit lapped traffic at the halfway point. Brown reeled in McFadden at a couple of points in the late stages, but never mounted a serious threat for the win.
McFadden’s win came ahead of Brown, Johnson, Reutzel and Saldana. Davey Heskin, Cory Eliason, Thomas Kennedy, Dusty Zomer and Matt Juhl rounded out the top ten. In preliminary action, Robbie Price won the E, and climbed to 17th in the C. Spencer Bayston won the D main, while Jack Dover took the C. Gio Scelzi claimed the B. A couple of scary crashes in the B involved Clint Garner, and then Devon Dobie. Both drivers walked away. Matt Juhl was presented $360 from Kone Korner for the Best Appearing Car of the weekend, while Trey Starks received $100 from Pace Performance for the first non-qualifier.
“I’m over the moon!” said McFadden in Victory Lane beside the Kasey Kahne Racing #9M. “I have to thank Mike Heffner for loaning us the motor for the weekend. Obviously, this thing ripped. That was a hard race. It felt like 40 laps, not 25! I’m just pumped! I was watching the big screen. I knew (Brown) was going to run the top. The bottom was fast…I just kept missing it a little bit, and that was enough for him to get next to us. I decided to pound the top and it worked out.”
“I’m just so proud of my team,” said Brown, whose team had to leave the track and replace their engine after not getting hot laps in. “Races are won, and teams are made over adversity. We went 25 laps as hard as we could go, and got beat. Hat’s off to James. He moved when he saw me there, and he did a good job.”
“This car was good,” said Johnson. “I just wish we’d have started a little closer to those guys, but halfway through the race, I felt I was picking up on them really good. I started getting closer, and I started driving it harder. I just started making mistakes. Once I calmed down, it was too late. Knoxville is an awesome place.”
Matt Johnston led the 15-lap Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance main event early on ahead of Matthew Stelzer and Chris Walraven. Evan Epperson moved into the top five by lap three, and took fourth from Jeff Wilke on lap five.
Devin Wignall came to a stop six laps in for the only caution of the race. Johnston led Stelzer, Walraven, Epperson and Wilke back to green. Brandon Worthington joined the top five on lap eight.
At the halfway point, Epperson caught fire, gaining third from Walraven and then jumping two more spots to lead lap ten. Stelzer and Walraven were left to battle for the runner-up spot behind him. Worthington also found late speed, gaining third at the white flag lap, and then shooting by Walraven for second on the last lap.
Epperson’s second career win here came ahead of Worthington, Walraven, Stelzer and Chase Young. Johnston, Russ Hall, Wignall, Matthew Johnson and Wilke rounded out the top ten. Walraven posted quick time, while Hall and Tyler Barrick won the heats.
“It was a risky move,” said Epperson of his winning maneuver on lap ten. “I thought it would work out. We bolted a new tire on before the races, and it held together. We had a really bad start. As soon as I moved the wing back, the car was a rocket ship. It’s been a long year and a half since my last win, but this one’s even sweeter.”
The $7,500 to win Bell Helmets Capitani Classic presented by Great Southern Bank for 410 sprint cars takes to the track Sunday night, August 4! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
29th Annual MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank Results
E main (started), 8 Laps, 2:18.8: 1. 21P, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can. (2); 2. 85, Dustin Daggett, Portland, MI (3); 3. 22G, Bryan Grimes, Slater, MO (6); 4. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (1); 5. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (8); 6. 2x, Tucker Doughty, Sunnyvale, TX (7) / 7. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (11); 8. 51A, Elliot Amdahl, Flandreau, SD (10); 9. 87H, Matthew Howard, Lawrence, KS (5); 10. 07, Michael Bookout, Tulsa, OK (9); 11. 40c, Luke Cochran, Springfield, NE (12); 12. 6, Frank Rodgers III, Lucas, IA (13); 13. 19, Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (4) DNS – 74, Brodie Tulloch, Upper Caboolture, QLD, Aust.; 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA; 41D, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA; 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust.
D main (started), 10 Laps, 2:59.4: 1. 3B, Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN (1); 2. 66, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (2); 3. 29, Willie Croft, Roseville, CA (4); 4. 45, Rusty Hickman, Tullamarine, VIC, Aust. (3); 5. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (7); 6. 95, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (10); 7. Robbie Price (19) / 8. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (13); 9. 13v, Seth Brahmer, Wisner, NE (6); 10. 23H, Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (9); 11. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (8); 12. 2D, Dusty Ballenger, Harrisburg, SD (12); 13. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (18); 14. 64c, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (14); 15. 1CB, Chelsea Blevins, Janesville, CA (15); 16. 14m, Jordon Mallett, Greenbrier, AR (16); 17. Bryan Grimes (21); 18. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (11); 19. Tucker Doughty (24); 20. Nathan Mills (23); 21. Dustin Daggett (20); 22. 22M, Shawn Murray, Jacksonville, FL (17); 23. Kevin Ingle (22); 24. 18R, Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC (5) DNS – 37H, Nicholas Howard, Lawrence, KS; w20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH
C main (started), 12 Laps, 3:34.8: 1. 53D, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (1); 2. J2, John Carney II, El Paso, TX (6); 3. 11, Roger Crockett, Broken Arrow, OK (3); 4. 41s, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (7) / 5. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (2); 6. 17wx, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (4); 7. 47x, Dylan Westbrook, Scotland, ONT, Can. (8); 8. 11x, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (12); 9. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (10); 10. Ricky Montgomery (19); 11. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (11); 12. Rusty Hickman (21); 13. Spencer Bayston (18); 14. 77x, Alex Hill, Six Nations, ONT, Can. (17); 15. Willie Croft (20); 16. Tasker Phillips (22); 17. Robbie Price (24); 18. 22K, Kaleb Johnson, Sioux Falls, SD (5); 19. Matt Covington (23); 20. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (13); 21. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (9); 22. 88, Scottie McDonald, Porter, TX (14); 23. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (15); 24. 35L, Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE (16) DNS – 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA; 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA; 5G, Curt Michael, Ocean View, DE
B main (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1. 41s, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (5); 2. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (1); 3. 33m, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (8); 4. 28, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (3) / 5. 44s, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (4); 6. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (7); 7. 2KS, Jason Solwold, Burlington, WA (13); 8. Dominic Scelzi (24); 9. 52, Blake Hahn, Sapulpa, OK (9); 10. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (17); 11. Jack Dover (21); 12. 3, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (11); 13. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (15); 14. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (12); 15. John Carney II (22); 16. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (10); 17. 75AU, Kyle Bellm, Nixa, MO (20); 18. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (18); 19. 94, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (16); 20. 15, Christian Bowman, Bondurant, IA (19); 21. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (2); 22. Roger Crockett (23); 23. 23D, Devon Dobie, Wapakoneta, OH (14); 24. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (6)
A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. 9M, James McFadden, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (1); 2. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (3); 3. 2c, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (7); 4. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (6); 5. 12N, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (2); 6. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (11); 7. 26, Cory Eliason, Visalia, CA (13); 8. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (9); 9. 5, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (5); 10. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (19); 11. Gio Scelzi (21); 12. Austin McCarl (22); 13. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (8); 14. 14, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (4); 15. 5H, Colby Copeland, Roseville, CA (12); 16. Mason Daniel (23); 17. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (10); 18. 4x, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (17); 19. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (14); 20. 83H, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (16); 21. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (18); 22. 17w, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (15); 23. Scott Bogucki (24); 24. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (20). Lap Leaders: McFadden 1-2, Brown 3, McFadden 4-6, Brown 7, McFadden 8-25.
Pro Series Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (1), 17.372; 2. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (3), 17.574; 3. 29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (12), 17.589; 4. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA (6), 17.634; 5. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (5), 17.662; 6. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (8), 17.688; 7. 21X, Devin Wignall, Altoona, IA (2), 17.791; 8. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (4), 17.979; 9. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (13), 18.019; 10. 2, Matt Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (10), 18.378; 11. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (11), 18.625; 12. 11, Tyler Barrick, Slater, IA (9), 18.731; 13. 50, Scotty Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (7), 21.981
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 2:10.8 (NTR): 1. Russ Hall (5); 2. Mike Mayberry (2); 3. Jeff Wilke (4); 4. Devin Wignall (3); 5. Chris Walraven (6); 6. Scotty Johnson (7); 7. Chase Young (1)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:56.9: 1. Tyler Barrick (1); 2. Matthew Stelzer (3); 3. Matt Johnson (2); 4. Evan Epperson (5); 5. Brandon Worthington (4); 6. Mike Johnston (6)
A main (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1. Evan Epperson (3); 2. Brandon Worthington (9); 3. Chris Walraven (5); 4. Matthew Stelzer (1); 5. Chase Young (12); 6. Mike Johnston (2); 7. Russ Hall (6); 8. Devin Wignall (8); 9. Matt Johnson (11); 10. Jeff Wilke (4); 11. Mike Mayberry (7); 12. Tyler Barrick (10); 13. Scotty Johnson (13). Lap Leaders: Johnston 1-9, Epperson 10-15. Hard-charger: Worthington.
8/4
David Gravel Earns Capitani Classic After Epic Battle with Brian Brown! by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 4, 2019) – Connecticut’s David Gravel claimed the $7,500 8th Annual Bell Helmets Capitani Classic presented by Great Southern Bank Sunday night at the Knoxville Raceway, overcoming half a dozen lead changes in the 25-lap event. His exciting win came aboard the Jason Johnson Racing #41, and was the fourth in his career at the “Sprint Car Capital of the World.” There were seventy- seven cars signed in.
Brian Brown earned the pole position by winning the $2,500 Ultimate Speedway Nationals at Valvoline Raceway in Parramatta, New South Wales, Pole Shuffle. Brown took the early lead in the main event, followed by Gravel and Brock Zearfoss. Soon, Brad Sweet shot around Zearfoss for third, but the Pennsylvanian battled back.
Holding his line with a good run on the top of turn two, Zearfoss tried to fit between Sweet and the wall. Though the cars made contact and lost several spots, they both continued. Gio Scelzi was the benefactor, reaping third from the incident. He had company, however and a good battle for the position ensued with Ian Madsen.
Up front, Brown was nailing the bottom, with Gravel in pursuit. Finally, Gravel shot to the bottom of turn one and took the lead on lap eight. Kerry Madsen contacted the frontstretch wall at that point, and collected Tim Shaffer. Both returned after repairs in the work area.
Gravel led Brown, Scelzi, Ian Madsen and Sweet back to green. Brown gained momentum on the high side this time and reclaimed the point on lap 10, but Gravel battled back, taking Brown’s line and leading lap 12. The final caution came out when a cone was knocked onto the track with 13 laps to go.
Sweet claimed fourth on the restart, but up front, Brown ran low, Gravel through the middle and Scelzi up top in a battle for the lead. Lap 16 saw Scelzi pass Gravel for second, but Gravel repaid the favor with a slide job on the following circuit. The leaders approached traffic, and with Brown on the bottom, Gravel found traction in the middle of turn two and took the lead back for good on lap 20.
Scelzi was fast again on the big half-mile and used lapped traffic to get by Brown on lap 21. Three laps later, he would get over the turn one cushion and lose the position.
At the line, Gravel won over Brown, Scelzi, Sweet and Daryn Pittman. Hard-charger Tim Kaeding was sixth (from 20th), and Ian Madsen, James McFadden, Sheldon Haudenschild and Aaron Reutzel rounded out the top ten. Reutzel and Brown set quick time over their respective groups, while Brooke Tatnell, Shane Golobic, Mark Dobmeier, Brown, McFadden and Sam Hafertepe Jr. won heat races. Josh Baughman won the C main, and Reutzel and Kaeding claimed twin B’s.
“(Brown) has been really good here all year, and he’s got one of the best cars,” said Gravel in Victory Lane. “He had me thinking when you’re in the lead, you don’t know what to do. He passed me on the top, and I knew if I hit the bottom, I’d be o.k., but man it was hard. I got tighter as the race went on, and it was harder to hold it down there. The lapped cars were all over at the end. We ran decent here at the Outlaw weekend, and to get a win here tonight gives us confidence for the whole week.”
“That was pretty awesome racing from my seat,” said Brown. “David’s one of the top two or three drivers in the world, and Gio is really good. I just wasn’t hitting my lines, and my car wasn’t stuck on the entries. I used the berm more than I wanted to. Three seconds in a row…it’s hard to be disappointed. We could be on the other end. Overall, it was a good night, and we’ll come back Thursday and see if we can put ourselves in position.”
“I made mistakes throughout the race,” said Scelzi. “The bottom was so narrow, I kept hitting the infield and squirting myself out. We had a restart and felt like we could have won…we just made a mistake. I pushed it a little bit too hard. It’s cool to do well on Bell Helmets night. They do a lot for us.”
The 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores kick off Wednesday, August 7, and continue through Saturday, August 10! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
8th Annual Bell Helmets Capitani Classic presented by Great Southern Bank
Time Trial Group #1 (started), 2 laps: 1. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (6), 15.693; 2. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (11), 15.733; 3. 49X, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (8), 15.760; 4. 70, Brock Zearfoss, Jonestown, PA (3), 15.774; 5. 41, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (16), 15.776; 6. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (9), 15.796; 7. 11, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (14), 15.879; 8. 83, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (27), 15.925; 9. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (4), 15.976; 10. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (28), 15.98; 11. 17W, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (12), 15.996; 12. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (7), 16.007; 13. 39, Sammy Swindell, Lakeland, TN (35), 16.013; 14. 19P, Paige Polyak, Tiffin, OH (26), 16.017; 15. 48, Danny Dietrich, Gettysburg, PA (36), 16.043; 16. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (1), 16.046; 17. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (21), 16.066; 18. 18S, Jason Solwold, Mount Vernon, WA (5), 16.084; 19. 1S, Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (29), 16.084; 20. 91, Cale Thomas, Fairland, IN (15), 16.115; 21. 2, Carson Macedo, Lemoore, CA (37), 16.143; 22. 5, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (31), 16.145; 23. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (10), 16.210; 24. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (39), 16.213; 25. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (20), 16.218; 26. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (25), 16.222; 27. 13X, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (38), 16.265; 28. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (24), 16.288; 29. 2AU, Andrew Schuerle, Toowoomba, QLD, Aust. (2), 16.296; 30. 70X, Justin Peck, Monrovia, IN (13), 16.358; 31. 45, Rusty Hickman, Bendigo, VIC, Aust. (19), 16.407; 32. 18R, Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC (23), 16.421; 33. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (17), 16.448; 34. 92, Sye Lynch, Apollo, PA (18), 16.594; 35. 7S, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (30), 16.604; 36. 21P, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can. (22), 16.657; 37. 12N, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (33), NT; 38. 19T, Kevin Thomas Jr., Cullman, AL (32), NT; 39. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (34), NT.
Time Trial Group 2 (started), 2 laps: 1. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (12), 15.874; 2. 49S, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (22), 16.092; 3. 18M, Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (24), 16.143; 4. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (8), 16.172; 5. 71BC, Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis, IN (4), 16.192; 6. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (23), 16.217; 7. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (13), 16.277; 8. 9, James McFadden, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (5), 16.296; 9. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (19), 16.297; 10. 83JR, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (35), 16.319; 11. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (25), 16.335; 12. 41S, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (9), 16.339; 13. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (11), 16.345; 14. 17S, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (30), 16.381; 15. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (15), 16.386; 16. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (2), 16.405; 17. 5H, Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN (16), 16.417; 18. 88, Tanner Thorson, Minden, NV (32), 16.419; 19. 19M, Brent Marks, Myerstown, PA (17), 16.422; 20. 26, Cory Eliason, Visalia, CA (38), 16.436; 21. 7SS, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (33), 16.566; 22. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (6), 16.567; 23. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (20), 16.581; 24. 99X, Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can. (21), 16.621; 25. 51, Freddie Rahmer, Salfordville, PA (27), 16.630; 26. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (7), 16.643; 27. 29, Willie Croft, Roseville, CA (36), 16.660; 28. 68, Chase Johnson, Penngrove, CA (37), 16.758; 29. 9JR, Derek Hagar, Marion, AR (31), 16.773; 30. 10, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (26), 16.815; 31. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (28), 16.853; 32. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (34), 16.957; 33. 1X, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (14), 16.985; 34. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (18), 17.038; 35. 28, Brian Paulus, Mooresville, IN (1), 17.295; 36. 14M, Marcus Dumesny, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (3), 17.362; 37. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (29), 17.411; 38. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (10), NT.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.4: 1. Brooke Tatnell (1); 2. Hunter Schuerenberg (2); 3. Brock Zearfoss (3) / 4. Aaron Reutzel (4); 5. Shane Stewart (8); 6. Sammy Swindell (5); 7. Logan Schuchart (7); 8. Matt Juhl (9); 9. Tasker Phillips (6); 10. Rusty Hickman (11); 11. Trey Starks (10); 12. Sye Lynch (12) DNS – Kevin Thomas Jr.
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.7: 1. Shane Golobic (1); 2. David Gravel (3); 3. Lynton Jeffrey (2) / 4. Kerry Madsen (4); 5. Brady Bacon (6); 6. Mason Daniel (8); 7. Paige Polyak (5); 8. Cale Thomas (7); 9. Jeff Swindell (11); 10. Lance Moss (9); 11. Andrew Schuerle (10) DNS – Wayne Johnson, Joey Saldana
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.7: 1. Mark Dobmeier (2); 2. Gio Scelzi (3); 3. Danny Dietrich (5) / 4. Carson Macedo (7); 5. Tim Shaffer (4); 6. Josh Schneiderman (1); 7. Jason Solwold (6); 8. Paul McMahan (9); 9. Austin McCarl (8); 10. Justin Peck (10); 11. Robbie Price (12); 12. Ryan Roberts (11) DNS – Bobby Mincer
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Brian Brown (4); 2. Daryn Pittman (1); 3. Craig Dollansky (5) / 4. Brent Marks (7); 5. Travis Rilat (3); 6. Thomas Kennedy (6); 7. Chase Johnson (10); 8. Greg Wilson (8); 9. Freddie Rahmer (9); 10. Josh Baughman (11); 11. Chase Wanner (12); 12. Justin Henderson (2); 13. Joe Simbro (13)
Heat five (started), 8 Laps, 2:18.5: 1. James McFadden (2); 2. Brad Sweet (4); 3. Sheldon Haudenschild (5) / 4. Spencer Bayston (6); 5. Cory Eliason (7); 6. Clint Garner (1); 7. Parker Price-Miller (11); 8. Tyler Courtney (3); 9. Brian Paulus (10); 10. AJ Moeller (9); 11. Derek Hagar (8) DNS – Jamie Ball, Davey Heskin
Heat six (started), 8 Laps, 2:19.0: 1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (2); 2. Ian Madsen (4); 3. Dominic Scelzi (1) / 4. Tim Kaeding (7); 5. Terry McCarl (3); 6. Sawyer Phillips (5); 7. Tanner Thorson (6); 8. Skylar Gee (8); 9. Willie Croft (9); 10. RJ Johnson (10); 11. Don Droud Jr. (11); 12. Marcus Dumesny (12)
C main (started), 10 Laps, 3:17.9: 1. Josh Baughman (2); 2. Rusty Hickman (1); 3. Parker Price-Miller (14); 4. Don Droud Jr. (4) / 5. Lance Moss (3); 6. Ryan Roberts (5); 7. Brian Paulus (8); 8. Jeff Swindell (9); 9. Robbie Price (11); 10. Kevin Thomas Jr. (13); 11. Marcus Dumesny (10); 12. Sye Lynch (7); 13. Chase Wanner (6); 14. Joe Simbro (12) DNS – Wayne Johnson, Jamie Ball, Davey Heskin, Joey Saldana, Bobby Mincer
Pole Shuffle #1 (started), 2 Laps, 0:34.8: 1. Hunter Schuerenberg (1); 2. James McFadden (2)
Pole Shuffle #2 (started), 2 Laps, 0:34.5: 1. Ian Madsen (2); 2. Hunter Schuerenberg (1)
Pole Shuffle #3 (started), 2 Laps, 0:33.9: 1. Gio Scelzi (1); 2. Ian Madsen (2)
Pole Shuffle #4 (started), 2 Laps, 0:34.0: 1. Brad Sweet (1); 2. Gio Scelzi (2)
Pole Shuffle #5 (started), 2 Laps, 0:33.9: 1. David Gravel (1); 2. Brad Sweet (2)
Pole Shuffle #6 (started), 2 Laps, 0:34.6: 1. Brian Brown (1); 2. David Gravel (2)
Pole Shuffle #7 (started), 2 Laps, 0:34.7: 1. Brian Brown (2); 2. Brock Zearfoss (1)
B Feature #1 (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Aaron Reutzel (1); 2. Kerry Madsen (2); 3. Tim Shaffer (3) / 4. Jason Solwold (9); 5. Logan Schuchart (10); 6. Carson Macedo (12); 7. Tasker Phillips (7); 8. Sammy Swindell (5); 9. Brady Bacon (8); 10. Josh Schneiderman (4); 11. Austin McCarl (15); 12. Paul McMahan (17); 13. Josh Baughman (21); 14. Trey Starks (16); 15. Parker Price-Miller (20); 16. Mason Daniel (14); 17. Cale Thomas (11); 18. Justin Peck (18); 19. Andrew Schuerle (19); 20. Shane Stewart (13); 21. Paige Polyak (6) DNS – Matt Juhl
B Feature #2 (started), 12 Laps, 3:44.3: 1. Tim Kaeding (12); 2. Justin Henderson (4); 3. Spencer Bayston (8) / 4. Tyler Courtney (2); 5. Terry McCarl (3); 6. Cory Eliason (11); 7. Brent Marks (10); 8. Travis Rilat (1); 9. Clint Garner (5); 10. Sawyer Phillips (6); 11. Thomas Kennedy (7); 12. AJ Moeller (16); 13. Chase Johnson (18); 14. Greg Wilson (13); 15. Tanner Thorson (9); 16. Skylar Gee (14); 17. RJ Johnson (20); 18. Willie Croft (17); 19. Rusty Hickman (21); 20. Freddie Rahmer (15); 21. Don Droud Jr. (22); 22. Derek Hagar (19)
A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. David Gravel (3); 2. Brian Brown (1); 3. Gio Scelzi (5); 4. Brad Sweet (4); 5. Daryn Pittman (12); 6. Tim Kaeding (20); 7. Ian Madsen (6); 8. James McFadden (8); 9. Sheldon Haudenschild (18); 10. Aaron Reutzel (19); 11. Mark Dobmeier (11); 12. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (10); 13. Dominic Scelzi (14); 14. Lynton Jeffrey (9); 15. Brooke Tatnell (13); 16. Justin Henderson (22); 17. Tim Shaffer (23); 18. Spencer Bayston (24); 19. Hunter Schuerenberg (7); 20. Kerry Madsen (21); 21. Danny Dietrich (17); 22. Craig Dollansky (16); 23. Brock Zearfoss (2); 24. Shane Golobic (15). Lap Leaders: Brown 1-7, Gravel 8-9, Brown 10-11, Gravel 12-14, Brown 15-19, Gravel 20-25. Hard-charger: Kaeding.
8/7
Trey Starks Wins His First at Knoxville on Night #1 of NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores! by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 7, 2019) – Trey Starks picked a great time to win his first ever main event at the Knoxville Raceway! The Puyallup, Washington native held off a strong field at Knoxville Raceway Wednesday to take home the $12,000 Brandt Professional Agriculture Night #1 of the 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores. Aaron Reutzel found himself on top of the point standings, topping the 53-car field with 487 points, ahead of Tim Kaeding (466) and Paul McMahan (465).
Mark Dobmeier shot out from the pole to lead early in the 25-lap feature, ahead of Starks and James McFadden. Starks stayed true to the low side of the track, but performed a slider in front of Dobmeier in turn four to lead lap five. Reutzel, who started eighth, moved into the top five by lap nine, and the leaders entered lapped traffic on the eleventh circuit.
Scotty Thiel brought out the only caution of the race, when he spun in turn three on lap 12. Haudenschild battled back and forth for the fourth spot, while Starks held off Dobmeier for the point.
McFadden gained late, taking second from Dobmeier with five to go. Starks entered lapped traffic again with three laps remaining, but maintained his advantage over McFadden at the line. Haudenschild passed Dobmeier for third on the last lap, while Reutzel settled for fifth. Brent Marks, Tanner Thorson, Jac Haudenschild, Paul McMahan and Tim Kaeding roudned out the top ten.
Jamie Ball, Jac Haudenschild, Wayne Johnson, Tasker Phillips and Thorson won heat races that saw eight of the top ten qualifiers not transfer (top four) to the main event. Freddie Rahmer won the C main, and Kaeding claimed the B.
“I absolutely cannot believe it,” said an emotional Starks in Victory Lane. “This hasn’t been the best year for us for multiple reasons. We’ve had a ton of rain and haven’t got the laps we wanted to here. We learn something every week we come here, and it seems like the last couple weeks nothing has gone our way. After all the bad luck this week, to say we were due for this one is an understatement. To say we were due for this one is an understatement! We’ve needed this one, and tonight was the night to do it. Anybody who knows me running around this place…I don’t run the bottom. This year has taught me how to run the bottom here.”
“We really didn’t need that caution,” said McFadden. “I felt like we could go good on the bottom of three and four. Trey did a good job. He didn’t make too many mistakes. I wish the race was longer. We got better and better as the race went on. I messed up the start a bunch. We seem to bury ourselves in qualifying and can race good. I made too many mistakes in that feature race.”
“We definitely can’t complain after that,” said Sheldon Haudenschild. “There were just too many driver errors there. I’d make a mistake and about spun it out. I’ve just got to clean it up a little bit on my end. The car was really good. I made those mistakes and I was able to run them back down. That just shows how good our car was. I just can’t make that many mistakes in a short 25-lap race.”
The 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores continues Thursday night with Fraternal Order of Eagles Qualifying Night! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
Brandt Professional Agriculture Night #1 of the 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (7), 15.165; 2. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (22), 15.331; 3. 7S, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (15), 15.418; 4. 48, Danny Dietrich, Gettysburg, PA (2), 15.476; 5. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (17), 15.480; 6. 13X, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (18), 15.515; 7. 83J, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (11), 15.523; 8. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (49), 15.548; 9. 57, Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA (27), 15.548; 10. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (40), 15.567; 11. 19, Brent Marks, Myerstown, PA (14), 15.611; 12. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (5), 15.626; 13. 11, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (33), 15.638; 14. 19P, Paige Polyak, Tiffin, OH (1), 15.674; 15. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (26), 15.714; 16. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (46), 15.76; 17. 1S, Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (37), 15.765; 18. 17, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (21), 15.780; 19. 41S, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (32), 15.794; 20. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (47), 15.800; 21. 68, Chase Johnson, Penngrove, CA (6), 15.807; 22. 9, James McFadden, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (44), 15.838; 23. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (8), 15.865; 24. 70X, Justin Peck, Monrovia, IN (10), 15.871; 25. 88, Tanner Thorson, Minden, NV (38), 15.880; 26. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (4), 15.910; 27. 39, Sammy Swindell, Lakeland, TN (24), 15.925; 28. 11C, Roger Crockett, Broken Arrow, OK (41), 15.945; 29. 18R, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (3), 15.948; 30. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (23), 15.967; 31. 1X, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (12), 15.971; 32. 3H, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (19), 16.017; 33. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (43), 16.025; 34. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (35), 16.025; 35. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (20), 16.026; 36. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (50), 16.027; 37. 5H, Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN (52), 16.028; 38. 64, Scotty Thiel, Sheboygan, WI (25), 16.034; 39. 7SW, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (45), 16.061; 40. 99X, Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can. (28), 16.068; 41. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (48), 16.071; 42. 51, Freddie Rahmer, Salfordville, PA (51), 16.122; 43. 19T, Kevin Thomas Jr., Cullman, AL (42), 16.184; 44. 45, Rusty Hickman, Bendigo, VIC, Aust. (13), 16.203; 45. 74, Brodie Tulloch, Upper Caboolture, QLD, Aust. (9), 16.21; 46. 73AF, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (31), 16.223; 47. J4, John Garvin, Sarver, PA (16), 16.228; 48. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (39), 16.268; 49. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (29), 16.324; 50. 9X, Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO (34), 16.334; 51. 2MM, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (36), 16.340; 52. 35, Zach Hampton, Plainfield, IN (30), 16.695; 53. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust (53), NT.
Heat one (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Jamie Ball (3); 2. Austin McCarl (1); 3. Brent Marks (6); 4. Paul McMahan (7) / 5. Kerry Madsen (5); 6. Ian Madsen (8); 7. Chase Johnson (4); 8. Chase Wanner (9) / 9. Don Droud Jr. (2); 10. Joey Moughan (10)
Heat two (started), 10 Laps, 2:45.6: 1. Jac Haudenschild (2); 2. Aaron Reutzel (8); 3. James McFadden (4); 4. Spencer Bayston (1) / 5. Logan Schuchart (5); 6. Sammy Swindell (3); 7. Justin Henderson (6); 8. Lynton Jeffrey (7) / 9. Freddie Rahmer (9); 10. John Garvin (10)
Heat three (started), 10 Laps, 2:44.5: 1. Wayne Johnson (2); 2. Scotty Thiel (1); 3. Mark Dobmeier (4); 4. Sheldon Haudenschild (5) / 5. Tim Kaeding (8); 6. Gio Scelzi (7); 7. Kevin Thomas Jr. (9); 8. Roger Crockett (3) / 9. Davey Heskin (10); 10. Hunter Schuerenberg (6)
Heat four (started), 10 Laps, 2:45.1: 1. Tasker Phillips (2); 2. Jeff Swindell (1); 3. Justin Peck (4); 4. Paige Polyak (6) / 5. Dominic Scelzi (5); 6. Danny Dietrich (8); 7. Kyle Larson (7); 8. Ryan Roberts (3) / 9. Joe Simbro (10); 10. Rusty Hickman (9)
Heat five (started), 10 Laps, 2:43.2: 1. Tanner Thorson (4); 2. Carson McCarl (2); 3. Skylar Gee (1); 4. Trey Starks (6) / 5. Brady Bacon (8); 6. Donny Schatz (7); 7. Travis Rilat (5); 8. AJ Moeller (3) / 9. Jake Bubak (10); 10. Brodie Tulloch (9)
C main (started), 10 Laps, 2:49.5: 1. Freddie Rahmer (1); 2. Jake Bubak (7); 3. Rusty Hickman (2); 4. Matt Moro (8) / 5. Brodie Tulloch (3); 6. Joe Simbro (6); 7. John Garvin (5); 8. Glen Saville (10); 9. Joey Moughan (4); 10. Zach Hampton (9); DNS - 11. Hunter Schuerenberg; 12. Don Droud Jr.; 13. Davey Heskin
B main (started), 12 Laps, 3:21.2: 1. Tim Kaeding (2); 2. Gio Scelzi (6); 3. Ian Madsen (1); 4. Donny Schatz (8) / 5. Danny Dietrich (3); 6. Kyle Larson (7); 7. Kerry Madsen (10); 8. Brady Bacon (4); 9. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 10. Dominic Scelzi (12); 11. Justin Henderson (9); 12. Logan Schuchart (11); 13. Sammy Swindell (15); 14. Kevin Thomas Jr. (20); 15. Chase Johnson (14); 16. AJ Moeller (18); 17. Rusty Hickman (23); 18. Jake Bubak (22); 19. Ryan Roberts (17); 20. Travis Rilat (13); 21. Chase Wanner (19); 22. Freddie Rahmer (21); 23. Matt Moro (24); 24. Roger Crockett (16)
A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. Trey Starks (4); 2. James McFadden (2); 3. Sheldon Haudenschild (3); 4. Mark Dobmeier (1); 5. Aaron Reutzel (8); 6. Brent Marks (6); 7. Tanner Thorson (10); 8. Jac Haudenschild (12); 9. Paul McMahan (7); 10. Tim Kaeding (21); 11. Donny Schatz (24); 12. Gio Scelzi (22); 13. Tasker Phillips (14); 14. Wayne Johnson (13); 15. Austin McCarl (16); 16. Ian Madsen (23); 17. Carson McCarl (15); 18. Spencer Bayston (17); 19. Skylar Gee (20); 20. Justin Peck (9); 21. Jamie Ball (11); 22. Paige Polyak (5); 23. Jeff Swindell (19); 24. Scotty Thiel (18). Lap Leaders: Dobmeier 1-4, Starks 5-25. $350 FK Rod Ends Hard-charger: Schatz.
Thursday Point Totals
1 87 Aaron Reutzel 487 2 7S Tim Kaeding 466 3 13X Paul McMahan 465 4 19 Brent Marks 464 5 44S Trey Starks 463 6 18 Ian Madsen 455 7 17 Sheldon Haudenschild 453 8 9 James McFadden 450 9 71 Gio Scelzi 449 10 15 Donny Schatz 447 11 13 Mark Dobmeier 444 12 88 Tanner Thorson 440 13 3H Jac Haudenschild 424 14 19P Paige Polyak 423 15 48 Danny Dietrich 421 16 99 Brady Bacon 416 17 7TAZ Tasker Phillips 410 18 2C Wayne Johnson 410 19 70X Justin Peck 410 20 5J Jamie Ball 410 21 57 Kyle Larson 406 22 83J Lynton Jeffrey 401 23 2KS Austin McCarl 399 24 27 Carson McCarl 397 25 2M Kerry Madsen 396 26 7X Justin Henderson 390 27 5H Spencer Bayston 385 28 41S Dominic Scelzi 384 29 1S Logan Schuchart 384 30 99X Skylar Gee 380 31 7SW Jeff Swindell 377 32 64 Scotty Thiel 377 33 68 Chase Johnson 364 34 39 Sammy Swindell 359 35 1 Travis Rilat 356 36 20 AJ Moeller 341 37 18R Ryan Roberts 337 38 11C Roger Crockett 329 39 11 Hunter Schuerenberg 329 40 19T Kevin Thomas Jr. 322 41 85 Chase Wanner 309 42 45 Rusty Hickman 305 43 51 Freddie Rahmer 302 44 9X Jake Bubak 294 45 1X Don Droud Jr. 294 46 74 Brodie Tulloch 277 47 56 Joe Simbro 270 48 J4 John Garvin 269 49 73AF Joey Moughan 267 50 56N Davey Heskin 258 51 2MM Matt Moro 256 52 35 Zach Hampton 227 53 75 Glen Saville 226
8/8
David Gravel Prevails on Night #2 of NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores! by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 8, 2019) – Another great night of racing ended at the Knoxville Raceway with Connecticut’s David Gravel in Victory Lane. The driver of the Jason Johnson Racing #41 will start next to Wednesday high-point driver Aaron Reutzel in Saturday’s $150,000 finale of the 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores. Thursday’s Fraternal Order of Eagles Night #2 saw a lot of twists and turns!
Quick qualifier Shane Stewart endured a scary crash in turn three of his heat race, but walked away. Unfortunately, he was done and will compete in Friday’s FVP “Hard Knox” Night.
The 25-lap feature saw Brock Zearfoss take off from the pole position to lead early over Brad Sweet, Gravel, Cory Eliason and Matt Juhl. Gravel used the high side to pass a low riding Sweet fo rsecond seven laps in. He then set his sights on the leader, and got by Zearfoss on lap eight. As the leader entered lapped traffic, however, Zearfoss used a lapper to get back by Gravel to lead lap nine.
At that point, Sye Lynch blew a right rear tire. Zearfoss led Gravel and Sweet back to green, but soon lost power with an electrical issue. Gravel assumed the lead for the restart. Joey Saldana moved into fourth at that point, and Carson Macedo followed him into fifth.
Tyler Courtney lost a driveline 11 laps in, bringing the final caution of the event. Gravel led Sweet and Eliason back to green. Eliason grabbed second, while Macedo moved into fourth.
The leaders were back in lapped traffic on lap sixteen. Eliason ran high, while battling a low riding Sweet. Sweet would shoot under Eliason for second with eight laps remaining. With five laps to go, Sweet began to reel Gravel in, but the leader was masterful in traffic in holding onto his fifth career win here.
At the checkers, it was Gravel ahead of Sweet, Macedo, Eliason and a late charging Rico Abreu. Saldana, B main winner and hard-charger Tim Shaffer, Parker Price-Miller, Juhl and Daryn Pittman rounded out the top ten. Jason Sides, Harli White, Zearfoss, Lynch and Sweet won heat races. Bill Balog won the C main. TJ Stutts turned over in the B main, but was uninjured.
“This is the car we ran in the Capitani, and it ran just as good,” said Gravel in Victory Lane. “I really feel good about where we’re at. I was nervous drawing a 71 out of 75 (for qualifying), but we’ve been able to qualify well all year, and were able to capitalize on that. It’s an awesome night. It can’t get any better than this. I felt like my last five laps were terrible. I don’t know if Brad got close to me or what. I could hit three and four like I wanted to, but struggled at the end. We’re happy to win, and happy to have a good points night.”
“We didn’t time that great,” said Sweet, who clocked in 15th quick. “We just didn’t do a good job at the beginning of the race. I was kind of searching around trying to find a spot that my car liked…just a little bit off. I think we learned some stuff tonight. David did a good job in lapped traffic. I thought we were going to have a run at him late. We got close, but he covered his lines. I honestly missed my marks a few times. It’s all about Saturday night. I think we’re locked in now with a decent starting spot.”
“I knew there was going to be a long way to come,” said Macedo. “My car was really good. Late in these races, to be good like that, and be able to come up through the field and finish on the podium is a testament to my mechanic (Joe Gaerte). We didn’t qualify the best, but hopefully, we can do well on Saturday.”
The 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores continues Friday night with FVP Hard Knox Night! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
Fraternal Order of Eagles Night #2 of the 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 5, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (4), 15.679; 2. 49X, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (7), 15.685; 3. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (2), 15.706; 4. 83, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (16), 15.717; 5. 12N, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (27), 15.740; 6. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (41), 15.759; 7. 1A, Jacob Allen, Hanover, PA (3), 15.760; 8. 28, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (1), 15.763; 9. 41, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (54), 15.872; 10. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (14), 15.916; 11. 69K, Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA (24), 15.946; 12. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (46), 15.987; 13. 17B, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (31), 16.018; 14. 91, Cale Thomas, Fairland, IN (8), 16.022; 15. 49, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (42), 16.037; 16. 26, Cory Eliason, Visalia, CA (45), 16.041; 17. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (13), 16.048; 18. 70, Brock Zearfoss, Jonestown, PA (9), 16.049; 19. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (18), 16.061; 20. 17BX, Bill Balog, Hartland, WI (26), 16.107; 21. 35P, Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (19), 16.111; 22. 24, Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA (43), 16.117; 23. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (29), 16.127; 24. 39M, Anthony Macri, Dillsburg, PA (21), 16.139; 25. 18S, Jason Solwold, Mount Vernon, WA (20), 16.150; 26. 14M, Marcus Dumesny, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (15), 16.157; 27. 2, Carson Macedo, Lemoore, CA (35), 16.172; 28. 3C, Cale Conley, Vienna, WV (37), 16.194; 29. 92, Sye Lynch, Apollo, PA (38), 16.218; 30. 11T, TJ Stutts, Liverpool, PA (23), 16.242; 31. 11K, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (25), 16.249; 32. 71BC, Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis, IN (36), 16.264; 33. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (12), 16.270; 34. 2AU, Andrew Scheuerle, Toowoomba, QLD, Aust. (6), 16.277; 35. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (44), 16.289; 36. 7JS, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (50), 16.290; 37. 17WX, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (56), 16.325; 38. 9JR, Derek Hagar, Marion, AR (11), 16.327; 39. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (28), 16.353; 40. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (30), 16.380; 41. 29, Willie Croft, Roseville, CA (32), 16.425; 42. K4, Chad Kemenah, Alvada, OH (47), 16.438; 43. 18M, Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC (52), 16.484; 44. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (34), 16.487; 45. 53, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (48), 16.497; 46. 49J, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (10), 16.498; 47. 28P, Brian Paulus, Mooresville, IN (5), 16.504; 48. 15M, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (51), 16.531; 49. 17W, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (55), 16.546; 50. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (49), 16.560 / 51. 84, Tom Harris, Banbury, OXFD, UK (39), 16.631; 52. 21P, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can. (33), 16.640; 53. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (22), 17.036; 54. 10, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (40), NT; 55. 83C, Adam Cruea, Troy, OH (17), NT; 56. 17XL, Caleb Helms, Findlay, OH (53), NT.
Heat one (started), 10 Laps, 2:50.0: 1. Jason Sides (1); 2. Lance Dewease (6); 3. Kraig Kinser (2); 4. Cory Eliason (5) / 5. Brian Brown (7); 6. Skylar Prochaska (4); 7. Josh Schneiderman (10); 8. Marcus Dumesny (3) / 9. Willie Croft (9); 10. Shane Stewart (8)
Heat two (started), 10 Laps, 2:51.2: 1. Harli White (1); 2. Rico Abreu (4); 3. Tyler Courtney (2); 4. Carson Macedo (3) / 5. Tim Shaffer (8); 6. Terry McCarl (6); 7. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (5); 8. Jacob Allen (7) / 9. Brian Paulus (10); 10. Chad Kemenah (9)
Heat three (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Brock Zearfoss (5); 2. Thomas Kennedy (2); 3. Brooke Tatnell (4); 4. Parker Price-Miller (8) / 5. Scott Bogucki (7); 6. Cale Conley (3); 7. Josh Baughman (6); 8. Lance Moss (9) / 9. Bobby Mincer (10); 10. Derek Hagar (1)
Heat four (started), 10 Laps, 2:51.7: 1. Sye Lynch (3); 2. David Gravel (7); 3. Mason Daniel (1); 4. Clint Garner (5) / 5. Daryn Pittman (8); 6. Anthony Macri (4); 7. Cale Thomas (6); 8. Shane Golobic (10) / 9. Greg Wilson (9); 10. Andrew Scheuerle (2)
Heat five (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Brad Sweet (6); 2. Joey Saldana (8); 3. Jason Solwold (4); 4. Matt Juhl (7) / 5. Jack Dover (9); 6. TJ Stutts (3); 7. Chris Martin (10); 8. Craig Dollansky (2) / 9. Bill Balog (5); 10. Sawyer Phillips (1)
C main (started), 10 Laps, 2:54.9: 1. Bill Balog (1); 2. Greg Wilson (5); 3. Willie Croft (3); 4. Chad Kemenah (4); 5. Robbie Price (8); 6. Andrew Scheuerle (2); 7. Bobby Mincer (6); 8. Tom Harris (7); 9. Kevin Ingle (9) DNS - 10. Shane Stewart; 11. Derek Hagar; 12. Sawyer Phillips; 13. Brian Paulus; 14. RJ Johnson; 15. Adam Cruea; 16. Caleb Helms
B main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Tim Shaffer (1); 2. Daryn Pittman (2); 3. Scott Bogucki (5); 4. Jacob Allen (4) / 5. Terry McCarl (6); 6. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (9); 7. Josh Baughman (7); 8. Shane Golobic (17); 9. Brian Brown (3); 10. Anthony Macri (11); 11. Cale Thomas (8); 12. Cale Conley (13); 13. Bill Balog (19); 14. Marcus Dumesny (12); 15. Chad Kemenah (22); 16. Greg Wilson (20); 17. Skylar Prochaska (10); 18. Willie Croft (21); 19. Chris Martin (18); 20. Lance Moss (16); 21. TJ Stutts (14); 22. Jack Dover (15) DNS - 23. Craig Dollansky; 24. Josh Schneiderman
A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. David Gravel (6); 2. Brad Sweet (3); 3. Carson Macedo (13); 4. Cory Eliason (2); 5. Rico Abreu (10); 6. Joey Saldana (7); 7. Tim Shaffer (21); 8. Parker Price-Miller (8); 9. Matt Juhl (5); 10. Daryn Pittman (22); 11. Jason Solwold (12); 12. Jason Sides (18); 13. Thomas Kennedy (17); 14. Lance Dewease (4); 15. Mason Daniel (20); 16. Kraig Kinser (15); 17. Scott Bogucki (23); 18. Brooke Tatnell (11); 19. Brock Zearfoss (1); 20. Clint Garner (9); 21. Jacob Allen (24); 22. Sye Lynch (14); 23. Harli White (19); 24. Tyler Courtney (16). Lap Leaders: Zearfoss 1-7, Gravel 8, Zearfoss 9, Gravel 10-25. $350 K1 Race Gear Hard-charger: Shaffer.
8/9
Kerry Madsen Wins, Logan Schuchart, Shane Stewart and Dominic Scelzi Transfer to Saturday’s NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores Finale! by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 9, 2019) – FVP “Hard Knox” Night lived up to its name Friday at Knoxville Raceway! Kerry Madsen prevailed in the event that saw the top four drivers lock themselves into Saturday night’s 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores $150,000 to win finale. Logan Schuchart, Shane Stewart and Dominic Scelzi joined Madsen, and will start in spots 21-24 in Saturday’s main event.
The 25-lap feature got off to a rocky start when Brian Brown suffered driveline issues and slowed on the backstretch. Several cars stacked up, including Justin Henderson, who got upside down. He exited under his own power. Lynton Jeffrey broke a front end and retired, while Spencer Bayston made repairs and rejoined the field.
Madsen shot out to the point from his starting spot outside row one, while Schuchart roared to second from his eighth starting spot, ahead of Hunter Schuerenberg and Scelzi. Scelzi overtook Schuerenberg for third on lap two, and Stewart followed him into fourth two circuits later.
Stewart sized up Scelzi and slid in front of the Californian to take third on lap eight. Thomas Kennedy did a 360 spin to bring a caution flag. Madsen shot away when green fell again, with Schuchart, Stewart and Scelzi in tow. Sammy Swindell was on the move, taking fifth on lap 12.
On lap 14, the leaders were in traffic, but were back in clean air after Skylar Prochaska spun on lap 16. Swindell exchanged the fourth and final transfer spot to Saturday’s main with Scelzi, but Scelzi again set sail on the cushion to secure the position. A second unassisted yellow by Kennedy ended his night with seven to go.
Bayston had recovered from his restart at the tail of the field, and climbed to fifth on the restart, with Austin McCarl in tow. Tasker Phillips, who started on the tail of the event after grabbing the last B main transfer, climbed to seventh before performing a 360 spin of his own, ending an incredible run with five to go.
Madsen pulled away on the restart, with Schuchart following him to the checkers. Stewart was next, ahead of Scelzi, who held off Austin McCarl and Bayston late. Josh Baughman, Swindell, Kraig Kinser and Bill Balog rounded out the top ten. Seventy-eight cars signed in, and Sye Lynch and Madsen set quick time over their respective flights. Brown, Travis Rilat, Schuerenberg, Madsen, Kennedy and Kinser won heats. Chris Martin won the C main, and Terry McCarl and Carson McCarl won the B’s. Danny Dietrich took a hard ride after blowing his right rear tire on the last lap of his heat. He walked away. Jason Sides got upside down in turn one in the first B main, but was uninjured as well.
“We didn’t put it in the show on Wednesday night,” said Madsen in Victory Lane after his 23rd career 410 win here. “We didn’t have a great night. We just didn’t perform or execute. We came out tonight, and the car was a rocket ship all night. I didn’t know how fast to go there, but I felt we had a good pace. I was feeling like I was getting good restarts. I wasn’t worried about that. I was actually liking the clean air to be honest with you.”
“I’m just happy for this team,” said Schuchart. “It was a rough day on Wednesday, but you put this team on the ropes, they come back swinging. This isn’t the way I want to make it, but we have the last three years. It’s a tough deal though. It’s the Knoxville Nationals, and there’s a reason it’s the Super Bowl of sprint car racing. We’re just happy to be in it, and we have a game plan for tomorrow. We went back to the same car we had at the King’s Royal, and it seems to be working.”
“We were completely out of fuel,” said Stewart. “So we were lucky to finish that race. This is a huge relief. Obviously, when you come here this week, your goal is to sit on the front row of the A main. I know that this team works really hard to do that, and I feel we were on pace to do that yesterday. The driver screwed up a little bit in the heat race. The change they did with Friday night helps people like myself who had a mishap on their qualifying night. Hopefully, we can sneak up through there (Saturday) and get a good finish.”
“Well, they did away with the golden ticket,” said Scelzi, who started the 2018 finale after winning the World Challenge and starting 25th Saturday. “Instead of starting 25th, I figured we’d start 24th. I like to make (stuff) hard! Knoxville’s hard, and to beat some of these guys is amazing. That’s two Knoxville Nationals I never thought I’d get in. It’s so cool, and a dream come true to get in again.”
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The 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores concludes Saturday night with the $150,000 to win finale! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
FVP “Hard Knox” Night of the 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores
Time Trials Group A (Qualiyfing Order), 2 laps: 1. 92, Sye Lynch, Apollo, PA (19), 16.151; 2. 48, Danny Dietrich, Gettysburg, PA (18), 16.153; 3. 11, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (8), 16.205; 4. 5, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (13), 16.229; 5. 41S, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (28), 16.229; 6. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (27), 16.276; 7. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (2), 16.288; 8. 39, Sammy Swindell, Lakeland, TN (4), 16.321; 9. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (10), 16.340; 10. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (15), 16.357; 11. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (21), 16.369; 12. 39M, Anthony Macri, Dillsburg, PA (22), 16.383; 13. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (7), 16.426; 14. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (36), 16.443; 15. 5H, Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN (39), 16.470; 16. 18S, Jason Solwold, Mount Vernon, WA (5), 16.474; 17. 49J, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (32), 16.481; 18. K4, Chad Kemenah, Alvada, OH (35), 16.515; 19. 19T, Kevin Thomas Jr., Cullman, AL (14), 16.518; 20. 3C, Cale Conley, Vienna, WV (6), 16.547; 21. 51, Freddie Rahmer, Salfordville, PA (31), 16.556; 22. 7JS, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (1), 16.561; 23. 73AF, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (11), 16.599; 24. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (12), 16.627; 25. 18R, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (3), 16.679; 26. 28P, Brian Paulus, Mooresville, IN (29), 16.710; 27. 9X, Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO (26), 16.722; 28. 99X, Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can. (23), 16.724; 29. 70X, Justin Peck, Monrovia, IN (34), 16.777; 30. 45, Rusty Hickman, Bendigo, VIC, Aust. (25), 16.786; 31. 84, Tom Harris, Banbury, OXFD, UK (16), 16.801; 32. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (30), 16.823; 33. 64, Scotty Thiel, Sheboygan, WI (24), 16.871; 34. 21P, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can (37), 16.874; 35. 2AU, Andrew Scheuerle, Toowoomba, QLD, Aust. (33), 16.907; 36. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (17), 17.415; 37. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (9), 17.892; 38. 83C, Adam Cruea, Troy, OH (20), 18.021; 39. 2MM, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (38), NT.
Time Trials Group B (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (7), 16.292; 2. 17B, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (17), 16.363; 3. 91, Cale Thomas, Fairland, IN (2), 16.372; 4. 1S, Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (38), 16.401; 5. 17BX, Bill Balog, Hartland, WI (1), 16.474; 6. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (32), 16.487; 7. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (10), 16.505; 8. 35P, Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (12), 16.506; 9. 83J, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (14), 16.534; 10. 71BC, Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis, IN (36), 16.562; 11. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (15), 16.578; 12. 11K, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (16), 16.628; 13. 17WX, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (11), 16.640; 14. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (19), 16.679; 15. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (13), 16.681; 16. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (28), 16.686; 17. 7SW, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (33), 16.686; 18. 14M, Marcus Dumesny, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (5), 16.725; 19. 10, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (20), 16.726; 20. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (26), 16.731; 21. 17W, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (34), 16.736; 22. 1X, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (22), 16.750; 23. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (3), 16.790; 24. 11C, Roger Crockett, Broken Arrow, OK (23), 16.807; 25. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (29), 16.848; 26. 29, Willie Croft, Roseville, CA (25), 16.858; 27. 3H, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (27), 16.907; 28. J4, John Garvin, Sarver, PA (21), 16.921; 29. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (35), 16.945; 30. 19P, Paige Polyak, Tiffin, OH (18), 16.948; 31. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (39), 16.953; 32. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (37), 16.971; 33. 68, Chase Johnson, Penngrove, CA (9), 17.021; 34. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (6), 17.051; 35. 15M, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (8), 17.096; 36. 9JR, Derek Hagar, Marion, AR (4), 17.222; 37. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (30), 17.248; 38. 17XL, Caleb Helms, Findlay, OH (31), 17.301; 39. 74, Brodie Tulloch, Upper Caboolture, QL (24), 18.075
Group A Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.8: 1. Brian Brown (1); 2. Justin Henderson (5); 3. Shane Stewart (3) / 4. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (2); 5. Jason Sides (8); 6. Jason Solwold (6) 7. Sye Lynch (4); 8. Skylar Gee (10); 9. Kevin Thomas Jr. (7) / 10. Ryan Roberts (9); 11. Robbie Price (12); 12. Tom Harris (11); 13. Joe Simbro (13)
Group A Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:15.2: 1. Travis Rilat (1); 2. Sammy Swindell (2); 3. Dominic Scelzi (3) / 4. Josh Schneiderman (6); 5. Craig Dollansky (5); 6. Justin Peck (10); 7. Cale Conley (7); 8. Mason Daniel (11); 9. Brian Paulus (9) / 10. Joey Moughan (8); 11. Adam Cruea (12); 12. Danny Dietrich (4) DNS – Andrew Scheurele
Group A Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.3: 1. Hunter Schuerenberg (4); 2. Austin McCarl (2); 3. Spencer Bayston (5) / 4. Anthony Macri (1); 5. Chad Kemenah (6); 6. Terry McCarl (3); 7. Freddie Rahmer (7); 8. Jamie Ball (8); 9. Jake Bubak (9) / 10. Rusty Hickman (10); 11. Scotty Thiel (11); 12. Kevin Ingle (12) DNS – Matt Moro
Group B Heat one (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Kerry Madsen (4); 2. Logan Schuchart (3); 3. Tyler Courtney (1) / 4. Harli White (5); 5. RJ Johnson (7); 6. Wayne Johnson (9); 7. Davey Heskin (11); 8. Don Droud Jr. (8); 9. Glen Saville (13) / 10. John Garvin (10); 11. Chase Wanner (12); 12. AJ Moeller (6); 13. Clint Garner (2)
Group B Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.0: 1. Thomas Kennedy (1); 2. Bill Balog (3); 3. Josh Baughman (4) / 4. Skylar Prochaska (2); 5. Brooke Tatnell (7); 6. Sawyer Phillips (8); 7. Jeff Swindell (6); 8. Brady Bacon (10); 9. Carson McCarl (5) / 10. Willie Croft (9); 11. Greg Wilson (11); 12. Caleb Helms (13); 13. Bobby Mincer (12)
Group B Heat three (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Kraig Kinser (1); 2. Lynton Jeffrey (2); 3. Cale Thomas (4) / 4. Tasker Phillips (5); 5. Shane Golobic (7); 6. Marcus Dumesny (6); 7. Chase Johnson (11); 8. Derek Hagar (12); 9. Brodie Tulloch (13) / 10. Chris Martin (3); 11. Jac Haudenschild (9); 12. Paige Polyak (10)
C main (started), 10 Laps, 3:01.8: 1. Chris Martin (1); 2. AJ Moeller (4); 3. Rusty Hickman (5); 4. Willie Croft (6); 5. Greg Wilson (12); 6. Robbie Price (10); 7. Ryan Roberts (3); 8. Joey Moughan (2) / 9. Scotty Thiel (8); 10. Caleb Helms (17); 11. Tom Harris (7); 12. Joe Simbro (13); 13. Bobby Mincer (16); 14. Kevin Ingle (11); 15. John Garvin (9); 16. Chase Wanner (14); 17. Adam Cruea (15); 18. Roger Crockett (18) DNS – Danny Dietrich, Clint Garner, Jac Haudenschild, Paige Polyak, Andrew Scheurele, Matt Moro
B main one (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (2); 2. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (3); 3. Chad Kemenah (8) / 4. Josh Schneiderman (7); 5. Anthony Macri (4); 6. Jason Solwold (6); 7. Sye Lynch (1); 8. Justin Peck (15); 9. Rusty Hickman (20); 10. Craig Dollansky (5); 11. Chris Martin (17); 12. Greg Wilson (19); 13. Skylar Gee (16); 14. Cale Conley (10); 15. Brian Paulus (14); 16. Ryan Roberts (21); 17. Jake Bubak (13); 18. Freddie Rahmer (11); 19. Jason Sides (12); 20. Mason Daniel (18); 21. Kevin Thomas Jr. (9) DNS - Jamie Ball
B main two (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Carson McCarl (3); 2. Skylar Prochaska (1); 3. Tasker Phillips (4) / 4. Brady Bacon (13); 5. Jeff Swindell (5); 6. Marcus Dumesny (6); 7. RJ Johnson (7); 8. Don Droud Jr. (10); 9. Davey Heskin (14); 10. Shane Golobic (9); 11. Sawyer Phillips (11); 12. Chase Johnson (15); 13. Brooke Tatnell (8); 14. Wayne Johnson (12); 15. AJ Moeller (19); 16. Derek Hagar (16); 17. Willie Croft (20); 18. Robbie Price (21); 19. Joey Moughan (22); 20. Glen Saville (17); 21. Brodie Tulloch (18); 22. Harli White (2)
A main, 25 Laps, NT: 1. Kerry Madsen (2); 2. Logan Schuchart (8); 3. Shane Stewart (3); 4. Dominic Scelzi (5); 5. Austin McCarl (9); 6. Spencer Bayston (17); 7. Josh Baughman (4); 8. Sammy Swindell (7); 9. Kraig Kinser (18); 10. Bill Balog (10); 11. Hunter Schuerenberg (1); 12. Terry McCarl (19); 13. Chad Kemenah (23); 14. Tasker Phillips (24); 15. Tyler Courtney (14); 16. Carson McCarl (20); 17. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (21); 18. Cale Thomas (6); 19. Travis Rilat (13); 20. Skylar Prochaska (22); 21. Thomas Kennedy (16); 22. Brian Brown (11); 23. Lynton Jeffrey (12); 24. Justin Henderson (15). Lap Leader: K. Madsen 1-25. $350 DB3 Imaging Hard- charger: Bayston.
Saturday’s Lineups (Subject to Change)
A MAIN (50 Laps)
1. 87 Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX) 41 David Gravel (Watertown, CT) 2. 12N Joey Saldana (Brownsburg, IN) 49X Tim Shaffer (Aliquippa, PA) 3. 71P Parker Price-Miller (Kokomo, IN) 49 Brad Sweet (Grass Valley, CA) 4. 7S Tim Kaeding (San Jose, CA) 13X Paul McMahan (Nashville, TN) 5. 19 Brent Marks (Myerstown, PA) 83 Daryn Pittman (Owasso, OK) 6. 44S Trey Starks (Puyallup, WA) 09 Matt Juhl (Tea, SD) 7. 26 Cory Eliason (Visalia, CA) 18 Ian Madsen (St. Marys, NSW, AU) 8. 17 Sheldon Haudenschild (Wooster, OH) 69K Lance Dewease (Fayetteville, PA) 9. B Main Transfer 1 B Main Transfer 2 10. B Main Transfer 3 B Main Transfer 4 11. 2M Kerry Madsen (St. Marys, NSW, AU) 1S Logan Schuchart (Hanover, PA) 12. 5 Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) 41S Dominic Scelzi (Fresno, CA)
B MAIN (22 Laps, Top Four to A)
1. 9 James McFadden (Warrnambool, VIC, AU) 71 Gio Scelzi (Fresno, CA) 2. 24 Rico Abreu (St. Helena, CA) 15 Donny Schatz (Fargo, ND) 3. 13 Mark Dobmeier (Grand Forks, ND) 28 Scott Bogucki (McLaren Vale, SA, AU) 4. 88 Tanner Thorson (Minden, NV) 2 Carson Macedo (Lemoore, CA) 5. 70 Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown, PA) 1A Jacob Allen (Hanover, PA) 6. 2KS Austin McCarl (Altoona, IA) 5H Spencer Bayston (Lebanon, IN) 7. 17B Josh Baughman (Odessa, TX) 39 Sammy Swindell (Lakeland, TN) 8. 11K Kraig Kinser (Bloomington, IN) 17BX Bill Balog (Hartland, WI) 9. 11 Hunter Schuerenberg (Sikeston, MO) 4 Terry McCarl (Altoona, IA) 10. K4 Chad Kemenah (Alvada, OH) 7TAZ Tasker Phillips (Pleasantville, IA)
C MAIN (15 Laps, Top Four to B)
1. 71BC Tyler Courtney (Indianapolis, IN) 27 Carson McCarl (Altoona, IA) 2. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. (Sunnyvale, TX) 91 Cale Thomas (Fairland, IN) 3. 1 Travis Rilat (Heath, TX) 35P Skylar Prochaska (Lakefield, MN) 4. 21K Thomas Kennedy (Winnipeg, MB, CAN) 21 Brian Brown (Grain Valley, MO) 5. 83J Lynton Jeffrey (Sydney, NSW, AU) 7X Justin Henderson (Tea, SD) 6. 49J Josh Schneiderman (West Burlington, IA) 99 Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, OK) 7. 39M Anthony Macri (Dillsburg, PA) 7SW Jeff Swindell (Bartlett, TN) 8. 18S Jason Solwold (Mount Vernon, WA) 14M Marcus Dumesny (Sydney, NSW, AU) 9. 92 Sye Lynch (Apollo, PA) 10 RJ Johnson (Tampa, FL) 10. 70X Justin Peck (Monrovia, IN) 1X Don Droud Jr. (Lincoln, NE)
D MAIN (12 Laps, Top Four to C)
1. 45 Rusty Hickman (Bendigo, VIC, AU) 56N Davey Heskin (St. Michael, MN) 2. 7 Craig Dollansky (Elk River, MN) 17W Shane Golobic (Fremont, CA) 3. 44 Chris Martin (Ankeny, IA) 3P Sawyer Phillips (Pleasantville, IA) 4. W20 Greg Wilson (Benton Ridge, OH) 68 Chase Johnson (Penngrove, CA) 5. 99X Skylar Gee (Leduc, ALB, CAN) 55 Brooke Tatnell (Sans Souci, NSW, AU) 6. 3C Cale Conley (Vienna, WV) 2C Wayne Johnson (Tuttle, OK) 7. 28P Brian Paulus (Mooresville, IN) 20 AJ Moeller (Rockwell City, IA) 8. 18R Ryan Roberts (Aurora, NE) 9JR Derek Hagar (Marion, AR) 9. 9X Jake Bubak (Arvada, CO) 29 Willie Croft (Roseville, CA) 10. 51 Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville, PA) 21P Robbie Price (Cobble Hill, BC, CAN)
E MAIN (10 Laps, Top Four to D)
1. 7JS Jason Sides (Bartlett, TN) 73AF Joey Moughan (Springfield, IL) 2. 33M Mason Daniel (Springville, CA) 75 Glen Saville (Razorback, NSW, AU) 3. 19T Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, AL) 74 Brodie Tulloch (Upper Caboolture, QL) 4. 5J Jamie Ball (Knoxville, IA) 17WX Harli White (Lindsay, OK) 5. 64 Scotty Thiel (Sheboygan, WI) 17XL Caleb Helms (Findlay, OH) 6. 84 Tom Harris (Banbury, OXFD, UK) 56 Joe Simbro (Pleasantville, IA) 7. 15M Bobby Mincer (Burlington, IA) 2K Kevin Ingle (Huron, SD) 8. J4 John Garvin (Sarver, PA) 85 Chase Wanner (Batavia, IA) 9. 83C Adam Cruea (Troy, OH) 11C Roger Crockett (Broken Arrow, OK) 10. 48 Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg, PA) 40 Clint Garner (Sioux Falls, SD) 11. 3H Jac Haudenschild (Wooster, OH) 19P Paige Polyak (Tiffin, OH) 12. 2AU Andrew Scheuerle (Toowoomba, QLD, AU) 2MM Matt Moro (Polk City, IA)
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David Gravel On Top of Sprint Car World with Triumph at 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals Presented by Casey’s General Stores! by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 10, 2019) – In 2017, Connecticut’s David Gravel scored a perfect 500 score at the Knoxville Nationals and was the odds-on favorite heading into Saturday. That race ended for him with mechanical woes. Two years later, the Watertown, Connecticut, driver is the 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores champion! In 2016, Jason Johnson scored a remarkable victory in the same race, and Saturday night, the Jason Johnson Racing #41 team celebrated their second such win in a classic case of a team coming together at the right time.
Pole-sitter Aaron Reutzel set the pace early in the 50-lap main event, but Joey Saldana was game as well from row three. The veteran would lead laps two and three, before Reutzel rode the low line back by him on lap four. Dominic Scelzi brought out the first caution of the race when he stopped on lap four. At the time, Reutzel led Saldana, Gravel, Tim Kaeding and Tim Shaffer.
Another yellow flew for Donny Schatz, who came to a stop with mud packed under his throttle. He restarted at the tail. Gravel was on his game, and slid in front of Saldana for second on the tenth circuit. Daryn Pittman was also on the move from his starting spot in row five, moving into the top five.
By lap 13, Pittman passed Kaeding for fourth, while Gravel was sizing up Reutzel for the lead. Gravel slid across Reutzel’s bow in turn four to take command on lap 14. Kaeding and Pittman battled briefly, before Kaeding used the low groove to go by him for fourth on lap 18. A circuit later, Kaeding climbed another spot when he shot under Saldana. Pittman followed him into fourth on lap 20.
The mandatory caution came at the halfway point. It erased a 2.7 second lead for Gravel over Reutzel, Pittman, Kaeding, Brad Sweet, Saldana, Shaffer, Sheldon Haudenschild, a 22nd starting Logan Schuchart and Parker Price-Miller. Pittman and Kaeding both moved by Reutzel into second and third, while Sweet worked his way into fourth.
On lap 30, Schuchart continued his charge into fifth. Gravel was into lapped traffic on the 33rd circuit. Sweet shot around Kaeding for third in a good battle on lap 38, but Kaeding came back at him. Sweet jumped the turn one cushion. He was lucky to keep going and lose only a couple of spots. Meanwhile, Kaeding claimed third ahead of Schuchart, who had the fastest car late.
Gravel had built a big lead and would not be challenged, but Schuchart kept the fans entertained with a pass of Kaeding for third with nine to go. He reeled in Pittman on the last lap to claim the second place $75,000 bounty. Following the lead trio was Kaeding and Reutzel. Sweet, Haudenschild, James McFadden, Schatz and Gio Scelzi rounded out the top ten.
Gravel’s crew chief Phil Dietz was awarded a toolbox from Gear Wrench for “Crew Chief of the Nationals.” The team also won the Best Appearing Car Award ($500) and Best Appearing Crew Award ($500). Bobby Mincer ($250) and Chris Martin ($150) were second and third in Best Appearing Car, while Matt Juhl’s team ($250) and Dominic Scelzi’s crew ($150) were named Best Appearing.
Tanner Thorson was the first ever entry from Nevada, and won Hoseheads.com Rookie of the Knoxville Nationals honors ($1,000). Premier Speedway awarded $1,000 to Carson Macedo, the top finishing participant in the 2019 Grand Annual Classic who didn’t qualify for the A main. James McFadden won the $2,000 Southern Iowa Sprint Week Beaver Drill & Tool Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” Award, followed by Aaron Reutzel ($1,250) and Cory Eliason ($750).
“This is awesome!” said Gravel in Victory Lane. “I don’t know what to say. It was a dream week. Brad Sweet killed it last year, and we kind of repeated what he did. To have Jeff Gordon and Axalta keep this team going made it all worth it. I’m numb. I wasn’t that tired in the car, but after the checkered, it sinks in and you feel like you have boulders on your shoulders. It’s surreal really. I was happy to have the lead at the halfway point and control my own destiny. We made an adjustment there at the red and made the car better. We just snugged up a little bit.”
“To start off the week the way we did…you put this team up against the ropes, they come out swinging,” said Schuchart, who came from the B. “That starts at the top with my grandfather (Bobby Allen), and he’s instilled that in this team from the very beginning. I’m really proud of this one. Congrats to David Gravel and the whole Jason Johnson Racing team.”
“On one hand I’m extremely happy and really proud of this Roth Motorsports team for the effort we’ve put in to Knoxville all season long,” said Pittman. “On the other hand, I’m pretty disappointed…by far, that’s the best car I’ve had here and the best chance I’ve had to win this race. I felt like we had the open track speed to run with David. I made a huge mistake when we first got to lapped traffic in three and four. I lost a lot of track position and ground. Honestly, I think (Gravel) was better in traffic.”
Saturday, August 24 is Xtream Powered by Mediacom Season Championship Night! Join us as we crown 2019 champions in all three of our sprint car classes. For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores Results
E main, 10 Laps, 2:47.7: 1. 7JS, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (1); 2. 73AF, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (2); 3. 33m, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (3); 4. 19T, Kevin Thomas Jr., Cullman, AL (5); 5. 17wx, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (7); 6. 17XL, Caleb Helms, Findlay, OH (9) / 7. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (4); 8. 84, Tom Harris, Banbury, OXFD, UK (8); 9. 74, Brodie Tulloch, Upper Caboolture, QLD, Aust. (6); 10. 15M, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (10); 11. J4, John Garvin, Sarver, PA (12); 12. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (11); 13. 85, Chase Wanner, Ottumwa, IA (15); 14. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (13); 15. 83c, Adam Cruea, Troy, OH (14) DNS – 64, Scotty Thiel, Sheboygan, WI; 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA; 11c, Roger Crockett, Broken Arrow, OK; 48, Danny Dietrich, Gettysburg, PA; 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD; 3H, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH; 19P, Paige Polyak, Tiffin, OH; 2AU, Andrew Scheuerle, Toowoomba, QLD, Aust.; 2mm, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA; 57, Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA; 11T, TJ Stutts, Liverpool, PA; 18M, Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC; 53, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE; 35, Zach Hampton, Plainfield, IN
D main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (2); 2. 45, Rusty Hickman, Bendigo, VIC, Aust. (1); 3. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (3); 4. 17w, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (4) / 5. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (10) ($1,175 bonus from Trunk Bar); 6. 68, Chase Johnson, Penngrove, CA (8); 7. 99x, Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can. (9); 8. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (6); 9. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (7); 10. 18R, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (12); 11. 3c, Cale Conley, Vienna, WV (11); 12. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (5); 13. 9x, Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO (14); 14. Kevin Thomas Jr. (20); 15. Jason Sides (19); 16. 21P, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can. (16); 17. 29, Willie Croft, Roseville, CA (17); 18. Joey Moughan (18); 19. Mason Daniel (21); 20. Caleb Helms (22); 21. 9JR, Derek Hagar, Marion, AR (15); 22. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (13); 23. Harli White (23); 24. 28P, Brian Paulus, Mooresville, IN (24) DNS – 2c, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK; 51, Freddie Rahmer, Salfordville, PA
C main (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1. 71BC, Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis, IN (1); 2. 91, Cale Thomas, Fairland, IN (4); 3. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (8); 4. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (2) / 5. 83J, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (9) ($100 bonus from Big River Garage Doors); 6. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (7); 7. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (3); 8. 35P, Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (6); 9. 99x, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (12); 10. 49J, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (11); 11. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (5); 12. 7x, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (10); 13. 18s, Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, WA (15); 14. Shane Golobic (24); 15. 39M, Anthony Macri, Dillsburg, PA (13); 16. Davey Heskin (21); 17. Rusty Hickman (22); 18. 10, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (18); 19. 7sw, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (14); 20. 92, Sye Lynch, Apollo, PA (17); 21. Craig Dollansky (23); 22. 14M, Marcus Dumesny, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (16); 23. 1x, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (20); 24. 70x, Justin Peck, Monrovia, IN (19)
B main (started), 22 Laps, NT: 1. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (2); 2. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (4); 3. 9, James McFadden, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (1); 4. 24, Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA (3) / 5. 2, Carson Macedo, Lemoore, CA (8); 6. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (5); 7. 70, Brock Zearfoss, Jonestown, PA (9); 8. 28, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA (6); 9. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (11); 10. 1a, Jacob Allen, Hanover, PA (10); 11. 11K, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (15); 12. Brian Brown (23); 13. 39, Sammy Swindell, Lakeland, TN (14); 14. K4, Chad Kemenah, Alvada, OH (19); 15. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (20); 16. 17BX, Bill Balog, Hartland, WI (16); 17. Tyler Courtney (21); 18. Carson McCarl (24); 19. 11, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (17); 20. 88, Tanner Thorson, Minden, NV (7); 21. Cale Thomas (22); 22. 17B, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (13); 23. 5H, Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN (12); 24. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (18)
A main (started), 50 Laps, NT: 1. 41, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (2); 2. 1s, Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (22); 3. 83, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (10); 4. 7s, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (7); 5. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (1); 6. 49, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (6); 7. 17, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (15); 8. James McFadden (19); 9. Donny Schatz (18); 10. Gio Scelzi (17); 11. 2m, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (21); 12. 5, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (23); 13. 26, Cory Eliason, Visalia, CA (13); 14. 12N, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (3); 15. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (14); 16. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (5); 17. 19, Brent Marks, Myerstown, PA (9); 18. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (12); 19. 44s, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (11); 20. 13x, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (8); 21. 49x, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (4); 22. Rico Abreu (20); 23. 69K, Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA (16); 24. 41s, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (24). Lap Leaders: Reutzel 1, Saldana 2-3, Reutzel 4-13, Gravel 14-50. MPI Hard-charger (steering wheel): Schuchart. SprintCarUnlimited.com $2,000 Pole Sitter: Reutzel. Gear Wrench Crew Chief of the Nationals: Phil Dietz (toolbox).
8/24
Gio Scelzi Wins $5,000 at Knoxville; Brian Brown Takes Championship! Carson McCarl Takes 360 Feature and Championship; Jamie Ball Wins 360 Make-up Russ Hall Wins in Pro Sprints; Matthew Stelzer Claims Title by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 24, 2019) – Gio Scelzi impressed by winning his second feature of the year at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The Xtream Powered by Mediacom Season Championship saw four different winners. Scelzi’s win in the 410 feature was worth $5,000 aboard the Indy Race Parts #71. Brian Brown, who garnered five season wins won his third 410 season title here (he also won in 2007 and 2010).
Carson McCarl finished the season strong, winning the regularly scheduled 360 main event, finishing third in the June 22 make-up feature, and claiming his first career 360 Knoxville Championship Cup. Jamie Ball won the make-up event, the fifth in his career here. Russ Hall claimed his second Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance win, while Matthew Stelzer garnered his second championship with the series (his first came in 2012).
A pileup greeted the 410 competitors when the green fell in their feature. When contact from another car struck Lynton Jeffrey, he helicoptered, collecting Chad Boespflug and Glen Saville who both got upside down. Everyone walked away, but was done.
Wayne Johnson paced the field early in a race that was shortened to 20 laps with rain in the area. Scelzi jumped into second and then took the point on lap three. He was in lapped traffic and pulling away by the eighth circuit. Behind him, Kerry Madsen was moving forward, grabbing fourth from Terry McCarl on lap 13, and taking third from Brooke Tatnell on lap 15.
RJ Johnson brought out the yellow flag when he stopped in turn three with two to go. The two lap Dash saw Scelzi leading Johnson, Madsen, Tatnell and McCarl back to green. Scelzi pulled away for his win, ahead of Johnson, Madsen, McCarl and a late closing Parker Price-Miller. Tatnell, Brown, Matt Juhl, Trey Starks and Austin McCarl rounded out the top ten. Starks cinched Rookie of the Year honors. Brown set quick time over the 27-car field, while Tatnell, Justin Henderson and Josh Schneiderman won heats.
“We were pretty good,” said Scelzi in Victory Lane. “This is so cool to win Doug Clark’s last race. I’m having so much fun racing this car right now with Bernie (Stuebgen) and Betsy. We’re just kind of taking it week by week. Racing has become a lot of fun again, and I’m just enjoying doing it.”
It was a busy night for the 360’s, and much was undecided heading in. Carson McCarl’s lead over Ryan Giles was tenuous, and Giles closed the gap after setting quick time and running third in his heat, with McCarl behind him.
In the regular feature, disaster struck a few competitors before a lap was completed. Giles had issues in turn four in an incident that saw Jon Agan get upside down, and Ryan Leavitt, Matt Moro and Austin McCarl collected. In the end, only Agan and Moro would retire, but Giles and McCarl had to restart at the tail. No one was injured.
The next start saw Terry McCarl contact Clint Garner heading into turn one, while Carson McCarl took the early lead over McKenna Haase, Lee Grosz, Calvin Landis and Wayne Johnson. Haase would power by McCarl on the fourth lap, while a limping Garner went pitside.
Seventh running Terry McCarl’s right rear would go down on lap six as B main transfer Kelby Watt spun on the top of three while running ninth. Haase led Carson McCarl, Grosz, Landis and Johnson back to green. Johnson’s night ended on lap 13 in a puff of smoke, while Austin McCarl had climbed the ladder from the tail to fifth. He would grab fourth from Landis with two to go.
Up front, Haase was under pressure from Carson McCarl. On the last lap, she missed the bottom a bit and was behind the lapped car of Terry McCarl in turn two. Carson McCarl pounced on the opportunity and shot into the lead on the backstretch. The win was his second of the year and in his career in the 360 class. Haase, Grosz, Austin McCarl and Landis followed him. Jamie Ball, Giles, Sawyer Phillips, Nate Mills and Robbie Price completed the top ten. Ayrton Gennetten, Ball, Mills and Austin McCarl were heat winners. Josh Higday won the B.
“Our car was good all night,” said Carson McCarl in Victory Lane. “I just didn’t know where to be. I felt like I was catching (Haase) on the bottom and the top. She changed her lines on the straightaway and messed me up quite a bit, but that’s racing. She did a really nice job. The bottom started going away getting into one there a little. She was leading and probably didn’t know that. I was able to rip the top and get a run on that last lap. I saw her miss it, and I never lifted and off we went.”
McCarl’s lead over Giles was 70 points heading into the make-up event. Jamie Ball shot from outside row one to lead early over Garner, Landis, Carson McCarl and Haase. McCarl and Haase both worked their way by Landis into third and fourth, respectively. Ball entered lapped traffic on the seventh circuit.
On lap 10, Ryan Leavitt flipped in turn two. He walked away. Ball led Garner and McCarl back to green. Giles worked his way into the top five late before Nate Mills was a flip victim with three to go. He walked away, and as the rains came, the event was checkered.
Ball got the win, ahead of Garner, Carson McCarl, Haase and Giles. Moro, Landis, Josh Higday, Tasker Phillips and Agan rounded out the top ten. McCarl’s finish nailed down his title.
“On that restart, Garner was behind us, and he’s tough to beat,” said Ball. “We were able to cover him up, and I found what I call the ‘Shane Stewart line’ down in three and four where I felt good. It’s been a year since we won, and it feels good. I’m just happy we got this one in. We’ve been waiting since June 22.”
A crash marred the beginning of the Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance 18-lap feature. Chase Young was flipping and struck by the car of Tanner Barrick. Young was transported for observation, but was visiting with the emergency crew upon departure.
The feature was all Russ Hall early, as he led Jeff Wilke and Evan Epperson. Epperson quickly used the cushion to gain second, while Brandon Worthington shot from seventh to third by lap four. Matt Johnston followed him into fourth on lap seven.
Epperson appeared to be running down Hall when the caution flew with two to go for a spun Worthington, who was running third at the time. Hall used the low side to pull away and win ahead of Epperson, Johnston, Mike Mayberry and Chris Walraven. Worthington, champion Matthew Stelzer, Wilke, Devin Wignall and Scotty Johnson rounded out the top ten. Hall posted quick time, while Stelzer and Wignall won heats.
“This race was longer than we usually go!” said Hall in Victory Lane after asking what his thoughts were on the last caution. “I was having a good time. The track crew did a great job. I’m a sewer rat, and they had the bottom juiced up good tonight. I’m having a blast and I’m glad to be back up here.”
The 16th Annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals commence September 12-14! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (26), 15.251; 2. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (15), 15.3; 3. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (22), 15.409; 4. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (25), 15.524; 5. 83, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (5), 15.528; 6. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (27), 15.551; 7. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (1), 15.637; 8. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (11), 15.640; 9. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (4), 15.656; 10. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (8), 15.683; 11. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (16), 15.710; 12. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (19), 15.720; 13. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (10), 15.727; 14. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (2), 15.742; 15. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (9), 15.792; 16. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (3), 15.844; 17. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (13), 15.858; 18. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (12), 15.878; 19. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (17), 15.890; 20. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (18), 15.929; 21. 98, Chad Boespflug, Hanford, CA (14), 15.941; 22. 7S, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (24), 15.941; 23. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (6), 16.126; 24. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (7), 16.331; 25. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (20), 16.511; 26. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (23), 16.653; 27. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (21), NT.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:09.9: 1. Brooke Tatnell (3); 2. Matt Juhl (2); 3. Wayne Johnson (4); 4. Brian Brown (6); 5. Davey Heskin (5); 6. Bobby Mincer (1); 7. RJ Johnson (8); 8. Dustin Selvage (7); 9. Bob Weuve (9)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:08.1: 1. Justin Henderson (2); 2. Gio Scelzi (4); 3. Kerry Madsen (6); 4. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 5. Tasker Phillips (3); 6. Chris Martin (7); 7. Glen Saville (8); 8. Chase Wanner (1); 9. Joe Simbro (9)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:10.1: 1. Josh Schneiderman (1); 2. Trey Starks (3); 3. Austin McCarl (4); 4. Terry McCarl (6); 5. Parker Price-Miller (5); 6. Mason Daniel (2); 7. Travis Rilat (8); 8. Chad Boespflug (7) DNS – Sawyer Phillips
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Gio Scelzi (4); 2. Wayne Johnson (2); 3. Kerry Madsen (8); 4. Terry McCarl (6); 5. Parker Price-Miller (9); 6. Brooke Tatnell (1); 7. Brian Brown (7); 8. Matt Juhl (13); 9. Trey Starks (11); 10. Austin McCarl (10); 11. Tasker Phillips (15); 12. Justin Henderson (12); 13. Mason Daniel (16); 14. Travis Rilat (24); 15. Davey Heskin (3); 16. Chris Martin (18); 17. RJ Johnson (21); 18. Dustin Selvage (20); 19. Bobby Mincer (17); 20. Bob Weuve (25); 21. Josh Schneiderman (14); 22. Chase Wanner (19); 23. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 24. Glen Saville (22); 25. Chad Boespflug (23) DNS – Joe Simbro, Sawyer Phillips. Lap Leaders: W. Johnson 1-2, G. Scelzi 3-20. Hard-charger: Rilat.
360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (5), 16.333; 2. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (10), 16.333; 3. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (6), 16.434; 4. 4X, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (3), 16.449; 5. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (23), 16.462; 6. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (19), 16.596; 7. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (37), 16.606; 8. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (9), 16.632; 9. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (1), 16.664; 10. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (15), 16.669; 11. 66, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (38), 16.671; 12. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (25), 16.730; 13. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (14), 16.765; 14. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (36), 16.783; 15. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (13), 16.801; 16. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (18), 16.806; 17. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (30), 16.821; 18. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (12), 16.841; 19. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (27), 16.871; 20. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (4), 16.892; 21. 3, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (22), 16.895; 22. 21P, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can (8), 16.902; 23. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (21), 16.941; 24. 99, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (17), 16.965; 25. 1, Michelle Decker, Guthrie, OK (34), 16.970; 26. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (20), 16.983; 27. 40C, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (29), 17.003; 28. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (11), 17.007; 29. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (28), 17.023; 30. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (26), 17.025; 31. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (16), 17.184; 32. 19, Rob Weuve, Newton, IA (7), 17.276; 33. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (2), 17.442; 34. 26, Anthony Foster, Clyde, VIC, Aust. (33), 17.566; 35. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (35), 17.576; 36. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (31), 17.623; 37. 33J, Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (32), 17.635; 38. 41D, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA (24), 17.913.
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 1:59.2: 1. Ayrton Gennetten (1); 2. Sawyer Phillips (2); 3. Ryan Giles (6); 4. Carson McCarl (5); 5. Rob Kubli (3); 6. Ryan Leavitt (4); 7. Eric Bridger (8); 8. Michelle Decker (7); 9. Jon Hughes (9); 10. Jayce Jenkins (10)
Heat two (started), 7 Laps, NT: 1. Jamie Ball (3); 2. Robbie Price (1); 3. Jon Agan (4); 4. Clint Garner (5); 5. Lee Grosz (6); 6. Tasker Phillips (8); 7. Brad Comegys (7); 8. Dan Henning (10); 9. Anthony Foster (9); 10. Alan Zoutte (2)
Heat three (started), 7 Laps, 1:58.9: 1. Nathan Mills (2); 2. Josh Higday (1); 3. McKenna Haase (5); 4. Calvin Landis (6); 5. Ricky Montgomery (4); 6. Christian Bowman (3); 7. Cody Wehrle (7); 8. Mitchell Alexander (8); 9. John Anderson (9)
Heat four (started), 7 Laps, 1:59.9: 1. Austin McCarl (1); 2. Tom Lenz (2); 3. Matt Moro (3); 4. Terry McCarl (6); 5. Wayne Johnson (5); 6. Kelby Watt (4); 7. Ben Woods (7); 8. Casey Greubel (9); 9. Rob Weuve (8)
B main (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Josh Higday (4); 2. Kelby Watt (1); 3. Tasker Phillips (10); 4. Michelle Decker (3) / 5. Cody Wehrle (5); 6. Eric Bridger (7); 7. Brad Comegys (6); 8. Rob Weuve (12); 9. Ben Woods (8); 10. Casey Greubel (14); 11. John Anderson (11); 12. Jon Hughes (9); 13. Dan Henning (15); 14. Anthony Foster (13); 15. Christian Bowman (2) DNS – Alan Zoutte, Mitchell Alexander, Jayce Jenkins
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Carson McCarl (2); 2. McKenna Haase (1); 3. Lee Grosz (4); 4. Austin McCarl (18); 5. Calvin Landis (5); 6. Jamie Ball (9); 7. Ryan Giles (6); 8. Sawyer Phillips (13); 9. Nathan Mills (11); 10. Robbie Price (20); 11. Ayrton Gennetten (15); 12. Josh Higday (21); 13. Ryan Leavitt (12); 14. Terry McCarl (3); 15. Rob Kubli (19); 16. Tom Lenz (17); 17. Michelle Decker (24); 18. Ricky Montgomery (14); 19. Wayne Johnson (10); 20. Tasker Phillips (23); 21. Kelby Watt (22); 22. Clint Garner (7); 23. Jon Agan (8); 24. Matt Moro (16). Lap Leaders: C. McCarl 1-3, Haase 4-19, C. McCarl 20. Hard-charger: A. McCarl.
A main - Make-up (started), 17 Laps (rain shortened), NT: 1. Jamie Ball (2); 2. Clint Garner (3); 3. Carson McCarl (4); 4. McKenna Haase (6); 5. Ryan Giles (5); 6. Matt Moro (8); 7. Calvin Landis (1); 8. Josh Higday (10); 9. 3P, Tasker Phillips (12); 10. Jon Agan (18); 11. Austin McCarl (16); 12. Nathan Mills (15); 13. Tom Lenz (7); 14. Brad Comegys (14); 15. Rob Kubli (13); 16. Eric Bridger (20); 17. Jon Hughes (22); 18. Mitchell Alexander (17); 19. Cody Wehrle (11); 20. Ryan Leavitt (9); 21. Rob Weuve (19); 22. Casey Greubel (21) DNS - 23. Ricky Montgomery 24. Kelby Watt 25. Alan Zoutte; 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA; 23s, Stu Snyder, Waverly, NE. Lap Leader: Ball 1-18. Hard-charger: Agan.
Pro Series Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (4), 17.406; 2. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA (10), 17.416; 3. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (5), 17.426; 4. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (8), 17.468; 5. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (12), 17.503; 6. 21X, Devin Wignall, Altoona, IA (2), 17.545; 7. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (6), 17.630; 8. 50, Scotty Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (3), 17.656; 9. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (1), 17.673; 10. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (7), 17.747; 11. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (9), 18.012; 12. 11, Tyler Barrick, Slater, IA (11), 18.367; 13. 43J, Jaslyn Jones, Monroe, IA (13), 24.445
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:47.8: 1. Matthew Stelzer (2); 2. Mike Johnston (1); 3. Russ Hall (6); 4. Brandon Worthington (4); 5. Chris Walraven (5); 6. Mike Mayberry (3); 7. Jaslyn Jones (7)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:48.3: 1. Devin Wignall (4); 2. Jeff Wilke (5); 3. Tyler Barrick (1); 4. Chase Young (2); 5. Evan Epperson (6); 6. Scotty Johnson (3)
A main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1. Russ Hall (1); 2. Evan Epperson (4); 3. Mike Johnston (8); 4. Mike Mayberry (9); 5. Chris Walraven (5); 6. Brandon Worthington (7); 7. Matthew Stelzer (6); 8. Jeff Wilke (2); 9. Devin Wignall (3); 10. Scotty Johnson (12); 11. Jaslyn Jones (13); 12. Chase Young (10); 13. Tyler Barrick (11). Lap Leader: Hall 1-18. Hard-charger: Johnston.
9/12
Shane Clanton Wins His First Career Feature at Knoxville in Night #1 of Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals! by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (September 12, 2019) – Zebulon, Georgia’s Shane Clanton won his first career main event at the Knoxville Raceway Thursday night to open the 16th Annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals. Clanton won a battle that saw four different leaders, and emerged with a point total of 494, tops on the night.
Ricky Thornton Jr. led lap one of the 25-lap main event, ahead of Devin Moran and Tyler Erb. Moran charged on the high side to take the point on lap two. Four laps in, last weekend’s World 100 winner, Jonathan Davenport stopped in turn two to bring the only caution of the event.
Morgan led Thornton and Erb back to green, with Erb shooting by the top two to take the point for himself. Shane Clanton jetted from fifth to second, while Moran settled into third. Thornton would recover for third on lap seven.
Clanton reeled in Erb, who won the opener here a year ago, and used the low side of turn one to take the lead on lap 14. From there, he cruised to enter lapped traffic on lap 19. Clanton sliced through the backmarkers and pulled away to win by 3.6 seconds over Erb. Darrell Lanigan was third, ahead of a late closing Ricky Weiss by .001 of a second. Thornton was fifth, and Tyler Bruening, Brandon Sheppard, Moran, Bobby Pierce and Chris Simpson rounded out the top ten.
Clanton and Jimmy Owens set quick time in their respective groups. Shanon Buckingham, Pierce, Thornton, Shannon Babb, Josh Richards and Sheppard won heat races. Stormy Scott and Owens won the B mains. “Our car was good all night long, and we just made the right adjustments there,” said Clanton in Victory Lane. “I was biding my time behind ‘Terbo’ (Erb) there. I thought he was hurting his tires a little bit. I could see him hazing them across the middle. We started cutting across the middle and my car stuck. I pulled up beside him, and that was all she wrote. This is a dream come true. It’s a team effort here. It’s big (to be locked in the feature). That’s a relief off my shoulders when I go to bed tonight. Hopefully, tomorrow we repeat and win again.”
“The last ten to fifteen laps, he (Clanton) just had a better car,” said Erb. “He could maneuver through there a lot better than I could. My car felt really good, but it seems the longer we go, our tires start getting hot. We’re going to work on it. It was a good run. This is my favorite racetrack that we come to. I’m just excited to get a good run. This should put us in the race for Saturday.”
“The car got a good run through the middle to the bottom,” said Lanigan. “I’d have like to have seen us have a late race charge. We had a good points night, and we have a really good hot rod for Saturday. When you come here, the track…the people…it’s just awesome to come out here.”
The 16th Annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals continue Friday night, September 13! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals Night #1 Results
Time Trials Group A (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 25, Shane Clanton, Zebulon, GA (9), 17.932; 2. 1, Earl Pearson Jr., Trinity, NC (2), 18.114; 3. 29, Darrell Lanigan, Union, KY (8), 18.183; 4. 2S, Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, NM (10), 18.358; 5. 32S, Chris Simpson, Marion, IA (12), 18.391; 6. 20RT, Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, AZ (1), 18.431; 7. 50, Shanon Buckingham, Morristown, TN (21), 18.446; 8. 21JR, Billy Moyer Jr., Batesville, AR (25), 18.489; 9. 14J, Jake Neal, Omaha, NE (5), 18.564; 10. 1M, Mike Mataragas, Sycamore, IL (24), 18.564; 11. 58E, Dave Eckrich, Oxford, IA (11), 18.565; 12. 18J, Chase Junghans, Manhattan, KS (15), 18.583; 13. 28M, Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, WI (16), 18.597; 14. 32P, Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, IL (13), 18.608; 15. 99JR, Frank Heckenast Jr., Frankfurt, IL (23), 18.626; 16. 15B, Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, IA (14), 18.627; 17. 58, Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque, IA (28), 18.730; 18. 5N, Dustin Nobbe, Batesville, IN (4), 18.777; 19. 32B, Cody Laney, Torrance, CA (20), 18.806; 20. 17, Tim Simpson, Iowa City, IA (3), 18.826; 21. 29D, Spencer Diercks, Davenport, IA (7), 18.959; 22. 25F, Jason Feger, Bloomington, IL (26), 18.960; 23. 6Z, Corey Zeitner, Bellevue, NE (18), 19.057; 24. 22C, Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake, IA (6), 19.353; 25. 14M, Reid Millard, Jefferson City, MO (19), 19.481; 26. 4W, JC Wyman, Griswold, IA (27), 19.604; 27. 0, Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, TN (17), NT; 28. 777, Jared Landers, Batesville, AR (22), NT.
Time Trials Group B (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 20, Jimmy Owens, Newport, TN (3), 18.087; 2. 1C, Chad Simpson, Mount Vernon, IA (11), 18.187; 3. 40B, Kyle Bronson, Brandon, FL (25), 18.189; 4. 71, Hudson O'Neal, Morgantown, IN (12), 18.245; 5. 1ST, Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, NM (20), 18.282; 6. 5, Don O'Neal, Martinsville, IN (15), 18.338; 7. 49, Jonathan Davenport, Mount Airy, NC (19), 18.378; 8. 0M, Chris Madden, Gray Court, SC (10), 18.379; 9. 7W, Ricky Weiss, Headingley, MB, Can. (8), 18.392; 10. 1T, Tyler Erb, Houston, TX (26), 18.448; 11. 1D, Devin Moran, Dresden, OH (18), 18.483; 12. 39, Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY (14), 18.493; 13. 43, Jeremy Grady, Story City, IA (5), 18.509; 14. 16T, Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA (4), 18.541; 15. 1S, Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL (2), 18.542; 16. 18, Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL (13), 18.652; 17. 14, Josh Richards, Shinnston, WV (7), 18.715; 18. 28, Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL (24), 18.766; 19. 99, Brian Harris, Davenport, IA (9), 18.774; 20. B1, Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, MN (22), 19.152; 21. 20W, Chad White, Saint Joseph, MI (16), 19.184; 22. 21, Billy Moyer, Batesville, AR (1), 19.197; 23. 54, Mike Fryer, Freeport, IL (23), 19.278; 24. 33, Nick Marolf, Moscow, IA (27), 19.353; 25. 22B, Jonathan Brauns, Muscatine, IA (17), 19.396; 26. 10C, Junior Coover, Norfolk, NE (21), 20.241; 27. DQ (Light at Scales) 44W, David Webster, Monroe, WI (6).
Group A Heat one (started), 12 Laps, 3:50.1: 1. Shanon Buckingham (4); 2. Brian Birkhofer (1); 3. Shane Clanton (6) / 4. Jimmy Mars (2); 5. Stormy Scott (5); 6. Mike Mataragas (3); 7. Jason Feger (8); 8. Cody Laney (7); 9. Reid Millard (9) DNS - 10. Jared Landers (10)
Group A Heat two (started), 12 Laps, 3:51.1: 1. Bobby Pierce (2); 2. Jeremiah Hurst (1); 3. Chris Simpson (5) / 4. Earl Pearson Jr. (6); 5. Billy Moyer Jr. (4); 6. Dave Eckrich (3); 7. Corey Zeitner (8); 8. JC Wyman (9); 9. Tim Simpson (7)
Group A Heat three (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Ricky Thornton Jr. (5); 2. Frank Heckenast Jr. (2); 3. Darrell Lanigan (6) / 4. Spencer Diercks (7); 5. Charlie McKenna (8); 6. Scott Bloomquist (9); 7. Dustin Nobbe (1); 8. Jake Neal (4); 9. Chase Junghans (3)
Group B Heat one (started), 12 Laps, 3:52.8: 1. Shannon Babb (1); 2. Jonathan Davenport (4); 3. Tyler Erb (3) / 4. Hudson O'Neal (5); 5. Jimmy Owens (6); 6. Billy Moyer (8); 7. Jeremy Grady (2); 8. Brian Harris (7); 9. Jonathan Brauns (9)
Group B Heat two (started), 12 Laps, 3:49.0: 1. Josh Richards (1); 2. Tyler Bruening (2); 3. Devin Moran (3) / 4. Chris Madden (4); 5. Chad Simpson (6); 6. Johnny Scott (5); 7. Brent Larson (7); 8. Mike Fryer (8); 9. Junior Coover (9)
Group B Heat three (started), 12 Laps, 3:50.0: 1. Brandon Sheppard (2); 2. Dennis Erb Jr. (1); 3. Ricky Weiss (4) / 4. Don O'Neal (3); 5. Kyle Bronson (6); 6. Chad White (5); 7. Nick Marolf (8); 8. David Webster (7) DNS - 9. Tim McCreadie
B Feature one (started), 15 Laps, 4:55.0: 1. Stormy Scott (2); 2. Earl Pearson Jr. (1); 3. Billy Moyer Jr. (3) / 4. Jimmy Mars (6); 5. Scott Bloomquist (9); 6. Mike Mataragas (4); 7. Spencer Diercks (7); 8. Charlie McKenna (8); 9. Jason Feger (10); 10. Corey Zeitner (11); 11. Cody Laney (13); 12. Dave Eckrich (5); 13. JC Wyman (14); 14. Reid Millard (16); 15. Jake Neal (15); DNS - 16. Tim Simpson (17); 17. Dustin Nobbe (12); 18. Chase Junghans (18); 19. Jared Landers (19);
B Feature two (started), 15 Laps, 4:59.2: 1. Jimmy Owens (1); 2. Chad Simpson (2); 3. Kyle Bronson (3) / 4. Hudson O'Neal (4); 5. Don O'Neal (6); 6. Chris Madden (7); 7. Johnny Scott (5); 8. Brent Larson (11); 9. Brian Harris (13); 10. Jeremy Grady (10); 11. Nick Marolf (12); 12. Jonathan Brauns (16); 13. Mike Fryer (14); 14. Chad White (8); 15. David Webster (15); 16. Billy Moyer (9); 17. Junior Coover (17); 18. Tim McCreadie (18)
A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. Shane Clanton (7); 2. Tyler Erb (4); 3. Darrell Lanigan (5); 4. Ricky Weiss (6); 5. Ricky Thornton Jr. (1); 6. Tyler Bruening (10); 7. Brandon Sheppard (12); 8. Devin Moran (2); 9. Bobby Pierce (11); 10. Chris Simpson (3); 11. Dennis Erb Jr. (18); 12. Frank Heckenast Jr. (13); 13. Josh Richards (16); 14. Stormy Scott (19); 15. Earl Pearson Jr. (21); 16. Jimmy Owens (20); 17. Shanon Buckingham (9); 18. Kyle Bronson (24); 19. Shannon Babb (14); 20. Brian Birkhofer (15); 21. Chad Simpson (22); 22. Billy Moyer Jr. (23); 23. Jeremiah Hurst (17); 24. Jonathan Davenport (8). Lap Leaders: Thornton Jr. 1, Moran 2-4, Erb 5- 13, Clanton 14-25. Hard-charger: Erb Jr.
Thursday Point Totals
1 25 Shane Clanton 494 2 29 Darrell Lanigan 486 3 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr. 482 4 1T Tyler Erb 474 5 7W Ricky Weiss 472 6 32S Chris Simpson 468 7 16T Tyler Bruening 461 8 1 Earl Pearson Jr. 461 9 1S Brandon Sheppard 460 10 1D Devin Moran 460 11 32P Bobby Pierce 458 12 20 Jimmy Owens 458 13 2S Stormy Scott 456 14 50 Shannon Buckingham 456 15 40B Kyle Bronson 450 16 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr. 447 17 1C Chad Simpson 446 18 14 Josh Richards 444 19 28 Dennis Erb Jr. 443 20 49 Jonathan Davenport 439 21 18 Shannon Babb 434 22 21JR Billy Moyer Jr. 432 23 15B Brian Birkhofer 429 24 71 Hudson O'Neal 429 25 5 Don O'Neal 423 26 58 Jeremiah Hurst 421 27 0M Chris Madden 417 28 1ST Johnny Scott 415 29 28M Jimmy Mars 411 30 1M Mike Mataragas 407 31 58E Dave Eckrich 393 32 43 Jeremy Grady 390 33 29D Spencer Diercks 389 34 14J Jake Neal 385 35 B1 Brent Larson 380 36 22C Charlie McKenna 378 37 99 Brian Harris 377 38 0 Scott Bloomquist 375 39 25F Jason Feger 374 40 32B Cody Laney 373 41 6Z Corey Zeitner 370 42 18J Chase Junghans 370 43 39 Tim McCreadie 370 44 20W Chad White 369 45 33 Nick Marolf 366 46 5N Dustin Nobbe 366 47 21 Billy Moyer 363 48 54 Mike Fryer 361 49 17 Tim Simpson 358 50 22B Jonathan Brauns 356 51 4W JC Wyman 355 52 14M Reid Millard 352 53 44W David Webster 351 54 10C Junior Coover 342 55 777 Jared Landers 333
9/13
Ricky Weiss First Canadian to Win in a Late Model at Knoxville Late Model Nationals! by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (September 13, 2019) – Ricky Weiss of Headingley, Manitoba became the first ever late model winner at the Knoxville Raceway on night #2 of the 16th Annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals. Weiss’s win gave him $7,000 and 472 points, placing him in row two of Saturday night’s $40,000 to win finale. Friday’s winner, Shane Clanton will start on the pole, alongside Kentucky’s Darrell Lanigan. Chris Madden led from outside of row one early in the 25-lap main event. Weiss, Tyler Bruening, Dennis Erb Jr. and Tyler Erb rounded out the top five. Don O’Neal passed Erb for fifth in what was a good battle that saw the two exchange the spot twice. Eleventh starting Josh Richards was on the move as well, and passed both Erb and Don O’Neal, entering the top five on lap eight. Richards passed Erb Jr. for fourth on lap 10.
Up front, Madden found comfort through the middle of the track until approaching lapped traffic on the fourteenth circuit. On lap 16, he tried to shoot under the lapped car of Mike Mataragas, and slid across turn one. It was all Weiss needed to jump to the point.
Weiss would pull away to win his second career Lucas Oil Late Model Series event. Madden held on for second, ahead of a late charging Richards, Bruening and Don O’Neal. Tyler Erb, Earl Pearson Jr., hard-charger Brandon Sheppard, Frank Heckenast Jr. and Hudson O’Neal rounded out the top ten.
Scott Bloomquist and Chris Simpson set quick time over their respective groups, while Shannon Babb, Richards, Weiss, Darrell Lanigan, Madden and Heckenast were heat race winners. Jonathan Davenport and Shane Clanton were the B main winners.
“It’s just awesome,” said Weiss in Victory Lane. “Never did we think we’d be in Victory Lane at Eldora. We didn’t get to capitalize on it. We’re just taking baby steps at it. We’re there. After last night, we were happy with that. We knew we were locked in the show. We debated on switching cars tonight and trying something, but we knew this thing was good. Every time we touched the track, we just got better and better. (Madden) was struggling a little bit. I eased a little bit, and when he got up in the middle of the track, I tried to hold the bottom. This car’s been phenomenal since we unloaded here.”
“We had a good car about half the race there,” said Madden. “Then I got extremely tight and I couldn’t turn across the middle there. We were trying to bide our own, and if we didn’t get to lapped traffic, I think we would have been o.k. I about spun out there, and that left the door open for Ricky. To have the night we did last night, we were able to bounce back and have a good one tonight.”
“I felt like we were running them down pretty good,” said Richards. “We had a fast car…I just had to hit it right and rely on the cushion. It was a lot of fun out there. It was traditional, old school Knoxville. The ledge was up by the wall and slick all the way across. I just had a lot of fun out there!”
The 16th Annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals conclude on Saturday night, September 14! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals Night #2 Results
Group A Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 0, Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, TN (9), 18.009; 2. 1S, Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL (27), 18.189; 3. 1T, Tyler Erb, Houston, TX (8), 18.262; 4. 49, Jonathan Davenport, Mount Airy, NC (6), 18.295; 5. 39, Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY (3), 18.349; 6. 40B, Kyle Bronson, Brandon, FL (25), 18.406; 7. 18J, Chase Junghans, Manhattan, KS (2), 18.465; 8. 16T, Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA (21), 18.468; 9. 7W, Ricky Weiss, Headingley, MB, Can. (19), 18.521; 10. 32P, Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, IL (1), 18.525; 11. 50, Shanon Buckingham, Morristown, TN (20), 18.540; 12. 43, Jeremy Grady, Story City, IA (13), 18.648; 13. 1, Earl Pearson Jr., Trinity, NC (15), 18.672; 14. 14, Josh Richards, Shinnston, WV (11), 18.691; 15. 15B, Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, IA (16), 18.739; 16. 18, Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL (10), 18.756; 17. 20RT, Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, AZ (22), 18.790; 18. 58E, Dave Eckrich, Oxford, IA (17), 18.831; 19. 2S, Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, NM (14), 18.869; 20. 33, Nick Marolf, Moscow, IA (7), 18.919; 21. B1, Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, MN (12), 18.924; 22. 32B, Cody Laney, Torrance, CA (24), 19.059; 23. 6Z, Corey Zeitner, Bellevue, NE (4), 19.486; 24. 58, Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque, IA (18), 19.515; 25. 20W, Chad White, Saint Joseph, MI (26), 19.621; 26. 14M, Reid Millard, Jefferson City, MO (23), 20.343; 27. 44W, David Webster, Monroe, WI (5), NT.
Group B Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 32S, Chris Simpson, Marion, IA (22), 18.212; 2. 20, Jimmy Owens, Newport, TN (21), 18.290; 3. 1C, Chad Simpson, Mount Vernon, IA (10), 18.301; 4. 21JR, Billy Moyer Jr., Batesville, AR (4), 18.398; 5. 5, Don O'Neal, Martinsville, IN (5), 18.420; 6. 1ST, Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, NM (9), 18.423; 7. 28, Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL (25), 18.438; 8. 0M, Chris Madden, Gray Court, SC (16), 18.486; 9. 71, Hudson O'Neal, Morgantown, IN (19), 18.568; 10. 1D, Devin Moran, Dresden, OH (15), 18.618; 11. 25, Shane Clanton, Zebulon, GA (3), 18.640; 12. 1M, Mike Mataragas, Sycamore, IL (18), 18.848; 13. 29, Darrell Lanigan, Union, KY (1), 18.883; 14. 5N, Dustin Nobbe, Batesville, IN (27), 18.916; 15. 99JR, Frank Heckenast Jr., Frankfurt, IL (13), 18.943; 16. 29D, Spencer Diercks, Davenport, IA (26), 18.979; 17. 25F, Jason Feger, Bloomington, IL (12), 19.000; 18. 14J, Jake Neal, Omaha, NE (24), 19.045; 19. 28M, Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, WI (2), 19.112; 20. 21, Billy Moyer, Batesville, AR (17), 19.128; 21. 99, Brian Harris, Davenport, IA (8), 19.190; 22. 22C, Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake, IA (7), 19.318; 23. 54, Mike Fryer, Freeport, IL (23), 19.330; 24. 4W, JC Wyman, Griswold, IA (6), 19.526; 25. 10C, Junior Coover, Norfolk, NE (14), 20.091; 26. 22B, Jonathan Brauns, Muscatine, IA (11), 19.866; 27. 17, Tim Simpson, Iowa City, IA (20), 20.068.
Group A Heat one (started), 12 Laps, 3:49.0: 1. Shannon Babb (1); 2. Scott Bloomquist (6); 3. Earl Pearson Jr. (2) / 4. Chase Junghans (4); 5. Jonathan Davenport (5); 6. Stormy Scott (7); 7. Bobby Pierce (3); 8. Cody Laney (8); 9. Chad White (9)
Group A Heat two (started), 12 Laps, 3:48.6: 1. Josh Richards (2); 2. Ricky Thornton Jr. (1); 3. Tyler Bruening (4) / 4. Tim McCreadie (5); 5. Brandon Sheppard (6); 6. Shanon Buckingham (3); 7. Nick Marolf (7); 8. Reid Millard (9); 9. Corey Zeitner (8)
Group A Heat three (started), 12 Laps, 3:49.7: 1. Ricky Weiss (4); 2. Tyler Erb (6); 3. Brian Birkhofer (2) / 4. Kyle Bronson (5); 5. Dave Eckrich (1); 6. Jeremy Grady (3); 7. Brent Larson (7); 8. Jeremiah Hurst (8) DNS - 9. David Webster
Group B Heat one (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Darrell Lanigan (2); 2. Dennis Erb Jr. (4); 3. Chris Simpson (6) / 4. Jimmy Mars (7); 5. Devin Moran (3); 6. Spencer Diercks (1); 7. Jonathan Brauns (9); 8. Charlie McKenna (8); 9. Billy Moyer Jr. (5)
Group B Heat two (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Chris Madden (4); 2. Don O'Neal (5); 3. Jason Feger (1) / 4. Shane Clanton (3); 5. Jimmy Owens (6); 6. Billy Moyer (7); 7. Mike Fryer (8); 8. Dustin Nobbe (2); 9. Tim Simpson (9)
Group B Heat three (started), 12 Laps, 3:57.6: 1. Frank Heckenast Jr. (2); 2. Mike Mataragas (3); 3. Hudson O'Neal (4) / 4. Chad Simpson (6); 5. Johnny Scott (5); 6. Jake Neal (1); 7. JC Wyman (8); 8. Brian Harris (7); 9. Junior Coover (9)
B main one (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1. Jonathan Davenport (2); 2. Brandon Sheppard (1); 3. Kyle Bronson (4) / 4. Stormy Scott (9); 5. Tim McCreadie (3); 6. Shanon Buckingham (6); 7. Chase Junghans (5); 8. Bobby Pierce (10); 9. Nick Marolf (11); 10. Dave Eckrich (8); 11. Jeremiah Hurst (15); 12. Cody Laney (13); 13. Brent Larson (12); 14. Chad White (16); 15. Reid Millard (14); 16. David Webster (17); 17. Jeremy Grady (7) DNS - 18. Corey Zeitner
B main two (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1. Shane Clanton (5); 2. Jimmy Owens (1); 3. Chad Simpson (2) / 4. Devin Moran (4); 5. Jimmy Mars (8); 6. Billy Moyer (9); 7. Johnny Scott (3); 8. Spencer Diercks (6); 9. Mike Fryer (11); 10. JC Wyman (12); 11. Brian Harris (15); 12. Dustin Nobbe (14); 13. Charlie McKenna (13); 14. Jake Neal (7); 15. Jonathan Brauns (10); 16. Junior Coover (16) DNS - 17. Billy Moyer Jr. 18. Tim Simpson
A main (started), 25 Laps, 8:54.1: 1. Ricky Weiss (1); 2. Chris Madden (2); 3. Josh Richards (11); 4. Tyler Bruening (3); 5. Don O'Neal (6); 6. Tyler Erb (5); 7. Earl Pearson Jr. (9); 8. Brandon Sheppard (21); 9. Frank Heckenast Jr. (16); 10. Hudson O'Neal (10); 11. Dennis Erb Jr. (4); 12. Chad Simpson (24); 13. Kyle Bronson (23); 14. Scott Bloomquist (7); 15. Jimmy Owens (22); 16. Chris Simpson (8); 17. Jonathan Davenport (19); 18. Darrell Lanigan (14); 19. Ricky Thornton Jr. (17); 20. Shannon Babb (15); 21. Brian Birkhofer (13); 22. Shane Clanton (20); 23. Jason Feger (18); 24. Mike Mataragas (12). Lap Leaders: Madden 1-15, Weiss 16-25. Hard- charger: Sheppard.
Saturday Night Lineups
A main 1 25 Shane Clanton 494 2 29 Darrell Lanigan 486 3 7W Ricky Weiss 484 4 0M Chris Madden 484 5 1T Tyler Erb 483 6 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr. 482 7 5 Don O'Neal 481 8 16T Tyler Bruening 474 9 1S Brandon Sheppard 472 10 0 Scott Bloomquist 471 11 14 Josh Richards 470 12 32S Chris Simpson 468 13 1C Chad Simpson 465 14 28 Dennis Erb Jr. 465 15 1 Earl Pearson Jr. 461 16 71 Hudson O'Neal 460 17 1D Devin Moran 460 18 20 Jimmy Owens 458 19 32P Bobby Pierce 458 20 40B Kyle Bronson 457 21 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr. 456 22 50 Shanon Buckingham 456 23 2S Stormy Scott 456 24 49 Jonathan Davenport 450
B main 25 18 Shannon Babb 434 26 21JR Billy Moyer Jr. 432 27 15B Brian Birkhofer 429 28 1M Mike Mataragas 429 29 39 Tim McCreadie 425 30 58 Jeremiah Hurst 421 31 25F Jason Feger 418 32 18J Chase Junghans 417 33 1ST Johnny Scott 416 34 28M Jimmy Mars 411 35 58E Dave Eckrich 393 36 29D Spencer Diercks 391 37 43 Jeremy Grady 390 38 21 Billy Moyer 387 39 14J Jake Neal 385 40 5N Dustin Nobbe 381 41 B1 Brent Larson 380 42 33 Nick Marolf 378
C main 43 22C Charlie McKenna 378 44 99 Brian Harris 377 45 32B Cody Laney 373 46 54 Mike Fryer 372 47 6Z Corey Zeitner 370 48 20W Chad White 369 49 4W JC Wyman 368 50 22B Jonathan Brauns 356 51 17 Tim Simpson 356 52 14M Reid Millard 352 53 44W David Webster 349 54 10C Junior Coover 348 55 777 Jared Landers 333
9/14
Jimmy Owens Wins Thriller to Repeat as Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals Champion! Jason Rauen Wins with Malvern Bank Late Model Series by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (September 14, 2019) – Jimmy Owens came from the 18th starting position to win an electrifying edition of the Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The win was the Newport, Tennesee driver’s second in a row, and earned him $40,000. The Malvern Bank Late Model Series supported the event and saw Farley Iowa’s Jason Rauen emerge victorious.
Georgia’s Shane Clanton, who won Thursday’s opener, led early in the 100-lap main event, followed by Darrell Lanigan and Friday winner Ricky Weiss. Chad Simpson brought the first of nine caution or red flag periods nine laps in. Clanton led Lanigan, Weiss, Tyler Erb and Brandon Sheppard back to green.
Weiss would advance to second at that point before Frank Heckenast Jr. stopped with a flat right rear tire ten laps in. Lanigan now took second when the green flew, while Chris Madden emerged in fourth. Chris Simpson slowed on lap 22 to bring another yellow flag. At that point, Clanton’s healthy lead came ahead of Lanigan, Weiss, Erb and Madden.
Sheppard took that opportunity to move into the top five, and claimed fourth five laps later. On lap 30, he moved by Tyler Erb for the third spot before a three-car melee involving Josh Richards, Don O’Neal and Tim McCreadie brought the red flag. Ricky Thornton Jr. found speed at that point, battling with Weiss to get into the top five. Meanwhile, Kyle Bronson was on the move as well, climbing from 20th into the top five by lap 42. Unfortunately, two circuits later, he jumped the turn three cushion, rode with two wheels on the wall and turned over, ending his night. He walked away.
Sheppard jumped by Lanigan to claim second, while Madden drove from sixth to fourth when the green flew again. Madden gained third from Lanigan on lap 46. When the caution flag flew at the halfway point for fuel, Clanton led Sheppard, Madden, Weiss and Lanigan.
The second half of the race went a little smoother. A lap 55 caution for Erb jumbled things up, however. When the green flew, Madden jetted to the point, ahead of Clanton and Lanigan, while Sheppard stumbled back to fifth. Weiss moved into third on lap 58, and Sheppard snagged fourth on lap 59, as both worked by Lanigan.
For the first time in the race, a leader hit lapped traffic with 30 to go. Jimmy Owens steady progress saw him enter the top five at the same time. Sheppard grabbed second from Clanton on lap 72, right before a broken axle ended the latter’s night. It would prove to be the final caution.
Sheppard shot by Madden to lead on the restart, while Hudson O’Neal entered the top five, seemingly from nowhere. O’Neal passed Weiss for fourth on lap 76. Owens used the cushion to gain quickly on Madden and pass him for second on lap 80. Sheppard entered lapped traffic on lap 82, and Owens reeled him in.
On lap 86, the veteran slid in front of Sheppard to take the lead. Sheppard made a last ditch effort in the last corner, pulling beside Owens, but Owens held on for the popular win ahead of Sheppard, Hudson O’Neal, Devin Moran and Bronson. Madden, Stormy Scott, Weiss, Earl Pearson Jr. and Heckenast rounded out the top ten. Cody Laney won the C main, and Brian Birkhofer claimed the B.
“We had to be married to that top way more than we wanted to,” said a happy Owens in Victory Lane. “Our tires fired up and we got to going real good. We chased Sheppard down there in some lapped traffic and had one opportunity to get by him. We took it as best we could and came home with a good run. I could hear him back there (on the last lap). I figured if he was below me, he couldn’t get by me. I saw him under me coming off of turn four, and I figured it was a drag race. Maybe we could beat him.”
“I just tried to slide a lapped car to early and let (Owens) get a run on me there,” said Sheppard of Owens winning pass. “That was the most fun I’ve had in a racecar in a long time…I’m not going to lie, but I’m disappointed. There are a lot of things I could have done different to win that race. Jimmy did a heck of a job. My hat’s off to him. We had good speed all weekend, and I knew we’d be good in the hundred lapper.”
“We weren’t very good early,” said O’Neal. “I think we ran 15th to 20th the whole race there. We made a pit stop right before the fuel stop and I think we made the right changes. We had some good restarts. I think on the last one, we drove by four cars through the middle. Everything has to line up to drive from the back like that and it did.”
Last year’s Malvern Bank Late Model Series winner Tad Pospisil found himself leading early in that 18-lap feature event, with Josh Leonard and Tyler Bruening chasing him. A caution on lap three for a stopped Jason O’Brien closed things up. Leonard used the opportunity to take the point for himself, and pull away from Jeff Aikey and Pospisil.
Jason Rauen emerged as well, moving into third on lap ten before Jason Wallace climbed the turn one wall and turned over to bring the red flag. Rauen jetted to the lead on the restart and never looked back, while Bruening went from fifth to second by the checkers. Leonard, Aikey and Pospisil followed. Ricky Thornton Jr., Chad Simpson, Kyle Berck, Scott Ward and Josh Krug rounded out the top ten. Leonard set quick time over the 32- car field, and Rauen, Allan Hopp and Thornton won heat races.
“I knew the momentum around here is pretty big,” said Rauen in Victory Lane. “If we could get into here quick and get out there and run a clean, straight race, we’d probably be on top. It feels good to be on this podium in front of all you people.”
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16th Annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals Results
C main (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1. 32B, Cody Laney, Torrance, CA (3); 2. 4w, JC Wyman, Griswold, IA (6); 3. 54, Mike Fryer, Freeport, IL (4); 4. 14m, Reid Millard, Jefferson City, MO (7) / 5. 10C, Junior Coover, Norfolk, NE (8); 6. 99, Brian Harris, Davenport, IA (2); 7. 6z, Corey Zeitner, Omaha, NE (5); 8. 22c, Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake, IA (1) DNS – 44w, David Webster, Monroe, WI, 20w, Chad White, Saint Joseph, MI, 22B, Jonathan Brauns, Muscatine, IA, 17, Tim Simpson, Iowa City, IA, 777, Jared Landers, Batesville, AR
B main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. 15B, Brian Birkhofer, Farley, IA (3); 2. 39, Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY (5); 3. 18, Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL (1); 4. 18J, Chase Junghans, Manhattan, KS (8); 5. 21JR, Billy Moyer Jr., Batesville, AR (2); 6. 21, Billy Moyer, Batesville, AR (12) / 7. 1st, Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, NM (9); 8. 43, Jeremy Grady, Story City, IA (13); 9. 1m, Mike Mataragas, Sycamore, IL (4); 10. 25F, Jason Feger, Bloomington, IL (7); 11. 58E, Dave Eckrich, Oxford, IA (11); 12. 14J, Jake Neal, Omaha, NE (15); 13. B1, Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, MN (17); 14. 29D, Spencer Diercks, Decorah, IA (10); 15. 58, Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque, IA (6); 16. 33, Nick Marolf, Moscow, IA (18); 17. Cody Laney (19); 18. JC Wyman (18); 19. 5N, Dustin Nobbe, Batesville, IN (14); 20. Reid Millard (20); 21. Mike Fryer (21) DNS – 28M, Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, WI
A main, 100 Laps (started), NT: 1. 20, Jimmy Owens, Newport, TN (18); 2. 1s, Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL (9); 3. 71, Hudson O'Neal, Morgantown, IN (16); 4. 1D, Devin Moran, Dresden, OH (17); 5. 40B, Kyle Bronson, Brandon, FL (20); 6. 0m, Chris Madden, Gray Court, SC (4); 7. 2s, Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, NM (23); 8. 7w, Ricky Weiss, Headingley, MB, Can. (3); 9. 1, Earl Pearson Jr., Hilliard, FL (15); 10. 99JR, Frank Heckenast Jr., Franfort, IL (21); 11. 32s, Chris Simpson, Oxford, IA (12); 12. 29, Darrell Lanigan, Union, KY (2); 13. 49, Jonathan Davenport, Pelzer, SC (24); 14. 0, Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, TN (10); 15. 1T, Tyler Erb, St. Mary’s, OH (5); 16. 50, Shanon Buckingham, Morristown, TN (22); 17. 28, Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL (14); 18. 16T, Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA (8); 19. Chase Junghans (28); 20. Brian Birkhofer (25); 21. 25, Shane Clanton, Zebulon, GA (1); 22. 32P, Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, IL (19); 23. Shannon Babb (27); 24. 20RT, Ricky Thornton Jr., Adel, IA (6); 25. 14, Josh Richards, Shinnston, WV (11); 26. 5, Don O'Neal, Martinsville, IN (7); 27. Tim McCreadie (26); 28. Billy Moyer (30); 29. 1C, Chad Simpson, Mt. Vernon, IA (13); 30. Billy Moyer Jr. (29). Lap Leaders: Clanton 1-55, Madden 56-72, Sheppard 73-85, Owens 86-100. MPI Hard-charger: Owens.
Malvern Bank Late Model Series Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 1, Josh Leonard, Gibbon, NE (25) 19.230; 2. 15x, Ryan Griffith, Webster City, IA (19) 19.469; 3. O4, Tad Pospisil, Norfolk, NE (17) 19.618; 4. 15, Jason O’Brien, Atlantic, IA (22) 19.620; 5. 80, Allan Hopp, Harlan, IA (18) 19.668; 6. 16, Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA (5) 19.714; 7. 77, Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls, IA (31) 19.863; 8. 76H, Jason Hahne, Webster City, IA (15) 19.871; 9. 25s, Chad Simpson, Mt. Vernon, IA (1) 19.907; 10. 37, Scott Ward, Watertown, SD (24) 19.965; 11. 76, Zach Zeitner, Bellevue, NE (2) 19.981; 12. 19, Corey Zeitner, Omaha, NE (23) 19.996; 13. 98R, Jason Rauen, Farley, IA (7) 20.036; 14. 82, Robbie Andersen, Omaha, NE (10) 20.074; 15. 30, Ricky Thornton Jr., Adel, IA (11) 20.083; 16. 15c, Curt Schroeder, Newton, IA (28) 20.105; 17. Andrew Kosiski, La Vista, NE (29) 20.173; 18. 25, Brad Perdue, Council Bluffs, IA (27) 20.211; 19. 52, Brian Kosiski, Papillion, NE (8) 20.324; 20. 14, Kyle Berck, Marquette, NE (3) 20.340; 21. 15K, Justin Kay, Wheatland, IA (30) 20.359; 22. 4, JC Wyman, Griswold, IA (6) 20.409; 23. 99D, Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, IA (32) 20.442; 24. 56E, Andy Eckrich, Oxford, IA (21) 20.474; 25. 93, Jay Johnson, West Burlington, IA (20) 20.506; 26. 98, Ben Schaller, Omaha, NE (14) 20.552; 27. 13, Jason Wallace, Carter Lake, IA (4) 20.572; 28. 24, Bill Leighton, La Vista, NE (9) 20.597; 29. 4K, Josh Krug, Omaha, NE (12) 20.742; 30. 22c, Charlie McKenna, Ames, IA (26) 20.796; 31. 56, Chris Spieker, Massena, IA (13) 20.849; 32. 23, Paul Conrad, Colo, IA (16) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps: 1. Jason Rauen (2) 2. Josh Leonard (6) 3. Jeff Aikey (4) 4. JC Wyman (8) 5. Curt Schroeder (1) 6. Brian Kosiski (7) 7. Jason O’Brien (5) 8. Scott Ward (3) 9. Bill Leighton (10) 10. Jay Johnson (9) 11. Chris Spieker (11)
Heat two (started), 8 laps: 1. Allan Hopp (5) 2. Andrew Kosiski (1) 3. Kyle Berck (7) 4. Jason Hahne (4) 5. Ben Schaller (9) 6. Josh Krug (10) 7. Darrel DeFrance (8) 8. Paul Conrad (11) 9. Ryan Griffith (6) 10. Robbie Anderson (2) 11. Zach Zeitner (3)
Heat three (started), 8 laps: 1. Ricky Thornton Jr. (2) 2. Tyler Bruening (5) 3. Tad Pospisil (6) 4. Chad Simpson (4) 5. Justin Kay (7) 6. Corey Zeitner (3) 7. Charlie McKenna (10) 8. Brad Perdue (1) 9. Jason Wallace (9) 10. Andy Eckrich (8)
A main (started), 22 laps: 1. Jason Rauen (6) 2. Tyler Bruening (4) 3. Josh Leonard (1) 4. Jeff Aikey (5) 5. Tad Pospisil (3) 6. Ricky Thornton Jr. (10) 7. Chad Simpson (8) 8. Kyle Berck (16) 9. Scott Ward (14) 10. Josh Krug (25) 11. Andrew Kosiski (12) 12. Jason Hahne (7) 13. JC Wyman (17) 14. Corey Zeitner (13) 15. Chris Spieker (32) 16. Justin Kay (19) 17. Ryan Griffith (11) 18. Andy Eckrich (26) 19. Brian Kosiski (18) 20. Ben Schaller (23) 21. Charlie McKenna (27) 22. Bill Leighton (30) 23. Darrel DeFrance (24) 24. Robbie Anderson (21) 25. Brad Perdue (22) 26. Zach Zeitner (20) 27. Paul Conrad (31) 28. Curt Schroeder (15) 29. Jason Wallace (29) 30. Jason O’Brien (9) DNS – Allan Hopp (2), Jay Johnson (28). Lap Leaders: Pospisil 1-3, Leonard 4-10, Rauen 11-18. Hard-charger: Spieker.
2019 410 Final Driver Point Standings and Feature Winners:
Driver Feature Wins Points Primary car(s) (Feature Laps Led)
1. Brian Brown 5 (103) 3493 Brian Brown Racing #21 2. Terry McCarl 1 (20) 3258 Destiny Motorsports/TMAC Mtspts #4 3. Austin McCarl - 3099 TKS Motorsports #2KS 4. Brooke Tatnell - 2981 Anthony Vermeer/Vermeer Motorsports #55 5. Justin Henderson 0 (9) 2952 Sandvig Motorsports #7x 6. Matt Juhl 0 (2) 2949 Don and Terresa Juhl #09 7. Davey Heskin - 2810 Maxwell Racing #56N 8. Trey Starks 1 (21) 2725 Gobrecht Motorsports #44s 9. Kerry Madsen 2 (53) 2587 Tod Quiring #2M 10. Tasker Phillips - 2522 Mania Motorsports #7TAZ 11. Lynton Jeffrey - 2495 Ridge & Sons Racing #83 12. Josh Schneiderman 0 (10) 2301 Deuce Motorsports #49 13. Sawyer Phillips - 2290 Kyle and Susan Phillips #3P 14. Chris Martin - 2196 Chris Martin Racing #44 15. Mason Daniel - 2174 Mason Daniel Racing #33m 16. Bobby Mincer - 2150 Bobby Mincer Racing #15 17. Joe Simbro - 2020 Joe Simbro #56 18. AJ Moeller 0 (1) 1939 Moeller Motorsports #20 19. RJ Johnson - 1529 VanderEcken Motor$port$ #10/Bruce Williams #7s 20. Chase Wanner - 1298 Bryan Wanner #85
Other 410 Feature Winners (Laps Led): David Gravel 3 (65), Brady Bacon 2 (43), Gio Scelzi 2 (34), Parker Price-Miller 1 (20), Brad Sweet 1 (10), Lance Dewease 0 (13), Aaron Reutzel 0 (11), Chris Windom 0 (9), Brock Zearfoss 0 (8), Mark Dobmeier 0 (4), Kevin Thomas Jr. 0 (3), Logan Schuchart 0 (2), Joey Saldana 0 (2), Wayne Johnson 0 (2).
2019 360 Final Driver Point Standings and Feature Winners:
Driver Feature Wins Points Primary car(s) (Feature Laps Led)
1. Carson McCarl 2 (24) 3181 Carson McCarl Racing #27 2. Ryan Giles 3 (43) 3091 Ryan Giles Enterprises #9 3. Clint Garner 2 (27) 2926 Boyd and Glenda Fluth #40 4. Calvin Landis - 2720 Calvin Landis Motorsports #70 5. Jon Agan 0 (9) 2630 Agan Motorsports #4 6. Matt Moro 0 (8) 2589 Matt Moro #2m 7. Joe Beaver 1 (18) 2212 Beaver Motorsports, LLC #53 8. McKenna Haase 0 (16) 2185 Team Haase Racing, LLC #55 9. Jamie Ball 1 (18) 2087 White Lightning Motorsports #5J 10. Ryan Leavitt - 2023 Leavitt Motorsports #22 11. Kelby Watt - 1969 Sean and Tracy Watt #1K 12. Josh Higday - 1951 Hetrick Motorsports #35 13. Rob Kubli - 1891 Ridge & Sons Racing #83 14. Nathan Mills - 1734 Mills Racing #24N 15. Brad Comegys - 1630 D and D Motorsports #76 16. Tom Lenz - 1603 Lenz Racing #8L 17. Eric Bridger - 1515 Dwight Bridger #81E 18. Rob Weuve - 1401 Bob Weuve Racing #19 19. Casey Greubel - 1363 Casey Greubel #64c 20. Alan Zoutte - 1343 Zoutte Motorsports #33 21. Christian Bowman - 1315 Christian Bowman Racing #15 22. Cody Wehrle - 1282 Andy Huston Racing #40c 23. Jon Hughes - 1225 Jay Hughes #67 24. John Anderson - 1032 John Anderson #1A 25. Ben Woods - 1006 Ben Woods #11B 26. Jayce Jenkins - 838 Jenkins Motorsports #33J
Other 360 Feature Winners (Laps Led): James McFadden 2 (27), Cory Eliason 1 (12), Wayne Johnson 1 (1), Davey Heskin 0 (16), Thomas Kennedy 0 (14), Terry McCarl 0 (7), Travis Rilat 0 (6), Tasker Phillips 0 (2), Brian Brown 0 (2).
2019 Pro Sprints Presented by Pace Performance Final Driver Point Standings and Feature Winners:
Driver Feature Wins Points Primary car(s) (Feature Laps Led)
1. Matthew Stelzer 5 (67) 2919 Scott Stelzer #99 2. Chris Walraven - 2854 JF2/Muddylush Racing #56 3. Mike Johnston 0 (17) 2620 Mike Johnston #14J 4. Brandon Worthington 0 (2) 2581 Doug Worthington #71 5. Jeff Wilke - 2574 Wilke Brothers #41 6. Chase Young - 2533 Chase and Brittany Young #26 7. Evan Epperson 1 (6) 2472 Ernie Epperson #21 8. Devin Wignall - 2420 Devin Wignall #21x 9. Mike Mayberry 1 (7) 2401 Mayberry Motorsports #0 10. Russ Hall 2 (32) 2100 Skillz Motorsports #29 11. Mike Ayers 0 (1) 2033 Michael Ayers #50 12. Tyler Barrick - 1996 Tyler Barrick #11 13. Matt Johnson - 1723 Matthew Johnson Racing #2