COMPLETE RESULTS FOR 1996
Date (Sanction/Event) – Winners
4/20 410 – Danny Lasoski, 360 – Randy Martin 4/26 (WoO) – Mark Kinser 4/27 (WoO) – Mark Kinser, 360 – Larry Pinegar II 5/4 410 – Danny Lasoski, 360 – Terry Alexander 5/11 410 – Danny Lasoski, 360 – Larry Pinegar II 5/18 410 – Danny Lasoski, 360 – Bruce Williams 5/25 Rain 6/7 (ISCA 360) - Rain 6/8 410 – Skip Jackson, (Masters Classic) – Billy Engelhart 6/15 Rain 6/21 (WoO) – Stevie Smith 6/22 (WoO twin features) – Mark Kinser, Jeff Swindell, 360 – Jeff Haines 6/29 410 – Chris Walraven, (ISCA 360) – Bruce Drottz 7/6 (Twin Features) 410 – Danny Lasoski (2), 360 – Bruce Williams, Randy Martin 7/13 410 – Danny Lasoski, (ISCA 360) – Ricky Logan 7/20 410 – Danny Lasoski, 360 – Tod Bishop 7/21 (Enduro) – Kenny Miller 7/24 (WoO) – Mark Kinser 7/25 (Harris Clash for Modifieds) – Mark Noble 7/26 (360 Nationals Prelim) – Doug Wolfgang 7/27 (360 Nationals) – Terry McCarl, 410 – Terry McCarl 8/3 410 – Dennis Moore Jr., (ISCA 360) – David Hesmer 8/10 – Rain 8/11 410 – Jeff Mitrisin, 360 – Randy Martin 8/14 (Knoxville Nationals Prelim) – Mark Kinser 8/15 (Knoxville Nationals Prelim) – Terry McCarl 8/16 (Knoxville Nationals NQ) – Rain 8/17 (Knoxville Nationals) – Mark Kinser 8/18 (Knoxville Nationals Special) – Billy Pauch 8/31 410 – Skip Jackson, 360 – David Hesmer 9/7 (Deery Brothers Late Models) – Jeff Aikey, Hobby Stocks – John Schulz 9/21 (AMA Motorcycles) Grand National – Scott Parker, Harley Davidson Sportster – Robert Miller
4/20/96
Lasoski Sprints to Knoxville Season Opener Win by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, Iowa – Danny Lasoski captured the 43rd season opener at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night in an event that went non-stop on the half-mile oval. In so doing, Lasoski left little doubt that the Guy Forbrook No. 5 team was back. www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 1 of 72
Terry McCarl took the immediate lead from his front row starting position with Scott Whitworth chasing him through the first six laps. Chris Walraven then took over the McCarl chase as the front-runners forged through lapped traffic. Lasoski was third.
On the thirteenth circuit, McCarl bobbled between turns three and four when he came upon a lapped car and that was all that Lasoski needed as he quickly placed the Schnee chassis into the top spot when he flew by the front two cars. Lasoski then pulled away from the field to take his 57th Knoxville win, just two wins shy of the record 59 set by Doug Wolfgang. In garnering the victory, Lasoski shattered the 20-lap record by ten seconds.
Lasoski, who has rejoined the Forbrook team this season after a two year leave, was paid $2,500 for his efforts. McCarl held the runner-up position and Walraven was third. Whitworth placed a close fourth, Ryan Jamison was fifth and Steve Beitler finished sixth. Jerry Richert Jr., Skip Jackson, Jaymie Moyle and Randy Smith rounded out the top ten finishers.
The 5th Annual Skoal Racing 360 Limited Sprints Points Series got underway as Randy Martin took that division’s feature event. It was Martin’s seventh career win in the limited division and paid the Missouri pilot $950 for his efforts. 1995 division champion Larry Pinegar II qualified out of the B feature and then passed ten cars on the opening lap of the A main to finally settle for a second place finish. Brett Golik, Bruce Drottz and Mike Houseman rounded out the top ten finishers.
Thirty-five 410 and thirty-three 360 sprint cars competed during the evening.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (29) 15.643; 2. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (35) 15.878; 3. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (27) 15.946; 4. 55, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (28) 15.958; 5. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (33) 15.966; 6. 51J, Ryan Jamison, West Burlington, IA (3) 15.988; 7. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (11) 16.047; 8. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (18) 16.084; 9. 12, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (6) 16.145; 10. 10, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (30) 16.209; 11. 1BK, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (16) 16.237; 12. 1, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (12) 16.238; 13. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (23) 16.250; 14. 3B, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (7) 16.258; 15. 11E, Dave Ekern, Flandreau, SD (24) 16.283; 16. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (34) 16.356; 17. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (31) 16.398; 18. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (2) 16.401; 19. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (25); 20. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (4) 16.480; 21. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (17) 16.497; 22. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (14) 16.714; 23. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (1) 16.722; 24. 15, Bobby Mincer, West Burlington, IA (19) 16.797; 25. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (20) 16.846; 26. 1x, Todd Splain, Lincoln, NE (15) 16.849; 27. 2H, Wayne Redmond, Fort Dodge, IA (32) 17.093; 28. 99, Jeff Slinkard, Milo, IA (10) 17.094; 29. 5MA, Mallory Armfield, St. Joseph, MO (22) 17.134; 30. 77, Dr. Joe Probst, Farmington, MO (13) 17.360; 31. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (8) 17.425; 32. 7A, Todd Taeger, Burlington, IA (21) 17.618; 33. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (5) 18.772; 34. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (9) 22.106; 35. 14, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (26) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:11.0: 1. Tony Moro (2) 2. Terry McCarl (5) 3. John Kearney (4) 4. Danny Lasoski (8) / 5. Bob White (6) 6. Rich Bubak (3) 7. Marlon Jones (7) 8. Mallory Armfield (1) 9. Mark Smyser (9)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:10.1: 1. Randy Smith (5) 2. Jaymie Moyle (8) 3. Todd Splain (2) 4. Ryan Jamison (7) / 5. Bob Weuve (9) 6. Dr. Joe Probst (1) 7. Mike Reinke (4) 8. Shawn Moore (3) 9. Skip Jackson (6)
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 2 of 72 Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:13.0: 1. Dennis Moore Jr. (6) 2. Jerry Richert Jr. (3) 3. Chris Walraven (7) 4. Wayne Redmond (2) / 5. Travis Cram (1) 6. Dave Ekern (5) 7. Don Droud Jr. (4) DNS – Leonard Lee, Doran Doty
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:14.2: 1. Manny Rockhold (3) 2. Scott Whitworth (5) 3. Bobby Mincer (1) 4. Steve Beitler (7) / 5. Troy Parsons (4) 6. Brent Antill (6) 7. Jeff Slinkard (2) DNS – Todd Taeger
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:19.1: 1. Marlon Jones (1) 2. Bob White (2) 3. Skip Jackson (7) 4. Brent Antill (3) 5. Rich Bubak (6) / 6. Shawn Moore (11) 7. Bob Weuve (12) 8. Travis Cram (14) 9. Mallory Armfield (13) 10. Dave Ekern (4) 11. Troy Parsons (5) 12. Mike Reinke (9) 13. Jeff Slinkard (8) 14. Dr. Joe Probst (10) 15. Mark Smyser (15) DNS – Don Droud Jr., Leonard Lee, Todd Taeger, Doran Doty
A main (started), 20 laps, 5:39.2 (NTR): 1. Danny Lasoski (8) 2. Terry McCarl (1) 3. Chris Walraven (3) 4. Scott Whitworth (2) 5. Ryan Jamison (4) 6. Steve Beitler (5) 7. Jerry Richert Jr. (12) 8. Skip Jackson (19) 9. Jaymie Moyle (7) 10. Randy Smith (9) 11. Bob White (18) 12. Dennis Moore Jr. (6) 13. Marlon Jones (17) 14. John Kearney (11) 15. Tony Moro (14) 16. Rich Bubak (20) 17. Todd Splain (15) 18. Bobby Mincer (13) 19. Manny Rockhold (10) 20. Wayne Redmond (16). Lap Leaders: McCarl 1-12, Lasoski 13-20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 1:46.4: 1. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (1) 2. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (4) 3. 4J, Jason Danley, Lincoln, NE (2) 4. 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (6) / 5. 16x, Bill Robertson, Ashland, NE (3) 6. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (5) 7. 1J, Jay Hughes, Knoxville, IA (7) DNS – 34, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA, 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:44.3 (NTR): 1. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (5) 2. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (2) 3. 00, Larry Weeks, Montezuma, IA (3) 4. 57, Steve Breazeale, Pleasantville, IA (7) / 5. 8B, Bruce Williams, Berwick, IA (8) 6. 21, Mark Swanson, West Des Moines, IA (6) 7. 4, Dave Middleswart, Indianola, IA (1) 8. 98, Curtis Thorson, Newton, IA (4)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (4) 3. 41B, Nick Bellino, Omaha, NE (3) 4. 18T, Todd Dreifurst, Columbus, NE (1) / 5. 8A, Nate Anderson, Lucas, IA (6) 6. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (7) 7. 11L, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (5) DNS – 47, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA
Heat four (started), 6 laps, 1:46.2: 1. 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (7) 2. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (1) 3. 7x, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (4) 4. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (3) / 5. 29m, Adam Mason, Knoxville, IA (8) 6. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (5) 7. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (2) 8. 9H, Ed Ergenbright, Newton, IA (6)
B main (started), 10 laps, 2:58.4 (NTR): 1. Bruce Williams (2) 2. Larry Pinegar II (11) 3. Bruce Drottz (14) 4. Virgil Brandt (8) / 5. Ed Ergenbright (12) 6. Bill Robertson (1) 7. Mark Swanson (6) 8. Tim Holzworth (7) 9. Adam Mason (4) 10. Mitchell Alexander (5) 11. Nate Anderson (3) 12. Dave Middleswart (10) 13. Jay Hughes (9) 14. Curtis Thorson (13) 15. Tim Deaver (15) DNS – Lee Nelson, Tim St. Arnold
A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Randy Martin (7) 2. Larry Pinegar II (18) 3. Brett Golik (1) 4. Bruce Drottz (19) 5. Mike Houseman (4) 6. Duane Van Heukelom (16) 7. Terry Alexander (12) 8. Bruce Williams (17) 9. Jeff Haines (8) 10. Virgil Brandt (20) 11. Chris Tice (3) 12. Jason Danley (9) 13. Larry Weeks (10) 14. Todd Dreifurst (15) 15. Matt Moro (6) 16. Dave Van Heukelom (2) 17. Nick Bellino (11) 18. David Hesmer (5) 19. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (13) 20. Steve Breazeale (14). Lap Leaders: Golik 1-9, Martin 10-15. www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 3 of 72
4/26/96
Mark Kinser takes Knoxville WoO Spring Opener Prelim by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Mark Kinser, aboard the Karl Kinser Wirtgen Maxim, stormed to a convincing win at Knoxville Raceway Friday night during the World of Outlaws (WoO) Spring Opener.
Kinser, who started along-side Steve Kinser in the 20-lap feature event, out-dragged him down the front chute at the start of the race to take the lead. Once at the front, the younger Kinser quickly set the pace and roared away from the field of sprint cars.
Behind him, a battle developed for the runner-up spot, with Steve Kinser and Dave Blaney. The twosome raced effortlessly through lapped traffic after the two-mile mark with Kinser in front. Blaney took the contested position on lap 15 with a low-side dive into turn three. Two laps later, the yellow flag was displayed for Troy Parsons, who had lost an engine. Kinser’s torrid pace had enabled him to lap up to the tenth position.
On the restart, the front-running Kinser was able to pull away with ease to claim the $4,000 first place prize money and his eighth career win at this historic half-mile oval. Blaney held his spot to claim second and Steve Kinser was third with Johnny Herrera challenging. Jac Haudenschild finished fifth.
Passing honors in the event went to Danny Lasoski, who finished sixth after starting seventeenth. Lasoski, who changed an engine after his heat event, engaged in a heated battle in the latter stages of the race with Terry McCarl and Sammy Swindell, who finished seventh and eighth, respectively. Joe Gaerte and Andy Hillenburg rounded out the top ten finishers.
Qualifying heats went to Greg Hodnett, Mark Kinser, Scott Whitworth, Haudenschild and Blaney. Steve Kinser won the dash as well as paced the 52-car field in time trials. Doran Doty won the C feature and Herrera took the B feature.
Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (27) 15.556; 2. 5m, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (46) 15.779; 3. 47, Johnny Herrera, Tempe, AZ (23) 15.857; 4. 3G, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (22) 15.874; 5. 10, Dave Blaney, Cortland, OH (13) 15.889; 6. 83, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (17) 15.946; 7. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (3) 15.968; 8. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (8) 15.993; 9. 22, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (32) 16.075; 10. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (6) 16.150; 11. 55, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (5) 16.172; 12. 2, Andy Hillenburg, Broken Arrow, OK (30) 16.253; 13. 1BK, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (20) 16.272; 14. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (15) 16.273; 15. 7TW, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (29) 16.277; 16. 10V, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (40) 16.328; 17. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (49) 16.342; 18. 71m, Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA (51) 16.415; 19. 28, Brian Paulus, Mechanicsburg, PA (7) 16.417; 20. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (4) 16.428; 21. 11x, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (52) 16.443; 22. 1, Sammy Swindell, Cordova, TN (35) 16.527; 23. 3B, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (1) 16.544; 24. 02, Mike Reinke, Sheboygan, WI (43) 16.591; 25. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (37) 16.609; 26. 11H, Dion Hindi, Albuquerque, NM (19) 16.661; 27. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (31) 16.680; 28. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (28) 16.685; 29. 15, Donny Schatz, Minot, ND (36) 16.691; 30. 9s, Pat Moore, Moline, IL (11) 16.700; 31. 21, Lance Blevins, Broken Arrow, OK (41) 16.716; 32. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (12) 16.803; 33. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (34) 16.833; 34. 5MA, Mallory Armfield, St. Joseph, MO (16) 16.869; 35. 1B, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (25) 16.885; 36. 69, Mark www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 4 of 72 Smyser, Lancaster, MO (21) 16.951; 37. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (10) 17.022; 38. 14, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (39) 17.052; 39. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (48) 17.108; 40. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (9) 17.128; 41. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (18) 17.148; 42. 7m, Jimmy Carr, Maple Ridge, BC, Can. (42) 17.179; 43. 12, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (44) 17.283; 44. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (24) 17.392; 45. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (33) 17.429; 46. 56c, Gerald Cressman, Hartford, SD (2) 17.537; 47. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (50) 17.594; 48. 66, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (38) 17.714; 49. 57, Steve Breazeale, Pleasantville, IA (26) 17.959; 50. 22A, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (14) 18.311; 51. 8, Al Hargrave, St. Paul, MN (47) 18.747; 52. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (45) 19.224.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Greg Hodnett (2) 2. Skip Jackson (3) 3. Joey Saldana (5) 4. Steve Kinser (6) / 5. Steve Beitler (4) 6. Dion Hindi (1) 7. Mark Smyser (8) 8. Jeff Mitrisin (9) 9. Al Hargrave (11) 10. Gerald Cressman (10) 11. Lance Blevins (7)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:11.1: 1. Mark Kinser (6) 2. Sammy Swindell (2) 3. Andy Hillenburg (4) 4. Danny Lasoski (3) / 5. Chris Walraven (5) 6. Marlon Jones (1) 7. Rich Bubak (10) 8. Dennis Moore Jr. (7) 9. Jimmy Carr (9) 10. Manny Rockhold (8) DNS – Leonard Lee
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:19.1: 1. Scott Whitworth (1) 2. Stevie Smith (3) 3. Terry McCarl (5) 4. Don Droud Jr. (4) / 5. Johnny Herrera (6) 6. Bob White (9) 7. Randy Smith (2) 8. Tony Moro (7) 9. Kenny McCarl (10) 10. Doran Doty (8)
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:19.1: 1. Jac Haudenschild (5) 2. Joe Gaerte (6) 3. Donny Schatz (1) 4. Mike Reinke (2) / 5. Brian Paulus (3) 6. Shawn Moore (9) 7. Jaymie Moyle (4) 8. Steve Breazeale (8) 9. Mallory Armfield (7) DNS – John Kearney
Heat five (started), 8 laps, 2:16.7: 1. Dave Blaney (6) 2. Jeff Swindell (4) 3. Jerry Richert Jr. (5) 4. Troy Parsons (8) / 5. Brent Antill (7) 6. Ryan Jamison (3) 7. Travis Cram (9) 8. Pat Moore (1) 9. Bob Weuve (2) DNS – Eddie Leavitt Jr.
C main (started), 8 laps, 2:27.8: 1. Doran Doty (1) 2. Bob White (4) 3. Shawn Moore (5) / 4. Jimmy Carr (3) 5. Travis Cram (6) 6. Rich Bubak (8) 7. Kenny McCarl (7) 8. Jeff Mitrisin (2) 9. Al Hargrave (9) DNS – Gerald Cressman, Steve Breazeale, Leonard Lee, John Kearney
Dash (started), 5 laps, 1:25.6: 1. Steve Kinser (4) 2. Mark Kinser (3) 3. Dave Blaney (1) 4. Joe Gaerte (2) 5. Terry McCarl (6) 6. Joey Saldana (5) 7. Jac Haudenschild (7) 8. Jerry Richert Jr. (8)
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:38.8: 1. Johnny Herrera (4) 2. Steve Beitler (2) 3. Jaymie Moyle (1) 4. Chris Walraven (3) / 5. Lance Blevins (12) 6. Dion Hindi (9) 7. Shawn Moore (19) 8. Randy Smith (7) 9. Dennis Moore Jr. (11) 10. Bob White (17) 11. Ryan Jamison (6) 12. Tony Moro (14) 13. Doran Doty (20) 14. Marlon Jones (10) 15. Bob Weuve (8) 16. Mark Smyser (15) 17. Mallory Armfield (13) 18. Brent Antill (16) 19. Manny Rockhold (18) 20. Brian Paulus (5) DNS – Pat Moore
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Mark Kinser (2) 2. Dave Blaney (3) 3. Steve Kinser (1) 4. Johnny Herrera (9) 5. Jac Haudenschild (7) 6. Danny Lasoski (17) 7. Terry McCarl (5) 8. Sammy Swindell (20) 9. Joe Gaerte (4) 10. Andy Hillenburg (12) 11. Stevie Smith (18) 12. Jeff Swindell (15) 13. Joey Saldana (6) 14. Skip Jackson (16) 15. Steve Beitler (11) 16. Jerry Richert Jr. (8) 17. Donny Schatz (23) 18. Don Droud Jr. (13) 19. Jaymie Moyle (16) 20. Mike Reinke (21) 21. Scott Whitworth (22) 22. Troy Parsons (24) 23. Chris Walraven (10) 24. Greg Hodnett (19). Lap Leader: M. Kinser 1-20.
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Mark Kinser Sweeps Knoxville WoO Spring Opener Finale by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Mark Kinser, aboard the Karl Kinser Wirtgen Maxim made it two in a row in less than twenty- four hours at Knoxville Raceway as he swept to victory before a crowd estimated at 10,000 Saturday night during the World of Outlaws (WoO) Spring Opener.
The feature event saw Kinser, the current WoO points leader, and second cousin, Steve Kinser start side by side in the 24-car field. Mark immediately took the lead and had extended it to a quick 100 yard advantage, when a yellow flag slowed the race for a stalled car on the track. When the event resumed, he again pulled away from Steve Kinser and began to create an insurmountable margin on the half-mile oval.
Several interesting battles for position broke out during the balance of the 25-lap event. The restart saw Sammy Swindell and Terry McCarl fight for position for several laps until Swindell finally won out. Swindell then battled with Johnny Herrera for the fourth position, gaining that spot on lap eight. Eventually, Herrera’s machine began to slow and the New Mexico native pulled in the pits after the mid-way point.
Danny Lasoski gained several spots after the restart to advance from a seventh row starting position to contend with Joey Saldana. Lap fifteen saw Lasoski get by Saldana to take the fifth place spot, but that was as far as the “Dude” would advance.
Dave Blaney ran third for the entire event and was able to make several challenges on Steve Kinser. On lap thirteen, he pulled along-side Kinser in lapped traffic, but was never able to make good on his bid.
As Mark Kinser swept across the finish line to claim the $9,000 first place prize money, Steve was just exiting the fourth turn. Blaney was third, followed by Swindell and Lasoski. Jeff Swindell took passing honors by coming from the tenth row to place sixth. Saldana, Stevie Smith, McCarl and Joe Gaerte rounded out the top ten finishers.
Qualifying heats went to fast qualifier Sammy Swindell, Gaerte, Lasoski and Jeff Swindell. Mark Kinser won the dash. Dion Hindi won the C feature and Scott Whitworth took the B feature.
In companion Knoxville 360 sprints, Larry Pinegar II took the feature event and was chased to the checkered flags by David Hesmer, Jeff Haines, Bruce Williams and Duane Van Heukelom. Thirty-seven 360 sprints and fifty-three WoO sprints competed during the evening.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 1, Sammy Swindell, Cordova, TN (1) 15.651; 2. 83, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (4) 15.835; 3. 10V, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (14) 16.067; 4. 22, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (13) 16.139; 5. 55, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (31) 16.191; 6. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (20) 16.289; 7. 2, Andy Hillenburg, Broken Arrow, OK (21) 16.327; 8. 71m, Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA (22) 16.348; 9. 1BK, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (40) 16.356; 10. 3G, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (49) 16.363; 11. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (38) 16.401; 12. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (6) 16.438; 13. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (23) 16.441; 14. 21, Lance Blevins, Broken Arrow, OK (5) 16.471; 15. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (3) 16.474; 16. 7TW, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (39) 16.495; 17. 75, Randy Hannagan, San Jose, CA (33) 16.508; 18. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (12) 16.526; 19. 12, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (7) 16.529; 20. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (42) 16.648; 21. 11x, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (30) 16.668; 22. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (37) 16.678; 23. 02, Mike Reinke, Sheboygan, WI (35) 16.698; 24. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (29) 16.719; 25. 7m, Jimmy Carr, Maple Ridge, www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 6 of 72 BC, Can. (15) 16.723; 26. 28, Brian Paulus, Mechanicsburg, PA (19) 16.776; 27. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (25) 16.832; 28. 15, Donny Schatz, Minot, ND (16) 16.835; 29. 50, Kevin Doty, Milan, IL (2) 17.003; 30. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (24) 17.035; 31. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (28) 17.055; 32. 1K, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (44) 17.113; 33. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (9) 17.114; 34. 14, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (11) 17.116; 35. 9s, Pat Moore, Moline, IL (8) 17.121; 36. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (10) 17.142; 37. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (26) 17.164; 38. 3B, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (48) 17.222; 39. 11H, Dion Hindi, Albuquerque, NM (45) 17.235; 40. 69s, Chad Radel, Sioux Falls, SD (32) 17.359; 41. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (47) 17.460; 42. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (34) 17.564; 43. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (43) 17.645; 44. 56c, Gerald Cressman, Hartford, SD (17) 17.872; 45. 8, Al Hargrave, St. Paul, MN (18) 18.158; 46. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (27) NT; 47. 5MA, Mallory Armfield, St. Joseph, MO (36) NT; 48. 66, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (41) NT; 49. 1B, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (46) NT. Locked into Dash from Prelim: 5m, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN; 10, Dave Blaney, Cortland, OH; 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN; 47, Johnny Herrera, Tempe, AZ
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:15.3: 1. Sammy Swindell (4) 2. Randy Hannagan (5) 3. Marlon Jones (1) 4. Greg Hodnett (6) / 5. Steve Beitler (3) 6. Jimmy Carr (7) 7. Kevin Doty (8) 8. Troy Parsons (10) 9. Jeff Mitrisin (9) 10. Don Droud Jr. (2) 11. Al Hargrave (12) 12. Dennis Moore Jr. (11) DNS – Brent Antill
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:15.9: 1. Joe Gaerte (2) 2. Joey Saldana (4) 3. Terry McCarl (3) 4. Lance Blevins (1) / 5. Chris Walraven (6) 6. Tony Moro (5) 7. Ryan Jamison (8) 8. Brian Paulus (7) 9. Manny Rockhold (9) 10. Randy Smith (10) DNS – Doran Doty, Mark Smyser
Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (2) 2. Andy Hillenburg (3) 3. Jerry Richert Jr. (1) 4. Skip Jackson (4) / 5. Mike Reinke (6) 6. Rich Bubak (9) 7. Bob White (5) 8. Bob Weuve (8) 9. Dion Hindi (10) 10. Pat Moore (7) DNS – John Kearney, Mallory Armfield
Heat four (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Jeff Swindell (1) 2. Jac Haudenschild (4) 3. Stevie Smith (3) 4. Shawn Moore (6) / 5. Jaymie Moyle (5) 6. Donny Schatz (7) 7. Leonard Lee (8) 8. Travis Cram (9) 9. Scott Whitworth (2) 10. Chad Radel (10) 11. Gerald Cressman (11) DNS – Kenny McCarl
C main (started), 8 laps 2:26.2: 1. Dion Hindi (4) 2. Rich Bubak (6) / 3. Troy Parsons (2) 4. Travis Cram (1) 5. Randy Smith (3) 6. Manny Rockhold (5) 7. Gerald Cressman (7) 8. Kenny McCarl (10) 9. Al Hargrave (8) 10. Mark Smyser (9) DNS – Dennis Moore Jr., Chad Radel, Mallory Armfield, Brent Antill
Dash (started), 5 laps, 1:22.6: 1. Mark Kinser (1) 2. Steve Kinser (3) 3. Dave Blaney (2) 4. Johnny Herrera (4) 5. Sammy Swindell (5) 6. Joey Saldana (6)
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:42.3: 1. Scott Whitworth (2) 2. Steve Beitler (4) 3. Don Droud Jr. (3) 4. Jaymie Moyle (6) / 5. Tony Moro (1) 6. Donny Schatz (11) 7. Mike Reinke (8) 8. Chris Walraven (7) 9. Bob White (5) 10. Jimmy Carr (9) 11. Kevin Doty (12) 12. Dion Hindi (17) 13. Ryan Jamison (13) 14. Rich Bubak (18) 15. Brian Paulus (10) 16. Bob Weuve (14) 17. Leonard Lee (15) 18. Jeff Mitrisin (16) DNS – John Kearney, Doran Doty, Pat Moore
A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Mark Kinser (1) 2. Steve Kinser (2) 3. Dave Blaney (3) 4. Sammy Swindell (5) 5. Danny Lasoski (14) 6. Jeff Swindell (19) 7. Joey Saldana (6) 8. Stevie Smith (12) 9. Terry McCarl (10) 10. Joe Gaerte (13) 11. Skip Jackson (7) 12. Greg Hodnett (21) 13. Any Hillenburg (11) 14. Jac Haudenschild (8) 15. Steve Beitler (9) 16. Jerry Richert Jr. (18) 17. Randy Hannagan (20) 18. Lance Blevins (17) 19. Don Droud Jr. (23) 20. Marlon Jones (16) 21. Johnny Herrera (4) 22. Jaymie Moyle (24) 23. Scott Whitworth (15) 24. Shawn Moore (22). Lap Leader: M. Kinser 1-25.
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Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (6) 2. 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (8) 3. 57, Steve Breazeale, Pleasantville, IA (2) 4. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (5) / 5. 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (7) 6. 4J, Jason Danley, Lincoln, NE (4) 7. 4, Dave Middleswart, Indianola, IA (3) 8. 98, Curtis Thorson, Newton, IA (1) 9. 1J, Jay Hughes, Knoxville, IA (10) 10. 1s, Scott Jenkins, Dodge City, KS (9)
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:51.8: 1. 39, Greg Gunderson, Sioux Falls, SD (1) 2. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (4) 3. 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA (6) 4. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (5) / 5. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (3) 6. 19, Steve Wasson, West Des Moines, IA (8) 7. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (2) 8. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (7) DNS – 23, Ed Rotert, Mount Ayr, IA
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 1:48.4: 1. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (6) 2. 7x, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (5) 3. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (1) 4. 1KW, Steve Ballenger, Harrisburg, SD (3) / 5. 9H, Ed Ergenbright, Newton, IA (8) 6. 34, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (9) 7. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (2) 8. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (7) 9. 00, Larry Weeks, Montezuma, IA (4)
Heat four (started), 6 laps, 1:49.3: 1. 11L, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (1) 2. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (2) 3. 8B, Bruce Williams, Berwick, IA (3) 4. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (7) / 5. 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (5) 6. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (4) 7. 8A, Chuck Graves, Chariton, IA (6) 8. 29m, Eric Mason, Knoxville, IA (9) 9. 21, Mark Swanson, West Des Moines, IA (8)
B main (started), 10 laps, 2:58.4: 1. Bruce Drottz (1) 2. Ed Ergenbright (3) 3. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (4) 4. Walt Esch (8) 5. Jason Danley (5) / 6. Tim Deaver (7) 7. Tim Holzworth (9) 8. Matt Moro (11) 9. Chris Tice (2) 10. Eric Mason (14) 11. Curtis Thorson (12) 12. Steve Wasson (6) 13. Chuck Graves (10) 14. Jay Hughes (17) 15. Mitchell Alexander (15) 16. Lee Nelson (13) 17. Ed Rotert (16) 18. Scott Jenkins (18) DNS – Dave Middleswart, Larry Weeks, Mark Swanson
A main (started), 15 laps, 4:33.8: 1. Larry Pinegar II (3) 2. David Hesmer (2) 3. Jeff Haines (1) 4. Bruce Williams (10) 5. Duane Van Heukelom (4) 6. Brett Golik (13) 7. Dave Van Heukelom (6) 8. Greg Gunderson (5) 9. Terry Alexander (7) 10. Jerry Crabb (8) 11. Virgil Brandt (12) 12. Bob Thompson (14) 13. Mike Houseman (11) 14. Steve Breazeale (9) 15. Bruce Drottz (17) 16. Ed Ergenbright (16) 17. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (19) 18. Walt Esch (18) 19. Jason Danley (20) 20. Steve Ballenger (15) DNS – Randy Martin. Lap Leaders: Haines 1, Pinegar 2-15.
5/4/96
Lasoski Wins Number 58 in Knoxville Sprints by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Danny Lasoski drove the Guy Forbrook Schnee sprinter to his 58th career win at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The victory paid the “Show Me State” veteran $2,500 and place him within one win of tying the all-time record set by Doug Wolfgang during his years at this historic half-mile oval.
The 20-lap feature event was halted just after it went green for a 3-car mishap. On the restart, Aussie Skip Jackson grabbed the top spot from pole-sitter Jerry Richert Jr. as the exited turn three. Jackson then pulled out to a comfortable lead. Lasoski also made a pass of Richert Jr. on lap eight to place himself in the position of catching Jackson on a track that was undoubtedly one of the fastest in several years.
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 8 of 72 As Jackson headed through turn two of lap ten, he came upon a slower car and spun his sprinter to a stop. On the restart, the front running Lasoski pulled away from the field of 20 starters to win by a wide margin.
“The longer the race went, the faster to car got,” Lasoski explained in victory lane as the Forbrook No. 5 had forged nearly a half-lap margin of victory over second running Richert Jr. New one-lap track record-holder, Mike Reinke, finished a strong third, Dennis Moore Jr. took fourth, and Terry McCarl was fifth. Rounding out the top ten finishers were Chris Walraven, Steve Beitler, Jackson, Bob White and Leonard Lee.
In the 360 sprint feature, Terry Alexander led from start to finish to capture his fourth career win. Track points leader, Larry Pinegar II, began to challenge in the closing laps of the event, but crashed into a lapped car and was eliminated. The wreck brought to a halt an exciting run for Pinegar as he had won the 18-car B feature from the tail and had again worked his way from the tail of the A feature to come into contention for the win. Trailing Alexander to the finish line were Mike Houseman, Bruce Drottz and David Hesmer.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (21) 15.276 (NTR, Old Record: Mark Kinser, 15.281, April 25, 1992); 2. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (30) 15.444; 3. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (19) 15.461; 4. 55, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (8) 15.505; 5. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (25) 15.539; 6. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (24) 15.570; 7. 97, Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK (23) 15.590; 8. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (26) 15.671; 9. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (29) 15.704; 10. 1, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (22) 15.719; 11. 66, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (31) 15.775; 12. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (16) 15.825; 13. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (27) 15.837; 14. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (6) 15.842; 15. 10, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (18) 15.859; 16. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (13) 15.860; 17. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (2) 15.880; 18. 63, John Hunt, Tulsa, OK (5) 15.994; 19. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (9) 15.997; 20. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (17) 16.008; 21. 12, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (32) 16.009; 22. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (11) 16.115; 23. 9s, Pat Moore, Moline, IL (3) 16.124; 24. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (10) 16.165; 25. 14, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (4) 16.210; 26. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (20) 16.264; 27. 3B, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (33) 16.298; 28. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (7) 16.457; 29. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (12) 16.503; 30. 15, Bobby Mincer, West Burlington, IA (28) 16.554; 31. 7B, Dave Westercamp, Johnston, IA (14) 16.942; 32. 8, Al Hargrave, St. Paul, MN (15) 17.142; 33. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (1) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Rich Bubak (1) 2. Mike Reinke (8) 3. Travis Cram (2) 4. Ryan Jamison (3) 5. Steve Beitler (7) 6. Brent Antill (5) / 7. Aaron Berryhill (6) 8. Doran Doty (9) 9. Dave Westercamp (11) 10. Bob Weuve (10) 11. Marlon Jones (4)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:12.2: 1. Shawn Moore (4) 2. Pat Moore (1) 3. Terry McCarl (8) 4. Jerry Richert Jr. (3) 5. Troy Parsons (2) 6. Jaymie Moyle (6) / 7. Chris Walraven (7) 8. Kenny McCarl (5) 9. Jeff Mitrisin (9) 10. Manny Rockhold (10) 11. Al Hargrave (11)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:10.8: 1. John Hunt (1) 2. Bob White (2) 3. Skip Jackson (4) 4. Dennis Moore Jr. (6) 5. Danny Lasoski (8) 6. Leonard Lee (3) / 7. Bobby Mincer (7) 8. Tony Moro (5) DNS – Scott Whitworth, Randy Smith, Mark Smyser
B main (started), 10 laps, 2:41.9 (NTR): 1. Chris Walraven (1) 2. Kenny McCarl (3) / 3. Aaron Berryhill (2) 4. Doran Doty (4) 5. Manny Rockhold (6) 6. Bob Weuve (9) 7. Jeff Mitrisin (5) 8. Dave Westercamp (11) 9. Bobby Mincer (10) 10. Al Hargrave (12) 11. Marlon Jones (8) 12. Tony Moro (7)
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (10) 2. Jerry Richert Jr. (1) 3. Mike Reinke (12) 4. Dennis Moore Jr. (7) 5. Terry McCarl (11) 6. Chris Walraven (19) 7. Steve Beitler (9) 8. Skip Jackson (3) 9. Bob White www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 9 of 72 (16) 10. Leonard Lee (5) 11. Rich Bubak (17) 12. John Hunt (13) 13. Travis Cram (14) 14. Pat Moore (18) 15. Brent Antill (6) 16. Kenny McCarl (20) 17. Troy Parsons (15) 18. Ryan Jamison (2) 19. Shawn Moore (4) 20. Jaymie Moyle (8). Lap Leaders: Jackson 1-9, Danny Lasoski 10-20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 1:44.3: 1. 00, Larry Weeks, Montezuma, IA (1) 2. 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA (3) 3. 2, Bart Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (6) 4. 23, Ed Rotert, Mount Ayr, IA (7) / 5. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (9) 6. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (5) 7. 1A, Jerry Potter, Raymore, MO (8) 8. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (2) 9. 8A, Chuck Graves, Chariton, IA (4)
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:44.8: 1. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (3) 3. 7, Billy Engelhart, Madison, WI (5) 4. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (7) / 5. 10, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (1) 6. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (6) 7. 34, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (4) 8. 1J, Jay Hughes, Knoxville, IA (8) DNS – 11L, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 1:45.8: 1. 57, Steve Breazeale, Pleasantville, IA (2) 2. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (1) 3. 7x, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (5) 4. 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (8) / 5. 41B, Nick Bellino, Papillion, NE (4) 6. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (3) 7. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (7) 8. 98, Curtis Thorson, Newton, IA (6)
Heat four (started), 6 laps, 1:46.9: 1. 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (5) 2. 9H, Ed Ergenbright, Newton, IA (3) 3. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (4) 4. 8B, Bruce Williams, Berwick, IA (6) / 5. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (7) 6. 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (8) 7. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (1) 8. 19, Steve Wasson, Clive, IA (2)
B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Larry Pinegar II (16) 2. Walt Esch (1) 3. Steve Wares (2) 4. Matt Moro (5) 5. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (8) / 6. Jay Hughes (15) 7. Curtis Thorson (14) 8. Nick Bellino (3) 9. Mitchell Alexander (12) 10. Tim Holzworth (11) 11. Jerry Potter (9) 12. Dave Van Heukelom (4) 13. Brett Golik (6) 14. Chuck Graves (17) 15. Tim Deaver (10) 16. Steve Wasson (13) 17. Chris Tice (7) DNS – Lee Nelson
A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Terry Alexander (2) 2. Mike Houseman (11) 3. Bruce Drottz (9) 4. David Hesmer (15) 5. Virgil Brandt (1) 6. Ed Ergenbright (5) 7. Steve Breazeale (10) 8. Billy Engelhart (3) 9. Bruce Williams (16) 10. Bob Thompson (7) 11. Larry Weeks (12) 12. Bart Schneiderman (4) 13. Walt Esch (18) 14. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (19) 15. Larry Pinegar II (17) 16. Matt Moro (20) 17. Duane Van Heukelom (14) 18. Ed Rotert (13) 19. Jerry Crabb (8) 20. Jeff Haines (6) DNS – Steve Wares. Lap Leader: T. Alexander 1-15.
5/11/96
Lasoski Scores Record Win Number 60 in Knoxville Sprints by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Danny Lasoski drove the Guy Forbrook Schnee sprinter to victory at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night to record his 60th career win at this historic half-mile oval. The win broke the all-time record set by Doug Wolfgang during his tenure here.
Lasoski began the 20-lap feature event in the second row and took the lead on the opening lap with a pass in turns three and four. A red flag on lap four was the only obstacle to slow the “Dude” during the ten-mile race as on the restart, Lasoski put a huge margin between himself and his nearest challenger. www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 10 of 72 As Lasoski pulled away from the field of twenty sprinters, a real battle for position developed for the runner-up position between Terry McCarl and Skip Jackson. With Jackson running the low line and McCarl on the cushion, lap after lap saw the duo flash by the flagstand side by side. In the end, Jackson won out by the narrowest of margins with McCarl taking a close third, but nearly half a lap behind the Lasoski machine. Brent Antill was fourth and Jaymie Moyle took passing honors from an eighth row start to place fifth. Rounding out the top ten finishers were John Kearney, Tony Moro, Mike Reinke, Dennis Moore Jr. and Rich Bubak.
It had previously been reported that Lasoski had needed only one more win to the tie the record of Doug Wolfgang. However, a more thorough review of Lasoski’s wins on a year by year basis revealed an additional feature event victory in 1988. Thus Lasoski can be credited with tying the all-time record on the weekend of May 4.
Larry Pinegar II made a late race charge in the 360 sprint feature to claim his seventh career win. Duane Van Heukelom, who had led most of the race, finished second, Randy Martin was third from a seventh row start, and Lee Nelson took fourth.
A field of thirty-two 410 sprints and forty 360 sprints competed on the evening.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (4) 15.953; 2. 10, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (6) 15.958; 3. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (19) 15.999; 4. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (2) 16.110; 5. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (1) 16.146; 6. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (28) 16.162; 7. 55, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (11) 16.292; 8. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (13) 16.302; 9. 1, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (17) 16.422; 10. 2D, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (18) 16.470; 11. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (14) 16.513; 12. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (3) 16.515; 13. 97, Chad Mellenberndt, Sioux Falls, SD (16) 16.557; 14. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (7) 16.579; 15. 66, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (23) 16.595; 16. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (5) 16.600; 17. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (20) 16.614; 18. 12, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (27) 16.727; 19. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (12) 16.736; 20. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (15) 16.754; 21. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (21) 16.827; 22. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (29) 16.851; 23. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (10) 16.922; 24. 3B, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (9) 16.929; 25. 2H, Wayne Redmond, Fort Dodge, IA (8) 17.007; 26. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (25) 17.066; 27. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (31) 17.093; 28. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (30) 17.234; 29. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (22) 18.689; 30. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (24) NT; 31. 14, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (26) NT; 32. 9s, Pat Moore, Moline, IL (32) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:23.6: 1. Rich Bubak (1) 2. Leonard Lee (2) 3. Craig Dollansky (5) 4. Chad Mellenberndt (4) 5. Mike Reinke (8) 6. Steve Beitler (6) / 7. Marlon Jones (7) 8. Manny Rockhold (10) 9. Wayne Redmond (9) 10. Ryan Jamison (3) DNS – Doran Doty
Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Jaymie Moyle (2) 2. Skip Jackson (8) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. (6) 4. Chris Walraven (3) 5. Bob Weuve (4) 6. Tony Moro (7) / 7. Travis Cram (1) 8. Jerry Richert Jr. (5) 9. Scott Whitworth (9) DNS – Mark Smyser, Pat Moore
Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (7) 2. Terry McCarl (8) 3. Troy Parsons (2) 4. John Kearney (5) 5. Kenny McCarl (4) 6. Brent Antill (6) / 7. Jeff Mitrisin (9) 8. Bob White (3) 9. Randy Smith (1) 10. Shawn Moore (10)
B main (started), 10 laps, 3:08.1: 1. Shawn Moore (8) 2. Jerry Richert Jr. (6) / 3. Marlon Jones (1) 4. Travis Cram (2) 5. Ryan Jamison (7) 6. Jeff Mitrisin (4) 7. Manny Rockhold (5) 8. Mark Smyser (9) 9. Wayne Redmond (3) DNS – Bob White, Randy Smith, Scott Whitworth, Pat Moore, Doran Doty www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 11 of 72
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (4) 2. Skip Jackson (7) 3. Terry McCarl (6) 4. Brent Antill (1) 5. Jaymie Moyle (16) 6. John Kearney (10) 7. Tony Moro (5) 8. Mike Reinke (8) 9. Dennis Moore Jr. (2) 10. Rich Bubak (18) 11. Chad Mellenberndt (11) 12. Chris Walraven (14) 13. Leonard Lee (15) 14. Steve Beitler (3) 15. Jerry Richert Jr. (20) 16. Shawn Moore (19) 17. Kenny McCarl (13) 18. Troy Parsons (17) 19. Craig Dollansky (9) 20. Bob Weuve (12). Lap Leader: Lasoski 1-20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 1:48.4: 1. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (1) 2. 00, Larry Weeks, Montezuma, IA (5) 3. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (4) 4. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (9) / 5. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (6) 6. 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA (2) 7. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (7) 8. 10, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (10) 9. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (8) 10. 19, Steve Wasson, West Des Moines, IA (3)
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:47.5: 1. 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (9) 2. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (1) 3. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (6) 4. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (2) / 5. 23, Ed Rotert, Mount Ayr, IA (4) 6. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (3) 7. 4, Dave Middleswart, Indianola, IA (5) 8. 41x, Kip Anderson, Burlington, IA (7) 9. 98, Chris Maurer, Colfax, IA (8) DNS – 29m, Eric Mason, Knoxville, IA
Heat three (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 11L, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (7) 2. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (5) 3. 7x, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (3) 4. 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (1) / 5. 57, Steve Breazeale, Pleasantville, IA (8) 6. 8B, Bruce Williams, Berwick, IA (4) 7. 21, Mark Swanson, West Des Moines, IA (9) 8. 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA (6) 9. 8A, Nate Anderson, Lucas, IA (10) 10. 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (2)
Heat four (started), 6 laps, 1:50.2: 1. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (1) 2. 9H, Ed Ergenbright, Newton, IA (2) 3. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (6) 4. 34, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (4) / 5. 4x, Rex Combs, Tipton, MO (5) 6. 41B, Nick Bellino, Omaha, NE (3) 7. 93, Chris Mallicoat, Boone, IA (8) 8. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (7) DNS – 10T, Mike Trent, Columbia, MO, 1J, Jay Hughes, Knoxville, IA
B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Virgil Brandt (1) 2. Steve Breazeale (3) 3. Rex Combs (4) 4. Ed Rotert (2) 5. Bruce Williams (7) / 6. Bruce Drottz (21) 7. Jerry Crabb (5) 8. Steve Wares (13) 9. Nick Bellino (6) 10. Matt Moro (9) 11. Kip Anderson (12) 12. Bob Hildreth (15) 13. Chris Maurer (16) 14. Chris Mallicoat (10) 15. Chris Tice (14) 16. Eric Mason (20) 17. Steve Wasson (18) 18. Mitchell Alexander (17) 19. Nate Anderson (19) 20. Mark Swanson (11) 21. Dave Middleswart (8) DNS – Walt Esch, Mike Trent, Jay Hughes
A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Larry Pinegar II (6) 2. Duane Van Heukelom (2) 3. Randy Martin (11) 4. Lee Nelson (8) 5. Terry Alexander (9) 6. Bob Thompson (3) 7. Brett Golik (5) 8. Mike Houseman (10) 9. Virgil Brandt (15) 10. Ed Ergenbright (1) 11. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (13) 12. Steve Breazeale (18) 13. Ed Rotert (20) 14. Tim Deaver (16) 15. Tim Holzworth (7) 16. Bruce Williams (19) 17. Dave Van Heukelom (14) 18. Larry Weeks (4) 19. Jeff Haines (12) 20. Rex Combs (17) DNS – David Hesmer. Lap Leaders: Du. Van Heukelom 1-12, Pinegar 13-15.
5/18/96
Lasoski Unstoppable in Knoxville Sprints by Bob Wilson www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 12 of 72 Knoxville, IA – Danny Lasoski and Guy Forbrook are nearly unbeatable at Knoxville Raceway as the driver/owner combo scored their fourth win of the season Saturday night. Only Mark Kinser in World of Outlaws action has placed a blemish on the “Dude’s” record here this year.
In the 20-lap feature event, Dennis Moore Jr. utilized his pole starting position to grab the early lead which he maintained for the first five miles of the race. Lasoski was caught behind slower cars in the early going and was forced to scramble once he was able to make the passes from his fourth row starting position.
Race leader, Moore, faced lapped traffic by the seventh go-around and his advantage quickly melted as Jaymie Moyle, Terry McCarl and Lasoski caught him on the half-mile oval. Both McCarl and Lasoski made passes of Moyle and on lap ten Lasoski took the runner-up position. One lap later, Lasoski had the lead as he dove under Moore going into turn one. Yellow and red flags in the closing portions of the race did not hinder Lasoski as he came across the line $2,500 richer for his efforts.
McCarl finished second, Skip Jackson was third, Moore took fourth and Mike Reinke posted fifth. The Hard- Charger award went to sixth place finisher Chad Mellenberndt, who had started eighteenth. Moyle, Tony Moro, Shawn Moore and Steve Beitler rounded out the top ten finishers.
Bruce Williams became a first-time winner in the 360 sprint feature as he led the distance to claim the second leg of the 5th Annual SKOAL RACING (sm) Limited Sprints Point Series. He was chased the entire distance by Billy Engelhart, who finished second. Randy Martin took third and Eddie Leavitt Jr. was fourth.
A field of thirty-three 410 sprints and thirty-eight 360 sprints competed on the evening.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (23) 15.967; 2. 1, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (1) 16.024; 3. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (19) 16.052; 4. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (7) 16.056; 5. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (20) 16.073; 6. 55, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (9) 16.107; 7. 10, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (17) 16.157; 8. 12, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (29) 16.256; 9. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (2) 16.261; 10. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (31) 16.264; 11. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (15) 16.268; 12. 66, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (24) 16.278; 13. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (8) 16.292; 14. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (32) 16.442; 15. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (25) 16.521; 16. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (30) 16.675; 17. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (10) 16.658; 18. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (12) 16.662; 19. 3B, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (18) 16.675; 20. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (22) 16.704; 21. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (33) 16.709; 22. 15, Bobby Mincer, West Burlington, IA (14) 16.748; 23. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (28) 16.917; 24. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (3) 16.935; 25. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (6) 16.969; 26. 97, Chad Mellenberndt, Sioux Falls, SD (21) 16.976; 27. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (13) 16.982; 28. 2H, Wayne Redmond, Fort Dodge, IA (5) 17.038; 29. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (4) 17.107; 30. 7B, Dave Westercamp, Johnston, IA (27) 17.579; 31. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (16) 18.387; 32. 14, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (11) NT; 33. 99, Jeff Slinkard, Milo, IA (26) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:14.0: 1. Randy Smith (2) 2. Skip Jackson (6) 3. Terry McCarl (8) 4. Bobby Mincer (1) 5. Jaymie Moyle (4) 6. Jerry Richert Jr. (3) / 7. Marlon Jones (5) 8. Chris Walraven (7) 9. Scott Whitworth (11) 10. Mark Smyser (9) 11. Wayne Redmond (10)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:17.2: 1. Dennis Moore Jr. (4) 2. Rich Bubak (2) 3. Bob White (6) 4. Brent Antill (8) 5. Danny Lasoski (7) 6. Chad Mellenberndt (9) / 7. Jeff Mitrisin (1) 8. Ryan Jamison (5) 9. Travis Cram (10) 10. Bob Weuve (3) DNS – Doran Doty www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 13 of 72 Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:17.0: 1. Shawn Moore (2) 2. Troy Parsons (1) 3. John Kearney (3) 4. Kenny McCarl (5) 5. Mike Reinke (8) 6. Tony Moro (6) / 7. Steve Beitler (7) 8. Leonard Lee (4) 9. Manny Rockhold (9) 10. Dave Westercamp (10) DNS – Jeff Slinkard
B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Steve Beitler (2) 2. Ryan Jamison (4) / 3. Chris Walraven (1) 4. Bob Weuve (6) 5. Leonard Lee (5) 6. Jeff Mitrisin (7) 7. Manny Rockhold (9) 8. Scott Whitworth (13) 9. Travis Cram (11) 10. Dave Westercamp (12) 11. Mark Smyser (8) 12. Wayne Redmond (10) 13. Marlon Jones (3) DNS – Doran Doty, Jeff Slinkard
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (7) 2. Terry McCarl (10) 3. Skip Jackson (6) 4. Dennis Moore Jr. (1) 5. Mike Reinke (8) 6. Chad Mellenberndt (18) 7. Jaymie Moyle (2) 8. Tony Moro (4) 9. Shawn Moore (15) 10. Steve Beitler (19) 11. Rich Bubak (14) 12. Kenny McCarl (3) 13. Ryan Jamison (20) 14. Brent Antill (9) 15. Bobby Mincer (16) 16. Troy Parsons (17) 17. Bob White (5) 18. John Kearney (12) 19. Randy Smith (13) 20. Jerry Richert Jr. (11). Lap Leaders: Moore Jr. 1-10, Lasoski 11-20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 1:50.5: 1. 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (1) 3. 7, Billy Engelhart, Madison, WI (3) 4. 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (6) / 5. 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA (5) 6. 34, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (7) 7. 00, Larry Weeks, Montezuma, IA (8) 8. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (4) DNS – 57, Steve Breazeale, Pleasantville, IA, 9, Jim Strobel, Sigourney, IA
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:47.6: 1. 11L, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (3) 2. 7x, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (1) 3. 8B, Bruce Williams, Berwick, IA (5) 4. 1A, Jerry Potter, Kansas City, MO (4) / 5. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (2) 6. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (7) 7. 98, Curtis Thorson, Newton, IA (6) 8. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (8) 9. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (9) DNS – 1J, Jay Hughes, Knoxville, IA
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 1:51.2: 1. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (4) 3. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (3) 4. 10, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (7) / 5. 29m, Eric Mason, Knoxville, IA (1) 6. 9H, Ed Ergenbright, Newton, IA (9) 7. 8L, Tom Lenz, Strawberry Point, IA (6) 8. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (5) 9. 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (8)
Heat four (started), 6 laps, 1:49.5: 1. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (2) 2. 23, Ed Rotert, Mount Ayr, IA (1) 3. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (6) 4. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (3) / 5. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (4) 6. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (5) 7. 4, Dave Middleswart, Indianola, IA (8) 8. 19, Steve Wasson, West Des Moines, IA (7) 9. 8A, Nate Anderson, Lucas, IA (9)
B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Ed Ergenbright (7) 2. Mike Houseman (4) 3. Bruce Drottz (17) 4. Larry Weeks (9) / 5. Tom Lenz (11) 6. Tim Deaver (5) 7. Dave Van Heukelom (19) 8. Dave Middleswart (12) 9. Curtis Thorson (10) 10. Jim Strobel (20) 11. Nate Anderson (18) 12. Walt Esch (2) 13. Bob Hildreth (1) 14. Steve Wasson (16) 15. Matt Moro (15) 16. Mitchell Alexander (14) 17. Jay Hughes (21) 18. Jeff Haines (8) 19. Chris Tice (13) 20. Eric Mason (3) 21. Tim Holzworth (6)
A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Bruce Williams (1) 2. Billy Engelhart (2) 3. Randy Martin (12) 4. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (4) 5. Duane Van Heukelom (7) 6. Terry Alexander (5) 7. David Hesmer (13) 8. Lee Nelson (16) 9. Brett Golik (6) 10. Virgil Brandt (11) 11. Steve Wares (15) 12. Mike Houseman (18) 13. Bob Thompson (8) 14. Larry Weeks (20) 15. Jerry Potter (14) 16. Bruce Drottz (19) 17. Larry Pinegar II (9) 18. Jerry Crabb (10) 19. Ed Rotert (3) 20. Ed Ergenbright (17). Lap Leader: Williams 1-15.
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Rain
6/1/96
Rain Stops All Star Sprints Visit to Knoxville by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – United Expressline All Star Sprints scheduled for Saturday, June 1 at Knoxville Raceway were cancelled due to continued rain throughout the morning hours and into the afternoon. It was to be the second stopover at this Marion County race facility in two years for the traveling band of drivers.
The month of May has seen all-time rainfall for the state of Iowa and track officials feel fortunate to have lost only this event as well as that of the previous week.
6/7/96
Knoxville Rains Out on Friday Night 360 Sprints by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – June 7 – The first leg of the International Sprint Car Association (ISCA) was rain canceled Friday night at Knoxville Raceway. The race would have been the first of three for the newly formed 360 c.i. sprint car group.
Before the showers moved in, the one-lap track record for 360 winged sprint cars was broken by David Hesmer and Larry Pinegar II as each driver toured the half-mile oval in under seventeen seconds, becoming the first drivers to do so. Hesmer was quickest and now owns the standard at 16.881. Fifty-two sprinters signed in through the pit gate.
6/8/96
JACKSON AND ENGELHART IN KNOXVILLE SPRINT WINS
June 8, 1996 by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, Iowa- Skip Jackson captured his second career win here.
For Jackson, the 1995-96 Australian National Champion, it was a race of good fortune when a yellow flag slowed the event with just two circuits remaining. Up to that point pole sitter Dennis Moore, Jr. had led the race from the outset. Moore had been masterful in working through lapped traffic but Moyle had kept the frontrunner in sight from his second running position.
On lap fifteen Danny Lasoski overtook Jackson and was closing on Moore when a yellow flag was displayed for a two-car spin. During that period Lasoski's mount, which had just started blowing smoke in the previous laps, was checked and was found to have lost an oil plug.' lie then brought the sprinter to the pits and parked it.
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 15 of 72 When the race resumed Jackson charged the VanderEcken Gambler to the low side of the Moore machine and took the lead which he held to the finish. Terry McCarl also passed Moore in the closing laps to place second. Moore held the third place finish as Larry Pinegar II took fourth and Marlon Jones was fifth.
A field of thirty-eight 410 sprints and thirty-three "Masters" 360 sprints competed on the evening. In ceremonies at the fairgrounds in the afternoon, sixteen men were inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame during the seventh annual awards program.
ENGELHART IN KNOXVILLE SPRINT WIN
Billy Engelhart took his first feature victory in the Goodyear Masters Classic at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. For Engelhart it was as sweet a win as could be. The Wisconsin driver had been a runner-up twice and a third row start in this fourth annual 360 c.i. Goodyear-sponsored event placed him behind Rick Ferkel, the man who had beat him each of those two times.
At the start of the twenty-two lap event Benny Rapp lead the field of twenty cars but a yellow was quickly displayed for a spun car. The restart saw a red flag fly as Cliff Woodward struck the turn four fence and flipped. When the race resumed defending and three-time winner Ferkel grabbed the top spot but his advantage was short lived as another red was waved for a three-car skirmish between turns one and two involving Shelby Steenson, Bob Kinser and Roy Jo Peltz. A third stoppage of the event occurred on lap six when Jerry Crabb endoed and struck the turn two fence.
Again the race was restarted and this time it went to the conclusion as Ferkel paced Engelhart around the half- mile oval making it a two-car race to the checkereds. At the half way point Ferkel held a 20-yard advantage having just entered lapped traffic. on lap sixteen Engelhart had pulled onto Ferkel's bumper in heavy traffic and in a dramatic move on the backstretch of the next circuit he made a high side pass of a slower car as Ferkel went low. Ferkel's hesitation cost him the top spot as Engelhart shot into the lead in his Bill Campbell owned J&J sprinter. It was a lead he built upon as he went on to cross the finish line of the $2,500 to win event.
Ferkel finished second and Mike Brooks took third. Ed French and Rapp were fourth and fifth respectively. Rounding out the top ten finishers were Jerry Nemire from a seventeenth starting nod, Leroy Van Connett, Bill Utz, Bill Smith and Allen Barr.
410 Results
Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. 12, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (7) 2. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (2) 3. 1x, Todd Splain, Lincoln, NE (4) 4. 1, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (10) / 5. 8B, Bruce Williams, Berwick, IA (6) 6. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (3) 7. 69x, Jeff Tanksley, Sioux Falls, SD (5) 8. 2TZ, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (8) 9. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (9) 10. 14, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (1)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (7) 3. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (6) 4. 7A, Todd Taeger, Burlington, IA (1) / 5. 29, Tommie Estes Jr., Tulsa, OK (5) 6. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (8) 7. 7B, Dave Westercamp, Johnston, IA (4) 8. 15, Bobby Mincer, West Burlington, IA (3) 9. 15x, Donny Schatz, Minot, ND (10) 10. 66, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (9)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:13.4: 1. 55, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (3) 2. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (7) 3. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (1) 4. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (5) / 5. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (6) 6. 02, Mike Reinke, Sheboygan, WI (9) 7. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (4) 8. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (10) 9. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (8) 10. 1Y, Scott Young, Union Grove, WI (2) www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 16 of 72
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:13.4: 1. 10, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (1) 2. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (8) 3. 3B, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (2) 4. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (4) / 5. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (9) 6. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (3) 7. 2H, Wayne Redmond, Fort Dodge, IA (5) 8. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (6) 9. 10x, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (7)
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:26.5: 1. Jaymie Moyle (4) 2. John Kearney (3) 3. Chris Walraven (6) 4. Mike Reinke (7) / 5. Tommie Estes Jr. (2) 6. Bruce Williams (1) 7. Ryan Jamison (11) 8. Bob Weuve (5) 9. Tim Baker (13) 10. Wayne Redmond (10) 11. Shawn Moore (15) 12. Jeff Mitrisin (8) 13. Donny Schatz (14) 14. Rich Bubak (17) 15. Kenny McCarl (19) 16. Jeff Tanksley (9) 17. John Hall (12) 18. Steve Wares (16) 19. Doran Doty (18) DNS – Dave Westercamp, Bobby Mincer, Leonard Lee, Scott Young
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Skip Jackson (3) 2. Terry McCarl (8) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. (1) 4. Larry Pinegar II (4) 5. Marlon Jones (10) 6. Scott Whitworth (2) 7. John Kearney (18) 8. Tony Moro (5) 9. Randy Smith (12) 10. Brent Antill (13) 11. Jaymie Moyle (17) 12. Jerry Richert Jr. (15) 13. Chris Walraven (19) 14. Travis Cram (16) 15. Bob White (6) 16. Todd Splain (9) 17. Troy Parsons (11) 18. Todd Taeger (14) 19. Danny Lasoski (7) 20. Mike Reinke (20). Lap Leaders: Moore Jr. 1-17, Jackson 18-20.
Masters Classic Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 11, Cliff Woodward, Kearney, MO (28) 16.697 (NTR); 2. 24B, Lloyd Beckman, Lincoln, NE (31) 16.863; 3. 59, Ken Lange, Lincoln, NE (30) 17.063; 4. 7, Billy Engelhart, Madison, WI (6) 17.064; 5. 98, Chris Maurer, Colfax, IA (14) 17.127; 6. 7777, Edd French, Dallas, TX (1) 17.156; 7. 48, Leroy Van Connett, Galt, CA (23) 17.211; 8. 45, Rick Ferkel, Tiffin, OH (12) 17.285; 9. 8, Harold McGilton, Fremont, OH (24) 17.322; 10. 21, Lloyd Armey, Sedro Woolley, WA (2) 17.330; 11. 44, Darl Harrison, Tiffin, OH (27) 17.421; 12. 14, Benny Rapp, Temperance, MI (26) 17.560; 13. 61, Earnest Jennings, Norman, OK (20) 17.564; 14. 18, Allen Barr, Columbus, IN (17) 17.605; 15. 2T, Lue Holland, McCallsburg, IA (29) 17.628; 16. 57, Mike Brooks, Knoxville, IA (18) 17.733; 17. 6s, Shelby Steenson, Salina, KS (7) 17.931; 18. 56, Bill Utz, Sedalia, MO (10) 17.955; 19. 90, Roy Jo Peltz, Maryville, MO (8) 18.097; 20. 27, Don Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (32) 18.136; 21. 33, Bill Smith, Worthington, MN (19) 18.169; 22. 94, Jim Kaiser, American Canyon, CA (4) 18.364; 23. 58, Ken Townsand, Elmira, NY (15) 18.376; 24. 47, Bob Kinser, Bloomington, IN (5) 18.447; 25. 16, Jerry Nemire, Erie, MI (21) 18.514; 26. 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA (33) 18.539; 27. 21N, Bob Anderson, Burlington, IA (3) 18.662; 28. 6, Mike Thomas, Des Moines, IA (13) 18.892; 29. 87TJ, David Marshall, Blackwell, OK (25) 19.564; 30. 4w, Dave Heskin, Monticello, MN (9) NT; 31. 71A, Larry Anderson, Clarion, IA (11) NT; 32. 00, Harvey Porter, Bloomington, MN (22) NT.
Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Leroy Van Connett (6) 2. Billy Engelhart (7) 3. Mike Brooks (3) 4. Cliff Woodward (8) 5. Jerry Nemire (9) 6. Roy Jo Peltz (2) / 7. Mike Thomas (10) 8. Jim Kaiser (1) 9. Lloyd Armey (5) 10. Earnest Jennings (4) DNS – Larry Anderson
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:54.1: 1. Shelby Steenson (3) 2. Don Jones (2) 3. Allen Barr (4) 4. Jerry Crabb (9) 5. Rick Ferkel (6) 6. Ken Townsand (1) / 7. Lloyd Beckman (8) 8. Darl Harrison (5) 9. Chris Maurer (7) 10. David Marshall (10) DNS – Harvey Porter
Heat three (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Bill Utz (3) 2. Bob Kinser (1) 3. Edd French (7) 4. Benny Rapp (5) 5. Bill Smith (2) 6. Lue Holland (4) / 7. Bob Anderson (9) 8. Harold McGilton (6) 9. Ken Lange (8) DNS – Dave Heskin
B main (started), 8 laps, 2:55.1: 1. Darl Harrison (2) 2. Lloyd Beckman (1) / 3. Lloyd Armey (5) 4. Jim Kaiser (4) 5. Earnest Jennings (7) 6. Mike Thomas (6) 7. Chris Maurer (3) 8. David Marshall (8) DNS – Ken Lange, Harold McGilton, Bob Anderson, Dave Heskin, Larry Anderson, Harvey Porter www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 17 of 72
A main (started), 22 laps, NT: 1. Billy Engelhart (5) 2. Rick Ferkel (2) 3. Mike Brooks (9) 4. Edd French (4) 5. Benny Rapp (1) 6. Jerry Nemire (17) 7. Leroy Van Connett (3) 8. Bill Utz (11) 9. Bill Smith (14) 10. Allen Barr (7) 11. Lloyd Beckman (20) 12. Don Jones (13) 13. Lue Holland (8) 14. Ken Townsand (15) 15. Darl Harrison (19) 16. Jerry Crabb (18) 17. Shelby Steenson (10) 18. Roy Jo Peltz (12) 19. Bob Kinser (16) 20. Cliff Woodward (6). Lap Leaders: Rapp 1-2, Ferkel 3-16, Engelhart 17-22.
6/15/96
Rain
6/21/96
SMITH OPENS ETHANOL CLASSIC WITH A SPRINT WIN
By Bob Wilson June 21, 1996
- Knoxville, Iowa - Stevie Smith was on a rail Friday night at Knoxville Raceway as he roared to a 20-lap win in the preliminary feature event in record time during the First Annual Ethanol Classic.
Smith, who managed only a third place finish in his qualifying heat event, seemed to catch fire during the trophy dash as he came from nowhere to win that event and gain a pole position start in the A feature. Jac Haudenschild surprised Smith at the start of the finale as he out-dragged him down the front chute to lead the opening lap. On the next go around Smith flashed by the flagstand in the lead and never looked back in the non- stop racing while recording his fifth career win on Knoxville soil.
An hour and 35-minute rain delay was endured just after the completion of the third heat. After the track was made ready, the excess moisture created an extremely fast track as evidenced by additional track records at 8- and 12-lap distances.
While Smith was running at the front of the twenty-four car field, several skirmishes for position were taking place on back. Danny Lasoski, who started seventeenth, methodically picked his way through the field to gain a tenth place finish. Mark Kinser, the class of the field in qualifying time trials worked his was back to a second place finish after a lackluster start. Cousin Steve Kinser, a third place runner after five laps slowly fell backwards and finished eighth.
At final count Smith, whose last win here was recorded in 1993, was paid $4,000 for his efforts aboard the Dan Motter Motorsports Maxim. Mark Kinser was second, Dave Blaney took third, Haudenschild was fourth and Jeff Swindell checkered fifth. Rounding out the top ten finishers were Sammy Swindell, Terry McCarl, Steve Kinser, Andy Hillenburg and Lasoski.
Qualifying heat event winners were Mark Kinser, Jaymie Moyle, Mike Reinke, Joey Saldana and Lasoski. Rich Bubak took the C Main, Hillenburg was the B Main victor and Smith captured the dash. Fifty cars too qualifying time trials.
Result
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 5m, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (48) 15.608; 2. 71m, Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA (7) 16.003; 3. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (5) 16.014; 4. 1, Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, TN (10) www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 18 of 72 16.064; 5. 10V, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (20) 16.088; 6. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (33) 16.088; 7. 22, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (18) 16.139; 8. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (24) 16.159; 9. 2, Andy Hillenburg, Broken Arrow, OK (6) 16.169; 10. 7TW, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (16) 16.215; 11. 10, Dave Blaney, Cortland, OH (4) 16.217; 12. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (12) 16.223; 13. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (45) 16.232; 14. 1B, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (9) 16.236; 15. 47, Johnny Herrera, Tempe, AZ (14) 16.245; 16. 11H, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (17) 16.251; 17. 21, Lance Blevins, Broken Arrow, OK (11) 16.298; 18. 3G, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (49) 16.344; 19. 55, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (26) 16.386; 20. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (41) 16.389; 21. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (8) 16.410; 22. 2TZ, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (31) 16.417; 23. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (19) 16.419; 24. 75, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (25) 16.432; 25. 97, Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK (27) 16.509; 26. 12, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (23) 16.577; 27. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (32) 16.578; 28. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (46) 16.600; 29. 97m, Chad Mellenberndt, Sioux Falls, SD (47) 30. 92, Travis Cram, Shohomish, WA (1) 16.633; 31. 28, Brian Paulus, Mechanicsburg, PA (36) 16.671; 32. 1K, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (3) 16.673; 33. 11A, Dion Hindi, Albuquerque, NM (15) 16.703; 34. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (28) 16.718; 35. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (34) 16.741; 36. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (13) 16.748; 37. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (22) 38. 21x, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (38) 16.869; 39. 15, Donny Schatz, Minot, ND (44) 16.880; 40. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (42) 16.939; 41. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (30) 17.044; 42. 2AU, Robert Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (39) 17.090; 43. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (21) 17.111; 44. 7m, Jimmy Carr, Webster Grove, MO (35) 17.116; 45. 14, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (50) 17.157; 46. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (43) 17.163; 47. 5MA, Mallory Armfield, St. Joseph, MO (29) 17.436; 48. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (2) 17.656; 49. 12L, John Lambertz, Sioux Falls, SD (37) 17.828; 50. 2H, Wayne Redmond, Fort Dodge, IA (40) 17.852.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:12.2: 1. Mark Kinser (6) 2. Dave Blaney (4) 3. Steve Kinser (5) 4. John Kearney (2) / 5. Greg Hodnett (3) 6. Bob White (1) 7. Brian Paulus (7) 8. Shawn Moore (9) 9. Mark Smyser (10) DNS – Chris Walraven (8)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.8: 1. Jaymie Moyle (4) 2. Jerry Richert Jr. (1) 3. Stevie Smith (6) 4. Jac Haudenschild (5) / 5. Tim Baker (2) 6. Lance Blevins (3) 7. Jeff Mitrisin (8) 8. Robert Jackson (9) 9. Peter Murphy (7) 10. Mallory Armfield (10)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:15.1: 1. Mike Reinke (6) 2. Marlon Jones (2) 3. Terry McCarl (5) 4. Scott Whitworth (1) / 5. Dennis Moore Jr. (4) 6. Joe Gaerte (3) 7. Steve Beitler (8) 8. Manny Rockhold (9) 9. Dion Hindi (7) 10. Tony Moro (10)
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Joey Saldana (2) 2. Chad Mellenberndt (1) 3. Brent Antill (4) 4. Larry Pinegar II (3) / 5. Andy Hillenburg (5) 6. Sammy Swindell (6) 7. Leonard Lee (7) 8. John Lambertz (9) 9. Donny Schatz (8) DNS – Jimmy Carr
Heat five (started), 8 Laps, 2:07.7 (New Track Record): 1. Danny Lasoski (1) 2. Aaron Berryhill (2) 3. Johnny Herrera (4) 4. Jeff Swindell (3) / 5. Skip Jackson (6) 6. Ryan Jamison (5) 7. Doran Doty (7) 8. Wayne Redmond (9) 9. Rich Bubak (8) DNS – Travis Cram
C main (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Rich Bubak (1) 2. Shawn Moore (2) 3. Manny Rockhold (4) 4. Robert Jackson (3) / 5. Doran Doty (6) 6. Wayne Redmond (9) 7. Mark Smyser (5) 8. Mallory Armfield (8) 9. Tony Moro (7) DNS – Jimmy Carr, John Lambertz
Dash (started), 5 Laps, NT: 1. Stevie Smith (5) 2. Jac Haudenschild (2) 3. Terry McCarl (1) 4. Steve Kinser (3) 5. Mark Kinser (6) 6. Mike Reinke (4) 7. Dave Blaney (8) 8. Jeff Swindell (7)
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 19 of 72 B main (started), 12 Laps, 3:16.0 (New Track Record): 1. Andy Hillenburg (2) 2. Sammy Swindell (4) 3. Lance Blevins (6) 4. Dennis Moore Jr. (1) / 5. Skip Jackson (3) 6. Joe Gaerte (7) 7. Greg Hodnett (5) 8. Dion Hindi (11) 9. Ryan Jamison (13) 10. Rich Bubak (15) 11. Steve Beitler (14) 12. Peter Murphy (10) 13. Shawn Moore (16) 14. Robert Jackson (18) 15. Tim Baker (8) 16. Manny Rockhold (17) 17. Bob White (9) 18. Leonard Lee (12) DNS – Travis Cram, Brian Paulus, Chris Walraven, Jeff Mitrisin
A main (started), 20 Laps, 5:35.7 (New Track Record): 1. Stevie Smith (1) 2. Mark Kinser (5) 3. Dave Blaney (7) 4. Jac Haudenschild (2) 5. Jeff Swindell (8) 6. Sammy Swindell (9) 7. Terry McCarl (3) 8. Steve Kinser (4) 9. Andy Hillenburg (10) 10. Danny Lasoski (17) 11. Brent Antill (13) 12. Lance Blevins (15) 13. Mike Reinke (6) 14. Joey Saldana (20) 15. Jaymie Moyle (11) 16. Larry Pinegar II (16) 17. Marlon Jones (19) 18. John Kearney (18) 19. Jerry Richert Jr. (22) 20. Aaron Berryhill (21) 21. Chad Mellenberndt (24) 22. Johnny Herrera (14) 23. Scott Whitworth (23) 24. Dennis Moore Jr. (12). Lap Leaders: Haudenschild 1, S. Smith 2-20.
6/22/96
Mark Kinser and Jeff Swindell Claim WoO Knoxville Classic Wins
By Bob Wilson June 21, 1996
Mark Kinser, Jeff Swindell and Chuck Merrill were the winners Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway during the World of Outlaws (WoO) First Annual Iowa Ethanol Classic. Merrill is the builder of Maxim Chassis, the chassis Kinser and Swindell drove to victories.
The first Classic feature event saw Stevie Smith use the high groove to take the initial lead from his front row starting position. Fellow front row starter Mark Kinser slowly chased him down and took the lead on the seventh circuit. It was a lead he would never relinquish to the end of the 25-lap event. The win was career victory number ten at this facility for Kinser in the Karl Kinser prepared mount and paid him $9,000 for his efforts.
As the race edged past the half-way point several drivers began to improve their positions which they held to the finish. Sammy Swindell gained second from Smith on lap fourteen in lapped traffic and Dave Blaney claimed third on the next go around. Smith regained that spot on the final lap of the race. Johnny Herrera drove a steady race to claim fifth. Andy Hillenburg and Danny Lasoski took sixth and seventh respectively and Steve Kinser dropped from his second row starting nod to place eighth. Passing honors went to ninth place finisher Greg Hodnett who came from a ninth row start. Local standout Terry McCarl finished tenth.
The Classic is a unique event on the WoO trail in that it is the only event in which a complete inversion is used. Thus, twenty-third finisher Travis Cram led for four laps of the second Classic feature until second row starter Jeff Swindell took the top spot going down the back chute. Swindell held that position to the end to claim his fifth career win here as well as $9,000 for the Two Winners racing team. Local drivers Jerry Richert, Jr., Jaymie Moyle, Larry Pinegar II and Dennis Moore, Jr. took the next four positions at the finish. Steve Kinser took passing honors with a sixth place finish from an eighth row start. Rounding out the top ten finishers were Aaron Berryhill, Skip Jackson, Terry McCarl and Danny Lasoski.
In a companion Knoxville 360 Sprints, Jeff Haines led the distance to win his second career feature event at Knoxville. Tim Deaver, Ed Rotert, Brett Golik and Randy Martin completed the to five finishers. Forty-two 360 sprints and forty -eight WoO sprints competed in the evening's program.
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 20 of 72 JEFF HAINES CLAIMED HIS SECOND FEATURE WIN AT THE KNOXVILLE RACEWAY ON SATURDAY NIGHT
In a companion Knoxville 360 Sprints, Jeff Haines led the distance to win his second career feature event at Knoxville. Tim Deaver, Ed Rotert, Brett Golik and Randy Martin completed the to five finishers. Forty-two 360 sprints competed in the evening's program.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (19) 16.785; 2. 1, Sammy Swindell, Cordova, TN (25) 17.067; 3. 47, Johnny Herrera, Tempe, AZ (4) 17.288; 4. 1B, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (12) 17.307; 5. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (36) 17.378; 6. 2, Andy Hillenburg, Broken Arrow, OK (34) 17.410; 7. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (3) 17.462; 8. 97, Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK (7) 17.479; 9. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (11) 17.483; 10. 21, Lance Blevins, Broken Arrow, OK (9) 17.549; 11. 7TW, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (10) 17.551; 12. 75, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (43) 17.554; 13. 3G, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (13) 17.596; 14. 10V, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (17) 17.655; 15. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (44) 17.675; 16. 11H, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (16) 17.758; 17. 2x, Pat Moore, Moline, IL (5) 17.800; 18. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (1) 17.864; 19. 55, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (41) 17.868; 20. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (20) 18.053; 21. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (24) 18.121; 22. 12, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (40) 18.185; 23. 2H, Wayne Redmond, Fort Dodge, IA (6) 18,206; 24. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (27) 18.293; 25. 97m, Chad Mellenberndt, Sioux Falls, SD (42) 18.301; 26. 7m, Jimmy Carr, Webster Grove, MO (38) 18.320; 27. 21x, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (37) 18.336; 28. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (33) 18.406; 29. 11A, Dion Hindi, Albuquerque, NM (32) 18.428; 30. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (15) 18.458; 31. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (30) 18.462; 32. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (28) 18.544; 33. 1K, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (35) 18.588; 34. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (21) 18.671; 35. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (8) 18.888; 36. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (18) 18.912; 37. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (39) 18.983; 38. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (29) 19.096; 39. 14, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (31) 19.154; 40. 2TZ, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (14) 19.157; 41. 2AU, Robert Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (23) 19.161; 42. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (2) 19.204; 43. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (26) 19.277; 44. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (22) 20.305; Locked in from the Prelim: 71m, Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA; 5m, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN; 10, Dave Blaney, Cortland, OH; 22, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:31.2: 1. Steve Kinser (4) 2. Terry McCarl (2) 3. Danny Lasoski (3) 4. Joe Gaerte (1) / 5. Rich Bubak (6) 6. Chad Mellenberndt (7) 7. Tony Moro (10) 8. Peter Murphy (9) 9. Pat Moore (5) 10. Dion Hindi (8) 11. Robert Jackson (11)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:32.1: 1. Sammy Swindell (4) 2. Andy Hillenburg (3) 3. Lance Blevins (2) 4. Skip Jackson (1) / 5. Jerry Richert Jr. (5) 6. Bob White (6) 7. Ryan Jamison (9) 8. Jimmy Carr (7) 9. Troy Parsons (11) 10. Leonard Lee (10) 11. Jeff Mitrisin (8)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:28.8: 1. Johnny Herrera (4) 2. Jeff Swindell (2) 3. Jaymie Moyle (3) 4. Dennis Moore Jr. (1) / 5. Larry Pinegar II (5) 6. Steve Beitler (7) 7. John Kearney (9) 8. Wayne Redmond (6) 9. Doran Doty (10) 10. Scott Whitworth (8) DNS – Bob Weuve
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:29.2: 1. Greg Hodnett (1) 2. Aaron Berryhill (3) 3. Joey Saldana (2) 4. Travis Cram (7) / 5. Marlon Jones (9) 6. Manny Rockhold (6) 7. Brent Antill (4) 8. Mike Reinke (5) 9. Mark Smyser (10) 10. Tim Baker (8) DNS – Chris Walraven
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 21 of 72 C main (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. John Kearney (1) 2. Marlon Jones (2) 3. Leonard Lee (4) / 4. Doran Doty (5) 5. Robert Jackson (7) 6. Mark Smyser (8) 7. Tony Moro (3) 8. Troy Parsons (6) DNS – Tim Baker, Bob Weuve
Dash (started), 5 laps, 1:29.9: 1. Mark Kinser (2) 2. Stevie Smith (1) 3. Steve Kinser (5) 4. Sammy Swindell (6) 5. Jac Haudenschild (4) 6. Dave Blaney (3)
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:39.4: 1. Larry Pinegar II (1) 2. Brent Antill (4) 3. Jerry Richert Jr. (2) 4. Pat Moore (3) / 5. Rich Bubak (6) 6. Wayne Redmond (8) 7. Chad Mellenberndt (10) 8. Mike Reinke (5) 9. Steve Beitler (12) 10. Jimmy Carr (11) 11. Manny Rockhold (9) 12. Dion Hindi (13) 13. Scott Whitworth (15) 14. Marlon Jones (18) 15. Ryan Jamison (16) 16. Leonard Lee (20) 17. Peter Murphy (17) 18. Jeff Mitrisin (14) 19. Bob White (7) 20. John Kearney (19) DNS – Chris Walraven
First Iowa Ethanol Classic Feature (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Mark Kinser (1) 2. Sammy Swindell (4) 3. Stevie Smith (2) 4. Dave Blaney (6) 5. Johnny Herrera (7) 6. Andy Hillenburg (10) 7. Danny Lasoski (9) 8. Steve Kinser (3) 9. Greg Hodnett (20) 10. Terry McCarl (13) 11. Joey Saldana (16) 12. Lance Blevins (14) 13. Jac Haudenschild (5) 14. Skip Jackson (18) 15. Aaron Berryhill (12) 16. Larry Pinegar II (21) 17. Dennis Moore Jr. (19) 18. Pat Moore (24) 19. Joe Gaerte (17) 20. Jeff Swindell (15) 21. Jaymie Moyle (11) 22. Jerry Richert Jr. (23) 23. Travis Cram (22) 24. Brent Antill (8). Lap Leaders: S. Smith 1-6; M. Kinser 7-25.
Second Iowa Ethanol Classic Feature (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Jeff Swindell (4) 2. Jerry Richert Jr. (2) 3. Jaymie Moyle (3) 4. Larry Pinegar II (8) 5. Dennis Moore Jr. (7) 6. Steve Kinser (16) 7. Aaron Berryhill (9) 8. Skip Jackson (10) 9. Terry McCarl (14) 10. Danny Lasoski (17) 11. Johnny Herrera (19) 12. Joey Saldana (13) 13. Sammy Swindell (22) 14. Mark Kinser (23) 15. Stevie Smith (21) 16. Andy Hillenburg (18) 17. Greg Hodnett (15) 18. Rich Bubak (24) 19. Joe Gaerte (5) 20. Jac Haudenschild (11) 21. Pat Moore (6) 22. Dave Blaney (20) 23. Travis Cram (1) 24. Lance Blevins (21) DNS – Brent Antill. Lap Leaders: Cram 1-4; J. Swindell 5-25.
360 Results www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 22 of 72
Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (4) 3. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (3) 4. 10, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (7) / 5. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (10) 6. 71A, Randy Anderson, Clarion, IA (8) 7. 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA (5) 8. 9, Jim Strobel, Sigourney, IA (11) 9. 8A, Nate Anderson, Lucas, IA (9) 10. 9H, Ed Ergenbright, Newton, IA (1) 11. 4, Dave Middleswart, Indianola, IA (6)
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:54.1: 1. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (4) 2. 34, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (1) 3. 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (9) 4. 1A, Jerry Potter, Kansas City, MO (5) / 5. 7s, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA (2) 6. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (3) 7. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (6) 8. 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA (8) 9. 16x, Bill Robertson, Ashland, NE (10) 10. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (7)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 2:02.9: l. 23, Ed Rotert, Mount Ayr, IA (3) 2. 16, Kenny Williams, Blakesburg, IA (5) 3. 00, Larry Weeks, Montezuma, IA (8) 4. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (7) / 5. 8L, Tom Lenz, Strawberry Point, IA (2) 6. 29m, Eric Mason, Knoxville, IA (4) 7. 55J, Jason Pardock, Chariton, IA (9) 8. 19, Steve Wasson, West Des Moines, IA (6) 9. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (1) DNS – 57, Steve Breazeale, Pleasantville, IA
Heat four (started), 6 laps, 2:02.0: 1. 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (2) 2. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (1) 3. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (3) 4. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (5) / 5. 92, Taylor Weld, Kansas City, MO (7) 6. 8B, Bruce Williams, Pleasant Hill, IA (9) 7. 7x, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (6) 8. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (11) 9. 98, Curtis Thorson, Newton, IA (8) 10. 1J, Jay Hughes, Knoxville, IA (10) 11. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (4)
B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Taylor Weld (4) 2. Mike Houseman (1) 3. Tom Lenz (3) 4. Tim St. Arnold (2) / 5. Jerry Crabb (9) 6. Terry Alexander (12) 7. Virgil Brandt (6) 8. Randy Anderson (5) 9. Bruce Williams (8) 10. Bob Thompson (16) 11. Bill Robertson (18) 12. Curtis Thorson (19) 13. Tim Holzworth (10) 14. Walt Esch (23) 15. Jay Hughes (22) 16. Chris Tice (21) 17. Bob Hildreth (14) 18. Ed Ergenbright (20) 19. Jason Pardock (11) 20. Jim Strobel (13) 21. Eric Mason (7) 22. Steve Wasson (15) 23. Nate Anderson (17) 24. Dave Middleswart (24)
A main (started), 15 LAPS, 5:05.9: 1. Jeff Haines (2) 2. Tim Deaver (1) 3. Ed Rotert (4) 4. Brett Golik (8) 5. Randy Martin (5) 6. David Hesmer (10) 7. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (3) 8. Kenny Williams (7) 9. Bruce Drottz (6) 10. Matt Moro (16) 11. Dave Van Heukelom (9) 12. Duane Van Heukelom (12) 13. Taylor Weld (17) 14. Jerry Potter (14) 15. Mike Houseman (18) 16. Tom Lenz (19) 17. Steve Wares (13) 18. Larry Weeks (11) 19. Tim St. Arnold (20) 20. 6, Terry Alexander (15) DNS – Mitchell Alexander. Lap Leaders: Haines 1-15.
6/29/96 www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 23 of 72 Chris Walraven Claims his Initial Feature Event at the Knoxville Raceway
By Bob Wilson June 29, 1996
Knoxville, Iowa - Chris Walraven chose a fine time to win his initial feature event at Knoxville Raceway as he claimed the 43rd annual Mid-Season Championship Saturday night. The victory paid the Knoxville native $3,000 as he drove the Steve Behlers Maxim to a wire to wire win.
Walraven, who has been plagued by numerous technical problems in recent weeks, started the 20 lap race on the pole and outraced fellow front row starter Skip Jackson to the first turn. By the sixth circuit Walraven had entered lapped traffic and had put a 40-yard margin between himself and the Jackson machine. Through the backmarker traffic was heavy Walraven was able to make the passes when he needed.
At this point in the race Danny Lasoski was able to pull into contention for the runnerup spot with Jackson and the twosome began to battle for that position. Finally on lap twelve the issue was settled as Lasoski made the pass and set his sights on Walraven.
With five laps to go in the event Walraven had problems getting around a lapped car and Lasoski pulled to within striking distance of him. As the laps wound down the estimated crowd of 5,000 watched a nose-to-tail battle with Lasoski unable to make a move on the fleet Walraven sprinter.
Coming out of turn four on the final lap Walraven bobbled momentarily but Lasoski could not make the necessary adjustment and could do little more than to follow Walraven to Doug Clark's checkereds.
Dennis Moore, Jr. finished a strong third, Terry McCarl took fourth and Mike Reinke was fifth. Rounding out the top ten finishers were Jackson, Scott Whitworth, Leonard Lee, Ryan Jamison and Jerry Richert, Jr. from the tail of the twenty-car field. Two half-hour rain delays were endured during the evening.
Thirty-one 410 competed during the evening.
Bruce Drottz was Victorious in Knoxville 360 Class International Sprint Car Association qualifier SKOAL RACING 360 Limited Sprints Points Series race
Bruce Drottz was victorious in the Knoxville 360 sprint division in the third leg of the SKOAL RACING(SM) Limited Sprints Points Series and claimed $1,000 for his efforts. Chasing Drottz to the finish line were Jerry Potter, Duane Van Heukelom, Randy Martin and Bruce Williams. The program was additionally a makeup of the International Sprint Car Association (ISCA) event which was rain-canceled earlier in the season. Thirty-one 410 and forty-one 360 sprinter's, competed during the evening.
The 18th annual Knoxville Raceway Hall of Fame ceremonies were held during the evening. Drivers Danny Young and Larry Kirkpatrick were inducted posthumously and driver Cliff Woodward accepted his plaque. John Ricke, Stan Hill and Toni Hill of R&H Farms were inducted as owners.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Results): 1. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (20) 16.594; 2. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (19) 16.664; 3. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (2) 16.748; 4. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (9) 16.806; 5. 55, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (21) 16.833; 6. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (18) 16.854; 7. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (28) 16.939; 8. 10, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (27) 16.944; www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 24 of 72 9. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (26) 17.093; 10. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (14) 17.116; 11. 97, Chad Mellenberndt, Sioux Falls, SD (4) 17.117; 12. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (8) 17.122; 13. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (30) 17.129; 14. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (16) 17.131; 15. 14, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (15) 17.163; 16. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (3) 17.215; 17. 12, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (11) 17.223; 18. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (24) 17.225; 19. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (1) 17.267; 20. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (13) 17.379; 21. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (10) 17.408; 22. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (7) 17.409; 23. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (23) 17.422; 24. 21, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (5) 17.442; 25. 66, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (29) 17.450; 26. 12, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (11) 17.452; 27. 3B, Billy Engelhart, Madison, WI (6) 17.654; 28. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (17) 17.655; 29. 2H, Wayne Redmond, Fort Dodge, IA (31) 17.717; 30. 2AU, Robert Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (25) 17.981; 31. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (22) 20.277.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Scott Whitworth (3) 2. Travis Cram (4) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. (6) 4. Jeff Mitrisin (2) 5. Leonard Lee (5) 6. Jaymie Moyle (8) / 7. Bob Weuve (11) 8. Mark Smyser (1) 9. Kenny McCarl (9) 10. John Kearney (7) 11. Shawn Moore (10)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Skip Jackson (6) 2. Larry Pinegar II (7) 3. Ryan Jamison (1) 4. Mike Reinke (8) 5. Tony Moro (4) 6. Bob White (3) / 7. Wayne Redmond (10) 8. Chad Mellenberndt (5) 9. Peter Murphy (9) 10. Jerry Richert Jr. (2)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:29.3: 1. Steve Beitler (1) 2. Manny Rockhold (2) 3. Terry McCarl (8) 4. Rich Bubak (3) 5. Danny Lasoski (7) 6. Chris Walraven (6) / 7. Doran Doty (4) 8. Troy Parsons (5) 9. Robert Jackson (10) 10. Billy Engelhart (9)
B main (started), 10 laps, 3:39.4: 1. Doran Doty (2) 2. Jerry Richert Jr. (7) / 3. Mark Smyser (3) 4. Shawn Moore (9) 5. Chad Mellenberndt (8) 6. Peter Murphy (10) 7. Bob Weuve (11) 8. Robert Jackson (12) 9. Kenny McCarl (4) 10. Wayne Redmond (6) 11. Troy Parsons (1) 12. Billy Engelhart (5)
A main (started), 20 laps, 5:49.4: 1. Chris Walraven (1) 2. Danny Lasoski (4) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. (3) 4. Terry McCarl (6) 5. Mike Reinke (7) 6. Skip Jackson (2) 7. Scott Whitworth (12) 8. Leonard Lee (9) 9. Ryan Jamison (17) 10. Jerry Richert Jr. (20) 11. Jeff Mitrisin (15) 12. Manny Rockhold (16) 13. Travis Cram (10) 14. Steve Beitler (18) 15. Rich Bubak (14) 16. Doran Doty (19) 17. Larry Pinegar II (5) 18. Tony Moro (11) 19. Bob White (13) 20. Jaymie Moyle (8). Lap Leaders: Walraven 1-20
ISCA 360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (11) 17.590; 2. 8B, Bruce Williams, Pleasant Hill, IA (9) 17.671; 3. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (20) 17.726; 4. 9H, Ed Ergenbright, Newton, IA (41) 17.888; 5. 41B, Nick Bellino, Omaha, NE (32) 17.894; 6. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (37) www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 25 of 72 17.905; 7. 00, Larry Weeks, Montezuma, IA (16) 17.915; 8. 98, Curtis Thorson, Newton, IA (10) 17.966; 9. 1A, Jerry Potter, Kansas City, MO (29) 17.993; 10. 23, Ed Rotert, Mount Ayr, IA (2) 18.032; 11. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (5) 18.058; 12. 71A, Randy Anderson, Clarion, IA (36) 18.109; 13. 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (39) 18.115; 14. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (25) 18.124; 15. 16, Kenny Williams, Blakesburg, IA (18) 18.142; 16. 7x, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (34) 18.169; 17. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (1) 18.172; 18. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (8) 18.172; 19. 10, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (17) 18.215; 20. 57, Steve Breazeale, Pleasantville, IA (31) 18.236; 21. 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (33) 18.253; 22. 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA (27) 18.331; 23. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (6) 18.381; 24. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (28) 18.434; 25. 8L, Tom Lenz, Strawberry Point, IA (15) 18.522; 26. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (40) 18.540; 27. 55J, Jason Pardock, Chariton, IA (38) 18.575; 28. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (12) 18.644; 29. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (13) 18.698; 30. 4, Dave Middleswart, Indianola, IA (35) 18.748; 31. 9, Jim Strobel, Sigourney, IA (14) 18.925; 32. 29m, Eric Mason, Knoxville, IA (26) 18.934; 33. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (23) 18.976; 34. 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA (19) 19.019; 35. 1J, Jay Hughes, Knoxville, IA (3) 19.038; 36. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (24) 19.146; 37. 19, Steve Wasson, West Des Moines, IA (7) 19.349; 38. 8A, Nate Anderson, Lucas, IA (4) 20.048; 39. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (30) 22.760; 40. 34, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (21) NT; 41. 56, DJ Heskin, St. Michael, MN (22) NT.
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 1:53.3: 1. Jeff Haines (2) 2. Bruce Drottz (3) 3. David Hesmer (6) 4. Jerry Potter (4) / 5. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (1) 6. Tom Lenz (7) 7. Nick Bellino (5) 8. Tim Holzworth (8) 9. Mitchell Alexander (9) 10. Steve Wasson (10)
Heat two (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Jerry Crabb (1) 2. Duane Van Heukelom (5) 3. Dave Van Heukelom (3) 4. Bruce Williams (6) / 5. Ed Rotert (4) 6. Matt Moro (2) 7. Bob Thompson (7) 8. Bob Hildreth (9) 9. Dave Middleswart (8) 10. Nate Anderson (10)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 1:53.3: 1. Kenny Williams (3) 2. Randy Martin (6) 3. Steve Wares (2) 4. Mike Houseman (1) / 5. Larry Weeks (5) 6. Virgil Brandt (4) 7. Jay Hughes (9) 8. Jim Strobel (8) 9. Jason Pardock (7) 10. Lee Nelson (10)
Heat four (started), 6 laps, 1:54.3: 1. Brett Golik (1) 2. Terry Alexander (3) 3. Curtis Thorson (5) 4. Ed Ergenbright (6) / 5. Randy Anderson (4) 6. Steve Breazeale (2) 7. Chris Tice (7) 8. Walt Esch (9) 9. Eric Mason (8)
B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Virgil Brandt (4) 2. Matt Moro (6) 3. Tom Lenz (7) 4. Tim Holzworth (11) / 5. Lee Nelson (21) 6. Nick Bellino (1) 7. Jay Hughes (17) 8. Dave Middleswart (14) 9. Bob Hildreth (18) 10. Jason Pardock (9) 11. Larry Weeks (2) 12. Bob Thompson (10) 13. Ed Rotert (3) 14. Mitchell Alexander (15) 15. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (8) 16. Chris Tice (12) 17. Steve Wasson (19) 18. Eric Mason (16) 19. Randy Anderson (5) 20. Jim Strobel (13) 21. DJ Heskin (20) DNS – Steve Breazeale, Walt Esch, Nate Anderson
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 26 of 72 A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Bruce Drottz (1) 2. Jerry Potter (2) 3. Duane Van Heukelom (4) 4. Randy Martin (6) 5. Bruce Williams (7) 6. Kenny Williams (10) 7. Ed Ergenbright (5) 8. Terry Alexander (11) 9. Jeff Haines (12) 10. Brett Golik (16) 11. Curtis Thorson (3) 12. Virgil Brandt (17) 13. Matt Moro (18) 14. David Hesmer (8) 15. Jerry Crabb (14) 16. Dave Van Heukelom (9) 17. Steve Wares (13) 18. Mike Houseman (15) 19. Tim Holzworth (20) 20. Tom Lenz (19). Lap Leaders: Drottz 1-15.
7/6/96
Lasoski Cashes in on Knoxville Double Features By Bob Wilson July 6, 1996
Knoxville, Iowa-Danny Lasoski continues to assault the record books at Knoxville Raceway as he took both ends of Twin Twenty feature events Saturday night. The victories duplicated his fete of 1990 as the two markers extended his total career feature wins at Marion County Fairgrounds to sixty-three.
In the first feature event, Lasoski and Terry McCarl provided the fireworks for a near-dozen circuits of the half- mile oval. McCarl had grabbed the lead on the fifth lap and was able to get through lapped traffic to keep Lasoski at bay. Each driver found the cushion to be the quick way around yet utilized low passes in traffic. At the six-mile mark Lasoski had moved right up on McCarl's tail and two laps later he was able to dive below the McCarl machine in turns one and two to take the lead in heavy traffic. The Lasoski/McCarl pace was so potent that in the end they found themselves having lapped up to the fifth place finisher in the non-stop affair.
Chris Walraven finished third, Skip Jackson took fourth and Mike Reinke tallied fifth. In the completely inverted second twenty-lap feature, Lasoski wasted little time in coming from his eighteenth starting spot to place third by the sixth go around. At the halfway point he was directly on the tail of leader Brent Antill. Two laps later he took the top spot and was never challenged in the Guy Forbrook prepared machine.
The double wins paid Lasoski $3,000 for his efforts and provided Forbrook with his fifty-first and fifty-second career wins here. Chasing Lasoski to the checkereds were Brent Antill, Bob Weuve, Jaymie Moyle and Terry McCarl.
RANDY MARTIN AND BRUCE WILLIAMS PICKED UP WINS DURING THE TWIN FEATURES NIGHT AT THE RACES AT THE KNOXVILLE RACEWAY ON JULY 6, 1996
By Perry & Kathy Bell JULY 6, 1996
360 Class In the companion 360 class, the top honors were split by Randy Martin and Bruce Williams as each driver captured one of the two main events in the 360 division.
In the first 360 feature, Matt Moro, a rookie in the class, held the front spot for two circuits before Williams took the No. 8 car to the front for the remainder of the race.
Moro managed to hold on for second place at the drop of the checkered flag by flagman Norm Wadle. Bruce Drottz was third, Virgil Brandt fourth and Duane Van Heukelom fifth.
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 27 of 72 Van Heukelom entered the night only three points behind Randy Martin in the 360 Knoxville Raceway Season Points Championship. Martin settled for ninth in the first feature.
In feature number two after making some big adjustments to the car, Martin came to the front to lead the final four laps of the 15-lap event. Kenny Williams was second in the inverted second feature event, Virgil Brandt third, Dave Hesmer fourth and Bruce Drottz fifth.
Winning the four heat races were Matt Moro, Mitchell Alexander, Bruce Williams and Duane Van Heukelom.
Steve Wares of Knoxville and Randy Anderson of Clarion ran one-two respectively in the B-Feature.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 55, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (8) 15.494; 2. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (13) 15.626; 3. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (5) 15.687; 4. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (23) 15.731; 5. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (14) 15.828; 6. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (16) 15.989; 7. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (31) 15.998; 8. 10, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (12) 16.019; 9. 12, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (4) 16.043; 10. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (3) 16.048; 11. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (1) 16.069; 12. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (26) 16.095; 13. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (27) 16.154; 14. 1, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (22) 16.176; 15. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (17) 16.181; 16. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (19) 16.186; 17. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (20) 16.249; 18. 21, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (28) 16.280; 19. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (15) 16.304; 20. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (18) 16.310; 21. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (10) 16.329; 22. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (2) 16.367; 23. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (6) 16.419; 24. 7A, Todd Taeger, Burlington, IA (11) 16.426; 25. 1K, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (29) 16.440; 26. 2AU, Robert Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (30) 16.467; 27. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (24) 16.469; 28. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (25) 16.894; 29. 1Y, Scott Young, Union Grove, WI (21) 17.103; 30. 1A, Jerry Potter, Kansas City, MO (9) 17.485; 31. 27, Patrick Bourke, Edwards, CO (7) 22.145.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:18.6: 1. Scott Whitworth (6) 2. Troy Parsons (1) 3. Terry McCarl (7) 4. Mark Smyser (2) 5. Tony Moro (4) 6. Ryan Jamison (3) / 7. Bob White (9) 8. Shawn Moore (5) 9. John Hall (10) 10. Larry Pinegar II (8) DNS – Patrick Bourke
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:14.8: 1. John Kearney (2) 2. Skip Jackson (6) 3. Rich Bubak (1) 4. Bob Weuve (5) 5. Jeff Mitrisin (3) 6. Mike Reinke (8) / 7. Brent Antill (4) 8. Jaymie Moyle (7) 9. Robert Jackson (9) 10. Scott Young (10)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:17.3: 1. Jerry Richert Jr. (2) 2. Steve Beitler (3) 3. Danny Lasoski (7) 4. Chris Walraven (8) 5. Todd Taeger (1) 6. Travis Cram (4) / 7. Peter Murphy (6) 8. Leonard Lee (9) 9. Jerry Potter (10) 10. Dennis Moore Jr. (5)
B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Jaymie Moyle (1) 2. Brent Antill (4) / 3. Shawn Moore (3) 4. Bob White (5) 5. Larry Pinegar II (7) 6. Scott Young (11) 7. Peter Murphy (2) 8. Leonard Lee (9) 9. Patrick Bourke (13) 10. Jerry Potter (10) 11. John Hall (8) 12. Robert Jackson (6) DNS – Dennis Moore Jr.
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A main #1 (started), 20 laps, 5:59.6: 1. Danny Lasoski (4) 2. Terry McCarl (3) 3. Chris Walraven (2) 4. Skip Jackson (6) 5. Mike Reinke (1) 6. Steve Beitler (12) 7. Scott Whitworth (5) 8. Jaymie Moyle (19) 9. Bob Weuve (7) 10. Jerry Richert Jr. (15) 11. Ryan Jamison (10) 12. Travis Cram (9) 13. Rich Bubak (17) 14. Jeff Mitrisin (11) 15. Brent Antill (20) 16. Todd Taeger (18) 17. Mark Smyser (13) 18. Troy Parsons (16) 19. Tony Moro (8) 20. John Kearney (14). Lap Leaders: Reinke 1-4, McCarl 5-14, Lasoski 15-20.
A main #2 (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (18) 2. Brent Antill (4) 3. Bob Weuve (10) 4. Jaymie Moyle (5) 5. Terry McCarl (17) 6. Rich Bubak (6) 7. Travis Cram (7) 8. Jerry Richert Jr. (9) 9. Mike Reinke (14) 10. Troy Parsons (1) 11. Mark Smyser (2) 12. Chris Walraven (16) 13. John Kearney (20) 14. Ryan Jamison (8) 15. Todd Taeger (3) 16. Jeff Mitrisin (5) 17. Scott Whitworth (12) 18. Skip Jackson (15) 19. Steve Beitler (13) 20. Tony Moro (19). Lap Leaders: Parsons 1-6; Antill 7-11; Lasoski 12-20.
360 Results
First Heat (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (4) 3. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (1) 4. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (6) 5. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (9) / 6. 71A, Randy Anderson, Clarion, IA (3) 7. 29m, Eric Mason, Knoxville, IA (7) 8. 56, DJ Heskin, St. Michael, MN (5) 9. 19, Steve Wasson, West Des Moines, IA (10) 10. 8A, Nate Anderson, Lucas, IA (8)
Second Heat (started), 6 laps, 1:48.9: 1. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (2) 2. 98, Curtis Thorson, Newton, IA (4) 3. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (5) 4. 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (6) 5. 06, Steve Richards, Blue Springs, MO (7) / 6. 10, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (8) 7. 55J, Jason Pardock, Chariton, IA (1) 8. 69, Jeff Tanksley, Sioux Falls, SD (3) 9. 21, Mark Swanson, West Des Moines, IA (9) 10. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (10)
Third Heat (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 8B, Bruce Williams, Berwick, IA (1) 2. 47, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA (2) 3. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (4) 4. 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (7) 5. 48, Mike Trent, Columbia, MO (8) / 6. 9H, Ed Ergenbright, Newton, IA (5) 7. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (9) 8. 1J, Jay Hughes, Knoxville, IA (6) 9. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (3)
Fourth Heat (started), 6 laps, 1:45.8: 1. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (2) 2. 7x, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (4) 3. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (6) 4. 00, Larry Weeks, Montezuma, IA (8) 5. 16, Kenny Williams, Blakesburg, IA (5) / 6. 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA (1) 7. 4, Dave Middleswart, Indianola, IA (7) 8. 0N, Dave Nederhoff, Wellsburg, IA (3) DNS – 90, Brad Peltz, Humboldt, IA
B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Steve Wares (2) 2. Randy Anderson (1) 3. Jerry Crabb (4) 4. Jeff Haines (7) 5. Ed Ergenbright (3) 6. Jay Hughes (11) 7. Dave Middleswart (8) 8. DJ Heskin (9) 9. Dave Nederhoff (12) 10. www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 29 of 72 Steve Wasson (13) 11. Eric Mason (5) 12. Chris Tice (15) 13. Jeff Tanksley (10) 14. Lee Nelson (14) 15. Jason Pardock (6) DNS – Mark Swanson, Nate Anderson, Brad Peltz
A main #1 (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Bruce Williams (3) 2. Matt Moro (1) 3. Bruce Drottz (5) 4. Virgil Brandt (12) 5. Duane Van Heukelom (4) 6. Terry Alexander (8) 7. David Hesmer (15) 8. Mike Houseman (11) 9. Randy Martin (17) 10. Tim St. Arnold (7) 11. Brett Golik (9) 12. Steve Richards (18) 13. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (14) 14. Kenny Williams (20) 15. Curtis Thorson (6) 16. Tim Holzworth (13) 17. Mike Trent (19) 18. Mitchell Alexander (2) 19. Larry Weeks (16) 20. Dave Van Heukelom (10). Lap Leaders: Moro 1-2, Williams 3-15.
A main #2 (started), 15 laps, 4:58.2: 1. Randy Martin (8) 2. Kenny Williams (3) 3. Virgil Brandt (13) 4. David Hesmer (10) 5. Bruce Drottz (12) 6. Mike Houseman (9) 7. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (4) 8. Tim St. Arnold (7) 9. Bruce Williams (14) 10. Terry Alexander (11) 11. Randy Anderson (18) 12. Tim Holzworth (1) 13. Ed Ergenbright (20) 14. Steve Richards (5) 15. Matt Moro (15) 16. Curtis Thorson (2) 17. Mike Trent (16) 18. Steve Wares (17) 19. Brett Golik (6) 20. Jerry Crabb (19) DNS – Dave Van Heukelom, Duane Van Heukelom, Larry Weeks, Mitchell Alexander. Lap Leaders: K. Williams 1-11, Martin 12-15.
7/13/96
Danny “The Dude" Lasoski Drove the Guy Forbrook Schnee Sprinter to His Seventh Feature Event Win of the Season at the Knoxville Raceway
By Bob Wilson
Danny Lasoski drove the Guy Forbrook Schnee sprinter to his seventh feature event win of the season Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. The victory paid the Missouri native $2,500 for his efforts in a non-stop affair.
The win was equally important for car-owner Forbrook as it was his 53rd career win at this historic race facility. That places him in a tie with the legendary Bob Trostle for owner wins here at Knoxville.
Lasoski started the 20-lap feature event in the front row and immediately left no doubt as to the outcome of the race as he stormed away from the field of sprinters.
By lap seven Lasoski had entered lapped traffic with Terry McCarl running in second place. The backmarkers proved to be no problem for either driver but Lasoski appeared to be able to pull away from McCarl as the laps began to wind down.
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 30 of 72 As Lasoski flashed across the finish line McCarl stormed into turn four with Steve Beitler at a distance in the third position. Don Droud, Jr. made several late race passed to claim fourth and Larry Pinegar II with fifth. Rounding out the top ten finishers were Skip Jackson, Jaymie Moyle, Travis Cram, Peter Murphy and Rich Bubak.
Thirty-three 410 c.i. sprint cars competed on the evening.
Ricky Logan of Arkansas Posted his First Feature Win in the Second Leg of the ISCA 360 Qualifying Event on July 13, 1996
By Bob Wilson
In the 360 sprint division, a visiting Ricky Logan put on a memorable passing display after he transferred from the B Main to the tail of the feature event. By lap seven the Arkansas driver had moved into seventh position, but it appeared as though the Campbell J&J sprinter would be unable to complete the sweep to the front.
A yellow flag with just two laps remaining was all Logan needed as he was able to get by race leader Dave Hesmer on the restart. Third went to Randy Martin, Lee Nelson took fourth and Taylor Weld finished fifth.
The event was the second International Sprint Car Association 360 qualifier to be held at the Knoxville Raceway this season.
Thirty-seven 360 cui sprint cars competed on the evening.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 55, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (32) 17.332; 2. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (6) 17.397; 3. 10, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (22) 17.524; 4. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (8) 17.667; 5. 21, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (26) 17.677; 6. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (5) 17.767; 7. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (30) 17.822; 8. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (11) 17.896; 9. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (23) 18.054; 10. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (24) 18.134; 11. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (14) 18.146; 12. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (10) 18.154; 13. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (7) 18.167; 14. 12, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (9) 18.188; 15. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (16) 18.228; 16. 1, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (25) 18.245; 17. 1BK, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (28) 18.264; 18. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (21) 18.279; 19. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (18) 18.331; 20. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (33) 18.373; 21. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (17) 18.430; 22. 70, Calvin Landis, Phoenix, AZ (15) 18.437; 23. 1K, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (27) 18.456; 24. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (4) 18.659; 25. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (2) 18.772; 26. 7A, Todd Taeger, Burlington, IA (20) 18.800; 27. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (12) 18.850; 28. 1A, Jerry Potter, Kansas City, MO (19) 18.978; 29. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (3) 19.113; 30. 2AU, Robert Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (13) 19.353; 31. 11E, Dave Ekern, Flandreau, SD (29) 19.136; 32. 12L, John Lambertz, Sioux Falls, SD (31) 19.625; 33. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (1) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:22.4: 1. Danny Lasoski (6) 2. Jaymie Moyle (4) 3. Jeff Mitrisin (2) 4. Terry McCarl (7) 5. Brent Antill (3) 6. Larry Pinegar II (8) / 7. Mike Reinke (5) 8. Calvin Landis (1) 9. Mark Smyser (9) 10. Jerry Potter (10) 11. Dave Ekern (11)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:24.3: 1. Jerry Richert Jr. (2) 2. Don Droud Jr. (3) 3. Bob White (1) 4. Peter Murphy (4) 5. Scott Whitworth (6) 6. Steve Beitler (7) / 7. Bob Weuve (5) 8. Tony Moro (8) 9. Todd Taeger (9) 10. Leonard Lee (10) 11. John Lambertz (11) www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 31 of 72 Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:26.5: 1. Troy Parsons (1) 2. Ryan Jamison (3) 3. Skip Jackson (8) 4. Manny Rockhold (2) 5. Rich Bubak (4) 6. Travis Cram (5) / 7. Marlon Jones (6) 8. Chris Walraven (7) 9. John Kearney (9) 10. Robert Jackson (10) DNS – Dennis Moore Jr.
B main (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Bob Weuve (5) 2. Leonard Lee (9) / 3. Todd Taeger (8) 4. Marlon Jones (3) 5. Jerry Potter (10) 6. Dave Ekern (11) 7. Calvin Landis (6) 8. Robert Jackson (12) 9. Mike Reinke (4) 10. Tony Moro (1) 11. Mark Smyser (7) 12. John Lambertz (13) 13. Chris Walraven (2) DNS – John Kearney, Dennis Moore Jr.
A main (started), 20 Laps, 6:39.5: 1. Danny Lasoski (2) 2. Terry McCarl (4) 3. Steve Beitler (3) 4. Don Droud Jr. (12) 5. Larry Pinegar II (6) 6. Skip Jackson (5) 7. Jaymie Moyle (8) 8. Travis Cram (7) 9. Peter Murphy (9) 10. Rich Bubak (10) 11. Bob Weuve (19) 12. Jerry Richert Jr. (15) 13. Leonard Lee (20) 14. Ryan Jamison (13) 15. Manny Rockhold (16) 16. Brent Antill (11) 17. Jeff Mitrisin (14) 18. Troy Parsons (18) 19. Scott Whitworth (1) 20. Bob White (17). Lap Leader: Lasoski 1-20.
360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 7, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (18) 17.884; 2. 8B, Bruce Williams, Pleasant Hill, IA (6) 18.236; 3. 86, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (8) 18.246; 4. 10, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (4) 18.268; 5. 47, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA (15) 18.387; 6. 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA (2) 18.393; 7. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (12) 18.444; 8. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (1) 18.494; 9. 11, Dave Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (11) 18.542; 10. 00, Larry Weeks, Montezuma, IA (5) 18.584; 11. 92, Taylor Weld, Kansas City, MO (32) 18.592; 12. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (14) 18.604; 13. 16, Kenny Williams, Blakesburg, IA (22) 18.622; 14. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (35) 18.625; 15. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (10) 18.690; 16. 23, Ed Rotert, Mount Ayr, IA (16) 18.709; 17. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (24) 18.720; 18. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (7) 18.733; 19. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (23) 18.746; 20. 7x, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (29) 18.747; 21. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (26) 18.769; 22. 56, DJ Heskin, St. Michael, MN (28) 18.858; 23. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (9) 18.915; 24. 69, Jeff Tanksley, Sioux Falls, SD (21) 18.945; 25. 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (19) 19.098; 26. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (30) 19.168; 27. 10T, Mike Trent, Columbia, MO (34) 19.320; 28. 2K, Ron Kuhn, Lee’s Summit, MO (27) 19.366; 29. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (3) 19.457; 30. 4, Dave Middleswart, Indianola, IA (17) 19.480; 31. 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (25) 19.526; 32. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (13) 19.546; 33. 98, Curtis Thorson, Newton, IA (31) 19.642; 34. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (33) 19.803; 35. 19, Steve Wasson, Clive, IA (20) 20.070; 36. 55J, Jason Pardock, Chariton, IA (36) 20.145; 37. 7s, Marty Stephenson, Altoona, IA (37) 20.361.
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:44.2, New Track Record: 1. Duane Van Heukelom (1) 2. David Hesmer (4) 3. Mike Houseman (2) 4. Kenny Williams (3) / 5. Ricky Logan (6) 6. Tim St. Arnold (5) 7. Curtis Thorson (9) 8. Marty Stephenson (10) 9. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (7) 10. Walt Esch (8)
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Heat three (started), 6 Laps, NT: 1. Randy Martin (2) 2. Brett Golik (3) 3. Bob Thompson (1) 4. Taylor Weld (4) / 5. Dave Van Heukelom (5) 6. Tod Bishop (6) 7. Mike Trent (7) 8. Steve Wasson (9) 9. Bruce Drottz (8)
Heat four (started), 6 Laps, 1:49.5: 1. Terry Alexander (2) 2. Ed Rotert (3) 3. Jeff Tanksley (1) 4. Chris Tice (4) / 5. Steve Wares (6) 6. Matt Moro (5) 7. Tim Holzworth (8) 8. Ron Kuhn (7) 9. Jason Pardock (9)
B main (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Ricky Logan (1) 2. Bruce Williams (2) 3. Tod Bishop (3) 4. Matt Moro (8) / 5. Dave Van Heukelom (7) 6. Virgil Brandt (10) 7. Curtis Thorson (13) 8. Bob Hildreth (6) 9. Mike Trent (11) 10. Steve Wares (4) 11. Mitchell Alexander (18) 12. Tim St. Arnold (5) 13. Ron Kuhn (12) 14. Tim Holzworth (16) 15. Matt Stephenson (15) 16. Dave Middleswart (14) 17. Jason Pardock (17) 18. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (9) DNS – Walt Esch, Bruce Drottz, Steve Wasson
A main (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1. Ricky Logan (17) 2. David Hesmer (6) 3. Randy Martin (11) 4. Lee Nelson (1) 5. Taylor Weld (4) 6. Bob Thompson (15) 7. Ed Rotert (8) 8. Matt Moro (20) 9. Tod Bishop (19) 10. Mike Houseman (9) 11. Bruce Williams (18) 12. Jeff Tanksley (16) 13. DJ Heskin (14) 14. Terry Alexander (12) 15. Chris Tice (3) 16. Larry Weeks (5) 17. Brett Golik (7) 18. Kenny Williams (2) 19. Jeff Haines (10) 20. Duane Van Heukelom (13). Lap Leaders: Nelson 1-5, Hesmer 6-14, Logan 15.
7/20/96
Danny Lasoski Drove the Guy Forbrook Schnee Sprinter to a Convincing Win During the Marion County Fair at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday Night
By Bob Wilson
KNOXVILLE, IOWA - Danny Lasoski drove the Guy Forbrook Schnee sprinter to a convincing win during the annual Marion County Fair at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night.
The win marked the 65th career victory here for the "Dude" and set a new mark of 54 career wins for car owner Forbrook.
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 33 of 72 Lasoski, who started the 20-lap feature event in the ninth row by virtue of a transfer from the B Main, was quick out of the blocks at the start as he passed eleven cars during the first lap to fifth place as he flew under the flagstand.
Race leader and front-row starter Tony Moro set a torrid pace and Lasoski was unable to cut into his lead until the backmarkers slowed his pace.
While Moro set the pace, Lasoski picked up fourth place on the fourth circuit and seemed to be stuck there until a lap eight yellow flag for a hapless Terry McCarl who had lost a nose wing.
On the restart Lasoski took the high route and picked up an additional two spots as he began to chase Moro at closer quarters.
On lap fourteen Moro came upon a slower car and that was all Lasoski needed to gram the point position. One lap later Don Droud, Jr. took the runnerup spot and closed in on the Lasoski machine. To the end Droud pressed Lasoski for the win but was unable to get by the Al Cole-sponsored mount. Dennis Moore, Jr. made a last lap pass to take third, Moro was fourth and Skip Jackson took fifth.
Rounding out the top ten finishers were Steve Beitler, Scott Whitworth, Travis Cram, Larry Pinegar II, and Leonard Lee.
Two lengthy delays were needed to correct track conditions due to an afternoon and early evening rain event. Thirty-five 410 sprints competed during the program.
Tod Bishop Posted his First Feature Win During Vermeer Night on July 20, 1996
By Bob Wilson, July 20, 1996
Tod Bishop was the victor in the companion 360 sprint division after the race leaders fell from the competition. Mike Brooks placed second, Randy Martin came from deep in the pack to take third and Duane Van Heukelom was fourth.
Martin Takes First Place in the Skoal Racing 360 Limited Sprints Points Series
The feature event was the final leg of the 5th annual SKOAL RACING(SM) 360 Limited Sprints Points Series. Martin's finish enabled him to take the $1,000 first place money.
Two lengthy delays were needed to correct track conditions due to an afternoon and early evening rain event. Forty 360 sprints competed during the program.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 21, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (4) 16.583; 2. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (35) 16.691; 3. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (28) 16.718; 4. 1BK, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (7) 16.766; 5. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (22) 16.766; 6. 10, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (2) 16.864; 7. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (14) 16.865; 8. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (11) 16.937; www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 34 of 72 9. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (30) 16.999; 10. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (24) 17.099; 11. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (1) 17.137; 12. 1K, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (25) 17.137; 13. 1, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (6) 17.166; 14. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (27) 17.213; 15. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (17) 17.237; 16. 63, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (33) 17.253; 17. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (12) 17.257; 18. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (19) 17.352; 19. 55, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (32) 17.369; 20. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (10) 17.384; 21. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (16) 17.475; 22. D1, Dan Oswalt, Iola, KS (29) 17.486; 23. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (13) 17.488; 24. 70, Calvin Landis, Phoenix, AZ (34) 17.617; 25. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (20) 17.631; 26. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (26) 17.633; 27. 12, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (5) 17.703; 28. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (9) 17.785; 29. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (31) 17.825; 30. 62, Rod Holliday, Springfield, IL (15) 17.875; 31. 2AU, Robert Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (18) 17.877; 32. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (23) 18.062; 33. 55x, Mitchell Moore, Edgerton, KS (8) 18.140; 34. 1A, Jerry Potter, Kansas City, MO (21) 18.454; 35. 7s, Ken Stolfus, Lee’s Summit, MO (3) 19.383.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.6: 1. John Hall (2) 2. Troy Parsons (1) 3. Tony Moro (3) 4. Scott Whitworth (6) / 5. Jaymie Moyle (4) 6. Steve Beitler (8) 7. Brent Antill (5) 8. Jerry Richert Jr. (7) 9. Mitchell Moore (9)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:20.8: 1. Rod Holliday (1) 2. Jeff Mitrisin (2) 3. Mike Reinke (4) 4. Bob Weuve (6) / 5. Dan Oswalt (3) 6. Ryan Jamison (5) 7. Danny Lasoski (8) 8. Skip Jackson (7) 9. Jerry Potter (9)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (8) 2. Larry Pinegar II (4) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. (7) 4. Travis Cram (6) / 5. Peter Murphy (2) 6. Ken Stolfus (9) 7. Robert Jackson (1) 8. Chris Walraven (5) 9. Manny Rockhold (3)
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:13.9: 1. Leonard Lee (2) 2. Randy Smith (5) 3. Don Droud Jr. (8) 4. Bob White (6) / 5. Rich Bubak (4) 6. Marlon Jones (7) 7. Calvin Landis (3) 8. Mark Smyser (1)
B main (started), 10 Laps, 2:48.3: 1. Steve Beitler (1) 2. Danny Lasoski (2) 3. Skip Jackson (4) 4. Jerry Richert Jr. (3) / 5. Marlon Jones (5) 6. Brent Antill (6) 7. Jaymie Moyle (9) 8. Rich Bubak (8) 9. Dan Oswalt (11) 10. Peter Murphy (12) 11. Calvin Landis (13) 12. Robert Jackson (15) 13. Mitchell Moore (17) 14. Jerry Potter (14) 15. Ken Stolfus (16) 16. Manny Rockhold (10) 17. Ryan Jamison (7) DNS – Chris Walraven, Mark Smyser
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (18) 2. Don Droud Jr. (11) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. (10) 4. Tony Moro (2) 5. Skip Jackson (19) 6. Steve Beitler (17) 7. Scott Whitworth (9) 8. Travis Cram (7) 9. Larry Pinegar II (10) 10. Leonard Lee (14) 11. Terry McCarl (12) 12. Bob White (6) 13. Bob Weuve (8) 14. Jeff Mitrisin (13) 15. Rod Holliday (16) 16. Troy Parsons (15) 17. John Hall (1) 18. Jerry Richert Jr. (20) 19. Mike Reinke (4) 20. Randy Smith (5). Lap Leaders: Moro 1-13, Lasoski 14-20.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:47.5: 1. 92, Taylor Weld, Kansas City, MO (3) 2. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 35 of 72 IA (1) 3. 86, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (2) 4. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (5) / 5. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (4) 6. 7, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (7) 7. 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (10) 8. 10, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (8) 9. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (9) 10. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (6)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:44.4: 1. 03, Darrin Key, Warrensburg, MO (4) 2. 9H, Ed Ergenbright, Newton, IA (6) 3. 7x, Mike Brooks, Knoxville, IA (1) 4. 86x, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (7) / 5. 57, Steve Breazeale, Pleasantville, IA (3) 6. 8B, Bruce Williams, Pleasant Hill, IA (5) 7. 06, Steve Richards, Blue Springs, MO (10) 8. 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA (9) 9. 1J, Jay Hughes, Knoxville, IA (2) 10. 4, Dave Middleswart, Indianola, IA (8)
Heat three (started), 6 Laps, 1:51.1: 1. 98, Curtis Thorson, Newton, IA (2) 2. 56, DJ Heskin, St. Michael, MN (3) 3. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (4) 4. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (6) / 5. 47, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA (5) 6. 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (7) 7. 72, Duane Bonini Jr., Byron, CA (9) 8. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (10) 9. 69, Jeff Tanksley, Sioux Falls, SD (8) 10. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (1)
Heat four (started), 6 Laps, NT: 1. 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (4) 3. 00, Larry Weeks, Montezuma, IA (6) 4. 71A, Randy Anderson, Clarion, IA (3) / 5. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (5) 6. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (1) 7. 23, Ed Rotert, Mount Ayr, IA (9) 8. 29m, Eric Mason, Knoxville, IA (7) 9. 55J, Jason Pardock, Chariton, IA (9) DNS – 19, Steve Wasson, Clive, IA
B main (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. David Hesmer (8) 2. Steve Breazeale (2) 3. Virgil Brandt (1) 4. Tim St. Arnold (3) 5. Brett Golik (4) / 6. Ricky Logan (5) 7. Duane Bonini Jr. (10) 8. Bruce Williams (6) 9. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (7) 10. Walt Esch (11) 11. Steve Richards (9) 12. Jay Hughes (13) 13. Ed Rotert (18) 14. Jerry Crabb (12) 15. Mike Houseman (17) … also: Lee Nelson (14), Eric Mason (15), Jeff Tanksley (16), Steve Wasson (19), Jason Pardock (20), Dave Middleswart (21) … DNS – Terry Alexander, Chris Tice, Matt Moro
A main (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1. Tod Bishop (4) 2. Mike Brooks (3) 3. Randy Martin (13) 4. Dave Van Heukelom (5) 5. Jeff Haines (8) 6. Duane Van Heukelom (15) 7. Bruce Drottz (9) 8. Virgil Brandt (19) 9. Randy Anderson (14) 10. Brett Golik (20) 11. Curtis Thorson (10) 12. Tim St. Arnold (18) 13. Taylor Weld (12) 14. Steve Breazeale (16) 15. Larry Weeks (1) 16. Bob Thompson (2) 17. David Hesmer (17) 18. Darrin Key (11) 19. DJ Heskin (6) 20. Ed Ergenbright (7) DNS – John Kearney. Lap Leaders: Thompson 1-5, Weeks 6-10, Bishop 11-15.
7/21/96 (Enduro)
Miller Celebrates Birthday with Enduro Win by Bob Wilson
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 36 of 72 Knoxville, IA – Kenny Miller had more to celebrate than his birthday Sunday night as the Des Moines driver won the tenth annual Marion County fair enduro 200 at Knoxville Raceway.
Miller who won enduros here during the 1989 fair and again in 1993 at the Autumn Enduro, was eleven laps ahead of his nearest competitor when the checkered flag fell at the two-hour time limit. He had completed 130 laps and was paid $1,000 for his efforts.
The race was halted briefly on three occasions by red flags for various safety related incidents, but Miller was unaffected by the slowdowns and led for a major portion of the event. Rose Hill driver, Ronald Meinders, who finished second, was Miller’s nearest competitor and Chuck Gaulke of Ankeny took a close third. Local driver, Brian Leslie, of Knoxville was fourth and Darin Van Dee of Deep River claimed fifth.
A crowd estimated at 1,500 saw 60 cars compete on the half-mile oval.
Results, 130 laps, 2 hours: 1. 1K, Kenny Miller, Des Moines, IA 2. 1R, Ronald Meinders, Rose Hill, IA 3. 99, Chuck Gaulke, Ankeny, IA 4. 5, Brian Leslie, Knoxville, IA 5. 88, Darin Van Dee, Deep River, IA 6. 2P, Jeff Petty, Knoxville, IA 7. 12x, Gary Waddle, Pella, IA 8. 8, Dan Nicholson, Indianola, IA 9. 17, David Rodda, Norwalk, IA 10. 48B, Tom Kingery, Knoxville, IA 11. 461, Kevin Pearson, Knoxville, IA 12. 63R, Raymond Moore, Delta, IA 13. 56, Tracy Ellis, Tracy, IA 14. 22RD, Don Witzenberg, Knoxville, IA 15. 11, Bill Sulser, Chariton, IA 16. 122, Randy Camden, Knoxville, IA 17. 69em, Aaron Hubler, Columbia, IA 18. 8L, Bryan Gaulke, Marion, IA 19. 21K, Josh Krichau, Pleasantville, IA 20. 55, Robert Miller, Clarinda, IA
7/24/96
Mark Kinser Sweeps Through Knoxville Fair for WoO Win by Bob Wilson
KNOXVILLE, IA (July 24) - Mark Kinser made a clean sweep of World of Outlaws (WoO) racing events at Knoxville Raceway during the 79th annual Marion County Fair Wednesday night. Kinser, aboard his father's Wirtgen sponsored maxim captured time trials in near-track record time, won his qualifying heat race and claimed the dash in addition to the $6000 to win feature.
It marked his 11th career win here. The start of the 25-lap feature event was halted just after it started when Terry McCarl began to cartwheel his sprinter in turn two. Danny Lasoski slid into McCarl's final throes but was able to get his Forbrook machine repaired in time for the restart. McCarl was taken to Knoxville Area Community Hospital and was later released.
At the same time as the McCarl incident Bob White rolled his mount into the turn one fence in an unrelated accident. He was uninjured. When the race was restarted again it went non-stop to the checkered flag as Kinser roared out to a huge lead. By lap six he had entered lapped traffic and second place Sammy Swindell began to cut into the gap separating the top two cars. At the half-way point Steve Kinser began to challenge Swindell as the WoO veterans staged close quarters racing in heavy lapped traffic allowing Mark to pull away again. Swindell made one final charge with four laps to go but this was to be Kinser's night in what has become an annual Nationals warm-up event.
The win by Mark Kinser broke a string of victories by Swindell and Steve Kinser in this mid-week Marion County Fair race dating back to 1983. Jeff Swindell came from a fifth row start to place fourth and Dave Blaney was fifth. Johnny Herrera, Stevie Smith, Skip Jackson, Joe Gaerte and Andy Hillenburg rounded out the top ten finishers.
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 37 of 72 Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 5m, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (42) 15.340; 2. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (18) 15.603; 3. 10v, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (22) 15.917; 4. 1w, Jeff Shepard, Upperco, MD (51) 15.961; 5. 47, Johnny Herrera, Tempe, AZ (2) 15.999; 6. 7TW, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (9) 16.010; 7. 1, Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, TN (7) 16.028; 8. 3G, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (43) 16.070; 9. 10, Dave Blaney, Cortland, OH (14) 16.093; 10. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (13) 16.109; 11. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (1) 16.118; 12. 22, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (6) 16.123; 13. 71m, Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA (27) 16.241; 14. 83, Paul McMahan, Oroville, CA (5) 16.261; 15. 23s, Frankie Kerr, Fremont, OH (49) 16.283; 16. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (3) 16.286; 17. 2, Andy Hillenburg, Broken Arrow, OK (8) 16.295; 18. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (11) 16.322; 19. 2D, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (25) 16.328; 20. 21, Lance Blevins, Broken Arrow, OK (10) 16.336; 21. 1a, Bobby Allen, Hanover, PA (46) 16.367; 22. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (47) 16.327; 23. 1K, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (45) 16.379; 24. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (20) 16.406; 25. 11H, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (38) 16.425; 26. 7m, Jimmy Carr, Webster Grove, MO (52) 16.428; 27. 55, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (28) 16.459; 28. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (31) 16.463; 29. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (26) 16.477; 30. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (16) 16.519; 31. 75, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (34) 16.519; 32. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (37) 16.543; 33. 21B, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (10) 16.609; 34. 11K, Tim Kuhn, Mount Holly Springs, PA (33) 16.646; 35. 12, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (4) 16.671; 36. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (32) 16.682; 37. 1B, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (29) 16.690; 38. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (21) 16.818; 39. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (23) 16.843; 40. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (36) 16.868; 41. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (30) 16.881; 42. 11A, Dion Hindi, Albuquerque, NM (17) 16.923; 43. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (19) 16.928; 44. 3, Daniel Coggeshell, Milo, IA (50) 16.982; 45. 3B, Van Gurley Jr., Rochester, IN (44) 17.017; 46. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (48) 17.019; 47. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (12) 17.132; 48. D1, Dan Oswalt, Iola, KS (39) 17.210; 49. 2AU, Robert Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (24) 17.243; 50. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (35) 17.338; 51. 28, Brian Paulus, Mechanicsburg, PA (15) 17.523; 52. 72, Duane Bonini Jr., Byron, CA (41) 17.899.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:13.4: 1. Mark Kinser (6) 2. Jimmy Carr (1) 3. Bobby Allen (2) 4. Dennis Moore Jr. (4) / 5. Jeff Swindell (5) 6. Joey Saldana (7) 7. Danny Lasoski (3) 8. Troy Parsons (9) 9. Chris Walraven (8) DNS – Tony Moro, Brian Paulus
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:11.6: 1. Andy Hillenburg (3) 2. Terry McCarl (2) 3. Sammy Swindell (5) 4. Jac Haudenschild (4) / 5. Steve Kinser (6) 6. Jerry Richert Jr. (7) 7. Dion Hindi (9) 8. Brent Antill (8) 9. Manny Rockhold (10) 10. Duane Bonini Jr. (11) 11. Larry Pinegar II (1)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:13.4: 1. Bob White (2) 2. Stevie Smith (4) 3. Skip Jackson (6) 4. Marlon Jones (1) / 5. Scott Whitworth (3) 6. Steve Beitler (7) 7. Joe Gaerte (5) 8. Mark Smyser (9) 9. Dan Oswalt (10) 10. Bob Weuve (8)
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.3: 1. Mike Reinke (2) 2. Paul McMahan (4) 3. Dave Blaney (5) 4. Tim Kuhn (7) / 5. Daniel Coggeshell (9) 6. Travis Cram (8) 7. Craig Dollansky (3) 8. Robert Jackson (10) 9. Ryan Jamison (1) 10. Jeff Shepard (6)
Heat five (started), 8 Laps, 2:18.7: 1. Frankie Kerr (4) 2. Johnny Herrera (6) 3. Greg Hodnett (2) 4. Rich Bubak (1) / 5. Jaymie Moyle (5) 6. Lance Blevins (3) 7. Peter Murphy (7) 8. Van Gurley Jr. (9) 9. Leonard Lee (8) DNS – Jeff Haines
C main (started), 10 Laps, 2:57.4: 1. Travis Cram (1) 2. Dion Hindi (2) 3. Manny Rockhold (7) / 4. Mark Smyser (3) 5. Leonard Lee (10) 6. Robert Jackson (9) 7. Dan Oswalt (8) 8. Duane Bonini Jr. (12) 9. Troy Parsons (6) 10. Brian Paulus (11) 11. Van Gurley Jr. (5) 12. Daniel Coggeshell (4) DNS – Jeff Haines, Tony Moro www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 38 of 72 Dash (started), 5 Laps, 1:24.5: 1. Mark Kinser (6) 2. Dave Blaney (2) 3. Sammy Swindell (3) 4. Johnny Herrera (4) 5. Stevie Smith (8) 6. Jac Haudenschild (7) 7. Dennis Moore Jr. (1) 8. Skip Jackson (5)
B main (started), 12 Laps, 3:35.8: 1. Joe Gaerte (1) 2. Jeff Swindell (2) 3. Steve Kinser (4) 4. Jaymie Moyle (3) 5. Danny Lasoski (6) 6. Craig Dollansky (8) / 7. Joey Saldana (12) 8. Jerry Richert Jr. (11) 9. Scott Whitworth (5) 10. Travis Cram (17) 11. Lance Blevins (7) 12. Brent Antill (15) 13. Chris Walraven (16) 14. Ryan Jamison (9) 15. Bob Weuve (18) 16. Steve Beitler (14) 17. Peter Murphy (13) 18. Manny Rockhold (19) 19. Larry Pinegar II (10) 20. Dion Hindi (20) DNS – Jeff Shepard
A main (started), 25 Laps, 7:41.5: 1. Mark Kinser (1) 2. Sammy Swindell (3) 3. Steve Kinser (9) 4. Jeff Swindell (8) 5. Dave Blaney (2) 6. Johnny Herrera (4) 7. Stevie Smith (5) 8. Skip Jackson (6) 9. Joe Gaerte (11) 10. Andy Hillenburg (15) 11. Paul McMahan (13) 12. Jimmy Carr (21) 13. Danny Lasoski (22) 14. Jaymie Moyle (10) 15. Craig Dollansky (24) 16. Frankie Kerr (12) 17. Dennis Moore Jr. (7) 18. Greg Hodnett (18) 19. Mike Reinke (19) 20. Rich Bubak (23) 21. Bobby Allen (14) 22. Marlon Jones (20) 23. Terry McCarl (17) 24. Bob White (16) DNS – Jac Haudenschild, Tim Kuhn. Lap Leader: M. Kinser 1-25.
7/25/96
Noble is “Harris Clash” Knoxville Victor
by Bob Wilson
KNOXVILLE, IOWA - JULY 25, 1996 - Mark Noble of Blooming Prairie, MN showed why he is considered one of the top modified drivers in the Midwest as he swept to a convincing $1500 victory in the Second Annual HARRIS CLASH SERIES RACE on Thursday night at the Knoxville Raceway.
The 25-Lap feature event went red at the outset as Ron Jones spun in turn one and was struck by several cars. Jones, who was one of the fastest cars in the qualifying heats, was not injured but his car was too damaged to continue.
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 39 of 72 When the race was restarted Wayne Larson quickly grabbed the top spot from his pole position start. John Logue and Noble trailed Larson closely until the only yellow flag of the event flew on lap seven. When the race resumed, Noble wasted little time in taking the lead as he passed Larson for the top spot and never looked back.
One of the interesting sidelights of this event was the entry of 6-time Knoxville track champion, Danny Lasoski. "The Dude" failed to qualify through his heat event but won a B Main to make it into the championship feature. After a nineteenth position start he was running 11th at the lap seven caution. At final count he was credited with eighth.
Trailing Noble at the checkered flag were Eddie Martin, Logue, Kevin Larkins and Mark Mundell. Rounding out the top ten finishers were Bell Davis, Brian Fullenkamp, Lasoski, Dan Banker and Gene Claxton.
A total of 100 IMCA Modifieds took part in the 13-event program.
Harris Clash Results
1ST HEAT (10 LAPS) NT: 1. 51, Eddie Martin, Stilwell, OK 2. 4x, Kevin Larkins, Greenwood, NE / 3. 97, Rich Lewerke, Garner, IA 4. 17, Troy Folkerts, Albia, IA 5. 55c, Larry Cotton, Ft. Smith, AR
2ND HEAT (10 LAPS) NT: 1. 69, John Logue, Boone, IA 2. 2R, Rusty Closser, Lincoln, NE / 3. 22, Mark Allgood, Ankeny, IA 4. 96, Dave Blage, Marshalltown, IA 5. 55x, Corky Van Cotten, Chanute, KS
3RD HEAT (10 LAPS) NT: 1. 1, Bill Davis, Des Moines, IA 2. 34, Brian Fullenkamp, Eldon, IA / 3. 25R, Ricky Stephan, South Sioux City, NE 4. 23s, Jerry Townsend, Mt. Pleasant, IA 5. 80, Dick Lewis, Agency, IA
4TH HEAT (10 LAPS) 4:04.3: 1. 3x, Bob Larson, Warrensburg. MO 2. 5K, Dan Banker, Mitchellville, IA / 3. 00, Dale Patch, Onawa, KS 4. 53, Rich Reynolds, Des Moines, IA 5. 3F, Dave Farren, Des Moines, IA
5TH HEAT (10 LAPS) NT: 1. 7J, Ron Jones, Elk River, MN 2. 5G, Greg Moyer, Ankeny, IA / 3. 66, Dan Bohr, Decorah, IA 4. 7R, Rick Gustin, Marshalltown, IA 5. 25x, Matt Lundberg, Johnston, IA
6TH HEAT (10 LAPS) NT: 1. 3, Kelly Shryock, Story City, IA 2. 89, Jerry Warner, Omaha, NE / 3. 10L, Ron Little, Adel, IA 4. 85, Mark Dotson, Cameron, MO 5. 42, Gene Claxton, Kansas City, MO
7TH HEAT (10 LAPS) NT: 1. 93, Wayne Larson, Ames, IA 2. 2, Gordy Grubb, Oskaloosa, IA / 3. 18J, Jon Schwartz, Omaha, NE 4. 10, John VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa, IA 5. 98, John Allen, Chanute, KS
8TH HEAT (10 LAPS) 3:58.5: 1. 74, Mark Noble, Blooming Prairie, NM 2. 03x, Mark Mundell, Ottumwa, IA / 3. 11, Todd Wilson, Spickard, MO 4. 25s, Keith Schmitz, Swaledale, IA 5. 4, Roger Baxter, Oskaloosa, IA
1ST B MAIN (12 LAPS) NT: 1. Dan Bohr 2. 01J, Gary Jellison, Topeka, KS 3. Larry Cotton / 4. 55, Tony Efkamp, Boone, IA 5. 21m, Dean Mahlstedt, Waterloo, IA
2ND B MAIN (12 LAPS) NT: 1. Gene Claxton 2. Ron Little 3. Mark Dotson / 4. 88A, Dan Briggs, Ottumwa, IA 5. Mark Allgood
3RD B MAIN (12 LAPS) NT: 1. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO 2. Jon Schwartz 3. Ricky Stephan / 4. 88L, Larry Clawson, Lawson, MO 5. John Allen
4TH B MAIN (12 LAPS) 4:58.4: 1. Rich Reynolds 2. 88x, Jim Fuller, Memphis, MO 3. Dave Farren / 4. 12T, Terry Shaw, Albia, IA 5. 90, Jason Menz, Redwood Falls, MN www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 40 of 72
A FEATURE (started), 25 LAPS, NT: 1. Mark Noble (3) 2. Eddie Martin (5) 3. John Logue (2) 4. Kevin Larkins (9) 5. Mark Mundell (16) 6. Bill Davis (7) 7. Brian Fullenkamp (12) 8. Danny Lasoski (19) 9. Dan Banker (11) 10. Gene Claxton (18) 11. John Allen (29, pr.) 12. Rusty Closser (10) 13. Wayne Larson (1) 14. Dan Bohr (17) 15. Ricky Stephan (27) 16. Tony Efkamp (30, pr.) 17. Jim Fuller (24) 18. Kelly Shryock (6) 19. Ron Little (22) 20. Larry Cotton (25) 21. Gary Jellison (21) 22. Jon Schwartz (23) 23. Dave Farren (28) 24. Mark Dotson (26) 25. Greg Moyer (13) 26. Rich Reynolds (20) 27. Jerry Warner (14) 28. Gordy Grubb (15) 29. Bob Larson (4) 30. Ron Jones (8) Lap Leaders: W. Larson 1-6, Noble 7-25.
7/26/96
Wolfgang Makes Triumphant Return to Knoxville in ASCS Sprint Win
by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, Iowa - It was a storybook beginning. Doug Wolfgang, who suffered career-threatening injuries in 1992, returned to the Knoxville Raceway in a victorious manner as he swept to a $1500 win in the preliminary feature of the ASCS (American Sprint Car Series) Midwest 360 Championship.
Long-time observers are calling the race one of the best-ever feature events here as lap after lap saw exciting position changes and passes in addition to near-blanket finishes for the lead at the stripe.
The 20-lap feature event, a distance not normally contested at the Marion County Fairgrounds in 360 cui competition, went non-stop and in track record time. Larry Pinegar II utilized the cushion from his pole position start to grab the opening lap but on the second go around fellow front-row starter Jerrod Hull took the point by running the low groove. Once in front he began to pull away.
Wolfgang moved into the runner-up spot in the Gary Swenson Schnee mount on the seventh lap and stayed even with Hull on the half-mile oval. At the ten-lap mark Hull entered lapped traffic and was unable to pass any of the cars for several circuits allowing Wolfgang and third-running Danny Lasoski to move in and to challenge for the lead.
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 41 of 72 Lap after lap saw Hull, Wolfgang, Lasoski and Pinegar jockeying through lapped traffic around the low side of the track in close proximity. Pinegar moved back to the cushion for a few rounds and made a pass of Lasoski only to have "the Dude" take it back on the next circuit. Lap fifteen saw Wolfgang grab the lead briefly in turn three but Hull was able to fend off the Wolfgang charge.
On lap seventeen Wolfgang was able to get under Hull coming out of turn two and to take the top spot for good. One lap later Lasoski repeated the move and the stage was set for the two all-time winningest drivers in Knoxville Raceway history to battle for the checkered flag.
With most observers focused on the front of the pack, few in attendance were aware the B-Main transfer and ninth row starter Terry McCarl had stormed to the front via the cushion of the track. With two laps to go he had forged his way to sixth place and was suddenly a factor.
Time and laps ran out on the McCarl bid but he was able to take a third place finish on the final lap. Lasoski placed second, two car lengths behind the victorious Wolfgang who was celebrating his forty-fourth birthday on this night. Current ASCS points leader Terry Gray took a solid fifth with Hull and Pinegar placing seventh and eighth respectively. Don Droud, Jr. was ninth and Virgil Brandt completed the top ten finishers.
Eighty-seven cars were on hand for the fourteen-event program of the ASCS Midwest 360 Championship two- day program.
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 4A, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (8) 17.331; 2. 11L, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (20) 17.357; 3. 92, Taylor Weld, Kansas City, MO (5) 17.535; 4. 11H, Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO (15) 17.549; 5. 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (74) 17.651; 6. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (45) 17.691; 7. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (1) 17.699; 8. 24B, Doug Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (21) 17.741; 9. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (28) 17.769; 10. 95K, Kurt Osterbuhr, Garden City, KS (3) 17.771; 11. 2, Randi Miller, Rapid City, SD (26) 17.782; 12. 1m, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (44) 17.843; 13. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (23) 17.856; 14. 18F, Fran Bruns, Madison, SD (32) 17.860; 15. 45, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (47) 17.915; 16. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (4) 17.931; 17. 8B, Bruce Williams, Pleasant Hill, IA (41) 17.939; 18. 10x, Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (46) 17.941; 19. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (25) 17.983; 20. 45x, Rickey Hood, Memphis, TN (58) 18.025; 21. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (16) 18,045; 22. 11x, Garry Lee Maier, Dodge City, KS (57) 18.060; 23. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (29) 18.076; 24. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (14) 18.094; 25. 86x, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (71) 18.124; 26. 8L, Tom Lenz, Strawberry Point, IA (9) 18.131; 27. 9s, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (40) 18.132; 28. 7D, Rick Daugherty, Findlay, OH (24) 18.191; 29. 7x, Mike Brooks, Knoxville, IA (59) 18.193; 30. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (70) 18.235; 31. 16, Kenny Williams, Blakesburg, IA (42) 18.316; 32. 71A, Randy Anderson, Clarion, IA (27) 18.338; 33. 56c, Gerald Cressman, Hartford, SD (38) 18.338; 34. 24, Bruce Divis, Lincoln, NE (12) 18.341; 35. 7, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (78) 18.374; 36. 03, Darrin Key, Warrensburg, MO (55) 18.380; 37. 86, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (53) 18.432; 38. 29, Tommie Estes Jr., Tulsa, OK (69) 18.497; 39. 65, Steve King, Jetmore, KS (43) 18.522; 40. 39, Greg Gunderson, Sioux Falls, SD (60) 18.523; 41. 11A, Glen Passmore Jr., Pryor, OK (10) 18.563; 42. 64H, Mike Heronemus, Ashton, IA (36) 18.573; 43. 21A, Alan Walker, Rogers, AR (11) 18.620; 44. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (52) 18.637; 45. 17m, John Gerloff, Walton, NE (62) 18.676; 46. 10T, Mike Trent, Columbia, MO (39) 18.729; 47. 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (51) 18.736; 48. 8, John Bankston, Beaumont, TX (48) 18.735; 49. 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (73) 18.748; 50. 10, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (66) 18.754; 51. 34, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (61) 18.805; 52. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (65) 18.811; 53. 52, Walt Esch, Knoxville, IA (35) 18.819; 54. 6w, Randy Wagler, Danville, IA (6) 18.820; 55. 11P, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (72) 18.911; 56. 4J, Jason Danley, Lincoln, NE (17) 18.912; 57. 1KW, Steve Ballenger, Harrisburg, SD (56) 18.935; 58. 6H, Wally Henson, Benton, AR (30) 18.952; 59. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (84) 18.994; 60. 29T, Tommy Williams, North Platte, NE (19) 19.002; 61. 29v, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (86) 19.043; 62. 38, Brad Strayer, Tulsa, OK (22) 19.094; 63. 06, Steve Richards, Blue Springs, MO (63) 19.095; 64. 91, Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma City, OK (81) 19.127; www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 42 of 72 65. 1x, Todd Splain, Lincoln, NE (18) 19.143; 66. 72, Duane Bonini Jr., Discovery Bay, CA (54) 19.205; 67. 4, Dave Middleswart, Indianola, IA (49) 19.278; 68. 1B, Pete Braswell, New Boston, TX (80) 19.352; 69. R1, Lee Dunn, Pleasantville, MO (85) 19.361; 70. 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA (75) 19.381; 71. 59, Ken Lange, Lincoln, NE (87) 19.390; 72. 78, Joe Miller, Denver, CO (31) 19.426; 73. 98, Curtis Thorson, Newton, IA (68) 19.465; 74. 47, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA (67) 19.510; 75. 77, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (76) 19.515; 76. 41x, Kip Anderson, Burlington, IA (50) 19.519; 77. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (33) 19.597; 78. 55J, Jason Pardock, Chariton, IA (13) 19.706; 79. 5H, Bobby Hawks, Jacksonville, IL (77) 19.744; 80. 29m, Eric Mason, Knoxville, IA (82) 20.226; 81. 4x, Joe Cooper, Burlington, IA (79) 20.276; 82. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (64) 20.305; 83. 71, Bob Moore, Savannah, MO (34) 21.050; 84. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (7) 21.579; 85. 69, Jeff Tanksley, Sioux Falls, SD (2) NT; 86. 14D, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (37) NT; 87. 57, Steve Breazeale, Pleasantville, IA (83) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:33.4: 1. John Kearney (1) 2. Virgil Brandt (3) / 3. Mike Chadd (4) 4. Gerald Cressman (5) 5. Bruce Williams (2) 6. Bruce Drottz (7) 7. Glen Passmore Jr. (6) 8. Todd Splain (9) 9. Steve Ballenger (8) 10. Curtis Thorson (10) 11. Joe Cooper (11)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:33.2: 1. Larry Pinegar II (4) 2. Terry Gray (2) / 3. Tom Lenz (1) 4. Steve Wares (7) 5. Kurt Osterbuhr (3) 6. Bruce Divis (5) 7. Tim St. Arnold (10) 8. Mike Heronemus (6) 9. Wally Henson (8) 10. Mitchell Alexander (11) 11. Duane Bonini Jr. (9)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:37.2: 1. Shane Stewart (1) 2. Ricky Logan (5) / 3. Bob Thompson (2) 4. Randi Miller (3) 5. Taylor Weld (4) 6. Duane Van Heukelom (8) 7. Tim Deaver (7) 8. Alan Walker (6) 9. Terry Alexander (10) 10. Dave Middleswart (9) 11. Bob Moore (11)
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Don Droud Jr. (3) 2. Jerrod Hull (4) / 3. Rickey Hood (2) 4. Darrin Key (5) 5. Jeff Haines (7) 6. Pete Braswell (9) 7. Rick Daugherty (1) 8. Tommy Williams (8) 9. Kip Anderson (10) 10. Tim Holzworth (11) 11. Mike Houseman (6)
Heat five (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Tod Bishop (5) 2. Lee Dunn (9) / 3. John Gerloff (6) 4. Lee Nelson (2) 5. Tim Baker (8) 6. Chris Tice (10) 7. Walt Esch (7) 8. Mike Brooks (1) 9. Bob Weuve (3) 10. David Hesmer (4) DNS – Jeff Tanksley
Heat six (started), 8 Laps, 2:33.7: 1. Garry Lee Maier (2) 2. Randy Martin (1) / 3. Terry McCarl (4) 4. Tommie Estes Jr. (5) 5. Fran Bruns (3) 6. Mike Trent (6) 7. Brad Strayer (8) 8. Randy Wagler (7) 9. Jerry Crabb (9) 10. Jason Pardock (10) DNS – Doran Doty
Heat seven (started), 8 Laps, 2:34.1: 1. Danny Lasoski (3) 2. Steve King (5) / 3. Kenny Williams (1) 4. Daryn Pittman (7) 5. Scott Whitworth (2) 6. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (6) 7. Brett Golik (4) 8. Steve Richards (8) 9. Ken Lange (9) 10. Bobby Hawks (10) DNS – Steve Breazeale
Heat eight (started), 8 Laps, 2:41.2: 1. Doug Wolfgang (4) 2. Randy Anderson (1) / 3. Dave Van Heukelom (3) 4. Wayne Johnson (8) 5. Matt Moro (2) 6. John Bankston (6) 7. Greg Gunderson (5) 8. Joe Miller (9) 9. Jason Danley (7) 10. Eric Mason (10)
E main (started), 6 Laps, 2:07.9: 1. Curtis Thorson (3) 2. Ken Lange (1) / 3. Kip Anderson (6) 4. Chris Tice (7) 5. Joe Cooper (9) 6. Tim Holzworth (14) 7. Joe Miller (2) 8. Terry Alexander (5) 9. Eric Mason (10) 10. Mitchell Alexander (12) 11. Jeff Tanksley (13) 12. Jason Pardock (8) 13. Bob Moore (11) 14. Tim St. Arnold (4) DNS – Bobby Hawks
D main (started): 8 Laps, NT: 1. Jeff Haines (1) 2. Daryn Pittman (4) 3. Wayne Johnson (13) / 4. Jason Danley (5) 5. Wally Henson (7) 6. Steve Ballenger (6) 7. Tim Baker (10) 8. Randy Wagler (3) 9. Duane Bonini www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 43 of 72 Jr. (15) 10. Pete Braswell (17) 11. Brad Strayer (11) 12. Curtis Thorson (19) 13. Steve Richards (12) 14. Walt Esch (2) 15. Todd Splain (14) 16. Jerry Crabb (18) 17. Tommy Williams (9) 18. Dave Middleswart (16) 19. Duane Van Heukelom (8) 20. Ken Lange (20)
C main (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Tommie Estes Jr. (6) 2. Bruce Divis (4) 3. Gerald Cressman (3) / 4. Mike Brooks (1) 5. Kenny Williams (2) 6. John Gerloff (12) 7. Mike Trent (11) 8. John Bankston (13) 9. Darrin Key (5) 10. Daryn Pittman (20) 11. Mike Heronemus (9) 12. Greg Gunderson (7) 13. Alan Walker (10) 14. Wayne Johnson (19) 15. Glen Passmore Jr. (8) 16. Steve Wares (15) 17. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (14) 18. Tim Deaver (18) 19. Jeff Haines (17) 20. Bruce Drottz (16) DNS – Mike Houseman
B main (started), 12 Laps, 4:08.1: 1. Terry McCarl (4) 2. Mike Chadd (1) 3. Brett Golik (3) 4. Rickey Hood (11) / 5. Bruce Williams (9) 6. Tommie Estes Jr. (17) 7. Bob Weuve (8) 8. Gerald Cressman (19) 9. Dave Van Heukelom (10) 10. Randi Miller (5) 11. Fran Bruns (7) 12. Scott Whitworth (15) 13. Matt Moro (16) 14. Kurt Osterbuhr (6) 15. Rick Daugherty (18) 16. Tom Lenz (15) 17. Taylor Weld (2) 18. Bob Thompson (12) 19. Lee Nelson (14) 20. Bruce Divis (20) DNS – David Hesmer
A main (started), 20 Laps, 7:04.6 (New Track Record): 1. Doug Wolfgang (3) 2. Danny Lasoski (6) 3. Terry McCarl (17) 4. Larry Pinegar II (1) 5. Terry Gray (7) 6. Jerrod Hull (2) 7. Garry Lee Maier (8) 8. Ricky Logan (13) 9. Don Droud Jr. (5) 10. Virgil Brandt (4) 11. Rickey Hood (20) 12. John Kearney (9) 13. Randy Martin (11) 14. Shane Stewart (10) 15. Mike Chadd (18) 16. Tod Bishop (14) 17. Lee Dunn (16) 18. Randy Anderson (12) 19. Brett Golik (19) 20. Steve King (15). Lap Leaders: Pinegar 1, Hull 2-16, Wolfgang 17-25.
7/27/96
McCarl Doubles in ASCS/Knoxville Sprints by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA – Terry McCarl scored an unusual double feature win at Knoxville Raceway when he grabbed the American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) 360 Midwest Championship as well as the regular Knoxville 410 sprint feature Saturday night. The wins paid the second generation driver $6000.
In the ASCS event, McCarl was in a league of his own as he won the 25-lap race going away after taking the lead from pole-sitter Larry Pinegar II on the ninth lap. He set the Brad Gray Stealth sprinter on the cushion and roared away from the field of 24 sprinters to take the checkered flag ahead of his nearest competitor, Danny Lasoski. “The Dude” was unable to catch the swift McCarl machine and was in the fourth turn when McCarl flashed across the stripe.
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 44 of 72 For a great portion of the race, Lasoski battled Doug Wolfgang and Larry Pinegar II before he was able to pull away to gain a runner-up finish. Wolfgang took the third place money with Don Droud Jr. making a late race charge to take fourth. Pinegar settled for fifth. Rounding out the top ten finishers in this non-stop event were Rickey Hood, Mike Chadd, Ricky Logan, Terry Gray and Jerrod Hull.
McCarl’s first feature event win of the evening came in the 410 c.u.i. sprints where he was the class of the field gaining the lead on the sixth circuit and pulling away for the win. It was his 15th career win at this half-mile oval and his first of the season here in the Brad Gray Maxim.
Steve Beitler, who trailed McCarl after the five-mile mark was a distant second place finisher and Lasoski placed third. Dennis Moore Jr. took fourth and Gary Wright captured fifth. Jerry Richert Jr., Jaymie Moyle, Rich Bubak, Paul McMahan and Skip Jackson rounded out the top ten finishers.
A crowd estimated at 7,000 watched a record 121 sprinters compete during the evening.
360 Nationals Results
E main (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. 4x, Joe Cooper, Burlington, IA (4) 2. 69, Jeff Tanksley, Sioux Falls, SD (5) 3. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (8) / 4. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (3) 5. 55J, Jason Pardock, Chariton, IA (6) 6. 7s, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA (7) 7. 77, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (2) 8. 29m, Eric Mason, Knoxville, IA (1) DNS – 59, Ken Lange, Lincoln, NE, 5H, Bobby Hawks, Jacksonville, IL, 71, Bob Moore, Savannah, MO
D main (started), 10 laps, 2:58.4: 1. 1B, Pete Braswell, New Boston, TX (8) 2. 29v, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (2) 3. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (3) 4. 6w, Randy Wagler, Danville, IA (1) 5. 78, Joe Miller, Denver, CO (13) 6. 38, Brad Strayer, Tulsa, OK (6) 7. 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA (9) 8. 4, Dave Middleswart, Indianola, IA (14) / 9. Joe Cooper (15) 10. 41x, Kip Anderson, Burlington, IA (18) 11. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (16) 12. 06, Steve Richards, Blue Springs, MO (5) 13. 6H, Wally Henson, Benton, AR (4) 14. 29T, Tommy Williams, North Platte, NE (10) 15. 72, Duane Bonini Jr., Discovery Bay, CA (7) 16. 98, Curtis Thorson, Newton, IA (11) 17. 1x, Todd Splain, Lincoln, NE (12) 18. Jeff Tanksley (19) 19. Mitchell Alexander (17) DNS – 1KW, Steve Ballenger, Harrisburg, SD, 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA
C main (started), 12 laps, 4:02.3: 1. 8, John Bankston, Beaumont, TX (2) 2. 03, Darrin Key, Warrensburg, MO (1) 3. 64H, Mike Heronemus, Ashton, IA (5) 4. 11P, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (6) / 5. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (8) 6. Tim Baker (12) 7. 21A, Alan Walker, Rogers, AR (4) 8. 10T, Mike Trent, Columbia, MO (3) 9. Pete Braswell (15) 10. 11A, Glen Passmore Jr., Pryor, OK (7) 11. Joe Miller (19) 12. 4J, Jason Danley, Lincoln, NE (10) 13. Brad Strayer (16) 14. Duane Van Heukelom (17) 15. 34, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (11) 16. 91, Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma City, OK (13) 17. Jerry Crabb (20) 18. Dave Middleswart (18) 19. Randy Wagler (14) 20. 10, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (9) DNS – 17m, John Gerloff, Walton, NE, 39, Greg Gunderson, Sioux Falls, SD, 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA, 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA, 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA, 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA
B main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (8) 2. 86, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (2) 3. 29, Tommie Estes Jr., Tulsa, OK (11) 4. 56, Gerald Cressman, Hartford, SD (12) 5. 18F, Fran Bruns, Madison, SD (4) / 6. 95K, Kurt Osterbuhr, Garden City, KS (3) 7. 24, Bruce Divis, Lincoln, NE (13) 8. Mike Heronemus (19) 9. John Bankston (17) 10. 65, Steve King, Jetmore, KS (6) 11. Darrin Key (18) 12. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (7) 13. 7x, Mike Brooks, Knoxville, IA (16) 14. 16, Kenny Williams, Blakesburg, IA (15) 15. 8L, Tom Lenz, Strawberry Point, IA (9) 16. Daryn Pittman (20) 17. 8B, Bruce Williams, Pleasant Hill, IA (1) 18. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (10) 19. 7D, Rick Daugherty, Findlay, OH (14) 20. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (5) DNS – 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA, R1, Lee Dunn, Pleasantville, MO www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 45 of 72 A main (started), 25 laps, 7:38.7 (NTR): 1. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (4) 2. 45, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (5) 3. 24B, Doug Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (2) 4. 1m, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (8) 5. 11L, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (1) 6. 45x, Rickey Hood, Memphis, TN (11) 7. 4A, Mike Chadd, Lincoln, NE (6) 8. 7, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (14) 9. 10x, Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (9) 10. 11H, Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO (3) 11. 11x, Garry Lee Maier, Dodge City, KS (10) 12. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (7) 13. 86x, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (13) 14. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (15) 15. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (12) 16. Gerald Cressman (22) 17. Tod Bishop (20) 18. Tommie Estes Jr. (23) 19. 71A, Randy Anderson, Clarion, IA (19) 20. 2, Randi Miller, Rapid City, SD (17) 21. Fran Bruns (24) 22. 92, Taylor Weld, Kansas City, MO (16) 23. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (18) 24. Scott Whitworth (21) DNS – 9s, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK Lap Leaders: Pinegar II 1-8, McCarl 9-25.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (5) 16.243; 2. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (1) 16.318; 3. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (4) 16.390; 4. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (12) 16.439; 5. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (37) 16.510; 6. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (9) 16.515; 7. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (2) 16.566; 8. 83, Paul McMahan, Oroville, CA (20) 16.597; 9. 21, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (7) 16.599; 10. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (35) 16.654; 11. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (16) 16.682; 12. 9x, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (32) 16.703; 13. 1, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (6) 16.730; 14. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (8) 16.737; 15. 10, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (18) 16.739; 16. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (11) 16.795; 17. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (40) 16.823; 18. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (23) 16.835; 19. 69s, Chad Radel, Sioux Falls, SD (10) 16.880; 20. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (17) 17.054; 21. 12, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (31) 17.060; 22. 55, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (42) 17.061; 23. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (29) 17.064; 24. 1K, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (13) 17.112; 25. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (27) 17.163; 26. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (25) 17.240; 27. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (24) 17.281; 28. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (26) 17.336; 29. 2AU, Robert Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (19) 17.389; 30. 28w, Todd Wessels, Ellsworth, MN (22) 17.492; 31. 7A, Todd Taeger, Burlington, IA (28) 17.669; 32. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (30) 17.773; 33. 11E, Dave Ekern, Flandreau, SD (43) 17.831; 34. 55x, Jerrel Slinkard, Mesa, AZ (44) 17.844; 35. 15, Bobby Mincer, West Burlington, IA (14) 17.873; 36. 1KW, Steve Ballenger, Harrisburg, SD (36) 17.925; 37. 62, Rod Holliday, Springfield, IL (34) 18.044; 38. 1A, Jerry Potter, Kansas City, MO (21) 18.060; 39. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (3) 18.444; 40. 12L, John Lambertz, Sioux Falls, SD (15) 18.638; 41. 14, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (41) 18.638; 42. 17, Tim Newman, Cameron, MO (39) 20.355; 43. 1Y, Scott Young, Union Grove, WI (38) 22.065; 44. 11H, Dion Hindi, Albuquerque, NM (33) NT.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Rich Bubak (2) 2. Dennis Moore Jr. (7) 3. Steve Beitler (6) 4. Terry McCarl (8) / 5. Brent Antill (5) 6. Peter Murphy (3) 7. Tony Moro (4) 8. Dave Ekern (9) 9. Doran Doty (11) 10. Rod Holliday (10) 11. Robert Jackson (1)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:22.3: 1. Danny Lasoski (6) 2. Mark Smyser (2) 3. Mike Reinke (5) 4. John Kearney (7) / 5. Larry Pinegar II (3) 6. Jerry Potter (8) 7. Todd Wessels (1) 8. Jerrel Slinkard (9) 9. Tim Newman (10) 10. Chris Walraven (4) DNS – Travis Cram
Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Skip Jackson (5) 2. Marlon Jones (6) 3. Jeff Mitrisin (3) 4. Leonard Lee (2) / 5. Todd Taeger (1) 6. Bobby Mincer (9) 7. Chad Radel (4) 8. Troy Parsons (10) 9. Ryan Jamison (7) 10. Scott Young (11) 11. Jaymie Moyle (8)
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:27.3: 1. Jerry Richert Jr. (4) 2. Manny Rockhold (2) 3. Gary Wright (6) 4. Bob White (3) / 5. Paul McMahan (7) 6. Scott Whitworth (8) 7. Bob Weuve (5) 8. John Hall (1) 9. Steve Ballenger (9) 10. John Lambertz (10) DNS – Dion Hindi www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 46 of 72 B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Paul McMahan (2) 2. Jaymie Moyle (7) 3. Scott Whitworth (1) 4. Larry Pinegar II (11) 5. Peter Murphy (10) 6. Brent Antill (3) 7. Chad Radel (6) 8. Ryan Jamison (8) 9. Robert Jackson (12) 10. Jerrel Slinkard (17) 11. Todd Taeger (14) 12. Steve Ballenger (19) 13. Dave Ekern (16) 14. Scott Young (26) 15. Doran Doty (24) 16. Bobby Mincer (18) 17. Troy Parsons (22) 18. John Hall (15) 19. Jerry Potter (21) 20. John Lambertz (23) 21. Rod Holliday (20) 22. Chris Walraven (9) 23. Bob Weuve (4) 24. Todd Wessels (13) 25. Tony Moro (5) 26. Tim Newman (25) DNS – Travis Cram, Dion Hindi
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (8) 2. Steve Beitler (4) 3. Danny Lasoski (7) 4. Dennis Moore Jr. (6) 5. Gary Wright (2) 6. Jerry Richert Jr. (10) 7. Jaymie Moyle (18) 8. Rich Bubak (13) 9. Paul McMahan (17) 10. Skip Jackson (9) 11. Mike Reinke (1) 12. Manny Rockhold (16) 13. Marlon Jones (3) 14. Larry Pinegar II (20) 15. Mark Smyser (14) 16. Bob White (12) 17. Leonard Lee (15) 18. Jeff Mitrisin (11) 19. Scott Whitworth (19) 20. John Kearney (5). Lap Leaders: Reinke 1-4, T. McCarl 5-20.
8/3/96
Dennis Moore Jr. Claims First Win in Knoxville Sprints
By Bob Wilson, August 3, 1996
Knoxville, Iowa - After six years of trying, Dennis Moore Jr. crossed the finish line to win his initial feature event at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. He was showered with champagne by his family and crew in victory lane.
Moore began the 20-lap feature event on the front row and utilized that spot to charge into the lead over Randy Hannagan. Hannagan soon dropped from the race with equipment problems.
At the five lap mark Moore had sprinted to a huge lead and two laps later when he entered into lapped traffic he was able to sustain that margin.
With Hannagan gone, Jaymie Moyle and Leonard Lee began a battle for the runner-up position in a fight that would last for more than a dozen laps.
At the back of the pack a charging Danny Lasoski was making his move from an eighteenth starting spot and had moved to seventh as Moore hit the back markers.
With twelve laps in the books Moore nearly spun his sprinter in the second turn but was able to gather it up and hold his position without losing a great deal of his lead.
A lap seventeen red flag brought the race to a halt and when it was resumed Moore once again roared out to a lead with Moyle in tow and Lasoski in third.
The Lasoski charge ran out of time and laps as Moore raced across the finish line to take his initial victory here in the Larry Cahill Ford-powered Stealth sprinter. Moyle remained in second and Lasoski was third.
Lee settled for fourth and John Kearney took fifth. Rounding out the top ten finishers were Mike Reinke, Scott Whitworth, Ryan Jamison, Bob Weuve and Jerry Richert, Jr. www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 47 of 72 Thirty-nine 410 sprints participated during the evening.
David Hesmer Picked up his First Win of the 1996 Racing Season at the Knoxville Raceway
KNOXVILLE, IOWA - The Knoxville 360 sprints contested the fourth and final points race in the International Sprint Car Association series.
David Hesmer, who last won here in 1993, claimed the no-stop 15-lap feature event ahead of Virgil Brandt, Tim St. Arnold, Lee Nelson and Randy Martin.
In qualifying time trials Nelson set a new track record of 16.687 as four drivers dashed under the one-lap track record.
Thirty-three 360 sprints participated during the evening.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (7) 15.790; 2. 55, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (3) 15.945; 3. 1BK, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (30) 15.978; 4. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (16) 16.006; 5. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (39) 16.043; 6. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (11) 16.058; 7. 21, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (14) 16.105; 8. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (29) 16.113; 9. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (20) 16.115; 10. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (24) 16.161; 11. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (26) 16.164; 12. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (17) 16.167; 13. 10, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (25) 16.174; 14. 61, Joe Roe, Kenosha, WI (12) 16.198; 15. 2, Randy Hannagan, San Jose, CA (37) 16.239; 16. 48, Max Dumesny, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (13) 16.305; 17. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (31) 16.305; 18. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (22) 16.366; 19. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (15) 16.379; 20. 1K, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (10) 16.396; 21. 27, Patrick Bourke, Edwards, CO (19) 16.446; 22. 1m, Kim Mock, Kenosha, WI (5) 16.488; 23. 6E, Ray Lee Goodwin Jr., Gallatin, MO (6) 16.535; 24. 44, Rick Martin, San Jose, CA (8) 16.541; 25. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (32) 16.565; 26. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (23) 16.573; 27. 12L, John Lambertz, Sioux Falls, SD (1) 16.648; 28. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (34) 16.660; 29. 3B, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (38) 16.688; 30. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (18) 16.741; 31. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (29) 16.753; 32. 15, Bobby Mincer, West Burlington, IA (21) 16.757; 33. 5x, Curt Grogan, Kansas City, MO (9) 16.774; 34. 55x, Jerrel Slinkard, Mesa, AZ (4) 16.789; 35. 2AU, Robert Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (36) 16.870; 36. 12, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (27) 16.910; 37. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (2) 16.987; 38. 7B, Dave Westercamp, Johnston, IA (33) 17.118; 39. 1A, Jerry Potter, Kansas City, MO (35) 17.441.
1st Heat (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Scott Whitworth (2) 2. Jeff Tuttle (1) 3. Jaymie Moyle (4) 4. Mike Reinke (6) / 5. Patrick Bourke (3) 6. Chris Walraven (7) 7. Curt Grogan (9) 8. Mark Smyser (8) 9. Skip Jackson (5) DNS – Terry McCarl
2nd Heat (started), 8 Laps, 2:19.3: 1. Rich Bubak (2) 2. Manny Rockhold (1) 3. Ryan Jamison (4) 4. Leonard Lee (7) / 5. Kim Mock (3) 6. Tony Moro (6) 7. Larry Pinegar II (8) 8. Joe Roe (5) 9. Dave Westercamp (10) 10. Jerrel Slinkard (9)
3rd Heat (started), 8 laps, 2:16.5: 1. Jerry Richert Jr. (1) 2. Bob Weuve (4) 3. Ray Lee Goodwin Jr. (3) 4. Randy Hannagan (5) / 5. Don Droud Jr. (8) 6. Marlon Jones (6) 7. John Lambertz (2) 8. Jerry Potter (9) 9. Steve Beitler (7) DNS – Robert Jackson
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 48 of 72 4th Heat (started), 8 laps, 2:21.1: 1. Bob White (4) 2. Dennis Moore Jr. (6) 3. Bobby Mincer (1) 4. John Kearney (8) / 5. Danny Lasoski (7) 6. Jeff Mitrisin (2) 7. Rick Martin (3) 8. Max Dumesny (5) 9. Peter Murphy (9)
B Main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Don Droud Jr. (2) 2. Danny Lasoski (4) 3. Larry Pinegar II (1) 4. Chris Walraven (3) / 5. Marlon Jones (6) 6. Steve Beitler (7) 7. Terry McCarl (14) 8. Tony Moro (5) 9. Patrick Bourke (11) 10. Joe Roe (9) 11. Kim Mock (12) 12. Rick Martin (13) 13. Jeff Mitrisin (16) 14. Max Dumesny (10) 15. John Lambertz (15) 16. Mark Smyser (19) 17. Jerry Potter (21) 18. Dave Westercamp (20) 19. Curt Grogan (17) 20. Peter Murphy (18) 21. Skip Jackson (8) DNS – Jerrel Slinkard, Robert Jackson
A Main (started), 20 laps, NT: l. Dennis Moore Jr. (2) 2. Jaymie Moyle (3) 3. Danny Lasoski (18) 4. Leonard Lee (4) 5. John Kearney (5) 6. Mike Reinke (6) 7. Scott Whitworth (7) 8. Ryan Jamison (8) 9. Bob Weuve (9) 10. Jerry Richert Jr. (15) 11. Rich Bubak (12) 12. Larry Pinegar II (19) 13. Manny Rockhold (14) 14. Don Droud Jr. (17) 15. Chris Walraven (20) 16. Jeff Tuttle (13) 17. Bobby Mincer (16) 18. Ray Lee Goodwin Jr. (11) 19. Bob White (10) 20. Randy Hannagan (1). Lap Leaders: Moore Jr. 1-20.
360 Results (ISCA Qualifier)
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (6) 16.687 (New Track Record); 2. 47, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA (27) 16.729; 3. 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (8) 16.758; 4. 8B, Bruce Williams, Pleasant Hill, IA (20) 16.838; 5. 7x, Mike Brooks, Knoxville, IA (17) 16.939; 6. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (10) 16.959; 7. 00, Larry Weeks, Montezuma, IA (24) 17.037; 8. 14D, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (32) 17.133; 9. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (7) 17.134; 10. 41B, Nick Bellino, Omaha, NE (29) 17.154; 11. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (2) 17.178; 12. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (12) 17.213; 13. 10, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (16) 17.243; 14. 8L, Tom Lenz, Strawberry Point, IA (1) 17.286; 15. 4, Dave Middleswart, Indianola, IA (5) 17.317; 16. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (23) 17.330; 17. 71A, Randy Anderson, Clarion, IA (13) 17.338; 18. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (21) 17.338; 19. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (25) 17.371; 20. 98, Chris Maurer, Colfax, IA (3) 17.384; 21. 34, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (11) 17.407; 22. 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (14) 17.412; 23. 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (4) 17.439; 24. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (18) 17.456; 25. 52, Walt Esch, Des Moines, IA (26) 17.592; 26. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (31) 17.703; 27. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (28) 17.860; 28. 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA (9) 18.079; 29. 6, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (19) 18.291; 30. 1J, Jay Hughes, Knoxville, IA (15) 18.363; 31. 57, Steve Breazeale, Pleasantville, IA (22) 18.395; 32. 9, Jim Strobel, Sigourney, IA (30) NT.
1st Heat (started), 6 laps, 1:46.2: 1. Randy Anderson (2) 2. Virgil Brandt (4) 3. Tim Deaver (1) 4. Lee Nelson (6) / 5. Mike Brooks (5) 6. Steve Wares (3) 7. Walt Esch (7) 8. Terry Alexander (8)
2nd Heat (started), 6 laps, 1:44.8: 1. Duane Van Heukelom (2) 2. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (1) 3. Tim St. Arnold (6) 4. Nick Bellino (4) / 5. Randy Martin (5) 6. Tom Lenz (3) 7. Tim Holzworth (7) 8. Jay Hughes (8)
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 49 of 72 3rd Heat (started), 6 laps, 1:46.1: 1. Bruce Drottz (1) 2. Dave Van Heukelom (2) 3. Dave Middleswart (3) 4. David Hesmer (6) / 5. Matt Moro (4) 6. Larry Weeks (5) 7. Mike Houseman (7) 8. Steve Breazeale (8)
4th Heat (started), 6 laps, 1:47.7: 1. Jeff Haines (4) 2. Bruce Williams (6) 3. Doran Doty (5) 4. Chris Maurer (2) / 5. Brett Golik (3) 6. Chris Tice (1) DNS – Jerry Crabb, Jim Strobel
B Main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Randy Martin (2) 2. Mike Brooks (1) 3. Matt Moro (4) 4. Larry Weeks (3) / 5. Steve Wares (5) 6. Tom Lenz (6) 7. Mike Houseman (11) 8. Walt Esch (9) 9. Tim Holzworth (10) 10. Jim Strobel (13) 11. Terry Alexander (12) 12. Chris Tice (8) 13. Brett Golik (7) 14. Jay Hughes (14) DNS – Steve Breazeale
A Main (started), 15 laps, 4:44.2: 1. David Hesmer (4) 2. Virgil Brandt (1) 3. Tim St. Arnold (5) 4. Lee Nelson (6) 5. Randy Martin (17) 6. Jeff Haines (8) 7. Bruce Drottz (16) 8. Mike Brooks (18) 9. Duane Van Heukelom (11) 10. Nick Bellino (7) 11. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (15) 12. Randy Anderson (10) 13. Dave Middleswart (9) 14. Tony Moro (19) 15. Tim Deaver (14) 16. Dave Van Heukelom (12) 17. Chris Maurer (13) 18. Doran Doty (2) 19. Bruce Williams (3) 20. Larry Weeks (20). Lap Leaders: Doty l; Brandt 2-10; Hesmer 11-15.
8/10/96
Rain Halts Knoxville Sprints
KNOXVILLE, Iowa - Rain dampened the spirits of an enthusiastic crowd at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night as a half-hour delay finally called a halt to the final warm-up before the 36th running of the AMOCO Knoxville Nationals. The program will pick up where it left off at 7:15 Sunday night.
The fifteen event program was delayed at the outset by an early evening shower but the final straw came just after the 410 sprints had pushed off for the third heat event. With numerous cars signed-in to tune up for the nationals events, Coloradoan Patrick Bourke claimed the first heat event and Oklahoman Larry Neighbors took the second.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 55, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (28) 15.638; 2. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (59) 15.714; 3. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (11) 15.784; 4. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (42) 15.809; 5. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (36) 15.824; 6. 10, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (40) 15.960; 7. 77, Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, PA (39) 15.975; 8. 1, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (9) 15.984; 9. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (19) 15.994; 10. 12K, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (49) 15.998; 11. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (20) 16.002; 12. 21L, Lance Blevins, Broken Arrow, OK (37) 16.028; 13. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (2) 16.061; 14. 31, Sid Blandford Jr., Vail, CO (8) 16.104; 15. 10T, Len Thompson, Newtown, PA (47) 16.117; 16. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (44) 16.161; 17. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (50) 16.181; 18. 3B, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (51) 16.184; 19. 21, Steve Beitler, www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 50 of 72 Sedro Woolley, WA (23) 16.185; 20. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (10) 16.213; 21. 29w, Dave Calaman, Carlisle, PA (22) 16.218; 22. 8, John Bankston, Beaumont, TX (24) 16.245; 23. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (43) 16.250; 24. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (41) 16.261; 25. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (15) 16.273; 26. 48, Max Dumesny, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (58) 16.281; 27. 2AU, Robert Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (55) 16.304; 28. 7c, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (54) 16.320; 29. 29, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (25) 16.348; 30. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (16) 16.365; 31. 7x, Jimmy Sills, Placerville, CA (52) 16.382; 32. 29N, Larry Neighbors, Oklahoma City, OK (46) 16.394; 33. 6c, Steve Coelho, Tulare, CA (38) 16.405; 34. 80, Vance Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (18) 16.435; 35. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (30) 16.446; 36. 27, Patrick Bourke, Edwards, CO (45) 16.478; 37. 1m, Kim Mock, Kenosha, WI (13) 16.480; 38. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (7) 16.500; 39. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (57) 16.501; 40. 55x, Jerrel Slinkard, Mesa, AZ (35) 16.510; 41. 1K, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (56) 16.525; 42. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (5) 16.546; 43. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (3) 16.557; 44. 12$, Shane Carson, Yukon, OK (33) 16.571; 45. 62, Rod Holliday, Springfield, IL (34) 16.580; 46. 12, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (29) 16.598; 47. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (1) 16.618; 48. 6E, Ray Lee Goodwin Jr., Gallatin, MO (4) 16.751; 49. 22, Billy Anderson, Dayton, MN (60) 16.755; 50. 35, Tyler Walker, Santa Clarita, CA (31) 16.820; 51. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (53) 16.835; 52. 7A, Todd Taeger, Burlington, IA (32) 16.887; 53. 7B, Dave Westercamp, Johnston, IA (21) 16.915; 54. 28w, Todd Wessels, Ellsworth, MN (6) 17.002; 55. 15, Bobby Mincer, West Burlington, IA (17) 17.018; 56. 1Y, Scott Young, Union Grove, WI (26) 17.114; 57. 12L, John Lambertz, Sioux Falls, SD (27) 17.125; 58. 6H, Wally Henson, Benton, AR (48) 17.148; 59. 121, Judi Bates, Spring City, PA (12) 17.272; 60. 20, Kevin Frey, Chambersburg, PA (14) 17.455.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:12.6: 1. Patrick Bourke (1) 2. Jimmy Sills (2) 3. Dave Calaman (4) 4. Scott Whitworth (6) / 5. Skip Jackson (7) 6. Jerry Richert Jr. (5) 7. Max Dumesny (3) 8. Larry Pinegar II (8) 9. Bob White (9) 10. Mark Smyser (11) 11. Scott Young (12) 12. Peter Murphy (10)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Larry Neighbors (2) 2. Kim Mock (1) 3. Lance Blevins (6) 4. Tony Moro (5) / 5. Fred Rahmer (7) 6. Ryan Jamison (9) 7. John Bankston (4) 8. Mike Reinke (8) 9. Rich Bubak (10) 10. Todd Taeger (11) 11. John Lambertz (12) 12. Robert Jackson (3)
Rain suspended the remaining events to 8/11/96
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 1:46.0: 1. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (1) 2. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (6) 3. 4, Dave Middleswart, Indianola, IA (2) 4. 82, Dave Van Huekelom, Pella, IA (3) / 5. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des Moines, IA (5) 6. 55J, Jason Pardock, Chariton, IA (7) 7. 9P, Brad Peltz, Humboldt, IA (4) DNS – 69, Jeff Tanksley, Sioux Falls, SD
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:48.0: 1. 71A, Randy Anderson, Clarion, IA (2) 2. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (3) 3. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (4) 4. 7x, Mike Brooks, Knoxville, IA (8) / 5. 34, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (1) 6. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (5) 7. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (6) 8. 23, Ed Rotert, Mount Ayr, IA (7)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 1:44.2 (Ties TR): 1. 8B, Bruce Williams, Pleasant Hill, IA (2) 2. 86, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (3) 3. 26, Lee Nelson, Ankeny, IA (7) 4. 21N, Don Anderson, Burlington, IA (4) / 5. 47, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA (1) 6. 1J, Jay Hughes, Knoxville, IA (5) 7. 10, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (8) 8. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (6)
Heat four (started), 6 laps, 1:48.1: 1. 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (4) 3. 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA (1) 4. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (6) / 5. 22, www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 51 of 72 Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (3) 6. 9, Jim Strobel, Sigourney, IA (8) 7. 98, Chris Maurer, Colfax, IA (5) 8. 41B, Nick Bellino, Omaha, NE (7)
Rain suspended the remaining events to 8/11/96
8/11/96
Mitrisin is a Rookie Winner in Knoxville Sprints by Bob Wilson
KNOXVILLE, Iowa - It is not often that a driver picks up his initial win at the Marion County Fairgrounds and it is even more rare that a rookie driver grabs that first checkered flag here. Jeff Mitrisin won his first career feature event at Knoxville Raceway driving for his father and Phil Sereg in an American Challenge chassis in a rare Sunday night racing program. The win paid the young driver $2,500 for his efforts. The race, a final warm-up before the running of the 36th AMOCO Knoxville Nationals, was rain delayed from Saturday night and found Mitrisin starting on the front row. The rookie driver took the immediate lead and after a series of yellow and red flags current track points leader Danny Lasoski was positioned in second place. The “Dude” had started in the sixth row by lap six he had become glued to Mitrisin’s rear bumper.
Going into turn one three laps later Lasoski shot to the bottom and made the pass to take the lead. It then looked as if one more win would fall into the column for the Guy Forbrook machine, but on the sixteenth go around Lasoski dove to the bottom in turn one in heavy lapped traffic and became enmeshed with one of those cars. He then spun bringing out the yellow flag and relegating himself to the rear on the restart after a tire change.
When the race went green again Mitrisin was able to pull away from his nearest competitor as he went on to take his first career win on the half-mile oval. Trailing closely was Lance Blevins in the runner-up position. Skip Jackson took passing honors as he came from the tail of the lineup to take third. Terry McCarl was fourth and pole sitter Jimmy Sills claimed fifth. Rounding out the top ten finishers were Dave Calaman, Tony Moro, Jaymie Moyle, Dennis Moore, Jr. and Len Thompson.
In the companion 360 sprints Randy Martin padded his points lead as he claimed his third win of the season. David Hesmer chased the Missouri driver the distance and settled for second. Jeff Haines, Bruce Drottz and Duane Van Heukelom formed the top five finishers.
60 sprint cars competed during the two-day event.
410 Results
Time Trials and Heats one and two were held on 8/10/96
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:18.8: 1. Chris Walraven (1) 2. Steve Coelho (2) 3. Brent Antill (7) 4. Danny Lasoski (8) / 5. Ricky Logan (3) 6. Manny Rockhold (4) 7. John Kearney (6) 8. Jeff Tuttle (5) 9. Dave Westercamp (9) DNS – Shawn Moore, Ray Lee Goodwin Jr., Wally Henson
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:19.9: 1. Dennis Moore Jr. (6) 2. Leonard Lee (1) 3. Vance Peterson (2) 4. Jaymie Moyle (7) / 5. Tim Baker (3) 6. Steve Beitler (5) 7. Sid Blandford Jr. (4) 8. Shane Carson (9) 9. Judi Bates (10) 10. Billy Anderson (8) DNS – Travis Cram, Todd Wessels
Heat five (started), 8 laps, 2:18.1: 1. Bob Weuve (2) 2. Terry McCarl (6) 3. Len Thompson (4) 4. Jeff Mitrisin (3) / 5. Tyler Walker (8) 6. Keith Kauffman (7) 7. Jerrel Slinkard (1) 8. Troy Parsons (5) 9. Kevin Frey (9) DNS – Marlon Jones, Rod Holliday, Bobby Mincer www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 52 of 72
C Main (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Ryan Jamison (1) 2. Tyler Walker (4) 3. Shane Carson (2) 4. Dave Westercamp (5) / 5. Judi Bates (7) 6. Rich Bubak (3) 7. Scott Young (6) DNS – Shawn Moore, Rod Holliday, Peter Murphy, Ray Lee Goodwin Jr., Billy Anderson, Mark Smyser, Todd Taeger, Todd Wessels, Bobby Mincer, John Lambertz, Wally Henson, Kevin Frey
B Main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Skip Jackson (3) 2. Larry Pinegar II (1) / 3. Mike Reinke (2) 4. Fred Rahmer (4) 5. Keith Kauffman (5) 6. Jeff Tuttle (9) 7. Manny Rockhold (11) 8. Steve Beitler (10) 9. Ryan Jamison (17) 10. Ricky Logan (16) 11. Travis Cram (14) 12. Tyler Walker (18) 13. John Bankston (12) 14. Sid Blandford Jr. (7) 15. Shane Carson (19) 16. Tim Baker (15) 17. Dave Westercamp (20) 18. John Kearney (6) 19. Max Dumesny (13) 20. Jerry Richert Jr. (8) DNS – Troy Parsons, Jerrel Slinkard, Marlon Jones
A Main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Jeff Mitrisin (2) 2. Lance Blevins (6) 3. Skip Jackson (21) 4. Terry McCarl (10) 5. Jimmy Sills (1) 6. Dave Calaman (3) 7. Tony Moro (4) 8. Jaymie Moyle (8) 9. Dennis Moore Jr. (11) 10. Len Thompson (5) 11. Brent Antill (9) 12. Chris Walraven (19) 13. Leonard Lee (20) 14. Danny Lasoski (12) 15. Larry Pinegar II (22) 16. Kim Mock (18) 17. Steve Coelho (14) 18. Vance Peterson (15) 19. Scott Whitworth (7) 20. Larry Neighbors (13) 21. Patrick Bourke (17) 22. Bob Weuve (16). Lap Leaders: Mitrisin 1- 8; Lasoski 9-16; Mitrisin 17-20.
360 Results
Heats were run on 8/10/96
B Main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Tim Deaver (2) 2. Tim St. Arnold (3) 3. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (4) 4. Mike Houseman (1) 5. Steve Wares (9) 6. Matt Moro (6) / 7. Chris Maurer (12) 8. Tim Holzworth (13) 9. Jay Hughes (7) 10. Jason Pardock (5) 11. Jeff Tanksley (11) 12. Mitchell Alexander (10) 13. Jim Strobel (8) DNS – Brad Peltz, Nick Bellino, Ed Rotert
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 53 of 72 A Main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Randy Martin (6) 2. David Hesmer (5) 3. Jeff Haines (3) 4. Bruce Drottz (9) 5. Duane Van Heukelom (7) 6. Virgil Brandt (10) 7. Bruce Williams (8) 8. Tim St. Arnold (16) 9. Dave Van Heukelom (13) 10. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (17) 11. Jerry Crabb (1) 12. Mike Brooks (12) 13. Randy Anderson (11) 14. Tod Bishop (4) 15. Mike Houseman (18) 16. Tim Deaver (15) 17. Matt Moro (20) 18. Chris Tice (14) 19. Dave Middleswart (2) 20. Steve Wares (19) DNS – Lee Nelson, Don Anderson. Laps Leaders: Crabb 1; Martin 2-15.
8/14/96
Mark Kinser Wins First Night of Racing at the 36th Annual Amoco Knoxville Nationals
Story By Perry Bell, Knoxville Dirt Digest Sports Editor
Sammy Swindell followed Mark Kinser's every move, but the swift Tenn., pilot wasn't able to pass the rapid moving Wirtgen America Maxim.
Kinser took the win and assured himself of earning the most points on the opening night of qualifying for the 36th running of the AMOCO Knoxville Nationals. The win for Kinser was not an easy one with Swindell on his tail throughout the 20-lap main event.
In victory lane Kinser commented, "That was a good race. It was a tough one. I saw Sammy (Swindell) there a couple of times."
Kinser said the track was awesome as he was able to race his car virtually anywhere he wanted on the speedy half-mile dirt oval.
Swindell didn't want to see any caution flags, but one flew with six laps in the books when Dan Coggeshell, of Milo, spun the No. 3 sprinter in front of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum.
"When the yellow fell my car was a little tight," Swindell said. "All I can say is the driver needs to do a better job."
The early race leader was Todd Shaffer, of Millerstown, Pa. Shaffer started on the pole of the main event and he stayed out front until Mark took away the front running spot with 11 circuits complete.
Less than two laps later Sammy Swindell moved past Shaffer into second place. Then the show was on. Sammy and Mark literally electrified a record first night crowd of 17,500 by making daring moves in and out of lapped traffic.
Shaffer maintained the show position (third) at the flagstand, just in front of a hard-charging Jeff Swindell. Finishing fifth in the feature was Jeff Shepard.
Rounding out the top 10 in the feature were Kenny Jacobs, Andy Hillenburg, Frankie Kerr, Dave Calaman and Knoxville weekly regular Brent Antill. www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 54 of 72 Mark Kinser not only was fast in the feature but he had quick time for the night with a run of 15.269 breaking the old mark of 15.276 seconds set by Mike Reinke earlier this year. A total of 71 cars hit the track for time trials.
Collecting victories in the five 10-lap heat races were Van Gurley Jr., Dave Calaman, Sammy Swindell, Frankie Kerr and Brian Paulus.
Jeff Tuttle claimed the C-Feature and transferred to the tail of the B along with second-place finisher Chad Radel. Danny Smith posted a victory in the B-Feature with Dean Jacobs running second. Smith and Jacobs tagged the tail of the main event Wednesday night.
Taking third in the B-Feature was Skip Jackson, a Knoxville regular, who switched to the No. 55 car after Larry Pinegar was injured racing in Oskaloosa Monday night.
The first mishap on the track at the AMOCO Knoxville Nationals was the No. 7 car of Jimmy Sills. Sills crashed hard into the fence coming out of turn one after completing his time trial run. Sills was taken to the Knoxville Area Community Hospital for a checkup.
Posting a win in the last chance heat races were Judi Bates and Tim Baker. Bates is the lone female entry at the 1996 event.
Mark Kinser, Sammy Swindell and Todd Shaffer met with the press following the races.
Earlier in the day, Bill Elliott and Richard Petty were guests of honor at the annual press luncheon. They spoke with reporters and posed for photographs following the lunch.
Knoxville Nationals Preliminary #1 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 5m, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (17) 15.269; 2. 7TW, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (2) 15.628; 3. 1, Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, TN (66) 15.652; 4. 00, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (3) 15.724; 5. 55, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (30) 15.767; 6. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (4) 15.805; 7. 83, Paul McMahan, Oroville, CA (13) 15.818; 8. 1F, Dean Jacobs, Wooster, OH (24) 15.853; 9. 2c, Randy Hannagan, San Jose, CA (42) 15.873; 10. 1w, Jeff Shepard, Upperco, MD (50) 15.906; 11. 14K, Randy Kinser, Bloomington, IN (6) 15.907; 12. 92, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (33) 15.984; 13. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (37) 16.065; 14. 23s, Frankie Kerr, Fremont, OH (39) 16.069; 15. 73, Tim Engler, Princeton, IN (9) 16.073; 16. 3B, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (18) 16.075; 17. 2, Andy Hillenburg, Broken Arrow, OK (55) 16.090; 18. 15, Donny Schatz, Minot, ND (29) 16.100; 19. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (36) 16.109; www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 55 of 72 20. 47, Johnny Herrera, Tempe, AZ (43) 16.129; 21. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (5) 16.147; 22. 48, Max Dumesny, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (1) 16.200; 23. 81D, Lee Dunn, East Prairie, MO (31) 16.214; 24. 88, Todd Shaffer, Millerstown, PA (11) 16.227; 25. 1B, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (34) 16.243; 26. 75, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (52) 16.285; 27. U2, Kevin Huntley, Bloomington, IN (22) 16.301; 28. 35, Tyler Walker, Santa Clarita, CA (26) 16.302; 29. 44, Rick Martin, San Jose, CA (8) 16.343; 30. 69s, Chad Radel, Sioux Falls, SD (59) 16.376; 31. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (58) 16.390; 32. 29w, Dave Calaman, Carlisle, PA (28) 16.416; 33. 29, Tommie Estes Jr., Tulsa, OK (62) 16.447; 34. 9m, Rick Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (44) 16.466; 35. 28, Brian Paulus, Mechanicsburg, PA (60) 16.466; 36. 3BV, Van Gurley Jr., Brazil, IN (15) 16.491; 37. 7A, Todd Taeger, Burlington, IA (53) 16.501; 38. 17E, Cris Eash, Hanover, PA (57) 16.502; 39. 19s, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (40) 16.507; 40. 9x, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (65) 16.530; 41. 55T, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (10) 16.549; 42. 7, Jimmy Sills, Placerville, CA (27) 16.569; 43. 3c, Daniel Coggeshell, Milo, IA (70) 16.614; 44. 1S, Ronnie Day, Salinas, CA (68) 16.669; 45. 6E, Ray Lee Goodwin Jr., Gallatin, MO (21) 16.696; 46. 56c, Gerald Cressman, Hartford, SD (12) 16.698; 47. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (25) 16.707; 48. 17, Bobby McMahan, Rio Linda, CA (64) 16.749; 49. 6H, Wally Henson, Benton, AR (16) 16.777; 50. 51x, Nick LoSasso, Westminster, CO (41) 16.813; 51. 121, Judi Bates, Royersford, PA (19) 16.826; 52. 2AU, Robert Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (51) 16.834; 53. 55H, Lyle Howey III, Brookings, SD (14) 16.867; 54. 70, Calvin Landis, Phoenix, AZ (45) 16.904; 55. 4s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (20) 16.909; 56. 2H, Wayne Redmond, Fort Dodge, IA (38) 17.002; 57. 62, Rod Holliday, Springfield, IL (48) 17.026; 58. 29v, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (71) 17.075; 59. 28w, Todd Wessels, Ellsworth, MN (7) 17.079; 60. 26, Rich Brahmer, Wisner, NE (32) 17.099; 61. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (56) 17.099; 62. 5MA, Mallory Armfield, St. Joseph, MO (46) 17.130; 63. 3, Jim Bell Jr., Dewey, OK (61) 17.369; 64. 61E, Earnest Jennings, Norman, OK (35) 17.427; 65. 65V, Steve King, Jetmore, KS (63) 17.446; 66. 52L, Spike Lempelius, Eagan, MN (47) 17.505; 67. 30, Ron Rosenboom, Sturgis, SD (67) 17.516; 68. 64H, Mike Heronemus, Ashton, IA (49) 17.752; 69. 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA (23) 18.007; 70. 9B, Keith Nafzger, San Jose, CA (69) 18.165; 71. 25, Kent Wolters, Tipp City, OH (54) 18.667; 72. 11K, Tim Kuhn, Mount Holly Springs, PA (72) NT.
Last Chance Heat #1 (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Judi Bates (1) 2. Tommy Scott (3) 3. Lyle Howey III (2) 4. Rod Holliday (4) / 5. Mark Smyser (6) 6. Jim Bell Jr. (7) 7. Todd Wessels (5) 8. Ron Rosenboom (9) 9. Steven King (8) 10. Kent Wolters (11) 11. Bob Hildreth (10)
Last Chance Heat #2 (started), 8 laps, 2:23.6: 1. Tim Baker (4) 2. Robert Jackson (1) 3. Calvin Landis (2) 4. Wayne Redmond (3) / 5. Mallory Armfield (6) 6. Mike Heronemus (9) 7. Spike Lempelius (8) 8. Rich Brahmer (5) 9. Keith Nafzger (10) 10. Earnest Jennings (7) DNS – Tim Kuhn
Heat one (started), 10 laps, 2:51.1: 1. Van Gurley Jr. (3) 2. Mark Kinser (10) 3. Joey Saldana (5) 4. Tim Shaffer (2) / 5. John Kearney (4) 6. Ryan Jamison (6) 7. Scott Whitworth (9) 8. Randy Kinser (8) / 9. Jeff Tuttle (7) 10. Gerald Cressman (1)
Heat two (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Dave Calaman (4) 2. Kenny Jacobs (8) 3. Jeff Swindell (10) 4. Andy Hillenburg (7) / 5. Paul McMahan (9) 6. Kevin Huntley (5) 7. Todd Taeger (3) 8. John Hall (1) / 9. Max Dumesny (6) DNS – Jimmy Sills (2)
Heat three (started), 10 laps, 2:47.1: 1. Sammy Swindell (10) 2. Cris Eash (3) 3. Daniel Coggeshell (2) 4. Tyler Walker (5) / 5. Donny Schatz (7) 6. Mike Reinke (8) 7. Dean Jacobs (9) 8. Lee Dunn (6) / 9. Tommie Estes Jr. (4) 10. Bobby McMahan (1)
Heat four (started), 10 laps, 2:51.6: 1. Frankie Kerr (8) 2. Ronnie Day (2) 3. Shane Stewart (3) 4. Todd Shaffer (6) / 5. Randy Hannagan (9) 6. Danny Smith (10) 7. Tony Moro (7) 8. Rick Montgomery (4) / 9. Rick Martin (5) 10. Wally Henson (1)
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 56 of 72 Heat five (started), 10 laps, 2:53.1: 1. Brian Paulus (4) 2. Gary Wright (3) 3. Brent Antill (6) 4. Jeff Shepard (9) / 5. Skip Jackson (10) 6. Ray Lee Goodwin Jr. (2) 7. Johnny Herrera (7) 8. Tim Engler (8) / 9. Nick LoSasso (1) 10. Chad Radel (5)
C main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Jeff Tuttle (1) 2. Chad Radel (2) / 3. Rick Martin (3) 4. Calvin Landis (12) 5. Nick LoSasso (5) 6. Gerald Cressman (4) 7. Wayne Redmond (14) 8. Wally Henson (6) 9. Lyle Howey III (11) 10. Rod Holliday (13) 11. Tommy Scott (9) 12. Judi Bates (7) 13. Tim Baker (8) 14. Robert Jackson (10) DNS – Max Dumesny, Tommie Estes Jr., Bobby McMahan, Jimmy Sills
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:38.6: 1. Danny Smith (1) 2. Dean Jacobs (5) / 3. Skip Jackson (2) 4. Paul McMahan (4) 5. Johnny Herrera (12) 6. Randy Hannagan (6) 7. Kevin Huntley (15) 8. Tim Engler (9) 9. Tony Moro (11) 10. Ryan Jamison (13) 11. John Kearney (16) 12. Mike Reinke (8) 13. Scott Whitworth (3) 14. Jeff Tuttle (21) 15. Chad Radel (22) 16. Lee Dunn (14) 17. Ray Lee Goodwin Jr. (19) 18. Todd Taeger (18) 19. John Hall (20) 20. Rick Montgomery (17) 21. Randy Kinser (7) 22. Donny Schatz (10)
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Mark Kinser (8) 2. Sammy Swindell (6) 3. Todd Shaffer (1) 4. Jeff Swindell (7) 5. Jeff Shepard (5) 6. Kenny Jacobs (4) 7. Andy Hillenburg (2) 8.Frankie Kerr (3) 9. Dave Calaman (12) 10. Brent Antill (9) 11. Joey Saldana (10) 12. Dean Jacobs (22) 13. Cris Eash (15) 14. Danny Smith (21) 15. Tyler Walker (11) 16. Van Gurley Jr. (14) 17. Daniel Coggeshell (19) 18. Ronnie Day (20) 19. Gary Wright (17) 20. Tim Shaffer (18) 21. Brian Paulus (13) 22. Shane Stewart (16). Lap Leaders: Todd Shaffer 1-11; Kinser 12-20.
8/15/96
Terry McCarl Picks up the Win on Thursday
Story By Perry Bell, Knoxville Dirt Digest Sports Editor
Danny Lasoski is the career leader in feature wins at the Knoxville Raceway. Lasoski passed Terry McCarl with eight laps in the book to take over the lead position Thursday evening.
Terry McCarl waited until 16 laps were complete when he whipped around "The Dude" from Dover, Mo., to take the lead position once again in the main event. McCarl held off the challenge of Dave Blaney and Lasoski in the late stages to take a dramatic win Thursday. Blaney took over second at the finish line and Lasoski was www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 57 of 72 third. Settling for fourth place was Craig Dollansky. Defending and 11-time Knoxville Nationals Champion Steve Kinser was fifth in the main event.
Rounding out the top 10 in the feature were Steve Smith, Joe Gaerte, Greg Hodnett, Don Droud Jr. and Keith Kauffman.
McCarl put on a wild celebration in victory lane. He climbed on top of his wing and started waving the checkered flag. After jumping down from the car, McCarl hugged and kissed his wife. And anyone nearby including the trophy girls were next in line.
Steve Kinser posted quick time over a field of 77 other competitors who took a lap around the half-mile dirt oval Thursday night.
Collecting wins in the five 10-lap heat races were Keith Kauffman, Danny Lasoski the six-time Knoxville Raceway Season Point Champion, Lance Blevins, Ed Lynch Jr., and Craig Dollansky. Keith Kauffman prevented Steve Kinser from posting a perfect score early on Thursday night as he took the first heat victory. Steve Kinser was second in the opening heat after posting quick time for the night with a run of 15.614 seconds.
Adding victories in the two Last Chance heats were Kenny Hansen and Marlon Jones. The top four in the Last Chance races qualified for the C-Feature. Among that foursome in the first heat was "fast" Fred Rahmer, who was second in the heat to earn a transfer.
Dion Hindi won the C-Feature by leading the final eight of 10 laps. Transferring to the B-Feature along with Hindi was Len Thompson.
A fifth lap restart enabled Dennis Moore Jr. to overtake Jaymie Moyle for the top spot in the B-Feature. Moore earned a transfer to the main event by winning and Moyle finished second.
Danny Lasoski, Terry McCarl and Dave Blaney in press conference following races
36th AMOCO Knoxville Nationals Night #2 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (1) 15.614; 2. 1a, Bobby Allen, Hanover, PA (10) 15.882; 3. 10, Dave Blaney, Cortland, OH (35) 15.957; 4. 7L, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (50) 15.981; 5. 3G, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (16) 16.038; 6. 11H, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (26) 16.039; 7. www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 58 of 72 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (31) 16.045; 8. 4J, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (24) 16.125; 9. 97, Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK (73) 16.144; 10. 2D, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (62) 16.156; 11. 12, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (43) 16.176; 12. 29N, Larry Neighbors, Oklahoma City, OK (5) 16.178; 13. 51, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (74) 16.190; 14. 71m, Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA (76) 16.224; 15. 94, Dale Blaney, Fowler, OH (75) 16.229; 16. 92c, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (36) 16.233; 17. 18h, Rocky Hodges, Greenwood, IN (14) 16.238; 18. 7m, Jimmy Carr, Balch Spring, TX (48) 16.260; 19. 1BK, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (78) 16.262; 20. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (7) 16.270; 21. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (15) 16.284; 22. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (12) 16.345; 23. 63u, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (13) 16.357; 24. 4, Bobby Davis Jr., Memphis, TN (45) 16.414; 25. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (28) 16.441; 26. 11A, Dion Hindi, Albuquerque, NM (20) 16.444; 27. 80, Vance Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (3) 16.454; 28. 1z, Billy Pauch Frenchtown, NJ (23) 16.459; 29. 2L, Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo, PA (79) 16.480; 30. 10T, Len Thompson, Newtown, PA (25) 16.513; 31. 55M, Mitchell Moore, Edgerton, KS (2) 16.522; 32. 6c, Steve Coelho, Tulare, CA (30) 16.535; 33. 21, Lance Blevins, Broken Arrow, OK (56) 16.566; 34. 27B, Patrick Bourke, Edwards, CO (8) 16.567; 35. 15m, Bobby Mincer, West Burlington, IA (6) 16.570; 36. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (51) 16.586; 37. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (57) 16.596; 38. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (38) 16.615; 39. 52, Ronald Laney, Point Blank, TX (53) 16.640; 40. 66, Mike Peters, Wichita, KS (34) 16.653; 41. 1K, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (60) 16.672; 42. 92J, JR Topper, St. Joseph, MO (9) 16.693; 43. 00N, Jim Nier, Piketon, OH (18) 16.710; 44. 61, Joe Roe, Kenosha, WI (68) 16.718; 45. 22, Kevin Gobrecht, New Oxford, PA (72) 16.728; 46. 12R, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (52) 16.751; 47. 21x, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (69) 16.791; 48. 27, Donny Goeden, Kewaskum, WI (49) 16.802; 49. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (47) 16.821; 50. 31, Sid Blandford Jr., Vail, CO (46) 16.823; 51. 10V, Kenny Hansen, Nunda, SD (44) 16.841; 52. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (17) 16.844; 53. 12E, Aaron Lemmons, Owasso, OK (27) 16.848; 54. 21A, Jerry Potter, Raymore, MO (19) 16.852; 55. 12$, Shane Carson, Yukon, OK (77) 16.880; 56. 8, John Bankston, Beaumont, TX (58) 16.869; 57. 77, Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, PA (71) 16.892; 58. 11J, Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO (63) 16.905; 59. 88F, Mike Frost, Zion, IL (65) 16.918; 60. 1m, Kim Mock, Kenosha, WI (67) 16.961; 61. 5x, Curt Grogan, Kansas City, MO (11) 16.977; 62. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (66) 16.980; 63. D1, Dan Oswalt, Iola, KS (39) 17.017; 64. 11E, Dave Ekern, Flandreau, SD (22) 17.048; 65. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (80) 17.062; 66. 63, Randy Nygaard, Sioux Falls, SD (33) 17.082; 67. 51m, Jim Melis, Plymouth, WI (32) 17.121; 68. 1KW, Steve Ballenger, Sioux Falls, SD (4) 17.166; 69. 27F, Frank Filskov, Hawthorn, IL (61) 17.204; 70. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (64) 17.250; 71. 12L, John Lambertz, Sioux Falls, SD (40) 17.303; 72. 20F, Kevin Frey, Chambersburg, PA (29) 17.344; 73. 6, Terry LoSasso, Broomfield, CO (70) 17.549; 74. 21G, Howie Gleason, East Troy, WI (21) 17.604; 75. 26B, Seth Brahmer, Wisner, NE (42) 17.714; 76. 24v, Justin Via, Marion, IL (54) 18.196; 77. 2R, Jack Lowder, Sacramento, CA (37) 18.658; 78. 65, Devlin Polkinghorn, Dodge City, KS (55) 19.045; 79. 19P, Steve Smith, New Oxford, PA (41) NT; 80. 7c, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (59) NT.
Last Chance Heat #1 (started), 8 laps, 2:21.2: 1. Kenny Hansen (1) 2. Fred Rahmer (4) 3. Shane Carson (3) 4. Mike Frost (5) / 5. Aaron Lemmons (2) 6. Jim Melis (9) 7. John Lambertz (11) 8. Jack Lowder (14) 9. Seth Brahmer (13) 10. Terry LoSasso (12) 11. Curt Grogan (6) 12. Dan Oswalt (7) 13. Jeff Mitrisin (8) 14. Frank Filskov (10) DNS – Steve Smith
Last Chance Heat #2 (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Marlon Jones (1) 2. Jerrod Hull (4) 3. John Bankston (3) 4. Kim Mock (5) / 5. Bob Weuve (6) 6. Jerry Potter (2) 7. Steve Ballenger (9) 8. David Ekern (7) 9. Justin Via (13) 10. Howie Gleason (12) 11. Randy Nygaard (8) 12. Kevin Frey (11) 13. Devlin Polkinghorn (14) 14. Jeff Haines (10) DNS – Ricky Logan
Heat one (started), 10 laps, 2:54.8: 1. Keith Kauffman (8) 2. Steve Kinser (10) 3. Bob White (2) 4. Greg Hodnett (9) / 5. Manny Rockhold (6) 6. Rich Bubak (3) 7. Travis Cram (7) 8. Mitchell Moore (4) / 9. Peter Murphy (1) 10. Dion Hindi (5)
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 59 of 72 Heat two (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (9) 2. Steve Beitler (1) 3. Rocky Hodges (7) 4. Steve Coelho (4) / 5. Leonard Lee (6) 6. Larry Neighbors (8) 7. Vance Peterson (5) 8. JR Topper (2) / 9. Chris Walraven (3) DNS – Bobby Allen
Heat three (started), 10 laps, 2:55.0: 1. Lance Blevins (4) 2. Terry McCarl (8) 3. Jerry Richert Jr. (3) 4. Dave Blaney (10) / 5. Jimmy Carr (7) 6. Billy Pauch (5) 7. Randy Smith (6) 8. Jaymie Moyle (9) / 9. Donny Goeden (1) 10. Jim Nier (2)
Heat four (started), 10 laps, 2:58.4: 1. Ed Lynch Jr. (5) 2. Bobby Davis Jr. (6) 3. Stevie Smith (8) 4. Don Droud Jr. (7) / 5. Dennis Moore Jr. (10) 6. Ronald Laney (3) 7. Aaron Berryhill (9) 8. Patrick Bourke (4) / 9. Randy Martin (1) 10. Joe Roe (2)
Heat five (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Craig Dollansky (9) 2. Shawn Moore (6) 3. Dale Blaney (8) 4. Joe Gaerte (10) / 5. Kevin Gobrecht (2) 6. Mike Peters (3) 7. Bobby Mincer (4) 8. Troy Parsons (7) / 9. Len Thompson (5) 10. Sid Blandford Jr. (1)
C main (started), 10 laps, 3:07.6: 1. Dion Hindi (2) 2. Len Thompson (1) / 3. Donny Goeden (6) 4. Fred Rahmer (5) 5. Shane Carson (7) 6. Jerrod Hull (10) 7. Kim Mock (11) 8. Marlon Jones (8) 9.Kenny Hansen (3) 10. John Bankston (12) 11. Joe Roe (4) 12. Mike Frost (9) DNS – Bobby Allen, Chris Walraven, Jim Nier, Peter Murphy, Randy Martin, Sid Blandford Jr.
B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Dennis Moore Jr. (1) 2. Jaymie Moyle (2) / 3. Aaron Berryhill (3) 4. Larry Neighbors (4) 5. Travis Cram (5) 6. Manny Rockhold (8) 7. Leonard Lee (9) 8. Kevin Gobrecht (20) 9. Ronald Laney (17) 10. Jimmy Carr (6) 11. Dion Hindi (21) 12. Mitchell Moore (13) 13. Vance Peterson (11) 14. Randy Smith (10) 15. Patrick Bourke (14) 16. Troy Parsons (7) 17. Bobby Mincer (15) 18. Len Thompson (22) 19. Mike Peters (18) 20. Rich Bubak (16) 21. JR Topper (19) 22. Billy Pauch (12)
A main (started), 20 laps, 6:20.9: 1. Terry McCarl (1) 2. Dave Blaney (7) 3. Danny Lasoski (4) 4. Craig Dollansky (3) 5. Steve Kinser (8) 6. Stevie Smith (9) 7. Joe Gaerte (6) 8. Greg Hodnett (5) 9. Don Droud Jr. (12) 10. Keith Kauffman (2) 11. Lance Blevins (17) 12. Shawn Moore (14) 13. Jerry Richert Jr. (18) 14. Ed Lynch Jr. (15) 15. Bobby Davis Jr. (13) 16. Dennis Moore Jr. (21) 17. Rocky Hodges (11) 18. Dale Blaney (10) 19. Steve Beitler (20) 20. Jaymie Moyle (22) 21. Bob White (19) 22. Steve Coelho (16). Lap Leaders: McCarl 1-8; Lasoski 9-16; McCarl 17-20.
8/16/96
Rain
8/17/96
Mark Kinser Wins his First Nationals in Wire-to-Wire Race www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 60 of 72 By Perry Bell, Knoxville Dirt Digest Sports Editor
Mark Kinser reached one of his long awaited goals. He captured the 30-lap 1996 Amoco Knoxville Nationals Championship Saturday night with a convincing win. Kinser started on the pole and he never gave up the lead. After out-racing front row starter Sammy Swindell for the front running spot, Mark was long gone. Only caution flags were able to keep the 5M car in sight.
The victory was the 12th Nationals Title for Mark's father, Karl Kinser. Karl, the chief mechanic for the Wirtgen America, Gaerte powered Maxim Chassis, won 10 crowns with cousin Steve Kinser behind the wheel. Karl's first title was Dick Gaines in the cockpit back in 1974.
Mark has led the Nationals Championship on several occasions, including a year ago. This year was a different story.
Dave Blaney moved into second place a little over midway through the main event, but he couldn't catch the "Hustling Hoosier".
Blaney finished second at the finish line followed by Craig Dollansky, of Elk River, Minn. Dollansky is a first year regular on the All-Star Circuit.
Craig Dollansky motored past Steve Kinser, 11-time champion of the Knoxville Nationals, after Kinser tagged the wall coming off turn two late in the race.
Steve Kinser held on for fourth place followed by Sammy Swindell in fifth.
Terry McCarl was the top finisher by a Knoxville weekly competitor. McCarl was 11th in the feature followed by six-time Knoxville Season Point Champion, Danny Lasoski in 12th.
Kinser's victory at the 36th Annual Knoxville Nationals was broadcast live to a Nationwide audience by TNN Motorsports (The Nashville Network)
Dale Blaney won the 22-lap "B" feature. Tyler Walker, a 17-year-old from Santa Clarita, California, won the prestigious "Rookie of the Nationals" award.
A rainout Friday evening pushed the conclusion of the 1996 Nationals to Sunday Night.
36th Annual Knoxville Nationals Results www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 61 of 72 E Main (started), 10 laps, 2:46.8: 1. 29, Tommie Estes Jr. Tulsa, OK (4) 2. 6E, Ray Lee Goodwin, Gallatin, MO (1) 3. 27G, Donny Goeden, Kewaskum, WI (6) 4. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (3) / 5. 51x, Nick LoSasso, Westminster, CO (8) 6. 56c, Gerald Cressman, Hartford, SD (7) 7. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (14) 8. 10V, Kenny Hansen, Nunda, SD (13) 9. 6H, Wally Henson, Benton, AR (10) 10. 17, Bobby McMahan, Rio Linda, CA (11) 11. 70, Calvin Landis, Phoenix, AZ (15) 12. 55, Lyle Howey III, Brookings, SD (18) 13. 121, Judi Bates, Royersford, PA (16) 14. 92J, JR Topper, St. Joseph, MO (2) 15. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (5) 16. 61, Joe Roe, Kenosha, WI (9) 17. 31, Sid Blandford Jr., Vail, CO (12) 18. 2AU, Robert Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (17) 19. 4s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (19) DNS – 12$, Shane Carson, Yukon, OK
D Main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. 15, Donny Schatz, Minot, ND (1) 2. 1z, Billy Pauch, Frenchtown, NJ (8) / 3. 22, Kevin Gobrecht, New Oxford, PA (10) 4. 63u, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (2) 5. 52, Ronald Laney, Point Blank, TX (9) 6. 66, Mike Peters, Wichita, KS (17) 7. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (4) 8. 10T, Len Thompson, Newtown, PA (12) 9. Donny Goeden (21) 10. 80, Vance Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (5) 11. Tommie Estes Jr. (19) 12. 9, Rich Bubak, Tulsa, OK (14) 13. 69s, Chad Radel, Sioux Falls, SD (11) 14. 7A, Todd Taeger, Burlington, IA (15) 15. 15m, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (13) 16. Ray Lee Goodwin Jr. (20) 17. 9m, Rick Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (16) 18. John Hall (22) 19. 44, Rick Martin, San Jose, CA (18) 20. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (3) 21. 55m, Mitchell Moore, Edgerton, KS (6) 22. 11A, Dion Hindi, Albuquerque, NM (7) DNS – 81D, Lee Dunn, East Prairie, MO, 27B, Patrick Bourke, Edwards, CO
C Main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. 92c, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (2) 2. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, lA (4) 3. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (1) / 4. 55T, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (17) 5. 7m, Jimmy Carr, Balch Springs, TX (9) 6. U2, Kevin Huntley, Bloomington, IN (18) 7. Billy Pauch (22) 8. 73, Tim Engler, Princeton, IN (6) 9. 1K, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (16) 10. 6c, Steve Coelho, Hanford, CA (7) 11. 3c, Daniel Coggeshell, Milo, IA (13) 12. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (10) 13. 1S, Ronnie Day, Salinas, CA (15) 14. 3B, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (19) 15. 28, Brian Paulus, Mechanicsburg, PA (3) 16. 9x, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (11) 17. 47, Johnny Herrera, Tempe, AZ (8) 18. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (5) 19. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (12) 20. Donny Schatz (21) 21. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (14) 22. 21x, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (20)
B Main (started), 22 laps, NT: 1. 94, Dale Blaney, Fowler, OH (2) 2. 2c, Randy Hannagan, San Jose, CA (14) 3. 75, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (8) 4. 83, Paul McMahan, Oroville, CA (11) / 5. 29N, Larry Neighbors, Oklahoma, City, OK (17) 6. 1B, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (4) 7. 4J, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (5) 8. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (6) 9. 4, Bobby Davis Jr., Memphis, TN (9) 10. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (21) 11. 21, Lance Blevins, Broken Arrow, OK (13) 12. 18h, Rocky Hodges, Greenwood, IN (3) 13. 35, Tyler Walker, Santa Clarita, CA (16) 14. 97, Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK (15) 15. Travis Cram (19) 16. 55, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (7) 17. 1BK, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (1) 18. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (20) 19. 3BV, Van Gurley Jr., Brazil, IN (18) 20. 2L, Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo, PA (12) 21. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (22) 22. 29w, Dave Calaman, Carlisle, PA (10) DNS – 17E, Cris Eash, Hanover, PA
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36th AMOCO Knoxville Nationals Championship (started), 30 laps, NT: 1. 5m, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (1) 2. 10, Dave Blaney, Cortland, OH (5) 3. 2D, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (7) 4. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (3) 5. 1, Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, TN (2) 6. 7TW, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (4) 7. 2, Andy Hillenburg, Broken Arrow, OK (18) 8. 1w, Jeff Shepard, Upperco, MD (11) 9. 23s, Frankie Kerr, Fremont, OH (14) 10. 71m, Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA (15) 11. 51, Terry McCarl, Pleasant Hill, IA (8) 12. 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (6) 13. Randy Hannagan (22) 14. 00, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (16) 15. 12, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (13) 16. 88, Todd Shaffer, Millerstown, PA (20) 17. 92, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (12) 18. 1F, Dean Jacobs, Wooster, OH (19) 19. Dale Blaney (21) 20. 11H, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (10) 21. Joey Saldana (23) 22. 7L, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (17) 23. 3G, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (9) 24. Paul McMahan (24). Lap Leader: Mark Kinser 1-30.
8/18/96
Pauch Closes Out Knoxville Nationals with a Win
by Bob Wilson
Billy Pauch raced to a rare Sunday night feature event win at Knoxville Raceway to close out the 36th AMOCO Knoxville Nationals. The event was staged to replace the rain-canceled Friday night Nationals program.
Pauch, who had never won here and who was racing injured from a recent racing accident, was grateful to have some good luck for once at this half-mile oval. One year ago he suffered a Nationals-ending injury during warm-ups and was forced to return home, but on this night he drove the John Zemaitis Maxim to a $7,000 win
The start of the 20-lap event saw an immediate red flag as Donny Schatz smashed into the infield restraining fence at the flagstand. He was not injured. When the race was resumed pole-sitter Daniel Coggeshell took the lead with Nationals rookie Kevin Gobrecht following closely. Both drivers chose to run the cushion of the track and by lap seven they had entered lapped traffic with Coggeshell leading Gobrecht by ten yards.
With the race ten laps in the books, Gobrecht dove to the low side of Coggeshell in turn one and grabbed the lead as raced out of the second corner. A yellow flag and then a race-stopping red banner allowed the feature www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 63 of 72 event teams to make crucial adjustments and when the race was resumed Pauch seemed able to charge into turn three much harder.
As Pauch and Gobrecht flashed by the flagstand on the fifteenth circuit they were side by side and on the backchute he caught Gobrecht and motored by him on the low side in turn three.
1996 Rookie of the Nationals Tyler Walker passed Gobrecht on the final circuit and claimed the $5,000 second place paycheck. Gobrecht held for third to earn $4,000, Skip Jackson took the $3,000 fourth place money and Coggeshell was fifth and won $2,500. Kevin Huntley claimed sixth from his 21st starting position and was rewarded $1,000 for the Hard Charger Award. Rounding out the top ten finishers were Tommie Estes, Jr., Ronnie Day, Jaymie Moyle and Ryan Jamison.
Jackson was the class of the 49-car field in qualifying time trials with a lap of 15.783.
Heat events went to Kevin Frey, Jamison, Shawn Moore, Kenny Hansen and Steve Beitler. Huntley was victorious in the B Main and led four qualifiers to the tail of the A feature.
Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, Iowa Results: August 18, 1996
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 55, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (1) 15.783; 2. 21, Lance Blevins, Broken Arrow, OK (21) 15.936; 3. 15, Donny Schatz, Minot, ND (40) 16.003; 4. U2, Kevin Huntley, Bloomington, IN (6) 16.010; 5. 1, Billy Pauch, Frenchtown, NJ (25) 16.030; 6. 22, Kevin Gobrecht, New Oxford, PA (43) 16.035; 7. 4J, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (17) 16.059; 8. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (16) 16.071; 9. 92c, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (13) 16.074; 10. 63u, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (7) 16.078; 11. 3BV, Van Gurley Jr., Brazil, IN (12) 16.094; 12. 3c, Daniel Coggeshell, Milo, IA (32) 16.112; 13. 29, Tommie Estes Jr., Tulsa, OK (2) 16.119; 14. 3B, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (45) 16.161; 15. 35, Tyler Walker, Santa Clarita, CA (5) 16.167; 16. 51x, Nick LoSasso, Westminster, CO (14) 16.194; 17. 29w, Dave Calaman, Carlisle, PA (38) 16.198; 18. 96, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (42) 16.199; 19. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (24) 16.201; 20. 7A, Todd Taeger, Burlington, IA (11) 16.210; 21. 66, Mike Peters, Wichita, KS (33) 16.210; 22. 1B, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (4) 16.234; 23. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (10) 16.237; 24. 121, Judi Bates, Royersford, PA (29) 16.245; 25. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (18) 16.263; 26. 18h, Rocky Hodges, Greenwood, IN (30) 16.267; 27. 52, Ronald Laney, Point Blank, TX (47) 16284; 28. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (9) 16.337; 29. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (8) 16.350; 30. 9m, Rick Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (36) 16.360; 31. 55T, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (34) 16.367; 32. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (37) 16.367; 33. 12$, Shane Carson, Yukon, OK (3) 16.381; 34. 10V, Kenny Hansen, Nunda, SD (22) 16.391; 35. 21x, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (20) 16.474; 36. 10T, Kevin Frey, Chambersburg, PA (39) 16.482; 37. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (26) 16.498; 38. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (48) 16.510; 39. 27B, Patrick Bourke, Edwards, CO (41) 16.538; 40. 1S, Ronnie Day, Salinas, CA (44) 16.548; 41. 1K, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (15) 16.563; 42. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (31) 16.598; 43. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (46) 16.691; 44. 56c, Gerald Cressman, Hartford, SD (23) 16.836; 45. 2H, Wayne Redmond, Fort Dodge, IA (35) 16.836; 46. 80, Vance Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (19) 17.022; 47. 2AU, Robert Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (28) 17.134; 48. 2R, Jack Lowder, Sacramento, CA (27) 18.050; 49. 4s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (49) NT.
First Heat (started), 8 laps, 2:15.8: 1. Kevin Frey (1) 2. Kevin Gobrecht (7) 3. Tim Shaffer (2) 4. Skip Jackson (8) / 5. Rocky Hodges (3) 6. Van Gurley Jr. (6) 7. Vance Peterson (10) 8. Nick LoSasso (5) 9. Bob White (9) 10. Mike Peters (4)
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 64 of 72 Second Heat (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Ryan Jamison (2) 2. Jaymie Moyle (7) 3. Ronald Laney (3) 4. Daniel Coggeshell (6) / 5. Brent Antill (4) 6. Robert Jackson (10) 7. Troy Parsons (1) 8. Dave Calaman (5) 9. Lance Blevins (8) 10. Tony Moro (9)
Third Heat (started), 8 laps, 2:16.6: 1. Shawn Moore (4) 2. Donny Schatz (8) 3. Shane Carson (2) 4. Tommie Estes Jr. (6) / 5. Rich Bubak (3) 6. Scott Whitworth (5) 7. Chris Walraven (7) 8. Leonard Lee (9) 9. Manny Rockhold (1) 10. Jack Lowder (10)
Fourth Heat (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Kenny Hansen (2) 2. Marlon Jones (3) 3. Jeff Tuttle (6) 4. Judi Bates (4) / 5. Travis Cram (7) 6. Mike Reinke (5) 7. Kevin Huntley (8) 8. Gerald Cressman (9) 9. Patrick Bourke (1) DNS – Tommy Scott
Fifth Heat (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Tyler Walker (6) 2. Steve Beitler (2) 3. Ronnie Day (1) 4. Billy Pauch (8) / 5. Jerry Richert Jr. (4) 6. Rick Montgomery (3) 7. Todd Taeger (5) 8. Randy Smith (7) 9. Wayne Redmond (9)
B Main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Kevin Huntley (1) 2. Van Gurley Jr. (5) 3. Chris Walraven (2) 4. Mike Reinke (6) / 5. Travis Cram (3) 6. Brent Antill (8) 7. Scott Whitworth (7) 8. Jerry Richert Jr. (11) 9. Leonard Lee (17) 10. Todd Taeger (9) 11. Rich Bubak (13) 12. Mike Peters (16) 13. Nick LoSasso (4) 14. Rocky Hodges (10) 15. Gerald Cressman (14) 16. Wayne Redmond (18) 17. Rick Montgomery (12) 18. Troy Parsons (15) 19. Robert Jackson (19) 20. Jack Lowder (20) DNS – Randy Smith, Bob White, Patrick Bourke
A Main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1.Billy Pauch (4) 2. Tyler Walker (9) 3. Kevin Gobrecht (3) 4. Skip Jackson (6) 5. Daniel Coggeshell (1) 6. Kevin Huntley (21) 7. Tommie Estes Jr. (7) 8. Ronnie Day (20) 9. Jaymie Moyle (2) 10. Ryan Jamison (15) 11. Ronald Laney (12) 12. Chris Walraven (23) 13. Van Gurley Jr. (22) 14. Shane Carson (16) 15. Jeff Tuttle (8) 16. Marlon Jones (13) 17. Kenny Hansen (17) 18. Shawn Moore (10) 19. Mike Reinke (24) 20. Steve Beitler (18) 21. Judi Bates (11) 22. Tim Shaffer (14) 23. Kevin Frey (19) 24. Donny Schatz (5). Lap Leaders: Coggeshell 1-10; Gobrecht 11-15; Pauch 16-20.
8/31/96
Skip Jackson Captures Knoxville Sprint Finale
by Bob Wilson www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 65 of 72 KNOXVILLE, Iowa - Skip Jackson captured the 25-lap Season Championship at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. It was the 43rd season finale at this Marion County racing facility.
Jackson, who came aboard the winning J & J Racing team sprinter just prior to the 36th AMOCO Knoxville Nationals, started the feature event in the fourth row after opening up the evening with a near record run in qualifying time trials. Fellow Aussie Jaymie Moyle was positioned two rows in front of him and the race would boil down to a one-two finish for the men from the Land Down Under.
The opening lap belonged to Jeff Mitrisin but Leonard Lee surged by to claim the second go around and he was able to open up a substantial lead when a series of yellow flags bunched the field of cars. With eight laps in the books Moyle took the point position on the restart with Jackson following closely on his heels.
Moyle entered lapped traffic on the 15th circuit and Jackson pulled right onto his rear bumper where he was able to make a pass coming out of the fourth turn four laps later to take the lead. Moyle made several attempts to challenge after that but it was not to be in the cards on this night.
Jackson received $3,000 for his efforts with Moyle taking home a $2,500 pay day. Trailing the Jackson-Moyle finish were Lee, Mitrisin and Brent Antill. Rounding out the top ten finishers were Travis Cram, Ryan Jamison, Marlon Jones, Shawn Moore and Bob Weuve.
Jackson's finish assured him a third place finish in the season points race. Danny Lasoski and Terry McCarl finished first and second respectively in the points battle and were racing at other venues on this evening.
In the 360 sprint division, David Hesmer claimed the Season Championship in a non-stop 15-lap affair. It was Hesmer's 29th career win and secured a runner up finish in the season points race.
Division champion Randy Martin finished eighth at final tally. Chasing Hesmer to the line were Mike Trent, Bruce Drottz and Tim St. Arnold.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 55, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (21) 15.278; 2. 92, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (11) 15.538; 3. 02, Mike Reinke, Knoxville, IA (22) 15.572; 4. 11L, Larry Pinegar II, Des Moines, IA (28) 15.640; 5. 7, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (18) 15.658; 6. 51J, Ryan Jamison, Burlington, IA (9) 15.703; 7. 4, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (8) 15.713; 8. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (20) 15.757; 9. 3B, Scott Whitworth, Worthington, MO (1) 15.820; 10. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (31) 15.829; 11. 2m, Tony Moro, Des Moines, IA (7) 15.842; 12. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (30) 15.853; 13. 86, John Kearney, Ozawkie, KS (4) 15.894; 14. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (6) 15.910; 15. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (14) 15.989; 16. 1, Brent Antill, Huxley, IA (24) 16.018; 17. 12, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (15) 16.023; 18. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (2) 16.026; 19. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (3) 16.129; 20. 21, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (19) 16.130; 21. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (10) 16.225; 22. 9s, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (27) 16.233; 23. 1A, Jerry Potter, Kansas City, MO (26) 16.283; 24. 69, Mark Smyser, Lancaster, MO (25) 16.360; 25. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (29) 16.376; 26. 2H, Wayne Redmond, Fort Dodge, IA (33) 16.457; 27. 57, Steve Breazeale, Pleasantville, IA (16) 16.543; 28. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (23) 16.583; 29. 70, Raymond Hensley, Lake Villa, IL (12) 16.821; 30. 7B, Dave Westercamp, Johnston, IA (5) 16.863; 31. 10, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (17) 17.060; 32. 71, Greg Longfellow, Washington, IL (13) 17.707; 33. 62, Rod Holliday, Springfield, IL (32) NT.
First Heat (started), 8 laps, 2:13.1: 1. Manny Rockhold (1) 2. Brent Antill (3) 3. Bob Weuve (2) 4. Jaymie Moyle (6) 5. John Kearney (4) 6. Skip Jackson (8) / 7. Ricky Logan (11) 8. Chris Walraven (5) 9. Larry Pinegar II (7) 10. Bobby Mincer (10) 11. John Hall (9) www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 66 of 72
Second Heat (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Steve Beitler (2) 2. Jerry Richert Jr. (4) 3. Leonard Lee (6) 4. Jerry Potter (1) 5. Dennis Moore Jr. (7) 6. Travis Cram (8) / 7. Peter Murphy (3) 8. Wayne Redmond (9) 9. Raymond Hensley (10) 10. Tony Moro (5) 11. Greg Longfellow (11)
Third Heat (started), 8 laps, 2:15.8: 1. Mark Smyser (1) 2. Shawn Moore (3) 3. Marlon Jones (4) 4. Scott Whitworth (6) 5. Mike Reinke (8) 6. Jeff Mitrisin (5) / 7. Ryan Jamison (7) 8. Steve Breazeale (9) 9. Dave Westercamp (10) 10. Rich Bubak (2) DNS – Rod Holliday
B Main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Ryan Jamison (2) 2. Larry Pinegar II (1) / 3. Peter Murphy (4) 4. Chris Walraven (3) 5. Wayne Redmond (6) 6. Bobby Mincer (8) 7. Tony Moro (7) 8. Dave Westercamp (10) 9. John Hall (5) 10. Raymond Hensley (11) 11. Ricky Logan (12) 12. Steve Breazeale (9) DNS – Rich Bubak, Greg Longfellow, Rod Holliday
A Main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Skip Jackson (8) 2. Jaymie Moyle (4) 3. Leonard Lee (3) 4. Jeff Mitrisin (1) 5. Brent Antill (12) 6. Travis Cram (7) 7. Ryan Jamison (19) 8. Marlon Jones (11) 9. Shawn Moore (13) 10. Bob Weuve (14) 11. Larry Pinegar II (20) 12. Steve Beitler (15) 13. Dennis Moore Jr. (5) 14. John Kearney (9) 15. Mike Reinke (6) 16. Jerry Richert Jr. (10) 17. Mark Smyser (18) 18. Manny Rockhold (16) 19. Scott Whitworth (2) 20. Jerry Potter (17). Lap Leaders: Mitrisin 1, Lee 2-8, Moyle 9-18, Jackson 19-25.
360 Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 1:44.6: 1. 48, Bob Thompson, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 41B, Nick Bellino, Omaha, NE (1) 3. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (6) 4. 98, Curtis Thorson, Newton, IA (4) / 5. 26, Lee Nelson, Ames, IA (5) 6. 71A, Randy Anderson, Clarion, IA (3) 7. 3, John Miller, Des Moines, IA (7) DNS – 12x, Jerry Crabb, Des Moines, IA, 4A, Craig Agan, Knoxville, IA
Heat two (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 47, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA (1) 2. 03, Mike Trent, Columbia, MO (2) 3. 8B, Bruce Williams, Pleasant Hill, IA (4) 4. 80, Duane Van Heukelom, Colfax, IA (3) / 5. 86, Tod Bishop, Harrisburg, IL (6) 6. 06, Steve Richards, Blue Springs, MO (8) 7. 29m, Eric Mason, Knoxville, IA (9) 8. 77, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (5) 9. 00, Larry Weeks, Montezuma, IA (7)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 1:43.3 (New Track Record): 1. 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA (1) 2. 18, Bruce Drottz, Des Moines, IA (2) 3. 9H, Doran Doty, Des Moines, IA (3) 4. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (8) / 5. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (4) 6. 7x, Mike Brooks, Knoxville, IA (6) 7. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (5) 8. 19, Steve Wasson, West Des Moines, IA (7) 9. 55J, Jason Pardock, Chariton, IA (9)
Heat four (started), 6 laps, 1:43.3 (ties New Track Record): 1. 88, Tim Holzworth, Valeria, IA (1) 2. 11, David Hesmer, Marshalltown, IA (2) 3. 34, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA (4) 4. 80x, Mike Houseman, Des www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 67 of 72 Moines, IA (3) / 5. 41, Virgil Brandt, Des Moines, IA (6) 6. 22, Eddie Leavitt Jr., Knoxville, IA (5) 7. 82, Dave Van Heukelom, Pella, IA (7) 8. 27T, Chris Tice, Lynnville, IA (8)
B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Lee Nelson (1) 2. Tod Bishop (2) 3. Virgil Brandt (4) 4. Brett Golik (3) / 5. Steve Richards (6) 6. Eddie Leavitt Jr. (8) 7. Randy Anderson (5) 8. Terry Alexander (13) 9. Dave Van Heukelom (12) 10. Eric Mason (10) 11. Chris Tice (15) 12. Mitchell Alexander (11) 13. Steve Wasson (14) 14. Mike Brooks (7) 15. Jason Pardock (16) 16. John Miller (9) DNS – Jerry Crabb, Craig Agan, Larry Weeks
A main (started), 15 laps, 4:31.3 (New Track Record): 1. David Hesmer (1) 2. Mike Trent (3) 3. Bruce Drottz (2) 4. Tim St. Arnold (7) 5. Duane Van Heukelom (14) 6. Bruce Williams (10) 7. Jeff Haines (9) 8. Randy Martin (15) 9. Doran Doty (11) 10. Bob Thompson (8) 11. Tod Bishop (18) 12. Virgil Brandt (19) 13. Mike Houseman (16) 14. Lee Nelson (17) 15. Nick Bellino (4) 16. Matt Moro (6) 17. Tim Holzworth (5) 18. Tim Deaver (12) 19. Brett Golik (20) 20. Curtis Thorson (13). Lap Leader: Hesmer 1-15.
9/7/96
Aikey is a Winner in Deery Summer Series Knoxville Finale
by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, Iowa - Jeff Aikey closed out the Deery Brothers Late Model Summer Series with a win at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The win paid the Cedar Falls driver $2,500 as he defended his title to this race of one year ago.
The win was never really in doubt as Aikey survived several yellow flag periods to pull away with ease after each restart of the 40-lap event. Rain also forced several periods of delay and forced the evening of racing to go long.
Through the first half of the race Gary Webb chased Aikey around the half-mile oval but was never able to mount a threat. Then with the race at the half-way point Webb coasted to a stop on the backstretch the victim of www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 68 of 72 a flat tire. The restart saw Brian Birkhofer take up the chase but he too was unable to catch the fleet Aikey machine.
An additional yellow flag with three laps remaining forced a single file restart but Aikey was not to be challenged as Birkhofer finished second, Tommy Elston took third, Terry Schlipman was fourth and Craig Jacobs rounded out the top five finishers.
In the companion hobby stock feature event John Schulz of Burlington was the winner with Bill Bonnett of Knoxville second and J. C. Nehring of Hubbard third. 93 hobby stocks and 43 late models competed during the evening.
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, Iowa Deery Brothers I.M.C.A Late Model Summer Series Deals on Wheels Publications Classic September 7, 1996
Late Model Results
First Heat, 10 laps, 3:40.2 1: Gary Webb, Blue Grass; 2. Tommy Elston, Keokuk; 3. Greg Bruenig; Decorah / 4. Darin Burco, Independence; 5. Ron Cochran, Des Moines,.
Second Heat, 10 laps, 3:43.2: 1. Jason Frankel, Quincy, IL; 2. Jeff Aikey, Cedar Falls; 3. Don Hoffman, Des Moines; / 4. Kevin Pittman, Waterloo; 5. Doug Nigh, Eldridge.
Third Heat, 10 laps, NT: 1. Craig Jacobs, Des Moines. 2. Terry Schlipman, Mendon, IL; 3. Jeff Johnson, Keokuk; / 4. Rick Wendling, Hazelton; 5. Kurt Stewart, Ainsworth.
Fourth Heat, 10 laps, NT: 1. Brian Birkhofer, West Liberty; 2. Randy Schroeder, Sigourney; 3. Sonny Smyser, Lancaster, MO; / 4. Rob Kerchner, Donnellson; 5. Boone McLaughlin, Mediapolis.
Fifth Heat, 10 laps, NT: 1. Darrell DeFrance, Marshalltown; 2. Devin Cale, Donnellson; 3. Todd Johnson, Des Moines; / 4. Todd Cooney, Des Moines, 5. Jarod Fleck, Des Moines.
First B Main, 15 laps, NT: 1. Rick Wendling, Hazelton; 2. Greg Kastli, Waterloo; 3. Darin Burco, Independence; 4. Doug Nigh, Eldridge; 5. Todd Cooney, Des Moines.
Second B Main, 15 laps, NT: 1. Jeff French, Adel; 2. Kevin Pittman, Waterloo; 3. Kurt Stewart, Ainesworth; 4. Rob Kirchner, Donnellson; 5. Doug Hopkins, Bloomfield. www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 69 of 72 A Main, 40 laps, NT: 1. Jeff Aikey 2. Brian Birkhofer 3. Tommy Elston 4. Terry Schlipman 5. Craig Jacobs 6. Todd Cooney 7. Jeff French 8. Don Hoffman 9. Rick Wendling 10. Kurt Stewart 11. Darin Burco 12. Gary Webb 13. Darrell DeFrance 14. Kevin Pittman 15. Greg Bruenig 16. Devin Cale 17. Jason Frankel 18. Doug Nigh 19. Greg Kastli 20. Jeff Johnson; 21. Sonny Smyser 22. Randy Schroeder 23. Rob Kirchner 24. Todd Johnson 25. Chris Smyser 26. Trump. Lap Leader: Aikey 1-40.
HOBBY STOCKS
First Heat, 10 laps, NT: 1. Brad Stevens, Bussey; 2. Josh Essary, Eldon; / 3. Jon Vaverka, Brooklyn; 4. Lorne Parks, Fremont; 5. Jim Snyder, Milton.
Second Heat, 10 laps, NT: 1. John Schulz, Burlington; 2. Jim Thudium, Ottumwa; / 3. Jeff Griffiths, Ottumwa; 4. Pete Hazel, State Center; 5. Mike Peterson, Eldon
Third Heat, 10 laps, 4:29.9 1: Eric Fullenkamp, Elden; 2. Ryan Meyer, Wayland; / 3. Jason Reed, Melcher; 4. Mike Goff, Lacona; 5. Tom Yochum, Eldon.
Fourth Heat, 10 laps, NT: 1. Bill Bonnett, Knoxville; 2. Brad Steele, New Sharon; / 3. Steve Curtis, Des Moines; 4. James Terrell, Knoxville; 5. Terry Whitehurst, Mason City.
Fifth Heat, 10 laps, NT: 1. Joel Meinders, Des Moines; 2. Doug Otto, Cedar Falls; / 3. Todd Holman, Agency; 4. Steve Kier, Des Moines, 5. John Johnson, Knoxville.
Sixth Heat, 10 laps, NT: 1. Tom Rea, Ottumwa; 2. Bill Redlinger, Keota; / 3. Charles Weeks, Ottumwa; 4. Ron Johnson, Burlington; 5. Dan Higdon, Vinton
Seventh Heat, 10 laps, NT: 1. Travis Prochaska, Iowa Falls; 2. Ryan Lundy, Knoxville; / 3. Allen Dixon, Webster City; 4. Ted Hill, Des Moines; 5. Kevin Baker, Des Moines.
Eighth Heat, 10 laps, NT: 1. Mark Dickerson, Oskaloosa; 2. J.C. Nehring, Hubbard; / 3. Cale Wood, Monroe; 4. Andy Krieger, Burlington; 5. Matt Krieger, Burlington.
First B Main, 10 laps, NT: 1. Tom Yochum, Eldon; 2. Dan Gordon, Oskaloosa; / 3. Andy Krieger, Burlington; 4. Pete Hutzel, State Center; 5. Jimmy Krusel, Des Moines.
Second B Main, 10 laps, no time: 1. Jeff Griffiths, Ottumwa; 2. Mike Goff, Lacona; / 3. Ron Johnson, Burlington; 4. Todd Holman, Agency; 5. Tim Bartholomew, Waterloo.
Third B Main, 10 laps, NT: 1. Cale Wood, Monroe; 2. Jason Reed, Melcher; / 3. Charles Weeks, Ottumwa; 4. Tracy Ellis, Tracy; 5. Kevin Tanner, Russell.
A Main, 40 laps, NT: 1. John Schulz 2. Bill Bonnett 3. JC Nehring 4. Doug Otto 5. Joel Meinders 6. Brad Steele 7. Tom Yochum 8. Josh Essary 9. Cale Wood 10. Brad Stevens 11. Ryan Meyer 12. Mike Goff 13. www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 70 of 72 Travis Prochaska 14. Mark Dickerson 15. Bill Redlinger 16. Jeff Griffiths 17. Tom Rea 18. Jason Reed 19. Eric Fullenkamp 20. Jim Thudium 21. Alexander 22. Dan Gordon. Lap Leaders: Meinders 1-2; Schulz 3-15.
9/21/96
AMA Motorcycle Races
Grand National Winner: Scott Parker, Swartz Creek, MI Harley Davidson Sporster Winner: Robert Miller, New Holland, PA
1996 410 Final Point Standings and Feature Winners:
Driver Feature Wins Points Primary car(s) (Feature Laps Led)
1. Danny Lasoski 8 (107) 3425 Forbrook 5 2. Terry McCarl 2 (50) 3080 Gray 51 3. Skip Jackson 2 (19) 2745 VanderEcken 10, Serace, Inc. 55 4. Dennis Moore Jr. 1 (47) 2410 Cahill 7 5. Jaymie Moyle 0 (10) 2315 Moyle 4 6. Mike Reinke 0 (8) 1945 SCA, Inc. 02 7. Jerry Richert Jr. - 1900 Johnson 81 8. Steve Beitler - 1885 Beitler 21, Serace, Inc. 55 9. Chris Walraven 1 (20) 1765 Behlers 56 10. Scott Whitworth - 1600 Tall Corn Racing 96 11. Leonard Lee 0 (7) 1525 Lee 16L 12. Brent Antill 0 (5) 1520 Jordan Racing 1 13. Rich Bubak - 1440 Bubak 9 14. Tony Moro 0 (13) 1420 Moro 2m 15. Ryan Jamison - 1415 Jamison 51J 16. Travis Cram 0 (4) 1340 Brownfield Ent. 92 17. Jeff Mitrisin 1 (13) 1235 Mitrisin 5J Bob Weuve - 1235 Weuve 19 19. John Kearney - 1215 Kearney & Son, Inc. 86 20. Bob White - 1160 Kain 1K, Nickel/Robuck 12 21. Marlon Jones - 1120 S.O.S. Racing 1J 22. Manny Rockhold - 1025 Rockhold 71, Stroud 9s 23. Troy Parsons 0 (6) 925 Parsons 57c 24. Mark Smyser - 900 Smyser 69
Other 410 Feature Winners (Laps Led): Mark Kinser 6 (128), Stevie Smith 1 (25), Jeff Swindell 1 (21), Billy Pauch 1 (5), Todd Shaffer 0 (11), Daniel Coggeshell 0 (10), Troy Parsons 0 (6), Kevin Gobrecht 0 (5), Jac Haudenschild 0 (1)
1996 360 Final Point Standings and Feature Winners:
Driver Feature Wins Points Primary car(s) (Feature Laps Led) www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com Page 71 of 72 1. Randy Martin 3 (24) 1318 Martin 14 2. David Hesmer 2 (29) 1220 Ergenbright 11 3. Bruce Drottz 1 (15) 1116 Wineland 18 4. Duane Van Heukelom 0 (12) 1086 Tony’s Auto Parts 80 5. Bruce Williams 2 (28) 1011 Williams 8B 6. Virgil Brandt 0 (9) 1006 Brandt 41 7. Jeff Haines 1 (16) 940 Haines 16H 8. Mike Houseman - 796 Houseman 80x 9. Terry Alexander 1 (15) 755 Team 7x Racing 7x, Alexander 77 10. Brett Golik 0 (9) 753 Golik 5G 11. Eddie Leavitt Jr. - 674 Leavitt 22 12. Dave Van Heukelom - 612 Van Heukelom 82 13. Matt Moro 0 (2) 611 Moro 2m 14. Lee Nelson 0 (5) 604 Nelson 26 15. Larry Weeks 0 (5) 448 Weeks 00 16. Tim Deaver - 421 Deaver 34 17. Jerry Crabb 0 (1) 395 Crabb 12x 18. Chris Tice - 353 Tice Motorsports 27T 19. Tim Holzworth - 335 Holzworth 88 20. Steve Wares - 329 Wares 10 21. Curtis Thorson - 323 Thorson 98 22. Mitchell Alexander - 259 Alexander 6 23. Dave Middleswart - 247 Van Roekel 4 24. Jay Hughes - 205 Hughes 1J
Other 360 Feature Winners (Laps Led): Larry Pinegar II 2 (26), Terry McCarl 1 (17), Doug Wolfgang 1 (9), Billy Engelhart 1 (6), Tod Bishop 1 (5), Ricky Logan 1 (1), Jerrod Hull 0 (15), Rick Ferkel 0 (14), Kenny Williams 0 (11), Bob Thompson 0 (5), Benny Rapp 0 (2), Doran Doty 0 (1)
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