COMPLETE RESULTS FOR 2011

Date (Sanction/Event) – Winners

4/30 410 – , 360 – Russ Hall, 305 – Carson McCarl 5/7 (IRA) Dusty Zomer, 360 – Clint Garner 5/14 Rain 5/21 Rain 5/28 410 – Danny Lasoski, 360 – Jon Agan, 305 – Mitchell Alexander 6/3 (Masters) Gary Wright, 360 – Brian Brown 6/4 410 – Terry McCarl, 360 – Jon Agan, 305 – Jamie Ball 6/10 (WoO) Rain 6/11 (WoO) , 360 – Dennis Moore Jr. 6/18 410 – Dusty Zomer, 360 – Matt Moro, 305 – Carson McCarl 6/25 Rain 7/2 410 – Lynton Jeffrey, (360 Twin Features) Clint Garner, Nate Van Haaften 7/5 (Harris Clash Mods) Eric Dailey 7/9 (410 Twin Features) Terry McCarl, , 360 – Randy Martin 7/16 410 – Danny Lasoski, 360 – Chad Humston, 305 – Tasker Phillips 7/23 410 – Dusty Zomer, 360 – Russ Hall, 305 – Carson McCarl 7/26 (Harris Clash) Late Models – Nate Beuseling, B Mods – Jesse Sobbing 7/30 410 – Dusty Zomer, 360 – Clint Garner 8/4 (360 Nationals Prelim) Rain 8/5 (360 Nationals Prelims) Lee Grosz, Sammy Swindell 8/6 (360 Nationals) , (All Stars) – Kevin Swindell 8/7 (Non-wing Nationals) Brady Bacon, 305 – Chad Huston 8/10 ( Prelim) Sammy Swindell 8/11 (Knoxville Nationals Prelim) Mark Dobmeier 8/12 (Knoxville Nationals NQ) Kevin Swindell, (World Challenge) Lucas Wolfe, (Race of Champions) Tim Shaffer 8/13 (Knoxville Nationals) 8/27 410 – Mark Dobmeier, 360 – Clint Garner, 305 – Nate Van Haaften, Dirt Trucks – Bret Moyer 9/3 Rain 9/4 (Enduro) Darin Van Dee 9/10 (AMA Motorcycles) Jared Mees 9/29 ( Nationals Prelim) Jimmy Owens 9/30 (Late Model Nationals Prelim) Brian Birkhofer 10/1 (Late Model Nationals) Don O‟Neal, (Modifieds) Jon Snyder

4/30

Lasoski Adds Another As McCarl, Hall Notch First Wins! by Bill Wright , Knoxville, IA, April 30, 2011 - On what started as a night of first-time winners, Danny Lasoski proved that experience still counts at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday‟s Pella Motors/Lions Club night opener at the “Sprint Car Capital of the World.” The veteran from Dover, Missouri led the field wire to wire to increase his all-time record for wins at the famous half-mile to 94.

The eight-time track champion started on the pole of the 20-lap 410 main event on the basis of a new draw system. The twelve top qualifiers making it through the heats now draw in front of the fans during intermission for their starting spots in the feature. On a track that saw the bottom as a preferred line, Lasoski shot out to the lead in a familiar part of the track ahead of defending track champion Brian Brown. Dusty Zomer, who claimed last year‟s Season Championship feature win jumped into third on lap two.

Don Droud Jr. tumbled in turn two with four laps in the books, and Lasoski restarted ahead of Brown, Zomer, Robby Wolfgang and quick-timer, Brooke Tatnell, with a clear track ahead of him. It was clear sailing for the front-runners until a lap 16 spin by Kevin Swindell. Despite the bunching of the field, “The Dude” was unfazed in registering the win. “We always joke,” said the winner when talking of his nephew (Brown) who finish second. “I taught him everything he knows, but not everything I know. This place has been really good to me. We couldn„t do this without the old gang helping me out here. Right now, everything we have is borrowed. We„re just racing night to night.”

Following Lasoski and Brown were Zomer, Tatnell and Lynton Jeffrey. Wolfgang, Logan Forler, Austin McCarl, first heat winner, Terry McCarl, and 410 rookie and third heat winner, Dustin Selvage, rounded out the top ten. Bronson Maeschen suffered through a tough night as ignition problems sidelined him for his heat, and he blew a tire while leading the B main.

For Russ Hall, winning a feature at Knoxville has been a lifelong dream, and he accomplished it with a win in the 360 class. The Pleasant Hill, driver took off from his starting spot and never looked back in his win. Behind Russ, Justyn Cox battled past Josh Higday for the runner-up spot after a lap six caution for a stopped Tony Norem. Defending 360 track champion, Clint Garner, suffered a flat tire under caution and restarted at the tail.

Hall drove the last nine laps smoothly and maneuvered through lap traffic for a popular win aboard the Mike Waddell Racing #45c. “This one has been a long time coming,” he said with emotion in Victory Lane. “I want to dedicate this to my Grandfather Burt (Sonner) who passed away here in 1974.”

Cox, Higday, first heat winner, Tasker Phillips, and Russ‟s cousin, Dave Hall, rounded out the top five. Lee Grosz, Seth Bergman, third heat winner, Jon Agan, Randy Martin and Nate Van Haaften completed the top ten. Chad Heimbaugh took the B main, while Wayne Johnson, who suffered power steering problems and could not start the feature, set quick time.

Carson McCarl unofficially became the youngest winner in Knoxville Raceway history when he won the 305 feature in his first competition at the famous half-mile. He became the first driver to win in his first competition since Kenny Adams did it in a 360 Nationals preliminary feature in 2003. Carson turned 16 years of age on March 8.

McCarl showed a steady racecar in running the bottom and holding Jamie Ball at bay for the 12-lap distance. Only a lap four caution for a spun Casie Shilling slowed the event. “I knew if I hit my marks on the bottom, no one would pass me up high,” said a practically speechless McCarl. “I have to thank the guys that help me. I can‟t even talk.”

Ball ran a solid second, and Marty Stephenson, J Kinder, and Mitchell Alexander, who won heat one, rounded out the top five. Second heat winner, Matt Stephenson, Chris Mallicoat, Matthew Stelzer, Steve Palmer and Mike Mayberry rounded out the top ten. The Lions Club donated a total of $1,050 to three lucky drivers tonight as well. Tenth place finishers Selvage ($450), Nate Van Haaften ($350) and Mayberry ($250) cashed in. Racing resumes next Saturday night with the IRA vs. Knoxville Challenge!

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 59, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (20) 16.154; 2. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (5) 16.157; 3. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (19) 16.273; 4. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (22) 16.275; 5. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (25) 16.312; 6. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (8) 16.319; 7. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (23) 16.331; 8. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (2) 16.355; 9. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (18) 16.455; 10. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (3) 16.471; 11. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (17) 16.527; 12. 2L, Logan Forler, Lake Havasu City, AZ (7) 16.565; 13. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (14) 16.688; 14. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (24) 16.715; 15. 56JC, Johnn Cressman, Sioux Falls, SD (13) 16.784; 16. 23K, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (4) 16.786; 17. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (29) 16.871; 18. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (26) 16.980; 19. 21x, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (28) 17.019; 20. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (12) 17.107; 21. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (15) 17.133; 22. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (11) 17.197; 23. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (16) 17.217; 24. 81, Austin Johnson, Shakopee, MN (1) 17.257; 25. 98, JD Johnson, Goddard, KS (21) 17.309; 26. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (27) 17.333; 27. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (10) 18.424; 28. 92, Mitchell Mack, Grand Forks, ND (6) 19.727; 29. 6, Danny Heskin, St. Michael, MN (9) NT.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (6) 2. Robby Wolfgang (4) 3. Lynton Jeffrey (5) 4. Joey Moughan (2) 5. Brooke Tatnell (8) 6. JD Johnson (7) / 7. Rob Kubli (3) 8. Mitchell Mack (9) 9. Mark Johnson (1) DNS - Bronson Maeschen

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:18.2: 1. Mark Dobmeier (1) 2. Danny Lasoski (7) 3. Don Droud Jr. (5) 4. Rager Phillips (3) 5. Josh Schneider man (6) 6. Brian Brown (8) / 7. Davey Heskin (2) 8. Ryan Anderson (4) 9. Ryan Bunton (9) DNS - Danny Heskin

Heat three (stared), 8 laps, NT: 1. Dustin Selvage (3) 2. Kevin Swindell (8) 3. Dusty Zomer (7) 4. Johnn Cressman (4) 5. Austin McCarl (6) 6. Logan Forler (5) / 7. AJ Moeller (9) 8. Austin Johnson (1) 9. Mike Moore (2)

B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Davey Heskin (4) 2. Ryan Bunton (8) 3. Ryan Anderson (2) 4. Austin Johnson (5) 5. Rob Kubli (3) 6. Mitchell Mack (10) / 7. AJ Moeller (7) 8. Bronson Maeschen (1) 9. Mark Johnson (6) 10. Danny Heskin (9) DNS - Mike Moore

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (1) 2. Brian Brown (4) 3. Dusty Zomer (8) 4. Brooke Tatnell (9) 5. Lynton Jeffrey (7) 6. Robby Wolfgang (2) 7. Logan Forler (5) 8. Austin McCarl (6) 9. Terry McCarl (11) 10. Dustin Selvage (15) 11. Davey Heskin (19) 12. Johnn Cressman (13) 13. Mark Dobmeier (17) 14. Ryan Bunton (20) 15. JD Johnson (18) 16. Joey Moughan (16) 17. Rager Phillips (14) 18. Austin Johnson (22) 19. Rob Kubli (23) 20. Mitchell Mack (24) 21. Josh Schneiderman (3) 22. Kevin Swindell (12) 23. Ryan Anderson (21) 24. Don Droud Jr. (10). Lap Leader: Lasoski 1-20.

360 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 38, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA, 16.684; 2. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND, 16.710; 3. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE, 16.805; 4. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA, 16.811; 5. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA, 16.866; 6. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 16.893; 7. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA, 16.894; 8. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO, 16.907; 9. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.932; 10. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 16.970; 11. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.985; 12. 21c, Justyn Cox, Clarksburg, CA, 17.078; 13. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA, 17.105; 14. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA, 17.142; 15. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA, 17.211; 16. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA, 17.380; 17. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 17.396; 18. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 17.399; 19. 12, Rod Richards, Van Meter, IA, 17.457; 20. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 17.497; 21. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA, 17.525; 22. 5, Dave Glennon, Casselton, ND, 17.627; 23. 47T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA, 17.972; 24. 45, Tony Norem, Dassel MN, 18.085; 25. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, 18.404; 26. 11c, Dakota Carroll, LaMonte, MO, 18.453; 27. DQ - 12x, Frank Rogers, Lucas, IA (scales).

Heat one (started), 7 laps, 2:07.3: 1. Tasker Phillips (3) 2. Josh Higday (2) 3. Wayne Johnson (6) 4. Matt Moro (5) 5. Seth Bergman (4) / 6. Jarrod Schneiderman (1) 7. Tom Lenz (9) 8. Dave Glennon (8) 9. Rod Richards (7)

Heat two (started), 7 laps, 2:08.3: 1. Russ Hall (2) 2. Randy Martin (4) 3. David Hall (1) 4. Clint Garner (3) 5. Lee Grosz (6) / 6. Tony Shilling (8) 7. Joe Beaver (5) 8. Casey Friedrichsen (7) 9. Dakota Carroll (9)

Heat three (started), 7 laps, NT: 1. Jon Agan (1) 2. Chad Humston (6) 3. Justyn Cox (3) 4. Nate Van Haaften (5) 5. Tony Norem (8) / 6. Tyler Groenendyk (7) 7. Frank Rogers (9) 8. Larry Ball Jr. (2) 9. Chad Heimbaugh (4) B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Chad Heimbaugh (2) 2. Joe Beaver (1) 3. Tony Shilling (7) 4. Jarrod Schneiderman (4) 5. Dave Glennon (8) 6. Tyler Groenendyk (5) / 7. Rod Richards (5) 8. Tom Lenz (10) 9. Dakota Carroll (9) 10. Frank Rogers (11) 11. Casey Friedrichsen (6) DNS - Larry Ball Jr.

A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Russ Hall (1) 2. Justyn Cox (3) 3. Josh Higday (2) 4. Tasker Phillips (5) 5. David Hall (13) 6. Lee Grosz (11) 7. Seth Bergman (7) 8. Jon Agan (12) 9. Randy Martin (6) 10. Nate Van Haaften (8) 11. Chad Humston (10) 12. Joe Beaver (17) 13. Jarrod Schneiderman (19) 14. Matt Moro (9) 15. Clint Garner (4) 16. Tyler Groenendyk (20) 17. Tony Shilling (16) 18. Chad Heimbaugh (14) 19. Tony Norem (15) 20. Dave Glennon (18) DNS - Wayne Johnson. Lap Leader: R. Hall 1-15.

305 Results

Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (2) 2. 97, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (1) 3. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (7) 4. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Omaha, NE (5) 5. 22, Chris Mallicoat, Boone, IA (8) 6. 92c, Cody Ambers, Knoxville, IA (3) DQ - 29, Devin "Bart" Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA (scales) DQ - 2, Steve Palmer, Des Moines, IA (tire) DNS - X, Kevin Tanner, Russell, IA

Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:56.6: 1. 55, Matt Stephenson, Altoona, IA (3) 2. 36, Marty Stephenson, Mitchellville, IA (5) 3. 88, J Kinder, Holt‟s Summit, MO (4) 4. 16c, Casie Shilling, Knoxville, IA (6) 5. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (7) 6. 93A, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA (8) DQ - 33, Mark Van Haaften, Otley, IA (scales) 8. 21, Keith Carlberg, Webster City, IA (scales)

A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Carson McCarl (3) 2. Jamie Ball (5) 3. Marty Stephenson (4) 4. J Kinder (6) 5. Mitchell Alexander (1) 6. Matt Stephenson (2) 7. Chris Mallicoat (9) 8. Matthew Stelzer (7) 9. Steve Palmer (13) 10. Mike Mayberry (10) 11. Devin "Bart" Friedrichsen (11) 12. Mark Van Haaften (14) 13. Alan Ambers (12) 14. Casie Shilling (8) 15. Keith Carlberg (15) DNS - Cody Ambers. Lap Leader: C. McCarl 1-12.

5/7

Zomer Victorious in IRA Challenge by .01 of a Second As Lasoski Breaks! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, May 7, 2011 – Sioux Falls, South Dakota‟s Dusty Zomer recorded career 410 win #6 on Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway as he triumphed in the IRA Challenge. The win came by a mere .01 of a second as he passed a hapless Danny Lasoski who had broken a driveline coming to the finish. Lasoski had led every lap up to that point.

Lasoski shot out to the early lead from his starting position outside row one on the heavy black gumbo surface. Multi-time IRA champion, Billy Balog, trailed him early, but Zomer was quick to pounce into the runner-up spot on lap six. He was followed by Davey Heskin and Don Droud Jr. into third and fourth, respectively.

Heskin was able to use the low side of the raceway to pass Zomer for second, while Terry McCarl moved into the top five by a caution on lap 13 for a stopped Danny Heskin. Lasoski had three lapped cars between he and Davey Heskin before the caution, which erased his advantage. Davey made a charge on the low side on the restart, but the door was shut in turn three.

McCarl made a move around Droud for fourth on the backstretch when the two cars touched. The collision slowed Droud, who collected Donny Schatz in the Racing #14. Schatz flipped down the backstretch, but was uninjured. On the restart with six laps to go, Lasoski led Davey Heskin, Zomer, Droud and McCarl back to green flag racing. On the white flag lap, Zomer made a move by Davey Heskin, who bobbled, for second. It would turn out to be a winning move, as Lasoski slowed noticeably in turn four with the broken driveline. The dash for the finish had the crowd on its feet, as the final result had to be determined by the transponders and not the naked eye!

Trailing Zomer and Lasoski across the line were Davey Heskin, Droud and Terry McCarl. 410 Rookie of the Year candidate, Dustin Selvage, Brian Brown, Jessica Zemken, Mark Dobmeier and Austin McCarl rounded out the top ten.

“We knew it would be tough with Danny up front, and he would have won if something hadn‟t have gone wrong,” said the driver of the Derek Ingalls‟ #91 J&J. “I have to count my blessings. It‟s Knoxville. Anything can happen here, even if it‟s the last foot of the racetrack. It had to be close. My hat is off to my team. We‟ll come out and try to do it again next week!”

Kevin Swindell topped qualifying and also took the first heat race. Davey Heskin, Lasoski and Schatz won heats, and Dobmeier topped the B main. Rager Phillips and Josh Schneiderman contacted in the first heat, sending Phillips into a series of wicked flips. He was uninjured.

Carnage greeted the 360 feature at the drop of the green flag. When Rod Richards slowed inside row three, it set off a chain reaction that resulted in a six-car pile-up. Jonathan Cornell got into the back of Richards and shot sideways into Jon Agan. Quick-timer Wayne Johnson, Agan, Jamie Ball, Cornell and Tom Lenz got the worst of the incident and were done for the evening. Richards would retire before the race went green. Many crews tended to the cars of Chad Humston and last week‟s feature winner, Russ Hall, to get them back on the racetrack.

Once green, the race went in record-breaking time as defending Knoxville Championship Cup Series champion, Clint Garner, led wire to wire, covering the 15-lap distance in 4:13.0. That mark broke the old track record set by Tim Kaeding last August by over four seconds.

Behind Garner, Larry Ball Jr. was in pursuit the entire distance. David Hall came home third after a late run by Nate Van Haaften, who was fourth. Dennis Moore Jr. climbed his way to fifth after transferring through the B main. Matt Moro, Lee Grosz, Humston, Casey Friedrichsen and Josh Higday rounded out the top ten.

“It wasn‟t easy,” said Garner whose #40 was powered by a Parker Engine. “This was only the second time I‟ve race this year. I still made several mistakes. I just want to thank God for us being here. I have a number of guys helping me right now…Al Parker with the engines, Lynton Jeffrey helped us with our shocks today, Wayne Johnson is like a teammate right now…Sammy Swindell too. I‟m just the lucky one who gets to stand up here with the trophy.”

In addition to quick time, Wayne Johnson won the first heat. Larry Ball Jr. and Van Haaften took the other heats, while Jamie Ball won the B.

The 410, 360 and 305 sprints will be back in action next week for Slideways Karting Center/Pella Printing Night!

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order, 1 lap): 1. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (18) 14.977; 2. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (13) 14.985; 3. 1z, Jessica Zemken, Sprakers, NY (4) 15.060; 4. 14, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (11) 15.069; 5. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (12) 15.109; 6. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (6) 15.122; 7. 16, Travis Whitney, Coon Rapids, MN (3) 15.233; 8. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (1) 15.259; 9. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (39) 15.317; 10. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (41) 15.402; 11. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (5) 15.463; 12. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (36) 15.470; 13. 17B, Bill Balog, Eau Claire, WI (38) 15.507; 14. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (32) 15.546; 15. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (21) 15.556; 16. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (23) 15.605; 17. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (42) 15.625; 18. 6, Danny Heskin, St. Michael, MN (43) 15.659; 19. 02, Mike Reinke, Howards Grove, WI (9) 15.685; 20. 2w, Scott Neitzel, Beaver Dam, WI (10) 15.690; 21. 2L, Logan Forler, Lake Havasu City, AZ (31) 15.704; 22. 98, JD Johnson, Goddard, KS (24) 15.723; 23. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (28) 15.746; 24. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (14) 15.755; 25. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (25) 15.757; 26. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (33) 15.759; 27. 56JC, Johnn Cressman, Sioux Falls, SD (19) 15.807; 28. 23w, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN (27) 15.846; 29. 21x, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (37) 15.971; 30. 23K, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (2) 16.086; 31. 53w, Bill Wirth, Cudahy, WI (7) 16.164; 32. 14AJ, Wayne Modjeski, Oak Creek, WI (8) 16.185; 33. 23, Russel Borland, Kewaskum, WI (17) 16.237; 34. 4B, Scott Biertzer, West Bend, WI (22) 16.252; 35. 10V, Matt Vandervere, Zion, IL (20) 16.435; 36. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (34) 16.447; 37. 95, Bill Warren, Beaver Dam, WI (35) 16.459; 38. 41, Kris Spitz, Salem, WI (15) 16.613; 39. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (16) 16.976; 40. 94, Brandon Thone, Sheboygan, WI (40) 17.222; 41. 1H, Butch Koziol, Lamberton, MN (30) 18.852; 42. 19K, Todd King, Sheboygan Falls, WI (29) 26.941; 43. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (26) NT.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:08.1: 1. Kevin Swindell (4) 2. Logan Forler (1) 3. Robby Wolfgang (2) 4. Bill Balog (3) 5. Joey Moughan (6) / 6. Josh Schneiderman (10) 7. Bill Warren (8) 8. Russel Borland (7) 9. Bob Weuve (11) 10. Butch Koziol (9) 11. Rager Phillips (5)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:09.7: 1. Davey Heskin (4) 2. Dusty Zomer (3) 3. Danny Heskin (2) 4. Terry McCarl (5) 5. JD Johnson (1) / 6. Ryan Bunton (7) 7. Ryan Anderson (6) 8. Rob Kubli (8) 9. Scott Biertzer (9) 10. Kris Spitz (10) DNS – Todd King

Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:11.0: 1. Danny Lasoski (3) 2. Mike Moore (1) 3. Dustin Selvage (4) 4. Jessica Zemken (6) 5. Mike Reinke (2) / 6. Travis Whitney (5) 7. Matt Vandervere (7) 8. Bill Wirth (8) 9. AJ Moeller (9) DNS – Johnn Cressman

Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:07.7: 1. Donny Schatz (6) 2. Brian Brown (1) 3. Don Droud Jr. (4) 4. Austin McCarl (5) 5. Scott Neitzel (2) / 6. Mark Dobmeier (3) 7. Lynton Jeffrey (9) 8. Scott Winters (7) 9. Wayne Modjeski (8) 10. Brandon Thone (10)

B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Mark Dobmeier (4) 2. Ryan Anderson (1) 3. Josh Schneiderman (3) 4. Scott Winters (8) / 5. Travis Whitney (2) 6. Lynton Jeffrey (15) 7. Johnn Cressman (7) 8. Bob Weuve (5) 9. Wayne Modjeski (11) 10. Ryan Bunton (6) 11. Bill Wirth (10) 12. Russel Borland (12) 13. Scott Biertzer (13) 14. Bill Warren (16) 15. Matt Vandervere (14) 16. Brandon Thone (19) 17. Kris Spitz (17) 18. AJ Moeller (18) 19. Rob Kubli (9) DNS – Butch Koziol, Rager Phillips, Todd King, Mark Johnson

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Dusty Zomer (3) 2. Danny Lasoski (2) 3. Davey Heskin (7) 4. Don Droud Jr. (5) 5. Terry McCarl (9) 6. Dustin Selvage (6) 7. Brian Brown (19) 8. Jessica Zemken (11) 9. Mark Dobmeier (2) 10. Austin McCarl (8) 11. Bill Balog (4) 12. Mike Reinke (14) 13. Ryan Anderson (22) 14. Robby Wolfgang (1) 15. Scott Winters (24) 16. Logan Forler (16) 17. Kevin Swindell (12) 18. JD Johnson (17) 19. Scott Neitzel (15) 20. Josh Schneiderman (23) 21. Donny Schatz (10) 22. Joey Moughan (20) 23. Danny Heskin (13) 24. Mike Moore (18). Lap Leaders: Lasoski 1-19, Zomer 20.

360 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 38, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA, 16.127; 2. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 16.320; 3. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE, 16.329; 4. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, 16.372; 5. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 16.408; 6. 28, Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia, MO, 16.431; 7. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA, 16.432; 8. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA, 16.444; 9. 12, Rod Richards, Van Meter, IA, 16.469; 10. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA, 16.490; 11. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 16.490; 12. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 16.538; 13. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.564; 14. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA, 16.598; 15. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA, 16.661; 16. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.665; 17. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND, 16.680; 18. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA, 16.701; 19. 5, Dave Glennon, Casselton, ND, 16.717; 20. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA, 16.727; 21. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA, 16.738; 22. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.796; 23. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 16.797; 24. 86, Kyle Bellm, Nixa, MO, 16.861; 25. 10x, Mike Trent, Rocheport, MO, 16.882; 26. 47T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA, 16.991; 27. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL, 17.007; 28. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO, 17.270; 29. 12x, Frank Rogers, Lucas, IA, 17.488; 30. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA, NT; 31. 21c, Justyn Cox, Clarksburg, CA, NT.

Heat one (started), 7 laps, NT: 1. Wayne Johnson (6) 2. Clint Garner (2) 3. Matt Moro (4) 4. Russ Hall (1) 5. Tom Lenz (5) / 6. Tyler Groenendyk (3) 7. Dave Glennon (7) 8. Mike Trent (9) 9. Chad Heimbaugh (8) 10. Alan Zoutte (11) 11. Ricky Montgomery (10)

Heat two (started), 7 laps, 1:58.1: 1. Larry Ball Jr. (2) 2. Lee Grosz (1) 3. David Hall (3) 4. Casey Friedrichsen (6) 5. Jon Agan (5) / 6. Jamie Ball (4) 7. Josh Higday (7) 8. Tasker Phillips (8) 9. Tony Shilling (9) 10. Frank Rogers (10) Heat three (started), 7 laps, 1:58.3: 1. Nate Van Haaften (1) 2. Joe Beaver (2) 3. Jonathan Cornell (3) 4. Chad Humston (6) 5. Rod Richards (4) / 6. Jarrod Schneiderman (5) 7. Dennis Moore Jr. (9) 8. Kyle Bellm (8) 9. Jimmy Davies (7) DNS - Justyn Cox

B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Jamie Ball (1) 2. Dennis Moore Jr. (3) 3. Josh Higday (5) 4. Jarrod Schneiderman (6) 5. Mike Trent (10) / 6. Dave Glennon (4) 7. Kyle Bellm (9) 8. Tasker Phillips (8) 9. Chad Heimbaugh (7) 10. Jimmy Davies (12) 11. Ricky Montgomery (11) 12. Tyler Groenendyk (2) 13. Frank Rogers (14) 14. Alan Zoutte (13) DNS - Tony Shilling, Justyn Cox

A main (started), 15 laps, 4:13.0 (NTR): 1. Clint Garner (2) 2. Larry Ball Jr. (1) 3. David Hall (4) 4. Nate Van Haaften (3) 5. Dennis Moore Jr. (17) 6. Matt Moro (6) 7. Lee Grosz (15) 8. Chad Humston (10) 9. Casey Friedrichsen (11) 10. Josh Higday (18) 11. Mike Trent (20) 12. Jarrod Schneiderman (19) 13. Russ Hall (14) 14. Joe Beaver (13) 15. Rod Richards (5) 16. Jonathan Cornell (7) 17. Jon Agan (8) 18. Tom Lenz (9) 19. Wayne Johnson (12) 20. Jamie Ball (16). Lap Leader: Garner 1-15.

5/14

Rain Claims Races

Saturday, May 14, 2011 Rain and cold weather have combined for a situation that has forced the cancellation of Slideways Karting Center/Pella Printing Night at the Knoxville Raceway. Join us next week, May 21st for 410, 360, and 305 sprint cars plus Dirt Trucks.

5/21

Rain

5/28

Lasoski Notches #95 on Pella Corporation Night! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, May 28, 2011 – This Memorial Day weekend has been memorable for Danny Lasoski, and he notched career win #95 at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday‟s Pella Corporation night. The win paid him $3,000, which he also garnered on Friday night racing to a win in Nebraska. Jon Agan won the 360 feature, while veteran, Mitchell Alexander won for the first time ever at Knoxville in the 305 class.

Lasoski started outside the front row alongside Josh Schneiderman in the 20-lap event. The dry-slick track saw a number of cautions, and a number of chargers through the field. The yellow flag periods allowed little time in lap traffic for Lasoski, who led from flag to flag.

Rager Phillips, who turned over after contact from Mike Moore in his heat race, returned to qualify through the B main, but he spun on lap three, and later was collected when Lynton Jeffrey got sideways. He would be a “Hard Luck” Award winner, if it existed.

Dusty Zomer, who suffered motor ills in qualifying and made a change, stormed from 20th to 11th in the first three circuits. Lasoski led Dustin Selvage, Mark Dobmeier, Bronson Maeschen and Schneiderman at that point. Dobmeier moved by Selvage into second on lap five, before Selvage found himself backwards on the backstretch on the following lap. Ryan Bunton exited at the same time for a motor failure.

Lasoski led Dobmeier, Maeschen, a charging Shane Stewart and Davey Heskin on the lap six restart. One more lap was in the books, when John Cressman flipped inside of turn one. He was uninjured. Zomer, who won here on May 7, had worked his way up to sixth at that point. After the green fell again, Stewart tussled with Maeschen for the third spot, but could not gain it.

A stopped Mike Houseman Jr. slowed things with eleven laps down, bringing the final slowdown. The last nine laps were furious, but no one could contend with Lasoski. Dobmeier was a steady second, ahead of Maeschen and Stewart the rest of the way. Zomer moved into the top five, but a bobble with four laps to go, allowed a surging Brandon Wimmer to complete the top five.

Zomer, Heskin, Terry McCarl, Wayne Johnson and Mike Moore rounded out the top ten. McCarl set quick time over the field and won his heat. Logan Forler, Josh Higday and Wimmer took the other heats, while Phillips won the B.

“We‟ve just been really fortunate to start up front,” said Lasoski. “As tough as the competition is here, being on the front row is an asset. One of these days, we‟ll start twelfth, and we‟ll see what we have then.”

Jon Agan started on the pole of the 15-lap 360 feature, and shot in front of fellow front row starter, Russ Hall, and Chad Humston at the drop of the green. By lap four, Dennis Moore Jr. had moved past Humston into third and that order stayed intact until a lap eight caution for wing debris from the mount of defending track champion, Clint Garner, who was running sixth. Garner went to the work area, where the crew removed the left side panel. He would restart at the tail.

Agan led Russ Hall, Moore, Humston and Matt Moro back to green flag racing. Moore made a move on Hall into second, but could do nothing with Agan, who picked up his fifth career Knoxville win. Hall held onto third, followed by Humston and Moro.

Billy Alley was sixth, followed by Jarrod Schneiderman, Larry Ball Jr., Nate Van Haaften and Joe Beaver. Alley, Van Haaften and Beaver all moved forward seven spots in the event. Garner set quick time over the field, while Humston, Tom Lenz and Randy Smith took the heat races. “You never know where the cars around you are at,” Agan said. “You don‟t know if they are lapped cars or what. You just try to keep it wound up, keep the momentum up, keep it straight and run as hard as you can. This is the same motor I had when I came back in ‟08. It runs great come feature time. We destroyed our new car in the accident a few weeks back. Obviously, (this car) loves being back on the racetrack.”

Mitchell Alexander won his first ever feature at the Knoxville Raceway in the 305 class in a crazy event. Kevin Hetrick, making his initial appearance at the Knoxville Raceway, led the first lap before second row starter, Chad Huston took over on lap two. The 12-lap feature went non-stop until a lap eight tangle involving Mark Van Haaften and Marty Stephenson that resulted in both cars tumbling in turn one. No one was injured.

The restart with four laps to go, saw Hetrick briefly take the lead on the backstretch before Huston took command again. Tasker Phillips was making his way forward as well, having moved up to fourth behind Alexander. Keith Carlberg came to a stop in turn four on the white flag lap. That set up an unusual chain of events.

Huston was obviously having motor issues under caution, and when the green dropped, he had little power that resulted in a chain reaction accident at the cone. Hetrick lost his right front tire, while fourth running, Phillips made heavy contact with the infield wall. Both were unhurt. Somehow, Alexander escaped unscathed. He inherited the lead and led the green, white, checker finish to record the win over J Kinder, Jamie Ball, Carson McCarl and Alan Ambers.

Bart Friedrichsen, Bob Hildreth, Cody Ambers and Cale Hutchings rounded out the cars still running. Huston and Hetrick took the heats.

“I hate to win that way, but a win is a win,” said Alexander. “It‟s been a long time, and I‟m glad I finally got one here at Knoxville. We‟ve changed a few things this year, and I hope we get a lot more of these.”

National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum induction weekend is next week, and it‟s a big week for the 360‟s as well. They will run two point races including Friday night, June 3, in conjunction with the 19th Annual Masters Classic. On Saturday, June 4, all three sprint divisions will be in action for Koopman Roofing and Insulation Night. The 360 winner will receive $2,000 on Saturday.

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order, 1 lap): 1. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (20) 15.298; 2. 38, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (15) 15.383; 3. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (14) 15.440; 4. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (2) 15.481; 5. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (5) 15.610; 6. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (11) 15.614; 7. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (29) 15.640; 8. 13v, Seth Brahmer, Wisner, NE (10) 15.651; 9. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (9) 15.707; 10. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (19) 15.734; 11. 81, Austin Johnson, Shakopee, MN (24) 15.761; 12. 7TW, Brandon Wimmer, Fairmount, IN (1) 15.762; 13. 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (12) 15.785; 14. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (18) 15.858; 15. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (17) 15.890; 16. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (23) 15.935; 17. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (21) 15.946; 18. 2L, Logan Forler, Lake Havasu City, AZ (27) 15.965; 19. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (31) 15.968; 20. 56JC, Johnn Cressman, Sioux Falls, SD (8) 15.973; 21. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (25) 15.998; 22. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (7) 16.012; 23. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (30) 16.029; 24. 4, Jon Corbin, Carrollton, MO (16) 16.047; 25. 6, Danny Heskin, St. Michael, MN (26) 16.093; 26. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (4) 16.140; 27. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (3) 16.168; 28. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (22) 16.174; 29. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (28) 16.265; 30. 23K, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (6) 16.376; 31. 98, JD Johnson, Goddard, KS (13) 16.509; 32. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (32) NT. Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:08.6: 1. Terry McCarl (6) 2. Shane Stewart (3) 3. Mike Moore (1) 4. Dustin Selvage (5) 5. Bob Weuve (2) / 6. Danny Heskin (7) 7. Robby Wolfgang (8) 8. Rager Phillips (4)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:11.3: 1. Logan Forler (2) 2. Ryan Anderson (3) 3. Wayne Johnson (6) 4. Mark Dobmeier (5) 5. Josh Schneiderman (4) / 6. AJ Moeller (1) 7. Ryan Bunton (7) 8. Rob Kubli (8)

Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:12.4: 1. Josh Higday (2) 2. Davey Heskin (6) 3. Lynton Jeffrey (3) 4. Don Droud Jr. (1) 5. Danny Lasoski (5) / 6. Austin McCarl (7) 7. JD Johnson (8) 8. Austin Johnson (4)

Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:14.0: 1. Brandon Wimmer (4) 2. Johnn Cressman (2) 3. Bronson Maeschen (6) 4. Dusty Zomer (7) 5. Jon Corbin (1) / 6. Seth Brahmer (5) 7. Mike Houseman Jr. (3)

B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Rager Phillips (2) 2. Mike Houseman Jr. (4) 3. Austin McCarl (8) 4. Ryan Bunton (7) / 5. JD Johnson (9) 6. AJ Moeller (5) 7. Rob Kubli (10) 8. Austin Johnson (3) 9. Seth Brahmer (1) 10. Danny Heskin (6)

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (2) 2. Mark Dobmeier (3) 3. Bronson Maeschen (5) 4. Shane Stewart (10) 5. Brandon Wimmer (9) 6. Dusty Zomer (20) 7. Davey Heskin (6) 8. Terry McCarl (8) 9. Wayne Johnson (7) 10. Mike Moore (17) 11. Austin McCarl (23) 12. Josh Schneiderman (1) 13. Ryan Anderson (11) 14. Don Droud Jr. (18) 15. Logan Forler (14) 16. Josh Higday (15) 17. Jon Corbin (19) 18. Dustin Selvage (4) 19. Mike Houseman Jr. (22) 20. Lynton Jeffrey (12) 21. Rager Phillips (21) 22. Johnn Cressman (16) 23. Ryan Bunton (24) 24. Bob Weuve (13). Lap Leader: Lasoski 1-20. Hard Charger: Zomer.

360 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 15.974; 2. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA, 16.038; 3. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA, 16.282; 4. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 16.344; 5. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA, 16.354; 6. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 16.416; 7. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE, 16.450; 8. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA, 16.482; 9. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.550; 10. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 16.572; 11. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 16.579; 12. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA, 16.587; 13. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO, 16.722; 14. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, 16.811; 15. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.819; 16. 22, Billy Alley, Bennett, NE, 16.829; 17. 5, Dave Glennon, Casselton, ND, 16.894; 18. 2, Randy Smith, Mt. Ayr, IA, 16.932; 19. 12, Rod Richards, Van Meter, IA, 16.970; 20. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL, 16.986; 21. 47T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA, 16.987; 22. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 17.020; 23. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA, 17.206; 24. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA, 17.246; 25. 7s, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA, NT.

Heat one (started), 7 laps, NT: 1. Chad Humston (2) 2. Clint Garner (4) 3. Billy Alley (1) 4. Ricky Montgomery (8) 5. Rod Richards (7) / 6. Nate Van Haaften (4, penalized two spots for restart jump) 7. Casey Friedrichsen (3) 8. Tasker Phillips (6) DNS - Tim St. Arnold

Heat two (started), 7 laps, 1:57.1: 1. Tom Lenz (2) 2. Dennis Moore Jr. (4) 3. Matt Moro (6) 4. Jon Agan (3) 5. Larry Ball Jr. (5) / 6. Dave Glennon (1) 7. Tyler Groenendyk (8) 8. Jimmy Davies (7)

Heat three (started), 7 laps, NT: 1. Randy Smith (1) 2. Russ Hall (4) 3. David Hall (5) 4. Chad Heimbaugh (2) 5. Jarrod Schneiderman (3) / 6. Joe Beaver (6) 7. Tony Shilling (7) 8. Alan Zoutte (8)

B main (started), 10 laps, 2:51.5: 1. Nate Van Haaften (2) 2. Joe Beaver (1) 3. Casey Friedrichsen (3) 4. Dave Glennon (4) 5. Tony Shilling (6) / 6. Tyler Groenendyk (8) 7. Alan Zoutte (7) 8. Jimmy Davies (5) DNS - Tasker Phillips.

A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Jon Agan (1) 2. Dennis Moore Jr. (3) 3. Russ Hall (2) 4. Chad Humston (4) 5. Matt Moro (7) 6. Billy Alley (13) 7. Jarrod Schneiderman (9) 8. Larry Ball Jr. (6) 9. Nate Van Haaften (16) 10. Joe Beaver (17) 11. Chad Heimbaugh (12) 12. Ricky Montgomery (10) 13. Randy Smith (14) 14. Tony Shilling (20) 15. Dave Glennon (19) 16. Tom Lenz (11) 17. Clint Garner (8) 18. Casey Friedrichsen (18) 19. David Hall (5) 20. Rod Richards (15). Lap Leader: Agan 1-15. Hard-charger: Beaver.

305 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 17.135; 2. 97, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA, 17.391; 3. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA, 17.409; 4. 33, Mark Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 17.467; 5. 7c, Chad Huston, Jamesport, MO, 17.655; 6. 93A, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 17.876; 7. 29, Bart Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 17.883; 8. 53, Kevin Hetrick, Gladstone, IL, 17.884; 9. 87, Cale Hutchings, Bloomfield, IA, 17.901; 10. R99, Nick Ross, Oskaloosa, IA, 17.925; 11. 92c, Cody Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 17.951; 12. 88, J Kinder, Holt‟s Summit, MO, 18.038; 13. 2, Steve Palmer, Des Moines, IA, 18.051; 14. 36, Marty Stephenson, Mitchellville, IA, 18.206; 15. 16c, Casie Shilling, Knoxville, IA, 18.233; 16. 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA, 18.391; 17. 21, Keith Carlberg, Webster City, IA, 18.705; 18. 55, Matt Stephenson, Altoona, IA, 42.790; 19. 12, TJ Peterson, Des Moines, IA, NT; DQ (Weight), 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA.

Heat one (started), 6 laps, 1:46.2: 1. Chad Huston (2) 2. Tasker Phillips (4) 3. Bart Friedrichsen (1) 4. Mitchell Alexander (3) 5. Cody Ambers (6) 6. Steve Palmer (7) 7. Cale Hutchings (5) 8. Keith Carlberg (8) DNS - Casie Shilling, TJ Peterson

Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:48.0: 1. Kevin Hetrick (1) 2. Carson McCarl (4) 3. Alan Ambers (2) 4. J Kinder (6) 5. Jamie Ball (7) 6. Mark Van Haaften (3) 7. Marty Stephenson (5) 8. Bob Hildreth (8) DNS - Nick Ross, Matt Stephenson

A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Mitchell Alexander (6) 2. J Kinder (11) 3. Jamie Ball (16) 4. Carson McCarl (7) 5. Alan Ambers (3) 6. Bart Friedrichsen (2) 7. Bob Hildreth (14) 8. Cody Ambers (10) 9. Cale Hutchings (9) 10. Chad Huston (4) 11. Kevin Hetrick (1) 12. Tasker Phillips (8) 13. Keith Carlberg (15) 14. Steve Palmer (12) 15. Marty Stephenson (13) 16. Mark Van Haaften (5) DNS – Nick Ross, Matt Stephenson, Casie Shilling, TJ Peterson. Lap Leaders: Hetrick 1, Huston 2-11, Alexander 12-13.

6/3

Wright Wins Masters Classic before His Enshrinement, Brown Scores in 360‟s! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, June 3, 2011 – Gary Wright kicked off his special weekend with a resounding win in the 19th Annual Masters Classic at the Knoxville Raceway on Friday night. The Hooks, Texas driver will be enshrined on Saturday in the Naitonal Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum. Wright‟s 22-lap $2,000 win was registered in a track record time of 6:50.3, shattering the old mark set by Rick Ferkel in 1995 by over sixty-four seconds. The win came aboard the BDS Motorsports #38 Maxim, usually piloted by Wayne Johnson.

1984 track champion Mackie Heimbaugh held the advantage from his starting spot outside of row one for the first six laps. Mike Peters and Wright moved into third and fourth behind Terry Alexander by lap three, and two laps later they were in pursuit of the leader.

Peters was the first to strike, gaining the point on lap seven. It was short-lived as four laps later, Wright could take over for good and extend his lead in the non-stop affair. “I have to thank Bryan (Sumby) and Wayne (Johnson) for getting this extra car together,” said Wright in Victory Lane. “It was a lot of work. The racecar was great. It would roll around wherever I wanted to go. I‟ve been racing Mike Peters since the 1980‟s, so I knew he would be hard to catch, but I just found a good line.”

Concerning his induction into the Hall of Fame, Wright stated, “It‟s pretty special. When I started doing this back in 1981, I never thought I would be in a place like that. I‟m tickled to death. I do appreciate it so much. It‟s going to be great!”

Wright was followed by Peters, Heimbaugh, Alexander and Steve Wares. Roland Johnson, TJ Giddings, Kenny Williams, Jimmy Davies and Bill Smith rounded out the top ten. Giddings set quick time, while Heimbaugh and Wright were heat winners.

A star-studded 41-car field showed for the 360 Knoxville Championship Cup Series side of the card. In the end, Brian Brown notched his tenth career 360 win at Knoxville, leading all fifteen circuits.

Brown shot out early, while Dennis Moore Jr. followed him into second. Defending track champion, Clint Garner, was up to second by the third lap and in pursuit of Brown. At the halfway point, Brown led Garner, Moore Jr., Jack Dover and Jon Agan. Wayne Johnson was up to seventh from his 16th starting spot.

Johnson continued his surge and was into the top five when the only caution of the event was shown for a spun Nate Van Haaften, who had been running eighth, with two laps to go. The green, white, checker, finish saw Brown leading Garner, Moore Jr., Dover and Johnson back to green.

Brown maintained his advantage in the Brian Brown Racing #21 with clean air ahead to register the victory. Garner held on for a solid second. Dover advanced to third, while Johnson used a last corner pass to grab fourth and hard-charger honors. Moore Jr. rounded out the top five, while Chad Humston, Davey Heskin, Agan, quick timer Bronson Maeschen and Matt Moro rounded out the top ten finishers.

“I dedicate this win to my Uncle Danny (Lasoski) who is going into the Hall of Fame tomorrow,” said Brown from Victory Lane. “If it wasn‟t for he and my Grandpa George, there wouldn‟t be a Brian Brown racing here tonight. He‟s over in the Hall of Fame watching. He‟s taught me everything I know. Hopefully, he teaches me everything he knows someday. The Dunkin family gets a bad rap when the track isn‟t right, but they get it right nine times out of ten, and tonight was perfect.”

Dover, Tasker Phillips, Heskin and Brown were heat winners. C main leader, Ryan Roberts suffered heavy damage when tangling with the spun lapped machine of Justin Giddings. He was uninjured. Dustin Selvage, who suffered problems during qualifying took the C main, hile Maeschen won the B.

Saturday night, June 4, is Koopman Roofing & Insulation Night at Knoxville. All three Lucas Oil Knoxville Championship Cup Series sprint car classes will be in action, so don‟t miss it! Masters Classic Results

Masters Time Trials (Qualifying Order, 2 laps): 1. 98, TJ Giddings, San Antonio, TX (4) 16.411; 2. 38, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (6) 16.668; 3. 2, Randy Smith, Mt. Ayr, IA (8) 16.795; 4. 10, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (13) 16.798; 5. 7K, Roland Johnson, Tampa, FL (3) 16.859; 6. 51, Mike Peters, Wichita, KS (14) 16.899; 7. 04, Mackie Heimbaugh, Des Moines, IA (9) 16.982; 8. 77, Terry Alexander, Knoxville, IA (12) 17.025; 9. 48, David Brown, Marshall, MO (1) 17.152; 10. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL (10) 17.411; 11. 9mx, Dale McCarty, Eldorado Springs, MO (7) 17.451; 12. 33K, Kenny Williams, Knoxville, IA (11) 17.627; 13. 33, Bill Smith, Rushmore, MN (2) 18.087; 14. 61, Earnest Jennings, Norman, OK (5) 18.801.

Heat one (started), 6 laps, 1:46.7: 1. Mackie Heimbaugh (1) 2. Roland Johnson (2) 3. Randy Smith (3) 4. TJ Giddings (4) 5. Dale McCarty (6) 6. David Brown (5) 7. Bill Smith (7)

Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:46.6: 1. Gary Wright (4) 2. Mike Peters (2) 3. Terry Alexander (1) 4. Steve Wares (3) 5. Jimmy Davies (5) 6. Kenny Williams (6) 7. Earnest Jennings (7)

Masters Classic (started), 22 laps, 6:50.3 (NTR): 1. Gary Wright (7) 2. Mike Peters (3) 3. Mackie Heimbaugh (2) 4. Terry Alexander (1) 5. Steve Wares (5) 6. Roland Johnson (4) 7. TJ Giddings (8) 8. Kenny Williams (12) 9. Jimmy Davies (10) 10. Bill Smith (13) 11. Earnest Jennings (14) 12. Dale McCarty (11) 13. David Brown (9) 14. Randy Smith (6). Lap Leaders: Heimbaugh 1-6, Peters 7-10, Wright 11-22.

360 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA, 15.901; 2. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 15.974; 3. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE, 16.007; 4. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA, 16.167; 5. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA, 16.189; 6. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA, 16.199; 7. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 16.208; 8. 56JC, Johnn Cressman, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.221; 9. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.225; 10. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA, 16.287; 11. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 16.299; 12. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA, 16.327; 13. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA, 16.337; 14. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 16.349; 15. 11x, Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.351; 16. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO, 16.355; 17. 53x, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE, 16.384; 18. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 16.391; 19. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN, 16.403; 20. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA, 16.406; 21. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.410; 22. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 16.412; 23. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, 16.468; 24. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA, 16.470; 25. 38, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA, 16.522; 26. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.546; 27. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND, 16.546; 28. 51x, Mike Peters, Wichita, KS, 16.555; 29. 22, Billy Alley, Bennett, NE, 16.561; 30. 2L, Logan Forler, Lake Havasu City, AZ, 16.569; 31. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO, 16.585; 32. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE, 16.647; 33. 98, JD Johnson, Wichita, KS, 16.682; 34. 9, Cody Baker, Lone Jack, MO, 16.769; 35. 5, Dave Glennon, Casselton, ND, 16.822; 36. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA, 16.904; 37. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL, 17.119; 38. 12, Rod Richards, Van Meter, IA, 17.232; 39. 23, Justin Giddings, Kansas City, KS, 17.417; 40. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA, 17.747; 41. 21A, Dustin Beenken, Sheldon, IA, 17.961.

Heat one (started), 7 laps, 1:59.5: 1. Jack Dover (2) 2. Robby Wolfgang (1) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. (3) 4. Wayne Johnson (7) / 5. Bronson Maeschen (6) 6. Russ Hall (4) 7. Tyler Groenendyk (5) 8. JD Johnson (9) 9. Jimmy Davies (10) 10. Dustin Beenken (11) 11. Billy Alley (8)

Heat two (started), 7 laps, 1:58.2: 1. Tasker Phillips (2) 2. David Hall (1) 3. Nate Van Haaften (3) 4. Clint Garner (6) / 5. Matt Moro (5) 6. Jamie Ball (4) 7. Logan Forler (8) 8. Chad Heimbaugh (7) 9. Cody Baker (9) 10. Rod Richards (10)

Heat three (started), 7 laps, NT: 1. Davey Heskin (2) 2. Jon Agan (4) 3. Tom Lenz (1) 4. Chad Humston (6) / 5. Gregg Bakker (3) 6. Casey Friedrichsen (5) 7. Lee Grosz (7) 8. Ricky Montgomery (8) 9. Dave Glennon (9) 10. Justin Giddings (10)

Heat four (started), 7 laps, 1:58.9: 1. Brian Brown (3) 2. Josh Higday (2) 3. Jarrod Schneiderman (1) 4. Joe Beaver (4) / 5. Dustin Selvage (10) 6. Larry Ball Jr. (6) 7. Mike Peters (7) 8. Ryan Roberts (8) 9. Johnn Cressman (5) 10. Alan Zoutte (9)

C main (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Dustin Selvage (9) 2. JD Johnson (2) / 3. Cody Baker (3) 4. Alan Zoutte (5) 5. Dave Glennon (4) 6. Rod Richards (7) 7. Jimmy Davies (6) 8. Ryan Roberts (1) 9. Justin Giddings (8) 10. Dustin Beenken (10)

B main (started), 10 laps, 2:54.3: 1. Bronson Maeschen (1) 2. Matt Moro (4) 3. Larry Ball Jr. (2) 4. Russ Hall (7) / 5. Casey Friedrichsen (5) 6. Johnn Cressman (6) 7. Tyler Groenendyk (3) 8. Gregg Bakker (9) 9. Dustin Selvage (14) 10. Logan Forler (12) 11. JD Johnson (16) 12. Ricky Montgomery (15) 13. Jamie Ball (8) 14. Lee Grosz (11) 15. Chad Heimbaugh (10) 16. Billy Alley (13) DNS – Mike Peters

A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Brian Brown (2) 2. Clint Garner (8) 3. Jack Dover (1) 4. Wayne Johnson (16) 5. Dennis Moore Jr. (4) 6. Chad Humston (7) 7. Davey Heskin (10) 8. Jon Agan (6) 9. Bronson Maeschen (17) 10. Matt Moro (18) 11. Josh Higday (11) 12. Russ Hall (20) 13. Joe Beaver (5) 14. Tasker Phillips (9) 15. Robby Wolfgang (12) 16. David Hall (13) 17. Jarrod Schneiderman (15) 18. Tom Lenz (14) 19. Larry Ball Jr. (19) 20. Nate Van Haaften (3). Lap Leader: Brown 1-15. Hard-charger: W. Johnson.

6/4

Terry McCarl Scores Win #50 At Knoxville With Late Surge! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, June 4, 2011 – Terry McCarl used a late race surge to pass Danny Lasoski and record win #50 in his career at the Knoxville Raceway. The win was even more special as Terry‟s son Austin, finished in the third spot. Jon Agan scored his second win of the season, and sixth in his career at Knoxville in the 360 class, and Jamie Ball scored his first career sprint car win in the 305 class.

Lasoski shot around front row starters, Austin McCarl and Bronson Maeschen to start the 20-lap main event. With four laps in the books, the only stoppage of the race occurred when a wreck involving Mike Moore and Josh Higday also collected JD Johnson in turn four. None of the drivers were injured.

Lasoski led Austin McCarl, who was keeping pace with him throughout the race, Terry McCarl, Lynton Jeffrey, Don Droud Jr., and Dusty Zomer, up from eleventh. Austin McCarl used the cushion to stay with the bottom- running Lasoski. Just past the midway point, the young McCarl pulled beside Lasoski, who changed his line to the high side.

Meanwhile, Terry McCarl, who had been passed for third by Lynton Jeffrey, started to find a middle groove on both ends of the famous half-mile. He moved past Jeffrey into third on lap 14, and then dispatched of his son on lap 16. One lap later, he made a rare low pass of Lasoski to maintain the lead for good in the VerMeer Motorsports #55 Eagle Chassis with Don Ott power. “We weren‟t very good when we had that early red,” said the winner. “I had to search and search. We changed our line, and we‟re not paid to finish second. We‟ve come a long way as a team, having just started in late April. You pass Danny on the bottom, and you‟ve done something here…but then again, Lynton Jeffrey passed me on the top. You have nothing to lose back in third. I was just able to find something in the middle. I‟m proud of both my sons, Austin and Carson.”

Lasoski held second, while Austin McCarl completed the podium. Zomer, who had dropped back as far as ninth, came back in much the same fashion as the winner, and grabbed fourth. Quick-timer, Kevin Swindell, Jeffrey, Maeschen, Don Droud Jr., Mark Dobmeier and Dustin Selvage rounded out the top ten.

Dobmeier, Josh Schneiderman and Zomer took the heats. Danny Heskin and Mike Moore were involved in an accident in the second heat, but were uninjured. Heskin was done for the evening.

Larry Ball Jr. shot out to an early advantage in a special $2,000 to win 20-lap feature for the 360 Knoxville Championship Cup Series. Jon Agan started in row four, but was already in a four-way battle for second with Ryan Roberts, Matt Moro, Russ Hall and Dennis Moore Jr. It was Hall who moved into second in the battle.

On lap eight, disaster struck for the leaders, who both ran the bottom. While Roberts was bidding to pass both, Hall got into the back of Ball, and both spun, with Ball tipping over. He was unhurt, but done.

Roberts inherited the lead in front of Agan, Moro, Moore Jr. and Chad Humston. Sixth-running, Clint Garner, who entered the night leading in points, suffered a flat left rear and had to restart at the back of the pack.

Agan pounced on Roberts on the restart and moved to the point in the Agan Motorsports #4. Another pair of cautions late did not slow down Agan, but they did provide some excitement behind him. Austin Alumbaugh broke a rear axle with fourteen laps in the books, and Tasker Phillips got into the turn four wall while running ninth on lap 17. Chad Humston benefited most from the restarts and ended up third behind Agan and Roberts.

Moro was fourth and Jack Dover moved up from row six to complete the top five. Lee Grosz, Garner back from the rear, Gregg Bakker, Joe Beaver and Moore Jr., who appeared to run out of fuel at the completion of the race, completed the top ten.

“I was getting tired of those yellow flags,” said the victor. “This was a lot of laps for us, but I like that. I was just worried about fuel. This feels great, and I can‟t thank everyone here at Knoxville Raceway enough.”

Humston scored quick time, while Beaver, Nate Van Haaften and Dover won heats. Alumbaugh took the B.

It was an exciting night for Jamie Ball in the 305 class. He began the night by setting a new one-lap record for the class, touring the track in 16.925 seconds, besting the record set by Brandon Wimmer in 2008. After winning his heat from row two, he posted outside row three for the feature.

Young Bart Friedrichsen led at the outset and maintained it despite a stoppage by Marty Stephenson on the frontstretch with a lap in the books. In his heat race, Stephenson turned over in turn four, but was unhurt.

Friedrichsen led fellow front row starter, Tasker Phillips, Carson McCarl, Ball, and J Kinder, up from tenth, back to green flag racing. Ball worked by McCarl into third on lap three, and worked by Phillips for second on lap seven. Meanwhile, Friedrichsen was steady up front. Matt Stephenson did a 360 spin and kept it going on lap nine. The yellow was thrown, however, setting up a three-lap dash to the checkers. Friedrichsen maintained his lead, but Ball was right on his nerf bar. Ball calculated his winning pass on the high side, and made it on the last lap going into turn one.

Friedrichsen finished second, followed by Phillips, McCarl and Matthew Stelzer, Kinder, Mitchell Alexander, Steve Palmer and Cody Ambers rounded out the top ten. Ball and Alexander took heat race wins.

“(Friedrichsen) was on the bottom, so the only place I could run was the top,” said Ball. “I finally got the lead in turn two, and I changed my line to the bottom in three and four to keep him behind me.”

Don‟t miss next Friday and Saturday night, June 10 and 11, for the Mediacom Shootout with the taking on the Knoxville regulars! The 305 class will be the companion series on Friday night, while the 360‟s will be running on Saturday!

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order, 1 lap): 1. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (19) 15.651; 2. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (5) 15.987; 3. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (12) 15.997; 4. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (27) 16.035; 5. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (3) 16.148; 6. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (18) 16.282; 7. 98, JD Johnson, Goddard, KS (2) 16.285; 8. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (7) 16.305; 9. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (22) 16.351; 10. 7TW, Brandon Wimmer, Fairmount, IN (13) 16.365; 11. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (25) 16.372; 12. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (14) 16.383; 13. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (8) 16.410; 14. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (23) 16.439; 15. 56JC, Johnn Cressman, Sioux Falls, SD (4) 16.470; 16. 81, Austin Johnson, Shakopee, MN (16) 16.620; 17. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (10) 16.677; 18. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (20) 16.677; 19. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (17) 16.731; 20. 6, Danny Heskin, St. Michael, MN (24) 16.835; 21. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (15) 17.001; 22. 84, Ben Wagoner, Emden, IL (21) 17.006; 23. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (26) 17.006; 24. 23K, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (6) 17.021; 25. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (1) 17.082; 26. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (9) 17.688; 27. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA, NT.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:20.0: 1. Mark Dobmeier (4) 2. Kevin Swindell (8) 3. Brandon Wimmer (5) 4. Rager Phillips (2) 5. Terry McCarl (7) 6. Josh Higday (9) / 7. Ben Wagoner (1) 8. JD Johnson (6) 9. Austin Johnson (3)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Josh Schneiderman (4) 2. Ryan Anderson (5) 3. Don Droud Jr. (6) 4. Bronson Maeschen (7) 5. Lynton Jeffrey (8) 6. Mike Houseman Jr. (3) / 7. Bob Weuve (9) 8. Danny Heskin (2) 9. Mike Moore (1)

Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:20.6: 1. Dusty Zomer (5) 2. Davey Heskin (3) 3. Danny Lasoski (8) 4. Dustin Selvage (6) 5. Austin McCarl (7) 6. AJ Moeller (2) / 7. Rob Kubli (1) 8. Johnn Cressman (4) DNS – Mark Johnson

B main (started), 7 laps, 2:07.9: 1. Johnn Cressman (2) 2. JD Johnson (1) 3. Mike Moore (6) 4. Austin Johnson (3) 5. Bob Weuve (8) 6. Ben Wagoner (5) / 7. Rob Kubli (7) DNS – Danny Heskin, Mark Johnson

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (3) 2. Danny Lasoski (4) 3. Austin McCarl (1) 4. Dusty Zomer (11) 5. Kevin Swindell (6) 6. Lynton Jeffrey (5) 7. Bronson Maeschen (2) 8. Don Droud Jr. (7) 9. Mark Dobmeier (12) 10. Dustin Selvage (8) 11. Josh Schneiderman (13) 12. Davey Heskin (15) 13. Ryan Anderson (10) 14. Bob Weuve (23) 15. Rager Phillips (16) 16. Johnn Cressman (19) 17. Mike Houseman Jr. (14) 18. Austin Johnson (22) 19. Ben Wagoner (24) 20. AJ Moeller (17) 21. Brandon Wimmer (9) 22. Mike Moore (21) 23. Josh Higday (18) 24. JD Johnson (20). Lap Leaders: Lasoski 1-16, T. McCarl 17-20. Hard-Charger: Weuve.

360 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE, 16.207; 2. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.255; 3. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA, 16.322; 4. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE, 16.426; 5. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA, 16.438; 6. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA, 16.576; 7. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 16.622; 8. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 16.637; 9. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.658; 10. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.718; 11. 11x, Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.739; 12. 53x, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE, 16.764; 13. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA, 16.767; 14. 33A, Austin Alumbaugh, Higginsville, MO, 16.775; 15. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 16.811; 16. 51x, Mike Peters, Wichita, KS, 16.821; 17. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 16.866; 18. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.879; 19. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 16.884; 20. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA, 16.966; 21. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND, 16.968; 22. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, 16.989; 23. 7s, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA, 17.067; 24. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA, 17.075; 25. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO, 17.118; 26. 5, Dave Glennon, Casselton, ND, 17.237; 27. 12, Rod Richards, Van Meter, IA, 17.349; 28. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA, 17.494; 29. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL, 17.919; 30. 21A, Dustin Beenken, Sheldon, IA, 18.429.

Heat one (started), 7 laps, 2:04.1: 1. Joe Beaver (2) 2. Chad Humston (6) 3. Jon Agan (4) 4. Ryan Roberts (5) 5. Casey Friedrichsen (7) / 6. Ricky Montgomery (9) 7. Chad Heimbaugh (3) 8. Mike Peters (1) 9. Tom Lenz (8) 10. Alan Zoutte (10)

Heat two (started), 7 laps, 2:05.3: 1. Nate Van Haaften (1) 2. Clint Garner (6) 3. Tasker Phillips (4) 4. Gregg Bakker (3) 5. Matt Moro (5) / 6. Austin Alumbaugh (2) 7. Tyler Groenendyk (7) 8. Dave Glennon (9) 9. Jimmy Davies (10) 10. Tim St. Arnold (8) Heat three (started), 7 laps, NT: 1. Jack Dover (3) 2. Dennis Moore Jr. (6) 3. Russ Hall (4) 4. Larry Ball Jr. (5) 5. Lee Grosz (7) / 6. Robby Wolfgang (1) 7. David Hall (2) 8. Jarrod Schneiderman (8) 9. Rod Richards (9) DNS - Dustin Beenken

B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Austin Alumbaugh (2) 2. David Hall (3) 3. Tyler Groenendyk (6) 4. Chad Heimbaugh (1) 5. Mike Peters (4) / 6. Jarrod Schneiderman (9) 7. Tom Lenz (7) 8. Robby Wolfgang (5) 9. Alan Zoutte (13) 10. Rod Richards (10) 11. Ricky Montgomery (8) 12. Jimmy Davies (12) 13. Dave Glennon (11) DNS - Tim St. Arnold, Dustin Beenken

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Jon Agan (7) 2. Ryan Roberts (3) 3. Chad Humston (6) 4. Matt Moro (2) 5. Jack Dover (11) 6. Lee Grosz (15) 7. Clint Garner (5) 8. Gregg Bakker (10) 9. Joe Beaver (12) 10. Dennis Moore Jr. (4) 11. David Hall (17) 12. Nate Van Haaften (13) 13. Russ Hall (9) 14. Casey Friedrichsen (14) 15. Mike Peters (20) 16. Tyler Groenendyk (18) 17. Chad Heimbaugh (19) 18. Tasker Phillips (8) 19. Austin Alumbaugh (16) 20. Larry Ball Jr. (1). Lap Leaders: Ball Jr. 1-7, Roberts 8, Agan 9-20. Hard-Charger: D. Hall.

305 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA, 16.925 (NTR); 2. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Omaha, NE, 17.294; 3. 97, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA, 17.334; 4. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA, 17.558; 5. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 17.575; 6. 33, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 17.764; 7. 29, Bart Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 17.803; 8. 92c, Cody Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 17.952; 9. 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA, 17.983; 10. 93A, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 18.004; 11. 88, J Kinder, Holt‟s Summit, MO, 18.058; 12. 22, Chris Mallicoat, Boone, IA, 18.063; 13. 2, Steve Palmer, Des Moines, IA, 18.080; 14. 21, Keith Carlberg, Webster City, IA, 18.104; 15. 55, Matt Stephenson, Altoona, IA, 18.163; 16. 87, Cale Hutchings, Bloomfield, IA, 18.356; 17. 12, TJ Peterson, Des Moines, IA, 22.326; DQ (Weight) - 36, Marty Stephenson, Mitchellville, IA.

Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Jamie Ball (4) 2. Carson McCarl (3) 3. Tasker Phillips (2) 4. J Kinder (6) 5. Bart Friedrichsen (1) 6. Matt Stephenson (8) 7. Bob Hildreth (5) 8. Steve Palmer (7) 9. TJ Peterson (9) Heat two (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Mitchell Alexander (3) 2. Matthew Stelzer (4) 3. Alan Ambers (5) 4. Cody Ambers (1) 5. Cale Hutchings (8) 6. Chris Mallicoat (6) 7. Keith Carlberg (7) 8. Marty Stephenson (9) 9. Nate Van Haaften (2)

A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Jamie Ball (6) 2. Bart Friedrichsen (1) 3. Tasker Phillips (2) 4. Carson McCarl (4) 5. Matthew Stelzer (5) 6. J Kinder (10) 7. Mitchell Alexander (3) 8. Steve Palmer (12) 9. Cody Ambers (7) 10. Bob Hildreth (8) 11. Chris Mallicoat (11) 12. Keith Carlberg (13) 13. Matt Stephenson (14) 14. Alan Ambers (9) 15. TJ Peterson (16) 16. Marty Stephenson (15) DNS – Cale Hutchings, Nate Van Haaften. Lap Leaders: Friedrichsen 1-11, Ball 12.

6/10

Rain

6/11

Sammy Swindell Gets Redemption With WoO at Knoxville! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, June 11, 2011 – Sammy Swindell can‟t take back his misfortune in the 50th Anniversary Knoxville Nationals in 2010. He did the next best thing, however, by taking the lead from Jason Sides at the halfway point of Saturday night‟s 25-lap World of Outlaws Mediacom Shootout at Knoxville Raceway and leading the rest of the way to record his 46th career feature victory here. The win came aboard the Big Game Treestands #1 Parker powered Maxim. Dennis Moore Jr. won for the first time in several seasons in the companion 360 class.

The feature got off to a rough start with a pair of separate incidents. At the first drop of the green, Kevin Swindell, Cody Darrah and hit the berm in turn one and turned over. No one was injured, but all were done. The same happened on the next try, when Craig Dollansky and found themselves upside down in the same corner. The third try at green was a charm, as it went non-stop for 25 laps. Pole-sitter, Sides, grabbed the early advantage and pulled away with Jason Meyers and Brooke Tatnell chasing him. Lap eleven was huge for Sammy, who swept by Tatnell and Meyers in turns three and four to grab the runner-up spot.

Three laps later, he worked by Sides in traffic, and the race for second was on behind him. Sides and Meyers traded second on the nineteenth lap in some great race action, but none came close to threatening Sammy, who led the majority of last year‟s Knoxville Nationals before losing a left rear tire.

“You get to stand up here when you lead the last lap,” said Sammy. “Last year, we didn‟t get to do that because we lost a tire. It‟s great for Big Game Treestands, and everyone who is with us. We are learning a lot right now. This team is rock solid.”

“When you are out front, you aren‟t sure where to run,” said Sides, who held on for second. “I was trying to save the tires a bit. Unfortunately, that didn‟t work and we got beat by one of the best in the business.”

Meyers completed the podium. “We had trouble chasing Jason early, and as the fuel load burned off, we had to get the wing back and the car got down on the left rear. We‟ve been really close lately. We‟re getting there, and my guys are working their tails off.”

Donny Schatz passed Tatnell with two to go to snare fourth. Following Tatnell, fast qualifier, , Terry McCarl, Chad Kemenah, and rounded out the top ten. Tatnell, Sides, McCarl and Paul McMahan won the heats. Josh Schneiderman took the B main, while Sides claimed the dash.

A scary crash marred the third heat race when Darrah clipped Josh Higday, taking him out and sending him into a wicked series of flips. No one was injured in the night‟s accidents.

Excitement also ruled the 360 feature on Saturday. Matt Moro led over Russ Hall in the early going. Dennis Moore Jr. was on the move from row three, and took third from Jamie Ball on lap four. Behind him, two-time and defending track champ, Clint Garner, moved into fourth two laps later.

At the halfway point, Moore Jr. put Doc Sloan‟s Moyler powered #D12 into the second with a pass of Hall, and Garner followed him into third. The race appeared to be going green to checker, when Alan Zoutte got upside down in turn two to set a green, white, checker finish. Moro lead Moore Jr., Garner, Humston and Hall back to green flag racing, but another flip, this one from Tasker Phillips, would set up a white-checker finish.

Moro got a good restart, but Moore Jr. sized him up down the backstretch and used the bottom of turns three and four to grab his third career 360 win, and his sixth overall at Knoxville. “I messed up a bit on the first (green, white, checker) restart,” said Moore Jr. “I was able to hit the bottom there in three and four, and I knew I had miles per hour on him. It‟s been a long time. I think I have one win since my injury and that was in California. This is a good thing for the family and for my team. We‟ve got a good car.”

Moro was second, ahead of Garner, Humston and Hall. Jon Agan, Nate Van Haaften, Jamie Ball, hard-charger, Justyn Cox and David Hall rounded out the top ten. Humston posted quick time, while Moore Jr., Van Haaften and Russ Hall took heat wins. Casey Friedrichsen won the B.

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order, 2 laps): 1. 49, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (6) 15.239; 2. 1, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (8) 15.357; 3. 14, Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA (12) 15.396; 4. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (10) 15.402; 5. 6, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (2) 15.468; 6. 9, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (4) 15.487; 7. 5w, Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, PA (13) 15.561; 8. 63, Chad Kemenah, Findlay, OH (27) 15.571; 9. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (1) 15.683; 10. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (7) 15.691; 11. 7x, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (5) 15.713; 12. 92, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary‟s, NSW, Aust. (19) 15.833; 13. 59, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (31) 15.839; 14. 7s, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (9) 15.871; 15. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (22) 15.934; 16. 83, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (26) 15.948; 17. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (25) 15.967; 18. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (35) 16.028; 19. 91, Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA (37) 16.043; 20. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (15) 16.075; 21. 49J, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (21) 16.092; 22. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (34) 16.116; 23. 91x, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (28) 16.163; 24. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (24) 16.165; 25. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (30) 16.229; 26. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (14) 16.314; 27. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (11) 16.439; 28. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (17) 16.550; 29. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (20) 16.611; 30. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (23) 16.699; 31. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (32) 16.878; 32. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (16) 16.902; 33. 56JC, Johnn Cressman, Sioux Falls, SD (18) 16.909; 34. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (29) 17.014; 35. 6R, Bill Rose, Plainfield, IN (33) 36. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (36) 17.457; 37. 1J, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (3) NT.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:14.9: 1. Brooke Tatnell (1) 2. Lynton Jeffrey (2) 3. Brad Sweet (4) 4. Kevin Swindell (5) 5. Kraig Kinser (3) / 6. Steve Kinser (7) 7. Mark Dobmeier (8) 8. Josh Schneiderman (6) DNS – Johnn Cressman, Bronson Maeschen

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:13.9: 1. Jason Sides (1) 2. Sammy Swindell (4) 3. Joey Saldana (3) 4. Danny Lasoski (5) 5. Ryan Anderson (2) / 6. Davey Heskin (6) 7. Brian Brown (8) 8. Rager Phillips (7) DNS – Mike Moore

Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (1) 2. Jason Meyers (4) 3. Dusty Zomer (6) 4. Cody Darrah (5) 5. Dustin Selvage (2) / 6. Lucas Wolfe (3) 7. Don Droud Jr. (7) 8. Bill Rose (9) 9. Josh Higday (8)

Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:16.7: 1. Paul McMahan (1) 2. Chad Kemenah (3) 3. Kerry Madsen (2) 4. Donny Schatz (4) 5. Craig Dollansky (5) / 6. Austin McCarl (7) 7. Mike Houseman Jr. (6) 8. AJ Moeller (8) DNS – Bob Weuve

Dash (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Jason Sides (1) 2. Brooke Tatnell (2) 3. Jason Meyers (6) 4. Sammy Swindell (7) 5. Donny Schatz (5) 6. Brad Sweet (8) 7. Chad Kemenah (4) 8. Terry McCarl (9) 9. Paul McMahan (10) 10. Lynton Jeffrey (3)

B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Josh Schneiderman (2) 2. Steve Kinser (5) 3. Davey Heskin (3) 4. Brian Brown (10) / 5. Mark Dobmeier (9) 6. Don Droud Jr. (7) 7. Bill Rose (13) 8. Austin McCarl (8) 9. Mike Houseman Jr. (12) 10. Rager Phillips (6) 11. Mike Moore (11) 12. Lucas Wolfe (1) 13. Bob Weuve (4) DNS – Josh Higday, AJ Moeller

A main (started), 25 laps, 7:39.9: 1. Sammy Swindell (4) 2. Jason Sides (1) 3. Jason Meyers (3) 4. Donny Schatz (5) 5. Brooke Tatnell (2) 6. Brad Sweet (6) 7. Terry McCarl (8) 8. Chad Kemenah (7) 9. Kraig Kinser (11) 10. Joey Saldana (12) 11. Lynton Jeffrey (10) 12. Paul McMahan (9) 13. Danny Lasoski (17) 14. Mark Dobmeier (26, prov.) 15. Dustin Selvage (14) 16. Dusty Zomer (22) 17. Davey Heskin (23) 18. Brian Brown (24) 19. Josh Schneiderman (20) 20. Ryan Anderson (13) 21. Bill Rose (25, prov.) 22. Kerry Madsen (15) 23. Kevin Swindell (16) 24. Cody Darrah (18) 25. Craig Dollansky (19) 26. Steve Kinser (21) DNS – Lucas Wolfe (prov.). Lap Leaders: Sides 1-13, S. Swindell 14-25. Hard-Charger: Dobmeier.

360 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE, 15.922; 2. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA, 16.054; 3. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 16.119; 4. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.258; 5. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 16.343; 6. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA, 16.349; 7. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA, 16.354; 8. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 16.429; 9. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.453; 10. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA, 16.492; 11. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA, 16.541; 12. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO, 16.647; 13. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL, 16.703; 14. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 16.765; 15. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA, 16.791; 16. 7K, Matt Stephenson, Altoona, IA, 16.793; 17. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.794; 18. 12, Rod Richards, Runnells, IA, 16.809; 19. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 16.860; 20. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA, 16.897; 21. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, 16.984; 22. 80x, CJ Houseman, Des Moines, IA, 16.996; 23. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA, 17.006; 24. 14P, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL, 17.157; DQ (Weight) – 21c, Justyn Cox, Clarksburg, CA.

Heat one (started), 7 laps, 2:02.1: 1. Dennis Moore Jr. (4) 2. Clint Garner (5) 3. Jamie Ball (3) 4. Chad Humston (6) 5. Justyn Cox (9) / 6. Tasker Phillips (7) 7. Jimmy Davies (2) 8. CJ Houseman (8) 9. Matt Stephenson (1)

Heat two (started), 7 laps, 2:00.6: 1. Nate Van Haaften (2) 2. Chad Heimbaugh (1) 3. Jon Agan (4) 4. Matt Moro (3) 5. Larry Ball Jr. (6) / 6. Casey Friedrichsen (5) 7. Jarrod Schneiderman (7) 8. Alan Zoutte (8)

Heat three (started), 7 laps, 2:02.2: 1. Russ Hall (4) 2. Ricky Montgomery (3) 3. Rod Richards (1) 4. David Hall (6) 5. Tyler Groenendyk (5) / 6. Tom Lenz (7) 7. Joe Beaver (2) DNS – Kaley Gharst B main (started), 10 laps, 3:00.6: 1. Casey Friedrichsen (1) 2. Joe Beaver (3) 3. Tasker Phillips (5) 4. Alan Zoutte (9) 5. Jimmy Davies (2) / 6. Tom Lenz (7) 7. Matt Stephenson (4) 8. CJ Houseman (8) 9. Jarrod Schneiderman (6) DNS – Kaley Gharst

A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Dennis Moore Jr. (5) 2. Matt Moro (1) 3. Clint Garner (7) 4. Chad Humston (10) 5. Russ Hall (3) 6. Jon Agan (4) 7. Nate Van Haaften (12) 8. Jamie Ball (2) 9. Justyn Cox (15) 10. David Hall (8) 11. Larry Ball Jr. (9) 12. Casey Friedrichsen (16) 13. Joe Beaver (17) 14. Tyler Groenendyk (6) 15. Chad Heimbaugh (13) 16. Rod Richards (14) 17. Jimmy Davies (20) 18. Tasker Phillips (18) 19. Ricky Montgomery (11) 20. Alan Zoutte (19). Lap Leaders: Moro 1-14, Moore Jr. 15. Hard-Charger: Cox.

6/18

Zomer Zooms for $3,500 at Knoxville Mid-Season Championships! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, June 18, 2011 – Dusty Zomer assumed the lead with four laps to go, when leader, Wayne Johnson, had an oil filter blow off, causing an oil fire. The win at the Knoxville Raceway was Zomer‟s second of the season and seventh in his career. It was worth $3,500 and came at Farm Bureau Mid-Season Championship night. A healthy crowd saw three sensational features, as Matt Moro picked up the win in the 360 class, and Carson McCarl picked up the win with the 305 class.

Five cars were eliminated from the 410 feature before a lap could be completed. The incident sidelined third heat race winner, Johnn Cressman, B main victor, Kaley Gharst, Josh Higday, Mike Houseman Jr., and Jon Corbin, who tipped over. No drivers were injured.

Ryan Anderson shot out from his front row outside starting spot at the outset of the 25-lap event and set a torrid early pace. Pole-sitter, Josh Schneiderman, settled into second, and Austin McCarl and Wayne Johnson moved into third an dfourth on the second go-around.

Rookie AJ Moeller, who took one of the three heat races, got into the turn four wall with eight laps in the books bringing out the first caution of the event. Anderson led Schneiderman, Austin McCarl, Wayne Johnson and Terry McCarl back to green. Johnson shot into third after the restart, and on lap nine put away Schneiderman for the runner-up spot. He continued his charge by taking the lead on the next lap.

It was point leader and quick timer, Danny Lasoski‟s turn on laps 11 and 12 as he moved into third and then second. At the halfway mark, it was Johnson leading Lasoski, Anderson, Schneiderman, and a charging Zomer. Rager Phillips blew a left rear tire with fifteen laps down to slow things again.

On the restart, Johnson shot out to another big lead, and Lasoski had company in Zomer. The two waged a torrid battle for the second spot over five laps. On lap 20, Zomer performed what would prove to be the winning pass. On the next go-around, with 21 laps in the books, Johnson‟s oil filter blew off in turn one, causing a fire that was put out quickly.

Zomer, who also won the first heat, dominated the last four laps, as Lasoski chased him to the checkers. Schneiderman held on for a solid third, ahead of Terry McCarl, and hard-charger, Davey Heskin. Don Droud Jr., Austin McCarl, Bronson Maeschen, Johnny Herrera and Dustin Selvage rounded out the top ten.

Zomer ran out of fuel after crossing the finish line and was eight pounds over the minimum 1400 pound rule. “I heard it blubber the last lap,” he said. “I just wanted to make it one more corner. We were eight pounds over, and I‟m just a little guy, so I didn‟t like that they added 25 pounds to the weight limit this year. This is the best the racetrack has been all year. It allowed us to get here from the fifth row, and it put on a great show for the fans. I hope you all come back next Saturday night!”

The 360 feature event was no less entertaining. After a crash at the outset claimed B main winner, Ryan Roberts (he was uninjured), David Hall shot out from the pole to lead the 20-lap event early. Joe Beaver sized him up to take the lead on lap three. The previous week‟s feature winner, Dennis Moore Jr. moved into the runner-up spot a lap later, and Matt Moro and quick timer, Chad Humston, joined the top four by lap seven.

At the halfway point, Beaver led Moore Jr., Moro, Humston and third heat race winner, Clint Garner. Soon, it was a three-way battle for the lead. Moro moved into second on lap 13 and took the point on the next go- around.

With six laps to go, heat winner, Tasker Phillips came to a stop on the frontstretch, slowing things. The yellow negated a Moore Jr. pass of Beaver for second. A lap later, Casey Friedrichsen brought the yellow again when he stopped. Garner used the restart to move into third, and two laps later took second from Beaver.

Meanwhile, Moro pulled away to record 360 win #7 at the famous half-mile oval. Garner was second, Humston claimed third on the last lap, Beaver was fourth and Moore Jr. was fifth. Russ Hall, heat winner Jon Agan, David Hall, hard-charger, Nate Van Haaften, and Larry Ball Jr. rounded out the top ten.

“This feels so good,” said Moro, who was paid $1,500 for his win. “Last year, after two bad years, I felt like a washed up racecar driver. We have the „Bad News Bears‟ for a crew, but these guys are awesome! It felt good getting by Dennis (Moore Jr.) after last week. You get that carrot dangling out front…you run that much harder.”

Twelve exciting laps saw sixteen year old Carson McCarl take his second career feature win. Heat one winner, Jamie Ball, shot out to an early lead over fellow front row starter and heat winner, Chris Mallicoat, but all eyes were on the battle that was for second. McCarl and Tasker Phillips were going back and forth, as the teenagers looked like veterans. The pair exchanged second four times in four laps before heat winner, Travis Cram, flipped in turn three after contact from another car with five laps down. He was unhurt.

The restart saw Phillips shoot by Ball into the lead. McCarl followed suit shortly thereafter and a three-way battle for the lead ensued over the last five laps. With two laps to go, McCarl used the low side to slide in front of Phillip in turn one to take the lead for good. Phillips was second ahead of Ball, Matt Stephenson and Mark Widmar. Fast-timer, Matt Stelzer, Matt Krieger, Alan Ambers, Mitchell Alexander and Bart Friedrichsen rounded out the top ten.

“It was really a lot of fun,” said McCarl of his battles with Phillips. “I could put the car anywhere I want. I have to thank all my guys, especially Brad (Goebel). I have to thank Aaron Berryhill and Gary Dean back home to.”

Next Friday night will be “Nostalgia at Knoxville” and Hot Rod Reunion Night presented by the Pleasantville Chamber of Commerce. On Saturday night, all three divisions are back in action on “Earl Wagner Mural” Night at Knoxville. For more details visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order, 1 lap): 1. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (9) 15.327; 2. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (3) 15.434; 3. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (6) 15.662; 4. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (20) 15.685; 5. 38, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (16) 15.777; 6. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (12) 15.788; 7. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (11) 15.816; 8. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (15) 15.837; 9. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (19) 15.837; 10. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (21) 15.849; 11. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (7) 15.853; 12. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (17) 15.917; 13. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (1) 15.921; 14. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (23) 15.931; 15. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (4) 15.952; 16. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (25) 15.966; 17. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (5) 16.097; 18. 56JC, Johnn Cressman, Sioux Falls, SD (2) 16.125; 19. 81, Austin Johnson, Shakopee, MN (14) 16.162; 20. 14P, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (13) 16.163; 21. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (8) 16.278; 22. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (22) 16.413; 23. 4, Jon Corbin, Carrollton, MO (18) 16.417; 24. 23K, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (24) 16.535; 25. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (10) 16.554; 26. 19K, Todd King, Sheboygan Falls, WI (26) 16.585.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:08.3: 1. Dusty Zomer (5) 2. Danny Lasoski (6) 3. Davey Heskin (1) 4. Ryan Anderson (3) 5. Mike Moore (2) 6. Bob Weuve (4) / 7. Mike Houseman Jr. (8) 8. Austin Johnson (7) DNS – Josh Higday

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:10.2: 1. AJ Moeller (1) 2. Rager Phillips (3) 3. Wayne Johnson (5) 4. Josh Schneiderman (4) 5. Terry McCarl (6) 6. Lynton Jeffrey (2) / 7. Kaley Gharst (7) 8. Jon Corbin (8) 9. Todd King (9)

Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:11.6: 1. Johnn Cressman (1) 2. Dustin Selvage (5) 3. Johnny Herrera (2) 4. Austin McCarl (4) 5. Don Droud Jr. (6) 6. Bronson Maeschen (3) / 7. Rob Kubli (8) 8. Ryan Bunton (7)

B main (started), 6 laps, 1:49.9: 1. Kaley Gharst (2) 2. Josh Higday (4) 3. Rob Kubli (6) 4. Jon Corbin (3) 5. Austin Johnson (1) 6. Mike Houseman Jr. (5) / 7. Todd King (7)

A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Dusty Zomer (9) 2. Danny Lasoski (10) 3. Josh Schneiderman (1) 4. Terry McCarl (6) 5. Davey Heskin (16) 6. Don Droud Jr. (7) 7. Austin McCarl (4) 8. Bronson Maeschen (12) 9. Johnny Herrera (13) 10. Dustin Selvage (5) 11. Lynton Jeffrey (14) 12. Rob Kubli (19) 13. Mike Moore (11) 14. Austin Johnson (21) 15. Wayne Johnson (8) 16. Ryan Anderson (2) 17. Rager Phillips (23) 18. Bob Weuve (3) 19. AJ Moeller (15) 20. Josh Higday (20) 21. Johnn Cressman (18) 22. Kaley Gharst (17) 23. Jon Corbin (22) 24. Mike Houseman Jr. (24). Lap Leaders: Anderson 1-9, W. Johnson 10-21, Zomer 22-25. Hard-charger: Heskin.

360 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE, 16.425; 2. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.493; 3. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE, 16.496; 4. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA, 16.499; 5. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA, 16.549; 6. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA, 16.576; 7. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 16.593; 8. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.634; 9. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA, 16.728; 10. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA, 16.730; 11. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO, 16.769; 12. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 16.779; 13. 47T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA, 16.815; 14. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 16.829; 15. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA, 16.861; 16. 98, JD Johnson, Wichita, KS, 16.921; 17. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 16.967; 18. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.983; 19. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 17.090; 20. 12, Rod Richards, Van Meter, IA, 17.145; 21. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA, 17.153; 22. 71, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL, 17.154; 23. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, 17.191; 24. 4JP, Justin Parrish, Oquawka, IL, 17.341; 25. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL, 17.662.

Heat one (started), 7 laps, 1:57.2: 1. Jon Agan (1) 2. Joe Beaver (4) 3. Chad Humston (6) 4. Larry Ball Jr. (3) 5. Ricky Montgomery (2) / 6. Casey Friedrichsen (7) 7. Ryan Roberts (5) 8. Jimmy Davies (9) 9. Tom Lenz (8)

Heat two (started), 7 laps, 1:58.9: 1. Tasker Phillips (2) 2. Jarrod Schneiderman (1) 3. David Hall (4) 4. Dennis Moore Jr. (5) 5. Tyler Groenendyk (3) / 6. Nate Van Haaften (6) 7. RJ Johnson (7) 8. Rod Richards (8)

Heat three (started), 7 laps, NT: 1. Clint Garner (4) 2. JD Johnson (1) 3. Tony Shilling (2) 4. Russ Hall (6) 5. Matt Moro (5) / 6. Chad Heimbaugh (3) 7. Alan Zoutte (7) 8. Justin Parrish (8) B main (started), 10 laps, 2:51.6: 1. Ryan Roberts (2) 2. Nate Van Haaften (1) 3. Casey Friedrichsen (4) 4. Tom Lenz (7) 5. Chad Heimbaugh (3) / 6. RJ Johnson (5) 7. Justin Parrish (9) 8. Alan Zoutte (6) 9. Rod Richards (8) 10. Jimmy Davies (10)

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Matt Moro (3) 2. Clint Garner (7) 3. Chad Humston (6) 4. Joe Beaver (2) 5. Dennis Moore Jr. (4) 6. Russ Hall (5) 6. Jon Agan (13) 8. David Hall (1) 9. Nate Van Haaften (17) 10. Larry Ball Jr. (8) 11. Ricky Montgomery (10) 12. Tony Shilling (12) 13. Jarrod Schneiderman (14) 14. Casey Friedrichsen (18) 15. JD Johnson (15) 16. Tyler Groenendyk (9) 17. Chad Heimbaugh (20) 18. Tasker Phillips (11) 19. Tom Lenz (19) 20. Ryan Roberts (16). Lap Leaders: D. Hall 1-2, Beaver 3-13, Moro 14-20. Hard- charger: Van Haaften.

305 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Omaha, NE, 17.524; 2. 66, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA, 17.563; 3. 97, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA, 17.765; 4. 93A, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 17.825; 5. 87, Cale Hutchings, Bloomfield, IA, 17.847; 6. 7w, Mark Widmar, Ottumwa, IA, 17.884; 7. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 18.112; 8. 55, Matt Stephenson, Altoona, IA, 18.130; 9. 22, Chris Mallicoat, Boone, IA, 18.161; 10. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA, 18.177; 11. 2, Steve Palmer, Des Moines, IA, 18.213; 12. 29, Bart Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 18.283; 13. 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA, 18.449; 14. 7s, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA, 18.515; 15. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA, 18.651; 16. 92c, Cody Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 19.179; 17. 21, Keith Carlberg, Webster City, IA, 20.661; 18. 12, TJ Peterson, Des Moines IA, NT; 19. 6D, Don Dawson II, Indianola, IA, NT; 20. 00, Matt McBride, Runnells, IA, NT; 21. 4c, Chris Horton, Indianola, IA, NT; DQ (Illegal Tire), 44, Matt Krieger, Burlington, IA.

Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Jamie Ball (1) 2. Tasker Phillips (2) 3. Matthew Stelzer (4) 4. Cody Ambers (6) 5. Bob Hildreth (5) 6. Alan Ambers (3) 7. TJ Peterson (7)

Heat two (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Travis Cram (4) 2. Matt Krieger (6) 3. Matt Stephenson (2) 4. Steve Palmer (1) 5. Tim St. Arnold (5) 6. Cale Hutchings (3) 7. Chris Horton (7)

Heat three (started), 6 laps, 1:48.2: 1. Chris Mallicoat (2) 2. Carson McCarl (4) 3. Mark Widmar (3) 4. Mitchell Alexander (5) 5. Bart Friedrichsen (1) 6. Don Dawson II (6) DNS – Keith Carlberg, Matt McBride

A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Carson McCarl (6) 2. Tasker Phillips (4) 3. Jamie Ball (1) 4. Matt Stephenson (3) 5. Mark Widmar (5) 6. Matthew Stelzer (8) 7. Matt Krieger (15) 8. Alan Ambers (14) 9. Mitchell Alexander (12) 10. Bart Friedrichsen (10) 11. Cody Ambers (13) 12. Bob Hildreth (16) 13. Chris Mallicoat (2) 14. Steve Palmer (9) 15. Tim St. Arnold (11) 16. Travis Cram (7) 17. Don Dawson II (17) DNS – Cale Hutchings, TJ Peterson, Chris Horton, Matt McBride, Keith Carlberg. Lap Leaders: Ball 1-5, Phillips 6-9, C. McCarl 10-12.

6/25

Rain

7/2

VanHaaften, Garner Capture Knoxville 360 Twin Features; Jeffrey In 410s

Saturday, July 02, 2011 by Bob Wilson

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 2) – Nate VanHaaften and Clint Garner won both ends of Twin Features for 360 at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The fireworks in the 410 division found Lynton Jeffrey in the winner‟s circle for the third time in his career here at this storied fairgrounds oval.

The 20-lap feature event for the 410 sprinters saw pole sitter Kaley Gharst lead for the first three laps. The red was thrown for Rob Kubli who barrel-rolled down the backstretch bringing the race to a halt at that point. Kubli was taken to the Knoxville hospital after the completion of all racing events for a checkup. His car was destroyed.

On the restart rookie Dustin Selvage took the lead from Gharst heading down the backstretch as those two sparred for that position for two laps. Just then a yellow was displayed for Joey Moughan who had spun at the fence out of turn four.

The restart saw Jeffrey, a third row starter come into contention as he took over the runner-up position. Soon fifth row starter Kevin Swindell began to dog Jeffrey for that second place position and that duo provided the fireworks for several laps.

At the completion of lap ten the last yellow of the race was displayed for Brian Brown whose engine expired as he headed into turn four. Brown, who was in fourth at the time, nearly collected two cars that were running right behind him.

The final restart saw a photo finish at the flag stand as Selvage edged Jeffrey to take lap eleven. Jeffrey made a pass of Selvage as they shot down the front chute on the next circuit but it was still a mighty close lap. From then on Jeffrey began to pull away but Swindell was not finished and he picked up the chase four laps later. In the final laps Jeffrey became impeded by the back markers as Swindell made it close.

At the finish Jeffrey, in his self-owned Eagle, took his third career win here by no more than two car lengths over the pesky Swindell. Selvage held for third, Danny Lasoski came from sixth row start to take fourth and Dusty Zomer claimed fifth. Completing the top ten were Gharst, Bronson Maeschen, Terry McCarl, Shane Stewart from a twentieth start, Mark Dobmeier and Rager Phillips.

The annual 360 Twin Features saw Clint Garner capture career win number nine at this racing facility. Garner led the entire distance and was chased closely by Chad Humston. By lap twelve Garner headed into traffic and Humston closed quickly. Garner was able to stave off the Humston attack but when those two came flying past the flag stand Humston made a pass of the Garner machine.

What looked to be the winning move was called back as the red flag was displayed for Tony Shilling who had collided with the fence between turns three and four.

The green-white-checkered finish saw Garner in his self-owned Schnee being able to control the race as Humston finished a close second. Fourth starting Billy Alley took third, Casey Fredericksen was fourth and Larry Ball Jr. finished fifth.

With the field inverted for the second 360 feature, a quick red came out for a Russ Hall easy tip over at the fence in turn two. When it went green again, Knoxville rookie Logan Forler took the lead and was soon chased by Josh Higday. Higday could not stay with Forler and the Arizona driver began to pull away. Two quick yellows on laps seven and eight bunched the twenty-car field and each time Forler kept his number one position.

A red at the completion of lap ten saw second and third place cars of Tasker Phillips and Ryan Anderson come together just after the flag stand with Anderson going up and over. Hard charging Humston was also taken out when he “endoed” his sprinter coming upon the wreck. Only Phillips was able to restart.

With but five laps to go in the race, cushion-running Forler looked to be in control of the finish. If you had bet on him you would have been wrong as fourth position Nate VanHaaften began to make a charge on the bottom, a spot where few cars were running at this point of the night.

Lap twelve saw VanHaaften in the Doug VanHaaften owned J&J take third and he took second on the next go around. Finally on the fourteenth circuit he took the lead and came across the line in front of Forler by ten car lengths. It was his initial win on this half-mile oval. Higday remained in third, Matt Moro charged from 12th to take fourth and fifth went 16th starter Billy Alley.

In trackside ceremonies during the evening five new members were inducted into the 33rd annual Knoxville Raceway Hall of Fame. New inductees were Wayne Redmond, Jaymie Moyle, Bob Wilson, Jerry Payton and Arleta Voyce.

410 Results Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 1 lap: 1. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (9) 15.235; 2. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (6) 15.334; 3. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (18) 15.347; 4. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (1) 15.358; 5. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (2) 15.408; 6. 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (4) 15.416; 7. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (25) 15.503; 8. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (17) 15.522; 9. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (15) 15.589; 10. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (29) 15.675; 11. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (16) 15.711; 12. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (30) 15.716; 13. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (7) 15.746; 14. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (31) 15.749; 15. 8, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (5) 15.834; 16. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (26) 15.835; 17. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (14) 15.838; 18. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (8) 15.849; 19. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (12) 15.916; 20. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (13) 15.927; 21. 38, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (28) 16.006; 22. 34, Brad Barickman, Richfield, MN (10) 16.047; 23. 4K, Paul Jeffrey, Kellyville, NSW, Aust. (24) 16.073; 24. 14, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (21) 16.169; 25. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (20) 16.219; 26. 191, Danny Heskin, St. Michael, MN (23) 16.228; 27. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (3) 16.410; 28. 4, Jon Corbin, Carrollton, MO (11) 16.573; 29. 23K, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (22) 16.602; 30. 51, Gary Paulson, Woodland, CA (27) 17.376; 31. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (19) NT.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Austin McCarl (2) 2. Brad Barickman (1) 3. Dusty Zomer (6) 4. Josh Schneiderman (4) 5. Bronson Maeschen (5) 6. Terry McCarl (8) / 7. Robby Wolfgang (3) 8. Don Droud Jr. (7) 9. Mike Houseman Jr. (9) 10. Jon Corbin (10) 11. Bob Weuve (11)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Brian Brown (6) 2. Rager Phillips (3) 3. Danny Lasoski (8) 4. Mark Dobmeier (7) 5. Ryan Bunton (5) 6. Rob Kubli (10) / 7. AJ Moeller (2) 8. Paul Jeffrey (1) 9. Danny Heskin (9) 10. Davey Heskin (4)

Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:07.9: 1. Wayne Johnson (2) 2. Lynton Jeffrey (6) 3. Kaley Gharst (4) 4. Dustin Selvage (5) 5. Joey Moughan (1) 6. Kevin Swindell (8) / 7. Shane Stewart (7) 8. Mike Moore (3) 9. Mark Johnson (9) 10. Gary Paulson (10)

B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Don Droud Jr. (1) 2. Shane Stewart (2) 3. Mike Moore (5) 4. Robby Wolfgang (4) 5. Paul Jeffrey (7) 6. Mike Houseman Jr. (8) / 7. Jon Corbin (11) 8. Mark Johnson (10) 9. AJ Moeller (6) 10. Gary Paulson (11) 11. Danny Heskin (9) 12. Bob Weuve (12) DNS – Davey Heskin

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Lynton Jeffrey (6) 2. Kevin Swindell (10) 3. Dustin Selvage (3) 4. Danny Lasoski (11) 5. Dusty Zomer (8) 6. Kaley Gharst (1) 7. Bronson Maeschen (5) 8. Terry McCarl (12) 9. Mark Dobmeier (9) 10. Rager Phillips (13) 11. Shane Stewart (20) 12. Don Droud Jr. (19) 13. Austin McCarl (14) 14. Wayne Johnson (15) 15. Ryan Bunton (4) 16. Mike Houseman Jr. (24) 17. Mike Moore (21) 18. Brad Barickman (16) 19. Brian Brown (7) 20. Joey Moughan (17) 21. Josh Schneiderman (2) 22. Paul Jeffrey (23) 23. Rob Kubli (18) 24. Robby Wolfgang (22). Lap Leaders: Gharst 1-3; Selvage 4-11; Jeffrey 12-20.

360 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 15.814; 2. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE, 16.063; 3. 2F, Logan Forler, Lake Havusu City, AZ, 16.109; 4. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 16.130; 5. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.173; 6. 22, Billy Alley, Bennett, NE, 16.229; 7. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 16.234; 8. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA, 16.235; 9. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE, 16.262; 10. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA, 16.302; 11. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 16.337; 12. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA, 16.338; 13. 21K, Lou Kennedy Jr., Winnipeg, MB, Can., 16.347; 14. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA, 16.361; 15. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA, 16.382; 16. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 16.412; 17. 47T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA, 16.440; 18. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA, 16.491; 19. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA, 16.494; 20. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, 16.497; 21. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.500; 22. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 16.516; 23. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA, 16.525; 24. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA, 16.600; 25. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND, 16.601; 26. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA, 16.616; 27. 12, Rod Richards, Van Meter, IA, 16.672; 28. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO, 16.673; 29. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA, 16.718; 30. 3J, Julee Jamison, Denver, CO, 17.597; 31. 98, JD Johnson, Wichita, KS, NT.

Heat one (started), 7 laps, 1:58.8: 1. Jon Agan (1) 2. Joe Beaver (3) 3. Clint Garner (6) 4. Lou Kennedy Jr. (2) 5. Casey Friedrichsen (5) / 6. Nate Van Haaften (4) 7. Tasker Phillips (8) 8. Ricky Montgomery (10) 9. JD Johnson (9) 10. Josh Higday (7) DNS - Lee Grosz

Heat two (started), 7 laps, 1:58.9: 1. Tyler Groenendyk (2) 2. Chad Humston (6) 3. Tony Shilling (1) 4. Larry Ball Jr. (4) 5. David Hall (3) / 6. Russ Hall (5) 7. Jamie Ball (8) 8. Jarrod Schneiderman (9) 9. Tom Lenz (7) 10. John Hall (10)

Heat three (started), 7 laps, 1:58.0: 1. Dennis Moore Jr. (2) 2. Matt Moro (3) 3. Ryan Anderson (1) 4. Ryan Roberts (4) 5. Billy Alley (5) / 6. Logan Forler (6) 7. Chad Heimbaugh (7) 8. Alan Zoutte (8) 9. Rod Richards (9) 10. Julee Jamison (10)

B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Russ Hall (2) 2. Logan Forler (1) 3. Josh Higday (4) 4. Nate Van Haaften (3) 5. Tasker Phillips (7) / 6. Chad Heimbaugh (6) 7. Tom Lenz (5) 8. JD Johnson (16) 9. Jamie Ball (8) 10. Ricky Montgomery (12) 11. Alan Zoutte (9) 12. John Hall (13) 13. Rod Richards (11) 14. Julee Jamison (14) 15. Jarrod Schneiderman (10) DNS - Lee Grosz

A main #1 (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Clint Garner (1) 2. Chad Humston (2) 3. Billy Alley (4) 4. Casey Friedrichsen (3) 5. Larry Ball Jr. (5) 6. Russ Hall (16) 7. Matt Moro (9) 8. Ryan Roberts (6) 9. David Hall (8) 10. Dennis Moore Jr. (12) 11. Jon Agan (13) 12. Nate Van Haaften (19) 13. Ryan Anderson (15) 14. Tyler Groenendyk (11) 15. Lou Kennedy Jr. (10) 16. Joe Beaver (7) 17. Tasker Phillips (20) 18. Josh Higday (18) 19. Logan Forler (17) 20. Tony Shilling (14). Lap Leader: Garner 1-15.

A main #2 (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Nate Van Haaften (7) 2. Logan Forler (1) 3. Josh Higday (2) 4. Matt Moro (12) 5. Billy Alley (16) 6. Lou Kennedy Jr. (4) 7. David Hall (10) 8. Clint Garner (18) 9. Jon Agan (8) 10. Dennis Moore Jr. (9) 11. Casey Friedrichsen (15) 12. Joe Beaver (19) 13. Ryan Roberts (11) 14. Chad Heimbaugh (20) 15. Larry Ball Jr. (14) 16. Tasker Phillips (3) 17. Tyler Groenendyk (5) 18. Ryan Anderson (6) 19. Chad Humston (17) 20. Russ Hall (13) DNS – Tony Shilling. Lap Leaders: Forler 1-13; VanHaaften 14- 15. 7/5

Eric Dailey Wins 20th Annual Harris Clash for the Modifieds! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, July 5, 2011 – Persistence paid off for Eric Dailey, as he came out on top of the 20th Annual Harris Clash for IMCA modifieds at the Knoxville Raceway Tuesday night. The Armstrong, Iowa driver was awarded the richest win ($2,000) of his career aboard his #7 when Mike Long came up light at the scales after leading the entire 30-lap event.

Defending Harris Clash champion, Richie Gustin, effectively ended his repeat chances by smacking the wall before a lap could be completed. Long worked around front row starters, and Randy Havlik early on to lead lap one once the green flap fell.

By lap five, fifth starter, Josh Foster, had moved into a solid second place, followed by Schrader, Havlik and JJ Wise. Jordan Brabouski made a move into fourth on the following lap after starting eleventh and the battle for third fourth and fifth was on, with the position changing several times.

Disaster struck for Foster on lap nine when he came to a rest in turn two. Long now led Havlik, Schrader, Wise and Grabouski back to green flap racing. Long earned $500 for leading the race at the halfway point, when for the first time in race history, a mandatory open red flag period was thrown.

Despite many changes to the field, Long remained out front. Jimmy Gustin got into the turn three wall on lap 17, bringing caution again. After the restart, Mark Elliott shot from fifth to third, as Schrader took over the second spot. John Allen came to rest, bringing another caution on lap 22. A series of mishaps involving Fred Schimmel, Curt Badker and former race winner, Jay Noteboom slowed the restart.

Dailey made a move from fourth to second shortly after the race did go green, as he shot by Schrader. Long remained out front, but came up light on the scales, handing Dailey his first win in the Harris Clash over a 74- car field.

“This was for Wayne Redmond (who was posthumously enshrined in Knoxville‟s Hall of Fame last weekend),” said Dailey. “I know this was his home track. The restarts were making me nervous. I went with my gut after the open red, and I wondered how my tire would be. I don‟t know how many times I had to pass Kenny Schrader. I‟ve never won a $2,000 race, but this was a good one to do it at.”

Grabouski made a late pass for second, ahead of Schrader, Mike Van Genderen, Todd Shute, Jon Snyder, Johnny Saathoff, Mark Elliott and Josh Gilman.

Wise, Noteboom, Long, Elliott, Allen and Havlik won heats. Dan Ratajczack, Jon Snyder and Chris Abelson took the B mains.

20th Annual Harris Clash Results

Heat one, 10 laps, NT: 1. 68, JJ Wise, Manly, IA; 2. 1K, Pat Graham, Ames, IA; 3. 1+, Bill Davis Jr., Des Moines, IA; / 4. 73, Dan Ratajczak, Luxemburg, WI; 5. 83G, Josh Gilman, Earlham, IA; 6. 99M, Tim Murty, Tama, IA; 7. 87, Joel Bushore, Boone, IA; 8. 70, Jerry King, Waterloo, IA; 9. 27M, Mark Schulte, Delhi, IA; 10. 21, David Brown, Kellogg, IA; 11. 62, Greg Cox, Altoona, IA; 12. 20, Luke Wanninger, Jefferson, IA DNS – 22B, Brandon Banks, Washington, IA

Heat two, 10 laps, NT: 1. 7N, Jay Noteboom, Hinton, IA; 2. 77, Josh Foster, Fort Madison, IA; 3. 10M, Jeremy Mills, Garner, IA; / 4. 11, Alex Hanson, Kensett, IA; 5. 43, Scott Simatovich, State Center, IA; 6. 98s, Kevin Stoa, Albert Lea, MN; 7. 69N, Corey Wray, Jamesport, MO; 8. 12c, Kent Croskey, Polk City, IA; 9. 60, Kurt Krauskopf, Decorah, IA; 10. 28, JC Wyman, Griswold, IA; 11. 37, Mike Jergens, Plover, IA; DNS – 12J, Justin O‟Brien, West Union, IA

Heat three, 10 laps, NT: 1. 18L, Mike Long, Keokuk, IA; 2. 19G, Richie Gustin, Gilman, IA; 3. 18, Jake Durbin, Perry, IA; / 4. 69x, Jon Snyder, Ames, IA; 5. 97M, David Murray Jr., Oberlin, KS; 6. 5T, Todd Inman, Des Moines, IA; 7. 13, Matt Waugh, Des Moines, IA; 8. 94, Fred Schimmels, Van Meter, IA; 9. 92, Jeff Stephens, Denison, IA; 10. 22, Jeff Ignaszewski, Wells, MN; 11. 28R, Russ Dickerson, Boone, IA 12. K1, Kyle Krampe, Baxter, IA; DNS – 1cc, Clayton Christensen, Spencer, IA

Heat four, 10 laps, 3:40.0: 1. 12, Mark Elliott, Webster City, IA; 2. 30, Jordan Grabouski, Fairbury, NE; 3. 45, Levi Nielson, Mason City, IA; / 4. 19, Jimmy Gustin, Marshalltown, IA; 5. 18H, Derek Hamm, Donnellson, IA; 6. 17R, Derek Reimer, Marshalltown, IA; 7. 77B, Brad Boyer, Monument, CO; 8. 46, Toby VandeKamp, Knoxville, IA; 9. 48J, Jacob Murray, Hartford, IA; 10. 49T, Tim Stevens, Cedar Rapids, IA; 11. 18F, Brian Foote, Essex, IA; 12. 76, Lance Borgman, Beatrice, NE;

Heat five, 10 laps, 3:41.2: 1. 98, John Allen, Chanute, KS; 2. 9, Ken Schrader, Concord, NC; 3. 7, Eric Dailey, Armstrong, IA; / 4. 58, Curt Badker, Clear Lake, IA; 5. 1x, Chris Abelson, Sioux City, IA; 6. 96J, Johnny Saathoff, Beatrice, NE; 7. 10E, Stacey Mills, Webb, IA; 8. 43x, Dan Mueller, Griswold, IA; 9. 12EH, Riley Emmel, Estevan, SK, Can; 10. 14, Tyler Cale, Donnellson, IA; 11. 2L, Adam Larson, Ames, IA; DNS – 51, Tyler VandeKamp, Knoxville, IA

Heat six, 10 laps, 3:45.0: 1. 3z, Randy Havlik, Madrid, IA; 2. 57V, Mike Van Genderen, Newton, IA; 3. 5, Todd Shute, Des Moines, IA; / 4. ZR1, Ryan Webb, Manilla, IA; 5. 3, Mike Albertsen, Audubon, IA; 6. 91, Shawn Ryan, Waterloo, IA; 7. 83, Kellen Chadwick, West Union, IA; 8. 81, Tom Charles, Bonner Springs, KS; 9. 21H, Jeff Hunter, Henderson, CO; 10. 8, Tony Snyder, Readlyn, IA; 11. 98x, Jeremy Brogard, Kanawha, IA; 12. 47s, Brandon Savage, Keokuk, IA;

B main one, 15 laps, NT: 1. Dan Ratajczak 2. Tim Murty 3. Josh Gilman 4. Joel Bushore / 5. Kurt Krauskopf 6. Mike Jergens 7. Brandon Banks 8. Scott Simatovich 9. Mark Schulte 10. Jerry King 11. Alex Hanson 12. Justin O‟Brien13. JC Wyman14. Luke Wanninger 15. Kevin Stoa16. David Brown

B main two, 15 laps, NT: 1. Jon Snyder 2. David Murray 3. Fred Schimmels 4. Jimmy Gustin / 5. Matt Waugh 6. Derek Hamm 7. Brad Boyer 8. Jeff Stephens 9. Clayton Christensen 10. Todd Inman 11. Jeff Ignaszewski 12. Brian Foote13. Derek Reimer 14. Toby VandeKamp 15. Tim Stevens 16. Kyle Krampe 17. Lance Borgman

B main three, 15 laps, NT: 1. Chris Abelson 2. Johnny Saathoff 3. Curt Badker 4. Tom Charles 5. Dan Mueller 6. Shawn Ryan 7. Kellen Chadwick 8. Jeff Hunter 9. Tony Snyder 10. Tyler VandeKamp 11. Jeremy Brogard 12. Mike Albertsen 13. Riley Emmel 14. Adam Larson 15. Stacey Mills 16. Ryan Webb 17. Tyler Cale

A main (started), 30 laps, NT: 1. Eric Dailey (17) 2. Jordan Grabouski (11) 3. Ken Schrader (1) 4. Mike Van Genderen (7) 5. Todd Shute (18) 6. Jon Snyder (20) 7. Johnny Saathoff (24) 8. Mark Elliott (10) 9. Josh Gilman (25) 10. Randy Havlik (2)11. Tim Murty (22) 12. David Murray (23) 13. Levi Nielson (16) 14. Joel Bushore (28) 15. Pat Graham (6) 16. Tom Charles (30) 17. Bill Davis Jr. (13)18. Jake Durbin (15)19. Jay Noteboom (9) 20. Curt Badker (27) 21. Fred Schimmels (26) 22. John Allen (12) 23. JJ Wise (4) 24. Jeremy Mills (14) 25. Chris Abelson (21) 26. Jimmy Gustin (29) 27. Richie Gustin (8) 28. Josh Foster (5) 29. Dan Ratajczak (19) DQ (Light at Scales, crossed 1st) Mike Long (3). Lap Leader: Long 1-30.

7/9

Three Winners Excite Knoxville Fans on 410 Twin Features Night! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, July 9, 2011 – The crowd was on the edge of their seat on Wells Fargo Twin Features Night Saturday at the Knoxville Raceway. Three features saw three exciting endings, including a family duel, a come-from-behind win, and some redemption in the 360 class.

Terry McCarl wrestled the lead from his son, Austin, to take the first of two feature events in the 410 class. Kevin Swindell would lead from the pole early in the 20-lap event, but fellow front row starter, Lynton Jeffrey, dueled him to take the point on lap two. By lap five, Jeffrey led Swindell, Austin McCarl, Dusty Zomer and Terry McCarl.

All heck broke loose for the leaders on lap eight when Swindell stopped in turn two after battling with Austin McCarl for second. Jeffrey stopped in turn four with throttle linkage issues. Austin McCarl inherited the lead at that point ahead of Zomer, Terry McCarl, Sam Hafertepe Jr. and Mark Dobmeier.

The elder McCarl worked into second at the halfway point, but could do little to reel in his son. Hafertepe was able to move into third, before Zomer blew a left rear tire on lap sixteen, setting up a four-lap dash to the finish. Austin McCarl shot out, but Terry was right there on his nerf bar. He would make his winning pass with two laps to go. It was the veteran‟s 51st career win at the famed oval (fourth all-time), and it came aboard the VerMeer Motorsports #55 Eagle Chassis powered by Don Ott.

“I‟ve got mixed emotions,” said Terry. “I feel bad for Austin. Tony (VerMeer) pays us to win races. Austin had us covered before the caution. There was no way I would have beaten him without that. The guys told me Hafertepe was coming, so I couldn‟t mess around. Austin wouldn‟t have wanted me to let him win. We have struggled, and I want to thank our sponsors for hanging with us.”

Austin would hold onto second, ahead of Hafertepe, Dobmeier, and Danny Lasoski. Rager Phillips, Don Droud Jr., Josh Higday, Josh Schneiderman and Robby Wolfgang rounded out the top ten.

In the second feature for the 410‟s, Kevin Swindell chalked up his first career victory at Knoxville despite two close calls that had fans thinking he may be headed upside down.

Bob Weuve led the first lap of the second feature from the pole. Swindell, who started in row two, took the point on the next go-around. When Mike Moore stopped and brought a caution with four laps in the books, Swindell led Weuve, Dustin Selvage, Schneiderman and Paul Jeffrey back to green.

Lasoski moved from sixth to grab third from Schneiderman on lap six. He would pass Selvage for second two laps later. Terry McCarl had moved up into the top five at the halfway point, but the race was for the lead.

Lasoski was gaining on Swindell. On lap 13, Swindell got sideway in turn four and jumped the infield berm. He did a great job of saving it and got on it again in the infield to hold onto second behind Lasoski. Lasoski appeared well on his way to another win, when Paul Jeffrey slowed with five laps to go.

The five lap dash to the checkers saw Lasoski starting ahead of Swindell, Selvage, Schneiderman and Terry McCarl. The lead pair left the rest behind. While Lasoski ran the bottom, Swindell rode the cushion and with his momentum, gained the lead on the 19th lap. In turn four, coming for the checkers, the car started sideways again, but this time he was able to keep the lead and get the win aboard the Big Game Treestands #1s.

“I got in the wrong predicament and the car jumped out,” said Swindell of his near miss in turn four. “I got the left front on the berm and it wouldn‟t come back. I got lucky getting the yellow there at the end. I was just Superman after that. The car was great.”

Lasoski was second, ahead of Selvage, Terry McCarl and Schneiderman. Zomer, Phillips, Dobmeier, Hafertepe and hard-charger and quick timer, Bronson Maeschen. Phillips, Lasoski and Schneiderman won the heat races.

In the 360 class, it was Randy Martin finding Victory Lane for the first time in several years. It was his 18th career win at Knoxville tying him for third all-time on the 360 list with Dean Chadd.

Larry Ball Jr. tangled with Martin for the entire distance. Ball Jr. led laps one and two, and laps four through eight. As Martin ran the low side of the speedway, utilizing his Roush-Yates Ford power, Ball Jr. worked the cushion to perfection.

A lap eight red flag was the only stoppage of the event, and it was the opportunity Martin needed to get back up front. Chad Heimbaugh slowed in turn one while running seventh. Unfortunately, the incident collected Chad Humston and Casey Friedrichsen. No one was hurt, but all were done. Ball Jr. led the restart with seven to go ahead of Martin, Dennis Moore Jr., Matt Moro and Nate Van Haaften. While Martin took the lead for good when the green flag fell, Moore Jr. challenged Ball for second. Moro would enter the fray and after a struggle moved into third in the last corner in exciting fashion.

“It‟s been awhile,” said Martin of his win. “We‟ve been struggling. We came up here without expectations. I have to thank my crew and Davey Whitworth, who helped us out tonight. We‟re getting the Ford better. They‟re building us a new one that‟s going to be different, and hopefully, we‟ll have it before the Nationals.”

Ball Jr. held down second ahead of Moro. Moore Jr. was fourth and Clint Garner fifth. Van Haaften, Russ Hall, Ryan Roberts, Jamie Ball and Jon Agan rounded out the top ten. Rod Richards, Clint Garner and Ball Jr. won heats, while Roberts took the B.

Next week is the Annual Marion County Fair Hy-Vee Night on July 16. Visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com for more details concerning the Marion County Fair.

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 1 lap: 1. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (1) 15.083; 2. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (22) 15.367; 3. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (5) 15.446; 4. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (9) 15.446; 5. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (3) 15.449; 6. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (15) 15.449; 7. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (8) 15.581; 8. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (16) 15.602; 9. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (14) 15.622; 10. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (11) 15.623; 11. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (19) 15.668; 12. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (12) 15.678; 13. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (18) 15.774; 14. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (6) 15.818; 15. 1w, Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls, SD (1) 15.822; 16. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (2) 15.854; 17. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (4) 15.966; 18. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (20) 15.978; 19. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (10) 15.981; 20. 4K, Paul Jeffrey, Kellyville, NSW, Aust. (7) 16.011; 21. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (13) 16.026; 22. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (17) 16.195; 23. 21x, Kyle Cummins, Brownsburg, IN (21) 16.852;

Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Rager Phillips (4) 2. Don Droud Jr. (2) 3. Dusty Zomer (5) 4. Josh Higday (3) 5. Bob Weuve (8) 6. Ryan Bunton (1) 7. Mike Moore (7) 8. Bronson Maeschen (6)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (2) 2. Austin McCarl (4) 3. Mark Dobmeier (3) 4. Kevin Swindell (6) 5. Kyle Cummins (8) 6. AJ Moeller (1) 7. Dustin Selvage (5) 8. DQ - (no scales), Paul Jeffrey (7, finished 5th)

Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Josh Schneiderman (1) 2. Robby Wolfgang (3) 3. Lynton Jeffrey (6) 4. Terry McCarl (5) 5. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (4) 6. Mike Houseman Jr. (7) 7. Chad Meyer (2)

A main #1 (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (4) 2. Austin McCarl (6) 3. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (7) 4. Mark Dobmeier (9) 5. Danny Lasoski (12) 6. Rager Phillips (5) 7. Don Droud Jr. (11) 8. Josh Higday (8) 9. Josh Schneiderman (13) 10. Robby Wolfgang (10) 11. Ryan Bunton (16) 12. Dustin Selvage (17) 13. Kevin Swindell (1) 14. Mike Houseman Jr. (20) 15. Bob Weuve (14) 16. Paul Jeffrey (21) 17. Kyle Cummins (15) 18. Mike Moore (18) 19. Dusty Zomer (3) 20. Lynton Jeffrey (2) 21. AJ Moeller (19) DNS - Bronson Maeschen. Lap Leaders: K. Swindell 1, L. Jeffrey 2-8, A. McCarl 9-17, T. McCarl 18-20. Hard-charger: Lasoski.

A main #2 (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Kevin Swindell (3) 2. Danny Lasoski (11) 3. Dustin Selvage (6) 4. Terry McCarl (15) 5. Josh Schneiderman (7) 6. Dusty Zomer (17) 7. Rager Phillips (12) 8. Mark Dobmeier (14) 9. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (13) 10. Bronson Maeschen (22) 11. Robby Wolfgang (8) 12. Don Droud Jr. (9) 13. Lynton Jeffrey (20) 14. Josh Higday (10) 15. Austin McCarl (16) 16. Bob Weuve (1) 17. Mike Houseman Jr. (4) 18. Ryan Bunton (5) 19. Paul Jeffrey (2) 20. Kyle Cummins (21) 21. Mike Moore (18) 22. AJ Moeller (19). Lap Leaders: Weuve 1, K. Swindell 2-12, Lasoski 13-18, K. Swindell 19-20. Hard-charger: Maeschen. 360 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE, 16.369; 2. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.386; 3. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 16.419; 4. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.522; 5. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 16.522; 6. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA, 16.577; 7. 98, JD Johnson, Wichita, KS, 16.582; 8. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA, 16.604; 9. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 16.651; 10. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.654; 11. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 16.663; 12. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA, 16.686; 13. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO, 16.757; 14. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA, 16.778; 15. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA, 16.779; 16. 12, Rod Richards, Van Meter, IA, 16.862; 17. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 16.875; 18. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO, 16.892; 19. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA, 16.932; 20. 47T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA, 16.943; 21. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA, 16.970; 22. 4x, Jordan Boston, Crete, NE, 16.975; 23. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA, 16.980; 24. 165, Haley Arnold, Sedalia, MO, 17.016; 25. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL, 17.042; 26. 5m, Miranda Arnold, Sedalia, MO, 17.048; 27. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA, 17.122; 28. 97, Blake Nimee, Oswego, IL, 17.747; 29. 14J, Josh Riggins, Lincoln, NE, NT; 30. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, NT; DQ (Light at Scales) – 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE.

Heat one (started), 7 laps, 2:00.2: 1. Rod Richards (1) 2. Randy Martin (2) 3. Chad Heimbaugh (3) 4. JD Johnson (4) 5. Russ Hall (5) / 6. Ryan Roberts (6) 7. Jordan Boston (8) 8. Jarrod Schneiderman (7) 9. Jimmy Davies (9) 10. Blake Nimee (10)

Heat two (started), 7 laps, 1:59.6: 1. Clint Garner (6) 2. Tasker Phillips (1) 3. Jamie Ball (2) 4. Dennis Moore Jr. (4) 5. Nate Van Haaften (3) / 6. Tony Shilling (7) 7. David Hall (5) 8. Miranda Arnold (9) 9. Alan Zoutte (8) DNS - Josh Riggins

Heat three (started), 7 laps, NT: 1. Larry Ball Jr. (3) 2. Casey Friedrichsen (4) 3. Matt Moro (5) 4. Chad Humston (10) 5. Ricky Montgomery (1) / 6. Jon Agan (6) 7. Tyler Groenendyk (9) 8. John Hall (7) 9. Haley Arnold (8) 10. Joe Beaver (2)

B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Ryan Roberts (1) 2. Jon Agan (2) 3. Haley Arnold (8) 4. David Hall (3) 5. Tony Shilling (4) / 6. Jordan Boston (6) 7. Jarrod Schneiderman (5) 8. Tyler Groenendyk (13) 9. Tom Lenz (14) 10. Miranda Arnold (10) 11. Jimmy Davies (11) 12. Blake Nimee (12) 13. John Hall (7) 14. Alan Zoutte (9) DNS - Joe Beaver

A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Randy Martin (1) 2. Larry Ball Jr. (2) 3. Matt Moro (8) 4. Dennis Moore Jr. (6) 5. Clint Garner (10) 6. Nate Van Haaften (3) 7. Russ Hall (9) 8. Ryan Roberts (16) 9. Jamie Ball (11) 10. Jon Agan (17) 11. Ricky Montgomery (14) 12. David Hall (19) 13. Tasker Phillips (13) 14. Rod Richards (12) 15. Tony Shilling (20) 16. Haley Arnold (18) 17. Chad Heimbaugh (4) 18. Chad Humston (15) 19. Casey Friedrichsen (5) 20. JD Johnson (7). Lap Leaders: Ball Jr. 1-2, Martin 3, Ball Jr. 4-8, Martin 9-15. Hard- charger: Roberts.

7/16

Lasoski Cops #96 and Some Meat on Hy-Vee Night! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, July 16, 2011 – Danny Lasoski won for the 96th time on Hy-Vee night at the Marion County Fair Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. In addition to his $3,000 winnings, he also took home a half a beef and a half a hog. Chad Humston won the same prize in grabbing his first win of the year in the 360 class and overcoming his recent bad luck, and Tasker Phillips won for the fifth time in his career in the 305 class.

The 410 feature had an ugly start, as AJ Moeller got into the turn one wall and tore up his sprinter. The incident collected Joey Moughan, who also got upside down. Neither driver was injured, but one of the safety crew was taken to the Knoxville Hospital for observation.

Once underway, it was pole-sitter, Josh Schneiderman jumping out to a good lead in the early going. With four laps in the books, Bronson Maeschen collected Rager Phillips on the backstretch. The drivers, who were running ninth and tenth, respectively, were done.

Schneiderman led Dustin Selvage, Don Droud Jr., Terry McCarl and Dusty Zomer back to green flag racing. Zomer moved forward two spots on the restart, and battled Droud for third for several laps. Lasoski moved into fourth by lap eight, and up to third by the halfway point. Disaster struck for the third running Selvage and seventh running, Terry McCarl, when both went up in smoke with twelve laps down. Schneiderman now had Lasoski on his bumper on the restart. While Schneiderman blocked low, Lasoski went to the high side of one and two and cruised by to victory in his Eagle chassis powered by Kistler.

“I need to give thanks where thanks is due,” said Lasoski. “My boys never quit on me, and neither does our Eagle and our Kistler power. 100 is our goal and we‟re sure going to try.”

Schneiderman held on for a solid second, followed by Droud, quick timer Kevin Swindell, and Zomer. Austin McCarl, Mark Dobmeier, Davey Heskin, Lynton Jeffrey and hard-charger Robby Wolfgang rounded out the top ten. Ryan Bunton, Heskin and Selvage won heat races.

It was all Humston in the 360 feature. The Giltner, Nebraska native rolled from outside row one to pull away from his competition. A pair of cautions bunched the field behind him, however. The eighth place car of Tony Shilling lost his right rear wheel with seven laps down. At the time, Humston led Matt Moro, Ryan Anderson, Larry Ball Jr. and Russ Hall back to green.

Anderson moved into second on the restart, and quick-timer, Clint Garner, passed a pair of cars to move into fourth. The final slowdown came when Casey Friedrichsen stopped with twelve laps in the books. It didn‟t slow Humston from his third career win in the 360 class aboard the Burch Motorsports #1m.

“These guys have been working their butts off and I appreciate it,” said Chad of his crew. “We had to change a motor after qualifying. It just wasn‟t up to par. This one got us to the front, and that‟s what we wanted.”

Anderson was second, while Garner took third from Moro on the 14th lap. After Moro, the top ten was completed by Russ Hall, Larry Ball Jr., Dave Hall, Jon Agan, Nate Van Haaften and Tasker Phillips. Jarrod Schneiderman, Dave Hall and Agan won the three heat races.

In the 305 12-lap feature, pole-sitter, Matthew Stelzer led early. Tasker Phillips had moved into second by the halfway point, followed by Chris Mallicoat, Matt Stephenson and Jamie Ball. Stelzer entered traffic around lap eight running the bottom. Phillips, was on the cushion and found his way around on the ninth circuit.

When Mark Widmar tried to enter the backstretch pit entrance and spun, it brought a caution with ten laps in the books. Stephenson restarted fourth, but slowed on the next try at green. Phillips led the final green, white, checker dash to record his fifth career 305 win at Knoxville.

“I‟ve been running the bottom, because you need to do that here,” said Phillips in Victory Lane. “It was nice to cruise on top again.”

Quick-timer, Ball passed Stelzer for second, with Carson McCarl grabbing fourth ahead of Chad Huston. Hard- charger, Tim St. Arnold, Mallicoat, Josh Jones, Mitchell Alexander and Alan Ambers rounded out the top ten. Bart Friedrichsen, Mark Van Haaften and Alexander won heats.

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 1 lap: 1. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (22) 15.144; 2. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (20) 15.173; 3. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (10) 15.248; 4. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (3) 15.351; 5. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (7) 15.389; 6. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (8) 15.446; 7. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (16) 15.475; 8. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (12) 15.498; 9. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (4) 15.556; 10. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (14) 15.625; 11. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (9) 15.626; 12. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (13) 15.645; 13. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (1) 15.757; 14. 56JC, Johnn Cressman, Sioux Falls, SD (18) 15.791; 15. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (6) 15.798; 16. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (19) 15.893; 17. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (23) 15.920; 18. 4K, Paul Jeffrey, Kellyville, NSW, Aust. (17) 15.957; 19. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (17) 15.977; 20. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (2) 16.057; 21. 4, Jon Corbin, Carrollton, MO (11) 16.168; 22. 21x, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (5) 16.359; 23. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (21) 16.367; 24. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (25) 16.553; 25. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (24) NT.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:12.4: 1. Ryan Bunton (1) 2. Kevin Swindell (6) 3. Don Droud Jr. (4) 4. Danny Lasoski (5) 5. Josh Schneiderman (3) 6. AJ Moeller (2) 7. Robby Wolfgang (7) 8. Joey Moughan (8)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:08.8: 1. Davey Heskin (1) 2. Mark Dobmeier (3) 3. Dusty Zomer (4) 4. Bronson Maeschen (6) 5. Terry McCarl (5) 6. Johnn Cressman (2) 7. Josh Higday (7) 8. Mike Houseman Jr. (8)

Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:11.5: 1. Dustin Selvage (4) 2. Austin McCarl (6) 3. Rager Phillips (5) 4. Lynton Jeffrey (3) 5. Bob Weuve (2) 6. Paul Jeffrey (1) 7. Jon Corbin (7)

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (7) 2. Josh Schneiderman (1) 3. Don Droud Jr. (4) 4. Kevin Swindell (10) 5. Dusty Zomer (3) 6. Austin McCarl (8) 7. Mark Dobmeier (11) 8. Davey Heskin (15) 9. Lynton Jeffrey (12) 10. Robby Wolfgang (19) 11. Bob Weuve (13) 12. Johnn Cressman (17) 13. Ryan Bunton (14) 14. Jon Corbin (21) 15. Mike Houseman Jr. (23) 16. Dustin Selvage (2) 17. Josh Higday (20) 18. Terry McCarl (6) 19. Paul Jeffrey (18) 20. Bronson Maeschen (9) 21. Rager Phillips (5) 22. Mike Moore (24) 23. AJ Moeller (16) 24. Joey Moughan (22). Lap Leaders: Schneiderman 1-12, Lasoski 13-20. Hard-charger: Wolfgang.

360 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 15.970; 2. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 16.224; 3. 47T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA, 16.318; 4. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 16.324; 5. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA, 16.337; 6. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA, 16.347; 7. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.357; 8. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 16.378; 9. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA, 16.442; 10. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA, 16.443; 11. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE, 16.484; 12. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA, 16.501; 13. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA, 16.507; 14. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA, 16.523; 15. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 16.628; 16. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA, 16.670; 17. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 16.686; 18. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, 16.762; 19. 6G, Bryan Gossel, Ft. Collins, CO, 16.834; 20. 12, Rod Richards, Van Meter, IA, 16.849; 21. 14J, Josh Riggins, Lincoln, NE, 16.910; 22. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA, 17.069; 23. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO, 17.078; 24. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL, 17.098; 25. 00, Brad Foster, Melbourne, VIC, Aust., NT; 26. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA, NT.

Heat one (started), 7 laps, NT: 1. Jarrod Schneiderman (2) 2. Clint Garner (6) 3. Alan Zoutte (1) 4. Russ Hall (4) 5. Larry Ball Jr. (3) 6. Tasker Phillips (5) 7. Bryan Gossel (7) 8. John Hall (8) DNS – Brad Foster

Heat two (started), 7 laps, NT: 1. David Hall (4) 2. Chad Humston (3) 3. Casey Friedrichsen (1) 4. Dustin Selvage (5) 5. Nate Van Haaften (6) 6. Ricky Montgomery (8) 7. Rod Richards (7) 8. Tyler Groenendyk (2) DNS – Chad Heimbaugh

Heat three (started), 7 laps, NT: 1. Jon Agan (2) 2. Tom Lenz (1) 3. Matt Moro (3) 4. Ryan Anderson (4) 5. Tony Shilling (6) 6. Jimmy Davies (7) 7. Dennis Moore Jr. (5) DNS - Josh Riggins

A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Chad Humston (2) 2. Ryan Anderson (4) 3. Clint Garner (10) 4. Matt Moro (1) 5. Russ Hall (6) 6. Larry Ball Jr. (3) 7. David Hall (5) 8. Jon Agan (12) 9. Nate Van Haaften (9) 10. Tasker Phillips (16) 11. Jarrod Schneiderman (11) 12. Ricky Montgomery (20) 13. Tyler Groenendyk (17) 14. Tom Lenz (15) 15. Bryan Gossel (18) 16. Alan Zoutte (13) 17. Rod Richards (19) 18. Jimmy Davies (21) 19. Casey Friedrichsen (14) 20. Tony Shilling (8) 21. Dustin Selvage (7) DNS – Dennis Moore Jr., John Hall, Josh Riggins, Brad Foster, Chad Heimbaugh. Lap Leader: Humston 1-15. Hard-charger: Montgomery.

305 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA, 17.921; 2. 7c, Chad Huston, Jamesport, MO, 17.940; 3. 97, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA, 17.996; 4. 55, Matt Stephenson, Altoona, IA, 18.107; 5. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 18.110; 6. 02s, Josh Jones, Knoxville, IA, 18.136; 7. 22, Chris Mallicoat, Boone, IA, 18.17; 8. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Omaha, NE, 18.175; 9. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA, 18.183; 10. 29, Bart Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 18.214; 11. 33, Mark Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 18.222; 12. 7s, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA, 18.334; 13. 93A, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 18.362; 14. 2, Steve Palmer, Des Moines IA, 18.424; 15. 21, Keith Carlberg, Webster City, IA, 18.570; 16. 92c, Cody Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 18.772; 17. 12, TJ Peterson, Des Moines, IA, 19.380; 18. 4c, Chris Horton, Indianola, IA, 19.684; 19. 00, Matt McBride, Runnells, IA, 21.466; 20. 87, Cale Hutchings, Bloomfield, IA, NT; 21. 7w, Mark Widmar, Ottumwa, IA, NT.

Heat one (started), 6 laps, 1:50.3: 1. Bart Friedrichsen (2) 2. Alan Ambers (1) 3. Jamie Ball (5) 4. Matt Stephenson (4) 5. Chris Mallicoat (3) 6. Cody Ambers (6) DNS - Matt McBride

Heat two (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Mark Van Haaften (2) 2. Tasker Phillips (4) 3. Matthew Stelzer (3) 4. Chad Huston (5) 5. Steve Palmer (1) 6. Mark Widmar (7) 7. TJ Peterson (6)

Heat three (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Mitchell Alexander (3) 2. Carson McCarl (5) 3. Josh Jones (4) 4. Keith Carlberg (1) 5. Chris Horton (6) 6. Tim St. Arnold (2) DNS - Cale Hutchings

A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Tasker Phillips (4) 2. Jamie Ball (8) 3. Matthew Stelzer (1) 4. Carson McCarl (6) 5. Chad Huston (7) 6. Tim St. Arnold (13) 7. Chris Mallicoat (2) 8. Josh Jones (3) 9. Mitchell Alexander (9) 10. Alan Ambers (12) 11. Bart Friedrichsen (10) 12. Steve Palmer (11) 13. Keith Carlberg (14) 14. Cody Ambers (16) 15. Matt Stephenson (5) 16. Mark Widmar (17) 17. Chris Horton (15) DNS – Mark Van Haaften, TJ Peterson, Matt McBride, Cale Hutchings. Lap Leaders: Stelzer 1-8, T. Phillips 9-12. Hard-charger: St. Arnold.

7/23

Zomer Rolls to Third Win of Season at Knoxville! by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, July 23, 2011 – Dusty Zomer raced to his third win of the season, and eighth in his career at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday night in the 410 class. Russ Hall captured his second win of the season in the 360 class, while Carson McCarl picked up his third win of the season with the 305‟s.

Zomer jumped out to the early lead from his front row starting spot. Robby Wolfgang ran second, but was overtaken by Brian Brown on lap five. On the next go-around, Dustin Selvage and Mike Houseman Jr. tangled bringing out the caution. Zomer led Brown, Wolfgang, Ian Madsen and Danny Lasoski back to green.

Brown shot around Zomer on the restart as the two battled for the top spot. On the eight lap, Zomer regained the lead for good. Bronson Maeschen was running tenth when he jumped the berm in turn two and brought about another caution. Kevin Swindell made a bold move from seventh to fourth after the restart.

On lap fifteen, tenth running Lynton Jeffrey blew a left rear tire. That set up an opportunity for Swindell, who shot around Lasoski for the third spot. A three car accident marred the final dash as Austin McCarl, Cap Henry and Maeschen suffered extensive damage with three laps to go.

Zomer was able to hold onto the win in Derek Ingalls #91. “I knew the car was getting worse up on the top,” he said in Victory Lane. “When Brown came around me, I tried the bottom and found something. From there on out, the car was great down there. I didn‟t want to leave it. I can‟t thank my team enough, and we‟re clicking at the right time.”

Brown settled for second, ahead of Swindell, Davey Heskin, who grabbed fourth on the last lap, and Lasoski. Mark Dobmeier, quick-timer, Terry McCarl, Ian Madsen, Wolfgang and Rager Phillips rounded out the top ten.

Swindell, Maeschen and Zomer won heat races. A strange ending to the first heat occurred when Brown was leading and lost control coming for the checkers, collecting Dustin Selvage. They were scored third and fourth. Bob Weuve got upside down in his heat, but returned for the feature.

In the 360 main event, Lee Grosz shot out from his pole position to lead early. With five laps down, Chad Humston checked up behind a pair of cars and spun in turn three, bringing out the yellow flag. Grosz led Russ Hall, Casey Friedrichsen, Larry Ball Jr. and Gregg Bakker back to green flag racing.

Hall sized up Grosz and had the lead at the completion of the sixth lap. Friedrichsen moved into second shortly thereafter. Hall had no peer as he rode the cushion around the big half-mile in the Mike Waddell Racing #45c. Friedrichsen finished a career-best second ahead of Clint Garner who grabbed the spot late from Gregg Bakker.

“My Dad and Dirty Red worked their butts off this week to get the car right,” said Hall from Victory Lane. “I have to thank Mike Waddell. This is awesome. This track turned out great. The car worked excellent, top or bottom.”

Larry Ball Jr. finished fifth, and Grosz, Jon Agan, Nate Van Haaften, Jordan Boston and Billy Alley rounded out the top ten. Dennis Moore Jr. won the B main, while Humston, JD Johnson, Van Haaften and Ryan Anderson took heat races. Austin Alumbaugh, Bryan Gossel and RJ Johnson were involved in a nasty tangle in the third heat. Only Johnson returned, and there were no injuries.

Carson McCarl left little doubt of the outcome, as he led from start to finish from his starting spot outside row one. Despite a lap two caution for a Steve Palmer spin, the 16 year old driver was flawless in the T-MAC Motorsports #97. Mitchell Alexander chased him to the checkers ahead of Kevin Hetrick, Austin Johnson and Jamie Ball. “It‟s unbelievable,” said McCarl. “I came into the year not expecting to win a race, and we‟ve won three out of the six. I have to thank Van Gorp Construction, Gary Dean and Aaron Berryhill for their help. The bottom in three and four was getting a lot better so I headed down there.”

Matt Stelzer ran sixth, and Bart Friedrichsen, Josh Jones, Chris Mallicoat and Matt Stephenson rounded out the top ten. Johnson and Alexander won the heats.

The Deery Brothers Late Model Series hits Knoxville on Tuesday night, July 26, while next Saturday, July 30, Candi‟s Flowers Night will see the last preparation before the 21st Annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Nationals.

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 1 lap: 1. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (11) 15.670; 2. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (9) 15.740; 3. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (18) 15.766; 4. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (7) 15.781; 5. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (6) 15.798; 6. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (10) 15.898; 7. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (21) 15.930; 8. 28, Ian Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (1) 16.040; 9. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (28) 16.136; 10. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (3) 16.139; 11. 04, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (4) 16.140; 12. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (8) 16.169; 13. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (5) 16.176; 14. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (14) 16.180; 15. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (24) 16.309; 16. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (23) 16.34; 17. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (15) 16.349; 18. 56JC, Johnn Cressman, Sioux Falls, SD (25) 16.358; 19. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (20) 16.362; 20. 14, Tony Stewart, Columbus, IN (27) 16.459; 21. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (13) 16.464; 22. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (22) 16.519; 23. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (17) 16.699; 24. 4, Jon Corbin, Carrollton, MO (2) 16.800; 25. 23, Russel Borland, Kewaskum, WI (12) 17.339; 26. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (16) 17.598; 27. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (19) 17.814; 28. 7G, Garrett Dollansky, Elk River, MN (26) 18.545.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Kevin Swindell (7) 2. Josh Schneiderman (4) 3. Brian Brown (6) 4. Dustin Selvage (2) 5. Robby Wolfgang (5) 6. Terry McCarl (8) 7. Rager Phillips (3) 8. Ryan Bunton (1) 9. Russel Borland (9) 10. Garrett Dollansky (10)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:19.8: 1. Bronson Maeschen (3) 2. Mark Dobmeier (8) 3. Tony Stewart (2) 4. Don Droud Jr. (4) 5. Ian Madsen (6) 6. Austin McCarl (7) 7. Cap Henry (5) 8. Mike Houseman Jr. (1) DNS – Mike Moore

Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Dusty Zomer (6) 2. Davey Heskin (8) 3. Danny Lasoski (5) 4. AJ Moeller (5) 5. Lynton Jeffrey (4) 6. Johnn Cressman (1) 7. Bob Weuve (2) DNS – Jon Corbin, Mark Johnson

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Dusty Zomer (2) 2. Brian Brown (4) 3. Kevin Swindell (7) 4. Davey Heskin (8) 5. Danny Lasoski (5) 6. Mark Dobmeier (9) 7. Terry McCarl (10) 8. Ian Madsen (3) 9. Robby Wolfgang (1) 10. Rager Phillips (19) 11. Don Droud Jr. (13) 12. Tony Stewart (17) 13. Ryan Bunton (21) 14. AJ Moeller (11) 15. Russel Borland (23) 16. Josh Schneiderman (12) 17. Austin McCarl (6) 18. Cap Henry (18) 19. Bronson Maeschen (15) 20. Bob Weuve (20) 21. Lynton Jeffrey (14) 22. Mike Moore (25) 23. Garrett Dollansky (24) 24. Dustin Selvage (16) 25. Mike Houseman Jr. (22) DNS – Jon Corbin, Mark Johnson, Johnn Cressman. Lap Leaders: Zomer 1-6, Brown 7, Zomer 8-20. Hard-charger: Phillips.

360 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.219; 2. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE, 16.423; 3. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA, 16.487; 4. 4x, Jordan Boston, Crete, NE, 16.500; 5. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE, 16.530; 6. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA, 16.545; 7. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 16.601; 8. 22, Billy Alley, Bennett, NE, 16.621; 9. 11x, Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.636; 10. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.658; 11. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 16.678; 12. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA, 16.715; 13. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND, 16.725; 14. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 16.726; 15. 71, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL, 16.814; 16. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO, 16.901; 17. 09, Matt Juhl, Estherville, IA, 16.915; 18. 98, JD Johnson, Wichita, KS, 16.925; 19. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 16.936; 20. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA, 16.937; 21. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA, 16.939; 22. 12, Rod Richards, Van Meter, IA, 16.968; 23. 33A, Austin Alumbaugh, Higginsville, MO, 17.020; 24. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA, 17.068; 25. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA, 17.116; 26. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA, 17.123; 27. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA, 17.129; 28. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL, 17.160; 29. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA, 17.163; 30. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 17.184; 31. 6G, Bryan Gossel, Ft. Collins, CO, 17.198; 32. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, 17.235; 33. 00, Brad Foster, Melbourne, VIC, Aust., 17.236; 34. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA, 17.380; 35. 1HD, Jason Tostenson, Gaylord, MN, 17.792; 36. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville IA, NT.

Heat one (started), 7 laps, 2:00.6: 1. Chad Humston (3) 2. Gregg Bakker (4) 3. Clint Garner (6) 4. Lee Grosz (1) / 5. Josh Higday (9) 6. Matt Juhl (2) 7. John Hall (8) 8. Brad Foster (7) 9. Alan Zoutte (5)

Heat two (started), 7 laps, 2:02.3: 1. JD Johnson (2) 2. Jon Agan (3) 3. Ryan Roberts (6) 4. Russ Hall (4) / 5. Tasker Phillips (8) 6. Dennis Moore Jr. (5) 7. Rod Richards (1) 8. Tyler Groenendyk (7) 9. Chad Heimbaugh (9) Heat three (started), 7 laps, 2:03.9: 1. Nate Van Haaften (5) 2. David Hall (2) 3. Casey Friedrichsen (4) 4. Jason Tostenson (9) / 5. Jarrod Schneiderman (7) 6. RJ Johnson (3) 7. Austin Alumbaugh (1) 8. Dustin Selvage (6) 9. Bryan Gossel (8)

Heat four (started), 7 laps, 2:03.7: 1. Ryan Anderson (1) 2. Matt Moro (2) 3. Billy Alley (5) 4. Larry Ball Jr. (4) / 5. Jordan Boston (6) 6. Ricky Montgomery (3) 7. Tom Lenz (8) 8. Jimmy Davies (7) DNS – Joe Beaver

B main (started), 10 laps, 3:07.6: 1. Dennis Moore Jr. (1) 2. Jordan Boston (2) 3. Ricky Montgomery (3) 4. Josh Higday (5) / 5. Jimmy Davies (12) 6. Tyler Groenendyk (10) 7. RJ Johnson (4) 8. Joe Beaver (17) 9. Tasker Phillips (14) 10. Jarrod Schneiderman (9) 11. Tom Lenz (13) 12. Brad Foster (16) 13. Chad Heimbaugh (15) 14. Alan Zoutte (7) 15. John Hall (11) 16. Matt Juhl (6) 17. Rod Richards (8) DNS – Dustin Selvage, Austin Alumbaugh, Bryan Gossel

A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Russ Hall (4) 2. Casey Friedrichsen (3) 3. Clint Garner (10) 4. Gregg Bakker (5) 5. Larry Ball Jr. (2) 6. Lee Grosz (1) 7. Jon Agan (11) 8. Nate Van Haaften (7) 9. Jordan Boston (18) 10. Billy Alley (6) 11. Chad Humston (8) 12. Dennis Moore Jr. (17) 13. David Hall (13) 14. Ryan Anderson (15) 15. Ryan Roberts (9) 16. Jason Tostenson (16) 17. Josh Higday (20) 18. JD Johnson (12) 19. Matt Moro (14) 20. Ricky Montgomery (19). Lap Leaders: Grosz 1-5, R. Hall 6-15. Hard-charger: Boston.

305 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA, 17.407; 2. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Omaha, NE, 17.433; 3. 29, Bart Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 17.544; 4. 55, Matt Stephenson, Altoona, IA, 17.553; 5. 81, Austin Johnson, Shakopee, MN, 17.589; 6. 53, Kevin Hetrick, Gladstone, IL, 17.736; 7. 93A, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 17.844; 8. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA, 17.852; 9. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 17.865; 10. 97, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA, 17.888; 11. 87, Cale Hutchings, Bloomfield, IA, 17.991; 12. 22, Chris Mallicoat, Boone, IA, 18.022; 13. 2, Steve Palmer, Des Moines, IA, 18.092; 14. 92c, Cody Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 18.106; 15. 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA, 18.256; 16. 4c, Chris Horton, Indianola, IA, 19.927; 17. 12, TJ Peterson, Des Moines, IA, NT; 18. 7s, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA, NT; DQ (Light at the Scales), 02s, Josh Jones, Knoxville IA Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Austin Johnson (2) 2. Jamie Ball (4) 3. Bart Friedrichsen (3) 4. Josh Jones (10) 5. Alan Ambers (1) 6. Tasker Phillips (5) 7. Steve Palmer (7) 8. Cale Hutchings (6) 9. Bob Hildreth (8) 10. Tim St. Arnold (9)

Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:53.2: 1. Mitchell Alexander (1) 2. Matthew Stelzer (4) 3. Carson McCarl (5) 4. Kevin Hetrick (2) 5. Matt Stephenson (3) 6. Chris Mallicoat (6) 7. Cody Ambers (7) DN S - Chris Horton, TJ Peterson

A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Carson McCarl (2) 2. Mitchell Alexander (3) 3. Kevin Hetrick (4) 4. Austin Johnson (5) 5. Jamie Ball (8) 6. Matthew Stelzer (7) 7. Bart Friedrichsen (6) 8. Josh Jones (1) 9. Chris Mallicoat (11) 10. Matt Stephenson (9) 11. Alan Ambers (10) 12. Bob Hildreth (15) 13. Cody Ambers (13) 14. Cale Hutchings (12) 15. Steve Palmer (14). Lap Leaders: McCarl 1-12.

7/26

Deery Brothers Knoxville Champs are Beuseling and Sobbing By Bob Wilson

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 26) – Nate Beuseling of Silvis, Illinios took the IMCA Late Model portion of the Derry Brothers Harris Clash while Jesse Sobbing of Glenwood, Iowa grabbed the Sportmod Feature in this annual Knoxville Raceway event Tuesday night.

The 35-lap late model affair saw Beuseling lead the entire distance in a non-stop race as he grabbed the point position at the outset from his pole position start. By lap five he had a 10 car-length lead over second place Todd Cooney. Bueseling continued to pour on the coal but Cooney never went away although he was unable to contest for the top spot. The race would soon boil down to a 2-car race with these two drivers.

By lap 15 Beuseling had come upon lap traffic but was unable to get by the first back marker. This enabled Cooney to catch the leader but a worn out track saw most all 24 starters hanging around the bottom of Knoxville‟s big half- mile oval. Several laps later Beuseling did make the pass and Cooney went right with him.

Soon after that move Beuseling was again impeded by a slower car and after several laps he tried passing on the high side. This move nearly cost him the race as the pass went for naught and Cooney nearly got by him on the bottom. Once he was able to make the pass he saught, he opened up a 10 car-length lead which he soon extended to 15.

In the end, lap traffic proved to be a barrier and it seemed that Beuseling was content to trail the final car in a line of eight to ten cars. This allowed Cooney to once again catch the leader. At the finish Beuseling‟s Mach-1 chassis came across the finish line five car lengths ahead of the Cooney machine. The win was his first ever in the Deery Series for him.

The Sportmods saw front-row starter Jesse Sobbing trail pole sitter Beau Kaplin at the drop of the green but by turn two Sobbing had taken the lead, one that he would never relinquish. Sobbing‟s Razor Chassis was the car on fire this night as he had pulled away to a 20 car-length advantage at the end of the third lap. By lap five of this twenty lapper he had built a full chute lead!

There would be no catching Sobbing on this night as second runner Kaplin was never able to mount any kind of threat even when Sobbing hit lap traffic. He made it look easy as he took his car by back markers one at a time and was never really hindered in his pursuit of the win. He was even passing more of them as he headed down the front chute to take the checkered flag.

Fifty-nineB mods and thirty-eight late models filled the pits on this night.

Late Models Results

Heat one, 10 laps, NT: 1. 41, Matt Strassheim, Burlington, IA; 2. 30, Todd Cooney, Des Moines, IA; 3. 27H, Brian Harris, Davenport, IA; 4. 56, Andy Eckrich, Iowa City, IA; 5. 58, Ray Guss Jr., East Moline, IL; 6. 14M, Mike Murphy Jr., Colona, IL; 7. 22, Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake, IA; 8. 95, Eric Sanders, Moline, IL; 9. 31, Chad Cooney, Des Moines IA; 10. 9, Ryan Giles, West Des Moines, IA

Heat two, 10 laps, NT: 1. 77, Jeff Aikey, Waterloo, IA; 2. G1, Mike Garland, Morrison, IL; 3. 75M, Todd Malstrom, Silvis, IL; 4. 12J, TJ Criss, Oskaloosa, IA; 5. 69, Tom Goble, Burlington, IA; 6. 33, Paul Glendenning, Mt. Ayr, IA; 7. 98, Travis Smock, Independence, IA; 8. 4D, Marty Diercks, Bettendorf, IA

Heat three, 10 laps, NT: 1. 38, Colby Springsteen, Morning Sun, IA; 2. 99D, Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, IA; 3. 33M, Nick Marolf, Moscow, IA; 4. 45, Tommy Elston, Keokuk, IA; 5. 1st, Justin Reed, Quincy, IL; 6. 42, Tom Darbyshire, Morning Sun, IA; 7. 15, Jeff Guengerich, Washington, IA; 8. 62, Greg Cox, Altoona, IA; 9. 88, Drew Johnson, Belle Plaine, IA; 10. 5, Dave Hubbard, Moorland, IA

Heat four, 10 laps, 3:44.5: 1. 16, Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA; 2. 46, Nate Beuseling, Silvis, IL; 3. 93, Jay Johnson, West Burlington, IA; 4. 45K, Mike Klinkkammer, West Branch, IA; 5. 28c, Terry Neal, Ely, IA; 6. 40, Joel Callahan, Dubuque, IA; 7. 84, Sam Halstead, New London, IA; 8. 76, Jason Hahne, Webster City, IA

B main one, 10 laps, NT: 1. Ray Guss Jr. 2. Andy Eckrich 3. Tom Goble 4. TJ Criss / 5. Charlie McKenna 6. Marty Diercks 7. Spencer Diercks 8. Paul Glendenning 9. Chad Cooney 10. Mike Murphy Jr. 11. Eric Sanders 12. Travis Smock 13. Ryan Giles

B main two, 10 laps, NT: 1. Justin Reed 2. Tommy Elston 3. Terry Neal 4. Mike Klinkkammer / 5. Tom Darbyshire 6. Joel Callahan 7. Jeff Guengerich 8. Greg Cox 9. Richie Gustin 10. Jason Hahne 11. Drew Johnson 12. Dave Hubbard

A main (started), 35 laps, 13:00.6 (NTR): 1. Nate Beuseling (1) 2. Todd Cooney (2) 3. Mike Garland (5) 4. Jay Johnson (7) 5. Matt Strassheim (4) 6. Brian Harris (3) 7. Ray Guss Jr. (13) 8. Nick Marolf (8) 9. Andy Eckrich (15) 10. Justin Reed (14) 11. Tom Goble (17) 12. Tommy Elston (16) 13. Darrel DeFrance (9) 14. Terry Neal (18) 15. Jeff Aikey (6) 16. Tyler Bruening (11) 17. Mike Klinkkammer (20) 18. Tom Darbyshire (22) 19. Joel Callahan (23) 20. Colby Springsteen (10) 21. TJ Criss (19) 22. Spencer Diercks (21) 23. Todd Malstrom (12) 24. Eric Sanders (24). Lap Leader: Beuseling 1-35.

SportModified Results

Heat one, 8 laps, 3:18.7: 1. 12, Doug Smith, Lake City, IA; 2. 321, Andy Tiernan, Jefferson, IA; 3. 505, Racer Hulin, Newton, IA; 4. 9, Kyle Nordquist, Sioux City, IA; 5. 23JR, Nick Roberts, Des Moines, IA; 6. 15, Cody Hillgartner, Harlan, IA; 7. 16, Mike Shelton, Ottumwa, IA; 8. 20G, Michael Grantham, Ankeny, IA; 9. 7T, Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa, IA

Heat two, 8 laps, 3:20.2: 1. 10G, Jim Gillenwater, Keokuk, IA; 2. 21K, Kyle Brown, Kellogg, IA; 3. 77, Jack Myer, Ankeny, IA; 4. 69, Tony Rost, Utica, IA; 5. 00, Jim Buhlman, Cedar Falls, IA; 6. 24, Brian Miller, Grand Junction, IA; 7. 52, Rick Barlow Jr, Montrose, IA; 8. 7Z, Derek Coleman, New London, IA; 9. 8, Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa IA; 10. 14z, Jake Zuercher, St. Charles, IA;

Heat three, 8 laps, NT: 1. 99, Jesse Sobbing, Glenwood, IA; 2. 10H, Jack Housley, Des Moines, IA; 3. 2G, Geoff Olson, Ames, IA; 4. 48, Blake Conant, Carlisle, IA; 5. 2z, Zach Rawlins, Kellogg, IA; 6. 9E, Eric Elliott, Boone, IA; 7. 27, Tim Love, Kelley, IA; 8. K1, Randy Krampe, Baxter, IA; 9. 10N, Keegan Nordquist, Sioux City, IA; 10. 1, Roger Dresden, Keokuk, IA

Heat four, 8 laps, 3:21.5: 1. 92T, Tyler Droste, Waterloo, IA; 2. 25, Scott VanBuskirk, Oskaloosa, IA; 3. 72, Brett Lowery, Montezuma, IA; 4. 5R, Tad Reutzel, Forest City, IA; 5. 26J, Joel Rust, Hudson, IA; 6. 34J, Jerry Hinton, Adel, IA; 7. 13T, Taylor Musselman, Norwalk, IA; 8. 19J, Levi Smith, Donnellson, IA; 9. 56, Kyle Webb, Des Moines, IA

Heat five, 8 laps, 3:19.3: 1. 1E, Austin Kaplan, Ankeny, IA; 2. 11, Beau Kaplan, Ankeny, IA; 3. 02, Andrew Schroeder, Keswick, IA; 4. 3L, Clint Luellen, Minburn, IA; 5. 36, Matt Pittman, Jefferson, IA; 6. 49, Nate Whitehurst, Mason City, IA; 7. T17, Tom Rawlins, Kellogg, IA; 8. 777, Jayme Duinink, Pella, IA; 9. 92, Tim Zeman, Muscatine, IA; 10. 66L, Lucas Onstot, Norwalk, IA

Heat six, 8 laps, 3:18.1: 1. 10, Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, IA; 2. 7, Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa, IA; 3. 53, Travis Woodbeck, Eagle Grove, IA; 4. 2, Bryan Lariviere, Wichita, KS; 5. 67, Tyler Gross, Bondurant, IA 6. 64, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA; 7. 64x, Brandon Leeman, Roland, IA; 8. 41, Jeremy Embrey, Granger IA; 9. Tom Lathrop, Ottumwa, IA;

B main one, 12 laps, 4:30.8: 1. Racer Hulin 2. Kyle Nordquist 3. Jim Buhlman 4. Tony Rost / 5. Nick Roberts 6. Jack Myer 7. Derek Coleman 8. Brian Miller 9. Rick Barlow Jr. 10. Mike Shelton 11. Michael Grantham 12. Cody Hillgartner

B main two, 12 laps, 5:00.2: 1. Geoff Olson 2. Tad Reutzel 3. Blake Conant 4. Joel Rust / 5. Zach Rawlins 6. Tim Love 7. Jerry Hinton 8. Eric Elliott 9. Roger Dresden 10. Levi Smith 11. Keegan Nordquist 12. Taylor Musselman 13. Randy Krampe 14. Brett Lowery 15. Kyle Webb

B main three, 12 laps, 5:03.8: 1. Andrew Schroeder 2. Clint Luellen 3. Nate Whitehurst 4. Matt Pittman / 5. Casey Greubel 6. Brandon Leeman 7. Jayme Duinink 8. Jeremy Embrey 9. Matt Lettow 10. Tim Zeman 11. Lucas Onstot 12. Tom Rawlins 13. Bryan Lariviere 14. Travis Woodbeck

A main (started), 20 laps, 8:25.4: 1. Jesse Sobbing (2) 2. Austin Kaplan (6) 3. Jim Gillenwater (4) 4. Carter VanDenBerg (12) 5. Beau Kaplan (1) 6. Tyler Droste (9) 7. Doug Smith (8) 8. Racer Hulin (13) 9. Cayden Carter (7) 10. Andy Tiernan (11) 11. Jim Buhlman (20) 12. Scott VanBuskirk (3) 13. Andrew Schroeder (16) 14. Clint Luellen (19) 15. Tad Reutzel (18) 16. Kyle Brown (10) 17. Nate Whitehurst (22) 18. Blake Conant (21) 19. Tony Rost (24) 20. Matt Pittman (23) 21. Geoff Olson (14) 22. Joel Rust (22) 23. Kyle Nordquist (16) 24. Jack Housley (5). Lap Leader: Sobbing 1-20.

7/30

Zomer Scores Another Electrifying Win in Last Corner at Knoxville! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, July 30, 2011 – Dusty Zomer brought a packed crowd to its feet on Saturday night with a last corner pass of Tyler Walker to record his fourth win of the season, and ninth in his career at the Knoxville Raceway on Candi‟s Flowers Night. Defending 360 champion, Clint Garner, took his third win of the season and the tenth in his career in that division.

After a spin by AJ Moeller and a run-in with the wall sidelined Austin Johnson, Zomer put Derek Ingalls‟ #91 out front early from his starting spot on the pole. Another spin by Moeller with a lap in the books sidelined the rookie, and Zomer found himself leading Dustin Selvage, Walker, Robby Wolfgang and Lynton Jeffrey back to green flag racing.

Walker quickly moved into second and began stalking the leader in the Jesse Keen #17K. The California native would ride the cushion to the lead completing lap seven. Mark Dobmeier, who had won the B after extensive repairs were done to his sprinter after a hard crash in his heat with quick-timer, Bronson Maeschen, had moved up to sixth by the halfway point. The Grand Forks, North Dakota driver moved into fifth by lap 13, overtaking Selvage, who would retire two laps later.

Walker built a half straightaway lead with five to go, but Zomer began to reel him in, using the low side of the raceway. He was within three car lengths taking the white flag and continued to pursue Walker into turn four, where he pulled in front on the low side and made himself wide to take the checkers.

“I think traffic helped me a little, but it was experience too,” said Zomer from Victory Lane. “I run here weekly, and if Tyler had the last lap to run again, he‟d do it differently. My hat is off to him for coming in here and running strong. I think we put on a good show for the fans! I hope everyone enjoyed it. We were strong and never gave up. I hope it continues in the Nationals.”

Following the Brandon, South Dakota native were Walker, Brian Brown, Jeffrey and Kevin Swindell. Hard- charger, Dobmeier, Kerry Madsen, Danny Lasoski, Austin McCarl and Don Droud Jr. rounded out the top ten.

Ricky Logan, Kerry Madsen, Ian Madsen and Brown won the four entertaining heats. In addition to the Dobmeier/Maeschen crash, Ben Gregg got upside down on the backstretch when something broke after finishing third in his heat. He would not return. JD Johnson suffered the same fate during the B main. No one was injured.

In the 360 feature, it was a battle of Sioux Falls natives. Gregg Bakker shot out from his pole position following a spin by quick-timer, Tasker Phillips. Bakker‟s maintained his lead through a caution with three laps in the books. Ryan Anderson stopped in turn four with a folded front end.

Bakker led Dennis Moore Jr., Jonathan Cornell, Garner and Casey Friedrichsen back to green. Two laps later, Garner had moved into third, and by lap 13, had worked his way past Moore into second.

Bakker appeared to have things in control on the white flag lap, but while he was in turn three, eighth running, Jack Dover, slowed in turn two bringing caution. That brought a green, white, checker finish with Bakker leading Garner, Moore, Billy Alley and Cornell.

Garner used a good restart to circle his fellow Sioux Falls driver for the win in the Fluth #40 powered by Parker Engines. Following the lead pair were Moore, Alley and Chad Humston. Cornell, Friedrichsen, Oregon visitor Roger Crockett, Nate Van Haaften and David Hall rounded out the top ten. Garner was complimentary of Bakker in Victory Lane. “It was good to race with Gregg Bakker. I know how he works. I knew exactly what his plan was. He had a good thing going, and usually he doesn‟t change it. This is the third time we‟ve won on Candi‟s Flowers night. We did it, and we‟re up here again.”

Ryan Roberts, Larry Ball Jr., Josh Higday and Dover took the heats, while Tony Shilling grabbed the B main. For the second week in a row, young Jordan Boston was the hard-charger in the A main, passing nine cars.

The 21st Annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Nationals kick off Southern Iowa Sprintweek this Thursday night, August 4 at the Knoxville Raceway! Tickets still remain!

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order, 1 lap): 1. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (4) 15.603; 2. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (1) 15.737; 3. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (5) 15.789; 4. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (33) 15.925; 5. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (2) 15.963; 6. 92, Kerry Madsen, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (17) 16.020; 7. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (14) 16.089; 8. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (26) 16.130; 9. 17K, Tyler Walker, Los Angeles, CA (21) 16.174; 10. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (15) 16.249; 11. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (3) 16.261; 12. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (23) 16.265; 13. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (7) 16.275; 14. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (10) 16.292; 15. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (25) 16.303; 16. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (9) 16.448; 17. 10P, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (27) 16.646; 18. 2, Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls, SD (30) 16.691; 19. 2B, Ben Gregg, Glendale, AZ (22) 16.709; 20. 98, JD Johnson, Goddard, KS (32) 16.757; 21. 89G, , Waterford, CT (12) 16.765; 22. 44w, Austen Wheatley, Lake Stevens, WA (18) 16.868; 23. 28, Ian Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (16) 16.995; 24. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (11) 17.106; 25. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (13) 17.185; 26. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (11) 17.260; 27. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (28) 17.263; 28. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (19) 17.307; 29. 81, Austin Johnson, Shakopee, MN (6) 17.394; 30. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (20) 17.409; 31. 7G, Garrett Dollansky, Elk River, MN (31) 17.500; 32. 17, Marty Perovich, Denham Court, NSW, Aust. (24) , 17.926; 33. 4w, Matt Wasmund, Jackson, MN, NT.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:17.8: 1. Ricky Logan (2) 2. Tyler Walker (4) 3. David Gravel (1) 4. Don Droud Jr. (3) 5. Austin Johnson (8) / 6. Mike Houseman Jr. (7) 7. Mark Dobmeier (5) 8. Bronson Maeschen (6) DNS – Matt Wasmund

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:17.7: 1. Kerry Madsen (5) 2. Robby Wolfgang (3) 3. Danny Lasoski (6) 4. Austen Wheatley (1) 5. Austin McCarl (4) / 6. Bryan Dobesh (2) 7. Josh Schneiderman (8) 8. Ryan Bunton (7)

Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:17.3: 1. Ian Madsen (1) 2. Dusty Zomer (3) 3. Ben Gregg (2) 4. Kevin Swindell (6) 5. Lynton Jeffrey (5) / 6. Davey Heskin (4) 7. AJ Moeller (7) 8. Garrett Dollansky (8)

Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:17.8: 1. Brian Brown (5) 2. Dustin Selvage (4) 3. Terry McCarl (6) 4. Rager Phillips (3) 5. Mike Moore (1) / 6. JD Johnson (2) 7. Mark Johnson (7) 8. Marty Perovich (8)

B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Mark Dobmeier (1) 2. Davey Heskin (2) 3. AJ Moeller (7) 4. Bryan Dobesh (3) 5. Marty Perovich (11) / 6. Mike Houseman Jr. (5) 7. Garrett Dollansky (10) 8. JD Johnson (4) 9. Ryan Bunton (6) 10. Josh Schneiderman (9) 11. Mark Johnson (8) DNS – Bronson Maeschen, Matt Wasmund

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Dusty Zomer (1) 2. Tyler Walker (6) 3. Brian Brown (7) 4. Lynton Jeffrey (8) 5. Kevin Swindell (11) 6. Mark Dobmeier (17) 7. Kerry Madsen (9) 8. Danny Lasoski (12) 9. Austin McCarl (5) 10. Don Droud Jr. (3) 11. Terry McCarl (10) 12. Ian Madsen (16) 13. Rager Phillips (13) 14. Robby Wolfgang (2) 15. Ricky Logan (20) 16. Mike Moore (15) 17. Austen Wheatley (24) 18. David Gravel (14) 19. Bryan Dobesh (23) 20. Dustin Selvage (4) 21. Marty Perovich (21) 22. Davey Heskin (22) 23. AJ Moeller (19) 24. Austin Johnson (18) DNS – Ben Gregg. Lap Leaders: Zomer 1-6, Walker 7-19, Zomer 20. Hard-charger: Dobmeier.

360 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order, 2 laps): 1. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (7) 16.232; 2. 79, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (8) 16.324; 3. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (4) 16.371; 4. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA (1) 16.376; 5. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (16) 16.404; 6. 47T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (6) 16.443; 7. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (20) 16.443; 8. 91, Henry Van Dam, Enumclaw, WA (10) 16.448; 9. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE (23) 16.472; 10. 22, Billy Alley, Bennett, NE (27) 16.478; 11. 28, Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia, MO (9) 16.485; 12. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA (15) 16.501; 13. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (12) 16.511; 14. 11x, Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, SD (31) 16.533; 15. 11, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (37) 16.562; 16. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (28) 16.590; 17. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (32) 16.611; 18. 71, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (25) 16.620; 19. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA (3) 16.671; 20. 53x, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (11) 16.693; 21. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (42) 16.697; 22. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA (33) 16.700; 23. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (26) 16.713; 24. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (21) 16.762; 25. B4, Jordan Boston, Crete, NE (13) 16.764; 26. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (40) 16.857; 27. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (29) 16.936; 28. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA (19) 16.963; 29. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL (39) 17.134; 30. 09, Matt Juhl, Estherville, IA (36) 17.138; 31. 00, Brad Foster, Melbourne, VIC, Aust. (30) 17.169; 32. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (17) 17.184; 33. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (41) 17.360; 34. 41w, Joshua Williams, Glendale, AZ (14) 17.385; 35. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (2) 17.638; 36. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (22) 17.760; 37. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (35) 17.940; 38. 21A, Dustin Beenken, Sheldon, IA (24) 18.117; 39. 11c, Dakota Carroll, LaMonte, MO (34) 18.992; 40. 612, Isaac Schreurs, Sioux Falls, SD (18) 19.179; 41. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (5) NT; 42. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (38) NT. Heat one (started), 7 laps, 2:00.4: 1. Ryan Roberts (1) 2. Chad Humston (2) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. (3) 4. Clint Garner (5) 5. Tasker Phillips (4) / 6. Jordan Boston (7) 7. Tom Lenz (8) 8. Jimmy Davies (6) 9. Alan Zoutte (9) DNS – Davey Heskin, Matt Moro

Heat two (started), 7 laps, NT: 1. Larry Ball Jr. (1) 2. Billy Alley (4) 3. RJ Johnson (2) 4. Gregg Bakker (3) 5. Calvin Landis (6) / 6. Tony Shilling (5) 7. Russ Hall (7) 8. Matt Juhl (8) 9. Joshua Williams (9) 10. Dustin Beenken (10) DNS – Bronson Maeschen

Heat three (started), 7 laps, NT: 1. Josh Higday (1) 2. Jonathan Cornell (4) 3. Ryan Anderson (5) 4. Roger Crockett (3) 5. Joe Beaver (6) / 6. Brad Foster (8) 7. Chad Heimbaugh (2) 8. John Hall (9) 9. Dakota Carroll (10) 10. Ricky Montgomery (7)

Heat four (started), 7 laps, 2:01.5: 1. Jack Dover (2) 2. Jamie Ball (1) 3. Nate Van Haaften (3) 4. Casey Friedrichsen (4) 5. David Hall (6) / 6. Henry Van Dam (5) 7. Tyler Groenendyk (7) 8. Jarrod Schneiderman (8) 9. Isaac Schreurs (10) 10. Jon Agan (9)

B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Tony Shilling (1) 2. Jordan Boston (4) 3. Russ Hall (5) 4. Henry Van Dam (2) 5. Chad Heimbaugh (3) / 6. Brad Foster (10) 7. Ricky Montgomery (6) 8. Jarrod Schneiderman (11) 9. Tyler Groenendyk (7) 10. Tom Lenz (16) 11. Jimmy Davies (8) 12. Matt Juhl (9) 13. Joshua Williams (13) 14. John Hall (14) 15. Alan Zoutte (12) 16. Dakota Carroll (18) 17. Isaac Schreurs (17) 18. Dustin Beenken (15) DNS – Jon Agan, Davey Heskin, Matt Moro, Bronson Maeschen

A main (started), 16 laps, NT: 1. Clint Garner (8) 2. Gregg Bakker (1) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. (2) 4. Billy Alley (5) 5. Chad Humston (6) 6. Jonathan Cornell (4) 7. Casey Friedrichsen (3) 8. Roger Crockett (13) 9. Nate Van Haaften (14) 10. David Hall (9) 11. Calvin Landis (11) 12. Joe Beaver (10) 13. Jordan Boston (22) 14. Josh Higday (19) 15. Tasker Phillips (12) 16. Russ Hall (23) 17. Tony Shilling (21) 18. Ryan Roberts (17) 19. Jamie Ball (20) 20. Henry Van Dam (24) 21. Jack Dover (16) 22. Larry Ball Jr. (18) 23. RJ Johnson (15) 24. Ryan Anderson (7). Lap Leaders: Bakker 1-14, Garner 15-16. Hard-charger: Boston.

8/4 Rain

8/5

Grosz wins first qualifying main of 21st Annual 360 Knoxville Nationals! by Stacy Ervin

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, August 5, 2011 – Lee Grosz of Harwood, North Dakota, won the first qualifying main event for the 21st Annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals and it was also his first career win at the Knoxville Raceway. In victory lane, he noted his goal for the weekend was just to put himself into the A-Main finale on Saturday night for the first time.

The opening night was originally scheduled for Thursday, however a steady rain that evening postponed the show. That meant all the cars entered in the Lucas Oil ASCS-sanctioned event ran on Friday, August 5, split into a “Thursday” group and a “Friday” group. Rain also threatened on Friday but moved out of the area before washing out the show.

Grosz started on the pole of the 20-lap main and led all the laps, holding off outside front-row starter Davey Heskin the entire distance. There was a red flag on the original start as Dave Hall got upside down in turns one and two. On the next complete restart, Chad Humston was a victim of bad luck when Jeff Swindell‟s car stumbled and Humston jumped his wheel. The race stayed green but Humston fell all the way to the back.

The red flag came out on lap six, when Matt Covington got upside down in turn two. At this stoppage, Humston and Terry McCarl also pulled to the work area. After that, Grosz continued to hold off Heskin and third-place runner Jason Johnson. He hit lapped traffic at lap 15 and that allowed those behind him to close.

The yellow flag came out again on lap 18 when Zach Chappell got turned around in turn two. When the race went green again, the red flag returned for a vicious crash in turns one and two which involved Jon Agan, RJ Johnson and Kolt Walker.

From there, Grosz kept the lead while Heskin came home a close second. Jason Johnson was third and Jeff Swindell fourth. Billy Alley came from 23rd starting spot to finish fifth.

Zach Chappell set the Thursday group‟s quickest time trial at 15.944. Heat races for the Thursday group were won by Zach Chappell, Calvin Landis, Jon Agan, Tasker Phillips and Kolt Walker. Brant O‟Banion won the C- Main and Sam Hafertepe Jr. won the B-Main.

Swindell wins second qualifying main of 21st Annual 360 Knoxville Nationals! by Stacy Ervin

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, August 5, 2011 – Sammy Swindell of Germantown, Tennessee, won the second qualifying main event for the 21st Annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals, stealing what looked like it might be a birthday victory from Wayne Johnson.

The first night of qualifying for the event was postponed by rain, so all cars entered in the Lucas Oil ASCS- sanctioned event ran on Friday, August 5, split into a “Thursday” group and a “Friday” group. Rain also threatened on Friday, but moved out of the area for the show.

Johnson started on the pole and led through the first 11 laps while Swindell, who started fourth, tried to wrestle second from outside front-row starter Ryan Anderson. The yellow flag came out at lap two for Larry Ball Jr., who was stopped in turn four.

After going green again, Johnson led while Anderson and Swindell picked up their torrid battle. Swindell finally got the spot on lap six. The race stayed green from there and Swindell started to close on Johnson in traffic at the halfway mark.

Swindell took the lead in turn four coming to the flagstand for lap 12 and never looked back. Johnson held on to second ahead of a hard-charging Shane Stewart in third. Randy Hannagan was fourth and Anderson slid back to fifth.

Danny Lasoski set the Friday group‟s fastest time trial at 16.069. Heat races for the Friday group were won by , Brooke Tatnell, Tony Shilling, Jake Peters and Danny Wood. Chad Meyer won the C-Main and Larry Ball Jr. won the B-Main.

Thursday Qualifiers Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 1 lap: 1. 0, Zach Chappell, Talala, OK (15) 15.944; 2. 71, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (19) 15.965; 3. 22, Billy Alley, Bennett, NE (21) 15.976; 4. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE (12) 16.042; 5. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (18) 16.045; 6. 94, Derek Hagar, Marion, AR (14) 16.057; 7. 4BX, Jordan Boston, Crete, NE (49) 16.103; 8. 28, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (36) 16.125; 9. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (24) 16.132; 10. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (22) 16.145; 11. 5M, Justyn Cox, Clarksburg, CA (2) 16.170; 12. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (1) 16.192; 13. 29, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA (33) 16.205; 14. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (32) 16.209; 15. 4B, Eric Baldaccini, Keller, TX (38) 16.213; 16. 7x, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (42) 16.221; 17. 47, Brant O‟Banion, Norfolk, NE (26) 16.275; 18. 2MX, Dustin Daggett, Portland, MI (5) 16.296; 19. 29T, Travis Rilat, Forney, TX (13) 16.296; 20. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (47) 16.308; 21. 25, Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (17) 16.312; 22. 79, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (23) 16.324; 23. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (43) 16.335; 24. 11c, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (3) 16.344; 25. 45K, Kolt Walker, Graham, TX (20) 16.373; 26. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA (11) 16.388; 27. 11, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (34) 16.405; 28. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (29) 16.411; 29. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (44) 16.419; 30. 8, Jon Carney II, El Paso, TX (28) 16.446; 31. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA (39) 16.451; 32. 28c, Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia, MO (9) 16.456; 33. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA (25) 16.456; 34. 98, JD Johnson, Wichita, KS (16) 16.492; 35. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (35) 16.526; 36. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (31) 16.532; 37. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (41) 16.536; 38. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (6) 16.546; 39. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (4) 16.586; 40. 00, Brad Foster, Melbourne, VIC, Aust. (10) 16.589; 41. 18, Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS (45) 16.665; 42. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (37) 16.765; 43. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (48) 16.776; 44. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA (7) 16.863; 45. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (8) 16.931; 46. 92c, Cody Ambers, Knoxville, IA (30) 16.985; 47. 33A, Austin Alumbaugh, Higginsville, MO (40) 17.023; 48. 11cx, Dakota Carroll, LaMonte, MO (27) 17.128; 49. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (46) 17.206.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Zach Chappell (6) 2. David Hall (1) 3. Dustin Selvage (3) 4. Derek Hagar (5) / 5. Joe Beaver (8) 6. Casey Friedrichsen (7) 7. Justyn Cox (4) 8. Tony Bruce Jr. (9) / 9. Dylan Peterson (2) 10. Cody Ambers (10)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:15.3: 1. Calvin Landis (2) 2. Davey Heskin (4) 3. Roger Crockett (1) 4. RJ Johnson (6) / 5. Jonathan Cornell (7) 6. Randy Martin (8) 7. Jordan Boston (5) 8. Ricky Montgomery (9) / 9. Brant O‟Banion (3) 10. Austin Alumbaugh (10) Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:12.6: 1. Jon Agan (1) 2. Matt Moro (2) 3. Jeff Swindell (5) 4. Dustin Daggett (3) / 5. Bud Kaeding (4) 6. Billy Alley (6) 7. Tyler Groenendyk (7) 8. Dakota Carroll (10) / 9. Alan Zoutte (8) 10. Brian Brown (9)

Heat four (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Tasker Phillips (1) 2. Matt Covington (2) 3. Lee Grosz (4) 4. Chad Humston (6) / 5. Travis Rilat (3) 6. Terry McCarl (5) 7. Chad Heimbaugh (9) 8. JD Johnson (7) / 9. Kevin Ingle (10) 10. Jamie Ball (8)

Heat five (started), 8 laps, 2:15.0: 1. Kolt Walker (2) 2. Eric Baldaccini (4) 3. Jon Carney II (1) 4. Jason Johnson (5) / 5. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (6) 6. Russ Hall (3) 7. Brady Bacon (7) 8. Aaron Reutzel (9) / 9. Brad Foster (8)

C main (started), 5 laps, 1:22.2 (NTR): 1. Brant O‟Banion (1) 2. Dylan Peterson (2) / 3. Brad Foster (4) 4. Austin Alumbaugh (5) 5. Kevin Ingle (3) DNS – Jamie Ball, Cody Ambers, Alan Zoutte, Brian Brown

B main (started), 12 laps, 3:19.9 (NTR): 1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (2) 2. Terry McCarl (4) 3. Billy Alley (1) 4. Jordan Boston (3) / 5. Russ Hall (8) 6. Travis Rilat (7) 7. Justyn Cox (5) 8. Bud Kaeding (6) 9. Joe Beaver (14) 10. Brady Bacon (13) 11. Casey Friedrichsen (9) 12. Ricky Montgomery (17) 13. Tyler Groenendyk (11) 14. Dylan Peterson (20) 15. Tony Bruce Jr. (16) 16. JD Johnson (12) 17. Chad Heimbaugh (18) 18. Jonathan Cornell (10) 19. Dakota Carroll (19) 20. Randy Martin (15) DNS - 21. Aaron Reutzel 22. Brant O‟Banion

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Lee Grosz (1) 2. Davey Heskin (2) 3. Jason Johnson (3) 4. Jeff Swindell (4) 5. Billy Alley (23) 6. Derek Hagar (5) 7. Dustin Selvage (10) 8. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (21) 9. Eric Baldaccini (9) 10. Roger Crockett (17) 11. Dustin Daggett (11) 12. Terry McCarl (22) 13. Jordan Boston (24) 14. Tasker Phillips (19) 15. Chad Humston (6) 16. Jon Carney II (20) 17. Calvin Landis (12) 18. RJ Johnson (7) 19. Jon Agan (18) 20. Kolt Walker (15) 21. Matt Moro (13) 22. Zach Chappell (8) 23. Matt Covington (14) 24. David Hall (16). Lap Leader: Grosz 1-20.

Friday Qualifiers Results Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 1 lap: 1. 33L, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (13) 16.069; 2. 22H, Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (24) 16.173; 3. 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (12) 16.272; 4. 11x, Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, SD (47) 16.283; 5. 83, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (18) 16.287; 6. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (40) 16.292; 7. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA (27) 16.320; 8. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (48) 16.336; 9. 53D, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (25) 16.340; 10. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (14) 16.341; 11. 1s, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (23) 16.341; 12. 35, Ronnie Blair, Troy, OH (8) 16.376; 13. 87J, Justin Carver, Millington, TN (20) 16.380; 14. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (38) 16.397; 15. 38, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (28) 16.401; 16. 88, Tim Crawley, Benton, AR (33) 16.444; 17. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (1) 16.469; 18. 18R, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (19) 16.470; 19. 89G, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (37) 16.478; 20. 04x, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (17) 16.543; 21. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (44) 16.546; 22. 2D, Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls, SD (29) 16.547; 23. 47T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (30) 16.548; 24. 57x, Jake Peters, Sioux Falls, SD (16) 16.575; 25. 9, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (9) 16.580; 26. 27, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (46) 16.596; 27. 14T, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (3) 16.605; 28. 91, Henry Van Dam, Enumclaw, WA (11) 16.606; 29. 09, Matt Juhl, Estherville, IA (4) 16.609; 30. 81, Danny Wood, Norman, OK (15) 16.611; 31. 7, Gary Taylor, Houma, LA (39) 16.703; 32. 1w, Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls, SD (35) 16.718; 33. 23w, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN (21) 16.723; 34. 41w, Joshua Williams, Glendale, AZ (41) 16.739; 35. 1x, Garry Lee Maier, Cimarron, KS (45) 16.754; 36. 51H, Mike Hess, Springfield, IL (7) 16.773; 37. 7m, Kevin Ramey, Fort Worth, TX (22) 16.836; 38. 87B, Jason Barney, Bremerton, NY (36) 16.841; 39. 9mx, Cody Baker, Lone Jack, MO (43) 16.892; 40. 19s, Steven Cross, Clinton, MO (6) 16.898; 41. 21A, Dustin Beenken, Sheldon, IA (34) 16.921; 42. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (10) 16.925; 43. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (32) 16.969; 44. 83P, Ned Powers, Belle Fourche, SD (26) 16.972; 45. 93A, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA (31) 17.027; 46. 2H, Jason Eckard, Okoboji, IA (5) 17.035; 47. 3*, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (42) 17.064; 48. 22K, Koby Barksdale, Norman, OK (2) 17.120.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Daryn Pittman (1) 2. Sammy Swindell (4) 3. Tim Crawley (3) 4. Nate Van Haaften (2) / 5. Seth Bergman (5) 6. Gary Taylor (7) 7. Mike Hess (8) 8. Jason Eckard (10) / 9. Danny Lasoski (6) 10. Dustin Beenken (9)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:12.3: 1. Brooke Tatnell (1) 2. Bryan Dobesh (2) 3. Randy Hannagan (6) 4. Josh Higday (3) / 5. Ronnie Blair (4) 6. Johnny Herrera (9) 7. Larry Ball Jr. (5) 8. Kevin Ramey (8) / 9. Chad Meyer (7) DNS – Kaley Gharst

Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:14.4: 1. Tony Shilling (2) 2. Shane Stewart (6) 3. Henry Van Dam (1) 4. Justin Carver (4) / 5. Ryan Roberts (3) 6. Clint Garner (5) 7. Scott Winters (7) 8. Koby Barksdale (10) / 9. Tom Lenz (9) 10. Jason Barney (8)

Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:14.0: 1. Jake Peters (2) 2. Ryan Anderson (4) 3. Gregg Bakker (6) 4. David Gravel (3) / 5. Jack Dover (5) 6. Matt Juhl (1) 7. Cody Baker (8) 8. Ned Powers (9) / 9. Joshua Williams (7)

Heat five (started), 8 laps, 2:13.3: 1. Danny Wood (1) 2. Wayne Johnson (4) 3. Gary Wright (2) 4. Tim Shaffer (6) / 5. Cap Henry (3) 6. Dennis Moore Jr. (5) 7. Garry Lee Maier (7) 8. Alan Ambers (9) / 9. Steven Cross (8)

C main (started), 7 laps, 1:58.0: 1. Chad Meyer (1) 2. Joshua Williams (2) / 3. Jason Barney (3) 4. Kaley Gharst (7) 5. Dustin Beenken (5) 6. Steven Cross (4) 7. Tom Lenz (6) DNS – Danny Lasoski

B main (started), 12 laps, 3:26.2: 1. Larry Ball Jr. (2) 2. Clint Garner (3) 3. Seth Bergman (1) 4. Jack Dover (4) / 5. Cap Henry (8) 6. Dennis Moore Jr. (5) 7. Johnny Herrera (16) 8. Ronnie Blair (6) 9. Gary Taylor (10) 10. Scott Winters (11) 11. Ryan Roberts (7) 12. Garry Lee Maier (12) 13. Matt Juhl (9) 14. Kevin Ramey (14) 15. Chad Meyer (21) 16. Koby Barksdale (20) 17. Jason Eckard (19) 18. Mike Hess (13) 19. Cody Baker (15) 20. Ned Powers (17) 21. Alan Ambers (18) 22. Joshua Williams (22)

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Sammy Swindell (4) 2. Wayne Johnson (1) 3. Shane Stewart (7) 4. Randy Hannagan (8) 5. Ryan Anderson (2) 6. Justin Carver (3) 7. David Gravel (11) 8. Tim Shaffer (5) 9. Daryn Pittman (17) 10. Josh Higday (10) 11. Brooke Tatnell (18) 12. Gregg Bakker (6) 13. Tim Crawley (9) 14. Danny Wood (20) 15. Clint Garner (22) 16. Nate Van Haaften (12) 17. Seth Bergman (23) 18. Tony Shilling (14) 19. Jake Peters (15) 20. Henry Van Dam (19) 21. Bryan Dobesh (13) 22. Gary Wright (16) 23. Larry Ball Jr. (21) DNS - 24. Jack Dover. Lap Leaders: W. Johnson 1-11, S. Swindell 12-20.

8/6

Stewart wins 21st Annual 360 Knoxville Nationals!

By Stacy Ervin

Oklahoma‟s Shane Stewart made it back to back wins by winning the 21stAnnual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals. The win came in the Lucas Oil ASCS sanctioned event at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday, August 6. It was his third win in this event.

In victory lane, he noted this seemed like the slowest 25-lap race he‟d ever run here, as he knew his competitors were knocking on his door the whole time.

As severe weather threatened in the west, when the race went green, the red flag quickly came out for Dustin Selvage, who flipped in turn one and sent his fuel tank over the fence. At the complete restart, Stewart jumped out to the lead, but the red flag returned at lap three when Derek Hagar hit the inside berm in turn one and flipped.

When the race resumed, Stewart continued to lead, coming to lapped trafficat the 11th circuit. That‟s when Sammy Swindell began to close, and justwhen it looked like he might make his move, the yellow flag returned for aspun Clint Garner in turn one. From there, Stewart continued to hold his lead on a clear race track, coming back into lapped traffic at the 20th circuit. A rare traffic bobble by Swindell allowed Tim Shaffer to steal second with only a few laps to go. Billy Alley was fourth and Davey Heskin fifth.

Clint Garner of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, won an exciting B-Main by a narrow margin. Henry Van Dam of Enumclaw, Washington, won the C-Main. Joe Beaver of Knoxville, Iowa, won the D-Main. Ned Powers of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, won the E-Main.

Kevin Swindell Beats All Stars at Knoxville! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, August 6, 2011 – Kevin Swindell scored his second win of the season, and the second win of his career at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The event was sanctioned by the All Star Circuit of Champions. The Rookie of the Year candidate led every lap and his win was worth $5,000.

Brian Brown, returning from a scary crash on Friday night, suffered damage after contact with Jason Johnson before a lap could be completed in the 20-lap feature. Brown retired at tha point. Swindell started in the second row, but was able to use the low groove to shoot by front row starters, Tyler Walker and quick-timer, Daryn Pittman, when the green flap dropped.

By lap five, Swindell had a six car length lead over Pittman, who was followed by Knoxville Raceway point leader, Danny Lasoski, who started ninth. With six laps in the books, ninth running, Sammy Swindell, spun on the backstretch with a flat tire and went pitside.

The restart saw Kevin Swindell leading Walker, Lasoski, Pittman and Terry McCarl. McCarl moved by Pittman on lap eight, but Tim Shaffer was on the move, up from his starting spot outside of row five. He took fifth on lap nine and was fourth by the mid-way point.

Hard-charger, Mark Dobmeier came from row ten to enter the top five by busting the cushion on lap twelve. Young Swindell maintained his lead despite a close call with the lapped machine of Bud Kaeding. Walker held onto second, ahead of Lasoski, Shaffer and Dobmeier.

Kevin spoke in Victory Lane about his close call in traffic. “Everything was going fine, and Bud and Robby (Wolfgang) were running the top. They got together, and I knew it would be trouble. Bud came down the track and knocked the air out for me. I just hoped no one behind me was close. I was trying not to miss the bottom, and that time I did.”

McCarl, Dale Blaney, Dusty Zomer, Rager Phillips and Davey Heskin (from 24th) rounded out the top ten. Ian Madsen won his heat but scratched for the rest of the night with a blown motor. Shaffer, Brown and Zomer also won heats. Mike Moore picked up a win in the C main, Walker won the Dash and Austin McCarl took the B.

Sunday night, Knoxville Raceway hosts the USAC Non-wing Knoxville Nationals. They will be joined by the 305‟s. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:45 p.m.

21st Annual 360 Knoxville Nationals Results

E main (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. 83P, Ned Powers, Belle Fourche, SD (1) 2. 33A, Austin Alumbaugh, Higginsville, MO (8) 3. 93A, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA (4) 4. 00, Brad Foster, Melbourne, VIC, Aust. (6) 5. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (3) 6. 87B, Jason Barney, Bremerton, NY (5) 7. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (10) 8. 19s, Steven Cross, Appleton City, MO (7) / 9. 21A, Dustin Beenken, Sheldon, IA (9) 10. 22K, Koby Barksdale, Norman, OK (2) DNS – 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA, 11cx, Dakota, Carroll, LaMonte, MO, 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA, 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO, 3*, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL, 92c, Cody Ambers, Knoxville, IA

D main (started), 10 laps, 3:00.1: 1. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (2) 2. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (6) 3. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (3) 4. 28c, Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia, MO (5) 5. 98, JD Johnson, Wichita, KS (8) 6. 1w, Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls, SD (7) 7. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA (4) 8. 47, Brant O‟Banion, Norfolk, NE (1) 9. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA (13) 10. Austin Alumbaugh (16) / 11. Aaron Reutzel (19) 12. 7m, Kevin Ramey, Fort Worth, TX (9) 13. 9mx, Cody Baker, Lone Jack, MO (11) 14. 51H, Mike Hess, Springfield, IL (10) 15. 2H, Jason Eckard, Okoboji, IA (14) 16. Brad Foster (18) 17. Ned Powers (15) 18. Jason Barney (20) 19. Alan Ambers (17) 20. Kevin Ingle (21) 21. 41w, Joshua Williams, Glendale, AZ (12) DNS – 19s, Steven Cross, Appleton City, MO, 09, Matt Juhl, Estherville, IA, 23w, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN, 1x, Garry Lee Maier, Cimarron, KS, 14, Randy Martin, California, MO, 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO, 18, Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS

C main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. 91, Henry Van Dam, Enumclaw, WA (7) 2. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (2) 3. 45K, Kolt Walker, Graham, TX (1) 4. 29T, Travis Rilat, Forney, TX (9) / 5. Brady Bacon (15) 6. 8, Jon Carney II, El Paso, TX (4) 7. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (10) 8. 5M, Justyn Cox, Clarksburg, CA (8) 9. Johnny Herrera (14) 10. Chad Heimbaugh (21) 11. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA (12) 12. Joe Beaver (13) 13. Jonathan Cornell (16) 14. Tyler Groenendyk (19) 15. Austin Alumbaugh (22) 16. JD Johnson (17) 17. 25, Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (11) 18. Brant O‟Banion (20) 19. Chad Meyer (18) 20. 11c, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (3) 21. 35, Ronnie Blair, Troy, OH (6) 22. 9, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (5) DNS – 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA, 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 29x, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA, 04x, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH, 18R, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE, 33L, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO, 7, Gary Taylor, Houma, LA

B main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (4) 2. 27, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (9) 3. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (1) 4. 14T, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (10) / 5. 89G, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (5) 6. 53D, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (13) 7. 4BX, Jordan Boston, Crete, NE (2) 8. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (3) 9. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (15) 10. 79, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (12) 11. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (6) 12. 47T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (14) 13. Travis Rilat (20) 14. 2MX, Dustin Daggett, Portland, MI (8) 15. 57x, Jake Peters, Sioux Falls, SD (17) 16. 81, Danny Wood, Norman, OK (16) 17. 88, Tim Crawley, Benton, AR (7) 18. Henry Van Dam (19) 19. Dennis Moore Jr. (20) 20. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA (11) 21. Kolt Walker (21) DNS – 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 11, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR, 2D, Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls, SD

A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (1) 2. 83, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (9) 3. 1s, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (3) 4. 22, Billy Alley, Bennett, NE (5) 5. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (6) 6. 22H, Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (2) 7. Brooke Tatnell (24) 8. 38, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (11) 9. Daryn Pittman (22) 10. 28, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (4) 11. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (12) 12. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (8) 13. 4B, Eric Baldaccini, Keller, TX (19) 14. Terry McCarl (23) 15. 11x, Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, SD (13) 16. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE (16) 17. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (14) 18. 87J, Justin Carver, Millington, TN (17) 19. 71, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (18) 20. Clint Garner (21) 21. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (10) 22. 0, Zach Chappell, Talala, OK (15) 23. 94, Derek Hagar, Marion, AR (7) 24. 7x, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (20). Lap Leader: Stewart 1-25.

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 1 lap: 1. 27, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (3) 15.607; 2. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (12) 15.648; 3. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (6) 15.694; 4. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (39) 15.770; 5. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (4) 15.798; 6. 17K, Tyler Walker, Los Angeles, CA (11) 15.832; 7. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (27) 15.895; 8. 2L, Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo, PA (19) 15.921; 9. 11, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (5) 15.922; 10. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (21) 15.924; 11. 59, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (34) 15.944; 12. 2, Dale Blaney, Fowler, OH (43) 15.969; 13. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (16) 15.996; 14. 83, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (1) 16.012; 15. 6, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (31) 16.016; 16. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (44) 16.029; 17. 1A, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (39) 16.051; 18. 22H, Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (32) 16.061; 19. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (9) 16.097; 20. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (15) 16.107; 21. 28, Ian Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (14) 16.126; 22. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (18) 16.158; 23. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (28) 16.178; 24. 29, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA (35) 16.178; 25. 56JC, Johnn Cressman, Sioux Falls, SD (2) 16.180; 26. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (48) 16.226; 27. 2w, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (13) 16.248; 28. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (41) 16.277; 29. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (29) 16.334; 30. 89G, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (7) 16.349; 31. 04, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (25) 16.393; 32. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (38) 16.433; 33. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (46) 16.469; 34. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (8) 16.479; 35. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (17) 16.534; 36. 2D, Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls, SD (23) 16.539; 37. D4, Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh, PA (45) 16.548; 38. 22, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (26) 16.567; 39. 17, Marty Perovich, Denham Court, NSW, Aust. (30) 16.590; 40. 3x, Jon Corbin, Carrollton, MO (22) 16.731; 41. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (33) 16.806; 42. 1z, Jessica Zemken, Sprakers, NY (47) 16.941; 43. 4x, Toni Lutar, White Rock, BC, Can. (36) 16.966; 44. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (42) 17.052; 45. 7G, Garrett Dollansky, Elk River, MN (20) 17.057; 46. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (37) 17.390; 47. 3, Pete Miller III, Port Vue, PA (10) NT; 48. 96AU, Bruce White, Merrylands West, NSW, Aust. (24) NT; 49. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (49)

Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:11.7: 1. Ian Madsen (1) 2. Sammy Swindell (2) 3. Daryn Pittman (6) 4. Rager Phillips (5) 5. Danny Lasoski (3) / 6. Davey Heskin (9) 7. Josh Schneiderman (8) 8. Roger Crockett (4) 9. Danny Holtgraver (10) 10. Johnn Cressman (7)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:13.7: 1. Tim Shaffer (3) 2. Mark Dobmeier (1) 3. Randy Hannagan (2) 4. Tyler Walker (5) 5. Robby Wolfgang (4) / 6. Kenny Jacobs (9) 7. Austin McCarl (6) 8. David Gravel (8) 9. Mark Johnson (7) DNS – Sam Hafertepe Jr.

Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Brian Brown (1) 2. Jac Haudenschild (3) 3. Lynton Jeffrey (6) 4. Brooke Tatnell (4) 5. Terry McCarl (5) / 6. Cap Henry (8) 7. Marty Perovich (10) 8. AJ Moeller (2) 9. Johnny Herrera (7) 10. Greg Wilson (9)

Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:15.0: 1. Dusty Zomer (3) 2. Bud Kaeding (1) 3. Jason Johnson (2) 4. Don Droud Jr. (8) 5. Kevin Swindell (6) / 6. Bronson Maeschen (5) 7. Jon Corbin (9) 8. Bryan Dobesh (7) 9. Dale Blaney (4) DNS – Ed Lynch Jr.

C main (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Mike Moore (1) 2. Mike Houseman Jr. (4) / 3. Kevin Ingle (6) 4. Toni Lutar (7) 5. Pete Miller III (5) 6. Garrett Dollansky (3) 7. Bruce White (8) 8. Jessica Zemken (2) DNS – Dustin Selvage

Dash (started), 6 laps, 1:40.7: 1. Tyler Walker (1) 2. Daryn Pittman (2) 3. Kevin Swindell (4) 4. Lynton Jeffrey (6) 5. Terry McCarl (3) 6. Rager Phillips (5)

B main (started), 12 laps, 3:28.5: 1. Austin McCarl (1) 2. Dale Blaney (3) 3. Davey Heskin (11) 4. Roger Crockett (2) / 5. Bronson Maeschen (7) 6. Josh Schneiderman (4) 7. David Gravel (9) 8. Johnn Cressman (5) 9. Kenny Jacobs (12) 10. Cap Henry (6) 11. Danny Holtgraver (13) 12. Mike Moore (15) 13. Jon Corbin (14) 14. Mark Johnson (8) 15. Bryan Dobesh (10) 16. Mike Houseman Jr. (16) DNS – AJ Moeller, Johnny Herrera, Greg Wilson, Marty Perovich

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Kevin Swindell (3) 2. Tyler Walker (1) 3. Danny Lasoski (9) 4. Tim Shaffer (10) 5. Mark Dobmeier (20) 6. Terry McCarl (5) 7. Dale Blaney (13) 8. Dusty Zomer (15) 9. Rager Phillips (6) 10. Davey Heskin (24) 11. Lynton Jeffrey (4) 12. Jason Johnson (18) 13. Austin McCarl (11) 14. Randy Hannagan (17) 15. Don Droud Jr. (23) 16. Roger Crockett (12) 17. Jac Haudenschild (14) 18. Robby Wolfgang (7) 19. Bud Kaeding (22) 20. Daryn Pittman (2) 21. Sammy Swindell (16) 22. Brooke Tatnell (8) 23. Brian Brown (21). Lap Leader: K. Swindell 1-20. Hard-charger: Dobmeier.

8/7

Brady Bacon Sweeps USAC Knoxville Non-wing Nationals! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, August 7, 2011 – With another great crowd on hand, Brady Bacon was without peer at the third running of the USAC Knoxville Non-wing Nationals on Sunday night at the Knoxville Raceway. Bacon posted quick-time, won his heat and the feature. It was the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma driver‟s first win at a track in which he has played the bridesmaid on a few occasions. It came aboard a XXX Chassis with Wesmar power and was worth $5,000. Chad Huston was also a first-time winner, as he picked up the companion 305 sprint car main event win.

Jon Stanbrough paced the field for the first lap from his pole position starting spot. With one lap in the books, Dave Darland got upside down in turn one bringing the red flag. He was not injured. Stanbrough led Joey Moughan, defending race winner, Bud Kaeding, Jerry Coons Jr. and Bacon back to green flag racing.

Six laps in, the battled waged for the lead as Kaeding and Bacon had moved into the top three. On the eighth go-around, Kaeding seized the point by riding the choppy cushion. was on the move and into the top five by the halfway mark, and passed Coons on lap twelve for fourth.

Disaster struck the leader on the next lap, as Kaeding spun and flattened a left rear in turn two. Bacon assumed the lead ahead of Stanbrough, Windom, Coons, and Moughan with thirteen laps to go. The remainder of the event went non-stop. Keith Bloom Jr. shot into the top five from seventh on the restart, and Windom moved by Stanbrough into second. Windom set his sights on the leader, using the low groove to pull alongside and briefly take the lead. Bacon seemed to hit another gear at that point and pulled away from the challenge.

“I was trying to be careful,” said Bacon from Victory Lane. “The cushion was kind of treacherous, and Chris was fast. I saw him underneath me, and I wasn‟t too good down there. I decided I needed to go harder up top and try not to mess up. I feel like this place owed me one. I‟ve finished second here three or four times.”

Windom settled for a solid second, followed by Coons, Stanbrough, and hard-charger, , who moved up fourteen spots. Travis Rilat, Hunter Schuerenberg, Bloom, Levi Jones and rounded out the top ten.

In addition to Bacon, heats were won by Jones, Bloom and Dustin Morgan. Schuerenberg won the B main. Daron Clayton rode out a nasty flip in his heat race, and Robert Ballou also got upside down. Neither was injured, and Ballou returned to the program as a feature provisional.

Chad Huston used his starting spot on the pole to lead the distance in the 305 feature. He beat fellow front row starter Jamie Ball to turn one early on, as Casey Friedrichsen and Matt Stephenson battled for third in the 12- lapper.

A spin on the frontstretch by quick-timer, Tasker Phillips, with seven laps down, brought caution. Huston had to endure one more a lap later when Tim St. Arnold stopped in turn three. The top five remained the same the last five laps with Huston taking the win over Ball, Friedrichsen, Stephenson and Carson McCarl.

“We‟ve been trying really hard to win one of these the last few years,” said the Jamesport, Missouri driver in Victory Lane. “It hasn‟t been in the cars for us, but it‟s great to win one here at Knoxville. Those restarts were nerve-wracking. I was just praying for the white flag to come out.”

Behind the top five, Matthew Stelzer, Mark Widmar, Mike Mayberry, Dustin Clark and Tim St. Arnold rounded out the top ten. Chris Mallicoat, McCarl and Mitchell Alexander won the heats. TJ Peterson jumped the turn one berm and turned over during his heat. He was uninjured.

The 51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals are up next at the Knoxville Raceway. The event runs August 10-13, with tickets still available! Visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com or call 641 842-5431 today!

USAC Knoxville Non-wing Nationals

Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (5) 18.639; 2. 21x, Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN (12) 18.697; 3. 5x, Chris Windom, Canton, IL (9) 18.716; 4. 3*, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (4) 18.775; 5. 69, Daron Clayton, Sikeston, MO (19) 18.784; 6. 29, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA (1) 18.828; 7. 53, Jon Stanbrough, Avon, IN (13) 18.831; 8. 37, Casey Riggs, Shelbyville, IN (3) 18.864; 9. 7, Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN (11) 18.957; 10. 2B, Jerry Coons Jr., Tucson, AZ (15) 18.993; 11. 27, Keith Bloom Jr., Anderson, CA (18) 19.003; 12. 14, Coleman Gulick, Binghamton, N (22) 19.027; 13. 35, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (17) 19.080; 14. 20, Levi Jones, Olney, IL (27) 19.088; 15. 21, Hud Cone, Oakland City, IN (2) 19.109; 16. 71P, Mike Spencer, Temecula, CA (6) 19.117; 17. 50, Travis Rilat, Forney, TX (10) 19.178; 18. 81, Robert Ballou, Rocklin, CA (16) 19.226; 19. 71, Damion Gardner, Concord, CA (23) 19.270; 20. 2, Dustin Morgan, Tulsa, OK (25) 19.322; 21. 10T, Bill Rose, Plainfield, IN (21) 19.388; 22. 11, Shane Cottle, Kokomo, IN (7) 19.419; 23. 40, Justin Grant, Bloomington, IN (29) 19.526; 24. 10, Blake Fitzpatrick, West Terre Haute, IN (24) 19.538; 25. 83, Wes McIntyre, McCordsville, IN (8) 19.547; 26. 1x, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (30) 19.568; 27. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (19) 19.664; 28. 23s, Stu Snyder, Waverly, NE (14) 19.791; 29. 4, Tracy Hines, New Castle, IN (31) 19.834; 30. 55, Tony Everhart, El Cajon, CA (26) 20.508; 31. 1D, Don Dawson Sr., Corydon, IA (28) 21.799.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Brady Bacon (6) 2. Travis Rilat (2) 3. Tracy Hines (8) 4. Bill Rose (1) / 5. Bryan Clauson (4) 6. Wes McIntyre (7) 7. Hunter Schuerenberg (3) 8. Daron Clayton (5)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Levi Jones (3) 2. Bud Kaeding (5) 3. Dave Darland (6) 4. Jerry Coons Jr. (4) / 5. Shane Cottle (1) 6. Don Droud Jr. (7) 7. Tony Everhart (8) 8. Robert Ballou (2)

Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:41.2: 1. Keith Bloom Jr. (4) 2. Jon Stanbrough (5) 3. Chris Windom (6) 4. Justin Grant (1) / 5. Damion Gardner (2) 6. Hud Cone (3) 7. Mike Moore (7) 8. Don Dawson Sr. (8)

Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:41.1: 1. Dustin Morgan (2) 2. Joey Moughan (6) 3. Blake Fitzpatrick (1) 4. Coleman Gulick (4) / 5. Mike Spencer (3) 6. Casey Riggs (5) 7. Stu Snyder (7)

B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Hunter Schuerenberg (3) 2. Hud Cone (4) 3. Bryan Clauson (2) 4. Damion Gardner (7) 5. Mike Spencer (5) 6. Wes McIntyre (9) / 7. Don Droud Jr. (8) 8. Casey Riggs (1) 9. Mike Moore (11) 10. Stu Snyder (10) 11. Shane Cottle (6) 12. Tony Everhart (12) DNS – Robert Ballou, Don Dawson Sr., Daron Clayton

A main (started), 26 laps, NT: 1. Brady Bacon (6) 2. Chris Windom (4) 3. Jerry Coons Jr. (7) 4. Jon Stanbrough (1) 5. Bryan Clauson (19) 6. Travis Rilat (11) 7. Hunter Schuerenberg (17) 8. Keith Bloom Jr. (8) 9. Levi Jones (10) 10. Tracy Hines (16) 11. Robert Ballou (23, pr.) 12. Hud Cone (18) 13. Joey Moughan (3) 14. Mike Spencer (21) 15. Bill Rose (13) 16. Coleman Gulick (9) 17. Dustin Morgan (12) 18. Mike Moore (25, pr.) 19. Wes McIntyre (22) 20. Damion Gardner (20) 21. Casey Riggs (24, pr.) 22. Bud Kaeding (2) 23. Stu Snyder (26, pr.) 24. Blake Fitzpatrick (15) 25. Justin Grant (14) 26. Dave Darland (5). Lap Leaders: Stanbrough 1-7, Kaeding 8-12, Bacon 13-26.

305 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 66, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 17.191; 2. 97, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA, 17.478; 3. 20, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 17.586; 4. 02s, Josh Jones, Knoxville, IA, 17.616; 5. 55, Matt Stephenson, Altoona, IA, 17.743; 6. 05, Bill Boles, Harris, IA, 17.745; 7. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA, 17.748; 8. 7c, Chad Huston, Jamesport, MO, 17.780; 9. 7w, Mark Widmar, Ottumwa, IA, 17.841; 10. 7s, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA, 17.894; 11. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Omaha, NE, 17.902; 12. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA, 17.924; 13. 22, Chris Mallicoat, Boone, IA, 17.958; 14. 93A, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 17.991; 15. 16, Dustin Clark, Eldon, IA, 18.183; 16. 92c, Cody Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 18.327; 17. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA, 18.336; 18. 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA, 18.743; 19. 57, Steve Breazeale, Trenton, MO, NT; 20. 91, Ben Woods, Newton, IA, NT; 21. 5MR, Tim Rose, Burlington, IA, NT; DQ – 2, Steve Palmer, Des Moines, IA; 29, Bart Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA; 12, TJ Peterson, Des Moines, IA; 87, Cale Hutchings, Bloomfield, IA.

Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. Chris Mallicoat (2) 2. Tim St. Arnold (3) 3. Jamie Ball (4) 4. Tasker Phillips (6) 5. Josh Jones (5) 6. Ben Woods (8) 7. TJ Peterson (9) 8. Cody Ambers (1) 9. Bob Hildreth (7)

Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:48.7: 1. Carson McCarl (4) 2. Matthew Stelzer (3) 3. Chad Huston (2) 4. Matt Stephenson (5) 5. Mike Mayberry (1) 6. Tim Rose (6) DNS – Alan Ambers, Bart Friedrichsen

Heat three (started), 6 laps, 1:47.7: 1. Mitchell Alexander (3) 2. Mark Widmar (4) 3. Bill Boles (5) 4. Casey Friedrichsen (6) 5. Dustin Clark (2) 6. Steve Breazeale (7) 7. Steve Palmer (1) 8. Cale Hutchings (8)

A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Chad Huston (1) 2. Jamie Ball (2) 3. Casey Friedrichsen (6) 4. Matt Stephenson (4) 5. Carson McCarl (3) 6. Matthew Stelzer (7) 7. Mark Widmar (5) 8. Mike Mayberry (11) 9. Dustin Clark (14) 10. Tim St. Arnold (10) 11. Chris Mallicoat (9) 12. Steve Palmer (13) 13. Mitchell Alexander (12) 14. Steve Breazeale (18) 15. Bob Hildreth (16) 16. Ben Woods (17) 17. Tasker Phillips (8) 18. Tim Rose (15) DNS – Bill Boles, Josh Jones, cody Ambers, Cale Hutchings, TJ Peterson, Alan Ambers, Bart Friedrichsen. Lap Leader: Huston 1-12.

8/10

Sammy Swindell Wins Duel with Davey Heskin To Claim Night #1 of the Knoxville Nationals! by Bill Wright KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, August 10, 2011 – The “Experienced Veteran” vs. the “Young Gun” was on display on the opening night of the 51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals Wednesday. Sammy Swindell was running the Nationals before Davey Heskin was born, but the two put on a show that fans will remember for some time. In the end, it was Swindell in Victory Lane, grabbing win #47 at the famous half- mile. Swindell also emerged as the high-point getter with 490 points, and assured the Germantown, Tennessee driver of a starting spot close to the front for Saturday night‟s championship event.

Heskin, from St. Michael, Minnesota had the crowd roaring when he shot out to the early lead from his starting spot outside of row one. Pole-sitter Joey Moughan gave chase and by lap five quick-timer, Brad Sweet, was up to third with fellow fourth row starter, Donny Schatz trailing.

Sweet shot under Moughan for the second spot with Schatz in tow on lap eight, but disaster struck for Schatz when his motor grenaded on the front stretch. Heskin led the restart ahead of Sweet, Moughan, Swindell and Brady Bacon. Sweet dove under Heskin to lead into turn two, but the youngster came back to pass him on the low side exiting turn four to maintain his lead.

As Heskin jetted away from his competition, Swindell went to work and gained second on the fourteenth lap. Heskin was shooting through traffic and putting some distance between himself and the pack when eighth running, David Gravel, shredded a left rear tire and collected Bacon with seventeen laps down.

That set up an eight lap duel between Heskin and Swindell, who was on the leader‟s bumper. The two diced for four laps, before Swindell found some momentum on the high side exiting turn four to take the lead. On more slowdown came, when defending Nationals champion, Tim Shaffer, went up in smoke with two laps to go.

Heskin made a last bid for the lead, but would settle for second, as Swindell collected the win. Sweet trailed in third, ahead of Shane Stewart, who drove from 24th to fourth. Steve Kinser finished fifth, and Sam Hafertepe Jr., Austin McCarl, Fred Rahmer, Rager Phillips and Lynton Jeffrey rounded out the top ten.

“The top was a long ways, but (Heskin) wasn‟t going to be up there,” said Swindell in Victory Lane. “We went that direction. It was a good clean race, and he had me worried if I was going to make it or not. I just had to keep trucking.”

Heskin spoke to a round of cheers from the crowd, and sealed a spot in Saturday‟s championship race. “I kind of bobbled on the bottom that lap, and Sammy has been fast all year. Wow, that was pretty fun! We haven‟t really struggled, but we blew a couple of motors this year. That‟s what hurt us in points.”

“We did well,” said Sweet. “We‟re filling in for Joey (Saldana) and want to do him proud. I thought we had a shot at it, but the big picture is we‟re starting towards the front on Saturday night and we have a shot at it.

Ryan Anderson, Schatz, Ryan Bunton, Bryan Dobesh and Jeffrey picked up heat wins, while Hafertepe took the B main. Fifth quick qualifier, Chad Kemenah, looked to have a rear axle break in heat five, shooting him towards the wall and collecting Austen Wheatley in a hard crash. Neither driver was immediately transported, but Kemenah later went in complaining of dizziness.

The 51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals continue Thursday night, August 11, as qualifying night #2 will be upon us. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:45 and tickets are still available at the box office, online at www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com or by calling 641 842-5431!

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 9, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (4) 14.842; 2. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (3) 14.868; 3. 1, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (10) 14.941; 4. 51, Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, PA (7) 15.001; 5. 63, Chad Kemenah, Findlay, OH (5) 15.022; 6. 83x, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (13) 15.077; 7. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (32) 15.141; 8. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (1) 15.174; 9. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (31) 15.181; 10. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (14) 15.214; 11. 1J, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (28) 15.229; 12. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (38) 15.348; 13. 1w, Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls, SD (16) 15.380; 14. 29, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA (15) 15.383; 15. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (34) 15.390; 16. 5w, Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, PA (23) 15.400; 17. 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (36) 15.424; 18. 19K, Todd King, Sheboygan Falls, WI (6) 15.493; 19. 0, Jonathan Allard, Chico, CA (35) 15.497; 20. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (8) 15.499; 21. 4x, Toni Lutar, White Rock, BC, Can. (9) 15.513; 22. 14x, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (2) 15.517; 23. 7s, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (20) 15.517; 24. 02, Mike Reinke, Howards Grove, WI (12) 15.537; 25. 89G, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (27) 15.559; 26. 7x, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (33) 15.559; 27. 17, Tyler Walker, Los Angeles, CA (43) 15.561; 28. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (17) 15.613; 29. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (42) 15.642; 30. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (25) 15.688; 31. 18, Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS (44) 15.778; 32. 4, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (22) 15.797; 33. 6RX, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (29) 15.806; 34. 2D, Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls, SD (37) 15.860; 35. 44w, Austen Wheatley, Lake Stevens, WA (18) 15.880; 36. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (41) 15.882; 37. 9N, Wade Nygaard, Grand Forks, ND (30) 15.947; 38. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (24) 15.991; 39. 20E, Brian Ellenberger, Butler, PA (45) 16.082; 40. 6R, Bill Rose, Plainfield, IN (40) 16.100; 41. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (39) 16.297; 42. 96AU, Bruce White, Merrylands West, NSW, Aust. (19) 16.514; 43. 20PK, Ron Krysl, Atkinson, NE (26) 17.542; 44. 2x, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (11) NT; 45. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (21) NT.

Heat one (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Ryan Anderson (1) 2. Tony Bruce Jr. (2) 3. Dustin Selvage (3) 4. Brad Sweet (8) / 5. Tim Shaffer (7) 6. Toni Lutar (4) 7. Bronson Maeschen (6) 8. Kevin Ingle (9) 9. Lucas Wolfe (5)

Heat two (started), 10 laps, 2:43.4: 1. Donny Schatz (8) 2. Joey Moughan (4) 3. Danny Smith (2) 4. Austin McCarl (6) / 5. Tyler Walker (3) 6. Shane Stewart (5) 7. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (7) 8. Wade Nygaard (1) 9. Bruce White (9)

Heat three (started), 10 laps, 2:42.6: 1. Ryan Bunton (2) 2. Rager Phillips (3) 3. Sammy Swindell (8) 4. Mike Houseman Jr. (1) / 5. Don Droud Jr. (7) 6. Jason Sides (4) 7. Chad Meyer (6) 8. Todd King (5) 9. Ron Krysl (9)

Heat four (started), 10 laps, 2:41.9: 1. Bryan Dobesh (2) 2. Johnny Herrera (3) 3. Steve Kinser (7) 4. Brian Ellenberger (1) / 5. Mike Reinke (4) 6. Fred Rahmer (8) 7. Jonathan Allard (5) 8. Bud Kaeding (6) DNS – Josh Higday

Heat five (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Lynton Jeffrey (3) 2. David Gravel (4) 3. Davey Heskin (6) 4. Brady Bacon (7) / 5. Bill Rose (1) 6. Mike Moore (5) 7. Chad Kemenah (8) 8. Austen Wheatley (2) DNS - AJ Moeller

B main (started), 12 laps, 3:21.0: 1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (2) 2. Fred Rahmer (1) 3. Tim Shaffer (3) 4. Shane Stewart (9) / 5. Bronson Maeschen (4) 6. Bud Kaeding (6) 7. Don Droud Jr. (5) 8. Jonathan Allard (11) 9. Chad Meyer (7) 10. Tyler Walker (14) 11. Jason Sides (12) 12. Mike Moore (10) 13. Mike Reinke (15) 14. Toni Lutar (13) 15. Kevin Ingle (18) 16. Todd King (8) 17. Wade Nygaard (16) 18. Bill Rose (17) 19. Ron Krysl (19) 20. Bruce White (20) DNS - Chad Kemenah, Austen Wheatley, Lucas Wolfe, Josh Higday, AJ Moeller

A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Sammy Swindell (6) 2. Davey Heskin (2) 3. Brad Sweet (8) 4. Shane Stewart (24) 5. Steve Kinser (5) 6. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (21) 7. Austin McCarl (3) 8. Fred Rahmer (22) 9. Rager Phillips (11) 10. Lynton Jeffrey (13) 11. Danny Smith (15) 12. Dustin Selvage (10) 13. Johnny Herrera (12) 14. Brian Ellenberger (20) 15. Ryan Anderson (18) 16. Joey Moughan (1) 17. Tony Bruce Jr. (14) 18. Ryan Bunton (16) 19. Mike Houseman Jr. (19) 20. Tim Shaffer (23) 21. Bryan Dobesh (17) 22. David Gravel (9) 23. Brady Bacon (4) 24. Donny Schatz (7). Lap Leaders: Heskin 1-20, S. Swindell 21-25.

8/11

Mark Dobmeier Claims Night #2 for the Knoxville Regulars at the Nationals! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, August 11, 2011 – Mark Dobmeier won a battle with Jason Meyers to take night #2 of the 51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals on Thursday night. The Grand Forks, North Dakota driver piloted the Lunstra/Dobmeier #13 machine by Meyers on lap 14 and never looked back for his eighth career win at the famous half-mile.

Misfortune hit the pole-sitter for the main event, when Wayne Johnson had something break in his front end, sending him into the turn one wall before the green could be thrown. He was uninjured, but done.

Terry McCarl assumed the pole and led lap one, but Meyers took control on the next go-around. On lap three, McCarl and Stevie Smith made contact on the frontstretch sending McCarl spinning to the infield and leaving Smith with a torn up nose wing. Both would restart after brief repairs in the work area.

Meyers led Dobmeier, Brian Brown, Dale Blaney and Justin Henderson back to green flag racing. Both Dobmeier and Brown kept pace with the leader until a lap seven caution for Smith, who stopped with more nose wing problems in turn four.

The lead trio remained the same on the restart, with Henderson having overtaken Blaney for fourth. Lance Dewease and Craig Dollansky had moved into the top ten from deep in the pack. Dobmeier seemed to have the momentum to shoot by Meyers going down the backstretch on the restart, but checked up behind him and remained in pursuit, while Blaney and Dewease moved by Henderson into fourth and fifth.

On lap fourteen, Dobmeier squeezed by Meyers at the flagstand, and shortly thereafter, Billy Balog came to a stop in turn four. The final restart of the event saw Dobmeier leading Meyers, Brown, Blaney and Dewease with eleven laps to go. Dollansky shot by two cars on the restart to move into fifth, and two laps later, took fourth from Blaney. It would be for not in the end, as he retreated to seventeenth with an oil leak.

Dobmeier increased his lead in the final stages to win the cheers of the local faithful. Meyers maintained second ahead of Brown. Dewease and hard-charger, Jason Johnson completed the top five. Blaney, Brooke Tatnell, Kraig Kinser, Daryn Pittman and Henderson rounded out the top ten.

“We‟ve probably got one of the hardest working teams out here,” said Dobmeier in Victory Lane. “We‟re just a group of guys who likes to have fun on the weekend, and that‟s what we‟re doing. I really should have got (Meyers) on the first restart there, but I hesitated. I had to relax there for a while and look for my spot and we took it.”

Meyers thought his car worked well under green flag conditions, but was frustrated with the cautions periods. “I keep getting on wrong end of those yellow flags. Mark must have been good out there. After the week we had and me getting sick, the guys put a great racecar under me. These heats are really tough, and they gave me a great car.”

“I want to congratulate Mark Dobmeier,” said Brown. “That‟s a heck of a run for us local guys. Jason‟s a heck of a racer. I wasn‟t that good at the end. I was cruising and decided to take third rather than stick it in the fence.”

Cody Darrah set quick time over the 54-car field with a lap of 15.153 seconds. Dewease, Jason . Solwold, Kraig Kinser, Ricky Logan and Billy Alley won heat races. Cap Henry took the C main and Paul McMahan won the B main.

Dale Blaney was the top point getter on the night with 479, followed closely by Meyers. Both will start in row two of the championship event Saturday night behind pole-sitter Sammy Swindell and Brad Sweet.

Tomorrow night will be the Friday program for qualifiers outside of the top 50. In addition, the Premier Chevy Dealers World Challenge will be run, along with the First Annual Race of Champions. Both features pay $10,000 to the winner! Tickets are available at the box office, online at www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com or by calling 641 842-5431!

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 91, Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA (2) 15.153; 2. 2, Dale Blaney, Fowler, OH (5) 15.350; 3. 27, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (13) 15.390; 4. 1zz, Jessica Zemken, Sprakers, NY (12) 15.434; 5. 83, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (46) 15.451; 6. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (47) 15.452; 7. 92, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (41) 15.455; 8. 39, Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, PA (10) 15.470; 9. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (52) 15.474; 10. 14, Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA (7) 15.509; 11. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (28) 15.513; 12. 22H, Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (21) 15.523; 13. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (33) 15.526; 14. 22, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (4) 15.538; 15. 83JR, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (17) 15.558; 16. 2L, Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo, PA (34) 15.576; 17. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (43) 15.582; 18. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (3) 15.584; 19. 1z, Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, OK (42) 15.588; 20. 6M, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (50) 15.600; 21. 01, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (22) 15.601; 22. 35, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD (18) 15.615; 23. 04, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (39) 15.624; 24. 91x, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (14) 15.628; 25. 59, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (26) 15.653; 26. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (6) 15.654; 27. 28, Ian Madsen, St. Mary‟s, NSW, Aust. (36) 15.665; 28. 6, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (1) 15.698; 29. 17B, Bill Balog, Eau Claire, WI (53) 15.727; 30. 2M, Dustin Daggett, Portland, MI (25) 15.733; 31. 2B, Ben Gregg, Glendale, AZ (27) 15.775; 32. 55x, Jason Solwold, Mount Vernon, WA (44) 15.787; 33. 6H, Danny Heskin, St. Michael, MN (37) 15.798; 34. 23w, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN (23) 15.833; 35. 11c, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (40) 15.834; 36. 30c, Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA (50) 15.837; 37. D4, Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh, PA (45) 15.842; 38. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (35) 15.857; 39. 10P, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (32) 15.859; 40. 7AB, Billy Alley, Bennet, NE (16) 15.888; 41. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (38) 15.897; 42. 53, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (48) 15.910; 43. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (9) 15.923; 44. 8, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (15) 16.131; 45. 19D, Donovan Peterson, Brookings, SD (11) 16.145; 46. 17x, Marty Perovich, Denham Court, NSW, Aust. (49) 16.210; 47. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (31) 16.270; 48. 21M, Brian Montieth, Phoenixville, PA (54) 16.280; 49. 56JC, Johnn Cressman, Sioux Falls, SD (29) 16.389; 50. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (19) 16.390; / 51. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (20) 16.490; 52. 1K, Chris Shirek, Thompson, ND (30) 16.791; 53. 23x, Russel Borland, Kewaskum, WI (8) 16.889; 54. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (24) NT.

Heat one (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Lance Dewease (1) 2. Ben Gregg (2) 3. Wayne Johnson (4) 4. Mark Dobmeier (6) / 5. Danny Lasoski (3) 6. Craig Dollansky (7) 7. Ed Lynch Jr. (5) 8. Cody Darrah (8) / 9. Marty Perovich (10) 10. Robby Wolfgang (9)

Heat two (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Jason Solwold (2) 2. Justin Henderson (4) 3. Ian Madsen (3) 4. Dale Blaney (8) / 5. Danny Holtgraver (1) 6. Kevin Swindell (5) 7. Kerry Madsen (7) 8. Randy Hannagan (6) / 9. Jack Dover (9) 10. Greg Wilson (10)

Heat three (started), 10 laps, 2:45.4: 1. Kraig Kinser (3) 2. Terry McCarl (6) 3. Daryn Pittman (8) 4. Seth Bergman (1) / 5. Danny Heskin (2) 6. Greg Hodnett (7) 7. Jason Johnson (5) 8. Brian Montieth (10) / 9. Josh Schneiderman (9) 10. Cap Henry (4)

Heat four (started), 10 laps, 2:46.6: 1. Ricky Logan (1) 2. Bill Balog (3) 3. Brian Brown (7) 4. Stevie Smith (5) / 5. Scott Winters (2) 6. Dusty Zomer (4) 7. Kenny Jacobs (6) 8. Jessica Zemken (8) / 9. Kaley Gharst (9) 10. Johnn Cressman (10)

Heat five (started), 10 laps, 2:48.0: 1. Billy Alley (1) 2. Jason Meyers (7) 3. Roger Crockett (2) 4. Brooke Tatnell (4) / 5. Jac Haudenschild (5) 6. Tim Kaeding (6) 7. Paul McMahan (8) 8. Dustin Daggett (3) / 9. Mark Johnson (10) 10. Donovan Peterson (9)

C main (started), 10 laps, 2:54.6: 1. Cap Henry (1) 2. Robby Wolfgang (2) / 3. Kaley Gharst (5) 4. Tasker Phillips (9) 5. Josh Schneiderman (4) 6. Chris Shirek (12) 7. Greg Wilson (8) 8. Mark Johnson (10) 9. Marty Perovich (7) 10. Russel Borland (11) 11. Jack Dover (3) 12. Donovan Peterson (6) DNS – John Cressman, Bob Weuve

B main (started), 12 laps, 3:35.9: 1. Paul McMahan (3) 2. Craig Dollansky (4) 3. Kerry Madsen (5) 4. Jason Johnson (12) / 5. Greg Hodnett (6) 6. Tim Kaeding (9) 7. Cody Darrah (1) 8. Kevin Swindell (11) 9. Jac Haudenschild (13) 10. Jessica Zemken (2) 11. Danny Lasoski (15) 12. Kenny Jacobs (8) 13. Dusty Zomer (14) 14. Randy Hannagan (7) 15. Brian Montieth (20) 16. Scott Winters (18) 17. Danny Holtgraver (19) 18. Ed Lynch Jr. (10) 19. Cap Henry (21) 20. Danny Heskin (17) 21. Robby Wolfgang (22) 22. Dustin Daggett (16)

A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Mark Dobmeier (4) 2. Jason Meyers (5) 3. Brian Brown (6) 4. Lance Dewease (17) 5. Jason Johnson (24) 6. Dale Blaney (8) 7. Brooke Tatnell (10) 8. Kraig Kinser (12) 9. Daryn Pittman (7) 10. Justin Henderson (9) 11. Kerry Madsen (23) 12. Terry McCarl (3) 13. Stevie Smith (2) 14. Paul McMahan (21) 15. Ian Madsen (11) 16. Ben Gregg (14) 17. Craig Dollansky (22) 18. Jason Solwold (15) 19. Roger Crockett (16) 20. Billy Alley (20) 21. Seth Bergman (18) 22. Ricky Logan (19) 23. Bill Balog (13) DNS - 24. Wayne Johnson (1). Lap Leaders: T. McCarl 1, Meyers 2-13, Dobmeier 14-25.

8/12

Kevin Swindell, Tim Shaffer and Lucas Wolfe Triumphant Friday at Knoxville! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, August 12, 2011 – It was another great night of racing at the Knoxville Raceway as the Friday night of the 51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals produced three different winners. Kevin Swindell won the Friday night A main, claiming his third victory of the year at Knoxville. Tim Shaffer topped a wild 25-lap inaugural “Race of Champions”, and Lucas Wolfe claimed the Premiere Chevy Dealers World Challenge to claim his first career Knoxville victory. However, it may have been Shane Stewart who stole the show in a pair of main events with charges from the rear.

Two semi-features won by Kenny Jacobs and Swindell set up the Friday night main event featuring drivers not in the top 50 in points heading into Saturday night‟s championship event. Jacobs beat Swindell to the punch on the start from his pole position and led the first four laps.

Swindell recovered and was steady on the bottom in the non-stop 20-lap main event. He took the point on lap five. Lucas Wolfe, who started 11th and finished third in his non-qualifier, shot into third at the halfway point, moving by Chad Kemenah.

While Swindell cruised out front, Wolfe continued his move forward, and overtook Jacobs on lap 19. Behind Swindell, Wolfe and Jacobs at the finish, were Jac Haudenschild and Kemenah. Jonathan Allard, Brian Ellenberger, Roger Crockett, Danny Heskin and Scott Winters rounded out the top ten, and claimed starting spots in Saturday night‟s C main. Swindell‟s win paid $5,000. “It‟s frustrating to be in this race,” said Swindell of his qualifying night struggles. “But it‟s also nice to get a win here. We have a heck of a car, and I wish we were further up. I think my dad won this race a couple of years ago and said he was going to run the hell out of it until they told him not to come back. I think we‟ll do the same.”

A “Reverse Draw” occurred before the “Race of Champions”. Competitors drew a number and gave it to a competitor. The result saw many of the top contenders sent to the back of the 21-car field. One big exception was Aliquippa, Pennsylvania‟s Tim Shaffer, who received the pole position pill from a young driver he often helps, Danny Holtgraver, from nearby Pittsburgh.

The event got off to a messy start when Kerry Madsen took a hard ride in turns one and two that ended his night. He was uninjured. Shaffer took off when the green flag fell for good, but many eyes were focused further back in the field.

Shane Stewart, who started 17th was making quick progress and was into the top ten by lap five. Kraig Kinser moved up from row five to take second from Lynton Jeffrey shortly thereafter. With ten laps down, Stewart was into sixth, and at the halfway point, Shaffer led Kinser, Jeffrey, Johnny Herrera and Holtgraver.

Stewart cracked the top five by lap fifteen, and the next circuit, he took fourth from Herrera. With seventeen laps in, Herrera went up in smoke while running fifth, and brought out the only caution of the night. It erased a 5.3 second lead for Shaffer, who now had Kinser, Jeffrey, Stewart and Jason Meyers, up from 14th, on his tail.

Stewart quickly disposed of Kinser and set his sights on the leader as the crowd moved to the edge of their seat. Shaffer was solid on the bottom and maintained his lead to take his fourth career win at Knoxville. He was paid $10,000. Stewart settled for second, followed by Kinser, Meyers and Sammy Swindell from 19th. Donny Schatz (from 21st), Jeffrey, Holtgraver, Greg Hodnett and Danny Lasoski rounded out the top ten.

“I figured someone was coming,” said Shaffer of Stewart. “At Knoxville, you never know. Someone is always coming. You run as hard as you can and do the best you can. Danny Holtgraver gave us a good starting spot and that helped us a lot. We‟re pretty excited about this motor we have in now.”

The Premiere Chevy Dealers World Challenge topped off the card for the night. More carnage ensued when contact between Brooke Tatnell and Cody Darrah sent the latter upside down. Craig Dollansky and Sammy Swindell were collected in the incident, but both continued.

Lucas Wolfe shot out form his front row starting spot to lead the 20-lapper early on. Again all eyes were on the #57 of Shane Stewart who started 13th. By lap five, he was already into the top five, while Sammy Swindell recovered from the opening lap incident to climb to eighth by lap six.

At the halfway point, Wolfe‟s lead was 4.2 seconds over Jason Sides, Stewart, Jeffrey and Ian Madsen. The lead trio remained the same with five to go. On lap 17, Jason Johnson took fourth from Jeffrey in a charge of his own. Stewart reeled in Sides in the non-stop event coming for the white flag and made the pass for second, but Wolfe was all alone to collect his first career Knoxville win worth $10,000.

“I had a good opportunity to start up front and have a clean racetrack ahead of me,” said Wolfe. “We were able to get by lapped cars well. The World Challenge has been good to me the last two years. We‟ve had disappointing Nationals, but this event has given us a good week. I‟d like to thank everyone that puts it on. I‟m always happy to come out here. It‟s a place we deserve to be at. I wish we had ten Outlaw races here.”

“Things worked well,” said the popular Stewart. “You can‟t get greedy. This is a sport that will kick you in the teeth at any time. I won‟t have any trouble sleeping tonight, that‟s for sure. Every time I‟ve hit the track the last ten days, it‟s been incredible.” “It hasn‟t really happened for us,” said the third running Sides of his Nationals run. “We made a motor change tonight, and that gave us some speed. I think Shane is one to watch for tomorrow. He may have one for them.”

Johnson finished fourth ahead of Jeffrey. Sammy Swindell, Jason Meyers, Jonathan Allard, Ian Madsen and Brooke Tatnell rounded out the top ten.

Tomorrow a champion will be crowned at the 51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals! The winner will be paid $150,000 out of the $1,000,000 purse! Don‟t miss it! Tickets are available at the box office, online at www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com or by calling 641 842-5431!

410 Results

Semi-Feature one (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. 22, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (3) 2. 11c, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (1) 3. 5w, Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, PA (11) 4. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (9) 5. 6H, Danny Heskin, St. Michael, MN (12) 6. 44w, Austen Wheatley, Lake Stevens, WA (14) 7. 20E, Brian Ellenberger, Butler, PA (2) 8. 1K, Chris Shirek, Thompson, ND (18) 9. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (7) 10. 17x, Marty Perovich, Denham Court, NSW, Aust. (17) 11. 4x, Toni Lutar, White Rock, BC, Can. (8) 12. 10P, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (5) / 13. 9N, Wade Nygaard, Grand Forks, ND (13) 14. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (16) 15. 91x, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (10) 16. 7AB, Billy Alley, Bennet, NE (4) 17. 96AU, Bruce White, Merrylands West, NSW, Aust. (15) 18. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (6) 19. DNS – Bob Weuve, Robby Wolfgang

Semi-Feature two (started), 15 laps, 4:11.4: 1. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (1) 2. 63, Chad Kemenah, Findlay, OH (2) 3. 0, Jonathan Allard, Chico, CA (4) 4. 6M, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (3) 5. 2L, Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo, PA (8) 6. 7s, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (6) 7. D4, Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh, PA (12) 8. 23w, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN (11) 9. 02, Mike Reinke, Howards Grove, WI (7) 10. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (5) 11. 21M, Brian Montieth, Phoenixville, PA (15) 12. 19K, Todd King, Sheboygan Falls, WI (9) / 13. 6R, Bill Rose, Plainfield, IN (13) 14. 04, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (10) 15. 8, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (17) 16. 19D, Donovan Peterson, Brookings, SD (18) 17. 20PK, Ron Krysl, Atkinson, NE (16) 18. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (19) 19. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (14) 20. 23x, Russel Borland, Kewaskum, WI (20)

A main (started), 20 laps, 5:44.3: 1. Kevin Swindell (2) 2. Lucas Wolfe (5) 3. Kenny Jacobs (1) 4. Jac Haudenschild (8) 5. Chad Kemenah (4) 6. Jonathan Allard (6) 7. Brian Ellenberger (13) 8. Roger Crockett (3) 9. Danny Heskin (9) 10. Scott Winters (16) 11. Jason Sides (12) 12. Ed Lynch Jr. (10) 13. Danny Holtgraver (14) 14. Toni Lutar (21) 15. Mike Reinke (18) 16. Austen Wheatley (11) 17. Mike Moore (17) 18. Chris Shirek (15) 19. Todd King (24) 20. Brian Montieth (22) 21. Marty Perovich (19) 22. Danny Lasoski (7) 23. Ricky Logan (23) 24. Seth Bergman (20). Lap Leaders: Jacobs 1-4, K. Swindell 5-22.

Q20 Race of Champions, 25 laps, NT: 1. 83x, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (1) 2. 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (17) 3. 6, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (9) 4. 14, Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA (14) 5. 1, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (19) 6. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (21) 7. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (3) 8. D4, Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh, PA (7) 9. 39, Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, PA (10) 10. Danny Lasoski (15) 11. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (16) 12. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (20) 13. Chris Shirek (2) 14. 17B, Bill Balog, Eau Claire, WI (13) 15. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (4) 16. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (18) 17. Wade Nygaard (11) 18. Jonathan Allard (6) 19. Brian Montieth (5) 20. Billy Alley (8) 21. 92, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (12). Lap Leader: Shaffer 1-25.

Premiere Chevy Dealers World Challenge, 20 laps, 5:55.5: 1. Lucas Wolfe (2) 2. Stewart (13) 3. Jason Sides (4) 4. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (11) 5. Lynton Jeffrey (9) 6. Sammy Swindell (16) 7. Jason Meyers (15) 8. Jonathan Allard (6) 9. 28, Ian Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (7) 10. 59, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (10) 11. Toni Lutar (3) 12. Marty Perovich (17) 13. Bruce White (1) 14. Ricky Logan (5) 15. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (12) 16. 91, Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA (8) DNS - Kerry Madsen. Lap Leader: Wolfe 1-20.

8/13

Donny Schatz Triumphs for Fifth Knoxville Nationals Title! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, August 12, 2011 – Donny Schatz of Fargo, North Dakota grabbed his fifth Knoxville Nationals title on Saturday night. The Tony Stewart Racing #15 was flawless after starting fifteenth in the 50-lap main event. The win paid Schatz $150,000, and was his mind-numbing tenth finish of either first or second in the last twelve years at the biggest event in . All have come with J&J Chassis and Ron Shaver Engines.

Before the field could get a lap in the books, 18 year old, Austin McCarl, hopped the turn one cushion and took a nasty ride. He was uninjured. Once the event went green, pole-sitter and high point man for the week, Sammy Swindell, led lap one. Outside row one starter, Brad Sweet, shot to the fore on the next go around and held the lead through four laps, when Davey Heskin came to a stop in turn four.

The restart saw Sweet leading Swindell, Jason Meyers, Dale Blaney and Daryn Pittman back to green. Swindell pressured Sweet and shot under him to lead lap six. Schatz was on the move from his starting spot inside row eight. He took fifth from Pittman on lap seven, and fourth from Blaney on the next circuit.

Schatz would cruise by Meyers for third before the red flag came out with fourteen laps down for Kerry Madsen, who got upside down on the backstretch. That set up the restart of the event, with Swindell leading Sweet, Schatz, Meyers and Pittman. The lead trio went three-wide for the lead when the race went back green. Schatz was able to sneak by the leaders to grab the point. A lap later, Sweet worked past Swindell for second. Pittman began to gain momentum as well, and snatched third from Swindell on lap 19, before capturing second from Sweet on lap 20.

The mandatory open red flag period came with 27 laps down. After teams were allowed to make changes to their cars, Schatz led Pittman, Swindell, Sweet and Meyers back to green. Shane Stewart restarted sixth after starting 17th, and other hard-chargers included Tim Shaffer, who was eighth after starting 19th, and Lance Dewease, who was up to ninth from 24th.

Pittman continued his good run and shot around Schatz in another three-wide battle for the lead. It was short- lived, however, as Schatz used the low side to jet back by and pull away. By lap 32, Stewart was by Meyers and Sweet to fourth. Meyers retired while running sixth shortly, thereafter.

Swindell would take second back from Pittman and begin his pursuit of the leader. Stewart would make the same charge he had made all week long, grabbing third from Pittman on lap 41, and second from Swindell on lap 48. He was gaining on the leader, but simply ran out of laps, as Schatz crossed the line as Nationals champion.

“We raced hard, and raced smart,” said Schatz in Victory Lane. “I had an awesome racecar to drive. This is an amazing group of guys. I was able to move all over the racetrack. We were just going to put some new tires on at the halfway point and keep going. It was good enough to win, and that‟s all you can ask for.”

“This is a heck of a back-up engine,” said Schatz, who lost his primary on his qualifying night. “I felt a little bit awkward beforehand, but it felt awesome all night long.”

Stewart settled for second in Paul Silva‟s #57 and earned $75,000. “I have to thank all my fans. I don‟t know what to say. My car always seems to be coming on late in the race…I can‟t even say that, because I felt I was competitive the whole 50 laps. I saw the white flag come out, and I thought they had to be kidding me. That 50 laps went so quick!”

Schatz was complimentary of Stewart‟s run as well. “You know what is cooler than this? The kid in the #57 came from 17th to 2nd, not once, not twice, but three times. He‟s a hell of a racer. I‟m glad I‟m standing in front of him tonight. Thank God it was only 50 (laps).”

“I was trying to conserve and make it,” said Swindell who earned $37,500 for third in the Big Game Treestands #1. “I just missed it (in turn three) and stayed parked there for an hour and let Shane by.”

Shaffer made a late run to fourth ahead of Pittman. Mark Dobmeier was sixth, and Brian Brown, Sweet, Dewease and Craig Dollansky rounded out the top ten.

In preliminary action, Bruce White led the 10-lap distance to win the E main. Jason Sides took the 12-lap D main, and Brown Maeschen won the 15-lap C.

Often one of the best races of the Nationals, the 22-lap B main saw plenty of drama. Stevie Smith led the four transfers to the A main by capturing the win. Kraig Kinser finished second, but lost a motor on the last lap. He had it changed for the A. Don Droud Jr. ran a strong third (from 15th), and Lance Dewease grabbed the fourth and final transfer from row five.

Two young drivers saw heartbreak in the event. Brady Bacon, who was named “Rookie of the Nationals” suffered a flat tire while running second in the late stages. Rager Phillips was running third taking the white flag but coasted across the finish line fourteenth with mechanical problems. Jac Haudenschild‟s night ended in C main hot laps when his rear axle broke and he flipped in turn two. Jonathan Allard and Brian Ellenberger flipped in the C main. B main flip victims were Cody Darrah, and Joey Moughan who was collected in the fray. No drivers were injured.

Tomorrow a champion will be crowned at the 51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals! The winner will be paid $150,000 out of the $1,000,000 purse! Don‟t miss it! Tickets are available at the box office, online at www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com or by calling 641 842-5431!

51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals Results

E main (started), 10 laps, 2:38.6: 1. 96AU, Bruce White, Merrylands West, NSW, Aust. (2) 2. 19D, Donovan Peterson, Brookings, SD (1) 3. 22H, Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (8) 4. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (7) 5. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (3) 6. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (6) 7. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (5) 8. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (4) DNS – 7AB, Billy Alley, Bennet, NE, 20PK, Ron Krysl, Atkinson, NE, 23x, Russel Borland, Kewaskum, WI

D main (started), 12 laps, 3:15.7: 1. 7s, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (1) 2. D4, Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh, PA (3) 3. 44w, Austen Wheatley, Lake Stevens, WA (4) 4. 91x, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (12) 5. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (8) 6. 02, Mike Reinke, Howards Grove, WI (5) 7. 04, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (13) 8. 1K, Chris Shirek, Thompson, ND (6) 9. Robby Wolfgang (19) 10. Randy Hannagan (27) 11. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (7) 12. 19K, Todd King, Sheboygan Falls, WI (9) 13. 8, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (15) 14. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (10) 15. Tasker Phillips (20) 16. Bruce White (14) 17. Donovan Peterson (16) 18. 9N, Wade Nygaard, Grand Forks, ND (11) 19. Mike Houseman Jr. (18) DQ – 4x, Toni Lutar, White Horse, BC, Can. (2, crossed 2nd – no scales) DNS – Kevin Ingle, Bob Weuve

C main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. 1J, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (2) 2. 83JR, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (4) / 3. 55x, Jason Solwold, Mount Vernon, WA (3) 4. 18, Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS (1) 5. 17B, Bill Balog, Eau Claire, WI (7) 6. 5w, Lucas Wolfe, Mechanicsburg, PA (10) 7. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (11) 8. 63, Chad Kemenah, Findlay, OH (15) 9. 23w, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN (18) 10. 22, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (13) 11. Jason Sides (21) 12. 11c, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (16) 13. 29, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA (9) 14. Austen Wheatley (22) 15. 1w, Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls, SD (8) 16. 6H, Danny Heskin, St. Michael, MN (19) 17. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (5) 18. 2D, Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls, SD (6) 19. 20E, Brian Ellenberger, Butler, PA (17) 20. Danny Holtgraver (20) 21. 0, Jonathan Allard, Chico, CA (14) DNS – 6RX, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL, 6M, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH.

B main (started), 22 laps, NT: 1. 1z, Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, OK (3) 2. 6, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (2) 3. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (15) 4. 30c, Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA (9) / 5. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (8) 6. 39, Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, PA (14) 7. 4, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (16) 8. 89G, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (18) 9. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (12) 10. 2B, Ben Gregg, Glendale, AZ (19) 11. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (5) 12. 01, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (17) 13. Bronson Maeschen (21) 14. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (6) 15. 1zz, Jessica Zemken, Sprakers, NY (20) 16. 59, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust,. (4) 17. 28, Ian Madsen, St. Mary‟s, NSW, Aust. (13) 18. 7x, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (10) 19. 35, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD (1) 20. Tim Kaeding (22) 21. 14x, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (7) 22. 91, Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA (11)

A main (started), 50 laps, NT: 1. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (13) 2. 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (17) 3. 1, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (1) 4. 83x, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (19) 5. 27, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (5) 6. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (7) 7. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (6) 8. 9, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (2) 9. Lance Dewease (24) 10. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (18) 11. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (20) 12. 83, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (16) 13. Stevie Smith (21) 14. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (11) 15. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (14) 16. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (8) 17. Don Droud Jr. (23) 18. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (10) 19. Kraig Kinser (22) 20. 2, Dale Blaney, Fowler, OH (3) 21. 51, Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, PA (9) 22. 14, Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA (4) 23. 92, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (15) 24. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (12). Lap Leaders: S. Swindell 1, Sweet 2-5, S. Swindell 6-14, Schatz 15-27, Pittman 28, Schatz 29-50.

8/27

Dobmeier is „Dynamite‟ at Knoxville! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, August 27, 2011 – Mark Dobmeier has been hot as of late, and he continued that streak Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway on McKay Insurance/Slideways Karting Center Night. The $3,000 win was Dobmeier‟s second this season, and the ninth in his career at Knoxville aboard the Lunstra/Dobmeier #13. After setting a new one-lap 360 track record in qualifying, Clint Garner grabbed his fourth feature win of the year in that class. The win clinched a third track championship in a row for Garner. Mike Van Haaften was welcomed home from a tour in Afghanistan with his first career win in the 305‟s.

Ryan Anderson set a fast early pace in the event from his starting spot on the pole. By lap five, he led fellow front row starter, Austin McCarl, Dobmeier, Brian Brown and quick-timer, Kevin Swindell. AJ Moeller spun with six laps in the books, bringing the caution flag.

Shortly after the restart, Dobmeier shot around McCarl for second, and a lap later, Brown followed him into third. Dobmeier gained on Anderson and made what would prove to be the winning pass on the twelfth lap. One lap later, Brown followed him into second and kept pace with the leader. When tenth running Bronson Maeschen stopped in turn four with three laps to go, it set up a dash to the checkers. Dobmeier was able to repel the advances of Brown, while Swindell and Jason Johnson had made moves into fourth and fifth. Swindell used his momentum to climb to second, getting by Brown in the final corner. Hard-charger, Johnson was fourth, ahead of Davey Heskin, who gained fifth from Anderson on the last lap.

“I can‟t say enough for my guys,” said Dobmeier in Victory Lane. “We had a rear-end go out in the heat and had it changed in about ten minutes. Everyone was fast at the beginning, and we came into play when it slicked off a little. Racing against Brian was fun. He races clean. He could have played the slide job a little different and there could have been carnage. I think he knows I‟m not going to lift!”

Anderson settled for sixth, ahead of Austin McCarl, Rager Phillips, Danny Lasoski and Brooke Tatnell. Lasoski managed enough points to secure his record ninth track championship. Johnson, Dusty Zomer and Brooke Tatnell won heats, while Terry McCarl won the B main.

Russ Hall took off from the pole position to lead early in the 15-lap 360 feature. With one lap in the books, Chad Heimbaugh flipped in turn one. He was uninjured. Jon Agan restarted second, and used the bottom to surge into the lead to complete lap three. Clint Garner, who started sixth, shot by Hall for second on lap seven.

Tasker Phillips was on the move big time in the first half of the race. Starting 17th, he had shot up to seventh and was still climbing at the halfway point, when he spun while running seventh. The restart with six laps remaining saw Agan leading Garner, Hall, Nate Van Haaften and Gregg Bakker back to green.

While Agan took his low line, Garner went up top and shot past Agan exiting turn two. Agan stayed with the leader, but Garner held him off for career win eleven. “The track is so fun right now,” said Garner from Victory Lane. “I drove by Agan so handily. I thought I heard something, but I didn‟t think there was any way he was catching me. I just kept doing what I was doing, and it was a lot of fun.”

Matt Moro made a late surge to grab third, ahead of Russ Hall and Van Haaften. Joe Beaver was sixth, and Ricky Montgomery, RJ Johnson, Dennis Moore Jr. and Tyler Groenendyk rounded out the top ten. Larry Ball Jr., Jarrod Schneiderman and Groenendyk grabbed heat race wins.

Mike Van Haaften scored his first career win in emotional fashion in the 305 class. Mark Widmar led the 12- lap feature early on, but a caution at the halfway point changed things drastically.

Alan Ambers slowed in turn four, and Jamie Ball was unable to avoid him. The incident also collected Josh Jones and Steve Palmer. Only Palmer would continue. Van Haaften lined up behind Widmar and drove the cushion in turns one and two to take the lead. He would cruise from there.

“I‟m really at a loss for words,” said an emotional Van Haaften, who recently returned from a tour of duty overseas. “I showed up on the 9th, my son was born on the 10th, and I get to come here and win at Knoxville for the first time. That‟s a tri-fecta! What else can you ask for?”

Mitchell Alexander made a late charge for second, followed by Chad Huston, Tasker Phillips and Widmar. Carson McCarl, Bart Friedrichsen, Matthew Stelzer, Matt Stephenson and Chris Mallicoat rounded out the top ten. Mallicoat, McCarl and Stelzer won the heat races.

In the special Dirt Truck feature, Bret Moyer won for the third time in his career at Knoxville. Moyer took the lead at the halfway point of the 12-lapper from Lou Sipolt.

Next week marks Season Championship Night at the Knoxville Raceway and it will feature all three sprint divisions! For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! 410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 1 lap: 1. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (21) 14.995; 2. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (6) 15.041; 3. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (7) 15.048; 4. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (23) 15.158; 5. 7G, Garrett Dollansky, Elk River, MN (4) 15.215; 6. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (17) 15.238; 7. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (12) 15.249; 8. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (16) 15.294; 9. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (19) 15.313; 10. 1z, Jessica Zemken, Sprakers, NY (14) 15.331; 11. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (26) 15.344; 12. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (10) 15.393; 13. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (13) 15.472; 14. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (5) 15.477; 15. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (8) 15.480; 16. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (15) 15.514; 17. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (20) 15.520; 18. 59, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (2) 15.532; 19. 2D, Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls, SD (9) 15.561; 20. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (25) 15.591; 21. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (1) 15.617; 22. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (11) 15.625; 23. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (18) 15.755; 24. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (27) 16.074; 25. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (24) 16.094; 26. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (3) NT; 27. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (22) NT.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:04.9: 1. Jason Johnson (2) 2. Mark Dobmeier (4) 3. Kevin Swindell (6) 4. Ryan Bunton (1) 5. Jessica Zemken (3) / 6. Terry McCarl (5) 7. Bryan Dobesh (7) 8. Bob Weuve (9) 9. Mark Johnson (8)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:08.8: 1. Dusty Zomer (9) 2. Rager Phillips (2) 3. Don Droud Jr. (1) 4. Austin McCarl (4) 5. Danny Lasoski (3) / 6. Bronson Maeschen (6) 7. Robby Wolfgang (7) 8. Garrett Dollansky (5) 9. Lynton Jeffrey (8)

Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:07.6: 1. Brooke Tatnell (1) 2. Brian Brown (6) 3. Ryan Anderson (4) 4. Davey Heskin (5) 5. Dustin Selvage (3) / 6. Mike Moore (7) 7. AJ Moeller (2) 8. Mike Houseman Jr. (8) DNS – Josh Schneiderman

B main (started), 8 laps, 2:14.0: 1. Terry McCarl (2) 2. Bronson Maeschen (1) 3. Robby Wolfgang (6) 4. Lynton Jeffrey (9) 5. Garrett Dollansky (3) 6. Mike Moore (7) 7. Bryan Dobesh (5) 8. Mike Houseman Jr. (10) 9. Mark Johnson (8) 10. AJ Moeller (4) / 11. Bob Weuve (11) DNS – Josh Schneiderman

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Mark Dobmeier (3) 2. Kevin Swindell (6) 3. Brian Brown (5) 4. Jason Johnson (10) 5. Davey Heskin (4) 6. Ryan Anderson (1) 7. Austin McCarl (2) 8. Rager Phillips (11) 9. Danny Lasoski (8) 10. Brooke Tatnell (14) 11. Dusty Zomer (15) 12. Jessica Zemken (7) 13. Ryan Bunton (12) 14. Don Droud Jr. (13) 15. Terry McCarl (16) 16. Lynton Jeffrey (19) 17. Robby Wolfgang (18) 18. Dustin Selvage (9) 19. Mike Houseman Jr. (21) 20. AJ Moeller (21) 21. Mark Johnson (24) 22. Bronson Maeschen (17) 23. Bryan Dobesh (22) 24. Garrett Dollansky (20) DNS – Mike Moore. Lap Leaders: Anderson 1-11, Dobmeier 12-20. Hard-charger: J. Johnson.

360 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD, 15.625 (NTR); 2. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE, 16.043; 3. 71, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL, 16.108; 4. 11x, Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, SD, 16.120; 5. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 16.145; 6. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA, 16.149; 7. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.180; 8. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA, 16.182; 9. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA, 16.220; 10. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 16.237; 11. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA, 16.244; 12. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA, 16.251; 13. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA, 16.292; 14. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO, 16.296; 15. 10x, Mike Trent, Rocheport, MO, 16.409; 16. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, 16.489; 17. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA, 16.502; 18. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 16.524; 19. 47T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA, 16.597; 20. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA, 16.602; 21. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA, 16.627; 22. 99, Jimmy Davies, Oquawka, IL, 16.784; 23. 12, Rod Richards, Van Meter, IA, 16.805; DQ (Scales) 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA.

Heat one (started), 7 laps, 1:54.6: 1. Larry Ball Jr. (2) 2. Clint Garner (6) 3. Tom Lenz (1) 4. Russ Hall (4) 5. Gregg Bakker (5) 6. Tasker Phillips (3) 7. Tony Shilling (7) 8. Jimmy Davies (8)

Heat two (started), 7 laps, 1:56.4: 1. Jarrod Schneiderman (1) 2. Joe Beaver (4) 3. Ricky Montgomery (2) 4. Dennis Moore Jr. (3) 5. Jon Agan (5) 6. Chad Humston (6) 7. Chad Heimbaugh (7) 8. Rod Richards (8)

Heat three (started), 7 laps, 1:58.0: 1. Tyler Groenendyk (3) 2. Matt Moro (4) 3. Nate Van Haaften (5) 4. RJ Johnson (6) 5. Mike Trent (2) 6. David Hall (1) 7. John Hall (7) 8. Casey Friedrichsen (8)

A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Clint Garner (6) 2. Jon Agan (3) 3. Matt Moro (8) 4. Russ Hall (1) 5. Nate Van Haaften (2) 6. Joe Beaver (7) 7. Ricky Montgomery (12) 8. RJ Johnson (5) 9. Dennis Moore Jr. (9) 10. Tyler Groenendyk (10) 11. Jarrod Schneiderman (15) 12. David Hall (18) 13. Gregg Bakker (4) 14. Tasker Phillips (17) 15. Casey Friedrichsen (24) 16. Tony Shilling (19) 17. Tom Lenz (14) 18. Mike Trent (13) 19. Rod Richards (23) 20. Larry Ball Jr. (11) 21. John Hall (21) 22. Chad Humston (16) 23. Jimmy Davies (22) 24. Chad Heimbaugh (20). Lap Leaders: R. Hall 1-2, Agan 3-9, Garner 10-15. Hard-charger: Friedrichsen.

305 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 17.148; 2. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA, 17.299; 3. 93A, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 17.313; 4. 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA, 17.428; 5. 97, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA, 17.484; 6. 7c, Chad Huston, Jamesport, MO, 17.488; 7. 87, Cale Hutchings, Bloomfield, IA, 17.544; 8. 7w, Mark Widmar, Ottumwa, IA, 17.605; 9. 33, Mike Van Haaften, Pella, IA, 17.640; 10. 55, Matt Stephenson, Altoona, IA, 17.649; 11. 57, Steve Breazeale, Trenton, MO, 17.683; 12. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Omaha, NE, 17.699; 13. 22, Chris Mallicoat, Boone, IA, 17.774; 14. 92c, Cody Ambers, Knoxville, IA, 17.780; 15. 55x, Chris Maurer, Colfax, IA, 17.810; 16. 7s, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA, 17.825; 17. 29, Bart Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA, 17.904; 18. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA, 18.105; 19. 2, Steve Palmer, Des Moines, IA, 18.218; 20. 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA, 18.230; 21. 4c, Chris Horton, Indianola, IA, 18.263; 22. 26, Andy Bates, Knoxville, IA, 20.088; 23. 14, Andrew Turley, Sedalia, MO, NT; 24. 02s, Josh Jones, Knoxville, IA, NT; DQ (Tire) – 91, Ben Woods, Newton, IA.

Heat one (started), 6 laps, 1:45.9: 1. Chris Mallicoat (1) 2. Jamie Ball (4) 3. Tim St. Arnold (6) 4. Tasker Phillips (5) 5. Matt Stephenson (2) 6. Steve Palmer (7) 7. Cale Hutchings (3) 8. Chris Horton (8) DNS – Andrew Turley

Heat two (started), 6 laps, 1:45.8: 1. Carson McCarl (2) 2. Mark Widmar (3) 3. Bart Friedrichsen (4) 4. Mitchell Alexander (5) 5. Josh Jones (6) 6. Cody Ambers (1) 7. Bob Hildreth (7) DNS – Steve Breazeale

Heat three (started), 6 laps, 1:44.7 (NTR): 1. Matthew Stelzer (2) 2. Chad Huston (4) 3. Alan Ambers (5) 4. Mike Van Haaften (3) 5. Chris Maurer (1) 6. Ben Woods (8) 7. Andy Bates (7) 8. Mike Mayberry (6)

A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Mike Van Haaften (1) 2. Mitchell Alexander (7) 3. Chad Huston (3) 4. Tasker Phillips (8) 5. Mark Widmar (2) 6. Carson McCarl (4) 7. Bart Friedrichsen (12) 8. Matthew Stelzer (9) 9. Matt Stephenson (14) 10. Chris Mallicoat (10) 11. Cody Ambers (15) 12. Chris Maurer (16) 13. Ben Woods (21) 14. Steve Palmer (18) 15. Bob Hildreth (19) 16. Cale Hutchings (13) 17. Alan Ambers (6) 18. Jamie Ball (5) 19. Josh Jones (22) 20. Chris Horton (23) 21. Andy Bates (20) 22. Mike Mayberry (17) 23. Tim St. Arnold (11) DNS - Andrew Turley, Steve Breazeale. Lap Leaders: Widmar 1-6, Van Haaften 7-12. Hard-charger: Woods.

Dirt Trucks Results

Heat one (started), 6 laps, 2:19.5: 1. 98, Bret Moyer, Polk City, IA (5) 2. 95, Lou Sipolt, Altoona, IA (2) 3. 7x, Rick Clark, Des Moines, IA (3) 4. 56, Steve Churchill, Creston, IA (4) 5. 13, Craig Ford, Pella, IA (1)

Heat two (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 2M, Tony Moro, Polk City, IA (4) 2. 72, Daryl Lilly, Winterset, IA (1) 3. 21, Brad Moyer, Alleman, IA (3) 4. 17A, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (6) 5. 35, Blake Henry, Indianola, IA (2) 6. 3, Carl Moyer, Ankeny, IA (5)

A main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Bret Moyer (3) 2. Carl Moyer (11) 3. Steve Churchill (7) 4. Lou Sipolt (1) 5. Josh Higday (8) 6. Daryl Lilly (2) 7. Blake Henry (10) 8. Rick Clark (5) 9. Craig Ford (9) 10. Brad Moyer (4) 11. Tony Moro (6). Lap Leaders: Sipolt 1-5, B. Moyer 6-12.

9/3

Season Championship Rained out!

(Bill W) Season Championship night for the Knoxville Championship Cup Series has been canceled due to rains. It will not be made up.

The next action at the Knoxville Raceway will be the Enduro on Sunday night, September 4.

9/4

Darin Van Dee Cops $1,000 With Enduro Win at Knoxville! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, September 4, 2011 –The Annual Fall Enduro at Knoxville Raceway went to Darin Van Dee of Deep River on Sunday night. At the end of two hours, Van Dee had completed 199 laps around the Knoxville half-mile oval and claimed the $1,000 payday. Second went to Terry Darnell of Otley with third place falling to Mike Goff of Lacona. Ryan Humphrey of Rose Hill was fourth and Mitch Enfield of Melcher-Dallas completed the top five. Sixty-two cars were on hand.

Driver Hometown Car # 1. Darin Van Dee, Deep River 11x (199 laps) 2. Terry Darnell, Otley 34D 3. Mike Goff, Lacona 5M 4. Ryan Humphrey, Rose Hill 2H 5. Mitch Enfield, Melcher-Dallas 23 6. Tony Shilling, Knoxville 47T 7. Rick Shilling, Knoxville 74T 8. Jacob Sutter, Pleasantville 114 9. Brennan Ford, Altoona 4F 10. Jon Juline, Columbia 7J 11. Shane Spaulding, Knoxville 44x 12. Tyler Sutter, Pleasantville 14 13. Blake Miller, Des Moines 1 14. Brian Clarke, Knoxville 4 15. Josh Noftsger, Knoxville 45 16. Lyle Blom, Oskaloosa 101 17. Alec Kline, Knoxville 1WK 18. Holly Shinn, Knoxville 6 19. Mike McGill, Knoxville OWI 20. Bo Miller, Des Moines 1K

9/10

AMA Pro Knoxville Half-Mile Rocked by .0004 Win Margin!

KNOXVILLE, IA (September 11, 2011) - The much-anticipated return to Iowa‟s Knoxville Raceway was entirely worth the wait, resulting in an AMA Pro Racing Harley-Davidson Insurance Flat Track Championship main event that was decided by a stunning, virtually unheard-of win margin of .0004 of a second. Following a finish so close that transponders originally displayed a .000 dead heat, official timing software was required to bring up an additional decimal point. In the end, just four ten-thousandths of a second separated winner Jared Mees (Rogers Lake Racing/Blue Springs Harley-Davidson) from Zanotti Racing‟s Jake Johnson.

“I saw Jake spin up off the last turn, and I just went high,” said Mees, referencing a slight bobble Johnson exhibited after leading out of the final corner. “I realized I could win this and just ran it as hard as I could around the outside, and it worked.”

“I was trying to guard the inside, and I did,” said Johnson, “but he came around on the outside. It was close; I [wasn‟t] sure he beat me.” The race‟s final results were ratified after confirming them with Timing and Scoring‟s back-up decoder.

Johnson and Mees were waging a private battle for the win in the race‟s closing laps, with Sammy Halbert (Kings Kustoms/White‟s Harley-Davidson) holding third. Far from in the clear, however, Halbert was being hunted by a fast-closing Luke Gough (Digger 57/Dick Ford/KK Motorcycle Supply) when Eddie Adkins Racing‟s Jeff Carver hit the ground in Turn 2, bringing out the red flag. While Mees and Johnson picked up where they left off for the remaining eight-lap sprint to the finish, a mechanical problem ended the young Australian Gough‟s dream night. Halbert was left to cruise safely home in third.

The closest finish of the year has tightened the points race yet further and resulted in a significant shift in dynamics: For the first time in 2011, Halbert -- who clinched the 2011 Expert Singles Championship at Round 15 -- has been forced to surrender his lead in the combined Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Championship. Mees has taken control with a four-point advantage over Halbert, while Johnson lurks just five points behind Halbert in third. In a nod to the skills of the championship‟s top three, the lead trio commanded not only the main-event podium, but the earlier Dash for Cash top tiers as well.

Fasthog.com‟s Bryan Smith rebounded from a disappointing Labor Day weekend with a solid fourth-place finish. Universal City Kawasaki Motorsport‟s JD Beach returned from his road race adventures to earn fifth at Knoxville, his best outing yet on the potent Kawasaki.

The evening‟s earlier Motorcycle-Superstore.com Pro Singles main event had the crowd on their feet throughout the sixteen-lap race, which 2011 AMA Pro Motorcycle-Superstore.com SuperSport road race champion James Rispoli (ANT Racing/STAR School/NationalGuard.com/ RLJ) got started by grabbing the holeshot. Upstart series rookie Brian Bauman (Rod Lake Racing/Brown‟s Cycles) wrested it away from Rispoli on Lap 2, however, kicking off a two-way battle for the lead.

While Bauman and Rispoli fought for the point, RLT Racing/Lancaster Harley-Davidson‟s Shayna Texter had the crowd buzzing with her charge up from a slow start. Texter caught the lead pair and powered her way into the frontrunner‟s position on Lap 7, but Bauman wasn‟t prepared to let it go.

Texter and Bauman exchanged the lead several times as they raced off to a small advantage, but in the end it was Texter who would not be denied, taking victory by .357 of a second. Rispoli dropped from third to sixth on the last lap, handing the final podium spot to Woody Kyle Racing„s Michael Toon. Series points-leader Mikey Martin (Weirbach Racing) earned fourth, followed across the line by Foard Racing‟s Jason Isennock.

With only three races remaining on the 2011 calendar, Martin now holds a 21-point lead over Gerit Callies. Mikey Avila trails Callies by four additional points.

The AMA Pro Harley-Davidson Insurance Flat Track Championship next heads to Brainerd, Minnesota‟s, North Central Speedway for the Round 18 Brainerd Half-Mile. For tickets and information, visit www.racencs.net or call 218-828-1545. To learn more and to be a part of the AMA Pro Harley-Davidson Insurance Flat Track Championship, visit www.amaproracing.com and join us on facebook.com/AMAProFlatTrackSeries and twitter.com/AMAProFlatTrack.

AMA Pro Racing joins the rest of the country in honoring the memories of those lost in the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and the heroics of the men and women who have worked to protect our nation in the days since.

9/29

“Newport Nightmare” Jimmy Owens Captures Late Model Nationals Night #1! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, September 29, 2011 – Jimmy Owens of Newport, Indiana snatched the win in the opening night of the 8th Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals Thursday night at the Knoxville Raceway. The win was Owens‟ first at the famous half-mile oval and was worth $7,000. Darrell Lanigan led the 25-lap feature early from his starting spot outside of row one. By lap five, Owens was second, ahead of Steve Francis, Chad Simpson and Austin Hubbard. Francis‟ solid run came to an end with seven laps in the books when he broke going down the front stretch in a battle with Owens for second.

The restart saw Lanigan leading Owens, Hubbard, Simpson and Shannon Babb back to green. Owens pulled ahead of the leader down the backstretch, but Lanigan maintained the lead when passing the flagstand.

On lap nine, Owens found a line on the cushion to his liking, and the lead pair exchanged the lead three times, before Owens took control for good on lap twelve. One final caution slowed the event when Jason Rauen spun with thirteen laps down. The lead trio of Owens, Lanigan and Hubbard held their ground the rest of the way.

“We‟ve been here the last two or three years, and we‟ve been close a time or two,” said Owens in Victory Lane. “To win this main event, is pretty good. Maybe we can get it going the rest of the weekend. We didn‟t qualify well, we were pretty good in the heat, and things went our way in the feature. I think we capitalized on having a good car.”

Brian Birkhofer finished fourth and emerged as the high point man for the night, along with Hubbard (492 points). Babb was fifth, and Scott James, Billy Moyer, Will Vaught, and Dale McDowell completed the top ten.

Bloomquist registered quick time and won the first heat. Other heat winners included Birkhofer, Hubbard, Francis and Jimmy Mars. Chris Spieker won the C main and Jason Feger took the B.

Drivers will get a chance to improve their scores on Friday, with action starting at 6:45 p.m. in the second night of action! Tickets still remain, and can be purchased at www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com, or by calling 641 842- 5431!

Late Models Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 0, Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, TN, 17.335; 2. 15B, Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, IA, 17.429; 3. 19, Austin Hubbard, Laurel, DE, 17.511; 4. 15, Steve Francis, Ashland, KY, 17.570; 5. 71, Don O‟Neal, Martinsville IN, 17.609; 6. 777, Jared Landers, Welcome, NC, 17.622; 7. 18, Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL, 17.625; 8. 20, Jimmy Owens, Newport, IN, 17.795; 9. 56, Andy Eckrich, Iowa City, IA, 17.818; 10. 1, Darrell Lanigan, Union, KY, 17.818; 11. 25, Chad Simpson, Mount Vernon, IA, 17.859; 12. 5B, Mike Marlar, Winfield, TN, 17.905; 13. 81, Scott James, Lawrenceburg, IN, 17.942; 14. 3s, Brian Shirley, Chatham, IL, 17.946; 15. 25F, Jason Feger, Bloomington, IL, 18.025; 16. 39, Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY, 18.027; 17. 1V, Will Vaught, Crane, MO, 18.027; 18. 11T, , Corning, CA, 18.045; 19. 1M, Rob Moss, Iowa City, IA, 18.049; 20. 17M, Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, GA, 18.073; 21. 27H, Brian Harris, Davenport, IA, 18.082; 22. C9, Steve Casebolt, Richmond, IN, 18.108; 23. 7R, Kent Robinson, Bloomington, IN, 18.126; 24. 58, Dave Eckrich, Oxford, IA, 18.150; 25. 98, Jason Rauen, Farley, IA, 18.190; 26. 25, Chris Simpson, Marion, IA, 18.202; 27. 18E, Eric Wells, Hazard, KY, 18.202; 28. 21, Billy Moyer, Batesville, AR, 18.249; 29. 2, Brady Smith, Solon Springs, WI, 18.318; 30. 44, Earl Pearson Jr., Trinity, NC, 18.328; 31. 50, Denny Eckrich, Oxford, IA, 18.337; 32. 51, Matt Furman, Columbus, OH, 18.361; 33. 1s, Jack Sullivan, Greenbrier, AR, 18.397; 34. 23, John Blankenship, Morristown, TN, 18.418; 35. 28M, Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, WI, 18.433; 36. 41, Brad Neat, Trinity, NC, 18.445; 37. 57J, Bub McCool, Vicksburg, MS, 18.455; 38. 99JR, Frank Heckenast Jr., Frankfurt, IL, 18.478; 39. 53, Ray Cook, Brasstown NC, 18.492; 40. 16, Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA, 18.498; 41. 3, Kevin Sather, Ankeny, IA, 18.561; 42. 22M, Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake, IA, 18.568; 43. 21JR, Billy Moyer Jr., Batesville, AR, 18.613; 44. S9, Dan Schlieper, Sullivan, WI, 18.625; 45. 31, Jason Utter, Columbus Junction, IA, 18.697; 46. 56x, Chris Spieker, Massena, IA, 18.734; 47. 5, John Duty, Happy Valley, OR, 18.737; 48. 15H, Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque, IA, 18.823; 49. 25H, Kerry Hansen, Spencer, WI, 18.833; 50. 22, Jill George, Cedar Falls, IA, 18.835; 51. 48, Tim Lance, Peoria, IL, 19.006; 52. 33G, Paul Glendenning, Mt. Ayr, IA, 19.050; 53. 5M, Mike Fryer, Freeport, IL, 19.116; 54. 8, Mike Wallace, Carter Lake, IA, 19.150; 55. 99D, Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, IA, 19.235; 56. 6, Al Humphrey, Giltner, NE, 19.238; 57. 21B, Rich Bell, Sheffield, IL, 19.307; 58. 44zo, Alonzo Grosse, Council Bluffs, IA, 19.314; 59. 99, Scott Lewis, Brighton, CO, 19.338; 60. 10, Junior Coover, Norfolk, NE, 19.404; 61. 7c, Chad Chenoweth, Huron, SD, 19.480; 62. 15c, Curt Schroeder, Ames, IA, 20.277; 63. 33, Nick Marolf, Moscow, IA, 22.339; 64. 93, Jay Johnson, West Burlington, IA, NT.

Heat one (started), 12 laps, 3:50.4: 1. Scott Bloomquist (10) 2. Chris Simpson (5) 3. Chad Simpson (8) 4. Brad Neat (3) / 5. Jared Landers (9) 6. Tim McCreadie (7) 7. Denny Eckrich (4) 8. Brian Harris (6) / 9. Kevin Sather (2) 10. Tim Lance (11) 11. Al Humphrey (12) 12. Chad Chenoweth (13) 13. Chris Spieker (1)

Heat two (started), 12 laps, 3:46.8: 1. Brian Birkhofer (10) 2. Will Vaught (7) 3. Shannon Babb (9) 4. Eric Wells (5) / 5. Charlie McKenna (2) 6. Curt Schroeder (13) 7. Rich Bell (12) 8. John Duty (1) / 9. Paul Glendenning (11) 10. Steve Casebolt (6) 11. Bub McCool (3) 12. Matt Furman (4) 13. Mike Marlar (8)

Heat three (started), 12 laps, 3:51.1: 1. Austin Hubbard (8) 2. Billy Moyer (5) 3. Scott James (6) 4. Jimmy Owens (9) / 5. Tyler Reddick (7) 6. Kent Robinson (4) 7. Jeremiah Hurst (1) 8. Frank Heckenast Jr. (3) / 9. Jack Sullivan (2) 10. Nick Marolf (12) 11. Mike Fryer (11) 12. Alonzo Grosse (10) DNS – Billy Moyer Jr.

Heat four (started), 12 laps, 3:51.2: 1. Steve Francis (10) 2. John Blankenship (4) 3. Brian Shirley (8) 4. Dan Schlieper (2) / 5. Rob Moss (7) 6. Brady Smith (5) 7. Kerry Hansen (1) 8. Andy Eckrich (9) / 9. Jay Johnson (13) 10. Dave Eckrich (6) 11. Scott Lewis (12) 12. Ray Cook (3) 13. Mike Wallace (11)

Heat five (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Jimmy Mars (4) 2. Dale McDowell (7) 3. Darrell Lanigan (9) 4. Jason Rauen (6) / 5. Jason Feger (8) 6. Earl Pearson Jr. (5) 7. Jill George (1) 8. Tyler Bruening (3) / 9. Darrel DeFrance (11) 10. Junior Coover (12) 11. Jason Utter (2) 12. Don O‟Neal (10)

C main (started), 15 laps, 5:05.1: 1. Chris Spieker (5) 2. Jack Sullivan (2) 3. Ray Cook (3) 4. Dave Eckrich (1) / 5. Mike Fryer (7) 6. Darrel DeFrance (9) 7. Tim Lance (6) 8. Al Humphrey (10) 9. Kevin Sather (4) 10. Mike Wallace (8) 11. Billy Moyer Jr. (18) 12. Scott Lewis (12) 13. Jay Johnson (17) 14. Alonzo Grosse (11) 15. Nick Marolf (16) 16. Junior Coover (13) 17. Curt Schroeder (15) 18. Chad Chenoweth (14) DNS – Don O‟Neal, Mike Marlar, Steve Casebolt, Matt Furman, Bub McCool, Jason Utter

B main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Jason Feger (3) 2. Tim McCreadie (4) 3. Tyler Reddick (5) 4. Jared Landers (1) / 5. Kent Robinson (8) 6. Rob Moss (6) 7. Earl Pearson Jr. (10) 8. Andy Eckrich (2) 9. Frank Heckenast Jr. (12) 10. John Duty (15) 11. Jeremiah Hurst (16) 12. Brian Harris (7) 13. Chris Spieker (21) 14. Kerry Hansen (17) 15. Jack Sullivan (22) 16. Tyler Bruening (13) 17. Rich Bell (20) 18. Charlie McKenna (14) 19. Dave Eckrich (24) 20. Jill George (18) 21. Brady Smith (9) 22. Ray Cook (23) 23. Paul Glendenning (19) 24. Denny Eckrich (11)

A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Jimmy Owens (3) 2. Darrell Lanigan (2) 3. Austin Hubbard (6) 4. Brian Birkhofer (7) 5. Shannon Babb (4) 6. Scott James (9) 7. Billy Moyer (16) 8. Will Vaught (11) 9. Scott Bloomquist (8) 10. Dale McDowell (12) 11. Chris Simpson (14) 12. Tyler Reddick (23) 13. Chad Simpson (1) 14. Tim McCreadie (22) 15. Jimmy Mars (18) 16. Jason Feger (21) 17. Brad Neat (19) 18. John Blankenship (17) 19. Jared Landers (24) 20. Dan Schlieper (20) 21. Jason Rauen (13) 22. Eric Wells (15) 23. Steve Francis (5) 24. Brian Shirley (10). Lap Leaders: Lanigan 1-8, Owens 9, Lanigan 10-11, Owens 12-25.

9/30

Birkhofer Grabs Friday Prelim and Saturday‟s Pole as well

By Bob Wilson

KNOXVILLE, IA (September 30) – Brian Birkhofer, the 2007 over-all winner of this event, captured the Friday night Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals feature event and in so doing accrued the top points for preliminary racing action. The win in the 25-lap event placed Birkhofer on the pole for Saturday‟s 100 lap Lucas Oil $40,000-to-win finale. Young Austin Hubbard will share that front row.

“I gotta work on some things but I‟m glad to get the biggest paycheck of the night,” Birkhofer said in victory lane. “I love winning in my home state.” Birkhofer is from Muscatine (Iowa).

Friday‟s 25-lap finale saw front row starter Jason Rauen take the point for the first two laps with Birkhofer in tow. A yellow for a Jared Landers swipe with the wall slowed the field but on the ensuing restart Birkhofer grabbed the lead as he and Rauen roared out of turn two and down the backstretch.

Rauen stayed with the powerful Birkhofer machine for several laps but could not keep up as he was passed by Darrell Lanigan and Will Vought who had a race-long battle with each other.

By lap ten Birkhofer entered lap traffic. Behind him the Lanigan/Vought battle raged with the latter gaining the edge at that point. Two laps later Lanigan regained the runner-up spot but neither seemed to have the muscle for Birkhofer. On the sixteenth go-around Vought had regained the upper hand as the trio of front runners pushed into heavy lap traffic. Birkhofer had held a half a straight away lead but the back markers helped second and third place runners to close in on him.

With five to go, Birkhofer had a scare as he put a lap on a slower car. Heading down the backstretch he inched by on the outside of the unsuspecting driver and banged paneling and fence with gusto.

It was also at that time that Lanigan gained the second spot for good in his race-long battle with Vought. Burkhofer had driven into a clear track situation and would not face any lap cars until he headed for the checkered flags coming out of turn four on the final lap. He won by a fifteen car-length margin and gained $7,000 for his efforts.

Lanigan and Vought remain that way at the end as eighth starter Scott Bloomquist took fourth. Rauen held for fifth, Bill Moyer was sixth and Bub McCool placed seventh. Rounding out the top ten were Tim McCreadie, Don O‟Neal and Mike Marlar. Both Moyer and O‟Neal transferred from the B Main and were the fastest cars on the track.

Late Models Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 0, Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, TN (1) 17.805; 2. 19, Austin Hubbard, Laurel, DE (14) 17.986; 3. 18, Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL (36) 18.175; 4. 71, Don O‟Neal, Martinsville, IN (28) 18.204; 5. 20, Jimmy Owens, Newport, IN (61) 18.218; 6. 777, Jared Landers, Welcome, NC (21) 18.227; 7. 1, Darrell Lanigan, Union, KY (25) 18.286; 8. 1V, Will Vaught, Crane, MO (23) 18.288; 9. 5B, Mike Marlar, Winfield, TN (20) 18.315; 10. 15B, Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, IA (57) 18.348; 11. 11T, Tyler Reddick, Corning, CA (8) 18.379; 12. 7R, Kent Robinson, Bloomington, IN (15) 18.428; 13. 50, Denny Eckrich, Oxford, IA (6) 18.439; 14. 21, Billy Moyer, Batesville, AR (47) 18.459; 15. 15, Steve Francis, Ashland, KY (62) 18.500; 16. 28M, Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, WI (56) 18.538; 17. 51, Matt Furman, Columbus, OH (30) 18.545; 18. 3, Kevin Sather, Ankeny, IA (13) 18.548; 19. 27H, Brian Harris, Davenport, IA (26) 18.565; 20. 56, Andy Eckrich, Iowa City, IA (43) 18.573; 21. 98, Jason Rauen, Farley, IA (34) 18.585; 22. 1M, Rob Moss, Iowa City, IA (5) 18.588; 23. 3s, Brian Shirley, Chatham, IL (44) 18.606; 24. 18E, Eric Wells, Hazard, KY (17) 18.702; 25. 21JR, Billy Moyer Jr., Batesville, AR (27) 18.723; 26. 81, Scott James, Lawrenceburg, IN (7) 18.727; 27. 58, Dave Eckrich, Oxford, IA (35) 18.746; 28. 44, Earl Pearson Jr., Trinity, NC (37) 18.802; 29. 16, Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA (16) 18.832; 30. 93, Jay Johnson, West Burlington, IA (10) 18.844; 31. 2, Brady Smith, Solon Springs, WI (38) 18.856; 32. 5m, Mike Fryer, Freeport, IL (11) 18.871; 33. 25, Chad Simpson, Mount Vernon, IA (41) 18.937; 34. 25F, Jason Feger, Bloomington, IL (4) 18.940; 35. 53, Ray Cook, Brasstown, NC (33) 18.944; 36. C9, Steve Casebolt, Richmond, IN (50) 18.947; 37. 8, Mike Wallace, Carter Lake, IA (2) 18.970; 38. 5, John Duty, Happy Valley, OR (32) 18.995; 39. 33, Nick Marolf, Moscow, IA (19) 19.010; 40. 33G, Paul Glendenning, Mt. Ayr, IA (18) 19.016; 41. 39, Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY (39) 19.036; 42. 57J, Bub McCool, Vicksburg, MS (45) 19.048; 43. 41, Brad Neat, Trinity, NC (42) 19.111; 44. 23, John Blankenship, Morristown, TN (53) 19.114; 45. 1s, Jack Sullivan, Greenbrier, AR (24) 19.134; 46. S9, Dan Schlieper, Sullivan, WI (59) 19.148; 47. 32, Chris Simpson, Marion, IA (54) 19.164; 48. 25H, Kerry Hansen, Spencer, WI (52) 19.229; 49. 99JR, Frank Heckenast Jr., Frankfurt, IL (31) 19.240; 50. 21B, Rich Bell, Sheffield, IL (48) 19.313; 51. 6, Al Humphrey, Giltner, NE (29) 19.351; 52. 48, Tim Lance, Peoria, IL (40) 19.381; 53. 56x, Chris Spieker, Massena, IA (22) 19.428; 54. 22, Jill George, Cedar Falls, IA (51) 19.429; 55. 99D, Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, IA (60) 19.507; 56. 22M, Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake, IA (58) 19.522; 57. 10, Junior Coover, Norfolk, NE (12) 19.704; 58. 99, Scott Lewis, Brighton, CO (46) 19.822; 59. 7c, Chad Chenoweth, Huron, SD (3) 19.849; 60. 15H, Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque, IA (9) 20.296; 61. 15c, Curt Schroeder, Ames, IA (55) 21.195; 62. 44zo, Alonzo Grosse, Council Bluffs, IA (49) NT. Heat one (started), 12 laps, 3:52.3: 1. Jason Rauen (6) 2. Tim McCreadie (2) 3. Scott Bloomquist (10) 4. Dan Schlieper (1) / 5. Scott James (5) 6. Jimmy Mars (7) 7. Steve Casebolt (3) 8. Brady Smith (4) / 9. Tyler Reddick (8) 10. Jimmy Owens (9) 11. Al Humphrey (11) 12. Charlie McKenna (12) 13. Curt Schroeder (13)

Heat two (started), 12 laps, 3:52.2: 1. Chris Simpson (1) 2. Darrell Lanigan (7) 3. Bub McCool (2) 4. Rob Moss (6) / 5. Dave Eckrich (5) 6. Tim Lance (9) 7. Mike Fryer (4) 8. Kent Robinson (8) / 9. Mike Wallace (3) 10. Austin Hubbard (10) 11. Junior Coover (11) DNS – Matt Furman

Heat three (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Chad Simpson (4) 2. Kerry Hansen (1) 3. Will Vaught (7) 4. Brian Shirley (6) / 5. Shannon Babb (10) 6. Denny Eckrich (8) 7. John Duty (3) 8. Brad Neat (2) / 9. Kevin Sather (5) 10. Chris Spieker (9) DNS – Earl Pearson Jr., Scott Lewis

Heat four (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Frank Heckenast Jr. (1) 2. John Blankenship (2) 3. Nick Marolf (3) 4. Mike Marlar (9) / 5. Don O‟Neal (10) 6. Billy Moyer (8) 7. Jason Feger (4) 8. Brian Harris (7) / 9. Eric Wells (6) 10. Tyler Bruening (5) 11. Chad Chenoweth (12) 12. Jill George (11)

Heat five (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Brian Birkhofer (7) 2. Rich Bell (1) 3. Jared Landers (10) 4. Jack Sullivan (2) / 5. Andy Eckrich (5) 6. Steve Francis (8) 7. Ray Cook (4) 8. Darrel DeFrance (9) / 9. Paul Glendenning (3) 10. Billy Moyer Jr. (6) DNS – Jay Johnson, Jeremiah Hurst

C main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Earl Pearson Jr. (6) 2. Tyler Reddick (1) 3. Billy Moyer Jr. (5) 4. Chris Spieker (12) / 5. Eric Wells (4) 6. Tyler Bruening (7) 7. Jay Johnson (8) 8. Mike Wallace (9) 9. Scott Lewis (16) 10. Chad Chenoweth (15) 11. Curt Schroeder (17) 12. Paul Glendenning (10) 13. Alonzo Grosse (18) 14. Matt Furman (2) 15. Kevin Sather (3) 16. Junior Coover (13) 17. Charlie McKenna (14) 18. Al Humphrey (11) DNS – Austin Hubbard, Jimmy Owens, Jill George, Jeremiah Hurst

B main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Shannon Babb (1) 2. Billy Moyer (5) 3. Jimmy Mars (7) 4. Don O‟Neal (2) / 5. Steve Francis (6) 6. Scott James (10) 7. Kent Robinson (3) 8. Andy Eckrich (9) 9. Brady Smith (12) 10. Mike Fryer (13) 11. Ray Cook (15) 12. John Duty (17) 13. Tyler Reddick (20) 14. Denny Eckrich (4) 15. Darrel DeFrance (18) 16. Dave Eckrich (11) 17. Tim Lance (19) 18. Brian Harris (8) 19. Chris Spieker (22) 20. Billy Moyer Jr. (23) 21. Earl Pearson Jr. (21) 22. Steve Casebolt (16) 23. Jason Feger (14) DNS – Brad Neat

A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Brian Birkhofer (3) 2. Darrell Lanigan (6) 3. Will Vaught (5) 4. Scott Bloomquist (8) 5. Jason Rauen (2) 6. Billy Moyer (22) 7. Bub McCool (13) 8. Tim McCreadie (12) 9. Don O‟Neal (24) 10. Mike Marlar (4) 11. Chad Simpson (10) 12. Shannon Babb (21) 13. Jack Sullivan (15) 14. Rob Moss (1) 15. Chris Simpson (17) 16. Frank Heckenast Jr. (19) 17. John Blankenship (14) 18. Nick Marolf (11) 19. Dan Schlieper (16) 20. Brian Shirley (9) 21. Rich Bell (20) 22. Kerry Hansen (18) 23. Jared Landers (7) 24. Jimmy Mars (23). Lap Leaders: 1-2 Rauen; 3-25 Birkhofer.

10/1

“The Real Deal” Don O‟Neal Mops Up 8th Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals! by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, October 1, 2011 – Martinsville, Indiana‟s Don O‟Neal had not been to Knoxville Raceway since 2004 when he was injured here, but the wait was worth it. He captured the 8th Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals presented by Casey‟s General Stores. The win was worth $40,000 for O‟Neal.

Nineteen year old Austin Hubbard led early in the 100-lap event. By the tenth lap, Brian Birkhofer trailed, followed by Scot Bloomquist, Darrell Lanigan and O‟Neal. By lap 19, O‟Neal had moved by Bloomquist and Birkhofer into the second position as a three-way battle developed for the lead involving O‟Neal, Hubbard and Birkhofer. On lap 24, O‟Neal shot around Hubbard for the lead.

With 24 laps in the books, the first of many cautions that plagued the event came out for Chris Simpson. Jimmy Mars entered the top five, and was third by the 27th circuit, up from 22nd. The lead trio of O‟Neal, Hubbard and Mars separated themselves from the field at the halfway point.

Jimmy Owens asserted himself at that point and passed Mars and Hubbard to move into second on lap 54. Six laps later, he shot under O‟Neal for the lead and pulled away from the field despite a number of caution flags.

Hubbard and O‟Neal traded second a few times, before O‟Neal snatched the spot with fifteen laps to go. Mars great night ended while running fourth on lap 88 when he stopped in turn one. When Brian Harris slowed on lap 92 while running seventh, and a caution for debris came out a lap later, the restarts became single-file.

At that point, Owens led O‟Neal, Birkhofer, Steve Francis and Hubbard back to green. When Owens jumped the turn four cushion on lap 96, O‟Neal pounced on the mistake and rode the cushion the last four laps to victory. Francis finished a late flurry to finish second, ahead of Birkhofer.

“I was in second there for awhile, and I don‟t know how many times I did the same thing as Jimmy and jumped the cushion,” said O‟Neal in Victory Lane in front of the large crowd. “He raced me clean. It got to where it was hard to steer on the right front. We haven‟t been here since 2004. I think we‟ll be back next year!”

“We had a heck of a battle there with Birkhofer for a lot of the race,” said Francis. “With the year we‟ve had, this is great. We had a battery go bad on Thursday…it seems like everything has gone against us. A good payday helps. I want to thank all the fans for being here.”

“I was terrible from about lap 30 on,” said Birkhofer. “I‟m lucky to be up here. These guys were animals on the cushion. If I was up there, I would have been out of the park. I‟m here with the fortune of a lot of cautions.” Fifteen year old Tyler Reddick drove from 16th to 4th, while Owens settled for fifth. Billy Moyer, Hubbard, Brady Smith, who passed 31 cars through the B and A, Bub McCool and Scott Bloomquist rounded out the top ten.

Kevin Sather won the non-stop 15-lap C main, while John Blankenship took the 20-lap B main.

Jon Snyder took the companion Modified feature. The win was worth $2,500 to the Ames, Iowa driver. Luke Wanninger led most of the way in the 25-lap event using the high side of the famous half-mile oval.

Only two cautions plagued the event. Mike Long bowed out of the event on lap four while running third, and Brian Mullen and Josh Gilman came together with 22 laps in the books. Prior to the caution, Wanninger was passed by Snyder after the two battled for several laps. Eric Dailey ran second, ahead of JD Auringer, Richie Gustin and Jacob Murray.

“Our car didn‟t fall off,” said Snyder in Victory Lane. “It seemed like it drove in hard every lap, and everyone else was slowing down. This is big for us.”

Stay tuned to www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com for updates and exciting announcements concerning the 2012 race season!

8th Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals Results

C main (started), 15 laps, 4:57.0: 1. 3, Kevin Sather, Ankeny, IA (2) 2. 51, Matt Furman, Columbus, OH (3) 3. 48, Tim Lance, Peoria, IL (4) 4. 93, Jay Johnson, West Burlington, IA (6) / 5. 16, Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA (1) 6. 56x, Chris Spieker, Massena, IA (5) 7. 99D, Darrel DeFrance, Marshalltown, IA (8) 8. 22, Jill George, Cedar Falls, IA (7) 9. 6, Al Humphrey, Giltner, NE (11) 10. 8, Mike Wallace, Carter Lake, IA (9) 11. 99, Scott Lewis, Brighton, CO (12) 12. 15c, Curt Schroeder, Ames, IA (15) 13. 7c, Chad Chenoweth, Huron, SD (14) 14. 44zo, Alonzo Grosse, Council Bluffs, IA (16) 15. 33G, Paul Glendenning, Mt. Ayr, IA (10) 16. 10, Junior Coover, Norfolk, NE (13) DNS – c9, Steve Casebolt, Richmond, IN, 15H, Jeremiah Hurst, Dubuque, IA, 31, Jason Utter, Columbus Junction, IA

B main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. 23, John Blankenship, Morristown, TN (2) 2. 2, Brady Smith, Solon Springs, WI (15) 3. 18E, Eric Wells, Hazard, KY (1) 4. 27H, Brian Harris, Davenport, IA (9) 5. 50, Denny Eckrich, Oxford, IA (5) 6. 99JR, Frank Heckenast Jr., Frankfurt, IL (8) / 7. 7R, Kent Robinson, Bloomington, IN (3) 8. 53, Ray Cook, Brasstown, NC (17) 9. Kevin Sather (21) 10. 21B, Rich Bell, Sheffield, IL (13) 11. Matt Furman (22) 12. 5M, Mike Fryer, Freeport, IL (16) 13. 25H, Kerry Hansen, Spencer, WI (12) 14. 21JR, Billy Moyer Jr., Batesville, AR (19) 15. Jay Johnson (24) 16. 41, Brad Neat, Trinity, NC (4) 17. 33, Nick Marolf, Moscow, IA (6) 18. 15, Steve Francis, Ashland, KY (7) 19. 5, John Duty, Happy Valley, OR (18) 20. 22M, Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake, IA (20) 21. Tim Lance (23) 22. 44, Earl Pearson Jr., Trinity, NC (11) 23. 58, Dave Eckrich, Oxford, IA (14) 24. S9, Dan Schlieper, Sullivan, WI (10)

A main (started), 100 laps, NT: 1. 71, Don O‟Neal, Martinsville, IN (8) 2. 15, Steve Francis, Ashland, KY (12) 3. 15B, Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine, IA (1) 4. 11T, Tyler Reddick, Corning, CA (16) 5. 20, Jimmy Owens, Newport, IN (5) 6. 21, Billy Moyer, Batesville, AR (14) 7. 19, Austin Hubbard, Laurel, DE (2) 8. Brady Smith (26) 9. 57J, Bub McCool, Vicksburg, MS (23) 10. 0, Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, TN (3) 11. 3s, Brian Shirley, Chatham, IL (21) 12. 777, Jared Landers, Welcome, NC (15) 13. 5B, Mike Marlar, Winfield, TN (10) 14. 25F, Jason Feger, Bloomington, IL (17) 15. Ray Cook (33, prov.) 16. John Blankenship (25) 17. Brian Harris (28) 18. Frank Heckenast Jr. (30) 19. 28M, Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, WI (22) 20. Eric Wells (27) 21. Denny Eckrich (29) 22. 1, Darrell Lanigan, Union, KY (4) 23. 1V, Will Vaught, Crane, MO (6) 24. Earl Pearson Jr. (31, prov.) 25. 39, Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY (18) 26. 18, Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL (7) 27. 98, Jason Rauen, Farley, IA (11) 28. 81, Scott James, Lawrenceburg, IN (9) 29. 25, Chad Simpson, Mount Vernon, IA (13) 30. 32, Chris Simpson, Marion, IA (19) 31. Brad Neat (32, prov.) 32. 56, Andy Eckrich, Iowa City, IA (24) 33. 1m, Rob Moss, Iowa City, IA (20) DNS – 17M, Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, GA. Lap Leaders: Hubbard 1-23, O‟Neal 24-59, Owens 60-95, O‟Neal 96-100. Hard-charger: Smith.

Modifieds Results

Heat one, 8 laps, NT: 1. 69x, Jon Snyder, Ames, IA; 2. 00J, JD Auringer, Evansdale, IA; 3. 70, Jerry King, Waterloo, IA; 4. 9B, Brandon Blochlinger, Concordia, KS ; 5. 10M, Jeremy Mills, Garner IA; 6. 1cc, Clayton Christensen, Spencer, IA; 7. 71w, Jeff Waterman, Quincy, IL; 8. 51, Tyler VandeKamp, Knoxville, IA; 9. 41, Rob Hughes, Humboldt IA; 10. 99M, Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown IA

Heat two, 8 laps, 2:56.8: 1. 83J, Josh Gilman, Earlham, IA; 2. 19G, Richie Gustin, Gilman, IA; 3. 27M, Mark Schulte, Delhi, IA; 4. 57V, Mike Van Genderen, Newton, IA; 5. 19D, Darren Duffy, Hazleton, IA; 6. 1x, Chris Abelson, Sioux City, IA; 7. 5, Todd Shute, Des Moines, IA; 8. 62, Greg Cox, Altoona, IA; 9. 68, JJ Wise, Manly, IA

Heat three, 8 laps, 2:54.7: 1. 18L, Mike Long, Keokuk, IA; 2. 1+, Bill Davis Jr., Des Moines, IA; 3. 54, Benji LaCrosse, Green Bay, WI; 4. 48J, Jacob Murray, Hartford, IA; 5. 12, Mark Elliott, Webster City, IA; 6. 72, Brian Mullen, Seymour, WI; 7. 61, Bruce Hanford, Davenport, IA; 8. 46, Toby VandeKamp, Knoxville, IA; 9. 60, Kurt Krauskopf, Decorah, IA Heat four, 8 laps, 2:53.7: 1. 20, Luke Wanninger, Jefferson, IA; 2. 77R, Josh Foster, Fort Madison, IA; 3. 7, Eric Dailey, Armstrong, IA; 4. 3Z, Randy Havlik, Madrid, IA; 5. 95, Dylan Smith, Osceola, NE; 6. 96, Larry Herring, Lone Tree, IA; 7. 33, Brandon Rothzen, Media, IL; 8. 10K, Ronn Lauritzen, Jesup, IA; 9. 9, Jerry Wilinski, Seymour WI

B main one, 15 laps, NT: 1. Todd Shute 2. Brian Mullen 3. Mark Elliott 4. Brandon Rothzen / 5. Tyler VandeKamp 6. Ryan Gustin 7. Clayton Christensen 8. Toby VandeKamp DNS – Jeremy Mills, Rob Hughes, Kurt Krauskopf

B main two, 15 laps, NT: 1. Chris Abelson 2. Dylan Smith 3. Darren Duffy 4. Ronn Lauritzen / 5. Jeff Waterman 6. Jerry Wilinski 7. Larry Herring 8. Bruce Hanford DNS – Greg Cox, JJ Wise

A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Jon Snyder (7) 2. Eric Dailey (6) 3. JD Auringer (4) 4. Richie Gustin (8) 5. Jacob Murray (15) 6. Josh Foster (12) 7. Chris Abelson (18) 8. Bill Davis Jr. (11) 9. Randy Havlik (16) 10. Dylan Smith (20) 11. Mark Elliott (21) 12. Luke Wanninger (1) 13. Mark Schulte (9) 14. Ronn Lauritzen (24) 15. Mike Van Genderen (14) 16. Josh Gilman (5) 17. Brian Mullen (19) 18. Benji LaCrosse (10) 19. Darren Duffy (22) 20. Todd Shute (17) 21. Jerry King (2) 22. Brandon Blochlinger (13) 23. Brandon Rothzen (23) 24. Mike Long (3). Lap Leaders: Wanninger 1-21, Snyder 22-25.

2011 410 Final Point Standings and Feature Winners:

Driver Feature Wins Points Primary car(s) (Feature Laps Led)

1. Danny Lasoski 3 (89) 1605 Lasoski Motorsports 33 2. Dusty Zomer 4 (31) 1394 Ingalls 91 3. Kevin Swindell 3 (52) 1320 Big Game Treestands 1s 4. Terry McCarl 2 (8) 1315 VerMeer Motorsports 55 5. Mark Dobmeier 2 (21) 1153 Lunstra/Dobmeier 13 6. Austin McCarl 0 (9) 1034 TMAC Motorsports 17A 7. Don Droud Jr. - 977 Sonner 47 8. Davey Heskin 0 (20) 969 Maxwell 56 9. Lynton Jeffrey 1 (16) 921 Vortex Racing 12 10. Dustin Selvage 0 (8) 900 Selvage Motorsports 7 11. Bronson Maeschen - 871 Jordan Brothers 1 12. Josh Schneiderman 0 (12) 842 Deuce Motorsports 49 13. Rager Phillips - 772 VanderEcken 10 14. Mike Moore - 533 Moore Motorsports 69 15. Robby Wolfgang - 532 Williams 7K 16. AJ Moeller - 494 Moeller Motorsports 20 17. Mike Houseman Jr. - 440 Houseman 68 18. Bob Weuve 0 (1) 351 Fisher Racing 19 19. Ryan Bunton - 336 Bunton #6R 20. Mark Johnson - 240 Johnson #45

Other 410 Feature Winners (Laps Led): Sammy Swindell 2 (27), Donny Schatz 1 (35), Tim Shaffer 1 (25), Lucas Wolfe 1 (20), Brady Bacon 1 (14), Ryan Anderson 0 (20), Jason Sides 0 (13), Tyler Walker 0 (13), Wayne Johnson 0 (12), Jason Meyers 0 (12), Jon Stanbrough 0 (7), Bud Kaeding 0 (5), Kenny Jacobs 0 (4), Brad Sweet 0 (4), Kaley Gharst 0 (3), Brian Brown 0 (1), Daryn Pittman 0 (1)

2011 360 Final Point Standings and Feature Winners:

Driver Feature Wins Points Primary car(s) (Feature Laps Led)

1. Clint Garner 4 (38) 1698 Fluth 40 2. Chad Humston 1 (15) 1368.5 Burch Motorsports 1m 3. Matt Moro 1 (21) 1232 Moro 2m 4. Russ Hall 2 (27) 1144.5 Waddell/Hall 45c 5. Jon Agan 2 (34) 1100 Agan Motorsports 4 6. Nate Van Haaften 1 (2) 1096.5 Van Haaften Racing 3 7. Dennis Moore Jr. 1 (1) 1094.5 Sloan D12 8. Larry Ball Jr. 0 (14) 926 L&J Enterprise 5J 9. David Hall 0 (2) 908 Hall Enterprise 51 10. Casey Friedrichsen - 759 Burnham Enterprise 54 11. Joe Beaver 0 (11) 708.5 Beaver Motorsports 53 12. Tasker Phillips - 588 Phillips 7TAZ 13. Jarrod Schneiderman - 479 Deuce Motorsports 88 14. Ricky Montgomery - 455 Montgomery 9m 15. Tyler Groenendyk - 411.5 Wares/Harrison 10 16. Tom Lenz - 356 Lenz 8L 17. Chad Heimbaugh - 348 Heimbaugh 04 18. Rod Richards - 288 Richards 12 19. Alan Zoutte - 202.5 Zoutte Motorsports 33 20. Jimmy Davies - 196 Davies 99

Other 360 Feature Winners (Laps Led): Lee Grosz 1 (25), Shane Stewart 1 (25), Brian Brown 1 (15), Gary Wright 1 (12), Sammy Swindell 1 (9), Randy Martin 1 (8), Gregg Bakker 0 (14), Logan Forler 0 (13), Wayne Johnson 0 (11), Mackie Heimbaugh 0 (6), Mike Peters 0 (4), Ryan Roberts 0 (1)

2011 305 Final Point Standings and Feature Winners:

Driver Feature Wins Points Primary car(s) (Feature Laps Led)

1. Carson McCarl 3 (27) 791 TMAC Motorsports 97 2. Jamie Ball 1 (6) 730 L&J Enterprise 5JR 3. Mitchell Alexander 1 (2) 682 Alexander 6 4. Tasker Phillips 1 (8) 544 Phillips 7TAZ, Clark 66 5. Matthew Stelzer 0 (8) 512 Stelzer 99 6. Bart Friedrichsen 0 (11) 507 Tice 29 7. Matt Stephenson - 399 Stephenson 55 8. Alan Ambers - 388 Goodno Promotion 93A 9. Chris Mallicoat - 369 CM2 Motorsports 22 10. Cody Ambers - 325 Ambers 92c 11. Steve Palmer - 286 Palmer 2 12. Bob Hildreth - 212 Hildreth 55KC 13. Cale Hutchings - 167 Hutchings 87 14. Keith Carlberg - 149 Carlberg 21 15. TJ Peterson - 85 Peterson 12

Other 305 Feature Winners (Laps Led): Chad Huston 1 (22), Mike Van Haaften 1 (6), Mark Widmar 0 (6), Kevin Hetrick 0 (1)