9/6/08

Cedar Lake Speedway

New Richmond, WI

IRA

Jerry Richert Memorial

34 cars

Mark Dobmeier (30th car out to time) was a tick off the track record in time trials at 10.925 seconds. Gary DeWall (6th car out) was second quick, followed by Travis Whitney (25th), Dusty Zomer (33rd), Brooke Tatnell (10th), Billy Hafemann (1st), Davey Heskin (3rd), Scotty Neitzel (9th), Kaley Gharst (31st) and Scott Winters (23rd). Leigh Thomas failed to get a time in.

Heat one (started): 1. Bronson Maeschen 96x (2) 2. Gharst 81 (4) 3. Billy Balog 17 (3) 4. Tatnell 5x (5) / 5. Dobmeier 13 (6) 6. Kim Mock 1m (1) 7. Donny Goeden 11 (8) 8. Russel Borland 23 (7) 9. Duane Olson 16x (9)

Jerry Richert Jr

Maeschen led the entire 10-lap distance in his first appearance at the 3/8 mile oval. Gharst, IRA points leader Balog and Tatnell worked their way by Mock for transfers, while Dobmeier missed the cut by one.

Heat two (started): 1. Jerry Richert Jr. 63 (2) 2. Winters 23w (4) 3. John Sernett 91 (3) 4. Troy Manteufel K9 (1) / 5. Hafemann 2B (5) 6. DeWall 16 (6) 7. Brian Kristan 5 (7) 8. Steve Meyer 85m (8) 9. Leigh Thomas 29 (9)

Richert Jr. pulled away from the pack and won by more than a straightaway. Winters got by Sernett after a good battle with two laps to go.

Heat three (started): 1. Joe Symoens 96 (1) 2. Mike Reinke 02 (4) 3. Ryan Irwin 49 (3) 4. Whitney 9 (6) / 5. Andy Hunt 9A (2) 6. Bill Wirth 53w (5) 7. Joseph Kouba 55 (8) DNS – Heskin 56

Brad Barickman

Heskin was pushed to the pits with a fuel leak before the heat went green. Symoens led flag to flag, while Reinke and Whitney picked their way up into transfer spots. Reinke grabbed second on the last go-around.

Heat four (started): 1. Justin Zimmerman 7K (2) 2. Neitzel 2w (5) 3. Zomer 5z (6) 4. Scott Uttech 3K (1) / 5. Scott Biertzer 4B (3) 6. Brad Barickman 34 (4) 7. Bill Warren 95 (7) 8. Dave Uttech 68 (8)

S. Uttech took the early lead, but Zimmerman powered under him on lap five. Neitzel was the car on the move, while Zomer took third from S. Uttech with two to go.

Dash for Cash (started): 1. Tatnell (1) 2. Whitney (4) 3. Zomer (2) 4. DeWall (3) 5. Heskin (5) 6. Hafemann (6) DNS – Dobmeier

Tatnell led the distance in a race paying $500 sponsored by Loucks and Associates. The dash played no role in the A main starting order.

Leigh Thomas

B main (started): 1. Hafemann (1) 2. Heskin (4) 3. Barickman (5) 4. DeWall (2) 5. Goeden (11) 6. Biertzer (6) / 7. Kristan (10) … DNS – Dobmeier

A broken lifter ended Dobmeier’s night early. Hafemann led the duration of the 15 lapper, with plenty of action behind him. Heskin battled with DeWall and Barickman for several laps before sliding into second. DeWall was as far back as sixth before moving back up to fourth on the last lap. At the line, 4th through 7th were almost too close to call in the non-stop entertaining event. Goeden came on the last half of the race and surged from 11th to 5th.

A main (started): 1. Tatnell (2) 2. Neitzel (1) 3. Whitney (4) 4. Balog (16) 5. Winters (9) 6. Zomer (3) 7. Zimmerman (6) 8. Maeschen (8) 9. Richert Jr. (7) 10. DeWall (11) 11. Biertzer (19) 12. Gharst (10) 13. Goeden (22) 14. Barickman (15) … 19. Reinke (14) 20. Hafemann (12) 21. Heskin (13) 22. Symoens (8)

Gary DeWall

Tatnell led throughout the 25 lap distance (shortened from 30), making his take on the night well over $4000. Heskin got upside down before a lap could be completed, did his best to straighten the wing, and restarted. Symoens made contact with another car and broke his front end on the next try. He was done. One underway, the race went three laps before an Irwin spin. At the time, Tatnell led Neitzel, Whitney, Zomer and Zimmerman. While the top three remained the same, plenty was going on behind them for the next 13 laps. Maeschen worked his way by Zimmerman for fifth and then Zomer for fourth. Balog followed suit from the 16th starting spot. On lap 16, Maeschen spun while trying to get by Whitney for third. He would go to the back and roar to eighth in 9 laps. Tatnell led Neitzel, Whitney, Balog and Winters back to green flag racing. The top five were unchanged the rest of the way, with one more stoppage, a flip by Reinke, who won the previous two Richert Memorials, while running 8th on lap 19. He was unhurt. Gharst spun out of seventh in turn four on the last lap, and settled for the last position on the lead lap (12th).Balog was the hard-charger. Many contingencies were handed out throughout the evening.

 

 

 

8/30/08

Knoxville Raceway

26 410s 32 360s

410s

Bronson Maeschen (8th car out to time) posted the quick time of the night at 14.924 seconds. Dusty Zomer (1st car out) was second quick, followed by Billy Alley (7th), Danny Lasoski (25th), Davey Heskin (2nd), Mark Dobmeier (24th), Justin Henderson (12th), Don Droud Jr. (14th), Ryan Anderson (4th) and Dion Hindi (5th).

Heat one (started): 1. Calvin Landis 70 (2) 2. Henderson 17G (4) 3. Seth Brahmer 13v (1) 4. Lasoski 33 (5) 5. Hindi 11D (3) 6. Maeschen 96 (6) 7. Jake Peters 57x (8) 8. Tony Shilling 47T (7) DNS - Wayne Johnson 14AJ

Landis and Brahmer raced side by side for the first two laps before Landis took command for good in the 8-lapper. Henderson ran strong and grabbed second with two to go.

Brooke Tatnell

Heat two (started): 1. Josh Schneiderman 49 (2) 2. Droud Jr. 47 (4) 3. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (1) 4. Zomer 5z (6) 5. Skip Jackson 2 (3) 6. Heskin 56 (5) 7. Ricky Logan 10 (7) 8. Bob Weuve 19 (8) 9. John VanDenBerg 1 (9)

Schneiderman led a mostly single-file affair from flag to flag.

Heat three (started): 1. Kaley Gharst 81 (1) 2. Brian Brown 21 (2) 3. Alley 22 (6) 4. Brooke Tatnell 5 (3) 5. Dobmeier 13 (5) 6. Justin Zimmerman 7K (7) 7. Anderson 71R (4) 8. Rager Phillips 9 (8)

Brown grabbed the lead on lap one, but Gharst came back on the bottom on turn two and slid in front to lead the rest of the way. Alley was the prime mover.

A main (started): 1. Dobmeier (1) 2. Lasoski (3) 3. Zomer (5) 4. Droud Jr. (8) 5. Hindi (9) 6. Maeschen (6) 7. Brown (14) 8. Tatnell (11) 9. Zimmerman (18) 10. Gharst (17) 11. Landis (12) 12. Schneiderman (13) 13. Jackson (10) 14. Phillips (22) 15. Peters (20) 16. Brahmer (15) 17. Weuve (21) 18. Alley (4) 19. Henderson (7) 20. Jeffrey (16) 21. Logan (19) 22. Heskin (2) 23. Shilling (23) 24. VanDenBerg (24) DNS - Johnson, Anderson

Dobmeier snagged the early lead in the 25 lapper. Alley worked by Heskin into second and the lead pair headed for traffic. Dobmeier had over a straightaway lead by the time he hit traffic. At the halfway point, he was slowed in lapping Phillips, and Alley closed in. Alley was three car lengths behind on lap 17 when Heskin, who was running a strong third, broke and headed straight into the turn one fence, flipping end over end. He was unhurt. Dobmeier led Alley, Zomer, Lasoski and Droud Jr. back to green flag racing on the restart. With clean air in front of him, Dobmeier took off again. Alley was still in second on lap 23, when a left rear appeared to blow sending him into the turn one wall. He was uninjured. In spinning sideways to avoid Alley, Henderson tipped over and was done. The three lap dash saw Dobmeier leading Zomer, Lasoski, Droud Jr. and Hindi back to green flag racing. Lasoski found his way by Zomer for second on the restart, but had nothing for Dobmeier, who won his fourth feature in a row, 20th of the season, 2nd of the season at Knoxville and fifth overall, and $4,000. Zimmerman was the hard-charger. Lasoski won his 8th track championship, with Guy Forbrook earning his 9th owners' championship with his #5.

360s

Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Mike Houseman Jr. Y2 (1*) 2. Brett Mather 54 (3*) 3. Josh Higday 10H (8*) 4. Josh Padellford 34 (6*) 5. Pete Crall 1 (4) 6. Alan Zoutte 33 (7) 7. Dan Thornburg 57T (2) 8. Chad Huston 7c (5)

Houseman Jr. led the 7-lap distance. Higday was the prime mover, moving up nicely to third. Padellford ran well to qualify for his first career feature.

Chad Huston

Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Dennis Moore Jr. 2 (1*) 2. Dave Hall 51 (2*) 3. Jesse Giannetto D1 (3*) 4. Russ Hall 29 (4*) 5. Jon Agan 4 (6) 6. Larry Pinegar II 11L (8) 7. Matt Moro 2m (7) 8. Tyler Thompson 48 (5)

Moore Jr. looked flawless in his first 2008 action of any kind. This heat was stout from front to back, resulting in not much movement forward. Moro mired himself back in the B, and would have to go to work to ensure a 360 title.

Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. John Kearney 86 (2*) 2. Natalie Sather 94s (1*) 3. Clint Garner 40 (8*) 4. Rick Ideus 5 (4*) 5. Joe Beaver 53 (5) 6. Dustin Selvage 7 (7) 7. Ricky Montgomery 9m (3) 8. RJ Johnson 71 (6)

Kearney grabbed the early lead from a determined Sather and pulled away the rest of the way. Garner moved from 8th to 3rd in a nice run. Beaver dogged Ideus the last few laps, but came up short of what would be a feature transfer.

Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Tom Lenz 8L (1*) 2. Tasker Phillips 7P (3*) 3. Gregg Bakker 11x (8*) 4. Jeff Mitrisiin 10 (6*) 5. John Hall 7H (4) 6. Danny Heskin 6 (2) 7. Nate Van Haaften 3 (7) 8. Rod Richards 12 (5)

Lenz led the distance. Bakker was the prime mover, becoming the third driver to surge from 8th to 3rd in the heats.

B main (started): 1. Agan (1) 2. Pinegar II (3) 3. Beaver (4) 4. Moro (10) / 5. Crall (2) 6. Selvage (7) 7. Montgomery (11) 8. Van Haaften (12) 9. Zoutte (6) 10. Thompson (14) 11. Thornburg (9) 12. Johnson (13) 13. Heskin (12) 14. Richards (15) 15. J. Hall (5) DNS - Huston

Agan led the non-stop 10-lapper for the distance, but all eyes were on Moro. He needed to secure an A main spot. At the halfway mark, he was in sixth, but needed to more spots. He was fifth with three to go, and reeling in Crall. On the last lap, he shot on the bottom of turns one and two to take the spot, and held on for the final transfer.

Dennis Moore Jr

A main (started): 1. Kearney (5) 2. Giannetto (13) 3. Higday (6) 4. Moore Jr. (1) 5. Beaver (19) 6. Mather (8) 7. Mitrisin (14) 8. Moro (20) 9. R. Hall (15) 10. Sather (11) 11. Ideus (16) 12. Houseman Jr. (2) 13. Garner (4) 14. Agan (17) 15. Phillips (9) 16. Pinegar II (18) 17. D. Hall (10) 18. Padellford (12) 19. Bakker (3) 20. Lenz (7)

Moore Jr. took the early lead in a 20-lapper that saw its share of carnage. Garner rode the high side in pursuit and took his first turn at the point on lap three. Moro needed at least a twelfth place finish to clinch the track championship and began his pursuit. Bakker, who entered the night 2nd in points, made that a moot point on lap seven, when it appeared he shredded a left rear tire and backed hard into the turn one wall. He bounced off and collected Lenz, who got upside down. They were done, but unhurt. Garner led Higday, Moore Jr., Kearney and Houseman Jr. back to green flag racing. Higday shot to the point, and only one lap was put in the books before contact between Phillips and Pinegar II shot the latter hard into the frontstretch wall, causing damage to the catchfence. The incident also collected Padellford and D. Hall who got upside down. No one was seriously injured. Agan had surged to sixth for the restart, but spun in turn two, collecting R. Hall. Agan got upside down, ending his good run. R. Hall restarted. Higday led Garner, Moore Jr., Kearney and Houseman Jr. back to green and the race settled in a bit. Higday built a straightaway lead, but Garner was stronger as the race went on. On lap 17, he passed Higday back for the lead. Exactly one lap later, smoke appeared and he coasted to a stop in turn two. Now Higday assumed the lead ahead of Kearney, Giannetto, Moore Jr. and Houseman Jr. Houseman Jr. coasted to the pits shortly thereafter, ending a good run. Kearney took the lead roaring around the cushion of turns one and two on the restart and never looked back to win for his 23rd (and last according to him) win of his career at Knoxville (2nd all-time). Moro was the hard-charger, and won his first track title. Unofficially, Giannetto won the owners' championship by a mere one point with his second place effort!

 

 

8/23/08

Knoxville Raceway

27 410s 35 360s

410s

Danny Lasoski (7th car out to time) set the standard in qualifying at 14.813 seconds. Billy Alley (12th car out) was second quick, followed by Skip Jackson (9th), Justin Henderson (10th), Dion Hindi (11th), Brian Brown (6th), Bronson Maeschen (18th), Jake Peters (5th), Davey Heskin (1st) and Josh Schneiderman (13th). Mike Moore flipped in hot laps and scratched for the night. He was uninjured. Lynton Jeffrey and Robert Bell failed to get times in and were done for the night as well.

Heat one (started): 1. Mark Dobmeier 13 (2) 2. Ricky Logan 10 (1) 3. Josh Schneiderman 49 (3) 4. Lasoski 33 (6) 5. Henderson 17G (5) 6. Kaley Gharst 81 (8) 7. Rager Phillips 9 (7) 8. Maeschen 96 (4) DNS - Lynton Jeffrey 12

Justin Henderson

Dobmeier led the 8-lap distance. Maeschen was third before shooting under Logan into second. On the white flag lap, his motor would give and he fell to the pits and made a motor change for the feature. Dobmeier was gone after that winning by over four seconds.

Heat two (started): 1. Don Droud Jr. 47 (1) 2. Alley 22 (6) 3. Peters 57x (4) 4. John VanDenBerg 1 (2) 5. Hindi 11D (5) 6. Calvin Landis 70 (7) 7. Justin Zimmerman 7K (3) 8. Seth Brahmer 13v (8) DNS - Robert Bell 71

Droud led flag to flag. Alley was the prime mover, using the low side to his advantage in driving around VanDenBerg and Peters.

Heat three (started): 1. Ryan Anderson 71R (2) 2. Davey Heskin 56 (4) 3. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (1) 4. Dusty Zomer 5z (3) 5. Brown 21 (5) 6. Bob Weuve 19 (7) 7. Jackson 2 (6) 8. Travis Cram 91 (8) DNS - Mike Moore 69

Anderson rode the cushion at the point for the duration. Heskin and W. Johnson dueled for several laps, before the youngster took second at the halfway point. Weuve and Jackson battled back and forth for sixth. The top six got to keep their time spots for the feature and Weuve got by on the final lap. Cram was driving the Derek Ingalls 91.

Skip Jackson

A main (started): 1. Dobmeier (3) 2. Lasoski (12) 3. Brown (8) 4. Alley (11) 5. Heskin (6) 6. Ry. Anderson (1) 7. Droud Jr. (14) 8. Henderson (10) 9. Peters (7) 10. W. Johnson (15) 11. Hindi (9) 12. Gharst (18) 13. Landis (16) 14. Brahmer (23) 15. Logan (13) 16. Zimmerman (21) 17. Jackson (19) 18. Phillips (22) 19. Maeschen (20) 20. VanDenBerg (2) 21. Zomer (4) 22. Schneiderman (5) 23. Weuve (17) 24. Cram (24)

Dobmeier and Ry. Anderson traded the lead several times in the first few laps before Anderson took control and built a sizable lead. On lap seven, Cram got upside down, and Weuve was a part of the incident as well. Both were unhurt. The restart saw Anderson ahead of Dobmeier, Schneiderman, Zomer and Brown. Dobmeier tried to slide under the leader on the restart to no avail. On lap 12, he would make his winning move coming out of turn two. In the meantime, Schneiderman, who had been running strong, broke a U-joint and retired, and Zomer who climbed up to third exited with a broken driveline. One lap later, a caution for debris slowed things again. Dobmeier led the pack back to green ahead of Anderson, Brown, and a surging Lasoski and Alley. Brown and Lasoski moved around Anderson on the restart, but couldn't track down the leader. On lap 15, Maeschen had another motor go sour while running seventh. The final slowdown gave the leader a clear track, and he capitalized for his fourth career Knoxville win. Lasoski passed Brown for second late, and Alley and Heskin bested Anderson into the top five. Lasoski was the hard-charger.

360s

Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Josh Higday 10H (1*) 2. John Kearney 86 (7*) 3. Matt Moro 2m (5*) 4. Russ Hall 29 (3*) 5. Tom Lenz 8L (6) 6. Ryan Roberts 18 (4) 7. Dan Thornburg 57T (2) 8. RJ Johnson 71 (9) 9. John Hall 7H (8)

Higday, receiving help from Steve Wares sported the #10 and left the rest behind in the 7-lapper. Kearney came from seventh in a good run. He was third by a lap five restart for a stopped J. Hall, after he had battled by Moro. RJ Johnson had climbed a few spots before exiting on lap five.

Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Mike Houseman Jr. Y2 (1*) 2. Pete Crall 1 (5*) 3. Dave Hall 51 (4*) 4. Ricky Montgomery 9m (7*) 5. Rick Ideus 5 (8*) 6. Tyler Thompson 48 (6) 7. Rod Richards 12 (9) 8. Glen Hunt G74 (2) DNS - Nate Mosher 22N (3)

Houseman Jr., who gained his first feature win a week ago at 34 Raceway looke confident in leading flag to flag in a mostly single-file event.

Tasker Phillips

Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Clint Garner 40 (2*) 2. Larry Pinegar II 11L (3*) 3. Jesse Giannetto D1 (5*) 4. Jeff Mitrisin 10 (1) 5. Jon Agan 4 (9*) 6. Luke Dollansky 2 (6) 7. Tasker Phillips 7P (7) 8. Nate Van Haaften 3 (8) 9. Danny Heskin 6 (4)

Garner led the duration. Pinegar made an early challenge for the lead, but settled for second. Agan's run from 9th to 5th was good enough for the 12th most passing points of the night, putting him on the pole of the feature. This was Phillips debut as he battled with fellow 16 year old Dollansky for sixth.

Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Gregg Bakker 11x (2*) 2. Joe Beaver 53 (8*) 3. Dustin Selvage 7 (3*) 4. Natalie Sather 94s (1) 5. Alan Zoutte 33 (4) 6. Brett Mather 54 (7) 7. Josh Padellford 34 (5) 8. Cody Petersen 16P (6)

Bakker pulled away from a good battle for second between Beaver, who had gotten to the spot by the end of lap one, and Selvage, who came up just short of the spot at the finish.

B main (started): 1. Mitrisin (1) 2. Roberts (6) 3. Sather (2) 4. Lenz (3) / 5. Thompson (7) 6. Zoutte (4) 7. Padellford (12) 8. Richards (10) 9. Van Haaften (15) 10. Hunt (14) 11. J. Hall (17) 12. Phillips (11) 13. Dollansky (8) 14. Thornburg (9) 15. Mather (5) 16. RJ Johnson (13) 17. Heskin (16) DNS - Petersen, Mosher

Sather outdueled Mitrisin for the early lead. She cruised for five laps before simultaneous stops by a fourth running Mather, and RJ Johnson. The restart saw Thornburg and Padellford make contact, relegating the former to the pits. The next try was no better, as an incident involving Dollansky and Phillips on the backstretch resulted in Dollansky getting into the infield guardrail. He was unhurt, but done. When the green finally fell for good, it was Mitrisin who took the point back on lap six and carried it for the rest of the 10-lapper. One last restart in the final lap for a stopped J. Hall, allowed Roberts to get by Sather for second.

A main (started): 1. Giannetto (3) 2. Agan (1) 3. Moro (4) 4. Bakker (9) 5. Garner (10) 6. Pinegar II (5) 7. Kearney (11) 8. Higday (8) 9. D. Hall (2) 10. Selvage (13) 11. Mitrisin (17) 12. R. Hall (16) 13. Sather (19) 14. Crall (6) 15. Ideus (15) 16. Montgomery (14) 17. Roberts (18) 18. Houseman Jr. (7) 19. Lenz (20) 20. Beaver (12)

Beaver and Sather tipped over when the green flag fell. Both were o.k., and Sather made repairs and restarted. Agan jumped out early in the 15-lapper in a quest for his first feature win. Giannetto jetted into second, while Moro was quickly into third. The only slowdown of the event came at the halfway mark when Lenz rolled to a stop. The restart saw Agan ahead of Giannetto, Moro, D. Hall and a charging Bakker. Giannetto put the pressure on the leader and took the lead and pulled away on lap 12 for his fifth career Knoxville win. He dedicated his win to the man he bought his current ride from, the late Jack Anderson. Mitrisin and Sather moved forward six spots each.

 

 

8/9/08

Knoxville Raceway

48th Annual Knoxville Nationals

87 cars

E main (started): 1. JJ Hickle 7A (2) 2. Bill Rose 6R (1) 3. John Lambertz 12L (4) 4. Greg Nikitenko 6N (6) / 5. Scott Uttech 3 (3) 6. Matt Wasmund 4w (7) 7. Marlon Jones 9mx (5) 8. Ty Bartz 46 (10) 9. Steve Dyer 9A (9) 10. Robert Bell 71 (8) DNS - Corey Haigh 45NZ, Tony Shilling 47T, Spud Gustin 80, Scott Winters 23w, Bruce White 96au, Troy Little 20AU, Jeremy Campbell 0x, Garry Lee Maier 11xx

Hickle led the distance in a mostly single-file affair on a typical E main heavy narrow track.

D main (started): 1. Rob Chaney 24H (1) 2. Josh Schneiderman 49 (4) 3. Cody Darrah 89 (8) / 4. Lance Dewease 30c (3) 5. Skip Jackson 2 (11) 6. Calvin Landis 70 (6) 7. Justin Zimmerman 7K (10) 8. Ricky Logan 10 (5) 9. Gregg Bakker 11x (7) 10. Billy Balog 17B (12) 11. Toni Lutar 4x (13) 12. Greg Wilson w20 (15) 13. Caleb Griffith 12c (16) 14. Chad Hillier 5c (17) 15. Lambertz (21) 16. Nikitenko (20) 17. Dion Hindi 11D (2) 18. Hickle (19) 19. Brian Ellenberger 20E (9) 20. John VanDenBerg 1 (14) 21. Rose (18) DNS - Bob Weuve 19, Natalie Sather 94s, Brian Leppo 71x

VanDenBerg flipped hard in turn four before a lap could be completed. He was unhurt. Chaney led from the outset under pressure from Hindi in the 12 lapper. Darrah climbed to fourth, but Schneiderman pulled away in the third and final transfer and then took second from Hindi. On the white flag lap, disaster struck for Hindi with a motor failure, handing the final transfer to Darrah.

C main (started): 1. Jesse Hockett 13J (2) 2. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (4) / 3. Danny Smith 18s (3) 4. Mark Dobmeier 13 (13) 5. Doug Esh 30 (5) 6. Brian Brown 21 (11) 7. Kerry Madsen 55 (12) 8. Fred Rahmer 51x (10) 9. Brian Paulus 28 (15) 10. Rager Phillips 9 (6) 11. Tim Shaffer 83A (19) 12. Brandon Wimmer 7TW (8) 13. Darrah (22) 14. Brock Mayes 11B (18) 15. Kaley Gharst 81 (17) 16. Dean Jacobs 17G (16) 17. Don Droud Jr. 47 (9) 18. Schneiderman (21) 19. Lee Sowell 51s (7) 20. Seth Brahmer 13v (14) 21. Lee Jacobs 59 (1) 22. Chaney (20) DNS - Blake Feese 14m

Hockett jumped out on the high side into the lead, but L. Jacobs grabbed it using the low side on lap two of 15. He pulled away from the field, as Hockett separated himself to secure a transfer as well. Brown was picking his way forward and was into sixth with three to go. Disaster struck for the leader on the 12th go-around when the motor went up in flames. He was unhurt, but visibly upset. Hockett led Jeffrey, D. Smith, Esh and Brown back to green flag racing, holding on for the win. Dobmeier made a late surge, gained fourth on the last lap, but fell two spots short. Esh's finish was the highest of any Rookie, giving him the Knoxville Nationals Rookie of the Year crown.

B main (started): 1. Daryn Pittman 21T (1) 2. Chad Kemenah 8K (2) 3. Terry McCarl 24 (6) 4. Gary Wright 9w (5) / 5. Greg Hodnett 22x (3) 6. Tim Kaeding 83JR (9) 7. Randy Hannagan 1x (8) 8. Jack Dover 53 (4) 9. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 15H (10) 10. Kraig Kinser 20 (13) 11. Jonathan Allard 0 (11) 12. Stevie Smith 19s (7) 13. Ed Lynch Jr. 2L (15) 14. Jason Johnson 19E (16) 15. Hockett (21) 16. Davey Heskin 56 (20) 17. Jeffrey (22) 18. Mike Moore 69 (19) 19. Sean Michael 6x (14) 20. Travis Whitney 1xx (17) 21. Travis Rilat 29 (18) 22. Roger Crockett 7N (12)

Crockett made contact with another car, jumped the cushion, hit the wall and did a series of flips. He was unhurt. Rilat suffered wing damage in the process. The 22-lap record (Doug Wolfgang in 1990 - 6:19.8) was broken by Pittman as he led start to finish in the non-stop event (6:12.5). Kemenah and McCarl exchanged second several times in a good battle. Wright used the low side to snooker under Hodnett into the final transfer spot.

A main (started): 1. Donny Schatz 15 (4) 2. Jason Meyers 14 (2) 3. Craig Dollansky 2x (5) 4. Danny Lasoski 33 (1) 5. Steve Kinser 11 (3) 6. Joey Saldana 9E (8) 7. Jac Haudenschild R19 (11) 8. McCarl (23) 9. Dusty Zomer 5z (10) 10. Justin Henderson D1 (9) 11. Sammy Swindell 5 (7) 12. Brooke Tatnell 11AU (17) 13. Paul McMahan 6 (6) 14. Billy Alley 22 (18) 15. Pittman (21) 16. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (14) 17. Jason Sides 7s (12) 18. Kemenah (22) 19. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (15) 20. Shane Stewart 83 (13) 21. Bronson Maeschen 96 (16) 22. Tyler Walker 24T (20) 23. Jason Solwold 39c (19) 24. Wright (24)

Walker was black-flagged to the back for jumping the initial start. Meyers shot to the fore in the 30 lapper, and Schatz moved by Lasoski for second on lap three. Meyers pulled away from Schatz and maneuvered well through traffic. Walker shot into the top twelve by the halfway point. Just when the race looked like it would go green to checker, with Meyers well out front, Walker blew a motor on lap 23, and stopped on the track without brakes. The restart order saw Meyers ahead of Schatz, Dollansky, S. Kinser and Lasoski. Two laps later, after a couple of attempts and some good racing, Schatz took the point for good. On lap 27, Stewart brought out the final caution of the night with power steering failure, setting up a three lap dash to the finish. Schatz would not be denied. Meyers and Dollansky completed the podium. McCarl was the hard-charger. Three Knoxville regulars finished in the top ten (Lasoski, Zomer, Henderson). Alley's crew won the Best Appearing Crew Award, while Chad Kemenah's was second, and Greg Hodnett's third. W. Johnson won the "Mr. Sprintcar" Award for the second year in a row.

 

 

 

8/8/08

Knoxville Raceway

Knoxville Nationals Friday Program

Non-qualifiers

Heat one (started): 1. Brian Brown 21 (2) 2. Brian Paulus 28 (1) 3. Justin Zimmerman 7K (5) 4. Bob Weuve 19 (4) / 5. Scott Uttech 3 (6) 6. John VanDenBerg 1 (7) 7. Greg Nikitenko 6N (8) 8. Marlon Jones 9mx (9) 9. Scott Winters 23w (3) DNS - Troy Little 20AU

Cody Darrah

VanDenBerg got sideways in turn one and came to a stop in turn two. He restarted, but Winters retired for the night after a visit to the work area. Brown led the distance in the 8-lapper sending the top four to the A.

Heat two (started): 1. Blake Feese 14m (2) 2. Kaley Gharst 81 (1) 3. Calvin Landis 70 (5) 4. Lance Dewease 30c (4) / 5. Brian Leppo 71x (3) 6. Gregg Bakker 11x (7) 7. Billy Balog 17B (6) 8. Kerry Madsen 55 (10) 9. JJ Hickle 7A (8) 10. Corey Haigh 45NZ (9)

Feese led flag to flag and pulled away from the rest. Landis used the low side to perfection in moving by Leppo and then outdueling Dewease for third.

Heat three (started): 1. Seth Brahmer 13v (1) 2. Toni Lutar 4x (2) 3. Brock Mayes 11B (3) 4. Cody Darrah 89 (5) / 5. Brian Ellenberger 20E (4) 6. Caleb Griffith 12c (6) 7. Robert Bell 71 (7) 8. Tony Shilling 47T (8) DNS - Jeremy Campbell 0x, Garry Lee Maier 11xx

Tim Shaffer

Brahmer led the duration. Shilling exited on lap seven. Darrah turned some solid laps to move by Ellenberger for the final transfer at the midway point.

Heat four (started): 1. Mark Dobmeier 13 (3) 2. Skip Jackson 2 (1) 3. Ricky Logan 10 (2) 4. Dion Hindi 11D (4) / 5. Tim Shaffer 83A (8) 6. Greg Wilson w20 (7) 7. Bill Rose 6R (5) 8. Matt Wasmund 4w (10) 9. Spud Gustin 80 (6) 10. Ty Bartz 46 (9)

Jackson led early, but had constant pressure from Dobmeier. The two exchanged the lead before Dobmeier took control using the cushion on lap five. Bartz exited smoking on lap four. Shaffer was into fifth early, but couldn't quite get around Hindi for the final transfer in the stoutest heat of the five.

Heat five (started): 1. Rob Chaney 24H (2) 2. Dean Jacobs 17G (5) 3. Natalie Sather 94s (1) 4. Josh Schneiderman 49 (3) / 5. Chad Hillier 5c (4) 6. John Lambertz 12L (7) 7. Steve Dyer 9A (8) 8. Bruce White 96au (6)

Chaney led the duration after getting by Sather on lap two. D. Jacobs made it a 1-2 punch for Wooster, OH when he completed a nice run into second. Action slowed on lap four for a spun Lambertz.

Robert Bell

B main (started): 1. Shaffer (4) 2. Madsen (17) 3. Ellenberger (3) 4. Bakker (7) / 5. Wilson (9) 6. Balog (12) 7. Hillier (5) 8. Leppo (2) 9. Griffith (8) 10. VanDenBerg (6) 11. Rose (14) 12. Hickle (21) 13. Uttech (1) 14. Lambertz (8) 15. Jones (16) 16. Nikitenko (11) 17. Wasmund (19) 18. Bell (13) 19. Haigh (23) 20. Bartz (22) 21. Dyer (19) 22. Shilling (18) 23. Gustin (20) DNS - Winters, Little, White, Campbell, Maier

The first try at green saw Dyer get sideways and then upside down hard. The incident collected Shilling, who broke a front-end, and Gustin. No one was injured. Leppo led lap one, but Shaffer took the point on the second go-around in the 12-lapper. The race went non-stop and all eyes were on Madsen as he was surging through the pack. He circled Bakker and Leppo who were battling for the last transfer with four to go to move into third, athen passed Ellenberger on the last lap for fourth. Bakker held on for the last transfer.

A main (started): 1. Brown (1) 2. Madsen (22) 3. Dobmeier (4) 4. Brahmer (3) 5. Paulus (6) 6. D. Jacobs (10) 7. Gharst (7) 8. Mayes (13) 9. Feese (2) 10. Shaffer (21) 11. Chaney (5) 12. Hindi (19) 13. Dewease (17) 14. Schneiderman (20) 15. Logan (14) 16. Landis (12) 17. Bakker (24) 18. Weuve (16) 19. Ellenberger (23) 20. Darrah (18) 21. Jackson (9) 22. Sather (15) 23. Lutar (8) 24. Zimmerman (11)

Dusty Zomer

Before a lap could be completed, Zimmerman spun in turn one, and was struck by Shaffer, breaking the front-end on the 7K. Brown led early in the 20-lapper. Madsen repeated his performance in the B in tearing towards the front. On lap 15, Brown had over a straightaway lead and several lapped cars between himself and Dobmeier. Darrah suffered bad luck when he had a left rear go flat on the white flag lap after surging into the top ten. The two lap dash to the checkers saw Brown leading Dobmeier, Brahmer, a charging Madsen and Paulus back to green flag racing. Madsen disposed of Brahmer on the restart and then Dobmeier before settling for second in a great run. The win was Brown's 12th of the 410 variety, paid him $5000 and was his first of 2008.

Scrambles

C Scramble (started): 1. Doug Esh 30 (1) 2. Danny Smith 18s (3) 3. Jesse Hockett 13J (5) 4. Rager Phillips 9 (4) 5. Lee Jacobs 59 (10) 6. Don Droud Jr. 47 (2) 7. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (9) 8. Brandon Wimmer 7TW (7) 9. Lee Sowell 51s (8) 10. Fred Rahmer 51x (6)

Esh did a nice job of running the cushion to the lead the distance in the 12-lapper and earning $3000. A spin by Wimmer on the white flag lap, set up a three-way battle for second. Droud Jr. and Phillips led D. Smith for the spot on the restart, but the veteran squeaked between them at the line to gain enough points for a starting spot inside row two on Saturday.

B Scramble (started): 1. Chad Kemenah 8K (4) 2. Greg Hodnett 22x (5) 3. Randy Hannagan 1x (1) 4. Gary Wright 9w (6) 5. Daryn Pittman 21T (9) 6. Tim Kaeding 83JR (3) 7. Terry McCarl 24 (7) 8. Jack Dover 53 (10) 9. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 15H (2) 10. Stevie Smith 19s (8)

Hannagan led early with Kemenah in tow on the low side. S. Smith lost a motor with four laps complete, and McCarl's car came out of gear while running fifth. Hannagan led Kemenah, Kaeding, Hodnett and Pittman at the time. Two laps later, Kemenah would take the lead with a turn two slider. Wright moved up steadily past Kaeding and Pittman using the low side. Kemenah gained a row one starting position on Saturday for his run and $5000.

A Scramble (started): 1. Steve Kinser 11 (4) 2. Donny Schatz 15 (5) 3. Paul McMahan 6 (1) 4. Danny Lasoski 33 (9) 5. Sammy Swindell 5 (3) 6. Craig Dollansky 2x (7) 7. Jason Meyers 14 (10) 8. Dusty Zomer 5z (2) 9. Justin Henderson D1 (6) 10. Joey Saldana 9E (8)

Saldana spun before a lap could be completed, negating a good run for Zomer into the lead. McMahan took the point on the next try at green, and hold it until S. Kinser took over on lap four. The winner's run moved him from row four to row two. Lasoski's charge to fourth earned him the pole on Saturday.

World Challenge (started): 1. Madsen (1) 2. Dobmeier (3) 3. Dollansky (10) 4. Jason Johnson 19E (8) 5. Saldana (9) 6. Wilson (2) 7. Brooke Tatnell 11AU (7) 8. Little (4) 9. Jeffrey (12) 10. Logan (6) 11. Lutar (11) 12. Haigh (13) 13. Jackson (5) DNS - Carl Wilson 11NZ, White, Dyer

Putting Madsen on the front of the 16-lapper seemed unfair after the night he had. It was, as he pulled away from everyone, and Dobmeier settled for second, holding it from Dollansky and J. Johnson after a late restart for a stopped Jackson. Madsen earned $10,000 for the win.

 

 

8/7/08

Knoxville Raceway

Knoxville Nationals Night #2

56 cars

Jason Meyers (3rd car out to time) set quick time and was the only car under 15 seconds in time trials at 14.990. Sammy Swindell (1st car out) was second quick on a track that went away quickly, followed by Dusty Zomer (3rd), Jack Dover (11th), Sean Michael (8th), Sam Hafertepe Jr. (9th), Joey Saldana (22nd), Craig Dollansky (33rd), Jason Sides (5th) and Stevie Smith (14th).

Brian Leppo

Heat one (started): 1. Brooke Tatnell 11AU (6) 2. Meyers 14 (10) 3. Jesse Hockett 13J (2) 4. Lee Jacobs 59 (3) / 5. Lance Dewease 30c (4) 6. Roger Crockett 7N (8) 7. Justin Zimmerman 7K (5) 8. Hafertepe Jr. 15H (9) / 9. Bob Weuve 19 (7) 10. Eric Baldaccini B4 (1)

Hockett led early in the 10-lapper, and Meyers was in fourth with one lap down. The top four went to the A, the next four to the B, and the last two to the C. Baldaccini stopped on lap four with oil problems. Hockett led Tatnell, Meyers, L. Jacobs and Dewease back to green flag racing. Four laps later, Tatnell would take the point from Hockett, with Meyers also getting by with two to go for second. L. Jacobs did a nice job of hitting his spots to qualify for the A in his first Knoxville action.

Heat two (started): 1. Brian Brown 21 (2) 2. Gary Wright 9w (4) 3. Scott Winters 23w (1) 4. Saldana 9E (9) / 5. Swindell 5 (10) 6. Brock Mayes 11B (3) 7. Garry Lee Maier 11xx (6) 8. Brian Leppo 71x (8) / 9. Billy Balog 17B (5) 10. Toni Lutar 4x (7)

Rob Chaney

Brown led throughout on the cushion. Wright was strong in second, with Saldana the prime mover from the back row to the fourth and final transfer.

Heat three (started): 1. Josh Schneiderman 49 (1) 2. Dollansky 2x (9) 3. Terry McCarl 24 (8) 4. Zomer 5z (10) / 5. Gregg Bakker 11x (2) 6. Jake Peters 57x (4) 7. Calvin Landis 70 (5) 8. Ricky Logan 10 (6) / 9. Jeremy Campbell 0x (7) 10. Greg Wilson w20 (3)

Schneiderman led flag to flag with one slowdown. On lap four, Landis spun on the frontstretch. Schneiderman led Bakker, Peters, Dollansky and McCarl back to green flag racing. Dollansky, McCarl and Zomer blasted into transfer spots in the last few laps, with Zomer's pass of Bakker for fourth coming on the last lap.

Heat four (started): 1. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (2) 2. Travis Whitney 1xx (4) 3. Tyler Walker 24T (7) 4. Sides 7s (9) / 5. Chad Meyer 4H (3) 6. Dover 53 (10) 7. Dean Jacobs 17G (5) 8. Mike Moore 69 (8) / 9. Bill Rose 6R (6) 10. Scott Uttech 3 (1)

Jason Meyers

Good racing up front with Jeffrey leading and Whitney in tow. Whitney took the lead with two to go, only to have Jeffrey steal it back on the last lap. Walker used a low entry into one, drifting high in two to move up well, and Sides primarily used the bottom to move into a transfer.

Heat five (started): 1. Rob Chaney 24H (2) 2. Tim Kaeding 83JR (6) 3. Kraig Kinser 20 (4) 4. Billy Alley 22 (7) / 5. Jeff Shepard 1z (8) 6. Brian Ellenberger 20E (3) 7. S. Smith 19s (9) 8. Michael 6x (10) / 9. Caleb Griffith 12c (1) 10. Marlon Jones 9mx (5)

Chaney led flag to flag. Shepard challenged Kaeding early for fifth, and TK took off from there, climbing all the wasy to second. Alley was hooked up on the bottom, and earned the final transfer.

C main (started): 1. Campbell (3) 2. Weuve (1) 3. Lutar (2) 4. Balog (5) / 5. Rose (4) 6. Wilson (7) 7. Uttech (9) 8. Greg Nikitenko 6N (8) 9. Jones (6) 10. Griffith (8) 11. Kim Mock 1m (11) 12. Mark Amenda 4L (12) DNS - Baldaccini, Ryan Anderson 71R, Ricky Montgomery 9m

Weuve led the 10-lapper early, until Campbell took over and dominated on lap seven. A lap six spin by Griffith was the only caution of the event. Balog and Rose exchanged fourth a number of times before Rose moved by on the low side late.

Greg Wilson

B main (started): 1. Swindell (1) 2. Dover (2) 3. Hafertepe Jr. (4) 4. S. Smith (5) / 5. Crockett (6) 6. Moore (8) 7. Mayes (17) 8. Dewease (15) 9. Campbell (21) 10. Logan (11) 11. Michael (3) 12. Maier (10) 13. Landis (13) 14. D. Jacobs (14) 15. Zimmerman (12) 16. Lutar (23) 17. Weuve (20) 18. Ellenberger (19) 19. Bakker (18) 20. Leppo (7) 21. Shepard (9) 22. Meyer (16) 23. Balog (22) 24. DNS - Peters

An ugly wreck marred things right away. Involved were Leppo, Balog, Meyer, D. Jacobs, Zimmerman, Ellenberger, Mayes and Bakker, with Shepard getting the worst of things. He was taken to the hospital. Swindell aced the field once the green flew for good in the 12-lapper.

A main (started): 1. Saldana (6) 2. Meyers (8) 3. Wright (11) 4. Alley (1) 5. Dollansky (5) 6. Sides (4) 7. Tatnell (9) 8. Walker (2) 9. Swindell (21) 10. Zomer (7) 11. K. Kinser (13) 12. Kaeding (10) 13. Jeffrey (17) 14. S. Smith (24) 15. Hockett (15) 16. L. Jacobs (14) 17. Winters (19) 18. Whitney (12) 19. Dover (22) 20. McCarl (3) 21. Schneiderman (20) 22. Chaney (18) 23. Hafertepe Jr. (23) 24. Brown (16)

Walker shot out to an early lead over Alley. Saldana charged into second and on lap four, took the lead from Walker, but it didn't count because Winters had stopped on the backstretch. One lap after a restart featuring Walker ahead of Saldana, Alley, Meyers and McCarl, Saldana would take the lead for good in the 20-lapper. Alley moved by Walker for second and Meyers into third, while McCarl and Wright battled for the fifth spot. On lap 17, McCarl suffered a blown right rear tire and would have to restart at the back. Saldana led Alley, Meyers, Walker and Wright back to green flag racing. Brown had surged to ninth on the white flag lap when the car burst into flames. In steering towards safety workers, Brown caught the turn one berm and tipped over. The workers were on the scene in a hurry, and disaster was avoided. A two lap shootout saw little change in the top four as Saldana won over high point man Meyers, Wright powered by an eight year old motor, Alley and Dollansky, who moved by Walker for fifth. Swindell was the hard-charger surging 12 spots, and guaranteeing himself and Guy Forbrook a spot in the A Scramble.

 

 

 

8/6/08

Knoxville Raceway

Knoxville Nationals Night #1

54 cars

Donny Schatz (14th car out to time) set quick time on the field with a lap of 14.897 seconds. Danny Lasoski (6th car out) was second quick, followed by Bronson Maeschen (43rd), Randy Hannagan (26th), Paul McMahan (35th), Shane Stewart (10th), Justin Henderson (31st), Brandon Wimmer (20th), Tony Bruce Jr. (9th) and Lee Sowell (2nd). The track went away, but backstretch pitters Henderson, McMahan and Maeschen all turned laps in the top ten. Matt Wasmund failed to get a lap in with motor troubles.

Shane Stewart

Heat one (started): 1. Daryn Pittman 21T (5) 2. Skip Jackson 2 (1) 3. Ed Lynch Jr. 2L (4) 4. Jac Haudenschild R19 (8) / 5. Brian Paulus 28 (6) 6. Schatz 15 (10) 7. Stewart 83 (9) 8. John VanDenBerg 1 (2) / 9. Don Droud Jr. 47 (7) 10. John Lambertz 12L (3)

Heats were ten laps and took the top four to the A, next four to the B, and last two to the C. Jackson led using the low side which was the preferred line early on. Schatz was to sixth by lap two, but had to go back two spots after a caution negated a couple of passes when Lambertz spun. The restart saw Jackson ahead of VanDenBerg, Pittman, Lynch and Haudenschild. Lynch and Haud made quick work of VanDenBerg for transfer spots, while Pittman grabbed the point on lap four. Schatz and Stewart spent much of the race passing each other, and couldn't gain the ground needed for transfer spots.

Heat two (started): 1. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (6) 2. Steve Kinser 11 (8) 3. Henderson D1 (9) 4. Lasoski 33 (10) / 5. Ben Gregg 22B (1) 6. Mark Dobmeier 13 (4) 7. Fred Rahmer 51x (7) 8. Chad Hillier 5c (5) / 9. Cody Darrah 89 (3) 10. Bruce White 96au (2)

Fred Rahmer

Gregg jumped out early with W. Johnson in tow. White spun on lap four. Gregg led W. Johnson, S. Kinser, Darrah and Dobmeier back to green flag racing. While W. Johnson took the lead on the restart, it also rejuvenated Henderson, who quickly moved into the top three, getting by Dobmeier and Darrah. Lasoski followed him, but didn't grab the last transfer until the last lap.

Heat three (started): 1. Travis Rilat 29 (4) 2. Danny Smith 18s (2) 3. Greg Hodnett 22x (6) 4. Blake Feese 14m (3) / 5. Dion Hindi 11D (5) 6. Chad Kemenah 8K (7) 7. Jason Johnson 19E (8) 8. Maeschen 96 (10) / 9. Wimmer 7TW (9) 10. Tony Shilling 47T (1)

D. Smith was in command until a lap four slowdown for a stopped Shilling on lap four. D. Smith led Rilat, Hodnett, Hindi and Feese back to the green. Rilat pounced into the lead, with Feese getting by Hindi and Hodnett for third. Hodnett would come back on the final corner to snag the spot back in exciting fashion.

Daryn Pittman

Heat four (started): 1. Jason Solwold 39c (7) 2. Natalie Sather 94s (2) 3. Bruce Jr. 18 (9) 4. Doug Esh 30 (3) / 5. Troy Little 20AU (4) 6. Hannagan 1x (10) 7. Carl Wilson 11NZ (1) 8. Kerry Madsen 55 (5) / 9. Chad Layton 25 (6) 10. Tim Shaffer 83A (8)

In his first ever laps at Knoxville, Wilson got sideways and a lot of equipment was destroyed in the process. Madsen's car was twisted beyond recognition. Layton's was trash and so was Shaffer's. Esh was able to replace a front end and two wings to continue. Hannagan was caught up in the mess as well, and couldn't finish after restarting. Sather led early, but Solwold would take over and pull away from the field. After running sixth, Esh benefited from Hannagan's departure, and grabbed the final transfer by slingshotting Little in the last corner.

Heat five (started): 1. Kaley Gharst 81 (3) 2. Jonathan Allard 0 (6) 3. Rager Phillips 9 (4) 4. McMahan 6 (10) / 5. Davey Heskin 56 (8) 6. Sowell 51s (9) 7. Seth Brahmer 13v (7) 8. JJ Hickle 7A (2) / 9. Spud Gustin 80 (5) 10. Corey Haigh 45NZ (1)

Danny Smith

Hickle led lap one before Gharst took over on the 2nd lap for the rest of the way. Heskin and Phillips battled for fourth for several laps before they both got by Hickle. McMahan came from the tail to enter the fray in the late going, and made yet another last corner pass for the final transfer, capping an always exciting night of heats.

C main (started): 1. Wimmer (1) 2. Droud Jr. (3) 3. Darrah (7) 4. White (4) / 5. Gustin (5) 6. Ty Bartz 46 (8) 7. Haigh (6) 8. Robert Bell 71 (10) 9. Steve Dyer 9A (9) 10. Lambertz (2) DNS - Shaffer, Layton, Shilling, Matt Wasmund 4w

Wimmer led the 8-lap distance. Darrah challenged Droud early, but settled for third.Lambertz retired on lap two while smoking and running second.

B main (started): 1. Schatz (1) 2. Stewart (4) 3. Maeschen (2) 4. Kemenah (9) / 5. Hannagan (3) 6. J. Johnson (6) 7. Dobmeier (15) 8. Rahmer (8) 9. Droud Jr. (20) 10. Heskin (7) 11. Paulus (11) 12. Hillier (12) 13. Brahmer (10) 14. Wimmer (21) 15. Sowell (5) 16. VanDenBerg (17) 17. White (23) 18. Hindi (13) 19. Little (14) 20. Gregg (19) 21. Hickle (16) 22. Darrah (22) 23. Wilson (20) DNS - 24. Madsen

Chad Kemenah

At the outset, Wilson spun into the infield tires in turn four, while Darrah got upside down after jumping the cushion in turn one. On lap two, Hickle slammed the turn one wall and came to a stop bringing the final slowdown in the 12-lapper. The top three remained unchanged with Schatz leading Stewart and Maeschen. The battle for the fourth and final transfer was furious, with Hannagan and J. Johnson exchanging the spot several times. Like pulling a rabbit out of a hat, Kemenah appeared out of nowhere on the final lap to snatch it from both.

A main (started): 1. W. Johnson (1) 2. Lasoski (8) 3. S. Kinser (3) 4. Haudenschild (4) 5. Pittman (11) 6. Henderson (6) 7. Stewart (22) 8. Schatz (21) 9. McMahan (7) 10. Solwold (2) 11. Hodnett (9) 12. Kemenah (24) 13. Bruce Jr. (5) 14. Maeschen (23) 15. Allard (10) 16. D. Smith (18) 17. Jackson (20) 18. Lynch Jr. (12) 19. Esh (16) 20. Sather (19) 21. Rilat (13) 22. Gharst (17) 23. Phillips (14) 24. Feese (15)

W. Johnson ran the low side of one and two and the high side of three and four to pull away the first half of the race. He was entering heavy lapped traffic on the 11th go-around when Lynch Jr. stopped. Lasoski had run by S. Kinser on the bottom. Wayne ducked low in one and two on the restart, but when he went high in three and four, Lasoski got a run to pull beside him coming down the frontstretch. Wayne went back to the bottom, cutting off Lasoski in turn one. On lap 14, Phillips stopped and retired, Gharst was towed off with rear-end problems and Rilat came in to replace a flat left rear. W. Johnson would stay on the bottom on the 1/2 mile and pull away to the win. The top five stayed the same the last half of the race, but Stewart, who was the hard-charger, and Schatz completed good runs to salvage their point nights.

 

 

Dave Darland

8/5/08

Southern Iowa Speedway Oskaloosa, IA

USAC Ultimate Challenge

32 cars

Heat one (started): 1. Shane Cottle 4 (3, Weld Wheel) 2. Levi Jones 20 (4) 3. Kevin Swindell 1H (8) 4. Brady Short 36 (5) 5. Justin Zimmerman 7K (6) 6. Daron Clayton 92 (7) 7. Darren Hagen 10 (2) 8. Ryan Anderson 71R (1)

Damion Gardner

Heat two (started): 1. Cole Whitt 67K (2, Schoenfeld Headers) 2. Dave Darland 2B (5) 3. Brady Bacon 99 (8) 4. Gary Taylor 5* (3) 5. Bret Mellenberndt 97 (1) 6. Bill Rose 6 (7) 7. Thomas Meseraull 10T (6) 8. Travis Rilat 13 (4)

Heat three (started): 1. Damion Gardner 71 (2, Sander Wheel) 2. Hunter Schuerenberg 11 (4) 3. Chad Boat 30 (1) 4. Dustin Morgan 67 (6) 5. Jerry Coons Jr. 69 (7) 6. Tracy Hines 21 (8) 7. Casey Shuman 32 (3) 8. Brock Lemley 4L (5)

Heat four (started): 1. Jesse Hockett 75 (6, Hoosier Right Rear) 2. Brad Sweet 9 (7) 3. Charles Davis Jr. 21s (2) 4. Tim Kaeding 83JR (8) 5. Josh Ford 73 (4) 6. Don Droud Jr. 1x (5) 7. Chris Windom 17 (3) 8. Rob Chaney 24H (1)

Qualifier one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Coons Jr. (2*, Winters Rear-end) 2. Hockett (6*) 3. Whitt (5*) 4. Jones (4*) 5. Morgan (3*) 6. Ford (1) 7. Hagen (7) 8. Ry. Anderson (8)

Qualifier two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Clayton (1*, Winters Rear-end) 2. Darland (5*) 3. Schuerenberg (4*) 4. Sweet (6*) 5. Zimmerman (2) 6. Meseraull (7) 7. Davis Jr. (3) 8. Rilat (8)

Chris Windom

Qualifier three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Rose (1*, Winters Rear-end) 2. Kaeding (4*) 3. Short (3*) 4. Cottle (6*) 5. Bacon (5*) 6. Shuman (7) 7. Mellenberndt (2) 8. Lemley (8)

Qualifier four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Swindell (6*, Winters Rear-end) 2. Hines (2*) 3. Gardner (5*) 4. Boat (4*) 5. Taylor (3) 6. Droud Jr. (1) 7. Windom (7) 8. Chaney (8)

B main (started): 1. Zimmerman (2) 2. Taylor (1) 3. Windom (10) 4. Droud Jr. (6) 5. Shuman (8) 6. Hagen (9) / 7. Davis Jr. (3) 8. Rilat (12) 9. Mellenberndt (5) 10. Lemley (11) 11. Ford (4) 12. Meseraull (7) 13. Chaney (13) DNS - Ry. Anderson

Ultimate Challenge (started): 1. Darland (3) 2. Swindell (2) 3. Coons Jr. (10) 4. Whitt (4) 5. Schuerenberg (9) 6. Cottle (8) 7. Taylor (20) 8. Kaeding (7) 9. Sweet (5) 10. Bacon (12) 11. Morgan (18) 12. Rose (14) 13. Hagen (24) 14. Windom (21) 15. Jones (11) 16. Clayton (13) 17. Short (15) 18. Droud Jr. (22) 19. Shuman (23) 20. Boat (17) 21. Hockett (1) 22. Hines (16) 23. Gardner (6) 24. Zimmerman (19)

Shane Cottle

Swindell shot off to the early lead in the 30-lapper. Darland moved by Hockett and Whitt early to second. On lap four, Hines stopped on the backstretch. Swindell led Darland, Whitt, Hockett who had a pass for third negated by the yellow, and Gardner. Darland powered by on the restart and a lap was complete before another caution, this time for debris. Darland led four more laps before Zimmerman flipped in three and four. He was unhurt. Now Darland led Swindell, Whitt, Gardner and Hockett. Darland separated himself from the field the next ten laps, while Gardner moved into third and was pressuring Swindell for second. On lap nineteen, the "Demon" crashed hard in turn four. He was uninjured. Darland now led Swindell, Whitt, Coons Jr. and Schuerenberg back to green flag racing. Coons Jr. found his way to third before the last slowdown occured on lap 25, when Boat, who had surged to fifth, tagged the turn one wall and flipped. He was unhurt. Swindell made a couple of late bids for the lead, but Darland held steady to pocket $30,000. The win was car owner Scott Benic's third triumph in the UC. Taylor buzzed forward 13 spots to win the Keith Hutton Hard-charger Award and a $1000 gift certificate to Brown and Miller Racing Solutions.

 

 

8/3/08

Knoxville Raceway

10th Annual 360 BRODIX Tournament of Champions

56 cars

Travis Rilat set quick time in group qualifying at 16.577 seconds. Randy Martin was second quick, followed by Wayne Johnson, Billy Alley, Dustin Selvage, Dave Hall, Eric Baldaccini, Jared Ridge, Gary Wright and Kenny Adams. Dustin Long broke a driveshaft in hot laps and headed home early for Elida, Ohio.

Jerrod Hull

Heat one (started): 1. Don Droud Jr. 27 (1) 2. Matt Moro 2m (3) 3. Gary Taylor 5* (4) / 4. Lee Sowell 51s (2) 5. Rilat 29 (6) 6. Baldaccini B4 (5) 7. Matt Covington 95 (7) 8. Eric Lutz 5 (8) 9. Nate Mosher 22N (9) 10. Andy Huston 40 (10)

8-lap heats had an invert of six, and took the top three to the A main. The track was wide enough to pass, but quicker timers struggled with the inversion. Droud led the distance.

Heat two (started): 1. Troy Little 20AU (1) 2. Nick Smith 15s (2) 3. Martin 14 (6) / 4. Jonathan Cornell 28 (4) 5. Joe Wood Jr. 03 (7) 6. Bobby Mincer 15 (3) 7. Lee Grosz 4J (8) 8. Ridge 12 (5) 9. John Schulz 2 (9) DNS – Darren Long 7L

Little led flag to flag with N. Smith in tow. Winged Outlaw Warriors drivers Martin and Cornell exchanged the final transfer twice before Martin wrestled it away for good.

Heat three (started): 1. Ryan Roberts 18 (1) 2. Jack Dover 53D (3) 3. Jason Johnson 41 (4) / 4. JD Johnson 98 (2) 5. W. Johnson 94 (6) 6. Ben Gregg 22B (8) 7. Josh Schneiderman 49 (7) 8. Samantha Taylor 17 (9) 9. Wright 9 (5)

Andy Huston

Roberts led the duration. J. Johnson worked under JD Johnson for the final transfer. Wright retired for the night on lap two in a race that included the top three in ASCoT points (J. Johnson, Wright, W. Johnson).

Heat four (started): 1. Dustin Daggett 2MX (2) 2. Josh Higday 10 (1) 3. Alley 22 (6) / 4. Adams 4A (5) 5. Don Young 75 (4) 6. Matt Tiffany 19T (7) 7. Brock Lemley 4 (3) 8. Joe Beaver 53 (8) 9. Matt Harms 53H (9)

Daggett led the distance. Alley took the last transfer on the third lap from row three.

Heat five (started): 1. Brian Brown 21 (2) 2. Zach Chappell 50z (1) 3. Garry Lee Maier 11x (8) / 4. Selvage 7 (6) 5. Brett Mather 54 (4) 6. Jesse Giannetto D1 (5) 7. Jerrod Hull 41A (7) 8. Curtis Evans 1P (9) 9. Joe Ramaker 98R (3)

Brown got the jump on Chappell to complete lap one. Ramaker shelled a rear-end on lap two bringing a caution. Brown led Chappell, Mather and Maier (from 8th) back to green flag racing. Maier took advantage of the restart to grab the last transfer with a good run.

Heat six (started): 1. Natalie Sather 94s (1) 2. Tim Crawley 88 (4) 3. D. Hall 51 (6) / 4. Roger Crockett 7N (3) 5. Solwold 39c (5) 6. Ryan Jamison 51J (2) 7. Bryn Gohn 4B (8) 8. Kathryne Minter 13 (9) 9. Jared Peterson 9P (7)

Brock Lemley

Sather ran the cushion to pace the field. Crawley moved by Jamison early into second. Peterson came to a stop on lap five and retired. The restart saw Sather ahead of Crawley, D. Hall, Jamison and Crockett. The top three held.

B main one (started): 1. W. Johnson (2) 2. Ridge (4) 3. Rilat (1) / 4. Baldaccini (3) 5. Cornell (6) 6. Wood Jr. (9) 7. Sowell (8) 8. Grosz (14) 9. Schneiderman (12) 10. Covington (10) 11. Mincer (5) 12. Gregg (13) 13. Lutz (11) 14. Mosher (16) 15. Taylor (18) 16. Huston (17) 17. JD Johnson (7) 18. Schulz (15) DNS – Wright

W. Johnson dove under Rilat in one and two for the early lead. Ridge was strong on the bottom and moved into third. He passed Rilat for second after a lap six restart for JD Johnson who suffered suspension issues.

B main two (started): 1. Adams (2) 2. Giannetto (3) 3. Selvage (1) / 4. Solwold (4) 5. Mather (6) 6. Young (5) 7. Lemley (7) 8. Beaver (12) 9. Crockett (9) 10. Hull (10) 11. Tiffany (11) 12. Gohn (15) 13. Peterson (13) 14. Minter (16) 15. Evans (17) 16. Harms (14) 17. Jamison (8) DNS – Ramaker, Long

Adams led the duration in the 12-lapper and won going away. Giannetto used the low side to move by Selvage, who held off Solwold. He would break a seal in the rear-end and not make it out for the main event.

Tournament of Champions (started): 1. J. Johnson (2) 2. Alley (5) 3. Brown (11) 4. W. Johnson (19) 5. Droud Jr. (7) 6. Martin (6) 7. Daggett (10) 8. Rilat (23) 9. D. Hall (4) 10. Higday (16) 11. Little (8) 12. Chappell (17) 13. Moro (13) 14. Roberts (9) 15. Solwold (25, pr.) 16. Adams (20) 17. N. Smith (14) 18. Ridge (21) 19. Grosz (27, pr.) 20. Selvage (24) 21. Maier (18) 22. Gregg (30, pr.) 23. Young (28, pr.) 24. Ramaker (29, pr.) 25. Sather (12) 26. Crawley (1) 27. Dover (15) 28. Schulz (26, pr.) 29. Taylor (3) DNS - Giannetto

Taylor shot out to a good start on the bottom of turns one and two and began to pull away from front row starters, J. Johnson and Crawley in the 30 lapper. On lap five, he coasted to a stop in turn four after possibly breaking a gear. Crawley inherited the lead ahead of J. Johnson, Alley, D. Hall and Martin. One more lap was in the books when W. Johnson stopped on the backstretch with mud lodged under the throttle pedal. He would remove it and start an incredible run from the back. J. Johnson had taken the lead on the previous lap ahead of Crawley, Alley, Martin and D. Hall. On lap eight, trouble for Schulz and Dover, who both retired, slowed things again. J. Johnson led Crawley, Alley, a quickly surging Brown and Martin. Alley and Brown moved into second and third before Crawley retired from fourth on lap 17. The trio led Martin and D. Hall. W. Johnson blasted into the top ten after the restart. During the caution he had thrown a broken brake line to an official, but it didn't slow him down much. While the lead trio weaved through traffic, W. Johnson picked off sixth, fifth and finally fourth. J. Johnson negotiated traffic well after the caution and grabbed $5,000 and his first ToC win. W. Johnson came all the way from the tail, but officially was credited with moving up 15 spots, as was Rilat. The ASCoT series won the team title ahead of Knoxville, and ASCS-Midwest.

 

 

 

8/2/08

Knoxville Raceway

18th Annual 360 Nationals and 410s

85 360s

44 410s

360s

E main (started): 1. Natalie Sather 94s (2) 2. Cody Petersen 16P (1) 3. Jason Eckard 2H (4) 4. RJ Johnson 71 (7) 5. Kevin Ingle 2K (3) 6. Jack Potter 15 (9) 7. Josh Padellford 34 (5) 8. Kyle McCutcheon 5K (11) 9. Justin Carver 24J (6) 10. Butch Hanssen 8K (8) 11. Samantha Taylor 17 (10) 12. Kenneth Walker 2w (18) / 13. Bryn Gohn 4B (13) 14. Alan Zoutte 33 (14) 15. Jared Peterson 9P (19) 16. Curtis Evans 1P (15) 17. DJ Brink 21B (12) 18. Travis Porter 31P (16) 19. Brian Parker 9* (19) DNS – Jerry Bell 85, Luke Hall 34H, Mallory Armfield 5MA, Steve Dyer 9A, Rod Richards 12, Darren Long 7L, Mike Houseman Jr. Y2, Troy Little 20AU, Tyler Thompson 48, Dave Glennon 5x, Luke Dollansky 2, Kathryne Minter 13

Petersen jumped out to the lead early in the 8-lapper. Sather was in pursuit until taking the point with two to go. Walker surged late to pick up the final transfer to the D from the tail.

Wayne Johnson   double duty

D main (started): 1. Trey Robb 1s (1) 2. Joe Ramaker 98R (2) 3. JD Johnson 98 (3) 4. Don Young 75 (7) 5. Sather (11) 6. Eric Baldaccini B4 (5) / 7. Nate Mosher 22N (6) 8. Tim Sernett K9 (4) 9. Potter (16) 10. Walker (22) 11. Scott Lehman 9s (9) 12. Danny Heskin 6 (10) 13. McCutcheon (18) 14. Eric Lutz 5L (8) 15. RJ Johnson (14) 16. Carver (19) 17. Ingle (15) 18. Eckard (13) 19. Taylor (21) 20. Hanssen (20) 21. Padellford (17) 22. Petersen (12) DNS – Steve Lines 23, Jon Corbin 26J, Jeff Mitrisin 10, Ben Gregg 22B, Derek Ingalls 91, Josh Higday 24, Shawn Van Wyhe 99, Nate Van Haaften 3, Brett Mather 54, Chad Corken 11

Robb led flag to flag in the 10-lapper. The only caution came for debris on lap three. Robb led with Ramaker in tow the rest of the way. Sather was 10th on the restart, but climbed to fifth and a transfer to the C after winning the E.

C main (started): 1. Lee Jacobs 86 (3) 2. Matt Tiffany 19T (1) / 3. Justin Henderson 5 (8) 4. Jon Agan 4 (9) 5. Dustin Daggett 2MX (11) 6. Ryan Roberts 18 (6) 7. Matt Covington 95 (4) 8. Ron Blair 35 (2) 9. Danny Martin Jr. 00m (7) 10. Dave Hall 51 (13) 11. Robb (15) 12. Pete Crall 1 (5) 13. Brock Lemley 4L (12) 14. Joe Wood Jr. 03 (10) 15. Baldaccini (20) 16. Ramaker (16) 17. JD Johnson (17) 18. George White 10x (14) 19. Young (18) 20. Sather (19) DNS – Chad Meyer 7m, AJ Selenke 43, Larry Neighbors 29N, Gordy Vogelaar 99v, Ryan Anderson 71R, Larry Pinegar II 11L

The race was slowed before a lap could be completed as Wood Jr. lost his front wing. He continued without it. On the second try at green, Sather flipped in turn one. She was unhurt. Tiffany led laps one and two, but Jacobs took over from there, and had gained valuable laps in driving double duty with the 410s. Tiffany held onto the final transfer despite impressive charges by Henderson, Agan and Daggett.

Alley coloring wing winner

B main (started): 1. Brian Brown 21 (2) 2. Garry Lee Maier 11xx (1) 3. Matt Moro 2m (3) 4. Scott Winters 23w (4) / 5. Jason Solwold 39c (5) 6. Russ Hall 29 (14) 7. Randy Martin 14 (6) 8. Tim Crawley 88 (7) 9. Jake Peters 57x (11) 10. Don Droud Jr. 27 (12) 11. Nick Smith 15s (17) 12. Jared Ridge 12J (20) 13. Joe Beaver 53 (9) 14. Jacobs (21) 15. Ricky Montgomery 9m (8) 16. Lee Grosz 4J (10) 17. JJ Hickle 7A (16) 18. Dustin Selvage 7 (19) 19. Glenn Borden 72 (18) 20. Lee Sowell 51s (15) 21. Tiffany (22) 22. Brad Bowden 15B (13)

Maier led early over Moro in the 15-lapper. The two duked it out, and on lap four almost came together entering turn one. Brown took advantage, looping around both of them. He chose the high road on a two-groove track, and cruised the rest of the way in the non-stop event. The top four changed little, but R. Hall climbed eight spots, and with a caution may have been a threat.

Tyler Walker 410

18th Annual 360 Nationals (started): 1. Wayne Johnson 94 (4) 2. Brown (20) 3. Billy Alley 22 (8) 4. Brooke Tatnell 91s (5) 5. Tyler Walker 24T (6) 6. Travis Rilat 29T (3) 7. Jesse Hockett 75J (9) 8. Bronson Maeschen 96 (15) 9. Jesse Giannetto D1 (7) 10. Jonathan Allard 0 (10) 11. Skip Jackson 1m (24) 12. Jason Johnson 41 (1) 13. Zach Chappell 50z (17) 14. Clint Garner 40 (19) 15. Maier (21) 16. Roger Crockett 7N (12) 17. Moro (22) 18. Winters (23) 19. Brian Paulus 28 (14) 20. Gary Taylor 5* (16) 21. Gregg Bakker 11x (11) 22. Jack Dover 53D (19) 23. Kenny Adams 4A (14) 24. Gary Wright 9w (2) DNS - Terry McCarl 1m

Jackson started at the tail subbing for McCarl, who qualified the car. Wright wrestled the lead from J. Johnson early on. One lap was in the books when a caution appeared. Wright led J. Johnson, W. Johnson, Alley (from 8th) and Rilat back to green flag racing. The lead pair dueled the next three laps, and J. Johnson took the lead on the fifth go-around. One lap later, Winters would stop with a flat right rear and slow things for the last time in the 25-lapper. Under caution, Wright exited from second with a broken wing bracket. The restart saw J. Johnson ahead of W. Johnson, Alley and Tatnell. W. Johnson used the restart to hit the high side while the leader went low. W. Johnson powered around the top and took the lead with Alley following him by. Meanwhile, Brown was surging from outside of row ten. He was moving by Rilat and Walker into the top five around the halfway point. W. Johnson was separating himself from Alley through dense traffic late in the going. Tatnell challenged Alley for third on a few occasions. With three to go, Brown swept by Tatnell for third, and circled around Alley on the last lap to grab second in an impressive performance. W. Johnson was paid $10,000 for his second 360 Nationals championship (2000), third win of the season here, and eighth 360 tally overall at Knoxville.

Justin Carver 360

410s

Tyler Walker (3rd car out to time) set quick time at 15.236 seconds as one lap of qualifying was used. Danny Lasoski (39th) was second quick, followed by Bronson Maeschen (14th), Davey Heskin (12th), Brooke Tatnell (37th), Dean Jacobs (16th), Dusty Zomer (42nd), Justin Henderson (43rd), Kaley Gharst (1st) and Billy Alley (20th). Skip Jackson didn't register a time and changed motors. Tony Shilling also did not time.

Heat one (started): 1. Ricky Logan 10 (1) 2. Mark Dobmeier 13 (3) 3. Tatnell 11AU (5) 4. Gharst 81 (4) 5. Walker 24T (6) / 6. Tim Kaeding 83JR (8) 7. Brock Mayes 11B (2) 8. Jonathan Allard 0 (7) 9. Larry Pinegar II 11L (9) DNS - Danny Smith 4, Corey Haigh 45

Logan led the 8-lap duration. The heat had a Golden State flavor with three drivers from California. Walker and Kaeding battled for the final transfer. Walker was held up behind Mayes for a time, but used a last lap charge to get around Kaeding for the fifth and final spot.

Heat two (started): 1. Brian Paulus 28 (3) 2. Josh Schneiderman 49 (1) 3. Alley 22 (4) 4. Lasoski 5 (6) 5. Jake Peters 57x (2) / 6. Dion Hindi 11D (8) 7. Bob Weuve 19 (7) 8. Chad Meyer 4H (9) 9. D. Jacobs 17G (5) 10. Ben Gregg 22B (10) 11. Steve Dyer 9A (11)

Schneiderman took the early lead. On lap three, D. Jacobs spun on the front stretch slowing the event. Schneiderman led Paulus, Alley, Peters and Lasoski back to green flag racing. On lap five, Lasoski pulled a slidejob on Alley to take third, but Alley came right back in turns one and two and held third. Paulus made his winning pass coming for the white flag after a good race.

Heat three (started): 1. Don Droud Jr. 47 (3) 2. Calvin Landis 70 (1) 3. Zomer 5z (5) 4. Rager Phillips 9 (2) 5. Maeschen 96 (6) / 6. Jesse Hockett 13x (8) 7. Skip Jackson 2 (11) 8. Justin Zimmerman 7K (4) 9. Seth Brahmer 13v (9) 10. Mike Moore 69 (10) 11. Toni Lutar 4x (7)

Landis led before Droud took the lead on lap three. Hockett moved forward, but needed one more spot for a transfer in the Buch 13x. Zomer grabbed third on the last lap from Phillips.

Heat four (started): 1. Brian Brown 21 (1) 2. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (3) 3. John VanDenBerg 1 (2) 4. Henderson D1 (5) 5. Heskin 56 (6) / 6. Lee Jacobs 59 (7) 7. Ryan Anderson 71R (4) 8. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (8) 9. Matt Wasmund 4w (10) 10. Scott Uttech 3 (9) DNS - Tony Shilling 47T

Brown led flag to flag with W. Johnson in tow. The track was slicking off and wide with a clear top and bottom.

B main (started): 1. Kaeding (9) 2. D. Jacobs (1) 3. Mayes (4) 4. Zimmerman (2) / 5. Hindi (10) 6. Weuve (6) 7. Jeffrey (12) 8. Hockett (11) 9. Allard (5) 10. L. Jacobs (8) 11. Pinegar II (16) 12. Meyer (13) 13. D. Smith (20) 14. Moore (18) 15. Lutar (7) 16. Brahmer (14) 17. Wasmund (19) 18. Uttech (15) 19. Gregg (17) 20. Haigh (21) 21. Ry. Anderson (3) DNS - Dyer, Jackson, Shilling

D. Jacobs shot out to an early lead in the 12-lapper. The show was happening behind him. Kaeding moved up into a battle with Weuve for a final transfer. The two exchanged the spot twice, with Weuve utilizing the low side, and Kaeding the high. Kaeding took off from there gaining third from Zimmerman and second from Mayes. He stole the lead on the last lap from D. Jacobs in an exciting finish.

A main (started): 1. Tatnell (2) 2. Zomer (1) 3. Lasoski (5) 4. Walker (6) 5. Henderson (7) 6. Heskin (3) 7. Alley (9) 8. W. Johnson (13) 9. Gharst (8) 10. Kaeding (24) 11. Dobmeier (10) 12. Maeschen (4) 13. Paulus (11) 14. Peters (14) 15. Brown (20) 16. Zimmerman (23) 17. Mayes (22) 18. Droud Jr. (12) 19. VanDenBerg (16) 20. Schneiderman (18) 21. Logan (17) 22. Landis (19) 23. Phillips (15) 24. D. Jacobs (22)

Kaeding started at the tail, after bolting on a new right rear. D. Jacobs and Landis got together on the backstretch before a lap could be completed. D. Jacobs retired. One underway, the 20-lapper went non-stop. Zomer snuck into the lead at the beginning running the low side. Tatnell ran the cushion and was not farther than five car lengths off the pace before he took the lead himself in lapped traffic on the 8th go-around. He would pull away from there. Zomer had his hands full with Lasoski, but held onto second. The win was Tatnell's second of the season and third overall and was worth $3,000. Kaeding was the hard-charger.

 

 

 

8/1/08

Knoxville Raceway

18th Annual 360 Nationals Night #2

61 cars

Gary Wright (45th car out to time) bucked the odds and laid down the quick time of the night coming out late on a quickly changing track at 16.656 seconds. Brooke Tatnell (8th car out) was second quick, followed by Gregg Bakker (3rd), Lee Jacobs (29th), Jesse Hockett (2nd), Wayne Johnson (19th), Jesse Giannetto (1st), Roger Crockett (34th), Jack Dover (16th) and Ryan Roberts (13th). The top 50 qualifiers qualified for the five heats, with the remaining 11 assigned to the C.

Shawn VanWyhe

Heat one (started): 1. W. Johnson 94 (5) 2. Ron Blair 35 (1) 3. Wright 9w (6) 4. Don Droud Jr. 27 (2) / 5. Brad Bowden 15B (4) 6. Dave Hall 51 (3) 7. Eric Lutz 5L (9) 8. JD Johnson 98 (7) / 9. Chad Corken 11 (8) 10. Luke Hall 34H (10)

Heats had an invert of six, were 8 laps in distance and took the top four to the A, the next four to the B, and the final two to the C. Blair grabbed the early lead, but W. Johnson used a strong run on the bottom to surge to the point at the halfway point. Wright worked by a stubborn Bowden and then grabbed third late from Droud Jr.

Heat two (started): 1. Tim Crawley 88 (2) 2. Tatnell 91s (6) 3. Giannetto D1 (5) 4. Garry Lee Maier 11xx (4) / 5. Nate Van Haaften 3 (8) 6. Ryan Anderson 71R (3) 7. Trey Robb 1s (7) 8. Chad Meyer 7m (1) / 9. Samantha Taylor 17 (10) 10. Rod Richards 12 (9)

Crawley led the duration. Tatnell was the mover, using the low side to grab second from Maier around the halfway point. The track was racey from start to finish.

Heat three (started): 1. Jared Ridge 12J (1) 2. Matt Moro 2m (4) 3. Crockett 7N (5) 4. Bakker 11x (6) / 5. Nick Smith 15s (2) 6. Justin Henderson 5 (7) 7. Brett Mather 54 (10) 8. Steven Lines 23 (3) / 9. Jack Potter 15 (9) 10. Josh Padellford 34 (8)

Brooke Tatnell

Ridge dominated this one in his first Knoxville visit. The best race was for the final transfer. Crockett went from fifth to third in one move, and Bakker outdueled N. Smith for fourth.

Heat four (started): 1. Matt Covington 95 (1) 2. Kenny Adams 4A (4) 3. Dover 53D (5) 4. Dustin Daggett 2MX (8) / 5. Jacobs 86 (6) 6. Josh Higday 24 (7) 7. Joe Wood Jr. 03 (3) 8. AJ Selenke 43 (2) / 9. RJ Johnson 71 (10) 10. Butch Hanssen 8K (9)

Covington led falg to flag. Adams ran strong in second. Daggett was the only car outside of the six car inversion to transfer to the A through the heats, and did so by running the cushion to perfection around Selenke, Wood Jr. and finally Jacobs.

Heat five (started): 1. Brian Brown 21 (3) 2. Clint Garner 40 (4) 3. Pete Crall 1 (1) 4. Hockett 75J (6) / 5. Roberts 18 (5) 6. Ben Gregg 22B (2) 7. Eric Baldaccini B4 (8) 8. Natalie Sather 94s (10) / 9. Darren Long 7L (9) 10. Shawn Van Wyhe 99 (7)

Tim Crawley

Brown had the lead by the time a lap was complete. Long suffered a flat right rear on lap two. At the time, Brown was leading Crall, Gregg, Garner and Hockett. Brown finished off the last seven laps.

C main (started): 1. Corken (2) 2. Van Wyhe (1) / 3. RJ Johnson (10) 4. Padellford (3) 5. L. Hall (8) 6. Dave Glennon 5x (17) 7. Troy Little 20AU (11) 8. Butch Hanssen 8K (6) 9. Taylor (9) 10. Tyler Thompson 48 (12) 11. Potter (5) 12. Curtis Evans 1P (16) 13. Alan Zoutte 33 (15) 14. Richards (4) 15. Bryn Gohn 4B (13) 16. Brian Parker 9* (21) 17. Travis Porter 31P (20) 18. Kathryne Minter 13 (18) 19. Kenneth Walker 2w (19) 20. Luke Dollansky 2 (14) 21. Long (7)

Dollansky was black-flagged on the first try at green and sent to the tail. Padellford wrestled the lead from Corken early in the 10-lapper. Corken stayed in contention and rod the rim to the point on lap four. He checked out from that point, leaving the final transfer to the B to a battle between Van Wyhe and Padellford. Dollansky had a flat left rear on lap eight slowing the action and eliminating Corken's big advantage. The two lap dash saw Corken restarting ahead of Padellford, Van Wyhe, L. Hall and Potter. Van Wyhe won the battle for second in the end, while RJ Johnson's valiant charge fell just short of a transfer.

Roger Crockett

B main (started): 1. N. Smith (8) 2. Henderson (14) 3. Meyer (11) 4. Bowden (3) / 5. Wood Jr. (7) 6. Baldaccini (17) 7. Robb (13) 8. Mather (19) 9. Sather (20) 10. Selenke (9) 11. Lutz (18) 12. JD Johnson (12) 13. Roberts (2) 14. D. Hall (4) 15. Van Wyhe (22) 16. Jacobs (1) 17. Ry. Anderson (5) 18. Lines (6) 19. Corken (21) 20. Higday (15) 21. Van Haaften (16) 22. Gregg (10)

It took four tries to start the 12-lap B. On the first try, Roberts jumped and was sent to the back. The next saw a number of cars slow in front of Van Haaften, who got upside down and tangle with Lutz. Both were unhurt, Van Haaften was done. The third attempt was not a charm, as Ry. Anderson tangled with Lines, and both flipped wildly. Also getting upside down hard was Corken, who was joined by Higday. Sather was also involved, but continued. Only one lap was in the books before the next caution for the leader, Jacobs, who came to a stop in a cloud of smoke in turn four ending a tough night. D. Hall inherited the lead and took off. He found it wasn't good to be in the lead on the white flag lap, when he blew his left rear tire. N. Smith led Henderson (from 14th), Bowden and Wood Jr. who had been battling for the final transfer, and Meyer. Meyer shot around Wood Jr. and Bowden into third on the next lap before Roberts stopped bringing the last slowdown. The white/checker finish saw plenty of action, but no change in the top four.

A main (started): 1. W. Johnson (4) 2. Wright (8) 3. Giannetto (3) 4. Tatnell (7) 5. Hockett (5) 6. Crockett (2) 7. Adams (11) 8. Bakker (6) 9. Brown (13) 10. Garner (12) 11. Crawley (15) 12. Maier (9) 13. Droud Jr. (14) 14. Dover (1) 15. Henderson (22) 16. Moro (10) 17. N. Smith (21) 18. Daggett (20) 19. Ridge (17) 20. Crall (19) 21. Meyer (23) 22. Covington (18) 23. Blair (16) 24. Bowden (24)

Curtis Evans

Bowden stopped and retired before a lap could be completed. It would be the only slowdown in a non-stop 20-lap slugfest. The top four were battling back and forth all the way on a great track for racing. Giannetto stormed under Dover and Crockett at the outset to take the early lead. The 2006 360 Nationals Champ had 2000 champ W. Johnson in tow early on. Wright quickly entered the fray and took second from W. Johnson. Two laps later, W. Johnson found his way back around in heavy traffic and hit the high side in pursuit of Giannetto. On lap 12, W. Johnson grabbed the point for good and began putting lapped cars between himself and second. Wright eventually worked by Giannetto, and both were under pressure from Tatnell. The win was W. Johnson's 7th career 360 tally at Knoxville and paid him $2000. Henderson repeated his hard-charger performance in the B in the A as well.

 

 

7/31/08

Knoxville Raceway

18th Annual 360 Nationals

Prelim Night #1

50 cars

Bronson Maeschen (46th car out to time) impressed by setting quick time after coming out late in the field on a slowing track at 16.320 seconds. Tyler Walker (4th car out) was second quick, followed by Jonathan Allard (29th), Travis Rilat (8th), Jason Johnson (18th), Gary Taylor (7th), Ricky Montgomery (3rd), Larry Neighbors (13th), George White (47th) and Terry McCarl (19th). Jared Peterson, who towed all the way from Washington lost a side panel on the top wing at speed going into turn three and flipped hard after hitting the wall. He was unhurt, but the car destroyed. Steve Dyer was DQed in time trials because of an illegal tire, as were Kyle McCutcheon and Jason Eckard. All were pitted close together.

Heat one (started): 1. Maeschen 96 (4) 2. Billy Alley 22 (2) 3. Dustin Selvage 7 (1) 4. Randy Martin 14 (3) / 5. Taylor 5* (5) 6. Brock Lemley 4L (9) 7. Derek Ingalls 91 (6) 8. Danny Heskin 6 (7) / 9. Mallory Armfield 5MA (8) DNS - Mike Houseman Jr. Y2

Glenn Borden

Heats were eight laps, with the top four going to the A, the next four to the B, and the rest to the C. Lemley received a bad break when he had a mechanical issue and needed to pushes to start. A front row starting spot became a start on the tail. Alley took the early lead after inheriting the front row starting position, but Maeschen made a nice move to the point after a lap six restart after a caution for debris.

Heat two (started): 1. Jonathan Cornell 28 (4) 2. Jake Peters 57x (1) 3. Walker 24T (6) 4. Glenn Borden 72 (2) / 5. Scott Winters 23w (3) 6. Joe Ramaker 98R (7) 7. Montgomery 9m (5) 8. Scott Lehman 9s (8) / DNS - DJ Brink 21B, Jared Peterson 9P

Peters took the early lead. Cornell was impressive on the high side however, and quickly dogged the leader. On lap six, he made his winning move. Walker moved into a transfer early, and then grabbed third from Borden at the halfway point.

Heat three (started): 1. Lee Sowell 51s (2) 2. Joe Beaver 53 (4) 3. JJ Hickle 7A (1) 4. Allard 0 (6) / 5. Jon Agan 4 (3) 6. Jeff Mitrisin 10 (8) 7. Nate Mosher 22N (7) 8. Neighbors 29N (5) / 9. Jerry Bell 85 (9) 10. Steve Dyer 9A (10)

Billy Alley

Sowell led flag to flag. Allard and Agan waged battle for the final transfer. Allard grabbed it early before Agan held it for most of the event. Allard came back late to snatch it for good in an entertaining heat.

Heat four (started): 1. Rilat 29T (6) 2. Zach Chappell 50z (3) 3. Russ Hall 29 (2) 4. Gordy Vogelaar 99v (8) / 5. White 10x (5) 6. Jason Solwold 39c (4) 7. Tim Sernett K9 (1) 8. Jason Eckard 2H (10) / 9. Kevin Ingle 2K (9) 10. Cody Petersen 16P (7)

Solwold was sent to the tail for getting out of line on the first start. Sernett led the first lap, but Rilat exploded to the front and won going away. Vogelaar, who got to move up a row with Solwold's penalty, made the most of it and held off White for the final tranasfer.

Heat five (started): 1. J. Johnson 41 (6) 2. Lee Grosz 4J (3) 3. McCarl 1m (5) 4. Matt Tiffany 19T (1) / 5. Jon Corbin 26J (7) 6. Larry Pinegar II 11L (2) 7. Danny Martin Jr. 00m (4) 8. Don Young 75 (8) / 9. Justin Carver 24J (9) 10. Kyle McCutcheon 5K (10)

Grosz shot around the cushion early to grab the lead from row two. By lap four, J. Johnson was all over him and turned laps as fast as 16.4 on his way to the 100 point win. Corbin came late but it wasn't enough to reel in Tiffany.

DJ Brink

C main (started): 1. Petersen (2) 2. Ingle (3) / 3. Bell (4) 4. Carver (6) 5. McCutcheon (8) 6. Dyer (7) 7. Armfield (5) 8. Brink (1) DNS - Houseman Jr., Peterson

Petersen was the class of the field, winning by almost a 1/2 lap in the 10-lapper. Ingle came on late to pass Bell for the final transfer to the B. Armfield and Brink retired early.

B main (started): 1. Taylor (1) 2. Solwold (5) 3. Montgomery (2) 4. Winters (7) / 5. Neighbors (3) 6. Martin Jr. (6) 7. Agan (8) 8. Lemley (9) 9. Mitrisin (17) 10. Young (18) 11. Corbin (14) 12. Pinegar II (10) 13. Ingalls (15) 14. Ramaker (12) 15. Heskin (19) 16. Mosher (13) 17. Sernett (11) 18. Lehman (16) 19. Eckard (20) 20. Ingle (22) 21. Petersen (21) 22. White (4)

A fierce battle for the lead over teh first 9 laps in the 12-lapper saw Taylor and Montgomery exchange the point four times. White was keeping pace on lap nine while running third when he smacked the frontstretch wall hard in an attempt to slingshot around Montgomery for second. The result was a damaged racecar as he went off on the hook. The restart saw Taylor leading Montgomery, Solwold, Neighbors and Winters. Solwold nabbed third in the last three laps, while Winters was impressive on the low side of one and two in cruising by Neighbors for the final transfer.

A main (started): 1. J. Johnson (4) 2. Alley (2) 3. Rilat (5) 4. Walker (7) 5. Chappell (11) 6. McCarl (3) 7. Cornell (1) 8. Allard (6) 9. Winters (24) 10. Peters (17) 11. Solwold (22) 12. Martin (10) 13. Taylor (21) 14. Hickle (18) 15. Grosz (12) 16. R. Hall (15) 17. Tiffany (19) 18. Selvage (16) 19. Vogelaar (20) 20. Borden (13) 21. Montgomery (23) 22. Sowell (14) 23. Beaver (9) 24. Maeschen (8)

Jared Peterson

Alley got the jump on Cornell in row one, but by the time one lap was completed, J. Johnson was in the lead for good. The first 18 of 20 laps went non-stop. Soon Rilat was by Alley into second and in pursuit of the leader through traffic. Cornell was a strong fourth ahead of a battle for fifth with McCarl, Chappell and Walker involved. Maeschen's bid for a perfect score on the night ended when hit right rear wheel broke off while running ninth on lap 18. Beaver was 12th at the same time and retired. The three lap shootout saw J. Johnson leading Rilat, Allley, Cornell and McCarl back to green flag racing. Plenty of dicing occured late but the leader remained the same, and captured his third career 360 win, and second of 2008. Alley passed Rilat in turn four on the last lap for second. Walker shot from sixth to fourth late, and Chappell from seventh to the top five. Winters earned hard-charger honors for his run from 24th to 9th.

Points after Wednesday: 1 41 Johnson, Jason Eunice, LA 492 2 29T Rilat, Travis Forney, TX 490 3 24T Walker, Tyler Encino, CA 486 4 22 Alley, Billy Lincoln, NE 475 5 0 Allard, Jonathan Chico, CA 473 6 1M McCarl, Terry Altoona, IA 466 7 28 Cornell, Jonathan Sedalia, MO 466 8 96 Maeschen, Bronson Knoxville, IA 454 9 5* Taylor, Gary Sapulpa, OK 454 10 50Z Chappell, Zach Talala, OK 453 11 23W Winters, Scott Butterfield, MN 440 12 39C Solwold, Jason Burlington, WA 439 13 14 Martin, Randy California, MO 439 14 9M Montgomery, Ricky Lakewood, CO 430 15 53 Beaver, Joe Knoxville, IA 429 16 4J Grosz, Lee Harwood, ND 427 17 57X Peters, Jake Sioux Falls, SD 427 18 29 Hall, Russ Des Moines, IA 420 19 51S Sowell, Lee Nesbit, MS 414 20 7A Hickle, JJ Quilcene, WA 414 21 72 Borden, Glen Raymond, WA 411 22 7 Selvage, Dustin Indianola, IA 410 23 29N Neighbors, Larry Oklahoma City, OK 407 24 19T Tiffany, Matt Daytona Beach, FL 403 25 00M Martin, Jr., Danny Sarasota, FL 394 26 4 Agan, Jon Knoxville, IA 392 27 4L Lemley, Brock Bellingham, WA 381 28 10X White, George Ft. Worth, TX 380 29 99V Vogelaar, Gordy Worthington, MN 379 30 11L Pinegar, Larry Des Moines, IA 365 31 26J Corbin, Jon Kansas City, MO 350 32 98R Ramaker, Joe Choteau, MT 347 33 10 Mitrisin, Jeff Oskaloosa, IA 345 34 K9 Sernett, Tim Burnsville, MN 344 35 22N Mosher, Nate Prairie City, IA 338 36 91 Ingalls, Derek Snohomish, WA 338 37 75 Young, Don Bartlett, TN 333 38 9S Lehman, Scott Hutchinson, KS 323 39 6 Heskin, Danny St. Michael, MN 321 40 16P Peterson, Cody Dubuque, IA 317 41 2K Ingle, Kevin Huron, SD 302 42 2H Eckard, Jason Okoboji, IA 297 43 85 Bell, Jerry Garland, TX 288 44 24J Carver, Justin Millington, TN 282 45 5MA Armfield, Mallory St. Joseph, MO 274 46 9A Dyer, Steve Vancouver, BC Canada 269 47 5K McCutcheon, Kyle Alamagordo, NM 267 48 Y2 Houseman, Mike Des Moines, IA 213 49 21B Brink, DJ Sturgis, SD 204 50 9P Peterson, Jared Stanwood, WA 108