Kyle Larson Jumps in Hoffman #69 and Wins Ultimate Challenge!

(Bill W) August 9, 2011 – Kyle Larson doesn’t consider himself a “non-wing” driver, but the Elk Grove, California 19 year old won’t convince the fans who have seen him in action lately. His latest win came at the Casey’s General Stores Ultimate Challenge presented by Searsboro Telephone Company at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa Tuesday night.
Larson hooked up with the Hoffman Racing #69 team and it immediately paid dividends as the winner of last week’s Belleville Midget Nationals swept his heat, his qualifier and the 30-lap main event handing the team their first win since May of 2010. The wait was worth it as the win paid $15,000.

Starting outside of row one, Larson took the early lead in the feature beating fellow front row starter, Robert Ballou, to the low side of turn one. With two laps in the books, Justin Grant took a nasty set of flips down the backstretch bringing out the red flag. He was uninjured. At the time, Larson led Ballou, Brady Bacon, Dave Darland and Levi Jones back to green flag racing.

Bacon moved by Ballou into second on lap three, and slowly reeled in the leader. On lap fourteen, as Larson was riding the high side of turns three and four, Bacon found the rubber on the low side to shoot by.

Dustin Morgan brought out the second red flag period of the race with sixteen laps in the books when he flipped hard into the turn three wall. Morgan was taken in for observation. Ten teams took the open red flag opportunity to change rear tires and go the rear of the field. Those driver included third place running Ballou, fifth place Jerry Coons Jr., sixth place Jones, and eighth place driver, Chris Windom.

Bryan Clauson who was slated to start in row two, elected to take a challenge to start at the back paying $5,000 to win, $1,000 for a top three, and $100 per car passed. He elected to change tires as well.

Once the lineup was set, Bacon was out front leading Larson, Darland, Hunter Schuerenberg and Shane Cottle back to green flag racing. Larson shot around Bacon and shut the door heading low into turn one on the restart. When he slid high, Bacon briefly took it back, but Larson carried his momentum into turn three to reclaim the point for good.

Larson seemed to be cruising to victory before seeing a caution fly after he saw the white flag. Clauson had suffered a flat tire and went pitside. Larson held off Bacon on the green, white, checker finish to claim his first Ultimate Challenge win.

Bacon was second, followed by Darland, Cottle and Coons, up from changing a tire. Schuerenberg, Coleman Gulick, Tracy Hines, Hud Cone and Damion Gardner rounded out the top ten.

Hoosier Right Rear Tires were awarded to heat and qualifier winners. The lucky drivers included Larson (2), Clauson, Ballou, Bacon, Jones, Windom and Darland. A foot race was contested by the winners, with Bacon coming out on top and winning a new Winters rear-end valued at $2,000. Cottle picked up a set of Schoenfeld Headers for winning the B, and a KSE Steering Pump for Keith Hutton Hard-Charger honors in the main event. Numbers were drawn during the driver’s meeting for two left rear Hoosier Tires (Gary Taylor and Larson) and 1000 Autograph cards from DriverWebsites.com (Tony Everhart). Don Droud Jr. picked up $100 from John Lemon for being the first non-qualifier in the B.

10th Annual Ultimate Challenge Results

A main (started), 30 laps: 1. 69, Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA (2) 2. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (3) 3. 21x, Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN (6) 4. 11, Shane Cottle, Kokomo, IN (16) 5. 2B, Jerry Coons Jr., Tucson, AZ (7) 6. 35, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (8) 7. 14, Coleman Gulick, Binghamton, NY (11) 8. 4, Tracy Hines, New Castle, IN (18) 9. 21, Hud Cone, Oakland City, IN (19) 10. 71, Damion Gardner, Concord, CA (21) 11. 81, Robert Ballou, Rocklin, CA (1) 12. 5x, Chris Windom, Canton, IL (13) 13. 20, Levi Jones, Olney, IL (4) 14. 53, Jon Stanbrough, Avon, IN (14) 15. 37, Casey Riggs, Shelbyville, IN (12) 16. 10T, Bill Rose, Plainfield, IN (22) 17. 7K, Gary Taylor, Houma, LA (23) 18. 71P, Mike Spencer, Temecula, CA (20) 19. 27, Keith Bloom Jr., Anderson, CA (10) 20. 29, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA (5) 21. 10, Blake Fitzpatrick, West Terre Haute, IN (15) 22. 7, Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN (24) 23. 2x, Dustin Morgan, Owasso, OK (9) 24. 40, Justin Grant, Bloomington, IN (17). Lap Leaders: Larson 1-13, Bacon 14-16, Larson 17-30. Keith Hutton Hard-Charger Award: Cottle.

Heat one (started), 8 laps: 1. Bryan Clauson (6) 2. Mike Spencer (4) 3. Hud Cone (3) 4. Coleman Gulick (8) 5. Tracy Hines (5) 6. Justin Grant (1) 7. 1x, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (7) 8. 1, Mitch Wissmiller, Saybrook, IL (2)

Heat two (started), 8 laps: 1. Robert Ballou (4) 2. Casey Riggs (1) 3. Hunter Schuerenberg (3) 4. Jerry Coons Jr. (7) 5. Shane Cottle (5) 6. Gary Taylor (2) 7. 3*, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (8) 8. Bill Rose (6)

Heat three (started), 8 laps: 1. Brady Bacon (2) 2. Jon Stanbrough (1) 3. Levi Jones (3) 4. Dustin Morgan (5) 5. Damion Gardner (7) 6. 23s, Stu Snyder, Waverly, NE (4) 7. 2, Daron Clayton, Sikeston, MO (6) 8. 83, Wes McIntyre, McCordsville, IN (8)

Heat four (started), 8 laps: 1. Kyle Larson (2) 2. Keith Bloom Jr. (3) 3. Bud Kaeding (7) 4. Dave Darland (5) 5. Blake Fitzpatrick (1) 6. Chris Windom (4) 7. 55, Tony Everhart, El Cajon, CA (6)

Qualifier one (started, *qualified for feature), 8 laps: 1. Kyle Larson (5*) 2. Hunter Schuerenberg (3*) 3. Jerry Coons Jr. (4*) 4. Bryan Clauson (6*) 5. Damion Gardner (2) 6. Joey Moughan (1) 7. Don Droud Jr. (7) 8. Wes McIntyre (8)

Qualifier two (started, *qualified for feature), 8 laps: 1. Levi Jones (3*) 2. Robert Ballou (6*) 3. Tracy Hines (2) 4. Justin Grant (7) 5. Casey Riggs (4*) 6. Bill Rose (8) 7. Stu Snyder (1) 8. Mike Spencer (5)

Qualifier three (started, *qualified for feature), 8 laps: 1. Chris Windom (1*) 2. Dustin Morgan (3*) 3. Shane Cottle (2) 4. Bud Kaeding (6*) 5. Jon Stanbrough (4*) 6. Coleman Gulick (5*) 7. Daron Clayton (7) 8. Mitch Wissmiller (8)

Qualifier four (started, *qualified for feature), 8 laps: 1. Dave Darland (3*) 2. Blake Fitzpatrick (2*) 3. Brady Bacon (6*) 4. Keith Bloom Jr. (5*) 5. Gary Taylor (1) 6. Hud Cone (4) 7. Tony Everhart (7)

B main (started), 12 laps: 1. Shane Cottle (2) 2. Justin Grant (3) 3. Tracy Hines (1) 4. Hud Cone (6) 5. Mike Spencer (5) 6. Damion Gardner (4) 7. Bill Rose (8) 8. Gary Taylor (7) / 9. Don Droud Jr. (10) 10. Joey Moughan (9) 11. Stu Snyder (12) 12. Wes McIntyre (13) 13. Tony Everhart (11) 14. Mitch Wissmiller (14) DNS – Daron Clayton

 

 

Sammy Swindell Three-Peats at Front Row Challenge!

(Bill W) August 8, 2011 – Sammy Swindell won his third straight Front Row Challenge, but this one was the most lucrative, as the Germantown, Tennessee driver netted $10,000 for the All Star Circuit of Champions win. Swindell led the duration of the 25-lap feature in the Big Game Treestands #1 sprinter to claim the 15th running of the Musco Lighting Front Row Challenge over the 39 cars signed in on Monday night at the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Swindell earned the right to start on the pole after winning the “King of the Hill” match race over fast-timer, and new track record holder, Brad Sweet. Sweet drove the Kasey Kahne Racing #9 to a lap of 15.084 seconds on the half-mile in qualifying to earn a Weld wheel. The lap broke Cale Conley’s year old record of 15.222 seconds. Both drivers refused the “Front Row Challenge” and started up front in the feature.

Swindell shot out to an early lead in the main event with Sweet in tow. By lap five, Swindell and Sweet led Daryn Pittman, Cody Darrah and Dale Blaney. With nine laps in, Jason Solwold spun on the backstretch, bringing the first caution of the event. On the restart, the leaders remained the same, but 360 Nationals champion, Shane Stewart was on the move, and jumped from seventh to fifth when the green flag dropped.

Three laps later, Solwold brought about another caution to tighten the field once more. After the race resumed, Stewart moved by Darrah for fourth, and on lap 18, took third from Pittman. The lead pair approached heavy traffic at that point.

Swindell slowed behind the lapped cars of Ryan Anderson and Austen Wheatley, while Sweet took the opportunity to close in. Stewart was right there as well completing lap 21, when Anderson’s left rear tire blew. At that point, the race was red-flagged for fuel. The final four laps saw Sammy cruise to victory.

Sweet maintained second and Stewart third. Fourth place was a tough place to be the last two laps, as first Darrah slowed, and then Pittman went up in smoke while taking the white flag. Sam Hafertepe Jr. claimed fourth ahead of hard-charger Donny Schatz. Blaney, Jonathan Allard, Mark Dobmeier, Kraig Kinser and Fred Rahmer rounded out the top ten.

Heat winners receiving a $400 gift certificate from All Pro Heads included Dobmeier, Swindell, Lance Dewease and David Gravel. Second place heat finishers took home a HRP front wing. Those drivers were Anderson, Allard, Seth Bergman and Solwold. Gravel also won a Winters rear-end for winning a foot race for first and second place heat finishers. Wayne Johnson tangled with another car in turn three during his heat and didn’t return. He was not injured.

Paul McMahan was the B main winner, receiving a Schoenfeld Header. Dustin Daggett was awarded 1000 autograph cards from Driverwebsites.com, and Brady Bacon, Darrah, Allard, Bergman and Gravel received tear-offs compliments of Kear’s Speed Shop. As the first non-qualifier, Bacon also picked up $100 from John Lemon.

15th Annual Musco Lighting Front Row Challenge Results

A main (25 laps, started): 1. 1, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (1) 2. 9, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (2) 3. 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (10) 4. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (6) 5. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (13) 6. 2, Dale Blaney, Hartford, OH (5) 7. 0, Jonathan Allard, Chico, CA (8) 8. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (16) 9. 22K, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (14) 10. 51, Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, PA (7) 11. 83x, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (11) 12. 29, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA (12) 13. 89G, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (18) 14. D4, Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh, PA (20) 15. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (15) 16. 1z, Jessica Zemken, Sprakers, NY (9) 17. 27, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (4) 18. 44w, Austen Wheatley, Lake Stevens, WA (23) 19. 91, Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA (3) 20. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (19) 21. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (21) 22. 53, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (24) 23. 30c, Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA (17) 24. 55x, Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, WA (22). Lap Leaders: Swindell 1-25. Hard Charger: Schatz.

Fast time: Brad Sweet, 15.084 (New Track Record)

"King of the Hill" Match Race Winner: Sammy Swindell

Heat one (8 laps, Top Five to A main): 1. Mark Dobmeier (2) 2. Ryan Anderson (1) 3. Shane Stewart (3) 4. Dale Blaney (5) 5. Brad Sweet (6) / 6. Bud Kaeding (4) 7. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (7) 8. 17, Tyler Walker, Los Angeles, CA (8) 9. 04, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (9) DNS – 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL

Heat two (8 laps, Top Five to A main): 1. Sammy Swindell (6) 2. Jonathan Allard (4) 3. Danny Holtgraver (1) 4. Daryn Pittman (5) 5. Austen Wheatley (7) / 6. 8, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (8) 7. 12, Glen Saville, Camden, NSW, Aust. (9) 8. 00, Brad Foster, Melbourne, VIC, Aust. (10) 9. 2m, Dustin Daggett, Portland, MI (2) 10. Donny Schatz (3)

Heat three (8 laps, Top Five to A main): 1. Lance Dewease (2) 2. Seth Bergman (1) 3. Kraig Kinser (3) 4. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (5) 5. Jessica Zemken (4) / 6. Paul McMahan (6) 7. 3, Pete Miller III, Port Vue, PA (9) 8. w20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (7) 9. Jack Dover (8) DNS – 83, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA

Heat four (8 laps, Top Five to A main): 1. David Gravel (2) 2. Jason Solwold (1) 3. Cody Darrah (6) 4. Robby Wolfgang (3) 5. Fred Rahmer (5) / 6. 2x, Dustin Morgan, Tulsa, OK (8) 7. 18, Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS (7) 8. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (9) 9. 38, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (4)

B main (12 laps, Top Four to A main): 1. Paul McMahan (1) 2. Donny Schatz (3) 3. Bud Kaeding (2) 4. Jack Dover (6) / 5. Brady Bacon (5) 6. Dustin Morgan (9) 7. Tony Bruce Jr. (4) 8. Kaley Gharst (7) 9. Glen Saville (11) 10. Kevin Ingle (10) 11. Ryan Bunton (8) 12. Brad Foster (12) DNS – Pete Miller III, Dustin Daggett, Cap Henry, Wayne Johnson, Greg Wilson, Tyler Walker, Tim Shaffer

 

 

 

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. Chris Windom 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, Bryan Clauson, who moved up fourteen spots. Travis Rilat, Hunter Schuerenberg, Bloom, Levi Jones and Tracy Hines 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

 

 

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.

 

21^st 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.

 

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 24^th) 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.

 

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 two (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.

 

 

 

 

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.

 

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.

 

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 Daryn Pittman, Brooke Tatnell, Tony Shilling, Jake Peters and Danny Wood. Chad Meyer won the C-Main and Larry Ball Jr. won the B-Main.

 

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.

 

Lineups for Saturday…

 

A Main
57	Stewart, Shane	489
22H	Hannagan, Randy	486
1S	Swindell, Sammy	477
28	Swindell, Jeff	474
22	Alley, Billy	473
56	Heskin, Davey	473
94	Hager, Derek	471
41	Johnson, Jason	469
83	Shaffer, Tim	469
4J	Grosz, Lee	468
38	Johnson, Wayne	467
15H	Hafertepe, Jr., Sam	466
11X	Bakker, Gregg	466
71R	Anderson, Ryan	463
0	Chappel, Zach	458
1M	Humston, Chad	457
87J	Carver, Justin	457
71	Johnson, R.J.	455
4B	Baldaccini, Eric	453
7X	Selvage, Dustin	452
B Main
55	McCarl, Terry	447
4BX	Boston, Jordan	446
23	Bergman, Seth	446
40	Garner, Clint	443
89G	Gravel, David	443
2	Higday, Josh	441
88	Crawley, Tim	440
2MX	Daggett, Dustin	437
27	Pittman, Daryn	434
14T	Tatnell, Brooke	428
5J	Ball, Jr., Larry	426
79	Landis, Calvin	426
53D	Dover, Jack	426
11	Crockett, Roger	424
47T	Shilling, Tony	422
3	Van Haaften, Nate	421
7TAZ	Phillips, Tasker	418
57X	Peters, Jake	418
81	Wood, Danny	416
2D	Dobesh, Bryan	415
C Main
45K	Walker, Kolt	414
2M	Moro, Matt	413
4	Agan, Jon	410
D12	Moore, Jr., Dennis	407
11C	Covington, Matt	407
8	Carney II, Jon	406
9	Wright, Gary	404
35	Blair, Ronnie	402
91	Van Dam, Henry	402
51	Hall, David	401
5M	Cox, Justyn	400
29	Kaeding, Bud	400
29T	Rilat, Travis	392
04X	Henry, Cap	392
45C	Hall, Russ	389
18R	Roberts, Ryan	384
33L	Lasoski, Danny	362
25	Peterson, Dylan	360
7	Taylor, Gary	359
54	Friedrichsen, Casey	355
D Main
09	Juhl, Matt	355
47	O'Banion, Brant	352
53	Beaver, Joe	352
23W	Winters, Scott	350
99	Bacon, Brady	346
10	Groenendyk, Tyler	344
28C	Cornell, Jonathan	342
1X	Maier, Garry Lee	342
45X	Herrera, Johnny	341
1W	Meyer, Chad	336
98	Johnson, J.D.	333
7M	Ramey, Kevin	331
51H	Hess, Mike	328
14	Martin, Randy	325
9M	Montgomery, Ricky	325
18	Bruce, Jr., Tony	321
9MX	Baker, Cody	320
41W	Williams, Joshua	318
04	Heimbaugh, Chad	314
2H	Eckard, Jason	307
E main
83P	Powers, Ned	305
22K	Barksdale, Koby	305
87	Reutzel, Aaron	301
93A	Ambers, Alan	301
11CX	Carroll, Dakota	299
87B	Barney, Jason	295
00	Foster, Brad	294
33	Zoutte, Alan	292
19S	Cross, Steven	288
5JR	Ball, Jamie	285
21A	Beenken, Dustin	285
8L	Lenz, Tom	280
21	Brown, Brian	275
33A	Alumbaugh, Austin	275
3*	Gharst, Kaley	275
2K	Ingle, Kevin	272
92C	Ambers, Cody	267