8/14/04
Knoxville Raceway
Knoxville, IA
Knoxville Nationals
E main (started): 1. Kim Mock 1m (1) 2. Bill Rose 6B (2) 3. Cody Branchcomb 94 (3) 4. Matt Moro 47 (17) 5. Bobby Mincer 15x (4) / 6. Jerrod Hull 12H (8) 7. Mike Moore 69 (13) 8. John Lambertz 12J (8) 9. Wayne Modjeski 77m (15) 10. Jerrel Slinkard 15s (8) 11. John Sernett 91 (16) 12. Mark Toews 5T (5) 13. Matt Wasmund 4w (7) 14. Roger Rager 6R (11) 15. Chad Hill 44 (14) 16. Jeff Johnson 11J (12) 17. Rager Phillips 9 (9) DNS - Eric Vanderploeg 24v, Larry Pinegar II 1A, Danny Wood 35A
Mock led flag to flag. An incident involving Wasmund, Rager, Hill and Je. Johnson slowed things down. A bid by Hull for the final transfer fell just short in the ten lapper.
D main (started): 1. Cameron Dodson 37 (1) 2. Troy Little 20AU (4) 3. Chris Walraven 56 (6) / 4. Mike Reinke 02 (5) 5. Mike Kertscher 80K (3) 6. Lynton Jeffrey 10 (11) 7. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 40R (10) 8. Jaymie Moyle 1s (15) 9. Mike Lutz 98 (18) 10. Jon Agan 4J (7) 11. Brian Carlson 18 (16) 12. Rose (20) 13. Mincer (21) 14. Ryan Anderson 71R (9) 15. Branchcomb (19) 16. Travis Rilat 29 (2) 17. Josh Higday 24J (8) 18. Zach Chappell 50z (14) 19. Moro (22) 20. Kevin Frey 2K (12) 21. Curtis Boyer 72x (13) 22. Mock (17) DNS - Peter Attard 17H, Colin Northway 60, Marty Perovich 17AU
Mock and Boyer flipped together in a vicious accident down the backstretch on the first try at green in the 12 lapper. Boyer was transported to a Des Moines hospital, while Mock walked away. Moro jumped over Rose's left rear on the restart and took a wild ride down the frontstretch on the restart. He was uninjured. Dodson jumped out to a healthy advantage before Ry. Anderson came to a stop in turn three on lap three. Dodson led Rilat, Little, Reinke and Kertscher back to green flag racing. Reinke was able to use the high side to grab third and a transfer position from a fading Rilat before Higday and Chappell came together to bring out another yellow. Rilat dropped out under caution, while Walraven lined up fourth behind Reinke. Walraven used the restart to work by Reinke and claim the final transfer to the C.
C main (started): 1. Steve Kinser 11 (2) 2. Brooke Tatnell 66 (3) / 3. Daryn Pittman 21 (1) 4. Lucas Wolfe 5w (8) 5. Travis Cram 92 (11) 6. Kelly Kinser 4K (9) 7. Danny Smith 4 (6) 8. Jeremy Campbell 10c (13) 9. Manny Rockhold 02x (10) 10. Brandon Wimmer 7TW (16) 11. Clint Garner 40 (18) 12. Rob Chaney 9x (5) 13. Little (20) 14. Loren Langerud 56L (17) 15. Dodson (21) 16. Mark Smith 1z (15) 17. Sammy Swindell 1 (12) 18. Jesse Giannetto D1 (4) 19. Garry Lee Maier 11x (19) 20. Travis Whitney 9T (7) 21. Walraven (22) 22. Joey Saldana 2 (14) DNS - Max Dumesny 83m
S. Kinser dominated the 15 lapper despite a few cautions. Dodson got into the wall after contact with another machine on the initial try at green. After the yellow came out, Saldana got upside down in turn three and retired for the night. Maier spun before the race got going again. S. Kinser raced out on the cushion in frotn of Pittman. Lap seven saw a spin by M. Smith due to cutting a left rear tire. Little and Langerud also replace cut left rear tires under caution. The restart saw S. Kinser leading Pittman, Tatnell, Giannetto and Wolfe back to green. Three laps later, Giannetto veered hard into the wall after something broke, surrendering a fifth place run. Now the top three were the same, but Swindell was on the move in fourth. With two to go, Swindell ran out of fuel and ended his night. Tatnell and Pittman duked it out with Tatnell nabbing the last B transfer with just two laps remaining.
B main (started): 1. Brian Paulus 28 (1) 2. Tim Shaffer 6 (4) 3. S. Kinser (21) 4. Shane Stewart 4m (16) / 5. Brian Brown 21B (13) 6. Blake Feese 12x (8) 7. Skip Jackson 2AU (6) 8. Jeff Mitrisin 17G (3) 9. Erin Crocker 16 (7) 10. Calvin Landis 70 (5) 11. Dean Jacobs 51 (15) 12. Tatnell (22) 13. Lance Dewease 77 (14) 14. Jason Solwold R19 (18) 15. Kerry Madsen 55 (2) 16. Ed Lynch Jr. 2L (11) 17. Dale Blaney 72 (12) 18. Tim St. Arnold 8s (19) 19. Roger Crockett 11c (17) 20. Aaron Berryhill 97 (10) 21. Dennis Moore Jr. 0 (20) 22. Billy Alley 22 (9)
S. Kinser was simply on a mission, but narrowly avoided disaster before a lap could be completed when Crockett spun in front of him. Paulus jetted out to an early lead before D. Moore came to a stop on the backstretch on lap two. The restart saw Paulus leading Madsen, Mitrisin, Landis and Shaffer back to green. Alley flipped hard on the backstretch at the next try at green, before the race got underway again. Shaffer quickly moved into a transfer, while the "King" was slicing and dicing from the back. S. Kinser was in good shape around the halfway point of the 22 lapper and passed Mitrisin for the final transfer. With just three laps to go Madsen lost a right rear tire and met the turn four wall while running second. The restart saw Paulus leading Shaffer, S. Kinser, Brown and Stewart, who was on the move. Stewart used the restart to work his way past Brown for the final transfer to end a great run. S. Kinser was the hard-charger, moving by 18 cars.
A main (started): 1. Danny Lasoski 20 (4) 2. Chad Kemenah 15K (3) 3. Jeff Shepard 8 (14) 4. Jason Meyers 14 (5) 5. Terry McCarl 24 (1) 6. Craig Dollansky 7 (10) 7. Stewart (24) 8. S. Kinser (23) 9. Mark Kinser 83 (9) 10. John VanDenBerg v10 (13) 11. Fred Rahmer 88H (8) 12. Donny Schatz 15 (6) 13. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (11) 14. Kenny Jacobs 22J (2) 15. Shaffer (22) 16. Paulus (21) 17. Jesse Hockett 75 (7) 18. Tim Kaeding 83JR (17) 19. Brent Antill 1J (16) 20. Jason Sides 7s (12) 21. Kraig Kinser 11K (20) 22. Chad Meyer 1w (18) 23. Greg Hodnett 12 (15) 24. Randy Hannagan 1x (19)
McCarl shot out to the early lead over Kemenah before a Hannagan flip on lap two of thirty. The restart saw McCarl ahead of Kemenah, Lasoski, K. Jacobs and Meyers. Lasoski passed Kemenah on the restart before a S. Kinser spin a lap later. Kemenah roared back past Lasoski when the green fell and took the lead briefly in turn two from McCarl but settled for second coming to the stripe. McCarl built another good lead before Meyer came to a rest on lap eight. He restarted at the tail. Now McCarl led Lasoski, Kemenah, Meyers and Schatz back to green. McCarl built another huge advantage and was entering lapped traffic when Antill stopped on lap 15. McCarl led Lasoski, Meyers, Dollansky and Kemenah back to Doug Clark's green flag, but it was brought back when Schatz spun. Lasoski moved past McCarl on lap 16 and never looked back to record his fourth Nationals win. Shepard was coming like no other at the end and stuck a podium finish. Other movers included B main transfers, Stewart and S. Kinser, despite his spin earlier. It was the first podium finish for both Kemenah and Shepard. VanDenBerg nailed down tenth in a career performance. Stewart was the hard-charger and sprintweek winner, while Solwold scored Rookie of the Year honors and McCarl sported the best dressed crew. Craig Dollansky was awarded with Best Appearing Car.