4/26/02
Knoxville Raceway
WoO
54 cars
Danny Lasoski (21st car to time) had quick time on a fast track with a lap of 15.020 seconds. Stevie Smith (32nd) was second quick, followed by Steve Kinser (9th), Tim Shaffer (52nd), Daryn Pittman (6th), Joey Saldana (33rd), Terry McCarl (23rd), Jac Haudenschild (17th), Randy Hannagan (2nd) and Kerry Madsen (51st). Randy Anderson had oil problems in hot laps and went to a back-up car for qualifications. Johnny Herrera missed his qualifying spot and took a lap at the end.
Heat one (started): 1. Haudenschild 5 (3) 2. Skip Jackson 21x (2) 3. Justin Henderson R19 (1) 4. Lasoski 20 (6) 5. Donny Schatz 15 (8) / 6. Hannagan 1x (4) 7. Randy Martin 14 (10) 8. Dan Oswalt D1 (11) 9. Colin Northway 12 (7) 10. Shane Hunter 8s (12) 11. Robert Bell 71x (14) 12. Larry Pinegar II 11L (5) 13. David Murcott 20x (9) DNS - Dennis Moore Jr. 71
Moore surrendered his row two starting position while changing a motor. Haudenschild led every lap. Murcott spun on lap six, suffering from a flat right front tire. On the restart, Pinegar got huge air on the backstretch and took a hard flip, but walked away uninjured. Jackson and Henderson battled with the latter on the low side. Jackson was gaining on Haudenschild towards the end, but ran out of time.
Heat two (started): 1. Blake Feese 1F (2) 2. Madsen 82 (4) 3. S. Smith 11h (6) 4. Calvin Landis 70 (1) 5. Danny Wood 6 (3) / 6. McCarl 24 (5) 7. Brooke Tatnell 66 (9) 8. Jesse Gianetto D1x (11) 9. John Lambertz 12L (10) 10. Jon Agan 4 (7) 11. Manny Rockhold 02 (8) 12. Mike Moore 69 (12) DNS - Matt Moro 2m, Scott Fokken 1FX
S. Smith and Landis, who ran really strong battled hard for third. Agan went up in smoke coming for the finish line. He was done for the night.
Heat three (started): 1. Craig Dollansky 7 (4) 2. S. Kinser 11 (6) 3. Mike Reinke 17x (1) 4. Mark Kinser 5m (3) 5. Brad Furr 2 (2) / 6. Don Droud Jr. 55 (7) 7. Saldana 17 (5) 8. Chris Walraven 56 (8) 9. Jaymie Moyle 10 (9) 10. Jeff Johnson 11J (11) 11. Ryan Anderson 71R (10) DNS - Brent Antill 1, R. Anderson 86
Dollansky dominated while S. Kinser got by Reinke with a last corner pass. Reinke looked strong in his first race at Knoxville with new car owner, Ed Gifford. A lone yellow came early when Ryan Anderson spun.
Heat four (started): 1. Paul McMahan U2 (2) 2. Jeff Mitrisin 5J (4) 3. Tim Shaffer 83 (6) 4. Ricky Logan 3s (3) 5. Pittman 21 (5) / 6. Larry Ball Jr. 1s (1) 7. Herrera 2w (10) 8. Travis Cram 92 (8) 9. Chad Meyer 1w (11) 10. John VanDenBerg 47 (7) 11. Derek Beckman 50D (9) 12. Tim St. Arnold 7s (12) DNS - Jerrel Slinkard 15x
McMahan led flag to flag. Mitrisin looked very impressive, riding strong against the cushion.
C feature (started): 1. Herrera (2) 2. Giannetto (4) / 3. Meyer (6) 4. Murcott (3) 5. Oswalt (10) 6. Johnson (5) 7. Ryan Anderson (10) 8. M. Moore (9) 9. Hunter (7) 10. Lambertz (1) 11. R. Bell (10) DNS - Slinkard, St. Arnold, Moro
Herrera had a dominating performance while Lambertz and Giannetto battled for the final transfer. Lambertz ended up spinning on lap five, ending his bid. Hunter coasted across the finish line without power.
Dash one (started): 1. Madsen (3) 2. S. Kinser (5) 3. Lasoski (6) 4. M. Kinser (1) 5. Mitrisin (2) 6. Pittman (4) 7. Furr (8) 8. Jackson (7)
Madsen drove around M. Kinser and stretched his lead to take the popular win. Lasoski drew a six for the inverts in the dashes.
Dash two (started): 1. Wood (1) 2. Dollansky (3) 3. Shaffer (5) 4. Logan (2) 5. Haudenschild (4) 6. S. Smith (6) 7. McMahan (8) 8. Feese (7)
Wood led flag to flag, while Shaffer passed Logan on the last lap for third.
B feature (started): 1. Saldana (1) 2. McCarl (2) 3. Hannagan (3) 4. Droud (7) / 5. Tatnell (13) 6. Herrera (17) 7. Northway (8) 8. Ball (5) 9. Rockhold (9) 10. Cram (11) 11. Giannetto (16) 12. Walraven (10) 13. Beckman (15) 14. Martin (14) 15. D. Moore (4) 16. VanDenBerg (6) 17. Moyle (12) DNS - Agan
Saldana led the distance, but McCarl was right on his heels. Droud's fortune came when D. Moore's motor had problems while he was running third on lap nine. VanDenBerg had to go pitside with a broken brake caliper.
A feature (started): 1. S. Kinser (3) 2. Lasoski (5) 3. Haudenschild (10) 4. Shaffer (6) 5. Madsen (1) 6. McMahan (14) 7. S. Smith (12) 8. Schatz (24) 9. Pittman (11) 10. McCarl (18) 11. M. Kinser (7) 12. Dollansky (4) 13. Feese (16) 14. Furr (13) 15. Hannagan (19) 16. Logan (8) 17. Saldana (17) 18. Jackson (15) 19. Reinke (20) 20. Droud (23) 21. Landis (21) 22. Henderson (22) 23. Wood (2) 24. Mitrisin (9)
Mitrisin looked good early, but ended up spinning in turn two. He exited after several cars made contact. Wood's motor went up on lap eight. Henderson, Landis and Droud all dropped out early. The hard-charger was Donny Schatz. Dollansky looked to be heading for a big win until he suffered a fuel system problem while leading on lap four. He restarted at the rear and stormed to finish twelfth. At the restart for Dollansky, the leader was Madsen but S. Kinser put him behind. Madsen still ran a strong race, finishing fifth. The top four finishers were bunched up at the end on the racy surface. Landis and Droud both exited early.