Lynton Jeffrey won night #2 of the 360 Nationals Friday (Paul Arch Photo) (Video Highlights from DirtVision.com)
Lynton Jeffrey Wires Field on Night #2 of the Knoxville 360 Nationals!
by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 7, 2020) – Lynton Jeffrey led from start to finish to claim Night #2 of the 30th Annual MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank Friday night at Knoxville Raceway. The win was worth $3,000 to the Sydney, New South Wales, Australia native now living in Prairie City, Iowa. As far as the lineups for Saturday night’s championship? They’re set. Kerry Madsen and Joey Saldana will take their place in the front row (see the unofficial lineups below).
Jeffrey started from the pole of the 20-lap main event. Scott Bogucki trailed in second, followed by Sawyer Phillips, Carson McCarl and Brian Brown. Brown took the fourth spot from McCarl on lap three. As soon as that happened, the top four separated themselves a bit from the field.
For much of the race’s distance, a blanket could be thrown over those top four spots. Jeffrey stayed out front, but Bogucki was right there challenging much of the way. A big Bogucki bid for the lead came on lap nine and again on lap ten.
Blake Hahn’s race came to an end on lap 12, when he emanated smoke and exited the track. Sawyer Phillips held third much of the way on the low side, while being pressed by Brown on the high side. On lap 14, Brown shot by, but Phillips came back and reclaimed the show position with five to go.
Lap 18 brought the only caution when Kelby Watt smacked the wall, flattening his right rear. Jeffrey sailed away the last two laps, but Phillips and Brown gained second and third from Bogucki on the restart. Brown would sneak by Phillips to take the runner-up spot.
Jeffrey’s second win of the season and his career in the 360 class came ahead of Brown, Phillips, Bogucki and Joey Saldana. Carson McCarl, Dylan Westbrook, Brooke Tatnell, Brock Zearfoss and Trey Starks completed the top ten. Saldana set quick time over the 48-car field, while Davey Heskin, Bogucki, Starks, Christian Bowman and Chris Martin won heat races. Jordon Mallett won the C main, and Alex Hill took the B.
“I didn’t really know,” said Jeffrey of how close Bogucki was. “I was just concentrating out front. I guess he got a couple runs on me. I was just being a little cautious in lapped traffic. I think we had a little bit in the tank there, and I was just leaving it a little bit out there. At the end of the day, I just had to put my foot down and go.”
“Sawyer did a good job,” said Brown of his racelong battle with Phillips. “I’ve known him for a long time. These young guys are getting smarter and smarter. He’s using the right lines and it’s difficult to get by sometimes. He did a phenomenal job. Scott did a good job too; I just got a good run off of two. I feel like I let us down a little qualifying. It was a C-minus for the driver tonight.”
“We had this car rolling,” said Phillips. “It felt good to get some clean laps there. We didn’t have anything for Lynton, but I think we could have stayed ahead of Brown if the right rear didn’t go down under the caution. Hopefully, we’ll be locked in for tomorrow.”
We crown a champion at the 30th Annual MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank continues on Saturday night! For tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com, and Knoxville Raceway’s Facebook and Twitter.
MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals Night #2 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 12N, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (4), 16.736; 2. 3Z, Brock Zearfoss, Jonestown, PA (17), 16.754; 3. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (8), 16.783; 4. 77X, Alex Hill, Six Nations, ONT, Can. (20), 16.833; 5. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (10), 16.838; 6. 14T, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (14), 16.852; 7. 94, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (5), 16.885; 8. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (40), 16.899; 9. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (23), 16.923; 10. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (15), 16.947; 11. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (13), 16.949; 12. 28, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (46), 16.980; 13. 83J, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (35), 17.002; 14. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (39), 17.029; 15. 47X, Dylan Westbrook, Scotland, ONT, Can. (45), 17.053; 16. 5C, Colby Copeland, Roseville, CA (32), 17.079; 17. 24D, Danny Sams III, North Port, FL (31), 17.081; 18. 55M, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (30), 17.084; 19. 53D, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (48), 17.099; 20. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (42), 17.100; 21. 37H, Matthew Howard, Lawrence, KS (1), 17.113; 22. 35P, Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (43), 17.116; 23. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (47), 17.142; 24. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (26), 17.158; 25. 20F, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA (7), 17.174; 26. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (3), 17.184; 27. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (33), 17.242; 28. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (36), 17.269; 29. 52, Blake Hahn, Sapulpa, OK (29), 17.283; 30. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (38), 17.293; 31. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (24), 17.301; 32. 28F, Davie Franek, Sussex, NJ (19), 17.360; 33. 9, James McFadden, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (37), 17.377; 34. 81A, Chris Morgan, Topeka, KS (21), 17.425; 35. 13MJ, Brandon Halverson, Jackson, MN (11), 17.490; 36. 35S, Jason Shultz, Carlisle, PA (41), 17.518; 37. 88X, Scottie McDonald, Porter, TX (16), 17.547; 38. 90, Lance Norick, Oklahoma City, OK (27), 17.732; 39. 22P, Jonathan Preston, Romulus, NY (44), 17.739; 40. 17B, Ryan Bickett, Ramona, SD (18), 17.759; 41. 14M, Jordon Mallett, Greenbrier, AR (2), 17.908; 42. 21R, Shane Hopkins, Placerville, CA (34), 18.151; 43. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (28), 18.245; 44. 22B, Jesse Baker, Grants, NM (25), 18.284; 45. 88R, Rowdy Reber, Rapid City, SD (6), 20.303; 46. DQ (No Report to Scales) 22M, Shawn Murray, Jacksonville, FL (22), 17.711; 47. 35MM, Ian Madsen, St. Mary's, NSW, Aust. (9), NT; 48. 39M, Anthony Macri, Dillsburg, PA (12), NT.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Davey Heskin (1); 2. Joey Saldana (6); 3. Sawyer Phillips (4); 4. Brooke Tatnell (5) / 5. Jason Shultz (8); 6. Ryan Bunton (7); 7. Colby Copeland (3); 8. Matthew Howard (2) / 9. Jordon Mallett (9); 10. Shawn Murray (10)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:19.7: 1. Scott Bogucki (4); 2. Josh Baughman (1); 3. Skylar Prochaska (2); 4. Brock Zearfoss (6) / 5. Jeff Swindell (5); 6. Danny Sams III (3); 7. Davie Franek (7); 8. Scottie McDonald (8) / 9. Shane Hopkins (9) DNS - 10. Ian Madsen
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:19.4: 1. Trey Starks (1); 2. Lynton Jeffrey (4); 3. Kelby Watt (2); 4. Carson McCarl (6) / 5. Terry McCarl (5); 6. James McFadden (7); 7. McKenna Haase (3); 8. Lance Norick (8) / 9. Alan Zoutte (9) DNS - 10. Anthony Macri
Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:19.7: 1. Christian Bowman (2); 2. Jack Dover (3); 3. Blake Hahn (1); 4. Clint Garner (4) / 5. Matt Juhl (5); 6. Alex Hill (6); 7. Jonathan Preston (8); 8. Chris Morgan (7) / 9. Jesse Baker (9)
Heat five (started), 8 Laps, 2:20.3: 1. Chris Martin (1); 2. Dylan Westbrook (4); 3. Brian Brown (5); 4. Josh Higday (3) / 5. Ryan Roberts (6); 6. Casey Friedrichsen (2); 7. Ryan Bickett (8); 8. Rowdy Reber (9) / 9. Brandon Halverson (7)
C main (started), 6 Laps, 1:51.5: 1. Jordon Mallett (2); 2. Brandon Halverson (1); 3. Shane Hopkins (3); 4. Jesse Baker (5) / 5. Alan Zoutte (4) DNS - 6. Shawn Murray 7. Ian Madsen 8. Anthony Macri
B main, 12 Laps, 3:38.5: 1. Alex Hill (1); 2. Terry McCarl (4); 3. Matt Juhl (5); 4. Ryan Roberts (2); 5. Jeff Swindell (3); 6. Colby Copeland (6); 7. Danny Sams III (7); 8. James McFadden (11); 9. McKenna Haase (8); 10. Davie Franek (12); 11. Jonathan Preston (18); 12. Matthew Howard (9); 13. Chris Morgan (14); 14. Rowdy Reber (20); 15. Jason Shultz (13); 16. Ryan Bickett (17); 17. Scottie McDonald (16); 18. Jordon Mallett (19); 19. Shane Hopkins (21); 20. Lance Norick (15); 21. Brandon Halverson (22); 22. Jesse Baker (23); 23. Casey Friedrichsen (10) DNS - 24. Ryan Bunton
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Lynton Jeffrey (1); 2. Brian Brown (4); 3. Sawyer Phillips (3); 4. Scott Bogucki (2); 5. Joey Saldana (8); 6. Carson McCarl (6); 7. Dylan Westbrook (10); 8. Brooke Tatnell (5); 9. Brock Zearfoss (7); 10. Trey Starks (18); 11. Clint Garner (9); 12. Davey Heskin (16); 13. Matt Juhl (23); 14. Terry McCarl (22); 15. Skylar Prochaska (13); 16. Josh Baughman (17); 17. Josh Higday (12); 18. Chris Martin (20); 19. Christian Bowman (15); 20. Alex Hill (21); 21. Ryan Roberts (24); 22. Kelby Watt (14); 23. Blake Hahn (19); 24. Jack Dover (11). Lap Leader: Jeffrey 1-20. Hard-charger: Juhl.
Saturday’s 30th Annual MyPlace Hotels Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank Lineups
A Main
1
2
Kerry Madsen
492
2
12N
Joey Saldana
489
3
17WX
Shane Golobic
486
4
14
Tim Shaffer
486
5
27
Carson McCarl
477
6
17A
Austin McCarl
475
7
21
Brian Brown
474
8
83J
Lynton Jeffrey
473
9
3Z
Brock Zearfoss
473
10
28
Scott Bogucki
472
11
3P
Sawyer Phillips
470
12
41S
Dominic Scelzi
467
13
14T
Brooke Tatnell
467
14
70
Calvin Landis
460
15
26
Cory Eliason
458
16
47X
Dylan Westbrook
457
17
83M
Justin Henderson
456
18
3
Ayrton Gennetten
453
19
35M
Tim Kaeding
450
20
87
Aaron Reutzel
449
B main
21
09
Matt Juhl
448
22
4
Terry McCarl
448
23
11
Roger Crockett
445
24
40
Clint Garner
445
25
63
JJ Hickle
443
26
77X
Alex Hill
441
27
53
Joe Beaver
440
28
18
Ryan Roberts
440
29
44S
Trey Starks
428
30
56N
Davey Heskin
428
31
66
Ricky Montgomery
426
32
35P
Skylar Prochaska
424
33
22K
Kaleb Johnson
421
34
35
Josh Higday
421
35
15
Christian Bowman
418
36
94
Jeff Swindell
418
37
15H
Sam Hafertepe Jr.
418
38
17
Josh Baughman
415
39
53D
Jack Dover
415
40
22
Ryan Leavitt
414
C Main
41
88
Kyle Offill
413
42
17W
Harli White
410
43
2M
Matt Moro
409
44
44
Chris Martin
408
45
1K
Kelby Watt
408
46
24
Garret Williamson
405
47
24N
Nathan Mills
402
48
23
Devon Dobie
401
49
52
Blake Hahn
394
50
33H
Colton Heath
392
51
5C
Colby Copeland
392
52
24D
Danny Sams III
391
53
83
Rob Kubli
389
54
69
Brady Bacon
384
55
55M
McKenna Haase
382
56
95
Matt Covington
374
57
37H
Matthew Howard
367
58
5H
Michael Faccinto
363
59
9
James McFadden
357
60
81E
Eric Bridger
353
D Main
61
5J
Jamie Ball
352
62
28F
Davie Franek
352
63
115
Nick Parker
346
64
7TAZ
Tasker Phillips
345
65
20F
Casey Friedrichsen
343
66
66D
Chase Dunham
342
67
35S
Jason Shultz
340
68
81A
Chris Morgan
339
69
4J
Lee Grosz
338
70
22P
Jonathan Preston
336
71
22X
Riley Goodno
332
72
6R
Ryan Bunton
329
73
20
AJ Moeller
329
74
88X
Scottie McDonald
325
75
4H
Cody Hansen
324
76
17B
Ryan Bickett
324
77
14B
Bailey Sucich
324
78
50Z
Zach Chappell
323
79
51A
Elliot Amdahl
323
80
13MJ
Brandon Halverson
318
E Main
81
90
Lance Norick
317
82
88R
Rowdy Reber
315
83
14M
Jordon Mallett
312
84
23M
Lance Moss
312
85
75X
JT Imperial
311
86
21R
Shane Hopkins
308
87
1B
Chelsea Blevins
307
88
1A
John Anderson
305
89
6
Jett Carney
299
90
22B
Jesse Baker
298
91
33
Alan Zoutte
284
92
6X
Frank Rodgers III
276
93
22M
Shawn Murray
273
94
35MM
Ian Madsen
269
95
4S
Adam Speckman
265
96
39M
Anthony Macri
265