Shane Stewart celebrates his victory at the 360 Nationals (Dave Hill Photo)
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.
21st 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.