Kevin Swindell won the All Stars show at Knoxville Saturday (Dave Hill Photo)
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 24th) 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 one (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.