7/18/09
Knoxville Raceway
30 410s
33 360s
20 305s
410s
Seth Brahmer (5th car out to time) set quick time for the first time in his career at 15.188 seconds. Josh Schneiderman (3rd car out) was second quick, followed by Brian Brown (9th), Don Droud Jr. (16th), Johnny Herrera (23rd), Calvin Landis (10th), Bronson Maeschen (26th), Jesse Giannetto (30th), Chad Meyer (4th) and Pete Crall (8th). Lynton Jeffrey had issues timing in 30th and went home to get a different car.
Heat one (started): 1. Skip Jackson 2 (1) 2. Davey Heskin 56 (2) 3. Maeschen 1 (4) 4. Droud Jr. 47 (5) 5. Josh Higday 81 (7) / 6. Crall 1PC (3) 7. Geoff Dodge 7m (9) 8. Ricky Montgomery 33 (10) 9. Mike Moore 69 (8) 10. Brahmer 13v (6)
Brahmer stopped while running sixth on lap four and exited. Jackson led the 8-lap duration.
Heat two (started): 1. Herrera 2w (5) 2. Chris Morgan 7c (1) 3. Rager Phillips 10 (2) 4. Kaley Gharst 7K (3) 5. Giannetto D1 (4) / 6. Caleb Griffith 12c (7) 7. Schneiderman 49 (6) 8. Ryan Anderson 71R (9) 9. Derek Ingalls 91 (8) 10. Jordan Goldesberry 65 (10)
Goldesberry took a rough ride down the frontstretch after launching over a sideways Ingalls before a lap could be completed. Herrera took the lead from Morgan with two to go.
Heat three (started): 1. Dusty Zomer 17G (2) 2. Bob Weuve 19 (1) 3. Brown 21 (6) 4. Meyer 4 (4) 5. Billy Alley 22 (8) / 6. Landis 70 (5) 7. Austin McCarl 17A (3) 8. Tony Shilling 2T (9) 9. Mark Dobmeier 13 (7) DNS - Lynton Jeffrey 24
Zomer led flag to flag. Dobmeier got sideways in turn three and backed into the wall. The damage was enough to retire. Brown and Meyer had a good battle for third in the late stages.
B main (started): 1. Schneiderman (2) 2. Jeffrey 24x (11) 3. Landis (3) 4. Dobmeier (7) 5. Brahmer (1) / 6. Ry. Anderson (9) 7. Moore (6) 8. Dodge (8) 9. Crall (4) 10. McCarl (5) 11. Shilling (10) DNS - Griffith, Ingalls, Montgomery, Goldesberry
McCarl and Crall both stopped with mechanical issues. Schneiderman held off Jeffrey, who impressed from the tail.
A main (started): 1. Herrera (10) 2. Maeschen (9) 3. Zomer (3) 4. Jackson (2) 5. Heskin (5) 6. Droud Jr. (11) 7. Morgan (1) 8. Brown (12) 9. Dobmeier (19) 10. Jeffrey (17) 11. Phillips (4) 12. Weuve (13) 13. Schneiderman (16) 14. Landis (18) 15. Higday (14) 16. Brahmer (20) 17. Alley (15) 18. Gharst (6) 19. Meyer (7) 20. Giannetto (8)
Meyer got sideways and flipped in turn three before a lap could be completed. Giannetto and Brown could not avoid the accident, and Giannetto retired with damage. Brown replaced both wings and restarted at the tail. Zomer jumped out to a large lead early in the 20-lapper. Soon, Heskin was by Jackson and Morgan into second. On lap 12, the only caution of the race came out for a stopped Higday, who was running solidly in the top ten. The restart saw Zomer ahead of Heskin, Herrera, Jackson and a surging Maeschen. Herrera worked his way by Heskin, but no one had anything for Zomer, who continued to pull away. On lap 19, his brakes locked up in turn four, and he began to fishtail down the frontstretch. Herrera and Maeschen went by the hapless machine to finish one/two, while Zomer held on for third. Herrera's 15th career Knoxville win earned $3000 for the win, $300 for hard-charger, and half a beef, the customary winner's share during the Marion County Fair.
360s
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Tasker Phillips 7TAZ (2*) 2. Chad Humston 1m (4*) 3. Jon Corbin 4 (3*) 4. Ricky Logan 10a (6*) 5. Johnny Anderson 2a (8*) 6. Jay Russell 76 (7) 7. Rod Richards 12 (1) 8. Alan Zoutte 33 (9) 9. Glen Hunt G74 (5)
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Clint Garner 40 (4*) 2. Dennis Moore Jr. 20 (3*) 3. Jonathan Cornell 28 (2*) 4. Gregg Bakker 11x (8*) 5. Ryan Roberts 18 (5) 6. Ricky Montgomery 9m (7) 7. Bryan Dobesh 10 (6) 8. Brett Milburn 77 (1)
A really stout heat provided a lot of action from beginning to finish. Garner grabbed the lead from Cornell on lap three and pulled away.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Dustin Selvage 7 (1*) 2. Jon Agan 54 (2*) 3. Matt Moro 2m (3*) 4. RJ Johnson 71 (6*) 5. Tyler Thompson 48 (4) 6. Brad Foster 00 (5) 7. Chad Heimbaugh 04 (7) DNS - Don Young 75
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Brooke Tatnell 14B (2*) 2. Nate Van Haaften 3 (4*) 3. Randy Martin 14 (6*) 4. Dave Hall 51 (5) 5. Tom Lenz 8L (3) 6. Nate Mosher 22N (8) 7. Josh Padellford 34 (7) 8. Mike Houseman Jr. Y2 (1)
Tatnell returned in the Nelso 14 and had no challengers.
B main (started): 1. Roberts (2) 2. D. Hall (1) 3. Lenz (4) 4. Russell (6) / 5. Thompson (3) 6. Padellford (10) 7. Richards (9) 8. Young (15) 9. Montgomery (7) 10. Milburn (12) 11. Zoutte (13) 12. Hunt (14) 13. Mosher (5) 14. Foster (8) 15. Heimbaugh (11) DNS - Dobesh, Houseman Jr.
Heimbaugh tipped over before a lap could be completed. D. Hall led early in the 12-lapper before a lap three crash involving Mosher and Foster. Mosher turned over hard, and Foster became entangled. The car launched over the turn four wall, taking out several billboards. The safety crew made the trip outside the raceway, but both drivers were uninjured in the incident. Zoutte and Hunt were involved in another incident on lap seven, resulting in a Hunt tipover. On lap eight, Roberts took the lead from D. Hall in a good racelong battle. Russell and Thompson also dueled for the last transfer, and Russell grabbed the spot after the last restart.
A main (started): 1. Logan (1) 2. Moore Jr. (6) 3. Selvage (8) 4. Garner (12) 5. Martin (5) 6. Anderson (16) 7. Bakker (4) 8. Cornell (13) 9. Humston (9) 10. Corbin (2) 11. D. Hall (18) 12. Moro (14) 13. Van Haaften (7) 14. Roberts (17) 15. RJ Johnson (15) 16. Russell (20) 17. Lenz (19) 18. Phillips (11) 19. Agan (3) 20. Tatnell (10)
Logan pulled away early and left the rest behind in the 15-lapper. Agan moved into second, but soon had company in Moore Jr. Garner advnaced in a hurry, and was in third at the midway point, with Martin fourth. Tatnell was running seventh, when he came to rest with two laps to go. Agan also suffered problems. The restart saw Logan ahead of Moore Jr., Garner, Martin and Selvage. Logan went low to block any Moore Jr. sliders and collected his fifth career 360 feature, and Selvage passed both Martin and Garner to move to the podium. Anderson was the hard-charger.
305s
Heat one (started): 1. Bob Hildreth 55KC (1) 2. Tim St. Arnold 7s (4) 3. Nate Ross R99 (2) 4. Steve Palmer 2 (3) 5. Dave Saffell 3K (6) 6. Mark Johnson 45 (5) 7. Dave Anderson 53 (8) 8. Marty Stephenson 36 (7) 9. Earl Tice 2T (10) 10. Bob Lamb 47 (9)
Heat two (started): 1. Mitchell Alexander 6 (1) 2. Johnny Anderson 66 (3) 3. Tasker Phillips 7 (2) 4. Mark Widmar 7w (4) 5. Matthew Stelzer 99 (5) 6. Rob Kubli 23K (7) 7. Matt Stephenson 55 (9) 8. Chris Maurer 55x (6) 9. Steve Breazeale 1 (10) 10. Dustin Clark 16 (8)
A main (started): 1. St. Arnold (10) 2. Matt Stephenson (14) 3. J. Anderson (9) 4. Widmar (5) 5. Alexander (11) 6. Palmer (6) 7. Clark (20) 8. Breazeale (18) 9. Stelzer (3) 10. Hildreth (12) 11. D. Anderson (13) 12. Marty Stephenson (15) 13. Maurer (16) 14. Johnson (2) 15. Lamb (19) 16. Saffell (4) 17. Tice (17) 18. Ross (8) DQ (Weight) - Phillips (7, crossed 2nd); (Weight) - Kubli (1, crossed 3rd)
After Marty Stephenson spun and Ross suffered a broken front axle after contact with another competitor, Kubli led early in the 12-lapper. Five laps were in the books when Marty Stephenson stopped in turn four. Kubli led a surging St. Arnold, a charging Matt Stephenson, Stelzer and Phillips back to green flag racing. St. Arnold worked his way by on teh restart, but his lead was erased on lap 11, when Saffell tipped over in turn one. The two lap dash to the finish was exciting with St. Arnold and Kubli exchanging the lead with two to go. Phillips was right there in third and ready to pounce. On the white flag lap, Phillips edged ahead for the lead. Entering turn three, St. Arnold slid to go for the lead. Phillips had to get on the binders, and St. Arnold crossed first. In the end, the second and third place finishers failed to make weight, while the winner was right on the 1550 pound limit.