6/3/06
Knoxville Raceway
Midget Nationals & 410s
40 Midgets
29 410s
Midgets
Jerry Coons Jr., Brady Bacon, Dave Darland, Bryan Clauson, Mike Hess and Brad Kuhn all locked themselves into the Midget Nationals Finale by finishing in the top six spots in the "King Doodlebug" event Friday night. Hess was not present Saturday.
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Don Droud Jr. 4 (7*) 2. Teddy Beach 125 (6*) 3. Ryan Pace 44 (5*) 4. Mike Riley 05x (4) 5. Chad McDaniel 1c (1) 6. Donnie Lehmann 31 (3) DNS - Doug DeWitt 11D (2)
Beach used an exceptional first lap to grab the lead from McDaniel. As Beach put some distance between himself and the field, Droud was on the move. He was in fourth by lap two and pressuring McDaniel by lap four, when McDaniel jumped the cushion and took a horrifying flip into turn one. The fuel tank was retrieved from Highway 14 and McDaniel was uninjured. Beach now had no one between himself and an impressive Droud, who took the lead on the restart and never looked back. Lehmann exited on lap two in a back-up car. His primary mount looked to blow a motor in hot laps.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Johnny Rodriguez 21az (4*) 2. Brad Mosen 3 (6*) 3. Tracy Hines 1 (5*) 4. Brad Loyet 05 (3) 5. Jimmy Light 49 (2) 6. Daniel Adler 50 (1) 7. Joe Boyles 7B (7)
Rodriguez shot around Light for an early lead and led the 8 lap distance. Mosen earned some passing points by shooting to second from his thrid row starting spot, and Hines provided some excitement in winning a battle for third with Loyet.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Josh Wise 20 (4*) 2. Cole Carter 7 (6*) 3. Davey Ray 91 (2) 4. Tom Hessert III (7) 5. Ryan Kaplan 27 (1) 6. Leroy Holler 29L (5) 7. Bill Allen 11m (3)
Kaplan jumped to an early lead from the pole, but soon Ray shot around the high side, taking the point on lap three. Wise, Carter, Ray and Kaplan provided a four-car party for the front. Eventually Wise would use the high side to his advantage and went on to win going away. Hessert was able to grab fourth on the last lap from Kaplan.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Bud Kaeding 38 (3*) 2. Russ Harper 9H (2*) 3. Levi Jones 21 (5*) 4. Kyle Nicholas 29 (1) 5. Andy Martin 21m (7) DNS - Harley Slotten 12 (4), Mallory Armfield 5MA (6)
Hansen shot out and led the first two circuits, but Kaeding used his patented high side to gain a lap three lead and hold it to the finish. Jones followed suit on the high side, but fell .004 of a second from getting by Harper at the finish.
Heat five (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Jay Drake 97 (6*) 2. Ryan Durst 191 (2*) 3. Garett Hood 11H (5) 4. Mike DiBart 23 (7) 5. Joe Ligouri 28 (1) 6. Darren Hagen 71 (3) 7. Michael Lewis 2 (4)
As the field entered turn one under green, Ligouri spun, collecting Hagen and Lewis, who flipped with serious airtime. All were uninjured, but done. Durst grabbed an early lead, but Drake proved to be the class of this field, grabbed a lap three advantage and sailing in a mostly single-file four-car event.
Rain fell just as B main one was getting set to start. The lineups for Sunday at 7 p.m.:
B main one: 1. Hood 2. Hessert 3. Riley 4. Nicholas 5. McDaniel 6. Kaplan 7. Lehmann 8. Holler 9. Boyles 10. DeWitt
B main two: 1. Ray 2. DiBart 3. Loyet 4. Martin 5. Light 6. Adler 7. Hagen 8. Allen 9. Armfield
410s
Skip Jackson (25th car out to time) set the standard in time trials at 15.640 on a dry surface. Kerry Madsen (10th car out) was second quick, followed by Brian Brown (7th), Tim St. Arnold (2nd), Lynton Jeffrey (6th), Billy Alley (13th), Rager Phillips (14th), Calvin Landis (27th), Wayne Johnson (16th) and Dusty Zomer (19th). Tyler Houseman failed to get a time in.
Heat one (started): 1. Jackson 2 (6) 2. Zomer 1z ( 3) 3. Jesse Giannetto D1 (2) 4. Chad Meyer 1w (1) 5. Clint Garner 40 (7) 6. Phillips 9 (4) / 7. Joe Beaver 53 (9) 8. St. Arnold 7w (5) 9. Tony Shilling 47T (8) 10. Robert Bell (10)
Giannetto took the early lead. Jackson had it dialed in on the low side and took the point from the "Bulldogg" on lap three of 8. St. Arnold spun while running seventh on lap four, bringing a caution. The restart saw Jackson leading Giannetto, Meyer, Zomer, Garner and Phillips back to green flag racing. Zomer shot around Meyer and Giannetto when the green flag fell using the cushion to lock down the runner-up spot.
Heat two (started): 1. Madsen 55 (6) 2. Landis 70 (4) 3. Bronson Maeschen 96 (1) 4. Jeffrey 12 (5) 5. Jerrel Slinkard 15s (2) 6. Ricky Logan 5J (3) / 7. Trevor Green 11AU (7) 8. Jerry Richert Jr. 55K (9) 9. Natalie Sather 94s (8) DNS - Tyler Houseman 50
Maeschen grabbed the early lead using the low side. Logan had a rough start and quickly fell out of the top six in the vacationing Larry Ball Jr. machine. Madsen was on a mission, with Landis in tow. Landis battled Maeschen before taking second on the final circuit. Logan also waited until the last lap to capture the final transfer from Green.
Heat three (started): 1. Johnson 10 (4) 2. Matt Moro 47 (1) 3. Brown 21 (6) 4. Kaley Gharst 44G (7) 5. Alley 17G (5) 6. Mike Moore 69 (8) / 7. Ryan Anderson 71R (3) 8. Greg Jones 3J (9) 9. Randy Anderson 81 (2)
Moro grabbed an early lead and held it until a drag race with Johnson coming for the checkers resulted in Johnson snatching victory by .022 seconds. One caution slowed the affair when Ryan and Randy Anderson conflicted in turn four on lap seven. The result was Ra. Anderson leaving on a hook after contacting the wall. Ra. Anderson's misfortune smiled on Moore who grabbed the final transfer.
Rain postponed the remaining events to Sunday at 7 p.m. The lineups:
B main (2 to transfer): 1. St. Arnold 2. Ry. Anderson 3. Ra. Anderson 4. Green 5. Shilling 6. Sather 7. Beaver 8. Richert 9. Jones 10. Bell 11. Houseman
A main: 1. Johnson 2. Landis 3. Phillips 4. Alley 5. Jeffrey 6. Brown 7. Madsen 8. Jackson 9. Zomer 10. Logan 11. Giannetto 12. Slinkard 13. Meyer 14. Maeschen 15. Moro 16. Garner 17. Gharst 18. Moore
6/4/06* Knoxville
Midget Nationals Results
B main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. 71, Darren Hagen, Riverside, CA (12) 2. 91, Davey Ray, Davenport, IA (2) 3. 5, Tom Hessert III, Cherry Hill, NJ (3) 4. o5, Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO (6) 5. 7B, Joe Boyles, Greenwood, MO (11) 6. 29, Kyle Nicholas, Naples, FL (5) / 7. 50, Daniel Adler, East Carondelet, IL (10) 8. 31, Donnie Lehmann, Springfield, IL (9) 9. 11m, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (14) 10. 21m, Andy Martin, Gordonville, PA (8) 11. 11D, Doug DeWitt, Sunnyvale, CA (13) 12. 27, Ryan Kaplan, Chico, CA (7) 13. 11H, Garett Hood, Concordia, KS (1) 14. 23, Mike DiBart, Springfield, IL (4)
A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. 38, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA (10) 2. 991, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (3) 3. 74, Brad Kuhn, Avon, IN (2) 4. 9H, Russ Harper, Watkins, CO (14) 5. 4, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (6) 6. Kyle Nicholas (24) 7. 97, Jay Drake, Val Verde, CA (7) 8. 44, Ryan Pace, Arroyo Grande, CA (16) 9. 3, Brad Mosen, Auckland, NZ (14) 10. 21, Levi Jones, Olney, IL (18) 11. 11, Jerry Coons Jr., Tucson, AZ (5) 12. 1, Tracy Hines, New Castle, IN (17) 13. 125, Teddy Beach, Donnelsville, OH (11) 14. Joe Boyles (23) 15. Brad Loyet (22) 16. Darren Hagen (19) 17. 67, Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN (1) 18. Davey Ray (20) 19. 20, Josh Wise, Riverside, CA (9) 20. Donnie Lehmann (27, pr.) 21. 9, Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN (4) 22. 7, Cole Carter, Brownsburg, IN (13) 23. Andy Martin (25, pr.) 24. Garett Hood (26, pr.) 25. Tom Hessert III (21) 26. 191, Ryan Durst, Lincoln, NE (15) 27. 21az, Johnny Rodriguez, Elk Grove, CA (8). Lap Leaders: Kuhn 1-14; Bacon 15-20; Kaeding 21-25.
410 Results
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. 55, Kerry Madsen, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (7) 2. 10, Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma City, OK (1) 3. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (6) 4. 17G, Billy Alley, Lincoln, NE (4) 5. 2, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (8) 6. 5J, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (10) 7. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (16) 8. 47, Matt Moro, Ankeny, IA (15) 9. 1z, Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD (5) 10. 96, Bronson Maeschen, Knoxville, IA (14) 11. 11AU, Trevor Green, Adelaide, SA, Aust. (20) 12. 9, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (3) 13. 7w, Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines, IA (19) 14. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (2) 15. 15s, Jerrel Slinkard, Melcher-Dallas, IA (12) 16. D1, Jesse Giannetto, Palo, IA (11) 17. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (18) 18. 3J, Greg Jones, Earlham, IA (22) 19. 71, Robert Bell, Colfax, IA (23) 20. 47T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (21) 21. 1w, Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls, SD (13) 22. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust./Prairie City, IA (5) DNS – 44G, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL. Lap leaders: Landis 1-15; Madsen 16-20.