5/21/05
Knoxville Raceway
29 410s
39 360s
410s
Ricky Logan (3rd car out to time) set quick time over the field turning a lap of 15.527 seconds. Justin Henderson (22nd car out) was second quick, followed by Matt Moro (5th), Chris Walraven (18th), Brent Antill (16th), Kerry Madsen (4th), Wayne Johnson (12th), Jesse Giannetto (17th), Eric Vanderploeg (6th) and Tim St. Arnold (7th). Neither Jerrel Slinkard or Tyler Houseman was able to get a lap of qualifying in.
Heat one (started): 1. Chad Meyer 1w (2) 2. Brian Brown 21 (1) 3. Johnson 14AJ (4) 4. St. Arnold 7w (3) 5. Mike Moore 69 (7) 6. Ryan Anderson 71R (8) / 7. Walraven 56 (5) 8. Logan 10 (6) DNS - Greg Jones 35, Slinkard 15s
Meyer wrestled the advantage from Brown in the early going and led flag to flag. Logan was running strong when he lost a power steering pump and the oil line and had to retire. Anderson wrestled the final transfer from Walraven with two to go.
Heat two (started): 1. Don Droud Jr. 17G (2) 2. Jaymie Moyle 5m (1) 3. Skip Jackson 2 (3) 4. Giannetto D1 (4) 5. Lynton Jeffrey 4AU (7) 6. Henderson D11 (6) / 7. Mike Reinke 02 (8) 8. Antill 1 (5) 9. Chris Maurer 7 (9) DNS - Tyler Houseman 50
Droud shot to the point from the outset. Jeffrey, Antill, Henderson and Reinke vied for the final two transfers. Antill held down sixth until bobbling late in the race. Henderson took advantage and grabbed the final transfer.
Heat three (started): 1. Mark Dobmeier 13 (2) 2. Calvin Landis 70 (1) 3. Moro 47 (6) 4. Madsen 55 (5) 5. Vanderploeg 7x (4) 6. Colin Northway 60 (7) / 7. Robert Bell 71 (9) 8. Clint Garner 40 (8) 9. Jon Agan 4 (3)
The original start saw Agan get sandwiched between Vanderploeg and Madsen, ending up upside down in turn two. He was uninjured. Dobmeier led the distance. Moro did a nice job of moving up, while Madsen and Vanderploeg had a nice battle for fourth. Garner dropped out while in a transfer spot.
B main (started): 1. Logan (1) 2. Garner (4) 3. Reinke (5) 4. Walraven (2) 5. Antill (3) 6. Bell (6) / 7. Maurer (7) 8. Jones (8) DNS - Agan, Slinkard, Houseman
Walraven took the early lead, but was overtaken around the halfway mark by Logan. Despite being lapped, Bell took the final transfer spot to a rare A main appearance.
A main (started): 1. Johnson (3) 2. Moro (5) 3. Madsen (4) 4. Brown (12) 5. Henderson (6) 6. St. Arnold (7) 7. Jackson (8) 8. Dobmeier (11) 9. Giannetto (2) 10. Logan (19) 11. Droud (10) 12. Vanderploeg (1) 13. Landis (14) 14. Jeffrey (16) 15. Meyer (9) 16. Northway (17) 17. Moyle (13) 18. Anderson (18) 19. Antill (23) 20. Walraven (22) 21. Bell (24) 22. Reinke (21) 23. Moore (15) 24. Garner (20)
Garner contacted something, breaking his front end on the initial start. The following try saw pole-sitter Vanderploeg get black-flagged to the tail for jumping. Johnson inherited the pole and made the most of it, leading the distance. Reinke was threatening the top ten when he came to a stop on lap nine of 20. Johnson led Moro, Madsen, Henderson and St. Arnold back to green flag racing. Reinke rejoined at the tail. Moro exited at the same time with a broken torsion arm. Meyer also surrendered a top six run when he made repairs in the work area at the same time. Johnson led the rest of the way, though his win was only .2 seconds over Moro, who was coming on strong. Logan moved up nine spots, gaining hard-charger honors.
360s
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. David Hesmer 1 (3*) 2. John Kearney 83B (5*) 3. Brett Mather 54 (1*) 4. Mitchell Alexander 6 (4) 5. Joe Beaver 53 (9*) 6. Mike Houseman Y2 (7) 7. Dan Thornburg 57T (2) 8. Rob Edwards 22 (8) 9. Davey Heskin 56x (6) 10. Dustin Selvage 7 (10)
Hesmer ducked under Mather going into turn one on the first circuit and won in impressive fashion. Kearney followed him, and Beaver moved up nicely as well.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. David Hall 51 (2*) 2. Larry Ball Jr. 5J (4*) 3. Josh Higday 24 (5*) 4. Dustin Lindquist 55L (9*) 5. Stevie Walsh 20 (3) 6. Jake Peters 57x (8) 7. Alan Zoutte 33 (1) 8. Frankie Heimbaugh 04 (7) 9. Rodney Turner 69 (10) 10. John Hall 7H (6)
Hall dominated, pulling away from Ball. Lindquist impressed in only his second appearance ever at Knoxville.
Heat three (started): 1. Jarod Smith 48 (1*) 2. Johnny Anderson 7a (4*) 3. John Schulz 2 (5*) 4. Mike Houseman Jr. Y5 (2) 5. Bronson Maeschen 96 (7) 6. Troy Meyer 11m (10) 7. Jon Corbin 33c (6) 8. Gary Moyer 5m (9) 9. Nate Van Haaften 3 (3) 10. Jerry Crabb 12x (8)
Smith and Anderson battled most of the way for the win. The track was still pretty narrow and heavy, so it was tough to pass.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Bobby Mincer 10 (1*) 2. Eric Jobe 23 (2*) 3. Eric Mason B29 (3*) 4. Dusty Zomer 1z (6*) 5. Larry Neighbors 29 (9*) 6. Rager Phillips 9 (8) 7. Nick Eastin 25 (4) 8. Eddie Leavitt Jr. F4 (5) 9. Tom Lenz 8L (7)
Mincer led flag to flag. Zomer passed two cars on the opening circuit to move into fourth. Neighbors completed a nice run and transferred to the A main.
B main (started): 1. Peters (6) 2. Alexander (1) 3. Houseman Jr. (2) 4. Maeschen (3) / 5. Phillips (7) 6. Meyer (4) 7. Heimbaugh (15) 8. Houseman (8) 9. Eastin (12) 10. Turner (17) 11. Lenz (20) 12. Corbin (11) 13. J. Hall (22) 14. Leavitt (16) 15. Thornburg (9) 16. Heskin (18) 17. Edwards (14) 18. Moyer (13) 19. Van Haaften (19) 20. Selvage (21) 21. Walsh (5) 22. Zoutte (10) DNS - Crabb
Alexander shot out to the early lead with Houseman Jr. in tow. Peters was challenging Houseman Jr. on lap two and set his sights on the leader. Walsh was running sixth when he lost his left front wheel and spun, resting on the turn one berm. He was done for the night. Alexander held off a surging Peters until the last second at the checkered flag, when Peters won a drag race down the frontstretch.
A main (started): 1. Anderson (1) 2. D. Hall (4) 3. Lindquist (8) 4. Ball (3) 5. Peters (17) 6. Schulz (10) 7. Mather (12) 8. Kearney (5) 9. Beaver (13) 10. Mincer (7) 11. Neighbors (16) 12. Houseman Jr. (19) 13. Alexander (18) 14. Jobe (11) 15. Maeschen (20) 16. Hesmer (6) 17. Smith (2) 18. Higday (9) 19. Mason (14) 20. Zomer (15)
When Mason came down the track in turn two on the initial green, contact was made with Zomer, who flipped. Higday and Smith also got together. All would retire. Peters repaired a flat as did Kearney, who also replaced a top wing. Anderson led D. Hall on the restart, and began to pull away. Hesmer got a great start and was running second at the halfway point when he lost power and coasted to a stop. D. Hall assumed second behind Anderson who won his first career feature with authority. Lindquist was on the move and disposed of Ball to secure a solid third place run. Peters earned hard-charger honors going from 17th to 5th.