Brian Brown celebrates his prelim win at the Knoxville Nationals (Rob Kocak Photo)
Bryan Hulbert / Bill Wright - KNOXVILLE, Ia. (August 8, 2013) It didn’t take Brian Brown long to get to the front of the field in Friday’s Casey’s General Stores qualifying night feature, as the Casey’s/FVP No. 21 shot to the point exiting low in turn two on Roger Crockett on a Lap 2 restart.
“Man I’m so happy,” said an elated Brian Brown in Knoxville Victory Lane. “I was so nervous going into tonight. I didn’t want to let all those people down that thought we were supposed to be up here down.”
Pulling Kerry Madsen into the runner up spot, the duo began dicing for the lead as the caution displayed on Lap 3.
At speed, Madsen put the Keneric Racing No. 29 to the cushion with Brown able to throw the block. Battling back after falling back to fifth, second starting Scott Winters pulled to third on Lap 4 while Brown opened his advantage to 1.332 seconds.
Slowing again on Lap 8 for the stalled No. 4A of Jon Agan, the restart saw Brown work the hub with Madsen again railing the cushion. Producing a run down the back straight, Madsen dove for the lead through turns three and four; sliding across the nose of Brown’s No. 21. Giving the Grain Valley, Mo. shoe just enough room to drive across the racing surface, Brown reclaimed the lead at the line.
Closing on slower traffic on Lap 15, the advantage stood at 0.742 seconds with traffic allowing Madsen to make up four-tenths by Lap 19 as the pair began pulling slide jobs on the back markers in a high speed game of cat and mouse.
Pulling as close as two-tenths on Brown, traffic would finally clear with two laps to run, giving Brian Brown enough room to pull to a 0.812 second advantage at the checkered flag, putting the FVP No. 21 outside the front row of Saturday’s 50 lap feature event, next to Joey Saldana who place fifth in the night’s feature event.
Kerry Madsen held onto second and earned the eighth starting spot in Saturday’s feature event. “Obviously disappointed to not get the job done there, but the reality is, I should have good points for Saturday night, and it’s a far cry from where we were at this point,” commented Madsen on his runner up finish.
Kevin Swindell came from sixth to complete the podium; his fifth in as many starts in the Southern Iowa Speedweek. “I really thought I was going to steal one from them in traffic ‘cause I was the only one down on the bottom that was kinda rolling good. Just slipped there once, but we’ve run five nights with five podiums, and a win, so I’m excited to be locked into this deal and go in with a little momentum.”
Swindell will roll from the ninth starting spot in Saturday’s FVP Knoxville Nationals championship feature.
Roger Crockett held on to fourth with the night’s quick timer, Joey Saldana, advancing from eighth. Coming from the B-Feature, Cody Darrah clawed from twenty-second to sixth. After moving back into the top three early on, Scott Winters faded to seventh with Craig Dollansky, Terry McCarl, and Stevie Smith completing the top ten.
Friday’s program will again provide drivers a chance to race into Saturday’s feature event, giving the top four in Friday’s A-Main a chance at rows nine and ten in Saturday’s 50 lap feature event.
Hot Laps Friday, August 9 are scheduled to begin at 7:15 P.M. (CDT). For news, updates, and further information, log onto http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 71m, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (7), 15.387; 2. 96, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (14), 15.397; 3. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (19), 15.443; 4. 6BR, Bill Rose, Plainfield, IN (4), 15.477; 5. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (10), 15.478; 6. 4, Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA (11), 15.493; 7. 24R, Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA (27), 15.521; 8. 71s, Kevin Swindell, Bartlett, TN (8), 15.539; 9. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (34), 15.555; 10. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aus (6), 15.582; 11. 13v, Seth Brahmer, Wisner, NE (15), 15.604; 12. 29, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust (49), 15.616; 13. 19s, Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, OK (32), 15.617; 14. 82, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN (31), 15.621; 15. 11c, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (2), 15.625; 16. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (36), 15.641; 17. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (37), 15.665; 18. 45, Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh, PA (39), 15.667; 19. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (42), 15.683; 20. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (24), 15.746; 21. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (23), 15.769; 22. 59, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (25), 15.778; 23. 71J, R.J. Johnson, Tampa, FL (47), 15.824; 24. 20K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (18), 15.826; 25. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (45), 15.861; 26. 9P, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (26), 15.874; 27. 4s, Danny Smith, Chillicothe, OH (17), 15.898; 28. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (29), 15.914; 29. 80, Trey Gustin, West Union, OH (16), 15.953; 30. 74x, Josh Hodges, Tijeras, NM (5), 15.954; 31. 23K, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (22), 16.007; 32. 28, Brian Paulus, Mooresville, IN (51), 16.008; 33. 17B, Bill Balog, Hartland, WI (9), 16.016; 34. 27, Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA (44), 16.036; 35. 4A, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (40), 16.056; 36. 17, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (46), 16.065; 37. 14AJ, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (30), 16.086; 38. 88, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (13), 16.093; 40. 1B, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (53), 16.292; 41. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (52), 16.327; 42. 1K, Chris Shirek, Thompson, ND (50), 16.328; 43. 1s, Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (3), 16.346; 44. 44w, Austen Wheatley, Lake Stevens, WA (43), 16.353; 45. 23, Jimmy Light, West Springfield, PA (28), 16.388; 46. 7G, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (21), 16.395; 47. 83, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (12), 16.429; 48. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (38), 16.586; 49. 21x, Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN (41), 16.621; 50. 1x, Tony Bruce Jr., Owasso, OK (48), 16.702; 51. 01, Paul Morris, Gold Coast, QLD, Aus (33), 16.829; 52. 71, Robert Bell, Colfax, IA (1), NT; 53. 93H, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (20), NT.
Heat one (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Jack Dover (1); 2. Mark Dobmeier (4); 3. Craig Dollansky (5); 4. Joey Saldana (8) / 5. Cody Darrah (7); 6. Rager Phillips (3); 7. Rob Kubli (2); 8. AJ Moeller (9) / 9. Seth Brahmer (6); 10. Kaley Gharst (10)
Heat two (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Wayne Johnson (1); 2. Kerry Madsen (6); 3. Jac Haudenschild (4); 4. Brian Paulus (2) / 5. Dusty Zomer (5); 6. Tim Shaffer (10); 7. Rico Abreu (7); 8. Chris Shirek (9) / 9. Danny Smith (3); 10. Bronson Maeschen (8)
Heat three (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Stevie Smith (6); 2. Steve Kinser (8); 3. Bill Balog (2); 4. Kevin Swindell (7) / 5. Danny Holtgraver (5); 6. R.J. Johnson (4); 7. Logan Schuchart (9); 8. Mike Moore (10) / 9. Jarrod Schneiderman (1); 10. Ryan Bunton (3)
Heat four (started), 10 laps, 2:45.0: 1. Terry McCarl (5); 2. Brian Brown (7); 3. Scott Winters (6); 4. Brad Loyet (1) / 5. Lance Dewease (2); 6. Thomas Kennedy (4); 7. Austen Wheatley (9); 8. Bryan Clauson (10) / 9. Trey Gustin (3); 10. Bill Rose (8)
Heat five (started), 10 laps, 2:46.9: 1. Robby Wolfgang (1); 2. Jon Agan (2); 3. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (5); 4. Roger Crockett (6) / 5. Danny Lasoski (8); 6. Brooke Tatnell (7); 7. Josh Hodges (3); 8. Greg Wilson (4) / 9. Tony Bruce Jr. (10); 10. Jimmy Light (9)
C main (started), 8 laps, 2:15.1: 1. Bronson Maeschen (1); 2. Tony Bruce Jr. (7); 3. Bill Rose (2); 4. Kaley Gharst (3) / 5. Danny Smith (4); 6. Jimmy Light (8); 7. Trey Gustin (6); 8. Paul Morris (5); DNS - Seth Brahmer, Ryan Bunton, Jarrod Schneiderman, Robert Bell, Sheldon Haudenschild
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:27.4: 1. Danny Lasoski (1); 2. Cody Darrah (2); 3. Rico Abreu (3); 4. Dusty Zomer (5) / 5. Brooke Tatnell (4); 6. Danny Holtgraver (6); 7. Rager Phillips (10); 9. R.J. Johnson (7); 10. Greg Wilson (9); 11. Lance Dewease (13); 12. Tony Bruce Jr. (22); 13. Josh Hodges (11); 14. Logan Schuchart (16); 15. Austen Wheatley (17); 16. Bill Rose (23); 17. Bryan Clauson (20); 18. Rob Kubli (12); 19. Kaley Gharst (24); 20. Mike Moore (19); 21. AJ Moeller (14); 22. Chris Shirek (15); 23. Tim Shaffer (18); 24. Bronson Maeschen (21);
A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Brian Brown (5); 2. Kerry Madsen (4); 3. Kevin Swindell (6); 4. Roger Crockett (1); 5. Joey Saldana (8); 6. Cody Darrah (22); 7. Scott Winters (2); 8. Craig Dollansky (9); 9. Terry McCarl (10); 10. Stevie Smith (3); 11. Danny Lasoski (21); 12. Wayne Johnson (18); 13. Dusty Zomer (24); 14. Mark Dobmeier (12); 15. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (11); 16. Jack Dover (17); 17. Steve Kinser (7); 18. Jac Haudenschild (13); 19. Bill Balog (15); 20. Brad Loyet (19); 21. Rico Abreu (23); 22. Robby Wolfgang (20); 23. Brian Paulus (14); 24. Jon Agan (16). Lap Leaders: K. Swindell 1-2, Brown 3-25. Hard-charger: Darrah.
Combined Points and Lineups
Saturday A main
1. 71m, Joey Saldana 483
2. 21, Brian Brown 481
3. 57, Shane Stewart 481
4. 1D, Justin Henderson 481
5. 49K, Brad Sweet 480
6. 51, Paul McMahan 477
7. 6, David Gravel 474
8. 29, Kerry Madsen 473
9. 71s, Kevin Swindell 473
10. 4, Cody Darrah 468
11. 9, Daryn Pittman 464
12. 11, Steve Kinser 461
13. 33, Danny Lasoski 460
14. 19s, Stevie Smith 458
15. 11c, Roger Crockett 457
16. 39, Greg Hodnett 457
Saturday B main
1. 12, Lynton Jeffrey 457
2. 82, Scott Winters 456
3. 7s, Jason Sides 456
4. 15, Donny Schatz 456
5. 83JR, Tim Kaeding 450
6. 7, Craig Dollansky 450
7. 24, Terry McCarl 448
8. 18, Ian Madsen 433
9. 91, Dusty Zomer 432
10. 13, Mark Dobmeier 431
Drivers re-qualifying on Friday
47, Don Droud Jr. 430
24R, Rico Abreu 430
15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr. 428
11N, Randy Hannagan 428
41, Jason Johnson 426
49, Josh Schneiderman 421
94, Jeff Swindell 419
56, Davey Heskin 419
59, Jac Haudenschild 418
9w, Brandon Wimmer 416
1KL, Kyle Larson 410
55, Brooke Tatnell 409
14AJ, Wayne Johnson 406
17, Jack Dover 400
11K, Kraig Kinser 397
99, Brady Bacon 396
55XM, James McFadden 395
17B, Bill Balog 394
45, Danny Holtgraver 394
7K, Dustin Selvage 394
35, Skylar Prochaska 390
1, Sammy Swindell 388
6BR, Bill Rose 387
45x, Johnny Herrera 386
28, Brian Paulus 385
4A, Jon Agan 383
1B, Robby Wolfgang, 380
19, Bob Weuve 379
o5L, Brad Loyet 377
20K, Thomas Kennedy 375
71J, RJ Johnson 375
96, Bronson Maeschen 375
9P, Rager Phillips 373
54, Cap Henry 372
48, Danny Dietrich 371
2B, Dale Blaney 365
W20, Greg Wilson 363
0, Jonathan Allard 362
7TAZ, Tasker Phillips 361
17A, Austin McCarl 359
27, Lance Dewease 352
74x, Josh Hodges 350
2L, Ed Lynch Jr. 348
1a, Jacob Allen 345
63, Chad Kemenah 344
19M, Brent Marks 341
13v, Seth Brahmer 340
23K, Rob Kubli 338
10V, Glen Saville 324
1s, Logan Schuchart 322
44w, Austen Wheatley 318
17w, Cole Wood 316
4s, Danny Smith 316
40, Caleb Helms 313
20, AJ Moeller 309
80, Trey Gustin 308
2s, Lee Sowell 307
1x, Tony Bruce Jr. 306
2m, Matt Moro 306
1K, Chris Shirek 305
21x, Bryan Clauson 301
6R, Ryan Bunton 301
83, Tim Shaffer 299
7G, Kaley Gharst 297
69, Mike Moore 297
20PK, Ron Krysl 291
93, Dustin Morgan 286
88, Jarrod Schneiderman 282
2K, Kevin Ingle 276
23, Jimmy Light 275
12P, TJ Peterson 271
16, Dustin Clark 269
45J, Mark Johnson 261
01, Paul Morris 236
71, Robert Bell 223
93H, Sheldon Haudenschild 216