Brooke Tatnell in Victory Lane after his prelim win at the 360 Nationals (Dave Hill Photo)
Bryan Hulbert - Knoxville, Iowa (August 3, 2012) Brooke Tatnell is no stranger to victory lane at the famed Knoxville Raceway, but not so much in the ASCS 360 division. That all changed on Friday night as the Australian grabbed night two of the 22n annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals.
Taking off from the third spot, the Pro Fab Engineering No. 14t would fall back one as Tony Bruce Jr. took off from the pole. Gaining a comfortable advantage from the word go, the Oil Medics No. 18 would soon be stalked by the No. 9p of Rager Phillips.
Taking the field to lap seven, Phillips would get the run for the race lead; taking the top spot on the eighth goround.
Following Phillips by the No. 18, the runner up spot would be filled by Tatnell before the caution flew on lap nine for the Hard Core Speed Shop No. 09 of Matt Juhl who came to a rest at the top of turn two. Juhl would restart as the Phillips worked high and low to hold off the charge of Brooke Tatnell on the restart.
Finding the moisture off the inside line, the Ostrich powered No. 14t would bolt into the race lead on the eleventh time around.
Racing off into slower traffic, Tatnell would pull to a sizable advantage as the fight on the track raged mid pack with Shane Stewart and Tim Shaffer on the move. Pulling just outside the top five, the battle on the speedway was for third as Tim Kaeding and Dusty Zomer went after Rager Phillips.
Clicking into the final five laps, the green stayed displayed with Brooke Tatnell continuing to pull away over the battle for the podium. Making quick work of third, Kaeding would jump into second with the Bargain Barn Tire Center No. 91 of Dusty Zomer in tow as the white flag was set to wave.
Set on cruise, Brooke Tatnell would go unchallenged to his first ASCS win at the Knoxville Raceway. Tim Kaeding would cross the line second with Dusty Zomer making up the podium. Roger Crockett would take fourth with Rager Phillips settling for fifth.
Tim Shaffer would climb from thirteenth to sixth with Shane Stewart seventh. Wayne Johnson crossed he stripe eighth with Jason Myers and Jason Johnson rounding out the top ten.
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360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order, 2 laps): 1. 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (7), 16.809; 2. 11, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (10), 16.810; 3. 81, Danny Wood, Norman, OK (18), 16.905; 4. Seth Brahmer, Wisner, NE (3), 16.911; 5. 6x, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (15), 17.035; 6. 0s, Glenn Styres, Ohsweken, ONT, Can. (2), 17.038; 7. 91, Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD (19), 17.060; 8. 10I, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (21), 17.069; 9. 77x, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (37), 17.154; 10. 21K, Lou Kennedy Jr., Winnipeg, MB, Can. (29), 17.156; 11. 2mx, Dustin Daggett, Portland, MI (17), 17.201; 12. 35AU, Jamie Veal, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (6), 17.203; 13. 14T, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (12), 17.211; 14. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (9), 17.215; 15. 7KS, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (1), 17.228; 16. 9P, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (30), 17.239; 17. 18, Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS (20), 17.242; 18. 83JR, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (5), 17.243; 19. 82, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD (42), 17.292; 20. 14x, Gary Taylor, Snohomish, WA (50), 17.342; 21. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (47), 17.373; 22. 81J, Austin Johnson, Shakopee, MN (4), 17.390; 23. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (16), 17.407; 24. 54, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (36), 17.408; 25. 83, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (38), 17.410; 26. 09, Matt Juhl, Estherville, IA (31), 17.413; 27. 4B, Jordan Boston, Crete, NE (51), 17.441; 28. 05, Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO (11), 17.477; 29. 1, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (27), 17.486; 30. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (35), 17.509; 31. 7m, Kevin Ramey, Fort Worth, TX (24), 17.516; 32. 14J, Josh Riggins, Newton, IA (14), 17.553; 33. 25, Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (26), 17.565; 34. 74x, Josh Hodges, Tijeras, NM (48), 17.594; 35. 21m, Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA (25), 17.597; 36. 32, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN (28), 17.601; 37. 0, Jonathan Allard, Chico, CA (32), 17.602; 38. 222, Koby Barksdale, Norman, OK (8), 17.603; 39. 0w, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (39), 17.603; 40. 55, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (23), 17.651; 41. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (49), 17.664; 42. 9, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (33), 17.696; 43. 17B, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (22), 17.714; 44. 21w, Wes Wofford, Alamogordo, NM (44), 17.938; 45. 83J, Geoff Ensign, Sebastopol, CA (52), 17.990; 46. 3A, AG Rains, West Memphis, AR (41), 17.996; 47. 66, Geoff Dodge, Speedway, IN (13), 18.040; 48. 97, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (34), 18.046; 49. 11n, Ed Neumeister, Upper Sandusky, OH (40), 18.086; 50. 13JM, Jordan Martens, Sioux Falls, SD (43), 18.226; / 51. 77, Dalten Gabbard, Peoria, AZ (46), 18.245; 52. 17w, Cole Wood, Auburn, CA (45), 18.422.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:19.8: 1. Jason Johnson (2) 2. Matt Juhl (1) 3. Shane Stewart (6) 4. Rager Phillips (3) / 5. Dustin Daggett (4) 6. Scott Winters (8) 7. Nate Van Haaften (9) 8. Glenn Styres (5) / 9. Kevin Ramey (7) 10. AG Rains (10)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:20.4: 1. Jordan Boston (1) 2. Tony Bruce Jr. (3) 3. Roger Crockett (6) 4. Dusty Zomer (5) / 5. Jamie Veal (4) 6. Gary Wright (9) 7. Austin Johnson (2) 8. Josh Riggins (7) / 9. Geoff Dodge (10) 10. Jonathan Allard (8)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:24.8: 1. Brad Loyet (1) 2. Tim Kaeding (3) 3. Brooke Tatnell (4) 4. Danny Wood (6) / 5. Dennis Moore Jr. (5) 6. Carson McCarl (10) 7. Dylan Peterson (7) 8. Koby Barksdale (8) 9. Josh Baughman (9) 10. Ricky Montgomery (2)
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:22.9: 1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (1) 2. Justin Henderson (3) 3. Wayne Johnson (5) 4. Jeff Swindell (8) / 5. Seth Brahmer (6) 6. Seth Bergman (4) 7. Josh Hodges (7) 8. Wes Wofford (9) / 9. Ed Neumeister (10) 10. Cap Henry (2)
Heat five (started), 8 laps, 2:22.2: 1. Johnny Herrera (1) 2. Tim Shaffer (2) 3. Gary Taylor (3) 4. Jason Meyers (7) / 5. Sheldon Haudenschild (4) 6. Kaley Gharst (6) 7. Lou Kennedy Jr. (5) 8. Trey Starks (8) / 9. Geoff Ensign (9) 10. Jordan Martens (10)
C main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Jonathan Allard (1) 2. Kevin Ramey (2) 3. Koby Barksdale (4) 4. Geoff Ensign (6) / 5. AG Rains (5) 6. Dalten Gabbard (9) 7. Cole Wood (10) 8. Ed Neumeister (7) / 9. Josh Baughman (3) 10. Geoff Dodge (8) 11. Cap Henry (1) DNS – Cap Henry, Jordan Martens
B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Kaley Gharst (2) 2. Seth Brahmer (1) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. (4) 4. Dustin Daggett (6) / 5. Glenn Styres (3) 6. Jamie Veal (7) 7. Sheldon Haudenschild (9) 8. Scott Winters (15) 9. Seth Bergman (8) 10. Jonathan Allard (21) 11. Nate Van Haaften (17) 12. Kevin Ramey (22) 13. Wes Wofford (19) 14. Geoff Ensign (24) 15. Austin Johnson (10) 16. Ricky Montgomery (11) 17. Trey Starks (16) 18. Dylan Peterson (13) 19. Koby Barksdale (23) 20. Lou Kennedy Jr. (5) 21. Gary Wright (18) 22. Josh Riggins (12) 23. Josh Hodges (14) 24. Carson McCarl (20)
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Brooke Tatnell (3) 2. Tim Kaeding (9) 3. Dusty Zomer (5) 4. Roger Crockett (7) 5. Rager Phillips (2) 6. Tim Shaffer (13) 7. Shane Stewart (8) 8. Wayne Johnson (4) 9. Jason Meyers (19) 10. Jason Johnson (12) 11. Justin Henderson (10) 12. Danny Wood (6) 13. Johnny Herrera (18) 14. Tony Bruce Jr. (1) 15. Jeff Swindell (20) 16. Kaley Gharst (21) 17. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (17) 18. Dustin Daggett (24) 19. Gary Taylor (11) 20. Brad Loyet (16) 21. Seth Brahmer (22) 22. Dennis Moore Jr. (23) 23. Jordan Boston (15) 24. Matt Juhl (14). Lap Leaders: Bruce Jr. 1-7, R. Phillips 8-10, Tatnell 11-20.
Feature Lineups for Saturday night’s 22nd Annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Nationals Championship
A main
1. Roger Crockett 486 2. Shane Stewart 482 3. Kevin Swindell 480 4. Brady Bacon 480 5. Danny Lasoski 479 6. Dusty Zomer 475 7. Jack Dover 471 8. Brooke Tatnell 470 9. Paul McMahan 467 10. Danny Wood 465 11. Wayne Johnson 464 12. Clint Garner 464 13. Jonathan Cornell 462 14. Tim Kaeding 461 15. Ryan Anderson 459 16. Rager Phillips 453 17. Brad Sweet 451 18. Randy Hannagan 448
19. Kaley Gharst 447 20. Jason Johnson 442
B main
1. Seth Brahmer 442 2. Justin Henderson 441 3. Tim Shaffer 439 4. Tony Bruce Jr. 439 5. Jesse Giannetto 434 6. Dustin Daggett 434 7. Kyle Larson 432 8. Dennis Moore Jr. 432 9. Jon Agan 430 10. Randy Martin 424 11. Tony Shilling 422 12. Terry McCarl 422 13. Brian Brown 421 14. Gary Taylor 420 15. Jake Martens 419 16. Johnny Herrera 418 17. Danny Jennings 416 18. Logan Forler 415 19. Henry Van Dam 413 20. Bobby Mincer 413
C main
1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 412 2. Glenn Styres 411 3. RJ Johnson 408 4. Brad Loyet 408 5. Jason Meyers 407 6. Jamie Veal 406 7. Jordan Boston 404 8. Matt Juhl 401 9. Sheldon Haudenschild 398 10. Tony Norem 397 11. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 396 12. Seth Bergman 393 13. Jeff Swindell 387 14. Matt Moro 387 15. Josh Higday 379 16. Lou Kennedy Jr. 376 17. Russ Hall 364
18. Austin Johnson 362 19. Ricky Montgomery 361 20. David Hall 359
D main
1. Mark Pace 356 2. Scott Winters 351 3. Matt Covington 345 4. Jac Haudenschild 345 5. Danny Smith 344 6. Kevin Ramey 344 7. Dustin Selvage 344 8. JD Johnson 343 9. Jared Horstman 334 10. Jonathan Allard 333 11. Nate Van Haaften 332 12. Dylan Peterson 331 13. Larry Howery 331 14. Davey Heskin 328 15. Josh Riggins 325 16. Joshua Hodges 322 17. Derek Hagar 321 18. Ryan Roberts 320 19. Daryn Pittman 319 20. Wes Wofford 319
E main
1. Trey Starks 319 2. Koby Barksdale 316 3. Kyle Bellm 313 4. Gary Wright 313 5. Geoff Ensign 312 6. Kevin Ingle 309 7. Cap Henry 307 8. Tasker Phillips 301 9. Alan Ambers 300 10. Carson McCarl 292 11. Thomas Kennedy 289 12. Aaron Reutzel 284 13. AG Rains 275 14. Josh Baughman 273 15. Dustin Morgan 272 16. Justin Carver 268
17. Ed Neumeister 266 18. Geoff Dodge 266 19. Lee Grosz 265 20. Shawn Peterson 254
Alternates
Jordan Martens 253
Dalten Gabbard 240
Ray Allen Kulhanek 238
Cole Wood 233
Chris Ackland 223
Alan Zoutte 217
Rick Wright Jr. 210
Joe Beaver 195