8/15/09
Knoxville Raceway
Knoxville Nationals Final Night (not really)
E main (started): 1. Bill Rose 6R (2) 2. Geoff Dodge 7m (1) 3. Mike Moore 69 (3) 4. Bob Weuve 19 (6) 5. Greg Hall 4wa (4) / 6. Jordan Goldesberry 65 (8) 7. Chris Schmelzle 57c (7) 8. Ty Bartz 46 (5) 9. Greg Nikitenko 6N (10) 10. Kevin Ingle 2K (11) 11. Matt Wasmund 4w (14) 12. Scott Uttech 3K (12) 13. Marlon Jones 9m (15) 14. Robert Bell 71 (13) 15. Pete Crall 1PC (9) DNS - Patrick Bourke 27, Brian Ellenberger 22N, Mike Benson 77, Clint Garner 40, Joey Moughan 55B, Ryan Bickett 17RB
Rose got the jump and led the 10-lapper all the way on an early night narrow track. Hall dropped back early, but was able to get back by for the fifth and final transfer. Bourke looked to break a rear-end in hot laps and did not start. Crall exited early.
D main (started): 1. Kaley Gharst 7K (1) 2. Toni Lutar 4x (2) 3. Josh Schneiderman 49 (3) / 4. John Lambertz 12L (7) 5. Josh Higday 81 (4) 6. Rob Chaney 7KX (6) 7. Kenny Jacobs 25 (10) 8. Bill Balog 17B (5) 9. Austin McCarl 17A (8) 10. Davey Heskin 56 (14) 11. Chad Meyer 4H (9) 12. Caleb Griffith 12c (13) 13. Rose (16) 14. Scott Winters 23w (15) 15. M. Moore (18) 16. Weuve (21) 17. Dodge (19) 18. Erin Crocker 59 (12) 19. Hall (20) 20. Dwight Snodgrass 20 (22) 21. Travis Rilat 2m (11) 22. Ricky Montgomery 33 (17)
Gharst led early in the 12-lapper, before something looked to break in the Montgomery machine, sending him straight into the wall. He complained of leg pain and was taken to the hospital. Rain fell during the red, resulting in about an hour rain delay. Once the track was ready for racing, it was narrow and hard to pass. Gharst led Lutar, Schneiderman, Higday and Lambertz back to green flag racing. The last seven laps saw only one change in the top five...Lambertz's pass of Higday.
C main (started): 1. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (2) 2. Billy Alley 22 (1) / 3. Ryan Anderson 71R (4) 4. Garry Brazier 1AU (3) 5. Rager Phillips 10 (7) 6. Kerry Madsen 55 (6) 7. Sammy Swindell 10s (11) 8. Cale Conley 3c (5) 9. Brandon Wimmer 7TW (9) 10. Lee Sowell 51s (8) 11. Daryn Pittman 17 (12) 12. Randy Hannagan 1x (13) 13. Lance Dewease 30c (14) 14. Cody Darrah 89 (17) 15. Don Droud Jr. 47 (15) 16. Jason Sides 7s (19) 17. Gary Lee Maier 1xx (10) 18. Lutar (21) 19. Gharst (20) 20. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (18) 21. Schneiderman (22) 22. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (16)
W. Johnson broke the 15-lap track record in the non-stop event. Alley followed as the lead pari left the rest behind on a fast track that was hard to pass on.
Another big rain hit and the B and A were postponed to Sunday, starting at 7.