8/8/09
Knoxville Raceway
360 Nationals Finale and 410s
81 360s
42 410s
360s
E main (started): 1. Alan Zoutte 33 (1) 2. Jody Rosenboom 27 (2) 3. Justin Zimmerman K9 (3) 4. Joe Beaver 53 (6) 5. Kevin Ingle 2K (4) 6. Don Droud Jr. 2J (9) 7. Josh Padellford 34 (12) 8. Ryan Bickett 17B (7) 9. Ray Allen Kulhanek 5* (11) 10. Corey Moore 17c (8) 11. Brian Parker 9 (5) / 12. Steven Cross 19s (13) 13. Tyler Godwin 4c (10) DNS - Ricky Montgomery 9m, Tommy Bryant 85, Butch Hanssen 8K, Seth Bergman 23, Danny Smith 5$, Chad Meyer 1w, Tim Newman 18v, Darren Long 7L, Rod Richards 12, Kyle McCutcheon 5, Gavin Punch 81au, Chad Heimbaugh 04, Brandon Schure 21TX, Steven Richardson 72, Travis Porter 31P, Joe Miller 78, Dustin Selvage 7
Zoutte led flag to flag in the 8-lapper on a relatively narrow track. Godwin dropped from the event on lap three. The top eleven transferred to the D.
D main (started): 1. Paul McMahan 3D (2) 2. Randy Martin 14 (1) 3. Sean McClelland 1s (3) 4. Chad Humston 1m (5) 5. Kyle Sager 20KS (7) / 6. Wade Nygaard 9N (4) 7. JD Johnson 98 (6) 8. Beaver (15) 9. Robby Wolfgang 1a (11) 10. Brad Barickman 34B (10) 11. Kulhanek (20) 12. Droud Jr. (17) 13. Zimmerman (14) 14. Zoutte (12) 15. Bickett (19) 16. Jay Russell 76 (9) 17. Padellford (18) 18. Ingle (16) 19. C. Moore (21) 20. Parker (22) 21. Jesse Hockett 13 (8) 22. Rosenboom (13) DNS - Greg Wilson w20, Joe McCarthy 19, Gary Taylor 91, Scott Winters 23w, Clint Garner 40, Tasker Phillips 7TAZ, Brad Foster 00, Thomas Kennedy 20K, Lee Sowell 51s
McMahan led flag to flag. Hockett's tough weekend continued when he dropped out early. Sager did a nice job taking the fifth and final final transfer from Nygaard, while good charges were put on by Beaver and Kulhanek.
C main (started): 1. Jonathan Cornell 28 (2) 2. Justin Henderson 99JR (6) / 3. Matt Moro 2m (10) 4. Brady Bacon 99 (1) 5. McMahan (17) 6. Lee Grosz 4J (5) 7. Humston (20) 8. Austen Wheatley 44w (4) 9. Kenneth Walker 2w (7) 10. Dave Hall 51 (8) 11. Russ Hall 29T (15) 12. Henry Van Dam 23n (16) 13. Sager (21) 14. Nygaard (22) 15. RJ Johnson 71 (13) 16. Tayler Malsam 26 (14) 17. Brent Kronfuss 9K (12) 18. Chad Corken 11 (9) 19. Martin (18) 20. Jon Corbin 4x (11) 21. Ryan Roberts 18 (3) 22. McClelland (19) DNS - Kenny Jacobs 6K, Zach Chappell 50z, Don Young 75, Ben Gregg 22B
Cornell took an early lead he would never surrender. The first half of the 12-lapper saw good racing between Henderson and Bacon for the final transfer. On lap six, Roberts stopped without brakes and retired. The restart saw Cornell ahead of Henderson, Bacon, Wheatley and Walker. Two laps later, Martin stopped bringing out the only other caution. McMahan needed at least one more restart to threaten a transfer spot, but was fun to watch move forward 12 spots, as was Humston.
B main (started): 1. Matt Covington 95 (4) 2. Brad Sweet 91E (2) 3. Kaley Gharst 7K (5) 4. Johnny Herrera 45x (6) / 5. Tim Crawley 88 (3) 6. Austin Alumbaugh 33A (1) 7. Ricky Logan 10a (9) 8. Henderson (22) 9. Gary Wright 9x (11) 10. Ryan Anderson 71R (12) 11. Dale Blaney 6B (10) 12. Cornell (21) 13. Eric Baldaccini 4 (7) 14. Jon Agan 54 (14) 15. Dusty Zomer 17G (15) 16. Nate Mosher 22N (13) 17. Lou Kennedy Jr. 21K (8) 18. Danny Heskin 6 (17) 19. Austin McCarl 17 (19) 20. Nate Van Haaften 3 (18) 21. Rager Phillips 9P (16) 22. Dennis Moore Jr. 20 (20)
Van Haaften and Moore Jr. contacted when the green fell, with the wall involved as well. Van Haaften would return. The second try was a charm and Covington headed above the cushion to drive around the front row and take the lead in the non-stop 15-lapper. Alumbaugh was able to hang in a transfer spot the first half of the race. Sweet moved into second about lap five, with Gharst following into third shortly after. Herrera made the pass of Alumbaugh for the final transfer with around three laps to go.
A main (started): 1. Terry McCarl 24 (2) 2. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (4) 3. Billy Alley 22 (1) 4. Jason Johnson 41 (7) 5. Brian Brown 21 (9) 6. Travis Rilat 29 (11) 7. Jack Dover 53D (18) 8. Gregg Bakker 11x (10) 9. Gharst (23) 10. Tony Bruce Jr. 18T (3) 11. Johnny Anderson 2a (12) 12. Kevin Ramey 7m (15) 13. Herrera (24) 14. Sweet (22) 15. Garry Lee Maier 1x (20) 16. Chuck Swenson X (17) 17. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 15 (8) 18. Cale Conley 3c (14) 19. Davey Heskin 56 (13) 20. Shane Stewart 57 (6) 21. Danny Wood 94 (16) 22. Bronson Maeschen 1 (5) 23. Dustin Daggett 2mx (19) 24. Covington (21)
McCarl shot out to an early lead in the 25-lapper over Alley, and Stewart, who surged to third on the first lap. W. Johnson regained his poise and passed Stewart for third before the move was negated by a lap five slowdown for Daggett, who spun and smacked the wall, collecting Covington. The restart saw T. McCarl ahead of Alley, Stewart, W. Johnson and Hafertepe. McCarl was back in traffic with Alley in pursuit. Alley seemed to gain on an open track, but T. McCarl did well to get through traffic, at one time splitting two cars. Hafertepe gained momentum and passed Stewart for fourth. Stewart jumped the cushion on lap 20 and flipped in turn three. He was unhurt. Conley and Dav. Heskin were disqualified for passing the accident scene under red. The restart saw McCarl have a clean track with five laps to go in front of Alley, W. Johnson, Hafertepe, who would retire shortly thereafter, and J. Johnson. W. Johnson slid in front of Alley on the restart and the pair went back and forth the last several laps, while T. McCarl pulled away for $10,000, his third 360 Nationals title, and his fifth win in a row in the last week.
410s
Cody Darrah (28th car out to time) set quick time at 15.307 seconds. Paul McMahan (3rd car out) was second quick, followed by Davey Heskin (11th), Josh Schneiderman (2nd), Bronson Maeschen (38th), Kerry Madsen (17th), Johnny Herrera (36th), Lynton Jeffrey (41st), Cale Conley (8th) and Terry McCarl (14th).
Heat one (started): 1. Mark Dobmeier 13 (2) 2. Josh Higday 81 (1) 3. Brian Brown 21 (3) 4. Conley 3c (4) 5. Darrah 89 (6) / 6. Maeschen 1 (5) 7. Chad Meyer 4H (8) 8. Tasker Phillips 7TAZ (9) 9. Greg Hall 4wa (11) 10. Pete Crall 1PC (7) 11. Jesse Hockett 13J (10)
Dobmeier aced the field after Hockett stopped before a lap could be completed. Hockett's bad luck didn't end there as he got upside down after contact from Crall on the white flag lap. Darrah held off a charge from Maeschen for the final transfer.
Heat two (started): 1. Kaley Gharst 7K (1) 2. Calvin Landis 70 (2) 3. McCarl 24 (4) 4. Matthew Reed v92 (3) 5. McMahan 71x (6) / 6. Madsen 55 (5) 7. Jesse Giannetto D1 (7) 8. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (8) 9. Bob Weuve 19 (10) 10. Austin McCarl 17A (9) DNS - Robert Bell 71
Gharst led all 8 laps. McMahan had to stave off some late moves by Madsen to hold the transfer in a stout heat.
Heat three (started): 1. Dale Blaney 2B (3) 2. Billy Alley 22 (2) 3. Herrera 2w (5) 4. Heskin 56 (6) 5. Toni Lutar 4x (4) / 6. Mike Moore 69 (7) 7. Travis Rilat 2m (9) 8. Ty Bartz 46 (10) 9. Rager Phillips 10 (8) 10. Ben Gregg 22B (1)
Gregg was black-flagged to the tail at the first try at green. Blaney assumed the pole and aced the field. Alley trailed in second the whole way, with Herrera and Heskin moving by Lutar into third and fourth.
Heat four (started): 1. Don Droud Jr. 47 (1) 2. Skip Jackson 2 (4) 3. Dusty Zomer 17G (8) 4. Kevin Swindell 83JR (3) 5. Jeffrey 12 (5) / 6. Schneiderman 49 (6) 7. Chris Schmelzle 57c (2) 8. Chris Morgan 7c (7) 9. Ricky Montgomery 33 (10) 10. Ryan Anderson 71R (9)
Droud Jr. led flag to flag. Zomer was in a transfer by the time a lap was completed, and moved by Swindell later on. Ry. Anderson exited on lap five. Jeffrey gained the final transfer with two to go after sticking to the bottom and cruising by Schneiderman.
B main (started): 1. Madsen (3) 2. Schneiderman (1) 3. Maeschen (2) 4. Giannetto (7) / 5. M. Moore (8) 6. Ry. Anderson (11) 7. Meyer (8) 8. T. Phillips (10) 9. Schmelzle (4) 10. Bartz (12) 11. A. McCarl (9) 12. G. Hall (14) 13. Montgomery (15) 14. Bell (16) 15. Weuve (13) 16. Gregg (5) DNS - Crall, Morgan, R. Phillips, Rilat, Hockett, W. Johnson
Schneiderman led most of the way in this 12-lapper, but Madsen ran him down to make the winning move on lap nine and pull away. Maeschen and Giannetto battled hard to the line for third.
A main (started): 1. T. McCarl (4) 2. Brown (1) 3. Herrera (7) 4. Jackson (2) 5. Alley (16) 6. Heskin (8) 7. Dobmeier (14) 8. Jeffrey (6) 9. McMahan (9) 10. Darrah (10) 11. Blaney (12) 12. Madsen (23) 13. Droud Jr. (19) 14. Conley (5) 15. Maeschen (21) 16. Swindell (13) 17. Giannetto (24) 18. Schneiderman (22) 19. Gharst (18) 20. Zomer (20) 21. Landis (15) 22. Reed (11) 23. Lutar (3) 24. Higday (17)
Brown shot out to an early lead in the 20-lapper. Brown cruised ahead of Jackson and McCarl before a lap five stoppage for Conley who stopped by the pit entrance. He would return. The restart saw Brown ahead of T. McCarl, Jackson, Jeffrey and Darrah, up from tenth. T. McCarl continued his pursuit, and edged ahead on the backstretch on lap eight. Brown returned the favor in turn four to regain the lead, but T. McCarl would grab it for good on lap nine. Four laps later, Lutar spun. The restart saw McCarl ahead of Brown, Jackson, Herrera and Heskin. Gharst stopped in turn four on lap 17, bringing the final caution. T. McCarl cruised to his 46th career victory at Knoxville in the 410 class. Herrera grabbed third from Jackson with two to go, while Alley continued his hard-charger effort with a last lap pass of Heskin for fifth.