5/16/09
Knoxville Raceway
32 410s
40 360s
410s
The quality of the 410 field rivaled any for a weekly show in memory. Danny Lasoski (8), Terry McCarl (6), Skip Jackson (2), Johnny Herrera (1), Kerry Madsen (1), Billy Alley (1) and Brian Brown (1) represented twenty track titles in the field. Bronson Maeschen (14th car out to time) set the standard in time trials at 14.785 seconds. Terry McCarl (7th car out) was second quick, followed by Danny Lasoski (15th), Wayne Johnson (6th), Brian Brown (11th), Josh Schneiderman (3rd), Brooke Tatnell (4th), Calvin Landis (1st), Dusty Zomer (20th) and Billy Alley (22nd). Seth Brahmer and Toni Lutar both failed to get a time in, while Kerry Madsen had to come out at the end for one lap after a motor change following hot laps. He struggled to 22nd quick.
Heat one (started): 1. Tim Shaffer 83 (1) 2. Tatnell 21AU (4) 3. Alley 22 (3) 4. Chris Morgan 7K (2) 5. Johnson 14AJ (5) / 6. Maeschen 1 (6) 7. Kerry Madsen 55 (8) 8. Davey Heskin 56 (7) 9. Ryan Anderson 71R (9) 10. Austin McCarl 17A (10) DNS - Toni Lutar 4x
Shaffer led the 8-lap distance. The best race was for the final transfer, where Johnson trailed Maeschen until making a pass on the low side of one and two with three to go.
Heat two (started): 1. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (2) 2. Ricky Logan 10a (1) 3. Landis 70 (4) 4. McCarl 24 (6) 5. Johnny Herrera 2w (9) / 6. Brown 21 (5) 7. Skip Jackson 2 (3) 8. Don Droud Jr. 47 (7) 9. Pete Crall 1PC (8) DNS - Rager Phillips 10, Seth Brahmer 13v
Jeffrey looked strong in leading flag to flag. McCarl moved by Jackson and Brown to secure a transfer, while Herrera looked to be out of it from the tail, but rescued a transfer spot by passing Brown on the last lap. Brown was racing in pain after a tough crash at Jackson the night before left him with a sore back.
Heat three (started): 1. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (1) 2. Mark Dobmeier 13 (3) 3. Lasoski 33 (6) 4. Zomer 17G (4) 5. Bob Weuve 19 (2) / 6. Joey Moughan 55B (8) 7. Josh Schneiderman 49 (5) 8. Mike Moore 69 (7) 9. Tony Shilling 2T (9) 10. Casie Shilling 16c (10)
Bruce led the distance. Lasoski was the prime mover. Moughan flirted with a transfer, passing Schneiderman and briefly battling Weuve with to to go, but couldn't quite get it done.
B main (started): 1. Brown (2) 2. Maeschen (1) 3. Droud Jr. (6) 4. Madsen (8) 5. Schneiderman (3) / 6. Moore (7) 7. Moughan (10) 8. Heskin (5) 9. Anderson (11) 10. Lutar (14) 11. T. Shilling (12) 12. Crall (9) 13. C. Shilling (13) 14. Jackson (4) DNS - A. McCarl, Phillips, Brahmer
Maeschen led the 12-lapper early with Brown and Droud in tow. Madsen passed Heskin to create a lead four that separated from the pack. Jackson was third on lap three when he went up in smoke and limped back to the pits. That left Schneiderman, Moughan and Heskin to battle for the last transfer spot. That position went to Schneiderman. Brown closed on the leader and passed him coming for the white flag.
A main (started): 1. Lasoski (9) 2. T. McCarl (10) 3. Jeffrey (1) 4. Madsen (19) 5. Tatnell (7) 6. Herrera (15) 7. Alley (4) 8. Weuve (11) 9. Droud Jr. (18) 10. Zomer (5) 11. Logan (13) 12. Schneiderman (20) 13. Morgan (2) 14. Maeschen (17) 15. Landis (6) 16. Dobmeier (3) 17. Johnson (8) 18. Shaffer (12) 19. Brown (16) 20. Bruce Jr. (14)
A wild feature started with a rough start and a flip by Bruce Jr. in turn one. Brown suffered ignition problems, so two cars were eliminated right away. Once underway, Jeffrey jumped out to a strong lead in the 20-lapper. Shaffer was into the top ten before developing driveline problems on lap three, sidelining the traveler. Jeffrey led Dobmeier, Morgan, Zomer and Alley on the restart. Dobmeier shot under Jeffrey shortly thereafter taking the point. Smoke had emanated from the #13 at the initial red flag, and he began to slow five laps later, handing the lead back to Jeffrey. W. Johnson retired on lap 11 while running ninth. On lap thirteen, Dobmeier came to a rest in front of the pit entrance, bringing another caution. Jeffrey led the restart with eight laps to go with Lasoski, Alley, McCarl, Zomer and Madsen (from 19th) trailing him. Jeffrey shot out to a good restart, but Lasoski tracked him down on lap 16, passing him and continuing on to his 93rd career win at Knoxville. McCarl worked by Jeffrey late for second, bringing two row five starters to the podium. Madsen trailed Jeffrey earning hard-charger honors, with Tatnell rounding out the top five with a late surge. Herrera muscled past nine cars to finish sixth, maintaining his point lead, and salvaging his night.
360s
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Lee Grosz 4J (1*) 2. Tom Lenz 8L (3*) 3. Josh Padellford 34 (2*) 4. Nate Van Haaften 3 (5) 5. Tasker Phillips 7TAZ (8) 6. Danny Heskin 6 (7) 7. Wade Nygaard 9N (10) 8. Travis Cram 71 (9) 9. Cody Peterson 16P (6) 10. Mallory Armfield 5MA (4)
Grosz was impressive in leading all 7 laps. Van Haaften and Phillips staged the best race of the heat, with Van Haaften grabbing fourth with three to go.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. John Hall 7H (1*) 2. Dustin Selvage 7 (2*) 3. Jon Agan 54 (3*) 4. Ryan Roberts 18 (8*) 5. Ricky Montgomery 9m (5) 6. Matt Moro 2m (10) 7. Jonathan Cornell 28 (6) 8. Alan Zoutte 33 (7) 9. Glen Hunt G74 (4) 10. Jay Russell 76 (9)
J. Hall led throughout. Roberts and Moro were the movers, both advancing four spots on a still narrow track. Russell dropped out on lap four.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Johnny Anderson 2a (2*) 2. Mike Houseman Jr. Y2 (3*) 3. Tyler Thompson 48 (1*) 4. Joe Beaver 53 (9*) 5. Tim St. Arnold 7s (4) 6. Gregg Bakker 11x (5) 7. Russ Hall 29 (7) 8. Rod Richards (8) 9. CJ Houseman 80a (6) DNS - Randy Martin 14
Anderson left the field far behind in dominating this one. Houseman Jr. worked to get by Thompson and ran a steady race, while Beaver came from the tail to grab fourth on the last lap.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Clint Garner 40 (4*) 2. Bryan Dobesh 10 (2*) 3. Jon Corbin 15 (1*) 4. Dennis Moore Jr. 20 (6*) 5. Brett Mather 12m (9*) 6. Dave Hall 51 (5) 7. Chad Humston 1m (7) 8. Seth Bergman 23 (8) 9. Ian Madsen 22N (3) 10. Chad Heimbaugh 04 (10)
Garner had shot around the front row starters by the backstretch and pulled away the rest of the event. Mather made an early move into sixth, and moved by D. Hall later on to clinch a spot in the finale. I. Madsen was subbing for an ill Nate Mosher.
C main (started): 1. Bergman (2) 2. CJ Houseman 80a (1) / 3. I. Madsen (6) 4. Russell (7) 5. Hunt (4) 6. Heimbaugh (5) 7. Armfield (3) DNS - Richards, Peterson
Bergman led the whole way in the 6-lapper.
B main (started): 1. Moro (3) 2. Van Haaften (1) 3. Phillips (2) 4. Cornell (10) / 5. Nygaard (7) 6. Humston (12) 7. Bakker (8) 8. Montgomery (4) 9. D. Hall (9) 10. R. Hall (11) 11. Cram (13) 12. Bergman (15) 13. Heskin (6) 14. CJ Houseman (16) 15. Zoutte (14) 16. St. Arnold (5)
Van Haaften led the first lap, but Moro took over the 10-lapper after that. Cornell was a rocket, advancing into the top four after St. Arnold exited up in smoke on lap five while running in the final transfer spot. Nygaard and Humston put on an entertaining battle for fifth, but neither would move on.
A main (started): 1. Roberts (2) 2. Dobesh (1) 3. Selvage (3) 4. Grosz (8) 5. Beaver (4) 6. Garner (10) 7. Anderson (9) 8. Houseman Jr. (5) 9. Cornell (20) 10. Moro (17) 11. Agan (12) 12. Lenz (6) 13. Moore Jr. (15) 14. Mather (16) 15. Thompson (13) 16. J. Hall (7) 17. Van Haaften (18) 18. Phillips (19) 19. Corbin (14) 20. Padellford (11)
Roberts led early in the 15-lapper before Padellford brought about a caution with a broken front end that sidelined him. Roberts led Dobesh, Beaver, Selvage and Grosz back to green flag racing. While Roberts and Dobesh separted themselves, Selvage on the low side, and Beaver up high, battled for third the entirety of the race, with Grosz right behind. With two laps to go, Phillips came to a rest and needed the hook in turn two, bringing about a shootout. Roberts was still in charge, ahead of Dobesh, Selvage, Beaver and Grosz. Grosz had slid in front of Beaver before the caution and repeated the move to finish fourth. Roberts win was his second career tally at Knoxville. Cornell was the hard-charger, moving up 11 spots after charging six positions in the B.