8/23/08
Knoxville Raceway
27 410s
35 360s
410s
Danny Lasoski (7th car out to time) set the standard in qualifying at 14.813 seconds. Billy Alley (12th car out) was second quick, followed by Skip Jackson (9th), Justin Henderson (10th), Dion Hindi (11th), Brian Brown (6th), Bronson Maeschen (18th), Jake Peters (5th), Davey Heskin (1st) and Josh Schneiderman (13th). Mike Moore flipped in hot laps and scratched for the night. He was uninjured. Lynton Jeffrey and Robert Bell failed to get times in and were done for the night as well.
Heat one (started): 1. Mark Dobmeier 13 (2) 2. Ricky Logan 10 (1) 3. Josh Schneiderman 49 (3) 4. Lasoski 33 (6) 5. Henderson 17G (5) 6. Kaley Gharst 81 (8) 7. Rager Phillips 9 (7) 8. Maeschen 96 (4) DNS - Lynton Jeffrey 12
Dobmeier led the 8-lap distance. Maeschen was third before shooting under Logan into second. On the white flag lap, his motor would give and he fell to the pits and made a motor change for the feature. Dobmeier was gone after that winning by over four seconds.
Heat two (started): 1. Don Droud Jr. 47 (1) 2. Alley 22 (6) 3. Peters 57x (4) 4. John VanDenBerg 1 (2) 5. Hindi 11D (5) 6. Calvin Landis 70 (7) 7. Justin Zimmerman 7K (3) 8. Seth Brahmer 13v (8) DNS - Robert Bell 71
Droud led flag to flag. Alley was the prime mover, using the low side to his advantage in driving around VanDenBerg and Peters.
Heat three (started): 1. Ryan Anderson 71R (2) 2. Davey Heskin 56 (4) 3. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (1) 4. Dusty Zomer 5z (3) 5. Brown 21 (5) 6. Bob Weuve 19 (7) 7. Jackson 2 (6) 8. Travis Cram 91 (8) DNS - Mike Moore 69
Anderson rode the cushion at the point for the duration. Heskin and W. Johnson dueled for several laps, before the youngster took second at the halfway point. Weuve and Jackson battled back and forth for sixth. The top six got to keep their time spots for the feature and Weuve got by on the final lap. Cram was driving the Derek Ingalls 91.
A main (started): 1. Dobmeier (3) 2. Lasoski (12) 3. Brown (8) 4. Alley (11) 5. Heskin (6) 6. Ry. Anderson (1) 7. Droud Jr. (14) 8. Henderson (10) 9. Peters (7) 10. W. Johnson (15) 11. Hindi (9) 12. Gharst (18) 13. Landis (16) 14. Brahmer (23) 15. Logan (13) 16. Zimmerman (21) 17. Jackson (19) 18. Phillips (22) 19. Maeschen (20) 20. VanDenBerg (2) 21. Zomer (4) 22. Schneiderman (5) 23. Weuve (17) 24. Cram (24)
Dobmeier and Ry. Anderson traded the lead several times in the first few laps before Anderson took control and built a sizable lead. On lap seven, Cram got upside down, and Weuve was a part of the incident as well. Both were unhurt. The restart saw Anderson ahead of Dobmeier, Schneiderman, Zomer and Brown. Dobmeier tried to slide under the leader on the restart to no avail. On lap 12, he would make his winning move coming out of turn two. In the meantime, Schneiderman, who had been running strong, broke a U-joint and retired, and Zomer who climbed up to third exited with a broken driveline. One lap later, a caution for debris slowed things again. Dobmeier led the pack back to green ahead of Anderson, Brown, and a surging Lasoski and Alley. Brown and Lasoski moved around Anderson on the restart, but couldn't track down the leader. On lap 15, Maeschen had another motor go sour while running seventh. The final slowdown gave the leader a clear track, and he capitalized for his fourth career Knoxville win. Lasoski passed Brown for second late, and Alley and Heskin bested Anderson into the top five. Lasoski was the hard-charger.
360s
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Josh Higday 10H (1*) 2. John Kearney 86 (7*) 3. Matt Moro 2m (5*) 4. Russ Hall 29 (3*) 5. Tom Lenz 8L (6) 6. Ryan Roberts 18 (4) 7. Dan Thornburg 57T (2) 8. RJ Johnson 71 (9) 9. John Hall 7H (8)
Higday, receiving help from Steve Wares sported the #10 and left the rest behind in the 7-lapper. Kearney came from seventh in a good run. He was third by a lap five restart for a stopped J. Hall, after he had battled by Moro. RJ Johnson had climbed a few spots before exiting on lap five.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Mike Houseman Jr. Y2 (1*) 2. Pete Crall 1 (5*) 3. Dave Hall 51 (4*) 4. Ricky Montgomery 9m (7*) 5. Rick Ideus 5 (8*) 6. Tyler Thompson 48 (6) 7. Rod Richards 12 (9) 8. Glen Hunt G74 (2) DNS - Nate Mosher 22N (3)
Houseman Jr., who gained his first feature win a week ago at 34 Raceway looke confident in leading flag to flag in a mostly single-file event.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Clint Garner 40 (2*) 2. Larry Pinegar II 11L (3*) 3. Jesse Giannetto D1 (5*) 4. Jeff Mitrisin 10 (1) 5. Jon Agan 4 (9*) 6. Luke Dollansky 2 (6) 7. Tasker Phillips 7P (7) 8. Nate Van Haaften 3 (8) 9. Danny Heskin 6 (4)
Garner led the duration. Pinegar made an early challenge for the lead, but settled for second. Agan's run from 9th to 5th was good enough for the 12th most passing points of the night, putting him on the pole of the feature. This was Phillips debut as he battled with fellow 16 year old Dollansky for sixth.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Gregg Bakker 11x (2*) 2. Joe Beaver 53 (8*) 3. Dustin Selvage 7 (3*) 4. Natalie Sather 94s (1) 5. Alan Zoutte 33 (4) 6. Brett Mather 54 (7) 7. Josh Padellford 34 (5) 8. Cody Petersen 16P (6)
Bakker pulled away from a good battle for second between Beaver, who had gotten to the spot by the end of lap one, and Selvage, who came up just short of the spot at the finish.
B main (started): 1. Mitrisin (1) 2. Roberts (6) 3. Sather (2) 4. Lenz (3) / 5. Thompson (7) 6. Zoutte (4) 7. Padellford (12) 8. Richards (10) 9. Van Haaften (15) 10. Hunt (14) 11. J. Hall (17) 12. Phillips (11) 13. Dollansky (8) 14. Thornburg (9) 15. Mather (5) 16. RJ Johnson (13) 17. Heskin (16) DNS - Petersen, Mosher
Sather outdueled Mitrisin for the early lead. She cruised for five laps before simultaneous stops by a fourth running Mather, and RJ Johnson. The restart saw Thornburg and Padellford make contact, relegating the former to the pits. The next try was no better, as an incident involving Dollansky and Phillips on the backstretch resulted in Dollansky getting into the infield guardrail. He was unhurt, but done. When the green finally fell for good, it was Mitrisin who took the point back on lap six and carried it for the rest of the 10-lapper. One last restart in the final lap for a stopped J. Hall, allowed Roberts to get by Sather for second.
A main (started): 1. Giannetto (3) 2. Agan (1) 3. Moro (4) 4. Bakker (9) 5. Garner (10) 6. Pinegar II (5) 7. Kearney (11) 8. Higday (8) 9. D. Hall (2) 10. Selvage (13) 11. Mitrisin (17) 12. R. Hall (16) 13. Sather (19) 14. Crall (6) 15. Ideus (15) 16. Montgomery (14) 17. Roberts (18) 18. Houseman Jr. (7) 19. Lenz (20) 20. Beaver (12)
Beaver and Sather tipped over when the green flag fell. Both were o.k., and Sather made repairs and restarted. Agan jumped out early in the 15-lapper in a quest for his first feature win. Giannetto jetted into second, while Moro was quickly into third. The only slowdown of the event came at the halfway mark when Lenz rolled to a stop. The restart saw Agan ahead of Giannetto, Moro, D. Hall and a charging Bakker. Giannetto put the pressure on the leader and took the lead and pulled away on lap 12 for his fifth career Knoxville win. He dedicated his win to the man he bought his current ride from, the late Jack Anderson. Mitrisin and Sather moved forward six spots each.