8/2/08
Knoxville Raceway
18th Annual 360 Nationals and 410s
85 360s
44 410s
360s
E main (started): 1. Natalie Sather 94s (2) 2. Cody Petersen 16P (1) 3. Jason Eckard 2H (4) 4. RJ Johnson 71 (7) 5. Kevin Ingle 2K (3) 6. Jack Potter 15 (9) 7. Josh Padellford 34 (5) 8. Kyle McCutcheon 5K (11) 9. Justin Carver 24J (6) 10. Butch Hanssen 8K (8) 11. Samantha Taylor 17 (10) 12. Kenneth Walker 2w (18) / 13. Bryn Gohn 4B (13) 14. Alan Zoutte 33 (14) 15. Jared Peterson 9P (19) 16. Curtis Evans 1P (15) 17. DJ Brink 21B (12) 18. Travis Porter 31P (16) 19. Brian Parker 9* (19) DNS – Jerry Bell 85, Luke Hall 34H, Mallory Armfield 5MA, Steve Dyer 9A, Rod Richards 12, Darren Long 7L, Mike Houseman Jr. Y2, Troy Little 20AU, Tyler Thompson 48, Dave Glennon 5x, Luke Dollansky 2, Kathryne Minter 13
Petersen jumped out to the lead early in the 8-lapper. Sather was in pursuit until taking the point with two to go. Walker surged late to pick up the final transfer to the D from the tail.
D main (started): 1. Trey Robb 1s (1) 2. Joe Ramaker 98R (2) 3. JD Johnson 98 (3) 4. Don Young 75 (7) 5. Sather (11) 6. Eric Baldaccini B4 (5) / 7. Nate Mosher 22N (6) 8. Tim Sernett K9 (4) 9. Potter (16) 10. Walker (22) 11. Scott Lehman 9s (9) 12. Danny Heskin 6 (10) 13. McCutcheon (18) 14. Eric Lutz 5L (8) 15. RJ Johnson (14) 16. Carver (19) 17. Ingle (15) 18. Eckard (13) 19. Taylor (21) 20. Hanssen (20) 21. Padellford (17) 22. Petersen (12) DNS – Steve Lines 23, Jon Corbin 26J, Jeff Mitrisin 10, Ben Gregg 22B, Derek Ingalls 91, Josh Higday 24, Shawn Van Wyhe 99, Nate Van Haaften 3, Brett Mather 54, Chad Corken 11
Robb led flag to flag in the 10-lapper. The only caution came for debris on lap three. Robb led with Ramaker in tow the rest of the way. Sather was 10th on the restart, but climbed to fifth and a transfer to the C after winning the E.
C main (started): 1. Lee Jacobs 86 (3) 2. Matt Tiffany 19T (1) / 3. Justin Henderson 5 (8) 4. Jon Agan 4 (9) 5. Dustin Daggett 2MX (11) 6. Ryan Roberts 18 (6) 7. Matt Covington 95 (4) 8. Ron Blair 35 (2) 9. Danny Martin Jr. 00m (7) 10. Dave Hall 51 (13) 11. Robb (15) 12. Pete Crall 1 (5) 13. Brock Lemley 4L (12) 14. Joe Wood Jr. 03 (10) 15. Baldaccini (20) 16. Ramaker (16) 17. JD Johnson (17) 18. George White 10x (14) 19. Young (18) 20. Sather (19) DNS – Chad Meyer 7m, AJ Selenke 43, Larry Neighbors 29N, Gordy Vogelaar 99v, Ryan Anderson 71R, Larry Pinegar II 11L
The race was slowed before a lap could be completed as Wood Jr. lost his front wing. He continued without it. On the second try at green, Sather flipped in turn one. She was unhurt. Tiffany led laps one and two, but Jacobs took over from there, and had gained valuable laps in driving double duty with the 410s. Tiffany held onto the final transfer despite impressive charges by Henderson, Agan and Daggett.
B main (started): 1. Brian Brown 21 (2) 2. Garry Lee Maier 11xx (1) 3. Matt Moro 2m (3) 4. Scott Winters 23w (4) / 5. Jason Solwold 39c (5) 6. Russ Hall 29 (14) 7. Randy Martin 14 (6) 8. Tim Crawley 88 (7) 9. Jake Peters 57x (11) 10. Don Droud Jr. 27 (12) 11. Nick Smith 15s (17) 12. Jared Ridge 12J (20) 13. Joe Beaver 53 (9) 14. Jacobs (21) 15. Ricky Montgomery 9m (8) 16. Lee Grosz 4J (10) 17. JJ Hickle 7A (16) 18. Dustin Selvage 7 (19) 19. Glenn Borden 72 (18) 20. Lee Sowell 51s (15) 21. Tiffany (22) 22. Brad Bowden 15B (13)
Maier led early over Moro in the 15-lapper. The two duked it out, and on lap four almost came together entering turn one. Brown took advantage, looping around both of them. He chose the high road on a two-groove track, and cruised the rest of the way in the non-stop event. The top four changed little, but R. Hall climbed eight spots, and with a caution may have been a threat.
18th Annual 360 Nationals (started): 1. Wayne Johnson 94 (4) 2. Brown (20) 3. Billy Alley 22 (8) 4. Brooke Tatnell 91s (5) 5. Tyler Walker 24T (6) 6. Travis Rilat 29T (3) 7. Jesse Hockett 75J (9) 8. Bronson Maeschen 96 (15) 9. Jesse Giannetto D1 (7) 10. Jonathan Allard 0 (10) 11. Skip Jackson 1m (24) 12. Jason Johnson 41 (1) 13. Zach Chappell 50z (17) 14. Clint Garner 40 (19) 15. Maier (21) 16. Roger Crockett 7N (12) 17. Moro (22) 18. Winters (23) 19. Brian Paulus 28 (14) 20. Gary Taylor 5* (16) 21. Gregg Bakker 11x (11) 22. Jack Dover 53D (19) 23. Kenny Adams 4A (14) 24. Gary Wright 9w (2) DNS - Terry McCarl 1m
Jackson started at the tail subbing for McCarl, who qualified the car. Wright wrestled the lead from J. Johnson early on. One lap was in the books when a caution appeared. Wright led J. Johnson, W. Johnson, Alley (from 8th) and Rilat back to green flag racing. The lead pair dueled the next three laps, and J. Johnson took the lead on the fifth go-around. One lap later, Winters would stop with a flat right rear and slow things for the last time in the 25-lapper. Under caution, Wright exited from second with a broken wing bracket. The restart saw J. Johnson ahead of W. Johnson, Alley and Tatnell. W. Johnson used the restart to hit the high side while the leader went low. W. Johnson powered around the top and took the lead with Alley following him by. Meanwhile, Brown was surging from outside of row ten. He was moving by Rilat and Walker into the top five around the halfway point. W. Johnson was separating himself from Alley through dense traffic late in the going. Tatnell challenged Alley for third on a few occasions. With three to go, Brown swept by Tatnell for third, and circled around Alley on the last lap to grab second in an impressive performance. W. Johnson was paid $10,000 for his second 360 Nationals championship (2000), third win of the season here, and eighth 360 tally overall at Knoxville.
410s
Tyler Walker (3rd car out to time) set quick time at 15.236 seconds as one lap of qualifying was used. Danny Lasoski (39th) was second quick, followed by Bronson Maeschen (14th), Davey Heskin (12th), Brooke Tatnell (37th), Dean Jacobs (16th), Dusty Zomer (42nd), Justin Henderson (43rd), Kaley Gharst (1st) and Billy Alley (20th). Skip Jackson didn't register a time and changed motors. Tony Shilling also did not time.
Heat one (started): 1. Ricky Logan 10 (1) 2. Mark Dobmeier 13 (3) 3. Tatnell 11AU (5) 4. Gharst 81 (4) 5. Walker 24T (6) / 6. Tim Kaeding 83JR (8) 7. Brock Mayes 11B (2) 8. Jonathan Allard 0 (7) 9. Larry Pinegar II 11L (9) DNS - Danny Smith 4, Corey Haigh 45
Logan led the 8-lap duration. The heat had a Golden State flavor with three drivers from California. Walker and Kaeding battled for the final transfer. Walker was held up behind Mayes for a time, but used a last lap charge to get around Kaeding for the fifth and final spot.
Heat two (started): 1. Brian Paulus 28 (3) 2. Josh Schneiderman 49 (1) 3. Alley 22 (4) 4. Lasoski 5 (6) 5. Jake Peters 57x (2) / 6. Dion Hindi 11D (8) 7. Bob Weuve 19 (7) 8. Chad Meyer 4H (9) 9. D. Jacobs 17G (5) 10. Ben Gregg 22B (10) 11. Steve Dyer 9A (11)
Schneiderman took the early lead. On lap three, D. Jacobs spun on the front stretch slowing the event. Schneiderman led Paulus, Alley, Peters and Lasoski back to green flag racing. On lap five, Lasoski pulled a slidejob on Alley to take third, but Alley came right back in turns one and two and held third. Paulus made his winning pass coming for the white flag after a good race.
Heat three (started): 1. Don Droud Jr. 47 (3) 2. Calvin Landis 70 (1) 3. Zomer 5z (5) 4. Rager Phillips 9 (2) 5. Maeschen 96 (6) / 6. Jesse Hockett 13x (8) 7. Skip Jackson 2 (11) 8. Justin Zimmerman 7K (4) 9. Seth Brahmer 13v (9) 10. Mike Moore 69 (10) 11. Toni Lutar 4x (7)
Landis led before Droud took the lead on lap three. Hockett moved forward, but needed one more spot for a transfer in the Buch 13x. Zomer grabbed third on the last lap from Phillips.
Heat four (started): 1. Brian Brown 21 (1) 2. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (3) 3. John VanDenBerg 1 (2) 4. Henderson D1 (5) 5. Heskin 56 (6) / 6. Lee Jacobs 59 (7) 7. Ryan Anderson 71R (4) 8. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (8) 9. Matt Wasmund 4w (10) 10. Scott Uttech 3 (9) DNS - Tony Shilling 47T
Brown led flag to flag with W. Johnson in tow. The track was slicking off and wide with a clear top and bottom.
B main (started): 1. Kaeding (9) 2. D. Jacobs (1) 3. Mayes (4) 4. Zimmerman (2) / 5. Hindi (10) 6. Weuve (6) 7. Jeffrey (12) 8. Hockett (11) 9. Allard (5) 10. L. Jacobs (8) 11. Pinegar II (16) 12. Meyer (13) 13. D. Smith (20) 14. Moore (18) 15. Lutar (7) 16. Brahmer (14) 17. Wasmund (19) 18. Uttech (15) 19. Gregg (17) 20. Haigh (21) 21. Ry. Anderson (3) DNS - Dyer, Jackson, Shilling
D. Jacobs shot out to an early lead in the 12-lapper. The show was happening behind him. Kaeding moved up into a battle with Weuve for a final transfer. The two exchanged the spot twice, with Weuve utilizing the low side, and Kaeding the high. Kaeding took off from there gaining third from Zimmerman and second from Mayes. He stole the lead on the last lap from D. Jacobs in an exciting finish.
A main (started): 1. Tatnell (2) 2. Zomer (1) 3. Lasoski (5) 4. Walker (6) 5. Henderson (7) 6. Heskin (3) 7. Alley (9) 8. W. Johnson (13) 9. Gharst (8) 10. Kaeding (24) 11. Dobmeier (10) 12. Maeschen (4) 13. Paulus (11) 14. Peters (14) 15. Brown (20) 16. Zimmerman (23) 17. Mayes (22) 18. Droud Jr. (12) 19. VanDenBerg (16) 20. Schneiderman (18) 21. Logan (17) 22. Landis (19) 23. Phillips (15) 24. D. Jacobs (22)
Kaeding started at the tail, after bolting on a new right rear. D. Jacobs and Landis got together on the backstretch before a lap could be completed. D. Jacobs retired. One underway, the 20-lapper went non-stop. Zomer snuck into the lead at the beginning running the low side. Tatnell ran the cushion and was not farther than five car lengths off the pace before he took the lead himself in lapped traffic on the 8th go-around. He would pull away from there. Zomer had his hands full with Lasoski, but held onto second. The win was Tatnell's second of the season and third overall and was worth $3,000. Kaeding was the hard-charger.