5/31/08
Knoxville Raceway
30 410s
34 360s
410s
Davey Heskin (1st car out to time) registered the quick time of the night at 14.849 seconds on a fast track. Danny Lasoski (14th car out) was second quick, followed by Bronson Maeschen (7th), Dusty Zomer (4th), Brian Brown (5th), Billy Alley (6th), Randy Anderson (10th), Mike Moore (3rd), Ricky Logan (24th) and Skip Jackson (22nd). The track went away a bit during time trials, making an early number an advantage.
Heat one (started): 1. Tony Shilling 47T (1) 2. Calvin Landis 70 (2) 3. Ra. Anderson 81 (4) 4. Jackson 2 (3) 5. Zomer 5z (5) 6. Heskin 56 (6) / 7. Kaley Gharst 7K (9) 8. Rager Phillips 9 (10) 9. Ryan Anderson 71R (7) 10. Toni Lutar 4x (8)
Shilling led the 8-lap distance in a mostly single-file affair. Gharst pulled up on Heskin early for the final transfer, but could never pull it off. Jackson couldn't quite nip Ra. Anderson at the line for third.
Heat two (started): 1. Jake Peters 57x (2) 2. Brandon Wimmer 7TW (1) 3. Justin Henderson D1 (3) 4. Lasoski 5 (6) 5. Brown 21 (5) 6. Mark Dobmeier 13 (8) / 7. Mike Moore 69 (4) 8. Bob Weuve 19 (7) 9. Jeff Mitrisin 47 (9) 10. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (10)
Dobmeier was able to move by Weuve and Moore for the final transfer. Peters led the duration and won by a straightaway.
Heat three (started): 1. Travis Cram 17G (1) 2. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (2) 3. Dion Hindi 11D (3) 4. Ricky Logan 10 (4) 5. Seth Brahmer 13v (7) 6. Alley 22 (5) / 7. Brooke Tatnell 11AU (9) 8. Josh Schneiderman 49 (8) 9. Maeschen 96 (6) 10. Kaylene Verville 01 (10)
Cram checked out, but all the action was a battle for the final transfer. First, Brahmer moved up into a transfer by getting by Maeschen and Alley. Alley countered back by Maeschen and had to slam the door down the frontstretch on Tatnell with two to go, to keep his ticket to the A alive. He would be glad he did.
B main (started): 1. Maeschen (1) 2. Moore (2) 3. Ry. Anderson (3) 4. Schneiderman (6) 5. Tatnell (9) 6. Lutar (5) / 7. Gharst (7) 8. Jeffrey (11) 9. Weuve (4) 10. Verville (12) 11. Phillips (10) 12. Mitrisin (8)
Maeschen led early before Moore shot by on the low side to take the point on lap two. Back in the pack, Gharst got around the high side of Weuve for the final transfer. With 8 of 12 laps in the books, a caution for a slowing Phillips set up a restart with Moore leading Maeschen, Ry. Anderson, Schneiderman, Lutar and Gharst in transfer spots. Maeschen used the opportunity to gain the lead and the win, while Tatnell did the same to shoot by Gharst for a transfer. He would also slide by Lutar for fifth.
A main (started): 1. Alley (2) 2. Zomer (4) 3. Lasoski (5) 4. Brown (3) 5. Logan (7) 6. Henderson (9) 7. Peters (12) 8. Dobmeier (18) 9. Landis (11) 10. Ra. Anderson (1) 11. Jackson (8) 12. Johnson (13) 13. Brahmer (17) 14. Tatnell (23) 15. Cram (16) 16. Hindi (10) 17. Wimmer (15) 18. Maeschen (19) 19. Ry. Anderson (21) 20. Schneiderman (22) 21. Lutar (24) 22. Shilling (14) 23. Moore (20) 24. Heskin (6)
Alley edge Ra. Anderson after one lap for the lead of the 20-lapper after the two started side by side. Lap two saw Ra. Anderson get an advantage he'd hold for five more laps. Ra. Anderson got a bit loose on lap seven, allowing Alley to shoot under him for a lead he would never relinquish. The lone caution of the event came out on lap 15, when something broke on a 12th running Heskin. Alley led Zomer, Brown, Lasoski and Ra. Anderson back to green flag racing. Zomer tried the high side on the restart, but the door was shut by Alley at the next completed lap. The move slowed Zomer's momentum and allowed Alley to hold on for his 4th 410 win worth $3000. Dobmeier was the hard-charger, passing ten cars. Ra. Anderson slowed late, and Lasoski won a battle with Brown for the final spot on the podium.
360s
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Dave Hall 51 (4*) 2. Tyler Thompson 48 (1*) 3. Matt Moro 2m (5*) 4. Russ Hall 29 (8*) 5. Ricky Montgomery 9m (2) 6. Mark Amenda 4L (7) 7. Kramer Williamson 73 (6) 8. Nate Mosher 22N (9) DQ (weight) - Natalie Sather 94s (3, crossed 1st)
Mosher endured a horrific crash to start things. Pieces of his car landed in the stands, and his front end ended up in the Dingus parking lot across Highway 14. He was taken in for observation and walked the ambulance with some assistance. Sather dominated the heat from row two after taking a lap two lead from Thompson, but came up light at the scales setting up some hard charges later on. New Hall of Famer Williamson brought out a caution when he stopped with mechanical problems and retired on lap five. Moro was coming fast and just missed a second place finish.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Tom Lenz 8L (2*) 2. Mike Houseman Jr. Y2 (1*) 3. Gregg Bakker 11x (3*) 4. Bryan Dobesh 2 (4*) 5. Mike Peters 51x (9*) 6. John Kearney 86 (7) 7. RJ Johnson 71 (6) 8. Danny Heskin 6 (5) DNS - Joe McCarthy 19
McCarthy was helpless in hotlaps when he made contact with a slowing Richards. McCarthy upended and was unhurt, but done for the night. Lenz won his second flag to flag heat in as many nights in the 7-lapper (Friday was in a 305). Peters moved up nicely using the tacky bottom to grab a transfer to the A.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Brett Mather 54 (4*) 2. Josh Higday 24 (6*) 3. Lee Grosz 4J (3*) 4. Eric Vanderploeg 10 (5) 5. Midge Miller 8 (2) 6. Rod Richards 12 (7) 7. Cody Petersen 16P (8) 8. Don Stoutner 57 (1)
Mather circled the front row to grab the lead from the outset. Higday looked fast, but had nothing for Mather. Grosz, whose grandfather and car owner, Doug Howells, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame Saturday, ran a solid race in third.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Travis Rilat 29T (2*) 2. Nate Van Haaften 3 (1*) 3. Jesse Giannetto D1 (5*) 4. Dustin Selvage 7 (8*) 5. Alan Zoutte 33 (7) 6. Ryan Roberts 18 (3) 7. Pete Crall 1 (4) 8. Joe Beaver 53 (6)
Three perfectly good racecars were destroyed in a vicious accident to start this one. The cars of Roberts, Crall and Beaver contacted and flew end over end into turn one, scattering parts and wheels everywhere. All three climbed out of their cars, but were done for the night. Rilat checked out on the other four cars remaining after the carnage was cleaned up.
B main (started): 1. Kearny (4) 2. Vanderploeg (1) 3. Sather (10) 4. Zoutte (2) 5. Heskin (8) / 6. Montgomery (3) 7. Johnson (9) 8. Petersen (6) 9. Amenda (5) 10. Stoutner (11) 11. Richards (7) DNS - Miller, Roberts, Crall, Beaver, McCarthy, Williamson, Mosher
Vanderploeg led lap one, before Kearney snatched on the next circuit. The non-stop 10-lapper was highlighted by Sather's solid run from the tail of the field.
A main (started): 1. Higday (4) 2. Moro (7) 3. Rilat (3) 4. Giannetto (11) 5. Mather (5) 6. Kearney (17) 7. D. Hall (6) 8. R. Hall (8) 9. Lenz (2) 10. Sather (19) 11. Dobesh (14) 12. Grosz (12) 13. Houseman Jr. (9) 14. Peters (15) 15. Thompson (1) 16. Van Haaften (10) 17. Heskin (20) 18. Bakker (13) 19. Zoutte (18) 20. Vanderploeg (16) DNS - Selvage
Selvage got upside down while the race was staging. Heskin replaced him for no points, but money. Contact between several cars including Grosz and Vanderploeg who retired, slowed things down before a lap could be completed. Lenz shot out to the early lead in the 15-lapper. On l ap three, Zoutte stopped in turn four. At the time, Lenz led Higday, Rilat, Thompson and Mather. Higday used the restart to take the point and never looked back despite two stoppages, one a lap four stop by Zoutte, and the second for a stopped Thompson on lap eight. On the final restart, Higday led Lenz, Rilat, Mather and Moro. Moro used the restart to launch into third and then wrestled second from Lenz. Rilat followed suit late as Lenz began to fade. Giannetto was a late charger, as was the hard-charger Kearney. Sather completed an impressive run from a 12th starting spot in the B to a top ten finish. Lenz slowed the last lap and after the checkers, several drivers had to take evasive action to miss him. Dobesh couldn't avoid the slowing car and got upside down, completing a costly night in the 360 class. The win was Higday's 15th, which is fifth all-time.