8/25/07
Knoxville Raceway
29 410s
38 360s
410s
Skip Jackson (13th car out to time) set the pace in qualifications at 15.241 seconds around the famous 1/2 mile. Travis Cram (16th car out) was second quick, followed by Calvin Landis (22nd), Billy Alley (17th), Randy Anderson (6th), Wayne Johnson (29th), Mark Dobmeier (11th), Bronson Maeschen (19th), Brian Brown (21st) and Clint Garner (4th). When Lynton Jeffrey had troubles in hot laps, he took over his back-up car, originally scheduled to be driven by Gary Isom. Landis had trouble with a rear-end gear late in qualifying, but had it fixed in time to take a lap at the end.
Heat one (started): 1. Davey Heskin 56 (1) 2. Dobmeier 13L (4) 3. Jackson 2 (6) 4. Garner 40 (3) 5. Jack Dover 53 (2) 6. Alley 55 (5) / 7. Mike Deavers 72 (7) 8. Brent Antill 1 (8) 9. Robert Bell 71 (10) 10. Tony Shilling 47T (9)
Heskin grabbed the point early in the 8 lapper, followed by fellow rookie, Dover. Alley and Jackson battled for fifth before a lap seven caution for a stopped Antill. Heskin led Dover, Dobmeier, Jackson and Garner back to green flag racing. Dobmeier performed a slidejob on Dover for second, and was followed by Jackson and Garner in the maneuver in some wild late race action.
Heat two (started): 1. Ryan Farrell 3s (1) 2. Maeschen 96 (4) 3. Anderson 81 (5) 4. Cram 17G (6) 5. Kaley Gharst 3 (8) 6. Dusty Zomer 1z (7) / 7. Mike Moore 69 (9) 8. Rager Phillips 9 (3) 9. Jeff Mitrisin 47 (2) DNS - Gary Isom 12J
Mitrisin shot out to a commanding lead, but the 47 would go up in smoke on the white flag lap handing the point to Farrell. Gharst had worked himself into a transfer spot after missing the invert, and Mitrisin's misfortune handed the final transfer to Zomer.
Heat three (started): 1. Ricky Logan 10 (1) 2. Brown 21 (4) 3. Landis 70 (6) 4. Dion Hindi 11D (3) 5. W. Johnson 14AJ (5) 6. Bob Weuve 19 (2) / 7. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (8) 8. Seth Brahmer 13 (7) 9. Patrick Bourke 27 (9)
After exchanging a lap one lead with Weuve, Logan led the distance unopposed. Early on, Jeffrey worked by W. Johnson for the final transfer, but W. Johnson got back by on lap three. A late bid by Jeffrey on Weuve fell just short of fruition.
B main (started): 1. Jeffrey (4) 2. M. Moore (6) / 3. Brahmer (2) 4. Antill (5) 5. Phillips (1) 6. Deavers (3) 7. Bell (7) DNS - Mitrisin, Shilling, Bourke, Isom
Jeffrey led flag to flag in the 8 lapper. M. Moore coasted across the finish line, but had put enough distance between himself and Brahmer to render it a non-factor.
A main (started): 1. Hindi (2) 2. Brown (4) 3. W. Johnson (7) 4. Alley (9) 5. Dobmeier (6) 6. Garner (3) 7. Maeschen (5) 8. Cram (11) 9. Landis (10) 10. Logan (16) 11. Jackson (12) 12. Gharst (18) 13. Zomer (17) 14. Heskin (14) 15. Anderson (8) 16. Jeffrey (19) 17. M. Moore (20) 18. Dover (1) 19. Farrell (15) 20. Weuve (13)
Hindi jumped out to an early lead. Brown slid in front of Dover early for second. Hindi stretched out his lead heading into lapped traffic about lap eight. The track had a clear top and bottom in turns one and two, and W. Johnson was working his way forward, taking third from Dover on lap seven. On lap 10, Johnson missed his spot on the bottom in one and two, allowing Dover to surge back by. Johnson had the faster car and passed Dover going into turn three. Dover had good momentum going into four, and the two cars contacted, tipping Dover over, and bringing out the only stoppage in the 20 lapper. Dover was able to change a top wing and continue, while Weuve suffered a flat late in the caution period and was unable to get back out. The restart saw Hindi leading Brown, Johnson, Dobmeier and Alley. Hindi's restart was a strong one and he was never challenged in winning his first career feature at Knoxville. Alley shot under Dobmeier for fourth. Logan and Gharst both moved up six spots as hard-chargers.
360s
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Rick Ideus 5 (2*) 2. Mike Houseman Jr. Y2 (4*) 3. Bryan Dobesh 2D (6*) 4. Tim St. Arnold 7s (8*) 5. Larry Pinegar II 44 (7) 6. Tyler Thompson 48 (3) 7. Alan Zoutte 33 (1) 8. Gary Moyer 46 (10) 9. Nate Mosher 22N (9) 10. Josh Schneiderman 49 (5)
Ideus led the distance in the 7 lapper. St. Arnold's first action of 2007 saw a solid run from 8th to 4th.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Josh Higday 2x (3*) 2. John Schulz 2 (2*) 3. Natalie Sather 94s (4*) 4. John Kearney 86 (9*) 5. Matt Moro 2m (5) 6. Pete Crall 1 (8) 7. Nate Van Haaften 3 (7) 8. CJ Houseman Y5 (6) 9. Don Dawson II 6D (1) DNS - Alex Naylor 77
Schulz took the early lead, while Kearney slid between CJ Houseman and the turn four fence to grab fourth, completing lap one. Higday dogged Schulz until lap five, when he took the point.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Russ Hall 29 (1*) 2. Chad Meyer 7m (2*) 3. Gregg Bakker 11x (4*) 4. Larry Ball Jr. 10 (5*) 5. Tyler Houseman 50 (3) 6. Brett Mather 54 (7) 7. Trish Dover 9T (6) 8. Dan Thornburg 57T (8) 9. Tom Lenz 8L (9)
R. Hall had a commanding lead throughout. Meyer and Bakker, both from Sioux Falls, staged some good racing. Bakker made a late bid for second that came up short. Lenz exited on lap five. For Ball it was his first action of 2007.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Johnny Anderson 7a (2*) 2. John Hall 7H (1*) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. 53 (8*) 4. Dave Hall 51 (5*) 5. Ryan Roberts 18R (7) 6. Ricky Montgomery 9m (9) 7. Glen Hunt G74 (4) 8. Frankie Heimbaugh 04 (3) 9. Dustin Selvage 7 (6)
J. Anderson took the early advantage. By lap four, Selvage had surged to third, but came to a stop, bringing a caution. The restart saw J. Anderson ahead of J. Hall, Heimbaugh, D. Hall and Moore Jr. Moore Jr. proceeded to slide into fourth on the restart. Heimbaugh stuck to the low side of one and two and grabbed the runner-up spot, but exited a lap later. Moore Jr., who had a great run, was subbing for Joe Beaver, who works in the electrical field and is on assignment in Chicago.
B main (started): 1. Roberts (2) 2. Pinegar (1) 3. Mather (7) 4. Thompson (6) / 5. T. Houseman (4) 6. Crall (5) 7. Mosher (17) 8. Zoutte (9) 9. Montgomery (3) 10. Schneiderman (19) 11. Selvage (16) 12. T. Dover (10) 13. CJ Houseman (12) 14. Van Haaften (11) 15. Thornburg (15) 16. Hunt (13) 17. Naylor (18) 18. Moyer (8) 19. Dawson (14) DNS - Moro, Heimbaugh, Lenz
Pinegar led lap one, but Roberts got him back on lap two of the 10 lapper. Three laps later, Moyer was running tenth, when he flipped hard in turn one. He was uninjured. The restart saw Roberts leading Pinegar, Thompson, Mather and T. Houseman, but Dawson tipped over before a lap could be completed. The lead four separated themselves, though Mather did slide in front of Thompson for third.
A main (started): 1. Meyer (2) 2. Moore Jr. (9) 3. Dobesh (6) 4. Schulz (3) 5. Higday (12) 6. St. Arnold (4) 7. Ideus (11) 8. Mather (19) 9. R. Hall (7) 10. Bakker (14) 11. J. Anderson (10) 12. Pinegar (18) 13. D. Hall (16) 14. Roberts (17) 15. Thompson (20) 16. Sather (13) 17. Ball Jr. (15) 18. Houseman Jr. (8) 19. J. Hall (1) 20. Kearney (5)
St. Arnold led lap one, but Meyer put a slider on in turns one and two on the second circuit to take command of the 15 lapper. On lap three, Kearney ran fifth when getting sideways in turn two. That collected Higday, who had moved from 12th to 6th. Higday visited the work area and restarted at the rear, while Kearney retired. Meyer led St. Arnold, J. Hall, Dobesh, Schulz and Moore Jr. back to green flag racing. Moore Jr. made a "slide for life" and moved from 6th to 2nd in one lap and chased after the leader. Meyer was up to the task in lapped traffic and had built an 8 car length lead by lap 12, when Schulz contacted J. Hall sending the 7H upside down in turn four in a battle for fifth. Meyer led Moore Jr., Dobesh, St. Arnold and Schulz on the restart. Meyer blocked a Moore Jr. slider by entering low in turn one and sliding high into turn two, but it was negated by a Hosueman Jr. (running 8th) spin. Meyer duplicated his move on the second restart, while Moore Jr. tried the high side momentum. Meyer pulled away from there, gaining his first career Knoxville win. Mather took hard-charger honors moving up 11 spots.