8/11/07 (afternoon)
Knoxville Nationals Non-qualifiers/Scrambles
75 cars
C Scramble (started): 1. Lance Dewease 25 (1) 2. Greg Wilson w20 (2) 3. Mark Dobmeier 13L (4) 4. Dean Jacobs 7K (5) 5. Justin Henderson D1 (6) 6. Bob Felmlee 6F (7) 7. Seth Brahmer 13 (9) 8. Skip Jackson 2 (8) 9. Jack Potter 15P (3) DNS - Jason Johnson 41
J. Johnson shelled a driveline in hot laps and was taken in to the hospital with foot and toe injuries. Dewease left the rest behind in the 8 lapper, shortened due to daytime conditions. He improved his stock, as he came in 10th in points in the C, and left starting outside row two. 20 points were awarded to scramble winners, 18 to second place, and so on. One point was added for every car passed. Those points were added to points accumulated on qualifying nights and that determined Saturday night's starting order.
B Scramble (started): 1. Shane Stewart 1HD (4) 2. Tim Kaeding 10K (1) 3. Greg Hodnett 22 (3) 4. Garry Lee Maier 11x (2) 5. Danny Smith 4 (5) 6. Tony Bruce Jr. 18T (7) 7. Randy Hannagan 1x (9) 8. Brian Brown 21 (6) 9. Chad Kemenah 8K (10) 10. Brandon Wimmer 7TW (8)
Kaeding led early, using the low side of the speedway. Stewart tried a higher groove and made it work to take a lap seven lead. D. Smith held off Bruce Jr. in a battle for fifth.
A Scramble (started): 1. Terry McCarl 24 (1) 2. Brooke Tatnell 2w (2) 3. Steve Kinser 11 (4) 4. Tim Shaffer 6 (5) 5. Craig Dollansky 7 (7) 6. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (3) 7. Paul McMahan 20 (9) 8. Donny Schatz 15 (10) 9. Joey Saldana 9E (8) 10. Stevie Smith 19s (6)
McCarl led flag to flag in this one. Tatnell held off Kinser after a good battle, with Kinser using a higher groove and daytime experience to knock on the door.
Non-qualifiers
Heat one (started): 1. Kerry Madsen 11H (3) 2. Jason Meyers 14 (2) 3. Kenny Jacobs 29 (1) 4. Davey Heskin 56 (6) / 5. Chad Hillier 5c (4) 6. Scott Winters R9 (5) 7. Matt Wasmund 4w (8) 8. TJ Winegardner 11T (9) 9. Neil Shepherd 4N (7)
K. Jacobs jumped out to an early lead, but Madsen used a middle groove to slingshot around on lap four of the 6 lapper. Meyers was able to work around K. Jacobs on the last lap for second, while Heskin snatched the final transfer from Hillier on the white flag lap.
Heat two (started): 1. Brock Mayes 11B (5) 2. Tayler Malsam 26 (1) 3. John Lambertz 12L (3) 4. Jesse Hockett 75J (4) / 5. Todd King 97 (2) 6. Kim Mock 1m (8) 7. Larry Pinegar II 44 (6) 8. Rager Phillips 9 (7) DNS - Ben Gregg 22B
Gregg dumped his sprinter on the frontstretch in hot laps, ending his day. He was uninjured. Malsam grabbed the early lead, but was soon under pressure from Mayes. The pair exchanged the lead twice in the last three laps, with Mayes coming out on top in the most entertaining race for the lead on the day.
Heat three (started): 1. Jac Haudenschild 35 (4) 2. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (1) 3. Chad Blonde 5B (2) 4. Kaley Gharst 3 (7) / 5. Clint Garner 40 (5) 6. JD Johnson 98 (3) 7. Chris Schmelzle 57c (8) 8. Brent Antill 1 (6) 9. Ty Bartz 75 (9)
Jeffrey led lap one, but was quickly overcome by Haudenschild, who drove away from the field. Gharst grabbed the fourth and final transfer to the A at the halfway point.
Heat four (started): 1. Jonathan Allard 0 (1) 2. Billy Alley 55 (3) 3. Travis Rilat 29T (2) 4. Ryan Farrell 3s (5) / 5. Rob Eyler 81c (9) 6. Mike Moore 69 (8) 7. Tony Shilling 47T (6) 8. Garrett Ishii 71G (7) 9. Jack Dover 53 (4)
Dover led until he exited on lap four with mechanical problems. Allard assumed the lead from there.
Heat five (started): 1. Jeff Mitrisin 47 (5) 2. Calvin Landis 70 (1) 3. Sean Michael 6N (2) 4. Bob Weuve 19 (3) / 5. Jan Howard 4xx (6) 6. Mike Deavers 72 (4) 7. Bob Bennett 3 (7) 8. Ray Allen Kulhanek 41K (8) 9. Robert Bell 71 (9)
Landis led early. Mitrisin was set up on a rail though, and flew by the top four runners, taking the point from Landis on lap four.
B main (started): 1. Winters (6) 2. Hillier (1) 3. Garner (3) 4. King (2) / 5. Howard (5) 6. JD Johnson (8) 7. Mock (7) 8. M. Moore (9) 9. Shilling (14) 10. Pinegar (12) 11. Deavers (10) 12. Wasmund (11) 13. Schmelzle (13) 14. Winegardner (16) 15. Bennett (15) 16. Phillips (17) 17. Kulhanek (20) 18. Antill (18) 19. Ishii (19) 20. Eyler (4)
Hillier shot out to an early lead in the 10 lapper. On lap three, Eyler suffered a flat right rear, surendering fifth. On the restart, Hillier led Winters, Garner, King and Howard. Winters pressured the leader until he found the high line around on lap nine.
A main (started): 1. Madsen (1) 2. Allard (4) 3. Mayes (2) 4. Haudenschild (3) 5. Meyers (6) 6. Malsam (7) 7. Mitrisin (5) 8. Alley (9) 9. K. Jacobs (11) 10. Lambertz (12) 11. Farrell (19) 12. Heskin (16) 13. Rilat (14) 14. Winters (21) 15. Hockett (17) 16. Garner (23) 17. King (24) 18. Hillier (22) 19. Weuve (20) 20. Landis (10) 21. Jeffrey (8) 22. Gharst (18) 23. Michael (15) 24. Blonde (13)
Madsen rode the rail to lead the 15 lapper for the duration. A pair of cautions slowed the proceedings. On lap eight, Landis came to a stp while running ninth. He would continue. On lap twelve, Michael spun, bringing another yellow. Meyers and Haudenschild exchanged fourth a couple of times in an otherwise uneventful feature.