5/19/07
Knoxville Raceway
32 410s
36 360s
410s
Bronson Maeschen (8th car out to time) set quick time at 14.988 on a fast track that lent to some of the best racing of the year. Randy Anderson (21st car out) was second quick, followed by Billy Alley (1st), Skip Jackson (22nd), Dustin Lindquist (3rd), Calvin Landis (32nd), Jack Dover (13th), Ricky Logan (18th), Dennis Moore Jr. (30th) and Ryan Anderson (4th). Clint Garner failed to get a time in, and scratched for the night. Brian Brown had a motor go up in smoke in hot laps and put the Ostrich in for one lap at the end of time trials.
Heat one (started): 1. Brent Antill 1 (2) 2. Jackson 2 (5) 3. Tony Shilling 47T (1) 4. Ry. Anderson 71R (3) 5. Dover 53 (4) / 6. Maeschen 96 (6) 7. Ian Madsen 1A (8) 8. Dave Saffell 03 (9) 9. Robert Bell 71 (10) 10. Toni Lutar 4x (7) DNS – Lynton Jeffrey 12
Shilling took the early lead in the 8 lapper. With a 20-car field scheduled for the feature, the tedious invert six/take six format was lifted, as only five cars transferred on. Great two-wide racing was the norm, and after a brief battle, Antill took the point from Shilling on lap three. Jackson would duel with Shilling as well and take second. Dover made a last ditch effort to catch Ry. Anderson, while Maeschen was left on the outside looking in. Lutar exited on lap four while running sixth.
Heat two (started): 1. Kaley Gharst 3 (2) 2. Lindquist 5 (5) 3. Logan 10 (4) 4. Davey Heskin 56 (1) 5. Brian Brown 21 (8) / 6. Dusty Zomer 1z (9) 7. Ra. Anderson 81 (6) 8. Rager Phillips 9 (3) 9. Mike Deavers 72 (10) 10. Bob Weuve 19 (7) DNS – Clint Garner 40
Gharst led flag to flag in impressive fashion. Brown was quickly in the fray and battled Lindquist early, before the Minnesotan pulled away on the low side, and then picked off Heskin and Logan. Brown also battled Ra. Anderson for the final transfer, which he gained. Last week’s feature winner, Zomer, could not make up enough ground after a disappointing time trial and fell just short of Brown.
Heat three (started): 1. Seth Brahmer 13 (2) 2. Moore Jr. 17G (4) 3. Alley 55 (6) 4. Landis 70 (5) 5. Mark Dobmeier 13L (8) / 6. Jon Corbin 15 (7) 7. Billy Balog 17 (9) 8. Greg Jones 3J (10) 9. Jack Potter 47 (3) 10. Mike Moore 69 (1)
Brahmer led the duration. M. Moore challenged early but stumbled to fourth and exited on lap five. Alley moved up well, but neither he or Moore Jr. could challenge Brahmer. Dobmeier benefited from M. Moore’s exit by grabbing the final transfer after missing the heat invert.
B main (started): 1. Maeschen (1) 2. Ra. Anderson (2) 3. Zomer (10) 4. Phillips (3) 5. Lutar (6) / 6. M. Moore (5) 7. Corbin (8) 8. Weuve (7) 9. Potter (4) 10. Balog (11) 11. Deavers (13) 12. Madsen (12) 13. Bell (15) 14. Saffell (9) 15. Jones (14) DNS – Jeffrey, Garner
Maeschen led throughout the 12 lapper with Ra. Anderson in tow. Behind them, some great action was going on. At the ½ way mark, Zomer and M. Moore battled for fifth. Zomer made the move of the night squeezing by the 69 by inches, as he held his line on the cushion coming out of four. He would gain two more spots, passing Phillips for third in the last corner. Jones exited on lap three, Saffell went pitside on lap six.
A main (started): 1. Brown (14) 2. Jackson (5) 3. Alley (6) 4. Gharst (10) 5. Logan (1) 6. Moore Jr. (7) 7. Zomer (18) 8. Ry. Anderson (8) 9. Dobmeier (15) 10. Lindquist (4) 11. Dover (2) 12. Antill (9) 13. Lutar (20) 14. Heskin (13) 15. Brahmer (11) 16. Shilling (12) 17. Landis (3) 18. Phillips (19) 19. Maeschen (16) 20. Ra. Anderson (17)
Lindquist started wide on the first start, got black flagged, and restarted at the rear. The next start saw four cars involved in a tangle. Ra. Anderson got the worst of it, flying high into the turn one billboards. He was uninjured. Also hitting the work area were Maeschen, Dobmeier and Lindquist. The latter two would restart, with Maeschen replacing a front axle and re-entering after a lap two caution for a spun Lutar. Logan had taken the early lead ahead of Landis, Jackson, Dover and Alley with one lap down. On lap four, Jackson used his momentum to roll by Logan to take the point. Two laps later, a caution flew for debris. Jackson led Landis, Logan, Alley and Dover back to green flag racing. Brown had moved up to seventh, and Zomer had zoomed into the top ten. Jackson led Landis the next several laps, but Brown and Gharst were now on the move forward. On lap 15, Brown had caught the leader and made a pass before a caution negated the move. The third place car of Landis had come to a stop and went pitside. Now Jackson led the charging Brown, Gharst, Alley and Logan towards the last five laps. Jackson had a nice restart and pulled away, but Brown was patient and gained the advantage on lap 18. Intense action behind brown saw Alley and Gharst, and Gharts and Moore Jr. exchanging several sliders in edge of the seat action. Brown banked $3000 plus $300 for hard-charger honors for his 8th career 410 win, and was quick to credit Lee Nelson of Ostrich Engines, who powered both winners tonight.
360s
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Josh Schneiderman 49 (1*) 2. Tom Lenz 8L (3*) 3. Bryan Dobesh 2D (5*) 4. Larry Pinegar II 00 (4*) 5. Rick Ideus 5 (2) 6. Jake Peters 57x (7) 7. Randy Martin 14 (9) 8. Jesse Giannetto 86 (8) 9. Terry Alexander 77 (6)
Schneiderman led the stout heat from flag to flag. A narrow, heavy track saw top contenders Peters, Martin and Giannetto with an uphill climb with little chance for advance.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Dave Hall 51 (1*) 2. Russ Hall 29 (3*) 3. Jeff Mitrisin 10 (6*) 4. Mike Houseman Jr. Y2 (8*) 5. Tyler Houseman 50 (2) 6. Frankie Heimbaugh 04 (7) 7. John Schulz 2 (4) 8. CJ Houseman Y5 (5) 9. Jordan St. Arnold 7s (9)
D. Hall paced his cousin R. Hall in a race featuring all three Housemans. Houseman Jr. topped the family bragging rights with a fourth place run from 8th.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Johnny Anderson 7a (3*) 2. Tyler Thompson 48 (6*) 3. Matt Moro 2m (1*) 4. John Hall 7H (4*) 5. Brett Mather 54 (7) 6. Nate Van Haaften 3 (2) 7. Ryan Roberts 18R (8) 8. Dustin Selvage 7 (5) 9. Sean Walden 14w (9)
Walden pulled off on lap two. Anderson took a slim lead from Moro after circling the front row on the first circuit and pulled away. Selvage retired on lap five with mechanical ills. Thompson was impressive and won a late battle with Moro for second.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Pete Crall 1 (1*) 2. Josh Higday 2x (4*) 3. Natalie Sather 94s (2*) 4. Gregg Bakker 11x (5*) 5. Alan Zoutte 33 (3) 6. Joe Beaver 53 (8) 7. Mitch Runge 28 (6) 8. Nate Mosher 22N (7) 9. Brett Golik 5G (9)
Crall led a mostly single-file event for the duration. Bakker created a little excitement and gained a feature spot with a last lap pass of Zoutte for fourth. Beaver fell just short of Zoutte for fifth.
B main (started): 1. Beaver (5) 2. Mather (1) 3. Peters (6) 4. Ideus (2) / 5. Heimbaugh (7) 6. Giannetto (13) 7. Van Haaften (9) 8. Roberts (10) 9. Zoutte (4) 10. Runge (12) 11. Mosher (16) 12. Alexander (15) 13. Schulz (11) 14. T. Houseman (3) 15. CJ Houseman (14) 16. St. Arnold (17) 17. Martin (8) DNS – Selvage, Walden, Golik
Mather led early in the 10 lapper. Martin went out on the first lap with a puff of smoke. Beaver gained the lead on lap three after a brief battle with Mather. Peters and Mather also battled for second. Giannetto was quickly in sixth from row seven, but wasn’t able to track down Heimbaugh the last several laps.
A main (started): 1. Higday (1) 2. Crall (2) 3. Anderson (6) 4. D. Hall (3) 5. Dobesh (10) 6. Schneiderman (4) 7. Mitrisin (9) 8. Thompson (5) 9. Bakker (14) 10. R. Hall (8) 11. Pinegar (15) 12. Moro (12) 13. Houseman Jr. (11) 14. Peters (19) 15. Ideus (20) 16. Beaver (17) 17. Sather (13) 18. Lenz (7) 19. J. Hall (16) 20. Mather (18)
Higday checked out and stayed there in the 15 lapper. The only slowdown came with a lap four Ideus spin. At the time, Higday led Crall, D. Hall, Anderson and Schneiderman. D. Hall and Anderson put on the best race in this one and that was a battle for third. Dobesh looked good coming from 10th to 5th. Higday is fifth all-time in 360 wins with 14.