9/2/06
Knoxville Raceway
28 410s
31 360s
410s
Chris Walraven (18th car out to time) set quick time at 14.906 seconds on a fast track. Randy Anderson (5th car out) was second quick, followed by Calvin Landis (27th), Jesse Giannetto (11th), Tim St. Arnold (26th), Brian Brown (17th), Bronson Maeschen (13th), Lynton Jeffrey (10th), Dusty Zomer (19th) and Billy Alley (7th). Kaley Gharst had mechanical ills in hot laps, took one lap at the end of time trials and scratched for the night. Tyler Houseman was also a scratch after time trials. Alley's 30 point 410 standings lead coming into the night over Brown was cut to 25 after time trials.
Heat one (started): 1. Jake Peters 57x (2) 2. Alley 17G (3) 3. Giannetto D1 (5) 4. Walraven 56 (6) 5. Maeschen 96 (4) 6. Matt Moro 47 (7) / 7. Greg Jones 3J (9) 8. Robert Bell 71 (10) 9. Rager Phillips 10 (1) 10. Tony Shilling 47T (8)
Phillips jumped out to a nice lead in the 8 lapper over Peters, who had the 360 championship wrapped up and went 410 racing tonight. Phillips pulled away from the field, utilizing the bottom groove on a fast track. On lap seven, his powerplant went south and he stopped, bringing out the caution. Peters assumed the lead and held it over Alley, Giannetto, Walraven and Maeschen to the checkers. Moro also stopped on lap seven. He was able to move by Bell and Jones to grab the final transfer. Shilling retired on lap two.
Heat two (started): 1. Trevor Green 11AU (1) 2. Mark Dobmeier 1L (2) 3. St. Arnold 7w (5) 4. Skip Jackson 2 (3) 5. Jeffrey 12 (4) 6. Clint Garner 40 (7) / 7. Ra. Anderson 81 (6) 8. Jerrel Slinkard (8) DNS - Tyler Houseman 50
Green led flag to flag in a mostly single-file affair. Garner grabbed the final transfer from Ra. Anderson, when the second quick qualifier bobbled over the cushion in three and four early on in the only real passing action.
Heat three (started): 1. Brent Antill 1 (2) 2. Zomer 1z (4) 3. Kerry Madsen 55 (3) 4. Mike Moore 69 (1) 5. Landis 70 (6) 6. Brown 21 (5) / 7. Ryan Anderson 71R (7) 8. Dave Saffell 03 (8) DNS - Kaley Gharst 44G
Antill led a single-file, six invert parade for the duration. Brown's sixth place finish combined with Alley's second place run in heat one, set him up 45 points behind the Lincoln, Nebraska native.
B main (started): 1. Ra. Anderson (1) 2. Shilling (2) / 3. Ry. Anderson (3) 4. Slinkard (5) 5. Bell (6) 6. Jones (4) 7. Saffell (7) DNS - Phillips, Houseman, Gharst
Ra. Anderson dominated the 10 lapper with Shilling holding down the final transfer.
After a lengthy rain delay the 25 lap feature race was postponed to October 7, when the World of Outlaws will be in town. Alley holds a 45 point lead over Brown in the season championship race.
A main lineup for 10/7: 1. Zomer 2. Jeffrey 3. Maeschen 4. Brown 5. St. Arnold 6. Giannetto 7. Landis 8. Walraven 9. Alley 10. Jackson 11. Madsen 12. Peters 13. Dobmeier 14. Antill 15. Green 16. Moore 17. Moro 18. Garner 19. Ra. Anderson 20. Shilling
360s
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Josh Higday 24 (2*) 2. Dustin Selvage 7 (4*) 3. Josh Schneiderman 49 (6*) 4. Stacey Alexander 00 (7*) 5. John Anderson 4G (3) 6. Davey Heskin 84 (5) 7. Brett Golik 5G (8) 8. Danny Heskin 65 (1)
Danny Heskin elected to start at the rear, and dropped out on the first lap. Higday led the duration of the 7 lapper with Selvage in tow. A great first lap put Schneiderman in the top three with a good run. S. Alexander worked by John Anderson to nail down fourth and enough points for a transfer spot.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Jeff Mitrisin 10 (3*) 2. Jon Corbin 15 (4*) 3. Bryan Dobesh 2x (7*) 4. Larry Ball Jr. 5J (6*) 5. John Schulz 2 (5) 6. Tyler Thompson 48 (2) 7. Eric Mason B29 (8) 8. Mike Houseman Jr. Y5 (1)
Thompson grabbed the early advantage, with Corbin moving in behind him. On lap two, Corbin challenged for the lead low, but a caution slowed things when Houseman Jr. stopped on the frontstretch. On the restart, Thompson went low to block Corbin, while Mitrisin took the high side to slingshot around them both. He would lead the rest of the way. Corbin moved into second, while Dobesh completed a good run in third from row four.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Pete Crall 11 (2*) 2. Johnny Anderson 7a (1*) 3. Frankie Heimbaugh 04 (6*) 4. John Kearney 83 (5*) 5. Dave Hall 51 (7*) 6. Alan Zoutte 33 (4) 7. Larry Pinegar II 7w (8) 8. Tom Lenz 8L (3)
After a side by side battle with Johnny Anderson, Crall led every lap. Lenz exited on lap two. Heimbaugh was the mover in this one, coming forward three spots on a fast track.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Mitchell Alexander 6 (2*) 2. Rick Ideus 5B (1*) 3. Brett Mather 54 (6*) 4. Nate Van Haaften 3 (4) 5. Tony Moro 2m (5) 6. Dustin Lindquist 55L (3) 7. Joe Beaver 53 (7)
M. Alexander took the point and held it through a lap four caution for Beaver. Beaver had moved up into fourth, but was done. The restart saw M. Alexander lead Ideus, Lindquist, Mather and Van Haaften back to green. Lindquist would also slow with two laps to go, retiring to the pits while running third. M. Alexander held off Ideus to the finish.
B main (started): 1. Van Haaften (1) 2. John Anderson (2) 3. Lindquist (8) 4. Beaver (12) / 5. Schulz (3) 6. Moro (4) 7. Mason (10) 8. Davey Heskin (5) 9. Pinegar (11) 10. Zoutte (7) 11. Thompson (6) 12. Danny Heskin (13) 13. Brett Golik (9) DNS - Houseman Jr., Lenz
Van Haaften led the 10 lapper throughout with John Anderson in tow. The non-stop event saw the best racing action of the night as Schulz held down third over Lindquist and Beaver in close racing action for the final five laps. When Schulz went into turn three on the white flag lap, Lindquist ducked below him and Beaver went high, creating a three-wide battle for two transfer spots. The result saw Schulz on the outside looking in. Golik exited on lap four.
A main (started): 1. Corbin (3) 2. Schneiderman (1) 3. Mitrisin (8) 4. Dobesh (2) 5. Johnny Anderson (11) 6. Selvage (4) 7. Mather (10) 8. Lindquist (19) 9. Kearney (15) 10. Heimbaugh (9) 11. Beaver (20) 12. Ball (14) 13. M. Alexander (5) 14. Van Haaften (17) 15. S. Alexander (13) 16. John Anderson (18) 17. Ideus (12) 18. Higday (7) 19. Crall (6) 20. Hall (16)
Schneiderman led the 20 lap affair early and ran strong on the tacky bottom groove. An early caution slowed the event. Schneiderman led Corbin, Dobesh, Selvage and a surging Mitrisin back to green flag racing. At the halfway point, Higday came to a stop while running in the top ten. He was done for the night. His misfortune, and Johnny Anderson's strong run, gave the latter third place in the standings behind Peters and Mitrisin. The restart saw Schneiderman ahead of Corbin, Mitrisin, Selvage, Dobesh and Johnny Anderson. Schneiderman was cruising until lap 17, when the lapped machine of John Anderson got over the turn two berm and swerved in his way. Schneiderman could not avoid the slowed machine and jumped his left rear, getting his front end airborne. By the time he recovered, Corbin took a lead he would not relinquish for his second career Knoxville win and $1,500.