8/5/05
Knoxville Raceway
360 Nationals
101 cars
F main (started): 1. Kent Wolters 1w (2) 2. Eric Lutz 5 (1) 3. Chris Morgan 7x (6) 4. Nick Smith 15s (8) 5. Alan Zoutte 33 (5) 6. Glenn Styres 0 (4) 7. Jeff Van Dusen 56D (7) / 8. Josh Close 7c (3) 9. Dan Thornburg 57T (9) 10. Jimmy Taylor 23 (10) DNS - Rodney Turner 69, Jon Eldreth 25, Abe Sherwood 44, Mike Chadd 4, Larry Pinegar II 1A, Stevie Walsh 20s, Derek Drown 26, Jerrod Hull 50
Wolters led the distance in the non-stop six lapper winning by 15 car lengths. The track was fast and narrow.
E main (started): 1. Toby Brown 4m (4) 2. Nate Van Haaften 3v (1) 3. Sean Walden 14w (8) 4. Brett Geldner 1B (6) 5. Dustin Selvage 7 (5) 6. Eddie Leavitt Jr. F4 (9) 7. Van Dusen (20) / 8. Kerry McAlister 15K (14) 9. Matt Harms 53H (3) 10. Lee Sowell 51x (13) 11. Lutz (15) 12. Ryan Voss 2H (10) 13. Zoutte (19) 14. Wolters (16) 15. Styres (17) 16. Tony Crank 9c (12) 17. Morgan (18) 18. Jamie McDonald NZ3 (2) 19. Mike Houseman Jr. Y5 (7) 20. Louie Carufel 47x (11) DNS - Kevin Welsh 2w, Rick Ideus 3R, Ken Stolfus 121, Dustin Lindquist 55L, Jack Pillon 18JP, N. Smith
McDonald took an early lead in the 8 lapper and appeared to be headed to victory before Houseman Jr. stopped on lap six bringing out a yellow. Carufel who was running fourth exited. McDonald led T. Brown, Selvage, Van Haaften and Geldner back to green flag racing. McDonald slowed, perhaps with a fuel problem and T. Brown jumped on the opportunity, taking the win. Selvage also benefited grabbing the final transfer to the D. A nice charge by Van Dusen to continue his alphabet pursuit.
D main (started): 1. Roger Crockett 11c (4) 2. Travis Rilat 29 (11) 3. Chuck Swenson X (2) 4. Dustin Daggett 85 (1) / 5. Luke Cranston 20 (3) 6. Jeff Cook 10c (5) 7. Rager Phillips 9P (6) 8. Gavin Punch 81AU (7) 9. Adam West 30 (13) 10. Pete Crall 11 (9) 11. Geoff Dodge 44x (10) 12. Walden (18) 13. Davey Heskin 56x (15) 14. Van Dusen (22) 15. T. Brown (16) 16. Van Haaften (17) 17. Selvage (20) 18. Geldner (19) 19. Dave Anderson 53x (12) 20. Leavitt (21) 21. Darrell Brink 90 (14) 22. Mike Houseman Y2 (8) DNS - Don Droud Jr. 5G, Jarod Smith 48, Natalie Sather 94s, Bryan Gossel 6G
Crockett got around the front row and led flag to flag in the ten lapper. Rilat was on a mission and was in the top four by the halfway mark. Swenson and Daggett battled through lapped traffic for the runner-up spot. As they battled on the final circuit, Rilat used the opportunity to fly around both of them in a dramatic run to second.
C main (started): 1. Larry Ball Jr. 5J (4) 2. Kerry Madsen 55 (7) / 3. John Kearney 83B (2) 4. Jason Danley 82 (5) 5. Trevor Lewis 56T (14) 6. Ricky Fauver 5sp (1) 7. JD Johnson 98 (6) 8. Crockett (21) 9. Brett Mather 54 (3) 10. Johnny Herrera (19) 11. Jake Martens 48x (16) 12. Scott Winters R19 (17) 13. Rilat (18) 14. John Schulz 2 (11) 15. Steve King 88 (8) 16. Swenson (22) 17. Troy Meyer 11m (13) 18. Daggett (20) 19. Dave Ely 3 (15) 20. Bryan Howland 51H (9) 21. Ryan Jamison 51J (10) 22. Dave Glennon 5v (12) DNS - Eric Baldaccini B4, Doug Wilson 86
Kearney took the early lead in the non-stop 12 lap event. Ball took the point on lap three, while Madsen was closing quickly. He put Kearney away and set his sights on Ball. Despite a couple of attempts, Madsen could not get by and settled for second and the final transfer. The track was beginning to widen and the C saw charges by Lewis, Crockett and Herrera.
B main (started): 1. Jonathan Allard 0x (3) 2. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 40R (6) 3. Bronson Maeschen 96 (1) 4. Johnny Anderson 7a (11) / 5. David Hall 51 (8) 6. Garry Lee Maier 11x (14) 7. Danny Jennings 61J (10) 8. Madsen (22) 9. Jason Martin 36 (16) 10. Sam Hafertepe Jr. 15 (2) 11. Cody Branchcomb 94 (7) 12. Chad Humston 23c (9) 13. Joe Beaver 53 (15) 14. Ball (21) 15. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (13) 16. Seth Brahmer 13 (20) 17. Nick Mulheim 38m (4) 18. Ryan Anderson 71R (17) 19. Frankie Heimbaugh 04 (12) 20. Matt Moro 2m (5) 21. Mike Dussel 6 (19) 22. Roger Rager 2K (18)
Maeschen shot out and led most of the 15 lapper. Allard was gaining and took the lead on lap 12. Meanwhile, Anderson was on the move from row six, and gained the fourth and final transfer spot at about the halfway mark. On lap 13, he contacted Dussel, who spun bringing out the only caution.
A main (started): 1. Billy Alley 22 (1) 2. Gary Wright 9 (10) 3. Brian Brown 21 (6) 4. Stenhouse (22) 5. Dusty Zomer 1z (3) 6. Jake Peters 57x (2) 7. Allard (21) 8. Jesse Hockett 75 (7) 9. Danny Wood 14AJ (19) 10. Jason Johnson 41 (12) 11. Jeff Mitrisin 10 (13) 12. Randy Martin 14 (9) 13. J. Anderson (24) 14. Zach Chappell 50z (4) 15. Ricky Logan 7L (5) 16. Josh Higday 24 (14) 17. Curt Michael 99 (16) 18. Stacey Alexander 126 (18) 19. Eric Jobe 23x (11) 20. Loren Langerud 56 (20) 21. Maeschen (23) 22. John VanDenBerg 7N (17) 23. Nate Mosher 22N (8) 24. Jesse Giannetto D1 (15)
As Alley shot out to an early lead, Stenhouse passed seven cars on the first lap of 25. Alley had B. Brown in tow on lap nine when Mosher spun. The two led Peters, Zomer and Chappell back to green flag racing. At the time, Wright was 7th, but not for long. He took to the low side of the raceway (the same as the leader) and picked his way forward. Mosher again brought a caution when he suffered a flat tire on lap 20. Alley led B. Brown, Wright, Peters, Hockett, Zomer and a charging Stenhouse back to Justin Clark's green flag. B. Brown slid by Alley briefly on the first restart lap, but it was to no avail as Alley stretched his lead to complete the circuit. A lap 24 VanDenBerg stop gave Wright, who had worked by B. Brown a final shot at Alley but it came up just short. The win was Alley's second straight 360 Nationals triumph and paid him $10,000. Stenhouse's great run earned him hard-charger honors. Allard and Wood both made impressive runs from the back as well.