7/2/05
Knoxville Raceway
29 410s
40 360s
410s
Justin Henderson (10th car out to time) was quickest in time trials at 15.469 seconds. Ricky Logan (9th car out) was second quick, followed by Jesse Giannetto (5th), Wayne Johnson (7th), Calvin Landis (16th), Ryan Anderson (3rd), Kerry Madsen (14th), Billy Alley (11th), Bob Weuve (1st) and Jon Agan (8th). Eric Vanderploeg failed to get a time in and scratched for the night.
Heat one (started): 1. Colin Northway 60 (2) 2. Kaley Gharst 44G (1) 3. Madsen 55 (4) 4. Agan 4 (3) 5. Johnson 14AJ (5) 6. Henderson D11 (6) / 7. Clint Garner 40 (8) 8. Don Droud Jr. 17G (7) 9. Lynton Jeffrey 4AU (9) Tyler Houseman 50 (10)
Gharst took the early lead, but lost the point to Northway on lap two after a side by side duel. Once Northway was out front, it was a mostly single-file affair. It was typical of the invert 6, take 6 to the A parades we've been seeing with the 410s the last few weeks.
Heat two (started): 1. Matt Moro 47 (1) 2. Tim St. Arnold 7w (2) 3. Logan 10 (6) 4. Landis 70 (5) 5. Alley 22 (4) 6. Chris Walraven 56 (3) / 7. Jaymie Moyle 5m (8) 8. Greg Jones 35 (9) 9. Mike Deavers 72 (7) DNS - Vanderploeg 7x
Moro led flag to flag. Logan produced the only real movement, as he advanced nicely up to third. Deavers runs regularly in Illinois and eastern Missouri.
Heat three (started): 1. Brian Brown 21 (2) 2. Skip Jackson 2 (3) 3. Chad Meyer 1w (8) 4. Anderson 71R (5) 5. Mike Moore 69 (1) 6. Jerrel Slinkard 15s (7) / 7. Giannetto D1 (6) 8. Brent Antill 1 (9) 9. Weuve 19 (4)
Brown led the distance and won by six seconds over Jackson. Meyer used the high side to move up five spots and earn a transfer spot. Slinkard got by Giannetto late for the final transfer in the most entertaining heat of the three. Weuve exited on lap three, Antill on lap seven.
B main (started): 1. Droud (3) 2. Giannetto (1) 3. Garner (5) 4. Moyle (6) 5. Jeffrey (7) 6. Antill (9) 7. Jones (8) / 8. Deavers (4) 9. Houseman (10) 10. Weuve (2) DNS - Vanderploeg
Weuve got sideways and turned over after contact with Moyle on the first try at green flag racing. He was uninjured. Giannetto and Droud duked it out for the early lead, before Droud took it for good with a lap three slidejob in the 10 lapper.
A main (started): 1. Johnson (8) 2. Alley (4) 3. Brown (13) 4. Jackson (3) 5. St. Arnold (1) 6. Logan (11) 7. Droud (19) 8. Henderson (10) 9. Giannetto (20) 10. Meyer (16) 11. Anderson (6) 12. Walraven (2) 13. Gharst (12) 14. Garner (21) 15. Landis (9) 16. Agan (5) 17. Slinkard (17) 18. Moyle (20) 19. Moore (14) 20. Antill (22) 21. Jeffrey (23) 22. Jones (24) 23. Moro (15) 24. Madsen (7) DNS - Northway
Northway pulled off before the start, giving first alternate, Jones, his first crack at an A main. Those starting outside their rows, moved up a spot, easing the invert of 12 in the 20 lapper. Madsen made contact with another machine and flipped at the first try at green. He was uninjured, but done. St. Arnold grabbed the early advantage off the pole. Alley trailed him, and tracked down the point on the sixth circuit, using the low side of the raceway and nipping St. Arnold at the line, a lap before Landis spun while running fourth. Alley led St. Arnold, Jackson, Johnson and Brown back to green flag racing. Giannetto spun on the restart, but came back well through the field to garner a top ten run. Six more laps were in the books when Moro stopped to bring out a caution with apparent rear end troubles. He was done for the night. Johnson had moved up to trail Alley on the restart. The pair was followed by Jackson, Brown and St. Arnold. Alley looked to be in control and pulled away from Johnson before a lap 18 caution came out for a slow moving Jeffrey. Johnson made some adjustments under caution and used the high side of turns one and two on lap 19 to take the point, the win, and the lead in the 410 standings. Brown ran a steady race to run third. Droud earned hard-charger honors, moving up twelve spots.
360s
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Dusty Zomer 1z (1*) 2. Jake Peters 57x (2*) 3. Jeff Mitrisin 10 (3*) 4. Josh Higday 24 (8*) 5. Frankie Heimbaugh 04 (9*) 6. Larry Ball Jr. 5J (7) 7. Davey Heskin 56x (6) 8. Alan Zoutte 33 (5) 9. Rick Ideus 5B (10) 10. Bobby Mincer 15 (4)
Mincer elected to start at the rear and dropped out immediately. Zomer and Peters put on a brief battle, but this was a mostly single-file affair after Higday made a nice move into fourth on the first lap.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Rager Phillips 9 (2*) 2. Tom Lenz 8L (6*) 3. Joe Beaver 53 (4*) 4. Troy Meyer 11m (7*) 5. Jerry Crabb 12x (1) 6. John Hall 7H (5) 7. Terry Alexander 77 (9) 8. Brett Golik 5G (10) 9. Eddie Leavitt Jr. F4 (3) 10. DJ Heskin 56 (8)
Crabb took an early advantage before a lap two tangle between Leavitt and DJ Heskin resulted in both cars being out for the night, and Leavitt getting upside down. Crabb led Phillips, Beaver, Lenz and Meyer back to the green flag. Phillips made his move to the point when the green fell, and Lenz rocketed around Beaver and Crabb to grab second. Meyer moved up nicely into fourth and a transfer to the A.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Pete Crall 11 (1*) 2. Bronson Maeschen 96 (3*) 3. Stevie Walsh 20 (2*) 4. Eric Mason B29 (4) 5. John Schulz 2 (6) 6. John Kearney 83B (7) 7. Mitchell Alexander 6 (5) 8. Brett Mather 54 (8) 9. Bobby Hawks 5H (9) 10. Stacey Alexander 126 (10)
Crall led flag to flag and won in convincing fashion. Other than a brief tussel beetween Maeschen and Walsh, this one was mostly single-file. Schulz grenaded his powerplant after the checkered fell, and retired for the night.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Johnny Anderson 7a (4*) 2. David Hall 51 (2*) 3. Mike Houseman Jr. Y5 (1*) 4. Mike Houseman Y2 (3) 5. Eric Jobe 23 (9*) 6. Rob Edwards 22 (6) 7. Nate Mosher 22N (7) 8. Dan Thornburg 57T (8) 9. Dustin Selvage 7 (10) 10. Jarod Smith 48 (5)
D. Hall shot to the point at the outset and pulled away until a lap six caution for a stopped Smith, who was running fourth at the time. His problems were serious enough to sideline him for the evening. Second-place Anderson jumped at the opportunity for a restart and shot around D. Hall for the win. Smith's departure benefited Jobe, who garnered enough passing points to earn a spot in the feature.
C main (started): 1. Hawks (4) 2. Ideus (2) / 3. S. Alexander (5) 4. Selvage (1) 5. Mincer (3) DNS - Leavitt, DJ Heskin, Smith
Mincer's problems continued and he exited on lap two. Hawks won a brief battle with Ideus for the lead and pulled away for the win.
B main (started): 1. Kearney (6) 2. Houseman (2) 3. Ball (3) 4. Mason (1) / 5. J. Hall (5) 6. T. Alexander (8) 7. Mosher (11) 8. Golik (9) 9. Mather (13) 10. Edwards (7) 11. Hawks (15) 12. M. Alexander (12) 13. Ideus (17) 14. Crabb (4) 15. Thornburg (16) 16. Davey Heskin (10) 17. Zoutte (14) DNS - Schulz
Houseman took the early advantage with Ball and Kearney in tow. The three separated themselves from the rest of the field in the 10 lapper, while Mason fought off J. Hall for the last transfer spot. Lapped traffic became a factor, as Houseman worked the bottom, with Kearney on top and Ball in the middle on the three groove track. The finish saw a four-wide finish with a lapped car involved and Kearney edging Houseman by .017 of a second. Ball was third, .1 of a second behind the leader in a thriller.
A main (started): 1. Peters (6) 2. Anderson (12) 3. Higday (1) 4. Beaver (4) 5. D. Hall (5) 6. Mitrisin (2) 7. Zomer (9) 8. Ball (19) 9. Maeschen (7) 10. Phillips (10) 11. Kearney (17) 12. Houseman (18) 13. Walsh (14) 14. Meyer (3) 15. Jobe (16) 16. Houseman Jr. (15) 17. Heimbaugh (13) 18. Mason (20) 19. Crall (8) 20. Lenz (11)
Higday shot out to a convincing lead early, and it appeared he may score two in a row. Lap seven saw the yellow flag fall for a stopped Heimbaugh, who restarted at the tail. Higday led Peters, Beaver, Mitrisin and D. Hall back to green flag racing. Peters slid Higday to take a brief lead on the restart, but Higday came back with a slider and began to pull away. Lenz came to a rest in turn three, bringing out another caution on lap ten. Again, Higday had built a lead, but now had Peters on his tail. Crall tipped, with his car balanced, face-up on the turn two berm. Meyer was deemed a part of the incident and had to restart at the tail. Both had been running in the top ten. Higday led Peters, Beaver, a surging Anderson and D. Hall back to the green. Two laps later, Peters made his winning move and blocked a slider with two to go to secure the win. Anderson continued his fine run on the bottom of the track moving in to second. Peters win shot him into the points lead, and his winnings were doubled by his sponsor, Folkens Brothers Trucking, who matched the track's payout. Ball earned hard-charger honors.