August 9-12
Take a Virtual Tour of Knoxville Raceway
*Photos from all 4 nights of the Knoxville Nationals are on this page. Event Results are also included for each day, please keep paging down. Enjoy!
Wednesday August 9th
Wednesday results courtesy of Bill Wright
| 8/9/06 Knoxville Raceway Knoxville Nationals Night #1 62 cars Billy Alley (40th car out to time) set quick time on a heavy surface saturated with rain at 15.151 seconds. Jason Solwold (35th car out) was second quick, followed by Craig Dollansky (11th), Lucas Wolfe (15th), Donny Schatz (59th), Sammy Swindell (12th), Justin Henderson (26th), Shane Stewart (23rd), Lynton Jeffrey (3rd) and Skip Jackson (14th). The track remained in tacky condition throughout the night spurred by two days of rains. JD Johnson suffered rear end problems in hot laps and motor ills in time trials. Last Chance Heat (started): 1. Natalie Sather 94s (1) 2. Dan Shetler 98 (2) 3. Mike Moore 69 (4) 4. Bobby Mincer 15m (6) 5. Danny Jennings 61J (7) 6. Chris Schmelzle 57c (5) 7. Ty Bartz 75 (9) 8. Tyler Houseman 50 (8) 9. Doug Day (10) 10. Gordy Vogelaar 1A (3) / DNS - JD Johnson 98x, Dave Saffell 03 Sather led a single-file 8 lapper the distance. Vogelaar received the black flag for excessive smoke. The top ten finishers filled in the back of the C main, while the top 50 qualifiers made up the five heat races. Heat one (started): 1. Steve King 88 (2) 2. Mark Dobmeier 13 (1) 3. Lance Dewease 25 (4) 4. Daryn Pittman 21x (7) / 5. Jon Corbin 33c (6) 6. Jonathan Allard 0 (8) 7. S. Swindell 1s (9) 8. Alley 17G (10) / 9. Toni Lutar 4x (3) 10. Bob Bennett 3 (5) The heavy track yielded a 10 lap record for King (2:39.0), and hard to pass conditions for the rest. Pittman did his job grabbing the final transfer from Corbin. 5th through eighth made the B, the last two went to the C. Heat two (started): 1. Chad Layton 12c (2) 2. Steve Kinser 11 (6) 3. Fred Rahmer 22 (8) 4. Gary Wright 9w (4) / 5. Danny Lasoski 83 (7) 6. Chad Hillier 5c (1) 7. Solwold R19 (10) 8. Bronson Maeschen 96 (3) / 9. Henderson D1x (9) 10. Jake Peters 57x (5) Layton improved with every lap on a track he'd never laid eyes on, leading flag to flag. S. Kinser moved up nicely, as did Rahmer, who had it working high and low. Heat three (started): 1. PJ Chesson 55K (2) 2. Jan Howard 46 (1) 3. Dollansky 7 (10) 4. Luke Cranston 44x (3) / 5. Stewart 26 (9) 6. Jason Sides 7s (7) 7. Tim St. Arnold 7w (5) 8. James Mosher 12m (4) / 9. Jon Agan 4A (6) 10. Becca Anderson 19x (8) On the start, a three-way party into turn one between Stewart, Agan and B. Anderson didn't fly. The result saw Agan jumping B. Anderson's left front and flipping. Both were done, and only B. Anderson would start the C. Chesson set sail in his first action since the Indy 500. Dollansky made his move into a transfer early, as Stewart worked on tracking down Cranston, but needed another lap. Heat four (started): 1. Jeremy Campbell 10c (2) 2. Brandon Wimmer 7TW (3) 3. Chad Kemenah 15K (4) 4. Jerrod Hull 94 (1) / 5. Ryan Anderson 71R (5) 6. Jeffrey 12 (9) 7. Wolfe 5w (10) 8. Calvin Landis 70 (6) / 9. Randy Anderson 81 (7) 10. Kenny Jacobs 8J (8) Another heat, another win from the front as everyone flat-footed around the big 1/2 mile. The best battle on teh speedway was between Kemenah and Hull for third. Landis grabbed 8th with two laps to go, earning a trip to the B. K. Jacobs looked like he struggled with the handling in the Barry Jackson entry. Heat five (started): 1. Trevor Green 11AU (2) 2. Travis Rilat 29 (4) 3. Schatz 15 (10) 4. Ed Lynch Jr. 2L (8) / 5. John Lambertz 12L (3) 6. Jackson 2 (9) 7. Matt Moro 47 (6) 8. Clint Garner 40 (7) / 9. Jerry Brey 17J (1) 10. Eric Vanderploeg 86 (5) Schatz moved forward from the beginning, hitting his marks to cruise into transfer position. He was one of two of the top ten qualifiers to transfer to the A through his heat race. Lynch moved up as well. C main (started): 1. B. Anderson (2) 2. K. Jacobs (3) / 3. Henderson (1) 4. Ra. Anderson (4) 5. Peters (5) 6. Lutar (7) 7. Vanderploeg (8) 8. Shetler (12) 9. Bennett (6) 10. Jennings (13) 11. Brey (10) 12. Sather (9) 13. Bartz (15) 14. Mincer (14) 15. M. Moore (11) 16. Schmelzle (16) 17. Day (17) 18. Houseman (18) DNS - Agan, Vogelaar B. Anderson led flag to flag. Henderson trailed her as the duo, along with K. Jacobs separated themselves from the pack in the 10 lapper. Houseman exited on lap five. K. Jacobs continued to reel in the leaders using the high side of the track. He bested Henderson on the final circuit in dramatic fashion, shooting around him in turns three and four to take the final transfer to the B. B main (started): 1. Alley (1) 2. S. Swindell (4) 3. Solwold (2) 4. Allard (8) / 5. Lasoski (9) 6. Landis (13) 7. Stewart (5) 8. Sides (10) 9. Jackson (7) 10. Garner (11) 11. Corbin (12) 12. Wolfe (3) 13. Moro (14) 14. Ry. Anderson (16) 15. Maeschen (18) 16. Hillier (20) 17. St. Arnold (15) 18. Lambertz (19) 19. B. Anderson (21) 20. K. Jacobs (22) 21. Mosher (17) 22. Jeffrey (6) Alley would never be denied in the 12 lap star-studded eliminator. Jeffrey rolled into the fourth and final transfer by lap four, but came to a stop on the high side of turn three, bringing a caution. The slowdown saw Alley leading Solwold, S. Swindell, Allard and Stewart back to green. The top four would stay the same, other than a S. Swindell pass of Solwold. Allard and Solwold exchanged third several times, avoiding disaster and the wall a few more. Both ran a nice race and fended off Lasoski for the final transfers. A main (started): 1. Rahmer (6) 2. Schatz (7) 3. Pittman (4) 4. Rilat (10) 5. Dollansky (8) 6. Wimmer (12) 7. S. Kinser (3) 8. Layton (14) 9. Lynch (5) 10. Kemenah (9) 11. Solwold (23) 12. Wright (1) 13. Alley (21) 14. Chesson (15) 15. Allard (24) 16. S. Swindell (22) 17. Green (17) 18. Dobmeier (18) 19. Campbell (16) 20. Cranston (11) 21. King (13) 22. Dewease (2) 23. J. Howard (19) 24. Hull (20) Dewease jumped out to a commanding lead in the 25 lapper, with Wright in tow, followed by a battle between S. Kinser and Rahmer. Dewease cruised through traffic, as Rahmer finally assumed the runner-up traffic. Pittman found some speed and looked to be the fastest car on the track, challenging Rahmer for second, when Dewease had his left rear go. The result saw the leader flip hard into the turn one fence. He was shaken up, but uninjured. The result was a break for Rahmer, who assumed the lead ahead of Pittman, S. Kinser, Dollansky and a surging Schatz. With no lapped cars in between, Rahmer shot out from the pack, leaving a battle for second that Pittman would hold down another five laps. With the white flag out, King slammed hard into the turn three fence, destroying his mount. Information on his condition was not released at the track. Rahmer led a green, white, checker finish ahead of Pittman, Schatz, S. Kinser, Dollansky and Rilat. While Schatz circled Pittman for second, Rilat surged by Dollansky and S. Kinser to nail down fourth. Solwold earned hard-charger honors, moving up 12 spots from row 12. The win was Rahmer's second Knoxville tally. Wednesday night points: 1. Schatz 484 2. Dollansky 482 3. Rahmer 472 4. Solwold 460 5. Pittman 457 6. Alley 455 7. Lynch 447 8. S. Kinser 443 9. S. Swindell 442 10. Allard 437 11. Rilat 423 12. Stewart 412 13. Wimmer 411 14. Kemenah 410 15. Wright 407 16. Wolfe 404 17. Layton 404 18. Jackson 401 19. Lasoski 398 20. Dewease 392 21. Chesson 388 22. Sides 387 23. King 380 24. Campbell 380 25. Green 380 26. Cranston 379 27. Corbin 378 28. Jeffrey 377 29. Garner 373 30. Landis 373 31. Dobmeier 373 32. B. Anderson 363 33. Henderson 360 34. Moro 360 35. K. Jacobs 359 36. J. Howard 359 37. Ry. Anderson 356 38. Hull 349 39. St. Arnold 346 40. Ra. Anderson 334 41. Maeschen 329 42. Lambertz 326 43. Mosher 325 44. Peters 313 45. Hillier 313 46. Bennett 307 47. Vanderploeg 303 48. Agan 296 49. Lutar 296 50. Brey 258 51. Shetler 231 52. Sather 228 53. M. Moore 210 54. Jennings 208 55. Mincer 205 56. Schmelzle 197 57. Bartz 192 58. Vogelaar 181 59. Houseman 181 60. Day 172 61. JD Johnson 102 62. Saffell 97 |
Thursday August 10th
Thursday results courtesy of Bill Wright
| 8/10/06 Knoxville Raceway Knoxville Nationals Night #2 66 cars Don Droud Jr. (5th car out to time) set quick time over the field with a lap of 14.927 seconds. Joey Saldana (43rd car out) was second quick, followed by Dusty Zomer (31st), Randy Hannagan (16th), Todd Shaffer (4th), Wayne Johnson (33rd), Ricky Logan (21st), Rager Phillips (18th), Tony Bruce Jr. (26th) and Brian Brown (63rd). For the second night in a row, the track held up through qualifications, though it would widen for the heats despite being fast. Troy Little found the wall and failed to get a time in. Jesse Giannetto broke a driveline, ending his night. Robert Bell and Mallory Armfield also failed to get times in. Last Chance Heat (started): 1. Brian Carlson 18x (2) 2. Kim Mock 1m (3) 3. Greg Jones 3J (1) 4. Kyle Hirst 99 (4) 5. Jamie McDonald NZ3 (10) 6. Seth Brahmer 13x (5) 7. Dave Enderson 51e (9) 8. Shawn Sander 48 (8) 9. Cameron McGahan 33 (7) 10. Jesse Baker 22B (11) / 11. Michael Strader 7m (12) 12. Jerrel Slinkard 15s (6) DNS - Robert Bell 71, Troy Little 54, Mallory Armfield 5MA, Jesse Giannetto D1 Carlson led the 8 lapper flag to flag. The best race was for second with Mock prevailing on the low side over a rim riding Jones. Slinkard exited on lap four. Heat one (started): 1. Jason Johnson 41 (7) 2. Jason Meyers 14 (8) 3. Jesse Hockett 75x (2) 4. W. Johnson 14AJ (9) / 5. Chad Meyer 1w (4) 6. Droud 44 (10) 7. Kraig Kinser 1K (6) 8. Jeff Mitrisin 10J (3) / 9. Jessica Zemken 1JZ (1) 10. Tyler Walker 5 (5) Mitrisin was sent to the tail after being late to staging. Hockett led early in the completely inverted 10 lapper. On lap two, Walker tried to squeeze between Zemken and the wall, and got into her left rear. The contact sent the Forbrook machine spinning up into the wall. The damage was enough to sideline Walker for the night. The restart saw Hockett leading Zemken, J. Johnson, Meyer and Meyers. One lap after the restart, J. Johnson took the lead and simply left the rest behind. Meyers worked his way by Meye, Zemken and Hockett to take runner-up honors, while W. Johnson was on the move as well, moving into the final transfer late. Heat two (started): 1. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 40R (3) 2. Kerry Madsen 11H (2) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. 35m (4) 4. Kaley Gharst 44G (8) / 5. Saldana 9 (10) 6. Josh Higday 24 (7) 7. Kelly Kinser 4K (6) 8. Larry Pinegar II 7N (1) / 9. Kevin Swindell 1T (5) 10. Logan 55 (9) The initial green saw Saldana try to squeeze between Gharst and the wall. Saldana was the loser, getting into Gharst's right rear and breaking some components in the front end. Despite the breakages, Saldana was able to make repairs in the work area and restart at the rear without a nose wing. Madsen led once the green fell again until a lap five slowdown for Logan, who drifted high to avoid a loose Higday. Logan suffered a broken front axle in the contact, sending him to the C. The restart saw Madsen leading Stenhouse, Moore Jr., Pinegar and Gharst. On lap six, Stenhouse slid under Madsen to lead for good. The restart was new life for Gharst who grabbed the final transfer shortly thereafter. Saldana grabbed the spot with two to go, but after taking the white flag, Gharst shot between the 9 car and the inside berm, sliding in front of Saldana in the move of the night to nail down the final A main transfer. Heat three (started): 1. Travis Whitney 9T (1) 2. Jeff Shepard 4J (5) 3. Paul McMahan 20 (7) 4. Brian Ellenberger 20E (3) / 5. Danny Smith 4 (2) 6. Greg Wilson w20 (8) 7. Zomer 1z (10) 8. Phillips 10 (9) / 9. Neil Shepherd 4N (6) 10. Nick Smith 15NS (4) Whitney led flag to flag despite late pressure from Shepard. McMahan moved up nicely, using the low side to perfection. Heat four (started): 1. Terry McCarl 24x (4) 2. Brooke Tatnell 8 (3) 3. Tim Kaeding 11K (7) 4. Bruce 18 (9) / 5. Brent Antill 1 (2) 6. Tim Hunter 2H (1) 7. Hannagan 1x (10) 8. Jac Haudenschild 35 (8) / 9. Brock Mayes 11B (5) 10. Dion Hindi 11D (6) Antill took the point early, but Tatnell was on the move and took the lead on lap four. McCarl planted the 24 to the bottom of turns three and four to make the winning pass on lap nine. Bruce drove masterfully and grabbed the final transfer from Antill on the last go-around. Heat five (started): 1. Chris Walraven 56 (2) 2. Stevie Smith 19 (4) 3. Brian Paulus 28 (7) 4. Robert Ballou 12x (1) / 5. Brown 21 (9) 6. Jason Martin 36 (8) 7. Shaffer 77 (10) 8. Dean Jacobs 6 (6) / 9. Rich Bubak 9x (5) 10. Dale Howard 47D (3) Walraven led the distance. Brown stopped before a lap could be completed, and restarted at the rear. A better start on the second try allowed him to move within one spot of a transfer in the non-stop event. Paulus moved up nicely from row four. Again tonight, only two of the top ten qualifiers transferred to the main event out of the heats. C main (started): 1. Logan (1) 2. Hindi (3) / 3. Mayes (4) 4. K. Swindell (5) 5. N. Smith (6) 6. Mock (10) 7. Shepherd (2) 8. Hirst (12) 9. Jones (11) 10. D. Howard (9) 11. Bubak (7) 12. Brahmer (16) 13. Enders (15) 14. Zemken (8) 15. McDonald (13) 16. Sander (16) 17. Carlson (19) 18. Baker (18) 19. McGahan (17) DNS - Walker Carlson started at the tail. Logan jumped out and led all 10 laps. Mayes quickly moved to his nerf bar. Hindi remained within shouting distance of the second and final transfer. When he and Mayes were caught behind Zemken, they split the difference with Hindi on the high side and Mayes on the bottom. A drag race for the checkers saw Hindi gain the spot by .006 of a second. The difference was impossible to judge from the naked eye. B main (started): 1. Droud (1) 2. Saldana (2) 3. Zomer (3) 4. Brown (7) / 5. Hannagan (4) 6. Wilson (8) 7. Logan (21) 8. Mitrisin (16) 9. Haudenschild (9) 10. Kr. Kinser (12) 11. Phillips (6) 12. Shaffer (5) 13. Ke. Kinser (13) 14. Hunter (20) 15. D. Smith (17) 16. Hindi (22) 17. Antill (18) 18. Meyer (15) 19. Pinegar (19) 20. D. Jacobs (14) 21. J. Martin (10) 22. Higday (11) Higday got upside down before a lap could be completed. He was uninjured. Droud grabbed a lead, but a lap two incident involving J. Martin. D. Smith and D. Jacobs slowed things again. J. Martin got the worst end of the deal, making heavy contact with the turn four wall and suffering severe damage to his machine. D. Smith somehow got tipped over and balanced on his left rear with his front wheels aiming skyward. Amazingly, the car was tipped back on all fours and continued at the rear along with D. Jacobs. The restart saw Droud leading Saldana, Zomer, Hannagan and Wilson. Brown worked his way from 7th at the restart to the fourth position after a fierce battle with Hannagan in the 12 lapper. The two exchanged the spot at least three times. Logan put on a charge from row eleven to salvage what he could in points. D. Jacobs retired on lap four and Pinegar did the same on lap ten. A main (started): 1. J. Johnson (4) 2. Kaeding (2) 3. Meyers (6) 4. Gharst (5) 5. Paulus (1) 6. W. Johnson (8) 7. Saldana (22) 8. Madsen (17) 9. McMahan (3) 10. McCarl (11) 11. Shepard (9) 12. S. Smith (12) 13. Tatnell (15) 14. Stenhouse (13) 15. Droud (21) 16. Brown (24) 17. Bruce (7) 18. Zomer (23) 19. Whitney (19) 20. Moore Jr. (10) 21. Hockett (16) 22. Ellenberger (14) 23. Walraven (18) 24. Ballou (20) Getting this 25 lapper started was like pulling teeth. After a lengthy motor change, Ballou got upside down after the drop of the green. Zomer had failing brakes, but had plenty of time to make repairs when Madsen spun on the restart. Ellenberger retired with no brakes, and Walraven went pitside with ignition problems. Once underway, Paulus took the early advantage, with J. Johnson quickly in tow. On lap six J. Johnson briefly took the advantage, but Paulus rocketed by on the low side of turn four to keep the advantage. On lap eight, Paulus missed his line in turn one, and J. Johnson shot around the high side to take the point. He used a high line in one and two and a low line in three and four to stretch his advantage in traffic before a lap 16 stoppage by Hockett. J. Johnson led the NST quartet of Kaeding, Paulus, McMahan and Meyers back to green flag racing on the restart. Action was fast and furious, but J. Johnson used the open track in the final nine laps to earn his second career 410 win here under Don Ott power. The win was Ott's second in a row in as many nights. Meyers came on late, shooting by McMahan and Paulus to nail down third. Young Gharst was on a mission as well and rocketed around the same pair as he came home fourth. Saldana used hard-charger honors to come out of the night as the high point man. Points after Thursday: A Main Qualifiers 1. Donny Schatz 484 2. Craig Dollansky 482 3. Joey Saldana 474 4. Jason Meyers 473 5. Fred Rahmer 472 6. Wayne Johnson 471 7. Jason Johnson 470 8. Kaley Gharst 463 9. Jason Solwold 460 10. Don Droud Jr. 460 11. Daryn Pittman 457 12. Tim Kaeding 456 13. Billy Alley 455 14. Brian Paulus 448 15. Ed Lynch Jr. 447 16. Dusty Zomer 444 17. Paul McMahan 444 18. Tony Bruce Jr. 443 19. Steve Kinser 443 20. Sammy Swindell 442 B Main Qualifiers 21. Brian Brown 440 22. Jonathan Allard 437 23. Jeff Shepard 423 24. Travis Rilat 423 25. Randy Hannagan 418 26. Terry McCarl 416 27. Shane Stewart 412 28. Brandon Wimmer 411 29. Chad Kemenah 410 30. Gary Wright 407 31. Stevie Smith 407 32. Lucas Wolfe 404 33. Chad Layton 404 34. Todd Shaffer 402 35. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 402 36. Greg Wilson 402 37. Skip Jackson 401 38. Kerry Madsen 401 39. Ricky Logan 399 40. Danny Lasoski 398 C Main Qualifiers 41. Brooke Tatnell 397 42. Rager Phillips 395 43. Dennis Moore Jr. 394 44. Lance Dewease 392 45. PJ Chesson 388 46. Jac Haudenschild 387 47. Jason Sides 387 48. Jeremy Campbell 380 49. Trevor Green 380 50. Luke Cranston 379 Non-qualifiers 51. Jon Corbin 378 52. Lynton Jeffrey 377 53. Brian Ellenberger 375 54. Kraig Kinser 374 55. Jesse Hockett 374 56. Clint Garner 373 57. Calvin Landis 373 58. Mark Dobmeier 373 59. Travis Whitney 370 60. Chris Walraven 368 61. Jason Martin 367 62. Kelly Kinser 366 63. Becca Anderson 363 64. Josh Higday 361 65. Justin Henderson 360 66. Matt Moro 360 67. Kenny Jacobs 359 68. Jan Howard 359 69. Ryan Anderson 356 70. Jerrod Hull 349 71. Dion Hindi 347 72. Robert Ballou 347 73. Tim St. Arnold 346 74. Jeff Mitrisin 345 75. Chad Meyer 344 76. Dean Jacobs 343 77. Randy Anderson 334 78. Bronson Maeschen 329 79. John Lambertz 326 80. Danny Smith 326 81. James Mosher 325 82. Neil Shepherd 320 83. Brent Antill 320 84. Kevin Swindell 318 85. Brock Mayes 316 86. Jake Peters 313 87. Chad Hillier 313 88. Tim Hunter 313 89. Bob Bennett 307 90. Eric Vanderploeg 303 91. Nick Smith 301 92. Larry Pinegar II 301 93. Rich Bubak 298 94. Jon Agan 296 95. Toni Lutar 296 96. Tyler Walker 285 97. Dale Howard 277 98. Jessica Zemken 260 99. Jerry Brey 258 100. Kim Mock 233 101. Dan Shetler 231 102. Natalie Sather 228 103. Greg Jones 228 104. Kyle Hirst 221 105. Brian Carlson 216 106. Mike Moore 210 107. Danny Jennings 208 108. Bobby Mincer 205 109. Seth Brahmer 205 110. Chris Schmelzle 197 111. Ty Bartz 192 112. Dave Enders 192 113. Jamie McDonald 192 114. Shawn Sander 185 115. Gordy Vogelaar 181 116. Tyler Houseman 181 117. Cameron McGahan 178 118. Doug Day 172 119. Jesse Baker 169 120. Jerrel Slinkard 107 121. JD Johnson 102 122. Michael Strader 98 123. Dave Saffell 97 |
Friday August 11th
Friday results courtesy of Bill Wright
| 8/11/06 Knoxville Raceway Knoxville Nationals Friday Night Non-qualifiers Heat one (started): 1. Calvin Landis 70 (2) 2. Jeremy Campbell 10c (1) 3. Jan Howard 46 (4) 4. Kelly Kinser 4K (3) / 5. Danny Smith 4 (6) 6. Kyle Hirst 99 (9) 7. Tim St. Arnold 7w (5) 8. Chad Hillier 5c (7) 9. Dale Howard 47D (8) Landis led the 8 lapper flag to flag in a mostly single-file event. D. Howard exited on lap two. Heat two (started): 1. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (1) 2. Mark Dobmeier 13 (2) 3. Ryan Anderson 71R (4) 4. Chad Meyer 1w (5) / 5. James Mosher 12m (6) 6. Becca Anderson 19x (3) 7. Tim Hunter 2H (7) 8. Jerry Brey 17J (8) DNS - Brian Carlson 18x Jeffrey led the distance in a typical single-file Friday heat race. Heat three (started): 1. Brian Ellenberger 20E (1) 2. Travis Whitney 9T (2) 3. Dean Jacobs 6 (5) 4. Jerrod Hull 94 (4) / 5. Bob Bennett 3 (7) 6. Neil Shepherd 4N (6) 7. Mike Moore 69 (9) 8. Kim Mock 1m (8) 9. Josh Higday 24 (3) Ellenberger led throughout. D. Jacobs added some excitement by shooting to the inside of Hull and Shepherd to take third. Higday exited with a smoking motor on lap six. Heat four (started): 1. Jesse Hockett 75x (1) 2. Dion Hindi 11D (4) 3. Brock Mayes 11B (6) 4. Chris Walraven 56 (2) / 5. Justin Henderson D1x (3) 6. Randy Anderson 81 (5) 7. Rich Bubak 9x (7) 8. Dan Shetler 98 (8) Henderson grabbed the early lead and checked out on the field. A lap seven stoppage for a stalled Shetler, also saw the leader go to the work area with a flat left rear. Hockett assumed the lead ahead of Hindi, Walraven, Mayes and Ra. Anderson. Henderson had two laps to get back into a transfer, but had the door shut on him by Walraven on the low side of turn one on the white flag lap. Heat five (started): 1. Jason Martin 36 (2) 2. Clint Garner 40 (1) 3. Robert Ballou 12x (4) 4. Matt Moro 47 (3) / 5. Jake Peters 57x (6) 6. John Lambertz 12L (5) 7. Toni Lutar 4x (7) 8. Greg Jones 3J (8) J. Martin shot out to an early lead and dusted the field. The best heat racing of the night saw Moro and Peters battled for the last transfer over the course of the event. A side by side drag race to the checkers saw Moro edge Peters by .016 of a second. B main (started): 1. Henderson (4) 2. D. Smith (1) 3. Hirst (6) 4. Mosher (2) / 5. Shepherd (8) 6. St. Arnold (11) 7. Ra. Anderson (9) 8. Hunter (12) 9. B. Anderson (7) 10. Hillier (16) 11. Lambertz (10) 12. Bennett (3) 13. M. Moore (13) 14. Lutar (15) 15. Jones (20) 16. Mock (18) 17. D. Howard (19) 18. Bubak (14) 19. Peters (5) 20. Carlson (21) 21. Brey (17) DNS - Shetler, Higday D. Smith led lap one, but was quickly bested by Henderson on lap two. Mosher and Shepherd held down the final transfers until Hirst and Peters entered the fray. Both disposed of Shepherd to battle for the final transfer in the 12 lapper. On lap 10, the two contacted, with Peters breaking his right front in the contact, sending him pitside. Henderson led D. Smith, Mosher, Hirst and Shepherd back to green, white, checker. Hirst made a pass of Mosher, the only move in the top five. Brey exited on lap four. A main (started): 1. Landis (1) 2. Jeffrey (2) 3. Hockett (4) 4. Ellenberger (3) 5. J. Martin (5) 6. Henderson (21) 7. Campbell (6) 8. Garner (10) 9. Hindi (9) 10. Whitney (8) 11. Mayes (14) 12. D. Jacobs (13) 13. Dobmeier (7) 14. Ballou (15) 15. D. Smith (22) 16. Ry. Anderson (12) 17. Ke. Kinser (16) 18. Hirst (23) 19. J. Howard (11) 20. Walraven (19) 21. Mosher (24) 22. Meyer (17) 23. Hull (18) 24. Moro (20) Moro flipped on the initial green in the 20 lapper. He was unhurt. Landis jumped out to an early lead on the fast, yet racy surface, with Jeffrey in two. The two approached lap traffic by the eighth go-around and Jeffrey got by for the lead two circuits later. One lap later, Meyer stopped on lap 11. The restart saw Jeffrey leading Landis, Hockett, Ellenberger and J. Martin. After a false start, Landis shot into a lead he would not relinquish. Henderson moved up from 13th on the restart to sixth at the checkers, earning hard-charger honors. The win was Landis's second at Knoxville and paid the Arizona transplant $5000. C Scramble (started): 1. Jon Corbin 33c (1) 2. Jac Haudenschild 35 (5) 3. PJ Chesson 55K (6) 4. Lance Dewease 25 (7) 5. Jason Sides 7s (4) 6. Brooke Tatnell 8 (10) 7. Trevor Green 11AU (3) 8. Dennis Moore Jr. 35m (8) 9. Rager Phillips 10 (9) 10. Luke Cranston 44x (2) Corbin led flag to flag in the 12 lapper to earn $3000. Tatnell earned the pole position for Saturday's C, by moving up four spots. He'll be joined in row one by Chesson, who drove a steady race in third. Dewease was also impressive, running the bottom. B Scramble (started): 1. Gary Wright 9w (1) 2. Chad Kemenah 15K (2) 3. Shane Stewart 26 (4) 4. Brian Brown 21 (10) 5. Terry McCarl 24x (5) 6. Brandon Wimmer 7TW (3) 7. Travis Rilat 29 (7) 8. Jeff Shepard 4J (8) 9. Randy Hannagan 1x (6) 10. Jonathan Allard 0 (9) Wright led the 12 lap duration tallying $5000. Brown was the man on the move, staging a torrid duel with McCarl for a couple of laps. Brown moved forward six spots assuring himself of the B main pole on Saturday. Despite a 10th place finish, Allard will start beside him. A Scramble (started): 1. Don Droud Jr. 44 (1) 2. Donny Schatz 15 (10) 3. Jason Solwold R19 (2) 4. Jason Johnson 41 (4) 5. Joey Saldana 9 (8) 6. Jason Meyers 14 (7) 7. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (5) 8. Kaley Gharst 44G (3) 9. Fred Rahmer 22 (6) 10. Craig Dollansky 7 (9) A lap one fracas between Dollansky and Rahmer resulted in a broken front end and a trip to the pits for Dollansky. Rahmer continued, but was not competitive. Droud took charge in the Pace 44 and dominated for $7000. Schatz was the man on the move, ensuring himself of the pole for the A on Saturday night. He'll be joined by 2006 Kings Royal champ Joey Saldana. World Challenge (started): 1. Tatnell (1) 2. Brown (3) 3. Schatz (8) 4. Kemenah (2) 5. Paul McMahan 20 (4) 6. J. Johnson (6) 7. Daryn Pittman 21x (5) 8. Kerry Madsen 11H (10) 9. Jeffrey (12) 10. Green (11) 11. Skip Jackson 2 (9) 12. Lutar (13) 13. Jamie McDonald NZ3 (15) 14. Dollansky (7) 15. Chris Schmelzle 57c (14) 16. Troy Little 54 (16) Little exited early. Tatnell dominated the 16 lapper to become the first foreign driver to earn a World Challenge win since 1998. The win paid him $10,000. Kemenah trailed him for much of the contest, but Brown passed him with two to go for the runner-up position and Schatz got by on the last lap for third.Schmelzle exited on lap seven. Dollansky went pitside while smoking on lap 11 to end a rough night. |
Saturday August 12th
Saturday results courtesy of Bill Wright
| 8/12/06 Knoxville Raceway 46th Annual Knoxville Nationals 90 cars E main (started): 1. John Lambertz 12L (1) 2. Toni Lutar 4x (4) 3. Bob Bennett 3 (2) / 4. Mike Moore 69 (3) 5. Kim Mock 1m (6) 6. Rich Bubak 9x (8) 7. Dan Shetler 98 (11) 8. Dale Howard 47D (7) 9. Brian Carlson 18x (10) 10. Jerry Brey 17J (9) 11. Greg Jones 3J (5) DNS - Jake Peters 57x, Josh Higday 24 Lambertz led the 10 lap distance, hugging the low side of a fairly narrow surface. Lutar battled Bennett until getting by him for second with two to go in the non-stop affair. D main (started): 1. Brock Mayes 11B (1) 2. Dean Jacobs 6 (2) / 3. Mark Dobmeier 13 (3) 4. Danny Smith 4 (5) 5. Kelly Kinser 4K (7) 6. Robert Ballou 12x (4) 7. Kyle Hirst 99 (8) 8. Ryan Anderson 71R (6) 9. Jan Howard 46 (9) 10. Tim St. Arnold 7w (16) 11. Chad Meyer 1w (12) 12. Lutar (22) 13. Chad Hillier 5c (20) 14. Matt Moro 47 (14) 15. Jerrod Hull 94 (13) 16. James Mosher 12m (11) 17. Becca Anderson 19x (17) 18. Lambertz (19) 19. Bennett (21) 20. Chris Walraven 56 (10) 21. Neil Shepherd 4N (15) 22. Tim Hunter 2H (18) DNS - Randy Anderson 81 Mayes grabbed the early lead ahead of D. Jacobs in the 12 lapper. Hunter pulled his ill-handling machine in on lap four. Two laps later, Shepherd lost his right rear tire and smacked the turn two wall, bringing out a caution. The restart saw Mayes leading D. Jacobs, Ballou, Dobmeier and Ry. Anderson. The two Ohioans battled in close proximity to the finish, with Dobmeier challenging late. C main (started): 1. Jac Haudenschild 35 (4) 2. Brooke Tatnell 8 (1) / 3. Jaosn Sides 7s (6) 4. Lance Dewease 25 (3) 5. Justin Henderson D1x (16) 6. Trevor Green 11AU (9) 7. Calvin Landis 70 (11) 8. D. Jacobs (22) 9. Jesse Hockett 75x (13) 10. Luke Cranston 44x (10) 11. Dion Hindi 11D (19) 12. Travis Whitney 9T (20) 13. Jon Corbin 33c (8) 14. Clint Garner 40 (18) 15. Mayes (21) 16. Jeremy Campbell 10c (17) 17. Brian Ellenberger 20E (14) 18. Rager Phillips 10 (7) 19. Dennis Moore Jr. 35m (5) 20. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (12) 21. PJ Chesson 55K (2) 22. Jason Martin 36 (15) Tatnell jumped out to an early lead in the star-studded 15 lap event. A lap two caution for Moore Jr. who did a 360 spin and came to a stop on the frontstretch, slowed things. The restart saw Tatnell leading Haudenschild, Dewease, Chesson and Sides. One more lap was in the books when Chesson got sideways, collecting a surging J. Martin who struck Chesson and got upside down hard. He was uninjured, but done. The incident also collected Garner and Campbell. Chesson went pitside. Jeffrey also retired with a bent drag link. Now Tatnell led Haudenschild, Dewease, Sides and Green on the restart. While the two leaders battled side by side, Dewease and Sides did likewise. 10 laps were in the books when Moore Jr. spun, bringing out another caution. He was sent to the pits after two unassisted yellows. The restart saw Haudenschild get by Tatnell for what would be the winning pass. Sides continued strong and passed Dewease, but ran out of laps before grabbing a transfer to the B. Henderson came late after a nice run, and D. Jacobs got hard-charger honors starting dead last and running eighth. B main (started): 1. Jeff Shepard 4J (5) 2. Shane Stewart 26 (4) 3. Terry McCarl 24x (7) 4. Danny Lasoski 83 (20) / 5. Travis Rilat 29 (3) 6. Brian Brown 21 (1) 7. Tatnell (22) 8. Randy Hannagan 1x (9) 9. Ricky Logan 55 (19) 10. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 40R (15) 11. Greg Wilson w20 (16) 12. Jonathan Allard 0 (2) 13. Haudenschild (21) 14. Stevie Smith 19 (11) 15. Chad Layton 12c (13) 16. Todd Shaffer 77 (14) 17. Lucas Wolfe 5w (12) 18. Kerry Madsen 11H (18) 19. Chad Kemenah 15K (6) 20. Skip Jackson 2 (17) 21. Brandon Wimmer 7TW (10) 22. Gary Wright 9w (8) Lasoski jumped the initial start and was sent to the tail. The 22 lap gauntlet saw Brown lead at the outset. Things were slowed on lap six when Allard spun. Brown led Stewart, Shepard, McCarl and Rilat back to green flag racing. Stewart moved by Brown on the next circuit to lead, and the two battled back and forth in the turns, with Brown grabbing the advantage again on lap nine. Wimmer stopped and exited with rear end problems on lap 10. Brown led Stewart, Shepard, McCarl and Rilat back to green. Stewart grabbed the lead on the restart, and one more lap was in the books when Jackson spun into the turn two wall. Now Stewart led Brown, McCarl, Shepard and Kemenah. Madsen and Lasoski were moving up from the rear in fifth and sixth by the halfway mark. On lap 17, Madsen bobbled a bit and was tapped by Lasoski. Lasoski stayed on the gas, upsetting the 11H and its driver, who was uninjured physically, but vowing to even the score in the future while on live TV. The restart saw Stewart lose his lead to Shepard with McCarl and a battle between Brown and Lasoski for the final transfer, behind him. Lasoski edged ahead of Brown briefly on lap 18. On lap 19, Brown got a run down the backstretch and came down to cut off Lasoski's line on the low side of turn three. The result was contact between Brown's left rear and Lasoski's right front. The impact sent Lasoski into a 360 spin. A rare inadvertent caution was thrown, so Lasoski was given his spot back. Under caution, Lasoski attempted to damage the Brown mount in frustration. Brown refused to back down to his uncle and retaliated in kind, as the crowd grew raucous, wanting a black flag thrown for Lasoski. Lasoski was able to gain the final transfer in the final laps while Brown faded to sixth. The incident overshadowed fine runs by Shepard, Stewart and McCarl. A main (started): 1. Donny Schatz 15 (1) 2. Joey Saldana 9 (2) 3. Jason Johnson 41 (3) 4. Lasoski (24) 5. Jason Meyers 14 (4) 6. Steve Kinser 11 (19) 7. Craig Dollansky 7 (5) 8. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (6) 9. Don Droud Jr. 44 (7) 10. Daryn Pittman 21x (11) 11. Paul McMahan 20 (17) 12. Fred Rahmer 22 (9) 13. Shepard (21) 14. Tim Kaeding 11K (12) 15. Dusty Zomer 1z (16) 16. Ed Lynch Jr. 2L (15) 17. Stewart (22) 18. Sammy Swindell 1s (20) 19. McCarl (23) 20. Billy Alley 17G (13) 21. Kaley Gharst 44G (10) 22. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (18) 23. Brian Paulus 28 (14) 24. Jason Solwold R19 (8) The 30 lapper took awhile to get underway. On the initial try, Solwold shelled a driveline and was tagged by Gharst, who started to his rear. Solwold retired, while Gharst made repairs to a nose wing and his brakes. Kaeding spun on the restart, bringing caution again and moving the outside rows up three spots after the trio of cars had problems. Once underway, Saldana took the lead in the 9. Schatz was hooked up and was within striking distance the first third of the event. Schatz would make what would be the winning pass on lap 10 of the event. J. Johnson was never far behind in the Lanny Row machine. McCarl had moved into ninth from the final row in a good run when he spun (with some apparent help) on lap 20. The restart saw Schatz leading Saldana, J. Johnson, Meyers, Dollansky and a surging S. Kinser. One more lap was in the books when Paulus had a top ten run thwarted with a broken rear axle. The incident saw an open red called, presumably chiefly for fuel. After adjustments were made under red, Schatz led Saldana, J. Johnson, Dollansky, Meyers and S.Kinser without any lap cars between (Knoxville rules). S. Kinser made a move for fourth on the restart, but was caught behind a sliding Meyers in turn three fading a bit. Suddenly, Lasoski was in the top five mix, while J. Johnson overtook Saldana for second. Schatz pulled away and won his first Nationals, cashing in on $140,000 and a 6 foot trophy while fighting back tears. Saldana ($70,000) made a $35,000 pass on J. Johnson ($35,000) for second in the final corner. Lasoski completed a fine run, passing 20 cars and earning hard-charger honors. Kemenah's crew was best appearing, while Bruce was the Rookie of the Year. |
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