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Knoxville Raceway Championship Night - 410, 360 & 305 Sprints
August 29, 2015
Photos by Doug Johnson
Photos by Chuck Stowe www.chucktoweimages.com
Photos by Steve Hardin
Results & Story by Bill Wright
Justin
Henderson Doubles Up as Champions are Crowned at
Knoxville! by Bill
Wright Henderson shot out from the pole in the 25-lap
NSL main event ahead of Mark Dobmeier and Brian
Brown. Danny Lasoski was fourth, and
challenged Brown for several laps before a lap eight caution saw Tasker
Phillips spin after contact with another car with eight laps in the
books. Henderson led Dobmeier, Brown, Lasoski and
Austin McCarl back to green flag racing.
Dobmeier briefly challenged the leader using the
high side, but Henderson pulled away in the low groove and then went to
work in lapped traffic. The battles got entertaining back in the
pack, as Bryan Clauson duked it out with Ian
Madsen and Austin McCarl. Dusty Zomer moved into
the top five in the late going, while up front, Brown shot by Dobmeier in heavy lapped traffic in the late going for
second. Henderson’s win was his fourth 410 victory of the season
here, and was worth $5,000. Brown closed late, but checkered second,
ahead of Dobmeier, Lasoski and Zomer. Ian
Madsen, Clauson, Austin McCarl, Lynton Jeffrey and Bronson Maeschen rounded out the top ten. Henderson also set quick time over the field,
while Ryan Bunton, Jeffrey and Lasoski won heats. Madsen took the B
main. “I just want to talk about Knoxville Raceway and
my race team,” said Henderson in Victory Lane. “It’s like a dream
come true coming here every Saturday. I know everyone hears that
from the drivers, but it’s true. It’s the ‘Sprint Car Capital of the
World’ for a reason. BDS Motorsports is proud to race here every
week, and I appreciate everything they do.” The 410 track championship was Lasoski’s tenth, an all-time record. Henderson also started the 360 20-lap feature on
the pole. He led at the outset, but was hounded early by Dusty Zomer. Jamie Zaputil
came to a stop in turn two with a lap in the books, bringing the caution
flag. Henderson shot back to green, ahead of Zomer, Sawyer Phillips, Jamie Ball and Clint
Garner. Jon Agan spun while
running eighth and Keoni Texeira retired shorlty
after the restart. Only two more laps were run before a caution for
debris slowed things again. Once green again, Dobmeier set sail. Zomer was never out of it, however, but the leader
shot through lappers with relative ease. On lap 16 and 17, the
second and third place cars of Zomer and Ball
retired, with the latter bringing out the yellow, stopping in turn
four. With just three laps remaining, Henderson shot
away from Matt Moro, Clint Garner, Ryan Giles and Phillips. Giles
would pass Garner for third with two to go, trailing Henderson and Moro,
who had been smoking the last half of the race. Garner was fourth,
and Phillips, hard-charger Nate Van Haaften,
Agan, Tony Shilling, Randy Martin and Bill Balog rounded out the top ten. Henderson also set quick time in the 360’s,
while Agan, Zomer and
Joe Beaver won heat races. “Starting position had a lot to do with it
tonight,” said Henderson in Victory Lane. “The track is really
fast. It’s still fun. It’s really tricky when you get to
lapped traffic, because the track is fast. It’s something I have to
watch for and mind. I’m just proud of this team. I’m really
happy for the owners of BDS Motorsports, Bryan and Dave (Sunby) and Zeus (for winning the owner’s
championship). They not only own this team, but manage this team and
everything that goes along with it from the motors to the cars to the day
to day activity.” Clint
Garner, like Lasoski, set a record with his
sixth 360 track championship. The 305
main event was a race of attrition and hard crashes. Don Dawson III
was the first to tumble before a lap could be completed. On the next
try at green, Joe Simbro destroyed his machine
between turns one and two. Both were
uninjured. McKenna
Haase used the high side to cruise by Christian
Bowman and Devin Kline to lead early. Stacey Alexander, who came
into the feature needing a top ten finish to with the 305 track
championship, got sideways while running sixth, but managed to save
it. Three cars were not so lucky on lap four. Mike Johnston,
Shawn Deman and Kevin Hiemstra were involved in a turn four
tangle. Haase led Kline, Bowman, Trevor Smith and Jeff
Wilke back to green flag racing. Smith shot into third before Cody
Ambers came to a stop with seven laps in the books. The race went
green for six laps when Kline caught Haase in
traffic. When the leader went high in three and four, Kline shot
under her low to take the point on lap 13. On the next go-around,
Haase was working on the high side around lapped
traffic, when she too got into the wall, and flipped violently.
Though she was communicating with the safety team, she was taken in for
observation. Kline held
on to win ahead of Smith, who took second on the white flag lap.
Bowman, Alexander and Chris Walraven finished
the top five. Wilke, Matthew Stelzer, Brad
Comegys, Mitchell Alexander and Chase Wanner completed the top ten. Stacey Alexander’s
fourth place finish secured his first ever track championship. Walraven set quick time and won the B main, while
Wanner, Comegys and
Simbro won the heat
races. “I hope
that was as fun for the fans as it was me,” said Kline. “It was an
absolute blast. The track came in as we got into the race, and my
car got better. On the restarts, the car takes off like a
bullet.” Join us
Sunday night, August 30 for the 30th Annual Enduro! For more information on Knoxville
Raceway, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! 410 Results Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps:
1. 1, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD (22), 14.922; 2. 82, Dusty
Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (21), 14.958; 3. 21,
Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (14), 14.991; 4. 96, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (20), 15.006; 5. 18, Ian
Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (13), 15.018; 6. 17W, Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN (15), 15.052; 7. 13, Mark
Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (16), 15.060; 8. 17A,
Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (10), 15.068; 9. 2,
Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (2), 15.074; 10. 20, AJ
Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (9), 15.109; 11. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney,
NSW, Aust. (25), 15.128; 12. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (5), 15.150; 13. 6R,
Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (24), 15.180; 14. 56,
Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (6), 15.187; 15.
17B, Bill Balog, Brookfield, WI (11), 15.191;
16. 71A, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (26), 15.234; 17. 4, Dakota Hendrickson,
Omaha, NE (17), 15.241; 18. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (23), 15.249;
19. 2KS, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (19),
15.276; 20. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (8),
15.287; 21. 3, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (3),
15.291; 22. O9, Matt Juhl, Sioux Falls, SD (4),
15.385; 23. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW,
Aust. (12), 15.388; 24. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (1),
15.408; 25. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (7), 15.459; 26. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (18), 15.586. Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:02.3: 1.
Lynton Jeffrey (3); 2. Dusty Zomer (6); 3.
Dakota Hendrickson (1); 4. Austin McCarl (4); 5.
Terry McCarl (7); 6. Davey Heskin (2) / 7. Ian Madsen (5); 8. Brooke Tatnell (8); 9. Bob Weuve
(9) Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:03.1: 1.
Danny Lasoski (4); 2. Bill Balog (2); 3. Dustin Selvage (1); 4. Josh Schneiderman (3); 5. Brian Brown (6); 6. Tim Kaeding (7) / 7. Bryan Clauson (5); 8. Tasker Phillips (8) B main (started), 8 Laps, 2:02.2: 1. Ian
Madsen (1); 2. Bryan Clauson (2); 3. Tasker
Phillips (6); 4. Brooke Tatnell (5); 5. Matt
Juhl (4); 6. AJ Moeller (3) / 7. Chris Martin
(7); 8. Bob Weuve (8) A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. Justin
Henderson (1); 2. Brian Brown (6); 3. Mark Dobmeier (2); 4. Danny Lasoski (3); 5. Dusty Zomer
(7); 6. Ian Madsen (9); 7. Bryan Clauson (10);
8. Austin McCarl (4); 9. Lynton Jeffrey (8); 10.
Bronson Maeschen (5); 11. Terry McCarl (19); 12. Davey Heskin (13); 13. Tim Kaeding
(20); 14. Craig Dollansky (18); 15. Dustin
Selvage (17); 16. Bill Balog (14); 17. Brooke
Tatnell (22); 18. Ryan Bunton (12); 19. Josh Schneiderman (11); 20. Dakota Hendrickson (16); 21. AJ
Moeller (23); 22. Tasker Phillips (21); 23. RJ Johnson (15) DNS – Matt
Juhl. Lap Leader: Henderson 1-25.
Hard-charger: T. McCarl. 360 Results Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps:
1. 1, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD (5), 15.805; 2. 9, Ryan Giles,
West Des Moines, IA (1), 15.909; 3. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (15),
15.948; 4. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (6), 15.965; 5. 50, Keoni Texeira, Honolulu, HI
(11), 15.998; 6. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (18), 16.091; 7.
40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (21), 16.134; 8. 82, Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD (12), 16.149; 9. 22, Tony Shilling,
Knoxville, IA (13), 16.217; 10. 4, Jon Agan,
Knoxville, IA (9), 16.218; 11. 88, J Kinder, Holt’s Summit, MO (7),
16.222; 12. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (3), 16.283; 13. 34DD, Bill
Balog, Brookfield, WI (22), 16.319; 14. 3, Nate
Van Haaften, Otley, IA
(14), 16.397; 15. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (20), 16.542; 16. 33,
Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (17), 16.843; 17. 8L,
Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (2), 17.059; 18. 48, Taylor Forbes, Neligh, NE (4),
17.229; 19. 2, Tyler Brooks, Knoxville, IA (23), 17.569; 20. 1A, John
Anderson, Des Moines, IA (8), 21.640; 21. 1J, Jamie Zaputil, Mystic, IA (16), NT; 22. 10, Calvin Landis,
Knoxville, IA (19), NT; DQ (Light at the Scales) - 9M, Ricky Montgomery,
Lakewood, CO (10). Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 1:55.3: 1.
Jon Agan (3); 2. Clint Garner (4); 3. Matt Moro
(5); 4. Bill Balog (2); 5. Justin Henderson (6);
6. Alan Zoutte (1); 7. Tyler Brooks (7) DNS –
Calvin Landis Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 1:55.2: 1.
Dusty Zomer (4); 2. Nate Van Haaften (2); 3. Tom Lenz (1); 4. Ryan Giles (6); 5. J
Kinder (3); 6. Ricky Montgomery (8); 7. Keoni
Texeira (5); 8. John Anderson (7) Heat three (started), 7 Laps, NT: 1. Joe
Beaver (3); 2. Randy Martin (2); 3. Tony Shilling (4); 4. Jamie Ball (6);
5. Taylor Forbes (1); 6. Sawyer Phillips (5) DNS – Jamie Zaputil A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Justin
Henderson (1); 2. Matt Moro (5); 3. Ryan Giles (7); 4. Clint Garner (4);
5. Sawyer Phillips (2); 6. Nate Van Haaften
(13); 7. Jon Agan (9); 8. Tony Shilling (8); 9.
Randy Martin (14); 10. Bill Balog (12); 11. Joe
Beaver (11); 12. Ricky Montgomery (18); 13. Alan Zoutte (15); 14. Tyler Brooks (20); 15. Dusty Zomer (3); 16. Jamie Ball (6); 17. Taylor Forbes (17);
18. J Kinder (10); 19. Keoni Texeira (21); 20. Tom Lenz (16); 21. Jamie Zaputil (19); 22. John Anderson (22) DNS – Calvin
Landis. Lap Leader: Henderson 1-20. Hard-charger: Van Haaften. 305 Results Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 56W,
Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (28), 17.026; 2.
5J, Devin Kline, Knoxville, IA (13), 17.101; 3. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Omaha, NE (22), 17.151; 4. 33, Trevor Smith,
Sanborn, IA (9), 17.178; 5. O, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (2), 17.205; 6.
15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (21), 17.327; 7. 55M, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (25), 17.437; 8. 5, Nick Tucker,
Mooresville, NC (14), 17.444; 9. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (10), 17.450;
10. 24, Kade Higday,
Pleasant Hill, IA (4), 17.480; 11. 71C, Stacey Alexander, Lacona, IA (1), 17.484; 12. O2S, Josh Jones,
Knoxville, IA (24), 17.488; 13. 50K, Kevin Hiemstra, Knoxville, IA (20), 17.521; 14. 76, Brad
Comegys, Bondurant, IA (27), 17.529; 15. 56, Joe
Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (23), 17.584; 16. 85,
Chase Wanner, Agency, IA (19), 17.634; 17. 51,
Corey Kautz, Urbandale, IA (15), 17.636; 18.
71G, Cody Ambers, Knoxville, IA (6), 17.756; 19. 17, Billy Bell, Colfax,
IA (11), 17.904; 20. 35, Kevin Hetrick,
Gladstone, IL (30), 17.912; 21. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (29),
17.938; 22. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (17), 18.100; 23. 19, Rob
Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (12), 18.163; 24. 76D,
Don Dawson III, Indianola, IA (18), 18.317; 25. 126, Shawn Deman, Milo, IA (5), 18.365; 26. 68, Blain Petersen,
Shenandoah, IA (8), 18.690; 27. 82, Lee Patterson, Des Moines, IA (7),
18.696; 28. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (26), 19.493; 29. 71, Cliff Jones,
Pleasant Hill, IA (3), NT. Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:45.0: 1.
Brad Comegys (2); 2. Corey Kautz (1); 3. Stacey Alexander (3); 4. Devin Kline
(6); 5. Nick Tucker (4); 6. Mike Mayberry (5) / 7. Kevin Hetrick (7) DNS – Rob Weuve,
Blain Petersen, Cliff Jones Heat three (started), 6 Laps, 1:47.7: 1.
Joe Simbro (2); 2. Jeff Wilke (4); 3. Matthew
Stelzer (6); 4. Cody Ambers (1); 5. Mitchell
Alexander (7); 6. Christian Bowman (5) / 7. Don Dawson III (8); 8. Josh
Jones (3); 9. Lee Patterson (9) B main (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Chris
Walraven (1); 2. Josh Jones (2); 3. Mike
Johnston (4); 4. Shawn Deman (6); 5. Don Dawson
III (3); 6. Lee Patterson (5) / 7. Ben Woods (7) DNS – Kevin Hetrick, Blain Petersen, Cliff Jones, Rob Weuve
Photos: Justin
Henderson won the 410 feature at Knoxville over Brian Brown (R) and Mark
Dobmeier (L). Knoxville Championship Cup
Series titlists Stacey Alexander (305), Danny Lasoski (410) and Clint Garner (360) (Rob Kocak Photos)
Knoxville, IA, August 30, 2015 – Justin
Henderson put on the show Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway on
Wal-Mart Season Championship Night, but there were plenty of drivers
celebrating at night’s end. The Sioux Falls, South Dakota driver
swept both the FVP National Sprint League 410 feature and the 360 main
event in impressive fashion. Devin Kline won the 305 feature.
Danny Lasoski (410), Clint Garner (360), Stacey
Alexander (305) and BDS Motorsports (360 owner) were the big winners,
taking home Knoxville Championship Cup Series titles for
2015!
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