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Tim
Shaffer Tops Night #1 of the 27th Annual Knoxville 360
Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank! Jamie
Ball Leading the Points by
Bill Wright and Bryan
Hulbert
KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (August 3, 2017) – Tim Shaffer led wire to wire to capture night #1
of the 27th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great
Southern Bank Thursday night at Knoxville Raceway. The Aliquippa,
Pennsylvania driver was paid $3,000 for his win aboard the Demyan/Rudzik Racing
#49x. Jamie Ball emerged with the most points at 473, followed by
Aaron Reutzel (471), Shaffer (470), Josh
Baughman (467), Thomas Kennedy (467) and Seth Bergman
(467). A
surreal and ferocious accident started the 20-lap feature event. Jon
Agan was tagged from behind, setting off a chain
of events that sent Sammy Swindell careening into the frontstretch fence. That collected Alex Hill,
Rager Phillips, Harli
White and Jordyn Brazier. White and Brazier were
able to make repairs under the open red, while Joe Beaver and Aaron
Reutzel had to replace top wings as well.
Fortunately, no one was hurt. When
the green flew again, Shaffer led Josh Baughman, Thomas Kennedy, Agan and Jamie Ball. A battle ensued for the
second spot between Kennedy and Baughman. While Baughman remained
true to the low side, Kennedy shot around the cushion. With six laps
in the books, Jonathan Cornell’s rear axle broke sending him sideways,
collecting Beaver. Both would flip, but were
uninjured. While
Shaffer pulled away again on the restart, the battle continued for
second. Baughman finally prevailed on lap 12. Agan was reeling in Kennedy as well, as those two
exchanged third three times, with Agan grabbing
the spot on the white flag lap. Ian Madsen went up in smoke while
running tenth with two to go. Shaffer
would enter traffic late, but prevailed at the line. It was the
50th Annual Knoxville Nationals champion’s first career 360 win
here. Baughman followed, ahead of Agan,
Kennedy and Ball. Aaron Reutzel, Danny
Lasoski, Seth Brahmer,
hard-charger Seth Bergman and Matt Moro completed the top
ten. Rager
Phillips set quick time at 15.826 seconds, a 360 Nationals record.
Shaffer, Brazier, Skylar Prochaska, Carson McCarl and Lasoski were heat
winners. Bergman claimed the B main. “It’s
awesome,” said Shaffer in Victory Lane. “It’s about learning each other, learning the track, and doing the
right things. We’re here to get seat time. I’ve been here a
lot, but you’re always learning. (Crew Chief) Cody Jacobs gave me
one heck of a race car tonight. At the end of the day, you have to put yourself in position for Saturday.
We’re here to have a good time and race.” “My
guys gave me a great car and it took me a few laps to get comfortable with
it,” said Bergman. “We were racing with Kennedy there for eight or
ten laps. I couldn’t get him cleared, but once I did, we were
running Shaff down. We were gaining a
little bit. Maybe if we could have got to lapped traffic sooner, or
had some more laps, we could have gotten to him. Congrats to him and
his team.” “We
were good, but yet again we weren’t,” said Agan. “We tried to make the best of it and do
everything we could. We had a new race car here last week. We
really didn’t know what we had going in. I didn’t rotate the center
real well and Kennedy got past me. He came
to the bottom, but we didn’t touch. He opened up his entry a little
bit and we were able to take it.” The
27th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern
Bank continues Thursday night, August 4! For more information, visit
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Results Time
Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
22, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (4),
15.826 (New Event Record); 2. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (8), 15.955;
3. 18M, Ian Madsen, St. Mary's, NSW, Aust. (11), 15.976; 4. 28, Jonathan
Cornell, Sedalia, MO (14), 15.976; 5. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (10),
16.008; 6. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (7),
16.013; 7. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (20), 16.087; 8. 14, Tony
Stewart, Columbus, IN (2), 16.094; 9. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (29),
16.121; 10. 17, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA
(9), 16.122; 11 23W, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN (1), 16.166; 12. 4,
Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (18), 16.171; 13. 1,
Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (17), 16.182; 14. 13V, Seth Brahmer, Wisner, NE (36), 16.207; 15. 17B, Josh
Baughman, Odessa, TX (22), 16.241; 16. 49X, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA
(13), 16.279; 17. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (27), 16.284; 18. 75AU,
Matt Egel, Adelaide, SA, Aust. (12), 16.286; 19.
6, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (26), 16.291; 20.
1M, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (28), 16.303; 21.
3S, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (33), 16.331; 22. 5H, Cory Eliason,
Selma, CA (25), 16.346; 23. 35, Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (15),
16.350; 24. 23D, Devon Dobie, Wapakoneta, OH (21), 16.432; 25. 56N, Davey
Heskin, St. Michael, MN (35), 16.455; 26. 99,
Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can. (6), 16.466; 27. 21AU, Jordyn Brazier,
Maroochydore, QLD, A (41), 16.499; 28. 77X, Alex Hill, Six Nations, ONT,
Can. (19), 16.510; 29. 12, James Mosher, Albuquerque, NM (3), 16.525; 30.
17W, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (16), 16.571; 31.
53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (42), 16.640; 32. 95, Matt Covington,
Glenpool, OK (34), 16.664; 33. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (40), 16.687;
34. 1J, Danny Jennings, Norman, OK (31), 16.706; 35. 45, Chuck Hebing,
Ontario, NY (32), 16.718; 36. 52, Blake Hahn, Sapulpa, OK (38), 16.724;
37. 9L, Hunter Lane, Milo, IA (24), 16.798; 38. 8M, Kade Morton, Coweta, OK (30), 16.803; 39. 35L, Cody
Ledger, Omaha, NE (39), 16.922; 40. 27B, Patrick Bourke, Gypsum, CO (37),
16.998; 41. 93, Dustin Morgan, Tulsa, OK (23), 17.167; 42. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (43), 17.456; 43. 98, Chris
Masters, Napa, CA (5), 18.348 Heat
one (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.7: 1.
Tim Shaffer (3); 2. Joe Beaver (7); 3. Sammy Swindell (2); 4. Aaron Reutzel (5); 5. Rager
Phillips (6); 6. Scott Winters (4); 7. Blake Hahn (8); 8. Skylar Gee (1);
DNS 9. Dustin Morgan (9); Heat
two (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.1: 1.
Jordyn Brazier (1); 2. Matt Moro (3); 3. Cory Eliason (2); 4. Jon Agan (4); 5. Calvin Landis (5); 6. Seth Bergman (6);
7. Matt Covington (7); 8. Alan Zoutte (9); 9.
Hunter Lane (8); Heat
three (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.8: 1.
Skylar Prochaska (2); 2. Thomas Kennedy (4); 3. Alex Hill (1); 4. Ian
Madsen (6); 5. Tony Stewart (5); 6. Matt Egel
(3); 7. Lee Grosz (7); 8. Kade Morton (8); 9.
Chris Masters (9); Heat
four, 8 Laps, 2:15.0: 1.
Carson McCarl (1); 2. Jamie Ball (3); 3. Devon
Dobie (2); 4. Seth Brahmer (4); 5. Danny
Jennings (5); 6. Jonathan Cornell (6); 7. Cody Ledger (7); DNS 8. James
Mosher (8); Heat
six, 8 Laps, 2:14.8: 1.
Danny Lasoski (3); 2. Josh Baughman (4); 3.
Harli White (1); 4. Davey Heskin (2); 5. Ryan Roberts (6); 6. Tyler Groenendyk (5); 7. Patrick Bourke (8); 8. Chuck Hebing
(7); B
main (started), 12 Laps, 3:29.9: 1.
Seth Bergman (2); 2. Rager Phillips (1); 3.
Calvin Landis (5); 4. Jonathan Cornell (3); 5. Tyler Groenendyk (7); 6. Ryan Roberts (4); 7. Tony Stewart
(6); 8. Matt Egel (9); 9. Lee Grosz (13); 10.
Scott Winters (8); 11. Matt Covington (12); 12. Chuck Hebing (15); 13.
Cody Ledger (17); 14. Skylar Gee (10); 15. Blake Hahn (16); 16. Danny
Jennings (14); 17. Dustin Morgan (19); 18. James Mosher (11); 19. Kade Morton (18); 20. Patrick Bourke (20); 21. Alan
Zoutte (22); 22. Chris Masters (21); DNS 23.
Hunter Lane (23); A
main, 20 Laps, NT: 1.
Tim Shaffer (1); 2. Josh Baughman (2); 3. Jon Agan (5); 4. Thomas Kennedy (4); 5. Jamie Ball (6); 6.
Aaron Reutzel (7); 7. Danny Lasoski (11); 8. Seth Brahmer (3); 9. Seth Bergman (21); 10. Matt Moro (9);
11. Davey Heskin (16); 12. Carson McCarl (10); 13. Cory Eliason (13); 14. Skylar
Prochaska (14); 15. Calvin Landis (23); 16. Harli White (19); 17. Devon Dobie (15); 18. Jordyn
Brazier (17); 19. Ian Madsen (8); 20. Jonathan Cornell (24); 21. Joe
Beaver (20); 22. Sammy Swindell (12); 23. Alex Hill (18); 24. Rager Phillips (22). Lap Leader: Shaffer 1-20.
Hard Charger: Bergman Greg
Hodnett Dominates Night #2 of the
27th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern
Bank! Clint
Garner and Wayne Johnson on Front Row for Saturday’s
Finale by
Bill Wright and Bryan
Hulbert
KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (August 4, 2017) – Greg Hodnett won a
three-way battle for the lead and cruised to his first career 360 win at
the Knoxville Raceway on night #2 of the Knoxville 360 Nationals presented
by Great Southern Bank. The win, aboard the Heffner Racing #27, was
worth $3,000 for the Thomasville, Pennsylvania native. Clint Garner
and Wayne Johnson emerged as the two high-point drivers heading into
Saturday night’s $15,000 to win finale. They’ll sit on the front
row, with Nate Van Haaften and Jamie Ball in row
two, and Aaron Reutzel and Tim Shaffer making up
the third row. Trey
Starks led Brian Brown and Jeff Swindell to start the 20-lap feature
event. Brown would shoot under Starks to lead lap two. Hodnett was up to third by lap four, and shortly
after, Sawyer Phillips spun in turn three. Brown
led Starks, Hodnett, Swindell and Wayne Johnson
back to green flag racing. Starks shot by Brown back into the lead
when the green fell, while Johnson moved into fourth. Hodnett stuck his car to the low side, taking second
on lap six. Two laps later, he was by Starks into the lead and
checking out. One
final caution for a stopped Parker Price-Miller at the halfway point set
up a ten lap Dash. At the time, Hodnett
led Starks, Brown, Johnson and Garner. Brown moved into second,
while Garner took fourth and Swindell got back into fifth.
No
one had anything for Hodnett, who took off from
the field like a galloping horse. Brown was second, followed by
Starks, Garner and Swindell. Dusty Zomer,
Van Haaften, Wayne Johnson, hard-charger Sam
Hafertepe Jr. and Christopher Bell completed the
top ten. Garner set quick time over the field, while Johnny Herrera,
Ryan Giles, Zomer, Scott Bogucki and Tim Kaeding won
heats. Ryan Leavitt won the C main in his first ever 360 start, while Hafertepe won
the B. “Mr.
Aliquippa himself (Tim Shaffer), the ‘Steel City Outlaw’ got ’er done last night,” said Hodnett in Victory Lane. “We were fortunate
enough to take advantage of a pretty decent starting spot. We had a
good race car and we came out on top in this one. It’s been a long
time since we’ve been up here. I didn’t even know how to get
here. I’m just very fortunate and very blessed to have this car, car
owner and the guys who work on it. I’m very thankful. This is
really important. We come out here one time
a year, and get minimal laps here. We don’t get as many as we used
to with the Outlaws. This is hard to do. These guys are tough,
and it’s hard to do. We’re going to keep working as a team to get
better.” “I’m
just a little disappointed in the driver,” said Brown. “You get guys
like Greg and Trey Starks, and you give them opportunities…they’re going
to make it count. For Greg to come back from Pennsylvania and put it
on us says something about how strong his team is. Greg is a true
ambassador to our sport. To run second to him isn’t the end of the
world. I just feel I didn’t run 20 good laps. I need to make
better laps and better decisions as a driver. We’ll come back
tomorrow and hopefully, I can do my job.” “I
wish I had more laps around here and knew how to run the bottom,” said
Starks. “The bottom was hooked up, and good and fast. I just
tried to run the top as hard as I possibly could. That was a fun one
with Greg and Brian there. I can’t really complain very much.
Hopefully, we’re set up good for tomorrow.” The
27th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern
Bank comes to a close tomorrow night, August
5! The 305 sprint car class will also be in
action. For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! Knoxville
Raceway - Sprint Car Capital of the World! Home
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Results Time
Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps:
1. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (2), 16.196; 2. 2C, Wayne Johnson,
Knoxville, IA (8), 16.293; 3. 14B, Christopher Bell, Norman, OK (3),
16.319; 4. 23S, Stu Snyder, Waverly, NE (1), 16.334; 5. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (17),
16.449; 6. 41, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (6),
16.523; 7. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX
(26), 16.562; 8. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA
(10), 16.581; 9. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines,
IA (18), 16.622; 10. 71, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (45), 16.653; 11.
5M, Troy Manteufel, St. Peter, MN (5), 16.664;
12. 27, Greg Hodnett, Spring Grove, PA (39),
16.685; 13. 94, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (23), 16.700; 14. 090, Matt
Juhl, Tea, SD (29), 16.716; 15. 44, Chris
Martin, Ankeny, IA (7), 16.757; 16. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO
(19), 16.765; 17. 10H, Chad Kemenah, Alvada, OH (15), 16.767; 18. 55S, Trey Starks,
Puyallup, WA (46), 16.779; 19. 26, Tayler Malsam, Seattle, WA (13), 16.802; 20. 25, Dylan
Peterson, Hartford, SD (27), 16.806; 21. 35V, Jamie Veal, Warrnambool, VIC, Au (4), 16.813; 22. 36, Jason
Martin, Lincoln, NE (20), 16.817; 23. 82, Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD (44), 16.852; 24. 67X, Parker
Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (25), 16.872; 25. 3K, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (47), 16.897; 26. 45X, Johnny
Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (24), 16.919; 27. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (48),
16.923; 28. 17H, Jared Horstman, Cloverdale, OH (11), 16.954; 29. 84,
Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (37),
16.959; 30. 12N, Cole Duncan, Lockbourne, OH (34), 16.987; 31. 9M, Ricky
Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (30), 17.011; 32. 71C, Stacey Alexander, Lacona, IA (36), 17.023; 33. 1B, Ryan Leavitt,
Knoxville, IA (14), 17.024; 34. 07, Michael Bookout, Tulsa, OK (12), 17.040; 35. 22S, Sean
McClelland, Tulsa, OK (32), 17.113; 36. 63, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (42), 17.127; 37. 16,
Dustin Clark, Agency, IA (33), 17.160; 38. 9N, Wade Nygaard, Grand Forks,
ND (28), 17.193; 39. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (40), 17.220;
40. 7M, Chance Morton, Coweta, OK (31), 17.222; 41. 40H, Howard Moore,
Memphis, TN (16), 17.259; 42. X1, Mason Moore, Chico, CA (35), 17.459; 43.
10C, Jeremy Campbell, Wichita, KS (41), 17.489; 44. 38, Mike Dapra, Gillette, WY (38), 18.171; 45. 1A, John
Anderson, Des Moines, IA (43), 18.444; 46. 9Z, Jared Goerges, Brainerd, MN (21), NT; 47. 26X, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (22), NT; 48. 53D, Jack Dover,
Springfield, NE (9), NT Heat
one (started), 8 Laps, 2:18.9:
1. Johnny Herrera (1); 2. Brian Brown (3); 3. Jamie Veal (2); 4. Clint
Garner (6); 5. Dominic Scelzi (5); 6. Howard
Moore (9); 7. Troy Manteufel (4); 8. Jared Goerges (10); 9. Ricky Montgomery (7); 10. Brooke
Tatnell (8); Heat
two (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.3:
1. Ryan Giles (1); 2. Jason Martin (2); 3. Wayne Johnson (6); 4. Greg
Hodnett (4); 5. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (5); 6. Chad Kemenah (3); 7. Stacey Alexander (7); 8. Dustin Clark
(8); 9. Mason Moore (9); DNS 10. Josh Higday
(10); Heat
three (started), 8 Laps, NT:
1. Dusty Zomer (2); 2. Jared Horstman (1); 3.
Jeff Swindell (4); 4. Trey Starks (3); 5. Christopher Bell (6); 6. Terry
McCarl (5); 7. Wade Nygaard (8); 8. Jeremy
Campbell (9); 9. Ryan Leavitt (7); DNS 10. Jack Dover Heat
four (started), 8 Laps, NT:
1. Scott Bogucki (1); 2. Parker Price-Miller
(2); 3. Sawyer Phillips (8); 4. Tayler Malsam
(3); 5. McKenna Haase (5); 6. Stu Snyder (6); 7.
Matt Juhl (4); 8. Michael Bookout (7); 9. Mike Dapra
(9); Heat
five (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.2:
1. Tim Kaeding (2); 2. Cole Duncan (1); 3. Nate
Van Haaften (6); 4. Chris Martin (4); 5. Joey
Saldana (5); 6. Sean McClelland (7); 7. John Anderson (9); 8. Chance
Morton (8); 9. Dylan Peterson (3); C
main (started), 8 Laps, 2:24.4: 1.
Ryan Leavitt (1); 2. Ricky Montgomery (2); 3. Brooke Tatnell (4); 4. Mason Moore (3); 5. Mike Dapra (5); DNS 6. Dylan Peterson; 7. Josh Higday; 8. Jack Dover; B
main (started), 12 Laps, NT:
1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (4); 2. Christopher Bell
(1); 3. Terry McCarl (5); 4. Chad Kemenah (10); 5. Joey Saldana (7); 6. Stu Snyder (2);
7. Dominic Scelzi (3); 8. McKenna Haase (6); 9. Wade Nygaard (15); 10. Stacey Alexander
(11); 11. Matt Juhl (9); 12. Howard Moore (17);
13. Troy Manteufel (8); 14. Jeremy Campbell
(16); 15. Ryan Leavitt (21); 16. Dustin Clark (14); 17. Michael Bookout (12); 18. John Anderson (19); 19. Mason Moore
(22); 20. Brooke Tatnell (23); 21. Sean
McClelland (13); 22. Ricky Montgomery (20); 23. Jared Goerges (18); DNS 24. Chance Morton (24); A
main (started), 20 Laps, NT:
1. Greg Hodnett (5); 2. Brian Brown (2); 3. Trey
Starks (1); 4. Clint Garner (8); 5. Jeff Swindell (4); 6. Dusty Zomer (12); 7. Nate Van Haaften (6); 8. Wayne Johnson (7); 9 Sam Hafertepe Jr. (21); 10. Christopher Bell (22); 11.
Jason Martin (11); 12. Tayler Malsam (9); 13.
Tim Kaeding (14); 14. Johnny Herrera (15); 15.
Chris Martin (3); 16. Terry McCarl (23); 17.
Ryan Giles (16); 18. Cole Duncan (19); 19. Jamie Veal (10); 20. Jared
Horstman (17); 21. Sawyer Phillips (20); 22. Scott Bogucki (18); 23. Parker Price-Miller (13); 24. Chad
Kemenah (24); Lap Leaders: Starks 1,
Brown 2, Starks 3-7, Hodnett 8-20. Hard
Charger: Hafertepe, Jr.
Clint Garner Finally on Top at Knoxville 360
Nationals! KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 5, 2017) – One of the greatest 360 sprint
pilots ever at the Knoxville Raceway, and indeed, one of the best sprint
car drivers at the “Sprint Car Capital of the World”, finally broke
through and won the 27th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great
Southern Bank. Clint Garner, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota held off the
field to win the 25-lap $15,000 event at Knoxville Saturday night. Before a lap could be completed, Friday’s preliminary winner, Greg
Hodnett spun in turn one to bring out the caution flag. He would restart
at the tail, while up front, Garner took the point ahead of two-time event
winner Wayne Johnson and Aaron Reutzel. Jamie Ball maneuvered by Reutzel
for third on lap two. Garner used the low side, as he and Johnson separated themselves from
the field and entered lapped traffic on the tenth circuit. A lap later,
Brian Brown, who started twelfth, was into the top five. The last caution
came with thirteen laps in the books. Calvin Landis slowed to a stop
without brakes. Garner led Johnson, Ball, Reutzel and Brown back to green flag racing.
Johnson got a run under Garner at the cone, but was shut down into turn
one. That sent him up the track, and Ball got by him for second.
Meanwhile, Brown jumped by Reutzel into fourth. Johnson would use the low
side to shoot back by Ball. Brown would slide in front of Ball on lap sixteen to take third. Garner
continued his mastery up front on the cushion. Johnson would bobble in the
marbles on lap 19, and Brown would reel him in. While Garner sailed away
up front, Brown took second with four laps to go. The win was Garner’s 33rd career triumph here in the 360 class, second
on the all-time list only to David Hesmer. Brown came home second as the
hard-charger, ahead of Johnson, Reutzel and Ball. Christopher Bell, Sam
Hafertepe Jr., Jeff Swindell, Tim Shaffer and Hodnett, who recovered from
the tail, rounded out the top ten. Dusty Zomer led the way in the non-stop 15-lap B main, while Joey
Saldana had an impressive drive to win the C. Lee Grosz won the D main.
The C main saw the most incidents. Scott Bogucki came to a stop in turn
one, and collected Matt Egel, who got upside down. Cody Ledger, who had a
minor fire after the D main, was also a flip victim in the C. No one was
injured. “It did get to the point where it was the ‘win it or wear it’ moment,”
said an emotional Garner in Victory Lane. “I ran the heck out of it. It’s
just a guessing game out front. You have no clue where everyone else is
going and what’s happening. I wish I could say it’s easy, but it’s so hard
to do. This is definitely the biggest win of my career. I’m so happy, and
there are so many people here. A lot of these guys race for a living, and
they know how hard I try to keep up with them. They know when I can beat
them, it is special. I’m proud to be a working man that races on the
weekend. I’m more proud that I just beat a bunch of professionals. I think
we were 12th quick in hot laps and there were a lot of questions flying.
There was a gear change that we had to make. I’m so proud of my guys.” “Clint has been coming here a lot of years,” said Brown. “He has a true
sprint car family. His brother, his Dad…I’m envious of him. That’s what
racing’s all about. If I can’t win it, I’m glad he was able to. He should
have won it three times by now. It was a great effort by our team. I was
hoping for one more yellow. Twelfth to second is nothing to hang our head
about.” “I suckered (Garner) on the first start. I knew I wouldn’t get another
chance at it. Then he got the lead. He started running the top, and I felt
like I was better than him on the bottom. The caution came out with twelve
to go and took the lapped traffic away. I wasn’t catching him late in the
race, so I went to the top. I just opened the door for Brown there to
slide me. We’ve struggled quite a bit at times in the last seven or eight
months. So we can’t hang our head about finishing third behind the two
guys that probably have more laps here than anyone. Congratulations to
Clint. Those guys work hard, and they’re good friends of mine.” Eric Bridger led early in the 15-lap 305 feature. The current point
leader set sail, ahead of Matthew Stelzer and Ryan Leavitt. The only
caution of the event came on lap nine, when the fourth place car of Joe
Simbro slowed. Bridger would lead the field back to green, dogged by Stelzer. Kade
Higday quickly moved into third. Stelzer would use the cushion to work
around Bridger and take the lead with two laps to go. When he missed his
mark in the middle of the track on the next lap, however, Bridger would
retake the point and the rookie would go on to win his second feature of
the year here. Stelzer, Higday, Tyler Glass and Leavitt followed. Kelby
Watt, Mike Mayberry, Evan Epperson, Chris Walraven and Rob Kubli completed
out the top ten. Bridger set quick time, while Glass and Watt were heat
winners. “I about gave that one away,” said Bridger in Victory Lane. “I must
have gotten slower. I just got looser and looser. Luckily, we started on
the front row and got the job done. That was pretty close. We were able to
come out on top. He may have made a mistake in turn three and let me get
back to the low side. I just have to thank my crew. I didn’t do that last
time.” The “Capitani Classic” on Sunday night, August 6, gives the 410’s one
last tune-up for next week’s 57th Annual 5-hour ENERGY Knoxville
Nationals! For more information, visit
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! 360 Results D main (started), 10 Laps, 2:53.0: 1. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (1);
2. 95, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (3); 3. 71C, Stacey Alexander, Lacona,
IA (2); 4. 1J, Danny Jennings, Norman, OK (5); 5. 9N, Wade Nygaard, Grand
Forks, ND (4); 6. 35L, Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE (10); 7. 52, Blake Hahn,
Glenpool, OK (8); 8. 25, Dylan Peterson, Hartford, SD (12); 9. 12, James
Mosher, Albuquerque, NM (6); 10. 9M, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (14);
11. 8M, Kade Morton, Coweta, OK (16); 12. 40H, Howard Moore, Memphis, TN
(9); 13. 63, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (18); 14. 93, Dustin
Morgan, Owasso, OK (19); 15. 1B, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (7); 16. 27B,
Patrick Bourke, Gypsum, CO (17); 17. 22S, Sean McClelland, Owasso, OK
(13); 18. X1, Mason Moore, Chico, CA (21); 19. 7M, Chance Morton, Coweta,
OK (23); 20. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (22); 21. 07, Michael Bookout,
Tulsa, OK (11); 22. 98, Chris Masters, Napa, CA (24); 23. 9N, Jared
Goerges, Brainerd, MN (25); DNS - 10C, Jeremy Campbell, Wichita, KS; 1A,
John Anderson, Des Moines, IA; 45, Chuck Hebing, Ontario, NY; 16, Justin
Clark, Agency, IA; 9L, Hunter Lane, Milo, IA; 38, Mike Dapra, Gillette,
WY; 26X, Josh Higday, Runnells, IA; 53D, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE; C main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. 71, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (3);
2. 3S, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (2); 3. 17, Tyler Groenendyk,
Oskaloosa, IA (5); 4. 10H, Chad Kemenah, Alvada, OH (7); 5. 21AU, Jordyn
Brazier, Maroochydore, QLD, Aust. (1); 6. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines,
IA (6); 7. 14, Tony Stewart, Columbus, IN (4) / 8. 17H, Jared Horstman,
Cloverdale, OH (10); 9. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (14); 10.
95, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (17); 11. 99, Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB,
Can. (15); 12. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (16); 13. 9N, Wade Nygaard,
Grand Forks, ND (20); 14. 25, Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (23); 15.
1J, Danny Jennings, Norman, OK (19); 16. 17W, Harli White, Lindsay, OK
(8); 17. 52, Blake Hahn, Glenpool, OK (22); 18. 77X, Alex Hill, Six
Nations, ONT, Can. (12); 19. 35L, Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE (21); 20. 12N,
Cole Duncan, Lockbourne, OH (9); 21. 12, James Mosher, Albuquerque, NM
(24); 22. 84, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (11); 23. 75AUS, Matt
Egel, Adelaide, SA, Aust. (13); 24. 71C, Stacey Alexander, Lacona, IA
(18); DNS - 67X, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN; 53, Joe Beaver,
Knoxville, IA; 5M, Troy Manteufel, St. Peter, MN; 09, Matt Juhl, Tea,
SD; B main (started), 15 Laps, 4:27.9: 1. 82, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD
(2); 2. 36, Jason Martin, Lincoln, NE (6); 3. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona,
IA (5); 4. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (1); 5. 26, Tayler Malsam,
Seattle, WA (8) / 6. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (13); 7. 71, Joey
Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (19); 8. 22, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA
(4); 9. 5H, Cory Eliason, Kingsburg, CA (10); 10. 6, Carson McCarl,
Altoona, IA (3); 11. 3S, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (20); 12. 9, Ryan
Giles, Grimes, IA (17); 13. 35, Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (9); 14.
41, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (18); 15. 10H, Chad Kemenah, Alvada, OH
(22); 16. 3K, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (11); 17. 14, Tony Stewart,
Columbus, IN (25); 18. 17, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA (21); 19. 23S,
Stu Snyder, Waverly, NE (15); 20. 45X, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM
(12); 21. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (7); 22. 23D, Devon Dobie,
Wapakoneta, OH (16); 23. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (24); 24. 21AU,
Jordyn Brazier, Maroochydore, QLD, Aust. (23); DNS – 18, Ryan Roberts,
Aurora, NE, 28, Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia, MO; 35V, Jamie Veal,
Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD
(1); 2. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (12); 3. 2C, Wayne Johnson,
Oklahoma City, OK (2); 4. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (5); 5. 5J, Jamie
Ball, Knoxville, IA (4); 6. 14B, Christopher Bell, Norman, OK (11); 7.
15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (15); 8. 94, Jeff Swindell,
Bartlett, TN (14); 9. 49X, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (6); 10. 27, Greg
Hodnett, Spring Grove, PA (7); 11. 17B, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (8); 12.
23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (10); 13. 1M, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO
(18); 14. 1, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (9); 15. 55S, Trey Starks,
Puyallup, WA (16); 16. 82, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (20); 17. 4, Jon
Agan, Knoxville, IA (13); 18. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (3); 19. 24,
Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (22); 20. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (23); 21.
36, Jason Martin, Lincoln, NE (21); 22. 26, Tayler Malsam, Seattle, WA
(24); 23. 13V, Seth Brahmer, Norfolk NE (17); 24. 70, Calvin Landis,
Knoxville, IA (19) DNS – 18M, Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. Lap
Leaders: Garner 1-25; Hard Charger: Brown. 305 Results Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 3 laps: 1. 81E, Eric Bridger,
Winterset, IA (3), 16.923; 2. 56W, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (13),
17.074; 3. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (1), 17.135; 4. 0, Mike
Mayberry, Fremont, IA (5), 17.177; 5. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (2),
17.222; 6. 1B, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (11), 17.265; 7. 99, Matthew
Stelzer, Papillion, NE (4), 17.301; 8. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA
(7), 17.313; 9. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (8), 17.355; 10. 24,
Kade Higday, Pleasant Hill, IA (12), 17.471; 11. 12T, Tyler Glass, Cedar
Rapids, IA (9), 17.511; 12. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (10), 17.557; 13. 64,
Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (6), 17.737; 14. 23K, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (14),
17.741. Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:47.8: 1. Tyler Glass (1); 2. Joe Simbro
(2); 3. Matthew Stelzer (3); 4. Eric Bridger (6); 5. Jon Hughes (4); 6.
Brandon Worthington (5) DNS – Casey Greubel Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:48.2: 1. Kelby Watt (1); 2. Kade Higday
(2); 3. Ryan Leavitt (4); 4. Rob Kubli (7); 5. Mike Mayberry (5); 6. Evan
Epperson (3); 7. Chris Walraven (6) A main (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1. Eric Bridger (1); 2. Matthew Stelzer
(3); 3. Kade Higday (7); 4. Tyler Glass (5); 5. Ryan Leavitt (2); 6. Kelby
Watt (8); 7. Mike Mayberry (6); 8. Evan Epperson (12); 9. Chris Walraven
(11); 10. Rob Kubli (13); 11. Joe Simbro (4); 12. Brandon Worthington (9);
13. Jon Hughes (10) DNS – Casey Greubel. Lap Leaders: Bridger 1-12,
Stelzer 13, Bridger 14-15. Hard-charger:
Higday.
Eric Bridger Victorious in 305’s
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