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Knoxville Raceway 5-5-18
410, 360 & 305 Sprints
Results & Story by Bill Wright
Brian
Brown is Back on Top at Knoxville! by
Bill
Wright KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (May 5, 2018) – Grain Valley, Missouri’s Brian Brown made the
most of his first appearance of the 2018 season Saturday at the Knoxville
Raceway by claiming the $4,000 20-lap 410 sprint car feature event.
The entertaining headliner was Brown’s 38th career win
here on Budweiser “National Beverage Day”. It was preceded by an
exciting win for Nebraskan Ryan Roberts in the 360 class. Defending
305 track champion, Eric Bridger, had an exciting day. First, he
graduated from Upper Iowa University, and then he led start to finish in
the 15-lap 305 feature. Justin
Henderson was the early leader in the 410 event, ahead of Brown and Terry
McCarl. Matt Juhl moved into fourth on the second lap, while Davey
Heskin came back from a slow start into the top
five by lap four. Heskin continued to
climb, moving by Juhl for fourth on lap five,
and by McCarl on lap seven for
third. Brown
reeled in Henderson with traffic in sight and slid across his bow on lap
eight to take the point. Three circuits later, Carson McCarl stopped and retired with no brakes bringing the
first caution of the night in any class. Brown led Henderson, Heskin, Terry McCarl and
Juhl back to green flag racing. Heskin
stuck the low side of one and two on the restart to shoot by Henderson for
second. Point leader and eleventh place starter, Brooke Tatnell, was also on the move, going from eighth to
fifth. Austin McCarl, who won the first
two features at Knoxville this season was in a battle with Spencer Bayston when he climbed the Indiana native’s right
rear in turn three and hit the wall hard. Despite significant damage
to the car, he walked away. Bayston, and
Lynton Jeffrey, who was collected in the fray were also done. Brown
led the field back to green again, protecting the low side over Heskin, Henderson, Terry McCarl and Tatnell.
Tatnell was on the move again,
and was up to third with five laps to go. A final caution for
a slowing Tasker Phillips did not deter Brown, who won over Heskin, Tatnell, Terry McCarl and Juhl.
Henderson, Josh Schneiderman, RJ Johnson, Hunter Schuerenberg and Rager
Phillips completed the top ten. Terry McCarl set quick time, while Rager Phillips, RJ Johnson and Schneiderman won
heats. “Hats
go off to my guys,” said Brown in Victory Lane. “We haven’t had a
great start. We’ve had a fast car…just no results all year
long. I’ve messed up a couple of times. But there’s no place
like home. It’s great to be here. Justin (Henderson) did a
great job. I just knew I had to be aggressive, and it worked
out. It just feels good to be back here in front of these great
fans.” The
18-lap 360 main event turned into a non-stop thriller. Nate Van
Haaften shook off his early season lull and led
early over Ryan Roberts and Matt Moro. Ryan Giles used the cushion
to get around Moro for third early on, and on lap six, Clint Garner
followed him into fourth. Van
Haaften entered lapped traffic on the eighth
circuit and slowed a bit. On lap eleven, it appeared he had cleared
things as he escaped several lapped cars. Roberts remained
persistent, however, and shot around the leader on the top on lap
fourteen. Giles would follow him into second with two to
go. The
win was Roberts third here, and came ahead of Giles, Van Haaften, Garner and Sawyer Phillips, who grabbed fifth
on the last lap. Jake Bubak, Calvin
Landis, Christian Bowman, hard-charger Tyler Groenendyk and Joe Beaver rounded out the top
ten. Roberts also set quick tim over the
field, while Bowman and Sawyer Phillips won the heats. “Nate
(Van Haaften) took off there early and was
getting off the bottom good,” said Roberts in Victory Lane. “I saw
it blazing off a bit. I’ve raced here a long time, but I almost
forgot where to turn. I still love coming here. The crowd, the
track guys…the track’s always good, and everyone always welcomes us back
like family.” It
was all Eric Bridger in the 305 class. Another non-stop event saw
him lead all fifteen laps utilizing the bottom of the racing surface.
It was the third career Knoxville win for the college grad.
Following him to the stripe were Ryan Leavitt, Mike Mayberry, Evan
Epperson and Devin Kline. Rob Kubli, Kevin
Hetrick, Matthew Stelzer, Josh Jones and Jayce
Jenkins completed the top ten. Bridger also set quick time, while
Jenkins and Kubli were heat winners. “We
were pretty good,” said Bridger. “It was a little rough out
there. Today has been good. I just graduated college. It
was a busy day. I junked a car two weeks ago, and without those who
help me, I wouldn’t be standing here today.” Join
us next week, Saturday, May 12, for Iowa vs. Iowa State Night featuring
the Interstate Racing Association (IRA) 410, 360 and 305 sprint cars!
For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! Knoxville Raceway - Sprint Car Capital of the
World! www.knoxvilleraceway.com Austin
McCarl won for the second consecutive week
at Knoxville Raceway on Town Crier Night this past Saturday! Story
and results here: Learn
more 410
Results Time
Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (13), 15.142; 2.
21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (12), 15.212; 3. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (7), 15.213; 4. 83, Justin
Henderson, Tea, SD (9), 15.293; 5. 39, Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN (10), 15.303; 6. 12, Lynton
Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (11), 15.311; 7. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell
City, IA (6), 15.322; 8. 2KS, Austin McCarl,
Altoona, IA (1), 15.340; 9. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea,
SD (4), 15.448; 10. 7W, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (3), 15.520;
11. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust.
(2), 15.549; 12. 20N, Hunter Schuerenberg,
Sikeston, MO (14), 15.581; 13. 4, Dakota Hendrickson, Omaha, NE (21),
15.626; 14. 71A, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (8), 15.701; 15. 49, Josh
Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (18), 15.871; 16. 9, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (16), 15.887; 17.
15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (19), 15.913; 18. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (5), 16.109; 19. 75, Glen Saville,
Razorback, NSW, Aust (20), 16.335; 20. 85, Chase Wanner, Agency, IA (17), 17.148; 21. 7, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (15), NT. Heat
one (started), 8 Laps, 2:08.0: 1.
Rager Phillips (1); 2. Dakota Hendrickson (2);
3. Tasker Phillips (3); 4. AJ Moeller (4); 5. Justin Henderson (5); 6.
Terry McCarl (6); 7. Glen Saville
(7) Heat
two (started), 8 Laps, 2:09.4: 1.
RJ Johnson (2); 2. Brian Brown (6); 3. Brooke Tatnell (3); 4. Bobby Mincer (1); 5. Austin McCarl (4); 6. Spencer Bayston (5); 7. Chase Wanner
(7) Heat
three (started), 8 Laps, 2:08.1: 1.
Josh Schneiderman (2); 2. Hunter Schuerenberg
(3); 3. Matt Juhl (4); 4. Davey Heskin (6); 5. Bob Weuve
(1); 6. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 7. Carson McCarl
(7) A
main (started), 20 Laps, NT:
1. Brian Brown (4); 2. Davey Heskin (3); 3.
Brooke Tatnell (11); 4. Terry McCarl (2); 5. Matt Juhl
(6); 6. Justin Henderson (1); 7. Josh Schneiderman (14); 8. RJ Johnson
(9); 9. Hunter Schuerenberg (10); 10. Rager Phillips (16); 11. Dakota Hendrickson (13); 12.
Bobby Mincer (15); 13. Tasker Phillips (8); 14. Bob Weuve (18); 15. Austin McCarl (12); 16. Spencer Bayston (5); 17. Lynton Jeffrey (7); 18. Carson McCarl (19); 19. Chase Wanner (20); 20. Glen Saville (17) DNS – AJ
Moeller. Lap Leaders: Henderson 1-7, Brown
8-20. Hard-charger: Tatnell. 360
Results Time
Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (10), 16.238; 2. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux
Falls, SD (4), 16.240; 3. 3, Nate Van Haaften,
Otley, IA (18), 16.285; 4. 9, Ryan Giles,
Grimes, IA (9), 16.300; 5. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (5), 16.332; 6.
55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (15), 16.366;
7. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (2), 16.380; 8. 70, Calvin Landis,
Knoxville, IA (1), 16.412; 9. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (17),
16.412; 10. 9X, Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO (14),
16.413; 11. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (16), 16.471; 12. 3P, Sawyer
Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (8), 16.514; 13. 6, Mitchell Alexander,
Knoxville, IA (3), 16.577; 14. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (12),
16.601; 15. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (6),
16.632; 16. 40C, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA
(11), 16.716; 17. 25, Dylan Peterson, Hartford, SD (7), 16.929; 18. 17,
Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA (13),
NT. Heat
one (started), 7 Laps, 1:57.0: 1.
Christian Bowman (2); 2. Matt Moro (4); 3. Tom Lenz (1); 4. Nate Van Haaften (5); 5. Ryan Roberts (6); 6. Joe Beaver (3);
7. Dylan Peterson (9); 8. Mitchell Alexander (7); 9. Brad Comegys (8) Heat
two (started), 7 Laps, 1:56.1: 1.
Sawyer Phillips (1); 2. Jake Bubak (2); 3.
Calvin Landis (3); 4. Clint Garner (6); 5. Ryan Giles (5); 6. McKenna
Haase (4); 7. Nathan Mills (7); 8. Tyler Groenendyk (9); 9. Cody Wehrle (8) A
main (started), 18 Laps, 5:15.8: 1.
Ryan Roberts (2); 2. Ryan Giles (6); 3. Nate Van Haaften (1); 4. Clint Garner (4); 5. Sawyer Phillips
(9); 6. Jake Bubak (8); 7. Calvin Landis (7); 8.
Christian Bowman (5); 9. Tyler Groenendyk (17);
10. Joe Beaver (12); 11. McKenna Haase (10); 12.
Cody Wehrle (18); 13. Dylan Peterson (15); 14.
Tom Lenz (11); 15. Nathan Mills (13); 16. Brad Comegys (16); 17. Matt Moro (3); 18. Mitchell
Alexander (14). Lap Leaders: Van Haaften 1-13, Roberts
14-18. Hard-charger: Groenendyk. 305
Results Time
Trials, 1. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (15), 17.11; 2. 5C, Devin
Kline, Knoxville, IA (6), 17.147; 3. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (3),
17.191; 4. 35, Kevin Hetrick, Gladstone, IL (9), 17.198; 5. 22, Ryan
Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (14), 17.265; 6. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA
(2), 17.294; 7. 33, Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (11), 17.335; 8. 99, Matthew
Stelzer, Papillion, NE (13), 17.48; 9. 02S, Josh
Jones, Knoxville, IA (16), 17.509; 10. 23K, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (4), 17.57; 11. 4, Chris Horton,
Indianola, IA (8), 17.596; 12. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (1),
17.664; 13. 50, Mike Ayers, St. Charles, IA (7), 17.815; 14. 67, Jon
Hughes, Knoxville, IA (10), 18.421; 15. 41D, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA
(12), 18.179; 16. 48D, Dallas Mendenhall, Unionville, MO (5),
22.661. Heat
one (started), 6 Laps, 1:45.7: 1.
Jayce Jenkins (3); 2. Ryan Leavitt (4); 3. Mike Mayberry (5); 4. Eric
Bridger (6); 5. Josh Jones (2); 6. Mike Ayers (7); 7. Dan Henning (8) DNS
– Chris Horton Heat
two (started), 6 Laps, 1:46.5: 1.
Rob Kubli (2); 2. Chase Young (1); 3. Evan
Epperson (4); 4. Matthew Stelzer (3); 5. Kevin
Hetrick (5); 6. Devin Kline (6); 7. Dallas Mendenhall (8); 8. Jon Hughes
(7) A
main (started), 15 Laps, 4:29.2: 1.
Eric Bridger (1); 2. Ryan Leavitt (3); 3. Mike Mayberry (2); 4. Evan
Epperson (5); 5. Devin Kline (6); 6. Rob Kubli
(8); 7. Kevin Hetrick (7); 8. Matthew Stelzer
(9); 9. Josh Jones (11); 10. Jayce Jenkins (4); 11. Chase Young (10); 12.
Dallas Mendenhall (14); 13. Mike Ayers (12); 14. Jon Hughes (15); 15. Dan
Henning (13) DNS – Chris Horton. Lap Leader: Bridger
1-15. Hard-charger: Kubli.
Ryan Roberts Passes Late for Win in
360’s, Eric Bridger Graduates, Then Wins with 305’s
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