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Results & Story by Bill Wright
Brian
Brown Three-Peats at Knoxville Raceway! by
Bill
Wright KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (May 19, 2018) – Brian Brown won his third straight 410 feature
Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. Brian was the last driver
to claim three straight features at the “Sprint Car Capital of the World”
(2014) and will attempt to become the first driver to win four straight since 1996 (Danny Lasoski) next weekend. The Grain Valley,
Missouri driver earned $4,000 for his 40th win at
Knoxville aboard his Casey’s General Stores/FVP #21. Clint Garner
gained his 35th win in the 360 class, while Matthew Stelzer earned his seventh career victory in the 305
class. Before
a lap could be completed in the 410 feature, Lynton Jeffrey spun.
Once green, Brian Brown led Kerry Madsen, AJ Moeller, Matt Juhl and Cory Eliason. The ninth place car of Carson McCarl would spin at the bottom of turn four bringing
caution. Juhl
gained third from Moeller on lap four, while Austin McCarl climbed into the top five on the same
circuit. Austin continued his climb to fourth on the next lap.
Brown entered lapped traffic on lap nine with Madsen in tow. At the
halfway point, the point leader heading into the night, Brooke Tatnell, pulled off with mechanical issues, ending a
top ten charge. Brown
carved through traffic with Madsen in pursuit. Juhl ran a strong third until his mount went up in
smoke with two to go. Brown went on to the wire to wire win ahead of
Madsen, Austin McCarl, Eliason and hard-charger
Davey Heskin. Moeller, Josh Schneiderman,
Hunter Schuerenberg, Scott Bogucki and Rager Phillips
rounded out the top ten. Brown set quick time over the field, while
Carson McCarl, Schneiderman and Juhl won heat races. Tasker Phillips and Justin
Henderson tangled in their heat race, and both were done for the night,
but uninjured. “I
knew with Kerry starting there (outside row one), it was going to be
tough,” said Brown in Victory Lane. “He’s a world class racecar
driver…probably top five in the world. When you’re next to him, you
know you better go all you can go. I didn’t really know where I
should be on the track. I watched Clint (Garner) in his A and he was
running the bottom pretty good. I wasn’t really
comfortable down there…I like to run the fence, but you’re not
going to win (Knoxville) Nationals that way. You’ve got to be able
to move around and I need to do a better job of searching. When you
have Kerry chasing you, you have to run as hard as you can.” Clint
Garner, like Brown, benefited from an invert pill draw of “0”, and led
start to finish from the pole. Ryan Giles chased him early ahead of
Calvin Landis, Jamie Ball and Sawyer Phillips. Nate Van Haaften would move into the top five by lap six.
On lap seven, Joe Beaver would make contact with
the turn four wall and slow, bringing the caution flag. Garner
led Giles, Landis, Ball and Van Haaften back to
green. Ball would gain third on the restart, and only the top three
would pass the flagstand before the yellow came
again for Tom Lenz and Cody Wehrle. Garner
took off again. Behind him Phillips moved from sixth to fourth by
lap eleven. Garner was into lapped traffic with two to go, but there
was no stopping him. Ball would get upside down on the final lap,
erasing a strong third place run. Garner was followed by Giles,
Phillips, Landis and Lee Grosz. Van Haaften, Jon Agan, Matt
Moro, McKenna Haase and Paul Nienhiser completed the top ten. Giles set quick
time, while Van Haaften, Nienhiser and Garner won heats. “The
track was really nice,” said Garner in Victory Lane. “For a little
rain coming through this afternoon, we were wondering if we’d even
race. The track and everybody here did a great job to push
through.” Rookie
305 driver Jayce Jenkins got upside down to start the 15-lap 305 main
event. He was uninjured. When the green fell, the feature went
non-stop and Matthew Stelzer had no peer.
Mike Mayberry was the prime mover behind him, climbing from eighth to
fourth by lap five. Stelzer’s lead at the
halfway point was 3.2 seconds. He entered lapped traffic on the
tenth circuit, but would pull away to a 5.4
second win. Following
Stelzer were Chris Horton, who finished a
career-best second, Kevin Hetrick, who won the battle for third over
Mayberry, and Josh Jones. Ryan Leavitt, Eric Bridger, Rob Kubli, Devin Kline and Evan Epperson rounded out the
top ten. Bridger set quick time, while Stelzer and Joe Simbro won
heats. “We
have this thing dialed in in heats and features, but we need to come a long ways in time trials,” said Stelzer in Victory Lane. “You usually start in
the front row if you qualify badly and they pull a (six) invert.
When you start up front, you can’t let it slip away, and we didn’t
tonight. The guys work their tails off.” A
$100 gift certificate to Jocko’s Auto Parts was awarded by the Knoxville
Raceway Charitable Organization (KRCO) to a driver in each class by draw:
Josh Schneiderman in the 410’s, Scottie McDonald in the 360’s, and Matthew
Stelzer in the 305’s. A
two-week contest honoring area colleges charities
went to the University of Missouri and “Rally for Rhyan.” As a result, the Missouri flag will fly
at Knoxville the rest of the year. Over $3,300 was raised for
charities of Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, Drake
University and Missouri. Join
us next week, Saturday, May 26, for Slideways
Karting Center Night featuring
the 410, 360 and 305 sprint cars! Military Personnel (Active and
Retired) receive FREE admission with Military ID! For more
information, visitwww.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! 410
Results Time
Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (11), 15.559; 2. 20, AJ Moeller,
Rockwell City, IA (6), 15.639; 3. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (15), 15.657; 4. 83X, Cory Eliason,
Selma, CA (23), 15.769; 5. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (12),
15.775; 6. 83, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (7), 15.848; 7. 97G, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (10), 15.850; 8. 2KS,
Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (20), 15.859; 9. 09,
Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (17), 15.899; 10. 55, Brooke
Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (24), 15.912;
11. 9, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (18),
15.982; 12. 7W, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (4), 16.010; 13. 56N,
Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (13), 16.016; 14.
49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (22), 16.037; 15. 28, Scott
Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (3), 16.107;
16. 7, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (19), 16.141;
17. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (1), 16.236; 18. 5J, Jamie Ball,
Knoxville, IA (9), 16.250; 19. 4, Dakota Hendrickson, Omaha, NE (2),
16.253; 20. 71A, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (14), 16.254; 21. 44, Chris Martin,
Ankeny, IA (25), 16.306; 22. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust (5),
16.507; 23. 85, Chase Wanner, Agency, IA (8),
16.860; 24. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (21),
16.899; 25. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (16),
17.240. Heat
one (started), 8 Laps, 2:12.3: 1.
Carson McCarl (1); 2. Davey Heskin (2); 3. Brian Brown (6); 4. Brooke Tatnell (3); 5. Cory Eliason (5); 6. Hunter Schuerenberg (4); 7. Dakota Hendrickson (7); 8. Glen
Saville (8); 9. Bob Weuve (9) Heat
two (started), 8 Laps, 2:11.9: 1.
Josh Schneiderman (2); 2. Bobby Mincer (1); 3. Austin McCarl (4); 4. Rager
Phillips (3); 5. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 6. AJ Moeller (6); 7. RJ Johnson (7);
8. Chase Wanner (8) Heat
three (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1.
Matt Juhl (4); 2. Kerry Madsen (6); 3. Scott
Bogucki (2); 4. Jamie Ball (1); 5. Chris Martin
(7); 6. Terry McCarl (8); 7. Tasker Phillips
(3); 8. Justin Henderson (5) A
main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1.
Brian Brown (1); 2. Kerry Madsen (2); 3. Austin McCarl (7); 4. Cory Eliason (5); 5. Davey Heskin (11); 6. AJ Moeller (4); 7. Josh Schneiderman
(8); 8. Hunter Schuerenberg (9); 9. Scott Bogucki (15); 10. Rager
Phillips (13); 11. Bobby Mincer (14); 12. RJ Johnson (18); 13. Carson
McCarl (12); 14. Glen Saville (19); 15. Dakota
Hendrickson (17); 16. Chase Wanner (20); 17. Bob
Weuve (21); 18. Matt Juhl (3); 19. Chris Martin (16); 20. Brooke Tatnell (10); 21. Lynton Jeffrey (6); 22. Terry McCarl (22); 23. Jamie Ball (23) DNS – Justin
Henderson, Tasker Phillips. Lap Leader: Brown
1-20. Hard-charger: Heskin.KRCO $100 Gift Certificate to
Jocko’s: Schneiderman. 360
Results Time
Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (11), 16.589; 2. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville,
IA (4), 16.598; 3. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (21), 16.612; 4. 3P,
Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (13), 16.656; 5. 5J, Jamie Ball,
Knoxville, IA (9), 16.683; 6. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (20), 16.823; 7.
15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (1), 16.849; 8. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood,
ND (16), 16.870; 9. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (19), 16.886; 10.
40C, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (8), 16.902;
11. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (3), 16.913; 12. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (5), 16.915; 13. 3, Nate Van
Haaften, Otley, IA
(15), 16.922; 14. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA
(22), 17.021; 15. 17, Tyler Groenendyk,
Oskaloosa, IA (6), 17.046; 16. 33M, Mason Daniel, Visalia, CA (18),
17.075; 17. 19X, Paul Nienhiser, Chapin, IL
(12), 17.120; 18. 88, Scottie McDonald, Porter, TX (10), 17.132; 19. 6,
Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (2), 17.196; 20. 1B, Jason Martin,
Liberal, KS (7), 17.213; 21. 76, Brad Comegys,
Bondurant, IA (17), 17.238; 22. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (14),
17.260. Heat
one (started), 7 Laps, 2:00.2: 1.
Nate Van Haaften (2); 2. Mason Daniel (1); 3.
Ryan Giles (6); 4. Christian Bowman (4); 5. Sawyer Phillips (5); 6. Cody
Wehrle (3); 7. Joe Beaver (8); 8. Mitchell
Alexander (7) Heat
two (started), 7 Laps, 1:59.9: 1.
Paul Nienhiser (1); 2. Jon Agan (2); 3. Lee Grosz (4); 4. Matt Moro (3); 5. Jamie
Ball (5); 6. Calvin Landis (6); 7. Jason Martin (7) Heat
three (started), 7 Laps, NT: 1.
Clint Garner (6); 2. Scottie McDonald (1); 3. Tyler Groenendyk (2); 4. McKenna Haase (3); 5. Tom Lenz (5); 6. Nathan Mills (4); 7.
Brad Comegys (7) A
main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1.
Clint Garner (1); 2. Ryan Giles (2); 3. Sawyer Phillips (4); 4. Calvin
Landis (3); 5. Lee Grosz (6); 6. Nate Van Haaften (9); 7. Jon Agan
(10); 8. Matt Moro (12); 9. McKenna Haase (15);
10. Paul Nienhiser (11); 11. Jason Martin (19);
12. Mason Daniel (13); 13. Jamie Ball (5); 14. Christian Bowman (7); 15.
Brad Comegys (20); 16. Scottie McDonald (17);
17. Tom Lenz (8); 18. Cody Wehrle (18); 19.
Tyler Groenendyk (16); 20. Joe Beaver (22); 21.
Mitchell Alexander (21) DNS – Nathan Mills. Lap
Leader: Garner
1-18. Hard-charger: Martin. KRCO $100 Gift
Certificate to Jocko’s: McDonald. 305
Results Time
Trials (Group Qualifying): 1.
81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (5), 17.323; 2. 22, Ryan Leavitt,
Knoxville, IA (7), 17.598; 3. 35, Kevin Hetrick, Gladstone, IL (14),
17.708; 4. 33, Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (10), 17.735; 5. 02S, Josh Jones,
Knoxville, IA (9), 17.867; 6. 4, Chris Horton, Indianola, IA (16), 17.873;
7. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (8), 17.941; 8. 5C, Devin Kline,
Knoxville, IA (11), 17.950; 9. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA (6),
17.952; 10. 23K, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (3),
18.003; 11. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE
(13), 18.011; 12. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville,
IA (12), 18.058; 13. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (2), 18.157; 14. 48D,
Dallas Mendenhall, Unionville, MO (17), 18.161; 15. 50, Mike Ayers,
Waukee, IA (15), 18.389; 16. 41D, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA (4), 18.403;
17. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (1), 18.622 Heat
one (started), 6 Laps, 1:48.5: 1.
Matthew Stelzer (1); 2. Josh Jones (4); 3. Evan
Epperson (2); 4. Mike Mayberry (3); 5. Kevin Hetrick (5); 6. Eric Bridger
(6); 7. Chase Young (7); 8. Jon Hughes (9); 9. Mike Ayers (8) Heat
two (started), 6 Laps, 1:50.0: 1.
Joe Simbro (1); 2. Ryan Leavitt (6); 3. Rob
Kubli (2); 4. Chris Horton (4); 5. Devin Kline
(3); 6. Jayce Jenkins (5); 7. Dallas Mendenhall (7); 8. Dan Henning
(8) A
main (started), 15 Laps, 4:33.2: 1.
Matthew Stelzer (1); 2. Chris Horton (2); 3.
Kevin Hetrick (3); 4. Mike Mayberry (8); 5. Josh Jones (5); 6. Ryan
Leavitt (6); 7. Eric Bridger (4); 8. Rob Kubli
(11); 9. Devin Kline (12); 10. Evan Epperson (9); 11. Dallas Mendenhall
(14); 12. Joe Simbro (10); 13. Chase Young (13);
14. Mike Ayers (17); 15. Dan Henning (15); 16. Jon Hughes (16); 17. Jayce
Jenkins (7). Lap Leader: Stelzer
1-15. Hard-charger: Mayberry. KRCO $100
Gift Certificate to Jocko’s: Stelzer.
Clint Garner Wins Another 360
Feature; Matthew Stelzer Dominates in
305’s
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