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It’s
“O Canada” as Thomas Kennedy Wins Night #1 at the Knoxville 360
Nationals! by
Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (August 2, 2018) – Thomas Kennedy held off a late and furious charge
from veteran Sammy Swindell to become the first Canadian 360 feature
winner at Knoxville Raceway Thursday night! The win came in Night #1
of the 28th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern
Bank. Thursday’s top five point getters for
Saturday’s finale include Brian Brown (484), Greg Hodnett (482), Kennedy (473), Jamie Ball (467) and
Mason Daniel (464). Kennedy
shot out from his starting spot outside row one to lead early in the
20-lap main event. Daniel settled into second, ahead of Ball, Scott
Bogucki and Joe Beaver. Brown moved into
the top five on lap two before sixth-running Tasker Phillips smacked the
turn two wall. He was uninjured but done.
Kennedy
led the field back to green in the only caution of the race. A
furious battle for fifth ensued as Greg Hodnett
began pressuring Brown and taking the spot on lap
eight. Both were pressuring Bogucki for
the fourth spot. Eleventh starting Sammy Swindell was waiting
patiently behind the melee in front of him. He passed Brown, Hodnett and Bogucki for
fourth in one fell swoop in turns three and four on lap eleven! He
then put Ball behind him for third. The
lead pair had gotten away, but they were slowed by traffic. Daniel
closed on the leader, but Swindell was coming faster. He reeled them
in, and after taking the white flag, shot by Daniel for second. His
run low through three and four looked fast enough to make a dramatic pass
for the lead, but Kennedy came down the track to block and secured his
$3,000 win! Following
Kennedy across the line were Swindell, Daniel, Brown and Ryan Giles (from
15th). Hodnett, hard-charger Dominic Scelzi (from 22nd), Ball, Shane Golobic and Cory Eliason rounded out the top ten.
Tony Stewart set quick time over the 43-car field, while McKenna
Haase, Giles, Seth Brahmer, Jonathan Cornell and Sam Hafertepe Jr. won heat races. Stewart claimed
the B main. “I
was having a tough time in lapped traffic,” said Kennedy in Victory Lane.
“Sam (Hafertepe) and everyone else seemed
to be the same pace I was. I knew I was losing a lot of momentum.
I looked at the board and saw the #3 car was there. That’s the
veteran of the veterans on this track. When I saw him underneath
coming for the checkered, I thought, ‘There’s no way your passing me!’
We’ve been the best here this year, then we’ve ever been in the
past. To be up here means a lot!” “I
was right there,” said Swindell. “If he hadn’t of come down and I
got off the gas, we had him off the corner. The guys were racing
hard back there. They were sliding all over, and I kept getting
frustrated. (Bogucki) kind of slid in
there and locked everyone up. I was the only one on the bottom and
that thing opened up. We passed three cars
there on the bottom. That’s all we needed. I knew when we got
by the #33, that we were making good time heading into three. This car has
been good. The last couple of months, we’ve been first or second,
but we’ve had too many seconds.” “We
were catching (Kennedy) in lapped traffic,” said Daniel. “I was able
to close in and I tried to cut down in two. I was spinning my tires,
and Sammy was able to catch us and the last lap
got by us. It’s a really big show with the
best drivers around the country. It’s really good to finish
third.” The
28th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank
continues Friday night, August 3! For more information, visit
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! Results
for Night #1 of the 28th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals Presented by Great
Southern Bank Time
Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 14, Tony Stewart, Columbus, IN (4),
16.316; 2. 27, Greg Hodnett, Spring Grove, PA
(2), 16.380; 3. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (18), 16.489; 4. 53, Joe
Beaver, Knoxville, IA (10), 16.507; 5. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (1),
16.587; 6. 7W, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (6), 16.598; 7. 83, Cory
Eliason, Selma, CA (3), 16.610; 8. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (5),
16.623; 9. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (7), 16.629; 10. 28, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (17), 16.644; 11.
23D, Devon Dobie, Wapakoneta, OH (12), 16.645; 12. 41S, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (26), 16.682; 13. 21K, Thomas
Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (43), 16.687; 14. 33M, Mason Daniel,
Springville, CA (15), 16.707; 15. 7C, John Carney II, El Paso, TX (25),
16.718; 16. 17WX, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA
(30), 16.743; 17. 3S, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (27), 16.753; 18. 99,
Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can. (14), 16.757; 19. 7M, Chance Morton, Coweta,
OK (11), 16.769; 20. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (9),
16.777; 21. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (42), 16.792; 22. 9, Ryan Giles,
Grimes, IA (24), 16.803; 23. 76, Brad Comegys,
Bondurant, IA (8), 16.826; 24. 28C, Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia, MO (22),
16.859; 25. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale,
TX (41), 16.871; 26. 55, McKenna Haase, Des
Moines, IA (36), 16.888; 27. 4, Jon Agan,
Knoxville, IA (38), 16.904; 28. 13V, Seth Brahmer, Wisner, NE (35), 16.905; 29. 24N, Nathan
Mills, Bondurant, IA (29), 16.944; 30. 02, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (16), 16.968; 31. 22H, Randy
Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (21), 16.979; 32. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona,
IA (33), 16.998; 33. 29, Willie Croft, Roseville, CA (39), 17.006; 34.
35L, Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE (31), 17.049; 35. 75, Tyler Blank, California,
MO (32), 17.093; 36. 2X, Tucker Doughty, Sunnyvale, TX (23), 17.234; 37.
3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (37), 17.316; 38. 98, Chris
Masters, Napa, CA (34), 17.357; 39. 22M, Shawn Murray, Jacksonville, FL
(19), 17.598; 40. 57, Billy Butler, Sacramento, CA (40), 17.679; 41. 2K,
Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (20), 17.738; 42. 57B, Bobby Butler, Sacramento, CA
(28), 18.102; 43. DQ (Illegal Tire) - 17X, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX
(13) Heat
one (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.0: 1. McKenna Haase
(1); 2. Shane Golobic (3); 3. Lee Grosz (2); 4.
Tasker Phillips (5) / 5. Randy Hannagan (7); 6. Devon Dobie (4); 7. Tony
Stewart (6); 8. Tucker Doughty (8); 9. Kevin Ingle
(9) Heat
two (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.9: 1. Ryan Giles (2); 2. Sammy Swindell (3);
3. Greg Hodnett (6); 4. Jon Agan (1) / 5. Dominic Scelzi
(4); 6. Cory Eliason (5); 7. Sawyer Phillips (8); 8. Christian Bowman (7);
9. Bobby Butler (9) Heat
three (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.0: 1. Seth Brahmer
(1); 2. Thomas Kennedy (4); 3. Brian Brown (6); 4. Skylar Gee (3) / 5.
Brad Comegys (2); 6. Calvin Landis (5); 7. Chris
Masters (8); 8. Willie Croft (7); DNS - 9. Josh Baughman
(9) Heat
four (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Jonathan Cornell (2); 2. Jamie Ball (5); 3.
Mason Daniel (4); 4. Joe Beaver (6) / 5. Cody Ledger (7); 6. Shawn Murray
(8); 7. Chance Morton (3); 8. Nathan Mills (1) Heat
five (started), 8 Laps, 2:19.3: 1. Sam Hafertepe
Jr. (2); 2. John Carney II (4); 3. Scott Bogucki
(5); 4. Matt Juhl (3); 5. Don Droud Jr. (1); 6. Ryan Roberts (6); 7. Tyler Blank
(7); 8. Billy Butler (8) B
main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Tony Stewart (1); 2. Dominic Scelzi (6); 3. Cory Eliason (3); 4. Randy Hannagan (9)
/ 5. Sawyer Phillips (16); 6. Ryan Roberts (2); 7. Devon Dobie (5); 8. Don
Droud Jr. (10); 9. Tyler Blank (14); 10. Brad
Comegys (8); 11. Cody Ledger (11); 12. Christian
Bowman (12); 13. Billy Butler (17); 14. Chris Masters (15); 15. Tucker
Doughty (13); 16. Kevin Ingle (19); 17. Bobby Butler (21); 18. Shawn
Murray (18); 19. Calvin Landis (4); 20. Nathan Mills (7); 21. Willie Croft
(20); DNS - 22. Chance Morton; 23. Josh
Baughman A
main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Thomas Kennedy (2); 2. Sammy Swindell
(11); 3. Mason Daniel (1); 4. Brian Brown (7); 5. Ryan Giles (15); 6. Greg
Hodnett (8); 7. Dominic Scelzi (22); 8. Jamie Ball (4); 9. Shane Golobic (10); 10. Cory Eliason (23); 11. Scott Bogucki (3); 12. Matt Juhl
(13); 13. John Carney II (9); 14. Joe Beaver (6); 15. Lee Grosz (14); 16.
Skylar Gee (12); 17. McKenna Haase (18); 18.
Randy Hannagan (24); 19. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (17);
20. Tony Stewart (21); 21. Seth Brahmer (20);
22. Jonathan Cornell (16); 23. Jon Agan (19);
24. Tasker Phillips (5). Lap Leader: Kennedy 1-20. Hard-charger: D. Scelzi. Emotional
Win Goes to Carson Macedo in Jason Johnson Racing #41 at
Knoxville! by
Bill
Wright KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (August 3, 2018) – Carson Macedo will always remember his first win
at Knoxville Raceway! Saturday night, aboard the Jason Johnson
Racing #41, the Lemoore, California native brought home an emotional
victory that had the crowd on its feet on Night #2 of the
28th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals presented by Great
Southern Bank. Joey Saldana earned the pole as high-point man for
the weekend, while Gio Scelzi will start outside row one of Saturday night’s
360 Nationals finale. Rows two and three will be comprised of Terry
McCarl, Brian Brown, Greg Hodnett and Tim Kaeding. Cole
Duncan led the field after the green flew in the 20-lap main event, ahead
of Macedo, Terry McCarl, Wayne Johnson and
Saldana. On lap two, both Saldana and Johnson squeaked by McCarl who got loose in turn two, but a circuit later,
McCarl would lead Kaeding back by Johnson into fourth. A McCarl pass of Saldana for third was negated when AJ
Moeller brought the only caution of the race with a spin in turn
two. Duncan
led Macedo, Saldana, McCarl and Kaeding back to green. Saldana would get a run
down the backstretch and slide by both Macedo and Duncan to take the
lead. On lap six, Macedo would perform a slide job and take second,
while McCarl would follow him into third on lap
seven. Saldana
entered lapped traffic on lap eleven and Macedo closed. A slight
slowdown by Saldana was enough for Macedo to make his winning move.
While Macedo maneuvered lapped traffic well, McCarl reeled in Saldana in a battle for second.
The two would make contact, but Saldana would maintain his second place
standing behind McCarl, Kaeding and Scelzi.
Duncan, Brooke Tatnell, Harli White, Johnson and Johnny Herrera rounded out
the top ten. Nate Van Haaften set quick
time over the 48-car field, while Scottie McDonald, Chris Martin, Jack
dover, Herrera and Matt Covington won heats. Jordyn Brazier won the
C main and Trey Starks claimed the B. “There
at the end, I was just counting down the laps,” said Macedo in Victory
Lane with young Jaxx Johnson in his arms. “I’m so happy for this
team…Bobbi, Jaxx and Philip (Dietz). My car was awesome anywhere I
went. We’ve just got to build on it. Hopefully, we can keep
this speed tomorrow night. My car was so stable, I could just run
over the cushion and come off. I can’t say enough about what an
honor it is to drive this racecar. To be standing on the same stage
that Jason Johnson was…this wasn’t the 410 Nationals but to fill this seat
is definitely an honor.” “Honestly,
I know Carson is a hell of a racecar driver, but I’d say he had a good
co-pilot in Jason Johnson,” said Saldana, who will sit on the championship
pole Saturday night. “They just did a great job all night.
It’s hard to put a driver in someone else’s car and run well. They
did something pretty extraordinary tonight.
I felt like the Rudeen car was good
tonight. We showed we had speed, but it just wasn’t meant to
be. He just beat me. He put his car in the right spot and I
didn’t. I’ve lost a few races that way here. You just try to
learn from your mistakes and hopefully, we don’t do that
tomorrow.” “You
always want to win, but you have to love it when this #41 car comes back
out here and wins it,” said McCarl, who will
start inside row two on Saturday night. “I’m a big fan of Carson
Macedo too. Joey and I have been racing like that a long time.
There was a little banging. He made a pretty bold move. I just
have to thank my guys and Don Long. McKenna
(Haase) ran this (Moyle) motor a few nights and
they were kind enough to let me run it.” Results
for Night #2 of the 28th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals
Presented by Great Southern Bank Time
Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (3), 16.507; 2. 26, Joey Saldana,
Brownsburg, IN (1), 16.665; 3. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (8), 16.864; 4. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (11), 16.893; 5. 3K, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (22), 16.901; 6. 7, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (20), 16.909; 7. 23, Seth Bergman,
Snohomish, WA (19), 16.914; 8. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (29),
16.940; 9. 2, Bill Balog, Hartland, WI (9), 16.942; 10. 2C, Wayne Johnson,
Tuttle, OK (14), 16.987; 11. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (12), 16.999;
12. 41, Carson Macedo, Lemoore, CA (25), 17.011; 13. 25, Dylan Peterson,
Hartford, SD (18), 17.107; 14. 12N, Cole Duncan, Lockbourne, OH (24),
17.121; 15. 17W, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (15),
17.152; 16. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (34), 17.161; 17. 14T,
Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (33),
17.201; 18. 53D, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (44), 17.219; 19. 45X, Johnny
Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (4), 17.238; 20. 1B, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (10), 17.246; 21. 5H, Sammy
Walsh, Orangeville, NSW, Aust. (32), 17.253; 22. 10H, Chad Kemenah, Alvada, OH (23),
17.253; 23. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (30), 17.263; 24. 13M, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (21), 17.276; 25. 21AU, Jordyn
Brazier, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (47), 17.299; 26. 88, Scottie McDonald,
Porter, TX (38), 17.308; 27. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (17), 17.311;
28. 35, Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (13), 17.329; 29. 94, Jeff
Swindell, Bartlett, TN (26), 17.354; 30. 95, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK
(46), 17.427; 31. 13JM, Jordan Martens, Sioux Falls, SD (16), 17.460; 32.
47X, Dylan Westbrook, Scotland, ONT, Can. (31), 17.507; 33. 56N, Davey
Heskin, St. Michael, MN (36), 17.526; 34. 40,
Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (28), 17.539; 35. 17H, Jared Horstman,
Cloverdale, OH (37), 17.565; 36. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (5), 17.584; 37. 63, Geoff Ensign,
Sebastopol, CA (6), 17.599; 38. 11, Roger Crockett, Broken Arrow, OK (39),
17.636; 39. 17, Mitch Faccinto, Fresno, CA (41),
17.638; 40. 77X, Alex Hill, Six Nations, ONT, Can. (2), 17.677; 41. 86,
Tony Bruce Jr., Owasso, OK (43), 17.681; 42. 26S, Dalton Steed,
Midlothian, TX (7), 17.709; 43. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (42), 17.731; 44. 17B, Ryan
Bickett, Ramona, SD (40), 17.882; 45. 52, Blake
Hahn, Sapulpa, OK (45), 17.998; 46. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA
(35), 18.409; 47. 07, Michael Bookout, Tulsa, OK
(48), 19.015; DQ (Light at Scales) 49, Scott Kruetter, Alden, NY (27) Heat
one (started), 8 Laps, 2:22.9: 1.
Scottie McDonald (1); 2. AJ Moeller (3); 3. Nate Van Haaften (6); 4. Sammy Walsh (2) / 5. Carson McCarl (5); 6. Matt Moro (4); 7. Travis Rilat (8); 8. Jordan Martens (7) / 9. Tony Bruce Jr.
(9); 10. John Anderson (10) Heat
two (started), 8 Laps, 2:22.9: 1.
Chris Martin (1); 2. Carson Macedo (4); 3. Brooke Tatnell (3); 4. Joey Saldana (6) / 5. Dylan Westbrook
(7); 6. Chad Kemenah (2); 7. Seth Bergman (5);
8. Geoff Ensign (8) / 9. Michael Bookout (10);
10. Dalton Steed (9) Heat
three (started), 8 Laps, 2:25.0: 1.
Jack Dover (3); 2. Gio Scelzi (6); 3. Tom Lenz (2); 4. Skylar Prochaska (1) /
5. Trey Starks (5); 6. Mark Dobmeier (9); 7.
Roger Crockett (8); 8. Davey Heskin (7) / 9.
Dylan Peterson (4); 10. Scott Kruetter
(10); Heat
four (started), 8 Laps, 2:27.3: 1.
Johnny Herrera (3); 2. Jeff Swindell (1); 3. Terry McCarl (6); 4. Cole Duncan (4) / 5. Clint Garner (7);
6. Bill Balog (5); 7. Mitch Faccinto (8); 8.
Ryan Bickett (9) / 9. Josh Higday (2) Heat
five (started), 8 Laps, 2:29.5: 1.
Matt Covington (1); 2. Wayne Johnson (5); 3. Tim Kaeding (6); 4. Harli White
(4); 5. Jared Horstman (7); 6. Blake Hahn (9); 7. Jac Haudenschild (3); 8. Alex Hill (8); 9. Jordyn Brazier
(2) C
main (started), 8 Laps, 2:34.4: 1.
Jordyn Brazier (3); 2. Dylan Peterson (1); 3. Tony Bruce Jr. (2); 4.
Michael Bookout (5); 5. Scott Kruetter (6); 6. John Anderson (4) DNS - 7. Dalton
Steed (5); 8. Josh Higday (2) B
main (started), 12 Laps, 3:53.1: 1.
Trey Starks (3); 2. Carson McCarl (1); 3. Bill
Balog (4); 4. Seth Bergman (2) / 5. Chad Kemenah
(7); 6. Matt Moro (5); 7. Clint Garner (11); 8. Davey Heskin (10); 9. Dylan Westbrook (9); 10. Roger
Crockett (15); 11. Jac Haudenschild (6); 12.
Geoff Ensign (14); 13. Jared Horstman (12); 14. Dylan Peterson (22); 15.
Mark Dobmeier (18); 16. Tony Bruce Jr. (21); 17.
Michael Bookout (23); 18. Blake Hahn (20); 19.
Mitch Faccinto (16); 20. Jordan Martens (8); 21.
Alex Hill (17); 22. Jordyn Brazier (19); 23. Travis Rilat (13) DNS - 24. Ryan Bickett A
main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1.
Carson Macedo (2); 2. Joey Saldana (7); 3. Terry McCarl (5); 4. Tim Kaeding
(4); 5. Gio Scelzi
(6); 6. Cole Duncan (1); 7. Brooke Tatnell (11);
8. Harli White (9); 9. Wayne Johnson (3); 10.
Johnny Herrera (13); 11. Trey Starks (21); 12. Carson McCarl (22); 13. Jeff Swindell (19); 14. Jack Dover
(12); 15. Sammy Walsh (14); 16. Seth Bergman (24); 17. Bill Balog (23);
18. Nate Van Haaften (8); 19. Matt Covington
(20); 20. AJ Moeller (10); 21. Chris Martin (17); 22. Scottie McDonald
(16); 23. Skylar Prochaska (18); 24. Tom Lenz (15). Lap
Leaders: Duncan 1-3, Saldana 4-10, Macedo
11-20. Hard-charger: Starks.
Saturday Results & Story
Terry
McCarl Wins His Fifth Knoxville 360
Nationals! Kelby
Watt Wins Battle That Sees Eight Lead Changes in 305’s by
Bill
Wright KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (August 4, 2018) – Terry McCarl re-passed
Carson Macedo with two to go to win his fifth career Knoxville 360 Nationals
presented by Great Southern Bank Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway.
The win was worth $15,000 to the Altoona, Iowa native aboard the TMAC
Motorsports #24 “Franken-A.R.T.” a combination of two 2013 A.R.T.
chassis. Joey
Saldana took off from the pole to lead early over McCarl, Brian Brown, Greg Hodnett and Gio Scelzi. Carson Macedo, who got a bit of a slow
start, entered the top five when he passed Scelzi
on lap four. McCarl reeled in Saldana and
passed him high in turn two to take the lead on lap five. With eight
laps in the books, Brooke Tatnell contacted Jamie
Ball, with the latter flipping hard in turn two. He was
uninjured. McCarl
shot back in front when the green fell, ahead of Saldana, Brown, Hodnett and Macedo. Macedo slid past Hodnett for fourth. Wayne Johnson, who was running
tenth, slowed with a magneto issue, bringing caution on lap 11. That
negated a Brown pass of Saldana for second. Macedo used the restart to
get by Brown and take over third. A
red flag stopped things again when Scott Bogucki
and Cole Duncan, who tipper over, tangled. Both were o.k. When
the green flew again, Macedo slid by Saldana for the second spot and began
reeling in the leader. Brown would get by Saldana for third with ten
to go. On
lap 17, Macedo shot by McCarl to take the
lead. Brown would follow him a lap later. The third place, McCarl, began searching the racetrack, and found
something on the low side. He reeled Brown back in and passed him for
second with three to go. A lap later, he would shoot by the cushion
riding Macedo to take the lead. McCarl
would prevail for the eighth time in his 360 career
here over Macedo, Brown, Saldana and Thomas Kennedy. Hodnett, Gio Scelzi, Cory Eliason, Dominic Scelzi and Tim Kaeding rounded
out the top ten. Sawyer Phillips was the D main winner, Jonathan
Cornell took the C main, and Shane Golobic claimed
the B. Crashes in both the C and B mains saw Tyler Blank and McKenna
Haase take rides, but both were
uninjured. Macedo
won a pair of awards. The highest finishing Rookie of the race also
had his Jason Johnson Racing #41 voted as the “Best Appearing” car.
Tatnell won a steering wheel from MPI for his
hard-charger efforts (22nd to 11th). “I
used my tires up pretty hard there early racing with Joey,” said McCarl in Victory Lane. “I was a little
conservative and got loose there. Sometimes it’s better to be leading
and sometimes it isn’t. When I dropped back to third, I had nothing to
lose. It doesn’t matter if you are third, fourth or fifth, you come to
win. I was able to move around. The guys out front were kind of sitting ducks and couldn’t move around like
that. I found the bottom, and I was thinking, ‘Please don’t move
down.’ I have to thank Don Long and Jaymie
Moyle. I’m so happy to win for them.” “My
racecar was really fast,” said Macedo. “I had a blast driving this car
this weekend. I can’t say enough about this whole family and this
team. It’s really cool. I initially got
a little bit of a bad start, but I was able to get to the top and pick some
guys off. Late in the race, I could really slide across, catch the
cushion and drive off. When I got by Terry, I tried to get up there
and stay as straight as I could. He found the bottom and was able to
get by me.” “If
they didn’t like that race, I don’t know what else we can do to put on a
good show,” said Brown. “I really thought once I got by Terry, I found
the rubber a couple lanes down in three and four. Carson hadn’t found
it yet, and the next thing you know, here comes Terry. He’s a veteran
here and he knows where to look. I was afraid to go to the bottom and
lose my opportunity with Carson. My hat’s off to my team.” Watt
Wins With 305’s Devin
Kline led a thrilling 15-lap 305 sprint car feature early over Kelby Watt
and Matthew Stelzer. Eric Bridger would take
the third spot on the second lap, but all eyes were on the
front! Kline
and Watt exchanged the lead eight times. Kline led laps one and two,
four, six and ten, while Watt led circuits three, five, eight and 11 through
15. Throughout the event, Watt rode the cushion, while Kline stuck
mainly to the bottom groove. The two made contact on lap six with the
result being Watt losing a side panel on his nose wing. It
didn’t deter the 17-year-old youngster from picking up his third win of the
season and fourth of his career in the non-stop event. Kline settled
for second, ahead of a late closing Jayce Jenkins, Bridger and Ryan
Leavitt. Stelzer, Mike Mayberry, Mike Ayers,
Evan Epperson and Brandon Wortington completed the
top ten. Bridger set quick time, while Jenkins and Jon Hughes won heat
races. “That’s
probably the most fun I’ve had in a 305 for sure,” said Watt in Victory
Lane. “We were up there just ‘ripping the lip’ man, full
throttle! Anytime I let off, I paid the price. It was a close
race.” Results
for the 28th Annual Knoxville 360 Nationals Presented by
Great Southern Bank D
main, 10 Laps, 2:50.7: 1.
3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (1); 2. 75, Tyler Blank, California,
MO (3); 3. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (12); 4.
35L, Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE (2); 5. 17, Mitch Faccinto, Sacramento, CA (11); 6. 63, Geoff Ensign,
Sebastopol, CA (4); 7. 52, Blake Hahn, Sapulpa, OK (15); 8. 2x, Tucker
Doughty, Sunnyvale, TX (6) / 9. 13JM, Jordan Martens, Sioux Falls, SD (7);
10. 29, Willie Croft, Roseville, CA (10); 11. 98, Chris Masters, Napa, CA
(5); 12. 86, Tony Bruce Jr., Owasso, OK (14); 13. 22m, Shawn Murray,
Jacksonville, FL (9); 14. 49, Scott Kruetter,
Alden, NY (20); 15. 77x, Alex Hill, Six Nations, ONT, Can. (17); 16. 57,
Billy Butler, Sacramento, CA (8); 17. 07, Michael Bookout, Tulsa, OK (18); 18. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD
(13); 19. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (19) DNS – 57B, Bobby Butler,
Sacramento, CA; 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael,
MN; Jared Horstman, Cloverdale, OH; 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA; 11,
Roger Crockett, Broken Arrow, OK; 21AU, Jordyn Brazier, Sydney, NSW, Aust.;
24N, Nate Mills, Bondurant, IA; 13, Mark Dobmeier,
Grand Forks, ND; 13m, Josh Higday, Runnels, IA;
17x, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX; 17B, Ryan Bickett,
Ramona, SD; 26s, Dalton Steed, Midlothian, TX C
main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1.
28c, Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia, MO (1); 2. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (2);
3. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (11); 4. 95, Matt Covington, Glenpool,
OK (4); 5. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (9) / 6. 2m,
Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (6); 7. Sawyer Phillips (17); 8. 13v, Seth Brahmer, Norfolk, NE (5); 9. 23D, Devon Dobie,
Wapakoneta, OH (8); 10. Blake Hahn (23); 11. 25, Dylan Peterson, Hartford,
SD (13); 12. 47x, Dylan Westbrook, Scotland, ONT, Can. (15); 13. Travis
Rilat (19); 14. Mitch Faccinto (21); 15. Geoff Ensign (22); 16. 40, Clint
Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (14); 17. Cody Ledger (20); 18. 35, Skylar
Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (10); 19. Tucker Doughty (24); 20. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (12); 21. 7m, Chance Morton,
Coweta, OK (16); 22. 88, Scottie McDonald, Porter, TX (3); 23. Tyler Blank
(18); 24. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (7) DNS – 22H, Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro,
IN; 10H, Chad Kemenah, Arvada, OH; 1B, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH; 02, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE B
main (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1.
17wx, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (1); 2. 14T,
Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (3); 3. 9,
Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (2); 4. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (5) / 5.
53D, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (8); 6. 14, Tony Stewart, Columbus, IN (7);
7. 7w, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (11); 8. 23, Seth Bergman,
Snohomish, WA (9); 9. 2, Bill Balog, Hartland, WI (10); 10. 99, Skylar Gee,
Leduc, ALB, Can. (13); 11. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr.,
Sunnyvale, TX (19); 12. Calvin Landis (22); 13. 17w, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (4); 14. 94, Jeff Swindell,
Bartlett, TN (17); 15. Matt Covington (23); 16. Jonathan Cornell (20); 17.
Jon Agan (24); 18. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE
(18); 19. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (12); 20. 5H, Sammy Walsh,
Orangeville, NSW, Aust. (15); 21. Chris Martin (21); 22. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (16); 23. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood,
ND (14); DQ (Light at Scales) John Carney II (6) DNS – 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD A
main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1.
24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (3); 2. 41, Carson
Macedo, Lemoore, CA (7); 3. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (4); 4. 26,
Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (1); 5. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can.
(8); 6. 27, Greg Hodnett, Spring Grove, PA (5); 7.
71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno,
CA (2); 8. 83, Cory Eliason, Selma, CA (18); 9. 41s, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (19); 10. 3K, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (6); 11. Brooke Tatnell (22); 12. 3s, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN
(11); 13. Ryan Giles (23); 14. Shane Golobic (21);
15. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (13); 16. Johnny Herrera (24); 17. 33m, Mason
Daniel, Springville, CA (10); 18. 7, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (16); 19. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville,
IA (14); 20. 44s, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (20); 21. 2c, Wayne Johnson,
Tuttle, OK (12); 22. 28, Scott Bogucki, McLaren
Vale, SA, Aust. (15); 23. 12N, Cole Duncan, Lockbourne, OH (17); 24. 5J,
Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (9). Lap Leaders:Saldana 1-4, T. McCarl 5-16, Macedo 17-22, T. McCarl 23-25. Hard-charger: Tatnell. 305
Results Time
Trials (Group Qualifying): 1.
81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA (13), 17.359; 2. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont,
IA (5), 17.417; 3. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion,
NE (8), 17.524; 4. 5C, Devin Kline, Knoxville, IA (9), 17.636; 5. 21, Evan
Epperson, Muscatine, IA (4), 17.754; 6. 50, Mike Ayers, Waukee, IA (16),
17.779; 7. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (3), 17.781; 8. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (12), 17.849; 9. 1K, Kelby
Watt, Adel, IA (6), 17.905; 10. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (2), 18.112; 11.
33, Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (15), 18.166; 12. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville,
IA (7), 18.177; 13. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (1), 18.181; 14. 71,
Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (10), 18.223; 15. 41D, Dan Henning,
Columbia, IA (11), 18.454; 16. 64C, Casey Greubel,
Lacona, IA (17), 18.510; 17. 12T, Tyler Glass,
Cedar Rapids, IA (14), NT. Heat
one (started), 6 Laps, 1:46.5: 1.
Jayce Jenkins (1); 2. Kelby Watt (2); 3. Evan Epperson (4); 4. Ryan Leavitt
(3); 5. Matthew Stelzer (5); 6. Eric Bridger (6);
7. Chase Young (7); 8. Dan Henning (8) DNS – Tyler Glass Heat
two (started), 6 Laps, 1:48.5: 1.
Jon Hughes (1); 2. Mike Mayberry (6); 3. Jeff Wilke (2); 4. Devin Kline (5);
5. Mike Ayers (4); 6. Joe Simbro (3); 7. Brandon
Worthington (7); 8. Casey Greubel (8) A
main (started), 15 Laps, 5:12.3: 1.
Kelby Watt (1); 2. Devin Kline (3); 3. Jayce Jenkins (7); 4. Eric Bridger
(4); 5. Ryan Leavitt (8); 6. Matthew Stelzer (2);
7. Mike Ayers (9); 8. Mike Mayberry (6); 9. Evan Epperson (5); 10. Brandon
Worthington (14); 11. Dan Henning (15); 12. Casey Greubel (16); 13. Chase Young (13); 14. Jeff Wilke (11);
15. Joe Simbro (12); 16. Jon Hughes (10) DNS –
Tyler Glass. Lap Leaders: Kline 1-2, Watt 3, Kline 4, Watt
5, Kline 6-7, Watt 8-9, Kline 10, Watt
11-15. Hard-charger: Jenkins.
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