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Knoxville Raceway August 5, 2018
7th Annual Capitani Classic
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Results & Story by Bill Wright
Knoxville
Raceway’s Capitani Classic is All Brad
Sweet! by
Bill
Wright KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (August 5, 2018) – Brad Sweet was simply dominant in winning the
7th Annual Weld Racing Capitani
Classic presented by Great Southern Bank Sunday night at the Knoxville
Raceway. The Grass Valley, California native went through an amazing
gauntlet of seven match races to earn the pole of the main event and
proceeded to lead all 25 laps aboard the Kasey Kahne Racing #49s, earning $5,000. Sweet’s
amazing run through the series of two-lap Pole Shootout match races came
over Greg Hodnett, Shane Stewart, Terry McCarl, Brian Brown, Paul McMahan, Carson Macedo and
finally, Josh Baughman. That earned him the pole position for the
feature, and he led early over Baughman, McMahan, Macedo and McCarl. Macedo,
who has been strong all week, used the high side of three and four to
shoot from foruth to second on lap two.
While Sweet ran away from the field, McMahan garnered third with a pass of
Baughman on lap seven. The leader was in lapped traffic by lap
nine. Eleven
laps in, the ninth place car of Matt Juhl tumbled in turn two. He was o.k. The
only slowdown of the event saw Sweet leading Macedo, McMahan, Brown and
Baughman back to green. McMahan would jet to second, while there was
plenty of movement back in the pack as well. Shane Stewart emerged
from tenth to climb into the top five, and second B main winner, Kerry
Madsen, who started 20th was soon in seventh. Madsen
would gain sixth with ten to go, while Macedo got back by McMahan for
second. Brown would hustle into third on lap 17, as he too put
McMahan behind him. Sweet built his lead until entering lapped
traffic with five to go. It was no deterrent, as he would win by 2.3
seconds over Macedo, Brown, McMahan and Stewart. Hard-charger
Madsen, Hodnett, McCarl, Chad Kemenah (from
16th) and Tim Shaffer rounded out the top ten. Lynton
Jeffrey and Aaron Reutzel led their respective
qualifying flights with quick time in the 67-car field. Shaffer,
Brock Zearfoss, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Kemenah,
Davey Heksin and Parker Price-Miller won
heats. Jeffrey and Madsen claimed the B mains. Kyle Reinhardt
was a flip victim in hot laps, and Rager
Phillips tipped over in the first B main. Both were
uninjured. “I
wish it was Saturday night,” joked Sweet in Victory Lane in reference to the upcoming Knoxville Nationals.
“That’s what we came here to do, was to try a few things. We were
really good in the A. There’s still room
for improvement, but we did what we needed to do and got some notes.
I think we’ll be in the hunt for sure. You just never know how close
the second place car is, so you want to cover all
your lines as best you can. I didn’t get through them as well as I
wanted to. The racetrack was in great shape all night.” “I
can’t say enough about this (Jason Johnson Racing) #41 team,” said
Macedo. “They’re giving me an awesome racecar, night in and night
out. This whole family has been great to be around. I’m so
thankful for the opportunity to drive this racecar. Brad was
exceptionally good tonight. I really wanted to get a good restart
there, but we stumbled a bit and Paul got around me. We had to work
hard to get back by him.” “It
was a tough race really,” said Brown. “Track position was pretty
key. It was pretty tough to pass at
times. To come from fifth to third with the quality of cars…we’ll
just take these podiums, add them up, and see where we end up next
week. I’m proud of everyone on the team. They did a great
job. I don’t know what we could have done to be any better.
Brad was good all night long. Carson’s been strong too. We
were fortunate to get by Terry, Paul and some good cars.” The
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more Results
From the 7th Annual Weld Racing Capitani Classic Presented by Great Southern
Bank Time
Trials Group One (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
12, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (2), 15.412; 2. 17X, Josh Baughman,
Odessa, TX (10), 15.417; 3. 13X, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (20), 15.511;
4. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (3), 15.547; 5.
27, Greg Hodnett, Spring Grove, PA (21), 15.647;
6. 59, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (4), 15.655; 7. 49X, Tim Shaffer,
Aliquippa, PA (16), 15.667; 8. 99G, Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can. (34),
15.702; 9. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (5), 15.713;
10. 70, Dave Blaney, High Point, NC (29), 15.736; 11. 4, Brock Zearfoss, Jonesville, PA (1), 15.742; 12. 15H, Sam
Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (7), 15.75; 13. 3H,
James McFadden, Ormeau, QLD, Aust. (13), 15.832; 14. 48, Danny Dietrich,
Gettysburg, PA (33), 15.852; 15. 9K, Daryn
Pittman, Owasso, OK (14), 15.852; 16. 5H, Sammy Walsh, Orangeville, NSW,
Aust. (8), 15.883; 17. 41S, Dominic Scelzi,
Fresno, CA (22), 15.889; 18. 83, Cory Eliason, Selma, CA (6), 15.893; 19.
44, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (30), 15.905; 20. 17B, Bill Balog, Hartland,
WI (9), 15.907; 21. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona,
IA (27), 15.924; 22. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (23), 15.932;
23. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (19), 15.942; 24. 7, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (18), 15.948; 25. 12N, Cole
Duncan, Lockbourne, OH (12), 16.028; 26. 19P, Paige Polyak, Tiffin, OH (31), 16.045; 27. 3, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (25), 16.057; 28. 75, Glen
Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (17), 16.074; 29. 28AU, Allan Woods,
Brisbane, QLD, Aust. (15), 16.126; 30. 9, Rager
Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (28), 16.153; 31. 44M, Chris Martin, Ankeny,
IA (24), 16.323; 32. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA
(26), 16.439; 33. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (32), 16.449; 34. 85,
Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (11),
16.451. Time
Trials Group Two (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (32), 15.587; 2.
41, Carson Macedo, Lemoore, CA (8), 15.599; 3. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St.
Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (31), 15.599; 4. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO
(16), 15.618; 5. 2, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (4), 15.672; 6. 49S, Brad
Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (11), 15.686; 7. 4K, Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, WA (13), 15.786; 8. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (20), 15.795; 9. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (10),
15.828; 10. 10H, Chad Kemenah, Alvada, OH (12), 15.836; 11. 29, Willie Croft,
Roseville, CA (14), 15.844; 12. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (33),
15.870; 13. 70S, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (1), 15.897; 14. 21K, Thomas
Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (3), 15.917; 15. 97G, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (15), 15.928; 16. 55,
Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (22),
15.935; 17. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (5), 15.940; 18. 81, Lee
Jacobs, Dalton, OH (9), 15.948; 19. 14, Tony Stewart, Columbus, IN (28),
15.963; 20. 26, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (30), 15.975; 21. 35V, Jamie
Veal, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (17), 16.059; 22. 49, Josh Schneiderman,
West Burlington, IA (7), 16.133; 23. 17WX, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (27), 16.140; 24. 71A, RJ
Johnson, Tampa, FL (18), 16.145; 25. 11, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (21),
16.169; 26. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND
(19), 16.175; 27. 95, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (25), 16.209; 28. 7W,
Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (2), 16.270; 29. 17W, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (24), 16.296; 30. 68, Chase
Johnson, Penngrove, CA (29), 16.429; 31. 7S,
Skylar Hunter, Afton, IA (6), 16.604; 32. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (26),
17.165; 33. 91, Kyle Reinhardt, Neptune City, NJ (23), NT. Group
One, Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:10.5: 1.
Tim Shaffer (2); 2. Dave Blaney (1); 3. Terry McCarl (3) / 4. Lynton Jeffrey (4); 5. Sawyer Phillips
(8); 6. Cole Duncan (9); 7. Trey Starks (7); 8. Chris Martin (11); 9.
Chase Wanner (10); 10. Sammy Walsh (6); 11.
James McFadden (5) DNS – Glen Saville Group
One, Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:12.3: 1.
Brock Zearfoss (1); 2. Josh Baughman (4); 3.
Greg Hodnett (3) / 4. Skylar Gee (2); 5. Danny
Dietrich (5); 6. Dominic Scelzi (6); 7. Bill
Balog (7); 8. Allan Woods (8); 9. Paige Polyak
(9); 10. Bob Weuve (10) DNS – Wayne
Johnson Group
One, Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:11.2: 1.
Sam Hafertepe Jr. (1); 2. Matt Juhl (2); 3. Paul McMahan (4) / 4. Sammy Swindell (3);
5. Cory Eliason (6); 6. Daryn Pittman (5); 7.
Austin McCarl (7); 8. Rager Phillips (10); 9. Carson McCarl (8); 10. Bobby Mincer (9) DNS – Tim Kaeding Group
Two, Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:12.3: 1.
Chad Kemenah (1); 2. Brian Brown (3); 3. Kasey
Kahne (2) / 4. Aaron Reutzel (4); 5. Jeff Swindell (5); 6. Brooke Tatnell (6); 7. Josh Schneiderman (8); 8. Tony Stewart
(7); 9. Tasker Phillips (10); 10. Roger Crockett (9); 11. Skylar Hunter
(11) Group
Two, Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:12.8: 1.
Davey Heskin (2); 2. Shane Stewart (3); 3.
Carson Macedo (4) / 4. Willie Croft (1); 5. Clint Garner (6); 6. Joey
Saldana (7); 7. Mark Dobmeier (9); 8. Thomas
Kennedy (5); 9. Shane Golobic (8); 10. Harli White (10); 11. Kevin Ingle (11) Group
Two, Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:10.8: 1.
Parker Price-Miller (1); 2. Brad Sweet (3); 3. Gio Scelzi (2) / 4. Kerry
Madsen (4); 5. Jamie Veal (7); 6. Hunter Schuerenberg (5); 7. Matt Covington (6) DNS – Lee
Jacobs, RJ Johnson, Chase Johnson, Kyle Reinhardt Pole
Shootout One (started), 2 Laps: 1.
Brad Sweet (2); 2. Greg Hodnett (1) Pole
Shootout Two (started), 2 Laps, :32.0 (fastest of the
Shootouts): 1.
Brad Sweet (2); 2. Shane Stewart (1) Pole
Shootout Three (started), 2 Laps: 1.
Brad Sweet (1); 2. Terry McCarl (2) Pole
Shootout Four (started), 2 Laps: 1.
Brad Sweet (1); 2. Brian Brown (2) Pole
Shootout Five (started), 2 Laps: 1.
Brad Sweet (2); 2. Paul McMahan (1) Pole
Shootout Six (started), 2 Laps: 1.
Brad Sweet (2); 2. Carson Macedo (1) Pole
Shootout Seven (started), 2 Laps: 1.
Brad Sweet (2); 2. Josh Baughman (1) B
main One (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1.
Lynton Jeffrey (1); 2. Sammy Swindell (2); 3. James McFadden (4) / 4.
Dominic Scelzi (8); 5. Daryn Pittman (6); 6. Sammy Walsh (7); 7. Tim Kaeding (20); 8. Cory Eliason (9); 9. Danny Dietrich
(5); 10. Skylar Gee (3); 11. Austin McCarl (12);
12. Cole Duncan (15); 13. Bill Balog (11); 14. Trey Starks (10); 15. Chris
Martin (19); 16. Bobby Mincer (21); 17. Bob Weuve (16); 18. Sawyer Phillips (13); 19. Allan Woods
(17); 20. Chase Wanner (18); 21. Rager Phillips (14) DNS – Carson McCarl, Paige Polyak, Wayne
Johnson, Glen Saville B
main Two (started), 12 Laps, 3:25.3: 1.
Kerry Madsen (2); 2. Aaron Reutzel (1); 3. Clint
Garner (8) / 4. Jeff Swindell (4); 5. Joey Saldana (10); 6. Willie Croft
(3); 7. Hunter Schuerenberg (6); 8. Jamie Veal
(11); 9. Tony Stewart (9); 10. Mark Dobmeier
(15); 11. Josh Schneiderman (12); 12. Tasker Phillips (17); 13. Harli White (18); 14. Shane Golobic (13); 15. Skylar Hunter (19); 16. Kevin Ingle
(20); 17. Roger Crockett (14); 18. Matt Covington (16); 19. Brooke Tatnell (7); 20. Thomas Kennedy (5) DNS – Kyle
Reinhardt, Lee Jacobs, RJ Johnson, Chase Johnson A
main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1.
Brad Sweet (1); 2. Carson Macedo (3); 3. Brian Brown (5); 4. Paul McMahan
(4); 5. Shane Stewart (7); 6. Kerry Madsen (20); 7. Greg Hodnett (8); 8. Terry McCarl
(6); 9. Chad Kemenah (16); 10. Tim Shaffer (9);
11. Gio Scelzi (14);
12. Kasey Kahne (10); 13. James McFadden (23);
14. Brock Zearfoss (15); 15. Parker Price-Miller
(18); 16. Sammy Swindell (21); 17. Josh Baughman (2); 18. Lynton Jeffrey
(19); 19. Davey Heskin (12); 20. Aaron Reutzel (22); 21. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (17); 22. Matt Juhl (11); 23. Clint Garner (24); 24. Dave Blaney
(13). Lap Leader: Sweet
1-25. Hard-charger: Madsen.
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