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65th Annual Season Championship Night 8-25-18
"The Night the Lights Went Out @ Knoxville"
410, 360 & 305 Sprints
410 Feature Video 360 Feature Video 305 Feature Video
Results & Story by Bill Wright
Kerry
Madsen Wins $5,000 Season Championship Night! Jon
Agan Takes 360’s, Ryan Leavitt Tops
305’s Austin
McCarl, Clint Garner and Eric Bridger are KCCS
Season Champions by
Bill
Wright KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (August 25, 2018) – After a lengthy delay due to a power outage, the
Knoxville Raceway faithful were treated to three exciting features on
Mediacom Season Championship Night Saturday. Kerry Madsen nabbed the
$5,000 410 sprint car feature after inheriting
the lead late from Brian Brown. Jon Agan
won a duel with McKenna Haase to claim the 360
main event, and Ryan Leavitt led from start to finish to capture the 305
feature. Austin McCarl (410), Clint Garner (360) and Eric Bridger
(305) were crowned Lucas Oil Knoxville Championship Cup Series
titlists for 2018. Before
a lap could be completed in the 25-lap 410 finale, Rager Phillips, Glen Saville and Chase Wanner find themselves pointing the wrong way in turn
two. All rejoined the field. Brian Brown shot out from inside
row two to lead early over Tasker Phillips and Kerry Madsen. Madsen
quickly moved into the second spot, with Davey Heskin riding the low side in tow. Brown
was quickly into lapped traffic on the seventh circuit, opening up over a
straightaway lead on Madsen. The battle was on for third, as Matt
Juhl challenged Heskin
and briefly took the spot on lap nine.
Heskin regained the spot, while Austin McCarl continued to advance from his starting position
outside row four. He got by Juhl and then
set his sights on Heskin for third, passing him
with five to go. With
just four laps to go, the leader suddenly slowed. Madsen, who had
gained some ground in traffic, assumed the lead. He went on to claim
his 21st career feature win here aboard the Tod Quiring
#2m ahead of hard-charger Austin McCarl, Brooke
Tatnell, Heskin and
Juhl. Terry McCarl, Don Droud Jr., Josh
Schneiderman, Tasker Phillips and Sam Hafertepe
Jr. rounded out the top ten. Time trials were scrapped due to a
power outage that saw racing finally commence around 9:30 p.m.
Brown, Tasker Phillips and Terry McCarl won
heats using passing points to line up the main event. “I
watched McKenna run the 360 A, and she was driving really hard (on the
cushion),” said Madsen of his second win here this year. “I thought
I don’t want to hit that thing. You had to be really cautious going
into one. Guy (Forbrook) gave me a good
racecar tonight, and the guys worked hard all week. It’s been a good
year. I really want to thank the fans tonight for waiting for the
power to come back on. Thanks to Knoxville Raceway for really
handling it well too. I think this will give us some momentum
heading into the rest of the season.” “It
was awesome!” said Austin McCarl of his Season
Championship aboard the TKS Motorsports #2KS. “We had a great year
at Knoxville with four wins. We came in with zero. Anytime you
can win at this place is special. We struggled a little early in the
year with qualifying and we got that figured out. I knew every time
I pushed off that I had a great car come feature time. Hat’s off to
Troy and Tammy (Renfro) and the rest of the team.” What
could have been a tighter point race in the 360 class, fizzled when Ryan
Giles exited on the first lap of that 20-lap event. That handed the
title to now eight-time champ, Clint Garner. Up front, McKenna Haase took control from the pole position, ahead of
Matt Moro and Jon Agan. Agan was strong on the low side, however, and shot by
Moro for second on lap four. Haase
was into lapped traffic by lap eight, before 360 Rookie of the Year Nate
Mills slowed to a stop nine laps in. Haase
led Agan, Moro, Calvin Landis and Sawyer
Phillips. The next four laps saw a great duel between Haase and Agan for the
lead. Agan slid in front of Haase twice, only to have her drive back by him.
Finally, he made the bottom of one and two stick to pull into the lead for
good, on lap 13. Eighth
running Tasker Phillips spun with six laps to go. Agan maintained his lead for his second win of the
season here and twelfth in his career. Haase held second, ahead of Sawyer Phillips who
grabbed third at the white flag. Landis, Moro, hard-charger Mason
Daniel, Garner, Ryan Roberts, Cody Wehrle and
Joe Beaver. Moro, Tom Lenz and Christian Bowman were heat
winners. “We’ve
kind of been up and down,” said Agan of his
season. “We’ve been really fast away from Knoxville. It’s been
rough, but I know we’re fast. Chad Kemenah
and I are good friends, and we’ve been talking about something for the
last month. I didn’t want to try it and take the chance, but it was
rocking. I just wish we had more race season, because that thing is
good. It was a fantastic night and a way to cap it off!” “The
car was good all season,” said eight-time 360 champ Clint Garner. “I
can’t thank Al Parker enough for everything he does with the engines, and
J&J with the cars. Everybody really works hard all summer and
dedicates their life to this. I’m just the lucky one who gets to
stand up here, and take the pictures and thank everyone. It’s a
blast to be here and get another one of these. I’d like to thank the
people who raised the funds for the 360 purse this year.” Ryan
Leavitt was never seriously challenged after taking the early lead from
the second row inside in the non-stop 18-lap 305 main event.
Cruising the bottom of the track, he was pursued the distance by former
track champ, Matthew Stelzer. He entered
lapped traffic on the eleventh circuit. Brandon
Worthington had things working well on the low side as well, and had
advanced from seventh to third with six laps to go. Young was
fourth, ahead of Evan Epperson. Devin Kline, the all-time feature
winner leader in the class was making his final career start and ended
sixth, ahead of Rob Kubli, Eric Bridger, Mike
Mayberry and Joe Simbro. Bridger’s
championship was his second in as many years. Young and Leavitt were
heat race winners. “That
was an awesome racetrack tonight,” said Leavitt, who picked up his third
win here this season, and the fourth in his career. “I could run it
about anywhere. These crew guys, they work their butts off. I
could diamond the car off the top or run the car on the bottom the whole
way through. This team has had a rough, rough three weeks, and we’ve
grown together even more. I appreciate every single person over
here. We appreciate the racing community that has really reached out
to us…and all these great fans who stayed with us through the power
outage.” “It
was a good year for us,” said the KCCS champion Bridger, whose title came
aboard his father Dwight’s machine. “We had a rough start in the
beginning. We definitely ran off a lot of wins and quick
times. I have to thank my mom and dad and Gary Williams. Lucas
Oil does a lot for the Knoxville Championship Cup Series too, and we have
to thank them.” Flat
Track Motorcycles will be here for action on September 8. The
15th Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals will commenced
September 13-15. For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com 410
Results Heat
one (started), 8 Laps, 2:10.0: 1.
21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley,
MO (2);
2. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (1); 3. 55,
Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (3); 4.
97G, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (6); 5.
49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (5); 6. 12, Lynton Jeffrey,
Prairie City, IA (8); 7. 85, Chase Wanner,
Agency, IA (7); 8. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA
(4) Heat
two (started), 8 Laps, 2:11.1: 1.
7w, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (1); 2. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (2); 3. 2m, Kerry
Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW,
Aust. (5);
4. 17B, Bill Balog, Hartland, WI (3); 5. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA
(4); 6. 71A, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (6); 7. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback,
NSW, Aust. (7) Heat
three (started), 8 Laps, 2:11.1: 1.
24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (4); 2. 1m, Don
Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (2); 3. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (6); 4. 9, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (1); 5. 7, Carson
McCarl, Altoona, IA (5); 6. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (7); 7. 15, Bobby Mincer,
Burlington, IA (3) A
main (started), 25 Laps, 7:43.2: 1.
Kerry Madsen (5); 2. Austin McCarl (8); 3.
Brooke Tatnell (9); 4. Davey Heskin (6); 5. Matt Juhl
(2); 6. Terry McCarl (4); 7. Don Droud Jr. (7); 8. Josh Schneiderman (13); 9. Tasker
Phillips (1); 10. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (16); 11.
Bill Balog (11); 12. Hunter Schuerenberg (10);
13. Lynton Jeffrey (17); 14. Carson McCarl (14);
15. RJ Johnson (18); 16. Bobby Mincer (21); 17. Jamie Ball (15); 18. Chase
Wanner (19); 19. Brian Brown (3); 20. Bob Weuve (22); 21. Glen Saville (20); 22. Rager Phillips (12). Lap
Leaders: Brown 1-21, K. Madsen
22-25. Hard-charger: A. McCarl. 360
Results Heat
one (started), 7 Laps, 1:59.9: 1.
2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (1); 2. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (2);
3. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (4); 4. 18, Ryan
Roberts, Aurora, NE (6); 5. 33m, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (3); 6. 57,
Billy Butler, Sacramento, CA (5) DNS – 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville,
IA Heat
two (started), 7 Laps, 2:01.0: 1.
8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (1); 2. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (4); 3. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (3); 4.
40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (2); 5. 7w, Tasker Phillips,
Pleasantville, IA (6); 6. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (5); 7. 1A,
John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (7) Heat
three (started), 7 Laps, 2:01.3: 1.
15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (1); 2. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (4);
3. 40c, Cody Wehrle, Burlington, IA (3); 4. 3P,
Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (5); 5. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant,
IA (6); 6. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA
(2) A
main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1.
Jon Agan (7); 2. McKenna Haase (1); 3. Sawyer Phillips (9); 4. Calvin Landis
(6); 5. Matt Moro (3); 6. Mason Daniel (13); 7. Clint Garner (14); 8. Ryan
Roberts (8); 9. Cody Wehrle (10); 10. Joe Beaver
(17); 11. Christian Bowman (5); 12. Tom Lenz (4); 13. Brad Comegys (18); 14. Billy Butler (16); 15. Mitchell
Alexander (15); 16. Tasker Phillips (12); 17. Nathan Mills (11); 18. John
Anderson (19); 19. Ryan Giles (2) DNS – Nate Van Haaften. Lap Leaders: Haase 1-12, Agan
13-20. Hard-charger: Daniel. 305
Results Heat
one (started), 6 Laps, 1:48.9: 1.
26, Chase Young, Altoona, IA (1); 2. 5c, Devin Kline, Knoxville, IA (2);
3. 50, Mike Ayers, West Des Moines, IA (3); 4. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Omaha, NE (8); 5. 21, Evan Epperson,
Muscatine, IA (5); 6. 33, Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (6); 7. 81E, Eric
Bridger, Winterset, IA (7); 8. 41D, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA (4); 9. 3TJ,
Joel Thorpe, Urbandale, IA (9) Heat
two (started), 6 Laps, NT: 1.
22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (2); 2. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (7);
3. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (3); 4. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (5); 5. 41, Jeff Wilke,
Genoa, IL (4); 6. 23K, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (8);
7. 64c, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (9); 8. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA
(1) DNS – 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA A
main (started), 18 Laps, 5:44.3: 1.
Ryan Leavitt (3); 2. Matthew Stelzer (1); 3.
Brandon Worthington (7); 4. Chase Young (2); 5. Evan Epperson (9); 6.
Devin Kline (5); 7. Rob Kubli (12); 8. Eric
Bridger (14); 9. Mike Mayberry (4); 10. Joe Simbro (8); 11. Casey Greubel (13); 12. Jayce Jenkins (11); 13. Mike Ayers
(6); 14. Jeff Wilke (10); 15. Joel Thorpe (15) DNS - Dan Henning,
Mike Johnston, Jon Hughes. Lap Leader: Leavitt 1-18.Hard-charger: Bridger.
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