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Knoxville Raceway 6-1-19
410, 360 & 305 Pro Sprints
410 Feature Video 360 Feature Video
Results & Story by Bill Wright
Terry
McCarl One Win Short of Wolfgang at Knoxville
with Saturday Night Win! Ryan
Giles Notches $3,000 360 Score, Matthew Stelzer
Dominates Pro Sprints Again by Bill
Wright KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (June 1, 2019) – Terry McCarl won his
59th career main event in the 410 class at the Knoxville
Raceway on Saturday night. It was worth $4,000 to the Altoona,
Iowa driver aboard the Destiny Motorsports #4 machine. It puts the
veteran who is in third place on the all-time wins list here just one
victory behind the 60 that Doug Wolfgang notched. Ryan Giles
topped a 48-car 360 sprint car field to earn $3,000. Matthew
Stelzer made it three for three in wins this
season with the Pro Sprint Series presented by Pace
Performance. McCarl
started outside row one and outdueled pole-sitter Brooke Tatnell to stripe completing lap one. Kerry
Madsen had already moved up to third from outside row
six. Madsen continued his pursuit by shooting by Tatnell for second on the second lap. Five
laps in, quick timer Trey Starks slowed his mount in turn four to bring
the only caution of the event. The
restart saw McCarl leading Madsen, Tatnell, Austin McCarl and
Wayne Johnson back to green. Madsen and Tatnell exchanged second, but Madsen took the spot for
good, while Justin Henderston moved into the top
five. Terry McCarl entered lapped
traffic by lap ten. While
the veteran leader maneuvered through traffic, Davey Heskin was using the bottom to move into the top five
himself. A pair of near disasters in lapped traffic late almost
ended McCarl’s run, but he escaped and drove to
his first win here since 2017. Madsen maintained second, ahead
of Tatnell, Austin McCarl and Heskin. Henderson, Matt Juhl, Johnson, Tasker Phillips and hard-charger Mark
Dobmeier, who overcame a heat mishap, completed
the top ten. Mike Reinke, Phillips and Johnson won heat
races. “We’ve
been struggling really, even last year,” said McCarl in Victory Lane. “We were trying
things and once I was injured, I didn’t think we had anything to
lose. Steve (Fitzpatrick) and Doug (Rankin) liked to experiment
and sometimes it hurt us and sometimes it helped us. It’s been
a while since I had a car like that where I could change
directions. When Kerry’s behind us, you certainly never let
up. He’s such a great driver with such a great
team. It’s (Destiny Motorsports) first 410 win at Knoxville, and that means a lot to
me.” Forty-eight
360’s packed the pits as the Nebraska 360 Sprints and the Midwest Power
Series tangled with the regulars for the $3,000 payday. Coming
in, Brooke Tatnell had a shot at another $3,000
bonus for winning Friday’s event at Jackson Motorplex in Minnesota, and
Lee Grosz had a $1,500 bonus if he finished in the top
two. Tatnell’s chance was over after
not qualifying for the main event through the B, while Grosz still had his
shot. Tasker
Phillips shot out from his pole position to lead early over Thomas Kennedy
and Carson McCarl. Kennedy was good
on the high side and overtook the low riding Phillips for the point on lap
three. Ryan Giles had moved into fourth, passing Grosz in the
early going. The
leaders hit lapped traffic by the seventh circuit around the big
half-mile. Ryan Leavitt spun on the inside of turn four eight
laps in, bringing the first caution of the race. Kennedy led
Phillips, McCarl, Giles and Grosz back to
green. Two laps later, Leavitt would flip in turn two, ending
his night. He walked away. Kennedy
led the field back to green, while Giles made his way into third on the
restart. He overtook Phillips for second with four laps to go
before Christian Bowman spun, bringing about a four
lap dash to the checkers. Giles used the
restart to take the lead from Kennedy and march to his eighth win
here. Giles
big win came ahead of Kennedy, Phillips, McCarl
and Matt Juhl. Grosz, Terry McCarl, Jon Agan, Clint
Garner and Calvin Landis rounded out the top ten. Giles and
Terry McCarl posted quick times in their
respective groups, while Kennedy, Agan, Ryan
Bowers and Garner were heat race winners. Phillips earned his
pole position with a Dash win, while feature hard-charger Travis Rilat and Ayrton Gennetten
won B mains. “I
saw how brown and crumby it was out there, and I thought the middle looked
juiced up,” said Giles of his winning pass. “This car worked so well
around the bottom here. I could just ‘bonsai’ it, and then come
up, float through and catch that brown. It worked out for
us. (The track) is perfect. They can make it
like this every week.” Matthew
Stelzer won his third straight Pro Sprints
presented by Pace Performance feature this year. The Nebraska
native led from start to finish in the 15-lapper. By lap six,
Stelzer had a straightaway lead, and by lap
eleven, his lead was almost a half lap. Stelzer
had built an almost eight-second lead when Brandon Worthington spun with a
lap to go. The green, white, checker finish saw Chris Walraven on Stelzer’s
bumper, but it was Chase Young who made the charge from third and
threatened the leader. Stelzer
admitted afterwards that his fuel was low, but Young’s charge fell just
short, and he ended second, followed by Walraven, Evan Epperson and Jeff
Wilke. Mike Ayers, Devin Wignall,
Worthington, Matt Johnson and Mike Mayberry completed the top
ten. Young set quick time, while Mike Johnston and Worthington
won the heats. “We
just ran out of fuel,” said Stelzer in Victory
Lane. “At the end of the day, I guess we’re up here and we made
weight. I was trying to splash enough around going down the
straightaway and let it pick up in the tank. We are lucky to be
here tonight. My guys did a great job. I feel like
we’ve lost enough here, and we finally got one.” Join
us for Hy-Vee Night on Saturday, June 8. All three sprint car
classes will be back in action. Join us for the Hy-Vee tailgate
party from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. There will be FREE parking on the
grounds for anyone attending the races showing a $25 receipt from
Hy-Vee! For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! 410
Results Time
Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (4), 15.974; 2. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St.
Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (21), 15.978; 3. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (23),
16.011; 4. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW,
Aust. (14), 16.022; 5. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona,
IA (12), 16.142; 6. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (15), 16.168; 7. 2KS,
Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (20), 16.183; 8. 20,
AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (25), 16.209; 9. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West
Burlington, IA (1), 16.239; 10. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (22), 16.284; 11. 09, Matt
Juhl, Tea, SD (24), 16.349; 12. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (11), 16.415; 13. 44, Chris
Martin, Ankeny, IA (19), 16.469; 14. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville,
IA (10), 16.542; 15. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk
River, MN (2), 16.601; 16. 02, Mike Reinke, Howards Grove, WI (16),
16.602; 17. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (5),
16.723; 18. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (8), 16.733; 19. 5J, Jeremy
Schultz, Beaver Dam, WI (3), 16.867; 20. 3P, Sawyer Phillips,
Pleasantville, IA (13), 17.036; 21. 85T, Mike Terry Jr., Plainfield, IN
(9), 17.171; 22. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville,
IA (18), 17.729; 23. 7S, Matt Stephenson, Altoona, IA (6), 18.792; 24.
14K, Tori Knutson, Monticello, MN (7), 18.879; 25. 1AJ, Trevor Mell,
Harwood, ND (17), 19.691 Heat
one (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.2: 1.
Mike Reinke (1); 2. Chris Martin (2); 3. Davey Heskin (3); 4. Austin McCarl
(4); 5. Brooke Tatnell (5); 6. Trey Starks (6);
7. Jeremy Schultz (7); 8. Joe Simbro (8); 9.
Trevor Mell (9) Heat
two (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.8: 1.
Tasker Phillips (2); 2. Kerry Madsen (6); 3. Matt Juhl (3); 4. Terry McCarl
(5); 5. Sawyer Phillips (7); 6. AJ Moeller (4); 7. Chase Wanner (1); 8. Matt Stephenson (8) Heat
three (started), 8 Laps, 2:18.7: 1.
Wayne Johnson (5); 2. Justin Henderson (6); 3. Josh Schneiderman (4); 4.
Craig Dollansky (2); 5. Bobby Mincer (1); 6.
Mike Terry Jr. (7); 7. Tori Knutson (8); 8. Mark Dobmeier (3) A
main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1.
Terry McCarl (2); 2. Kerry Madsen (6); 3. Brooke
Tatnell (1); 4. Austin McCarl (7); 5. Davey Heskin
(9); 6. Justin Henderson (5); 7. Matt Juhl (11);
8. Wayne Johnson (4); 9. Tasker Phillips (10); 10. Mark Dobmeier (17); 11. Josh Schneiderman (8); 12. Chris
Martin (12); 13. Craig Dollansky (15); 14.
Sawyer Phillips (18); 15. Mike Reinke (13); 16. Chase Wanner (19); 17. Jeremy Schultz (21); 18. AJ Moeller
(14); 19. Bobby Mincer (16); 20. Mike Terry Jr. (20); 21. Joe Simbro (23); 22. Matt Stephenson (22); 23. Trevor Mell
(24); 24. Trey Starks (3) DNS – Tori Knutson. Lap
Leader: T. McCarl 1-20. Hard-charger: Dobmeier. 360
Results Time
Trial Group #1 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (20), 16.517; 2. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (14), 16.816; 3. 70, Calvin
Landis, Knoxville, IA (4), 16.852; 4. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (6), 16.854; 5. 21K, Thomas
Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (7), 16.873; 6. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA
(12), 16.963; 7. 81, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (22), 17.031; 8. 15,
Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (21), 17.046; 9. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA
(10), 17.068; 10. 14, Brooke Tatnell, Sans
Souci, NSW, Aust. (2), 17.082; 11. 22K, Kaleb Johnson, Sioux Falls, SD
(8), 17.252; 12. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (9),
17.266; 13. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (5),
17.269; 14. 77, John Klabunde, Fort Calhoun, NE
(11), 17.294; 15. 35L, Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE (19), 17.396; 16. 82, Jason
Martin, Liberal, KS (24), 17.500; 17. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (16), 17.582; 18. 12, Tyler
Drueke, Eagle, NE (13), 17.642; 19. 76, Brad
Comegys, Bondurant, IA (1), 17.697; 20. 33J,
Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (23), 17.987; 21. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA
(17), 18.091; 22. 03J, Jamey Ogston, Duluth, MN
(3), 18.501; 23. 91A, Reed Allex, St. Cloud, MN
(15), 18.536; DQ (Tire) 11, Colton Fisher, Mediapolis, IA
(18). Time
Trial Group #2 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
4X, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (8), 16.801; 2.
09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (11), 16.950; 3. 22, Ryan
Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (6), 16.952; 4. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (13),
17.091; 5. 44, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (17), 17.101; 6. 53, Joe Beaver,
Knoxville, IA (22), 17.105; 7. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA
(10), 17.110; 8. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (4), 17.203; 9. 1K, Kelby
Watt, Adel, IA (3), 17.215; 10. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (20),
17.291; 11. 1B, Ryan Bowers, Ham Lake, MN (9), 17.297; 12. 24N, Nathan
Mills, Bondurant, IA (15), 17.298; 13. 3, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (12), 17.318; 14. 55,
McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (23), 17.445; 15.
03, Shayle Bade, Lincoln, NE (5), 17.670; 16.
35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (7), 17.699; 17.
33B, James Broty, Lonsdale, MN (1), 17.746; 18.
50, Chase Viebrock, New Richmond, WI (14),
17.816; 19. 19, Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA
(18), 17.970; 20. 37H, Nicholas Howard, Lawrence, KS (16), 18.008; 21.
64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (2), 18.112; 22. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville,
IA (19), 18.193; 23. 28X, Rich Cerveny, Omaha,
NE (24), 18.762; 24. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (21),
18.799. Group
#1 Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 2:03.6: 1.
Thomas Kennedy (4); 2. Tom Lenz (2); 3. Jack Dover (3); 4. Ryan Giles (6);
5. Kaleb Johnson (1); 6. Travis Rilat (7); 7.
Calvin Landis (5); 8. Cody Ledger (8); 9. Brad Comegys (10); 10. Alan Zoutte (9); 11. Ben Woods (11); 12. Reed Allex (12) Group
#1 Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 2:04.4:
1. Jon Agan (6); 2. Rob Kubli (1); 3. Carson McCarl
(5); 4. Matt Moro (4); 5. Christian Bowman (3); 6. Brooke Tatnell (2); 7. Jason Martin (8); 8. Tyler Drueke (9); 9. Jayce Jenkins (10); 10. John Klabunde (7); 11. Jamey Ogston (11); 12. Colton Fisher (12) Group
#2 Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 2:06.1: 1.
Ryan Bowers (1); 2. Tasker Phillips (3); 3. Terry McCarl (6); 4. Kelby Watt (2); 5. Trey Starks (4); 6.
Shayle Bade (8); 7. Ryan Leavitt (5); 8. Ayrton
Gennetten (7); 9. James Broty (9); 10. Casey Greubel
(11); 11. Rob Weuve (10); 12. Rich Cerveny (12) Group
#2 Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 2:03.0: 1.
Clint Garner (2); 2. Lee Grosz (3); 3. Matt Juhl
(6); 4. Joe Beaver (4); 5. Ryan Roberts (5); 6. Nathan Mills (1); 7.
McKenna Haase (7); 8. Josh Higday (8); 9. Nicholas Howard (10); 10. Chase Viebrock (9); 11. John Anderson (12); 12. Jon Hughes
(11) Dash
(started), 6 Laps, 1:47.6: 1.
Tasker Phillips (3); 2. Lee Grosz (1); 3. Carson McCarl (2); 4. Ryan Giles (4); 5. Thomas Kennedy (6);
6. Jon Agan (8); 7. Matt Juhl (5); 8. Terry McCarl
(7) B
main one (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1.
Travis Rilat (3); 2. Cody Ledger (5); 3. Brooke
Tatnell (1); 4. Jason Martin (6); 5. Tyler Drueke (8); 6. Brad Comegys
(9); 7. John Klabunde (4); 8. Jayce Jenkins
(10); 9. Ben Woods (11); 10. Jamey Ogston (12);
11. Colton Fisher (14); 12. Reed Allex (13); 13.
Kaleb Johnson (2); 14. Alan Zoutte
(7) B
main two (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1.
Ayrton Gennetten (3); 2. Kelby Watt (1); 3.
Nicholas Howard (10); 4. Rob Weuve (9); 5. Shayle Bade (5); 6. Casey Greubel (11); 7. Chase Viebrock (8); 8. John Anderson (12); 9. Rich Cerveny (13); 10. Josh Higday (6); 11. James Broty
(7); 12. Nathan Mills (2); 13. McKenna Haase (4)
DNS - Jon Hughes A
main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1.
Ryan Giles (4); 2. Thomas Kennedy (5); 3. Tasker Phillips (1); 4. Carson
McCarl (3); 5. Matt Juhl (7); 6. Lee Grosz (2); 7. Terry McCarl (8); 8. Calvin Landis (15); 9. Clint Garner
(12); 10. Travis Rilat (21); 11. Jon Agan (6); 12. Trey Starks (16); 13. Jack Dover (9);
14. Rob Kubli (17); 15. Cody Ledger (23); 16.
Ryan Roberts (10); 17. Matt Moro (11); 18. Joe Beaver (14); 19. Kelby Watt
(24); 20. Ryan Bowers (18); 21. Ayrton Gennetten
(22); 22. Christian Bowman (19); 23. Ryan Leavitt (20); 24. Tom Lenz
(13). Lap Leaders: T. Phillips 1-2, Kennedy 3-16, Giles
17-20. Hard-charger: Rilat. Pro
Series Results Time
Trials (Group Qualifying): 1.
26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (2), 17.597; 2. 50, Mike Ayers, Waukee, IA
(7), 17.666; 3. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (12), 17.782; 4. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (5), 17.823; 5. 21X, Devin
Wignall, Altoona, IA (1), 17.896; 6. 71, Brandon
Worthington, Indianola, IA (9), 17.904; 7. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (4), 17.929; 8. 29, Russ Hall,
Pleasant Hill, IA (3), 17.951; 9. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (6),
18.154; 10. B29, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA (8), 18.266; 11. 14J, Mike
Johnston, Des Moines, IA (13), 18.363; 12. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine,
IA (14), 18.468; 13. 2, Matt Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (10), 18.733; 14.
11, Tyler Barrick, Slater, IA (11), 18.913. Heat
one (started), 6 Laps, 1:53.5: 1.
Mike Johnston (1); 2. Matthew Stelzer (3); 3.
Mike Mayberry (2); 4. Jeff Wilke (5); 5. Devin Wignall (4); 6. Chase Young (6); 7. Matt Johnson
(7) Heat
two (started), 6 Laps, 1:51.9: 1.
Brandon Worthington (2); 2. Russ Hall (3); 3. Evan Epperson (1); 4. Chris
Walraven (5); 5. Mike Ayers (4); 6. Tyler
Barrick (6) DNS – Dan Henning A
main (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1.
Matthew Stelzer (1); 2. Chase Young (3); 3.
Chris Walraven (2); 4. Evan Epperson (11); 5.
Jeff Wilke (5); 6. Mike Ayers (4); 7. Devin Wignall (8); 8. Brandon Worthington (6); 9. Matt
Johnson (13); 10. Mike Mayberry (10); 11. Mike Johnston (9); 12. Tyler
Barrick (12); 13. Dan Henning (14); 14. Russ Hall (7). Lap
Leader: Stelzer 1-15. Hard-charger: Epperson.
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