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Knoxville Raceway 7-13-19
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Pro Series Feature Video 360 Feature Video 410 #1 Feature Video 410 #2 Feature Video
Results & Story by Bill Wright
Kerry
Madsen Wins the Beef; Brian Brown Cashes in $5,000 at
Knoxville! Clint
Garner Wins #40 in #40; Matthew Stelzer Becomes All-time Winner in Pro
Sprints Myles
Michehl Sweeps Dirt Trucks by Bill
Wright KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (July 13, 2019) – Van Wall Equipment Marion County Fair Night was jam
packed full of great racing Saturday night at the Knoxville
Raceway! Kerry Madsen won half a beef and $4,000 on the way to
his 23rd career 410 sprint car feature win
here. Brian Brown cashed in $5,000 for his
49th career win in the make-up 410 feature from June
22. Clint Garner won his 40th career main event
in the 360 class, while Matthew Stelzer became the all-time leading
feature winner in the Pro Sprints presented by Pace Performance, with his
13th career victory. Myles Michehl swept the
two ten-lap Dirt Truck main events scheduled, his first wins
here. In under three hours time, ten heats, two B mains and six
feature events were run off in an efficient manner in front of the Marion
County Fair crowd. In
the regularly scheduled 20-lap 410 feature, AJ Moeller led lap one from
his pole position. A point invert of eight had Kerry Madsen
starting fifth, but at the conclusion of lap two, he was already at the
point. Brian Brown started eighth, but was also in the top five
by the second circuit. Lynton Jeffrey passed Moeller for second
on lap three, before Jamie Ball spun in turn four. Madsen
led Jeffrey, Moeller, Brown and Wayne Johnson back to
green. Brown quickly claimed third, while Parker Price-Miller
jumped from seventh to fourth. On lap five, Brown shot by
Jeffrey for second, and pursued the leader. Terry McCarl and
Price-Miller had an entertaining battle for the fourth spot going in the
middle stages of the race, while the leaders hit lapped
traffic. As
Madsen sliced through traffic, Brown stayed close, but could not catch the
St. Mary’s, New South Wales native. Price-Miller, Gio Scelzi
and Jeffrey chased the lead pair to the checkers. Rico Abreu,
Terry McCarl, Davey Heskin, Austin McCarl and Johnson rounded out the top
ten. Brown set quick time over the 35-car field, while Chris
Martin, Tasker Phillips, Craig Dollansky and Austin McCarl won
heats. Trey Starks won the B main. “We
have a great engine builder,” said Madsen, whose team changed a motor
after the heat. “All of our stuff runs well. I
wasn’t able to tinker on the car much, so maybe that helped
us. I got a great start and the car was really
ripping. That’s good racing (lapped traffic that he dealt
with). What makes racing good is fighting through the lapped
cars. That’s what it’s all about.” The
25-lap make-up feature belonged to Brian Brown. Brown started
outside row one, and led every lap. Justin Henderson was on the
move early, advancing into the top five by lap two, and then passing Matt
Juhl for fourth on lap three. Brown was into lapped traffic
ahead of second place, Lynton Jeffrey, by lap six. A circuit
later, both Terry McCarl and Henderson shot by Jeffrey in the second and
third place spots. Henderson
clearly was fast on the cushion and shot by McCarl for second on lap
nine. By lap 12, Brown’s lead was 5.4 seconds. Juhl
entered the top three with nine to go, and Austin McCarl took fourth on
lap 18. With
five to go, Brown’s lead peaked at over six seconds. At the
checkers, he lapped up to eighth place. Henderson finished
second, ahead of Juhl, Austin McCarl and Brooke Tatnell. Terry
McCarl, Trey Starks, Jeffrey, Mason Daniel and
Davey Heskin completed the top ten. The win was Brown’s 49th here, putting him one behind Sammy Swindell,
who sits fifth all-time in feature wins. “This
is not easy by any stretch of the imagination,” said Brown in Victory
Lane. “This thing is just a pleasure to drive. I
felt in the first race, we had Kerry where we might have an
opportunity. I missed the bottom coming to the white and that
was a little frustrating. Starting on the front, you have to go
hard for 25 laps. It’s a long time, so you can’t run the tires
off. You have to search around a little. Hat’s off
to the Dunkin’s. It was a phenomenal track for this many cars
in the heat.” Clint
Garner led early in the 18-lap 360 feature over Ryan Roberts and Ryan
Giles. Joe Beaver entered the battle for a podium spot, as he
and Giles exchanged third, before Rob Kubli spun at the halfway
point. Garner led Roberts, Giles, Beaver and Carson McCarl back
to green. While
Giles gained second, McCarl made a bold move through the middle of the
pack to pick up two spots of his own. Beaver gained fourth from
Roberts, before sliding under McCarl and spinning in turn three on lap
12. His spin collected Roberts and sent both cars upside
down. Both walked away. The
shake-up with six laps to go saw Garner leading Giles, McCarl, Jamie Ball
and Ryan Leavitt back to green. McCarl took second on the
restart, and Ball followed him into third on lap 14. Ball was
riding the cushion to perfection and shot around McCarl, who was in the
low groove for second with three to go. There
was no catching Garner, who won his 40th career feature in
Boyd and Glenda Fluth’s #40, and took home half a hog. Ball was
second, ahead of McCarl, Leavitt and Giles. Jon Agan,
hard-charger Travis Rilat, Calvin Landis, Ricky Montgomery and Matt Moro
rounded out the top ten. Roberts set quick time over the 32-car
field, and Landis, Josh Baughman, Nate Mills and Kyle Bellm won heat
races. Devon Dobie took the B main. “I
thought I was running away with it, and Ryan must have peeked under me a
little bit,” said Garner in Victory Lane. “I knew there was
some stuff on the bottom of three and four. In one and two, I
didn’t think there was much to be had there. I had to move around a
little bit and get him thinking. At the end of the day, I think
‘high, high’ was to my liking. My wife told me when I left the
camper, ‘Go win me a hog!’” Rookie
Mike Johnston led early in the 15-lap Pro Sprints presented by Pace
Performance feature, ahead of Matthew Stelzer, Evan Epperson, Russ Hall
and Devin Wignall. Wignall gained fourth on the second lap,
while Stelzer closed on the leader. On
lap eight, Stelzer made a pass for the point, relegating Johnston to
second. Wignall gained third from Epperson on lap 11 and then
took second from Johnston on the next go-around. Up front,
however, Stelzer was checking out. Stelzer’s
12th career win put him on top of the all-time list for
the division. Wignall was second, ahead of Epperson, Hall and
Johnston. Chris Walraven, Chase Young, Mike Mayberry, Jeff
Wilke and Mike Ayers completed the top ten. Hall set quick
time, and Wilke and Wignall were heat winners. “When
we heard there was going to be a quarter-hog on the line, I was really
focused to get one for my guys,” said Stelzer in Victory
Lane. “We knocked one thing off the bucket list this year, and
that was to be the all-time leading feature winner here. We
have one more goal this year. I felt like Steve Breazeale up
there on the cushion tonight.” Myles
Michehl was able to sweep twin features for the Dirt Trucks annual visit
to Knoxville. In the first of two ten-lap events, Lou Sipolt
led lap one, before former Knoxville sprint regular, Jeff Johnson, took
over. Jeff Frevert led lap four, before Michehl found his way
to the point from his eighth starting spot. In
the second feature, Michehl led from start to finish. “I’d like
to thank Jeff Frevert,” said Michehl in Victory Lane. “It’s his
truck. I just get to drive him. It’s pretty cool
(winning at Knoxville). Last year, we led until about one to
go, when the exhaust fell off this thing. I wanted to make sure
I got it tonight.” Join
us Sunday night, July 14 for the annual Enduro! The Marion
County Fair runs through July 18! For tickets and other information,
visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! 410
Results Time
Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (32), 15.620; 2. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St.
Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (31), 15.764; 3. 41S, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (19),
15.792; 4. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (27), 15.818; 5. 83,
Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (4), 16.023; 6. 20, AJ Moeller,
Rockwell City, IA (13), 16.066; 7. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (11),
16.072; 8. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (30), 16.095; 9. 64, Scotty
Thiel, Sheboygan, WI (21), 16.116; 10. 2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (6),
16.132; 11. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (7), 16.137; 12. 24, Rico
Abreu, St. Helena, CA (25), 16.148; 13. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (34),
16.155; 14. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (3), 16.174; 15. 3P, Sawyer Phillips,
Pleasantville, IA (24), 16.177; 16. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW,
Aust. (9), 16.187; 17. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (29),
16.238; 18. 44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (33), 16.245; 19. 13, Mark
Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (17), 16.267; 20. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona,
IA (16), 16.277; 21. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (18), 16.281; 22. 7TAZ,
Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (10), 16.310; 23. 7, Craig Dollansky,
Elk River, MN (2), 16.348; 24. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (1),
16.400; 25. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (28), 16.461; 26. 17, Josh
Baughman, Odessa, TX (26), 16.477; 27. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW,
Aust. (20), 16.544; 28. 84, Tom Harris, Banbury, OXFD, UK (14), 16.612;
29. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (15), 16.617; 30. 15, Bobby Mincer,
Burlington, IA (8), 16.870; 31. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (23),
17.038; 32. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (12), 17.063; 33. 53, Joe Beaver,
Knoxville, IA (5), 17.368; 34. 7S, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (22), 17.581; 35.
6, Frank Rodgers III, Lucas, IA (35), NT. Heat
one (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.5: 1.
Chris Martin (1); 2. Josh Schneiderman (2); 3. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 4.
Brian Brown (6); 5. Scotty Thiel (4); 6. Jamie Ball (7); 7. Chase Wanner
(8); 8. Travis Rilat (3) DNS – Joe Beaver Heat
two (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.2: 1.
Tasker Phillips (1); 2. Wayne Johnson (4); 3. Trey Starks (2); 4. Matt
Juhl (3); 5. AJ Moeller (5); 6. Kerry Madsen (6); 7. Josh Baughman (7); 8.
RJ Johnson (9); 9. Bobby Mincer (8) Heat
three (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1.
Craig Dollansky (1); 2. Mark Dobmeier (2); 3. Gio Scelzi (6); 4. Terry
McCarl (5); 5. Davey Heskin (4); 6. Sawyer Phillips (3); 7. Glen Saville
(7); 8. Joe Simbro (8) DNS – Frank Rodgers III Heat
four (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1.
Austin McCarl (2); 2. Rico Abreu (4); 3. Brooke Tatnell (3); 4. Justin
Henderson (5); 5. Parker Price-Miller (6); 6. Mason Daniel (1); 7. Tom
Harris (7); 8. Bob Weuve (8) B
main (started), 12 Laps, 3:30.6: 1.
Trey Starks (1); 2. Sawyer Phillips (2); 3. Jamie Ball (3); 4. Mason
Daniel (4) / 5. Glen Saville (5); 6. Bobby Mincer (8); 7. Chase Wanner
(7); 8. RJ Johnson (11); 9. Joe Simbro (9); 10. Bob Weuve (10); 11. Josh
Baughman (6) DNS – Travis Rilat, Tom Harris, Joe Beaver, Frank Rodgers
III A
main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1.
Kerry Madsen (5); 2. Brian Brown (8); 3. Parker Price-Miller (4); 4. Gio
Scelzi (7); 5. Lynton Jeffrey (6); 6. Rico Abreu (10); 7. Terry McCarl
(3); 8. Davey Heskin (14); 9. Austin McCarl (13); 10. Wayne Johnson (2);
11. Mark Dobmeier (17); 12. Justin Henderson (9); 13. Brooke Tatnell (16);
14. Trey Starks (21); 15. Matt Juhl (19); 16. Mason Daniel (24); 17.
Sawyer Phillips (22); 18. Josh Schneiderman (12); 19. AJ Moeller (1); 20.
Chris Martin (15); 21. Tasker Phillips (18); 22. Scotty Thiel (11); 23.
Craig Dollansky (20); 24. Jamie Ball (23). Lap Leaders:
Moeller 1, K. Madsen 2-20. Hard-charger:Daniel. Make-up
A main (started), 25 Laps, 8:06.6: 1.
Brian Brown (2); 2. Justin Henderson (9); 3. Matt Juhl (3); 4. Austin
McCarl (6); 5. Brooke Tatnell (8); 6. Terry McCarl (4); 7. Trey Starks
(15); 8. Lynton Jeffrey (1); 9. Mason Daniel (17); 10. Davey Heskin (7);
11. Sawyer Phillips (11); 12. RJ Johnson (10); 13. Tasker Phillips (13);
14. Jamie Ball (18); 15. Chris Martin (16); 16. Bobby Mincer (19); 17. Joe
Simbro (20); 18. Josh Schneiderman (12); 19. Josh Baughman (14); 20. AJ
Moeller (5); 21. Glen Saville (22); 22. Bob Weuve (21).Lap
Leader: Brown
1-25. Hard-charger: Starks. 360
Results Time
Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (13), 16.675; 2. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville,
IA (10), 16.715; 3. 9, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (25), 16.741; 4. 40, Clint
Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (3), 16.821; 5. 3, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois
Mills, MO (5), 16.825; 6. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (31), 16.884; 7. 5J,
Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (6), 16.905; 8. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA
(14), 16.906; 9. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (22), 16.908; 10. 27, Carson
McCarl, Altoona, IA (30), 16.930; 11. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (1),
16.986; 12. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (20), 16.995; 13. 70, Calvin
Landis, Knoxville, IA (29), 17.002; 14. 83, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (8),
17.007; 15. 23D, Devon Dobie, Wapakoneta, OH (17), 17.029; 16. 55, McKenna
Haase, Des Moines, IA (7), 17.031; 17. 66, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO
(4), 17.071; 18. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (27), 17.150; 19. 40C, Cody
Wehrle, Burlington, IA (9), 17.176; 20. 75AU, Kyle Bellm, Nixa, MO (12),
17.191; 21. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (26), 17.226; 22. 76, Brad Comegys,
Bondurant, IA (24), 17.300; 23. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (19),
17.315; 24. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (21), 17.332; 25. 35, Josh
Higday, Des Moines, IA (16), 17.361; 26. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (28),
17.363; 27. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (23), 17.404; 28. 19, Rob
Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (11), 17.466; 29. 64C, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA
(2), 17.658; 30. 67, Jon Hughes, Knoxville, IA (32), 17.903; 31. 11B, Ben
Woods, Newton, IA (15), 18.176; 32. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA
(18), NT. Heat
one (started), 7 Laps, 2:01.7: 1.
Calvin Landis (3); 2. Travis Rilat (1); 3. Ricky Montgomery (2); 4. Jon
Agan (4); 5. Josh Higday (7); 6. Ryan Roberts (6); 7. Ayrton Gennetten
(5); 8. Casey Greubel (8) Heat
two (started), 7 Laps, 2:02.1: 1.
Josh Baughman (2); 2. Carson McCarl (4); 3. Joe Beaver (6); 4. Brad
Comegys (1); 5. Kelby Watt (5); 6. Tom Lenz (7); 7. Rob Kubli (3); 8. Jon
Hughes (8) Heat
three (started), 7 Laps, 2:05.7: 1.
Nathan Mills (1); 2. Ryan Leavitt (4); 3. Ryan Giles (6); 4. Cody Wehrle
(2); 5. Jamie Ball (5); 6. Devon Dobie (3); 7. Ben Woods (7) DNS –
Christian Bowman Heat
four (started), 7 Laps, 2:03.0: 1.
Kyle Bellm (2); 2. Matt Moro (4); 3. Clint Garner (6); 4. Alan Zoutte (1);
5. McKenna Haase (3); 6. Eric Bridger (5); 7. Rob Weuve (7) DNS – John
Anderson B
main (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1.
Devon Dobie (2); 2. Rob Kubli (1); 3. Josh Higday (5); 4. Tom Lenz (6) /
5. Brad Comegys (3); 6. Alan Zoutte (4); 7. Rob Weuve (8); 8. Casey
Greubel (7); 9. Jon Hughes (9) DNS – Christian Bowman, Ben Woods, John
Anderson A
main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1.
Clint Garner (2); 2. Jamie Ball (8); 3. Carson McCarl (5); 4. Ryan Leavitt
(7); 5. Ryan Giles (3); 6. Jon Agan (10); 7. Travis Rilat (18); 8. Calvin
Landis (9); 9. Ricky Montgomery (16); 10. Matt Moro (11); 11. Ayrton
Gennetten (12); 12. McKenna Haase (19); 13. Cody Wehrle (20); 14. Eric
Bridger (13); 15. Rob Kubli (22); 16. Kyle Bellm (15); 17. Devon Dobie
(21); 18. Nathan Mills (17); 19. Josh Baughman (14); 20. Joe Beaver (4);
21. Ryan Roberts (1); 22. Kelby Watt (6); 23. Tom Lenz (24); 24. Josh
Higday (23). Lap Leader: Garner
1-18. Hard-charger: Rilat. Pro
Series Results Time
Trials (Group Qualifying): 1.
29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (3), 17.493; 2. 56, Chris Walraven,
Knoxville, IA (4), 17.576; 3. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (7), 17.592;
4. 50, Mike Ayers, Waukee, IA (6), 17.735; 5. 21, Evan Epperson,
Muscatine, IA (13), 17.735; 6. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (9),
17.783; 7. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (1), 17.802; 8. 99,
Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (5), 17.899; 9. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL
(12), 17.955; 10. 21X, Devin Wignall, Altoona, IA (11), 18.033; 11. 11,
Tyler Barrick, Slater, IA (14), 18.254; 12. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines,
IA (2), 18.316; 13. 2, Matt Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (10), 18.946; 14.
B29, Adam Mason, Knoxville, IA (8), 18.382 Heat
one (started), 6 Laps, 1:51.4: 1.
Jeff Wilke (2); 2. Tyler Barrick (1); 3. Russ Hall (6); 4. Mike Mayberry
(5); 5. Evan Epperson (4); 6. Brandon Worthington (3) Heat
two (started), 6 Laps, 1:49.9: 1.
Devin Wignall (2); 2. Matthew Stelzer (3); 3. Chase Young (1); 4. Mike
Johnston (4); 5. Chris Walraven (6); 6. Mike Ayers (5) A
main (started), 15 Laps, 4:55.5: 1.
Matthew Stelzer (4); 2. Devin Wignall (3); 3. Evan Epperson (1); 4. Russ
Hall (8); 5. Mike Johnston (2); 6. Chris Walraven (6); 7. Chase Young
(12); 8. Mike Mayberry (7); 9. Jeff Wilke (5); 10. Mike Ayers (9); 11.
Brandon Worthington (11); 12. Matt Johnson (13); 13. Tyler Barrick (10)
DNS – Adam Mason. Lap Leaders: Johnston 1- 7, Stelzer
8-15. Hard-charger: Young. Dirt
Trucks Results A
main #1 (started), 10 Laps: 1.
21, Myles Michehl, Fort Dodge, IA (8); 2. 23, Jeff Johnson, Indianola, IA
(7); 3. 2x, Jeff Frevert, Fort Dodge, IA (5); 4. 1, Brad Moyer, Alleman,
IA (9); 5. 9, Lou Sipolt, Altoona, IA (2); 6. 40, David Safill, Des
Moines, IA (10); 7. 17, Bryan Spangler, Des Moines, IA (6); 8. 79, Shonn
Mapes, Ankeny, IA (1); 9. 2, Del Enos, Des Moines, IA (4); 10. 16, Justin
Schroeder, Coon Rapids, IA (3).Lap Leaders: Sipolt 1, J.
Johnson 2-3, Frevert 4, Michehl
5-10. Hard-charger: Michehl. A
main #2 (started), 10 Laps: 1.
Myles Michehl (1); 2. Jeff Frevert (4); 3. Jeff Johnson (2); 4. Brad Moyer
(10); 5. Lou Sipolt (8); 6. David Safill (9); 7. Bryan Spangler (3); 8.
Shonn Mapes (7); 9. Justin Schroeder (6); 10. Del Enos (5). Lap
Leader: Michehl
1-10. Hard-charger: Moyer.
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