Knoxville Raceway August 7-10 2019
59th Annual Knoxville Nationals
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Results & Story by Bill Wright
Trey
Starks Wins His First at Knoxville on Night #1 of NOS Energy Drink
Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores! by Bill
Wright KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (August 7, 2019) – Trey Starks picked a great time to win his first
ever main event at the Knoxville Raceway! The Puyallup,
Washington native held off a strong field at Knoxville Raceway Wednesday
to take home the $12,000 Brandt Professional Agriculture Night #1 of the
59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented
by Casey’s General Stores. Aaron Reutzel found himself on top of the point standings,
topping the 53-car field with 487 points, ahead of Tim Kaeding (466) and Paul McMahan (465). Mark
Dobmeier shot out from the pole to lead early in
the 25-lap feature, ahead of Starks and James McFadden. Starks
stayed true to the low side of the track, but
performed a slider in front of Dobmeier in turn
four to lead lap five. Reutzel, who
started eighth, moved into the top five by lap nine, and the leaders
entered lapped traffic on the eleventh circuit. Scotty
Thiel brought out the only caution of the race, when he spun in turn three
on lap 12. Haudenschild battled back and forth for the fourth
spot, while Starks held off Dobmeier for the
point. McFadden
gained late, taking second from Dobmeier with
five to go. Starks entered lapped traffic again with three laps
remaining, but maintained his advantage over
McFadden at the line. Haudenschild passed Dobmeier for third on the last lap, while Reutzel settled for fifth. Brent Marks,
Tanner Thorson, Jac Haudenschild, Paul McMahan and Tim Kaeding roudned out the top
ten. Jamie
Ball, Jac Haudenschild, Wayne Johnson, Tasker Phillips and Thorson won
heat races that saw eight of the top ten qualifiers not transfer (top
four) to the main event. Freddie Rahmer won the C main, and Kaeding claimed the B. “I
absolutely cannot believe it,” said an emotional Starks in Victory
Lane. “This hasn’t been the best year for us for multiple
reasons. We’ve had a ton of rain and haven’t got the laps we
wanted to here. We learn something every week we come here, and
it seems like the last couple weeks nothing has gone our
way. After all the bad luck this week, to say we were due for
this one is an understatement. To say we were due for this one
is an understatement! We’ve needed this one, and tonight was
the night to do it. Anybody who knows me running around this
place…I don’t run the bottom. This year has taught me how to run the
bottom here.” “We
really didn’t need that caution,” said McFadden. “I felt like
we could go good on the bottom of three and four. Trey did a good
job. He didn’t make too many mistakes. I wish the
race was longer. We got better and better as the race went
on. I messed up the start a bunch. We seem to bury
ourselves in qualifying and can race good. I made too many
mistakes in that feature race.” “We
definitely can’t complain after that,” said Sheldon
Haudenschild. “There were just too many driver errors
there. I’d make a mistake and about spun it
out. I’ve just got to clean it up a little bit on my
end. The car was really
good. I made those mistakes and I was able to run them
back down. That just shows how good our car was. I
just can’t make that many mistakes in a short 25-lap race.” The
59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented
by Casey’s General Stores continues Thursday night with Fraternal Order of
Eagles Qualifying Night! For tickets and other information,
visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! Brandt
Professional Agriculture Night #1 of the 59th Annual NOS
Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General
Stores Time
Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
18, Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (7), 15.165; 2. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (22), 15.331; 3. 7S, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (15), 15.418; 4. 48, Danny
Dietrich, Gettysburg, PA (2), 15.476; 5. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK
(17), 15.480; 6. 13X, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (18), 15.515; 7. 83J,
Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (11), 15.523; 8. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (49),
15.548; 9. 57, Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA (27), 15.548; 10. 15, Donny
Schatz, Fargo, ND (40), 15.567; 11. 19, Brent Marks, Myerstown, PA (14),
15.611; 12. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (5), 15.626; 13. 11, Hunter
Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (33), 15.638; 14.
19P, Paige Polyak, Tiffin, OH (1), 15.674; 15.
44S, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (26), 15.714; 16. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St.
Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (46), 15.76; 17. 1S, Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (37), 15.765; 18. 17, Sheldon
Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (21), 15.780; 19. 41S, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (32), 15.794; 20. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (47), 15.800; 21. 68, Chase Johnson,
Penngrove, CA (6), 15.807; 22. 9, James McFadden, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust.
(44), 15.838; 23. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand
Forks, ND (8), 15.865; 24. 70X, Justin Peck, Monrovia, IN (10), 15.871;
25. 88, Tanner Thorson, Minden, NV (38), 15.880; 26. 5J, Jamie Ball,
Knoxville, IA (4), 15.910; 27. 39, Sammy Swindell, Lakeland, TN (24),
15.925; 28. 11C, Roger Crockett, Broken Arrow, OK (41), 15.945; 29. 18R,
Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (3), 15.948; 30. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City,
IA (23), 15.967; 31. 1X, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln,
NE (12), 15.971; 32. 3H, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (19), 16.017; 33.
2C, Wayne Johnson, Tuttle, OK (43), 16.025; 34. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips,
Pleasantville, IA (35), 16.025; 35. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (20), 16.026; 36. 2KS, Austin
McCarl, Altoona, IA (50), 16.027; 37. 5H,
Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN (52), 16.028; 38.
64, Scotty Thiel, Sheboygan, WI (25), 16.034; 39. 7SW, Jeff Swindell,
Bartlett, TN (45), 16.061; 40. 99X, Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can. (28),
16.068; 41. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (48),
16.071; 42. 51, Freddie Rahmer, Salfordville, PA (51), 16.122; 43. 19T, Kevin Thomas
Jr., Cullman, AL (42), 16.184; 44. 45, Rusty Hickman, Bendigo, VIC, Aust.
(13), 16.203; 45. 74, Brodie Tulloch, Upper Caboolture, QLD, Aust. (9),
16.21; 46. 73AF, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL
(31), 16.223; 47. J4, John Garvin, Sarver, PA (16), 16.228; 48. 56N, Davey
Heskin, St. Michael, MN (39), 16.268; 49. 56,
Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (29), 16.324; 50.
9X, Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO (34), 16.334; 51.
2MM, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (36), 16.340; 52. 35, Zach Hampton,
Plainfield, IN (30), 16.695; 53. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust
(53), NT. Heat
one (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1.
Jamie Ball (3); 2. Austin McCarl (1); 3. Brent
Marks (6); 4. Paul McMahan (7) / 5. Kerry Madsen (5); 6. Ian Madsen (8);
7. Chase Johnson (4); 8. Chase Wanner (9) / 9.
Don Droud Jr. (2); 10. Joey Moughan (10) Heat
two (started), 10 Laps, 2:45.6: 1.
Jac Haudenschild (2); 2. Aaron Reutzel (8); 3.
James McFadden (4); 4. Spencer Bayston (1) / 5.
Logan Schuchart (5); 6. Sammy Swindell (3); 7.
Justin Henderson (6); 8. Lynton Jeffrey (7) / 9. Freddie Rahmer (9); 10. John Garvin (10) Heat
three (started), 10 Laps, 2:44.5: 1.
Wayne Johnson (2); 2. Scotty Thiel (1); 3. Mark Dobmeier (4); 4. Sheldon Haudenschild (5) / 5. Tim
Kaeding (8); 6. Gio
Scelzi (7); 7. Kevin Thomas Jr. (9); 8. Roger
Crockett (3) / 9. Davey Heskin (10); 10. Hunter
Schuerenberg (6) Heat
four (started), 10 Laps, 2:45.1:
1. Tasker Phillips (2); 2. Jeff Swindell (1); 3. Justin Peck (4); 4. Paige
Polyak (6) / 5. Dominic Scelzi (5); 6. Danny Dietrich (8); 7. Kyle Larson (7);
8. Ryan Roberts (3) / 9. Joe Simbro (10); 10.
Rusty Hickman (9) Heat
five (started), 10 Laps, 2:43.2: 1.
Tanner Thorson (4); 2. Carson McCarl (2); 3.
Skylar Gee (1); 4. Trey Starks (6) / 5. Brady Bacon (8); 6. Donny Schatz
(7); 7. Travis Rilat (5); 8. AJ Moeller (3) / 9.
Jake Bubak (10); 10. Brodie Tulloch
(9) C
main (started), 10 Laps, 2:49.5: 1.
Freddie Rahmer (1); 2. Jake Bubak (7); 3. Rusty Hickman (2); 4. Matt Moro (8) / 5.
Brodie Tulloch (3); 6. Joe Simbro (6); 7. John
Garvin (5); 8. Glen Saville (10); 9. Joey Moughan (4); 10. Zach Hampton (9); DNS - 11. Hunter
Schuerenberg; 12. Don Droud Jr.; 13. Davey Heskin B
main (started), 12 Laps, 3:21.2: 1.
Tim Kaeding (2); 2. Gio Scelzi (6); 3. Ian
Madsen (1); 4. Donny Schatz (8) / 5. Danny Dietrich (3); 6. Kyle Larson
(7); 7. Kerry Madsen (10); 8. Brady Bacon (4); 9. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 10.
Dominic Scelzi (12); 11. Justin Henderson (9);
12. Logan Schuchart (11); 13. Sammy Swindell
(15); 14. Kevin Thomas Jr. (20); 15. Chase Johnson (14); 16. AJ Moeller
(18); 17. Rusty Hickman (23); 18. Jake Bubak
(22); 19. Ryan Roberts (17); 20. Travis Rilat
(13); 21. Chase Wanner (19); 22. Freddie Rahmer (21); 23. Matt Moro (24); 24. Roger Crockett
(16) A
main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1.
Trey Starks (4); 2. James McFadden (2); 3. Sheldon Haudenschild (3); 4.
Mark Dobmeier (1); 5. Aaron Reutzel (8); 6. Brent Marks (6); 7. Tanner Thorson
(10); 8. Jac Haudenschild (12); 9. Paul McMahan (7); 10. Tim Kaeding (21); 11. Donny Schatz (24); 12. Gio Scelzi (22); 13. Tasker
Phillips (14); 14. Wayne Johnson (13); 15. Austin McCarl (16); 16. Ian Madsen (23); 17. Carson McCarl (15); 18. Spencer Bayston (17); 19. Skylar Gee (20); 20. Justin Peck
(9); 21. Jamie Ball (11); 22. Paige Polyak (5);
23. Jeff Swindell (19); 24. Scotty Thiel (18). Lap
Leaders: Dobmeier 1-4, Starks
5-25. $350 FK Rod Ends Hard-charger: Schatz. David
Gravel Prevails on Night #2 of NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals
presented by Casey’s General Stores! by Bill
Wright KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (August 8, 2019) – Another great night of racing ended at the
Knoxville Raceway with Connecticut’s David Gravel in Victory
Lane. The driver of the Jason Johnson Racing #41 will start
next to Wednesday high-point driver Aaron Reutzel in Saturday’s $150,000 finale of the
59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented
by Casey’s General Stores. Thursday’s Fraternal Order of Eagles
Night #2 saw a lot of twists and turns! Quick
qualifier Shane Stewart endured a scary crash in turn three of his heat
race, but walked away. Unfortunately,
he was done and will compete in Friday’s FVP “Hard Knox”
Night. The
25-lap feature saw Brock Zearfoss take off from
the pole position to lead early over Brad Sweet, Gravel, Cory Eliason and
Matt Juhl. Gravel used the high side
to pass a low riding Sweet fo rsecond seven laps in. He then set his
sights on the leader, and got by Zearfoss on lap eight. As the leader
entered lapped traffic, however, Zearfoss used a
lapper to get back by Gravel to lead lap nine. At
that point, Sye Lynch blew a right rear
tire. Zearfoss led Gravel and Sweet
back to green, but soon lost power with an electrical
issue. Gravel assumed the lead for the restart. Joey
Saldana moved into fourth at that point, and Carson Macedo followed him
into fifth. Tyler
Courtney lost a driveline 11 laps in, bringing the final caution of the
event. Gravel led Sweet and Eliason back to
green. Eliason grabbed second, while Macedo moved into
fourth. The
leaders were back in lapped traffic on lap sixteen. Eliason ran
high, while battling a low riding Sweet. Sweet would shoot
under Eliason for second with eight laps remaining. With five
laps to go, Sweet began to reel Gravel in, but the leader was masterful in
traffic in holding onto his fifth career win here. At
the checkers, it was Gravel ahead of Sweet, Macedo, Eliason and a late
charging Rico Abreu. Saldana, B main winner and hard-charger
Tim Shaffer, Parker Price-Miller, Juhl and Daryn Pittman rounded out the top
ten. Jason Sides, Harli White, Zearfoss, Lynch and Sweet won heat
races. Bill Balog won the C main. TJ Stutts turned over in the B main,
but was uninjured. “This
is the car we ran in the Capitani, and it ran
just as good,” said Gravel in Victory Lane. “I really feel good
about where we’re at. I was nervous drawing a 71 out of 75 (for
qualifying), but we’ve been able to qualify well all year, and were able
to capitalize on that. It’s an awesome night. It
can’t get any better than this. I felt like my last five laps
were terrible. I don’t know if Brad got close to me or
what. I could hit three and four like I wanted to, but struggled at the end. We’re happy to
win, and happy to have a good points night.” “We
didn’t time that great,” said Sweet, who clocked in
15th quick. “We just didn’t do a good job at
the beginning of the race. I was kind of searching around
trying to find a spot that my car liked…just a little bit
off. I think we learned some stuff tonight. David
did a good job in lapped traffic. I thought we were going to
have a run at him late. We got close, but he covered his
lines. I honestly missed my marks a few times. It’s
all about Saturday night. I think we’re locked in now with a
decent starting spot.” “I
knew there was going to be a long way to come,” said
Macedo. “My car was really good. Late in these
races, to be good like that, and be able to come up through the field and
finish on the podium is a testament to my mechanic (Joe Gaerte). We didn’t qualify the best, but
hopefully, we can do well on Saturday.” The
59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented
by Casey’s General Stores continues Friday night with FVP Hard Knox
Night! For tickets and other information,
visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! Fraternal
Order of Eagles Night #2 of the 59th Annual NOS Energy
Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General
Stores Time
Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1.
5, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (4), 15.679; 2. 49X, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa,
PA (7), 15.685; 3. 71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (2), 15.706; 4.
83, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (16), 15.717; 5.
12N, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (27), 15.740; 6. 21, Brian Brown, Grain
Valley, MO (41), 15.759; 7. 1A, Jacob Allen, Hanover, PA (3), 15.760; 8.
28, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (1),
15.763; 9. 41, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (54), 15.872; 10. 09, Matt
Juhl, Tea, SD (14), 15.916; 11. 69K, Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA (24), 15.946; 12. 4, Terry
McCarl, Altoona, IA (46), 15.987; 13. 17B, Josh
Baughman, Odessa, TX (31), 16.018; 14. 91, Cale Thomas, Fairland, IN (8),
16.022; 15. 49, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (42), 16.037; 16. 26, Cory
Eliason, Visalia, CA (45), 16.041; 17. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (13), 16.048; 18. 70,
Brock Zearfoss, Jonestown, PA (9), 16.049; 19.
40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (18), 16.061; 20. 17BX, Bill Balog,
Hartland, WI (26), 16.107; 21. 35P, Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (19),
16.111; 22. 24, Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA (43), 16.117; 23. 55, Brooke
Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (29), 16.127;
24. 39M, Anthony Macri, Dillsburg, PA (21),
16.139; 25. 18S, Jason Solwold, Mount Vernon, WA
(20), 16.150; 26. 14M, Marcus Dumesny, Sydney,
NSW, Aust. (15), 16.157; 27. 2, Carson Macedo, Lemoore, CA (35), 16.172;
28. 3C, Cale Conley, Vienna, WV (37), 16.194; 29. 92, Sye Lynch, Apollo, PA (38), 16.218; 30. 11T, TJ Stutts, Liverpool, PA (23), 16.242; 31. 11K, Kraig
Kinser, Bloomington, IN (25), 16.249; 32. 71BC, Tyler Courtney,
Indianapolis, IN (36), 16.264; 33. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can.
(12), 16.270; 34. 2AU, Andrew Scheuerle,
Toowoomba, QLD, Aust. (6), 16.277; 35. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (44), 16.289; 36. 7JS, Jason
Sides, Bartlett, TN (50), 16.290; 37. 17WX, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (56), 16.325; 38. 9JR, Derek
Hagar, Marion, AR (11), 16.327; 39. 33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA
(28), 16.353; 40. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (30), 16.380; 41.
29, Willie Croft, Roseville, CA (32), 16.425; 42. K4, Chad Kemenah, Alvada, OH (47),
16.438; 43. 18M, Lance Moss, Cherryville, NC (52), 16.484; 44. W20, Greg
Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (34), 16.487; 45. 53, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE
(48), 16.497; 46. 49J, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (10),
16.498; 47. 28P, Brian Paulus, Mooresville, IN (5), 16.504; 48. 15M, Bobby
Mincer, Burlington, IA (51), 16.531; 49. 17W, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (55), 16.546; 50. 44, Chris
Martin, Ankeny, IA (49), 16.560 / 51. 84, Tom Harris, Banbury, OXFD, UK
(39), 16.631; 52. 21P, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can. (33), 16.640;
53. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (22), 17.036; 54. 10, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL
(40), NT; 55. 83C, Adam Cruea, Troy, OH (17),
NT; 56. 17XL, Caleb Helms, Findlay, OH (53), NT. Heat
one (started), 10 Laps, 2:50.0: 1.
Jason Sides (1); 2. Lance Dewease (6); 3. Kraig
Kinser (2); 4. Cory Eliason (5) / 5. Brian Brown (7); 6. Skylar Prochaska
(4); 7. Josh Schneiderman (10); 8. Marcus Dumesny (3) / 9. Willie Croft (9); 10. Shane Stewart
(8) Heat
two (started), 10 Laps, 2:51.2: 1.
Harli White (1); 2. Rico Abreu (4); 3. Tyler
Courtney (2); 4. Carson Macedo (3) / 5. Tim Shaffer (8); 6. Terry McCarl (6); 7. Sam Hafertepe
Jr. (5); 8. Jacob Allen (7) / 9. Brian Paulus (10); 10. Chad Kemenah (9) Heat
three (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1.
Brock Zearfoss (5); 2. Thomas Kennedy (2); 3.
Brooke Tatnell (4); 4. Parker Price-Miller (8) /
5. Scott Bogucki (7); 6. Cale Conley (3); 7.
Josh Baughman (6); 8. Lance Moss (9) / 9. Bobby Mincer (10); 10. Derek
Hagar (1) Heat
four (started), 10 Laps, 2:51.7: 1.
Sye Lynch (3); 2. David Gravel (7); 3. Mason
Daniel (1); 4. Clint Garner (5) / 5. Daryn
Pittman (8); 6. Anthony Macri (4); 7. Cale
Thomas (6); 8. Shane Golobic (10) / 9. Greg
Wilson (9); 10. Andrew Scheuerle (2) Heat
five (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1.
Brad Sweet (6); 2. Joey Saldana (8); 3. Jason Solwold (4); 4. Matt Juhl
(7) / 5. Jack Dover (9); 6. TJ Stutts (3); 7.
Chris Martin (10); 8. Craig Dollansky (2) / 9.
Bill Balog (5); 10. Sawyer Phillips (1) C
main (started), 10 Laps, 2:54.9: 1.
Bill Balog (1); 2. Greg Wilson (5); 3. Willie Croft (3); 4. Chad Kemenah (4); 5. Robbie Price (8); 6. Andrew Scheuerle (2); 7. Bobby Mincer (6); 8. Tom Harris (7);
9. Kevin Ingle (9) DNS - 10. Shane Stewart; 11. Derek Hagar; 12. Sawyer
Phillips; 13. Brian Paulus; 14. RJ Johnson; 15. Adam Cruea; 16. Caleb Helms B
main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1.
Tim Shaffer (1); 2. Daryn Pittman (2); 3. Scott
Bogucki (5); 4. Jacob Allen (4) / 5. Terry McCarl (6); 6. Sam Hafertepe
Jr. (9); 7. Josh Baughman (7); 8. Shane Golobic
(17); 9. Brian Brown (3); 10. Anthony Macri
(11); 11. Cale Thomas (8); 12. Cale Conley (13); 13. Bill Balog (19); 14.
Marcus Dumesny (12); 15. Chad Kemenah (22); 16. Greg Wilson (20); 17. Skylar
Prochaska (10); 18. Willie Croft (21); 19. Chris Martin (18); 20. Lance
Moss (16); 21. TJ Stutts (14); 22. Jack Dover
(15) DNS - 23. Craig Dollansky; 24. Josh
Schneiderman A
main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1.
David Gravel (6); 2. Brad Sweet (3); 3. Carson Macedo (13); 4. Cory
Eliason (2); 5. Rico Abreu (10); 6. Joey Saldana (7); 7. Tim Shaffer (21);
8. Parker Price-Miller (8); 9. Matt Juhl (5);
10. Daryn Pittman (22); 11. Jason Solwold (12); 12. Jason Sides (18); 13. Thomas Kennedy
(17); 14. Lance Dewease (4); 15. Mason Daniel
(20); 16. Kraig Kinser (15); 17. Scott Bogucki
(23); 18. Brooke Tatnell (11); 19. Brock Zearfoss (1); 20. Clint Garner (9); 21. Jacob Allen
(24); 22. Sye Lynch (14); 23. Harli White (19); 24. Tyler Courtney (16). Lap
Leaders: Zearfoss 1-7, Gravel 8, Zearfoss 9, Gravel 10-25. $350 K1 Race Gear
Hard-charger: Shaffer. Kerry
Madsen Wins, Logan Schuchart, Shane Stewart and
Dominic Scelzi Transfer to Saturday’s NOS Energy
Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores
Finale! by Bill
Wright KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (August 9, 2019) – FVP “Hard Knox” Night lived up to its name Friday
at Knoxville Raceway! Kerry Madsen prevailed in the
event that saw the top four drivers lock themselves into Saturday
night’s 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals
presented by Casey’s General Stores $150,000 to win
finale. Logan Schuchart, Shane
Stewart and Dominic Scelzi joined Madsen, and
will start in spots 21-24 in Saturday’s main event. The
25-lap feature got off to a rocky start when Brian Brown suffered
driveline issues and slowed on the backstretch. Several cars stacked
up, including Justin Henderson, who got upside down. He exited
under his own power. Lynton Jeffrey broke a front end and
retired, while Spencer Bayston made repairs and
rejoined the field. Madsen
shot out to the point from his starting spot outside row one, while Schuchart roared to second from his eighth starting
spot, ahead of Hunter Schuerenberg and Scelzi. Scelzi
overtook Schuerenberg for third on lap two, and
Stewart followed him into fourth two circuits later. Stewart
sized up Scelzi and slid in front of the
Californian to take third on lap eight. Thomas Kennedy did a
360 spin to bring a caution flag. Madsen shot away when green
fell again, with Schuchart, Stewart and Scelzi in tow. Sammy Swindell was on the
move, taking fifth on lap 12. On
lap 14, the leaders were in traffic, but were back in clean air after
Skylar Prochaska spun on lap 16. Swindell exchanged the fourth
and final transfer spot to Saturday’s main with Scelzi, but Scelzi again set
sail on the cushion to secure the position. A second unassisted
yellow by Kennedy ended his night with seven to go. Bayston
had recovered from his restart at the tail of the field, and climbed to
fifth on the restart, with Austin McCarl in
tow. Tasker Phillips, who started on the tail of the event
after grabbing the last B main transfer, climbed to seventh before
performing a 360 spin of his own, ending an incredible run with five to
go. Madsen
pulled away on the restart, with Schuchart
following him to the checkers. Stewart was next, ahead of Scelzi, who held off Austin McCarl and Bayston
late. Josh Baughman, Swindell, Kraig Kinser and Bill Balog
rounded out the top ten. Seventy-eight cars signed in, and
Sye Lynch and Madsen set quick time over their
respective flights. Brown, Travis Rilat, Schuerenberg, Madsen,
Kennedy and Kinser won heats. Chris Martin won the C main, and
Terry McCarl and Carson McCarl won the B’s. Danny Dietrich took a
hard ride after blowing his right rear tire on the last lap of his
heat. He walked away. Jason Sides got upside down in
turn one in the first B main, but was uninjured
as well. “We
didn’t put it in the show on Wednesday night,” said Madsen in Victory Lane
after his 23rd career 410 win here. “We didn’t
have a great night. We just didn’t perform or
execute. We came out tonight, and the car was a rocket ship all
night. I didn’t know how fast to go there, but I felt we had a
good pace. I was feeling like I was getting good
restarts. I wasn’t worried about that. I was
actually liking the clean air to be honest with you.” “I’m
just happy for this team,” said Schuchart. “It was a rough day on
Wednesday, but you put this team on the ropes, they come back
swinging. This isn’t the way I want to make it, but we have the
last three years. It’s a tough deal though. It’s the
Knoxville Nationals, and there’s a reason it’s the Super Bowl of sprint
car racing. We’re just happy to be in it, and we have a game
plan for tomorrow. We went back to the same car we had at the
King’s Royal, and it seems to be working.” “We
were completely out of fuel,” said Stewart. “So we were lucky to finish that race. This
is a huge relief. Obviously, when you come here this week, your
goal is to sit on the front row of the A main. I know that this
team works really hard to do that, and I feel we
were on pace to do that yesterday. The driver screwed up a
little bit in the heat race. The change they did with Friday
night helps people like myself who had a mishap
on their qualifying night. Hopefully, we can sneak up through
there (Saturday) and get a good finish.” “Well,
they did away with the golden ticket,” said Scelzi, who started the 2018 finale after winning the
World Challenge and starting
25th Saturday. “Instead of starting
25th, I figured we’d start 24th. I like
to make (stuff) hard! Knoxville’s hard, and to beat some of
these guys is amazing. That’s two Knoxville Nationals I never
thought I’d get in. It’s so cool, and a dream come true to get
in again.” (Saturday
Lineups Below) The
59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented
by Casey’s General Stores concludes Saturday night with the $150,000 to
win finale! For tickets and other information,
visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! FVP “Hard Knox” Night
of the 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals
presented by Casey’s General Stores Time Trials Group A
(Qualiyfing Order), 2
laps: 1. 92, Sye Lynch, Apollo, PA (19), 16.151; 2. 48, Danny
Dietrich, Gettysburg, PA (18), 16.153; 3. 11, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (8), 16.205; 4. 5, Shane
Stewart, Bixby, OK (13), 16.229; 5. 41S, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (28), 16.229; 6. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (27), 16.276; 7. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (2), 16.288; 8. 39, Sammy
Swindell, Lakeland, TN (4), 16.321; 9. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (10), 16.340; 10. 21, Brian Brown,
Grain Valley, MO (15), 16.357; 11. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (21), 16.369; 12. 39M, Anthony Macri, Dillsburg, PA (22), 16.383; 13. 7X, Justin
Henderson, Tea, SD (7), 16.426; 14. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (36), 16.443; 15. 5H, Spencer
Bayston, Lebanon, IN (39), 16.470; 16. 18S,
Jason Solwold, Mount Vernon, WA (5), 16.474; 17.
49J, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (32), 16.481; 18. K4, Chad
Kemenah, Alvada, OH
(35), 16.515; 19. 19T, Kevin Thomas Jr., Cullman, AL (14), 16.518; 20. 3C,
Cale Conley, Vienna, WV (6), 16.547; 21. 51, Freddie Rahmer, Salfordville, PA
(31), 16.556; 22. 7JS, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (1), 16.561; 23. 73AF,
Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (11), 16.599; 24.
5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (12), 16.627; 25. 18R, Ryan Roberts, Aurora,
NE (3), 16.679; 26. 28P, Brian Paulus, Mooresville, IN (29), 16.710; 27.
9X, Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO (26), 16.722; 28.
99X, Skylar Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can. (23), 16.724; 29. 70X, Justin Peck,
Monrovia, IN (34), 16.777; 30. 45, Rusty Hickman, Bendigo, VIC, Aust.
(25), 16.786; 31. 84, Tom Harris, Banbury, OXFD, UK (16), 16.801; 32. 33M,
Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (30), 16.823; 33. 64, Scotty Thiel,
Sheboygan, WI (24), 16.871; 34. 21P, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can
(37), 16.874; 35. 2AU, Andrew Scheuerle,
Toowoomba, QLD, Aust. (33), 16.907; 36. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (17),
17.415; 37. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA
(9), 17.892; 38. 83C, Adam Cruea, Troy, OH (20),
18.021; 39. 2MM, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (38), NT. Time Trials Group B
(Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 2M, Kerry
Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (7), 16.292; 2. 17B, Josh Baughman, Odessa,
TX (17), 16.363; 3. 91, Cale Thomas, Fairland, IN (2), 16.372; 4. 1S,
Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (38), 16.401; 5.
17BX, Bill Balog, Hartland, WI (1), 16.474; 6. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny,
IA (32), 16.487; 7. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (10), 16.505; 8.
35P, Skylar Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (12), 16.506; 9. 83J, Lynton Jeffrey,
Sydney, NSW, Aust. (14), 16.534; 10. 71BC, Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis,
IN (36), 16.562; 11. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (15), 16.578;
12. 11K, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (16), 16.628; 13. 17WX, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (11), 16.640; 14. 27, Carson
McCarl, Altoona, IA (19), 16.679; 15. 7TAZ,
Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (13), 16.681; 16. 20, AJ Moeller,
Rockwell City, IA (28), 16.686; 17. 7SW, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (33),
16.686; 18. 14M, Marcus Dumesny, Sydney, NSW,
Aust. (5), 16.725; 19. 10, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (20), 16.726; 20. 55,
Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (26),
16.731; 21. 17W, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA
(34), 16.736; 22. 1X, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE
(22), 16.750; 23. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (3), 16.790; 24.
11C, Roger Crockett, Broken Arrow, OK (23), 16.807; 25. 2C, Wayne Johnson,
Tuttle, OK (29), 16.848; 26. 29, Willie Croft, Roseville, CA (25), 16.858;
27. 3H, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (27), 16.907; 28. J4, John Garvin,
Sarver, PA (21), 16.921; 29. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (35),
16.945; 30. 19P, Paige Polyak, Tiffin, OH (18),
16.948; 31. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN
(39), 16.953; 32. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (37), 16.971; 33. 68,
Chase Johnson, Penngrove, CA (9), 17.021; 34. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (6), 17.051; 35. 15M, Bobby
Mincer, Burlington, IA (8), 17.096; 36. 9JR, Derek Hagar, Marion, AR (4),
17.222; 37. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (30), 17.248; 38.
17XL, Caleb Helms, Findlay, OH (31), 17.301; 39. 74, Brodie Tulloch, Upper
Caboolture, QL (24), 18.075 Group A Heat one
(started), 8 Laps, 2:14.8: 1. Brian Brown
(1); 2. Justin Henderson (5); 3. Shane Stewart (3) / 4. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (2); 5. Jason Sides (8); 6. Jason Solwold (6) 7. Sye Lynch
(4); 8. Skylar Gee (10); 9. Kevin Thomas Jr. (7) / 10. Ryan Roberts (9);
11. Robbie Price (12); 12. Tom Harris (11); 13. Joe Simbro (13) Group A Heat two
(started), 8 Laps, 2:15.2: 1. Travis Rilat (1); 2. Sammy Swindell (2); 3. Dominic Scelzi (3) / 4. Josh Schneiderman (6); 5. Craig Dollansky (5); 6. Justin Peck (10); 7. Cale Conley
(7); 8. Mason Daniel (11); 9. Brian Paulus (9) / 10. Joey Moughan (8); 11. Adam Cruea
(12); 12. Danny Dietrich (4) DNS – Andrew Scheurele Group A Heat three
(started), 8 Laps, 2:14.3: 1. Hunter Schuerenberg (4); 2. Austin McCarl (2); 3. Spencer Bayston (5) / 4. Anthony Macri (1); 5. Chad Kemenah
(6); 6. Terry McCarl (3); 7. Freddie Rahmer (7); 8. Jamie Ball (8); 9. Jake Bubak (9) / 10. Rusty Hickman (10); 11. Scotty Thiel
(11); 12. Kevin Ingle (12) DNS – Matt Moro Group B Heat one
(started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Kerry Madsen
(4); 2. Logan Schuchart (3); 3. Tyler Courtney
(1) / 4. Harli White (5); 5. RJ Johnson (7); 6.
Wayne Johnson (9); 7. Davey Heskin (11); 8. Don
Droud Jr. (8); 9. Glen Saville (13) / 10. John
Garvin (10); 11. Chase Wanner (12); 12. AJ
Moeller (6); 13. Clint Garner (2) Group B Heat two
(started), 8 Laps, 2:16.0: 1. Thomas
Kennedy (1); 2. Bill Balog (3); 3. Josh Baughman (4) / 4. Skylar Prochaska
(2); 5. Brooke Tatnell (7); 6. Sawyer Phillips
(8); 7. Jeff Swindell (6); 8. Brady Bacon (10); 9. Carson McCarl (5) / 10. Willie Croft (9); 11. Greg Wilson
(11); 12. Caleb Helms (13); 13. Bobby Mincer (12) Group B Heat three
(started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Kraig Kinser
(1); 2. Lynton Jeffrey (2); 3. Cale Thomas (4) / 4. Tasker Phillips (5);
5. Shane Golobic (7); 6. Marcus Dumesny (6); 7. Chase Johnson (11); 8. Derek Hagar
(12); 9. Brodie Tulloch (13) / 10. Chris Martin (3); 11. Jac Haudenschild
(9); 12. Paige Polyak (10) C main (started), 10
Laps, 3:01.8: 1. Chris Martin
(1); 2. AJ Moeller (4); 3. Rusty Hickman (5); 4. Willie Croft (6); 5. Greg
Wilson (12); 6. Robbie Price (10); 7. Ryan Roberts (3); 8. Joey Moughan (2) / 9. Scotty Thiel (8); 10. Caleb Helms
(17); 11. Tom Harris (7); 12. Joe Simbro (13);
13. Bobby Mincer (16); 14. Kevin Ingle (11); 15. John Garvin (9); 16.
Chase Wanner (14); 17. Adam Cruea (15); 18. Roger Crockett (18) DNS – Danny
Dietrich, Clint Garner, Jac Haudenschild, Paige Polyak, Andrew Scheurele,
Matt Moro B main one (started),
12 Laps, NT: 1. Terry McCarl (2); 2. Sam Hafertepe
Jr. (3); 3. Chad Kemenah (8) / 4. Josh
Schneiderman (7); 5. Anthony Macri (4); 6. Jason
Solwold (6); 7. Sye
Lynch (1); 8. Justin Peck (15); 9. Rusty Hickman (20); 10. Craig Dollansky (5); 11. Chris Martin (17); 12. Greg Wilson
(19); 13. Skylar Gee (16); 14. Cale Conley (10); 15. Brian Paulus (14);
16. Ryan Roberts (21); 17. Jake Bubak (13); 18.
Freddie Rahmer (11); 19. Jason Sides (12); 20.
Mason Daniel (18); 21. Kevin Thomas Jr. (9) DNS - Jamie Ball B main two (started),
12 Laps, NT: 1. Carson McCarl (3); 2. Skylar Prochaska (1); 3. Tasker
Phillips (4) / 4. Brady Bacon (13); 5. Jeff Swindell (5); 6. Marcus Dumesny (6); 7. RJ Johnson (7); 8. Don Droud Jr. (10); 9. Davey Heskin (14); 10. Shane Golobic (9); 11. Sawyer Phillips (11); 12. Chase
Johnson (15); 13. Brooke Tatnell (8); 14. Wayne
Johnson (12); 15. AJ Moeller (19); 16. Derek Hagar (16); 17. Willie Croft
(20); 18. Robbie Price (21); 19. Joey Moughan
(22); 20. Glen Saville (17); 21. Brodie Tulloch (18); 22. Harli White (2) A main, 25 Laps,
NT: 1. Kerry Madsen
(2); 2. Logan Schuchart (8); 3. Shane Stewart
(3); 4. Dominic Scelzi (5); 5. Austin McCarl (9); 6. Spencer Bayston (17); 7. Josh Baughman (4); 8. Sammy Swindell
(7); 9. Kraig Kinser (18); 10. Bill Balog (10); 11. Hunter Schuerenberg (1); 12. Terry McCarl (19); 13. Chad Kemenah (23); 14. Tasker Phillips (24); 15. Tyler
Courtney (14); 16. Carson McCarl (20); 17. Sam
Hafertepe Jr. (21); 18. Cale Thomas (6); 19.
Travis Rilat (13); 20. Skylar Prochaska (22);
21. Thomas Kennedy (16); 22. Brian Brown (11); 23. Lynton Jeffrey (12);
24. Justin Henderson (15). Lap Leader: K. Madsen
1-25. $350 DB3 Imaging Hard-charger: Bayston. A
MAIN (50 Laps) 1.
87 Aaron Reutzel (Clute, TX) 41 David Gravel
(Watertown, CT) 2.
12N Joey Saldana (Brownsburg, IN) 49X Tim Shaffer (Aliquippa,
PA) 3.
71P Parker Price-Miller (Kokomo, IN) 49 Brad Sweet (Grass Valley,
CA) 4.
7S Tim Kaeding (San Jose, CA) 13X Paul McMahan
(Nashville, TN) 5.
19 Brent Marks (Myerstown, PA) 83 Daryn Pittman
(Owasso, OK) 6.
44S Trey Starks (Puyallup, WA) 09 Matt Juhl
(Tea, SD) 7.
26 Cory Eliason (Visalia, CA) 18 Ian Madsen (St. Marys, NSW, AU) 8.
17 Sheldon Haudenschild (Wooster, OH) 69K Lance Dewease (Fayetteville, PA) 9.
B Main Transfer 1 B Main Transfer 2 10.
B Main Transfer 3 B Main Transfer 4 11.
2M Kerry Madsen (St. Marys, NSW, AU) 1S Logan
Schuchart (Hanover, PA) 12.
5 Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) 41S Dominic Scelzi
(Fresno, CA) B
MAIN (22 Laps, Top Four to A) 1.
9 James McFadden (Warrnambool, VIC, AU) 71 Gio
Scelzi (Fresno, CA) 2.
24 Rico Abreu (St. Helena, CA) 15 Donny Schatz (Fargo, ND) 3.
13 Mark Dobmeier (Grand Forks, ND) 28 Scott
Bogucki (McLaren Vale, SA, AU) 4.
88 Tanner Thorson (Minden, NV) 2 Carson Macedo (Lemoore, CA) 5.
70 Brock Zearfoss (Jonestown, PA) 1A Jacob Allen
(Hanover, PA) 6.
2KS Austin McCarl (Altoona, IA) 5H Spencer Bayston (Lebanon, IN) 7.
17B Josh Baughman (Odessa, TX) 39 Sammy Swindell (Lakeland,
TN) 8.
11K Kraig Kinser (Bloomington, IN) 17BX Bill Balog (Hartland,
WI) 9.
11 Hunter Schuerenberg (Sikeston, MO) 4 Terry
McCarl (Altoona, IA) 10.
K4 Chad Kemenah (Alvada, OH) 7TAZ Tasker Phillips (Pleasantville,
IA) C
MAIN (15 Laps, Top Four to B) 1.
71BC Tyler Courtney (Indianapolis, IN) 27 Carson McCarl (Altoona, IA) 2.
15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. (Sunnyvale, TX) 91 Cale
Thomas (Fairland, IN) 3.
1 Travis Rilat (Heath, TX) 35P Skylar Prochaska
(Lakefield, MN) 4.
21K Thomas Kennedy (Winnipeg, MB, CAN) 21 Brian Brown (Grain Valley,
MO) 5.
83J Lynton Jeffrey (Sydney, NSW, AU) 7X Justin Henderson (Tea,
SD) 6.
49J Josh Schneiderman (West Burlington, IA) 99 Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow,
OK) 7.
39M Anthony Macri (Dillsburg, PA) 7SW Jeff
Swindell (Bartlett, TN) 8.
18S Jason Solwold (Mount Vernon, WA) 14M Marcus
Dumesny (Sydney, NSW, AU) 9.
92 Sye Lynch (Apollo, PA) 10 RJ Johnson (Tampa,
FL) 10.
70X Justin Peck (Monrovia, IN) 1X Don Droud Jr.
(Lincoln, NE) D
MAIN (12 Laps, Top Four to C) 1.
45 Rusty Hickman (Bendigo, VIC, AU) 56N Davey Heskin (St. Michael, MN) 2.
7 Craig Dollansky (Elk River, MN) 17W Shane
Golobic (Fremont, CA) 3.
44 Chris Martin (Ankeny, IA) 3P Sawyer Phillips (Pleasantville,
IA) 4.
W20 Greg Wilson (Benton Ridge, OH) 68 Chase Johnson (Penngrove,
CA) 5.
99X Skylar Gee (Leduc, ALB, CAN) 55 Brooke Tatnell (Sans Souci, NSW, AU) 6.
3C Cale Conley (Vienna, WV) 2C Wayne Johnson (Tuttle, OK) 7.
28P Brian Paulus (Mooresville, IN) 20 AJ Moeller (Rockwell City,
IA) 8.
18R Ryan Roberts (Aurora, NE) 9JR Derek Hagar (Marion, AR) 9.
9X Jake Bubak (Arvada, CO) 29 Willie Croft
(Roseville, CA) 10.
51 Freddie Rahmer (Salfordville, PA) 21P Robbie Price (Cobble Hill, BC,
CAN) E
MAIN (10 Laps, Top Four to D) 1.
7JS Jason Sides (Bartlett, TN) 73AF Joey Moughan
(Springfield, IL) 2.
33M Mason Daniel (Springville, CA) 75 Glen Saville (Razorback, NSW,
AU) 3.
19T Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, AL) 74 Brodie Tulloch (Upper Caboolture,
QL) 4.
5J Jamie Ball (Knoxville, IA) 17WX Harli White
(Lindsay, OK) 5.
64 Scotty Thiel (Sheboygan, WI) 17XL Caleb Helms (Findlay, OH) 6.
84 Tom Harris (Banbury, OXFD, UK) 56 Joe Simbro
(Pleasantville, IA) 7.
15M Bobby Mincer (Burlington, IA) 2K Kevin Ingle (Huron, SD) 8.
J4 John Garvin (Sarver, PA) 85 Chase Wanner
(Batavia, IA) 9.
83C Adam Cruea (Troy, OH) 11C Roger Crockett
(Broken Arrow, OK) 10.
48 Danny Dietrich (Gettysburg, PA) 40 Clint Garner (Sioux Falls,
SD) 11.
3H Jac Haudenschild (Wooster, OH) 19P Paige Polyak (Tiffin, OH) 12.
2AU Andrew Scheuerle (Toowoomba, QLD, AU) 2MM
Matt Moro (Polk City, IA) David
Gravel On Top of Sprint Car World with Triumph at
59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals Presented
by Casey’s General Stores! by Bill
Wright KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (August 10, 2019) – In 2017, Connecticut’s David Gravel scored a
perfect 500 score at the Knoxville Nationals and was the odds-on favorite
heading into Saturday. That race ended for him with mechanical
woes. Two years later, the Watertown, Connecticut, driver is
the 59th Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals
presented by Casey’s General Stores champion! In 2016, Jason
Johnson scored a remarkable victory in the same race, and Saturday night,
the Jason Johnson Racing #41 team celebrated their second such win in a
classic case of a team coming together at the right time. Pole-sitter
Aaron Reutzel set the pace early in the 50-lap
main event, but Joey Saldana was game as well from row
three. The veteran would lead laps two and three, before Reutzel rode the low line back by him on lap
four. Dominic Scelzi brought out the
first caution of the race when he stopped on lap four. At the
time, Reutzel led Saldana, Gravel, Tim Kaeding and Tim Shaffer. Another
yellow flew for Donny Schatz, who came to a stop with mud packed under his
throttle. He restarted at the tail. Gravel was on
his game, and slid in front of Saldana for second
on the tenth circuit. Daryn Pittman
was also on the move from his starting spot in row five, moving into the
top five. By
lap 13, Pittman passed Kaeding for fourth, while
Gravel was sizing up Reutzel for the
lead. Gravel slid across Reutzel’s
bow in turn four to take command on lap 14. Kaeding and Pittman battled briefly, before Kaeding used the low groove to go by him for fourth on
lap 18. A circuit later, Kaeding
climbed another spot when he shot under Saldana. Pittman
followed him into fourth on lap 20. The
mandatory caution came at the halfway point. It erased a 2.7
second lead for Gravel over Reutzel, Pittman,
Kaeding, Brad Sweet, Saldana, Shaffer, Sheldon
Haudenschild, a 22nd starting Logan Schuchart and Parker Price-Miller. Pittman
and Kaeding both moved by Reutzel into second and third, while Sweet worked his
way into fourth. On
lap 30, Schuchart continued his charge into
fifth. Gravel was into lapped traffic on the
33rd circuit. Sweet shot around Kaeding for third in a good battle on lap 38, but
Kaeding came back at him. Sweet
jumped the turn one cushion. He was lucky to keep going and
lose only a couple of spots. Meanwhile, Kaeding claimed third ahead of Schuchart, who had the fastest car late. Gravel
had built a big lead and would not be challenged, but Schuchart kept the fans entertained with a pass of
Kaeding for third with nine to go. He
reeled in Pittman on the last lap to claim the second place $75,000
bounty. Following the lead trio was Kaeding and Reutzel. Sweet, Haudenschild, James
McFadden, Schatz and Gio Scelzi rounded out the top ten. Gravel’s
crew chief Phil Dietz was awarded a toolbox from Gear Wrench for “Crew
Chief of the Nationals.” The team also won the Best Appearing
Car Award ($500) and Best Appearing Crew Award ($500). Bobby
Mincer ($250) and Chris Martin ($150) were second and third in Best
Appearing Car, while Matt Juhl’s team ($250) and
Dominic Scelzi’s crew ($150) were named Best
Appearing. Tanner
Thorson was the first ever entry from Nevada, and
won Hoseheads.com Rookie of the Knoxville Nationals honors
($1,000). Premier Speedway awarded $1,000 to Carson Macedo, the
top finishing participant in the 2019 Grand Annual Classic who didn’t
qualify for the A main. James McFadden won the $2,000 Southern
Iowa Sprint Week Beaver Drill & Tool Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car”
Award, followed by Aaron Reutzel ($1,250) and
Cory Eliason ($750). “This
is awesome!” said Gravel in Victory Lane. “I don’t know what to
say. It was a dream week. Brad Sweet killed it last
year, and we kind of repeated what he did. To have Jeff Gordon
and Axalta keep this team going made it all worth it. I’m
numb. I wasn’t that tired in the car, but after the checkered,
it sinks in and you feel like you have boulders on your
shoulders. It’s surreal really. I was happy to have the
lead at the halfway point and control my own destiny. We made
an adjustment there at the red and made the car better. We just
snugged up a little bit.” “To
start off the week the way we did…you put this team up against the ropes,
they come out swinging,” said Schuchart, who
came from the B. “That starts at the top with my grandfather
(Bobby Allen), and he’s instilled that in this team from the very
beginning. I’m really proud of this
one. Congrats to David Gravel and the whole Jason Johnson
Racing team.” “On
one hand I’m extremely happy and really proud of this Roth Motorsports
team for the effort we’ve put in to Knoxville all
season long,” said Pittman. “On the other hand, I’m pretty disappointed…by far, that’s the best car I’ve
had here and the best chance I’ve had to win this race. I felt
like we had the open track speed to run with David. I made a
huge mistake when we first got to lapped traffic in three and
four. I lost a lot of track position and
ground. Honestly, I think (Gravel) was better in
traffic.” Saturday,
August 24 is Xtream Powered by Mediacom Season
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three of our sprint car classes. For
tickets and other information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! 59th Annual
NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores
Results E main, 10 Laps,
2:47.7: 1. 7JS, Jason Sides,
Bartlett, TN (1); 2. 73AF, Joey Moughan,
Springfield, IL (2); 3. 33m, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (3); 4. 19T,
Kevin Thomas Jr., Cullman, AL (5); 5. 17wx, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (7); 6. 17XL, Caleb Helms,
Findlay, OH (9) / 7. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust. (4); 8. 84,
Tom Harris, Banbury, OXFD, UK (8); 9. 74, Brodie Tulloch, Upper
Caboolture, QLD, Aust. (6); 10. 15M, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (10);
11. J4, John Garvin, Sarver, PA (12); 12. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (11); 13. 85, Chase Wanner, Ottumwa, IA (15); 14. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron,
SD (13); 15. 83c, Adam Cruea, Troy, OH (14) DNS
– 64, Scotty Thiel, Sheboygan, WI; 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA; 11c,
Roger Crockett, Broken Arrow, OK; 48, Danny Dietrich, Gettysburg, PA; 40,
Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD; 3H, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH; 19P,
Paige Polyak, Tiffin, OH; 2AU, Andrew Scheuerle, Toowoomba, QLD, Aust.; 2mm, Matt Moro, Polk
City, IA; 57, Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA; 11T, TJ Stutts, Liverpool, PA; 18M, Lance Moss, Cherryville,
NC; 53, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE; 35, Zach Hampton, Plainfield,
IN D main (started), 12
Laps, NT: 1. 56N, Davey
Heskin, St. Michael, MN (2); 2. 45, Rusty
Hickman, Bendigo, VIC, Aust. (1); 3. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (3); 4. 17w, Shane Golobic, Fremont, CA (4) / 5. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (10) ($1,175 bonus
from Trunk Bar); 6. 68, Chase Johnson, Penngrove, CA (8); 7. 99x, Skylar
Gee, Leduc, ALB, Can. (9); 8. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (6);
9. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (7); 10. 18R, Ryan Roberts, Aurora,
NE (12); 11. 3c, Cale Conley, Vienna, WV (11); 12. 44, Chris Martin,
Ankeny, IA (5); 13. 9x, Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO
(14); 14. Kevin Thomas Jr. (20); 15. Jason Sides (19); 16. 21P, Robbie
Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can. (16); 17. 29, Willie Croft, Roseville, CA
(17); 18. Joey Moughan (18); 19. Mason Daniel
(21); 20. Caleb Helms (22); 21. 9JR, Derek Hagar, Marion, AR (15); 22. 20,
AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (13); 23. Harli
White (23); 24. 28P, Brian Paulus, Mooresville, IN (24) DNS – 2c, Wayne
Johnson, Tuttle, OK; 51, Freddie Rahmer, Salfordville, PA C main (started), 15
Laps, NT: 1. 71BC, Tyler
Courtney, Indianapolis, IN (1); 2. 91, Cale Thomas, Fairland, IN (4); 3.
21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (8); 4. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (2) / 5. 83J, Lynton Jeffrey,
Prairie City, IA (9) ($100 bonus from Big River Garage Doors); 6. 21K,
Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (7); 7. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (3); 8. 35P, Skylar
Prochaska, Lakefield, MN (6); 9. 99x, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (12);
10. 49J, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (11); 11. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (5); 12. 7x, Justin Henderson, Tea,
SD (10); 13. 18s, Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon, WA
(15); 14. Shane Golobic (24); 15. 39M, Anthony
Macri, Dillsburg, PA (13); 16. Davey Heskin (21); 17. Rusty Hickman (22); 18. 10, RJ
Johnson, Tampa, FL (18); 19. 7sw, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (14); 20.
92, Sye Lynch, Apollo, PA (17); 21. Craig Dollansky (23); 22. 14M, Marcus Dumesny, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (16); 23. 1x, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (20); 24. 70x, Justin Peck,
Monrovia, IN (19) B main (started), 22
Laps, NT: 1. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (2);
2. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (4); 3. 9, James McFadden, Warrnambool,
VIC, Aust. (1); 4. 24, Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA (3) / 5. 2, Carson
Macedo, Lemoore, CA (8); 6. 13, Mark Dobmeier,
Grand Forks, ND (5); 7. 70, Brock Zearfoss,
Jonestown, PA (9); 8. 28, Scott Bogucki, McLaren
Vale, SA (6); 9. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA
(11); 10. 1a, Jacob Allen, Hanover, PA (10); 11. 11K, Kraig Kinser,
Bloomington, IN (15); 12. Brian Brown (23); 13. 39, Sammy Swindell,
Lakeland, TN (14); 14. K4, Chad Kemenah, Alvada, OH (19); 15. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips,
Pleasantville, IA (20); 16. 17BX, Bill Balog, Hartland, WI (16); 17. Tyler
Courtney (21); 18. Carson McCarl (24); 19. 11,
Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (17); 20. 88,
Tanner Thorson, Minden, NV (7); 21. Cale Thomas (22); 22. 17B, Josh
Baughman, Odessa, TX (13); 23. 5H, Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN (12); 24. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (18) A main (started), 50
Laps, NT: 1. 41, David
Gravel, Watertown, CT (2); 2. 1s, Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (22); 3. 83, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (10); 4. 7s, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (7); 5. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (1); 6. 49, Brad Sweet, Grass
Valley, CA (6); 7. 17, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (15); 8. James
McFadden (19); 9. Donny Schatz (18); 10. Gio
Scelzi (17); 11. 2m, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s,
NSW, Aust. (21); 12. 5, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (23); 13. 26, Cory
Eliason, Visalia, CA (13); 14. 12N, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN (3); 15.
18, Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (14); 16. 71P, Parker Price-Miller,
Kokomo, IN (5); 17. 19, Brent Marks, Myerstown, PA (9); 18. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (12); 19. 44s, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA
(11); 20. 13x, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (8); 21. 49x, Tim Shaffer,
Aliquippa, PA (4); 22. Rico Abreu (20); 23. 69K, Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA (16); 24. 41s, Dominic Scelzi, Fresno, CA (24). Lap
Leaders: Reutzel 1, Saldana 2-3, Reutzel 4-13, Gravel 14-50. MPI Hard-charger (steering wheel): Schuchart. SprintCarUnlimited.com $2,000 Pole
Sitter: Reutzel. Gear Wrench
Crew Chief of the Nationals: Phil Dietz (toolbox).
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