Knoxville Raceway August 24th 2019
2019 Chaampionships Night
360 Sprint Video 410 Sprint Video Pro Sprints Video 360 Sprint Make-Up
Results & Story by Bill Wright
Gio
Scelzi Wins $5,000 at Knoxville; Brian Brown
Takes Championship! Carson
McCarl Takes 360 Feature and Championship; Jamie
Ball Wins 360 Make-up Russ
Hall Wins in Pro Sprints; Matthew Stelzer Claims
Title by Bill
Wright KNOXVILLE,
Iowa (August 24, 2019) – Gio Scelzi impressed by winning his second feature of the
year at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The Xtream Powered by Mediacom Season Championship saw
four different winners. Scelzi’s win
in the 410 feature was worth $5,000 aboard the
Indy Race Parts #71. Brian Brown, who garnered five season wins
won his third 410 season title here (he also won in 2007 and
2010). Carson
McCarl finished the season strong, winning the
regularly scheduled 360 main event, finishing
third in the June 22 make-up feature, and claiming his first career 360
Knoxville Championship Cup. Jamie Ball won the make-up event,
the fifth in his career here. Russ Hall claimed his second Pro
Sprints presented by Pace Performance win, while Matthew Stelzer garnered his second championship with the
series (his first came in 2012). A
pileup greeted the 410 competitors when the green fell in their
feature. When contact from another car struck Lynton Jeffrey,
he helicoptered, collecting Chad Boespflug and
Glen Saville who both got upside down. Everyone walked away, but was done. Wayne
Johnson paced the field early in a race that was shortened to 20 laps with
rain in the area. Scelzi jumped into
second and then took the point on lap three. He was in lapped
traffic and pulling away by the eighth circuit. Behind him,
Kerry Madsen was moving forward, grabbing fourth from Terry McCarl on lap 13, and taking third from Brooke Tatnell on lap 15. RJ
Johnson brought out the yellow flag when he stopped in turn three with two
to go. The two lap Dash saw Scelzi
leading Johnson, Madsen, Tatnell and McCarl back to green. Scelzi pulled away for his win, ahead of Johnson,
Madsen, McCarl and a late closing Parker
Price-Miller. Tatnell, Brown, Matt
Juhl, Trey Starks and Austin McCarl rounded out the top ten. Starks
cinched Rookie of the Year honors. Brown set quick time over
the 27-car field, while Tatnell, Justin
Henderson and Josh Schneiderman won heats. “We
were pretty good,” said Scelzi in Victory
Lane. “This is so cool to win Doug Clark’s last
race. I’m having so much fun racing this car right now with
Bernie (Stuebgen) and Betsy. We’re
just kind of taking it week by week. Racing has become a lot of
fun again, and I’m just enjoying doing it.” It
was a busy night for the 360’s, and much was undecided heading
in. Carson McCarl’s lead over Ryan
Giles was tenuous, and Giles closed the gap after setting quick time and
running third in his heat, with McCarl behind
him. In
the regular feature, disaster struck a few competitors before a lap was
completed. Giles had issues in turn four in an incident that
saw Jon Agan get upside down, and Ryan Leavitt,
Matt Moro and Austin McCarl
collected. In the end, only Agan and
Moro would retire, but Giles and McCarl had to
restart at the tail. No one was injured. The
next start saw Terry McCarl contact Clint Garner
heading into turn one, while Carson McCarl took
the early lead over McKenna Haase, Lee Grosz,
Calvin Landis and Wayne Johnson. Haase would power by McCarl
on the fourth lap, while a limping Garner went pitside. Seventh
running Terry McCarl’s right rear would go down
on lap six as B main transfer Kelby Watt spun on the top of three while
running ninth. Haase led Carson McCarl, Grosz, Landis and Johnson back to
green. Johnson’s night ended on lap 13 in a puff of smoke,
while Austin McCarl had climbed the ladder from
the tail to fifth. He would grab fourth from Landis with two to
go. Up
front, Haase was under pressure from Carson
McCarl. On the last lap, she missed
the bottom a bit and was behind the lapped car of Terry McCarl in turn two. Carson McCarl pounced on the opportunity and shot into the
lead on the backstretch. The win was his second of the year and in
his career in the 360 class. Haase,
Grosz, Austin McCarl and Landis followed
him. Jamie Ball, Giles, Sawyer Phillips, Nate Mills and Robbie Price
completed the top ten. Ayrton Gennetten, Ball, Mills and Austin McCarl were heat winners. Josh Higday won the B. “Our
car was good all night,” said Carson McCarl in
Victory Lane. “I just didn’t know where to be. I
felt like I was catching (Haase) on the bottom
and the top. She changed her lines on the straightaway and messed me up quite a
bit, but that’s racing. She did a really nice job. The
bottom started going away getting into one there a little. She
was leading and probably didn’t know that. I was able to rip
the top and get a run on that last lap. I saw her miss it, and
I never lifted and off we went.” McCarl’s
lead over Giles was 70 points heading into the make-up
event. Jamie Ball shot from outside row one to lead early over
Garner, Landis, Carson McCarl and Haase. McCarl and
Haase both worked their way by Landis into third
and fourth, respectively. Ball entered lapped traffic on the
seventh circuit. On
lap 10, Ryan Leavitt flipped in turn two. He walked
away. Ball led Garner and McCarl back
to green. Giles worked his way into the top five late before
Nate Mills was a flip victim with three to go. He walked away, and as the
rains came, the event was checkered. Ball
got the win, ahead of Garner, Carson McCarl,
Haase and Giles. Moro, Landis, Josh
Higday, Tasker Phillips and Agan rounded out the top ten. McCarl’s finish nailed down his title. “On
that restart, Garner was behind us, and he’s tough to beat,” said
Ball. “We were able to cover him up, and I found what I call
the ‘Shane Stewart line’ down in three and four where I felt
good. It’s been a year since we won, and it feels
good. I’m just happy we got this one in. We’ve been
waiting since June 22.” A
crash marred the beginning of the Pro Sprints presented by Pace
Performance 18-lap feature. Chase Young was flipping and struck
by the car of Tanner Barrick. Young was transported for observation, but was visiting with the emergency crew
upon departure. The
feature was all Russ Hall early, as he led Jeff Wilke and Evan
Epperson. Epperson quickly used the cushion to gain second,
while Brandon Worthington shot from seventh to third by lap
four. Matt Johnston followed him into fourth on lap
seven. Epperson
appeared to be running down Hall when the caution flew with two to go for
a spun Worthington, who was running third at the time. Hall
used the low side to pull away and win ahead of Epperson, Johnston, Mike
Mayberry and Chris Walraven. Worthington, champion Matthew
Stelzer, Wilke, Devin Wignall and Scotty Johnson rounded out the top
ten. Hall posted quick time, while Stelzer and Wignall won
heats. “This
race was longer than we usually go!” said Hall in Victory Lane after
asking what his thoughts were on the last caution. “I was
having a good time. The track crew did a great
job. I’m a sewer rat, and they had the bottom juiced up good
tonight. I’m having a blast and I’m glad to be back up
here.” The
16th Annual Lucas Oil Knoxville Late Model Nationals
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visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! 410
Results Time Trials
(Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 21, Brian Brown,
Grain Valley, MO (26), 15.251; 2. 2M, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust.
(15), 15.3; 3. 4, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA
(22), 15.409; 4. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael,
MN (25), 15.524; 5. 83, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (5), 15.528; 6.
71P, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (27), 15.551; 7. 2C, Wayne Johnson,
Tuttle, OK (1), 15.637; 8. 71, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (11), 15.640; 9. 2KS, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (4), 15.656; 10. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (8), 15.683; 11. 7TAZ,
Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (16), 15.710; 12. 44S, Trey Starks,
Puyallup, WA (19), 15.720; 13. 09, Matt Juhl,
Tea, SD (10), 15.727; 14. 7X, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (2), 15.742; 15.
33M, Mason Daniel, Springville, CA (9), 15.792; 16. 15, Bobby Mincer,
Burlington, IA (3), 15.844; 17. 85, Chase Wanner, Batavia, IA (13), 15.858; 18. 49, Josh
Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (12), 15.878; 19. 7, Dustin Selvage,
Indianola, IA (17), 15.890; 20. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (18), 15.929;
21. 98, Chad Boespflug, Hanford, CA (14),
15.941; 22. 7S, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (24), 15.941; 23. 75, Glen Saville,
Razorback, NSW, Aust. (6), 16.126; 24. 1, Travis Rilat, Heath, TX (7), 16.331; 25. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (20), 16.511; 26. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (23), 16.653; 27. 3P, Sawyer
Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (21), NT. Heat one (started), 8
Laps, 2:09.9: 1. Brooke Tatnell (3); 2. Matt Juhl
(2); 3. Wayne Johnson (4); 4. Brian Brown (6); 5. Davey Heskin (5); 6. Bobby Mincer (1); 7. RJ Johnson (8); 8.
Dustin Selvage (7); 9. Bob Weuve
(9) Heat two (started), 8
Laps, 2:08.1: 1. Justin
Henderson (2); 2. Gio Scelzi (4); 3. Kerry Madsen (6); 4. Lynton Jeffrey
(5); 5. Tasker Phillips (3); 6. Chris Martin (7); 7. Glen Saville (8); 8.
Chase Wanner (1); 9. Joe Simbro (9) Heat three (started),
8 Laps, 2:10.1: 1. Josh
Schneiderman (1); 2. Trey Starks (3); 3. Austin McCarl (4); 4. Terry McCarl
(6); 5. Parker Price-Miller (5); 6. Mason Daniel (2); 7. Travis Rilat (8); 8. Chad Boespflug
(7) DNS – Sawyer Phillips A main (started), 20
Laps, NT: 1. Gio Scelzi (4); 2. Wayne
Johnson (2); 3. Kerry Madsen (8); 4. Terry McCarl (6); 5. Parker Price-Miller (9); 6. Brooke
Tatnell (1); 7. Brian Brown (7); 8. Matt Juhl (13); 9. Trey Starks (11); 10. Austin McCarl (10); 11. Tasker Phillips (15); 12. Justin
Henderson (12); 13. Mason Daniel (16); 14. Travis Rilat (24); 15. Davey Heskin
(3); 16. Chris Martin (18); 17. RJ Johnson (21); 18. Dustin Selvage (20);
19. Bobby Mincer (17); 20. Bob Weuve (25); 21.
Josh Schneiderman (14); 22. Chase Wanner (19);
23. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 24. Glen Saville (22); 25. Chad Boespflug (23) DNS – Joe Simbro, Sawyer Phillips. Lap
Leaders: W. Johnson 1-2, G. Scelzi
3-20. Hard-charger: Rilat. 360
Results Time Trials
(Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 9, Ryan
Giles, Grimes, IA (5), 16.333; 2. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (10), 16.333;
3. 70, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (6), 16.434; 4. 4X, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (3), 16.449; 5. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (23), 16.462; 6. 40, Clint Garner,
Sioux Falls, SD (19), 16.596; 7. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (37), 16.606; 8. 2C, Wayne
Johnson, Tuttle, OK (9), 16.632; 9. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (1),
16.664; 10. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (15),
16.669; 11. 66, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (38), 16.671; 12. 1K, Kelby
Watt, Adel, IA (25), 16.730; 13. 83, Rob Kubli,
Milo, IA (14), 16.765; 14. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (36), 16.783; 15.
15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (13), 16.801; 16. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk
City, IA (18), 16.806; 17. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (30),
16.821; 18. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (12),
16.841; 19. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (27), 16.871; 20. 8L, Tom
Lenz, Marion, IA (4), 16.892; 21. 3, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (22), 16.895; 22. 21P,
Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can (8), 16.902; 23. 35, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (21), 16.941; 24. 99, Austin
McCarl, Altoona, IA (17), 16.965; 25. 1,
Michelle Decker, Guthrie, OK (34), 16.970; 26. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (20), 16.983; 27. 40C, Cody
Wehrle, Burlington, IA (29), 17.003; 28. 11B,
Ben Woods, Newton, IA (11), 17.007; 29. 81E, Eric Bridger, Winterset, IA
(28), 17.023; 30. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (26), 17.025;
31. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (16), 17.184; 32. 19, Rob Weuve, Newton, IA (7), 17.276; 33. 67, Jon Hughes,
Knoxville, IA (2), 17.442; 34. 26, Anthony Foster, Clyde, VIC, Aust. (33),
17.566; 35. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (35), 17.576; 36. 64C, Casey
Greubel, Lacona, IA
(31), 17.623; 37. 33J, Jayce Jenkins, Colfax, IA (32), 17.635; 38. 41D,
Dan Henning, Columbia, IA (24), 17.913. Heat one (started), 7
Laps, 1:59.2: 1. Ayrton Gennetten (1); 2. Sawyer Phillips (2); 3. Ryan Giles
(6); 4. Carson McCarl (5); 5. Rob Kubli (3); 6. Ryan Leavitt (4); 7. Eric Bridger (8);
8. Michelle Decker (7); 9. Jon Hughes (9); 10. Jayce Jenkins
(10) Heat two (started), 7
Laps, NT: 1. Jamie Ball
(3); 2. Robbie Price (1); 3. Jon Agan (4); 4.
Clint Garner (5); 5. Lee Grosz (6); 6. Tasker Phillips (8); 7. Brad Comegys (7); 8. Dan Henning (10); 9. Anthony Foster
(9); 10. Alan Zoutte (2) Heat three (started),
7 Laps, 1:58.9: 1. Nathan Mills
(2); 2. Josh Higday (1); 3. McKenna Haase (5); 4. Calvin Landis (6); 5. Ricky Montgomery
(4); 6. Christian Bowman (3); 7. Cody Wehrle
(7); 8. Mitchell Alexander (8); 9. John Anderson (9) Heat four (started),
7 Laps, 1:59.9: 1. Austin McCarl (1); 2. Tom Lenz (2); 3. Matt Moro (3); 4.
Terry McCarl (6); 5. Wayne Johnson (5); 6. Kelby
Watt (4); 7. Ben Woods (7); 8. Casey Greubel
(9); 9. Rob Weuve (8) B main (started), 10
Laps, NT: 1. Josh Higday (4); 2. Kelby Watt (1); 3. Tasker Phillips
(10); 4. Michelle Decker (3) / 5. Cody Wehrle
(5); 6. Eric Bridger (7); 7. Brad Comegys (6);
8. Rob Weuve (12); 9. Ben Woods (8); 10. Casey
Greubel (14); 11. John Anderson (11); 12. Jon
Hughes (9); 13. Dan Henning (15); 14. Anthony Foster (13); 15. Christian
Bowman (2) DNS – Alan Zoutte, Mitchell
Alexander, Jayce Jenkins A main (started), 20
Laps, NT: 1. Carson McCarl (2); 2. McKenna Haase
(1); 3. Lee Grosz (4); 4. Austin McCarl (18); 5.
Calvin Landis (5); 6. Jamie Ball (9); 7. Ryan Giles (6); 8. Sawyer
Phillips (13); 9. Nathan Mills (11); 10. Robbie Price (20); 11. Ayrton
Gennetten (15); 12. Josh Higday (21); 13. Ryan Leavitt (12); 14. Terry McCarl (3); 15. Rob Kubli
(19); 16. Tom Lenz (17); 17. Michelle Decker (24); 18. Ricky Montgomery
(14); 19. Wayne Johnson (10); 20. Tasker Phillips (23); 21. Kelby Watt
(22); 22. Clint Garner (7); 23. Jon Agan (8);
24. Matt Moro (16). Lap Leaders: C. McCarl 1-3, Haase 4-19, C.
McCarl 20.Hard-charger: A. McCarl. A main - Make-up
(started), 17 Laps (rain shortened), NT: 1. Jamie Ball
(2); 2. Clint Garner (3); 3. Carson McCarl (4);
4. McKenna Haase (6); 5. Ryan Giles (5); 6. Matt
Moro (8); 7. Calvin Landis (1); 8. Josh Higday
(10); 9. 3P, Tasker Phillips (12); 10. Jon Agan
(18); 11. Austin McCarl (16); 12. Nathan Mills
(15); 13. Tom Lenz (7); 14. Brad Comegys (14);
15. Rob Kubli (13); 16. Eric Bridger (20); 17.
Jon Hughes (22); 18. Mitchell Alexander (17); 19. Cody Wehrle (11); 20. Ryan Leavitt (9); 21. Rob Weuve (19); 22. Casey Greubel (21) DNS - 23. Ricky Montgomery 24. Kelby Watt
25. Alan Zoutte; 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA;
23s, Stu Snyder, Waverly, NE. Lap Leader: Ball
1-18. Hard-charger: Agan. Pro Series
Results Time Trials (Group
Qualifying): 1. 29, Russ
Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (4), 17.406; 2. 21, Evan Epperson, Muscatine, IA
(10), 17.416; 3. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville,
IA (5), 17.426; 4. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (8), 17.468; 5. 71, Brandon
Worthington, Indianola, IA (12), 17.503; 6. 21X, Devin Wignall, Altoona, IA (2), 17.545; 7. 0, Mike Mayberry,
Fremont, IA (6), 17.630; 8. 50, Scotty Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (3),
17.656; 9. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE
(1), 17.673; 10. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (7), 17.747; 11. 14J,
Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (9), 18.012; 12. 11, Tyler Barrick, Slater,
IA (11), 18.367; 13. 43J, Jaslyn Jones, Monroe,
IA (13), 24.445 Heat one (started), 6
Laps, 1:47.8: 1. Matthew
Stelzer (2); 2. Mike Johnston (1); 3. Russ Hall
(6); 4. Brandon Worthington (4); 5. Chris Walraven (5); 6. Mike Mayberry (3); 7. Jaslyn Jones (7) Heat two (started), 6
Laps, 1:48.3: 1. Devin Wignall (4); 2. Jeff Wilke (5); 3. Tyler Barrick (1);
4. Chase Young (2); 5. Evan Epperson (6); 6. Scotty Johnson
(3) A main (started), 18
Laps, NT: 1. Russ Hall
(1); 2. Evan Epperson (4); 3. Mike Johnston (8); 4. Mike Mayberry (9); 5.
Chris Walraven (5); 6. Brandon Worthington (7);
7. Matthew Stelzer (6); 8. Jeff Wilke (2); 9.
Devin Wignall (3); 10. Scotty Johnson (12); 11.
Jaslyn Jones (13); 12. Chase Young (10); 13.
Tyler Barrick (11). Lap Leader: Hall 1-18. Hard-charger: Johnston.
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