Knoxville, IA — (August 13, 2015) — Terry McCarl was victorious on Thursday night during the Lucas Oil qualifying night Thursday during the FVP Knoxville Nationals at Knoxville Raceway. From 10th starting position McCarl passed Danny Lasoski with 10 laps to go and pulled away for the victory.
For McCarl the caution aiding him in passing Lasoski for the victory was a bit of a surprise.
“It actually worked out good for me. Danny was checked out there and I was slowly reeling in Jason (Johnson), so I didn’t really want that caution I think because it took me a couple of laps to get going,” said McCarl. “After the restart I had not been the top, not once, and I knew Danny and Jason were running really well up there. I kind of saw where Danny ran that restart before, so I went up and tried the top and it felt really good. I didn’t hit it perfect, so Danny kind of got away from me, but then the yellow came out. So it gave me another chance to perfect it.”
Lasoski jumped into the lead at the start with Jason Johnson and Lucas Wolfe racing for second. After swapping the position back and forth Johnson took the spot on lap three. One lap later the caution appeared when Brooke Tatnell slowed in turn two. During that same caution Tim Shaffer slowed in turn four and went back to his pit area. Tatnell rejoined the tail of the field.
Lasoski motored away during the restart while Lucas Wolfe, Sammy Swindell, Joey Saldana, and Dale Blaney raced for third on back racing two and three wide. Behind them McCarl and James McFadden were picking their way through the field as well. In the commotion McCarl eventually blasted into third position.
Then on lap eight Dale Blaney got over the cushion and into the wall in turn one. Blaney went to the work ahead and was able to rejoin the tail of the field.
During the restart Johnson got a run on Lasoski for the lead, attempting the slide job in turns three and four but could not make the pass. That slowed Johnson’s momentum enough for McCarl to challenge for the second spot. McCarl made his move on lap 12 under Johnson, but could not make the pass. One lap later Johnson bobbled and that allowed McCarl to move into second through turns three and four.
As McCarl moved into second Tatnell got upside down in turn four. Tatnell exited the car under his own power, but had to go pit side due to causing a second caution flag in the main event. The first attempt to restart the race following the red flag with 14 laps to go was called back when Clint Garner hit the restart cone. On the second attempt McCarl put the heat on Lasoski for the lead. On lap 15 Lasoski bobbled off turn two and allowed McCarl to get a run on him down the backstretch. McCarl made the pass in turns three and four and instantly opened a sizeable advantage.
Behind McCarl and Lasoski, Johnson found himself under pressure from Kerry Madsen and 23rd starting Brian Brown. Eventually Madsen and Brown ended up racing with each other, allowing Johnson to pull away.
Up front it was all McCarl taking the checkered flag over Lasoski, Johnson, Madsen, and Brown.
Brad Sweet was the fastest qualifier over the 57 car field with a lap of 15.086 seconds. R.J. Johnson, Madsen, Zomer, Lasoski, and Sammy Swindell won heat race events. Bill Balog won the C-Main event while Clint Garner won the B-Main.
On the opening lap of the first heat race Kevin Swindell flipped in turn four. Swindell was able to talk to the Knoxville Raceway safety crew while being extricated from his car and was eventually air lifted to a Des Moines hospital.
FVP Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores
Lucas Oil Qualifying Night
Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, IA
Thursday August 13, 2015
Qualifying:
1. 49 – Brad Sweet – 15.086
2. 29 – Kerry Madsen – 15.175
3. 1B – Dale Blaney – 15.201
4. 71M – Joey Saldana – 15.358
5. 1 – Sammy Swindell – 15.409
6. W20 – Greg Wilson – 15.415
7. 40 – Clint Garner – 15.443
8. 19M – Brent Marks – 15.452
9. 21 – Brian Brown – 15.485
10. 1Z – Lucas Wolfe – 15.513
11. 1ST – Greg Taylor – 15.540
12. 9K – Kevin Thomas, Jr. – 15.540
13. 41 – Jason Johnson – 15.618
14. 2 – Danny Lasoski – 15.627
15. 24 – Terry McCarl – 15.645
16. 55 – Brooke Tatnell – 15.648
17. 19 – Stevie Smith – 15.664
18. 28 – Jonathan Cornell – 15.665
19. 45 – Tim Shaffer – 15.676
20. 9P – Parker Price-Miller – 15.685
21. 10 – Matt Moro – 15.688
22. 29 – Danny Dietrich – 15.693
23. 67H – Sam Hafertepe, JR. – 15.752
24. 3G – James McFadden – 15.752
25. 17B – Bill Balog – 15.752
26. 2LX – Ed Lynch, Jr. – 15.785
27. 3A – Billy Alley – 15.811
28. 23M – Lance Moss – 15.820
29. 3 – Tim Kaeding – 15.836
30. 25 – Dylan Peterson – 15.861
31. 10H – Chad Kemenah – 15.873
32. 82 – Dusty Zomer – 15.882
33. 93 – Glendon Forsythe – 15.893
34. 70 – Dean Jacobs – 15.896
35. 7R – Roger Crockett – 15.921
36. 71A – RJ Johnson – 15.934
37. 44 – Chris Martin – 15.964
38. 11N – Randy Hannagan – 16.000
39. 1X – Don Droud, Jr. – 16.008
40. 11 – Steve Kinser – 16.009
41. 71 – Kevin Swindell – 16.044
42. O1 – Christopher Bell – 16.048
43. 35 – Skylar Prochaska – 16.104
44. 13 – Mark Dobmeier – 16.128
45. 17J – Joey Moughan – 16.149
46. 88 – DJ Netto – 16.165
47. 20N – Hunter Schuerenberg – 16.178
48. 1S – Logan Schuchart – 16.193
49. 31B – Shane Golobic – 16.224
50. 44 – Austin Wheatley – 16.308
51. 47 – Jeff Swindell – 16.331
52. 15M – Bobby Mincer – 16.417
53. 55XM – Brandon Wimmer – 16.506
54. 56 – Ryan Bernal – 16.511
55. 2K – Kevin Ingle – 16.581
56. 1P – Curtis Evans – 16.909
57. 23B – Seth Bergman – 99.000
Heat Race #1 (10 Laps): 1. 71A – R.J. Johnson, 2. 2LX – Ed Lynch, Jr., 3. 49 – Brad Sweet, 4. 55 – Brooke Tatnell, 5. 1ST – Gary Taylor, 6. 25 – Dylan Peterson, 7. 88 – D.J. Netto, 8. W20 – Greg Wilson, 9. 10 – Matt Moro, 10. 71 – Kevin Swindell. (Top four finishers transferred to the A-Main)
Heat Race #2 (10 Laps): 1. 29 – Kerry Madsen, 2. 3A – Billy Alley, 3. 29W – Danny Dietrich, 4. 19S – Stevie Smith, 5. 40 – Clint Garner, 6. 44 – Chris Martin, 7. 01 – Christopher Bell, 8. 20A – Hunter Schuerenberg, 9. 9K – Kevin Thomas, Jr., 10. 10H – Chad Kemenah. (First four finishers transferred to the A-Main)
Heat Race #3 (10 Laps): 1. 82 – Dusty Zomer, 2. 41 – Jason Johnson, 3. 1B – Dale Blaney, 4. 11N – Randy Hannagan, 5. 1S – Logan Schuchart, 6. 19M – Brent Marks, 7. 28 – Jonathan Cornell, 8. 35 – Skylar Prochaska, 9. 23M – Lance Moss. DNS: 67 – Sam Hafertepe, Jr. (First four finishers transferred to the A-Main)
Heat Race #4 (10 Laps): 1. 2 – Danny Lasoski, 2. 3G – James McFadden, 3. 71M – Joey Saldana, 4. 70 – Dean Jacobs, 5. 3 – Tim Kaeding, 6. 45 – Tim Shaffer, 7. 21 – Brian Brown, 8. 13 – Mark Dobmeier, 9. 1X – Don Droud, Jr., 10. 31B – Shane Golobic. (First four finishers transferred to the A-Main)
Heat Race #5 (10 Laps): 1. 1 – Sammy Swindell, 2. 24 – Terry McCarl, 3. 11 – Steve Kinser, 4. 1Z – Lucas Wolfe, 5. 7R – Roger Crockett, 6. 9P – Parker Price-Miller, 7. 44W – Austin Wheatley, 8.17J – Joey Moughan, 9. 93 – Glendon Forsythe. DNS: 17B – Bill Balog. (First four finishers transferred to the A-Main)
C-Main (10 Laps): 1. 17 – Bill Balog, 2. 47 – Jeff Swindell, 3. 56 – Ryan Bernal, 4. 15M – Bobby Mincer, 5. 31B – Shane Golobic, 1P – Curtis Evans, 7. 23M – Lance Moss, 8. 9K – Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9. 1K – Don Droud, Jr., 10. 93 – Glendon Forsythe. DNS: 10 – Matt Moro, 67 – Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 10H – Chad Kemenah, 71 – Kevin Swindell, 55X – Brandon Wimmer. (First four finishers transferred to the A-Main)
B-Main (12 Laps): 1. 40 – Clint Garner, 2. W20 – Greg Wilson, 3. 21 – Brian Brown, 4. 45 – Tim Shaffer, 5. 19M – Brent Marks, 6. 7R – Roger Crockett, 7. 13 – Mark Dobmeier, 8. 01 – Christopher Bell, 9. 28 – Jonathan Cornell, 10. 1S – Logan Schuchart, 11. 9P – Parker Price-Miller, 12. 17B – Bill Balog, 13. 1ST – Gary Taylor, 14. 25 – Dylan Peterson, 15. 47 – Jeff Swindell, 16. 88N – D.J. Netto, 17. 56R – Ryan Bernal, 18. 44 – Chris Martin, 19. 15M – Bobby Mincer, 20. 44W – Austin Wheatley, 21. 20N – Hunter Schuerenberg, 22. 35 – Skylar Prochaska, 23. 3 – Tim Kaeding, 24. 17J – Joey Moughan.
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 24 – Terry McCarl, 2. 2 – Danny Lasoski, 3. 41 – Jason Johnson, 4. 29 – Kerry Madsen, 5. 21 – Brian Brown, 6. 71M – Joey Saldana, 7. 3G – James McFadden, 8. 1Z – Lucas Wolfe, 9. 19S – Stevie Smith, 10. 49 – Brad Sweet, 11. 82 – Dusty Zomer, 12. 29W – Danny Dietrich, 13. 70 – Dean Jacobs, 14. 11 – Steve Kinser, 15. 1B – Dale Blaney, 16. W20 – Greg Wilson, 17. 40 – Clint Garner, 18. 3A – Billy Alley, 19. 11N – Randy Hannagan, 20. 2LX – Ed Lynch, Jr., 21. 71A – R.J. Johnson, 22. 55 – Brooke Tatnell, 23. 1 – Sammy Swindell, 24. 45 – Tim Shaffer.