From Bill W
Sammy Swindell and Clint Garner took the 410 and 360 sprint car victories Saturday at Knoxville Raceway. Here’s Bill W’s story.
7/31/10
Knoxville Raceway
39 410s
41 360s
410s
Jonathan Allard (2nd car out to time) set quick time at 15.435 seconds. Brian Brown (8th car out) was second quick, followed by Josh Schneiderman (23rd), Ian Madsen (12th), Skip Jackson (24th), Sammy Swindell (39th), Kerry Madsen (16th), Jason Johnson (37th), Dusty Zomer (15th) and Trevor Green (3rd). Kaley Gharst scratched after hot laps.
Heat one (started): 1. Bronson Maeschen 1 (2) 2. Zomer 91 (4) 3. Seth Brahmer 13v (1) 4. Jackson 2 (5) 5. Allard 0 (6) / 6. Max Dumesny 5V (3) 7. Jamie Veal 35AU (7) 8. Bob Weuve 19 (9) 9. Kevin Ingle 2K (10) 10. Mike Moore 69 (8)
Maeachen led flag to flag in the 8-lapper. Allard wrestled the final transfer spot from Max Dumesny.
Heat two (started): 1. Swindell 1s (5) 2. Tyler Walker 17 (2) 3. Brown 21 (6) 4. Green 4 (4) 5. Ricky Logan 10a (8) / 6. Mitch Olson 98m (9) 7. Austen Wheatley 44w (7) 8. Colin Entwisle 2T (10) 9. Mitchell Dumesny 77AU (1) 10. Shane Stewart 57 (3)
On the first try at green, Mi. Dumesny spun in front of the pack, collecting Stewart. Both were unhurt, but done for the night. Walker led early, but when he bobbled on the cushion on lap five, Sammy sailed around the bottom to take the lead. Swindell underwent a motor change.
Heat three (started): 1. Lynton Jeffrey 12 (1) 2. Davey Heskin 56 (2) 3. Brent Antill 81 (3) 4. Schneiderman 49 (6) 5. Brooke Tatnell 59 (4) / 6. K. Madsen 3 (5) 7. Rager Phillips 10 (8) 8. Zach Zimmerly 94 (7) 9. Erin Crocker 98 (9) DNS – Kaley Gharst 44G
L. Jeffrey led the duration. Great racing for fourth through sixth. Schneiderman got by Tatnell after a good race, then Tatnell lost the final transfer to K. Madsen before regaining it.
Heat four (started): 1. Don Droud Jr. 47 (1) 2. Mark Dobmeier 13 (3) 3. J. Johnson 41 (5) 4. Jonathan Cornell 28 (2) 5. Austin McCarl 17A (4) / 6. I. Madsen 55 (6) 7. Robby Wolfgang 7K (7) 8. Matt Wasmund 4w (8) 9. Paul Jeffrey 12AU (9)
I. Madsen was sent to the back for jumping on the initial start. Droud led throughout. I. Madsen roared back to sixth, but McCarl held him off for the final transfer. J. Johnson used the low side to advance to third.
B main (started): 1. K. Madsen (2) 2. I. Madsen (1) 3. Veal (5) 4. Max Dumesny (3) / 5. Phillips (8) 6. Wolfgang (6) 7. Weuve (10) 8. Zimmerly (7) 9. Crocker (12) 10. Wasmund (11) 11. Ingle (14) 12. Entwisle (16) 13. Wheatley (4) 14. P. Jeffrey (15) 15. Moore (9) 16. Olson (13) DNS – Mi. Dumesny, Stewart, Gharst
K. Madsen beat his brother by sliding him in turn three and leading the entire 12 laps. Olson stopped while smoking on lap four. The restart saw K. Madsen leading I. Madsen, Max Dumesny, Veal and Wheatley back to green. Zimmerly and Moore spun on the restart, with the latter going to the pits. Veal used the low side to dispose of Max for third, while Phillips and Wolfgang exchanged sixth behind Wheatley, who would retire early. Phillips made a late bid for the final transfer, but fell short.
A main (started): 1. Swindell (6) 2. Tatnell (2) 3. J. Johnson (5) 4. Green (3) 5. Jackson (7) 6. Zomer (4) 7. Antill (11) 8. Maeschen (13) 9. Brown (9) 10. Schneiderman (8) 11. Dobmeier (12) 12. K. Madsen (23) 13. L. Jeffrey (18) 14. Heskin (15) 15. A. McCarl (1) 16. Droud Jr. (19) 17. Logan (20) 18. Allard (10) 19. I. Madsen (24) 20. Max Dumesny (22) 21. Brahmer (17) 22. Veal (21) 23. Walker (14) 24. Cornell (16)
Both Madsens changed tires and started on the tail. Tatnell took the early lead in the 20-lapper. Cornell tipped over in turn three on lap two. Tatnell led McCarl, Zomer, Swindell and Green back to green flag racing. Swindell cruised by Zomer and worked under McCarl to move into second. He took the lead on lap 11 and pulled away for $3,000 and win #44 in his career at Knoxville. Green battled with McCarl using the low side, before McCarl reeled in Tatnell. He would slide by him on the white flag lap for second, but he broke a rear end and was scored 15th. J. Johnson used a move to get by Green to secure the final podium spot. K. Madsen was the hard-charger.
360s
Bronson Maeschen (1st car out to time) set a new track record in qualifying at 15.893 seconds. Two laps were given to each car for qualifying. Ryan Roberts (13th car out) was second quick, followed by Chad Humston (16th), Dustin Selvage (5th), Dave Hall (12th), Bryan Dobesh (14th), Nate Van Haaften (28th), Zach Zimmerly (18th), RJ Johnson (8th) and Kyle Hirst (30th). Matt Moro, Russ Hall and Alan Zoutte all failed to get a time in, and scratched for the night.
Heat one (started): 1. Justyn Cox 5H (1) 2. Clint Garner 40 (3) 3. RJ Johnson 71 (4) 4. D. Hall 51 (5) 5. Maeschen 1 (6) / 6. Tasker Phillips 7TAZ (2) 7. Josh Higday 2 (7) 8. Jamie Veal 35AU (8) 9. Dylan Peterson 25 (10) 10. Cody Petersen 16P (9) DNS – Alan Zoutte 33
Cox led flag to flag in the 7-lapper. Garner challenged throughout using the bottom side, but couldn’t quite get there. Maeschen slipped under Phillips for the final transfer coming for the white flag.
Heat two (started): 1. Billy Alley 22 (2) 2. Jesse Giannetto 10 (1) 3. Hirst 6H (4) 4. Roberts 18 (6) 5. Brooke Tatnell 14T (3) / 6. Dobesh 54 (5) 7. Channin Tankersley 71T (9) 8. Ricky Maiolo 24AU (8) 9. Joe Beaver 53 (7) 10. Travis Porter 31P (10)
Alley led the distance, pulling away for an easy win. The best racing was for the final transfer. Tatnell and Dobesh went back and forth with the spot, until running side by side to the checkers. Tatnell was .04 of a second in front of Dobesh at the line.
Heat three (started): 1. Jon Agan 4 (2) 2. Johnny Anderson 7a (4) 3. Humston 1m (6) 4. Austin Alumbaugh 54x (1) 5. Jamie Ball 5J (3) / 6. Danny Heskin 6 (8) 7. Dustin Morgan 93 (7) 8. Van Haaften 3 (5) 9. Bobby Mincer 14s (9) DNS – Matt Moro 2m
Agan led the distance. Humston made his moves early. Ball used a low side move to secure the final transfer from Heskin who had gained it.
Heat four (started): 1. Kyle Sager 20s (1) 2. Selvage 7 (6) 3. Don Young 7D (2) 4. Tony Shilling 47T (4) 5. Dennis Moore Jr. D12 (3) / 6. Randy Martin 14 (9) 7. Kelly Miller 44 (7) 8. Zimmerly 94 (5) 9. Chad Heimbaugh 04 (8) DNS – Russ Hall 45c
Sagar shot out to an early lead and maintained it. Selvage patiently worked the bottom to advance to second. Moore Jr. was in Doc Sloan’s D12 got out of shape while running in the top three, slipping back to fifth. Martin made a charge from the tail, but fell one spot short.
B main (started): 1. Phillips (4) 2. Van Haaften (2) 3. Dobesh (1) 4. Morgan (7) 5. Zimmerly (3) 6. Beaver (6) / 7. Martin (16) 8. Higday (5) 9. Veal (9) 10. Tankersley (14) 11. Miller (8) 12. Heskin (11) 13. Heimbaugh (12) 14. D. Peterson (17) 15. Maiolo (10) 16. C. Petersen (13) 17. Mincer (15) DNS – Porter, Moro, R. Hall, Zoutte
Phillips shot around the front row to lead lap one. With one lap in the books, Heimbaugh spun on the backstretch. That set up a restart that had Phillips leading Van Haaften, Dobesh, Beaver and Morgan. Morgan was able to work the low side to get by Beaver for the final transfer.
A main (started): 1. Garner (1) 2. Anderson (3) 3. Shilling (2) 4. Selvage (7) 5. Humston (8) 6. Hirst (4) 7. Agan (13) 8. Roberts (9) 9. D. Hall (6) 10. Alumbaugh (17) 11. Giannetto (16) 12. Cox (15) 13. Young (14) 14. Van Haaften (20) 15. Beaver (24) 16. Morgan (22) 17. Dobesh (21) 18. Zimmerly (23) 19. Tatnell (10) 20. Alley (12) 21. Sager (18) 22. Moore Jr. (11) 23. RJ Johnson (5) 24. Phillips (19) DNS – Maeschen, Ball
In separate incidents, RJ Johnson and Phillips flipped in one and two when the green fell. Garner grabbed the early lead when things got underway in the 15-lapper. On lap two, a caution saw Roberts change a flat right rear and surrender 7th. He would charge back through for an eighth place finish. The lap two restart saw Garner ahead of Anderson, Shilling, Selvage and Hirst. Five laps later, Moore Jr. spun in turn one and Zimmerly hopped the cushion to avoid him. Zimmerly did all but turn it over and was able to restart at the tail. Now Garner led Shilling, Anderson, a surging Alley and Selvage. Alley shot by Anderson and was by Shilling for second when he slowed and exited to the pits on lap ten. Garner rode the bottom, while Shilling shot around the cushion. Shilling passed Garner in one and two as the caution was coming out for Tatnell, who had a flat with two laps to go. Garner was able to hold on after the restart for his seventh career Knoxville 360 win. Anderson was able to get by Shilling on the restart as well. Beaver was the hard-charger.