By Stacy Ervin and Bill Wright
Knoxville, IA — (August 6, 2011) — Oklahoma’s Shane Stewart made it back to back wins by winning the 21stAnnual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals. The win came in the Lucas Oil ASCS sanctioned event at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday, August 6. It was his third win in this event.
In victory lane, he noted this seemed like the slowest 25-lap race he’d ever run here, as he knew his competitors were knocking on his door the whole time.
As severe weather threatened in the west, when the race went green, the red flag quickly came out for Dustin Selvage, who flipped in turn one and sent his fuel tank over the fence. At the complete restart, Stewart jumped out to the lead, but the red flag returned at lap three when Derek Hagar hit the inside berm in turn one and flipped.
When the race resumed, Stewart continued to lead, coming to lapped trafficat the 11th circuit. That’s when Sammy Swindell began to close, and justwhen it looked like he might make his move, the yellow flag returned for aspun Clint Garner in turn one.
From there, Stewart continued to hold his lead on a clear race track, coming back into lapped traffic at the 20th circuit. A rare traffic bobble by Swindell allowed Tim Shaffer to steal second with only a few laps to go. Billy Alley was fourth and Davey Heskin fifth.
Clint Garner of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, won an exciting B-Main by a narrow margin. Henry Van Dam of Enumclaw, Washington, won the C-Main. Joe Beaver of Knoxville, Iowa, won the D-Main. Ned Powers of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, won the E-Main.
21st Annual 360 Knoxville Nationals Results
E main (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. 83P, Ned Powers, Belle Fourche, SD (1) 2. 33A, Austin Alumbaugh, Higginsville, MO (8) 3. 93A, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA (4) 4. 00, Brad Foster, Melbourne, VIC, Aust. (6) 5. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (3) 6. 87B, Jason Barney, Bremerton, NY (5) 7. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (10) 8. 19s, Steven Cross, Appleton City, MO (7) / 9. 21A, Dustin Beenken, Sheldon, IA (9) 10. 22K, Koby Barksdale, Norman, OK (2) DNS – 5JR, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA, 11cx, Dakota, Carroll, LaMonte, MO, 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA, 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA, 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO, 3*, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL, 92c, Cody Ambers, Knoxville, IA
D main (started), 10 laps, 3:00.1: 1. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (2) 2. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (6) 3. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (3) 4. 28c, Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia, MO (5) 5. 98, JD Johnson, Wichita, KS (8) 6. 1w, Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls, SD (7) 7. 10, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA (4) 8. 47, Brant O’Banion, Norfolk, NE (1) 9. 04, Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill, IA (13) 10. Austin Alumbaugh (16) / 11. Aaron Reutzel (19) 12. 7m, Kevin Ramey, Fort Worth, TX (9) 13. 9mx, Cody Baker, Lone Jack, MO (11) 14. 51H, Mike Hess, Springfield, IL (10) 15. 2H, Jason Eckard, Okoboji, IA (14) 16. Brad Foster (18) 17. Ned Powers (15) 18. Jason Barney (20) 19. Alan Ambers (17) 20. Kevin Ingle (21) 21. 41w, Joshua Williams, Glendale, AZ (12) DNS – 19s, Steven Cross, Appleton City, MO, 09, Matt Juhl, Estherville, IA, 23w, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN, 1x, Garry Lee Maier, Cimarron, KS, 14, Randy Martin, California, MO, 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO, 18, Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS
C main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. 91, Henry Van Dam, Enumclaw, WA (7) 2. D12, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (2) 3. 45K, Kolt Walker, Graham, TX (1) 4. 29T, Travis Rilat, Forney, TX (9) / 5. Brady Bacon (15) 6. 8, Jon Carney II, El Paso, TX (4) 7. 45c, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (10) 8. 5M, Justyn Cox, Clarksburg, CA (8) 9. Johnny Herrera (14) 10. Chad Heimbaugh (21) 11. 54, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA (12) 12. Joe Beaver (13) 13. Jonathan Cornell (16) 14. Tyler Groenendyk (19) 15. Austin Alumbaugh (22) 16. JD Johnson (17) 17. 25, Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (11) 18. Brant O’Banion (20) 19. Chad Meyer (18) 20. 11c, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (3) 21. 35, Ronnie Blair, Troy, OH (6) 22. 9, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (5) DNS – 2m, Matt Moro, Des Moines, IA, 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA, 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA, 29x, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA, 04x, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH, 18R, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE, 33L, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO, 7, Gary Taylor, Houma, LA
B main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (4) 2. 27, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (9) 3. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (1) 4. 14T, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (10) / 5. 89G, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (5) 6. 53D, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (13) 7. 4BX, Jordan Boston, Crete, NE (2) 8. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (3) 9. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (15) 10. 79, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (12) 11. 2, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (6) 12. 47T, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (14) 13. Travis Rilat (20) 14. 2MX, Dustin Daggett, Portland, MI (8) 15. 57x, Jake Peters, Sioux Falls, SD (17) 16. 81, Danny Wood, Norman, OK (16) 17. 88, Tim Crawley, Benton, AR (7) 18. Henry Van Dam (19) 19. Dennis Moore Jr. (20) 20. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA (11) 21. Kolt Walker (21) DNS – 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA, 11, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR, 2D, Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls, SD
A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (1) 2. 83, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (9) 3. 1s, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (3) 4. 22, Billy Alley, Bennett, NE (5) 5. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (6) 6. 22H, Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (2) 7. Brooke Tatnell (24) 8. 38, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (11) 9. Daryn Pittman (22) 10. 28, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (4) 11. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (12) 12. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (8) 13. 4B, Eric Baldaccini, Keller, TX (19) 14. Terry McCarl (23) 15. 11x, Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, SD (13) 16. 1m, Chad Humston, Giltner, NE (16) 17. 71R, Ryan Anderson, Deloit, IA (14) 18. 87J, Justin Carver, Millington, TN (17) 19. 71, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (18) 20. Clint Garner (21) 21. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (10) 22. 0, Zach Chappell, Talala, OK (15) 23. 94, Derek Hagar, Marion, AR (7) 24. 7x, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (20). Lap Leader: Stewart 1-25.
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, August 6, 2011 – Kevin Swindell scored his second win of the season, and the second win of his career at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The event was sanctioned by the All Star Circuit of Champions. The Rookie of the Year candidate led every lap and his win was worth $5,000.
Brian Brown, returning from a scary crash on Friday night, suffered damage after contact with Jason Johnson before a lap could be completed in the 20-lap feature. Brown retired at tha point. Swindell started in the second row, but was able to use the low groove to shoot by front row starters, Tyler Walker and quick-timer, Daryn Pittman, when the green flap dropped.
By lap five, Swindell had a six car length lead over Pittman, who was followed by Knoxville Raceway point leader, Danny Lasoski, who started ninth. With six laps in the books, ninth running, Sammy Swindell, spun on the backstretch with a flat tire and went pitside.
The restart saw Kevin Swindell leading Walker, Lasoski, Pittman and Terry McCarl. McCarl moved by Pittman on lap eight, but Tim Shaffer was on the move, up from his starting spot outside of row five. He took fifth on lap nine and was fourth by the mid-way point.
Hard-charger, Mark Dobmeier came from row ten to enter the top five by busting the cushion on lap twelve. Young Swindell maintained his lead despite a close call with the lapped machine of Bud Kaeding. Walker held onto second, ahead of Lasoski, Shaffer and Dobmeier.
Kevin spoke in Victory Lane about his close call in traffic. “Everything was going fine, and Bud and Robby (Wolfgang) were running the top. They got together, and I knew it would be trouble. Bud came down the track and knocked the air out for me. I just hoped no one behind me was close. I was trying not to miss the bottom, and that time I did.”
McCarl, Dale Blaney, Dusty Zomer, Rager Phillips and Davey Heskin (from 24th) rounded out the top ten. Ian Madsen won his heat but scratched for the rest of the night with a blown motor. Shaffer, Brown and Zomer also won heats. Mike Moore picked up a win in the C main, Walker won the Dash and Austin McCarl took the B.
Sunday night, Knoxville Raceway hosts the USAC Non-wing Knoxville Nationals. They will be joined by the 305’s. Hot laps are scheduled for 6:45 p.m.
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 1 lap: 1. 27, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (3) 15.607; 2. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (12) 15.648; 3. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (6) 15.694; 4. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (39) 15.770; 5. 10, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (4) 15.798; 6. 17K, Tyler Walker, Los Angeles, CA (11) 15.832; 7. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (27) 15.895; 8. 2L, Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo, PA (19) 15.921; 9. 11, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (5) 15.922; 10. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (21) 15.924; 11. 59, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (34) 15.944; 12. 2, Dale Blaney, Fowler, OH (43) 15.969; 13. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (16) 15.996; 14. 83, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (1) 16.012; 15. 6, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (31) 16.016; 16. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (44) 16.029; 17. 1A, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (39) 16.051; 18. 22H, Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (32) 16.061; 19. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (9) 16.097; 20. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (15) 16.107; 21. 28, Ian Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (14) 16.126; 22. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (18) 16.158; 23. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (28) 16.178; 24. 29, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA (35) 16.178; 25. 56JC, Johnn Cressman, Sioux Falls, SD (2) 16.180; 26. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (48) 16.226; 27. 2w, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (13) 16.248; 28. 1, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (41) 16.277; 29. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (29) 16.334; 30. 89G, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (7) 16.349; 31. 04, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (25) 16.393; 32. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (38) 16.433; 33. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (46) 16.469; 34. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (8) 16.479; 35. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (17) 16.534; 36. 2D, Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls, SD (23) 16.539; 37. D4, Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh, PA (45) 16.548; 38. 22, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (26) 16.567; 39. 17, Marty Perovich, Denham Court, NSW, Aust. (30) 16.590; 40. 3x, Jon Corbin, Carrollton, MO (22) 16.731; 41. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (33) 16.806; 42. 1z, Jessica Zemken, Sprakers, NY (47) 16.941; 43. 4x, Toni Lutar, White Rock, BC, Can. (36) 16.966; 44. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (42) 17.052; 45. 7G, Garrett Dollansky, Elk River, MN (20) 17.057; 46. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (37) 17.390; 47. 3, Pete Miller III, Port Vue, PA (10) NT; 48. 96AU, Bruce White, Merrylands West, NSW, Aust. (24) NT; 49. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (49)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:11.7: 1. Ian Madsen (1) 2. Sammy Swindell (2) 3. Daryn Pittman (6) 4. Rager Phillips (5) 5. Danny Lasoski (3) / 6. Davey Heskin (9) 7. Josh Schneiderman (8) 8. Roger Crockett (4) 9. Danny Holtgraver (10) 10. Johnn Cressman (7)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:13.7: 1. Tim Shaffer (3) 2. Mark Dobmeier (1) 3. Randy Hannagan (2) 4. Tyler Walker (5) 5. Robby Wolfgang (4) / 6. Kenny Jacobs (9) 7. Austin McCarl (6) 8. David Gravel (8) 9. Mark Johnson (7) DNS – Sam Hafertepe Jr.
Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Brian Brown (1) 2. Jac Haudenschild (3) 3. Lynton Jeffrey (6) 4. Brooke Tatnell (4) 5. Terry McCarl (5) / 6. Cap Henry (8) 7. Marty Perovich (10) 8. AJ Moeller (2) 9. Johnny Herrera (7) 10. Greg Wilson (9)
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:15.0: 1. Dusty Zomer (3) 2. Bud Kaeding (1) 3. Jason Johnson (2) 4. Don Droud Jr. (8) 5. Kevin Swindell (6) / 6. Bronson Maeschen (5) 7. Jon Corbin (9) 8. Bryan Dobesh (7) 9. Dale Blaney (4) DNS – Ed Lynch Jr.
C main (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Mike Moore (1) 2. Mike Houseman Jr. (4) / 3. Kevin Ingle (6) 4. Toni Lutar (7) 5. Pete Miller III (5) 6. Garrett Dollansky (3) 7. Bruce White (8) 8. Jessica Zemken (2) DNS – Dustin Selvage
Dash (started), 6 laps, 1:40.7: 1. Tyler Walker (1) 2. Daryn Pittman (2) 3. Kevin Swindell (4) 4. Lynton Jeffrey (6) 5. Terry McCarl (3) 6. Rager Phillips (5)
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:28.5: 1. Austin McCarl (1) 2. Dale Blaney (3) 3. Davey Heskin (11) 4. Roger Crockett (2) / 5. Bronson Maeschen (7) 6. Josh Schneiderman (4) 7. David Gravel (9) 8. Johnn Cressman (5) 9. Kenny Jacobs (12) 10. Cap Henry (6) 11. Danny Holtgraver (13) 12. Mike Moore (15) 13. Jon Corbin (14) 14. Mark Johnson (8) 15. Bryan Dobesh (10) 16. Mike Houseman Jr. (16) DNS – AJ Moeller, Johnny Herrera, Greg Wilson, Marty Perovich
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Kevin Swindell (3) 2. Tyler Walker (1) 3. Danny Lasoski (9) 4. Tim Shaffer (10) 5. Mark Dobmeier (20) 6. Terry McCarl (5) 7. Dale Blaney (13) 8. Dusty Zomer (15) 9. Rager Phillips (6) 10. Davey Heskin (24) 11. Lynton Jeffrey (4) 12. Jason Johnson (18) 13. Austin McCarl (11) 14. Randy Hannagan (17) 15. Don Droud Jr. (23) 16. Roger Crockett (12) 17. Jac Haudenschild (14) 18. Robby Wolfgang (7) 19. Bud Kaeding (22) 20. Daryn Pittman (2) 21. Sammy Swindell (16) 22. Brooke Tatnell (8) 23. Brian Brown (21). Lap Leader: K. Swindell 1-20. Hard-charger: Dobmeier.