Tatnell Tops Night Two at 360 Knoxville Nationals

Brooke Tatnell took the 360 Nationals Preliminary Night #2 featu — Brooke Tatnell. - Mermaid Racing Photos / Serena Dalhamer

From Bryan Hulbert and Bill Wright

Knoxville, IA — (August 3, 2012) — Brooke Tatnell is no stranger to victory lane at the famed Knoxville Raceway, but not so much in the ASCS 360 division. That all changed on Friday night as the Australian grabbed night two of the 22n annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals.

Taking off from the third spot, the Pro Fab Engineering No. 14t would fall back one as Tony Bruce Jr. took off from the pole. Gaining a comfortable advantage from the word go, the Oil Medics No. 18 would soon be stalked by the No. 9p of Rager Phillips.

Taking the field to lap seven, Phillips would get the run for the race lead; taking the top spot on the eighth go-round.

Following Phillips by the No. 18, the runner up spot would be filled by Tatnell before the caution flew on lap nine for the Hard Core Speed Shop No. 09 of Matt Juhl who came to a rest at the top of turn two. Juhl would restart as the Phillips worked high and low to hold off the charge of Brook Tatnell on the restart.

Finding the moisture off the inside line, the Ostrich powered No. 14t would bolt into the race lead on the eleventh time around.

Racing off into slower traffic, Tatnell would pull to a sizable advantage as the fight on the track raged mid pack with Shane Stewart and Tim Shaffer on the move. Pulling just outside the top five, the battle on the speedway was for third as Tim Kaeding and Dusty Zomer went after Rager Phillips.

Clicking into the final five laps, the green stayed displayed with Brooke Tatnell continuing to pull away over the battle for the podium. Making quick work of third, Kaeding would jump into second with the Bargain Barn Tire Center No. 91 of Dusty Zomer in tow as the white flag was set to wave.

Set on cruise, Brook Tatnell would go unchallenged to his first ASCS win at the Knoxville Raceway. Tim Kaeding would cross the line second with Dusty Zomer making up the podium. Roger Crockett would take fourth with Rager Phillips settling for fifth.

Tim Shaffer would climb from thirteenth to sixth with Shane Stewart seventh. Wayne Johnson crossed he stripe eighth with Jason Myers and Jason Johnson rounding out the top ten.

The Arnold Motor Supply 360 Nationals continue with the Championship Saturday Night! For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!

360 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order, 2 laps): 1. 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (7), 16.809; 2. 11, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (10), 16.810; 3. 81, Danny Wood, Norman, OK (18), 16.905; 4. Seth Brahmer, Wisner, NE (3), 16.911; 5. 6x, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (15), 17.035; 6. 0s, Glenn Styres, Ohsweken, ONT, Can. (2), 17.038; 7. 91, Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD (19), 17.060; 8. 10I, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (21), 17.069; 9. 77x, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (37), 17.154; 10. 21K, Lou Kennedy Jr., Winnipeg, MB, Can. (29), 17.156; 11. 2mx, Dustin Daggett, Portland, MI (17), 17.201; 12. 35AU, Jamie Veal, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (6), 17.203; 13. 14T, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (12), 17.211; 14. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (9), 17.215; 15. 7KS, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (1), 17.228; 16. 9P, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (30), 17.239; 17. 18, Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS (20), 17.242; 18. 83JR, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (5), 17.243; 19. 82, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD (42), 17.292; 20. 14x, Gary Taylor, Snohomish, WA (50), 17.342; 21. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (47), 17.373; 22. 81J, Austin Johnson, Shakopee, MN (4), 17.390; 23. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (16), 17.407; 24. 54, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (36), 17.408; 25. 83, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (38), 17.410; 26. 09, Matt Juhl, Estherville, IA (31), 17.413; 27. 4B, Jordan Boston, Crete, NE (51), 17.441; 28. 05, Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO (11), 17.477; 29. 1, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (27), 17.486; 30. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (35), 17.509; 31. 7m, Kevin Ramey, Fort Worth, TX (24), 17.516; 32. 14J, Josh Riggins, Newton, IA (14), 17.553; 33. 25, Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (26), 17.565; 34. 74x, Josh Hodges, Tijeras, NM (48), 17.594; 35. 21m, Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA (25), 17.597; 36. 32, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN (28), 17.601; 37. 0, Jonathan Allard, Chico, CA (32), 17.602; 38. 222, Koby Barksdale, Norman, OK (8), 17.603; 39. 0w, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (39), 17.603; 40. 55, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (23), 17.651; 41. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (49), 17.664; 42. 9, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (33), 17.696; 43. 17B, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (22), 17.714; 44. 21w, Wes Wofford, Alamogordo, NM (44), 17.938; 45. 83J, Geoff Ensign, Sebastopol, CA (52), 17.990; 46. 3A, AG Rains, West Memphis, AR (41), 17.996; 47. 66, Geoff Dodge, Speedway, IN (13), 18.040; 48. 97, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (34), 18.046; 49. 11n, Ed Neumeister, Upper Sandusky, OH (40), 18.086; 50. 13JM, Jordan Martens, Sioux Falls, SD (43), 18.226; / 51. 77, Dalten Gabbard, Peoria, AZ (46), 18.245; 52. 17w, Cole Wood, Auburn, CA (45), 18.422.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:19.8: 1. Jason Johnson (2) 2. Matt Juhl (1) 3. Shane Stewart (6) 4. Rager Phillips (3) / 5. Dustin Daggett (4) 6. Scott Winters (8) 7. Nate Van Haaften (9) 8. Glenn Styres (5) / 9. Kevin Ramey (7) 10. AG Rains (10)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:20.4: 1. Jordan Boston (1) 2. Tony Bruce Jr. (3) 3. Roger Crockett (6) 4. Dusty Zomer (5) / 5. Jamie Veal (4) 6. Gary Wright (9) 7. Austin Johnson (2) 8. Josh Riggins (7) / 9. Geoff Dodge (10) 10. Jonathan Allard (8)

Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:24.8: 1. Brad Loyet (1) 2. Tim Kaeding (3) 3. Brooke Tatnell (4) 4. Danny Wood (6) / 5. Dennis Moore Jr. (5) 6. Carson McCarl (10) 7. Dylan Peterson (7) 8. Koby Barksdale (8) 9. Josh Baughman (9) 10. Ricky Montgomery (2)

Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:22.9: 1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (1) 2. Justin Henderson (3) 3. Wayne Johnson (5) 4. Jeff Swindell (8) / 5. Seth Brahmer (6) 6. Seth Bergman (4) 7. Josh Hodges (7) 8. Wes Wofford (9) / 9. Ed Neumeister (10) 10. Cap Henry (2)

Heat five (started), 8 laps, 2:22.2: 1. Johnny Herrera (1) 2. Tim Shaffer (2) 3. Gary Taylor (3) 4. Jason Meyers (7) / 5. Sheldon Haudenschild (4) 6. Kaley Gharst (6) 7. Lou Kennedy Jr. (5) 8. Trey Starks (8) / 9. Geoff Ensign (9) 10. Jordan Martens (10)

C main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Jonathan Allard (1) 2. Kevin Ramey (2) 3. Koby Barksdale (4) 4. Geoff Ensign (6) / 5. AG Rains (5) 6. Dalten Gabbard (9) 7. Cole Wood (10) 8. Ed Neumeister (7) / 9. Josh Baughman (3) 10. Geoff Dodge (8) 11. Cap Henry (1) DNS – Cap Henry, Jordan Martens

B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Kaley Gharst (2) 2. Seth Brahmer (1) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. (4) 4. Dustin Daggett (6) / 5. Glenn Styres (3) 6. Jamie Veal (7) 7. Sheldon Haudenschild (9) 8. Scott Winters (15) 9. Seth Bergman (8) 10. Jonathan Allard (21) 11. Nate Van Haaften (17) 12. Kevin Ramey (22) 13. Wes Wofford (19) 14. Geoff Ensign (24) 15. Austin Johnson (10) 16. Ricky Montgomery (11) 17. Trey Starks (16) 18. Dylan Peterson (13) 19. Koby Barksdale (23) 20. Lou Kennedy Jr. (5) 21. Gary Wright (18) 22. Josh Riggins (12) 23. Josh Hodges (14) 24. Carson McCarl (20)

A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Brooke Tatnell (3) 2. Tim Kaeding (9) 3. Dusty Zomer (5) 4. Roger Crockett (7) 5. Rager Phillips (2) 6. Tim Shaffer (13) 7. Shane Stewart (8) 8. Wayne Johnson (4) 9. Jason Meyers (19) 10. Jason Johnson (12) 11. Justin Henderson (10) 12. Danny Wood (6) 13. Johnny Herrera (18) 14. Tony Bruce Jr. (1) 15. Jeff Swindell (20) 16. Kaley Gharst (21) 17. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (17) 18. Dustin Daggett (24) 19. Gary Taylor (11) 20. Brad Loyet (16) 21. Seth Brahmer (22) 22. Dennis Moore Jr. (23) 23. Jordan Boston (15) 24. Matt Juhl (14). Lap Leaders: Bruce Jr. 1-7, R. Phillips 8-10, Tatnell 11-20.

Feature Lineups for Saturday night’s 22^nd Annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Nationals Championship

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