From Bill Wright
Knoxville, IA — (April 26, 2014) — Craig Dollansky held off both the challenges of Terry McCarl and the rain to record his 13th career victory at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday night. Billy Alley won his eleventh career 360 feature, and Matthew Stelzer won for the third time in the 305 class.
Starting on the pole, Dollansky led Mark Dobmeier and Bronson Maeschen early in 20-lap 410 feature. McCarl made his move into third a lap later and tried to reel in the second place car of Dobmeier. Dobmeier was eliminated with nine laps in the books, when contact with a lapped car sent him upside down in turn two. He was uninjured.
Light rain fell during the red flag period, but the race was continued with Dollansky leading McCarl, Lynton Jeffrey, Justin Henderson and Maeschen on the restart. Henderson shot into third on the restart, as McCarl pursued the leader. Garrett Dollansky spun on lap 15 bringing caution again.
McCarl made a move on the low side of Dollansky on the restart, but the Elk River, Minnesota native held the point aboard the Big Game Treestands #7. Maeschen was running fifth with 17 laps in, when he spun, bringing the final caution of the event. Jeffrey used the restart to shoot by Henderson to finish third behind Dollansky and McCarl, who fell short with another slider. Ian Madsen was fifth. Wayne Johnson, Davey Heskin, Dustin Selvage, Brooke Tatnell and hard-charger Cole Wood rounded out the field. Henderson set quick time, while Selvage, Heskin and Josh Schneiderman won heats. Wood won the B main.
“We made the right adjustments on the car,” said Dollansky in Victory Lane. “It’s great to win out here tonight. You never know what’s going to happen in these races. I was just glad to see the rain held off. This is a special race track. To be back here racing with my son (Garrett), is great. Terry is a good competitor and a great guy. We had a pretty good race on those restarts.”
Alley won for the first time at the “Sprint Car Capital of the World” since 2008. He cruised to this one, leading every lap. He was never seriously challenged in the 15-lapper. One red flag, and one caution plagued the event. . On la nine, seventh running Carson McCarl was unable to avoid the lapped car of Mike Van Haaften, and jumped his right rear, sending his machine upside down. He was unhurt.
On lap eleven, a fifth running, Jamie Ball, contacted the wall and came to a stop. Alley led Jon Agan, Russ Hall, Joe Beaver and Justin Henderson back to green flag racing. Henderson passed Beaver and then Hall to complete the top three behind Alley. Hall was fourth, and Beaver fifth. Nate Van Haaften, Calvin Landis, Matt Moro, hard-charger Jeff Swindell and Jarrod Schneiderman rounded out the top ten. Alley also posted quick time, while Tom Lenz, Ball and Schneiderman won heats.
“This is probably one of the biggest wins in my career, because it’s been so long,” said Alley in Victory Lane. “To win at Knoxville is a great honor. There are a lot of great racecar drivers and race teams here, no matter what class you’re in. I’m proud of our race team. Joe Steinbach created all this. I’m just blessed to be able to drive it. 50% of all our winnings go to the Git-R-Done Foundation that Larry the Cable Guy has created. That’s cool too.”
Like the other two winners, Matthew Stelzer led from start to finish in the 12-lap 305 feature. Kade Higday kept the pressure on, however, in finishing second. Season opener winner, Steve Breazeale was third after a late race battle with fourth running J Kinder. Hard-charger, Stacey Alexander came from row eight to round out the top five. Finishing the top ten were Steve Palmer, Mitchell Alexander, Kevin Hetrick, Chris Walraven and Keoni Texeira. Mike Philben posted quick time, while Higday, Stelzer and Kinder won the heats.
“I have to thank my Dad tonight,” said Stelzer. “This one is his (the team chased fuel pump issues early in the night). It’s just him and myself tonight. I couldn’t do it without him. I was really aggressive in lapped traffic. Normally, I’m not. I saw Higday behind me on the yellow. He’s going to be a good one.”
Join us next Saturday night, May 3 for Knoxville Championship Cup Series Night #3 here at the Knoxville Raceway! For more information, log on to www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 1, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (6), 15.218; 2. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aus (14), 15.382; 3. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (7), 15.455; 4. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust (1), 15.508; 5. 96, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (5), 15.583; 6. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (26), 15.594; 7. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (18), 15.611; 8. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (24), 15.676; 9. 77X, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (27), 15.683; 10. 82, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (15), 15.711; 11. 6R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (28), 15.726; 12. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (8), 15.770; 13. 7K, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (31), 15.779; 14. 71A, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (20), 15.811; 15. 10, Garrett Dollansky, Elk River, MN (12), 15.861; 16. 17W, Cole Wood, Auburn, CA (4), 15.974; 17. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (25), 16.024; 18. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (22), 16.044; 19. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (21), 16.062; 20. 4, Dakota Hendrickson, Omaha, NE (17), 16.102; 21. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (11), 16.105; 22. 81, Austin Johnson, Pleasant Hill, IA (10), 16.168; 23. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (23), 16.189; 24. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (9), 16.214; 25. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (30), 16.254; 26. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (19), 16.264; 27. 5J, Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville, IA (29), 16.296; 28. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (2), NT; 29. 23K, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (3), NT; 30. 23, Jimmy Light, West Springfield, PA (13), NT; 31. 12P, TJ Peterson, Des Moines, IA (16), NT.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:13.8: 1. Dustin Selvage (2); 2. Justin Henderson (6); 3. Mark Dobmeier (4); 4. Ian Madsen (5); 5. Cap Henry (3); 6. Dusty Zomer (9) / 7. Cole Wood (1); 8. Tasker Phillips (7); 9. Jimmy Light (8) DNS – Austin Johnson, Rob Kubli
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.4: 1. Davey Heskin (1); 2. RJ Johnson (2); 3. Craig Dollansky (4); 4. Bronson Maeschen (5); 5. Brooke Tatnell (6); 6. Ryan Bunton (3) / 7. Mike Moore (9); 8. Bob Weuve (8); 9. Dakota Hendrickson (7); 10. TJ Peterson (10)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Josh Schneiderman (1); 2. Terry McCarl (5); 3. Garrett Dollansky (2); 4. Wayne Johnson (4); 5. Larry Ball Jr. (9); 6. Lynton Jeffrey (6) / 7. Chris Martin (8); 8. AJ Moeller (7); 9. Clint Garner (3) DNS – Don Droud Jr.
B main (started), 8 Laps, 2:20.1: 1. Cole Wood (2); 2. Tasker Phillips (1); 3. Mike Moore (5); 4. Bob Weuve (3); 5. Chris Martin (6); 6. Dakota Hendrickson (4) / 7. Jimmy Light (8); 8. TJ Peterson (7) DNS – Clint Garner, AJ Moeller, Austin Johnson, Don Droud Jr., Rob Kubli
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Craig Dollansky (1); 2. Terry McCarl (3); 3. Lynton Jeffrey (6); 4. Justin Henderson (8); 5. Ian Madsen (5); 6. Wayne Johnson (9); 7. Davey Heskin (15); 8. Dustin Selvage (12); 9. Brooke Tatnell (7); 10. Cole Wood (19); 11. Dusty Zomer (17); 12. Cap Henry (10); 13. Josh Schneiderman (16); 14. RJ Johnson (13); 15. Ryan Bunton (11); 16. Mike Moore (21); 17. Bronson Maeschen (4); 18. Larry Ball Jr. (18); 19. Tasker Phillips (20); 20. Chris Martin (23); 21. Bob Weuve (22); 22. Dakota Hendrickson (24); 23. Garrett Dollansky (14); 24. Mark Dobmeier (2). Lap Leader: C. Dollansky 1-20. Hard-charger: Wood.
360 Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 3A, Billy Alley, Bennet, NE (2), 16.036; 2. 1, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (22), 16.061; 3. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (14), 16.185; 4. 28, Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia, MO (9), 16.223; 5. 29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (13), 16.311; 6. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (18), 16.325; 7. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (16), 16.332; 8. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (7), 16.388; 9. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (5), 16.402; 10. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (20), 16.473; 11. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA (4), 16.475; 12. 10V, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (25), 16.515; 13. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (6), 16.563; 14. 25, Dylan Peterson, Hartford, SD (24), 16.581; 15. 14S, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (3), 16.624; 16. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (10), 16.737; 17. 09, Matt Juhl, Estherville, IA (17), 16.827; 18. 33V, Mike Van Haaften, Otley, IA (8), 16.851; 19. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (19), 16.912; 20. 22, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (21), 16.946; 21. 80X, CJ Houseman, Des Moines, IA (15), 17.399; 22. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (12), 17.421; 23. 17, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA (1), 17.425; 24. 1B, Jordan Boston, Crete, NE (23), 17.926; 25. 94, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (11), NT.
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, NT: 1. Tom Lenz (1); 2. Jeff Swindell (9); 3. Ryan Roberts (3); 4. Billy Alley (6); 5. Carson McCarl (4); 6. Matt Moro (7); 7. John Hall (8); 8. Mike Houseman Jr. (2); 9. Jonathan Cornell (5)
Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 1:59.3: 1. Jamie Ball (4); 2. Justin Henderson (6); 3. Russ Hall (5); 4. Dylan Peterson (2); 5. Tony Shilling (7); 6. Matt Juhl (1); 7. David Hall (3); 8. Tyler Groenendyk (8)
Heat three (started), 7 Laps, 2:03.1: 1. Jarrod Schneiderman (2); 2. Joe Beaver (4); 3. Jon Agan (6); 4. Nate Van Haaften (5); 5. Mike Van Haaften (1); 6. Calvin Landis (3); 7. CJ Houseman (7); 8. Jordan Boston (8)
A main, 15 Laps, NT: 1. Billy Alley (1); 2. Jon Agan (5); 3. Justin Henderson (6); 4. Russ Hall (2); 5. Joe Beaver (3); 6. Nate Van Haaften (4); 7. Calvin Landis (10); 8. Matt Moro (16); 9. Jeff Swindell (18); 10. Jarrod Schneiderman (12); 11. Tony Shilling (17); 12. Dylan Peterson (11); 13. Tom Lenz (13); 14. Matt Juhl (14); 15. Mike Houseman Jr. (21); 16. CJ Houseman (22); 17. Tyler Groenendyk (24); 18. Mike Van Haaften (15); 19. John Hall (23); 20. Jonathan Cornell (19); 21. Jamie Ball (7); 22. Jordan Boston (25); 23. Carson McCarl (8); 24. David Hall (20); 25. Ryan Roberts (9). Lap Leader: Alley 1-15. Hard-charger: Swindell.
305 Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 59KB, Mike Philben, Grimes, IA (22), 17.380; 2. 57, Steve Breazeale, Trenton, MO (23), 17.510; 3. 50, Keoni Texeira, Honolulu, HI (21), 17.549; 4. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (25), 17.685; 5. 7, Tanner Edwards, Van Meter, IA (7), 17.758; 6. 28, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (13), 17.762; 7. 24, Kade Higday, Pleasant Hill, IA (24), 17.765; 8. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Omaha, NE (10), 17.796; 9. 88, J Kinder, Holts Summit, MO (3), 17.820; 10. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (14), 17.920; 11. 55M, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (19), 17.922; 12. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (12), 17.925; 13. 3, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (8), 17.939; 14. 5J, Devin Kline, Knoxville, IA (2), 17.972; 15. 35, Kevin Hetrick, Gladstone, IL (15), 17.992; 16. 29, Steve Palmer, Des Moines, IA (20), 18.012; 17. 4, Chris Horton, Indianola, IA (11), 18.236; 18. 71C, Stacey Alexander, Lacona, IA (18), 18.808; 19. 51, Corey Kautz, Urbandale, IA (4), 19.198; 20. 19K, Sarena Paul, Monroe, IA (17), 19.265; 21. 36W, Christopher Scank, Cedar Rapids, IA (6), 19.584; 22. 82, Lee Patterson, Des Moines, IA (5), 20.262; 23. 50K, Kevin Hiemstra, Knoxville, IA (16), 20.491; DQ (Tire) – 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA (1); DQ (Weight) – 1K, Andee Beierle, Bismarck, ND (9).
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:49.9: 1. Kade Higday (2); 2. Steve Palmer (1); 3. Mike Philben (4); 4. Mike Mayberry (3); 5. Jeff Wilke (5); 6. Bob Hildreth (8); 7. Lee Patterson (6); 8. Corey Kautz (7) DNS – Sawyer Phillips
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:49.5: 1. Matthew Stelzer (4); 2. Chris Horton (1); 3. Steve Breazeale (6); 4. McKenna Haase (3); 5. Tanner Edwards (5); 6. Sarena Paul (7); 7. Kevin Hiemstra (8); 8. Devin Kline (2)
Heat three (started), 6 Laps, 1:43.5: 1. J Kinder (4); 2. Kevin Hetrick (2); 3. Mitchell Alexander (3); 4. Stacey Alexander (1); 5. Chris Walraven (5); 6. Keoni Texeira (6); 7. Christopher Scank (7); 8. Andee Beierle (8)
A main, 12 Laps, NT: 1. Matthew Stelzer (1); 2. Kade Higday (2); 3. Steve Breazeale (7); 4. J Kinder (9); 5. Stacey Alexander (16); 6. Steve Palmer (14); 7. Mitchell Alexander (12); 8. Kevin Hetrick (13); 9. Chris Walraven (3); 10. Keoni Texeira (6); 11. Chris Horton (15); 12. McKenna Haase (11); 13. Jeff Wilke (5); 14. Tanner Edwards (4); 15. Mike Mayberry (10); 16. Bob Hildreth (18); 17. Mike Philben (8); 18. Lee Patterson (22); 19. Andee Beierle (23); 20. Corey Kautz (20); 21. Christopher Scank (19); 22. Kevin Hiemstra (21); 23. Sarena Paul (17) DNS – Devin Kline, Sawyer Phillips. Lap Leader: Stelzer 1-12. Hard-charger: S. Alexander.