Sammy Swindell Swings Into Knoxville Victory Lane!

Mark Dobmeier, Sammy Swindell, Brian Brown (Serena Dalhamer photo) — Mark Dobmeier, Sammy Swindell, and Brian Brown on the podium following Friday's feature at Knoxville Raceway. (Serena Dalhamer photo)

From Bryan Hulbert / Bill Wright

Knoxville, IA — (August 1, 2014) — For the fourth time in his career, Sammy Swindell visited Victory Lane in 360cid competition at the Knoxville Raceway; winning night two of the 24th annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals with a borrowed Al Parker Racing Engine under the hood.

Challenged in the closing laps by the Sioux Falls Ford No. 13, Mark Dobmeier ran the cushion to pull even with Swindell.

“When you’re out front, you don’t really know,” said Swindell of the race for the lead. “They said Brown was running the bottom pretty good and I made some good runs there but I was just kind of conserving my tires there early and watching Dobmeier so as long as I could keep pace with him, I wasn’t too worried.”

Chasing Dobmeier the first eight rounds, Swindell shot from fourth to the runner up spot on the second lap. Working the low groove on the Knoxville Raceway, Swindell took the lead on the ninth round; following a restart after Alan Ambers and Jack Dover made hard contact in turns one and two. Ambers was taken to the hospital for observation, Dover was unharmed.

Slowed for the final time with six laps to run, Dobmeier stayed committed to the cushion with the battle side by side going into the final two laps, but giving Swindell too much room is all it took for the Big Game Tree Stands No. 1s to take the line and the win.

“We were running at a blistering pace at the front there but had those yellow flags to bunch us up. I think I still had a faster car. I was able to come around the top and show him, and I think I could have done it earlier, but wanted to wait until I had a spot where I could just get it, and keep it, but I showed him a little too soon and he took my line away,” said Dobmeier of his attempts to take the lead in the closing laps.

Brian Brown came to third from eighth. Changing gears under the Lap 8 red, Brown was happy but felt he had a problem with tires on the restart. “It was really like my Right Rear Tire just didn’t go after that red and when those guy started moving around out there and kinda showed Sammy where to go on the track, I just ended up running third so we’ll figure it out and hopefully come back tomorrow and get a couple spots better.”

Ian Madsen from ninth finished fourth with Bronson Maeschen slipping from the front row to complete the top five.

Terry McCarl came from fourteenth to sixth with Wayne Johnson following from fifteenth to seventh. Dusty Zomer was the night’s Hard Charger from twentieth to eighth with Tasker Phillips ninth, and Sam Hafertepe, Jr. finishing tenth.

Friday night saw 56 drivers timing in for a weekend total of 103 drivers. Five Heat Races went Brian Brown, Bill Balog, Robbie Stillwaggon, Terry McCarl, and Wayne Johnson. The night’s C-Feature was won by Chase Johnson. B-Feature victory went to Seth Brahmer.

Brian Brown was the night’s quick time at 16.488 seconds. The Heat Race win along with a third in the A-Feature puts Brown as the high point driver going into Saturday with 496 points. Joe Beaver will join Brown on the front row with 491 points. Sammy Swindell with 478, Sam Hafertepe, Jr. with 477, and Tony Bruce, Jr. with 476 made up the top five point earners after two nights.

The 24th annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals concludes on Saturday, August 2 with Hot Laps getting underway at 6:45 P.M. (CT). 305 Sprint cars will also compete. For continued updates, log onto http://www.ascsracing.com and http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com.

360 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (12), 16.488; 2. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (6), 16.515; 3. 13V, Seth Brahmer, Wisner, NE (2), 16.582; 4. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (30), 16.589; 5. 10, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA (1), 16.606; 6. 1B, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (44), 16.629; 7. 45, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (23), 16.647; 8. 53D, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (24), 16.648; 9. 1S, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (45), 16.672; 10. 11X, Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls, SD (3), 16.705; 11. 44X, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (11), 16.777; 12. 21K, Thomas Kennedy, Winnipeg, MB, Can. (28), 16.791; 13. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (21), 16.792; 14. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (43), 16.809; 15. 18M, Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aus (8), 16.811; 16. 94, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (54), 16.875; 17. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (51), 16.896; 18. 82, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (17), 16.915; 19. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (18), 16.916; 20. 25, Dylan Peterson, Hartford, SD (47), 16.926; 21. 81W, Danny Wood, Norman, OK (13), 16.929; 22. 99D, Bill Balog, Brookfield, WI (20), 16.941; 23. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (46), 16.979; 24. 6, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (7), 16.997; 25. 77X, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (34), 17.021; 26. 55, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (41), 17.023; 27. 1H, Sean McClelland, Tulsa, OK (9), 17.034; 28. 89, Robbie Stillwaggon, Burlington, NJ (27), 17.043; 29. 23W, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN (49), 17.084; 30. 72, Phil Dietz, Laurel, MT (5), 17.117; 31. 22, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (33), 17.119; 32. 21XM, Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL (22), 17.138; 33. 14, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aus (19), 17.173; 34. 1A, Kevin Ramey, Fort Worth, TX (10), 17.198; 35. 17W, Harli White, Lindsay, OK (40), 17.199; 36. 5H, Chase Johnson, Penngrove, CA (48), 17.227; 37. 91, Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD (37), 17.229; 38. 39C, Travis Rilat, Forney, TX (15), 17.251; 39. 3A, Billy Alley, Bennet, NE (52), 17.262; 40. 12, Tyler Drueke, Eagle, NE (39), 17.298; 41. 21X, Bart Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA (14), 17.315; 42. 19, Paige Polyak, Tiffin, OH (50), 17.316; 43. 23K, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (25), 17.355; 44. 20G, Chris Graf, Glencoe, MN (42), 17.386; 45. 17G, Blake Hahn, Sapulpa, OK (32), 17.418; 46. 14S, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (55), 17.421; 47. 4C, Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis, IN (31), 17.468; 48. 17B, Ryan Bickett, Ramona, SD (36), 17.495; 49. 5X, Jason Martin, Lincoln, NE (56), 17.516; 50. 9W, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (53), 17.584; 51. 33A, Austin Alumbaugh, Higginsville, MO (26), 17.631; 52. 32, Brandon Halverson, Jackson, MN (29), 17.653; 53. 81A, Chris Morgan, Topeka, KS (38), 17.801; 54. 41P, Jeff Carlson, Wayne, NE (35), 17.896; 55. 111, Morgan Montgomery, Redfield, AR (16), 18.424; 56. 99T, Andrew Turley, Sedalia, MO (4), 19.395.

Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.9: 1. Brian Brown (6); 2. Danny Wood (2); 3. Josh Higday (4); 4. Trey Starks (1) / 5. Jeff Swindell (3); 6. Tony Shilling (7); 7. Sheldon Haudenschild (5); 8. Jarrod Schneiderman (10) / 9. Chase Johnson (8); 10. Bart Friedrichsen (9)

Heat two (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Bill Balog (2); 2. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (6); 3. Dusty Zomer (8); 4. Sean McClelland (1) / 5. Thomas Kennedy (4); 6. Tim Shaffer (5); 7. Tyler Courtney (10); 8. Joey Moughan (7) / 9. Paige Polyak (9); 10. Clint Garner (3)

Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.8: 1. Robbie Stillwaggon (1); 2. Bronson Maeschen (3); 3. Jack Dover (5); 4. Tasker Phillips (2); 5. Travis Rilat (8); 6. Jon Agan (4); 7. Seth Brahmer (6); 8. Brooke Tatnell (7); 9. Rob Kubli (9); 10. Ryan Bickett (10)

Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.3: 1. Terry McCarl (2); 2. Mark Dobmeier (3); 3. Sammy Swindell (5); 4. Scott Winters (1) / 5. Seth Bergman (6); 6. Josh Baughman (4); 7. Billy Alley (8); 8. Jason Martin (10) / 9. Kevin Ramey (7); 10. Chris Graf (9)

Heat five (started), 8 Laps, NT: 1. Wayne Johnson (2); 2. Ian Madsen (4); 3. Dylan Peterson (3); 4. Alan Ambers (6) / 5. Gregg Bakker (5); 6. Jac Haudenschild (10); 7. Harli White (7); 8. Phil Dietz (1) / 9. Tyler Drueke (8); 10. Blake Hahn (9)

C main (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Chase Johnson (1); 2. Paige Polyak (6); 3. Tyler Drueke (4); 4. Kevin Ramey (2) / 5. Austin Alumbaugh (7); 6. Chris Graf (8); 7. Rob Kubli (3); 8. Blake Hahn (5); 9. Ryan Bickett (10); 10. Jeff Carlson (13); 11. Brandon Halverson (12); 12. Andrew Turley (14); 13. Morgan Montgomery (11); 14. Chris Morgan (9); DNS – 15. Clint Garner, DNS – 16. Bart Friedrichsen

B main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Seth Brahmer (1); 2. Jon Agan (7); 3. Tim Shaffer (4); 4. Jeff Swindell (9) / 5. Gregg Bakker (5); 6. Seth Bergman (2); 7. Tony Shilling (11); 8. Brooke Tatnell (13); 9. Joey Moughan (12); 10. Travis Rilat (15); 11. Jarrod Schneiderman (17); 12. Billy Alley (16); 13. Paige Polyak (22); 14. Josh Baughman (8); 15. Jac Haudenschild (20); 16. Chase Johnson (21); 17. Tyler Drueke (23); 18. Jason Martin (19); 19. Kevin Ramey (24); 20. Phil Dietz (10); 21. Thomas Kennedy (6); 22. Tyler Courtney (18); 23. Harli White (14); 24. Sheldon Haudenschild (3)

A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Sammy Swindell (4); 2. Mark Dobmeier (1); 3. Brian Brown (8); 4. Ian Madsen (9); 5. Bronson Maeschen (2); 6. Terry McCarl (14); 7. Wayne Johnson (15); 8. Dusty Zomer (20); 9. Tasker Phillips (13); 10. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (7); 11. Tim Shaffer (23); 12. Dylan Peterson (10); 13. Jeff Swindell (24); 14. Scott Winters (19); 15. Sean McClelland (17); 16. Seth Brahmer (21); 17. Trey Starks (16); 18. Josh Higday (3); 19. Robbie Stillwaggon (18); 20. Danny Wood (11); 21. Bill Balog (12); 22. Jack Dover (5); 23. Alan Ambers (6); 24. Jon Agan (22). Lap Leaders: Dobmeier 1-8, S. Swindell 9-20. Hard-charger: Zomer.

Lineups for the 24th Annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Nationals

A main (25 laps)