By Bob Baker
KNOXVILLE, IOWA (August 11, 2015) – Twenty-one sprint car drivers, including eleven Americans and ten Australians, have entered the 22nd annual SPEED SPORT Knoxville World Challenge to be held this Friday, August 14, during the 55th annual FVP Knoxville Nationals. Amongst the entrants are former Knoxville World Challenge winners Randy Hannagan (1999), Daryn Pittman (2004, ’05, ’14), Brooke Tatnell (2006, ’13), Kerry Madsen (2008), Lynton Jeffrey (2009), and Lucas Wolfe (2011). The entries for the $10,000-to-win, SPEED SPORT-sponsored race are as follows:
1z Lucas Wolfe – Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
3 Tim Kaeding – San Jose, CA, USA
3G James McFadden – Brisbane, QLD, Australia
7s Jason Sides – Bartlett, TN, USA
9 Daryn Pittman – Owasso, OK, USA
11K Kraig Kinser – Bloomington, IN, USA
11N Randy Hannagan – Pittsboro, IN, USA
12 Lynton Jeffrey – Sydney, NSW, Australia
13x Jac Haudenschild – Wooster, OH, USA
18 Ian Madsen – St. Marys, NSW, Australia
21AU Garry Brazier – Sydney, NSW, Australia
24 Terry McCarl – Pleasant Hill, IA, USA
29 Kerry Madsen – St. Marys, NSW, Australia
35AU Jamie Veal – Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
49 Brad Sweet – Grass Valley, CA, USA
55 Brooke Tatnell – Sans Souci, NSW, Australia
67 Christopher Bell – Norman, OK, USA
75 Glenn Saville – Razorback, NSW, Australia
84 Scott Bogucki – McLaren Vale, SA, Australia
93 Sheldon Haudenschild – Wooster, OH, USA
96AU Bruce White – Merrylands West, NSW, Australia
Americans qualified for the event by participating in specific sprint car events last winter in New Zealand and/or Australia. International drivers qualified by coming over and participating in the FVP Knoxville Nationals in Iowa. The starting line-up for the 20-lap SPEED SPORT Knoxville World Challenge will feature the first 14 cars inverted based on points, provided that they are in the top 106 in points after both qualifying programs (Wednesday, Thursday).
Since the start of the event in 1994, ninety-one (91) drivers have won a total of $604,340 in the Knoxville World Challenge, with thirteen Americans and eight Australians being victorious. No Canadian nor New Zealander has ever won the event.
For more information on the Knoxville Raceway and its 22nd annual SPEED SPORT Knoxville World Challenge during the 55th FVP Knoxville Nationals, fans are urged to visit www.knoxvilleraceway.com. For information on SPEED SPORT magazine, fans can visit www.nationalspeedsportnews.com.