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6/6/09

Knoxville Raceway

Knoxville, IA

24 410s

33 360s

16 305s

410s

Mark Dobmeier (1st car out to time) set quick time on the fast track at 14.784 seconds. Davey Heskin (13th car out) was second quick, followed by Dusty Zomer (11th), Kerry Madsen (23rd), Skip Jackson (14th), Johnny Herrera (3rd), Lynton Jeffrey (20th), Rager Phillips (24th), Josh Schneiderman (22nd) and Wayne Johnson (16th). Three tenths of a second separated quick time from 11th.

Heat one (started): 1. Bronson Maeschen 1 (1) 2. Chris Morgan 7K (2) 3. Johnson 81 (3) 4. Madsen 55 (5) 5. Jeffrey 24 (4) / 6. Dobmeier 13 (6) 7. Austin McCarl 17A (7) 8. Billy Alley 22 (8)

Maeschen led the 8-lap distance. Alley, who was using back-up power, exited early. Dobmeier was left on the outside of a transfer spot despite reeling in Jeffrey a couple of times.

Heat two (started): 1. Ricky Logan 10a (1) 2. Derek Ingalls 91 (2) 3. Brian Brown 21 (3) 4. Jackson 2 (5) 5. Heskin 56 (6) / 6. Ryan Anderson 71R (8) 7. Phillips 10 (4) 8. Calvin Landis 70 (7)

Landis retired early. Logan led the distance on a fast racetrack. Heskin had a fast start, but a Brown chopper in three saw him lose momentum back to sixth. Phillips developed problems while running third in the late stages and was a scratch for the rest of the night after a strong start.

Heat three (started): 1. Don Droud Jr. 47 (3) 2. Zomer 17G (6) 3. Bob Weuve 19 (2) 4. Schneiderman 49 (4) 5. Pete Crall 1PC (7) / 6. Ricky Montgomery 33 (8) 7. Mike Moore 69 (1) 8. Herrera 2w (5)

Herrera went to the work area immediately with engine problems and had to swap a new one in for the B. Moore tangled with Weuve to start things and sustained damage enough to be towed to the pits. Droud assumed the pole and took off and hid. Zomer was strong moving up to second. Crall moved by Montgomery for the final transfer.

B main (started): 1. Dobmeier (1) 2. Herrera (2) 3. Landis (6) 4. Ry. Anderson (8) 5. Montgomery (7) / 6. Alley (5) 7. McCarl (3) 8. Moore (4) DNS - Phillips

Moore got into his second tangle of the night to start things at the green flag, this time with McCarl. Moore got airborne and Alley ran into him with nowhere to go. Moore was done. McCarl replaced a rear bumper and continued, but fell out early. Alley replaced both wings. Dobmeier sailed to the 8-lap win in flag to flag fashion. Ry. Anderson made a good move from sixth to fourth, while Montgomery held off Alley's advances for the final transfer.

A main (started): 1. Brown (1) 2. Madsen (6) 3. Johnson (2) 4. Zomer (7) 5. Schneiderman (3) 6. Dobmeier (16) 7. Jeffrey (4) 8. Heskin (8) 9. Droud (9) 10. Herrera (17) 11. Jackson (5) 12. Morgan (10) 13. Landis (18) 14. Maeschen (13) 15. Anderson (19) 16. Ingalls (11) 17. Montgomery (20) 18. Crall (15) 19. Weuve (12) 20. Logan (14)

Brown took off from the outset of the 20-lap non-stop event. To say he dominated, would be understated. His margin of victory in the end was a 1/4 of a lap, and he was just six seconds off the 20-lap track record in picking up $3,000. There was a great race for second with Madsen and Johnson exchanging the spot. Zomer ran strong in fourth for the second week in a row, and Schneiderman grabbed a solid top five. Dobmeier was the hard-charger from the B. Herrera flipped on the white flag lap, but the point leader was still scored 10th going back to the last completed lap. Brown was the only one to complete 20 laps when the red was thrown, making it a complete feature.

360s

Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Josh Padellford 34 (1*) 2. Johnny Anderson 2a (3*) 3. Clint Garner 40 (5*) 4. Joe Beaver 53 (8*) 5. Dave Hall 51 (6) 6. Tasker Phillips 7TAZ (7) 7. Glen Hunt G74 (4) 8. Chad Heimbaugh 04 (9) 9. Alan Zoutte 33 (2)

Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Nate Van Haaften 3 (2*) 2. Gregg Bakker 11x (4*) 3. Brett Mather 12m (6*) 4. Jon Agan 54 (8*) 5. Ricky Montgomery 9m (5) 6. Dustin Selvage 7 (7) 7. Jay Russell 76 (3) 8. Brant O'Banion 47 (1)

Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Dennis Moore Jr. 20 (1*) 2. Chad Humston 1m (2*) 3. Ryan Roberts 18 (4*) 4. Jonathan Cornell 28 (6*) 5. Bryan Dobesh 10 (3) 6. Rod Richards 12 (5) 7. Cody Petersen 16P (7) DNS - Matt Moro 2m

Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. John Hall 7H (2*) 2. Jon Corbin 15 (4*) 3. Tom Lenz 8L (5*) 4. Austin Alumbaugh 33A (3) 5. Nate Mosher 22N (8*) 6. Ryan Bickett 17B (1) 7. RJ Johnson 71 (6) 8. Danny Heskin 6 (7)

B main (started): 1. D. Hall (2) 2. Alumbaugh (1) 3. Dobesh (4) 4. Montgomery (3) / 5. Phillips (5) 6. Selvage (6) 7. Moro (16) 8. Bickett (8) 9. RJ Johnson (12) 10. Richards (7) 11. Heskin (15) 12. Heimbaugh (13) 13. Hunt (9) 14. Petersen (11) 15. Russell (10) 16. O'Banion (14) DNS - Zoutte

D. Hall led the 10-lapper flag to flag. There was a red on lap two when Russell tipped over in turn one. He was uninjured. Phillips and Selvage battled for fifth most of the way, with Selvage low and Phillips up top. The top four were never seriously challenged, with the only real change in position a Dobesh pass of Montgomery at the midway point.

A main (started): 1. Mather (1) 2. Moore Jr. (4) 3. Anderson (2) 4. Van Haaften (8) 5. Bakker (5) 6. Corbin (3) 7. Agan (10) 8. Beaver (14) 9. Garner (9) 10. Montgomery (20) 11. Lenz (12) 12. Padellford (6) 13. Dobesh (19) 14. Cornell (15) 15. Mosher (16) 16. Roberts (13) 17. Humston (11) 18. Alumbaugh (18) 19. D. Hall (17) 20. J. Hall (7)

Mather led the distance in the non-stop 15-lapper. He rocketed out ot a good margin early over Anderson. Moore Jr. worked his way into second, and in the late stages reeled in Mather in lapped traffic, falling short. Van Haaften moved up smoothly at the outset to pick up fourth. Beaver passed three cars in one lap early on. Montgomery was the hard-charger.

305s

Heat one (started): 1. Bob Lamb 47 (1) 2. Patrick Long 53 (4) 3. Marty Stephenson 36 (5) 4. Earl Tice 2T (6) 5. Randy Reinhard 10B (8) 6. Dustin Clark 16 (7) DQ - Rager Phillips 7 (Tire, crossed 1st), Nick Ross R99 (Tire, crossed 4th)

Heat two (started): 1. Matt Stephenson 55 (1) 2. Johnny Anderson 66 (3) 3. Mitchell Alexander 6 (5) 4. Rob Kubli 23K (7) 5. Steve Palmer 2 (6) 6. Mark Johnson 45 (8) 7. Lance Silvers 31 (4) DNS - Wayne Redmond 610c

A main (started): 1. Kubli (1) 2. Matt Stephenson (7) 3. Marty Stephenson (4) 4. Anderson (5) 5. Reinhard (9) 6. Palmer (10) 7. Ross (15) 8. Clark (11) 9. Johnson (12) 10. Alexander (3) 11. Long (6) 12. Phillips (14) 13. Lamb (8) 14. Silvers (13) 15. Tice (2) DNS - Redmond

Marty Stephenson led the 12-lapper in the ealry stages after Tice slowed on the start and retired. Kubli was in the runner-up spot, and used the high side to shoot around to the lead on lap seven. One lap later, Phillips, who had moved from 14th to 5th in the first lap, contacted Marty Stephenson and backed it into the wall, bringing out the caution. Kubli led Marty Stephenson, Alexander, Anderson and Palmer back to green flag racing. Matt Stephenson was in sixth at the time, and made the most of the restart, climbing all the way to second in the last three laps, passing his brother in turn four coming for the checkers. It was Kubli's first career win at Knoxville.

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Congrats to Brian and Mather for their first victories as car owners at Knoxville! Both drivers have had good runs this year, good to see them break through. A great night for the BHG endorsed drivers.

Yet, another winner from the front row!. Hell they might as well just sit in the pits and roll the dice, then write out the checks. Borrrrrring !

You couldn't have been there if you called that boring. Madsen and Johnson duking it out and Herrera and Dobmeiermaking their runs from the back. Just because a man starts from the front and stays there doesn't make it a boring race. What the hell are you people wanting, a complete invert for the A?

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Just the FACTS ! Every winner has come the front row. Did not mean the whole race was boring. Just the same outcome every week. If your lucky enough to start on the front row, It's a giveme.

boreing nothing it was great racing in all divisions ..what about the 305 race it was great too

Does anybody watch the middle of the pack where alot of racing is at or does everyone watch the guy that is the lead??

That race was far from boring. Herrera and Dobmeier put on one hell of a show coming from the rear, and Wayne and Kerry were pretty enteraing also. Brian was wicked fast from yes the front but handled traffic well to earn the win.

You might want to check your FACTS! "Every winner has come from the front row" What are you talking about? May 23rd, Herrera wins from 4th starting spot (for those of you keeping track, thats second row). May 16th, DUDE wins from 9th starting spot (again, that would be the 5th row). Just pointing out the FACTS. haha

I know that Radio Shack is sponsoring the Hard Charger Award this year and we haven't been hearing any results from that the past couple of weeks. We have been listening intentionally.

The track looked a little odd this weekend. Looked like a lot of the drivers missed the set ups. Just my opinion not one of this website. (he, he, he)

I thought Grafx 2 a tee was doing the Hard Charger...I have heard them all year.

I know for a fact that Radio Shack is supporting it also. Jo Goff owns the Radio Shack and she is a personal friend of mine and we are in her suite. I think she told me that one week she has the 410's and one week 360's. However, I was giving them the benefit of announcing at least one weekend. We really have never heard her company announced. If I was sponsoring it, I would want my company announced.

I know she wrote at least one check for it, so I guess I should tell her to quit writing those checks. lol

I will tell her that I am not the only one not hearing any credit. Thanks.

I have also only heard of GrafX2aTee sponsoring the hard charger award. Andrea from GrafX presents her check after time trials each week on the stage. Never heard a mention of Radioshack.

Radio Shack/Jo is a sponsor of the Hard Charger. Each week Grafx and Radio Shack flip flop between the 410's and 360's. Andrea is down there after TT's each week to present the checks for BOTH companies. They do mention both companies at the beginning of the presentation... this I can guarantee, as I am standing there during the presentation. However, if people aren't hearing it specifically, it definitely needs to be mentioned more as its a great thing that Jo & Radio Shack are doing.

I agree with the post above, the middle of the pack racing was great last week. Quit watching the front and watch the guys coming from the back that timed fast.