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8/6/09

Knoxville Raceway

360 Nationals Night #1

52 cars

Billy Alley (9th car out to time) set the standard in time trials at 16.142. Tony Bruce Jr. (14th car out) was second quick, followed by Greg Wilson (27th), Matt Covington (4th), Johnny Anderson (20th), Jason Johnson (18th), Clint Garner (30th), Chad Corken (5th), Eric Baldaccini (29th) and Austen Wheatley (19th). It was crucial to draw a number in the first half of qualifying as the track dried out quickly. Dustin Selvage and Joe Miller failed to get times in.

Heat one (started): 1. Nate Van Haaften 3 (1) 2. Dale Blaney 6B (4) 3. Alley 22 (6) 4. Ryan Anderson 71R (2) / 5. J. Johnson 41 (5) 6. Randy Martin 14 (7) 7. Paul McMahan 3D (8) 8. RJ Johnson 71 (3) / 9. Brad Barickman 34B (9) 10. Darren Long 7L (10)

Arguably the stoutest heat of the night saw McMahan come to a stop after a lap could be completed. The hood had come loose and repairs were made before he rejoined the field. Van Haaften led the distance in the 8-lapper that sent the first four finishers to the A, the next four to the B, and the final two to the C. Alley worked the low side to gain spots while Blaney worked up top. J. Johnson was smoking after battling with Alley. He was sixth with two laps to go, but made a late surge for the final transfer. Ry. Anderson did all he could to hold him off and the difference was .018 of a second at the line.

Heat two (started): 1. Wayne Johnson 14AJ (4) 2. Austin McCarl 17 (1) 3. Jonathan Cornell 28 (2) 4. Bruce Jr. 18T (6) / 5. Tasker Phillips 7TAZ (8) 6. Chad Humston 1m (9) 7. Jon Corbin 4x (3) 8. JD Johnson 98 (7) / 9. Garner 40 (5) 10. Rod Richards 12 (10)

Garner and Phillips bumped at the start of the straight and Phillips came down to enter turn one, clipping Garner as the two made contact a second time. Garner was turned around, and collected Richards, who could not avoid him. Both drivers bent racecars and were done for the night. McCarl led lap one, but W. Johnson aced the bottom side to lead the rest of the way.

Heat three (started): 1. Kaley Gharst 7K (1) 2. Austin Alumbaugh 33A (4) 3. Lee Grosz 4J (7) 4. Danny Heskin 6 (2) / 5. Dave Hall 51 (3) 6. Ricky Montgomery 9m (8) 7. Corken 11 (5) 8. Jody Rosenboom 27 (9) / 9. Alan Zoutte 33 (6) DNS - Greg Wilson w20

Wilson, who was third quick, lost a driveline before the green could fall, ending his night. Gharst led the distance, with Grosz doing a nice job of moving up four spots to gain a transfer spot.

Heat four (started): 1. Shane Stewart 57 (4) 2. Justin Henderson 99JR (1) 3. Nate Mosher 22N (2) 4. Matt Moro 2m (7) / 5. Covington 95 (6) 6. Baldaccini 4 (5) 7. Tayler Malsam 26 (3) 8. Lee Sowell 51s (8) / 9. Kyle McCutcheon 5 (10) 10. Tim Newman 18v (9)

Henderson led lap one, but Stewart, who had a good qualifying effort, considering when he came out, dominated from lap two on out using a low line. Moro battled by Baldaccini and Covington for the final transfer. McCutcheon blew his only motor sky-high after the checkers.

Heat five (started): 1. Jon Agan 54 (1) 2. Ricky Logan 10a (2) 3. Chuck Swenson X (4) 4. Dustin Daggett 2mx (3) / 5. J. Anderson 2a (6) 6. Wheatley 44w (5) 7. Kyle Sager 20KS (8) 8. Thomas Kennedy 20K (7) / 9. Kevin Ingle 2K (10) 10. Brian Parker 9 (9)

Agan dusted the field in this one.

C main (started): 1. Barickman (2) 2. Zoutte (1) / 3. Ingle (6) 4. Newman (3) 5. Parker (4) 6. Long (5) DNS - Wilson, Garner, Richards, McCutcheon, Joe Miller 78, Dustin Selvage 7

Barickman led flag to flag in the 6-lapper (shortened from 10).

B main (started): 1. J. Anderson (2) 2. Covington (1) 3. J. Johnson (3) 4. Baldaccini (5) / 5. McMahan (14) 6. Wheatley (6) 7. Corbin (8) 8. D. Hall (9) 9. Malsam (10) 10. Humston (18) 11. Martin (11) 12. Barickman (21) 13. RJ Johnson (7) 14. Corken (4) 15. Phillips (15) 16. Sager (17) 17. JD Johnson (12) 18. Sowell (16) 19. Rosenboom (19) 20. Montgomery (20) 21. Kennedy (13) 22. Zoutte (22)

Covington led early before a lap five incident between Phillips and Sager, also collected Montgomery, Rosenboom and Kennedy. Only Phillips and Sager would continue. Covington led J. Anderson, J. Johnson, Baldaccini and Corken back to green flag racing in the 12-lapper. Sowell suffered a flat right rear on lap eight, slowing things again. The lead four remained the same. On lap nine, debris slowed things again, but little changed in the lead pack. McMahan moved forward with each restart, but needed another lap or two to gain the final transfer spot he needed.

A main (started): 1. W. Johnson (5) 2. Stewart (3) 3. Alley (6) 4. Bruce Jr. (7) 5. Daggett (1) 6. Gharst (14) 7. J. Johnson (23) 8. Swenson (2) 9. Logan (13) 10. J. Anderson (21) 11. Agan (16) 12. Mosher (10) 13. Ry. Anderson (9) 14. Grosz (19) 15. Heskin (11) 16. Alumbaugh (4) 17. McCarl (15) 18. Van Haaften (12) 19. Baldaccini (22) 20. Moro (18) 21. Henderson (17) 22. Cornell (10) 23. Covington (20) DNS - Blaney

Blaney's crew feverishly tried to fix a problem that resulted in the car not starting. They got some extra time after Covington climbed the rear of Moro's car and performed a series of flips. Moro continued minus his left rear shock. Stewart shot under the front row starters to lead early in the 20-lapper. Three laps were in the books when Moro came to a stop and went to the work area to make more repairs. Stewart led Daggett, Swenson, W. Johnson and Bruce Jr. back to green. Grosz spun six laps later with Stewart building on his lead ahead of W. Johnson, Daggett, Bruce Jr. and Alley. The last 12 laps went non-stop. W. Johnson moved under Stewart with 11 to go, and hugged the bottom of three and four, while entering low and exiting in the middle of turn two in cruising to the $3,000 win, his ninth career 360 tally at Knoxville. Alley shot under Bruce Jr. to complete the podium. Gharst put on a good charge to sixth, but J. Johnson was the hard-charger, driving from 23rd to 7th.

Points After Night One of 360 Nationals!

Combined # Car # Driver Hometown Total Points
1 22 Alley, Billy Lincoln, NE 490
2 18T Bruce, Jr., Tony Liberal, KS 483
3 14AJ Johnson, Wayne Knoxville, IA 478
4 57 Stewart, Shane Bixby, OK 472
5 41 Johnson, Jason Eunice, LA 466
6 2A Anderson, Johnny Indianola, IA 462
7 X Swenson, Chuck Watertown, SD 452
8 2MX Daggett, Dustin Grand Ledge, MI 445
9 33A Alumbaugh, Austin Higginsville, MO 443
10 95 Covington, Matt Glenpool, OK 438
11 7K Gharst, Kaley Decatur, IL 436
12 4 Baldaccini, Eric Keller, TX 433
13 10A Logan, Ricky Knoxville, IA 433
14 6B Blaney, Dale Fowler, OH 431
15 71R Anderson, Ryan Charter Oak, IA 427
16 22N Mosher, Nate Prairie City, IA 426
17 54 Agan, Jon Knoxville, IA 422
18 6 Heskin, Danny St. Michael, MN 419
19 3 VanHaaften, Nate Otley, IA 416
20 17 McCarl, Austin Altoona, IA 413
21 28 Cornell, Jonathan Sedalia, MO 410
22 44W Wheatley, Austen Lake Stevens, WA 407
23 4J Grosz, Lee Harwood, ND 404
24 99JR Henderson, Justin Speedway, IN 401
25 11 Corken, Chad Highlands Ranch, CO 392
26 51 Hall, David Des Moines, IA 390
27 4X Corbin, Jon Carrollton, MO 388
28 2M Moro, Matt Polk City, IA 387
29 26 Malsam, Tayler Monroe, WA 380
30 71 Johnson, RJ Land O'Lakes, FL 375
31 W20 Wilson, Greg Benton Ridge, OH 357
32 14 Martin, Randy California, MO 355
33 3D McMahan, Paul Nashville, TN 354
34 40 Garner, Clint Sioux Falls, SD 350
35 7TAZ Phillips, Tasker Knoxville, IA 338
36 98 Johnson, JD Wichita, KS 335
37 1M Humston, Chad Giltner, NE 335
38 20KS Sager, Kyle Alto, NM 324
39 34B Barickman, Brad Richfield, MN 324
40 20K Kennedy, Thomas Winnepeg, MB, Canada 321
41 51S Sowell, Lee Nesbit, MS 319
42 33 Zoutte, Alan Knoxville, IA 310
43 27 Rosenboom, Jody Rock Rapids, IA 309
44 9M Montgomery, Ricky Lakewood, CO 303
45 18V Newman, Tim Cameron, MO 281
46 9 Parker, Brian Midlothian, TX 277
47 2K Ingle, Kevin Huron, SD 274
48 7L Long, Darren Elida, OH 273
49 12 Richards, Rod Runnells, IA 265
50 5 McCutcheon, Kyle Alamogordo, NM 262
51 78 Miller, Joe Vail, IA 80
52 7 Selvage, Dustin Indianola, IA 78

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Didn't get to listen,what happened to Cornell? I looked for him to be towards the front.

Thanks, Bill. I knew I could count on you for some good results...

How was the crowd?

9th Annual Northern Ohio Sprint Car Show
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He pulled in during the main. Overheard them talking in the pits afterwards, it sounded like they thought it was a motor gone bad.

My wife told me if I went to one more Sprint Car race 
she would leave me.................I'm sure gonna miss 
that ol' gal. 

Crowd was pretty good for a Thursday night. Good racing just wish Tasker Phillips would show a little patience, your not going to win the race in the first corner.

Congrats to Wayne Johnson and crew on a much needed WIN last night.

Go WJ! Bring home that 3rd 360 Nationals Championship.

Wow, call the kid out like he was the only one that made a mistake last night? A lot of them are going hard and making their move in the first corner. I think Tasker is doing a pretty good job and is a good little racer. We can't expect a 16 year old kid to drive like a 20 year veteran. Those racers that have been around for a while, made the same mistakes when they were younger. Some of them will still make mistakes too. It happens in racing.

Crowd? What "crowd"?

Lounge acts in a Best Western motel cocktail bar play to a larger audience.

They could have forgone the National Anthem last night for a rendition of "Feelings".

I would say there were more people there last night then there are on a regular Saturday night which is pretty good for a Thursday before the biggest week. Most people dont take their vacation until next week so I would say it was a pretty good crowd.

I thought the crowd was a good size, and as for Tasker, ya he's young and may be alittle aggressive but I like that the kid pushes hard for every spot and it's given him some early success especially in the 305's he definately makes those races exciting the past few weeks in the 305's I've loved watching him come through the field.

I'm just a Garner fan who thought this might be Clint's year to win it all. I agree Tasker puts on one hell of a show, just wished him and Clint wouldn't have gotten together. I wish them both good luck during the nationals, love seeing the locals do well.

I agree Tasker is a going to be a great racer but just wondering what they found about his motor when he was dq'ed at bloomfield. Anyone know??