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July 10, 2013 at
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1 month to go and Knoxville has 82 drivers (83 cars) registered. Usually with about 5 scratches and no shows Knoxville needs about 25 more entries to guarantee 50 per night.
Here are 25 notable names missing...
WoO - Sammy, Pittman, Darrah, Gravel, Saldana, Dollansky, Sweet
True Outlaws - 82 (Solwold for now), Hafertepe, Bruce Jr.,
Knoxville - G. Dollansky,
Cali - Allard, Starks, Meyers, Hirst,
Ohio/All Stars - J. Haudenschild, S. Haudenschild, Schaffer, Hannagan, Blaney, Holtgraver, G. Wilson
Posse - Rahmer
IRA - Balog
No Ride - Wolfe
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Posted By: Jamie Klootwyk on July 10 2013 at 09:07:29 PM
1 month to go and Knoxville has 82 drivers (83 cars) registered. Usually with about 5 scratches and no shows Knoxville needs about 25 more entries to guarantee 50 per night.
Here are 25 notable names missing...
WoO - Sammy, Pittman, Darrah, Gravel, Saldana, Dollansky, Sweet
True Outlaws - 82 (Solwold for now), Hafertepe, Bruce Jr.,
Knoxville - G. Dollansky,
Cali - Allard, Starks, Meyers, Hirst,
Ohio/All Stars - J. Haudenschild, S. Haudenschild, Schaffer, Hannagan, Blaney, Holtgraver, G. Wilson
Posse - Rahmer
IRA - Balog
No Ride - Wolfe
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If memory serves me correctly, I think that is a very good number compared to the last couple of years by this point. I think they will get the 100 cars if they are at 83 already.
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July 10, 2013 at
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Posted By: Jamie Klootwyk on July 10 2013 at 09:07:29 PM
1 month to go and Knoxville has 82 drivers (83 cars) registered. Usually with about 5 scratches and no shows Knoxville needs about 25 more entries to guarantee 50 per night.
Here are 25 notable names missing...
WoO - Sammy, Pittman, Darrah, Gravel, Saldana, Dollansky, Sweet
True Outlaws - 82 (Solwold for now), Hafertepe, Bruce Jr.,
Knoxville - G. Dollansky,
Cali - Allard, Starks, Meyers, Hirst,
Ohio/All Stars - J. Haudenschild, S. Haudenschild, Schaffer, Hannagan, Blaney, Holtgraver, G. Wilson
Posse - Rahmer
IRA - Balog
No Ride - Wolfe
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The current qualifying format only needs 80 cars.
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July 10, 2013 at
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This is from the Knoxville site.
Car Count
1961…59
1962…75
1963…78
1964…87
1965…102
1966…97
1967…92
1968…77
1969…77
1970…105
1971…96
1972…109
1973…98
1974…95
1975…113
1976…90
1977…124
1978…129
1979…108
1980…90
1981…86
1982…92
1983…106
1984…104
1985…101
1986…104
1987…126
1988…111
1989…125
1990…134
1991…166
1992…158
1993…149
1994…132
1995…145
1996…153
1997…154
1998…140
1999…130
2000…128
2001…126
2002…116
2003…114
2004…119
2005…118
2006…128
2007…105
2008…110
2009…107
2010…100
2011…99
2012…98
I LEARNED ESP FROM MY MOM
"PUT YOUR SWEATER ON: DON'T YOU THINK I KNOW WHEN
YOU'RE COLD?"
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July 10, 2013 at
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Posted By: opnwhlr on July 10 2013 at 09:33:48 PM
This is from the Knoxville site.
Car Count
1961…59
1962…75
1963…78
1964…87
1965…102
1966…97
1967…92
1968…77
1969…77
1970…105
1971…96
1972…109
1973…98
1974…95
1975…113
1976…90
1977…124
1978…129
1979…108
1980…90
1981…86
1982…92
1983…106
1984…104
1985…101
1986…104
1987…126
1988…111
1989…125
1990…134
1991…166
1992…158
1993…149
1994…132
1995…145
1996…153
1997…154
1998…140
1999…130
2000…128
2001…126
2002…116
2003…114
2004…119
2005…118
2006…128
2007…105
2008…110
2009…107
2010…100
2011…99
2012…98
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What time did heats get started in 1991? 166 cars and lap times around 17+ seconds
-Austin Rankin
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July 10, 2013 at
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Posted By: cubfan07 on July 10 2013 at 10:24:41 PM
What time did heats get started in 1991? 166 cars and lap times around 17+ seconds
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How did the track hold up with 166 cars? I don't see how they could put enough water on it to keep it racy.
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July 10, 2013 at
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I am guessing the car count will be very "close" to 100 cars. Seems there is alot of local and non-local drivers not listed yet.
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July 10, 2013 at
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Posted By: rrounds on July 10 2013 at 10:37:17 PM
How did the track hold up with 166 cars? I don't see how they could put enough water on it to keep it racy.
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8/14/91
Steve Kinser Claims Wednesday Nationals Opener
by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, Iowa (August 14) - Six-time Knoxville Nationals champion Steve Kinser took the initial night of qualifications at the 31st annual Knoxville Nationals. Kinser additionally claimed qualifying time trials but motor problems in his heat race forced a runner-up finish in that event. However, his 497 accumulated points total did earn him the pole position for the championship feature on Saturday night.
In the opening night feature, Danny Smith claimed the first five laps from his second row starting birth. Kinser and Sammy Swindell were swapping the second place position much to the delight of the record opening night crowd.
Swindell, the 1983 champion, grabbed the top spot on lap six and began increasing his lead in his self-built chassis as he diced through lapped traffic. On the fifteenth circuit the Tennessee native suddenly slowed as he entered the backstretch and Kinser shot by for the lead and the $2,500 win. Swindell coasted to a stop on the infield grass the victim of ignition problems.
"Something major went wrong with Sammy's car. It just quit on him," Kinser said during his post-race interview. "It looked like he was going to win it. I think he might have been a little faster than us tonight. But a little luck came my way. Let's hope it stays with us on Saturday."
The 20-lap event continued nonstop and Swindell received last place in the final tally. The final five laps additionally saw Dave Blaney gain a runner-up finish from a 13rh position start as he fell nearly a half-lap short of the winning Kinser. Smith held down the third place spot and veteran Jack Hewitt claimed fourth.
A battle for Rookie of the Nationals honors saw Australian Skip Jackson and Pennsylvanian Paul Lotier finish fifth and sixth respectively. Joe Gaerte took seventh as B-Feature winner Donnie Kreitz, Jr. charged to eighth. Australian Max Dumesny and defending Nationals champion Bobby Allen rounded out the top ten.
Qualifying heat events went to Sam Rodriguez, Danny Young, Swindell, Jackson and Gary DeWall. 82 cars completed qualifying time trials.
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (4) 16.140; 2. 29G, Tommie Estes Jr., Tulsa, OK (1) 16.288; 3. 1, Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, TN (33) 16.290; 4. 17L, Paul Lotier, Lebanon, PA (56) 16.319; 5. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (8) 16.511; 6. 55, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (20) 16.521; 7. 1x, Jack Hewitt, Troy, OH (44) 16.526; 8. 69K, Donnie Kreitz Jr., Sinking Spring, PA (35) 16.529; 9. 2AU, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (36) 16.536; 10. 56, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (12) 16.660; 11. 80, Vance Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (22) 16.677; 12. 20, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (71) 16.685; 13. 83, Randy Tiner, Sacramento, CA (25) 16.699; 14. 57, Dan Hamilton, Tyler, TX (18) 16.702; 15. 3B, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (3) 16.708; 16. 44, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (38) 16.708; 17. 2TZ, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (24) 16.728; 18. 52, Chris McDermott, Houston, TX (26) 16.741; 19. 126, Dave Kelly, Old Zionsville, PA (34) 16.748; 20. 7TW, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (52) 16.778; 21. 03, Sam Rodriguez, Tampa, FL (40) 16.816; 22. 3, Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (81) 16.822; 23. 7c, Dave Blaney, Cortland, OH (60) 16.851; 24. 7G, Brooke Tatnell, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (29) 16.866; 25. 5L, Mal Lane, Dundee, NY (17) 16.877; 26. 4A, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (48) 16.894; 27. 5, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (64) 16.906; 28. 12x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee Mission, KS (13) 16.933; 29. 65m, Johnny Mackison Jr., York, PA (78) 16.936; 30. 19B, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (79) 16.954; 31. 3s, Rick Salem, Denver, CO (27) 16.965; 32. 1AU, Max Dumesny, North Mead, NSW, Aust. (68) 16.971; 33. 25, Kenny French, Pleasantville, IA (31) 16.983; 34. 9m, Rick Montgomery, Denver, CO (67) 17.009; 35. 47, Jerry Janssen, Des Moines, IA (76) 17.054; 36. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (14) 17.085; 37. 39L, Dale Laakso, Simi Valley, CA (9) 17.094; 38. 12, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (30) 17.119; 39. 16L, Leonard Lee, Simi Valley, CA (16) 17.154; 40. 51x, Nick LoSasso, Westminster, CO (15) 17.179; 41. 1a, Bobby Allen, Hanover, PA (69) 17.189; 42. 81, Danny Young, Des Moines, IA (51) 17.242; 43. 3c, Gary Cameron II, Tulsa, OK (70) 17.293; 44. 71, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (21) 17.363; 45. 16, Gary DeWall, Jackson, MN (80) 17.322; 46. 39s, Randy Sippel, Elkhart Lake, WI (41) 17.402; 47. 8, Butch Hanssen, Sioux Falls, SD (32) 17.450; 48. 18, Fran Bruns, Madison, SD (45) 17.457; 49. 4G, Rickie Gaunt, Torrance, CA (82) 17.463; 50. 20B, Garry Brazier, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (49) 17.488 / 51. 5T, Jaymie Moyle, Bridgewater, SA, Aust. (46) 17.516; 52. 61a, Jason Earls, Carthage, MO (58) 17.522; 53. 27F, Frank Filskov, Des Plaines, IL (43) 17.529; 54. 10c, Dave Strickland Jr., Littletown, CO (10) 17.535; 55. 85m, Bobby Marcum, Tucson, AZ (61) 17.541; 56. 14x, Randy Martin, California, MO (65) 17.574; 57. 30, Rick England, Wichita, KS (37) 17.588; 58. 22, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (63) 17.605; 59. 22K, Jim Kouba, Rochester, MN (23) 17.615; 60. 99, Gordy Vogelaar, Worthington, MN (53) 17.617; 61. 9N, Larry Neighbors, Oklahoma City, OK (19) 17.648; 62. 98, George Austin III, Raytown, MO (2) 17.682; 63. 2T, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (62) 17.814; 64. Z, Dave Hollamon, Lincoln, NE (57) 17.859; 65. 63N, Randy Nygaard, Hartford, SD (6) 17.909; 66. 13, Terry Starks, Joliet, IL (59) 17.940; 67. 66, Wally Henson, Little Rock, AR (11) 17.961; 68. 56c, Gerald Cressman, Hartford, SD (54) 17.963; 69. 71P, Robbi Punzel, Salem, WI (66) 17.989; 70. 8J, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (50) 18.111; 71. 10w, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (73) 18.257; 72. 12L, Lyle Sylvester, Bondurant, IA (47) 18.472; 73. 4D, Spike Lempelius, Eagan, MN (74) 18.482; 74. 92J, JR Topper, St. Joseph, MO (55) 18.547; 75. 69s, Matt Spies, Spirit Lake, IA (75) 18.558; 76. 8w, Jeff Whitehead, Moberly, MO (7) 18.612; 77. 55m, Mike Wirth, Cascade, WI (42) 18.850; 78. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (5) 18.944; 79. 15B, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (77) 19.044; 80. 1K, Kim Kennedy, Faucett, MO (39) 19.198; 81. 7L, Kevin Doty, Milan, IL (28) NT; 82. 41, Bill Krupp, Comstock Park, MI (72) NT; 83. 53D, Dennis Parker, Bloomington, MN (83) NT.
Heat one (started), 10 laps, 2:50.9: 1. Sam Rodriguez (6) 2. Steve Kinser (10) 3. Bobby Allen (2) 4. Vance Peterson (8) / 5. Randy Smith (9) 6. Don Droud Jr. (7) 7. Rick Salem (4) 8. John Hall (3) / 9. Greg Hodnett (5) 10. Randy Sippel (1)
Heat two (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Danny Young (2) 2. Max Dumesny (4) 3. Terry Gray (6) 4. Jack Hewitt (9) / 5. Ron Shuman (5) 6. Butch Hanssen (1) 7. Tim Baker (7) 8. Dale Laakso (3) / 9. Keith Kauffman (8) 10. Tommie Estes Jr. (10)
Heat three (started), 10 laps, 2:52.2: 1. Sammy Swindell (10) 2. Dave Blaney (6) 3. Chris McDermott (7) 4. Gary Cameron II (2) / 5. Craig Dollansky (3) 6. Donnie Kreitz Jr. (9) 7. Randy Tiner (8) 8. Fran Bruns (1) / 9. Kenny French (4) 10. Billy Vielhauer (5)
Heat four (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Skip Jackson (9) 2. Johnny Mackison Jr. (5) 3. Paul Lotier (10) 4. Dave Kelly (7) / 5. Dan Hamilton (8) 6. Rickie Gaunt (1) 7. Rick Montgomery (4) 8. Dennis Moore Jr. (2) / 9. Brooke Tatnell (6) 10. Leonard Lee (3)
Heat five (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Gary DeWall (2) 2. Jerry Janssen (4) 3. Joe Gaerte (7) 4. Danny Smith (9) / 5. Shawn Moore (10) 6. Kenny McCarl (5) 7. Jerry Richert Jr. (8) 8. Mal Lane (6) / 9. Nick LoSasso (3) 10. Garry Brazier (1)
Dash (started), 5 laps, NT: 1. Sammy Swindell (5) 2. Steve Kinser (6) 3. Danny Smith (1) 4. Skip Jackson (2) 5. Paul Lotier (4) 6. Jack Hewitt (3)
B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Donnie Kreitz Jr. (3) 2. Ron Shuman (10) / 3. Jerry Richert Jr. (6) 4. Randy Smith (2) 5. Shawn Moore (1) 6. Dan Hamilton (5) 7. Craig Dollansky (16) 8. Don Droud Jr. (7) 9. Kenny McCarl (11) 10. Tim Baker (8) 11. Mal Lane (9) 12. Rick Montgomery (13) 13. Rick Salem (12) 14. Dennis Moore Jr. (17) 15. Fran Bruns (19) 16. Rickie Gaunt (20) 17. Butch Hanssen (18) 18. John Hall (14) 19. Dale Laakso (15) 20. Randy Tiner (4)
A main (started), 20 laps, 6:10.0: 1. Steve Kinser (8) 2. Dave Blaney (13) 3. Danny Smith (3) 4. Jack Hewitt (5) 5. Skip Jackson (4) 6. Paul Lotier (6) 7. Joe Gaerte (10) 8. Donnie Kreitz Jr. (21) 9. Max Dumesny (15) 10. Bobby Allen (17) 11. Chris McDermott (1) 12. Johnny Mackison Jr. (14) 13. Terry Gray (12) 14. Ron Shuman (22) 15. Jerry Janssen (16) 16. Gary DeWall (20) 17. Dave Kelly (9) 18. Sam Rodriguez (11) 19. Vance Peterson (2) 20. Danny Young (18) 21. Gary Cameron II (19) 22. Sammy Swindell (7). Lap Leaders: D. Smith 1-5, S. Swindell 6-14, S. Kinser 15-20.
8/15/91
Kenny Jacobs is a First Time Thursday Nationals Winner
by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, Iowa (August 15) - Kenny Jacobs became a surprise winner Thursday night at the 31st annual Knoxville Nationals when he held off a stellar field of nationals competitors to take the 20-lap feature event. The victory enabled him to earn enough points to grab the coveted outside row one starting position in the championship feature on Saturday night.
"It feels good to win a race at the famous Knoxville Raceway," Jacobs said in victory lane about his initial win on the half-mile oval. "I was so nervous those last couple of laps just waiting for something to break," Jacobs confessed. "Deuce Turrill made a couple of changes on that red. We just wanted to balance the car so it drove off both rear wheels instead of just the right rear. It was pretty easy to drive after that.
In the feature event, Jacobs was only able to take the lead on lap fourteen when a front chute wreck forced a restart. To that point, Johnny Herrera had taken command of the race and was setting the pace, but the violent Lee Brewer, Jr. flip brought the race to a halt and bunched the cars again in single file realignment
When the green flag again flew Jacobs dove to the low side of the track and took the lead from race-long front runner Herrera as they flew past the flag stand. Doug Wolfgang was able to get by Herrera as well despite having lost his power steering earlier in the event. Wolfie was never able to mount a serious threat for the lead in the remaining laps and settled for a runner-up finish. Herrera remained in the third place position.
Defending Knoxville track champion Danny Lasoski finished fourth after a miserable start caused by a wheel banging incident relegated him near the back of the pack. Equally unfortunate was fifth place finisher Mark Kinser who spun out all by himself in turn four on lap eight as he too then reported to the rear of the field.
Jimmy Sills and Frankie Kerr took sixth and seventh respectively. Stevie Smith, a second place runner until a flat tire on lap eight forced him to the tail, finished eighth. Chris Eash was ninth and 1990 Nationals Rookie of the Year, Joey Kuhn completed the top ten finishers.
Qualifying heat races went to Kinser, Lasoski, Jacobs, and Gary Wright. Kuhn took the B feature as 84 cars came to the line for qualifying time trials before a huge grandstands crowd.
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 5m, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (39) 16.451; 2. 10, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (1) 16.529; 3. 1w, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (15) 16.604; 4. 49, Doug Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (35) 16.655; 5. 4, Bobby Davis Jr., Memphis, TN (3) 16.676; 6. 12$, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (5) 16.762; 7. 77, Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA (26) 16.827; 8. 65, Jimmy Carr, Maple Ridge, BC, Can. (21) 16.895; 9. 2K, Joey Kuhn, Carlisle, PA (20) 16.940; 10. 59, Marlon Jones, Canton, SD (6) 16.965; 11. 32u, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (72) 16.998; 12. 4AC, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (82) 17.025; 13. 64, Kevin Briscoe, Mitchell, IN (12) 17.037; 14. 17E, Cris Eash, Woodbine, MD (24) 17.037; 15. 10T, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (16) 17.045; 16. 21, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (8) 17.047; 17. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (18) 17.069; 18. 98N, Brett Mann, Elkhart, IN (2) 17.074; 19. 23s, Frankie Kerr, Selinsgrove, PA (61) 17.095; 20. 29, Jimmy Sills, Placerville, CA (67) 17.114; 21. 14, Rickey Hood, Boonville, IN (42) 17.154; 22. Terry McCarl, Pleasanton, CA (41) 17.229; 23. 97B, Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK (7) 17.256; 24. 92, Taylor Weld, Kansas City, MO (38) 17.274; 25. 3Y, Dion Appleby, Mole Creek, TAS, Aust. (9) 17.289; 26. 3BG, Mike Peters, Wichita, KS (23) 17.318; 27. 11m, Kevin Huntley, Bloomington, IN (30) 17.332; 28. 1s, Lee Brewer Jr., Memphis, TN (81) 17.394; 29. 7, Ronnie Day, Salinas, CA (78) 17.375; 30. 21m, Jason McMillen, Sacramento, CA (10) 17.383; 31. 1J, John Sernett, Bloomington, MN (29) 17.396; 32. 71m, Jimmy Evans, Hibbing, MN (80) 17.406; 33. 4N, Terry Shepherd, Warsaw, IN (11) 17.451; 34. 5R, Byron Reed, Monclova, OH (36) 17.504; 35. 5w, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (40) 17.532; 36. 91, Lealand McSpadden, Tempe, AZ (14) 17.534; 37. 1m, Pat Moore, Moline, IL (52) 17.537; 38. 77m, Melinda Dumesny, North Mead, NSW, Aust. (13) 17.576; 39. 33, Kenny Hansen, Nunda, SD (79) 17.629; 40. 21K, Lou Kennedy Jr., Winnipeg, MB, Can. (49) 17.637; 41. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (33) 17.639; 42. 5H, Sparky Howard, Santa Rosa, CA (4) 17.648; 43. 6, Ricky Stenhouse, Memphis, TN (22) 17.709; 44. 31w, Tim Monson, Lakefield, MN (50) 17.750; 45. 15N, Chris Ikard, Las Cruces, NM (31) 17.780; 46. 3T, Tim Lewis, Gas, KS (28) 17.789; 47. 20w, Mark Wilson, Des Moines, IA (34) 17.875; 48. 51, Larry Hillerud, Arlington Heights, IL (68) 17.895; 49. 39, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (47) 17.905; 50. 26, Rich Brahmer, Wisner, NE (60) 17.935 / 51. 4s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (66) 17.964; 52. 111, Hawkeye Strobel, Streamwood, IL (76) 18.033; 53. 24, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (37) 18.061; 54. 14R, Randy Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA (62) 18.158; 55. 63, Al Hager, Fostoria, OH (74) 18.188; 56. 9z, Rick Haas, Lincoln, NE (69) 18.243; 57. 1c, Randy Combs, Tipton, MO (56) 18.271; 58. 12A, Aaron Lemmons, Owasso, OK (70) 18.308; 59. 2, Rick Howard, Cleveland, MO (64) 18.325; 60. 77v, George Murdock, Bassett, NE (65) 18.482; 61. 85, Brett Geldner, St. Peter, MN (73) 18.502; 62. 56w, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (32) 18.520; 63. 20J, Dale Johnston, Yukon, OK (59) 18.527; 64. 38, Tony Weyant, Springfield, IL (71) 18.561; 65. 65T, Tom McGarry, St. Joseph, MO (25) 18.565; 66. 3x, Tim Mulvaney, Northwood, ND (51) 18.637; 67. 29E, Ed Perryman, Des Moines, IA (19) 18.654; 68. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (63) 18.693; 69. 20x, Billy Dusenbery, Burlington, IA (46) 18.717; 70. 58, Jim Giardina, Riverside, CA (53) 18.752; 71. 4L, Mark Amenda, Streator, IL (43) 18.764; 72. 29T, Tommy Lee Williams, North Platte, NE (17) 18.914; 73. 44T, Tim Stevens, Paxton, NE (55) 19.079; 74. 5x, Curt Grogan, Kansas City, MO (27) 19.083; 75. D1, Dan Oswalt, Iola, KS (44) 19.210; 76. 87, Steve Fuqua, Mayetta, KS (54) 19.226; 77. 11a, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (48) 19.382; 78. 18c, Billie Cohee Jr., Topeka, KS (57) 19.388; 79. 1Y, Bruce Young, Union Grove, WI (77) 19.604; 80. 12c, Bill Cohee Sr., Topeka, KS (58) 20.341; 81. 16x, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (75) 20.933; 82. 77B, Bob Moore, Aurora, CO (45) NT; 83. 15, Bob Johnson, Sioux City, IA (83) NT.
Heat one (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Mark Kinser (10) 2. Johnny Herrera (8) 3. Jerry Beeck Jr. (2) 4. Steve Beitler (7) / 5. Lealand McSpadden (3) 6. Mike Peters (5) 7. Shane Carson (9) 8. Tim Lewis (1) / 9. Rickey Hood (6) 10. John Sernett (4)
Heat two (started), 10 laps, 2:58.4: 1. Danny Lasoski (10) 2. Mark Wilson (1) 3. Stevie Smith (9) 4. Pat Moore (3) / 5. Kevin Huntley (5) 6. Jimmy Evans (4) 7. Terry McCarl (6) 8. Bob Weuve (7) / 9. Sparky Howard (2) 10. Jeff Swindell (8)
Heat three (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Kenny Jacobs (10) 2. Lee Brewer Jr. (5) 3. Terry Shepherd (4) 4. Larry Hillerud (1) / 5. Kevin Briscoe (8) 6. Jimmy Carr (9) 7. Aaron Berryhill (6) 8. Brett Mann (7) / 9. Ricky Stenhouse (2) 10. Melinda Dumesny (3)
Heat four (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Doug Wolfgang (10) 2. Cris Eash (8) 3. Kenny Hansen (3) 4. Frankie Kerr (7) / 5. Bob White (1) 6. Taylor Weld (6) 7. Joey Kuhn (9) 8. Byron Reed (4) / 9. Tim Monson (2) 10. Ronnie Day (5)
Heat five (started), 10 laps, 3:04.1: 1. Gary Wright (4) 2. Jimmy Sills (7) 3. Marlon Jones (9) 4. Bobby Davis Jr. (10) / 5. Jason McMillen (5) 6. Jeff Tuttle (8) 7. Chris Ikard (2) 8. Rich Brahmer (1) / 9. Lou Kennedy Jr. (3) 10. Dion Appleby (6)
Dash (started), 5 laps, 1:27.5: 1. Kenny Jacobs (4) 2. Doug Wolfgang (3) 3. Stevie Smith (1) 4. Danny Lasoski (5) 5. Mark Kinser (6) 6. Bobby Davis Jr. (2)
B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Joey Kuhn (3) 2. Shane Carson (1) / 3. Terry McCarl (8) 4. Kevin Huntley (12) 5. Taylor Weld (10) 6. Mike Peters (11) 7. Jason McMillen (13) 8. Lealand McSpadden (16) 9. Kevin Briscoe (4) 10. Jimmy Evans (14) 11. Aaron Berryhill (9) 12. Jimmy Carr (2) 13. Chris Ikard (17) 14. Bob Weuve (6) 15. Bob White (19) 16. Byron Reed (15) 17. Dion Appleby (20) 18. Tim Lewis (18) 19. Jeff Tuttle (5) 20. Brett Mann (7) DNS – Rich Brahmer
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Kenny Jacobs (6) 2. Doug Wolfgang (5) 3. Johnny Herrera (1) 4. Danny Lasoski (7) 5. Mark Kinser (8) 6. Jimmy Sills (12) 7. Frankie Kerr (11) 8. Stevie Smith (3) 9. Cris Eash (9) 10. Joey Kuhn (21) 11. Shane Carson (22) 12. Kenny Hansen (17) 13. Steve Beitler (10) 14. Marlon Jones (2) 15. Jerry Beeck Jr. (18) 16. Mark Wilson (19) 17. Terry Shepherd (14) 18. Larry Hillerud (20) 19. Bobby Davis Jr. (4) 20. Lee Brewer Jr. (13) 21. Pat Moore (16) 22. Gary Wright (15). Lap Leaders: Herrera 1-13, Jacobs 14-20.
8/16/91
Non-qualifier Events Halted after Five Heat Races
Results
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:16.0: 1. 29G, Tommie Estes Jr., Tulsa, OK (1) 2. 24, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (2) / 3. 31w, Tim Monson, Lakefield, MN (3) 4. 22, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (5) / 5. 69s, Matt Spies, Spirit Lake, IA (8) 6. 10w, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (6) 7. 3x, Tim Mulvaney, Northwood, ND (7) 8. 56w, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (4) DNS – 1J, John Sernett, Bloomington, MN, 1Y, Bruce Young, Union Grove, WI
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:19.3: 1. 20, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (1) 2. 39s, Randy Sippel, Elkhart Lake, WI (3) / 3. 12A, Aaron Lemmons, Owasso, OK (5) 4. 66, Wally Henson, Little Rock, AR (7) / 5. 4L, Mark Amenda, Streator, IL (8) 6. D1, Dan Oswalt, Iola, KS (9) 7. 1K, Kim Kennedy, Faucett, MO (10) 8. 10c, Dave Strickland Jr., Littletown, CO (4) 9. 2T, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (6) 10. 25, Kenny French, Pleasantville, IA (2)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:18.6: 1. 4AC, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (1) 2. 16L, Leonard Lee, Simi Valley, CA (2) / 3. 22K, Jim Kouba, Rochester, MN (5) 4. 14R, Randy Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA (4) / 5. 26, Rich Brahmer, Wisner, NE (3) 6. 20J, Dale Johnston, Yukon, OK (6) 7. 12L, Lyle Sylvester, Bondurant, IA (8) 8. 8w, Jeff Whitehead, Moberly, MO (7) 9. 12c, Bill Cohee Sr., Topeka, KS (10) DNS – 29E, Ed Perryman, Des Moines, IA
Heat four (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. 20B, Garry Brazier, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (1) 2. Z, Dave Hollamon, Lincoln, NE (4) / 3. 87, Steve Fuqua, Mayetta, KS (3) 4. 16x, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (5) / 5. 77m, Melinda Dumesny, North Mead, NSW, Aust. (2) 6. 29T, Tommy Lee Williams, North Platte, NE (6) DNS – 14, Rickey Hood, Boonville, IN, 63, Al Hager, Fostoria, OH, 2, Rick Howard, Cleveland, MO, 56c, Gerald Cressman, Hartford, SD
Heat five (started), 8 laps, 2:27.5: 1. 7G, Brooke Tatnell, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (1) 2. 5T, Jaymie Moyle, Bridgewater, SA, Aust. (3) / 3. 51x, Nick LoSasso, Westminster, CO (2) 4. 4D, Spike Lempelius, Eagan, MN (6) / 5. 14x, Randy Martin, California, MO (4) 6. 77v, George Murdock, Bassett, NE (5) 7. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (7) 8. 41, Billy Krupp, Comstock Park, MI (8) 9. 11a, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (9) DNS – 38, Tony Weyant, Springfield, IL
Remaining Events Postponed to 8/15 due to weather (Race of States and Mystery Feature cancelled and the purse was distributed amongst all Friday participants)
8/17/91 (am)
Friday National Events Completed on Saturday with Tommie Estes, Jr. a Winner
by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, Iowa (August 16 & 17) - Tommie Estes, Jr. celebrated his 33rd birthday as he led the entire 20-lap distance to take the rain-delayed Friday night non-qualifiers feature on Saturday afternoon
The unusual afternoon show came about as a result of a brief yet potent cloud burst after the fifth heat race on Friday night. Yet another record crowd had settled in for the evening before the rains came. Track officials made a valiant effort to work the dirt track back into racing condition with push trucks and race cars but called the event just after 2 a.m. when the half-mile oval appeared to be little better for the efforts.
Two false starts plagued the feature event as first Larry Neighbors barrel-rolled in turn one on the initial green. The second attempt start saw Keith Kauffman get tapped causing him to careen into the front stretch guardrail. The Kauffman sprinter was then struck hard by Billy Vielhauer and Garry Brazier. The third attempted start was a charm as pole sitter Estes, Jr. led flag to flag in a race reminiscent of the 1980 afternoon championship feature.
"Afternoon shows are really hard on everybody and the tires and everything. It's just a guessing game," an exhausted Estes said after his dusty win. "The race track wasn't very wide. It laid rubber down and there was only one groove."
Australian youngster Brooke Tatnell chased the leader the entire distance and settled for second. Minnesotan Gary Lusk took third, Greg Hodnett captured fourth and Ronnie Day finished fifth. Lou Kennedy, Jr., Jaymie Moyle, Leonard Lee, Sparky Howard and Dave Hollamon formed the top ten finishers.
Capturing non-qualifier heat events on Friday were Estes, Jr., Kauffman, Jeff Swindell, Garry Brazier and Tatnell. Heat event winners on Saturday were Hodnett, Vielhauer and Day. Rick England won the C Feature and Nick Losasso was victorious in the B Feature.
The Race of States Feature and the Mystery Feature were canceled and the purse money ($32,000) offered for those races was divided among the 120 drivers ($266 each) who signed in and waited through the long night.
Results
Heat six (started), 8 laps, 2:32.3: 1. 4A, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (1) 2. 9N, Larry Neighbors, Oklahoma City, OK (5) / 3. 21K, Lou Kennedy Jr., Winnipeg, MB, Can. (2) 4. 61a, Jason Earls, Carthage, MO (3) / 5. 7L, Kevin Doty, Milan, IL (8) 6. 63N, Randy Nygaard, Hartford, SD (4) 7. 71P, Robbi Punzel, Salem, WI (7) 8. 44T, Tim Stevens, Paxton, NE (6) DNS – 9z, Rick Haas, Lincoln, NE, 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA
Heat seven (started), 8 laps, 2:29.9: 1. 12x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee Mission, KS (1) 2. 5H, Sparky Howard, Santa Rosa, CA (2) / 3. 111, Hawkeye Strobel, Streamwood, IL (3) 4. 85, Brett Geldner, St. Peter, MN (4) / 5. 30, Rick England, Wichita, KS (5) 6. 20x, Billy Dusenbery, Burlington, IA (6) 7. 65T, Tom McGarry, St. Joseph, MO (7) 8. 92J, JR Topper, St. Joseph, MO (9) 9. 18c, Billie Cohee Jr., Topeka, KS (8) DNS – 85m, Bobby Marcum, Tucson, AZ
Heat eight (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. 7, Ronnie Day, Salinas, CA (1) 2. 6, Ricky Stenhouse, Memphis, TN (2) / 3. 27F, Frank Filskov, Des Plaines, IL (3) 4. 98, George Austin III, Raytown, MO (5) / 5. 15B, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (6) 6. 8J, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (8) 7. 58, Jim Giardina, Riverside, CA (7) 8. 1c, Randy Combs, Tipton, MO (4)
C main (started), 10 laps, 3:21.8: 1. Rick England (4) 2. 2T, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (8) 3. 26, Rich Brahmer, Wisner, NE (1) 4. 77m, Melinda Dumesny, North Mead, NSW, Aust. (2) 5. Randy Combs (3) 6. Randy Nygaard (10) / 7. Tom McGarry (5) 8. Billy Dusenbery (7) 9. 29T, Tommy Lee Williams, North Platte, NE (11) 10. Tim Stevens (13) 11. 77v, George Murdock, Bassett, NE (6) 12. 12L, Lyle Sylvester, Bondurant, IA (20) 13. Bobby Mincer (18) 14. Billie Cohee Jr. (16) 15. JR Topper (15) 16. Jim Giardina (9) 17. 12c, Bill Cohee Sr., Topeka, KS (19) 18. 1K, Kim Kennedy, Faucett, MO (14) 19. 4L, Mark Amenda, Streator, IL (17) 20. Robbi Punzel (12) DNS – Jim Grafton
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:57.3: 1. 51x, Nick LoSasso, Westminster, CO (1) 2. Lou Kennedy Jr. (2) 3. Frank Filskov (6) 4. Jason Earls (4) 5. 14R, Randy Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA (5) / 6. 12A, Aaron Lemmons, Owasso, OK (7) 7. Brett Geldner (9) 8. 22K, Jim Kouba, Rochester, MN (10) 9. 22, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (8) 10. 66, Wally Henson, Little Rock, AR (11) 11. Mike Twedt (18) 12. Melinda Dumesny (20) 13. George Austin III (12) 14. Rick England (15) 15. 87, Steve Fuqua, Mayetta, KS (13) 16. 16x, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (16) 17. Hawkeye Strobel (3) 18. 4D, Spike Lempelius, Eagan, MN (14) 19. Randy Combs (17) 20. Randy Nygaard (19) DNS – Rich Brahmer
A main (started), 20 laps, 6:27.9: 1. 29G, Tommie Estes Jr., Tulsa, OK (1) 2. 7G, Brooke Tatnell, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (4) 3. 24, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (14) 4. Greg Hodnett (3) 5. Ronnie Day (5) 6. Lou Kennedy Jr. (18) 7. 5T, Jaymie Moyle, Bridgewater, SA, Aust. (11) 8. 16L, Leonard Lee, Simi Valley, CA (8) 9. Sparky Howard (7) 10. Z, Dave Hollamon, Lincoln, NE (16) 11. Nick LoSasso (15) 12. Randy Rosenboom (20) 13. Frank Filskov (17) 14. 39s, Randy Sippel, Elkhart Lake, WI (9) 15. 4AC, Kelly Pryor (subbing for Jeff Swindell), Memphis, TN (19) 16. 20, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (2) 17. Billy Vielhauer (6) 18. 20B, Garry Brazier, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (12) 19. Ricky Stenhouse (10) 20. Larry Neighbors (13) DNS – Jason Earls. Lap Leader: Estes 1-20.
8/17/91 (pm)
Steve Kinser Takes Seventh Nationals Title
by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, Iowa (August 17) - "The best one's the one you just won," was the way Steve Kinser described his seventh crown after winning the 31st annual NAPA Knoxville Nationals before 22,000 spectators at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night.
Kinser, whose first six titles came in 1980-81-82 and 1986-87-88 swept to the thirty-lap $50,000 victory in the Karl Kinser prepared No. 11 Maxim from the pole position. He was challenged only by fellow front row starter Kenny Jacobs after beating Jacobs to the first turn at the start of the event.
"The car's been running really super good the last two months. I have to thank Karl Kinser. We have a super team, "Kinser said in victory lane. "I just ran as hard as I could and everything felt pretty good until about the last ten laps when I started having trouble getting around the cushion."
Lap nineteen saw Jacobs make his only move for the top spot when he nosed ahead briefly in turns one and two as Kinser slowed behind lapped traffic. "I couldn't have caught him unless something drastic happened, but it didn't," Jacobs later said. Jacobs followed Kinser the entire 30-lap distance to finish 100 yards behind the winner as the checkereds fell at just past midnight. The runner-up position paid $25,000.
Only one caution slowed the event when on lap thirteen Dave Blaney hit the front stretch fence and lost a front wheel. All cars managed to miss the errant tire but Doug Wolfgang ran over it one lap later when the race had actually slowed under caution. The incident cut Wolfie's right front tire forcing him to the pits and relegating him to the tail once the race resumed.
Mark Kinser, who ran third for much of the event, finished in that position and collected $15,000. A spirited and late-race battle saw Sammy Swindell edge Johnny Herrera for fourth. Swindell received $10,000 and Herrera took home $9,000. Stevie Smith, Doug Wolfgang, Danny Smith, Jack Hewitt and Chris Eash formed the top ten finishers.
Four preliminary features were contested prior to the championship main event. Australian Brooke Tatnell won the E Main, the D Main went to Kenny McCarl and Kenny Hansen took the C Main. Frankie Kerr captured the 22-lap B Main as he transferred to the championship feature along with Joe Gaerte, Steve Beitler and Randy Smith. The Beitler pit crew received the Best Appearing Crew award while Paul Lotier was named 1991 Rookie of the Nationals for his 11th place finish in the National Championship race.
31st Annual Knoxville Nationals Results
E main (started) 10 laps, 3:21.2: 1. 7G, Brooke Tatnell, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (2) 2. 29G, Tommie Estes Jr., Tulsa, OK (1) / 3. 21K, Lou Kennedy Jr., Winnipeg, MB, Can. (6) 4. 4AC, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (20) 5. 24, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (3) 6. 7, Kevin Doty, Milan, IL (5) 7. 16L, Leonard Lee, Simi Valley, CA (8) 8. 12x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee Mission, KS (16) 9. Z, Dave Hollamon, Lincoln, NE (10) 10. 51x, Nick LoSasso, Westminster, CO (11) 11. 14R, Randy Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA (12) 12. 39s, Randy Sippel, Elkhart Lake, WI (14) 13. 27F, Frank Filskov, Des Plaines, IL (13) 14. 5T, Jaymie Moyle, Bridgewater, SA, Aust. (7) 15. 20, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (15) 16. 9N, Larry Neighbors, Oklahoma City, OK (17) 17. 4A, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (4) 18. 5H, Sparky Howard, Santa Rosa, CA (9) 19. 6, Ricky Stenhouse, Memphis, TN (18) 20. 61a, Jason Earls, Carthage, MO (19) DNS – 20B, Garry Brazier, Sydney, NSW, Aust.
D main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. 19B, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 91, Lealand McSpadden, Tempe, AZ (6) 3. 98N, Brett Mann, Elkhart, IN (4) / 4. 71m, Jimmy Evans, Hibbing, MN (5) 5. 12, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (7) 6. 3s, Rick Salem, Denver, CO (8) 7. 15N, Chris Ikard, Las Cruces, NM (14) 8. Tommie Estes Jr. (22) 9. 9m, Rick Montgomery, Denver, CO (9) 10. 39L, Dale Laakso, Simi Valley, CA (13) 11. 39, Bob White, West Des Moines, IA (16) 12. 8, Butch Hanssen, Sioux Falls, SD (17) 13. 71, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (15) 14. 4G, Rickie Gaunt, Torrance, CA (18) 15. Brooke Tatnell (21) 16. 3T, Tim Lewis, Gas, KS (20) 17. 5L, Mal Lane, Dundee, NY (1) 18. 5R, Byron Reed, Monclova, OH (11) 19. 51, Larry Hillerud, Arlington Heights, IL (3) 20. 3Y, Dion Appleby, Mole Creek, TAS, Aust. (10) 21. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (12) 22. 18, Fran Bruns, Madison, SD (19)
C main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. 33, Kenny Hansen, Nunda, SD (2) 2. 5w, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (4) 3. 3BG, Mike Peters, Wichita, KS (13) 4. 16, Gary DeWall, Jackson, MN (7) / 5. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (6) 6. 81, Danny Young, Des Moines, IA (9) 7. 1m, Pat Moore, Moline, IL (10) 8. 83, Randy Tiner, Sacramento, CA (17) 9. Lealand McSpadden (20) 10. 3c, Gary Cameron II, Tulsa, OK (18) 11. 10T, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (15) 12. Brett Mann (22) 13. 97B, Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK (16) 14. 21m, Jason McMillen, Sacramento, CA (19) 15. 20w, Mark Wilson, Des Moines, IA (12) 16. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (14) 17. 1a, Bobby Allen, Hanover, PA (1) 18. 88, Terry McCarl, Pleasanton, CA (5) 19. 44, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (3) 20. 2TZ, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (11) 21. Kenny McCarl (21) 22. 92, Taylor Weld, Kansas City, MO (8) DNS – 11m, Kevin Huntley, Bloomington, IN
B main (started), 22 laps, NT: 1. 23s, Frankie Kerr, Selinsgrove, PA (2) 2. 7TW, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (1) 3. 21, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (4) 4. 55, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (10) / 5. 5, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (11) 6. 1AU, Max Dumesny, North Mead, NSW, Aust. (12) 7. 52, Chris McDermott, Houston, TX (3) 8. 126, Dave Kelly, Old Zionsville, PA (8) 9. 64, Kevin Briscoe, Mitchell, IN (17) 10. 03, Sam Rodriguez, Tampa, FL (5) 11. 3B, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (15) 12. Mike Peters (21) 13. Gary Wright (20) 14. 65m, Johnny Mackison Jr., York, PA (9) 15. 57, Dan Hamilton, Tyler, TX (13) 16. Kenny Hansen (19) 17. Gary DeWall (22) 18. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (7) 19. 4N, Terry Shepherd, Warsaw, IN (18) 20. 3, Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (6) 21. 47, Jerry Janssen, Des Moines, IA (14) 22. 65, Jimmy Carr, Maple Ridge, BC, Can. (16) DNS – 80, Vance Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD, 1s, Lee Brewer Jr., Memphis, TN
A main (started), 30 laps, NT: 1. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (1) 2. 1w, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (2) 3. 5m, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (3) 4. 1, Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, TN (14) 5. 32u, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (9) 6. 77, Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA (11) 7. 49, Doug Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (5) 8. 56, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (10) 9. 1x, Jack Hewitt, Troy, OH (8) 10. 17E, Cris Eash, Woodbine, MD (13) 11. 17L, Paul Lotier, Lebanon, PA (6) 12. 69K, Donnie Kreitz Jr., Sinking Spring, PA (12) 13. Randy Smith (24) 14. 2AU, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (7) 15. 29, Jimmy Sills, Placerville, CA (18) 16. 4, Bobby Davis Jr., Memphis, TN (20) 17. 2K, Joey Kuhn, Carlisle, PA (19) 18. 12$, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (15) 19. 59, Marlon Jones, Canton, SD (17) 20. Steve Beitler (23) 21. Joe Gaerte (22) 22. Frankie Kerr (21) 23. 10, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (4) 24. 7c, Dave Blaney, Cortland, OH (16). Lap Leader: S. Kinser 1-30.
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Bill- Thanks much for that "blast from the past"!
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We're at 83 now, and there are 15 locks remaining. There's also a bunch of guys who ran last year that aren't entered. So good chance we'll get to 100 or more.
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July 11, 2013 at
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On my 'not entered yet' list that I think should be racing, I've got (26): Saldana, C Dollansky, Allard, Gravel, Rahmer, Haftertepe, Holtgraver, Sweet, Pittman, Sammy, Darrah, Meyers, Hodnett, Dover, Bruce, Dale Blaney, G Dollansky, Solwold, Hannagan, Jac, Caleb Helms, Henderson, Trevor Reynolds, Scott Winters, Jamie Veal, and Greg Wilson. The bottom 4 on the list are a little iffy, but very possible given what they've done in the past.
I have another dozen (12) that have run Knoxvile this year and/or ran Nationals last year. They are: Marty Perovich, Jody Rosenboom, Skylar Prochaska, Casey Mack, Dustin Clark, Mark Johnson, Jim Moughan, Balog, Brandon Thone, Joey Moughan, Trey Starks, and Sheldon Haud. I would think half of this group would show up to race, not expecting too much more.
Wildcards I have are: Tom Buch's #13, Dave Blaney in his own #10 that he has won two 410 features with, Rick Ferkle's #0, Austen Wheatley, the red 66 car that Hannagan drove earlier this year, and Burch's 1M. If Lasoski is out of the 1z for Nationals, he'll probably drive the 1M... so that entry would be a wash. Blaney is probably the only real likely entry here. Either way, that gets us to 116... which would be pretty awesome.
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Posted By: Bill W on July 10 2013 at 11:12:01 PM
8/14/91
Steve Kinser Claims Wednesday Nationals Opener
by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, Iowa (August 14) - Six-time Knoxville Nationals champion Steve Kinser took the initial night of qualifications at the 31st annual Knoxville Nationals. Kinser additionally claimed qualifying time trials but motor problems in his heat race forced a runner-up finish in that event. However, his 497 accumulated points total did earn him the pole position for the championship feature on Saturday night.
In the opening night feature, Danny Smith claimed the first five laps from his second row starting birth. Kinser and Sammy Swindell were swapping the second place position much to the delight of the record opening night crowd.
Swindell, the 1983 champion, grabbed the top spot on lap six and began increasing his lead in his self-built chassis as he diced through lapped traffic. On the fifteenth circuit the Tennessee native suddenly slowed as he entered the backstretch and Kinser shot by for the lead and the $2,500 win. Swindell coasted to a stop on the infield grass the victim of ignition problems.
"Something major went wrong with Sammy's car. It just quit on him," Kinser said during his post-race interview. "It looked like he was going to win it. I think he might have been a little faster than us tonight. But a little luck came my way. Let's hope it stays with us on Saturday."
The 20-lap event continued nonstop and Swindell received last place in the final tally. The final five laps additionally saw Dave Blaney gain a runner-up finish from a 13rh position start as he fell nearly a half-lap short of the winning Kinser. Smith held down the third place spot and veteran Jack Hewitt claimed fourth.
A battle for Rookie of the Nationals honors saw Australian Skip Jackson and Pennsylvanian Paul Lotier finish fifth and sixth respectively. Joe Gaerte took seventh as B-Feature winner Donnie Kreitz, Jr. charged to eighth. Australian Max Dumesny and defending Nationals champion Bobby Allen rounded out the top ten.
Qualifying heat events went to Sam Rodriguez, Danny Young, Swindell, Jackson and Gary DeWall. 82 cars completed qualifying time trials.
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (4) 16.140; 2. 29G, Tommie Estes Jr., Tulsa, OK (1) 16.288; 3. 1, Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, TN (33) 16.290; 4. 17L, Paul Lotier, Lebanon, PA (56) 16.319; 5. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (8) 16.511; 6. 55, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (20) 16.521; 7. 1x, Jack Hewitt, Troy, OH (44) 16.526; 8. 69K, Donnie Kreitz Jr., Sinking Spring, PA (35) 16.529; 9. 2AU, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (36) 16.536; 10. 56, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (12) 16.660; 11. 80, Vance Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (22) 16.677; 12. 20, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (71) 16.685; 13. 83, Randy Tiner, Sacramento, CA (25) 16.699; 14. 57, Dan Hamilton, Tyler, TX (18) 16.702; 15. 3B, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (3) 16.708; 16. 44, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (38) 16.708; 17. 2TZ, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (24) 16.728; 18. 52, Chris McDermott, Houston, TX (26) 16.741; 19. 126, Dave Kelly, Old Zionsville, PA (34) 16.748; 20. 7TW, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (52) 16.778; 21. 03, Sam Rodriguez, Tampa, FL (40) 16.816; 22. 3, Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (81) 16.822; 23. 7c, Dave Blaney, Cortland, OH (60) 16.851; 24. 7G, Brooke Tatnell, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (29) 16.866; 25. 5L, Mal Lane, Dundee, NY (17) 16.877; 26. 4A, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (48) 16.894; 27. 5, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (64) 16.906; 28. 12x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee Mission, KS (13) 16.933; 29. 65m, Johnny Mackison Jr., York, PA (78) 16.936; 30. 19B, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (79) 16.954; 31. 3s, Rick Salem, Denver, CO (27) 16.965; 32. 1AU, Max Dumesny, North Mead, NSW, Aust. (68) 16.971; 33. 25, Kenny French, Pleasantville, IA (31) 16.983; 34. 9m, Rick Montgomery, Denver, CO (67) 17.009; 35. 47, Jerry Janssen, Des Moines, IA (76) 17.054; 36. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (14) 17.085; 37. 39L, Dale Laakso, Simi Valley, CA (9) 17.094; 38. 12, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (30) 17.119; 39. 16L, Leonard Lee, Simi Valley, CA (16) 17.154; 40. 51x, Nick LoSasso, Westminster, CO (15) 17.179; 41. 1a, Bobby Allen, Hanover, PA (69) 17.189; 42. 81, Danny Young, Des Moines, IA (51) 17.242; 43. 3c, Gary Cameron II, Tulsa, OK (70) 17.293; 44. 71, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (21) 17.363; 45. 16, Gary DeWall, Jackson, MN (80) 17.322; 46. 39s, Randy Sippel, Elkhart Lake, WI (41) 17.402; 47. 8, Butch Hanssen, Sioux Falls, SD (32) 17.450; 48. 18, Fran Bruns, Madison, SD (45) 17.457; 49. 4G, Rickie Gaunt, Torrance, CA (82) 17.463; 50. 20B, Garry Brazier, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (49) 17.488 / 51. 5T, Jaymie Moyle, Bridgewater, SA, Aust. (46) 17.516; 52. 61a, Jason Earls, Carthage, MO (58) 17.522; 53. 27F, Frank Filskov, Des Plaines, IL (43) 17.529; 54. 10c, Dave Strickland Jr., Littletown, CO (10) 17.535; 55. 85m, Bobby Marcum, Tucson, AZ (61) 17.541; 56. 14x, Randy Martin, California, MO (65) 17.574; 57. 30, Rick England, Wichita, KS (37) 17.588; 58. 22, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (63) 17.605; 59. 22K, Jim Kouba, Rochester, MN (23) 17.615; 60. 99, Gordy Vogelaar, Worthington, MN (53) 17.617; 61. 9N, Larry Neighbors, Oklahoma City, OK (19) 17.648; 62. 98, George Austin III, Raytown, MO (2) 17.682; 63. 2T, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (62) 17.814; 64. Z, Dave Hollamon, Lincoln, NE (57) 17.859; 65. 63N, Randy Nygaard, Hartford, SD (6) 17.909; 66. 13, Terry Starks, Joliet, IL (59) 17.940; 67. 66, Wally Henson, Little Rock, AR (11) 17.961; 68. 56c, Gerald Cressman, Hartford, SD (54) 17.963; 69. 71P, Robbi Punzel, Salem, WI (66) 17.989; 70. 8J, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (50) 18.111; 71. 10w, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (73) 18.257; 72. 12L, Lyle Sylvester, Bondurant, IA (47) 18.472; 73. 4D, Spike Lempelius, Eagan, MN (74) 18.482; 74. 92J, JR Topper, St. Joseph, MO (55) 18.547; 75. 69s, Matt Spies, Spirit Lake, IA (75) 18.558; 76. 8w, Jeff Whitehead, Moberly, MO (7) 18.612; 77. 55m, Mike Wirth, Cascade, WI (42) 18.850; 78. 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA (5) 18.944; 79. 15B, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (77) 19.044; 80. 1K, Kim Kennedy, Faucett, MO (39) 19.198; 81. 7L, Kevin Doty, Milan, IL (28) NT; 82. 41, Bill Krupp, Comstock Park, MI (72) NT; 83. 53D, Dennis Parker, Bloomington, MN (83) NT.
Heat one (started), 10 laps, 2:50.9: 1. Sam Rodriguez (6) 2. Steve Kinser (10) 3. Bobby Allen (2) 4. Vance Peterson (8) / 5. Randy Smith (9) 6. Don Droud Jr. (7) 7. Rick Salem (4) 8. John Hall (3) / 9. Greg Hodnett (5) 10. Randy Sippel (1)
Heat two (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Danny Young (2) 2. Max Dumesny (4) 3. Terry Gray (6) 4. Jack Hewitt (9) / 5. Ron Shuman (5) 6. Butch Hanssen (1) 7. Tim Baker (7) 8. Dale Laakso (3) / 9. Keith Kauffman (8) 10. Tommie Estes Jr. (10)
Heat three (started), 10 laps, 2:52.2: 1. Sammy Swindell (10) 2. Dave Blaney (6) 3. Chris McDermott (7) 4. Gary Cameron II (2) / 5. Craig Dollansky (3) 6. Donnie Kreitz Jr. (9) 7. Randy Tiner (8) 8. Fran Bruns (1) / 9. Kenny French (4) 10. Billy Vielhauer (5)
Heat four (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Skip Jackson (9) 2. Johnny Mackison Jr. (5) 3. Paul Lotier (10) 4. Dave Kelly (7) / 5. Dan Hamilton (8) 6. Rickie Gaunt (1) 7. Rick Montgomery (4) 8. Dennis Moore Jr. (2) / 9. Brooke Tatnell (6) 10. Leonard Lee (3)
Heat five (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Gary DeWall (2) 2. Jerry Janssen (4) 3. Joe Gaerte (7) 4. Danny Smith (9) / 5. Shawn Moore (10) 6. Kenny McCarl (5) 7. Jerry Richert Jr. (8) 8. Mal Lane (6) / 9. Nick LoSasso (3) 10. Garry Brazier (1)
Dash (started), 5 laps, NT: 1. Sammy Swindell (5) 2. Steve Kinser (6) 3. Danny Smith (1) 4. Skip Jackson (2) 5. Paul Lotier (4) 6. Jack Hewitt (3)
B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Donnie Kreitz Jr. (3) 2. Ron Shuman (10) / 3. Jerry Richert Jr. (6) 4. Randy Smith (2) 5. Shawn Moore (1) 6. Dan Hamilton (5) 7. Craig Dollansky (16) 8. Don Droud Jr. (7) 9. Kenny McCarl (11) 10. Tim Baker (8) 11. Mal Lane (9) 12. Rick Montgomery (13) 13. Rick Salem (12) 14. Dennis Moore Jr. (17) 15. Fran Bruns (19) 16. Rickie Gaunt (20) 17. Butch Hanssen (18) 18. John Hall (14) 19. Dale Laakso (15) 20. Randy Tiner (4)
A main (started), 20 laps, 6:10.0: 1. Steve Kinser (8) 2. Dave Blaney (13) 3. Danny Smith (3) 4. Jack Hewitt (5) 5. Skip Jackson (4) 6. Paul Lotier (6) 7. Joe Gaerte (10) 8. Donnie Kreitz Jr. (21) 9. Max Dumesny (15) 10. Bobby Allen (17) 11. Chris McDermott (1) 12. Johnny Mackison Jr. (14) 13. Terry Gray (12) 14. Ron Shuman (22) 15. Jerry Janssen (16) 16. Gary DeWall (20) 17. Dave Kelly (9) 18. Sam Rodriguez (11) 19. Vance Peterson (2) 20. Danny Young (18) 21. Gary Cameron II (19) 22. Sammy Swindell (7). Lap Leaders: D. Smith 1-5, S. Swindell 6-14, S. Kinser 15-20.
8/15/91
Kenny Jacobs is a First Time Thursday Nationals Winner
by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, Iowa (August 15) - Kenny Jacobs became a surprise winner Thursday night at the 31st annual Knoxville Nationals when he held off a stellar field of nationals competitors to take the 20-lap feature event. The victory enabled him to earn enough points to grab the coveted outside row one starting position in the championship feature on Saturday night.
"It feels good to win a race at the famous Knoxville Raceway," Jacobs said in victory lane about his initial win on the half-mile oval. "I was so nervous those last couple of laps just waiting for something to break," Jacobs confessed. "Deuce Turrill made a couple of changes on that red. We just wanted to balance the car so it drove off both rear wheels instead of just the right rear. It was pretty easy to drive after that.
In the feature event, Jacobs was only able to take the lead on lap fourteen when a front chute wreck forced a restart. To that point, Johnny Herrera had taken command of the race and was setting the pace, but the violent Lee Brewer, Jr. flip brought the race to a halt and bunched the cars again in single file realignment
When the green flag again flew Jacobs dove to the low side of the track and took the lead from race-long front runner Herrera as they flew past the flag stand. Doug Wolfgang was able to get by Herrera as well despite having lost his power steering earlier in the event. Wolfie was never able to mount a serious threat for the lead in the remaining laps and settled for a runner-up finish. Herrera remained in the third place position.
Defending Knoxville track champion Danny Lasoski finished fourth after a miserable start caused by a wheel banging incident relegated him near the back of the pack. Equally unfortunate was fifth place finisher Mark Kinser who spun out all by himself in turn four on lap eight as he too then reported to the rear of the field.
Jimmy Sills and Frankie Kerr took sixth and seventh respectively. Stevie Smith, a second place runner until a flat tire on lap eight forced him to the tail, finished eighth. Chris Eash was ninth and 1990 Nationals Rookie of the Year, Joey Kuhn completed the top ten finishers.
Qualifying heat races went to Kinser, Lasoski, Jacobs, and Gary Wright. Kuhn took the B feature as 84 cars came to the line for qualifying time trials before a huge grandstands crowd.
Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 5m, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (39) 16.451; 2. 10, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (1) 16.529; 3. 1w, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (15) 16.604; 4. 49, Doug Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (35) 16.655; 5. 4, Bobby Davis Jr., Memphis, TN (3) 16.676; 6. 12$, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (5) 16.762; 7. 77, Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA (26) 16.827; 8. 65, Jimmy Carr, Maple Ridge, BC, Can. (21) 16.895; 9. 2K, Joey Kuhn, Carlisle, PA (20) 16.940; 10. 59, Marlon Jones, Canton, SD (6) 16.965; 11. 32u, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (72) 16.998; 12. 4AC, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (82) 17.025; 13. 64, Kevin Briscoe, Mitchell, IN (12) 17.037; 14. 17E, Cris Eash, Woodbine, MD (24) 17.037; 15. 10T, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (16) 17.045; 16. 21, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (8) 17.047; 17. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (18) 17.069; 18. 98N, Brett Mann, Elkhart, IN (2) 17.074; 19. 23s, Frankie Kerr, Selinsgrove, PA (61) 17.095; 20. 29, Jimmy Sills, Placerville, CA (67) 17.114; 21. 14, Rickey Hood, Boonville, IN (42) 17.154; 22. Terry McCarl, Pleasanton, CA (41) 17.229; 23. 97B, Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK (7) 17.256; 24. 92, Taylor Weld, Kansas City, MO (38) 17.274; 25. 3Y, Dion Appleby, Mole Creek, TAS, Aust. (9) 17.289; 26. 3BG, Mike Peters, Wichita, KS (23) 17.318; 27. 11m, Kevin Huntley, Bloomington, IN (30) 17.332; 28. 1s, Lee Brewer Jr., Memphis, TN (81) 17.394; 29. 7, Ronnie Day, Salinas, CA (78) 17.375; 30. 21m, Jason McMillen, Sacramento, CA (10) 17.383; 31. 1J, John Sernett, Bloomington, MN (29) 17.396; 32. 71m, Jimmy Evans, Hibbing, MN (80) 17.406; 33. 4N, Terry Shepherd, Warsaw, IN (11) 17.451; 34. 5R, Byron Reed, Monclova, OH (36) 17.504; 35. 5w, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (40) 17.532; 36. 91, Lealand McSpadden, Tempe, AZ (14) 17.534; 37. 1m, Pat Moore, Moline, IL (52) 17.537; 38. 77m, Melinda Dumesny, North Mead, NSW, Aust. (13) 17.576; 39. 33, Kenny Hansen, Nunda, SD (79) 17.629; 40. 21K, Lou Kennedy Jr., Winnipeg, MB, Can. (49) 17.637; 41. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (33) 17.639; 42. 5H, Sparky Howard, Santa Rosa, CA (4) 17.648; 43. 6, Ricky Stenhouse, Memphis, TN (22) 17.709; 44. 31w, Tim Monson, Lakefield, MN (50) 17.750; 45. 15N, Chris Ikard, Las Cruces, NM (31) 17.780; 46. 3T, Tim Lewis, Gas, KS (28) 17.789; 47. 20w, Mark Wilson, Des Moines, IA (34) 17.875; 48. 51, Larry Hillerud, Arlington Heights, IL (68) 17.895; 49. 39, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (47) 17.905; 50. 26, Rich Brahmer, Wisner, NE (60) 17.935 / 51. 4s, Tommy Scott, Springfield, IL (66) 17.964; 52. 111, Hawkeye Strobel, Streamwood, IL (76) 18.033; 53. 24, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (37) 18.061; 54. 14R, Randy Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA (62) 18.158; 55. 63, Al Hager, Fostoria, OH (74) 18.188; 56. 9z, Rick Haas, Lincoln, NE (69) 18.243; 57. 1c, Randy Combs, Tipton, MO (56) 18.271; 58. 12A, Aaron Lemmons, Owasso, OK (70) 18.308; 59. 2, Rick Howard, Cleveland, MO (64) 18.325; 60. 77v, George Murdock, Bassett, NE (65) 18.482; 61. 85, Brett Geldner, St. Peter, MN (73) 18.502; 62. 56w, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (32) 18.520; 63. 20J, Dale Johnston, Yukon, OK (59) 18.527; 64. 38, Tony Weyant, Springfield, IL (71) 18.561; 65. 65T, Tom McGarry, St. Joseph, MO (25) 18.565; 66. 3x, Tim Mulvaney, Northwood, ND (51) 18.637; 67. 29E, Ed Perryman, Des Moines, IA (19) 18.654; 68. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (63) 18.693; 69. 20x, Billy Dusenbery, Burlington, IA (46) 18.717; 70. 58, Jim Giardina, Riverside, CA (53) 18.752; 71. 4L, Mark Amenda, Streator, IL (43) 18.764; 72. 29T, Tommy Lee Williams, North Platte, NE (17) 18.914; 73. 44T, Tim Stevens, Paxton, NE (55) 19.079; 74. 5x, Curt Grogan, Kansas City, MO (27) 19.083; 75. D1, Dan Oswalt, Iola, KS (44) 19.210; 76. 87, Steve Fuqua, Mayetta, KS (54) 19.226; 77. 11a, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (48) 19.382; 78. 18c, Billie Cohee Jr., Topeka, KS (57) 19.388; 79. 1Y, Bruce Young, Union Grove, WI (77) 19.604; 80. 12c, Bill Cohee Sr., Topeka, KS (58) 20.341; 81. 16x, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (75) 20.933; 82. 77B, Bob Moore, Aurora, CO (45) NT; 83. 15, Bob Johnson, Sioux City, IA (83) NT.
Heat one (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Mark Kinser (10) 2. Johnny Herrera (8) 3. Jerry Beeck Jr. (2) 4. Steve Beitler (7) / 5. Lealand McSpadden (3) 6. Mike Peters (5) 7. Shane Carson (9) 8. Tim Lewis (1) / 9. Rickey Hood (6) 10. John Sernett (4)
Heat two (started), 10 laps, 2:58.4: 1. Danny Lasoski (10) 2. Mark Wilson (1) 3. Stevie Smith (9) 4. Pat Moore (3) / 5. Kevin Huntley (5) 6. Jimmy Evans (4) 7. Terry McCarl (6) 8. Bob Weuve (7) / 9. Sparky Howard (2) 10. Jeff Swindell (8)
Heat three (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Kenny Jacobs (10) 2. Lee Brewer Jr. (5) 3. Terry Shepherd (4) 4. Larry Hillerud (1) / 5. Kevin Briscoe (8) 6. Jimmy Carr (9) 7. Aaron Berryhill (6) 8. Brett Mann (7) / 9. Ricky Stenhouse (2) 10. Melinda Dumesny (3)
Heat four (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Doug Wolfgang (10) 2. Cris Eash (8) 3. Kenny Hansen (3) 4. Frankie Kerr (7) / 5. Bob White (1) 6. Taylor Weld (6) 7. Joey Kuhn (9) 8. Byron Reed (4) / 9. Tim Monson (2) 10. Ronnie Day (5)
Heat five (started), 10 laps, 3:04.1: 1. Gary Wright (4) 2. Jimmy Sills (7) 3. Marlon Jones (9) 4. Bobby Davis Jr. (10) / 5. Jason McMillen (5) 6. Jeff Tuttle (8) 7. Chris Ikard (2) 8. Rich Brahmer (1) / 9. Lou Kennedy Jr. (3) 10. Dion Appleby (6)
Dash (started), 5 laps, 1:27.5: 1. Kenny Jacobs (4) 2. Doug Wolfgang (3) 3. Stevie Smith (1) 4. Danny Lasoski (5) 5. Mark Kinser (6) 6. Bobby Davis Jr. (2)
B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Joey Kuhn (3) 2. Shane Carson (1) / 3. Terry McCarl (8) 4. Kevin Huntley (12) 5. Taylor Weld (10) 6. Mike Peters (11) 7. Jason McMillen (13) 8. Lealand McSpadden (16) 9. Kevin Briscoe (4) 10. Jimmy Evans (14) 11. Aaron Berryhill (9) 12. Jimmy Carr (2) 13. Chris Ikard (17) 14. Bob Weuve (6) 15. Bob White (19) 16. Byron Reed (15) 17. Dion Appleby (20) 18. Tim Lewis (18) 19. Jeff Tuttle (5) 20. Brett Mann (7) DNS – Rich Brahmer
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Kenny Jacobs (6) 2. Doug Wolfgang (5) 3. Johnny Herrera (1) 4. Danny Lasoski (7) 5. Mark Kinser (8) 6. Jimmy Sills (12) 7. Frankie Kerr (11) 8. Stevie Smith (3) 9. Cris Eash (9) 10. Joey Kuhn (21) 11. Shane Carson (22) 12. Kenny Hansen (17) 13. Steve Beitler (10) 14. Marlon Jones (2) 15. Jerry Beeck Jr. (18) 16. Mark Wilson (19) 17. Terry Shepherd (14) 18. Larry Hillerud (20) 19. Bobby Davis Jr. (4) 20. Lee Brewer Jr. (13) 21. Pat Moore (16) 22. Gary Wright (15). Lap Leaders: Herrera 1-13, Jacobs 14-20.
8/16/91
Non-qualifier Events Halted after Five Heat Races
Results
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:16.0: 1. 29G, Tommie Estes Jr., Tulsa, OK (1) 2. 24, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (2) / 3. 31w, Tim Monson, Lakefield, MN (3) 4. 22, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (5) / 5. 69s, Matt Spies, Spirit Lake, IA (8) 6. 10w, Steve Wares, Knoxville, IA (6) 7. 3x, Tim Mulvaney, Northwood, ND (7) 8. 56w, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (4) DNS – 1J, John Sernett, Bloomington, MN, 1Y, Bruce Young, Union Grove, WI
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:19.3: 1. 20, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (1) 2. 39s, Randy Sippel, Elkhart Lake, WI (3) / 3. 12A, Aaron Lemmons, Owasso, OK (5) 4. 66, Wally Henson, Little Rock, AR (7) / 5. 4L, Mark Amenda, Streator, IL (8) 6. D1, Dan Oswalt, Iola, KS (9) 7. 1K, Kim Kennedy, Faucett, MO (10) 8. 10c, Dave Strickland Jr., Littletown, CO (4) 9. 2T, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (6) 10. 25, Kenny French, Pleasantville, IA (2)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:18.6: 1. 4AC, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (1) 2. 16L, Leonard Lee, Simi Valley, CA (2) / 3. 22K, Jim Kouba, Rochester, MN (5) 4. 14R, Randy Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA (4) / 5. 26, Rich Brahmer, Wisner, NE (3) 6. 20J, Dale Johnston, Yukon, OK (6) 7. 12L, Lyle Sylvester, Bondurant, IA (8) 8. 8w, Jeff Whitehead, Moberly, MO (7) 9. 12c, Bill Cohee Sr., Topeka, KS (10) DNS – 29E, Ed Perryman, Des Moines, IA
Heat four (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. 20B, Garry Brazier, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (1) 2. Z, Dave Hollamon, Lincoln, NE (4) / 3. 87, Steve Fuqua, Mayetta, KS (3) 4. 16x, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (5) / 5. 77m, Melinda Dumesny, North Mead, NSW, Aust. (2) 6. 29T, Tommy Lee Williams, North Platte, NE (6) DNS – 14, Rickey Hood, Boonville, IN, 63, Al Hager, Fostoria, OH, 2, Rick Howard, Cleveland, MO, 56c, Gerald Cressman, Hartford, SD
Heat five (started), 8 laps, 2:27.5: 1. 7G, Brooke Tatnell, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (1) 2. 5T, Jaymie Moyle, Bridgewater, SA, Aust. (3) / 3. 51x, Nick LoSasso, Westminster, CO (2) 4. 4D, Spike Lempelius, Eagan, MN (6) / 5. 14x, Randy Martin, California, MO (4) 6. 77v, George Murdock, Bassett, NE (5) 7. 28w, Larry Webb, Des Moines, IA (7) 8. 41, Billy Krupp, Comstock Park, MI (8) 9. 11a, Archie Ergenbright, Newton, IA (9) DNS – 38, Tony Weyant, Springfield, IL
Remaining Events Postponed to 8/15 due to weather (Race of States and Mystery Feature cancelled and the purse was distributed amongst all Friday participants)
8/17/91 (am)
Friday National Events Completed on Saturday with Tommie Estes, Jr. a Winner
by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, Iowa (August 16 & 17) - Tommie Estes, Jr. celebrated his 33rd birthday as he led the entire 20-lap distance to take the rain-delayed Friday night non-qualifiers feature on Saturday afternoon
The unusual afternoon show came about as a result of a brief yet potent cloud burst after the fifth heat race on Friday night. Yet another record crowd had settled in for the evening before the rains came. Track officials made a valiant effort to work the dirt track back into racing condition with push trucks and race cars but called the event just after 2 a.m. when the half-mile oval appeared to be little better for the efforts.
Two false starts plagued the feature event as first Larry Neighbors barrel-rolled in turn one on the initial green. The second attempt start saw Keith Kauffman get tapped causing him to careen into the front stretch guardrail. The Kauffman sprinter was then struck hard by Billy Vielhauer and Garry Brazier. The third attempted start was a charm as pole sitter Estes, Jr. led flag to flag in a race reminiscent of the 1980 afternoon championship feature.
"Afternoon shows are really hard on everybody and the tires and everything. It's just a guessing game," an exhausted Estes said after his dusty win. "The race track wasn't very wide. It laid rubber down and there was only one groove."
Australian youngster Brooke Tatnell chased the leader the entire distance and settled for second. Minnesotan Gary Lusk took third, Greg Hodnett captured fourth and Ronnie Day finished fifth. Lou Kennedy, Jr., Jaymie Moyle, Leonard Lee, Sparky Howard and Dave Hollamon formed the top ten finishers.
Capturing non-qualifier heat events on Friday were Estes, Jr., Kauffman, Jeff Swindell, Garry Brazier and Tatnell. Heat event winners on Saturday were Hodnett, Vielhauer and Day. Rick England won the C Feature and Nick Losasso was victorious in the B Feature.
The Race of States Feature and the Mystery Feature were canceled and the purse money ($32,000) offered for those races was divided among the 120 drivers ($266 each) who signed in and waited through the long night.
Results
Heat six (started), 8 laps, 2:32.3: 1. 4A, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (1) 2. 9N, Larry Neighbors, Oklahoma City, OK (5) / 3. 21K, Lou Kennedy Jr., Winnipeg, MB, Can. (2) 4. 61a, Jason Earls, Carthage, MO (3) / 5. 7L, Kevin Doty, Milan, IL (8) 6. 63N, Randy Nygaard, Hartford, SD (4) 7. 71P, Robbi Punzel, Salem, WI (7) 8. 44T, Tim Stevens, Paxton, NE (6) DNS – 9z, Rick Haas, Lincoln, NE, 5G, Brett Golik, Newton, IA
Heat seven (started), 8 laps, 2:29.9: 1. 12x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee Mission, KS (1) 2. 5H, Sparky Howard, Santa Rosa, CA (2) / 3. 111, Hawkeye Strobel, Streamwood, IL (3) 4. 85, Brett Geldner, St. Peter, MN (4) / 5. 30, Rick England, Wichita, KS (5) 6. 20x, Billy Dusenbery, Burlington, IA (6) 7. 65T, Tom McGarry, St. Joseph, MO (7) 8. 92J, JR Topper, St. Joseph, MO (9) 9. 18c, Billie Cohee Jr., Topeka, KS (8) DNS – 85m, Bobby Marcum, Tucson, AZ
Heat eight (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. 7, Ronnie Day, Salinas, CA (1) 2. 6, Ricky Stenhouse, Memphis, TN (2) / 3. 27F, Frank Filskov, Des Plaines, IL (3) 4. 98, George Austin III, Raytown, MO (5) / 5. 15B, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA (6) 6. 8J, Jim Grafton, Des Moines, IA (8) 7. 58, Jim Giardina, Riverside, CA (7) 8. 1c, Randy Combs, Tipton, MO (4)
C main (started), 10 laps, 3:21.8: 1. Rick England (4) 2. 2T, Mike Twedt, Huxley, IA (8) 3. 26, Rich Brahmer, Wisner, NE (1) 4. 77m, Melinda Dumesny, North Mead, NSW, Aust. (2) 5. Randy Combs (3) 6. Randy Nygaard (10) / 7. Tom McGarry (5) 8. Billy Dusenbery (7) 9. 29T, Tommy Lee Williams, North Platte, NE (11) 10. Tim Stevens (13) 11. 77v, George Murdock, Bassett, NE (6) 12. 12L, Lyle Sylvester, Bondurant, IA (20) 13. Bobby Mincer (18) 14. Billie Cohee Jr. (16) 15. JR Topper (15) 16. Jim Giardina (9) 17. 12c, Bill Cohee Sr., Topeka, KS (19) 18. 1K, Kim Kennedy, Faucett, MO (14) 19. 4L, Mark Amenda, Streator, IL (17) 20. Robbi Punzel (12) DNS – Jim Grafton
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:57.3: 1. 51x, Nick LoSasso, Westminster, CO (1) 2. Lou Kennedy Jr. (2) 3. Frank Filskov (6) 4. Jason Earls (4) 5. 14R, Randy Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA (5) / 6. 12A, Aaron Lemmons, Owasso, OK (7) 7. Brett Geldner (9) 8. 22K, Jim Kouba, Rochester, MN (10) 9. 22, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (8) 10. 66, Wally Henson, Little Rock, AR (11) 11. Mike Twedt (18) 12. Melinda Dumesny (20) 13. George Austin III (12) 14. Rick England (15) 15. 87, Steve Fuqua, Mayetta, KS (13) 16. 16x, Dean Chadd, Lincoln, NE (16) 17. Hawkeye Strobel (3) 18. 4D, Spike Lempelius, Eagan, MN (14) 19. Randy Combs (17) 20. Randy Nygaard (19) DNS – Rich Brahmer
A main (started), 20 laps, 6:27.9: 1. 29G, Tommie Estes Jr., Tulsa, OK (1) 2. 7G, Brooke Tatnell, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (4) 3. 24, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (14) 4. Greg Hodnett (3) 5. Ronnie Day (5) 6. Lou Kennedy Jr. (18) 7. 5T, Jaymie Moyle, Bridgewater, SA, Aust. (11) 8. 16L, Leonard Lee, Simi Valley, CA (8) 9. Sparky Howard (7) 10. Z, Dave Hollamon, Lincoln, NE (16) 11. Nick LoSasso (15) 12. Randy Rosenboom (20) 13. Frank Filskov (17) 14. 39s, Randy Sippel, Elkhart Lake, WI (9) 15. 4AC, Kelly Pryor (subbing for Jeff Swindell), Memphis, TN (19) 16. 20, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (2) 17. Billy Vielhauer (6) 18. 20B, Garry Brazier, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (12) 19. Ricky Stenhouse (10) 20. Larry Neighbors (13) DNS – Jason Earls. Lap Leader: Estes 1-20.
8/17/91 (pm)
Steve Kinser Takes Seventh Nationals Title
by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, Iowa (August 17) - "The best one's the one you just won," was the way Steve Kinser described his seventh crown after winning the 31st annual NAPA Knoxville Nationals before 22,000 spectators at the Knoxville Raceway Saturday night.
Kinser, whose first six titles came in 1980-81-82 and 1986-87-88 swept to the thirty-lap $50,000 victory in the Karl Kinser prepared No. 11 Maxim from the pole position. He was challenged only by fellow front row starter Kenny Jacobs after beating Jacobs to the first turn at the start of the event.
"The car's been running really super good the last two months. I have to thank Karl Kinser. We have a super team, "Kinser said in victory lane. "I just ran as hard as I could and everything felt pretty good until about the last ten laps when I started having trouble getting around the cushion."
Lap nineteen saw Jacobs make his only move for the top spot when he nosed ahead briefly in turns one and two as Kinser slowed behind lapped traffic. "I couldn't have caught him unless something drastic happened, but it didn't," Jacobs later said. Jacobs followed Kinser the entire 30-lap distance to finish 100 yards behind the winner as the checkereds fell at just past midnight. The runner-up position paid $25,000.
Only one caution slowed the event when on lap thirteen Dave Blaney hit the front stretch fence and lost a front wheel. All cars managed to miss the errant tire but Doug Wolfgang ran over it one lap later when the race had actually slowed under caution. The incident cut Wolfie's right front tire forcing him to the pits and relegating him to the tail once the race resumed.
Mark Kinser, who ran third for much of the event, finished in that position and collected $15,000. A spirited and late-race battle saw Sammy Swindell edge Johnny Herrera for fourth. Swindell received $10,000 and Herrera took home $9,000. Stevie Smith, Doug Wolfgang, Danny Smith, Jack Hewitt and Chris Eash formed the top ten finishers.
Four preliminary features were contested prior to the championship main event. Australian Brooke Tatnell won the E Main, the D Main went to Kenny McCarl and Kenny Hansen took the C Main. Frankie Kerr captured the 22-lap B Main as he transferred to the championship feature along with Joe Gaerte, Steve Beitler and Randy Smith. The Beitler pit crew received the Best Appearing Crew award while Paul Lotier was named 1991 Rookie of the Nationals for his 11th place finish in the National Championship race.
31st Annual Knoxville Nationals Results
E main (started) 10 laps, 3:21.2: 1. 7G, Brooke Tatnell, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (2) 2. 29G, Tommie Estes Jr., Tulsa, OK (1) / 3. 21K, Lou Kennedy Jr., Winnipeg, MB, Can. (6) 4. 4AC, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN (20) 5. 24, Gabby Lusk, Jackson, MN (3) 6. 7, Kevin Doty, Milan, IL (5) 7. 16L, Leonard Lee, Simi Valley, CA (8) 8. 12x, Billy Vielhauer, Shawnee Mission, KS (16) 9. Z, Dave Hollamon, Lincoln, NE (10) 10. 51x, Nick LoSasso, Westminster, CO (11) 11. 14R, Randy Rosenboom, Rock Rapids, IA (12) 12. 39s, Randy Sippel, Elkhart Lake, WI (14) 13. 27F, Frank Filskov, Des Plaines, IL (13) 14. 5T, Jaymie Moyle, Bridgewater, SA, Aust. (7) 15. 20, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (15) 16. 9N, Larry Neighbors, Oklahoma City, OK (17) 17. 4A, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (4) 18. 5H, Sparky Howard, Santa Rosa, CA (9) 19. 6, Ricky Stenhouse, Memphis, TN (18) 20. 61a, Jason Earls, Carthage, MO (19) DNS – 20B, Garry Brazier, Sydney, NSW, Aust.
D main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. 19B, Kenny McCarl, Des Moines, IA (2) 2. 91, Lealand McSpadden, Tempe, AZ (6) 3. 98N, Brett Mann, Elkhart, IN (4) / 4. 71m, Jimmy Evans, Hibbing, MN (5) 5. 12, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (7) 6. 3s, Rick Salem, Denver, CO (8) 7. 15N, Chris Ikard, Las Cruces, NM (14) 8. Tommie Estes Jr. (22) 9. 9m, Rick Montgomery, Denver, CO (9) 10. 39L, Dale Laakso, Simi Valley, CA (13) 11. 39, Bob White, West Des Moines, IA (16) 12. 8, Butch Hanssen, Sioux Falls, SD (17) 13. 71, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (15) 14. 4G, Rickie Gaunt, Torrance, CA (18) 15. Brooke Tatnell (21) 16. 3T, Tim Lewis, Gas, KS (20) 17. 5L, Mal Lane, Dundee, NY (1) 18. 5R, Byron Reed, Monclova, OH (11) 19. 51, Larry Hillerud, Arlington Heights, IL (3) 20. 3Y, Dion Appleby, Mole Creek, TAS, Aust. (10) 21. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (12) 22. 18, Fran Bruns, Madison, SD (19)
C main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. 33, Kenny Hansen, Nunda, SD (2) 2. 5w, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (4) 3. 3BG, Mike Peters, Wichita, KS (13) 4. 16, Gary DeWall, Jackson, MN (7) / 5. 27, Jerry Beeck Jr., Eagle, NE (6) 6. 81, Danny Young, Des Moines, IA (9) 7. 1m, Pat Moore, Moline, IL (10) 8. 83, Randy Tiner, Sacramento, CA (17) 9. Lealand McSpadden (20) 10. 3c, Gary Cameron II, Tulsa, OK (18) 11. 10T, Jeff Tuttle, West Des Moines, IA (15) 12. Brett Mann (22) 13. 97B, Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK (16) 14. 21m, Jason McMillen, Sacramento, CA (19) 15. 20w, Mark Wilson, Des Moines, IA (12) 16. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (14) 17. 1a, Bobby Allen, Hanover, PA (1) 18. 88, Terry McCarl, Pleasanton, CA (5) 19. 44, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (3) 20. 2TZ, Tim Baker, Sioux City, IA (11) 21. Kenny McCarl (21) 22. 92, Taylor Weld, Kansas City, MO (8) DNS – 11m, Kevin Huntley, Bloomington, IN
B main (started), 22 laps, NT: 1. 23s, Frankie Kerr, Selinsgrove, PA (2) 2. 7TW, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (1) 3. 21, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (4) 4. 55, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (10) / 5. 5, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (11) 6. 1AU, Max Dumesny, North Mead, NSW, Aust. (12) 7. 52, Chris McDermott, Houston, TX (3) 8. 126, Dave Kelly, Old Zionsville, PA (8) 9. 64, Kevin Briscoe, Mitchell, IN (17) 10. 03, Sam Rodriguez, Tampa, FL (5) 11. 3B, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (15) 12. Mike Peters (21) 13. Gary Wright (20) 14. 65m, Johnny Mackison Jr., York, PA (9) 15. 57, Dan Hamilton, Tyler, TX (13) 16. Kenny Hansen (19) 17. Gary DeWall (22) 18. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (7) 19. 4N, Terry Shepherd, Warsaw, IN (18) 20. 3, Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN (6) 21. 47, Jerry Janssen, Des Moines, IA (14) 22. 65, Jimmy Carr, Maple Ridge, BC, Can. (16) DNS – 80, Vance Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD, 1s, Lee Brewer Jr., Memphis, TN
A main (started), 30 laps, NT: 1. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (1) 2. 1w, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (2) 3. 5m, Mark Kinser, Oolitic, IN (3) 4. 1, Sammy Swindell, Bartlett, TN (14) 5. 32u, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (9) 6. 77, Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA (11) 7. 49, Doug Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (5) 8. 56, Danny Smith, Danville, IN (10) 9. 1x, Jack Hewitt, Troy, OH (8) 10. 17E, Cris Eash, Woodbine, MD (13) 11. 17L, Paul Lotier, Lebanon, PA (6) 12. 69K, Donnie Kreitz Jr., Sinking Spring, PA (12) 13. Randy Smith (24) 14. 2AU, Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (7) 15. 29, Jimmy Sills, Placerville, CA (18) 16. 4, Bobby Davis Jr., Memphis, TN (20) 17. 2K, Joey Kuhn, Carlisle, PA (19) 18. 12$, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK (15) 19. 59, Marlon Jones, Canton, SD (17) 20. Steve Beitler (23) 21. Joe Gaerte (22) 22. Frankie Kerr (21) 23. 10, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (4) 24. 7c, Dave Blaney, Cortland, OH (16). Lap Leader: S. Kinser 1-30.
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WOW...those are some damn good memories. 1991 was a blast...runner-up in the King's Royal and runner-up in the Nationals. Both to the mighty Steve Kinser!
Anybody remember the shirt my dad wore under his firesuit at the Nationals? Calvin from Calvin & Hobbs saying "Oh no, not Kinser. Anyone but Kinser. NOT KINSER AGAIN!"
One of the best summers of my life!
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I remember those years well Kendra. That was back when the nationals were for real. Only top fifty made the heats and they inverted the whole race. Back when you had to earn every point instead of all the extra chances they have now. Plus you didnt have extra laps and pit stops. It was a real sprint car race! 87 to 97 were the best years Knoxville will ever see. Im very fond of those memories. Man we had some fun! I also remember the airplane flying around on Saturday pulling the banner that read "Anybody but Kinser".
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Posted By: kooks on July 10 2013 at 09:28:17 PM
The current qualifying format only needs 80 cars.
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I believe their is a magic number where they go back to the full heat inverts. They only invert 8 because low car counts near or under 100 mean extremely slow cars would start on row 1. I believe it's been said that if the car count is 60 per night they would go back to fully inverted heats. That is why car count, and quality car count matters so much. Plus 80 cars doesn't fill the Saturday show. Would cut Saturday down to 4 features.
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From 14th to 4th. Bad luck, great run. GO SAMMY!
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Posted By: Jamie Klootwyk on July 11 2013 at 03:56:49 PM
I believe their is a magic number where they go back to the full heat inverts. They only invert 8 because low car counts near or under 100 mean extremely slow cars would start on row 1. I believe it's been said that if the car count is 60 per night they would go back to fully inverted heats. That is why car count, and quality car count matters so much. Plus 80 cars doesn't fill the Saturday show. Would cut Saturday down to 4 features.
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With 8 car inverts there is NO incentive for more than 80 cars to show up.
With 10 car inverts there was NO incentive for more than 100 cars to show up and eventually they didn't. Same thing will eventually happen with 80.
The guys that time worse than 40 are screwed.
They have 0 chance of making the qualifying night feature and taking home enough money to cover much of anything at all. Might as well save the fuel and leave the car at home.
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Posted By: kooks on July 11 2013 at 06:45:30 PM
With 8 car inverts there is NO incentive for more than 80 cars to show up.
With 10 car inverts there was NO incentive for more than 100 cars to show up and eventually they didn't. Same thing will eventually happen with 80.
The guys that time worse than 40 are screwed.
They have 0 chance of making the qualifying night feature and taking home enough money to cover much of anything at all. Might as well save the fuel and leave the car at home.
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I tend to disagree. With that logic there would have been no reason for more than 100 cars to show up in 1991 either. Yet they did. In fact your odds of making the 8 car invert today would be better with 100 cars than making the 10 car invert in a field of 160. You just have to beat 10 cars in TT's to make the 8 car invert. With 160 cars you had to TT better than 30 cars to make the heats.
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Posted By: kooks on July 11 2013 at 06:45:30 PM
With 8 car inverts there is NO incentive for more than 80 cars to show up.
With 10 car inverts there was NO incentive for more than 100 cars to show up and eventually they didn't. Same thing will eventually happen with 80.
The guys that time worse than 40 are screwed.
They have 0 chance of making the qualifying night feature and taking home enough money to cover much of anything at all. Might as well save the fuel and leave the car at home.
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So if Donny S is number 81 he should stay home ?
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Posted By: TWSprunk on July 11 2013 at 07:42:22 PM
I tend to disagree. With that logic there would have been no reason for more than 100 cars to show up in 1991 either. Yet they did. In fact your odds of making the 8 car invert today would be better with 100 cars than making the 10 car invert in a field of 160. You just have to beat 10 cars in TT's to make the 8 car invert. With 160 cars you had to TT better than 30 cars to make the heats.
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How many yrs have 160 cars shown up, recently?
It cost a whole lot more to travel to a show than it did in 1991.
With costs going up those guys need the chance at those qualifying night $'s.
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Posted By: kooks on July 11 2013 at 09:17:56 PM
How many yrs have 160 cars shown up, recently?
It cost a whole lot more to travel to a show than it did in 1991.
With costs going up those guys need the chance at those qualifying night $'s.
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It is not how many cars it is how fast they are
If you are fast you don't care if there are 200
limit the show to 80 that would make a good show right or maybe not
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