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7/25/09

Knoxville Raceway

34 410s

34 360s

17 305s

410s

Kerry Madsen (10th car out to time) set quick time at 15.306 seconds. Lynton Jeffrey (16th car out) was second quick, followed by Bronson Maeschen (30th), Josh Schneiderman (24th), Terry McCarl (8th), Calvin Landis (2nd), Dusty Zomer (17th), Bob Weuve (3rd), Davey Heskin (31st) and Josh Higday (14th). Robert Bell failed to get a time in.

Heat one (started): 1. Brian Brown 21 (3) 2. Garry Brazier 1AU (2) 3. Heskin 56 (4) 4. Madsen 55 (6) 5. Matthew Reed v92 (1) / 6. Chris Morgan 7c (7) 7. Ty Bartz 46 (8) 8. T. McCarl 24 (5) 9. Mike Moore 69 (9)

Brown took his lead from Brazier on lap four. One lap later, T. McCarl went up in smoke while running sixth.

Heat two (started): 1. Billy Alley 22 (2) 2. Jeffrey 12 (6) 3. Higday 81 (4) 4. Ricky Logan 10a (3) 5. Landis 70 (5) / 6. Todd Wanless 2AU (1) 7. Seth Brahmer 13v (7) DNS - Pete Crall 1PC, Robert Bell 71

Heat three (started): 1. Travis Cram 91 (1) 2. Zomer 17G (5) 3. Don Droud Jr. 47 (3) 4. Maeschen 1 (6) 5. Kaley Gharst 7K (2) / 6. Ryan Anderson 71R (4) 7. Jesse Giannetto D1 (7) 8. Matt Wasmund 4w (8)

Heat four (started): 1. Johnny Herrera 2w (3) 2. Mark Dobmeier 13 (2) 3. Rager Phillips 10 (1) 4. Skip Jackson 2 (4) 5. Schneiderman 49 (6) / 6. Weuve 19 (5) 7. Austin McCarl 17A (8) 8. Lee Sowell 51 (7)

B main (started): 1. T. McCarl (1) 2. Weuve (2) 3. Giannetto (7) 4. A. McCarl (11) / 5. Morgan (5) 6. Bartz (9) 7. Bell (12) 8. Wasmund (10) 9. Brahmer (6) 10. Sowell (8) 11. Ry. Anderson (3) 12. Wanless (4)

T. McCarl led the 12-lap distance. Eight cars finished. Brahmer went up in smoke while running fourth on the white flag lap. A. McCarl had gotten around Morgan to assume the final transfer.

A main (started): 1. Zomer (7) 2. Madsen (12) 3. Jackson (4) 4. T. McCarl (21) 5. Brown (3) 6. Maeschen (10) 7. Herrera (13) 8. Higday (5) 9. Giannetto (23) 10. Schneiderman (9) 11. Dobmeier (17) 12. Heskin (6) 13. Brazier (14) 14. Weuve (22) 15. Phillips (20) 16. Reed (18) 17. Logan (2) 18. Droud Jr. (1) 19. Jeffrey (11) 20. Cram (19) 21. Gharst (16) 22. A. McCarl (24) 23. Landis (8) 24. Alley (15)

Droud shot out to an early lead in the 20-lapper with Logan in tow. Logan shot by on the low side on lap four to the point. Landis and Alley tangled and brought out a lap seven caution. Logan led Jackson, Brown, Droud Jr. and Zomer back to green flag racing. Logan stretched out his lead, while Zomer worked by Droud and Brown into second. A. McCarl spun on lap 14. Zomer jumped by Logan on the restart to take the lead for good. One more lap was in the books, when A. McCarl lost his left rear tire. Now Zomer led Logan, Jackson, Brown and Madsen. Three laps later, Logan shredded a right rear and collected Droud Jr. while running fifth. Zomer led Jackson, Madsen, T. McCarl and Brown back to green flag racing with three to go. Zomer was never seriously challenged. Madsen worked by Jackson on the last corner for second, while T. McCarl went back by Brown on the last lap for fourth to earn hard-charger honors. The win was worth $3000 and Zomer's third 410 win at Knoxville.

360s

Dustin Selvage (34th car out to time) came out dead last and set quick time of the night at 16.083 seconds. Clint Garner (26th car out) was second quick, followed by Ryan Roberts (5th), Chad Humston (2nd), Dennis Moore Jr. (10th), Jon Corbin (23rd), Chad Meyer (9th), RJ Johnson (13th), Johnny Anderson (28th) and Bryan Dobesh (14th).

Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Jonathan Cornell 28 (1*) 2. Jon Agan 54 (3*) 3. Moore Jr. 20 (5*) 4. Nate Van Haaften 3 (2*) 5. Anderson 2a (4) 6. Selvage 7 (6) 7. Ricky Montgomery 9m (8) 8. Tasker Phillips 7TAZ (7) 9. Travis Porter 31P (9)

Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Dobesh 10 (4*) 2. Mike Houseman Jr. Y2 (1*) 3. Garner 40 (6*) 4. Dave Hall 51 (3*) 5. Corbin 4 (5) 6. Rod Richards 12 (2) 7. Tyler Thompson 48 (7) 8. Jay Russell 76 (8) 9. Glen Hunt G74 (9)

Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Gregg Bakker 11x (2*) 2. Meyer 1w (5*) 3. Roberts 18 (6*) 4. Josh Padellford 34 (7*) 5. Alan Zoutte 33 (1) 6. Chad Heimbaugh 04 (8) 7. Jeff Heffner 14J (4) 8. Brett Mather 17G (3)

Mather was running second on lap six when terminal problems hit the 17G.

Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Nate Mosher 22N (1*) 2. Chad Humston 1m (6*) 3. Matt Moro 2m (2*) 4. Tom Lenz 8L (4*) 5. RJ Johnson 71 (5) 6. Don Young 75 (3) 7. Brad Foster 00 (7) 8. Danny Heskin 6 (8)

B main (started): 1. Selvage (6) 2. Anderson (1) 3. Young (8) 4. Corbin (2) / 5. Heskin (16) 6. Foster (12) 7. Montgomery (9) 8. Richards (7) 9. Heimbaugh (4) 10. Russell (14) 11. Porter (15) 12. Heffner (11) 13. Hunt (17) 14. Zoutte (3) 15. Phillips (13) 16. RJ Johnson (5) 17. Thompson (10) DNS - Mather

Thompson was black flagged for jumping the initial try at green twice. Anderson took the lead from the pole ealry in the 10-lapper. RJ Johnson stopped on lap three and retired from fifth. By that time, Selvage had moved up to third, and Zoutte was holding down the final transfer from Montgomery. On lap seven, Corbin shot around Anderson for the lead, only to have Anderson return with a slide job on the next lap. Phillips lost a left rear tire on the white flag lap, setting up a shootout that saw Anderson leading Selvage, Corbin, Zoutte and Young. Zoutte retired under the yellow flag conditions, hading the final transfer to Young, who also got by Corbin int he late stages. Selvage drove past Anderson as well to take the win.

A main (started): 1. Agan (6) 2. Garner (5) 3. Cornell (8) 4. Selvage (17) 5. Roberts (4) 6. Mosher (7) 7. Anderson (18) 8. Meyer (9) 9. D. Hall (15) 10. Bakker (10) 11. Young (19) 12. Humston (11) 13. Moro (13) 14. Padellford (1) 15. Phillips (12) 16. Lenz (16) 17. Corbin (20) 18. Van Haaften (14) 19. Houseman Jr. (2) 20. Moore Jr. (3)

Three different leaders led the first three laps: Houseman Jr., Padellford and then Agan. On lap four, Moore Jr. jumped the inside berm in turn three while running fifth and drifted into the fourth place car of Houseman Jr. The result was some wild flips and Houseman Jr.'s car engulfed in flames. The safety crew was on the scene quickly, but Houseman was still taken to the hospital. Agan led Padellford, Garner, Roberts and Cornell back to green flag racing. Garner was quickly into second, and the last ten laps saw him on the cushion, with Agan holding the lead on the low side. With three laps to go, it looked as if Garner may get by, but the lapped car of Van Haaften was running in his line. Agan used that advantage to hold off Garner by a half a car length at the checkers, earning his first career feature win at Knoxville. Selvage moved up 13 spots to claim hard-charger honors.

305s

Heat one (started): 1. Johnny Anderson 66 (3) 2. Dustin Clark 16 (1) 3. Matt Stephenson 55 (8) 4. Patrick Long 53 (2) 5. Marty Stephenson 36 (6) 6. Rob Kubli 23K (7) 7. Bob Lamb 47 (4) 8. Matthew Stelzer 99 (5) 9. Earl Tice 2T (9)

Heat two (started): 1. Mitchell Alexander 6 (2) 2. Tasker Phillips 7 (6) 3. Mark Widmar 7w (7) 4. Dave Saffell 3K (1) 5. Chris Maurer 55x (5) 6. Chris Coleman 10 (4) 7. Nick Ross R99 (3) DNS - Steve Breazeale 1

Ross hit the wall hard after a nasty slider from Widmar. He was uninjured.

A main (started): 1. Marty Stephenson (2) 2. Phillips (9) 3. Lamb (4) 4. Matt Stephenson (8) 5. Widmar (7) 6. Anderson (12) 7. Alexander (11) 8. Stelzer (13) 9. Maurer (3) 10. Saffell (5) 11. Kubli (15) 12. Coleman (1) 13. Tice (16) 14. Clark (10) 15. Long (6) 16. Ross (14) DNS - Breazeale

Marty Stephenson took command at the outset until the only caution of the 12-lapper occured on lap three when Clark made heavy contact with the wall. Marty Stephenson led Coleman, Lamb, Matt Stephenson and Maurer back to green flag racing. Two laps later, Lamb took control using the bottom of the raceway. Lamb's control wavered when approaching the lapped car of Tice on lap ten. Marty Stephenson powered around the outside of Lamb for the lead and his first career Knoxville win.

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Any word on Mike Houseman Jr.? That was a scary wreck that could have been a lot worse if it wasn't for the #1 safety crew in all of sprint car racing. Way to go Knoxville safety crew.

Congrats to Jon Agan!!!!!! Awesome to hear you got your 1st Knoxville win....

Life's short, race hard!!!

He has been life flighted to the burn center in Iowa City with burns to his eyebrows, nose, throat and lungs. It sure could have been a lot worse had he been somewhere other than Knoxville.

Maybe DMJ will learn from this one what driving like a dummy can cause! If he would have just waited another lap or two he could have gotten by. Instead he decides to take a car out on lap 3! He is very lucky that Mike was too hurt to give him a taste of his medicine!

GET WELL TOUGH GUY! They don't call him the HITMAN for nothing!

Best wishes to the hitman

Maybe you should refrain from passing judgement.

How many laps have you turned at Knoxville?

I know the Housemans, Fluff, and the Moores. I think they're all great people.

I know from the stands this stuff looks pretty easy, but things happen real quick at a wide open place like Knoxville.

If you know anything about Dennis, you would know he's almost been killed himself and has been in an accident with a fatality and has been at the track when racers have perished. So you might want to tone it down a little till you do your research. I doubt he DECIDED to take someone out.

I really hope that Mikey jr. heals up completely and quickly, but running your mouth is not helping anything.

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Another night of great racing and good track prep by the Knoxville crews. The 360 and 410 was won from the 3rd and 4th rows and other guys moved up several positions as shown in Bill W's results.

Often not mentioned enough is the fantastic job the Knoxville Fire and Rescue men/women do to keep the drivers safe. I was standing in turn 3 and 4 in the pits when Mike Houseman, JR and DMJ crashed very hard. I don't think I have witnessed a car that was 100% engulfed in flames with the driver still sitting in the car. He was in there for only a few seconds but when watching it seems longer. The Rescue Crew in turn 3 and 4 did another outstanding job. They could not have done any better. With cars racing full speed down the back stretch, they had to make sure cars were stopped or through as they immediately ran up the track and had Mike out of the car and the fire out in seconds. That was a text book clinic this Knoxville crew put on. Great job guys! Compared to some other tracks, Knoxville has Fire and Rescue crews in each corner and on both straights. How often do we watch the Knoxville crews get to the car almost before they are done flipping. They are very well trained, have the correct equipment and they are all very dedicated to their job to protect the drivers.

Bill Glasgow, Burlington

Get well soon Moe! Our thoughts and prayers are with you!

The safety crew at Knoxville is the best! All of us that have loved ones racing there really appreciate the care and concern they have for the drivers! Thank you all so much!

I dont like to defend drivers that make a bad slide job/move on the track but I must give DMJ alot of credit..... He got out of his car right after the contact and went to the outside fence and put his head down and I was standing next to him and Mike Sr. and DMJ said sorry Mike I fu*ked up and I hope your son is ok.... I know that doesnt make it better but atleast DMJ came out of the car and went straight to Jr's dad and said hope your son is ok means alot because not all drivers would have done that.... Jr.... get well soon buddy.....

KNOXVILLE SAFETY CREW....... YOU TRUELY ARE #1

I do have racing experience and can tell you that sliding from the bottom of the track to the top that there is a good chance your going to collect someone along the way. So if your going to do it you better be sure your going to clear the person your trying to pass.

I don't know if it was a bad slide job or if he jumped the berm as others have said either way the end result wasn't good.

It was an accident but it might not have happened if he would have lifted just a little and not slid from the bottom to the top.

I'm sure he didn't mean to do it and I'm sure he will think twice when he gets in the same situation.

Get well soon Moe

A couple of things about the Houseman Jr. DMJ crash Saturday. First of all I know both of these drivers pretty well. Working the pits each week you can't help but forge friendships along the way. I don't blame Houseman's crew for being P-off at Moore, however Dennis Moore Junior or any driver does not go out and intentionally wreck a fellow competitor. DMJ was VERY upset and he stood up like a man a admitted it was his fault. Also, I want to add my pat on the back to the safety crew. I hope someone got video of them rushing over to put out the fire. That was a textbook rescue and other crews could learn something from seeing that. I counted 8 seconds from the time Houseman's car erupted in flame to the time the safety crew had the fire out and had drug Houseman to safety.

The safety crew did do one hell of a job.

However, they could have gotten to the car sooner if the other cars would have stopped like they were suppose to. I thought the one safety crew guy was going to get ran over.

Has anyone else noticed that on a red flag, the cars don't stop like they are suppose to. It's like they want to get closer to the pit entrance. There is a rule that the driver is not suppose to pass the wreck when the red flag is out, but you never see it being enforced.

Just my thoughts.

The Mermaid

I agree with you. I have seen quite a few times that cars just kept on going past wrecks this year and stopped down the track. It shouldn't make any difference in their relation to the pit because in the case of a long red crew members cannot move into the work area or touch the cars until all the cars are there. In fact it should help if it takes them longer to get pushed into the pits because that would give their crew a few more minutes to get what they need and be ready to rush to the cars when the signal comes. Agree?

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Totally agree, several cars went past the wreck when the red was out. Been happening a lot this year.

Okay Gdude, my post may have been a little heated because the Housemans have been friends for years but... my reasoning behind bringing Dennis into the post was that this is not the first time I have seen him take someone out by driving like a wildman. I may have never raced before but I have been watching sprint car racing weekly at Knoxville since I was 8 years old! Yes, he is exciting to watch but I feel the accident could have been avoided had he used some patience. I will admit I have cheered for Dennis for a long time and had my eye on him to win that race. It's just so frustrating when guys that are running on their last dollar get taken out by a guy that has some of the best equipment. Had he been a little more patient he would have passed without incident! He nearly did the same thing in 1 and 2. Now Im done running my mouth!!

By the way Gdude, are you Bret Golik?

Sorry if that looks like one big run on sentence, I'm too tired to proofread!

what is everyone's thoughts on the 360's timing? It didn't take very long and definitely made for better racing - a lot better than the random draw. It can be very dangerous when someone doesn't have the power draws a pole spot of a heat and creates a catastrophe at the start. Thoughts??

jr. was life flighted to iowa city saturday night. he's being treated for burns to the knees, neck, face, and inhalation. his internal injuries are doing good. he's able to talk, how ever his eyes are still swallon shut. he is still in iowa city tonight, eye doctor is coming tomorrow morning to check on him. looks like he will be released in next few days.

special thanks to recue team. they did a great job and got Moe out fast. also for all doctors and nurses in iowa city. couldnt ask for better people.

It was a great night of racing in all three classes. Very exciting racing.

Cudos to the safety crew. Only at Knoxville would there be such quick response.