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Ian Madsen Holds Off Field in Marathon at Knoxville!

by Bill Wright

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, July 26, 2014 – Ian Madsen was victorious for the second time this season and the fourth time in his career at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday nightin the 410 feature.  A roller coaster A main saw just fifteen competitors cross the checkers at the finish.  In the 360 class, Justin Henderson won for the second time this season, padding the BDS Motorsports #1 owner’s point lead in that class.

Before a lap could be completed in the 410 A main, Austen Wheatley flipped after contact from another car.  Danny Lasoski spun to avoid the incident.  Wheatley was o.k., and Lasoski restarted at the tail.

On the complete restart of the 20-lapper, Dusty Zomer took command from the pole, with Madsen and Mark Dobmeier in tow.  With just a lap in the books, Cole Wood flipped hard in turn one.  He was also uninjured.  After the race went green again, Madsen found his way by Zomer on lap three to take the point. 

Brian Brown was on the move as well, going from eighth to fifth on lap one, and taking fourth from Dobmeier on lap five.  Madsen and Zomer traded the lead briefly at the halfway point, with Madsen pulling away.  On lap fourteen, Brown passed Dobmeier for third and set his sights on the leaders.

Point leader, Terry McCarl, who had to work his way through the B, stalled with motor problems with fifteen laps in the books.  Clint Garner, who was running seventh, spun to avoid him and had to restart at the tail.  Madsen led Zomer, Brown, Dobmeier and Bronson Maeschen back to green flag racing.  Brown made quick work of Zomer to move into second.

Two laps later, a vicious three-car crash ensued involving Lynton Jeffrey, Jon Agan and Dakota Hendrickson.  All three climbed from their machines.  Brown slid in front of Madsen when the green replaced the red, but surrendered the lead down the backstretch.  When he tried to enter under Madsen in turn three, he caught the berm, made contact with the leader and launched straight into the fence.  He too, walked away.

That would prove to be the final stoppage of the event.  Zomer shot in front of Madsen in turns one and two when the green flew, but Madsen ducked back under to pull away for a win worth $3,000 to the Nehring #18 team.  Zomer followed in second, ahead of Craig Dollansky, Dobmeier and Lasoski, from the tail.  Maeschen, Davey Heskin, Justin Henderson, Don Droud Jr. and Sam Hafertepe Jr. rounded out the top ten.

Brown posted quick time on the night as well as winning his heat from the sixth starting spot.  Other heat winners included Garner, Hafertepe and Heskin.  Lasoski won the B.  Bryan Clauson lost a left rear wheel in qualifying and flipped in turn one.  He was also uninjured, but done for the night.

With two point shows remaining, there are just 137 points separating first from fifth in the standings.

“I gave everything I had,” said Madsen in Victory Lane.  “I didn’t want to give another one up. When I get around Brian, we start racing pretty hard.  I hope he’s not too angry at him.  I did chop him.  I can’t thank my team enough.  It’s definitely, I think, the best team in the Midwest and one of the best in the country.  I’m just lucky to drive it.”

The 360 feature went almost without a hitch.  Young Josh Baughman shot from the pole to lead Matt Covington and Henderson early on in the 18-lapper.  The only caution came on lap five when Alan Ambers slowed to a stop in turn one.

Baughman led Covington, Henderson, Calvin Landis and Nate Van Haaften back to green flag racing.  Henderson made quick work of Covington for second at that point, while Landis followed him into third on lap eight.

Baughman continued to lead until lap twelve, when Henderson found his way by for 360 career win number three here.  Baughman ran a strong second, ahead of Landis, Van Haaften and Jamie Ball. Joe Beaver, Sheldon Haudenschild, Covington, Jon Agan and Dusty Zomer rounded out the top ten.

Joe Beaver registered quick time on the night over the 40-car field, while Sawyer Phillips, Henderson, Jarrod Schneiderman and Brooke Tatnell won heat races.  Tony Bruce Jr. won the B.

“This was a great win,” said Henderson in Victory Lane.  “I’m super-happy for this team.  I’m just happy to be a part of it.  Baughman was running a great race.  He was doing a great job.  I just enjoy the heck out of running with these guys.”

Join us Thursday night as the 24^th Annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Nationals gets underway.  The 360 Nationals will run Thursday, July 31 through August 2.  The 3^rd Annual Capitani Classic will beSunday, August 3!  For more information, log on to www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (19), 15.194; 2. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (7), 15.332; 3. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (11), 15.384; 4. 1S, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN (20), 15.393; 5. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (17), 15.402; 6. 4A, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (3), 15.452; 7. 17W, Cole Wood, Auburn, CA (1), 15.482; 8. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (28), 15.489; 9. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (10), 15.504; 10. 96, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (33), 15.511; 11. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust (27), 15.524; 12. 91, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (21), 15.550; 13. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aus (37), 15.581; 14. 47, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (13), 15.593; 15. 71A, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (30), 15.620; 16. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (26), 15.621; 17. 4, Dakota Hendrickson, Omaha, NE (36), 15.621; 18. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (35), 15.625; 19. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (16), 15.666; 20. 44W, Austen Wheatley, Lake Stevens, WA (12), 15.703; 21. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust (9), 15.717; 22. 10, Garrett Dollansky, Elk River, MN (8), 15.750; 23. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (29), 15.772; 24. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (5), 15.774; 25. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (34), 15.811; 26. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (2), 15.812; 27. 74X, Josh Hodges, Tijeras, NM (15), 15.894; 28. 7K, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (24), 15.911; 29. 1, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (18), 15.931; 30. 9W, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (4), 15.932; 31. 81, Austin Johnson, Pleasant Hill, IA (31), 15.976; 32. 24R, Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA (6), 16.024; 33. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (32), 16.048; 34. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (23), 16.127; 35. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (25), 16.172; 36. 47AU, Trevor Reynolds, Perth, WA, Aust. (22), 16.441; 37. 82, Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN (14), NT.

Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:06.8: 1. Brian Brown (6); 2. Dakota Hendrickson (2); 3. Mark Dobmeier (4); 4. Justin Henderson (8); 5. Glen Saville (1) / 6. Danny Lasoski (5); 7. Brady Bacon (9); 8. AJ Moeller (7); 9. Brooke Tatnell (3) DNS – Bryan Clauson

Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:07.3: 1. Clint Garner (2); 2. Bronson Maeschen (4); 3. Garrett Dollansky (1); 4. Don Droud Jr. (3); 5. Jon Agan (5) / 6. Terry McCarl (6); 7. Josh Schneiderman (7); 8. Mike Moore (9); 9. Jac Haudenschild (8)

Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:07.1: 1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (1); 2. Tasker Phillips (2); 3. Ian Madsen (4); 4. Lynton Jeffrey (6); 5. RJ Johnson (3) / 6. Cole Wood (5); 7. Bob Weuve (9); 8. Josh Hodges (7); 9. Austin Johnson (8)

Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:07.0: 1. Davey Heskin (3); 2. Matt Moro (1); 3. Austen Wheatley (2); 4. Craig Dollansky (5); 5. Dusty Zomer (4); 6. Sammy Swindell (6); 7. Rico Abreu (8); 8. Dustin Selvage (7); 9. Trevor Reynolds (9)

B main (started), 12 Laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (3); 2. Terry McCarl (1); 3. Cole Wood (4); 4. Brooke Tatnell (5) / 5. Josh Schneiderman (7); 6. Jac Haudenschild (10); 7. Rico Abreu (12); 8. Dustin Selvage (9); 9. Josh Hodges (8); 10. Brady Bacon (13); 11. Mike Moore (14); 12. AJ Moeller (6); 13. Austin Johnson (11); 14. Bob Weuve (15); 15. Trevor Reynolds (16); 16. Sammy Swindell (2)

A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Ian Madsen (2); 2. Dusty Zomer (1); 3. Craig Dollansky (5); 4. Mark Dobmeier (4); 5. Danny Lasoski (21); 6. Bronson Maeschen (3); 7. Davey Heskin (11); 8. Justin Henderson (20); 9. Don Droud Jr. (9); 10. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (18); 11. Brooke Tatnell (24); 12. RJ Johnson (10); 13. Tasker Phillips (14); 14. Matt Moro (19); 15. Garrett Dollansky (17); 16. Brian Brown (8); 17. Clint Garner (13); 18. Lynton Jeffrey (7); 19. Jon Agan (6); 20. Dakota Hendrickson (12); 21. Terry McCarl (22); 22. Glen Saville (16); 23. Cole Wood (23); 24. Austen Wheatley (15).Lap Leaders: Zomer 1-2, I. Madsen 3-20. Hard-charger: Lasoski.

360 Results

Time Trials (Group Qualifying), 3 laps: 1. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (34), 16.138; 2. 1B, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (10), 16.230; 3. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (14), 16.267; 4. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (6), 16.270; 5. 10V, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (1), 16.313; 6. 1, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (23), 16.346; 7. 95, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (13), 16.452; 8. 18T, Tony Bruce Jr., Owasso, OK (39), 16.465; 9. 25, Dylan Peterson, Hartford, SD (17), 16.496; 10. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (33), 16.498; 11. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (18), 16.528; 12. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (28), 16.529; 13. 91, Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD (5), 16.542; 14. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (4), 16.579; 15. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (29), 16.579; 16. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (11), 16.610; 17. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (35), 16.621; 18. 7K, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (25), 16.636; 19. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (7), 16.637; 20. 14, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aus (37), 16.637; 21. 29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (3), 16.668; 22. 10, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA (32), 16.705; 23. 14S, Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (24), 16.715; 24. 20, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA (16), 16.735; 25. 33V, Jesse Giannetto, Cedar Rapids, IA (36), 16.772; 26. 5H, Chase Johnson, Penngrove, CA (22), 16.777; 27. 45X, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (15), 16.778; 28. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (40), 16.818; 29. 80X, CJ Houseman, Des Moines, IA (27), 16.894; 30. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (30), 16.913; 31. 22, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (2), 17.008; 32. 21X, Bart Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA (8), 17.031; 33. 3H, Brandon Hanks, Burlison, TN (21), 17.082; 34. O1, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (20), 17.120; 35. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (38), 17.207; 36. 4X, Shawn Petersen, Irving, TX (12), 17.296; 37. 33A, Austin Alumbaugh, Higginsville, MO (19), 17.465; 38. 20G, Chris Graf, Glencoe, MN (26), 17.761; 39. 111, Morgan Montgomery, Redfield, AR (9), 17.863; DQ (Tire) 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (31).

Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 1:56.5: 1. Sawyer Phillips (2); 2. Russ Hall (1); 3. Dusty Zomer (3); 4. Joe Beaver (6); 5. Calvin Landis (5) / 6. Jesse Giannetto (7); 7. Dylan Peterson (4); 8. CJ Houseman (8); 9. Brandon Hanks (9); 10. Austin Alumbaugh (10)

Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 1:56.6: 1. Justin Henderson (3); 2. Dustin Selvage (2); 3. Sheldon Haudenschild (6); 4. Josh Baughman (4); 5. Alan Ambers (1) / 6. Chase Johnson (5); 7. Tom Lenz (8); 8. Parker Price-Miller (7) DNS – Brian Brown, Chris Graf

Heat three (started), 7 Laps, 1:58.6: 1. Jarrod Schneiderman (1); 2. Jon Agan (3); 3. Ryan Roberts (2); 4. Matt Covington (5); 5. Nate Van Haaften (6) / 6. Tony Shilling (8); 7. Carson McCarl (4); 8. Johnny Herrera (7); 9. Alan Zoutte (9); 10. Morgan Montgomery (10)

Heat four (started), 7 Laps, 1:57.5: 1. Brooke Tatnell (2); 2. Casey Friedrichsen (1); 3. John Hall (4); 4. Chris Martin (3); 5. Jamie Ball (6); 6. Tony Bruce Jr. (5); 7. Matt Moro (10); 8. Jason Johnson (7); 9. Bart Friedrichsen (8); 10. Shawn Petersen (9)

B main (started), 10 Laps, 2:48.3: 1. Tony Bruce Jr. (1); 2. Dylan Peterson (2); 3. Johnny Herrera (6); 4. Jason Johnson (7) / 5. Carson McCarl (3); 6. Chase Johnson (5); 7. Bart Friedrichsen (11); 8. Tony Shilling (10); 9. Matt Moro (18); 10. CJ Houseman (8); 11. Tom Lenz (9); 12. Brandon Hanks (12); 13. Parker Price-Miller (13); 14. Shawn Petersen (15); 15. Jesse Giannetto (4); 16. Alan Zoutte (14); 17. Morgan Montgomery (17); 18. Austin Alumbaugh (16) DNS – Brian Brown, Chris Graf

A main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1. Justin Henderson (3); 2. Josh Baughman (1); 3. Calvin Landis (4); 4. Nate Van Haaften (6); 5. Jamie Ball (5); 6. Joe Beaver (8); 7. Sheldon Haudenschild (7); 8. Matt Covington (2); 9. Jon Agan (11); 10. Dusty Zomer (10); 11. Dustin Selvage (14); 12. Johnny Herrera (23); 13. Jason Johnson (24); 14. Brooke Tatnell (16); 15. Tony Bruce Jr. (21); 16. Chris Martin (12); 17. Jarrod Schneiderman (19); 18. Dylan Peterson (22); 19. Ryan Roberts (15); 20. Sawyer Phillips (13); 21. John Hall (9); 22. Casey Friedrichsen (20); 23. Russ Hall (17); 24. Alan Ambers (18). Lap Leaders: Baughman 1-11, Henderson 12-18. Hard-charger: Herrera.

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What? Sammy didn't win

Geez that's some talent watching that 410 feature. My lordie. 2 hall of famers and 2 of the most versatile drivers this decade has to offer.

....and "The Bullet" Bob Weuve

Sammy didn't even make it out of the B main.....(hee hee)   Actually I don't like that,  I have a feeling he got pretty fired up after a bump in his heat and a pissed off Sammy is a fast Sammy.   I do love to watch Sammy struggle at Knoxville though.  

Bill, you reported that everyone was OK after some wicked sounding wrecks  (note to the KNIA guys....please try to work in a little update on the driver in between all the "That car is tore in half"'s)    But the radio guys noted that two took a ride to the hospital to get checked out.....did they check out concussion free or was it too early at press time to know for sure?  

It's time Knoxville Raceway look at their Invert System .. Week after week the better qualifiers suffer .. This is 2014 not 2004 .. The advantage is constantly with qualifiers from 10 to 12 .. Why is the pressure constantly on the top 4 in qualifying to come from the 3rd row in the heat and then almost every week come from the 4 th row in the feature .. In 2014 the wings are flat the tires are hard .. Clean air is King .. Look at the top four in the A .. That's where they started .. But yet they qualified 9 10 11 12 ..  In my opinion once the Brown pulled the 8 inversion the guys outside the 8 should never be privileged enough to take the front row..they should at least be behind the top 4 qualifiers after the other 4 missed the transfer from the heat .. Knoxville and their WOO buddies changed the rules to effect the cars ability to gain traction now it's time to get the invert up to date and that includes The Nationals .. We've got cars with 100 more Horsepower than years ago when the last track record was set .. The pressure needs to be put on the poorer qualifiers to dig their way out .. Not for the better ones to have the pressure on them .. And I mean that with no disrespect to any of the racers tonight .. But when the system allows for a guy to qualify outside the top ten ..go backwards in his heat and start on the pole .. Something is wrong .. Remember in 2014 "Clean Air is King" .. 

Personally, I am not really a fan of the invert much at all after the heat races.  Love the invert in the heats for the Nationals.  I think you take the 8 and do the redraw, everyone picks a # top time to get through the heat draws last.   I think the Outlaws need to look into something new too.

I've said this before, but I think we really need to look at the WSS format seriously. They time, run two heats, and then a knockout instead of a dash.  

I think that there is just too much based on your draw for qualifying

Brown didn't pull an 8 inversion! It's 8 every week and he got up there to fight for the lead and nearly win!!!  He would have won tt, heat and feature! What's wrong with that? 

It's less about what Brown did than how the system rewards average qualifying. I doubt Brown would have even got close to Madsen without a couple of Red lights and a couple of resets. Check the results from last week and you will see roughly the same thing.

WTF? I dont understand why anyone, besides Brian, wants Brown to start on the front row every week.. (And I'm a Brown FAN) Then you complain about the guys winning from the front rows?  That feature would have been a snooze fest with Brown on the front row.  Knoxville dont fix something that isnt broke. There are plenty other tracks that produce absolutely no action, maybe said posters above would enjoy the snooze fests at Charlotte.

Lasoski didn't have any trouble from dead last to fifth. I understand that some guys wrecked but he was the fastest car on the track for most of the race. 

you should be race director or own your own track or something you have go to be the smartest person to have ever blessed the bleachers of a dirt track.

That was the main, they are talking about heat line ups and lack of passing till the track drys out a little more.

Seemed there was plenty of passing in the heats.  Brown started 6th in the first heat and won it.  Henderson from 8th to transfer.  Jeffrey also started 6th and transferred.  Heskin won a heat from 2nd row.  Seems always needs to be an excuse for Sammy.  All he had to do was beat the guy he started next to in row 3 and couldn't even do that.  Maybe, just maybe he wasn't fast enough on a fast track.

There is nothing worse than heads up starts (i.e. freight train racing).

So does Big Game come back to the Outlaws next year?  And if so, who is driving it?  Swindell may have already driven his final Outlaw race as a series regular.  What would be the point of putting him back out there after the Nationals.  Saw him get out of his car yesterday and not look back.  Kinser goes out on top with the victory tour, Swindell slinks away into the night.  I would hate to see him go out that way.

I appreciate your comments and the prrof and lack of passing is also in the A main. I don't think it's right that four guys who timed 9 10 11 12 should start 1-2-3-4 in the A when the wouldn't have had 4 guys not missed it out that timed better than them, as it happened and similar to last week they then finished asa the top four cars in the A. They should at least start behind the four fastest qualifiers that did make it out. The field is tough why should the advantage constantly go to the poorer qualifiers, it's not like they are slow they just aren't as good at qualifying as some.

My personal opinion, nothing wrong with the invert of 8 (it's better than when they drew and there was (1) 6 pill, (1) 8 pill, (2) 10 pills and (2) 12 pills.  The odds were great that it would always be 8 or worse and you'd have to be Steve Kinser or Doug Wolfgang in the 1980's to win from there these days. 

Now, back then the car count also wasn't as good as this year and they inverted 6 and took 6 to the feature (so you didn't have to pass a single car to qualify for the main on a weekly show -- isn't that the same thing everyone bit#hes and complains about when the Outlaws race that they never have to pass anyone??).

Did some fast drivers not qualify through their heats the past couple of weeks?  Yep, but it's because they weren't FAST in their heats, most maintained position, but some LOST positions, so inverting 4 may not have made a difference, they still may not have qualified for the main through the heat.

As a FAN, the inverts are great (and the competitors all know that there is an invert before they pull in the gate) and create great racing (especially on a slick track).  Most competitors probably hate them.

Now, anyone that wasn't watching Brown (was 2nd in Points going into the feature) and Madsen (now 2nd in points) going back and forth and racing hard for 17 laps (until (in my opinion) Madsen squeezed Brown into the berm while they were running side x side) must not like racing.  It didn't matter that Madsen started on the front row and Brown started in the 4th row, they were 2 of the best 3-4 cars during the feature (IMO Lasoski was by far the fastest car until the last red flag flew)).

Agreed! As a fan, I don't know how anyone could have been dissapointed with Saturday nights show! 

Did Knoxville change their rule on nose to tail restarts? 

DID EVERYONE MISS THE FACT THAT.... IAN WON ....AND DID A GREAT JOB...?????