After spending the previous 2 nights working at the race track it was fun to go to the races and just watch some racing. Hung out and chatted with a few drivers on Sunday at the 2nd Annual Knoxville Shootout for Modifieds, Stock Cars, SportMods and Hobby Stocks at the historic race track located at the Marion County Fairgrounds in Knoxville.
The first feature of the night was the SportMods 15 lap feature. Mitch Van Engen grabbed the early race lead but just after the completion of lap one the caution waved for Logan Anderson in turn 1. On the restart, it would be Austin Kaplan grabbing the lead away from Van Engen. Kaplan would appear to be going on the fairly easy win but the caution waved on lap 12 for Jim Gillenwater in turn 4 and then again on lap 14 for Eric Elliott and Gatlin Leytham in turn 2. That forcde a green-white-checkered but Kaplan would hold to take the win. Glenn Gladson Jr. came home 2nd, Carter VanDenBerg was 3rd, Jack Housley was 4th and Jared Timmerman was 5th.
In the 15 lap Hobby Stock Feature it was Corey Madden grabbing the early lead by a short margin as Oskaloosa's Mike Hughes was right there and it was Hughes taking the top spot on lap 2. The only race caution came out just after the completion of lap 2 when Gina Greubel would spin in turn 4. On the restart, Hughes would have to deal with Madden and Knoxville's Bill Bonnett. Bonnett grabbed the lead away on lap 4 and held on to the lead until lap 10 before Hughes grabbed the lead back on lap 11. Hughes would go on to take the win meanwhile Bonnett would fall back to fnish 6th. Getting by Bonnett was Corey Madden, Chuck Madden Jr., Kevin Fee and Eric Stanton.
Smokin' Joe Zadina lead the first 9 laps in the Stock Cars feature before David Brandies took the top spot. Brandies held the until lap 17 when Lance Borgman made the pass to take the lead. Borgman would go on to take the win over Zadina and Brandies. Keith Knop and Nathan Wood rounded out the top 5.
Jacob Murray lead the first 10 laps in the Modifieds feature before the caution would come out when Casey Greubel would spin in turn 3 and 4. On the restart, Murray would be passed by Dylan Smith from Nebraska. Smith and the field saw the caution wave one more time on lap 13 for Russ Gladson in turn 3. Smith wouldn't be denied and took the win over Jesse Sobbing. Josh Foster finished 3rd, "G Money" Richie Gustin Jr. finish 4th and Todd Shute was 5th.
I want to thank Tyler, Jeff and Ben Wollam along with Kyle Kirk from Team 3W for letting me tag along and have some fun at the races.
Knoxville Raceway
2nd Annual Knoxville Shootout
April 28th, 2013
Modifieds
Feature: 1. 95 Dylan Smith (Osceola, NE); 2. 99 Jesse Sobbing (Glenwood); 3. 77 Josh Foster (Newton); 4. 19G Richie Gustin Jr. (Gilman); 5. 5 Todd Shute (Des Moines); 6. 30 Jordan Grabouski (Beatrice, NE); 7. 14 Tyler Cale (Donnellson); 8. 1CC Clayton Christensen (Spencer); 9. 71W Jeff Waterman (Qunicy, IL); 10. 00 Cory Sample (Winnemucca, NV); 11. 10C Cayden Carter (Oskaloosa); 12. 8 Colt Mather (Webster); 13. 02 Andrew Schroeder (Clive); 14. 1t Bill Davis Jr. (Des Moines); 15. 87 Joel Bushore (Boone); 16. 1BC Tony Cox (Boone); 17. 64 Casey Greubel (Lacona); 18. 62 Hunter Marriott (Brookfield, MO); 19. 48J Jacob Murray (Hartford); 20. 81 Mike Densberger (Lincoln, NE); 21. 69X Jon Snyder (Ames); 22. 36X Russ Gladson (Des Moines); 23. 17 Steve Stewart (Burlington); 24. K1 Kyle Krampe (Baxter)
B-Feature #1 (Top 8 Advance) : 1. Mather; 2. Sample; 3. Densberger; 4. Greubel; 5. Krampe; 6. Cale; 7. Bushore; 8. Davis Jr.; 9. 18 Jake Durbin (Perry); 10. 38 Bill Gibson (Knoxville); 11. 46 Toby VandeKamp (Knoxville); 12. 57V Mike Van Genderen (Newton); 13. 13 Matt Waugh (Des Moines); 14. 20L Zach Less (Manchester); 15. 36C Jeff Conner (Panora); 16. 149 Kyle Wahlert (Pleasant Hill); 17. 51 Tyler VandeKamp (Ankeny); DNS: 21H Shane Hiatt (Rising City, NE)
Heat #1: 1. Grabouski; 2. Schroeder; 3. Christensen; 4. Gladson; 5. Krampe; 6. Bushore; 7. Less; 8. Toby VandeKamp; DNS: Hiatt
Heat #2: 1. Sobbing; 2. Shute; 3. Snyder; 4. Marriott; 5. Mather; 6. Densberger; 7. Davis Jr.; 8. Van Genderen; 9. Cale
Heat #3: 1. Murray; 2. Carter; 3. Waterman; 4. Cox; 5. Tyler VandeKamp; 6. Greubel; 7. Waugh; 8. Wahlert
Heat #4: 1. Smith; 2. Gustin; 3. Foster; 4. Stewart; 5. Sample; 6. Durbin; 7. Gibson; 8. Connor
Stock Cars
Feature: 1. 76 Lance Borgman (Beatrice, NE); 2. 3 Joe Zadina (Corning); 3. 71 David Brandies (Atalissa); 4. 10X Keith Knop (Shelby); 5. 52 Nathan Wood (Sigourney); 6. 83 Mike Harris (Avoca); 7. 81X Randy Killen (Des Moines); 8. 22 Wayne Gifford (Boone); 9. 3W Jeff Wollam (Marshalltown); 10. 9 Jerry Gifford (Boone); 11. 94 Steve Meyer (Grundy Center); 12. 26K Butch Bass (Winterset); 13. 02 Adam Klocke (Carroll); 14. 20V Dustin Vis (LeGrand); 15. 44X Todd Fisher (Bondurant); 16. 35K Terry Klocke (Carroll); 17. 14J Mike Johnston (Des Moines); 18. 566 Jim Lynch (Donnellson); 19. 2 Dave Atcher (Marshalltown); 20. 73C Carl Yaw Jr. (Des Moines); 21. 1K Tom Killen Sr. (Des Moines); 22. 27 Gary Bass (Des Moines); 23. 44 Tad Payne (Muscatine); 24. 77T Trent Jeanes (Chariton)
B-Feature #1 (Top 8 Advance) : 1. Atcher; 2. Meyer; 3. Lynch; 4. Knop; 5. Killen Sr.; 6. J. Gifford; 7. Johnston; 8. Jeanes; 9. 07 Raymond Raker (Danville); 10. 60 Clayton Deppe (Kellogg); 11. 54 Robbie Merkle (Des Moines); 12. 19 Brandon Bach (Des Moines); 13. 59F Bill Fox (Des Moines); 14. 18 Kris Walker (Oskaloosa); DNS: 17R Derek Reimer (Marshalltown); 22R Todd Reitzler
Heat #1: 1. Harris; 2. T. Klocke; 3. Zadina; 4. Fisher; 5. Atcher; 6. Meyer; 7. Raker; 8. Knop
Heat #2: 1. Wood; 2. Borgman; 3. R. Killen; 4. A. Klocke; 5. Johnston; 6. Jeanes; 7. Merkle; DNS: Reitzler
Heat #3: 1. Brandies; 2. Wollam; 3. Vis; 4. Yaw Jr.; 5. Lynch; 6. Fox; 7. Bach; DQ: Reimer
Heat #4: 1. W. Gifford; 2. G. Bass; 3. Payne; 4. B. Bass; 5. Walker; 6. Deppe; 7. T. Killen Sr.; 8. J. Gifford
SportMods
Feature: 1. 1 Austin Kaplan (Ankeny); 2. 71 Glenn Gladson Jr. (Des Moines); 3. 7 Carter VanDenBerg (Oskaloosa); 4. 10H Jack Housley (Des Moines); 5. 7t Jared Timmerman (Norwalk); 6. 1HE Jerry Hoffman (Joplin, MO); 7. 19J Jenae Gustin (Marshalltown); 8. 9 Mitch Van Engen (Doon); 9. 86 Cory Rose (Boone); 10. 1V Curtis VanDerWal (Oskaloosa); 11. 2 Bill Wears (Des Moines); 12. 9A Logan Anderson (Oskaloosa); 13. 3F Cole Ferguson (Dexter); 14. A5 Austin Paul (Monroe); 15. 93 Mike Stark (West Des Moines); 16. 9E Eric Elliott (Boone); 17. 19G Gatlin Leytham (Garwin); 18. 27 Tim Love (Kelley); 19. 10G Jim Gillenwater (Keokuk); 20. 25 Scott Van Buskirk (Hedrick); 21. 8J AJ Johnson (Oskaloosa); 22. 2G Geoff Olson (West Des Moines); DNS: 10R Ryan Fullenkamp (Bloomfield); 22X Troy Oliver (Des Moines)
Heat #1: 1. Kaplan; 2. Hoffman; 3. Gladson Jr.; 4. Rose; 5. Timmerman; 6. Wears; 7. Love; 8. Anderson
Heat #2: 1. Gillenwater; 2. VanDenBerg; 3. Gustin; 4. Elliott; 5. Leytham; 6. Ferguson; 7. Van Bus Kirk; 8. VanDerWal
Heat #3: 1. Van Engen; 2. Paul; 3. Stark; 4. Housley; 5. Olson; 6. Fullenkamp; 7. Johnson; 8. Oliver
Hobby Stocks
Feature: 1. 11 Mike Hughes (Oskaloosa); 2. 2 Corey Maden (Avoca); 3. 2X Chuck Madden Jr. (Avoca); 4. 52 Kevin Fee (Knoxville); 5. 7B Eric Stanton (Hartford); 6. 19 Bill Bonnett (Knoxville); 7. 96R Jamie Songer (Ankeny); 8. 32T Bobby Greene (Eddyville); 9. 55F Jason Fusselman (Shelby); 10. 75 Kurt Hansen (Walnut); 11. 77C Andy Coffman (Des Moines); 12. 2013 Shannon Anderson (Urbandale); 13. 20T Richard Yaw II (Pleasant Hill); 14. 45B Craig Brotherton (Wall Lake); 15. 79 George Hood (Des Moines); 16. 1 Blake Miller (Des Moines); 17. 13G Craig Graham (Webster City); 18. 7A Aaron Osweiler (South English); 19. 63 Taylor Bengford (Odebolt); 20. 74 Matt Smith (Des Moines); 21. 224 Gina Greubel (Lacona); 22. 27C Cory Adams (Des Moines); 23. 99 Jeff Knight (Boone); DNS: 55 Brad Stephens (Bussey)
B-Feature #1 (Top 9 Advance) : 1. Coffman; 2. Anderson; 3. Brotherton; 4. Yaw II; 5. Osweiler; 6. Graham; 7. Stephens; 8. Smith; 9. Bengford; 10. 17 Andy Peck (Newton); 11. 13MJ Terry De Goey (Knoxville); 12. 47 Richard Pahlka III (Des Moines); DNS: 89 John Housley (Des Moines); 31 Adam Bonnett (Martensdale)
Heat #1: 1. B. Bonnett; 2. Fusselman; 3. Corey Madden; 4. Songer; 5. Hood; 6. Coffman; 7. Osweiler; 8. Stephens; 9. Smith; 10. Bengford
Heat #2: 1. Stanton; 2. Hansen; 3. Miller; 4. Knight; 5. Greubel; 6. Pahlka III; 7. De Goey; 8. Anderson; 9. A. Bonnett; 10. Yaw II
Heat #3: 1. Chuck Madden Jr.; 2. Hughes; 3. Greene; 4. Fee; 5. Adams; 6. Peck; 7. Housley; 8. Brotherton; 9. Graham
