For the second straight Saturday Night I made the trip to the famed Knoxville Raceway with friends last week for the USAC Avanti Windows & Doors Cornbelt Clash featuring the USAC Non-Wing Sprints, this week it was for the Premier Chevy Dealers Knoxville Clash featuring the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaw Sprint Cars.
After watching the weather so intensely all day my ride picked me up around 5:15p and we heading to hopefully catch a night of racing action. We managed to do that as mother nature held off dumping heavy rain until after we were well on the road back to Marshalltown.
However with the concerns of rain, the Knoxville Raceway and World of Outlaws Sprint Cars Series decided to speed up the 410 sprints cars portion to get them done in the event of anything happening. Final Checkered flag was displayed at 10:56p.
David Gravel was able to capture his eleventh career win at the famed Knoxville Raceway on the final night of the Premier Chevy Dealers Knoxville Clash by leading from start to finish, taking home a $10,000 payday. Brian Brown, Garet Williamson, Carson Macedo and Spencer Bayston battled it out for position behind him. Gravel encounter lap traffic on lap nine at the same time that Sheldon Haudenschild expired to the infield after blowing up.
Macedo worked his way into second and started to track down Gravel, then something broke sending the Jason Johnson Racing No 41 into the outside fence. Macedo then went into a barrel roll before a fire engulfed. Brad Sweet, Bayston and Gio Scelzi all got out of their car to help assist Macedo out as the Knoxville Raceway Safety crew was extinguished the fire. Macedo was helped to the ambulance and went to the Knoxville Hospital for observation, as I type this on Sunday June 11th at 11:30a, he was released early in the morning.
Gravel got a great restart and checked out going on to capture the win. Friday night's winner Brian Brown came home in second, Williamson was third, Cory Eliason was fourth and James McFadden was fifth. Brad Sweet, Gio Scelzi, Anthony Macri, Bayston and Logan Schuchart rounded out the top ten. Schuchart took a WoO provision was the race's hard charger. McFadden and Gravel set quick time in their respective groups and also claimed heat wins. Macedo and Brown won the other heats. Dusty Zomer took the C Main, Gravel took the Dash and Kerry Madsen won the B Main.
In the 360 Sprints, Garet Williamson carried his momentum in the 410s to the 360s by leading all 18 laps from start to finish from the outside front row. Josh Higday ran second in the early stages followed by Aaron Reutzel, Ryan Giles and Chase Randall. Randall moved by Giles for fourth before the only caution came out when Kelby Watt took a wild ride in turn four. Watt was uninjured.
Williamson had a great restart and went on to take the feature win. Reutzel grabbed second from Higday, tried to reel in Williamson as lap traffic started to slow the leader but could not get by. Reutzel came home second, Randall challenged Reutzel but had to settle for third. Clint Garner and Jamie Ball was fourth and fifth respectively. Higday, Terry McCarl, Jake Bubak, Alex Hill and Cam Martin completed the top ten. Sawyer Phillips and Giles crashed hard on the front stretch after the checkers were thrown, both were okay. Garner was the race hard charger. Sawyer Phillips set quick time. Randall, Williamson, Cam Martin and Alex VandeVoort won heats and Tyler Groenendyk won the B-Main.
Next Saturday Night at the Knoxville Raceway is Slideways Night. The 410 Sprints will be competing for a $10,000 top prize as part of the "Border Battle" Series with Jackson Motorplex on Friday, Huset's Speedway on Sunday. The Pro Sprints and 360's will also be on the card. Engine Heat at 6:15p, Hot Laps at 6:45p, Racing to Follow.
For more information on the Knoxville Raceway, visit KnoxvilleRaceway.com.
NOS Energy World Of Outlaws Head to the Beaver Dam Raceway in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin for Jim "JB" Boyd Memorial on Friday June 16th and Saturday June 17th.
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IAJune 10, 2023
410 Results
Time Trial Group 1 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 83, James McFadden, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (5), 15.169; 2. 5, Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, IN (7), 15.315; 3. 11, Cory Eliason, Visalia, CA (6), 15.338; 4. 41, Carson Macedo, Lemoore, CA (18), 15.339; 5. 2M, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (9), 15.342; 6. 11K, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (3), 15.430; 7. 18, Gio Scelzi, Fresno, CA (13), 15.479; 8. 25, Lachlan McHugh, Gold Coast, QLD, Aust. (20), 15.490; 9. 12X, Chase Randall, Waco, TX (11), 15.528; 10. 7S, Robbie Price, Cobble Hill, BC, Can. (4), 15.534; 11. 2KS, Kaleb Johnson, Sioux Falls, SD (1), 15.560; 12. 9, Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, WA (17), 15.614; 13. 5X, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (22), 15.628; 14. 55T, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (8), 15.647; 15. 1A, Jacob Allen, Hanover, PA (23), 15.649; 16. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (12), 15.661; 17. 22, Riley Goodno, Knoxville, IA (15), 15.671; 18. 20G, Noah Gass, Mounds, OK (14), 15.680; 19. 7, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (2), 15.691; 20. 8, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (21), 15.700; 21. 3Z, Brock Zearfoss, Jonestown, PA (16), 15.783; 22. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (19), 15.852; 23. 6, Bill Rose, Plainfield, IN (10), 15.874; 24. 15JR, Cole Mincer, Burlington, IA (24), 16.355
Time Trial Group 2 (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 2, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (10), 15.432; 2. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (20), 15.435; 3. 88, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (2), 15.489; 4. 24W, Garet Williamson, Columbia, MO (13), 15.607; 5. 39M, Anthony Macri, Dillsburg, PA (22), 15.629; 6. 49, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (19), 15.632; 7. 24, Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA (15), 15.656; 8. 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (9), 15.683; 9. 19, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (3), 15.689; 10. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (7), 15.704; 11. 6B, Brandon Wimmer, Fairmount, IN (1), 15.744; 12. 17, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (6), 15.749; 13. 11M, Parker Price-Miller, Kokomo, IN (18), 15.780; 14. 14, Corey Day, Clovis, CA (14), 15.784; 15. 1S, Logan Schuchart, Hanover, PA (24), 15.786; 16. 2J, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (23), 15.810; 17. 3J, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (11), 15.830; 18. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (16), 16.018; 19. 1, Justin Henderson, Tea, SD (8), 16.122; 20. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (4), 16.387; 21. G5, Gage Pulkrabek, East Grand Forks, MN (12), 16.390; 22. 9H, Landon Hansen, Newton, IA (5), 16.669; 23. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (21), NT; DQ (Nose Wing), Frank Rodgers III, Lucas, IA (17).
Heat one (started), 8 Laps: 1. James McFadden (1); 2. Cory Eliason (2); 3. Gio Scelzi (4); 4. Kaleb Johnson (6); 5. Davey Heskin (3) / 6. Kerry Madsen (7); 7. Chase Randall (5); 8. Jacob Allen (8); 9. Brock Zearfoss (11); 10. Riley Goodno (9); 11. Brooke Tatnell (10); 12. Bill Rose (12)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps: 1. Carson Macedo (2); 2. Spencer Bayston (1); 3. Lachlan McHugh (4); 4. Robbie Price (5); 5. Kraig Kinser (3) / 6. Kasey Kahne (6); 7. Aaron Reutzel (10); 8. McKenna Haase (7); 9. Noah Gass (9); 10. Sawyer Phillips (11); 11. Cole Mincer (12); 12. AJ Moeller (8)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps: 1. David Gravel (1); 2. Austin McCarl (2); 3. Rico Abreu (4); 4. Anthony Macri (3); 5. Brandon Wimmer (6) / 6. Parker Price-Miller (7); 7. Logan Schuchart (8); 8. Ayrton Gennetten (5); 9. Justin Henderson (10); 10. Dusty Zomer (9); 11. Gage Pulkrabek (11) DNS – Matt Juhl
Heat four (started), 8 Laps: 1. Brian Brown (1); 2. Garet Williamson (2); 3. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (4); 4. Brad Sweet (3); 5. Donny Schatz (5) / 6. Sheldon Haudenschild (6); 7. Corey Day (7); 8. Tasker Phillips (9); 9. Lynton Jeffrey (8); 10. Joe Simbro (10); 11. Landon Hansen (11); 12. Frank Rodgers III (12)
C main (started), 10 Laps: 1. Dusty Zomer (2); 2. Riley Goodno (1) / 3. Brooke Tatnell (5); 4. Sawyer Phillips (3); 5. Gage Pulkrabek (6); 6. Bill Rose (9); 7. Joe Simbro (4); 8. Cole Mincer (7); 9. Frank Rodgers III (10); 10. Landon Hansen (8) DNS – AJ Moeller, Matt Juhl
Dash (started), 6 Laps: 1. David Gravel (1); 2. Brian Brown (4); 3. Spencer Bayston (2); 4. Garet Williamson (6); 5. Carson Macedo (5); 6. Austin McCarl (3); 7. James McFadden (7); 8. Cory Eliason (8)
B main (started), 12 Laps: 1. Kerry Madsen (3); 2. Ayrton Gennetten (2); 3. Chase Randall (1); 4. Sheldon Haudenschild (6) / 5. Parker Price-Miller (4); 6. Logan Schuchart (8); 7. Kasey Kahne (5); 8. Corey Day (10); 9. Aaron Reutzel (7); 10. Brock Zearfoss (13); 11. Jacob Allen (9); 12. Justin Henderson (14); 13. «Select Driver» (0); 14. Tasker Phillips (12); 15. Lynton Jeffrey (16); 16. Riley Goodno (18); 17. McKenna Haase (11); 18. Dusty Zomer (17)
A main, 25 Laps: 1. David Gravel (1); 2. Brian Brown (2); 3. Garet Williamson (4); 4. Cory Eliason (8); 5. James McFadden (7); 6. Brad Sweet (16); 7. Gio Scelzi (9); 8. Anthony Macri (14); 9. Spencer Bayston (3); 10. Logan Schuchart (25, prov.); 11. Austin McCarl (6); 12. Donny Schatz (20); 13. Rico Abreu (10); 14. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (12); 15. Davey Heskin (17); 16. Kerry Madsen (21); 17. Lachlan McHugh (11); 18. Kaleb Johnson (13); 19. Robbie Price (15); 20. Kraig Kinser (19); 21. Chase Randall (23); 22. Ayrton Gennetten (22); 23. Brandon Wimmer (18); 24. Carson Macedo (5); 25. Sheldon Haudenschild (24). Lap Leader: Gravel 1-25. Hard-charger: Schuchart.
360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (15), 16.488; 2. 4W, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (3), 16.531; 3. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (17), 16.609; 4. 9G, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (8), 16.651; 5. 8H, Jacob Hughes, Hartford, SD (20), 16.669; 6. 8, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (12), 16.689; 7. 77X, Alex Hill, Six Nations, ONT, Can. (2), 16.691; 8. 01, Sammy Swindell, Lakeland, TN (13), 16.725; 9. 9, Chase Randall, Waco, TX (24), 16.747; 10. 24W, Garet Williamson, Columbia, MO (6), 16.759; 11. 1E, Josh Higday, Des Moines, IA (34), 16.772; 12. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (29), 16.806; 13. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (18), 16.828; 14. 27B, Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO (7), 16.856; 15. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (23), 16.864; 16. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (19), 16.937; 17. 7A, Jack Anderson, Newton, IA (9), 16.943; 18. 83, Austin Miller, Lacona, IA (5), 16.955; 19. 17, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA (33), 16.976; 20. 6A, Alex Vande Voort, Knoxville, IA (30), 16.982; 21. 0, Chase Porter, St. Joseph, MO (16), 16.991; 22. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (14), 17.022; 23. 4, Cam Martin, Ankeny, IA (32), 17.029; 24. 6, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (10), 17.029; 25. 99, Tony Rost, Omaha, NE (26), 17.067; 26. 5M, Collin Moyle, Knoxville, IA (27), 17.112; 27. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (22), 17.285; 28. 86, Timothy Smith, Rocheport, MO (25), 17.323; 29. 7B, Ben Brown, Marshall, MO (31), 17.327; 30. B29, JJ Beaver, Knoxville, IA (11), 17.516; 31. 28, Luke Verardi, Taylorville, IL (21), 17.752; 32. 14, Aidan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (28), 18.012; 33. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (1), 18.030; 34. 41D, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA (4), 18.185
Heat one (started), 7 Laps: 1. Chase Randall (4); 2. Jack Anderson (2); 3. Kelby Watt (3); 4. Sawyer Phillips (6); 5. Chase Porter (1); 6. Ben Brown (8); 7. Jacob Hughes (5); 8. Tony Rost (7); 9. John Anderson (9)
Heat two (started), 7 Laps: 1. Garet Williamson (4); 2. Aaron Reutzel (5); 3. Austin Miller (2); 4. Jake Bubak (3); 5. Jamie Ball (6); 6. Alan Zoutte (1); 7. Collin Moyle (7); 8. JJ Beaver (8) DNS – Dan Henning
Heat three (started), 7 Laps: 1. Cam Martin (1); 2. Josh Higday (4); 3. Terry McCarl (6); 4. Chris Martin (3); 5. Alex Hill (5); 6. Luke Verardi (8); 7. Joe Beaver (7); 8. Tyler Groenendyk (2)
Heat four (started), 7 Laps: 1. Alex Vande Voort (2); 2. Dustin Selvage (1); 3. Clint Garner (4); 4. Ryan Giles (6); 5. Sammy Swindell (5); 6. Ryan Leavitt (3); 7. Timothy Smith (7); 8. Aidan Zoutte (8)
B main (started), 10 Laps: 1. Tyler Groenendyk (2); 2. Tony Rost (5); 3. Chase Porter (3); 4. Timothy Smith (8) / 5. Collin Moyle (6); 6. Alan Zoutte (4); 7. Luke Verardi (7); 8. JJ Beaver (10); 9. John Anderson (9); 10. Dan Henning (12); 11. Aidan Zoutte (11); 12. Ryan Leavitt (1) DNS – Joe Beaver, Ben Brown
A main (started), 18 Laps: 1. Garet Williamson (2); 2. Aaron Reutzel (6); 3. Chase Randall (3); 4. Clint Garner (12); 5. Jamie Ball (5); 6. Josh Higday (1); 7. Terry McCarl (7); 8. Jake Bubak (16); 9. Alex Hill (9); 10. Cam Martin (17); 11. Chris Martin (18); 12. Dustin Selvage (20); 13. Ryan Giles (4); 14. Sawyer Phillips (8); 15. Sammy Swindell (11); 16. Tony Rost (22); 17. Jack Anderson (14); 18. Jacob Hughes (10); 19. Tyler Groenendyk (21); 20. Alex Vande Voort (15); 21. Timothy Smith (24); 22. Austin Miller (19); 23. Chase Porter (23); 24. Kelby Watt (13). Lap Leader: Williamson 1-18. Hard-charger: Garner
