Well after Friday Night got rained out at the Karl Auto Group of Marshalltown Speedway, I started to figure out where to go for some racing on Saturday Night. Options were Boone Speedway for the Salute to Veterans Night, Hamilton County Speedway in Webster City for the Hamilton County Fair Saturday Night Classic, Adams County Speedway in Corning for the Gail and Karen Hampel Memorial or the famous Knoxville Raceway for Weiler Night.
After a friend offered me a ride to go down to the Knoxville Raceway, the decision was made to head down for Weiler Night featuring the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1. We left Marshalltown around 5:30p and arrived in Knoxville right as Hot Laps was beginning for the 360 Sprints. They ran 360 Hot Laps, 360 Time Trials, 410 Hot Laps and then 410 Time Trials. I was glad though I went to Knoxville because we were on the road before the features in Boone was completed. It was also nice to hear my good friend "Birthday Boy" Blake Anderson, the official voice of the All Star Sprints, behind the microphone with Tony Bokhoven and Kris Krug.
A total of One hundred and three cars in the pit area, 51 All Star Circuit of Champions 410 Sprints and fifty-two 360 Sprints getting ready for the Knoxville 360 Nationals. The racing surface was fantastic and Knoxville Nationals form and it produced some amazing racing all night long.
First feature was the 360 Sprints eighteen lap feature event and it was wild feature. Garet Williamson took the race lead right away but just two laps in the red flag came out. It started when Jamie Ball spun, Sammy Swindell had nowhere to go and flipped and Davie Franek then made heavy contact with Swindell. Franek was taken in for observation. On the restart, Tony Rost flipped in turn one bringing out the red flag again. Williamson held off Reutzel on the restart as Chase Randall worked his way into third. The red flag came out again on lap five when sixth place Kade Higday flipped after hitting the berm in turn three and four.
The feature managed to go the final 13 laps without any interruption. Williamson was not going to be denied as he ended up leading all eighteen laps claiming his second win at Knoxville this season. Reutzel tried to chase down Williamson but came home second, Randall was third, Clint Garner won out a battle with Kelby Watt for the fourth putting Watt in fifth.
In the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1, twenty-five lap feature event it was pole sitter Michael "Buddy" Kofoid grabbing the early race fending off Anthony Macri, Justin Sanders, Justin Henderson and Rico Abreu. The first caution came out on lap three when Jamie Ball came to a stop in turn three. Kofoid continued to lead the away meanwhile Abreu was working his way through and worked his way up to second. Lap traffic started to get heavy in front of Kofoid allowing Abreu to reel him in.
Abreu pulled the slidejob on lap 12 on Kofoid going in turn one to take the race lead away. Abreu started to pull away from there but the caution came out on lap 14 when Scott Boguck spun on the frontstretch. Abreu got a great restart and pulled away, cruising on to win by nearly four seconds. This was Abreu's second All Star Circuit of Champions and clearly makes him a favorite for the Knoxville Nationals. Kofoid came home second, Henderson held on to third despite late race surges from Austin McCarl and Brian Brown, who finished fourth and fifth respectively.
Knoxville Raceway returns on Thursday night with the first night of eight nights spanning over 10 days. It all starts with Xtream powered by Mediacom 33rd Annual 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank featuring the American Sprint Car Series through Saturday.
Then on Sunday, Knoxville hosts the Avanti Windows and Doors 12th Annual Capitani Classic presented by Great Southern Bank for the 410 Sprints, Support Classes is the Pro Sprints.
Then it will be quiet at Knoxville for two days but one of those days, the party heads over to the Southern Iowa Speedway on Monday August 7th for the 28th Annual Sage Fruit Front Challenge presented by Your Life Iowa. Sage Fruit Outlaw 410 Sprints will pay $21,000 to win and the Seafoam IMCA RaceSaver Sprints (305 Sprints) will be $1,000 to win. For more information check out Oskychallenges.com.
The last of the major events will be the 62nd Annual NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey's takes place August 9th through the 12th featuring the NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaw Sprint Car Series.
For more information on the Knoxville Raceway, visit KnoxvilleRaceway.com.
Next event for the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 will be a New York / Pennsylvania triple on August 18th-20th. Outlaw Speedway in Dundee, New York, Utica-Rome Speedway in Vernon, New York, and Selinsgrove Speedway in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, in consecutive fashion. The events will award $8,000, $10,000, and $10,000, respectively. For more information on the All Star Circuit of Champions, visit allstarsprints.com.
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IAWEILER NIGHT
Saturday July 29th, 2023TEZOS ALL STAR CIRCUIT OF CHAMPIONS 410 SPRINTSpresented by Mobil 1
Tezos A Feature (25 laps) : 1. 24 Rico Abreu (St. Helena, Calif.) [6]; 2. 83JR Michael "Buddy" Kofoid (Pennigrove, Calif.) [1]; 3. 1 Justin Henderson (Tea, SD) [3]; 4. 88 Austin McCarl (Altoona) [10]; 5. 21 Brian Brown (Higginsville, Mo.) [9]; 6. 7BC Anthony Macri (Dillsburg, Pa.) [2]; 7. 39M Justin Sanders (Aromas, Calif.) [4]; 8. 2M Davey Heskins (St. Michael, Minn.) [14]; 9. 24W Garet Williamson (Columbia, Mo.) [5]; 10. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr (Sunnyvale, Texas) [8]; 11. 2KS Chase Randall (Waco, Texas) [19]; 12. 55 Kerry Madsen (Knoxville) [24]; 13. 7TAZ Tasker Phillips (Pleasantville) [21]; 14. 26 Zeb Wise (Angola, Ind.) [25]; 15. 3J Dusty Zomer (Brandon, SD) [18]; 16. 3P Sawyer Phillips (Pleasantville) [17]; 17. 25 Lachlan McHugh (Gold Coast, Queensland, Aust.) [11]; 18. 4M Ian Madsen (St Marys, NSW, Aust.) [7]; 19. 17AU Jamie Veal (Warrnambool, VIC, Aust.)[13]; 20. 2 Lynton Jeffrey (Prairie City) [22]; 21. 4 Chris Windom (Canton, Ill.) [26]; 22. 9 Kasey Kahne (Enumclaw, Wash.) [20]; 23. 16TH Parker Price Miller (Kokomo, Ind.) [16]; 24. 3 Tim Kaeding (San Jose, Calif.) [15]; 25. 10 Scott Bogucki (McLaren Vale, SA, Aust.) [12]; 26. 4W Jamie Ball (Knoxville) [23].
Tezos Hard Charger : Kerry Madsen (+12) ; LAP LEADERS: Buddy Kofoid (1-11), Rico Abreu (12-25)
Classic Ink USA B Feature (12 laps) : 1. Tasker Phillips [4]; 2. Jeffrey [1]; 3. Ball [3]; 4. Kerry Madsen [9]; 5. 14 Corey Day (Clovis, Calif.) [15]; 6. 12X Ayrton Gennetten (Versailles, Mo.) [5]; 7. 21T Cole Macedo (Lemoore, Calif.) [2]; 8. 8 Aaron Reutzel (Clute, Texas) [13]; 9. 24T Christopher Thram (Sanborn, Minn.) [8]; 10. 26 Zeb Wise (Angola, Ind.) [17]; 11. 45 Tim Shaffer (Aliquippa, Pa.) [7]; 12. 95 Matt Covington (Glenpool, Okla.) [6]; 13. 7W Dustin Selvage (Indianola) [18]; 14. 29 Sye Lynch (Cowansville, Pa.) [12]; 15. 44 Chris Martin (Ankeny) [10]; 16. 45AU Rusty Hickman (Bendigo, VIC, Aust.) [11]; 17. 101 Cody Maroske (Gold Coast, Queensland, Aust.) [16]; 18. 20 AJ Moeller (Rockwell City) [14].
Computer Man C Feature (10 laps) : 1. Wise [1]; 2. Selvage [3]; 3. 18T Tanner Holmes (Jacksonville, Ore.) [4]; 4. 22 Riley Goodno (Knoxville) [11]; 5. Windom [8]; 6. 6B Brandon Wimmer (Fairmount, Ind.) [2]; 7. 97 JJ Hickle (Quilcene, Wash.) [7]; 8. 16THH Kevin Newton (Terre Haute, Ind.) [5]; 9. 56 Joe Simbro (Pleasantville) [9]; 10. 9H Landon Hansen (Newton) [12]; 11. G5 Gage Pulkrabek (East Grand Forks, Minn.) [10]; DNS 52 Blake Hahn (Sapulpa, Okla.); DNS 67 Jonathan Hughes (Knoxville); DNS 28M Conner Morrell (Bradenton, Fla.); DNS 15JR Cole Mincer (Burlington).
Elliott's Custom Trailers and Carts Dash (6 laps) : 1. Kofoid [2]; 2. Macri [3]; 3. Henderson [1]; 4. Sanders [5]; 5. Williamson [7]; 6. Abreu [8]; 7. Ian Madsen [4]; 8. Hafertepe Jr [10]; 9. Brown [9]; 10. McCarl [6].
Hunt Brothers Pizza Heat 1 (8 laps) : 1. Sanders [2]; 2. Macri [1]; 3. Heskins [5]; 4. Randall [3]; 5. Macedo [6]; 6. Chris Martin [9]; 7. Lynch [7]; 8. Newton [11]; 9. Hahn [8]; 10. Morrell [10]; DNS Jeffrey.
CSI Shocks Heat 2 (8 laps) : 1. Williamson [1]; 2. Abreu [4]; 3. Price-Miller [3]; 4. Kahne [2]; 5. Covinton [6]; 6. Thram [5]; 7. Maroske [8]; 8. Holmes [7]; 9. Simbro [9]; 10. Hughes [10]
All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads Heat 3 (8 laps) : 1. Hafertepe Jr [1]; 2. Veal [3]; 3. Sawyer Phillips [2]; 4. Ian Madsen [4]; 5. Gennetten [8]; 6. Hickman [6]; 7. Day [5]; 8. Wimmer [7]; 9. Windom [10]; 10. Goodno [10].
Kistler Racing Products Heat 4 (8 laps) : 1. McCarl [1]; 2. McHugh [3]; 3. Kaeding [2]; 4. Henderson [4]; 5. Ball [5]; 6. Shaffer [6]; 7. Moeller [7]; 8. Selvage [9]; 9. Hickle [8]; DNS Mincer.
Mobil 1 Heat 5 (8 laps) : 1. Brown [1]; 2. Bogucki [2] 3. Zoner [6]; 4. Kofoid [4]; 5. Tasker Phillips [3]; 6. Kerry Madsen [7]; 7. Reutzel [5]; 8. Wise [8]; 9. Pulkrabek [10]; 10. Hansen [9].
Hercules Tire Qualifying (2 laps) : 1. 2 Lynton Jeffery (15.802); 2. 24 Rico Abreu (15.804); 3. 7BC Anthony Macri (15.971); 4. 4M Ian Madsen (16.022); 5. 39M Justin Sanders (16.040); 6. 2KS Chase Randall (16.053); 7. 24W Garet Williamson (16.104); 8. 1 Justin Henderson (16.111); 9. 83JR Buddy Kofoid (16.119); 10. 2M Davey Heskin (16.121); 11. 21 Brian Brown (16.130); 12. 88 Austin McCarl (16.180); 13. 3 Tim Kaeding (16.187); 14. 25 Lachlan McHugh (16.189); 15. 21T Cole Macedo (16.190); 16. 10 Scott Bogucki (16.191); 17. 9 Kasey Kahne (16.232); 18. 4W Jamie Ball (16.234); 19. 16TH Parker Price-Miller (16.239); 20. 7TAZ Tasker Phillips (16.255); 21. 29 Sye Lynch (16.310); 22. 8 Aaron Reutzel (16.315); 23. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. (16.320); 24. 45 Tim Shaffer (16.352); 25. 24T Christopher Thram (16.358); 26. 3P Sawyer Phillips (16.370); 27. 17AU Jamie Veal (16.381); 28. 20 AJ Moeller (16.387); 29. 14 Corey Day (16.415); 30. 3J Dusty Zomer (16.419); 31. 52 Blake Hahn (16.425); 32. 55 Kerry Madsen (16.437); 33. 26 Zeb Wise (16.446); 34. 44 Chris Martin (16.448); 35. 45AU Rusty Hickman (16.479); 36. 6B Brandon Wimmer (16.494); 37. 12X Ayrton Gennetten (16.507); 38. 97 JJ Hickle (16.539); 39. 7W Dustin Selvage (16.558); 40. 95 Matt Covington (16.558); 41. 4 Chris Windom (16.576); 42. 18T Tanner Holmes (16.710); 43. 22 Riley Goodno (16.714); 44. 28M Conner Morrell (16.837); 45. 15JR Cole Mincer (16.886); 46. 101 Cody Maroske (16.958); 47. 56 Joe Simbro (17.246); 48. 9H Landon Hansen (17.587); 49. 67 Jonathan Hughes (17.696); 50. G5 Gage Pulkrabek (17.792); 51. 16THH Kevin Newton (17.867).
Group 1 Qualifying : 1. 2 Lynton Jeffery (15.802); 2. 7BC Anthony Macri (15.971); 3. 39M Justin Sanders (16.040); 4. 2KS Chase Randall (16.053); 5. 2M Davey Heskin (16.121); 6. 21T Cole Macedo (16.190); 7. 29 Sye Lynch (16.310); 8. 52 Blake Hahn (16.425); 9. 44 Chris Martin (16.448); 10. 28M Conner Morrell (16.837); 11. 16THH Kevin Newton (17.867).
Group 2 Qualifying : 1. 24 Rico Abreu (15.804); 2. 24W Garet Williamson (16.104); 3. 9 Kasey Kahne (16.232); 4. 16TH Parker Price-Miller (16.239); 5. 24T Christopher Thram (16.358); 6. 95 Matt Covington (16.558); 7. 18T Tanner Holmes (16.710); 8. 101 Cody Maroske (16.958); 9. 56 Joe Simbro (17.246); 10. 67 Jonathan Hughes (17.696).
Group 3 Qualifying : 1. 4M Ian Madsen (16.022); 2. 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. (16.320); 3. 3P Sawyer Phillips (16.370); 4. 17AU Jamie Veal (16.381); 5. 14 Corey Day (16.415); 6. 45AU Rusty Hickman (16.479); 7. 6B Brandon Wimmer (16.494); 8. 12X Ayrton Gennetten (16.507); 9. 4 Chris Windom (16.576); 10. 22 Riley Goodno (16.714);
Group 4 Qualifying : 1. 1 Justin Henderson (16.111); 2. 88 Austin McCarl (16.180); 3. 3 Tim Kaeding (16.187); 4. 25 Lachlan McHugh (16.189); 5. 4W Jamie Ball (16.234); 6. 45 Tim Shaffer (16.352); 7. 20 AJ Moeller (16.387); 8. 97 JJ Hickle (16.539); 9. 7W Dustin Selvage (16.558); 10. 15JR Cole Mincer (16.886).
Group 5 Qualifying : 1. 83JR Buddy Kofoid (16.119); 2. 21 Brian Brown (16.130); 3. 10 Scott Bogucki (16.191); 4. 7TAZ Tasker Phillips (16.255); 5. 8 Aaron Reutzel (16.315); 6. 3J Dusty Zomer (16.419); 7. 55 Kerry Madsen (16.437); 8. 26 Zeb Wise (16.446); 9. 9H Landon Hansen (17.587); 10. G5 Gage Pulkrabek (17.792).
360 SPRINTS
Weiler A Feature (18 laps) : 1. 24W Garet Williamson (Columbia, Mo.) [1]; 2. 8 Aaron Reutzel (Clute, Texas) [3]; 3. 9 Chase Randall (Waco, Texas) [4]; 4. 40 Clint Garner (Sioux Falls, SD) [8]; 5. 1K Kelby Watt (Adel) [5]; 6. 17 Tyler Groenendyk (Oskaloosa) [6]; 7. 3P Sawyer Phillips (Pleasantville) [10]; 8. 4 Cameron Martin (Ankeny) [12]; 9. 53 Joe Beaver (Knoxville) [9]; 10. 6 Dustin Selvage (Indianola) [20]; 11. 4W Jamie Ball (Knoxville) [11]; 12. 84 Scott Bogucki (McLaren, Vale, SA, Aust.) [14]; 13. 70 Calvin Landis (Knoxville) [17]; 14. 22 Ryan Leavitt (Knoxville) [23]; 15. 87J Jace Park (Overland Park, Kan.) [16]; 16. 8M Kade Morton (Coweta, Okla.) [15]; 17. 8H Jacob Hughes (Hartford, SD) [18]; 18. 35L Cody Ledger (Omaha, Neb.) [19]; 19. 4G Cole Garner (Sioux Falls, SD) [21]; 20. 2C Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, Okla.) [7]; 21. 24H Kade Higday (Pleasant Hill) [2]; 22. 99 Tony Rost (Utica, Neb.) [13]; 23. 01 Sammy Swindell (Germantown, Tenn.); 24. 28F Davie Franek (Wantage, NJ).
Hard Charger : Dustin Salvage (+10) ; LAP LEADERS: Garet Williamson 1-18.
B Feature 1 (10 laps) : 1. Cole Garner [1]; 2. Leavitt [3]; 3. 5M Collin Moyle (Knoxville) [4]; 4. 7A Jack Anderson (Newton) [15]; 5. 4C Tuesday Calderwood (Goodyear, Ariz.) [2]; 6. 77X Alex Hill (Six Nations, ON, Canada) [6]; 7. 20B Brant O'Banion (Parker, SD) [10]; 8. 41 Colton Hardy (Phoenix, Ariz.) [8]; 9. 6A Alex Vande Voort (Knoxville) [5]; 10. 55B Brandon Anderson (Glenpool, Okla.) [11]; 11. 14 Aidan Zoutte (Knoxville) [14]; 12. 75AU Tyler Blank (California, Mo.) [7]; 13. 20T Corey Timmerman (Carmen, Ill.) [12]; 14. G5 Gage Pulkrabek (East Grand Forks, Minn.) [13]; 15. 5D Grae Anderson (Des Moines) [15]; DNS 7TAZ Tasker Phillips (Pleasantville).
B Feature 2 (10 laps) : 1. Swindell [1]; 2. Franek [7]; 3. 86 Timothy Smith (Rocheport, Mo.) [4]; 4. 1E Josh Higday (Des Moines) [3]; 5. 75X JT Imperial (Mesa, Ariz.) [5]; 6. 33 Alan Zoutte (Knoxville) [10]; 7. B29 JJ Beaver (Knoxville) [8]; 8. 938 Bradley Fezard (Bonnerdale, Ark.) [11]; 9. T4 Tyler Graves (Chariton) [14]; 10. 1A John Anderson (Des Moines) [13]; 11. 83K Kurt Moeller (Reynolds, Ill.) [12]; 12. 17N Nathan Anderson (Newton) [15]; 13. 83 Austin Miller (Lacona) [2]; 14. 7B Ben Brown (Marshall, Mo.) [6]; DNS 24 Terry McCarl (Altoona); DNS 39M Justin Sanders (Aromas, Calif.).
Heat 1 (7 laps) : 1. Randall [6]; 2. Morton [1]; 3. Joe Beaver [3]; 4. Johnson [4]; 5. Blank [9]; 6. Ledger [2]; 7. Rost [5]; 8. Leavitt [7]; 9. Brandon Anderson [10]; 10. Pulkrabek [8]; 11. Grae Anderson [11]; DNS Vander Voort; DNS Tasker Phillips.
Heat 2 (7 laps) : 1. Ball [2]; 2. Landis [1]; 3. Watt [4]; 4. Kade Higday [6]; 5. Hill [8]; 6. O'Banion [10]; 7. Jack Anderson [13]; 8. Moyle [7]; 9. Hardy [9]; 10. Calderwood [3]; 11. Cole Garner [5]; 12. Timmerman [11]; 13. Aidan Zoutte [12].
Heat 3 (7 laps) : 1. Williamson [2]; 2. Selvage [1]; 3. Reutzel [4]; 4. Park [3]; 5. Groenendyk [5]; 6. Smith [6]; 7. Brown [9]; 8. Miller [7]; 9. Alan Zoutte [11]; 10. Mueller [10]; 11. Graves [12]; 12. JJ Beaver [8]; DNS Justin Sanders.
Heat 4 (7 laps) : 1. Boguck [2]; 2. Swindell [1]; 3. Clint Garner [4]; 4. Hughes [3]; 5. Cam Martin [5]; 6. Sawyer Phillips [6]; 7. Franek [9]; 8. Josh Higday [7]; 9. McCarl [10]; 10. Imperial [8]; 11. Fezard [11]; 12. Nathan Anderson [13]; 13. John Anderson [12].
Qualifying Group 1 (2 laps) : 1. 9 Chase Randall (16.172); 2. 24H Kade Higday (16.181); 3. 99 Tony Rost (16.264); 4. 4G Cole Garner (16.364); 5. 2C Wayne Johnson (16.386); 6. 1K Kelby Watt (16.468); 7. 53 Joe Beaver (16.483); 8. 4C Tuesday Calderwood (16.501); 9. 35L Cody Ledger (16.505); 10. 4W Jamie Ball (16.551); 11. 8M Kade Morton (16.575); 12. 70 Calvin Landis (16.594); 13. 22 Ryan Leavitt (16.605); 14. 5M Collin Moyle (16.625); 15. 6A Alex Vande Voort (16.625); 16. 77X Alex Hill (16.681); 17. 75AU Tyler Blank (16.735); 18. 41 Colton Hardy (16.738); 19. 7TAZ Tasker Phillips (16.791); 20. 20B Brant O'Banion (16.963); 21. 55B Brandon Anderson (17.068); 22. 20T Corey Timmerman (17.254); 23. G5 Gage Pulkrabek (17.488); 24. 14 Aidan Zoutte (17.823); 25. 5D Grae Anderson (18.667); 26. 7A Jack Anderson (No Time).
Qualifying Group 2 (2 laps) : 1. 8 Aaron Reutzel (16.427); 2. 3P Sawyer Phillips (16.489); 3. 17 Tyler Groenendyk (16.501); 4. 4 Cam Martin (16.522); 5. 24W Garet Williamson (16.608); 6. 40 Clint Garner (16.642); 7. 87J Jace Park (16.769); 8. 8H Jacob Hughes (16.772); 9. 39M Justin Sanders (16.816); 10. 84 Scott Bogucki (16.827); 11. 6 Dustin Selvage (16.868); 12. 01 Sammy Swindell (16.919); 13. 83 Austin Miller (17.037); 14. 1E Josh Higday (17.154); 15. 86 Timothy Smith (17.191); 16. 75X JT Imperial (17.219); 17. 7B Ben Brown (17.257); 18. 28F Davie Franek (17.287); 19. B29 JJ Beaver (17.380); 20. 24 Terry McCarl (17.437); 21. 33 Alan Zoutte (17.508); 22. 938 Bradley Fezard (17.706); 23. 83K Kurt Mueller (17.760); 24. 1A John Anderson (17.824); 25. T4 Tyler Graves (18.603); 26. 17N Nathan Anderson (19.301).
