KNOXVILLE, IOWA (June 19, 2009) - American Terry McCarl of Iowa and Australian Brooke Tatnell of New South Wales have become the first two entrants for the $10,000-to-win Knoxville World Challenge at Knoxville Raceway on Friday, August 14, during the 49th annual SuperClean Knoxville Nationals presented by Lucas Oil. McCarl, son of veteran sprint car driver/owner/mechanic/builder Lenard McCarl, is a 6-time Knoxville Raceway track point titlist. Tatnell, son of Australian Speedway Hall of Fame inductee George Tatnell, won the Knoxville World Challenge in 2006.
According to Knoxville’s director of racing Ralph Capitani, “The World Challenge international invitational is a big part of our Knoxville Nationals and the Iowa SpeedWeeks, but it is also important in preserving our heritage as ‘the Sprint Car Capital of the World’. Knoxville has a great history of providing a level playing field to foster great competition amongst sprint car racing’s best competitors from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. We also have great marketing partners in the promotional teams at Premier Speedway’s Sungold Stadium in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia; the Western Springs Speedway in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand; the Baypark Speedway in Mount Maunganui, North Island, New Zealand; the Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and the Ohsweken Speedway in Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada.”
McCarl will be wheeling the BGHA-owned Ott-powered, Maxim-chassis sprint car number 24, which is sponsored by Big Game Tree Stands, DeBerg Concrete and P&V Investments. Tatnell will be piloting the Titan Racing-owned, Ott-powered, Maxim-chassis sprint car number 21AU, which is sponsored by Titan Garages & Car Ports, HRP and Sanders Engineering. Since both Terry McCarl and race winner Brooke Tatnell competed in the 2009 Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at Warrnambool, both are inversion-eligible for the ’09 Knoxville World Challenge on Friday, August 14.
Those drivers that are inversion-eligible for 2009 World Challenge are as follows:
AUS: Simon Amato, Grant Anderson, Roddy Bell-Bowen, Ashley Bourke, Garry Brazier, Jamie Bricknell, Chris Campbell, Darryl Campbell, Steven Caruso, Steve Caunt, Ashley Cook, Andrew Cox, Ron Dalton, Ryan Davis, Luke Dillon, Philip Downs, Ricky Drayton, Max Dumesny, Mitchell Dumesny, Matt Egel, Robbie Farr, Ryan Farrell, Cameron Gessner, Jason Gibbons, Trevor Green, Dylan Jenkin, Taylor Johnson, Dennis Jones, Nick Lacey, Steven Lines, Ian Loudoun, Jason Loveday, Carl Ludeman, Eddie Lumbar, Kurt Luttrell, Ian Madsen, Kerry Madsen, Adrian Maher, Bryan Mann, James McFadden, Brett Milburn, Scott Millings, Darren Mollenoyux, Tim Morse, David Murcott, Daniel Newnham, Domain Ramsey, Tim Rankin, Matthew Reed, Danny Reidy, Josh Ruhs, Glen Saville, Jamie Stark, Glen Sutherland, Quentin Tanner, Brooke Tatnell, Ian Thomsen, Jason Tranter, Simon Van Ginneken, Jamie Veal, John Vogels, Allan Woods.
CAN: Norman Beaudreault, Alain Bergeron, John Burbridge (Jr.), Jamie Collard, Bob Crawford, Jesse Dakus, Keith Dempster, Craig Downie, Marc Duperron, Dave Dykstra, James Evans, Wade Fleming, Tim Gee, Jeff Hodgson, Tom Huppunen, Ryan Hunsinger, Kevin Job, Mikey Kruchka, Gord Kynoch, Rob Ledingham, Dick Mahoney, Warren Mahoney, Brad Malloy, Justin Martin, Brian McDonald, Kelly Miller, Sean Moran, Michael Parent, Rob Pietz, Steve Poirier, Jim Price, John Riegling, Chris Schmelzle, Glenn Styres, Trevor Turnbull, Adam West, James Whittaker, April Wilson, Kyle Wilson, Rick Wilson, Tim Zack, Stan Zanchin.
NZ: Kerry Bartlett, Hans Boere, Dean Brindle, Mark Browne, Graeme “Skinny” Colson, James Dahm, Havard Daniels, Ian Easton, Daniel Eggleton, Colin Entwisle, Matthew Gillingham, Bernie Gillion, Raymond Griffen, Allan Haigh, Corey Haigh, Martin Halcrow, Jeremy Halpin, Brent Harris, Nelson Hartley, Clint Herring, Peter Huijs, Kerrie-Anne James, Danny Lee, Alan Lewis, Jason Madden, Andrew Marks, Jamie McDonald, Laz Meszaros, Ryan O’Conner, Shay Oliver, Greg Pickerill, Ben Quin, Tom Rusher, Jason Scott, Matthew Smith, Glenn Torphy, Bradley Tyrrell, Chris Uhlenberg, Allan Wakeling, Steve Walling, Craig Ward, Mark Weal, Carl Wilson, Gary Wilson, Rodney Wood
USA: Jonathan Allard, Craig Dollansky, Randy Hannagan, Jason Johnson, Wayne Johnson, Ricky Logan, Terry McCarl, Paul McMahan, Bill Rose, Joey Saldana, Danny Smith, Shane Stewart.
For more information on the Knoxville Raceway and its World Challenge, fans are urged to visit www.knoxvilleraceway.com.
According to Knoxville’s director of racing Ralph Capitani, “The World Challenge international invitational is a big part of our Knoxville Nationals and the Iowa SpeedWeeks, but it is also important in preserving our heritage as ‘the Sprint Car Capital of the World’. Knoxville has a great history of providing a level playing field to foster great competition amongst sprint car racing’s best competitors from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. We also have great marketing partners in the promotional teams at Premier Speedway’s Sungold Stadium in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia; the Western Springs Speedway in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand; the Baypark Speedway in Mount Maunganui, North Island, New Zealand; the Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and the Ohsweken Speedway in Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada.”
McCarl will be wheeling the BGHA-owned Ott-powered, Maxim-chassis sprint car number 24, which is sponsored by Big Game Tree Stands, DeBerg Concrete and P&V Investments. Tatnell will be piloting the Titan Racing-owned, Ott-powered, Maxim-chassis sprint car number 21AU, which is sponsored by Titan Garages & Car Ports, HRP and Sanders Engineering. Since both Terry McCarl and race winner Brooke Tatnell competed in the 2009 Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic at Warrnambool, both are inversion-eligible for the ’09 Knoxville World Challenge on Friday, August 14.
Those drivers that are inversion-eligible for 2009 World Challenge are as follows:
AUS: Simon Amato, Grant Anderson, Roddy Bell-Bowen, Ashley Bourke, Garry Brazier, Jamie Bricknell, Chris Campbell, Darryl Campbell, Steven Caruso, Steve Caunt, Ashley Cook, Andrew Cox, Ron Dalton, Ryan Davis, Luke Dillon, Philip Downs, Ricky Drayton, Max Dumesny, Mitchell Dumesny, Matt Egel, Robbie Farr, Ryan Farrell, Cameron Gessner, Jason Gibbons, Trevor Green, Dylan Jenkin, Taylor Johnson, Dennis Jones, Nick Lacey, Steven Lines, Ian Loudoun, Jason Loveday, Carl Ludeman, Eddie Lumbar, Kurt Luttrell, Ian Madsen, Kerry Madsen, Adrian Maher, Bryan Mann, James McFadden, Brett Milburn, Scott Millings, Darren Mollenoyux, Tim Morse, David Murcott, Daniel Newnham, Domain Ramsey, Tim Rankin, Matthew Reed, Danny Reidy, Josh Ruhs, Glen Saville, Jamie Stark, Glen Sutherland, Quentin Tanner, Brooke Tatnell, Ian Thomsen, Jason Tranter, Simon Van Ginneken, Jamie Veal, John Vogels, Allan Woods.
CAN: Norman Beaudreault, Alain Bergeron, John Burbridge (Jr.), Jamie Collard, Bob Crawford, Jesse Dakus, Keith Dempster, Craig Downie, Marc Duperron, Dave Dykstra, James Evans, Wade Fleming, Tim Gee, Jeff Hodgson, Tom Huppunen, Ryan Hunsinger, Kevin Job, Mikey Kruchka, Gord Kynoch, Rob Ledingham, Dick Mahoney, Warren Mahoney, Brad Malloy, Justin Martin, Brian McDonald, Kelly Miller, Sean Moran, Michael Parent, Rob Pietz, Steve Poirier, Jim Price, John Riegling, Chris Schmelzle, Glenn Styres, Trevor Turnbull, Adam West, James Whittaker, April Wilson, Kyle Wilson, Rick Wilson, Tim Zack, Stan Zanchin.
NZ: Kerry Bartlett, Hans Boere, Dean Brindle, Mark Browne, Graeme “Skinny” Colson, James Dahm, Havard Daniels, Ian Easton, Daniel Eggleton, Colin Entwisle, Matthew Gillingham, Bernie Gillion, Raymond Griffen, Allan Haigh, Corey Haigh, Martin Halcrow, Jeremy Halpin, Brent Harris, Nelson Hartley, Clint Herring, Peter Huijs, Kerrie-Anne James, Danny Lee, Alan Lewis, Jason Madden, Andrew Marks, Jamie McDonald, Laz Meszaros, Ryan O’Conner, Shay Oliver, Greg Pickerill, Ben Quin, Tom Rusher, Jason Scott, Matthew Smith, Glenn Torphy, Bradley Tyrrell, Chris Uhlenberg, Allan Wakeling, Steve Walling, Craig Ward, Mark Weal, Carl Wilson, Gary Wilson, Rodney Wood
USA: Jonathan Allard, Craig Dollansky, Randy Hannagan, Jason Johnson, Wayne Johnson, Ricky Logan, Terry McCarl, Paul McMahan, Bill Rose, Joey Saldana, Danny Smith, Shane Stewart.
For more information on the Knoxville Raceway and its World Challenge, fans are urged to visit www.knoxvilleraceway.com.
