by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, April 28, 2013 – Dylan Smith of Osceola, Nebraska won the 2nd Annual Knoxville Shootout for Modifieds for the second year in a row. Other feature winners included Austin Kaplan in the Sport Mods, Lance Borgman in the Stock Cars and Mike Hughes in the Hobby Stocks.
Jacob Murray paced the Modified field early in their 25-lap feature. Dylan Smith worked his way forward from outside row four and worked by Jordan Grabouski for second on lap eight. A restart on lap ten allowed him to dive under Murray for a lead he would never relinquish.
“I knew I was better on the bottom,” said Smith of his winning move on the restart. “The track had some holes in turn two, but I was getting off of it pretty well. The restart helped a ton.”
Austin Kaplan of Des Moines took the lead from Mitch Van Engen on a lap two restart, and never looked back to claim the Sport Mod feature. Glenn Gladson Jr. came from row four to second, and Carter VanDenBerg was third.
“I’ve gotten second way too many times here,” said Kaplan in Victory Lane. “Now I have a win. We kept getting cautions, and I thought, ‘Here we go again.’ We finally got it. I’m happy!”
The 20-lap Stock Car feature went non-stop and the action up front was intense. Joe Zadina led the first half of the race before David Brandies scraped by him literally, on the backstretch. Meanwhile, Lance Borgman from Osceola, Nebraska stuck his nose into the fray and made his winning pass with three circuits remaining.
“We took advantage of cars getting squirrely and stuff and moved our way up,” said Borgman. “It was a heck of a race. I was thinking I was going to get second, but they opened the door just a little bit. We got lucky there.”
Four lead changes highlighted the 15-lap Hobby Stock A main won by Mike Hughes of Oskaloosa. Hughes took the lead on lap two from Corey Madden, only to be overtaken in a duel with Bill Bonnett. With three laps to go, the two made contact, and Bonnett’s left front tire started deflating. Hughes led the last four laps.
“(Bonnett) was really tough on the bottom,” said Hughes. “I was trying to roll the top. He got a little loose on the bottom, and I was able to capitalize on the backstretch. Anytime you win here, it’s a good win.”
Slideways Karting Center/Pella Printing Night is coming up this Saturday, May 4. All three sprint car divisions will be in action. For more information, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
Modifieds Results
Heat one (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. 30, Jordan Grabouski, Beatrice, NE (3); 2. 02, Andrew Schroeder, Clive, IA (2); 3. 1cc, Clayton Christensen, Spencer, IA (5); 4. 36x, Russ Gladson, Des Moines, IA (1) / 5. 1K, Kyle Krampe, Baxter, IA (4); 6. 87, Joel Bushore, Boone, IA (8); 7. 20L, Zach Less, Manchester, IA (8); 8. 46, Toby VandeKamp, Knoxville, IA (6); DNS – 21H, Shane Hiatt, Rising City, NE
Heat two (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. 99, Jesse Sobbing, Glenwood, IA (1); 2. 5, Todd Shute, Des Moines, IA (6); 3. 69x, Jon Snyder, Ames, IA (5); 4. 62, Hunter Marriott, Brookfield, MO (3) / 5. 8, Colt Mather, Webster, IA (4); 6. 81, Mike Densberger, Lincoln, IL (8); 7. 1+, Bill Davis Jr., Des Moines, IA (7); 8. 57V, Mike Van Genderen, Newton, IA (9); 9. 14, Tyler Cale, Donnellson, IA (2)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. 48J, Jacob Murray, Hartford, IA (2); 2. , 10c, Cayden Carter, Oskaloosa, IA (7); 3. 71w, Jeff Waterman, Quincy, IL (4); 4. 1BC, Tony Cox, Boone, IA (1) / 5. 51, Tyler VandeKamp, Ankeny, IA (6); 6. 64, Casey Greubel, Lacona, IA (5); 7. 13, Matt Waugh, Des Moines, IA (3); 8. 149, Kyle Wahlert, Pleasant Hill, IA (8)
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 3:11.8: 1. 95, Dylan Smith, Osceola, NE (1); 2. 19G, Richie Gustin, Gilman, IA (5); 3. 77, Josh Foster, Fort Madison, IA (2); 4. 17, Steve Stewart, Burlington, IA (4) / 5. 00, Cory Sample, Winnemucca, NE (7); 6. 18, Jake Durbin, Perry, IA (6); 7. 38, Bill Gibson, Knoxville, IA (3); 8. 36c, Jeff Connor, Jefferson, IA (8)
B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Colt Mather (2); 2. Cory Sample (4); 3. Mike Densberger (6); 4. Casey Greubel (7); 5. Kyle Krampe (1); 6. Tyler Cale (17); 7. Joel Bushore (5); 8. Bill Davis Jr. (10) / 9. Jake Durbin (8); 10. Bill Gibson (12); 11. Toby VandeKamp (13); 12. Mike Van Genderen (14); 13. Matt Waugh (11); 14. Zach Less (9); 15. Jeff Connor (16); 16. Kyle Wahlert (15); 17. Tyler VandeKamp (3); DNS – Shane Hiatt
A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Dylan Smith (8); 2. Jesse Sobbing (7); 3. Josh Foster (5); 4. Richie Gustin (12); 5. Todd Shute (11); 6. Jordan Grabouski (4); 7. Tyler Cale (22); 8. Clayton Christensen (6); 9. Jeff Waterman (3); 10. Cory Sample (18); 11. Cayden Carter (10); 12. Colt Mather (17); 13. Andrew Schroeder (1); 14. Bill Davis Jr. (24); 15. Joel Bushore (23); 16. Tony Cox (15); 17. Casey Greubel (20); 18. Hunter Marriott (14); 19. Jacob Murray (2); 20. Mike Densberger (19); 21. Jon Snyder (9); 22. Russ Gladson (13); 23. Steve Stewart (16); 24. Kyle Krampe (21). Lap Leaders: Murray 1-10, Smith 11-20.
Sport Mods Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 2:20.7: 1. 1, Austin Kaplan, Des Moines, IA (2); 2. 1H3, Jerry Hoffman, Joplin, MO (7); 3. 71, Glenn Gladson Jr., Des Moines, IA (6); 4. 86, Cory Rose, Boone, IA (1); 5. 7T, Jared Timmerman, Norwalk, IA (5); 6. 2, Bill Wares, Des Moines, IA (3); 7. 27, Tim Love, Kelley, IA (8); 8. 9A, Logan Anderson, Oskaloosa, IA (4)
Heat two (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 10G, Jim Gillenwater, Keokuk, IA (2); 2. 7, Carter VanDenBerg, Oskaloosa, IA (5); 3. 19J, Jenae Gustin, Marshalltown, IA (4); 4. 9E, Eric Elliott, Boone, IA (8); 5. 19G, Gatlin Leytham, Garwin, IA (1); 6. ,3F, Cole Ferguson, Dexter, IA (7); 7. 25, Scott Van Buskirk, Hedrick, IA (3); 8. 1V, Curtis Van Der Wal, Oskaloosa, IA (6)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 9, Mitch Van Engen, Doon, IA (7); 2. A5, Austin Paul, Monroe, IA (6); 3. 93, Mike Stark, West Des Moines, IA (5); 4. 10H, Jack Housley, Des Moines, IA (6); 5. 10R, Ryan Fullenkamp, Bloomfield, IA (2); 6. 8J, AJ Johnson, New Sharon, IA (3); 7. 22x, Troy Oliver (4) 8. 2G, Geoff Olson, West Des Moines, IA (1)
A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Austin Kaplan (6); 2. Glenn Gladson Jr. (7); 3. Carter VanDenBerg (9); 4. Jack Housley (2); 5. Jared Timmerman (13); 6. Jerry Hoffman (11); 7. Jenae Gustin (8); 8. Mitch Van Engen (1); 9. Cory Rose (10); 10. Curtis Van Der Wal (23); 11. Bill Wares (16); 12. Logan Anderson (22); 13. Cole Ferguson (17); 14. Austin Paul (12); 15. Mike Stark (4); 16. Eric Elliott (5); 17. Gatlin Leytham (14); 18. Tim Love (19); 19. Jim Gillenwater (3); 20. Scott Van Buskirk (20); 21. AJ Johnson (21); 22. Geoff Olson (15); 23. Ryan Fullenkamp (18); 24. Troy Oliver (24). Lap Leaders: Van Engen 1-2, Kaplan 3-15.
Stock Cars Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, 2:35.3: 1. 83, Mike Harris, Avoca, IA (5); 2. 35K, Terry Klocke, Carroll, IA (3); 3. 3, Joe Zadina, Corning, IA (4); 4. 44x, Todd Fisher, Bondurant, IA (6) / 5. 2, Dave Atcher, Marshalltown, IA (1); 6. 94, Steve Meyer, Grundy Center, IA (7); 7. 07, Raymond Raker, Danville, IA (2); DNS – 10x, Keith Knop, Shelby, IA
Heat two (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 52, Nathan Wood, Sigourney, IA (2); 2. 76, Lance Borgman, Beatrice, NE (7); 3. 81x, Randy Killen, Des Moines, IA (6); 4. 02, Adam Klocke, Carroll, IA (3) / 5. 14J, Mike Johnston, Des Moines, IA (4); 6. 77T, Trenton Jeanes, Chariton, IA (5); 7. 54, Robert Merkle, Des Moines, IA (1); DNS – 22R, Todd Reitzler, Grinnell, IA
Heat three (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 71, David Brandies, Atalissa, IA (7); 2. 3w, Jeff Wollam, Marshalltown, IA (4); 3. 20v, Dustin Vis, LeGrand, IA (2); 4. 73c, Carl Yaw Jr., Pleasant Hill, IA (6) / 5. 566, James Lynch, Donnellson, IA (5); 6. 59F, Bill Fox, Des Moines, IA (3); 7. 19, Brandon Bach, Des Moines, IA (8); DQ – 17R, Derek Reimer, Marshalltown, IA (1);
Heat four (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 22, Wayne Gifford, Boone, IA (7); 2. 27, Gary Bass, Des Moines, IA (2); 3. 44, Tad Payne, Muscatine, IA (3); 4. 26K, Butch Bass, Winterset, IA (6) / 5. 18, Kris Walker, Oskaloosa, IA (1); 6. 60, Clayton Deppe, Kellogg, IA (8); 7. 1K, Tom Killen, Des Moines, IA (5); 8. 9, Jerry Gifford, Boone, IA (4)
B main (started), 8 laps, 4:29.0: 1. Dave Atcher (1); 2. Steve Meyer (5); 3. James Lynch (3); 4. Keith Knop (13); 5. Tom Killen Sr. (12); 7. Mike Johnston (2); 8. Trenton Jeanes (6) / 9. Raymond Raker (9); 10. Clayton Deppe (8); 11. Robert Merkle (10); 12. Brandon Bach (11); 13. Bill Fox (7); 14. Kris Walker (4); 15. Derek Reimer (14); DNS – Kris Walker, Todd Reitzler, Derek Reimer
A main (started), 20 laps, 8:34.0: 1. Lance Borgman (9); 2. Joe Zadina (1); 3. David Brandies (5); 4. Keith Knop (20); 5. Nathan Wood (12); 6. Mike Harris (3); 7. Randy Killen (6); 8. Wayne Gifford (10); 9. Jeff Wollam (7); 10. Jerry Gifford (22); 11. Steve Meyer (18); 12. Butch Bass (16); 13. Adam Klocke (14); 14. Dustin Vis (11); 15. Todd Fisher (13); 17. Mike Johnston (23); 18. James Lynch (19); 19. Dave Atcher (17); 20. Carl Yaw Jr. (15); 21. Tom Killen Sr. (21); 22. Gary Bass (2); 23. Tad Payne (4) DNS – Trenton Jeanes. Lap Leaders: Zadina 1-9, Brandies 10-16, Borgman 17-20.
Hobby Stocks Results
Heat one (started), 6 laps, NT: 1. 19, Bill Bonnett, Knoxville, IA (2); 2. 55F, Jason Fusselman, Shelby, IA (3); 3. 2, Corey Madden, Avoca, IA (8); 4. 96R, Jamie Songer, Des Moines, IA (5); 5. 79, George Hood, Des Moines, IA (1) / 6. 77c, Andy Coffman, Des Moines, IA (9); 7. 7A, Aaron Osweiler, South English, IA (6); 8. 55, Brad Stephens, Bussey, IA (10); 9. 74, Matt Smith, Des Moines, IA (4); 10. 63, Taylor Bengford, Odebolt, IA (7)
Heat two (started), 6 laps, 2:36.8: 1. 7B, Eric Stanton, Hartford, IA (5); 2. 75, Kurt Hansen, Walnut, IA (3); 3. 1, Blake Miller, Des Moines, IA (6); 4. 99, Jeff Knight, Boone, IA (1); 5. 224, Gina Greubel, Lacona, IA (2) / 6. 47, Richard Pahlka III, Des Moines, IA (10); 7. 13MJ, Terry De Goey, Knoxville, IA (9); 8. 2013, Shannon Anderson, Des Moines, IA (8); 9. 31, Adam Bonnett, Martensdale, IA (7); 10. 20T, Richard Yaw II, Pleasant Hill, IA (4)
Heat three (started), 6 laps, 2:10.0: 1. 2x, Chuck Madden Jr., Avoca, IA (3); 2. 11, Mike Hughes, Oskaloosa, IA (6); 3. 32T, Bobby Greene, Eddyville, IA (8) 4. 52, Kevin Fee, Knoxville, IA (9); 5. 27c, Cory Adams, Des Moines, IA (1) / 6. 17, Andy Peck, Newton, IA (2); 7. 89, John Housley, Des Moines, IA (5); 8. 45B, Craig Brotherton, Wall Lake, IA (4); 9. 13G, Craig Graham, Webster City, IA (7)
B main (started), 8 laps, 3:26.6: 1. Andy Coffman (1); 2. Shannon Anderson (8); 3. Craig Brotherton (9); 4. Richard Yaw II (11); 7. Brad Stephens (7); 8. Matt Smith (10); 9. Taylor Bengford (13) / 10. Andy Peck (3); 11. Terry De Goey (5); 12. Richard Pahlka III (2);
A main (started), 15 laps, NT: 1. Mike Hughes (2); 2. Corey Madden (1); 3. Chuck Madden Jr. (5); 4. Kevin Fee (7); 5. Eric Stanton (11); 6. Bill Bonnett (6); 7. Jamie Songer (4); 8. Bobby Greene (3); 9. Jason Fusselman (12); 10. Kurt Hansen (10); 11. Derek Hodges (16); 12. Shannon Anderson (17); 13. Richard Yaw II (19); 15. George Hood (13); 16. Blake Miller (9); 18. Aaron Osweiler (20); 19. Taylor Bengford (22); 20. Matt Smith (23); 21. Gina Greubel (14); 22. Cory Adams (15); 23. Jeff Knight (8) DNS – Brad Stephens. Lap Leaders: C. Madden 1, Hughes 2-3, Bonnett 4-11, Hughes 12-15.