9/18/2019
Josh Krug
Krug charges through the field for top ten finish at Knoxville Raceway
Josh Krug Racing – Knoxville, Iowa (09/14/19) - Josh Krug advanced 15 spots Saturday night for a tenth place finish with the Malvern Bank Super Late Model Series at Knoxville Raceway.
Krug started the evening off qualifying 29th overall with a time of 20.742. That put him tenth on the starting grid for heat race No. 2. where he advanced four spots to finish sixth. Those four spots were tied with Ben Schaller for the most advanced positions in the heat race.
Krug rolled out for the evenings A Feature in the 25th starting spot out of 32 total cars that made the field. As the green flag dropped, he was able to make his way through the field to advance 15 spots and secure his 15th top ten of the season.
The 15 spots advanced were the second most advanced positions of any driver in the field. Massena, Iowa's Chris Speiker advanced 17 spots to finish 15th.
Krug and the team will wrap up the season with the Malvern Bank Super Late Model Series at the annual Cornhusker Classic at I-80 speedway on Oct. 12. Krug is a three time winner of the event.
RESULTS
Malvern Bank Qualifying Group A:
- 1-Josh Leonard, 00:19.230[25]; 2. 15X-Ryan Griffith, 00:19.469[19]; 3. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:19.618[17]; 4. 15-Jason O'Brien, 00:19.620[22]; 5. 80-Allan Hopp, 00:19.668[18]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:19.714[5]; 7. 77-Jeff Aikey, 00:19.863[31]; 8. 76H-Jason Hahne, 00:19.871[15]; 9. 25S-Chad Simpson, 00:19.907[1]; 10. 37-Scott Ward, 00:19.965[24]; 11. 76-Zach Zeitner, 00:19.981[2]; 12. 19-Corey Zeitner, 00:19.996[23]; 13. 98R-Jason Rauen, 00:20.036[7]; 14. 82-Robbie Andersen, 00:20.074[10]; 15. 30-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:20.083[11]; 16. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 00:20.105[28]; 17. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:20.173[29]; 18. 25-Brad Perdue, 00:20.211[27]; 19. 52-Brian Kosiski, 00:20.324[8]; 20. 14-Kyle Berck, 00:20.340[3]; 21. 15K-Justin Kay, 00:20.359[30]; 22. 4-JC Wyman, 00:20.409[6]; 23. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 00:20.442[32]; 24. 56E-Andy Eckrich, 00:20.474[21]; 25. 93-Jay Johnson, 00:20.506[20]; 26. 98-Ben Schaller, 00:20.552[14]; 27. 13-Jason Wallace, 00:20.572[4]; 28. 24-Bill Leighton, 00:20.597[9]; 29. 4K-Josh Krug, 00:20.742[12]; 30. 22C-Charlie McKenna, 00:20.796[26]; 31. 56-Chris Spieker, 00:20.849[13]; 32. 23-Paul Conrad, [16]
Keyser Manufacturing Heat 2 (8 Laps):
- 80-Allan Hopp, 07:07.447[5]; 2. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 07:09.204[1]; 3. 14-Kyle Berck, 07:09.507[7]; 4. 76H-Jason Hahne, 07:10.222[4]; 5. 98-Ben Schaller, 07:11.765[9]; 6. 4K-Josh Krug, 07:13.359[10]; 7. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 07:14.399[8]; 8. 23-Paul Conrad, 07:15.257[11]; 9. 15X-Ryan Griffith, 07:15.705[6]; 10. 82-Robbie Andersen, 07:15.744[2]; 11. 76-Zach Zeitner, 07:18.133[3]
Mobile Tech 22 A Feature 1 (22 Laps):
- 98R-Jason Rauen, 20:27.565[6]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening, 20:27.983[4]; 3. 1-Josh Leonard, 20:30.973[1]; 4. 77-Jeff Aikey, 20:31.553[5]; 5. 04-Tad Pospisil, 20:32.118[3]; 6. 30-Ricky Thornton Jr, 20:32.410[10]; 7. 25S-Chad Simpson, 20:34.056[8]; 8. 14-Kyle Berck, 20:35.179[16]; 9. 37-Scott Ward, 20:36.057[14]; 10. 4K-Josh Krug, 20:36.769[25]; 11. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 20:37.790[12]; 12. 76H-Jason Hahne, 20:38.326[7]; 13. 4-JC Wyman, 20:38.801[17]; 14. 19-Corey Zeitner, 20:39.098[13]; 15. 56-Chris Spieker, 20:39.892[32]; 16. 15K-Justin Kay, 20:40.698[19]; 17. 15X-Ryan Griffith, 20:40.803[11]; 18. 56E-Andy Eckrich, 20:19.231[26]; 19. 52-Brian Kosiski, 20:41.350[18]; 20. 98-Ben Schaller, 20:41.519[23]; 21. 22C-Charlie McKenna, 20:42.823[27]; 22. 24-Bill Leighton, 20:42.912[30]; 23. 99D-Darrel DeFrance, 20:44.132[24]; 24. 82-Robbie Andersen, 20:45.323[21]; 25. 25-Brad Perdue, 20:45.426[22]; 26. 76-Zach Zeitner, 20:46.034[20]; 27. 23-Paul Conrad, 20:46.215[31]; 28. 15C-Curt Schroeder, 20:48.358[15]; 29. 13-Jason Wallace, 06:24.835[29]; 30. 15-Jason O'Brien, 01:35.075[9]; 31. 80-Allan Hopp, 01:35.075[2]; 32. 93-Jay Johnson, 01:35.075[28]
