8/24/2024
Knoxville Raceway
Bill W's Notes for 8/24
Welcome to McKay Group Season Championship Night! 78 cars have signed in and we'll crown three champions. It's a beautiful night, so make your way out and join us! Austin McCarl leads Aaron Reutzel by 95 points heading into tonight for 410 honors, Jamie Ball has clinched the 360 division, and Mike Mayberry has a 76 point advantage over J Kinder. You can find my live notes here, and lineups and results either on the website under "Events" or on the MyRacePass app.
6:45 p.m. hot laps are underway....
7:05 p.m. 360 time trials commence...
Time trials for all classes give 200 points towards quick time toward tonight's feature lineup, 198 pts for 2nd quick, 196 pts for 3rd quick and so on...
Kade Higday is quick time with the 360's at 15.952 seconds...
Pro Sprints Qualifying
Toby Mosher is quickest with a time of 17.376 seconds...Ball leads Tasker, Reutzel, Groenendyk, Vande Voort, Higday, Ramey, Al Zoutte, Hall...
Mayberry's lead over Kinder is 66...
7:35 p.m. 410 hot laps...
Ryan Timms is quickest in Guy Forbrook's entry at 15.628 seconds...
Heats
All heats give 100 pts towards the feature lineup for the win, 97 pts for 2nd, 94 pts for 3rd and so on...
360 Heats
Heats are 7 laps...
Heat one
Ball to the lead ahead of Tasker, Reutzel, Groenendyk and Vande Voort...1 lap in, Hall spins in turn two...Higday up to 5th...Reutzel working on Tasker for 2nd...he has it with 2 to go...Ball will win it...
Heat two
Cole Garner leads Jack Anderson, C Martin, TMAC and Goodno...Jack Anderson takes the lead at the white flag and will win it...
Heat three
Sawyer leads early over Smith, Cl Garner, Beaver and Hill...Sawyer wins this one...
Heat four
Mills takes the lead ahead of Timmerman, Giles, Lee and Leavitt...Rost now by Leavitt for 5th...Mills will win it...
Pro Sprints
Heat one, 6 laps....
Navratil leads B Johnson, Kubli, Mayberry and Kinder...Mayberry now by Kubli for 3rd and taking a look at Johnson...he's got second! Kinder now moving up to 4th spot, with Kubli moving to 3rd...W Kline is off....Mosher is 5th...Navratil will win it...
Heat two
Lane will not start...Wilke leads Johnson, D Kline, Stelzer and Young...Wilke will win it in a mostly single-file affair...
410s
8 laps, Tasker leads Sawyer, Jeffrey, Wimmer and Timms...Jefrey challenging for 2nd...Jeffrey has 2nd...Wimmer now working on Sawyer for 3rd...Tasker wins it...
Heat two
Ball elects for the tail...Gennetten leads Hickle, Zomer, C McCarl and Madsen...now Madsen takes over 4th...Ball now from the tail to take 5th from C McCarl...Gennetten wins it...
Heat three
Juhl leads Mincer, Hampton, Watt and Axsom...Hampton by Mincer for 2nd...Reutzel challenges for 5th...Reutzel by Watt for 5th...Axsom by Mincer for 3rd...Reutzel now slides by Mincer for fourth...Juhl will win it...
360 B main, 10 laps, top 4 to the A main...
Vande Voort leads Co Garner, Calderwood, Brown and Ramey...2 laps down, caution for Timmerman...Vande Voort leads Co Garner, Calderwood, Brown, Ramey, Ai Zoutte, Timmerman, Potter, Hall, J Anderson, al Zoutte, Clark, L Alexander, Henning, Graves, N Anderson...Hall comes to a stop in turn three...flat left rear...Al Zoutte penalized two spots for hitting the cone...Hall restarts at the tail...Brown around Calderwood for 3rd on the restart...Co Garner to the lead with 5 to go...Ramey trying to reel in Calderwood for the fourth and final transfer...Ramey up high, Calderwood on the low side...Ramey has the spot with three to go...Co Garner, Vande Voort, Brown and Ramey move on...
Pro Sprints A main
18 laps is the distance...Mayberry must finish seventh or better to win the championship
Lane will not tart...Navratil leads Kinder, Allen, Kubli and D Kline...Kinder by Allen for 2nd on lap 2...W. Kline is off...Kubli by Allen for 3rd on lap 6...B Hildreth off...Lapped traffic on lap 12...Kinder passes Navrail for the lead but it will be negated as Wortnington comes to a stop on the front straight...Kinder is side by side with the leader on the restart and will be penalized a spot...4 to go, Navratil lead Kubli, kinder, Allen, D Kline, Mayberry, Mosher, Stelzer, A Johnson, Young, Wilke...Mosher spins on the restart, AJ Johnson flips in turn two to bring red...we'll try this again, 4 to go, Navratil leads Kubli, Kinder, Allen, D Kline, Mayberry, Stelzer, Young, Wilke...3-wide for the lead! Navratil hols them off! Kinder takes second with one to go...Mayberry wins the title by 10 points...
360 A main, 20 laps...Ball has secured the season championship...
Higday is sideways in turn one, collecting Jack Anderson, who tips over...he is ok...Our second try at a start, sees Wimmer get upside down hard in turn two, collecting Brown and T McCarl...T McCarl to the work area along with Brown...Wimmer is ok...Beaver leads C Martin, Leavitt, Reutzel and Cl Garner...Reutzel to 3rd n lap 5...Garner by Leavitt for 4th...Reutzel challenges Martin...Reutzel is by for third in a goog battle...lap 10, Reutzel makes a great move to shoot from third to 1st! Reutzel in lapped traffic on lap 11...Cam Martin by Beaver for second on lap 12...Groenendyk in the top five on lap 14...Groenendyk by Garner for 4th on lap 15...Groenendyk passes Beaver for third with four to go...Reutzel wins it!
410 A main, 25 laps, A McCarl must finish 11th or better if Reutzel wins it...
Jeffrey leads C McCarl, Axsom, Reutzel and Timms...one lap in, Reutzel breaks a rear axle ending his hopes of a title...24 to go, Jeffrey leads C McCarl, Axsom, Timms, Tasker, Madsen, Hampton, A McCarl, Gennetten, Wimmer, Park, Sawyer, Juhl, Hickle, Ball, Mincer, Watt, Goodno, Schuerenberg, C Martin, Selvage, S Johnson and Hansen...C McCarl to the lead on the restart, Timms to 4th...Jeffrey back to the lead...C MCarl alides Jeffrey in lapped traffic to take the lead on lap 7...Axsom to 2nd on lap 8...Timms to third on lap 9...Tasker to 4th...Madsen to fifth on lap 11...Axsom by C McCarl for the point high in turn four on lap 14...Madsen by Tasker for 4th...10 to go, caution for Sawyer who does a 360...Axsom leads, C McCarl, Timms, Madsen and Tasker...Madsen puts a slider on Timms to take over 3rd with 8 to go...Axsom into lapped traffic on lap 21...Madsen by C McCarl for 2nd with three to go...A McCarl into the top five...Axsom wins his first ever 410 feature! A McCarl is your champ!
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