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Bryan Hulbert – KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 5, 2022) Getting the lead at the start and never looking back, Brian Brown rocketed the Casey’s General Store/FVP No. 21 into Victory Lane on Mid-Am Qualifying Night of the 32nd annual 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank.
Brown’s 18th career win in the 360 division at the Knoxville Raceway, the win ties him for fifth in all-time at the half-mile. The triumph was No. 20 for the Missouri driver with the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network.
“It’s good to be here. You know, the 360 Nationals really hasn’t been, well, our final night has been good to us, but our qualifying nights; I just don’t seem like I qualify very well, so that digs us a hole, and we start deep, but everyone on this Casey’s/FVP car did a phenomenal job tonight,” said Brown, who now holds the distinction of being the only driver in the top five in both 360 and 410 wins all-time at the Knoxville Raceway.
Finding traffic by Lap 8, Brown paced over Christopher Thram, who was being pursued by Terry McCarl, as the red lights came on for Davey Heskin, who went for a ride in the first and second turns. Collecting Kaleb Johnson and Kelby Watt in the process, all drivers involved were unharmed.
Back to green, Brown again put time over the field as McCarl went to work on Thram for second. Taking the runner-up spot on Lap 13, Terry worked around the half-mile looking for an advantage, but here no catching the Impact Signs/Rowdy Energy No. 21.
Crossing 4.022-seconds to the good, McCarl in second was joined on the podium by Lynton Jeffrey, who took third with three to go. Christopher Thram ended up fourth, with Clint Garner in fifth.
Working third at the start of the A-Feature, Wayne Johnson slipped back to sixth, with Cale Thomas taking seventh on the closing lap from Kyle Larson, who made up 13 positions for eighth. Tasker Phillips crossed ninth, with Blake Hahn completing the top ten.
With both preliminary nights in the books, Lynton Jeffrey amassed enough points to earn the pole in Saturday’s A-Feature for the first time in his third event appearance. Aaron Reutzel will start to his right, with Clint Garner, Terry McCarl, and Brian Brown making up the top five starters.
Friday’s Mid-Am Qualifying Night had 56 of a scheduled 58 drivers on hand, bringing the total drivers checking in to 107 for the 2022 event. The night’s Driver’s Project quick qualifier was Kelby Watt at 16.422-seconds. SCE Gaskets Heat Races were won by Davey Heskin, Tasker Phillips, Austin Miller, Lynton Jeffrey, and Ian Madsen. The C-Feature went to Clayton Christensen, with the B-Feature won by Kyle Larson.
The 32nd annual 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Great Southern Bank concludes on Saturday, August 6, with cars on track starting at 7:00 P.M. (CDT). Information on the track is online at http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com. Fans not able to attend can see the Knoxville Nationals on http://www.dirtvision.com.
The 2022 season will mark the 31st year of competition for the American Sprint Car Series. Spearheaded by the Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network, the ASCS Nation includes Regional Tours that encompass both wing and non-wing competition.
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Race Results:
Lucas Oil ASCS National Tour
Knoxville Raceway (Knoxville, Iowa)
32nd annual 360 Knoxville Nationals
Friday, August 5, 2022
Car Count: 56
Event Count: 107
The Driver’s Project Qualifying (2 Cars, 2 Laps)
Qualifying: 1. 6-Kelby Watt, 16.422[1]; 2. 18R-Ryan Roberts, 16.485[8]; 3. 40-Clint Garner, 16.502[4]; 4. 2K-Lynton Jeffrey, 16.560[33]; 5. 5-Brady Forbrook, 16.591[40]; 6. 2C-Wayne Johnson, 16.599[26]; 7. 24-Terry McCarl, 16.599[24]; 8. 57-Kyle Larson, 16.650[20]; 9. 21-Brian Brown, 16.650[37]; 10. 52-Blake Hahn, 16.687[16]; 11. 24T-Christopher Thram, 16.700[18]; 12. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips, 16.717[29]; 13. 27-Carson McCarl, 16.721[10]; 14. 39-Justin Sanders, 16.759[38]; 15. 7BC-Tyler Courtney, 16.784[30]; 16. 94-Jeff Swindell, 16.842[5]; 17. 27H-Daryn Pittman, 16.871[49]; 18. 1X-Tim Crawley, 16.875[6]; 19. 21H-Brady Bacon, 16.877[22]; 20. 49X-Cale Thomas, 16.897[23]; 21. 2M-Davey Heskin, 16.923[43]; 22. 4-Cameron Martin, 16.940[52]; 23. 22K-Kaleb Johnson, 16.959[14]; 24. 11N-Harli White, 16.962[27]; 25. 15-Bobby Mincer, 16.962[15]; 26. 5M-Collin Moyle, 16.983[12]; 27. 8M-Kade Morton, 17.012[54]; 28. 83-Austin Miller, 17.020[13]; 29. 199-Ryan Bowers, 17.047[7]; 30. 64-Ian Madsen, 17.079[21]; 31. 14T-Brooke Tatnell, 17.079[32]; 32. 4W-Jamie Ball, 17.079[48]; 33. 8H-Jacob Hughes, 17.081[28]; 34. 9MB-JJ Beaver, 17.110[19]; 35. 16A-Colby Copeland, 17.112[31]; 36. 50Z-Zach Chappell, 17.116[9]; 37. 27B-Jake Bubak, 17.127[55]; 38. 99-Tony Rost, 17.131[56]; 39. 21G-Gunner Ramey, 17.164[42]; 40. 2JR-Kelly Miller, 17.193[50]; 41. 6J-Jett Carney, 17.211[3]; 42. 1CC-Clayton Christensen, 17.222[41]; 43. 7B-Ben Brown, 17.269[36]; 44. 28-Luke Verardi, 17.271[25]; 45. 17B-Ryan Bickett, 17.379[47]; 46. 41-Chase Moran, 17.383[53]; 47. 1A-John Anderson, 17.475[17]; 48. 5T-Ryan Timms, 17.513[44]; 49. 4D-Charles Davis Jr, 17.528[11]; 50. 83JR-Sam Henderson, 17.578[46]; 51. 33-Alan Zoutte, 17.772[51]; 52. 2D-Dylan Opdahl, 17.971[45]; 53. 3M-Mike Pennel, 18.098[39]; 54. 4S-Adam Speckman, 18.443[35]; 55. (DNS) 7-Tyler Lee, NT; 56. (DQ) 47X-Dylan Westbrook, DQ **Dylan Westbrook disqualified for failing to report to the scales.
SCE Gaskets Heat Races (Top 4 to A, Next 4 to B, Next 2 to C)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2M-Davey Heskin[2]; 2. 24T-Christopher Thram[4]; 3. 6-Kelby Watt[6]; 4. 2C-Wayne Johnson[5]; 5. 94-Jeff Swindell[3]; 6. 14T-Brooke Tatnell[7]; 7. 5M-Collin Moyle[1]; 8. 50Z-Zach Chappell[8]; 9. 6J-Jett Carney[9]; 10. (DNF) 41-Chase Moran[10]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips[4]; 2. 24-Terry McCarl[5]; 3. 4-Cameron Martin[2]; 4. 27B-Jake Bubak[8]; 5. 4W-Jamie Ball[7]; 6. 8M-Kade Morton[1]; 7. 18R-Ryan Roberts[6]; 8. 1A-John Anderson[10]; 9. 1CC-Clayton Christensen[9]; 10. (DNF) 27H-Daryn Pittman[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 83-Austin Miller[1]; 2. 40-Clint Garner[6]; 3. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[2]; 4. 27-Carson McCarl[4]; 5. 57-Kyle Larson[5]; 6. 5T-Ryan Timms[10]; 7. 1X-Tim Crawley[3]; 8. 99-Tony Rost[8]; 9. 7B-Ben Brown[9]; 10. 8H-Jacob Hughes[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2K-Lynton Jeffrey[6]; 2. 21-Brian Brown[5]; 3. 11N-Harli White[2]; 4. 39-Justin Sanders[4]; 5. 21H-Brady Bacon[3]; 6. 21G-Gunner Ramey[8]; 7. 9MB-JJ Beaver[7]; 8. 28-Luke Verardi[9]; 9. 199-Ryan Bowers[1]; 10. 4D-Charles Davis Jr[10]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 64-Ian Madsen[1]; 2. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[4]; 3. 52-Blake Hahn[5]; 4. 49X-Cale Thomas[3]; 5. 5-Brady Forbrook[6]; 6. 2JR-Kelly Miller[8]; 7. 16A-Colby Copeland[7]; 8. 17B-Ryan Bickett[9]; 9. 83JR-Sam Henderson[10]; 10. 15-Bobby Mincer[2]
Superior Steering Wheel C-Feature (Top 4 advance to the B-Feature)
C Feature (8 Laps): 1. 1CC-Clayton Christensen[2]; 2. 6J-Jett Carney[1]; 3. 7B-Ben Brown[3]; 4. 4D-Charles Davis Jr[4]; 5. 33-Alan Zoutte[6]; 6. 83JR-Sam Henderson[5]; 7. 3M-Mike Pennel[7]; 8. 4S-Adam Speckman[8]; 9. (DNS) 27H-Daryn Pittman; 10. (DNS) 15-Bobby Mincer; 11. (DNS) 199-Ryan Bowers; 12. (DNS) 8H-Jacob Hughes; 13. (DNS) 41-Chase Moran; 14. (DNS) 2D-Dylan Opdahl; 15. (DNS) 7-Tyler Lee; 16. (DNS) 47X-Dylan Westbrook
BMRS B-Feature (Top 4 advance to the A-Feature)
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 57-Kyle Larson[3]; 2. 21H-Brady Bacon[6]; 3. 18R-Ryan Roberts[1]; 4. 5-Brady Forbrook[2]; 5. 94-Jeff Swindell[4]; 6. 14T-Brooke Tatnell[9]; 7. 4W-Jamie Ball[10]; 8. 16A-Colby Copeland[12]; 9. 7B-Ben Brown[23]; 10. 8M-Kade Morton[8]; 11. 21G-Gunner Ramey[15]; 12. 2JR-Kelly Miller[16]; 13. 99-Tony Rost[14]; 14. 28-Luke Verardi[17]; 15. 17B-Ryan Bickett[18]; 16. 4D-Charles Davis Jr[24]; 17. 1CC-Clayton Christensen[21]; 18. 6J-Jett Carney[22]; 19. 1A-John Anderson[19]; 20. 5T-Ryan Timms[20]; 21. 50Z-Zach Chappell[13]; 22. 1X-Tim Crawley[5]; 23. 9MB-JJ Beaver[11]; 24. (DNS) 5M-Collin Moyle
A-Feature
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown[3]; 2. 24-Terry McCarl[4]; 3. 2K-Lynton Jeffrey[6]; 4. 24T-Christopher Thram[1]; 5. 40-Clint Garner[7]; 6. 2C-Wayne Johnson[5]; 7. 49X-Cale Thomas[13]; 8. 57-Kyle Larson[21]; 9. 7TAZ-Tasker Phillips[9]; 10. 52-Blake Hahn[2]; 11. 7BC-Tyler Courtney[12]; 12. 64-Ian Madsen[19]; 13. 27-Carson McCarl[10]; 14. 21H-Brady Bacon[22]; 15. 39-Justin Sanders[11]; 16. 11N-Harli White[17]; 17. 27B-Jake Bubak[20]; 18. 5-Brady Forbrook[24]; 19. 18R-Ryan Roberts[23]; 20. 22K-Kaleb Johnson[16]; 21. 4-Cameron Martin[15]; 22. 83-Austin Miller[18]; 23. 6-Kelby Watt[8]; 24. 2M-Davey Heskin[14]
Lap Leader(s): Brian Brown 1-20
Hard Charger: Kyle Larson +13
Quick Time: Kelby Watt 16.422-seconds
High Point Driver: N/A
Provisional(s): N/A
Saturday’s Tentative Lineups
A main
1 2K Lynton Jeffrey 490
2 8 Aaron Reutzel 487
3 40 Clint Garner 485
4 24 Terry McCarl 483
5 21 Brian Brown 481
6 3 Ayrton Gennetten 479
7 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. 478
8 18 Gio Scelzi 478
9 24T Christopher Thram 471
10 2C Wayne Johnson 471
11 21K Thomas Kennedy 465
12 71 Cory Eliason 464
13 24W Garet Williamson 463
14 83H Justin Henderson 463
15 7TAZ Tasker Phillips 462
16 57 Kyle Larson 460
17 52 Blake Hahn 458
18 9 Chase Randall 456
19 09 Matt Juhl 450
20 6 Kelby Watt 450
B main
21 7BC Tyler Courtney 449
22 5 Brady Forbrook 446
23 18R Ryan Roberts 444
24 27 Carson McCarl 443
25 49X Cale Thomas 441
26 88 Austin McCarl 440
27 95 Matt Covington 440
28 11M Parker Price-Miller 438
29 39 Justin Sanders 437
30 14 Corey Day 436
31 36 Jason Martin 436
32 22X Riley Goodno 435
33 20 Anthony Macri 433
34 26 Zeb Wise 429
35 21H Brady Bacon 426
36 64 Ian Madsen 420
37 11N Harli White 418
38 75AU Tyler Blank 415
39 2M Davey Heskin 414
40 44 Chris Martin 413
C main
41 22K Kaleb Johnson 412
42 4 Cam Martin 412
43 55T McKenna Haase 409
44 53D Jack Dover 407
45 91 Kyle Reinhardt 404
46 83 Austin Miller 404
47 7C Devin Kline 402
48 94 Jeff Swindell 400
49 5A Alex Vande Voort 399
50 27B Jake Bubak 387
51 45X Kyler Johnson 372
52 14T Brooke Tatnell 365
53 8M Kade Morton 365
54 4W Jamie Ball 364
55 23 Devon Dobie 364
56 17W Shane Golobic 361
57 7M Chance Morton 360
58 10P Dylan Postier 357
59 3P Sawyer Phillips 357
60 35 Skylar Prochaska 356
D main
61 1X Tim Crawley 356
62 16A Colby Copeland 350
63 21G Gunner Ramey 339
64 45 Rusty Hickman 338
65 5M Collin Moyle 336
66 2JR Kelly Miller 335
67 99 Tony Rost 331
68 13V Seth Brahmer 330
69 26H Scott Bogucki 330
70 7B Ben Brown 326
71 9G Ryan Giles 326
72 70 Calvin Landis 326
73 27H Daryn Pittman 325
74 9MB JJ Beaver 322
75 55B Brandon Anderson 321
76 22 Ryan Leavitt 320
77 50Z Zach Chappell 319
78 28 Luke Verardi 317
79 53 Joe Beaver 317
80 22W Aaron Werner 314
E main
81 17B Ryan Bickett 313
82 24N Nathan Mills 313
83 1CC Clayton Christensen 312
84 6J Jett Carney 312
85 6C Logan Calderwood 307
86 15 Bobby Mincer 307
87 2 Alex Pettas 306
88 42 Sye Lynch 305
89 19 Wes Wofford 305
90 5T Ryan Timms 303
91 1A John Anderson 301
92 199 Ryan Bowers 300
93 4D Charles Davis Jr. 297
94 17 Matt Allen 293
95 8H Jacob Hughes 287
96 4H Cody Hansen 277
97 9M Ricky Montgomery 272
98 83JR Sam Henderson 268
99 10 Landon Britt 259
100 41 Chase Moran 259
F main
101 33 Alan Zoutte 242
102 2P Chase Porter 230
103 3M Michael Pinnel 228
104 4S Adam Speckman 221
105 2D Dylan Opdahl 219
106 7 Tyler Lee 202
107 47X Dylan Westbrook 195
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2022 Race Winners: Wayne Johnson – 4 (3/18 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway; 6/18 – Boothill Speedway, 6/25 – I-70 Motorsports Park; 7/23 – I-30 Speedway); Tim Crawley – 2 (7/22 – Batesville Motor Speedway; 7/26 – Tulsa Speedway); Derek Hagar – 2 (3/25 – I-30 Speedway; 6/17 – Texarkana 67 Speedway); Dylan Westbrook – 2 (5/28 – Lake Ozark Speedway; 7/27 – Caney Valley Speedway); Matt Covington – 2 (7/1 – Boone County Raceway; 7/28 – 81-Speedway); Sam Hafertepe, Jr. – 1 (5/29 – Thunderbird Speedway; 8/4 – Knoxville Raceway); Seth Bergman – 1 (3/19 – Devil’s Bowl Speedway); Aaron Reutzel – 1 (3/26 – I-30 Speedway); Jake Bubak – 1 (7/2 – WaKeeney Speedway); Zach Blurton – 1 (7/3 – WaKeeney Speedway); Gunner Ramey – 1 (7/15 – U.S. 36 Raceway); Blake Hahn – 1 (8/2 – Lakeside Speedway) Brian Brown – 1 (8/5 – Knoxville Raceway);
2022 Driver Points (Top 15 – Points will be updated after Knoxville): 1. Blake Hahn 2,311; 2. Wayne Johnson 2,302; 3. Tim Crawley 2,263; 4. Matt Covington 2,205; 5. Jason Martin 2,188; 6. Brandon Anderson 2,117; 7. Landon Britt 1,899; 8. Landon Crawley 1,888; 9. Kyler Johnson 1,872; 10. Ryan Bickett 1,811; 11. Garet Williamson 1,751; 12. Dylan Postier 1,697; 13. Dylan Opdahl 1,585; 14. Dylan Westbrook 1,164; 15. Dale Howard 890;
ASCS National Tour Drivers:
1x – Tim Crawley (Benton, AR)**
2c – Wayne Johnson (Oklahoma City, OK)**
2d-Dylan Opdahl (Madison, SD) (R)
10 – Landon Britt (Atoka, TN) (R)
10p – Dylan Postier (Stillwater, OK) (R)
17b – Ryan Bickett (Romona, SD)
24 – Garet Williamson (Columbia, MO)
36 – Jason Martin (Liberal, KS) (R)
45x – Kyler Johnson (Quinter, KS) (R)
52 – Blake Hahn (Sapulpa, OK)**
55b – Brandon Anderson (Glenpool, OK) (R)
95 – Matt Covington (Glenpool, OK)
187 – Landon Crawley (Benton, AR) (R)
(R) Signifies Brodix National Rookie
** Signifies past ASCS National Champion.
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The American Sprint Car Series is brought to you by Lucas Oil Products (https://lucasoil.com) and presented by the MAVTV Motorsports Network (https://www.mavtv.com). Heat Races are presented by SCE Gaskets (https://www.scegaskets.com), B-Features are sponsored by BMRS (https://www.bmrs.net).
All Champions of the American Sprint Car Series, from National to Regional Tours, will receive a new Superior Steering Wheel (https://superiorsteeringwheel.com). Hard Luck Award provided by Vahlco Wheels.
