Night two of the Arnold Motor Supply 360 Nationals saw another great race with Aussie Brooke Tatnell getting the win after making the winning pass on the tenth circuit of the 20 lap feature. Tony Brucce Jr. had the early lead but faded to a 14th place finish. Local Pleasantville, Iowa driver Rager Phillips grabbed the lead. After a lap nine caution Tatnell was able to get around Phillips and pull away.
Tim Kaeding charged from his ninth starting position to second, but after qualifying 18th and finishing second in his heat he ends up 14th overall in points. He will be a guy to keep an eye on in the championship feature starting in the middle of the field.
410 weekly competitor Dusty Zomer started fifth and finished third in the feature. Zomer had a solid night qualifying seventh, fourth in his heat, places him sixth overall and he will definitely be a contender on Saturday night.
Medford, Oregon driver Roger Crockett finished fourth in the feature. He drew a ten in the qualifying order and timed in second quick, finished third in his heat, and that gives him 486 points, enough for the pole on Saturday.
The defending 360 Nationals champion Shane Stewart drew the seventh spot in qualifying order and set quick time, finished third in his heat race, but was bottled up in traffic early in the feature. Starting eighth he fell back to 12th but managed to race his way back to seventh and accumulate 482 points putting him outside the front row and in contention for a chance to win his fourth 360 Nationals crown.
Quietly veteran Oklahoma driver Danny Wood put together a great night qualifying third, fourth in his heat, and 12th in the feature to pick up 465 points and the tenth starting position on Saturday.
Wayne Johnson drew a 37 in qualifying order but managed to time ninth and finish third in his heat race. Starting fourth in the feature he seemed to struggle to get a handle on the car and backed up to eighth. Wayne will still be a contender starting eleventh on Saturday.
Jason Johnson drew a 47 in qualifying order and timed 21st. That earned him a front row starting spot in his heat race which he won. Stating 12th in the feature he was only able to get to tenth, but he had enough to grab the 20th starting position in the championship race Saturday.
The two time World of Outlaws champ Jason Meyers drew 24 in qualifying order but he timed in 35th out of 52 cars. He started seventh in his heat and transferred into the feature by driving up to fourth. Starting 19th in the feature Meyers raced his way to ninth. Disappointing night for his team and he will line up fifth in the C main on Saturday.
Notables having to race the B-Main are Justin Henderson, Tim Shaffer, Jesse Gianetto,
Kyle Larson, Jon Agan, Terry McCarl, Brian Brown, Johnny Herrera. Saturday is shaping up to be a good show and it will quite a B main to see who grabs the four transfer spots into the A.
Hopefully Kyle Larson chooses to race at Knoxville over Belleville on Saturday. And with Brad Sweet qualified in the 17th spot in the championship feature, hopfully he is done with his Nationwide race up the road 30 miles in Newton in time to get to Knoxville.
I will admit I’m a biased Shane Stewart fan and hope he pulls out the three-peat. But I have to think after the first two nights that Danny Lasoski starting fifth is the odds on favorite. He won the 360 Nationals in 1995. I also think Kevin Swindell starting third will be really tough. And if Brian Brown can advance through the B-Main, I think 25 laps is enough for him to climb his way into the top five, and if the cautions come at the right time, I think he has a legit shot to win it. It should be a great night of racing!
The heat race winners were Jason Johnson, Jordan Boston, Brad Loyet, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Johnny Herrera, all five started on the front row of their heat. Kaley Gharst won the B-Main. Jonathan Allard won the C-Main.
360 Knoxville Nationals Friday Prelim feature finish: 1. Brooke Tatnell, 2. Tim Kaeding, 3. Dusty Zomer, 4. Roger Crockett, 5. Rager Phillips, 6. Tim Shaffer, 7. Shane Stewart, 8. Wayne Johnson, 9. Jason Meyers, 10. Jason Johnson, 11. Justin Henderson, 12. Danny Wood, 13. Johnny Herrera, 14. Tony Bruce Jr. 15. Jeff Swindell, 16. Kaley Gharst, 17. Sam Hafertepe Jr., 18. Dustin Daggett, 19. Gary Taylor, 20. Brad Loyet, 21. Seth Brahmer, 22. Dennis Moore Jr., 23. Jordan Boston, 24. Matt Juhl.
Saturday A-Main lineup:
11 Crockett – 57 Stewart, 39 Swindell – 99 Bacon, 1m Lasoski – 91 Zomer, 53D Dover – 14T Tatnell, 01 McMahan – 81 Wood, 77x W Johnson – 40 Garner, 28 Cornell – 83JR Kaeding, 71R Anderson – 9P Phillips, 49 Sweet – 22H Hannagan, 6x Gharst – 41 J Johnson
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