Henderson Wins Two!

Three weeks in a row with racing at Knoxville, we are on a roll!  Mother Nature gave us a scare with a storm approaching from the southwest so we were in rain mode from the get go, expecting rain to hit us around 11:00pm. Fortunately the storm system dissipated as it approached Knoxville and the rains held off until 3am. Watching the radar all night on my laptop for the second week in a row wasn’t much fun, but necessary to help race officials.

Great to see another full field of cars with 91 sprint cars entered.  The big surprise of the night was Kerry Madsen’s Keneric team rolling into the pit area with a pickup and open trailer.  With no World of Outlaws race on this night they had a night off. The team flew back from Charlotte and put together a car that afternoon and pulled it into the track. Crew chief Tyler Swank had packed shocks in a suitcase, otherwise their tools were somewhat limited,  but pitting next to brother Ian Madsen I’m sure helped. 

Weather conditions at 7:00pm were 71° and over cast with 50% humidity, winds out of the SE at 10 mph, and a dew point of 52°.  The track widened out nicely.

410 Report
33 cars signed in.  Top 8 Qualifying:  Brian Brown set quick time for the second week in a row with a lap of 15.272 (118 mph), followed by Justin Henderson, Terry McCarl, Danny Lasoski, Kerry Madsen, Tim Kaeding, Brooke Tatnell, and Austin McCarl.

Sassy Haase Makes History!

Night two of the Knoxville Raceway season was a memorable one!  81 sprint cars were checked in.  We dodged the rain all day thankfully.  Justin Henderson put on a great performance in two classes, Wayne Johnson dominated the 360 field, and an 18 year old woman beat the men in the 305 event to make history. Terry McCarl came back from a scary crash last week but got back into the car and fought through some significant back pain to have a good night. 

Weather conditions at 7:00pm were 72° and over cast with 57% humidity, winds out of the SE at 12mph, and a dew point of 54°.  The track was in great shape!

2015 Knoxville Raceway Season Opener

Finally Mother Nature cooperated and the Season Opener for the 2015 Lucas Oil Knoxville Championship Cup Series was this past Saturday night. This was the first event for the FVP National Sprint League at Knoxville and with the ASCS National tour rained out early in the day we had a high number of entries, 98 total sprint cars in the pit area on this night. That was more than any night last season and not since July 28, 2012 have we had 98 or more cars.  Everyone was excited to be racing at Knoxville!

Weather conditions at 7:00pm were 72° and over cast with 57% humidity, winds out of the SE at 12mph, and a dew point of 54°.  The track was heavy and fast, but it widened out nicely for the features.  It was chilly for the fans late but with free kids night the crowd was good.