|
|
|
|
|
Topic: 2011 Knoxville Nationals A-Main
|
Email this topic to a friend |
Subscribe to this Topic
| Report this Topic to Moderator
|
|
Page 1 of 2 of 32 replies
|
|
|
|
August 02, 2011 at
11:48:34 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
12/02/2004
|
|
Posts:
|
704
|
|
|
This message was edited on
August 04, 2011 at
08:16:28 AM by jholz2002
Alright folks, the qualifying nights have been posted so it is time for the annual "who will make the A" thread. In no particular order, here is my top 24 prediction for Saturday night along with the "close but no cigar" group. Anybody in that group would not surprise me if they made the A. Feel free to post yours and we will see who the winner is.  In no particular order:
1 Sammy Swindell
7s Jason Sides
11 Steve Kinser
15 Donny Schatz
15h Sam Hafertepe JR.
17 Tyler Walker
56 Davey Heskin
57 Shane Stewart
83x Tim Shaffer
47 Don Droud JR
2 Dale Blaney
7 Craig Dallansky
14 Jason Meyers
21 Brian Brown
30c Lance Dewease
33 Danny Lasoski
39 Greg Hodnett
41 Jason Johnson
83 Paul McMahan
91 Cody Darrah
91x Dusty Zomer
92 Kerry Madsen
5w Lucas Wolfe
63 Chad Kemenah
Honorable Mention: 45x Johnny Herrera, 51 Fred Rahmer, 89G David Gravel, 12 Lynton Jeffrey, 18 Tony Bruce JR, 38 Wayne Johnson, 1S Kevin Swindell, 13 Mark Dobmeier, 21M Brian Montieth, 27 Daryn Pittman, 35 Justin Henderson, 55 Terry McCarl, 55x Jason Solwold, 59 Brooke Tatnell, 0 Jonathan Allard, 17A Austin McCarl, 1Z Stevie Smith.
|
|
|
|
August 03, 2011 at
01:16:54 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
02/17/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
104
|
|
|
Awesome to see davey heskin on the list. He would most certainly be a dark horse but he showed last year he has what it takes. I would guess him to finish 10-15 in the A. Just don't think he has the money behind him to do much better.... But with a little luck who knows. Weird things happen at the nationals.
|
|
|
|
|
August 03, 2011 at
08:18:50 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
12/02/2004
|
|
Posts:
|
704
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: Knoxgasman on August 03 2011 at 01:16:54 AM
Awesome to see davey heskin on the list. He would most certainly be a dark horse but he showed last year he has what it takes. I would guess him to finish 10-15 in the A. Just don't think he has the money behind him to do much better.... But with a little luck who knows. Weird things happen at the nationals.
|
That is exactly why I put him in. He quietly snuck in to the A and had a good showing last year. He always seems to time well and all he needs is a couple breaks in his heat.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 03, 2011 at
08:44:32 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
08/01/2009
|
|
Posts:
|
305
|
|
|
Good list only thing I would change is swap Droud for Dobmeier. Mark was flying last weekend after wrecking hard in a heat. Droud hasnt made much noise all season. Other than that the list looks good. Is Austin McCarl eligible for rookie of the year I thought he raced in it last year?
|
|
|
|
|
August 03, 2011 at
10:09:36 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
12/02/2004
|
|
Posts:
|
704
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: LR on August 03 2011 at 08:44:32 AM
Good list only thing I would change is swap Droud for Dobmeier. Mark was flying last weekend after wrecking hard in a heat. Droud hasnt made much noise all season. Other than that the list looks good. Is Austin McCarl eligible for rookie of the year I thought he raced in it last year?
|
I went and looked back and you are correct. My bad, Austin did run last year. I will have to move him to my "honorable mention" group . As far as Droud goes, I was debating the same thing, but it always seems like they pull something out of the hat and run well at the Nationals.
|
|
|
|
|
August 03, 2011 at
11:00:48 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
04/11/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
1315
|
|
|
|
I'd switch Pittman and Hodnett around. I'm just not confident in the 39's qualifying abilites yet. I'd also switch Rahmer for Dewease. Rahmer has been the fastest PA car all season and if he's 100% (which he's not, still up in the air for running this weekend) he will make the A.
There is a 0% chance Dewease makes the A. His days of running respectively off the porch are over.
I also don't remember the last time Solwold didn't make the A, but that is a car that hasn't run since last year, so who knows?
Other than that, those are the drivers you can expect to make the feature. Of course, every year at least 5 of those top 20 drivers in the world get screwed either by a terrible pill, heat race crash or any other fluke deal. That's what makes the Nationals so unique. Nobody can predict what underdogs make the feature until we see the time trial order.
Rookie of the Nationals: Danny Holtgraver...unless Monteith adapts very quickly.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 03, 2011 at
03:14:08 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
10/17/2007
|
|
Posts:
|
23
|
|
|
This message was edited on
August 03, 2011 at
03:18:06 PM by Mr Happy
My top 24. No particular order...33 Lasoski, 15 Schatz, 11 Kinser, 1z Smith, 7 Dollansky, 14 Meyers, 83x Shaffer, 51 Rahmer, 55 McCarl, 83 Mcmahon, 21 Brown, 7s sides, 39 Hodnett, 1s K. Swindell, 1 S. Swindell, 57 Stewart, 91 darrah, 41 Johnson, 45x Herrera, 30c Dewease, 17 Walker, 83x Kaeding, 27 Pittman, 91x Zomer.
Look for Dollansky to be in the hunt Saturday. He's my pick to win this year.
|
|
|
|
|
August 03, 2011 at
03:19:06 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
01/29/2007
|
|
Posts:
|
374
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: Mr Happy on August 03 2011 at 03:14:08 PM
My top 24. No particular order...33 Lasoski, 15 Schatz, 11 Kinser, 1z Smith, 7 Dollansky, 14 Meyers, 83x Shaffer, 51 Rahmer, 55 McCarl, 83 Mcmahon, 21 Brown, 7s sides, 39 Hodnett, 1s K. Swindell, 1 S. Swindell, 57 Stewart, 91 darrah, 41 Johnson, 45x Herrera, 30c Dewease, 17 Walker, 83x Kaeding, 27 Pittman, 91x Zomer.
Look for Dollansky to be in the hunt Saturday. He's my pick to win this year.
|
Zomer definitely needs to be on that list!!
|
|
|
|
August 03, 2011 at
04:05:01 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
07/17/2008
|
|
Posts:
|
224
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: sprintcarfan1 on August 03 2011 at 03:19:06 PM
Zomer definitely needs to be on that list!!
|
add solwold 55x he is gonna make the A
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 03, 2011 at
04:49:03 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
03/24/2011
|
|
Posts:
|
471
|
|
|
Okay,but I don't think Dewease is really running that good today,but I also don't think Darrah will make the "A",so take those two out,take out Droud, and one more S, Smith,now you add T-mac,Tatnell,Dobmier,Pittman,Monteith.
|
|
|
|
|
August 03, 2011 at
04:57:01 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
07/04/2007
|
|
Posts:
|
11
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: jholz2002 on August 02 2011 at 11:48:34 PM
Alright folks, the qualifying nights have been posted so it is time for the annual "who will make the A" thread. In no particular order, here is my top 24 prediction for Saturday night along with the "close but no cigar" group. Anybody in that group would not surprise me if they made the A. Feel free to post yours and we will see who the winner is. In no particular order:
1 Sammy Swindell
7s Jason Sides
11 Steve Kinser
15 Donny Schatz
15h Sam Hafertepe JR.
17 Tyler Walker
56 Davey Heskin
57 Shane Stewart
83x Tim Shaffer
47 Don Droud JR
2 Dale Blaney
7 Craig Dallansky
14 Jason Meyers
21 Brian Brown
30c Lance Dewease
33 Danny Lasoski
39 Greg Hodnett
41 Jason Johnson
83 Paul McMahan
91 Cody Darrah
91x Dusty Zomer
92 Kerry Madsen
5w Lucas Wolfe
63 Chad Kemenah
Honorable Mention: 45x Johnny Herrera, 51 Fred Rahmer, 89G David Gravel, 12 Lynton Jeffrey, 18 Tony Bruce JR, 38 Wayne Johnson, 1S Kevin Swindell, 13 Mark Dobmeier, 21M Brian Montieth, 27 Daryn Pittman, 35 Justin Henderson, 55 Terry McCarl, 55x Jason Solwold, 59 Brooke Tatnell, 0 Jonathan Allard, 17A Austin McCarl, 1Z Stevie Smith.
|
Not a bad list...except somehow you missed the 1Z of Stevie Smith. It's not to late to remove Heskin and include The Bandit.
|
|
|
|
August 03, 2011 at
07:26:37 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
12/31/2008
|
|
Posts:
|
551
|
|
|
This message was edited on
August 03, 2011 at
08:20:21 PM by sprint 82
Reply to:
Posted By: Knoxgasman on August 03 2011 at 01:16:54 AM
Awesome to see davey heskin on the list. He would most certainly be a dark horse but he showed last year he has what it takes. I would guess him to finish 10-15 in the A. Just don't think he has the money behind him to do much better.... But with a little luck who knows. Weird things happen at the nationals.
|
Your kidding right?
Doesn't have the money behind him!
The money is endless in the Maxwell camp.
His (cars) they have a few for him, are the very best equipped at Knoxville, WoO quality.
Four Garrett 410's and two 360's.
They have had a lot of bad luck this year.
P.S. Davey, Take it E-Z on Gramps, or I might have to sagest to Butch to put Clint Garner in the car for the Nationals!
A Bad Day Of Sprint Car Racing Is 10 Times Better Than
A Good Day At Work!
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 03, 2011 at
07:39:50 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
10/20/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
4
|
|
|
|
I am hoping Stevie Smith makes the A!!!
|
|
|
|
|
August 04, 2011 at
02:02:35 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
04/11/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
1315
|
|
|
|
Stevie lit the world on fire in 2009 and his Nationals performance was representive of that. In 2010 he was solid all season but definitly back to earth and so was his Nationals run. In 2011, it's been dismal to say the least. There is a ray of hope though, he got his elbows up big time when the big boys came to town. I'll say he transfers out of the B again.
|
|
|
|
|
August 04, 2011 at
08:17:49 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
12/02/2004
|
|
Posts:
|
704
|
|
|
|
Added Stevie Smith to the honorable mention. I do not believe he will make the A this year. He has been struggling a bit this year, but you never know. That's why we love the Nationals!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 04, 2011 at
11:15:17 AM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
05/18/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
126
|
|
|
|
Getting back to the original purpose of this thread....
(In no particular order)
0 Jonathan Allard
1 Sammy Swindell
1z Stevie Smith
2 Dale Blaney
6M Jac Haudenschild
7 Craig Dollansky
7s Jason Sides
11 Steve Kinser
12 Lynton Jeffrey
13 Mark Dobmeier
14 Jason Meyers
15 Donny Schatz
15H Sam Hafertepe Jr.
17 Tyler Walker
17A Austin McCarl
21 Brian Brown
55 Terry McCarl
57 Shane Stewart
59 Brooke Tatnell
63 Chad Kemenah
83 Paul McMahan
83x Tim Shaffer
91x Dusty Zomer
92 Kerry Madsen
Honorable mentions: 44w Austen Wheatley, 47 Don Droud Jr., 89G David Gravel, 04 Cap Henry, 27 Daryn Pittman
|
|
|
|
August 04, 2011 at
12:08:53 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
11/01/2010
|
|
Posts:
|
82
|
|
|
|
Mine is in order:
1. Sammy Swindell
2. Jason Johnson
3: Paul Mcmahan
4: Dusty Zomer
5: Craig Dollansky
6: Shane Stewart
7: Donny Schatz
8: Kevin Swendell
9: Steve Kinser
10: Kerry Madson
11: Brooke Tatnell
12: Jason Sides
13: Brian Brown
14: Davey Heskin
15: Danny Lasoski
16: Daryn Pittman
17: Terry McCarl
18: Jason Meyers
19: Tim Shaffer
20: Brian Monteith
21: Wayne Johnson
22: Stevie Smith
23: Lucas Wolfe
24: Don Droud Jr.
A Smile weighs nothing.
So make it part of your daily diet!
|
|
|
|
|
August 04, 2011 at
12:35:32 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
12/04/2009
|
|
Posts:
|
9
|
|
|
|
I'm thinking "old school" on this one .........
Andy Hillenberg - in da Black Deuce
Brad Doty - in the Bowers Coal 28
Mark Kinser - in Karl's 5m
Bobby Allen - in the C & B Mushrooms sponsored 1a
Tim Green - in the Jensen Construction 55
Ron Shuman - In Stanton's 75x
Jac Haudenschild - in the Pennzoil 22
Doug Wolfgang - in Speedy Bill's 4x
Dave Blaney - in the Blaney Lumber # 10
Jan Opperman - in the Bogar 99
Randy Smith - in Guy Graham's 43
Kenny Weld - in the Weikert 29
Donny Schatz - in da 15
Earl Wagner - in Hank Smith's # 5
Sammy Swindell - in the TMC 1
Bubby Jones - in the Bruce Cogle 44
Danny Lasoski - in the Beefpackers 83
Jeff Swindell - in the 7tw
Ray Lee Goodwin - in Luther Brewer's 97
Steve Smith - in the Black Bandit 19
Steve Kinser - in the Quaker State 11
Carman Manzardo - in his beautiful # 83
Rick Ferkel - in the Kear's Speed Shop # 0
Bobby Davis Jr. - in the Bobby Davis Electric 71
and coming out of the B ...........
Tim Shaffer in the 83 and Robert Bell in the 71b
....there ya have it folks ..... just waiting for the drop of the green !!!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 04, 2011 at
01:42:18 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
07/04/2007
|
|
Posts:
|
11
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: jholz2002 on August 04 2011 at 08:17:49 AM
Added Stevie Smith to the honorable mention. I do not believe he will make the A this year. He has been struggling a bit this year, but you never know. That's why we love the Nationals!!
|
Nah...as long as he doesn't have to time last on Thursday he'll be in the big dance. The team has got the car going good again. Not as good as he was on the Hoosiers. Tommy just hasn't figured out these junk Goodyears too well.
|
|
|
|
|
August 05, 2011 at
01:20:50 PM
|
|
|
Joined:
|
08/05/2011
|
|
Posts:
|
3
|
|
|
Reply to:
Posted By: Mr Happy on August 03 2011 at 03:14:08 PM
My top 24. No particular order...33 Lasoski, 15 Schatz, 11 Kinser, 1z Smith, 7 Dollansky, 14 Meyers, 83x Shaffer, 51 Rahmer, 55 McCarl, 83 Mcmahon, 21 Brown, 7s sides, 39 Hodnett, 1s K. Swindell, 1 S. Swindell, 57 Stewart, 91 darrah, 41 Johnson, 45x Herrera, 30c Dewease, 17 Walker, 83x Kaeding, 27 Pittman, 91x Zomer.
Look for Dollansky to be in the hunt Saturday. He's my pick to win this year.
|
nice list i am a huge dollansky fan so i like ur comment at the bottom!!! but i would like to see him win but no one knows for sure whos gunna have a good shot until at least qualifying is over.
|
|
|
