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Shane Stewart Tops RacingJunk.com Qualifying Night at the FVP Knoxville Nationals!
by Bryan Hulbert and Bill Wright

Knoxville, IA, August 12, 2015 – When Shane Stewart rolled into Knoxville on Sunday for the Capitani Classic, he walked away with a $5,000 payday and the goal of beating Donny Schatz. Fast Forward to Wednesday’s RacingJunk.com Qualifying Night, and the Bixby, Okla. shoe put his Jeff Gordon throwback / Kick-It No. 16 in Victory Lane just ahead of Donny; collecting a cool $12,000 payday in his 14^th career Knoxville Raceway victory.

“You don’t every let your guard down with him [Schatz]. I’ve been beat a lot this year by him and we’re going to have to be a little better to beat him on Saturday,” said Shane in Victory Lane. “Honestly, I told the guys when we drew No. 71 to just relax, it didn’t make a huge effect on Sunday with twice as many racecars, and I was actually shocked the track slowed down as much as it did but it is what it is. It put us on the front row and we were able to take advantage of it.”

Earning the pole for the evening’s 25 lap feature event, Shane was quick to hit the cushion through the first two turns to hold the lead.

Keeping ahead of Daryn Pittman as traffic came into play on Lap 8 by 1.908 seconds, Stewart nearly tagged the wall through the third and fourth turns trying to clear a group of slower cars.

Losing very little speed, Shane put four slower cars between himself and the race for second involving Daryn Pittman, Wayne Johnson, and Donny Schatz with the trio going three deep on Lap 11 with Johnson taking the runner-up spot.

The first caution of the night on Lap 15 for Ian Madsen, who retired to the Pits with damage to the rear suspension, Stewart lined up with Johnson, Schatz, Pittman, and Gravel in tow. Staying high on the restart, Wayne Johnson dove low, but would not have enough steam to complete the pass, allowing Donny Schatz the opportunity to take over second.

Giving chase into traffic in the closing laps, Shane banked off the cushion in turn one on the final circuit, but would not be denied, crossing the checkered flag 0.614 seconds ahead of the Bad Boy Buggies No. 15.

“This whole team’s phenomenal. Bad Boy Buggies and Chevrolet Performance, without those guys, we wouldn’t be doing this and Tony Stewart himself being here this year, we’re glad to have him here with us. We wanted to get him a win tonight, but we’ll try our damndest on Saturday night,” commented Schatz.

Taking advantage of the mid-race restart, David Gravel was able to shoot to the final podium step with a big run down the back straightaway on Lap 16, “It’s been a crazy year testing how much I love this sport and I love it a lot. We’ve been working really hard, just struggling on the balance of the racecar and two days ago, we got a good balance, got a good Al Parker engine now, and were able to qualify well. I’m looking forward to the feature. If we keeping doing this, we’ll be up here more often.”

Paul McMahan moved up one spot to finish fourth with Justin Henderson from tenth completing the top-five.

Wayne Johnson slipped back to sixth with Daryn Pittman also slipping from second to finish seventh. Advancing from the B-Feature, California’s Rico Abreu charged from 23^rd to eighth with Greg Hodnett and Sheldon Haudenschild completing the top-ten.

With 55 drivers timing in, drivers were divided into five Heat Races with Jamie Veal, Willie Croft, Tyler Courtney, Tony Shilling, and Dakota Hendrickson earning wins.

C-Feature action went to Jac Haudenschild with Tasker Phillips topping the B-Feature.

A look at points after the first night of action, and Donny Schatz with quick time, third in his Heat, and runner-up in the feature leads the charge with 492 points. David Gravel is second with 485, followed by Paul McMahan (471), Sheldon Haudenschild (465), and Shane Stewart (460).

Join us tomorrow night, Thursday, August 13 for night #2 of the 55^th FVP Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores!  For more information on Knoxville Raceway, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!

410 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND (14), 14.953; 2. 7, David Gravel, Watertown, CT (10), 15.099; 3. 31C, Justyn Cox, Clarksburg, CA (1), 15.216; 4. 89, Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA (16), 15.255; 5. 93H, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (2), 15.263; 6. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (17), 15.279; 7. 95, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (4), 15.316; 8. 51, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (46), 15.317; 9. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (5), 15.352; 10. 24R, Rico Abreu, St. Helena, CA (41), 15.359; 11. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust (35), 15.378; 12. O, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA (8), 15.390; 13. 7S, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN (25), 15.393; 14. 12X, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (13), 15.410; 15. 9, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (54), 15.413; 16. 17W, Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN (40), 15.423; 17. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (3), 15.439; 18. 16, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (51), 15.442; 19. 83, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (39), 15.454; 20. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (27), 15.455; 21. 19P, Paige Polyak, Tiffin, OH (44), 15.502; 22. 27, Greg Hodnett, Spring Grove, PA (31), 15.531; 23. 1D, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD (37), 15.542; 24. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (26), 15.586; 25. 4R, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (9), 15.600; 26. 49J, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (43), 15.612; 27. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (45), 15.636; 28. 7D, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (21), 15.657; 29. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (22), 15.657; 30. 1A, Jacob Allen, Hanover, PA (29), 15.673; 31. 35AU, Jamie Veal, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (53), 15.677; 32. 29C, Willie Croft, Roseville, CA (24), 15.692; 33. 71X, Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis, IN (49), 15.697; 34. 22, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (18), 15.698; 35. 81X, Lee Jacobs, Dalton, OH (19), 15.715; 36. 84, Scott Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (6), 15.718; 37. 11K, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (34), 15.731; 38. 5V, Colby Copeland, Roseville, CA (7), 15.739; 39. 21AU, Jordyn Brazier, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (15), 15.742; 40. 4, Dakota Hendrickson, Omaha, NE (47), 15.758; 41. 13X, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (36), 15.767; 42. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust (20), 15.795; 43. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (50), 15.800; 44. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (23), 15.820; 45. 2KS, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (52), 15.835; 46. 55W, Logan Wagner, Harrisonville, PA (12), 15.849; 47. 81, Austin Johnson, Pleasant Hill, IA (32), 15.857; 48. 2L, Logan Forler, Boise, ID (28), 15.899; 49. 23, Jimmy Light, West Springfield, PA (11), 16.000; 50. 7X, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (33), 16.000; 51. 4S, Danny Smith, Chillicothe, OH (38), 16.093; 52. O5, Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO (55), 16.424; 53. 96, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (48), 16.999; 54. 96AU, Bruce White, Merrylands West, NSW, Aust. (30), 17.363; 55. 17M, Todd Mickelson, Minot, ND (42), 18.095.

Heat one (started), 10 Laps, 2:38.1: 1. Jamie Veal (2); 2. Ian Madsen (6); 3. Donny Schatz (8); 4. Scott Bogucki (1) / 5. Josh Schneiderman (3); 6. Bryan Clauson (5); 7. Paige Polyak (4); 8. Tasker Phillips (7) / 9. Jac Haudenschild (9); 10. Logan Wagner (10)

Heat two (started), 10 Laps, 2:41.2: 1. Willie Croft (2); 2. Greg Hodnett (4); 3. Kraig Kinser (1); 4. David Gravel (8) / 5. Josh Baughman (3); 6. Bud Kaeding (6); 7. Matt Covington (7); 8. Mike Moore (5) / 9. Austin Johnson (10); 10. Glen Saville (9)

Heat three (started), 10 Laps, 2:40.2: 1. Tyler Courtney (2); 2. Justin Henderson (4); 3. Shane Stewart (5); 4. Paul McMahan (7) / 5. Dustin Selvage (3); 6. Jason Sides (6); 7. Colby Copeland (1); 8. Logan Forler (10) / 9. Justyn Cox (8); 10. Brady Bacon (9)

Heat four (started), 10 Laps, 2:39.9: 1. Tony Shilling (2); 2. Davey Heskin (4); 3. Jordyn Brazier (1); 4. Wayne Johnson (6) / 5. Aaron Reutzel (5); 6. Austin McCarl (3); 7. Cody Darrah (8); 8. Bob Weuve (7) / 9. Jimmy Light (10); 10. AJ Moeller (9)

Heat five (started), 10 Laps, 2:42.3: 1. Dakota Hendrickson (1); 2. Daryn Pittman (6); 3. Lee Jacobs (2); 4. Sheldon Haudenschild (8) / 5. Rico Abreu (7); 6. Lynton Jeffrey (5); 7. Jon Agan (4); 8. Jacob Allen (3) / 9. Craig Dollansky (9); 10. Kaley Gharst (10)

C main (started), 10 Laps, 2:45.5: 1. Jac Haudenschild (2); 2. Justyn Cox (1); 3. Logan Wagner (5); 4. Craig Dollansky (6) / 5. Brady Bacon (4); 6. Jimmy Light (7); 7. Austin Johnson (8); 8. Danny Smith (9); 9. Glen Saville (3); 10. Bruce White (12); 11. Todd Mickelson (11); 12. Kaley Gharst (10); DNS - AJ Moeller, Brad Loyet, Bronson Maeschen

B main (started), 12 Laps, 3:22.2: 1. Tasker Phillips (2); 2. Cody Darrah (1); 3. Rico Abreu (5); 4. Bryan Clauson (8) / 5. Jason Sides (7); 6. Matt Covington (3); 7. Lynton Jeffrey (11); 8. Austin McCarl (17); 9. Jac Haudenschild (21); 10. Aaron Reutzel (10); 11. Bud Kaeding (6); 12. Paige Polyak (12); 13. Bob Weuve (4); 14. Josh Schneiderman (14); 15. Mike Moore (9); 16. Josh Baughman (15); 17. Logan Wagner (23); 18. Craig Dollansky (24); 19. Dustin Selvage (16); 20. Justyn Cox (22); 21. Jacob Allen (18); 22. Logan Forler (20); 23. Jon Agan (13); 24. Colby Copeland (19)

A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. Shane Stewart (1); 2. Donny Schatz (8); 3. David Gravel (7); 4. Paul McMahan (5); 5. Justin Henderson (10); 6. Wayne Johnson (3); 7. Daryn Pittman (2); 8. Rico Abreu (23); 9. Greg Hodnett (9); 10. Sheldon Haudenschild (6); 11. Bryan Clauson (24); 12. Davey Heskin (11); 13. Tasker Phillips (21); 14. Cody Darrah (22); 15. Kraig Kinser (18); 16. Tony Shilling (15); 17. Jamie Veal (12); 18. Tyler Courtney (14); 19. Lee Jacobs (16); 20. Dakota Hendrickson (20); 21. Willie Croft (13); 22. Jordyn Brazier (19); 23. Scott Bogucki (17); 24. Ian Madsen (4). Lap Leader: Stewart 1-25. Hard-charger: Abreu.

Points Accumulated Wednesday…

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Good info

I noticed guys with wingless background did some hard charging: Rico from 23rd to 8th & Clauson 24th to 11th

No point to make, just interesting...

Sheldon had a good run last night also.

Can't remember the front row transferring to the A-Main in 4 of the 5 heats, wonder how many times this has happened in the past?  All 8 races last night won from the front row, wonder again when the last time that happened during the Nationals.  Not complaining here, watched the show on Cushion and thought it was okay, luckily they followed the racing action and left the leader who was often GONE out of the equation.....

The point totals after Donny seem really low. There should be several Thurs. qualifiers who jump up in the lineup. 

Yea there was prety good racing back in the pack.

2015 Top Ten Night 1 (2014 Night 1 in parenthesis)

Schatz- 492  (Madsen 491)

Gravel- 485  (Brown 485)

McMahan- 471  (McMahan 484)

S. Haudenschild- 465  (McCarl 481)

Stewart- 460  (Hafertepe 457)

Pittman- 457  (Saldana 454)

Abreu- 456  (Clauson 444)

W. Johnson- 455  (Bunton 443)

Darrah- 450  (Darrah 437)

Henderson 445  (S. Smith 434)

I watch Schatz time in and it seemed like his car stayed straighter than the car in the corners.

Ahh, still feeling bad for being made look stupid on most of your posts, here goes another. 

Tell me something I don't know, the obvious is the low hanging fruit but that's maybe all you can do.  I and anyone watching the race on The Cushion knew everything you said and then some and Wayne had a motor going South, he hasn't forget how to drive.  It was interesting that the first 3 starters in the A are all from Oklahoma, pretty neat I think. 

How about you do something worthwhile for a change and look up how often the front row makes the A or how many times a night had 8 winners from the front row, contribute something, just once big fella, can you handle it?   Before you whine for the 20th time I am talking to you Ford97 aka The Dummy and I refuse to make you happy by replying to you, it's more fun to see you suffer the usual mental breakdown.....

PS  One car that didn't start in the A-Main top 10 got there, great job Rico....passing at the back of the pack never has done much for me, watching a couple hard chargers like Rico and Clauson would have been nice to see but of course Dummy posts about all the passing in the A because he's basically either blind or doesn't get it, likely both....

There really is only one main story to come out of last nights racing - barring any mechanical issue on Saturday night, Donny Schatz is going to win the Knoxville Nationals.  I know that's not earth shattering.  Everyone on here can debate all the want about who can challenge him (Brown, Lasoski, Stewart, etc.) but if Schatz is starting in the first two rows this race is over before it starts.

-2014's first night had seven races with front row winners. (All five Heats, C Main, and B Main).  I mean, its not eight, but higher than what I thought it would be.

-2014's second "night" had six races with front row winners (Four of the five heats, C Main, and B Main).

-2013's first night had three races with front row winners (Two of the five heats and the C Main).

-2013's second night had five races with front row winners (Three of the five heats, C Main, and the B Main).

-2012's first night night had five races with front row winners (Four of the five heats and the B Main).

-2012's second night had six races with front row winners (Four of the five heats, C Main, and the B Main).

-2011's first night had three races with front row winners (Three of the five heats).

-2011's second night had five races with front row winners (Four of the five heats and the C Main).

-2010's first night had five races with front row winners (Three of the five heats, C Main, and the B Main).

-2010's second night had three races with front row winners (One of the heats, C Main, and the B Main).

-2009's first night had six races with front row winners (All five heats and the B Main).

-2009's second night had five races with front row winners (Three of the five heats, C Main, and B Main).

I was bored, had time, and have a pretty large amount of self-loathing, so why the hell not?  

What does all of this mean?  I dont know.  Notice, no A-Main winners came from the front row in the years I checked.  I think three guys came from 3rd (If I remember).  Final talley..... in the years I checked, an average of 4.91 races out of 8  were won from the front row (I only used the heats and mains, no non-qualifiers).  Is that more, less or about what you expected?

Nice work dude, interesting to see what has happened.  I was a regular at the Nationals from around '92 to '07 and don't remember it happening that much but heck I don't remember much from those years period, lol....

2014 Night 1- Winner Brian Brown (5th)  Highest B Main Advancer Joey Saldana (22nd to 8th)

2014 Night 2- Winner Shane Stewart (6th)  Highest B Main Advancer Daryn Pittman (22nd to 13th)

2013 Night 1- Winner David Gravel (4th)  Highest B Main Advancer Daryn Pittman (23rd to 5th)

2013 Night 2- Winner Brian Brown (5th)  Highest B Main Advancer Cody Darrah (22nd to 6th)

2012 Night 1- Winner Kyle Larson (3rd)  Highest B Main Advancer Craig Dollansky (22nd to 4th)

2012 Night 2- Winner Jason Meyers (3rd)  Highest B Main Advancer Tim Kaeding (21st to 8th)

2011 Night 1- Winner Sammy Swindell (6th)  Highest B Main Advancer Brian Ellenberger (24th to 14th)

2011 Night 2- Winner Mark Dobmeier (4th)  Highest B Main Advancer Lance Dewease (21st to 4th)

2010 Night 1- Winner Shane Stewart (6th)  Highest B Main Advancer Brad Sweet (23rd to 12th)

2010 Night 2- Winner Sammy Swindell (3rd)  Highest B Main Advancer CLint Garner (21st to 18th)

2009 Night 1- Winner Tim Shaffer (4th)  Highest B Main Advancer Donny Schatz (21st to 7th)

2009 Night 2- Winner Tim Kaeding (3rd)  Highest B Main Advancer Greg Hodnett (22nd to 13th)

Average starting position of the winner 4.33.

Interesting note: 2013 Night 1 B Main cars were Sides, Jeffrey, Schatz, and Pittman.  Sides went from 21st to 9th, Jeffrey from 22nd to 14th, Schatz from 23rd to 10th and Pittman from 24th to 5th.  A lot of passing in that one.

Wow.  You are just awesome  Karl Kinser has nothing on you man.  Was there anyone awesome enough to be there besides you?

Luna's Ford engine style that won 2 WoO titles and 3 
Kings Royals before a weight rule against the best EVER
in their prime and now DOMINATES super dirt late model
racing is no longer allowed/wanted in a WoO sprint
car.... Was Luna a miracle worker?

fuzzy photographic memory on display = irony of reality

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