by Bob Wilson KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 23) Mark Dobmeier and Jesse Giannetto each won feature events at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. It was Championship Cup Series #16 as the sprint season has wound down to just one final event. Dobmeier had quite a battle in gaining his fourth career feature…
By Stacy Ervin Donny Schatz made history by being only the second driver to win three in a row at the 48th Annual Super Clean Knoxville Nationals presented by Lucas Oil on Saturday, August 9, 2008, at the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa. The happy winner from Fargo, North Dakota,…
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA August 8, 2008 410 RESULTS Heat 1, 8 laps, No Time: 1. Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO; 2. Brian Paulus, Mechanicsburg PA; 3. Justin Zimmerman, Royce City TX; 4. Bob Weuve, Newton IA; 5. Scott Uttech, New Berlin WI; 6. John VanDenBerg, Albia IA; 7. Greg…
By Stacy Ervin It was a fitting tribute for Joey Saldana. The Brownsburg, Indiana, driver won the second qualifying night of the 48th Annual Super Clean Knoxville Nationals presented by Lucas Oil on Thursday, August 7, at the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville Iowa. Thursday’s race night was courtesy of Weld…
By Stacy Ervin Wayne Johnson is on the roll of his life. After winning last weekend’s 18th Annual 360 Knoxville Nationals, he won the opening qualifying night of the 48th Annual Super Clean Knoxville Nationals presented by Lucas Oil on Wednesday, August 6, at the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa….
By Bob Wilson Jason Johnson picks up Brodix Tournament of Champions Win at Knoxville Raceway KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 3) Jason Johnson completed what might be called the Johnson & Johnson (J & J) weekend as he led nearly all the way to claim the 10th annual Brodix Tournament of Champions…
Wayne Johnson wins 18th Annual 360 Knoxville Nationals By Stacy Ervin Wayne Johnson won the 18th Annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Vermeer. The win came in the ASCS sanctioned event at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday, August 2, and gave Johnson a $10,000 payday. Front-row starters…
By Stacy Ervin Oklahoma native Wayne Johnson won the second qualifying event for the 18th Annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals presented by Vermeer. The win came in the ASCS sanctioned event at the Knoxville Raceway on Friday, August 1. Johnson started fourth and ran down fellow second-row starter…
By Stacy Ervin Eunice, Louisiana, native Jason Johnson won the opening night qualifying event for the 18th Annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Nationals presented by Vermeer. The win came in the ASCS sanctioned event at the Knoxville Raceway on Thursday, July 31. Johnson came from the fourth starting spot, put…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 24) – Danny Lasoski and Clint Garner each won feature events at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The win was another milestone for “The Dude” as his 92nd victory extended his division leading winning numbers toward the century mark. Front row starter Skip Jackson took…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 19) – Skip Jackson and Matt Moro each won feature events at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. An impending storm forced to track officials to rush the program along but that did not slow the action on the historic half mile. Jackson, who had the…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa – An excited and animated Davey Heskin captured his first feature event at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night during the annual Marion County Fair. Matt Moro took top honors in the 360 sprint division. Heskin, who is a third generation sprint car driver from St. Michael,…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 5) – The annual Twin Features Night at Knoxville Raceway saw Danny Lasoski and Brooke Tatnell win features in the 410 division while Clint Garner and Bret Mather did likewise in the 360 division Saturday night at the Marion County fairgrounds. For Lasoski it…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 4)- Former Indiana sprint racer Brandon Wimmer and Des Moines, Iowa native Tony Moro captured feature events in a rare July 4 race show at Knoxville Raceway Friday night. Wimmer, who is a weekly participant in Knoxville’s 410 winged-sprint division, found a ride in…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 28) – The 55th Knoxville Raceway Mid-Season championship saw Billy Alley and Dustin Selvage capture 2008 titles at this legendary central Iowa racing facility. It seemed to take forever for the 410 sprint feature to get started as two reds and two yellows slowed…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 21) Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, California captured both the Friday and Saturday portions of the 7th annual Knoxville Midget Nationals. Friday he was crowned King Doodlebug VI and 24-hours later he led nearly every lap of the championship feature to place his name…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 20) Jason Johnson of Eunice, Lousianna captured the 25-lap American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) feature event at Knoxville Raceway Friday night. The event was part of the American Sprint Cars on Tour (ASCoT) National series northern swing. The event was also paired with the…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 14) After only one hour of sleep in the past twenty-four hours, Mark Dobmeier did the seemingly impossible and took a late race lead from multi-time Knoxville Raceway track champion Danny Lasoski to win the 20-lap feature event at this Marion County race facility….
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 7) Defending Nationals champion Donny Schatz let it be known that he is the man to beat when the 48th annual Super Clean Knoxville Nationals roll around August 6-9 as he swept to a win in the 25-lap feature event at Knoxville Raceway Saturday…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 6) Shane Stewart came on late in the 25-lap main event to capture the World of Outlaws feature race at Knoxville Raceway Friday night. The win paid the Oklahoma native $10,000 for his efforts. The race immediately went red as soon as it was…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa – Billy Alley and Josh Higday, both former track champions, captured feature events at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. The wins catapulted each driver into contention for Knoxville Championship Cup titles at the end of the season. Alley, who started the 20-lap feature alongside Randy Anderson,…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa – Randy Smith, a six-time Knoxville Raceway track champion returned to his home track to capture the 16th annual Masters Classic at this central Iowa raceway Friday night. The Classic is an event presented by the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum in…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa – Justin Henderson and John Kearney captured feature events at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night. For Henderson it was his second in a row. For Kearney it was his 22nd career win at this central Iowa racing facility during night number three of Knoxville Championship Cup…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa – Drivers from the Sioux Falls, South Dakota area dominated victory lane at Knoxville Raceway Saturday night as Justin Henderson (410) and Gregg Bakker (360) each won their respective feature events at this central Iowa racing facility. On a track that had turned hard and…
By Bob Wilson: KNOXVILLE, Iowa – May3- Defending Knoxville Nationals Champion Donny Schatz picked up from where he left off in August as he captured the World of Outlaws Knoxville Raceway season opener on Saturday night. The win paid the driver of the Tony Stewart Racing J & J chassis…