Welcome to 3M Night here featuring the 360 Shootout paying $10,000 to win! 26 988 Lifline 410 sprints and 52 360's are in the house to do battle on a cool and beautiful night here at Knoxville. It's also 3M Night, so come out and get your free bag of 3M product! This sustains our kitchen and household every year! If you can't make it out, you can find my notes on tonight's action here. Find lineups and results here on the website in the events, full schedule section, or on the MyRacePass App. If you're interested in the PPV broadcast, visit www.DirtVision.com.
Order of tonight's events...
410 hot laps
410 time trials
360 hot laps
360 time trials (2 groups)
410 heats (3)
360 heats (6)
360 B mains (2)
410 A main (20 laps)
360 A main (25 laps)
410 time trials are up first, 200 pts towards tonight's feature lineup for quick time, 198 pts for 2nd quick, 196 pts for 3rd quick and so on...
Aaron Reutzel is your quick timer with a lap of 15.044 seconds.
360 time trials will be divided into two groups, with 200 pts towards tonight's feature lineup for quick time, 198 pts for 2nd quick, 196 pts for 3rd quick and so on...
Problems for T McCarl in qualifying, he will get a lap at the end if able...
Reutzel is quickest in the first group of qualifying at 16.059 seconds.
Second Group...
Problems for Josh Higday, he will not get a time in...
Austin McCarl is quickest in the second group at 16.501 seconds...
410 Heats, 100 pts towards tonight's feature lineup for the win, 97 pts for 2nd, 94 pts for 3rd and so on...
Heat one
Hampton leads Schneiderman, C McCarl, Droud and Reutzel...Hampton is cruising in this one...fast track and not much passing here early...Hampton will win this one...
Heat two
Mincer's nose wing gets knocked off in a bad start...he goes pitside...Sawyer leads Park, Zomer, Jeffrey and Wimmer...Sawyer will win it...
Heat three
S Johnson out front ahead of Winters, K Johnson, Selvage and A McCarl...K Johnson to 2nd on lap 2...Selvage now gets by Winters for third...S Johnson will win this one...
360 Heats
7 laps, 100 pts towards tonight's feature lineup for the win, 97 pts for 2nd, 94 pts for 3rd and so on...the top 10 in points in group 1 (Heats 1-3), and the top ten in points in group 2 (Heats 4-6) transfer to the feature....
Heat one
TMAC does not start...Tasker leads Reutzel from sixth, Cam Martin, Schneiderman and Co Garner...Hickle passes Co Garner for 5th...Battle for the lead, Tasker trying to hold off Reutzel...Reutzel leads with two to go...Reutzell will win it...
Heat two
Beaver leads Danley, Hill, Ramey and C McCarl...C McCarl now slides by Ramery for the 4th spot...Beaver will win it...
Heat three
Selvage leads C Brown, Brahmer, Bubak and Leavitt...Bubak slides by Brahmer now for third...K Johnson goes from 6th to 4th, getting under both Leavitt and Brahmer...Selvage will win it...
Heat four
Ben Brown leads Higday, A McCarl, Al Zoutte and Lee...Higday puts a big slider on Brown in turn forur to take the lead...Ball slides by Lee for fifth...Ball to 4th...Higday pulls away for the win...
Heat five
Aidan Zoutte gets into the wall and upside down in turn one...he is climbing out of the car...Graves tags the wall and comes to a stop on the secon dtry at green...Carney leads over Cl Garner, Moeller, O'Banion and Groenendyk...Garner challenging on the high side for the lead...Cl Garner alides in front of Carney with 4 to go to take the lead...Garner pulling away now...Groenendyk slows and is off...Cl Garner will win it...
Heat six
The front row has been penalized to the second row...Giles leasd early over Vande Voort, J Higday, Juhl and Smith...Juhl is able to driver under J Higday for 3rd with two to go...Vande Voort slows now and we have yellow...2 to go, Giles leads Juhl, J Higday, Rost, Smith, Alexander and J Anderson...Giles will win it...
360 B mains, 10 laps, top 2 to the A...
B main one
Leavitt leads Co Garner, Beaver, Cam Martin and C Brown early...Cam Martin now by Beaver for 3rd....Beaver is off...Cam Martin trying to reel in the top two...Co Garner challenging Leavitt on the low side for the lead, 2 to go...CAm Martin gaining on the final transfer...Leavitt and Co Garner move on!
B main two
Aidan Zoutte will not start...Lee is leading Vande Voort, O'Banion, B Brown and Carney...Carney is by Brown for 4th, but laps are winding down, 4 to go...Jack Anderson up to 3rd...Lee and Vande Voort move on...
410 A main
20 laps, $6,000 to win...A McCarl leads C McCArl, Reutzel, Jeffrey, K Johnson...1 lap in, caution for S Johnson who slows...S Johnson rejoins the field...Reutzel by C McCarl for 2nd on the high side of turn 2...Wimmer by K Johnson for 5th...K Johnson back uncer Wimmer for 5th, good race...A McCarl in lapped traffic on lap 6...K Johnson passes Jeffrey for 4th on the low side on lap 7...Halfway, Wimmer is upside down hard on the backstretch...he is climbing out...10 to go, A McCarl leads Reutzel, C MCarl, K Johnson, Jeffrey, Juhl, Hampton, Sawyer, Zomer, Droud, Ball, Selvage, Tasker, Martin, Park, Schneiderman, Moeller, Drueke, Winters, Peterson, Doney, S Johnson, Mincer, Hansen and Light...open red, Zomer will go to the rear after a tire change...Reutzel takes the lead in turn three on lap 12...Juhl by Jeffrey for 5th...Reutzel in lapped traffic with 5 to go...great move in traffic with two to go by Reutzel...Reutzel wins it!
360 A main
25 laps, $10,000 to win...9th place will get a bonus $1,000...Hard-charger will win the $1,000 Charlie Leavitt Award....Cole Garner comes to a stop before we get a lap in...that negates a move from sixth to first for Reutzel, who is eligible for a $1,000 bonus from ESI for winning from sixth...Higday leads C McCarl, Juhl, Bubak and Reutzel...Juhl sideways on lap 2 and Reutzel gets by into 4th...A McCarl to 5th...Reutzel around C McCarl for third on lap 4...Leavitt upside down in turn three...he is ok...21 to go, Higday leads Bubak, Reutzel, C McCarl, A McCarl, Juhl, Hickle, Ball, K Johnson, Hill Rost, Schneiderman, Giles, Selvage, Tasker, Moeller, Mills, Cl Garner, Sawyer, Vande Voort, Co Garner...Hickle climbs a right rear, flips and collects K Johnson, who also flips..both are o.k....A McCarl by C McCarl for 4th on the restart...8 down, Bubak tries to get under Higday for the lead in turn three and makes contact...he careens into the wall, is upside down and collects Reutzel, who also flips...both drivers are ok...17 to go, Higday leads A McCarl, C McCarl, Ball, Juhl, Hill, Rost, Giles, Tasker, Schneiderman, Moeller, Selvage, Cl Garner, Sawyer, Vande Voort, Mills, Co Garner...C McCarl by his brother to 2nd...Austin back by...Rost and Ball battling for 5th...C McCarl slows...A McCarl gaining on the leader...A McCarl with a slider in turn three on the last lap...K Higday back by to win by .028 of a second!
- administrator on Jul 20, 2024
- Article Date: 7/20/2024