Following the twenty-second annual SPEED SPORT Knoxville World Challenge on Friday night, Terry McCarl of Iowa leads the 2015 Cox Design & Metal Fabrication Iowa Speed Week point standings. The final night of the nine-night title is Saturday, August 15, with the fifty-fifth annual FVP Knoxville Nationals, presented by Casey’s General Stores. The $2,500 first-place money and title of Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” will be won after Saturday night’s National Championship feature by one of four drivers: Terry McCarl, Danny Lasoski, Brian Brown, Sammy Swindell.
The unofficial top ten in the 2015 Cox Design Iowa Speed Week points after seven nights is as follows: 1., Terry McCarl, 237 points; 2., Danny Lasoski, 232 points; 3., Brian Brown, Sammy Swindell, 214 points (tied); 5., Ian Madsen, 200 points; 6., Kerry Madsen, 185 points; 7., Sheldon Haudenschild, Wayne Johnson, 166 points (tied); 9., Bryan Clauson, 159 points; 10., Justin Henderson, 150 points.
This year, the Cox Design & Metal Fabrication Iowa Speed Week includes nine points-paying sprint car feature races in ten days, August 6-15, between the Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville and the Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa. The top three places pay $2,500, $1,000, and $500, respectively, with the winner declared the Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” titlist.
Past “Mr. Sprint Car” titlists include Ricky Logan (2002) of Arkansas, Shane Stewart (2003, ’04) of Oklahoma, Billy Alley (2005) of Nebraska, Jason Johnson (2006) of Louisiana, Wayne Johnson (2007, ‘08) of Oklahoma, Terry McCarl (2009) of Iowa, Sammy Swindell (2010, ‘11) of Tennessee, Kyle Larson (2012) of California, Kevin Swindell (2013) of Tennessee, and Brian Brown (2014) of Missouri.
- administrator on Aug 17, 2015
- Article Date: 8/15/2015 by Bob Baker