Austin McCarl brought his best 360 motor to the Knoxville Raceway last night and it paid off as he won night one of the 30th Annual My Place Hotels 360 Nationals. McCarl got by Calvin Landis, who led the first six laps and was never challenged in the win. McCarl said in victory lane, he knew he had to be patient and wait for lapped traffic to make his move.
McCarl:
“I had to stay solid and Calvin was moving around and he was setting a good pace. I honestly just had to stay patient and wait for lapped traffic and move around and figure out where we were good and figure out what to do when and where.”
Kerry Madsen, who set quick time in time trials, ran second and Dominic Scelzi finished third. The points go like this: Madsen is leading with 492, Shane Golobic is second with 486, Tim Shaffer while tied with Golobic lost the tiebreaker for second and is currently third place, fourth McCarl at 475, and Scelzi is fifth 467. Tonight is night two is the other half of the field with drivers like past champions Brian Brown and Terry McCarl and defending Champion James McFadden. Join us for Live Track Side at 5:00pm and Race Nights Live at 7:00pm on KNIA and kniakrls.com.
1 2 Kerry Madsen 492
2 17WX Shane Golobic 486
3 14 Tim Shaffer 486
4 17A Austin McCarl 475
5 41S Dominic Scelzi 467
6 70 Calvin Landis 460
7 26 Cory Eliason 458
8 83M Justin Henderson 456
9 3 Ayrton Gennetten 453
10 35M Tim Kaeding 450
11 87 Aaron Reutzel 449
12 11 Roger Crockett 445
13 63 JJ Hickle 443
14 53 Joe Beaver 440
15 66 Ricky Montgomery 426
16 22K Kaleb Johnson 421
17 15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. 418
18 22 Ryan Leavitt 414
19 88 Kyle Offill 413
20 17W Harli White 410
21 2M Matt Moro 409
22 24 Garret Williamson 405
23 24N Nathan Mills 402
24 23 Devon Dobie 401
25 33H Colton Heath 392
26 83 Rob Kubli 389
27 69 Brady Bacon 384
28 95 Matt Covington 374
29 5H Michael Faccinto 363
30 81E Eric Bridger 353
31 5J Jamie Ball 352
32 115 Nick Parker 346
33 7TAZ Tasker Phillips 345
34 66D Chase Dunham 342
35 4J Lee Grosz 338
36 22X Riley Goodno 332
37 20 AJ Moeller 329
38 4H Cody Hansen 324
39 14B Bailey Sucich 324
40 50Z Zach Chappell 323
41 51A Elliot Amdahl 323
42 23M Lance Moss 312
43 75X JT Imperial 311
44 1B Chelsea Blevins 307
45 1A John Anderson 305
46 6 Jett Carney 299
47 6X Frank Rodgers III 276
48 4S Adam Speckman 265