Three track champions were crowned Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway as the season ending sprint car races were run heard live on KNIA. Emerson Axsom collected his first career 410 win at Knoxville by blowing by Carson McCarl on lap 14 and was never challenged. Aaron Reutzel did what Aaron Reutzel does in the 360s and won as he took the lead on lap ten and won comfortably. Ryan Navratil capped off a late season surge with another win in the Pro Sprints. However all of the attention was on the three track champions as Austin McCarl won for the 3rd time in his career and second straight, Mike Mayberry won his 2nd Pro Sprints title and Jamie Ball finally got his track championship after trying for 14 seasons. Ball told KNIA/KRLS Sports it was a long time in coming.
Ball: “I’ve been dreaming about this since I was 5 years old sitting up in section J. I’ve lost a lot of these running 2nd in Pro Sprints, 360s, and Sprint Invaders. It’s a testament to my guys, and glory to God that I get to do this.”
Ball clinched his title when he completed his time trial laps earlier in the night while Mayberry and McCarl had to work a little harder to clinch their championships. That brings a close to the sprint car portion of the Knoxville Raceway season. The raceway will take a few weeks off to prepare for the 20th Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals September 19th-21st.
988 Lifeline 410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 5, Ryan Timms, Oklahoma City, OK (13), 15.628; 2. 27, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (9), 15.726; 3. 27W, Emerson Axsom, Franklin, IN (20), 15.737; 4. 88, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (3), 15.772; 5. 55, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (18), 15.793; 6. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (11), 15.800; 7. 2, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (5), 15.805; 8. 3J, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (4), 15.812; 9. 35, Zach Hampton, Plainfield, IN (25), 15.815; 10. 6, Brandon Wimmer, Fairmount, IN (7), 15.882; 11. 4W, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (14), 15.906; 12. 1K, Kelby Watt, Adel, IA (16), 15.972; 13. 1, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (23), 15.996; 14. 25, JJ Hickle, Quilcene, WA (1), 16.025; 15. 09, Matt Juhl, Tea, SD (8), 16.070; 16. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (21), 16.076; 17. 19, Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills, MO (19), 16.080; 18. 15JR, Cole Mincer, Burlington, IA (12), 16.085; 19. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (2), 16.127; 20. 2KS, Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO (24), 16.179; 21. 22, Riley Goodno, Knoxville, IA (15), 16.186; 22. 6W, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (10), 16.339; 23. 44X, Scotty Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (22), 16.368; 24. 9H, Landon Hansen, Newton, IA (6), 16.383; 25. 45X, Jace Park, Overland Park, KS (17), 16.477.
Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:11.8: 1. Tasker Phillips (2); 2. Lynton Jeffrey (4); 3. Sawyer Phillips (1); 4. Brandon Wimmer (3); 5. Ryan Timms (6); 6. Austin McCarl (5); 7. Jace Park (9); 8. Chris Martin (7) 9. Dustin Selvage (8)
Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:14.2: 1. Ayrton Gennetten (1); 2. JJ Hickle (2); 3. Dusty Zomer (4); 4. Kerry Madsen (5); 5. Jamie Ball (3); 6. Carson McCarl (6); 7. Hunter Schuerenberg (7); 8. Scotty Johnson (8)
Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:16.9: 1. Matt Juhl (2); 2. Zach Hampton (4); 3. Emerson Axsom (6); 4. Aaron Reutzel (5); 5. Cole Mincer (1); 6. Riley Goodno (7); 7. Kelby Watt (3); 8. Landon Hansen (8);
A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. Emerson Axsom (4); 2. Kerry Madsen (5); 3. Carson McCarl (1); 4. Tasker Phillips (8); 5. Austin McCarl (9); 6. Ryan Timms (3); 7. Zach Hampton (7); 8. Jace Park (20); 9. Lynton Jeffrey (2); 10. Sawyer Phillips (14); 11. Ayrton Gennetten (12); 12. JJ Hickle (13); 13. Matt Juhl (11); 14. Riley Goodno (19); 15. Hunter Schuerenberg (18); 16. Kelby Watt (17); 17. Brandon Wimmer (10); 18. Scotty Johnson (23); 19. Landon Hansen (22); 20. Cole Mincer (16); 21. Dustin Selvage (24); 22. Chris Martin (21); 23. Jamie Ball (15); 24. Aaron Reutzel (6) DNS – 25. Dusty Zomer. Lap Leaders: Jeffrey 1, C. McCarl 2, Jeffrey 3-6, C. McCarl 7-13, Axsom 14-25. Hard-charger: Park.
360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 24, Kade Higday, Pleasant Hill, IA (1), 15.952; 2. 6, Brandon Wimmer, Fairmount, IN (8), 16.000; 3. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (6), 16.029; 4. 22, Ryan Leavitt, Knoxville, IA (9), 16.079; 5. 87, Aaron Reutzel, Clute, TX (21), 16.091; 6. 4, Cam Martin, Ankeny, IA (32), 16.132; 7. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (14), 16.166; 8. 99, Tony Rost, Omaha, NE (31), 16.168; 9. 17, Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA (26), 16.173; 10. 22X, Riley Goodno, Knoxville, IA (11), 16.219; 11. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (29), 16.287; 12. 7, Tyler Lee, Cedar Rapids, IA (10), 16.320; 13. 4W, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (15), 16.348; 14. 01, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (28), 16.375; 15. 77X, Alex Hill, Six Nations, ONT, Can. (5), 16.388; 16. 2M, Ryan Giles, Grimes, IA (33), 16.402; 17. 5A, Alex Vande Voort, Knoxville, IA (2), 16.481; 18. 7A, Jack Anderson, Newton, IA (17), 16.497; 19. 86, Timothy Smith, Rocheport, MO (18), 16.529; 20. 24N, Nathan Mills, Bondurant, IA (25), 16.534; 21. 1TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (23), 16.557; 22. 4G, Cole Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (30), 16.617; 23. 14, Aidan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (22), 16.687; 24. 20T, Corey Timmerman, Burlington, IA (35), 16.690; 25. 21, Gunner Ramey, Sedalia, MO (24), 16.701; 26. 4C, Tuesday Calderwood, Goodyear, AZ (19), 16.716; 27. 38, Logan Alexander, Lacona, IA (3), 16.727; 28. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (27), 16.779; 29. 47, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (34), 16.794; 30. 3R, Russell Potter, Boonville, MO (7), 16.883; 31. 7B, Ben Brown, Marshall, MO (20), 16.903; 32. 41D, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA (13), 16.955; 33. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (36), 16.993; 34. 16, Dustin Clark, Agency, IA (12), 17.014; 35. T4, Tyler Graves, Chariton, IA (4), 17.064; 36. 17N, Nathan Anderson, Newton, IA (16), 17.217
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, NT: 1. Jamie Ball (3); 2. Aaron Reutzel (5); 3. Tasker Phillips (1); 4. Tyler Groenendyk (4); 5. Kade Higday (6); 6. Alex Vande Voort (2); 7. Gunner Ramey (7); 8. Russ Hall (8); 9. Alan Zoutte (9);
Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 2:02.9: 1. Jack Anderson (2); 2. Cam Martin (5); 3. Cole Garner (1); 4. Terry McCarl (3); 5. Riley Goodno (4); 6. Brandon Wimmer (6); 7. Tuesday Calderwood (7); 8. Russell Potter (8); 9. Dustin Clark (9);
Heat three (started), 7 Laps, 2:01.6: 1. Sawyer Phillips (4); 2. Timothy Smith (2); 3. Clint Garner (6); 4. Joe Beaver (5); 5. Alex Hill (3); 6. Ben Brown (8); 7. Aidan Zoutte (1); 8. Logan Alexander (7); 9. Tyler Graves (9)
Heat four (started), 7 Laps, 2:02.2: 1. Nathan Mills (2); 2. Corey Timmerman (1); 3. Ryan Giles (3); 4. Tony Rost (5); 5. Tyler Lee (4); 6. Ryan Leavitt (6); 7. John Anderson (7); 8. Nathan Anderson (9); 9. Dan Henning (8);
B main (started), 10 Laps, NT: 1. Cole Garner (2); 2. Alex Vande Voort (1); 3. Ben Brown (8); 4. Gunner Ramey (5) / 5. Tuesday Calderwood (6); 6. Aidan Zoutte (4); 7. Russell Potter (9); 8. Dustin Clark (13); 9. John Anderson (7); 10. Logan Alexander (15); 11. Russ Hall (10); 12. Alan Zoutte (11); 13. Tyler Graves (16); 14. Dan Henning (12); 15. Nathan Anderson (14); 16. Corey Timmerman (3)
A main (started), 20 Laps, NT: 1. Aaron Reutzel (7); 2. Cam Martin (5); 3. Tyler Groenendyk (11); 4. Clint Garner (8); 5. Tony Rost (9); 6. Joe Beaver (1); 7. Riley Goodno (13); 8. Jamie Ball (10); 9. Sawyer Phillips (3); 10. Ryan Giles (15); 11. Cole Garner (21); 12. Tasker Phillips (20); 13. Alex Hill (19); 14. Terry McCarl (18); 15. Gunner Ramey (24); 16. Ben Brown (23); 17. Tyler Lee (17); 18. Nathan Mills (14); 19. Timothy Smith (16); 20. Kade Higday (6); 21. Alex Vande Voort (22); 22. Ryan Leavitt (2); 23. Brandon Wimmer (4); 24. Jack Anderson (12). Lap Leaders: Beaver 1-9, Reutzel 10-20. Hard-charger: Co. Garner.
Pro Series Results
Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 55, Toby Mosher, Osceola, IA (16), 17.376; 2. 26, Chase Young, Des Moines, IA (9), 17.403; 3. 88, J Kinder, Linn, MO (4), 17.508; 4. 17, Matt Allen, Norwalk, IA (10), 17.513; 5. 0, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (8), 17.561; 6. 7C, Devin Kline, Knoxville, IA (14), 17.567; 7. 7, Rob Kubli, Milo, IA (3), 17.594; 8. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Papillion, NE (1), 17.619; 9. 44, Brody Johnson, Melcher-Dallas, IA (13), 17.649; 10. 8J, AJ Johnson, Oskaloosa, IA (11), 17.697; 11. 12P, Ryan Navratil, Des Moines, IA (15), 17.762; 12. 41, Jeff Wilke, Knoxville, IA (17), 17.823; 13. 8, William Kline, Knoxville, IA (6), 17.892; 14. 12K, Koddy Hildreth, Zearing, IA (12), 17.987; 15. 71, Brandon Worthington, Indianola, IA (2), 18.036; 16. 9, Luke Lane, Milo, IA (5), 18.307; 17. 55KC, Bob Hildreth, Iowa Falls, IA (7), 18.745
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:51.5: 1. Ryan Navratil (1); 2. Mike Mayberry (4); 3. Rob Kubli (3); 4. J Kinder (5); 5. Toby Mosher (6); 6. Brandon Worthington (8); 7. Brody Johnson (2); 8. Bob Hildreth (9); 9. William Kline (7)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:51.9: 1. Jeff Wilke (1); 2. AJ Johnson (2); 3. Devin Kline (4); 4. Matthew Stelzer (3); 5. Chase Young (6); 6. Matt Allen (5); 7. Koddy Hildreth (7) DNS – Luke Lane
A main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1. Ryan Navratil (2); 2. J Kinder (6); 3. Rob Kubli (3); 4. Matt Allen (1); 5. Devin Kline (4); 6. Matthew Stelzer (11); 7. Chase Young (5); 8. Mike Mayberry (8); 9. Toby Mosher (7); 10. Jeff Wilke (10); 11. Koddy Hildreth (14); 12. Brody Johnson (12); 13. AJ Johnson (9); 14. Brandon Worthington (13); 15. Bob Hildreth (16); 16. William Kline (15) DNS – Luke Lane. Lap Leader: Navratil 1-18. Hard-charger: Stelzer.