Bryan Hulbert/Bill Wright - Knoxville, Iowa (August 3, 2012) Brooke Tatnell is no stranger to victory lane at the famed Knoxville Raceway, but not so much in the ASCS 360 division. That all changed on Friday night as the Australian grabbed night two of the 22n annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals.
Taking off from the third spot, the Pro Fab Engineering No. 14t would fall back one as Tony Bruce Jr. took off from the pole. Gaining a comfortable advantage from the word go, the Oil Medics No. 18 would soon be stalked by the No. 9p of Rager Phillips.
Taking the field to lap seven, Phillips would get the run for the race lead; taking the top spot on the eighth go-round.
Following Phillips by the No. 18, the runner up spot would be filled by Tatnell before the caution flew on lap nine for the Hard Core Speed Shop No. 09 of Matt Juhl who came to a rest at the top of turn two. Juhl would restart as the Phillips worked high and low to hold off the charge of Brook Tatnell on the restart.
Finding the moisture off the inside line, the Ostrich powered No. 14t would bolt into the race lead on the eleventh time around.
Racing off into slower traffic, Tatnell would pull to a sizable advantage as the fight on the track raged mid pack with Shane Stewart and Tim Shaffer on the move. Pulling just outside the top five, the battle on the speedway was for third as Tim Kaeding and Dusty Zomer went after Rager Phillips.
Clicking into the final five laps, the green stayed displayed with Brooke Tatnell continuing to pull away over the battle for the podium. Making quick work of third, Kaeding would jump into second with the Bargain Barn Tire Center No. 91 of Dusty Zomer in tow as the white flag was set to wave.
Set on cruise, Brook Tatnell would go unchallenged to his first ASCS win at the Knoxville Raceway. Tim Kaeding would cross the line second with Dusty Zomer making up the podium. Roger Crockett would take fourth with Rager Phillips settling for fifth.
Tim Shaffer would climb from thirteenth to sixth with Shane Stewart seventh. Wayne Johnson crossed he stripe eighth with Jason Myers and Jason Johnson rounding out the top ten.
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360 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order, 2 laps): 1. 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK (7), 16.809; 2. 11, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (10), 16.810; 3. 81, Danny Wood, Norman, OK (18), 16.905; 4. Seth Brahmer, Wisner, NE (3), 16.911; 5. 6x, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (15), 17.035; 6. 0s, Glenn Styres, Ohsweken, ONT, Can. (2), 17.038; 7. 91, Dusty Zomer, Brandon, SD (19), 17.060; 8. 10I, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (21), 17.069; 9. 77x, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (37), 17.154; 10. 21K, Lou Kennedy Jr., Winnipeg, MB, Can. (29), 17.156; 11. 2mx, Dustin Daggett, Portland, MI (17), 17.201; 12. 35AU, Jamie Veal, Warrnambool, VIC, Aust. (6), 17.203; 13. 14T, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (12), 17.211; 14. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (9), 17.215; 15. 7KS, Sheldon Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (1), 17.228; 16. 9P, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (30), 17.239; 17. 18, Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal, KS (20), 17.242; 18. 83JR, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (5), 17.243; 19. 82, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD (42), 17.292; 20. 14x, Gary Taylor, Snohomish, WA (50), 17.342; 21. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (47), 17.373; 22. 81J, Austin Johnson, Shakopee, MN (4), 17.390; 23. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (16), 17.407; 24. 54, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (36), 17.408; 25. 83, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (38), 17.410; 26. 09, Matt Juhl, Estherville, IA (31), 17.413; 27. 4B, Jordan Boston, Crete, NE (51), 17.441; 28. 05, Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO (11), 17.477; 29. 1, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX (27), 17.486; 30. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (35), 17.509; 31. 7m, Kevin Ramey, Fort Worth, TX (24), 17.516; 32. 14J, Josh Riggins, Newton, IA (14), 17.553; 33. 25, Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (26), 17.565; 34. 74x, Josh Hodges, Tijeras, NM (48), 17.594; 35. 21m, Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA (25), 17.597; 36. 32, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN (28), 17.601; 37. 0, Jonathan Allard, Chico, CA (32), 17.602; 38. 222, Koby Barksdale, Norman, OK (8), 17.603; 39. 0w, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (39), 17.603; 40. 55, Trey Starks, Puyallup, WA (23), 17.651; 41. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (49), 17.664; 42. 9, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX (33), 17.696; 43. 17B, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (22), 17.714; 44. 21w, Wes Wofford, Alamogordo, NM (44), 17.938; 45. 83J, Geoff Ensign, Sebastopol, CA (52), 17.990; 46. 3A, AG Rains, West Memphis, AR (41), 17.996; 47. 66, Geoff Dodge, Speedway, IN (13), 18.040; 48. 97, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (34), 18.046; 49. 11n, Ed Neumeister, Upper Sandusky, OH (40), 18.086; 50. 13JM, Jordan Martens, Sioux Falls, SD (43), 18.226; / 51. 77, Dalten Gabbard, Peoria, AZ (46), 18.245; 52. 17w, Cole Wood, Auburn, CA (45), 18.422.
Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:19.8: 1. Jason Johnson (2) 2. Matt Juhl (1) 3. Shane Stewart (6) 4. Rager Phillips (3) / 5. Dustin Daggett (4) 6. Scott Winters (8) 7. Nate Van Haaften (9) 8. Glenn Styres (5) / 9. Kevin Ramey (7) 10. AG Rains (10)
Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:20.4: 1. Jordan Boston (1) 2. Tony Bruce Jr. (3) 3. Roger Crockett (6) 4. Dusty Zomer (5) / 5. Jamie Veal (4) 6. Gary Wright (9) 7. Austin Johnson (2) 8. Josh Riggins (7) / 9. Geoff Dodge (10) 10. Jonathan Allard (8)
Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:24.8: 1. Brad Loyet (1) 2. Tim Kaeding (3) 3. Brooke Tatnell (4) 4. Danny Wood (6) / 5. Dennis Moore Jr. (5) 6. Carson McCarl (10) 7. Dylan Peterson (7) 8. Koby Barksdale (8) 9. Josh Baughman (9) 10. Ricky Montgomery (2)
Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:22.9: 1. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (1) 2. Justin Henderson (3) 3. Wayne Johnson (5) 4. Jeff Swindell (8) / 5. Seth Brahmer (6) 6. Seth Bergman (4) 7. Josh Hodges (7) 8. Wes Wofford (9) / 9. Ed Neumeister (10) 10. Cap Henry (2)
Heat five (started), 8 laps, 2:22.2: 1. Johnny Herrera (1) 2. Tim Shaffer (2) 3. Gary Taylor (3) 4. Jason Meyers (7) / 5. Sheldon Haudenschild (4) 6. Kaley Gharst (6) 7. Lou Kennedy Jr. (5) 8. Trey Starks (8) / 9. Geoff Ensign (9) 10. Jordan Martens (10)
C main (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Jonathan Allard (1) 2. Kevin Ramey (2) 3. Koby Barksdale (4) 4. Geoff Ensign (6) / 5. AG Rains (5) 6. Dalten Gabbard (9) 7. Cole Wood (10) 8. Ed Neumeister (7) / 9. Josh Baughman (3) 10. Geoff Dodge (8) 11. Cap Henry (1) DNS – Cap Henry, Jordan Martens
B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Kaley Gharst (2) 2. Seth Brahmer (1) 3. Dennis Moore Jr. (4) 4. Dustin Daggett (6) / 5. Glenn Styres (3) 6. Jamie Veal (7) 7. Sheldon Haudenschild (9) 8. Scott Winters (15) 9. Seth Bergman (8) 10. Jonathan Allard (21) 11. Nate Van Haaften (17) 12. Kevin Ramey (22) 13. Wes Wofford (19) 14. Geoff Ensign (24) 15. Austin Johnson (10) 16. Ricky Montgomery (11) 17. Trey Starks (16) 18. Dylan Peterson (13) 19. Koby Barksdale (23) 20. Lou Kennedy Jr. (5) 21. Gary Wright (18) 22. Josh Riggins (12) 23. Josh Hodges (14) 24. Carson McCarl (20)
A main (started), 20 laps, NT: 1. Brooke Tatnell (3) 2. Tim Kaeding (9) 3. Dusty Zomer (5) 4. Roger Crockett (7) 5. Rager Phillips (2) 6. Tim Shaffer (13) 7. Shane Stewart (8) 8. Wayne Johnson (4) 9. Jason Meyers (19) 10. Jason Johnson (12) 11. Justin Henderson (10) 12. Danny Wood (6) 13. Johnny Herrera (18) 14. Tony Bruce Jr. (1) 15. Jeff Swindell (20) 16. Kaley Gharst (21) 17. Sam Hafertepe Jr. (17) 18. Dustin Daggett (24) 19. Gary Taylor (11) 20. Brad Loyet (16) 21. Seth Brahmer (22) 22. Dennis Moore Jr. (23) 23. Jordan Boston (15) 24. Matt Juhl (14).
Lap Leaders: Bruce Jr. 1-7, R. Phillips 8-10, Tatnell 11-20.
Feature Lineups for Saturday night’s 22nd Annual Arnold Motor Supply 360 Nationals Championship
A main
Roger Crockett 486
Shane Stewart 482
Kevin Swindell 480
Brady Bacon 480
Danny Lasoski 479
Dusty Zomer 475
Jack Dover 471
Brooke Tatnell 470
Paul McMahan 467
Danny Wood 465
Wayne Johnson 464
Clint Garner 464
Jonathan Cornell 462
Tim Kaeding 461
Ryan Anderson 459
Rager Phillips 453
Brad Sweet 451
Randy Hannagan 448
Kaley Gharst 447
Jason Johnson 442
B main
Seth Brahmer 442
Justin Henderson 441
Tim Shaffer 439
Tony Bruce Jr. 439
Jesse Giannetto 434
Dustin Daggett 434
Kyle Larson 432
Dennis Moore Jr. 432
Jon Agan 430
Randy Martin 424
Tony Shilling 422
Terry McCarl 422
Brian Brown 421
Gary Taylor 420
Jake Martens 419
Johnny Herrera 418
Danny Jennings 416
Logan Forler 415
Henry Van Dam 413
Bobby Mincer 413
C main
Sam Hafertepe Jr. 412
Glenn Styres 411
RJ Johnson 408
Brad Loyet 408
Jason Meyers 407
Jamie Veal 406
Jordan Boston 404
Matt Juhl 401
Sheldon Haudenschild 398
Tony Norem 397
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 396
Seth Bergman 393
Jeff Swindell 387
Matt Moro 387
Josh Higday 379
Lou Kennedy Jr. 376
Russ Hall 364
Austin Johnson 362
Ricky Montgomery 361
David Hall 359
D main
Mark Pace 356
Scott Winters 351
Matt Covington 345
Jac Haudenschild 345
Danny Smith 344
Kevin Ramey 344
Dustin Selvage 344
JD Johnson 343
Jared Horstman 334
Jonathan Allard 333
Nate Van Haaften 332
Dylan Peterson 331
Larry Howery 331
Davey Heskin 328
Josh Riggins 325
Joshua Hodges 322
Derek Hagar 321
Ryan Roberts 320
Daryn Pittman 319
Wes Wofford 319
E main
Trey Starks 319
Koby Barksdale 316
Kyle Bellm 313
Gary Wright 313
Geoff Ensign 312
Kevin Ingle 309
Cap Henry 307
Tasker Phillips 301
Alan Ambers 300
Carson McCarl 292
Thomas Kennedy 289
Aaron Reutzel 284
AG Rains 275
Josh Baughman 273
Dustin Morgan 272
Justin Carver 268
Ed Neumeister 266
Geoff Dodge 266
Lee Grosz 265
Shawn Peterson 254
Alternates:
Jordan Martens 253
Dalten Gabbard 240
Ray Allen Kulhanek 238
Cole Wood 233
Chris Ackland 223
Alan Zoutte 217
Rick Wright Jr. 210
Joe Beaver 195
Photo Credit: Tim Aylwin