Weekend #4 Recap

NOS Energy Drink night at the Knoxville Raceway means an extremely busy Saturday for me. However I was able to watch two entertaining race programs. Ricky Logan dominated the 15 lap 360 feature while Johnny Herrera held off a challenge from Don Droud Jr. to win the 410 race.

There were 42 cars in the 360 class, and 41 in the 410s.

My Take...
Knoxville Championship Cup 410s

-Knoxville ran group qualifying in the 410 class to help speed up the show. I don't think that's a bad thing. Of course I'm not sure if I'd want to see that every weekend, but they're trying new things and I appreciate that.

-Herrera had a great weekend, winning the IRA show on Friday night in Burlington, Iowa and then Knoxville's Saturday program.

After the win, Herrera sits atop KCCS 410 points.

-Don Droud Jr. bounced back from a disappointing opening weekend to qualify second quick, and eventually finish runner-up in the 410 feature. It was a lot of fun watching him run so well and I was very happy for him and the rest of the Casey's team.

With the second place finish, Droud sits second in KCCS points.

-With a third place finish, Brian Brown earned his second top 5 at Knoxville in as many shows and has displayed consistency that wins championships. Brown also finished third Friday night in Burlington.

Currently Brown sits third in KCCS points.

-Billy Alley had ignition problems early on that kept him out of qualifying. Alley was able to finish 4th in his heat an earn the 20th starting spot in the A. From there, Alley had put on a great performance, eventually finishing fifth.

-Seth Brahmer finished 23rd in the A.

-With two shows down the only thing that's clear is what a competitive field of 410s it will be in 2009.

KCCS 410s
1. 2W-Johnny Herrera
2. 47-Don Droud Jr.
3. 21-Brian Brown
4. 1-Bronson Maeschen
5. 22-Billy Alley
6. 2-Skip Jackson
7. 17G-Dusty Zomer
8. 24-Lynton Jeffrey
9. 13-Mark Dobmeier
10. 19-Bob Weuve
11. 56-Davy Heskin
12. 17B-Bill Balog
13. 2WX-Scott Neitzel
14. 49-Josh Schneiderman
15. 71R-Ryan Anderson
16. 7K-Chris Morgan
17. 85M-Steve Meyer
18. 17A-Austin McCarl
19. 1PC-Pete Crall
20. 21J-John Haeni
21. 02-Mike Reinke
22. 69-Mike Moore
23. 13V-Seth Brahmer
24. 4B-Scott Biertzer

Knoxville Championship Cup 360s

-Ricky Logan started third in the feature, took the lead on the first lap and was never seriously challenged.

-Chad Humston won his heat race for the second week in a row, and came home fifth in the feature. It looks like Humston is getting more and more comfortable in the Banana Wagon with every show. It would be great if he could pick up a 360 victory at Knoxville. If he keeps hanging around the top five, eventually good things will happen.

Humston sits second in KCCS points.

-Ryan Roberts did not enjoy as good a showing as last week. Roberts won the B main but finished 16th in the A.

Roberts sits fourth in the KCCS points standings.

-Jay Russell finished 11th in the B.

KCCS 360s
1. 10A-Ricky Logan
2. 14-Randy Martin
3. 40-Clint Garner
4. 2A-Johnny Anderson
5. 1M-Chad Humston
6. 8L-Tom Lenz
7. 3-Nate Van Haaften
8. 29-Russ Hall
9. 12M-Brett Mather
10. 11X-Gregg Bakker
11. 10-Bryan Dobesh
12. 54-Jon Agan
13. 53-Joe Beaver
14. 23-Seth Bergman
15. 20-Dennis Moore Jr.
16. 18-Ryan Roberts
17. 48-Tyler Thompson
18. 33-Alan Zoutte
19. 4J-Lee Grosz
20. 28-Jonathan Cornell

I'm not sure what the plan is for this weekend. I may work for NOS again, or take the weekend off and catch my first show at Eagle Raceway.

Only two more weeks until Indy!