Late Model Nationals results from night two at Knoxville Raceway
Tonight, the national dirt late model drivers unload in Knoxville, Iowa. The half-mile dirt track is set for night two of three in the famed Knoxville Late Model Nationals.
View Knoxville results for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series below.
Knoxville Late Model Nationals: Menu
Sept 16 | Sept 17 | Lineups | Sept 18
Drivers are points racing in the Thursday and Friday portions of the show. Passing points are in play and the highest points night between the two will be used to set the lineup for Saturday’s $50,000 finale.
Tonight, they’re racing for another $7,000 payout. Brandon Sheppard and Tyler Bruening line up on the front row. 25 laps of dirt late model racing are up next…
Knoxville
Main Event – Report
Green flag, Sheppard leads on the inside into turn one. Bruening pulls even on the outside off turn two but Sheppard holds the led into turn three.
Lap 3, Bruening works under Sheppard for the lead in turn one. Tyler Erb has a run on both of them. Erb to the lead on the inside.
Lap 10, Erb leads Bruening by 2 seconds.
Lap 11, Strickler slides Babb for 4th. McCreadie follows him through to take 5th.
Lap 16, Bruening has closed the gap to Erb, just a 1 seconds lead. Erb works heavy lap traffic.
8 to go, Logan Martin slows and the caution is out.
Green, Tyler Erb launches from the cushion and he leads by three car lengths into turn one. Sheppard knocks the cushion in turn one and he has the momentum off turn two to take 2nd away.
6 to go, Kyle Strickler jumps the cushion after being forced wide by Ricky Thornton Jr. Strickler smacks the wall and the caution is out.
Green, Tyler Erb leads into turn one. Sheppard knocks the cushion once more and clears Bruening off turn two to hold 2nd.
3 to go, Thornton Jr jumps the cushion and brushes the wall but he keeps it rolling.
2 to go, Shannon Babb slows and the caution is out.
Green, Erb leads Sheppard on the single file restart.
Tyler Erb wins at Knoxville Raceway!
Knoxville Raceway
Race Results
September 17, 2021
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2021 results from the Knoxville, Iowa dirt track below.
Hot Laps
Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. 1S-Brandon Sheppard, 00:18.696[10]; 2. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:19.225[2]; 3. 18J-Chase Junghans, 00:19.438[7]; 4. 248-Tim Lance, 00:19.948[9]; 5. 41-Jeremiah Hurst, 00:19.978[3]; 6. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:20.157[5]; 7. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:20.238[4]; 8. 10K-Shawn Kirwin, 00:20.632[8]; 9. 33-Nick Marolf, 00:20.670[6]; 10. 10-Junior Coover, 00:20.990[11]; 11. 21B-Rich Bell, 00:59.999[1]
Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:17.786[2]; 2. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:17.952[9]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:18.021[7]; 4. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:18.260[1]; 5. 7W-Ricky Weiss, 00:18.264[8]; 6. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:18.464[12]; 7. 14-Josh Richards, 00:18.666[10]; 8. 51-Matt Furman, 00:18.841[3]; 9. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:18.910[6]; 10. 80-Allan Hopp, 00:19.415[5]; 11. 22M-Charlie McKenna, 00:19.577[4]; 12. 14M-Reid Millard, 00:20.406[11]
Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:17.753[3]; 2. 66-Kyle Bronson, 00:17.950[12]; 3. 98-Jason Rauen, 00:17.957[1]; 4. 1C-Chad Simpson, 00:18.027[11]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:18.128[10]; 6. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:18.160[9]; 7. 59-Garrett Alberson, 00:18.172[6]; 8. 32S-Chris Simpson, 00:18.240[2]; 9. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:18.526[7]; 10. 93-Mason Oberkramer, 00:18.552[8]; 11. 6H-Al Humphrey, 00:19.362[5]; 12. 1X-Aaron Marrant, 00:19.380[4]
Hot Laps – Group 4 : 1. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:17.623[6]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:17.660[8]; 3. 11H-Spencer Hughes, 00:18.005[4]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:18.031[9]; 5. 36-Logan Martin, 00:18.036[3]; 6. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:18.164[11]; 7. 45-Kyle Hammer, 00:18.213[5]; 8. 29D-Spencer Diercks, 00:18.326[10]; 9. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:18.337[7]; 10. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:18.383[2]; 11. 21M-Luke Merfeld, 00:18.884[1]
Qualifying
Qualifying – Group A (2 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:17.486[2]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:17.806[19]; 3. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:17.834[14]; 4. 18J-Chase Junghans, 00:17.949[7]; 5. 41-Jeremiah Hurst, 00:17.959[3]; 6. 7W-Ricky Weiss, 00:17.960[20]; 7. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:17.966[13]; 8. 1S-Brandon Sheppard, 00:18.049[10]; 9. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:18.196[24]; 10. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:18.218[5];
11. 14-Josh Richards, 00:18.447[22]; 12. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:18.465[21]; 13. 21B-Rich Bell, 00:18.525[1]; 14. 33-Nick Marolf, 00:18.536[6]; 15. 22M-Charlie McKenna, 00:18.706[16]; 16. 51-Matt Furman, 00:18.778[15]; 17. 80-Allan Hopp, 00:18.811[17]; 18. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:19.134[4]; 19. 10K-Shawn Kirwin, 00:19.145[8]; 20. 10-Junior Coover, 00:19.688[11];
21. 14M-Reid Millard, 00:20.019[23]; 22. 248-Tim Lance, 00:21.465[9]; 23. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:59.998[18]; 24. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:59.999[12]
Qualifying – Group B (2 Laps): 1. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:17.791[19]; 2. 36-Logan Martin, 00:17.937[15]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:18.007[3]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:18.190[7]; 5. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:18.208[14]; 6. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:18.251[20]; 7. 32S-Chris Simpson, 00:18.295[2]; 8. 45-Kyle Hammer, 00:18.325[17]; 9. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:18.367[18]; 10. 11H-Spencer Hughes, 00:18.385[16];
11. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:18.398[9]; 12. 98-Jason Rauen, 00:18.405[1]; 13. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:18.458[23]; 14. 59-Garrett Alberson, 00:18.479[6]; 15. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:18.551[10]; 16. 66-Kyle Bronson, 00:18.556[12]; 17. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:18.703[21]; 18. 1C-Chad Simpson, 00:18.753[11]; 19. 21M-Luke Merfeld, 00:19.044[13]; 20. 93-Mason Oberkramer, 00:19.219[8];
21. 29D-Spencer Diercks, 00:19.654[22]; 22. 6H-Al Humphrey, 00:20.032[5]; 23. 1X-Aaron Marrant, 00:59.999[4]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[6]; 2. 1T-Tyler Erb[4]; 3. 21B-Rich Bell[2]; 4. 18J-Chase Junghans[5]; 5. 51-Matt Furman[1]; 6. 10K-Shawn Kirwin[7]; 7. 30-Todd Cooney[3]; 8. (DNS) 248-Tim Lance
Heat 2 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 2. 157-Mike Marlar[6]; 3. 14-Josh Richards[3]; 4. 33-Nick Marolf[2]; 5. 80-Allan Hopp[1]; 6. 41-Jeremiah Hurst[5]; 7. 10-Junior Coover[7]; 8. (DNS) 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck
Heat 3 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 20-Jimmy Owens[4]; 2. 25F-Jason Feger[1]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[3]; 4. 71-Hudson O’Neal[6]; 5. 22M-Charlie McKenna[2]; 6. 14M-Reid Millard[7]; 7. 7W-Ricky Weiss[5]; 8. (DNS) 53-Andrew Kosiski
Heat 4 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[2]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 3. 66-Kyle Bronson[1]; 4. 11H-Spencer Hughes[3]; 5. 32S-Chris Simpson[4]; 6. 04-Tad Pospisil[6]; 7. 21M-Luke Merfeld[7]; 8. 6H-Al Humphrey[8]
Heat 5 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 25-Shane Clanton[1]; 2. 8-Kyle Strickler[3]; 3. 18-Shannon Babb[5]; 4. 45-Kyle Hammer[4]; 5. 36-Logan Martin[6]; 6. 59-Garrett Alberson[2]; 7. 1X-Aaron Marrant[8]; 8. 93-Mason Oberkramer[7]
Heat 6 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[6]; 2. 1C-Chad Simpson[1]; 3. 16-Tyler Bruening[5]; 4. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[4]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin[2]; 6. 98-Jason Rauen[3]; 7. 29D-Spencer Diercks[7]
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (15 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 18J-Chase Junghans[2]; 3. 41-Jeremiah Hurst[3]; 4. 51-Matt Furman[6]; 5. 22M-Charlie McKenna[5]; 6. 33-Nick Marolf[4]; 7. 30-Todd Cooney[10]; 8. 10K-Shawn Kirwin[8]; 9. 248-Tim Lance[13]; 10. 80-Allan Hopp[7]; 11. 14M-Reid Millard[9]; 12. (DNS) 10-Junior Coover; 13. (DNS) 7W-Ricky Weiss; 14. (DNS) 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck; 15. (DNS) 53-Andrew Kosiski
B-Main 2 (15 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 36-Logan Martin[2]; 2. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[5]; 3. 32S-Chris Simpson[3]; 4. 04-Tad Pospisil[1]; 5. 45-Kyle Hammer[4]; 6. 98-Jason Rauen[7]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin[9]; 8. 11H-Spencer Hughes[6]; 9. 1X-Aaron Marrant[11]; 10. 29D-Spencer Diercks[12]; 11. 93-Mason Oberkramer[14]; 12. 59-Garrett Alberson[8]; 13. 21M-Luke Merfeld[10]; 14. 6H-Al Humphrey[13]
Knoxville Raceway
Feature Race Results
September 17, 2021
A-Main (25 Laps – $7,000 to win):
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings
1. 1T-Tyler Erb[3]
$7,000
2. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[1]
$4,000
3. 16-Tyler Bruening[2]
$3,000
4. 39-Tim McCreadie[8]
$2,000
5. 157-Mike Marlar[5]
$1,500
6. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]
$1,000
7. 20-Jimmy Owens[9]
$900
8. 71-Hudson O’Neal[19]
$900
9. 66-Kyle Bronson[14]
$700
10. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[12]
$600
11. 18J-Chase Junghans[21]
$680
12. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[22]
$660
13. 25-Shane Clanton[16]
$540
14. 49-Jonathan Davenport[7]
$520
15. 32S-Chris Simpson[24]
$600
16. 14-Josh Richards[11]
$490
17. 25F-Jason Feger[17]
$480
18. 21B-Rich Bell[15]
$470
19. 41-Jeremiah Hurst[23]
$560
20. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[13]
$450
21. 18-Shannon Babb[4]
$450
22. 8-Kyle Strickler[10]
$430
23. 1C-Chad Simpson[18]
$410
24. 36-Logan Martin[20]
$500
Race Statistics
Entrants: 47
Lap Leaders: Brandon Sheppard (Laps 1-2); Tyler Erb (Laps 3-25)
Wrisco Feature Winner: Tyler Erb
Arizona Sport Shirts CJC – Presented by DirtOnDirt Feature Winner: n/a
Brandon Ford TV Challenge Feature Winner: Tyler Erb
Margin of Victory: 0.910 seconds
Stop Tech Brakes Cautions: Logan Martin (Lap 17); Kyle Strickler (Lap 19); Shannon Babb (Lap 23)
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Tyler Erb, Brandon Sheppard, Tyler Bruening
Penske Shocks Top 5: Tyler Erb, Brandon Sheppard, Tyler Bruening, Tim McCreadie, Mike Marlar
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Hudson O’Neal (Advanced 11 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Tim McCreadie
Hot Rod Processing Most Laps Led: Tyler Erb (23 Laps)
Sunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Tyler Erb
Eibach Springs Rookie of the Race: Ricky Thornton Jr.
Dirty Girl Racewear Fastest Lap of the Race: Tyler Erb (Lap 3 – 20.334 seconds)
Fast Shafts Tough Break of the Race: Kyle Strickler
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Randall Edwards (Tyler Erb)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Rocket Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Earl Pearson, Jr. (17.623 seconds)
Time of Race: 20 minutes 54 seconds
Knoxville Nationals Points
Note: Highest points total of Thursday or Friday.
Pos | Driver | Points
1. Tim McCreadie
490
2. Tyler Erb
488
3. Mike Marlar
487
4. Kyle Strickler
486
5. Brandon Sheppard
484
6. Ricky Weiss
484
7. Earl Pearson Jr
483
8. Jonathan Davenport
482
9. Ricky Thornton Jr
481
10. Tyler Bruening
480
11. Hudson O’Neal
473
12. Jimmy Owens
472
13. Chase Junghans
465
14. Chad Simpson
465
15. Frank Heckenast Jr
461
16. Spencer Hughes
450
17. Kyle Bronson
449
18. Josh Richards
448
19. Chris Simpson
448
20. Shannon Babb
446
21. Shane Clanton
444
22. Tad Pospisil
443
23. Jeremiah Hurst
441
24. Logan Martin
440
25. Tony Jackson Jr
436
26. Rich Bell
436
27. Jason Feger
431
28. Garrett Alberson
429
29. Kyle Hammer
426
30. Ryan Gustin
421
31. Nick Marolf
405
32. Jason Rauen
403
33. Todd Cooney
402
34. Charlie McKenna
402
35. Matt Furman
402
36. Luke Maerfeld
402
37. Spencer Diercks
398
38. Aaron Marrant
396
39. Mason Oberkramer
395
40. Allan Hopp
388
41. Shawn Kirwin
385
42. Tim Lance
377
43. Reid Millard
375
44. Junior Coover
372
45. Al Humphrey
368
46. Daniel Hilsabeck
361
47. Andrew Kosiski
355
Links
Knoxville Raceway | Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
