Late Model Nationals results from night one at Knoxville Raceway
Tonight, it’s night one of a three-day show in Knoxville, Iowa. The half-mile of Knoxville Raceway is set for the opening night of the 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
$50,000 is up fro grabs on Saturday night. Tonight’s preliminary feature will pay $7,000 to the race winner.
Ricky Weiss and Tyler Erb line up on the front row. 25 laps of dirt late model racing are up next…
Knoxville Feature
Report
Green flag, Weiss leads early.
Lap 2, Tyler Erb fights back to take over the race lead.
Lap 5, Erb leads Weiss by 2.5 seconds. He runs low in one corner, high in the other.
Lap 12, Larson slides Marlar for 6th. Larson jumps right back to the cushion.
Lap 15, Davenport works inside of Weiss for 2nd. Weiss shuts the door as McCreadie closes on both of them.
9 to go, Davenport clears Weiss for 2nd.
Chris Simpson slows, caution.
Green, Erb launches from the cushion as Davenport looks to the inside in turn one. Erb holds the lead off turn two.
Larson slides McCreadie for 4th.
7 to go
7 to go, Larson builds momentum off the cushion. He has a run on Weiss but Weiss slides to the outside wall and slams the door shut. Larson looks to cross under him but instead he lifts and sticks with the top.
6 to go, Marlar folds the nose under the right front after jumping the cushion. He comes to a stop, caution.
Green, Erb leads from the cushion. Davenport slides him into turn one but Erb crosses under him off turn two to retakes the lead.
5 to go, Larson squeezes between Weiss and the outside wall to take 3rd away.
3 to go, Larson is running down Davenport. He dives to the inside back in turn one, Davenport shuts the door and Larson jumps over the inside berm.
2 to go, heavy damage for Hudson O’Neal, caution.
Green, Erb leads Davenport and Larson on the single file restart. Davenport looks to the inside in turn one but he can;t complete the pass off turn two.
1 to go, Larson knocks the cushion and closes on Davenport.
Tyler Erb wins night one at Knoxville Raceway!
Knoxville Raceway
Race Results
September 16, 2021
Lucas Oil Late Models
View full 2021 results from the Knoxville, Iowa dirt track below.
Hot Laps
Hot Laps – Group 1 : 1. 1C-Chad Simpson, 00:18.243[12]; 2. 1S-Brandon Sheppard, 00:18.269[10]; 3. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:18.285[2]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:18.431[6]; 5. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:18.444[11]; 6. 21M-Luke Merfeld, 00:18.858[4]; 7. 29D-Spencer Diercks, 00:18.875[8]; 8. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:18.947[3]; 9. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:19.163[7]; 10. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:19.229[1]; 11. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:19.655[9]; 12. 10-Junior Coover, 00:20.472[5]
Hot Laps – Group 2 : 1. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:18.527[8]; 2. 59-Garrett Alberson, 00:18.471[10]; 3. 7W-Ricky Weiss, 00:18.674[5]; 4. 21B-Rich Bell, 00:18.710[6]; 5. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:19.011[1]; 6. 1X-Aaron Marrant, 00:19.284[2]; 7. 33-Nick Marolf, 00:19.561[12]; 8. 6H-Al Humphrey, 00:19.907[11]; 9. 20-Jimmy Owens[9]; 10. 18J-Chase Junghans[7]; 11. 66-Kyle Bronson[4]
Hot Laps – Group 3 : 1. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:18.537[9]; 2. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:18.320[6]; 3. 45-Kyle Hammer, 00:18.719[2]; 4. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:18.806[4]; 5. 32S-Chris Simpson, 00:18.926[8]; 6. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:19.071[10]; 7. 36-Logan Martin, 00:19.248[1]; 8. 10K-Shawn Kirwin, 00:19.485[7]; 9. 80-Allan Hopp, 00:19.899[3]; 10. 22M-Charlie McKenna, 00:20.017[5]; 11. 14M-Reid Millard, 00:20.689[11]; 12. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[12]
Hot Laps – Group 4 : 1. 6-Kyle Larson, 00:18.186[7]; 2. 14-Josh Richards, 00:18.356[2]; 3. 11H-Spencer Hughes, 00:18.469[3]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:18.496[5]; 5. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:18.504[1]; 6. 98-Jason Rauen, 00:18.626[4]; 7. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:18.912[9]; 8. 93-Mason Oberkramer, 00:19.029[8]; 9. 51-Matt Furman, 00:19.098[10]; 10. 41-Jeremiah Hurst, 00:20.087[11]; 11. 48-Tim Lance, 00:21.003[6]; 12. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:21.003[12]
Qualifying
Qualifying – Group A (2 Laps): 1. 8-Kyle Strickler, 00:17.878[1]; 2. 39-Tim McCreadie, 00:18.057[2]; 3. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:18.144[6]; 4. 04-Tad Pospisil, 00:18.222[7]; 5. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:18.223[20]; 6. 7W-Ricky Weiss, 00:18.269[17]; 7. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:18.347[3]; 8. 157-Mike Marlar, 00:18.348[11]; 9. 1C-Chad Simpson, 00:18.486[12]; 10. 29D-Spencer Diercks, 00:18.523[8];
11. 66-Kyle Bronson, 00:18.567[16]; 12. 1S-Brandon Sheppard, 00:18.578[10]; 13. 18J-Chase Junghans, 00:18.692[19]; 14. 21M-Luke Merfeld, 00:18.756[4]; 15. 1X-Aaron Marrant, 00:18.915[14]; 16. 59-Garrett Alberson, 00:18.942[22]; 17. 30-Todd Cooney, 00:19.097[13]; 18. 33-Nick Marolf, 00:19.097[24]; 19. 20-Jimmy Owens, 00:19.389[21]; 20. 10-Junior Coover, 00:19.443[5]; 21. 21B-Rich Bell, 00:19.570[18]; 22. 25F-Jason Feger, 00:19.604[9]; 23. 6H-Al Humphrey, 00:19.833[23]; 24. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:59.999[15]
Qualifying – Group B (2 Laps): 1. 6-Kyle Larson, 00:18.041[19]; 2. 46-Earl Pearson Jr, 00:18.053[12]; 3. 45-Kyle Hammer, 00:18.302[2]; 4. 32S-Chris Simpson, 00:18.325[8]; 5. 36-Logan Martin, 00:18.381[1]; 6. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:18.501[10]; 7. 1T-Tyler Erb, 00:18.615[9]; 8. 11H-Spencer Hughes, 00:18.656[15]; 9. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:18.682[4]; 10. 41-Jeremiah Hurst, 00:18.708[23];
11. 18-Shannon Babb, 00:18.832[21]; 12. 25-Shane Clanton, 00:18.864[17]; 13. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr, 00:18.893[13]; 14. 98-Jason Rauen, 00:18.910[16]; 15. 14-Josh Richards, 00:19.123[14]; 16. 93-Mason Oberkramer, 00:19.130[20]; 17. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:19.214[6]; 18. 48-Tim Lance, 00:19.530[18]; 19. 51-Matt Furman, 00:19.590[22]; 20. 80-Allan Hopp, 00:19.832[3]; 21. 22M-Charlie McKenna, 00:19.919[5]; 22. 14M-Reid Millard, 00:20.274[11]; 23. 10K-Shawn Kirwin, 00:20.421[7]; 24. 53-Andrew Kosiski, 00:59.999[24]
Heat Races
Heat 1 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 18J-Chase Junghans[2]; 2. 59-Garrett Alberson[1]; 3. 8-Kyle Strickler[6]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[4]; 5. 20-Jimmy Owens[7]; 6. 04-Tad Pospisil[5]; 7. 29D-Spencer Diercks[3]; 8. 25F-Jason Feger[8]
Heat 2 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 39-Tim McCreadie[6]; 2. 16-Tyler Bruening[5]; 3. 157-Mike Marlar[4]; 4. 66-Kyle Bronson[3]; 5. 21M-Luke Merfeld[2]; 6. 30-Todd Cooney[1]; 7. 6H-Al Humphrey[8]; 8. 10-Junior Coover[7]
Heat 3 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance) : 1. 7W-Ricky Weiss[5]; 2. 1C-Chad Simpson[4]; 3. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[3]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]; 5. 1X-Aaron Marrant[2]; 6. 21B-Rich Bell[7]; 7. 33-Nick Marolf[1]; 8. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[8]
Heat 4 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 1T-Tyler Erb[4]; 2. 6-Kyle Larson[6]; 3. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[2]; 4. 41-Jeremiah Hurst[3]; 5. 32S-Chris Simpson[5]; 6. 93-Mason Oberkramer[1]; 7. 51-Matt Furman[7]; 8. 14M-Reid Millard[8]
Heat 5 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 71-Hudson O’Neal[1]; 2. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[6]; 3. 11H-Spencer Hughes[4]; 4. 98-Jason Rauen[2]; 5. 36-Logan Martin[5]; 6. 80-Allan Hopp[7]; 7. 10K-Shawn Kirwin[8]; 8. 18-Shannon Babb[3]
Heat 6 (12 Laps – Top 4 Advance): 1. 14-Josh Richards[2]; 2. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[4]; 3. 49-Jonathan Davenport[5]; 4. 25-Shane Clanton[3]; 5. 45-Kyle Hammer[6]; 6. 48-Tim Lance[1]; 7. 22M-Charlie McKenna[7]; 8. (DNS) 53-Andrew Kosiski
B-Mains
B-Main 1 (15 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. 66-Kyle Bronson[4]; 3. 04-Tad Pospisil[2]; 4. 20-Jimmy Owens[8]; 5. 19R-Ryan Gustin[3]; 6. 21M-Luke Merfeld[5]; 7. 25F-Jason Feger[13]; 8. 1X-Aaron Marrant[6]; 9. 29D-Spencer Diercks[10]; 10. 21B-Rich Bell[9]; 11. 6H-Al Humphrey[11]; 12. 22H-Daniel Hilsabeck[15]; 13. 10-Junior Coover[14]; 14. 30-Todd Cooney[7]; 15. 33-Nick Marolf[12]
B-Main 1 (15 Laps – Top 3 Advance) : 1. 25-Shane Clanton[5]; 2. 36-Logan Martin[3]; 3. 32S-Chris Simpson[2]; 4. 41-Jeremiah Hurst[4]; 5. 45-Kyle Hammer[1]; 6. 93-Mason Oberkramer[7]; 7. 98-Jason Rauen[6]; 8. 80-Allan Hopp[9]; 9. 22M-Charlie McKenna[12]; 10. 10K-Shawn Kirwin[11]; 11. 14M-Reid Millard[13]; 12. 51-Matt Furman[10]; 13. 48-Tim Lance[8]; 14. (DNS) 18-Shannon Babb; 15. (DNS) 53-Andrew Kosiski
Knoxville Raceway
Feature Race Results
September 16, 2021
A-Main (25 Laps – $7,000 to win):
Pos | Car | Driver | Start Pos | Race Earnings
1. 1T-Tyler Erb[2]
$7,000
2. 49-Jonathan Davenport[4]
$4,000
3. 6-Kyle Larson[8]
$3,000
4. 7W-Ricky Weiss[1]
$2,000
5. 8-Kyle Strickler[7]
$1,500
6. 39-Tim McCreadie[5]
$1,000
7. 46-Earl Pearson Jr[6]
$900
8. 16-Tyler Bruening[3]
$800
9. 1C-Chad Simpson[11]
$700
10. 1S-Brandon Sheppard[13]
$600
11. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr[12]
$580
12. 66-Kyle Bronson[21]
$560
13. 14-Josh Richards[16]
$540
14. 18J-Chase Junghans[15]
$520
15. 25-Shane Clanton[20]
$490
16. 11H-Spencer Hughes[10]
$480
17. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[19]
$470
18. 56JR-Tony Jackson Jr[14]
$460
19. 04-Tad Pospisil[23]
$450
20. 59-Garrett Alberson[17]
$440
21. 71-Hudson O’Neal[18]
$440
22. 36-Logan Martin[22]
$430
23. 157-Mike Marlar[9]
$410
24. 32S-Chris Simpson[24]
$400
Race Statistics
Entrants: 48
Lap Leaders: Ricky Weiss (Lap 1); Tyler Erb (Laps 2-25)
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: 0.712 seconds
Stop Tech Brakes Cautions: Chris Simpson (Lap 16); Mike Marlar (Lap 19); Hudson O’Neal, Logan Martin (Lap 23)
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: n/a
Series Emergency Provisionals: n/a
Big River Steel Podium Top 3: Tyler Erb, Jonathan Davenport, Kyle Larson
Penske Shocks Top 5: Tyler Erb, Jonathan Davenport, Kyle Larson, Ricky Weiss, Kyle Strickler
Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Kyle Bronson (Advanced 9 Positions)
Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Tim McCreadie
Hot Rod Processing Most Laps Led: Tyler Erb (24 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 2 – 19.842 seconds)
Fast Shafts Tough Break of the Race: Hudson O’Neal
Outerwears Crew Chief of the Race: Randall Edwards (Tyler Erb)
ARP Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Race Engines
Miller Welders Chassis Builder of the Race: Rocket Chassis
Dirt Draft Fastest in Hot Laps: Kyle Larson (18.186 seconds)
Time of Race: 29 minutes 17 seconds
Knoxville Nationals Points
Pos | Driver | Points
1. Kyle Larson
493
2. Tyler Erb
488
3. Tim McCreadie
488
4. Kyle Strickler
486
5. Ricky Weiss
484
6. Earl Pearson Jr
483
7. Jonathan Davenport
482
8. Tyler Bruening
475
9. Chad Simpson
465
10. Frank Heckenast Jr
461
11. Ricky Thornton Jr
455
12. Brandon Sheppard
454
13. Chase Junghans
450
14. Spencer Hughes
450
15. Kyle Bronson
449
16. Josh Richards
448
17. Tad Pospisil
443
18. Shane Clanton
441
19. Logan Martin
438
20. Tony Jackson Jr
436
21. Mike Marlar
436
22. Chris Simpson
436
23. Garrett Alberson
429
24. Hudson O’Neal
428
25. Kyle Hammer
426
26. Ryan Gustin
421
27. Jeremiah Hurst
417
28. Jason Rauen
403
29. Luke Merfeld
402
30. Spencer Diercks
398
31. Jimmy Owens
396
32. Aaron Marrant
396
33. Mason Oberkramer
395
34. Allan Hopp
383
35. Shannon Babb
383
36. Rich Bell
377
37. Tim Lance
377
38. Todd Cooney
377
39. Charlie McKenna
376
40. Jason Feger
375
41. Mat Furman
374
42. Shawn Kirwin
370
43. Nick Marolf
370
44. Al Humphrey
368
45. Reid Millard
367
46. Junior Coover
367
47. Daniel Hilsabeck
361
48. Andrew Kosiski
355
