NickHolt Posted September 13, 2019 Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 Shane Clanton scores first-ever Knoxville victory with LOLMDS KNOXVILLE, Iowa (September 12, 2019) - Shane Clanton came from the seventh starting spot to win Thursday night's preliminary event at Knoxville Raceway. For the 44-year-old Georgia native, it was his first-ever win at the historic venue. He also became the sixteenth different winner this season on the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series tour. Clanton was the fourth different leader of the 25-lap race. The A-Main was slowed by only one caution flag for Jonathan Davenport on lap four. Ricky Thornton Jr. led the first lap in the Chad Stapleton-owned Club 29 Race Car. His place atop the leader board was short-lived as outside front-row starter Devin Moran took the lead on lap number two. Moran led until Tyler Erb took the lead away from him on lap five. Clanton charged from the inside of row number four and grabbed the lead away from Erb on lap fourteen. Clanton pulled away from Erb and went on to pick up the preliminary night victory. Erb crossed the finish line in second, followed by a close finish between Darrell Lanigan and Ricky Weiss for third and fourth. Thornton was fifth. Clanton; in Lucas Oil Victory Lane for the first time in 2019; thanked his chassis builder Marshall Green for his set-up advice over the phone before the start of the race. "Our car has been good all night long. We just made the right adjustments. I was biding my time behind Terbo [Erb], and it looked like he was hurting his tires. I went to the middle and the car stuck, and we went by him, then that was all she wrote." "To win here at Knoxville is a dream come true," Clanton added. "I have seen Donny Schatz win here so many times and I would like to start my own legacy here. This is a team effort, all the way to everybody with Marshall back at the shop. Penske Shocks and Keith Berner from Accu-Force tested with us earlier in the year and it has made a difference in our program. Thanks to Greg Bruening for letting me drive his race car. This is a big win for him as well because he's from Iowa. It's hard to beat what we had here tonight for a track. Hats off to all of the Knoxville crew for a great job." Erb led nine laps but came home in the runner-up spot. "There wasn't a whole lot I could do in the last ten or fifteen laps, he [Clanton] had a better car. He could maneuver through a lot better than I could. My car felt really good. It's the same kind of issue we have been having. The longer we go, the tires just get hot. We are going to work on it. It was a good run. This is my favorite racetrack that we come to." Lanigan edged out Weiss at the finish line to round out the podium. "The car got really good through the middle and the bottom. I would have liked to have seen a caution to see if we could have made a late-race charge. It's just awesome to come out here and run well." The winner's fourth career Lucas Oil victory came in the Greg Bruening-owned Capital Race Cars entry powered by a Clements Racing Engine and sponsored by: Bruening Rock Products, Skyline Materials, LTD, Bennett Explosives, Super K Express, Olson Explosives, Freeman Plumbing, M&S Concrete, and Truck Country. Completing the top ten were Tyler Bruening, Brandon Sheppard, Devin Moran, Bobby Pierce, and Chris Simpson. Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Race Summary Thursday, September 12, 2019 Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, IowaMiller Welders Time Trials Fast Time Group A: Shane Clanton / 17.932 seconds (overall) Fast Time Group B: Jimmy Owens / 18.087 secondsPenske Race Shocks Heat Race #1 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Shanon Buckingham, Brian Birkhofer, Shane Clanton, Jimmy Mars, Stormy Scott, Mike Mataragas, Jason Feger, Cody Laney, Reid Millard, Jared Landers-DNSFK Rod Ends Heat Race #2 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Bobby Pierce, Jeremiah Hurst, Chris Simpson, Earl Pearson, Jr., Billy Moyer, Jr., Dave Eckrich, Corey Zeitner, JC Wyman, Tim SimpsonSimpson Race Products Heat Race #3 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Ricky Thornton Jr., Frank Heckenast, Jr., Darrell Lanigan, Spencer Diercks, Charlie McKenna, Scott Bloomquist, Dustin Nobbe, Jake Neal, Chase JunghansLucas Oil Products Penetrating Oil Heat Race #4 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Shannon Babb, Jonathan Davenport, Tyler Erb ®, Hudson O'Neal, Jimmy Owens, Billy Moyer, Jeremy Grady, Brian Harris, Jonathan BraunsSimpson Race Products Heat Race #5 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Josh Richards, Tyler Bruening, Devin Moran ®, Chris Madden, Chad Simpson, Johnny Scott, Brent Larson, Mike Fryer, Junior CooverLucas Oil Products Penetrating Oil Heat Race #6 Finish (12 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Brandon Sheppard, Dennis Erb, Jr., Ricky Weiss, Don O'Neal, Kyle Bronson, Chad White, Nick Marolf, David Webster, Tim McCreadie-DNSLucas Oil Products Red "N" Tacky Spray Grease B-Main #1 Finish (15 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Stormy Scott, Earl Pearson, Jr., Billy Moyer, Jr., Jimmy Mars, Scott Bloomquist, Mike Mataragas, Spencer Diercks, Charlie McKenna, Jason Feger, Corey Zeitner, Cody Laney, Dave Eckrich, JC Wyman, Reid Millard, Jake Neal, Dustin Nobbe, Tim Simpson-DNS, Chase Junghans-DNS, Jared Landers-DNSFAST Shafts B-Main #2 Finish (15 Laps, Top 3 Transfer): Jimmy Owens, Chad Simpson, Kyle Bronson, Hudson O'Neal, Don O'Neal, Chris Madden, Johnny Scott, Brent Larson, Brian Harris, Jeremy Grady, Nick Marolf, Jonathan Brauns, Mike Fryer, Chad White, David Webster, Billy Moyer, Junior Coover, Tim McCreadie-DNSLucas Oil Feature Finish (25 Laps): FINISH START CAR # DRIVER NAME HOMETOWN EARNINGS 1 7 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon, GA $7,000 2 4 1T Tyler Erb ® New Waverly, TX $4,000 3 5 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY $3,000 4 6 7w Ricky Weiss Headingley, MB $2,000 5 1 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr. Sedgwick, KS $1,500 6 10 16T Tyler Bruening Decorah, IA $1,000 7 12 1S Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL $900 8 2 1d Devin Moran ® Dresden, OH $800 9 11 32P Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL $700 10 3 32s Chris Simpson Oxford, IA $600 11 18 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Carpentersville, IL $580 12 13 99JR Frank Heckenast, Jr. Frankfort, IL $560 13 16 14 Josh Richards Shinnston, WV $540 14 19 2s Stormy Scott Las Cruses, NM $620 15 21 1 Earl Pearson, Jr. Jacksonville, FL $500 16 20 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN $490 17 9 50 Shanon Buckingham Morristown, TN $480 18 24 40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL $470 19 14 18 Shannon Babb Mowequa, IL $460 20 15 15B Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA $450 21 22 1c Chad Simpson Mt. Vernon, IA $440 22 23 21JR Billy Moyer, Jr. Batesville, AR $530 23 17 58 Jeremiah Hurst Dubuque, IA $410 24 8 49 Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA $400 Race Statistics Entrants: 55Lap Leaders: Ricky Thornton Jr. (Lap 1); Devin Moran (Laps 2 - 4); Tyler Erb (Laps 5 - 13); Shane Clanton (Laps 14 - 25)Wrisco Feature Winner: Shane ClantonMargin of Victory: 3.627 secondsCautions: Jonathan Davenport (Lap 4)Optima Batteries Hard Charger of the Race: Dennis Erb Jr. (Advanced 7 Positions)Midwest Sheet Metal Spoiler Challenge Point Leader: Jonathan DavenportAllstar Performance Power Move of the Race: Ricky WeissSunoco Race for Gas Highest Finisher: Tyler ErbEibach Springs Rookie of the Race: Tyler ErbCOMP Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing EnginesOhlins Shocks Chassis Builder of the Race: Capital Race CarsOuterwears Crew Chief of the Race: Randall Edwards (Tyler Erb)Dirty Girl Racewear Fastest Lap of the Race: Shane Clanton (Lap #4 - 19.4930 seconds)Hot Rod Processing Tough Break of the Race: Jonathan DavenportSTEEL-IT Most Laps Led: Shane Clanton (12 Laps)PFC Brakes Pole Award: Ricky Thornton Jr.Time of Race: 10 minutes 37 seconds Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals Night One Point Standings: Overall Pos CAR # DRIVER NAME HOMETOWN Night #1 POINTS 1 25 Shane Clanton Zebulon, GA 494 2 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY 486 3 20RT Ricky Thornton Jr. Sedgwick, KS 482 4 1T Tyler Erb ® New Waverly, TX 474 5 7w Ricky Weiss Headingley, MB 472 6 32s Chris Simpson Oxford, IA 468 7 16T Tyler Bruening Decorah, IA 461 7 1 Earl Pearson, Jr. Jacksonville, FL 461 9 1S Brandon Sheppard New Berlin, IL 460 9 1d Devin Moran ® Dresden, OH 460 11 32P Bobby Pierce Oakwood, IL 458 11 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN 458 13 2s Stormy Scott Las Cruses, NM 456 13 50 Shanon Buckingham Morristown, TN 456 15 40B Kyle Bronson Brandon, FL 450 16 99JR Frank Heckenast, Jr. Frankfort, IL 447 17 1c Chad Simpson Mt. Vernon, IA 446 18 14 Josh Richards Shinnston, WV 444 19 28 Dennis Erb, Jr. Carpentersville, IL 443 20 49 Jonathan Davenport Blairsville, GA 439 21 18 Shannon Babb Mowequa, IL 434 22 21JR Billy Moyer, Jr. Batesville, AR 432 23 15B Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA 429 23 71 Hudson O'Neal Martinsville, IN 429 25 5 Don O'Neal Martinsville, IN 423 26 58 Jeremiah Hurst Dubuque, IA 421 27 0m Chris Madden Gray Court, SC 417 28 1st Johnny Scott Las Cruces, NM 415 29 28m Jimmy Mars Menomonie, WI 411 30 1m Mike Mataragas DeKalb, IL 407 31 58E Dave Eckrich Oxford, IA 393 32 43 Jeremy Grady Story City, IA 390 33 29d Spencer Diercks Davenport, IA 389 34 14J Jake Neal Omaha, NE 385 35 B1 Brent Larson Lake Elmo, MN 380 36 22C Charlie McKenna Ames, IA 378 37 99 Brian Harris Davenport, IA 377 38 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN 375 39 25F Jason Feger Bloomington, IL 374 40 32B Cody Laney Torrance, CA 373 41 6z Corey Zeitner Omaha, NE 370 41 18J Chase Junghans Manhattan, KS 370 41 39 Tim McCreadie Watertown, NY 370 44 20w Chad White Benton Harbor, MI 369 45 5N Dustin Nobbe Batesville, IN 368 46 33 Nick Marolf Moscow, IA 366 47 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR 363 48 54 Mike Fryer Freeport, IL 361 49 17 Tim Simpson Iowa City, IA 356 49 22B Jonathan Brauns Muscatine, IA 356 51 4W JC Wyman Griswold, IA 355 52 14m Reid Millard Jefferson City, MO 352 53 44w David Webster Monroe, WI 349 54 10C Junior Coover Norfolk, NE 344 55 777 Jared Landers Batesville, AR 333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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