Darren put up a strong top 10 finish in a 53 car field at the 20th Annual ASCS Knoxville Nationals Friday Preliminary. Darren put up the 4th best hot lap time in qualifying with a sizzling 16.895 time. He followed that up with 3rd place finish in Heat 4 which qualified him for the “A” Feature. Darren then finished 10th in the “A” Feature.
Race Results:
Lucas Oil ASCS Sprint Cars presented by K&N Filters
20th Annual ASCS Knoxville Nationals Friday Night Preliminary Results
Qualifying:
1. 1w-Chad Meyer (Sioux Falls, SD) 16.681, 2. 1s-Sammy Swindell (Bartlett, TN) 16.849, 3. 40-Clint Garner (Sioux Falls, SD) 16.887, 4. 3g-Darren Long (Elida, OH) 16.895, 5. 53-Jack Dover (Springfield, NE) 16.992, 6. 5j-Jamie Ball (Knoxville, IA) 17.002, 7. 94-Danny Wood (Norman, OK) 17.026, 8. 57-Shane Stewart (Bixby, OK) 17.091, 9. D12-Dennis Moore, Jr. (Grinnell, IA) 17.127, 10. 45x-Johnny Herrera (Albuquerque, NM) 17.135, 11. 22d-Randy Hannagan (Pittsboro, IN) 17.141, 12. 11x-Gregg Bakker (Sioux Falls, SD) 17.145, 13. 1x-Bud Kaeding (Campbell, CA) 17.191, 14. 57x-Jake Peters (Sioux Falls, SD) 17.240, 15. 3c-Cale Conley (Vienna, WV) 17.382, 16. 4-Jon Agan (Knoxville, IA) 17.397, 17. 9x-Gary Wright (Hooks, TX) 17.407, 18. 20s-Kyle Sager (Las Cruces, NM) 17.422, 19. 7k-Robby Wolfgang (Sioux Falls, SD) 17.449, 20. 21k-Lou Kennedy, Jr. (Winnipeg, CAN) 17.460, 21. 25-Dylan Peterson (Sioux Falls, SD) 17.468, 22. 18r-Ryan Roberts (Aurora, NE) 17.472, 23. 88-Tim Crawley (Benton, AR) 17.484, 24. 14T-Brooke Tatnell (Sans Souci, NSW, Aus) 17.497, 25. 98m-Mitch Olson (Tacoma, WA) 17.499, 26. 99j-Jake Ossenfort (Rapid City, SD) 17.521, 27. 2-Josh Higday (Des Moines, IA) 17.544, 28. 93-Dustin Morgan (Tulsa, OK) 17.569, 29. 56-Davey Heskin (St. Michael, MN) 17.573, 30. 10v-Rager Phillips (Pleasantville, IA) 17.622, 31. 44w-Austen Wheatley (Lake Stevens, WA) 17.646, 32. 7-Don Young (Bartlett, TN) 17.678, 33. 2k-Kevin Ingle (Huron, SD) 17.712, 34. 47T-Tony Shilling (Knoxville, IA) 17.720, 35. 33a-Austin Alumbaugh (Higginsville, MO) 17.743, 36. 9*-Brian Parker (Midlothian, TX) 17.790, 37. 94z-Zach Zimmerly (Richfield, WA) 17.805, 38. 0c-Preston Peebles II (Lubbock, TX) 17.832, 39. 10-Jesse Giannetto (Cedar Rapids, IA) 17.841, 40. 93a-Alan Ambers (Knoxville, IA) 17.842, 41. 22j-John Gaston (Phoenix, AZ) 17.973, 42. 14s-Bobby Mincer (Burlington, IA) 17.999, 43. 24au-Ricky Maiolo (Adelaide, AUS) 18.033, 44. 9mx-Jon Corbin (Kansas City, MO) 18.076, 45. 5-Dave Glennon (Casselton, ND) 18.127, 46. 18h-Mike Hess (Springfield, IL) 18.144, 47. 1mx-Jim Moughan (Springfield, IL) 18.159, 48. 04-Chad Heimbaugh (Des Moines, IA) 18.399, 49. 8h-Joey Moughan (Springfield, IL) 18.452, 50. 91x-Taylor Milton (Fargo, OK) 18.490, 51. 2T-Colin Entwisle (Bay Park, NZ) 18.689, 52. 15-Joe Riedel (Ramona, SD) 18.965, 53. 22n-Nate Mosher (Prairie City, IA) 19.754.
Heat Races (Top 4 Advance to “A” Main; Positions 5-8 to “B” Main; 9-11 to “C” Main):
Heat One (8 Laps): 1. 99j-Jake Ossenfort, 2. 22d-Randy Hannagan, 3. 4-Jon Agan, 4. 25-Dylan Peterson, 5. 5j-Jamie Ball, 6. 1w-Chad Meyer, 7. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 8. 22j-John Gaston, 9. 2T-Colin Entwisle, 10. 9*-Brian Parker. DNS: 18h-Mike Hess.
Heat Two (8 Laps): 1. 2-Josh Higday, 2. 18r-Ryan Roberts, 3. 94-Danny Wood, 4. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 5. 9x-Gary Wright, 6. 94z-Zach Zimmerly, 7. 1s-Sammy Swindell, 8. 7-Don Young, 9. 1mx-Jim Moughan, 10. 14s-Bobby Mincer, 11. 15-Joe Riedel.
Heat Three (8 Laps): 1. 88-Tim Crawley, 2. 57-Shane Stewart, 3. 1x-Bud Kaeding, 4. 40-Clint Garner, 5. 93-Dustin Morgan, 6. 20s-Kyle Sager, 7. 04-Chad Heimbaugh, 8. 22n-Nate Mosher, 9. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 10. 2k-Kevin Ingle. 11. 24au-Ricky Maiolo.
Heat Four (8 Laps): 1. 14T-Brooke Tatnell, 2. 56-Davey Heskin, 3. 3g-Darren Long, 4. 7k-Robby Wolfgang, 5. 57x-Jake Peters, 6. 10-Jesse Giannetto, 7. D12-Dennis Moore, Jr., 8. 47-Tony Shilling, 9. 8h-Joey Moughan, 10. 9mx-Jon Corbin.
Heat Five (8 Laps): 1. 10v-Rager Phillips, 2. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 3. 3c-Cale Conley, 4. 98m-Mitch Olson, 5. 53-Jack Dover, 6. 21k-Lou Kennedy, Jr., 7. 33a-Austin Alumbaugh, 8. 5-Dave Glennon, 9. 91x-Taylor Milton, 10. 93a-Alan Ambers.
“C” Main – Top 2 Advance to “B” Main:
“C” Feature (10 Laps): 1. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 2. 14s-Bobby Mincer, 3. 2k-Kevin Ingle, 4. 18h-Mike Hess, 5. 1mx-Jim Moughan, 6. 8h-Joey Moughan, 7. 9mx-Jon Corbin, 8. 15-Joe Riedel, 9. 24au-Ricky Maiolo, 10. 2T-Colin Entwisle. DNS: 9*-Brian Parker, 93a-Alan Ambers, 91x-Taylor Milton.
“B” Main – Top 4 Advance to “A” Main:
“B” Feature (12 Laps): 1. 1s-Sammy Swindell, 2. 57x-Jake Peters, 3. 53-Jack Dover, 4. 9x-Gary Wright, 5. 7-Don Young, 6. 10-Jesse Giannetto, 7. 47T-Tony Shilling, 8. 33a-Austin Alumbaugh, 9. 5j-Jamie Ball, 10. 94z-Zach Zimmerly, 11. 21k-Lou Kennedy, Jr., 12. 20s-Kyle Sager, 13. 44w-Austen Wheatley, 14. 93-Dustin Morgan, 15. 22n-Nate Mosher, 16. 04-Chad Heimbaugh, 17. 22j-John Gaston, 18. D12-Dennis Moore, Jr., 19. 5-Dave Glennon, 20. 0c-Preston Peebles II, 21. 1w-Chad Meyer (DNS), 22. 14s-Bobby Mincer (DNS).
20th Annual ASCS Knoxville Nationals Friday Preliminary Feature Event:
“A” Feature (20 Laps): 1. 57-Shane Stewart, 2. 45x-Johnny Herrera, 3. 22d-Randy Hannagan, 4. 1s-Sammy Swindell, 5. 14T-Brooke Tatnell, 6. 56-Davey Heskin, 7. 1x-Bud Kaeding, 8. 94-Danny Wood, 9. 3c-Cale Conley, 10. 3g-Darren Long, 11. 18r-Ryan Roberts, 12. 10v-Rager Phillips, 13. 4-Jon Agan, 14. 9x-Gary Wright, 15. 53-Jack Dover, 16. 2-Josh Higday, 17. 7k-Robby Wolfgang, 18. 11x-Gregg Bakker, 19. 88-Tim Crawley, 20. 98m-Mitch Olson, 21. 57x-Jake Peters, 22. 99j-Jake Ossenfort, 23. 25-Dylan Peterson, 24. 40-Clint Garner.
Lap Leaders: Johnny Herrera 1-19, Shane Stewart 20.
