9/16/2018
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Zeb Wise takes home POWRi top prize at Spoon River
By POWRi PR (Canton, IL) -- Zeb Wise of Angola, Indiana picked up his first career POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League Saturday night at Spoon River Speedway. Wise used a unique line on the high-banked 3/8 mile Spoon River Speedway to etch his name in the history books as the winner of the 32nd annual Tom Knowles Memorial.
Starting inside row three, Wise charged to the front battling through a field of heavy hitters including last night's winner at Jacksonville Speedway in the Herb Barlow Memorial, Logan Seavey. Coming to green, Zach Daum and current POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League point leader Tucker Klaasmeyer shared the front row.
Leading the opening lap, Daum jumped into the lead over Tucker Klaasmeyer and Tanner Carrick. After Carrick overtook Klaasmeyer for second and Daum for the lead, Wise continued to move forward ripping the top side mirroring Carrick's line, while Daum rolled the bottom. As Carrick caught lap traffic, Daum and Wise closed, and a blanket could be thrown over the top three. In a split second decision, Wise found some magic in the middle in turns one and two, allowing him to surge into the lead.
While Daum worked the bottom, a line he has used to win many races, including some Knowles Memorials of the past, Wise used his line to stay out front while bringing along Klaasmeyer to second. Coming to the line, Wise led Klaasmeyer, with Carrick in third. Klaasmeyer's second was another good point night as the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets have a handful of races left for 2018. Pole sitter Zach Daum took fourth with Tyler Barron in fifth. Ryan Robinson finished sixth with Sam Johnson in seventh. Leading POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League Rookie of the Year candidate Karter Sarff took eighth, with Logan Seavey and Blake Carrick completing the top ten.
"When I went and split Carrick there, I found the middle in one and two and had a lot of grip coming off, so I used that to help me into turn three," said Zeb Wise. "I can't thank Tim, my dad, and Kevin enough. It was just those three this weekend, so tough week for them, but we got one done for them. I was just waiting for someone to show their nose on the bottom before moving down there. I got the lead up top in three and four. I felt like I had a pretty good car up there so I stayed and got it done."
"Zeb did a really good job," commented Tucker Klaasmeyer. "He found the top there early. It was a really fun race. Everyone got to look around a little bit. It would have been more fun if it was a 50-lapper. It was just a good time and a good race. We had a good car. I felt like we could have gone anywhere if the track would have changed. It was a good point night and everything is rolling in the trailer. Jay and a lot of guys on this team have experience winning championships, so they can teach me a lot. Just being smooth and making sure to finish all the races is what counts."
"When you lead that many laps, you're kind of just a sitting duck out front," stated Tanner Carrick. "I saw them on the bottom and moved to the bottom. Led a couple laps on the bottom and then decided to go back up top and drove it off the track, and fell back to fourth or fifth and then drove back up to third. Other than that, it felt pretty good. Just a sitting duck out front, I guess."
Midgets
Speedway Motors Heat Race Winners: Heat 1: 39BC - ZEB WISE, Heat 2: 5D - ZACH DAUM, Heat 3: 71K - TANNER CARRICK
Mesilla Valley Transportation Feature Winner: 39BC - ZEB WISE
POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget League Feature Results (30 laps): 1. 39BC - ZEB WISE 2. 27 - TUCKER KLAASMEYER 3. 71K - TANNER CARRICK 4. 5D - ZACH DAUM 5. 11 - TYLER BARRON 6. 71 - RYAN ROBINSON 7. 72 - SAM JOHNSON 8. 21KS - KARTER SARFF 9. 67 - LOGAN SEAVEY 10. 79 - BLAKE CARRICK 11. 14JR - HOLLEY HOLLAN 12. 5T - PRESLEY TRUEDSON 13. 7F - HARLEY HOLLAN 14. 75 - BRIAN STANFILL 15. 10C - DALTON CAMFIELD 16. 16C - DAVE CAMFIELD JR 17. 83B - JEFF BEASLEY 18. 51B - ADAM TAYLOR 19. 57 - MARIA COFER 20. 3N - JAKE NEUMAN 21. 86C - DEVIN CAMFIELD
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MOWA SPRNTS
Heat Results
Heat 1: 1 - Cory Bruns 44(3), 2 - Terry Babb 47(1), 3 - John Parker 82(4), 4 - Jacob Wilson 07(5), 5 - Josh Schneiderman 49(8), 6 - Jim Moughan 1M(9), 7 - Justin Standridge 01(6), 8 - Daniel Bergquist 9(2), 9 - Tyler Shoemaker 1T(7),
Heat 2: 1 - Mike Terry Jr 85(6), 2 - Paul Nienhiser 9X(3), 3 - Logan Seavey 50(4), 4 - Logan Faucon 52F(5), 5 - Nathan Charron 84(1), 6 - Korey Weyant 99W(8), 7 - Dylan Tuxhorn 9T(9), 8 - Jeff Tuxhorn 32(2), 9 - Brinton Marvel 21(7),
Heat 3: 1 - Ryan Bunton 6R(3), 2 - Joe B Miller 51B(4), 3 - Joey Moughan 29(2), 4 - Jacob Patton 79J(8), 5 - Jamie Ball 5J(6), 6 - Austin ODell 97(5), 7 - Austin Archdale 2A(9), 8 - Katlynn Leer 77K(1), 9 - Ryan Jamison 51J(7),
Heat 4: 1 - Chris Urish 77U(4), 2 - Jordan Goldesberry 65(2), 3 - Jeremy Standridge 10S(1), 4 - Zach Daum 5D(5), 5 - Jason Keith 17(7), 6 - Brayden Fox 53(3), 7 - Andy Baugh 6B(8), 8 - Andy Bishop 33(6),
B-Main Results
B-Main 1: 1 - Jason Keith 17 (1), 2 - Jamie Ball 5J (2), 3 - Justin Standridge 01 (6), 4 - Daniel Bergquist 9 (7), 5 - Andy Baugh 6B (5), 6 - Dylan Tuxhorn 9T (3), 7 - Tyler Shoemaker 1T (8), 8 - Ryan Jamison 51J (9), DNS - Nathan Charron 84 (4),
B-Main 2: 1 - Jim Moughan 1M (1), 2 - Korey Weyant 99W (2), 3 - Brinton Marvel 21 (8), 4 - Andy Bishop 33 (6), 5 - Austin ODell 97 (4), 6 - Brayden Fox 53 (5), 7 - Austin Archdale 2A (3), 8 - Jeff Tuxhorn 32 (7), 9 - Katlynn Leer 77K (9),
A-Main Results
1 - Paul Nienhiser 9X (8), 2 - Jordan Goldesberry 65 (3), 3 - Jacob Patton 79J (4), 4 - Joey Moughan 29 (13), 5 - Cory Bruns 44 (1), 6 - Logan Seavey 50 (11), 7 - Jamie Ball 5J (20), 8 - Logan Faucon 52F (15), 9 - Ryan Bunton 6R (5), 10 - Joe B Miller 51B (7), 11 - Mike Terry Jr 85 (6), 12 - Terry Babb 47 (9), 13 - Jacob Wilson 07 (14), 14 - Korey Weyant 99W (21), 15 - Jason Keith 17 (18), 16 - Josh Schneiderman 49 (12), 17 - John Parker 82 (10), 18 - Jeremy Standridge 10S (17), 19 - Chris Urish 77U (2), 20 -
Submitted By: Kirk Elliott
