KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Brian Brown took the Knoxville Championship 410 main event and the $5,000 that came with it Saturday night at Knoxville Raceway. It was his 62nd victory at the half-mile track.
Justin Henderson shot out to a lead from his pole position in the 20-lap 410 feature ahead of Brian Brown, Kerry Madsen, Austin McCarl and Matt Juhl. Madsen used the low side of turn four to take second from Brown on lap two, but Brown found the high side of turn two to his liking and gained the spot back.
Brady Bacon lost a driveline to bring the only caution of the race four laps in. Henderson led Brown, Madsen, McCarl and Juhl back to green. Aaron Reutzel entered the top five on lap six.
Brown was in hot pursuit of Henderson in the middle stages, and when Henderson tried the high side of three and four when approaching traffic on lap 12, Brown pounced to take the lead. He entered traffic on lap thirteen.
Madsen used the low side of turn four to gain second on lap 14, and McCarl followed him by Henderson into third by using the high side of the track. The cushion was the preferred line for McCarl to passed Madsen for second with three to go.
Brown’s victory came ahead of Austin McCarl, Kerry Madsen, Henderson and Juhl.
“My hat’s off to the Dunkin’s for going out a reworking that track for you fans,” said Brown. “The key moment in that race I feel was when I got back by Kerry. He got by me and I snuck back by. I ran that top until I thought I might start losing. I moved down, and he missed it, and I didn’t get him. Two laps later, he moved up and I got him.”
The finish:
Feature (20 Laps): 1. Brian Brown (2); 2. Austin McCarl (4); 3. Kerry Madsen (3); 4. Justin Henderson (1); 5. Matt Juhl (5); 6. Aaron Reutzel (9); 7. Davey Heskin (7); 8. Kaleb Johnson (10); 9. Ayrton Gennetten (6); 10. Ian Madsen (15); 11. Carson McCarl (11); 12. Chase Randall (14); 13. Dusty Zomer (19); 14. Tasker Phillips (12); 15. Lynton Jeffrey (23); 16. Dustin Selvage (21); 17. Riley Goodno (22); 18. Garet Williamson (16); 19. Sawyer Phillips (18); 20. Brandon Wimmer (13); 21. Christopher Thram (17); 22. Jake Swanson (24); 23. AJ Moeller (20); 24. Brady Bacon (8).