KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Brian Brown scored win No. 68 in his storied career at the Knoxville Raceway on Saturday night in Knoxville Championship Series 410 action with 39 cars assembled.
The Grain Valley, Mo., held off Ryan Timms to win $6,000 in the Brian Brown Racing No. 21.
Luck has been on Brown’s side lately with the draw, and a point invert of four put him on the pole of the 20-lap 410 main event. He got off to a good start, ahead of Emerson Axsom, Ryan Timms, Scott Bogucki and Parker Price-Miller.
Price-Miller and Cory Eliason shot by Bogucki for fourth and fifth on the second circuit. Austin McCarl used the high side of four to grab the fifth spot from Eliason on lap four.
Five laps in, eighth running Kerry Madsen flipped hard in turn four, collecting Sawyer Phillips, who had nowhere to go, tipping over his car. Both walked away. Brown led Axsom, Timms, Price-Miller and Austin McCarl back to green. McCarl gained the fourth spot before a caution came out for a stalled Cole Mincer on the frontstretch six laps in.
McCarl gained third from Timms on the restart, but the Oklahoma youngster shot back by him on lap nine to regain the show position. Timms surge continued the following lap, when he cruised by Axsom on the low side for the second spot. Axsom used the same move two laps later, to regain the position. Meanwhile, Price-Miller snatched fourth from McCarl.
Brown entered lapped traffic with six to go. With three laps to go, Timms used the low side of turn four to pass Axsom for second, with Price-Miller and McCarl in tow.
Timms closed late, but fell just short of his second win here. Price-Miller was third, ahead of McCarl. Axsom crossed fifth, but was disqualified for not reporting to the scales.
Kaleb Johnson, Cory Eliason, Carson McCarl, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Bogucki and hard-charger Matt Juhl rounded out the top 10.
“I was watching the board there a little the middle way through to the end,” said Brown. “I could see a white car, so I didn’t know if it was (Timms) or Axsom. Sometimes, being out front isn’t the best place to be. It is at the end, but sometimes in traffic, you can get stagnant on the bottom and slow yourself down. Overall, it was a good night. We have to take advantage of these opportunities when we’re on the front and win the race. I think Danny (Lasoski) might be proud of that effort (running the bottom). We’ve both run a lot of races here, but two total different styles. You wouldn’t know we’re related.”
Jamie Ball led wire to wire in the Randall Roofing 360 main event for career win No. 11 in that class. J. Kinder dominated the Pro Sprint feature, and in what was also his 11th career win.
The finish:
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 21-Brian Brown[1]; 2. 10-Ryan Timms[2]; 3. 71X-Parker Price Miller[5]; 4. 88-Austin McCarl[7]; 5. 6K-Kaleb Johnson[12]; 6. 2KS-Cory Eliason[9]; 7. 27-Carson McCarl[11]; 8. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[6]; 9. 78-Scott Bogucki[4]; 10. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[13]; 11. 09-Matt Juhl[21]; 12. 2M-JJ Hickle[20]; 13. 44-Chris Martin[18]; 14. 11-Roger Crockett[16]; 15. 24T-Christopher Thram[15]; 16. 3L-Daryn Pittman[8]; 17. 22-Riley Goodno[23]; 18. 1TZ-Tasker Phillips[22]; 19. 45X-Landon Crawley[24]; 20. 15JR-Cole Mincer[17]; 21. 55-Kerry Madsen[10]; 22. 3P-Sawyer Phillips[14]; 23. DNS – 4-Cameron Martin; 24. DQ (No Report to Scales, crossed 5th) 27W-Emerson Axsom[3].
