KNOXVILLE, Iowa – A solid weekend in Knoxville has Justin Henderson atop the Beaver Drill & Tool Jesse Hockett Mr. Sprint Car standings headed into Monday night’s $21,000-to-win Sage Fruit Front Row Challenge at Southern Iowa Speedway in Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Henderson’s lead is one point over California’s Shane Golobic. Cory Eliason is third, followed by Gio Scelzi and Tyler Courtney. Missouri’s Brian Brown, Texan Sam Hafertepe Jr., Oklahoma’s Daryn Pittman, Australia’s Scott Bogucki and Iowa’s Carson McCarl and Lynton Jeffrey round out the top ten.
The purse has been upped for this year’s award, thanks to Beaver Drill & Tool. The winner will be awarded $6,000, second place $2,500 and third $1,000.
Beaver Drill & Tool Company of Kansas City is in their third year as title sponsor of the Beaver Drill & Tool Jesse Hockett Mr. Sprint Car Award. The Vielhauer family, well-known in the sprint car racing community, are owners of Beaver Drill & Tool Co.