KNOXVILLE, Iowa — With a decisive last-lap victory on the opening night of the 65th NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals, Sheldon Haudenschild not only won the feature but leads the points after the first qualifying night.
The driver of the KCP Racing No. 18 qualified ninth, finished second in the fourth heat and raced from seventh on the grid to win the feature event.
That rewarded him with 481 points out of a possible 500, a relatively low total for a qualifying night leader, but certainly enough for a top-10 starting spot in Saturday night’s $200,000-to-win main event.
James McFadden was second in points after finishing second with a total of 478 points aboard the Tarlton Motorsports No. 21.
The night’s fast qualifier, Kasey Kahne, was third in points with 477.
Wednesday Points
Sheldon Haudenschild, 481
James McFadden, 478
Kasey Kahne, 477
Justin Henderson 463
Chase Dietz, 460
David Gravel, 460
Rico Abreu, 460
Cole Macedo, 457
Corey Day, 457
Jace Park, 443
Sye Lynch, 443
Emerson Axsom, 440
Jy Corbet, 421
Sawyer Phillips, 416
Tanner Holmes, 416
Zach Hampton, 413
Danny Dietrich, 412
Danny Sams III, 406
Ryan Timms, 406
Justin Peck, 403
Sam Hafertepe Jr., 402
Riley Goodno, 400
Brady Bacon, 400
Jack Dover, 395
Christopher Thram, 388
Steven Snyder Jr., 388
Brock Zearfoss, 386
Rees Moran, 385
Darin Naida, 384
Donny Schatz, 381
Kasey Jedrzejek, 379
Giovanni Scelzi, 378
Chris Windom, 361
Hank Davis, 356
Logan Julien, 354
Lynton Jeffrey, 348
Jamie Ball, 333
RJ Johnson, 330
Matt Covington, 327
Sammy Swindell, 323
Kelby Watt, 317
Cole Mincer, 317
Kade Higday, 309
Joel Myers Jr., 301
Ben Brown, 300
Rodney Huband, 294
Scotty Johnson, 274
