‘Best of the Best’ Officially Entered in Seventh Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals; Including Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman & Ken Schrader!
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
‘Best of the Best’ Officially Entered in Seventh Annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals; Including Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman & Ken Schrader
KNOXVILLE, IOWA (September 20, 2010) - The seventh annual $246,410 Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals, September 30-October 1-2, has seventy official entries, including the ‘best of the best’ in NASCAR stock car and dirt late model racing today. Amongst the entrants are NASCAR stars Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, and Kenny Schrader; past Late Model Knoxville Nationals winners Scott Bloomquist (2005, ’09), Brady Smith (2007), Brian Shirley (2006), and Brian Birkhofer (2004); and former Knoxville race winners Josh Richards, Billy Moyer, Jimmy Mars, Justin Fegers, Darrell Lanigan and Darren Miller. Of course, that doesn’t even cover such other talented entrants as John Anderson, Kelly Boen, Dave Eckrich, Matt Miller, Dan Schlieper, Steve Francis, Shannon Babb, Jimmy Owens, Earl Pearson (Jr.), Scott James and 1974 World 100 winner Ed Sanger. The 100-lap feature winner on Saturday, October 2, will receive $40,000.
According to Knoxville Raceway director of marketing Brian Stickel, “This three-day Lucas Oil-sponsored event continues to draw the best stars and cars, from border-to-border and coast-to-coast, in dirt late model racing. We are again proud to be welcoming such travelers as John Duty of Oregon, Tyler Reddick of California, Austin Hubbard of Delaware, Eddie Kirchoff of Wyoming, Matt Lux of Pennsylvania, Brad Neat of Kentucky, Kerry Hansen of Wisconsin, Chad Chenoweth of South Dakota, ‘Bub’ McCool of Mississippi, and Iowa’s own Jill George. Let’s just hope we can catch a break with the fall weather, as we’ve had a wet summer in south central Iowa.”
The seventy drivers that have officially entered the seventh annual Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals are as follows (car number, driver, hometown/state):
0 Scott Bloomquist - Mooresburg, TN
1 Josh Richards - Shinnston, WV
1M Rob Moss - Iowa City, IA
2 Brady Smith - Solon Springs, WI
2J John Anderson - Omaha, NE
3c Chris Schroeder - West Des Moines, IA
3s Brian Shirley - Chatham, IL
5 John Duty - Happy Valley, OR
E5K Eddie Kirchoff - Gillette, WY
5m Mike Fryer - Freeport, IL
07 Kelly Boen - Henderson, CO
7 Matt Miller - Whitehouse, OH
7c Chad Chenoweth - Huron, SD
8 Mike Wallace - Carter Lake, IA
s9 Dan Schlieper - Oak Creek, WI
9 Ken Schrader - Concord, NC
10 Junior Coover - Norfolk, NE
11T Tyler Reddick - Corning, CA
14 Tony Stewart - Columbus, IN
14x Boone McLaughlin - Mediapolis, IA
15 Steve Francis - Ashland, KY
15B Brian Birkhofer - Muscatine, IA
15c Curt Schroeder - Des Moines, IA
F15 Justin Fegers - Mound, MN
15R Jeff Guengerich - Washington, IA
18 Shannon Babb - Moweaqua, IL
19 Austin Hubbard - Seaford, DE
20 Jimmy Owens - Newport, TN
20x Jake Meier - Tipton, IA
21 Billy Moyer - Batesville, AR
21B Rich Bell - Sheffield, IL
21L Matt Lux - Franklin, PA
22 Jill George - Cedar Falls, IA
24 Rick Eckert - York, PA
24x Bryant Goldsmith - Corning, IA
25 Chad Simpson - Mount Vernon, IA
25H Kerry Hansen - Spencer, WI
25s Chris Smyser - Lancaster, MO
28M Jimmy Mars - Menomonie, WI
29 Darrell Lanigan - Union, KY
29x Jeremiah Hurst - Dubuque, IA
31 Jason Utter - Columbus Junction, IA
32 Chris Simpson - Oxford, IA
32D Darren Miller - Milledgevillle, IL
33 Nick Marolf - Moscow, IA
33F Rickey Frankel - Quincy, IL
33G Paul Glendenning - Mount Ayr, IA
39 Ryan Newman - Statesville, NC
40 Nick Kramer - Pine Island, MN
40x Joel Callahan - Dubuque, IA
41 Brad Neat - Dunnville, KY
42 Terry Casey - New London, WI
44 Earl Pearson Jr. - Jacksonville, FL
44ZO Alonzo Grosse - Council Bluffs, IA
45 Curt Martin - Independence, IA
45DW Denny Woodworth - Mendon, IL
50 Denny Eckrich - Tiffin, IA
51 Matt Furman - Iowa City, IA
54 Dillion White - Graley, KY
56 Andy Eckrich - Oxford, IA
56x Chris Spieker - Massena, IA
57J Bub McCool - Vicksburg, MS
58 Dave Eckrich - Oxford, IA
74 Ron Boyse - Kalona, IA
79 Robby Warner - Quincy, IL
83 Scott James - Lawrenceburg, IN
93 Jay Johnson - West Burlington, IA
95 Ed Sanger - Postville, IA
98 Jason Rauen - Farley, IA
99D Darrel DeFrance - Marshalltown, IA
For more information on the Lucas Oil Late Model Knoxville Nationals, including the ability to purchase tickets, dirt late model stock car racing fans are urged to visit www.knoxvilleraceway.com.
(Pictured): Two-time and defending Late Model Nationals Champion Scott Bloomquist
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