62 Invited to Brodix Tournament of Champions
Thursday, July 26, 2007
A total of 62 invitations have been extended to entered and eligible winged 360-cubic-inch sprint car competitors from three countries and 18 sanctioning organizations today for the Sunday, August 5th $5,000-to-win Brodix Tournament of Champions at the Knoxville Raceway. Those invited are as follows:
Team American Sprint Cars on Tour (ASCoT):
9, Gary Wright, Hooks, Texas 41, Jason Johnson, Greenville, Texas 94, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, Iowa 29, Travis Rilat, Forney, Texas 11F, Foster Landon, Collinsville, Oklahoma 91, Darren Stewart, Edmond, Oklahoma 15S, Nick Smith, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma B4, Eric Baldaccini, Keller, Texas 57C, Chris Schmelzle, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Team ASCS Coastal Region:
09, Timmy Thrash, Gulfport, Mississippi
Team ASCS Gulf South Region:
13M, Kathryne Minter, Bedford, Texas
Team ASCS Midwest Region:
94S, Natalie Sather, Fargo, North Dakota 84, Toby Chapman, Lincoln, Nebraska 82, Jason Danley, Lincoln, Nebraska Team ASCS Northern Plains Region:
4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, North Dakota X, Chuck Swenson, Watertown, South Dakota 05, Dave Glennon, Casselton, North Dakota 5L, Eric Lutz, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Team ASCS Patriot Region:
45, Chuck Hebing, Ontario, New York Team ASCS Rebel Region:
11T, T.J. Winegardner, Pierson, Florida 67, Brian Thomas, Pendergrass, Georgia 1X, Matt Linder, Hoschton, Georgia Team ASCS Sprints On Dirt (SOD):
3G, Tim Norman, Warsaw, Indiana
Team Alberta Sprint Tour (AST):
98, Joe Ramaker, Boise, Idaho
Team Big Sky Sprint Tour (BSST):
72, Phil Dietz, Billings, Montana 7X, Paxton Lambrecht, Billings, Montana
Team Empire Super Sprints (ESS):
32, Justin Barger, Montrose, New York
Team Knoxville Championship Cup Series (KNOX):
2X, Josh Higday, Des Moines, Iowa 2D, Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2M, Matt Moro, Ankeny, Iowa 51, David Hall, Des Moines, Iowa 10, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, Iowa 7A, Johnny Anderson, Indianola, Iowa 54, Brett Mather, Ames, Iowa 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, Iowa 5, Rick Ideus, Silver City, Iowa 7H, John Hall, Marion, Iowa
Team National Championship Racing Association (NCRA):
11X, Garry Lee Maier, Cimarron, Kansas 27, Don Droud, Jr., Lincoln, Nebraska 57, Stu Snyder, Waverly, Nebraska 98, J.D. Johnson, Goddard, Kansas
Team National Racing Alliance (NRA):
11, Tim Allison, Lima, Ohio 35R, Ron Blair, Troy, Ohio 34, Luke Hall, Ludlow Falls, Ohio 7, Darren Long, Elida, Ohio Team Northwest Sprint Challenge Series (NSCS):
4R, Robby Vaughn, Snohomish, Washington 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, Washington 91, Derek Ingalls, Snohomish, Washington 8E, Evan Funk, Mount Vernon, Washington KR14, Tyler Spath, Chico, California
Team Sprint Invaders Association (SIA):
3*, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, Illinois 51J, Ryan Jamison, Mediapolis, IA 99, Korey Weyant, Springfield, Illinois 14P, Rager Phillips, Pleasantville, Iowa 53, Matt Harms, Chillicothe, Illinois 35, Brian Hetrick, Stronghurst, Illinois Team Warrnambool-SCCA Title Series (W-SCCA):
00, Lauren Densley, Flynn, Victoria, Australia Team Winged Outlaw Warriors (WOW):
14, Randy Martin, California, Missouri 86X, Josh Fisher, Smithton, Missouri 98M, Gabe Maycock, Middletown, Missouri 86, Jesse Giannetto, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 5MA, Mallory Armfield, St. Joseph, Missouri
Those sanctions not sending representatives this year to the Brodix Tournament of Champions, which utilizes a common set or technical rules including use of the Brodix ASCS spec head, include ASCS Mid-Atlantic Region, ASCS Rocky Mountain Region, ASCS Sooner Region, ASCS Southern Tour, Southern Ontario Sprints (SOS), United Racing Company (URC), and the Northern Lights Dirt Series (NLDS).
Five entrants were ineligible to receive official invitations as the drivers either didn’t compete in enough of their sanctions’ races by the end of July 25th, or they were too far down in their sanctions’ points by that date to receive invites. Those drivers that will get their entry fees refunded are Brian Brown, Frankie Heimbaugh, Mike Houseman, Jr., Bryan Howland, and Ryan Roberts.
The format for the Sunday show will include group time trials, six inverted heats utilizing passing points, three B-Mains, and the 30-lap, 30-car, $5,000-to-win, $300-to-start Brodix Tournament of Champions. Eighteen drivers will advance to the “A” from the heats, and two drivers will do the same from each “B”. Six provisionals will complete the 30-car Tournament field, with preference given to the point leaders from those sanctions that don’t have any representation in the feature after the qualifying events.
Tournament team points will be awarded on a basis of 30 points to the winner, with a one point drop per position. The sanctioning affiliate accumulating the most points will be declared the Brodix Tournament Team Champion. The host Knoxville Raceway is the defending team champion, while Team ASCoT’s Gary Wright is the defending driver champion.
Those seeking further information on the Brodix Tournament of Champions are encouraged to visit Knoxville’s web site at www.knoxvilleraceway.com.
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