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Brandon Wimmer and Tony Moro provide the Fireworks at Knoxville
By Bob Wilson

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (July 4)- Former Indiana sprint racer Brandon Wimmer and Des Moines, Iowa native Tony Moro captured feature events in a rare July 4 race show at Knoxville Raceway Friday night.

Wimmer, who is a weekly participant in Knoxville’s 410 winged-sprint division, found a ride in the Clark Racing 305 sprinter on this Nation’s holiday evening and collected $750 for the win.

Front row starter John Kearney grabbed the lead when the green flag dropped on the 15-lap event. Kearney, Justin Giannetto and Wimmer utilized the high cushion on the big Knoxville half mile while second running Mitch Alexander tried his luck on the bottom. This foursome pulled away from the rest of the pack and early on it could be seen that one of these four would be the eventual winner.

By lap five, Kearney could muster only a five car-length lead over Alexander with Giannetto and Wimmer in the chase. It appeared that Alexander was slowly cutting into the lead by using the bottom.

Lap eight found the frontrunners head into lap traffic in turn three. As they came down the front chute it was a four-wide racing situation at the flag stand with Kearney keeping the top spot as he and Alexander sped through the backmarkers.
Kearney and Alexander began to pull away from the third and fourth place drivers after the encounter with the two lapped cars. Then, on lap twelve after showing some smoke, Giannetto’s engine expired as he rounded the first turn and coasted into two.

On the restart, Wimmer was able to get by Alexander and as he roared into turn three of that lap he tried to put a slider on Kearney. The lead car was able to fend it off only to have another caution flag slow the race for a stopped car after the 14th go around.

The final restart went Wimmer’s way as he chased Kearney very closely and dove into turn one on the low side. Kearney, who tried to utilize the momentum of the top, was unable to fend off the Wimmer challenge and drifted back to second. At the finish it was Wimmer, Kearney, Alexander, Tom Lenz and Bob Lamb.

In the companion Dirt Truck competition, Tony Moro inherited the lead at the half-way point of the 12-lap event to eventually pull away for the win. Ed Nelson and Lou Sipolt dropped from the event while leading. Chasing Moro to the checkers was Brian Nevins, Jr., Bob Murray, Rick Clark and Bret Moyer.


KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA
July 4, 2008


305 RESULTS

Time Trials, 1 laps, 1. Brandon Wimmer, Fairmount IN, 17.034 (a track record for this division); 2. Wayne Redmond, Fort Dodge IA, 17.452; 3. Justin Giannetto, Cedar Rapids IA, 17.467; 4. Bob Lamb, Mitchellville IA, 17.513; 5. John Kearney, Valley Falls KS, 17.699; 6. Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville IA, 17.8; 7. Tom Lenz, Marion IA, 17.806; 8. Matt Stephenson, Altoona IA, 17.86; 9. Matthew Stelzer, Omaha NE, 17.88; 10. Jeff Metli, Mason City IA, 17.918; 11. Marty Stephenson, Mitchellville IA, 18.096; 12. Earl Tice, Ames IA, 18.139; 13. Mike Mayberry, Fremont IA, 18.148; 14. Josh Padellford, Pleasantville IA, 18.18; 15. Randy Reinhard, Fort Dodge IA, 18.472; 16. Shadrach Sporaa, Iowa Falls IA, 18.634; 17. Patrick Long, Hedrick IA, 19.113; 18. Phil Hauge, Manson IA, 20.298; 19. Steve Palmer, Des Moines IA, 21.448; 20. Rob Kubli, Milo IA, No Time; 21. Matt Close, Lamonte MO, No Time;

Heat 1, 6 laps, No Time: 1. Brandon Wimmer, Fairmount IN; 2. Tom Lenz, Marion IA; 3. Bob Lamb, Mitchellville IA; 4. Patrick Long, Hedrick IA; 5. Mike Mayberry, Fremont IA; 6. Shadrach Sporaa, Iowa Falls IA; 7. Jeff Metli, Mason City IA;

Heat 2, 6 laps, 1:50.1: 1. Matt Stephenson, Altoona IA; 2. Marty Stephenson, Mitchellville IA; 3. John Kearney, Valley Falls KS; 4. Wayne Redmond, Fort Dodge IA; 5. Josh Padellford, Pleasantville IA; 6. Phil Hauge, Manson IA;

Heat 3, 6 laps, No Time: 1. Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville IA; 2. Matthew Stelzer, Omaha NE; 3. Justin Giannetto, Cedar Rapids IA; 4. Randy Reinhard, Fort Dodge IA; 5. Earl Tice, Ames IA; 6. Steve Palmer, Des Moines IA;

A Feature , 15 laps, No Time: 1. Brandon Wimmer, Fairmount IN; 2. John Kearney, Valley Falls KS; 3. Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville IA; 4. Tom Lenz, Marion IA; 5. Bob Lamb, Mitchellville IA; 6. Matt Stephenson, Altoona IA; 7. Marty Stephenson, Mitchellville IA; 8. Matthew Stelzer, Omaha NE; 9. Josh Padellford, Pleasantville IA; 10. Mike Mayberry, Fremont IA; 11. Randy Reinhard, Fort Dodge IA; 12. Steve Palmer, Des Moines IA; 13. Shadrach Sporaa, Iowa Falls IA; 14. Earl Tice, Ames IA; 15. Wayne Redmond, Fort Dodge IA; 16. Justin Giannetto, Cedar Rapids IA; 17. Patrick Long, Hedrick IA; 18. Phil Hauge, Manson IA.

Lap Leaders: Kearney 1-14; Wimmer 15-16




Dirt Trucks RESULTS

Heat 1, 2:26.0: 1. Lou Sipolt, Altoona IA; 2. Bryan Nevins Jr., Des Moines IA; 3. Bob Murray, Des Moines IA; 4. Rick Clark, Des Moines IA; 5. Matt Moro, Des Moines IA; 6. Johnny Anderson, Indianola IA; 7. Bret Moyer, Polk City IA;

Heat 2, 2:26.9: 1. Mike Todd, Pleasant Hill IA; 2. Tony Moro, Des Moines IA; 3. Ed Nelson, Van Meter IA; 4. Tim Murray, Van Meter IA; 5. Ed Nelson, Van Meter IA; 6. Carl Moyer, Ankeny IA;

A Feature , 12 laps, No Time: 1. Tony Moro, Des Moines IA; 2. Bryan Nevins Jr., Des Moines IA; 3. Bob Murray, Des Moines IA; 4. Rick Clark, Des Moines IA; 5. Bret Moyer, Polk City IA; 6. Tim Murray, Van Meter IA; 7. Matt Moro, Des Moines IA; 8. Brian Murray, Altoona IA; 9. Rusty Graves, Des Moines IA; 10. Mike Todd, Pleasant Hill IA; 11. Ed Nelson, Van Meter IA; 12. Lou Sipolt, Altoona IA.