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Terry McCarl Takes Point Lead in Cox Design & Metal
Fabrication
Iowa SpeedWeeks Points After Round 11 at Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, IOWA (August 15, 2009) - Following his fourth place finish in
Friday night’s Digital Delivery Networks Knoxville World Challenge, native
Iowan Terry McCarl has taken the point lead in the 2009 Cox Design & Metal
Fabrication Iowa SpeedWeeks point championship. The three-track point
championship will crown “Mr. Sprint Car” after 12 races in 11 nights of
sprint car racing at Newton, Oskaloosa and Knoxville. Attention will now
turn towards tonight’s 49th annual SuperClean Knoxville Sprint Car National
Championship finale, presented by Lucas Oil, to determine the 2009 “Mr.
Sprint Car”. Terry McCarl and Brian Brown are both locked into tonight’s
championship A-Main, while Johnny Herrera will need to transfer to the ‘A’
from the B-Main in order to remain in contention for the title.
The unofficial ‘top 15’ in the Cox Design Iowa SpeedWeeks point standings
are as follows:
1., Terry McCarl, 242 points
2., Johnny Herrera, 229 points
3., Brian Brown, 225 points
4., Wayne Johnson, 203 points
5., Bronson Maeschen, 187 points
6., Jason Johnson, 180 points
7., Shane Stewart, 178 points
8., Billy Alley, 169 points
9., Cale Conley, 168 points
10., Dale Blaney, 162 points
11., Sam Hafertepe, Jr., 156 points
12., Jack Dover, 154 points
13., Kaley Gharst, 149 points
14., Ricky Logan, 144 points
15., Travis Rilat, 142 points
The 12-race “Mr. Sprint Car” title chase includes three USAC non-winged
sprint car races, three American Sprint Car Series (ASCS) winged
360-cubic-inch sprint car races, and six winged 410 c.i. sprint car races.
The August 10 winged ‘410’ race at Oskaloosa was sanctioned by the All Star
Circuit of Champions, with the other five races being non-sanctioned or
open-competition. The August 14 winged ‘410’ race, the Digital Delivery
Networks Knoxville World Challenge, was an invitational featuring top
drivers from the United States, Canada, and Australia.
The 2009 Cox Design Iowa SpeedWeeks schedule is as follows:
Round 1, Friday, July 31, Newton USAC Non-Winged - winner: Shane Hmiel
Round 2, Thurs., August 6, Knoxville ASCS 360 Nationals - winner: Wayne
Johnson
Round 3, Friday, August 7, Knoxville ASCS 360 Nationals – winner: Terry
McCarl
Round 4, Saturday, August 8, Knoxville 410 – winner: Terry McCarl
Round 5, Saturday, August 8, Knoxville ASCS 360 Nationals - winner: Terry
McCarl
Round 6, Sunday, August 9, Knoxville USAC Non-Winged Nationals - RAIN OUT
Rd. 7, Mon., Aug. 10, Osky ASCoC 410 Front Row Chall. - winner: Sammy
Swindell
Rd. 8, Tue., Aug. 11, Osky USAC Non-Winged Ultimate Chall. - winner: Jesse
Hockett
Round 9, Wednesday, August 12, Knoxville 410 Nationals - winner: Tim Shaffer
Round 10, Thursday, August 13, Knoxville 410 Nationals - winner: Tim Kaeding
Round 11, Friday, August 14, Knoxville 410 World Challenge - winner: Lynton
Jeffrey
Round 12, Saturday, August 15, Knoxville 410 Nationals (finale)
The history of the Cox Design & Metal Fabrication Iowa SpeedWeeks is as
follows:
2008 - 1., Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma, 314 points ($2,500); 2., Billy Alley,
Nebraska, 274 ($1,000); 3., Brooke Tatnell ($500), New South Wales,
Australia, 271; 4., Tyler Walker, California, 261; 5., Jason Johnson,
Louisiana, 233.
2007 – 1., Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma, 266 points ($2,500); 2., Kaley Gharst,
Illinois, 252 ($1,000); 3., Brian Brown, Missouri, 249 ($500); 4., Shane
Stewart, Oklahoma, 192; 5., Jonathan Allard, California, 182.
2006 – 1., Jason Johnson, Louisiana, 309 points ($2,500); 2., Billy Alley,
Nebraska, 247 ($1,000); 3., Brian Brown, Missouri, 227 ($500); 4., Don
Droud, Jr., Nebraska, 201; 5., Gary Wright, Texas, 187.
2005 – 1., Billy Alley, Nebraska, 303 points ($2,500); 2., Kerry Madsen, New
South Wales, Australia, 258 ($1,000); 3., Daryn Pittman, Oklahoma, 235; 4.,
Jesse Hockett, Missouri, 227; 5., Jesse Giannetto, Iowa, 214.
2004 - 1., Shane Stewart, Oklahoma, 217 points ($3,000); 2., Kerry Madsen,
New South Wales, Australia, 183; 3., Zach Chappell, Oklahoma, 182; 4., Tim
Kaeding, California, 165; 5., Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma, 160.
2003 – 1., Shane Stewart, Oklahoma, 238 points ($2,500); 2., Erin Crocker,
Massachusetts, 186; 3., Travis Rilat, Texas, 183; 4., Kerry Madsen, New
South Wales, Australia, 177; 5., Terry McCarl, Iowa, 175.
2002 – 1., Ricky Logan, Arkansas, 202 points ($1,500); 2., Jason Johnson,
Louisiana, 186; 3., Daryn Pittman, Oklahoma, 171; 4., Brad Furr, California,
170; 5., Kasey Kahne, Washington, 160.
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