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Knoxville World Challenge Goes “From Strength to Strength” on
Warrnambool’s Announcement of Record Number of Americans in GASC
BY: Brian Stickel
KNOXVILLE, IOWA (January 18, 2010) - To use a common Aussie expression, the
Knoxville World Challenge, set for Friday, August 13, during the 50th
Goodyear Knoxville Nationals presented by Lucas Oil, has just gone “from
strength to strength” with the announcement that a record eleven Americans
are entered in this weekend’s The Standard-sponsored Grand Annual Sprintcar
Classic (GASC) at the Premier Speedway in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia.
The previous record was a total ten Americans competing in the GASC, set in
2002 and 2005. American sprint car drivers competing in the January 23-24
event will be eligible to participate in the $10,000-to-win international
invitational in Knoxville, as will all Aussie participants.
Already qualified for the World Challenge, based upon their competition in
the two recent New Zealand qualifiers at Western Springs Speedway in
Auckland and the Robertson Holden International Speedway in Palmerston
North, are Sammy Swindell of Tennessee, Ricky Logan of Arkansas, Jonathan
Allard of California, Joey Saldana of Indiana, and Craig Dollansky of
Minnesota. Those ‘Yanks’ that are pre-entered for the $30,000-to-win GASC at
Warrnambool are:
Jonathan Allard, California;
Craig Dollansky, Minnesota;
Jason Johnson, Louisiana;
Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma;
Terry McCarl, Iowa;
Paul McMahan, California;
Jerry Richert, Jr., Minnesota;
Jason Sides, Tennessee;
Danny Smith, Indiana;
Shane Stewart, Oklahoma; and
Lucas Wolfe, Pennsylvania.
Amongst the top Australian drivers that are entered at Warrnambool and are
possible entrants at Knoxville, August 12-15, are:
Garry Brazier, New South Wales;
Max Dumesny, Victoria;
Mitchell Dumesny, Victoria;
Ian Madsen, New South Wales;
Kerry Madsen, New South Wales;
Matthew Reed; Victoria; and
Brooke Tatnell, New South Wales.
International sprint car drivers from Australia, Canada and New Zealand will
continue to be eligible for the Knoxville World Challenge simply by
competing in the 50th annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals at the
world-famous Knoxville Raceway in Iowa. The starting line-up for the 2010
World Challenge will remain a sixteen-car inversion based upon a driver’s
qualifying night points. For more information on the Knoxville Raceway and
its seventeenth annual World Challenge, fans are urged to visit
www.knoxvilleraceway.com.
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