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KNOXVILLE, IOWA (July 30, 2010) - One of the first guys to qualify for this year’s seventeenth annual Premier Chevy Dealers Knoxville World Challenge has become its twenty-eighth, and possibly final, entrant this week. Craig Dollansky of Elk River, Minnesota, has finally entered the 20-lap, $10,000-to-win international invitational, making him the twelfth American to do so. Twelve Australians have also entered the Friday, August 13, event, as have two Canadians and two New Zealanders. Interestingly, sixteen teams will be inverted on the starting grid, based upon their qualifying night points during the 50th annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals presented by Lucas Oil. The Premier Chevy Dealers Knoxville World Challenge is also a points-paying round of the 12-race, 10-night Cox Design & Metal Febrication Iowa SpeedWeek, which will award the Jesse Hockett “Mr. Sprint Car” title. Those entered in the seventeenth annual Premier Chevy Dealers Knoxville World Challenge are (years as World Challenge titlists are in parentheses): Team Australia: 2, A.J. “Skip” Jackson, Sydney, NSW, AUS (1995, ’97, ’98) 3, Kerry Madsen, St Marys, NSW, AUS (2008) 4, Trevor Green, Adelaide, SA, AUS V5, Max Dumesny, Warrnambool, VIC, AUS (1994) 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, AUS (2009) 12AU, Paul Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, AUS AUS20, Domain Ramsey, Newtown, VIC, AUS 35AU, Jamie Veal, Warrnambool, VIC, AUS 55, Ian Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, AUS 59, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, AUS (2006) AUS77, Mitchell Dumesny, Nelson, NSW, AUS 96AU, Bruce White, Merrylands, NSW, AUS
Team Canada: 4X, Toni Lutar, White Rock, BC, CAN 57C, Chris Schmelzle, Victoria, BC, CAN
Team New Zealand: 2T, Colin Entwisle, Baypark, NI, NZ 11P, Ian Easton, Foxton, NI, NZ
Team United States: 0, Jonathan Allard, Chico, CA, USA 1, Sammy Swindell, Memphis, TN, USA 5W, Lucas Wolfe, Souderton, PA, USA 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN, USA 7S, Jason Sides, Bartlett, TN, USA 9, Joey Saldana, Brownsburg, IN, USA 10A, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR, USA 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA, USA 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA, USA 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK, USA 77X, Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma City, OK, USA - injured; status unknown at this time 91, Paul McMahan, Elk Grove, CA, USA
Fourteen Americans are eligible to compete this year in the Premier Chevy Dealers Knoxville World Challenge after having qualified at select races in Australia and New Zealand. The eligible Yanks are Jonathan Allard, Jason Johnson, Ricky Logan, Paul McMahan, Joey Saldana, Jason Sides, Danny Smith, Sammy Swindell, Craig Dollansky, Wayne Johnson, Terry McCarl, Jerry Richert (Jr.), Shane Stewart, and Lucas Wolfe. It should be noted that American Danny Smith is injured and Australian Trevor Green will be piloting his sprint car. Also, American Jerry Richert, Jr., is eligible to compete in the Premier Chevy Dealers Knoxville World Challenge, but he doesn’t have a confirmed ride at this date as he has been driving a ‘360’ for most of this summer. International sprint car drivers from Australia, Canada and New Zealand continue to be eligible for the Premier Chevy Dealers 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. Last year’s twenty starters remains the largest starting field in the event’s history. For more information on the Knoxville Raceway and its seventeenth annual Premier Chevy Dealers Knoxville World Challenge, fans are urged to visit www.knoxvilleraceway.com.
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