KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Davey Heskin won his first feature event at Knoxville Raceway in 10 years.
The St. Michael, Minnesota driver made his victory count, as he was awarded the $10,000 first prize on Slideways Border Battle Night at Knoxville.
Heskin’s last win here came in May of 2013.
Chase Randall won a hair-raising 360 main event. It was the Waco, Texas driver’s first at the “Sprint Car Capital of the World” and was worth $2,000. A.J. Johnson also won his first career feature. The Oskaloosa, Iowa pilot was victorious in the Pro Sprints feature.
Aaron Reutzel shot out to the early lead in the 25-lap main event for the 410s. Heskin and Chase Randall tussled for the second spot, before Heskin secured it. Reutzel was into lapped traffic on lap eight, as the top five spread out a bit. Brian Brown was fourth early, followed by Lachlan McHugh. McHugh challenged briefly for the spot before succumbing to Kerry Madsen, who took a top five spot.
Up front, Heskin was slowly reeling in Reutzel, using the bottom groove of the track and getting traction exiting both turns two and four. On the 14th lap, Heskin caught the low side of two just right and jetted into the lead.
The non-stop affair saw Heskin gain the popular victory ahead of Reutzel, Randall, Brown and Madsen.
“That’s just pretty cool,” said Heskin. “You know we won the championship here a couple years ago without winning one, and it kind of hit home. I wanted to win one. That was fun! I knew it was 25 laps and I kept waiting and hitting my marks. I’m just so happy! I was a little jacked up, I was screaming in the car.”
The finish:
Feature (25 laps): 1. Davey Heskin (3); 2. Aaron Reutzel (1); 3. Chase Randall (2); 4. Brian Brown (6); 5. Kerry Madsen (7); 6. Austin McCarl (11); 7. Lachlan McHugh (5); 8. Lynton Jeffrey (4); 9. Sawyer Phillips (13); 10. Justin Henderson (9); 11. Garet Williamson (14); 12. Brooke Tatnell (12); 13. Mark Dobmeier (19); 14. Jake Bubak (18); 15. Carson McCarl (8); 16. Kaleb Johnson (21); 17. Dusty Zomer (20); 18. Dustin Selvage (22); 19. Riley Goodno (23); 20. Matt Juhl (10); 21. Tasker Phillips (16); 22. AJ Moeller (15); 23. Bobby Mincer (24); 24. Zach Hampton (17).