KNOXVILLE, Iowa — On a night when only 18 of the top 20 qualifiers transferred into the feature through the heat races, Donny Schatz and David Gravel emerged as the nights high-point earners during night one of the Knoxville Nationals Wednesday at Knoxville Raceway.
Both Schatz and Gravel wound up with 469 points, which is low when considering 500 points is the maximum that could be earned.
Schatz qualified 11th, finished fourth in his heat and second in his heat race, while Gravel qualified 10th, finished fourth in his heat and third in the 25-lap main event.
Brent Marks, who was one of the drivers, who failed to transfer through his heat, raced into the feature through the B main and ended up third in points with 462 markers.
Fast-qualifier Parker Price-Miller (457) and rookie of the Nationals contender Justin Sanders, driving for Kevin Swindell (456) rounded out the top five.
Wednesday Points
1     15    Donny Schatz      469
2     2     David Gravel      469
3     19    Brent Marks 462
4     11M   Parker Price-Miller     457
5     39    Justin Sanders    456
6     8     Aaron Reutzel     447
7     18    Gio Scelzi  445
8     1S    Logan Schuchart   444
9     83    James McFadden    441
10    13    Justin Peck 441
11    14J   Cole Macedo 435
12    2KS   Ian Madsen  434
13    14    Corey Day   422
14    11    Roger Crockett    417
15    16A   Colby Copeland    416
16    3     Ayrton Gennetten  414
17    55    Hunter Schuerenberg     410
18    17W   Shane Golobic     407
19    17    Sheldon Haudenschild    405
20    49J   Josh Schneiderman 401
21    101   Lachlan McHugh    399
22    17C   Carson Short      398
23    7     Justin Henderson  396
24    91    Kyle Reinhardt    395
25    21H   Brady Bacon 395
26    55T   McKenna Haase     392
27    73    Scotty Thiel      390
28    55W   Mike Wagner 390
29    7S    Robbie Price      386
30    3P    Sawyer Phillips   385
31    2M    Davey Heskin      384
32    13JT  Mark Dobmeier     382
33    71    Cory Eliason      381
34    6B    Brandon Wimmer    380
35    7W    Dustin Selvage    376
36    24    Terry McCarl      373
37    1AU   Marcus Dumesny    360
38    84    Scott Bogucki     333
39    20    AJ Moeller  332
40    40    Clint Garner      323
41    3Z    Brock Zearfoss    318
42    47X   Dylan Westbrook   306
43    65    Jordan Goldesberry      302
44    2KK   Kevin Ingle 301
45    22    Riley Goodno      293
46    10    Skylar Prochaska  278
47    9JR   Derek Hagar 272
48    1X    Jake Bubak  271
49    1M    Don Droud Jr.     265
50    45    Rusty Hickman     257
51    52    Blake Hahn  230
