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Brian Brown Wins the
33rd Xtreme Powered by
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Nationals by Inches!
Bryan Hulbert –
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August
5, 2023) “Shit,
I just wanted to win.
That’s for you, Jason
Johnson,” echoed through
the valley Saturday
night as Brian Brown
stood atop the podium
after the closest margin
of victory in the
history of the Xtreme
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Knoxville Nationals
presented by Great
Southern Bank, Brian
Brown.
Edging Aaron Reutzel by
0.020-seconds for the
$20,500 payday, the win
is Brown’s second 360
Nationals triumph, 19th
at the Knoxville
Raceway, and 21st
against the American
Sprint Car Series
presented by
RacinDirt.com.
“I seen Tyler Swank down
here telling him [Aaron
Reutzel] kind of what to
do and that kind of
helped my gameplan a
little bit because I did
really know what he was
going to do. He’s such a
smart racecar driver,
and I knew he was trying
to slide himself down
here, so I knew my best
chance was to hit the
bottom coming to the
white, and I hit it
pretty good, and I was
thinking he was going to
the top, then he went to
the middle, and I’m like
man; Christmas came
early. I’m worn out from
the cheering, not the
racing,” Explained Brown
when asked about the
restart.
Chasing Aaron Reutzel
the entire race, it came
down to a green, white,
checkered dash to the
finish after Garet
Williamson and Kaleb
Johnson, who were racing
for fifth, flipped as
the leaders worked into
what they thought were
going to be the final
two turns.
Sliding himself on the
restart as Brown glued
his right rear to the
cushion, Brian peeled to
the bottom through the
third and fourth turns
as the pair raced to the
white flag once more.
Brown again hustled the
high side as Aaron slid
across the cushion in
turns one and two.
With a slight bounce off
the curb, Aaron turned
low, exposing a clear
shot off the top,
exiting the second turn.
Wheel to wheel into turn
three, Aaron drifted
across the nose of
Brown. Turning under
Aaron working into the
fourth turn, Aaron went
down to block on exit,
but it was not enough to
keep Brian Brown at bay.
On that final run, Brown
said, “We came off turn
two, and I got such a
good run and almost
cleared him down the
backstretch, and I was
like, gosh darn it, I
showed him, and I
thought I was in trouble
when he slid me, but I
got it turned, and I was
either going to come
back on the trailer or
holding this trophy.”
Sixth coming to the
final dash to the
finish, California’s
Rico Abreu shot to third
to earn the KSE Hard
Charger, having advanced
24th to the show
position and was
trailing the race for
the lead by
0.341-seconds at the
line. Rico also earned
the 2023 Jetco, Inc. 360
Knoxville Nationals
Rookie of the Year
title.
Parker Price-Miller
crossed fourth, with
Ryan Timms fifth. Zeb
Wise moved up two spots
to sixth, followed by
Chase Randall, who
advanced 10 positions to
seventh. Sam Hafertepe,
Jr. went 15th to eighth,
with Terry McCarl and
Kerry Madsen making up
the top ten.
Zeb Wise was awarded the
Team DGRD Best Appearing
Car Award.
Special thanks to the
Knoxville Raceway staff,
all the teams who
participated in this
year’s event, and the
fans who help make all
this possible. We look
forward to the 2024
event.
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Series presented by
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Lakeside Speedway on
Friday, August 25,
paying $5,000 to win,
$500 to start, then
Saturday, August 26, at
Salina Highbanks
Speedway at $4,000 to
win, $400 to start.
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Race Results:
ASCS National
Knoxville
Raceway (Knoxville,
Iowa)
Friday, August
4, 2023
Car Count: 91
Event Count: 105
E-Feature (Top 8 advance
to the D-Feature)
E Feature (8 Laps): 1.
75AU-Tyler Blank[2]; 2.
45X-Kyler Johnson[4]; 3.
11M-Brendan Mullen[6];
4. G5-Gage Pulkrabek[8];
5. 22W-Aaron Werner[11];
6. 87X-Shone Evans[5];
7. 33-Alan Zoutte[1]; 8.
4H-Cody Hansen[16]; 9.
105-Cody Ihlen[9]; 10.
T4-Tyler Graves[14]; 11.
4C-Tuesday
Calderwood[7]; 12.
17N-Ben Woods[15]; 13.
14-Aidan Zoutte[13]; 14.
5D-Grae Anderson[17];
15. 83-Austin Miller[3];
16. B29-JJ Beaver[10];
17. (DNS) 938-Bradley
Fezard
Hoss Media D-Feature
(Top 8 advance to the
C-Feature)
D Feature (10 Laps): 1.
70-Calvin Landis[1]; 2.
8H-Jacob Hughes[2]; 3.
18-Ryan Roberts[7]; 4.
7M-Chance Morton[3]; 5.
27B-Jake Bubak[6]; 6.
75X-JT Imperial[4]; 7.
98P-Miles Paulus[5]; 8.
4J-Kevin Thomas Jr[9];
9. 01-Sammy
Swindell[10]; 10.
87J-Jace Park[8]; 11.
35H-Zach Hampton[13];
12. 2JR-Kelly
Miller[12]; 13.
11X-Ayrton
Gennetten[11]; 14.
11M-Brendan Mullen[19];
15. 35L-Cody Ledger[14];
16. 77X-Alex Hill[15];
17. 9M-Liam Martin[16];
18. 45X-Kyler
Johnson[18]; 19. 4H-Cody
Hansen[24]; 20.
87X-Shone Evans[22]; 21.
22W-Aaron Werner[21];
22. G5-Gage
Pulkrabek[20]; 23.
33-Alan Zoutte[23]; 24.
75AU-Tyler Blank[17]
Hoosier Tire C-Feature
(Top 5 advance to the
B-Feature)
C Feature (12 Laps): 1.
83H-Justin Henderson[1];
2. 44-Chris Martin[2];
3. 52-Blake Hahn[15]; 4.
11N-Harli White[5]; 5.
50YR-JJ Hickle[10]; 6.
99-Tony Rost[8]; 7.
1E-Ian Madsen[14]; 8.
18-Ryan Roberts[22]; 9.
5M-Collin Moyle[6]; 10.
27B-Jake Bubak[24]; 11.
86-Timothy Smith[11];
12. 24T-Christopher
Thram[13]; 13. 41-Colton
Hardy[12]; 14. 6-Dustin
Selvage[19]; 15.
8H-Jacob Hughes[21]; 16.
7M-Chance Morton[23];
17. 70-Calvin
Landis[20]; 18. 15-Ryan
Turner[16]; 19. 83JR-Sam
Henderson[17]; 20.
6A-Alex Vande Voort[7];
21. 17-Tyler
Groenendyk[4]; 22.
42-Sye Lynch[9]; 23.
53-Joe Beaver[18]; 24.
(DNS) 83T-Tanner Carrick
BMRS B-Feature (Top 4
advance to the
A-Feature)
B Feature (18 Laps): 1.
7BC-Anthony Macri[2]; 2.
88-Austin McCarl[4]; 3.
39M-Justin Sanders[1];
4. 24R-Rico Abreu[7]; 5.
9T-Kasey Kahne[12]; 6.
21H-Brady Bacon[3]; 7.
3P-Sawyer Phillips[6];
8. 20-Justin Peck[10];
9. 2-Lynton Jeffrey[8];
10. 17W-Shane
Golobic[16]; 11. 22-Ryan
Leavitt[5]; 12.
1-Brenham Crouch[11];
13. 50YR-JJ Hickle[24];
14. 52-Blake Hahn[22];
15. 35-Skylar
Prochaska[17]; 16.
83H-Justin
Henderson[20]; 17.
14T-Brooke Tatnell[18];
18. 44-Chris Martin[21];
19. 8M-Kade Morton[13];
20. 11N-Harli White[23];
21. 4-Cameron
Martin[15]; 22.
27-Carson McCarl[19];
23. 24H-Kade Higday[9];
24. 7TAZ-Tasker
Phillips[14]
A-Feature
A Feature (30 Laps): 1.
21-Brian Brown[2]; 2.
8-Aaron Reutzel[1]; 3.
24R-Rico Abreu[24]; 4.
9P-Parker Price
Miller[3]; 5. 5T-Ryan
Timms[6]; 6. 26-Zeb
Wise[8]; 7. 9-Chase
Randall[17]; 8. 15H-Sam
Hafertepe Jr[15]; 9.
24-Terry McCarl[9]; 10.
55-Kerry Madsen[12]; 11.
1K-Kelby Watt[5]; 12.
5-Daryn Pittman[19]; 13.
7BC-Anthony Macri[21];
14. 2M-Davey Heskin[18];
15. 4W-Jamie Ball[13];
16. 9G-Ryan Giles[20];
17. 16A-Colby
Copeland[16]; 18.
22K-Kaleb Johnson[7];
19. 24W-Garet
Williamson[4]; 20.
18T-Tanner Holmes[10];
21. 39M-Justin
Sanders[23]; 22.
36-Jason Martin[11]; 23.
88-Austin McCarl[22];
24. 2C-Wayne Johnson[14]
Lap Leader(s): Aaron
Reutzel 1-29; Brian
Brown 30
Hard Charger: Rico Abreu
+21
Quick Time: N/A
High Point Driver: N/A
Provisional(s): N/A
ASCS Online:
American Sprint Car
Series: http://www.ascsracing.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/americansprintcarseries
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ascsracing [@ascsracing]
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Live-Scoring: My Race
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ASCS Drivers Online:
3 Howard Moore (Memphis,
TN) R
6 Christopher Townsend
(La Porte, TX) R
10 Landon Britt
(Memphis, TN)
13 Elijah Gile (Phoenix,
AZ) R
14 Jordon Mallett
(Greenbrier, AR)
23 Seth Bergman
(Snohomish, WA)
36 Jason Martin
(Liberal, KS)
45X Kyler Johnson
(Quinter, KS)
55B Brandon Anderson
(Glenpool, OK)
71 Brady Baker
(Alexander, AR) R
91 Michael Day
(Farmersville, TX) R
95 Matt Covington
(Glenpool, OK)
R denotes a driver
running for the Brodix
National Rookie of the
Year
2023 Race Winners: Jason
Martin – 7 (4/20
– Jackson Motor
Speedway; 4/22 –
Boothill Speedway; 5/20
– Longdale Speedway;
5/28 – Lake Ozark
Speedway; 6/17 – 81
Speedway; 7/7 – Dodge
City Raceway Park; 7/22
– 81 Speedway); Seth
Bergman – 2 (4/21
– Longdale Speedway; 6/2
– Outlaw Motor
Speedway); Matt
Covington – 2 (6/16
– Humboldt Speedway; 7/8
– Dodge City Raceway
Park); Austin
McCarl – 1 (5/26
– Lakeside Speedway); Joe
B. Miller – 1 (5/17
– Lake Ozark Speedway); Sean
McClelland – 1 (6/15
– Creek County
Speedway); Jeffrey
Newell – 1 (6/22
– Lawton Speedway); Alex
Sewell – 1 (6/24
– Caney Valley
Speedway); Blake
Hahn – 1 (6/30
– Boone County
Raceway); Jake
Bubak – 1 (7/1
– WaKeeney Speedway); Aaron
Reutzel – 1 (8/3
– Knoxville Raceway); *Parker
Price-Miller – 1 (8/4
– Knoxville Raceway); Brian
Brown – 1 (8/5
– Knoxville Raceway);
2023 Driver Points (Top
10): 1.
Jason Martin 2,568; 2.
Matt Covington 2,502; 3.
Jordon Mallett 2,351; 4.
Howard Moore 2,341; 5.
Brandon Anderson 2,284;
6. Kyler Johnson 2,161;
7. Christopher Townsend
2,023; 8. Landon Britt
1,988; 9. Michael Day
1,840; 10. Seth Bergman
1,237;
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