Garrett Albertson won night one of the 21st Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals on a record-setting opening night that saw four track records fall and rain end the A-Main after 19 of the scheduled 25 laps. A new one lap record time trials as Ricky Thornton Jr broke a 19 year old record by clacking in a :16.566 to get overall quick time. Other records set were the 12 lap heat race one in which Daniel Hilsabeck won the race in 3:30.7, and the eight lap B-Main in a time of 2:19 set by winner Chad Simpson. Albertson fought through several yellow flags and a red flag period finally clinching his first career win at Knoxville after 19 laps due to rain. Tyler Erb, and Daulton Wilson completed the podium. Albertson currently leads the points at 488, followed by Thornton Jr with 485 and Erb with 484 in 3rd. All drivers will return tonight for night two and the highest point total from the last two nights will determine the starting line up for Saturday’s championship races.
LOLMDS A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 58-Garrett Alberson[2]; 2. 01-Tyler Erb[10]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson[4]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[8]; 5. 49-Jonathan Davenport[18]; 6. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[6]; 7. 19M-Joseph Joiner[9]; 8. 99-Devin Moran[11]; 9. 79-Donald McIntosh[19]; 10. 60-Dan Ebert[22]; 11. 76-Brandon Overton[12]; 12. 32S-Chris Simpson[13]; 13. 32-Bobby Pierce[14]; 14. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[17]; 15. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[16]; 16. 1-Brandon Sheppard[1]; 17. 6-Clay Harris[24]; 18. 93-Carson Ferguson[23]; 19. 19R-Ryan Gustin[5]; 20. 71-Hudson O’Neal[15]; 21. 25-Chad Simpson[21]; 22. 16-Tyler Bruening[3]; 23. 3S-Brian Shirley[7]; 24. 6J-Jake Neal[20]
Fast Shafts B-Main 1 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Chad Simpson[1]; 2. 93-Carson Ferguson[4]; 3. 15-Clay Stuckey[2]; 4. 99S-Jesse Sobbing[9]; 5. 51B-Brandon Carpenter[6]; 6. 38T-Dylan Thornton[5]; 7. 10-Junior Coover[8]; 8. 6H-Al Humphrey[7]; 9. (DNS) 99X-Dallon Murty; 10. (DNS) 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr
UNOH B-Main 2 (6 Laps): 1. 60-Dan Ebert[1]; 2. 6-Clay Harris[2]; 3. 51-Matt Furman[4]; 4. 21B-Rich Bell[6]; 5. 93L-Cory Lawler[3]; 6. 45D-Dan Battaglia[5]; 7. (DNS) 18C-Chase Junghans; 8. (DNS) 75-Daniel Adam; 9. (DNS) 51C-Dean Carpenter
Penske Shocks Heat 1 (12 Laps): 1. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck[1]; 2. 19M-Joseph Joiner[3]; 3. 32S-Chris Simpson[2]; 4. 19R-Ryan Gustin[5]; 5. 3S-Brian Shirley[6]; 6. 25-Chad Simpson[7]; 7. 99X-Dallon Murty[4]; 8. 38T-Dylan Thornton[9]; 9. 6H-Al Humphrey[10]; 10. (DNS) 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr
Summit Racing Heat 2 (12 Laps): 1. 79-Donald McIntosh[1]; 2. 99-Devin Moran[3]; 3. 1-Brandon Sheppard[4]; 4. 71-Hudson O’Neal[2]; 5. 16-Tyler Bruening[5]; 6. 15-Clay Stuckey[9]; 7. 93-Carson Ferguson[6]; 8. 51B-Brandon Carpenter[8]; 9. 10-Junior Coover[10]; 10. 99S-Jesse Sobbing[7]
Cool-It Thermo Tec Heat 3 (12 Laps): 1. 49-Jonathan Davenport[1]; 2. 32-Bobby Pierce[3]; 3. 01-Tyler Erb[4]; 4. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]; 5. 18D-Daulton Wilson[5]; 6. 60-Dan Ebert[8]; 7. 93L-Cory Lawler[2]; 8. 45D-Dan Battaglia[10]; 9. 18C-Chase Junghans[7]; 10. (DNS) 51C-Dean Carpenter
Simpson Race Products Heat 4 (12 Laps): 1. 6J-Jake Neal[1]; 2. 76N-Blair Nothdurft[2]; 3. 58-Garrett Alberson[5]; 4. 76-Brandon Overton[4]; 5. 1XM-Aaron Marrant[6]; 6. 6-Clay Harris[7]; 7. 51-Matt Furman[8]; 8. 21B-Rich Bell[9]; 9. 75-Daniel Adam[3]
Qualifying | GROUP A: 1. 3S-Brian Shirley, 00:16.689[20]; 2. 93-Carson Ferguson, 00:16.768[3]; 3. 19R-Ryan Gustin, 00:16.784[2]; 4. 16-Tyler Bruening, 00:16.827[19]; 5. 99X-Dallon Murty, 00:16.837[1]; 6. 1-Brandon Sheppard, 00:16.869[12]; 7. 19M-Joseph Joiner, 00:16.991[7]; 8. 99-Devin Moran, 00:17.000[10]; 9. 32S-Chris Simpson, 00:17.002[8]; 10. 71-Hudson O’Neal, 00:17.020[15]; 11. 22-Daniel Hilsabeck, 00:17.091[13]; 12. 79-Donald McIntosh, 00:17.094[18]; 13. 25-Chad Simpson, 00:17.222[5]; 14. 99S-Jesse Sobbing, 00:17.241[11]; 15. 99JR-Frank Heckenast Jr, 00:17.372[16]; 16. 51B-Brandon Carpenter, 00:17.624[9]; 17. 38T-Dylan Thornton, 00:17.667[17]; 18. 15-Clay Stuckey, 00:17.795[14]; 19. 6H-Al Humphrey, 00:18.333[4]; 20. 10-Junior Coover, 00:18.972[6]
Qualifying | GROUP B: 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 00:16.566[14]; 2. 1XM-Aaron Marrant, 00:16.676[3]; 3. 18D-Daulton Wilson, 00:16.695[9]; 4. 58-Garrett Alberson, 00:16.706[7]; 5. 01-Tyler Erb, 00:16.839[4]; 6. 76-Brandon Overton, 00:16.887[2]; 7. 32-Bobby Pierce, 00:16.889[10]; 8. 75-Daniel Adam, 00:17.021[12]; 9. 93L-Cory Lawler, 00:17.055[5]; 10. 76N-Blair Nothdurft, 00:17.142[15]; 11. 49-Jonathan Davenport, 00:17.202[19]; 12. 6J-Jake Neal, 00:17.402[8]; 13. 18C-Chase Junghans, 00:17.407[16]; 14. 6-Clay Harris, 00:17.493[11]; 15. 60-Dan Ebert, 00:17.555[17]; 16. 51-Matt Furman, 00:17.837[6]; 17. 51C-Dean Carpenter, 00:17.925[13]; 18. 21B-Rich Bell, 00:18.230[1]; 19. 45D-Dan Battaglia, 00:19.897[18]
Points After Thursday
58, Garrett Alberson, 488
20RT, Ricky Thornton Jr., 485
01, Tyler Erb, 484
18D, Daulton Wilson, 480
1xm, Aaron Marrant, 476
19M, Joseph Joiner, 473
49, Jonathan Davenport, 472
99, Devin Moran, 469
79, Donald McIntosh, 462
76, Brandon Overton, 461
32, Bobby Pierce, 461
32s, Chris Simpson, 456
22, Daniel Hilsabeck, 454
1, Brandon Sheppard, 454
76N, Blair Nothdurft, 451
19R, Ryan Gustin, 451
93, Carson Ferguson, 446
3s, Brian Shirley, 444
16, Tyler Bruening, 440
60, Dan Ebert, 439
71, Hudson O’Neal, 435
6J, Jake Neal, 432
6, Clay Harris, 427
25, Chad Simpson, 421
93L, Cory Lawler, 408
99x, Dallon Murty, 408
51, Matt Furman, 398
75, Daniel Adam, 398
15, Clay Stuckey, 397
99s, Jesse Sobbing, 391
51B, Brandon Carpenter, 391
18c, Chase Junghans, 399
21B, Rich Bell, 389
38T, Dylan Thornton, 387
45D, Dan Battaglia, 383
99JR, Frank Heckenast Jr., 377
10, Junior Coover, 376
6H, Al Humphrey, 376
51c, Dean Carpenter, 375