Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native and Fully Injected member, Danny Holtgraver, earned a spot in tonight’s D-Main at the 51st Goodyear Knoxville Nationals. This is Holtgraver’s first trip to the famed national event and will look to transfer from his inside second row starting spot in his respective main and advance as far up the ladder as he can achieve. Fellow western Pennsylvania competitor, Ed Lynch Jr., will start on the outside of the front row in tonight’s D-main, as well.
Sammy Swindell and Brad Sweet make up the front row in tonight’s $150,000 to win Knoxville Nationals A-main. Dale Blaney and Jason Meyers make up row 2; while PA Posse competitor, Daryn Pittman, and Knoxville hotshoe, Brian Brown, make up row number 3. Defending Knoxville Nationals Champion, Tim Shaffer, will be starting from inside of row number 10.
Tonight’s A-Main starting lineup thanks to www.knoxvilleraceway.com:
Row 1 – 1, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN – 9, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA
Row 2 – 2, Dale Blaney, Hartford, OH – 14, Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA
Row 3 – 27, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK – 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO
Row 4 – 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND – 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN
Row 5 – 51, Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, PA – 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN
Row 6 – 15H, Sam Hafertepe Jr., Sunnyvale, TX – 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA
Row 7 – 15, Donny Schatz, Fargo, ND – 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA
Row 8 – 92, Kerry Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. – 83, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN
Row 9 – 57, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK – 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN
Row 10 – 83x, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA – 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA
Fully Injected competitors will be back in action tonight at their respective Saturday night destinations. Don’t forget to check back continuously throughout the weekend for updates and results!