Bayston Gets Knoxville Do Over
KNOXVILLE, Iowa (August 10, 2017) – Spencer Bayston’s Knoxville Nationals hopes looked to be on the dim side after rolling across the scales light following his Wednesday night qualifying effort.
The Lebanon, IN, driver gets a reprieve though, as Knoxville Raceway officials discovered a diagnostic issue with the scales. As a result, Bayston along with Josh Walter (who also was light after qualifying) has been offered the opportunity to compete in Thursday’s qualifying portion of the 57th Annual Knoxville Nationals.
According to a statement released from Knoxville Raceway:
“Following last night’s Brandt Professional Agriculture qualifying night, we discovered that we had a diagnostic issue with our scales. Both drivers who were disqualified for not making weight have been contacted and offered the chance to race tonight.
Our officials worked until 2am this morning to diagnose and fix the problem. The issue was discovered this morning, repaired and the scales have been recertified.
Thank you to everyone for your patience and to the two teams for their understanding as we fixed this problem as quickly as we could.”
The addition of Bayston pushes the number to 53 entries listed for Thursday’s action including reigning Knoxville Nationals champion Jason Johnson.
Thursday’s entry list:
00 Dane Lorenc – Lancaster, NY
1 TBA (BDS Motorsports)
1a Jacob Allen – Hanover, PA
1x Don Droud, Jr. – Lincoln, NE
1Z Dale Blaney – Hartford, OH
X1 Mason Moore – Chico, CA (R)
2C Wayne Johnson – Oklahoma City, OK
3 James McFadden – Alice Springs, NT, AU
3K Tim Kaeding – San Jose, CA
3s Sammy Swindell – Germantown, TN
5 David Gravel – Watertown, CT
5J Jeremy Schultz – Beaver Dam, WI (R)
7 Kaley Gharst – Decatur, IL
7s Jason Sides – Bartlett, TN
7W Tasker Phillips – Pleasantville, IA
9 Daryn Pittman – Owasso, OK
9C Roger Campbell – Clyde, OH (R)
9N Wade Nygaard – Grand Forks, ND
9Z Jared Goerges – Brainerd, MN (R)
10H Chad Kemenah – Alvada, OH
10V Kyle Reinhardt – Neptune City, NJ (R)
11K Kraig Kinser – Bloomington, IN
12N Cole Duncan – Lockbourne, OH (R)
13 Clyde Knipp – California, MO
13JT Mark Dobmeier – Grand Forks, ND
13V Seth Brahmer – Wisner, NE
15H Sam Hafertepe Jr. – Sunnyvale, TX
15M Bobby Mincer – Burlington, IA
17X Josh Baughman – Odessa, TX
18 Ian Madsen – St. Mary’s, NSW, AU
19 Brent Marks – Myerstown, PA
19L Todd King – Sheboygan Falls, WI
19P Paige Polyak – Tiffin, OH
20N Hunter Schuerenburg – Sikeston, MO
W20 Greg Wilson – Benton Ridge, OH
21 Brian Brown – Grain Valley, MO
21K Thomas Kennedy – Winnipeg, MB, CAN
24 Terry McCarl – Altoona, IA
24R Rico Abreu – St. Helena, CA
29 Danny Dietrich – Gettysburg, PA
35V Jamie Veal – Warrnambool, VIC, AU
39 Spencer Bayston – Lebanon, IN
41 Jason Johnson – Eunice, LA
41s Dominic Scelzi – Fresno, CA
44 Chris Martin – Ankeny, IA
44s Trey Starks – Puyallup, WA
49J Josh Schneiderman – W.Burlington, IA
55 Brooke Tatnell – Sans Souci, NSW, AU
71A RJ Johnson – Tampa, FL
81 Lee Jacobs – Dalton, OH
83 Justin Henderson – Tea, SD
94 Jeff Swindell – Bartlett, TN
99G Skylar Gee – Leduc, AB, CAN (R)