Thursday Night was Round 16 of the 2025 Wide Open Clothing Co ASC Series, for the running of the MadHouse Industries Knoxville Nationals with 40 Cars in attendance.
Tim Ryan stamped his authority early on by taking out Australian Speedway Results Quicktime Honors.
Qualifying Top 5
1st - Tim Ryan - 14.436
2nd - Blake Walsh - 14.479
3rd - Matthew Gowans - 14.518
4th - Daniel Grimshaw - 14.527
5th - Paul Bryan 14.536
With a unique format in place, drivers were met with 4 car invert in the heat races, with points being the priority as thats how the A-Main would line up. With the intensity of the heat races, some guys struggled with the ever evolving surface setting themselves up for a tough night.
Mcslide Race Heat Race Winners
Heat 1 - Zach Rattray-White
Heat 2 - Harry Stewart
Heat 3 - Darcy Walker
Heat 4 - Nathan Van De Wakker
Some tough heat races would see some good names throughout the C and B Main, including Matthew Gowans who did the alphabet soup after a storming charge through.
Apex Civil Solutions QLD C Main Winner
Daniel Grimshaw
Sim Wrap Market - Heatwave Designs B Main Winner
Matthew Gowans
A Main
Tim Ryan and Blake Walsh would share the front row of the 40 Lap, $175 to Win A-Main, the first twenty laps stayed clean and green, with drivers searching for the fastest line, with a genuine top middle and bottom, drivers were able to move around and also make their way forward, with some fantastic 3-4 wide battling. Unfortunately the nasty Knoxville Cushion took some victims bit past half way, including Bradley Oldfield and Joel Berkley. Tim Ryan made a mistake while leading on Lap 27, seeing the win vanish as he jumped over the cushion. This lead to a race for the win between Paul Bryan and Clayton Davies, both hungry for the win, while the battle pack behind heated up. Davies secured the lead and was able to stay infront to take out the Knoxville Nationals Victory, his fourth win of 2025. Paul Bryan continues his strong run of late to finish second and Ayrton Smith had a career best result for third. Nathan Van De Wakker and Brady Baldwin rounded out the Top 5.
Knoxville was wild! The gnarly cushion was taking no prisoners and a small mistake from some drivers cost them dearly!
Next time out for the ASC Series is October 2 for the Neuropower High Banks Hustle at I-55 Speedway for a 50 Lap A-Main for the second last race of the season.
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