Premier Chevy Dealers World Challenge

at Knoxville Tonight

08-12-2011

Tonight's 17-car, 20-lap Premier Chevy Dealers Knoxville World Challenge at the Knoxville Raceway will feature one Canadian, six Australians and 10 Americans.  The $10,000-to-win international invitational has a 16-car inversion, meaning Goodyear Knoxville Nationals high-point man Sammy Swindell will start in the 16th position. Swindell, who hails from Tennessee, qualified for the 18thth annual event by competing in a New Zealand qualifier over this past American winter.

Defending World of Outlaws (WoO) champion Jason Meyers of California will start 15th, after he qualified for the race at the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic in Australia back in January.  Defending Premier Chevy Dealers Knoxville World Challenge winner Craig Dollansky of Minnesota will start 12th, while other past winners in the field include Australians Lynton Jeffrey, Kerry Madsen and Brooke Tatnell.

The starting line-up is as follows for tonight's Premier Chevy Dealers Knoxville World Challenge (with qualifying points in parentheses):

2011 Premier Chevy Dealers Knoxville World Challenge - 20 laps

96AU   Bruce White - AUS (306)                    5W        Lucas Wolfe - USA (342)

4X       Toni Lutar - CAN (369)                             7S        Jason Sides - USA (371)

10P      Ricky Logan - USA (382)                     0         Jonathan Allard - USA (382)

28        Ian Madsen - AUS (414)                     91        Cody Darrah - USA (417)

12        Lynton Jeffrey - AUS (424)                 59         Brooke Tatnell - AUS (431)

41        Jason Johnson - USA (440)                 7         Craig Dollansky - USA (443)

57        Shane Stewart - USA (447)                92         Kerry Madsen - AUS (450)

14        Jason Meyers - USA (477)                   1         Sammy Swindell - USA (490)

17X     Marty Perovich - AUS (270)

The list of past winners of the Premier Chevy Dealers Knoxville World Challenge is as follows:

2010, Craig Dollansky, USA, $10,000

2009, Lynton Jeffrey, AUS, $10,000

2008, Kerry Madsen, AUS, $10,000

2007, Dean Jacobs, USA, $10,000

2006, Brooke Tatnell, AUS, $10,000

2005, Daryn Pittman, USA, $10,000

2004, Daryn Pittman, USA, $10,000

2003, Travis Rilat, USA, $10,000

2002, Donny Schatz, USA, $10,000

2001, Donny Schatz, USA, $10,000

2000, Danny Lasoski, USA, $10,000

1999, Randy Hannagan, USA, $ 5,000

1998, A.J. "Skip" Jackson, AUS, $ 5,000

1997, A.J. "Skip" Jackson, AUS, $ 5,000

1996, Danny Smith, USA, $ 4,000

1995, A.J. "Skip" Jackson, AUS, $ 2,000

1994, Max Dumesny, AUS, $ 1,000