{"id":6940,"date":"2019-06-15T02:59:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T06:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=6940"},"modified":"2019-06-15T03:04:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T07:04:18","slug":"brian-brown-beats-outlaws-for-first-feature-win-at-knoxville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2019\/06\/15\/brian-brown-beats-outlaws-for-first-feature-win-at-knoxville\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Brown beats Outlaws for first \u2018Feature\u2019 win at Knoxville"},"content":{"rendered":"

KNOXVILLE, IA: Brian Brown has been racing at Knoxville Raceway since 2003.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s climbed to sixth on the track\u2019s all-time wins list, taking 47 checkered flags at the track going into Friday night\u2019s Brownells Big Guns Bash.<\/p>\n

The Missouri native, though, has never won a feature race at Knoxville in a World of Outlaws sanctioned race.<\/p>\n

That changed Friday night when Brown jumped out in front of Daryn Pittman<\/strong><\/a> to the lead in turns one and two and didn\u2019t look back.<\/p>\n

Brian Brown beats Outlaws for first \u2018Feature\u2019 win at Knoxville <\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cI got a really good start,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI haven\u2019t been running the top much. I knew I was running my tires off a little bit. You don\u2019t know how far you\u2019re ahead. Lapped traffic got intense a couple of times. I kept my composure and here we are.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown crossed the line in front of the second-place Pittman by 4.049 seconds, a large margin of victory in the series.<\/p>\n

But for Brown, he said it felt like a lot less.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, you\u2019re leading,\u201d Brown said. \u201cYou don\u2019t know. To me, it felt like four tenths of a second there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The win is Brown\u2019s fourth career World of Outlaws victory.<\/p>\n

He previously had at a few different tracks, but never could conquer the big guns at Knoxville.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always thought I\u2019d like to win my first Outlaw show at Knoxville,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWe\u2019ve won them in Charlotte, Arizona and Kansas, but this one\u2019s special. \u201cThis one\u2019s for you Knoxville fans!\u201d exclaimed Brown in Victory Lane. \u201cYou guys support us every Saturday night. It\u2019s important for us to run well in front of you guys when the Outlaws are in town. I\u2019m proud of everyone on the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The No. 21 team treated the event like a normal week in the Knoxville Championship Cup Series \u2013 where he\u2019d won four times prior this season in the four races they were in town to enter.<\/p>\n

As for the looming Knoxville Nationals, it by no means was a statement for August.<\/p>\n

Brown\u2019s team \u2013 like everyone else \u2013 has work to do.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis doesn\u2019t mean nothing for Nationals,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n

Behind Brown earning his best career finish at Knoxville was Pittman in the No. 83 Roth Motorsports car.<\/p>\n

He blew away every one in the field aside from Brown, earning a strong P2 finish for his team that has been struggling as of late.<\/p>\n

\u201c[Brown\u2019s] good here,\u201d Pittman said. \u201cI was unsure how far you could be behind a guy to pull the trigger on him. I know not completing the pass would kill our speed. I was maybe a little hesitant to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pittman\u2019s crew made a complete engine change between the team\u2019s heat race \u2013 which they won by the way \u2013 ahead of the Dash that would set the lineup for the main event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got to thank my guys,\u201d Pittman said. \u201cThey worked their tails off. We got an engine changed before the Dash, and I went out there and the car was really good. I have to thank Dennis and Teresa (Roth). We\u2019ve got a super race team. I\u2019m super-excited about the direction we\u2019re headed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rounding out the podium was the CJB Motorsports No. 5 of Shane Stewart<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Stewart and co. earned their best finish since he parked his car in victory lane for the first time this year at Nashville on June 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no spots easy here with these guys,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cWe were able to get back by Donny [Schatz] there on the last lap, but this race was over at the green flag. Brian and those guys did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donny Schatz <\/strong>was battling for a majority of the race, however, with Brad Sweet <\/strong>\u2013 who stole the points lead away from the No. 15 team last Saturday at Granite City Speedway.<\/p>\n

The pair finished fourth and fifth, and Schatz gained two points back on a tight race at the top.<\/p>\n

The Outlaws<\/a> are back in action at Knoxville Raceway on Saturday and will be battling mother nature like they have many times both locally at the track and on the national tour.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a 50% chance of a rain, but if there\u2019s a window to fit the show in for the series, they will make it happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter tonight, we\u2019ve just got to get back to the drawing board and have another good night tomorrow,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n

Brownells Big Guns Bash<\/strong>\u00a0Night 1 Results<\/strong>
\n1. Brian Brown
\n2. Daryn Pittman
\n3. Shane Stewart
\n4. Donny Schatz
\n5. Brad Sweet
\n6. Carson Macedo
\n7. Logan Schuchart
\n8. Kraig Kinser
\n9. David Gravel
\n10. Sheldon Haudenschild
\n11. Dominic Scelzi
\n12. Terry McCarl
\n13. Kerry Madsen
\n14. Brent Marks
\n15. Ian Madsen
\n16. James McFadden
\n17. Lynton Jeffrey
\n18. Matt Juhl
\n19. Sammy Swindell
\n20. Davey Heskin
\n21. Mason Daniel
\n22. Sawyer Philips
\n23. Josh Schneiderman
\n24. Jacob Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
World of Outlaws Sprint Car Standings<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Position<\/strong><\/td>\nDriver<\/strong><\/td>\nPoints<\/strong><\/td>\nBehind<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nBrad Sweet<\/td>\n3762<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nDonny Schatz<\/td>\n3752<\/td>\n-10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nDaryn Pittman<\/td>\n3634<\/td>\n-128<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nDavid Gravel<\/td>\n3634<\/td>\n-128<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nLogan Schuchart<\/td>\n3586<\/td>\n-176<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nShane Stewart<\/td>\n3528<\/td>\n-234<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nCarson Macedo<\/td>\n3496<\/td>\n-266<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nIan Madsen<\/td>\n3438<\/td>\n-324<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nBrent Marks<\/td>\n3296<\/td>\n-466<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nS. Haudenschild<\/td>\n3286<\/td>\n-476<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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