After much anticipation, Andee was
eager to kick off her 2014 season, as the Knoxville Raceway opened for it’s 61st
season. Perfect weather graced Knoxville, as did a fantastic crowd and 81 of
the best sprint cars across the Midwest.
25 cars signed in for Knoxville’s
ever-growing 305 division. After group qualifying was completed, Andee had
posted the 19th fastest time with an 18.755.
Andee’s lap would set her up for a 7th place start
in Heat 1. Jeff Wilke won the
6-lap affair, with Andee crossing the stripe in the 8th position.
The 305 A-Feature would see 23 cars go for 12 laps. After a
redraw shook up the first four rows of the feature, it was time for Andee to
strap in for her first career feature at Knoxville.
The 305 main event soon became chaos. On the initial drop of
the green, contact between Kevin Hetrick and Sawyer Phillips sent Phillips into
a spin and collected rookies McKenna Haase, Devin Kline and Christopher Scank
in the carnage. A second start attempt saw Matthew Stelzer get sideways and
Chris Walraven and Kade Higday looping their cars to avoid him. After a long
green flag stretch, the final caution flew for Tanner Edwards who suffered a
broken front end with two laps to go. On the ensuing restart, J Kinder lost
power, and Philben broke his front end after contact with Kinder. Matt
Stephenson then retired from his 3rd position as the final two laps
were completed.
Andee brought her Kustom-powered Triple-X home 12th
in the final results. She was very happy with her first night, citing it was “a
dream come true” just to be racing at Knoxville.
Next up for the team will Night #2 from Knoxville Saturday,
April 26th!
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