KERRY MADSEN ENTERS FACTORY VALUE PARTS WORLD CHALLENGE AT KNOXVILLE
by: Brian Stickel

KNOXVILLE, IOWA (August 1, 2007) - Aussie Kerry ‘the Madman’ Madsen has become the sixteenth and possibly final entrant in the fourteenth annual Factory Value Parts World Challenge, which will take place on Friday, August 10, during the 47th annual SuperClean Knoxville Nationals at the Knoxville Raceway. Madsen, a World of Outlaws (WoO) regular and a native New South Welshman, is the highest-finishing international driver ever in the Nationals, with a sixth place finish in 2005. Although Kerry is eighth on the all-time money-won list for the World Challenge invitational, having earned a total of $11,400, he has never stood on the podium at its conclusion.

The entrants for the 16-car, 16-lap Factory Value Parts World Challenge to date are (car number, name, original hometown/state/country, engine/chassis):

1, Shane Stewart, Bixby, OK, USA, Shaver/Maxim
1AU, Sammy Walsh, Lansvale, NSW, AUS, Moyle/Maxim
2, A.J. “Skip” Jackson, Sydney, NSW, AUS, Shaver/J&J
2B, Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, AUS, Schnee/Ott
4X, Toni Lutar, White Rock, BC, CAN, Schnee/TBA
7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN, USA, Fisher/Maxim
7K, Dean Jacobs, Wooster, OH, USA, Kistler/Eagle
10, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR, USA, Ott/J&J
11H, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, AUS, Garrett/Maxim
12, Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, AUS, TBA/J&J
15, Donny Schatz, Minot, ND, USA, Shaver/J&J
20 Paul McMahan, Elk Grove, CA, USA, Kistler/Eagle
21, Brian Brown, Higginsville, MO, USA, Kistler/Maxim
21P, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK, USA, Ott/Maxim
57C, Chris Schmelzle, Victoria, BC, CAN, Custom/LeJeune
96AU, Bruce White, Merrylands West, NSW, AUS, TBA/J&J

Those drivers that are inversion-eligible, having raced at one of the five qualifiers, are Brown, Dollansky, Jacobs, Logan, Madsen, McMahan, Pittman, Schatz, Schmelzle, Stewart, and Tatnell. Those drivers that are not inversion-eligible for the race are Jackson, Jeffrey, Lutar, Walsh, and White. Eight Americans, six Australians, and two Canadians are expected to compete for the $10,000 winner’s share. For more information on the Factory Value Parts World Challenge, fans are encouraged to visit www.knoxvilleraceway.com .