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Dobmeier Hits the Mark and Wins Knoxville Sprints By Bob Wilson KNOXVILLE, Iowa (June 14) After only one hour of sleep in the past twenty-four hours, Mark Dobmeier did the seemingly impossible and took a late race lead from multi-time Knoxville Raceway track champion Danny Lasoski to win the 20-lap feature event at this Marion County race facility. Wayne Johnson roared to his second win in a row in the 360 sprint division. With an invert of twelve cars on this night, Dobmeier started 7th and Lasoski started 9th. But it was pole sitter Davey Heskin who answered the call and grabbed the immediate lead. He raced hard with Lynton Jeffrey but the Australian had to settle for the runner-up slot at this point. Lap five saw Lasoski slide Jeffrey in turns one and two to take second. On the next go around he roared into turns three and four on the high cushion and when he and Heskin came down the front chute nearly side by side it was Lasoski in the lead at the flag stand. With that move the seven-time track champion began to pull away from the field. Then, just as he was coming upon lap traffic, the caution flag was thrown for a stalled car on the track. On the restart Lasoski again assumed control of the race. Behind him a torrid battle for the runner-up spot broke out between Jeffrey, Billy Alley and Dobmeier. Jeffrey had the spot at first, then Alley took it and finally on lap 13, Dobmeier was in control. However, while that battle ensued, Lasoski had broken away to a lead of nearly a full chute on Knoxville’s big half mile. With the race past the half-way point, most of the front-running cars were on the high cushion. Alley, however, tried to run down second place Dobmeier by taking the bottom line. When Lasoski finally hit lap traffic again on lap 16, he seemed unable to negotiate through the backmarkers with the ease for which he is noted. This allowed Dobmeier to quickly run him down and pull within striking range of the Guy Forbrook machine. It was on lap eighteen that Dobmeier made the pass in his Lunstra J&J as he and “The Dude” shot out of turn four. On the next go around Lasoski tried a slider in turns one and two but Dobmeier fended off the maneuver. Then, just after the white flag flew and both drivers were headed into heavy lap traffic, a yellow flag was displayed for Brian Brown who had stopped in turn one. This meant the the race would go 21 laps with a green/white/checkers on the restart. All eyes were watching to see what Lasoski would do when the race went green again. Dobmeier chose to run full bore on the cushion while Lasoski dove to the bottom to pull a slider in turns one and two. As both cars raced into turn two, Dobmeier drove around Lasoski on the cushion with mere inches no doubt separating him from the fence. One lap later Dobmeier had captured his third career feature event here. Twenty-four hours earlier he had nearly destroyed his sprinter at a World of Outlaws event in South Dakota and had stayed up nearly the entire night and day getting a car ready for the Knoxville race. The win paid the Grand Forks (North Dakota) driver $3,000. Completing the top five were Lasoski, Jeffrey with a late pass, Alley and Travis Cram all the way from fifteenth. Rounding out the top ten were Heskin, Calvin Landis, Skip Jackson, Dion Hindi (from 14th) and Jake Peters. The 360 sprint division saw a repeat winner as Wayne Johnson guided his Hammers Maxim to a 15-lap feature event victory. It was his 7th career win here in that division. David Hall took honors for leading lap one but after that it appeared that second row starter Joe Beaver would wind up in the winner’s circle. By lap five he had forged a lead of nearly half a chute on the half-mile oval. A yellow came out for a stalled Josh Higday on the next circuit causing the cars to bunch up for a single file restart. That restart again saw Beaver in control as Johnson took the runner-up spot after starting ninth. Two quick yellows saw the cars bunch-up once again and it was on that second restart that Johnson dove to the bottom on lap 10 and slid in front of Beaver in turns one and two. With that move, Johnson’s hunt for Beaver was over and he went on to win by a sizable margin. Beaver kept his runner-up spot, Jon Agan came on strong after starting 12th to take third, Hall held for fourth and Gregg Bakker took fifth. Completing the top ten were Matt Moro, Mike Houseman, Jr., Rick Ideus, Randy Smith (in substitution for Jesse Giannetto) and Tyler Thompson. KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA June 14, 2008 410 RESULTS Time Trials, 1 laps, 1. Dusty Zomer, Brandon SD, 15.092; 2. Calvin Landis, Knoxville IA, 15.221; 3. Jake Peters, Sioux Falls SD, 15.235; 4. Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO, 15.245; 5. Danny Lasoski, Dover MO, 15.287; 6. Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls SD, 15.302; 7. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks ND, 15.317; 8. Billy Alley, Lincoln NE, 15.396; 9. Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. , 15.424; 10. Bronson Maeschen, Knoxville IA, 15.558; 11. Brandon Wimmer, (R) Fairmount IN, 15.587; 12. Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City IA, 15.597; 13. Seth Brahmer, Wisner NE, 15.622; 14. Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa IA, 15.66; 15. Rager Phillips, Pleasantville IA, 15.732; 16. Davey Heskin, St. Michael MN, 15.779; 17. Josh Schneiderman, (R) West Burlington IA, 15.827; 18. Dion Hindi, (R) Albuquerque NM, 15.836; 19. Travis Cram, Knoxville IA, 15.998; 20. Ricky Logan, Little Rock AR, 16.011; 21. Ryan Anderson, Charter Oak IA, 16.054; 22. Tony Shilling, Knoxville IA, 16.067; 23. Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL, 16.07; 24. Paul Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. , 16.482; 25. Kaylene Verville, (R) Avondale AZ, 16.654; 26. Mike Moore, Des Moines IA, No Time; Heat 1, 8 laps, No Time: 1. Davey Heskin, St. Michael MN; 2. Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO; 3. Travis Cram, Knoxville IA; 4. Tony Shilling, Knoxville IA; 5. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks ND; 6. Bronson Maeschen, Knoxville IA; 7. Seth Brahmer, Wisner NE; 8. Kaylene Verville, (R) Avondale AZ; 9. Dusty Zomer, Brandon SD; Heat 2, 8 laps, No Time: 1. Billy Alley, Lincoln NE; 2. Danny Lasoski, Dover MO; 3. Josh Schneiderman, (R) West Burlington IA; 4. Calvin Landis, Knoxville IA; 5. Ricky Logan, Little Rock AR; 6. Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL; 7. Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa IA; 8. Brandon Wimmer, (R) Fairmount IN; Heat 3, 8 laps, No Time: 1. Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ; 2. Dion Hindi, (R) Albuquerque NM; 3. Rager Phillips, Pleasantville IA; 4. Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City IA; 5. Jake Peters, Sioux Falls SD; 6. Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls SD; 7. Ryan Anderson, Charter Oak IA; 8. Paul Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ; B Feature, 6 laps, No Time: 1. Brandon Wimmer, (R) Fairmount IN; 2. Seth Brahmer, Wisner NE; 3. Ryan Anderson, Charter Oak IA; 4. Paul Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ; 5. Kaylene Verville, (R) Avondale AZ; A Feature , 20 laps, No Time: 1. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks ND; 2. Danny Lasoski, Dover MO; 3. Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City IA; 4. Billy Alley, Lincoln NE; 5. Travis Cram, Knoxville IA; 6. Davey Heskin, St. Michael MN; 7. Calvin Landis, Knoxville IA; 8. Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ; 9. Dion Hindi, (R) Albuquerque NM; 10. Jake Peters, Sioux Falls SD; 11. Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL; 12. Brandon Wimmer, (R) Fairmount IN; 13. Ricky Logan, Little Rock AR; 14. Bronson Maeschen, Knoxville IA; 15. Tony Shilling, Knoxville IA; 16. Josh Schneiderman, (R) West Burlington IA; 17. Ryan Anderson, Charter Oak IA; 18. Seth Brahmer, Wisner NE; 19. Kaylene Verville, (R) Avondale AZ; 20. Rager Phillips, Pleasantville IA; 21. Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO; 22. Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls SD; 23. Paul Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust. Lap Leaders: Heskin 1-5; Lasoski 6-17; Dobmeier 18-21
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