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Dobmeier and Higday Storm to Knoxville Wins
By Bob Wilson
KNOXVILLE, IA (May 15) Mark Dobmeier captured 410 career feature win number
six as he guided his Lundstra J&J to a hard fought victory Saturday night.
Josh Higday was the class of the field as he easily handled all comers to
take his 17th 360 career win here, fourth on the all-time list. Rookie
Austin Johnson completed the night with his first-ever win at Knoxville in
the 305 class.
For Dobmeier, it was mostly a race filled with Connecticut driver David
Gravel, a new comer to this track. Gravel chased Dobmeier at close range for
the first half of this 20-lap race, as he led only one lap in battle for the
lead with the North Dakota driver. Gravel seemed to take to Knoxville’s big
half-mile oval but for some reason at the half-way point he went high in
turn four and was not really a factor after that.
As Dobmeier pulled away from the field, Gravel had his hands full with Brian
Brown. Brown made his move on lap 13 and took the runner-up spot at that
point. Shortly after that Don Droud Jr. also passed Gravel sending him to
fourth.
With a track that had become slick, it was only a matter of time before it
started taking rubber in the turns. And this track did early on.
Surprisingly most drivers did not see it until late in the race when most of
them dropped off the high cushion and went to the bottom.
In the mean time, Dobmeier had checked out on the field and roared across
the finish line as second place Brown exited turn four. Droud stayed at
third and Lynton Jeffrey took fourth. Gravel settled for fifth. Completing
the top ten were Josh Schneiderman, Robby Wolfgang, Dusty Zomer, Bronson
Maeschen and Bill Rose as rain began falling.
No one, absolutely no one had anything for Higday on this night. The
Wares-Harris Maxim cruised to a tremendous lead before all was lost with a
red flag situation at the end of nine laps. The battle in the race centered
on the cars witch were behind him as Joe Beaver and Jon Agan put on a
tremendous show for that runner-up spot. Finally with only a few laps to go
Beaver lost a left rear tire and finished 15th at the final tally.
Also in the fray were Randy Martin, Bryan Dobesh and Clint Garner. There was
really no way to guess at a finish for each of these cars as they were
constantly changing positions. With the Beaver yellow coming at the end of
the 13th go around, the cars went into a single file restart and the
benefactor of that turned out to be Garner as he picked up several spots in
the waning laps.
At the checkers it was Higday, Agan, Garner, Dobesh, and a fast charging
Ryan Roberts rounding out the top five. Matt Moro, Johnny Anderson, Dustin
Selvage, Martin and Chad Humston completed the top ten finishers.
In the 305 sprints, Matt Stevenson looked to be in the “driver’s seat” as he
took the white flag on this 12-lap event. Heading into turn three he dove
into mid-track only to have a lap car drift up and strike him. Too much
damage put Stephenson to the pits where he finished 10th.
Johnson then inherited the lead and with the race going
green-white-checkered, he held that spot to capture the win in this thirteen
lap event. Steve Breazeale finished second with no power steering in his
mount. Completing the top five were Marty Stevenson, Bob Hildrith and Mitch
Alexander, who drove from a sixteenth starting spot.
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA
May 15, 2010
410 RESULTS
Time Trial 1, 1. Ian Madsen, (R) St. Marys, NSW, Aust. , 16.068; 2. Dusty
Zomer, Sioux Falls SD, 16.203; 3. Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville IA,
16.246; 4. Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington IA, 16.28; 5. Brian Brown,
Grain Valley MO, 16.304; 6. Don Droud Jr., Lincoln NE, 16.328; 7. Lynton
Jeffrey, Prairie City IA, 16.352; 8. David Gravel, Waterford CT, 16.354; 9.
Robby Wolfgang, (R) Sioux Falls SD, 16.371; 10. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks
ND, 16.439; 11. Mike Deavers, Normal IL, 16.463; 12. Bill Rose, Plainfield
IN, 16.516; 13. Scott Winters, Butterfield MN, 16.534; 14. Ricky Logan,
Little Rock AR, 16.538; 15. Mike Reinke, Howards Grove WI, 16.54; 16. Tony
Bruce Jr., Liberal KS, 16.559; 17. Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ,
16.595; 18. Brian Paulus, Mechanicsburg PA, 16.602; 19. Mike Moore, Des
Moines IA, 16.615; 20. Ryan Bunton, (R) Morton IL, 16.764; 21. Kaley Gharst,
Decatur IL, 16.765; 22. Rager Phillips, Pleasantville IA, 16.783; 23. Bob
Weuve, Newton IA, 16.896; 24. Scott Uttech, New Berlin WI, 17.172; 25.
Phillip Mock, Pleasant Prairie WI, 17.25; 26. Austin McCarl, Altoona IA,
17.278; 27. Jake Ossenfort, Rapid City SD, 17.297; 28. Davey Heskin, St.
Michael MN, 17.579; 29. Sid Blandford Jr., Vail CO, 17.62; 30. Mark
Shirshekan, Farmington MO, 18.079; 31. Kyle Hirst, Loomis CA, 18.291;
Heat 1, 1 laps, No Time: 1. Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City IA; 2. Mark
Dobmeier, Grand Forks ND; 3. Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal KS; 4. Ian Madsen, (R)
St. Marys, NSW, Aust. ; 5. Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington IA; 6. Davey
Heskin, St. Michael MN; 7. Scott Winters, Butterfield MN; 8. Rager Phillips,
Pleasantville IA; 9. Phillip Mock, Pleasant Prairie WI; 10. Mike Moore, Des
Moines IA;
Heat 2, 1 laps, No Time: 1. Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ; 2. Ricky
Logan, Little Rock AR; 3. Mike Deavers, Normal IL; 4. David Gravel,
Waterford CT; 5. Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO; 6. Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls
SD; 7. Ryan Bunton, (R) Morton IL; 8. Bob Weuve, Newton IA; 9. Austin McCarl,
Altoona IA; 10. Sid Blandford Jr., Vail CO;
Heat 3, 1 laps, 3:24.2: 1. Don Droud Jr., Lincoln NE; 2. Bronson Maeschen,
Pleasantville IA; 3. Bill Rose, Plainfield IN; 4. Robby Wolfgang, (R) Sioux
Falls SD; 5. Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL; 6. Jake Ossenfort, Rapid City SD; 7.
Mark Shirshekan, Farmington MO; 8. Scott Uttech, New Berlin WI; 9. Mike
Reinke, Howards Grove WI;
B Feature , 12 laps, No Time: 1. Scott Winters, Butterfield MN; 2. Davey
Heskin, St. Michael MN; 3. Rager Phillips, Pleasantville IA; 4. Mike Deavers,
Normal IL; 5. Ryan Bunton, (R) Morton IL; 6. Mike Moore, Des Moines IA; 7.
Austin McCarl, Altoona IA; 8. Mark Shirshekan, Farmington MO; 9. Jake
Ossenfort, Rapid City SD; 10. Phillip Mock, Pleasant Prairie WI; 11. Scott
Uttech, New Berlin WI; 12. Sid Blandford Jr., Vail CO;
A Feature , 20 laps, No Time: 1. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks ND; 2. Brian
Brown, Grain Valley MO; 3. Don Droud Jr., Lincoln NE; 4. Lynton Jeffrey,
Prairie City IA; 5. David Gravel, Waterford CT; 6. Josh Schneiderman, West
Burlington IA; 7. Robby Wolfgang, (R) Sioux Falls SD; 8. Dusty Zomer, Sioux
Falls SD; 9. Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville IA; 10. Bill Rose, Plainfield
IN; 11. Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal KS; 12. Austin McCarl, Altoona IA; 13. Skip
Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ; 14. Ian Madsen, (R) St. Marys, NSW, Aust. ;
15. Ricky Logan, Little Rock AR; 16. Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL; 17. Scott
Winters, Butterfield MN; 18. Ryan Bunton, (R) Morton IL; 19. Mike Moore, Des
Moines IA; 20. Bob Weuve, Newton IA; 21. Mark Shirshekan, Farmington MO; 22.
Mike Deavers, Normal IL; 23. Davey Heskin, St. Michael MN; 24. Rager
Phillips, Pleasantville IA. Lap Leaders: Dobmeier 1-6; Gravel 7; Dobmeier
8-20
360 RESULTS
Time Trial , 1 laps, 1. Clint Garner, Sioux Falls SD, 16.142; 2. Dustin
Selvage, Indianola IA, 16.236; 3. Lee Grosz, Harwood ND, 16.24; 4. Bryan
Dobesh, Sioux Falls SD, 16.242; 5. Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell IA, 16.338; 6.
RJ Johnson, Tampa FL, 16.416; 7. Jesse Hockett, Warsaw MO, 16.422; 8. Russ
Hall, Pleasant Hill IA, 16.43; 9. Matt Moro, Polk City IA, 16.452; 10. Nate
Van Haaften, Otley IA, 16.507; 11. Jon Agan, Knoxville IA, 16.511; 12. John
Hall, Marion IA, 16.592; 13. Tom Lenz, Marion IA, 16.607; 14. Randy Martin,
California MO, 16.708; 15. Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville IA, 16.755; 16.
Josh Higday, Des Moines IA, 16.781; 17. Joe Beaver, Knoxville IA, 16.874;
18. Joe Miller, Vail IA, 16.916; 19. Johnny Anderson, Indianola IA, 16.968;
20. Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls SD, 16.98; 21. Chad Humston, Giltner NE,
16.983; 22. Ryan Roberts, Aurora NE, 16.991; 23. Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia
MO, 17.055; 24. Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood CO, 17.107; 25. Brett Mather,
Ames IA, 17.145; 26. Tony Shilling, Knoxville IA, 17.263; 27. Chad Heimbaugh,
Pleasant Hill IA, 17.347; 28. Danny Heskin, St. Michael MN, 17.444; 29. Alan
Zoutte, Knoxville IA, 17.564; 30. Jamie Ball, (R) Knoxville IA, 17.624; 31.
Haley Arnold, Sedalia MO, 17.933; 32. Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur IA, 18.097;
33. Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington IA, 18.133; 34. Mike Williams,
Knoxville IA, 18.183; 35. Ryan Bickett, (R) Ramona SD, 20.337;
Heat 1, 7 laps, 2:04.1: 1. Chad Humston, Giltner NE; 2. Joe Beaver,
Knoxville IA; 3. Clint Garner, Sioux Falls SD; 4. Matt Moro, Polk City IA;
5. Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell IA; 6. Brett Mather, Ames IA; 7. Jamie Ball,
(R) Knoxville IA; 8. Tom Lenz, Marion IA;
Heat 2, 7 laps, 2:05.2: 1. Ryan Roberts, Aurora NE; 2. Dustin Selvage,
Indianola IA; 3. Randy Martin, California MO; 4. RJ Johnson, Tampa FL; 5.
Tony Shilling, Knoxville IA; 6. Nate Van Haaften, Otley IA; 7. Joe Miller,
Vail IA; 8. Chad Heimbaugh, Pleasant Hill IA; 9. Haley Arnold, Sedalia MO;
Heat 3, 7 laps, 2:09.3: 1. Johnny Anderson, Indianola IA; 2. Jonathan
Cornell, Sedalia MO; 3. Jon Agan, Knoxville IA; 4. Lee Grosz, Harwood ND; 5.
Jesse Hockett, Warsaw MO; 6. Danny Heskin, St. Michael MN; 7. Casey
Friedrichsen, Arthur IA; 8. Ryan Bickett, (R) Ramona SD; 9. Tasker Phillips,
Pleasantville IA;
Heat 4, 7 laps,2:12.1: 1. Josh Higday, Des Moines IA; 2. Gregg Bakker, Sioux
Falls SD; 3. Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood CO; 4. Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls SD;
5. Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill IA; 6. Jarrod Schneiderman, West Burlington IA;
7. John Hall, Marion IA; 8. Mike Williams, Knoxville IA; 9. Alan Zoutte,
Knoxville IA;
B Feature , 10 laps, 3:13.9: 1. Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell IA; 2. Jesse
Hockett, Warsaw MO; 3. Nate Van Haaften, Otley IA; 4. Brett Mather, Ames IA;
5. Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill IA; 6. John Hall, Marion IA; 7. Tasker Phillips,
Pleasantville IA; 8. Danny Heskin, St. Michael MN; 9. Chad Heimbaugh,
Pleasant Hill IA; 10. Tony Shilling, Knoxville IA; 11. Casey Friedrichsen,
Arthur IA; 12. Ryan Bickett, (R) Ramona SD; 13. Joe Miller, Vail IA; 14.
Jamie Ball, (R) Knoxville IA; 15. Haley Arnold, Sedalia MO; 16. Alan Zoutte,
Knoxville IA; 17. Mike Williams, Knoxville IA; 18. Jarrod Schneiderman, West
Burlington IA; 19. Tom Lenz, Marion IA;
A Feature , 15 laps, No Time: 1. Josh Higday, Des Moines IA; 2. Jon Agan,
Knoxville IA; 3. Clint Garner, Sioux Falls SD; 4. Bryan Dobesh, Sioux Falls
SD; 5. Ryan Roberts, Aurora NE; 6. Matt Moro, Polk City IA; 7. Johnny
Anderson, Indianola IA; 8. Dustin Selvage, Indianola IA; 9. Randy Martin,
California MO; 10. Chad Humston, Giltner NE; 11. Jesse Hockett, Warsaw MO;
12. Nate Van Haaften, Otley IA; 13. Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood CO; 14.
Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell IA; 15. Joe Beaver, Knoxville IA; 16. Brett
Mather, Ames IA; 17. Lee Grosz, Harwood ND; 18. Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia
MO; 19. RJ Johnson, Tampa FL; 20. Gregg Bakker, Sioux Falls SD. Lap Leaders:
Higday 1-15
305 RESULTS
Heat 1, 6 laps, No Time: 1. Jamie Ball, Knoxville IA; 2. Bob Hildreth, Iowa
Falls IA; 3. Austin Johnson, Minneapolis MN; 4. Alan Ambers, Knoxville IA;
5. Nick Ross, Oskaloosa IA; 6. Chris Maurer, Colfax IA; 7. Casie Shilling,
(R) Knoxville IA; 8. Matthew Stelzer, Omaha NE; 9. Steve Palmer, Des Moines
IA;
Heat 2, 6 laps, 1:53.0: 1. Matt Stephenson, Altoona IA; 2. Mark Widmar,
Ottumwa IA; 3. Steve Breazeale, Trenton MO; 4. Marty Stephenson,
Mitchellville IA; 5. Chad Huston, Jamesport MO; 6. Dave Saffell,
Pleasantville IA; 7. Mike Van Haaften, Pella IA; 8. Bob Lamb, Mitchellville
IA;
A Feature 1, 12 laps, No Time: 1. Austin Johnson, Minneapolis MN; 2. Steve
Breazeale, Trenton MO; 3. Marty Stephenson, Mitchellville IA; 4. Bob
Hildreth, Iowa Falls IA; 5. Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville IA; 6. Mike Van
Haaften, Pella IA; 7. Jamie Ball, Knoxville IA; 8. Casie Shilling, (R)
Knoxville IA; 9. Alan Ambers, Knoxville IA; 10. Matt Stephenson, Altoona IA;
11. Nick Ross, Oskaloosa IA; 12. Mark Widmar, Ottumwa IA; 13. Dave Saffell,
Pleasantville IA; 14. Chris Maurer, Colfax IA; 15. Chad Huston, Jamesport
MO. Lap Leaders: Matt Stephenson 1-11; Johnson 12-13
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