Knoxville, IA, May 8, 2015 – Danny Lasoski scored victory #102 at the Knoxville Raceway, but it still was a historic first. Saturday’s event marked the first ever visit for the FVP National Sprint League at the “Sprint Car Capital of the World”, Knoxville Raceway. Ninety-eight sprint cars were in attendance for what served as a season opener at the Knoxville Raceway after three straight weeks of rainouts. Russ Hall took a popular win in the 360 class, and Devin Kline took the opener with the 305 class in a feature that honored the late Brian Hetrick. In addition, Matt Moro captured the 12-lap Mark Fee Memorial Dirt Truck feature to score his first career win in that class at Knoxville.
The FVP National Sprint League feature got off to a chaotic start. Something broke on the machine of Terry McCarl coming down the front stretch to complete lap one. As he tried to keep his machine straight and slowed, he was clipped by Brian Brown, who suffered some damage. That turned McCarl’s car sideways setting off a chain reaction that collected Brad Loyet and then RJ Johnson. McCarl was taken in for observation, and only Brown returned after several repairs under the open red period.
Bill Balog led the field back to green flag racing, ahead of Wayne Johnson, Danny Lasoski, Tim Keading and Josh Schneiderman. The next 20 laps of the 25-lap event went non-stop. Johnson was able to find his way around Balog on lap six to take the lead. Lasoski was on the move himself. He picked off Balog for third on lap eight.
Johnson maintained his advantage until lap 16, when Lasoski got by in traffic. Two laps later, Kaeding worked by Balog for third. On lap 21, Brown came to a stop on the backstretch, bringing out the caution flag. The four lap Dash saw Lasoski leading Johnson, Kaeding, Balog and Bryan Clauson.
Kaeding surged to second on the restart, and closed the gap a bit in the closing stages. Lasoski kept his lead, however, and powered to win over Kaeding, Johnson, Clauson and KSE Hard-charger, Dusty Zomer. Mark Dobmeier, Justin Henderson, Balog, Brooke Tatnell and Ian Madsen rounded out the top ten.
Lasoski also set quick time in Minnesota Mafia qualifying and earned $200 over a 38-car field. Henderson, RJ Johnson, Madsen and Zomer won heat races. Brown won the B main.
“(Crew Chief) Guy Forbrook is a magician around this place,” said Lasoski in Victory Lane. “He makes my job a lot easier. There’s nothing we’d like more than to be standing here in August.”
Russ Hall led the 18-lap 360 feature at the outset ahead of Matt Moro and Jon Agan. The lead trio remained the same when Cody Ledger came to a stop in turn four on lap three. Justin Henderson was fourth, ahead of Tony Bruce Jr.
Agan and Henderson exchanged third on lap seven, before Agan took off and passed Mooro for second a lap later. Henderson followed him into third. Disaster struck for Agan on lap 14, however, when he tangled with the lapped machine of Bart Friedrichsen. He was sidelined. A fourth running Clint Garner also came to a stop at the same time.
The four-lap Dash to the checkers saw Hall trying to hold off Henderson. The latter got a run to take the lead on lap 16, but Hall shot under him going into turn one and won a classic dogfight for his third career win at Knoxville. Henderson followed ahead of Bruce, Moro and Nate Van Haaften. Joe Beaver, hard-charger Tony Shilling, Garner, Randy Martin and Josh Baughman completed the top ten.
Henderson set quick time, while Blake Hahn, Jordan Weaver, Shilling and Bruce won heat races. Tom Lenz won the B.
“I was trying to hold my line down there on the bottom,” said Hall who donated part of his winnings to “Avery’s Army.” “(Henderson) got a hold of some moisture in the middle of the track and got by me there. I knew if I beat him down here in this corner, he wasn’t going to get by me.”
J Kinder shot out to an early lead in the 15-lap 305 feature ahead of Devin Kline and Trevor Smith. Chris Walraven was into third by lap four, and McKenna Haase moved into fourth on lap six. By lap eight, Stacey Alexander had shot from 16th to fifth.
Cody Ambers came to a stop in turn two on lap nine and was struck by Christopher Scank. No one was injured. On the lap nine restart, Kinder led Kline, Walraven and Haase back to green. Both Kinder and Haase machines fell off the pace (Haase ran out of fuel) when the green fell.
That handed the lead the Kline, who managed to keep the lead through a pair of restarts. Stacey Alexander finished his hard-charger effort in second, ahead of Walraven, Kevin Hetrick and rookie Christian Bowman. Trevor Smith, Kade Higday, Chase Wanner, Jeff Wilke and Mike Mayberry rounded out the top ten. Walraven set quick time, while Alexander, Wilke and Wanner won the heats.
Join us next Saturday night, May 16 for McKay Insurance/Allied Insurance Night! All three divisions of sprint cars will be in action. For more information on the Knoxville Raceway, visit www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com!
FVP National Sprint League Results from Eagle Raceway
410 RESULTS
Minnesota Mafia Time Trials, 2 laps, (Qualifying Order): 1. 2, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (9), 14.967; 2. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (2), 15.046; 3. 17A, Austin McCarl, Altoona, IA (13), 15.058; 4. 3, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (33), 15.136; 5. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (36), 15.137; 6. 24, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (20), 15.167; 7. 17B, Bill Balog, Brookfield, WI (12), 15.189; 8. 77X, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (22), 15.189; 9. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (14), 15.197; 10. 17W, Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, IN (8), 15.204; 11. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (4), 15.24; 12. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aus (19), 15.248; 13. 12, Lynton Jeffrey, Prairie City, IA (37), 15.249; 14. 96, Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (21), 15.293; 15. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust (29), 15.317; 16. 82, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (23), 15.323; 17. 1, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD (35), 15.406; 18. 7, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (1), 15.348; 19. 2L, Logan Forler, Boise, ID (3), 15.446; 20. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (26), 15.453; 21. 05, Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO (15), 15.455; 22. 71A, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (6), 15.507; 23. 69, Mike Moore, Des Moines, IA (28), 15.577; 24. 7X, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (11), 15.524; 25. 9, Paul Nienhiser, Chapin, IL (27), 15.615; 26. 7R, Ryan Bunton, Morton, IL (30), 15.628; 27. O9, Matt Juhl, Sioux Falls, SD (17), 15.686; 28. 81, Austin Johnson, Pleasant Hill, IA (32), 15.759; 29. 25, Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (7), 15.699; 30. 75, Glen Saville, Razorback, NSW, Aust (18), 15.769; 31. 2KS, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (25), 15.824; 32. 23S, Stu Snyder, Waverly, NE (38), 16.044; 33. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (24), 15.978; 34. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (34), 16.102; 35. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (31), 16.258; 36. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (16), 17.943; 37. 41A, Andee Beierle, Bismarck, ND (5), NT; 38. 4, Dakota Hendrickson, Omaha, NE (10), NT.
Fuel Safe Heat one (started), 8 Laps, 2:05.3: 1. Justin Henderson (2); 2. Brad Loyet (1); 3. Josh Schneiderman (4); 4. Lynton Jeffrey (3); 5. Danny Lasoski (6) / 6. Brian Brown (5); 7. Dylan Peterson (8); 8. Dakota Hendrickson (10); 9. Chris Martin (9); 10. Paul Nienhiser (7)
DMI Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:09.3: 1. RJ Johnson (1); 2. Bronson Maeschen (3); 3. Terry McCarl (5); 4. Davey Heskin (6); 5. Bryan Clauson (4) / 6. Dustin Selvage (2); 7. Ryan Bunton (7); 8. Glen Saville (8); 9. Kevin Ingle (9) DNS – Andee Beierle
Kaeding Performance Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:08.9: 1. Ian Madsen (1); 2. Logan Forler (2); 3. Mark Dobmeier (4); 4. Austin McCarl (6); 5. Bill Balog (3) / 6. Tasker Phillips (7); 7. Don Droud Jr. (8); 8. Matt Juhl (5); DNS – Mike Moore
Maxim Chassis Heat four (started), 8 Laps, 2:07.6: 1. Dusty Zomer (3); 2. Kaley Gharst (1); 3. Brooke Tatnell (4); 4. Wayne Johnson (5); 5. Tim Kaeding (6); 6. Stu Snyder (8); 7. Austin Johnson (7); 8. Mark Johnson (9); 9. AJ Moeller (2)
B main (started), 12 Laps, 3:17.7: 1. Brian Brown (1); 2. Dustin Selvage (2); 3. Ryan Bunton (4); 4. Dylan Peterson (7) / 5. Paul Nienhiser (3); 6. Don Droud Jr. (9); 7. Tasker Phillips (13); 8. Matt Juhl (5); 9. Stu Snyder (10); 10. Chris Martin (11); 11. Austin Johnson (6); 12. Dakota Hendrickson (15); 13. Glen Saville (8); 14. Mark Johnson (14); 15. Kevin Ingle (12); DNS – AJ Moeller, Mike Moore, Andee Beierle
FVP National Sprint League A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (6); 2. Tim Kaeding (8); 3. Wayne Johnson (2); 4. Bryan Clauson (10); 5. Dusty Zomer (16); 6. Mark Dobmeier (11); 7. Justin Henderson (18); 8. Bill Balog (1); 9. Brooke Tatnell (12); 10. Ian Madsen (15); 11. Dustin Selvage (17); 12. Davey Heskin (7); 13. Josh Schneiderman (4); 14. Austin McCarl (5); 15. Ryan Bunton (23); 16. Bronson Maeschen (14); 17. Kaley Gharst (22); 18. Lynton Jeffrey (13); 19. Logan Forler (19); 20. Brian Brown (9); 21. Terry McCarl (3); 22. Brad Loyet (20); 23. RJ Johnson (21); 24. Dylan Peterson (24). Lap Leaders: Balog 1-5, W. Johnson 6-15, Lasoski 16-25. KSE Hard-charger: Zomer.
Contingencies
Minnesota Mafia Quick Time – Danny Lasoski
Fuel Safe Heat – Brad Loyet
DMI Heat – Terry McCarl
Kaeding Performance Heat – Ian Madsen
Maxim Heat – Dusty Zomer
Hooker Harness “Locked In Award” – Brian Brown
Speedway Graphics “From the Tail Award” – Dylan Peterson
KSE Hard-charger Award – Dusty Zomer
Bell Helmets “Hard Luck Award” – Terry McCarl
“Good as New with Ti-22 Award” – Brad Loyet
360 Results
Time Trials, (Group Qualifying Order): 1. 1, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD (19), 15.941; 2. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD (28), 16.001; 3. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (32), 16.006; 4. 18T, Tony Bruce Jr., Owasso, OK (25), 16.007; 5. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (2), 16.033; 6. 2M, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (9), 16.069; 7. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (8), 16.105; 8. 29, Russ Hall, Pleasant Hill, IA (7), 16.14; 9. 5H, Dakota Hendrickson, Omaha, NE (16), 16.147; 10. 20, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA (14), 16.196; 11. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (24), 16.203; 12. 17, Josh Baughman, Odessa, TX (12), 16.226; 13. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (22), 16.3; 14. 9, Ryan Giles, West Des Moines, IA (31), 16.384; 15. 9M, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (11), 16.401; 16. 10, Calvin Landis, Knoxville, IA (18), 16.404; 17. 16, Dustin Clark, Agency, IA (3), 16.428; 18. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (27), 16.458; 19. 22, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (13), 16.478; 20. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (20), 16.562; 21. 52, Blake Hahn, Sapulpa, OK (6), 16.608; 22. 92, Jordan Weaver, Woodward, OK (4), 16.619; 23. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (5), 16.625; 24. 21, Bart Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA (15), 16.627; 25. 7H, John Hall, Marion, IA (1), 16.751; 26. 35L, Cody Ledger, Omaha, NE (29), 16.797; 27. 9X, Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO (26), 16.825; 28. 33M, Kris Miller, Woodward, OK (17), 16.925; 29. 33, Alan Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (30), 16.965; 30. 44X, Andy Snider, Des Moines, IA (23), 22.182; DQ (Tire) – 50, Keoni Texeira, Honolulu, HI (21); 32. 59KB, Mike Philben, Knoxville, IA (10), NT.
Heat one (started), 7 Laps, 1:56.2: 1. Blake Hahn (1); 2. Jamie Ball (3); 3. Justin Henderson (6); 4. Randy Martin (5); 5. Dustin Clark (2) / 6. Dakota Hendrickson (4); 7. John Hall (7); 8. Alan Zoutte (8)
Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 1:59.0: 1. Jordan Weaver (1); 2. Sawyer Phillips (2); 3. Matt Moro (5); 4. Clint Garner (6); 5. Casey Friedrichsen (4) / 6. Ryan Giles (3); 7. Cody Ledger (7); 8. Andy Snider (8)
Heat three (started), 7 Laps, 1:54.2: 1. Tony Shilling (2); 2. Nate Van Haaften (4); 3. Jon Agan (5); 4. Joe Beaver (6); 5. Jake Bubak (7) / 6. John Anderson (1); 7. Keoni Texeira (8) DNS – Ricky Montgomery
Heat four (started), 7 Laps, 1:57.3: 1. Tony Bruce Jr. (6); 2. Josh Baughman (4); 3. Calvin Landis (3); 4. Russ Hall (5); 5. Bart Friedrichsen (1) / 6. Kris Miller (7); 7. Mike Philben (8); DQ (Tire) – Tom Lenz (2);
B main (started), 10 Laps, 2:52.2: 1. Tom Lenz (4); 2. Dakota Hendrickson (1); 3. Cody Ledger (7); 4. Ryan Giles (2) / 5. John Hall (6); 6. Kris Miller (8); 7. Keoni Texeira (11); 8. Alan Zoutte (9); 9. John Anderson (5); 10. Andy Snider (10) DNS – Ricky Montgomery, Mike Philben
A main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1. Russ Hall (4); 2. Justin Henderson (6); 3. Tony Bruce Jr. (8); 4. Matt Moro (1); 5. Nate Van Haaften (11); 6. Joe Beaver (5); 7. Tony Shilling (17); 8. Clint Garner (7); 9. Randy Martin (3); 10. Josh Baughman (12); 11. Tom Lenz (18); 12. Jake Bubak (22); 13. Dakota Hendrickson (9); 14. Blake Hahn (19); 15. Jordan Weaver (20); 16. Dustin Clark (15); 17. Sawyer Phillips (16); 18. Ryan Giles (24); 19. Jon Agan (2); 20. Bart Friedrichsen (21); 21. Jamie Ball (13); 22. Calvin Landis (14); 23. Casey Friedrichsen (10); 24. Cody Ledger (23). Lap Leader: R. Hall 1-15, Henderson 16, R. Hall 17-18. Hard-charger: Shilling.
305 Results
Time Trials, (Group Qualifying Order): 1. 56W, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (9), 16.966; 2. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA (10), 16.974; 3. 35, Kevin Hetrick, Gladstone, IL (18), 17.267; 4. 55M, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA (20), 17.283; 5. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA (11), 17.37; 6. 5J, Devin Kline, Knoxville, IA (4), 17.391; 7. 88, J Kinder, Holts Summit, MO (6), 17.455; 8. 33, Trevor Smith, Sanborn, IA (26), 17.528; 9. 71G, Cody Ambers, Knoxville, IA (7), 17.548; 10. 56, Joe Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (19), 17.562; 11. 41, Jeff Wilke, Genoa, IL (8), 17.578; 12. 02S, Josh Jones, Knoxville, IA (28), 17.598; 13. 7, Tanner Edwards, Van Meter, IA (24), 17.61; 14. 99, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA (17), 17.624; 15. 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (14), 17.673; 16. 71C, Stacey Alexander, Lacona, IA (2), 17.68; 17. 24, Kade Higday, Pleasant Hill, IA (25), 17.697; 18. 85, Chase Wanner, Agency, IA (22), 17.711; 19. 76, Brad Comegys, Bondurant, IA (1), 17.853; 20. 50K, Kevin Hiemstra, Knoxville, IA (13), 18.406; 21. 51, Corey Kautz, Urbandale, IA (21), 18.422; 22. 19, Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA (27), 19.458; 23. 76D, Don Dawson III, Indianola, IA (5), 19.596; DQ – 36, Christopher Scank, Cedar Rapids, IA (23); DQ – 71, Cliff Jones, Pleasant Hill, IA (12); DQ – 82, Lee Patterson, Des Moines, IA (3); DQ – 41H, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA (15); DQ – O, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (16)
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, NT: 1. Stacey Alexander (1); 2. J Kinder (4); 3. Tanner Edwards (2); 4. Chris Walraven (6); 5. Joe Simbro (3); 6. McKenna Haase (5); 7. Mike Mayberry (10); 8. Rob Weuve (8); 9. Cliff Jones (9); 10. Brad Comegys (7)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, NT: 1. Jeff Wilke (3); 2. Trevor Smith (2); 3. Christian Bowman (5); 4. Ben Woods (4); 5. Kade Higday (1); 6. Kevin Hiemstra (7); 7. Lee Patterson (8); 8. Don Dawson III (6) DNS – Casey Friedrichsen
Heat three (started), 6 Laps, NT: 1. Chase Wanner (1); 2. Mitchell Alexander (2); 3. Cody Ambers (4); 4. Devin Kline (5); 5. Kevin Hetrick (6); 6. Christopher Scank (8); 7. Corey Kautz (7) DNS – Dan Henning
A main (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1. Devin Kline (1); 2. Stacey Alexander (16); 3. Chris Walraven (6); 4. Kevin Hetrick (5); 5. Christian Bowman (3); 6. Trevor Smith (4); 7. Kade Higday (17); 8. Chase Wanner (18); 9. Jeff Wilke (11); 10. Mike Mayberry (28); 11. Tanner Edwards (13); 12. Brad Comegys (22); 13. Don Dawson III (25); 14. Corey Kautz (23); 15. Kevin Hiemstra (19); 16. Lee Patterson (27); 17. Rob Weuve (24); 18. Ben Woods (7); 19. Joe Simbro (10); 20. J Kinder (2); 21. McKenna Haase (8); 22. Josh Jones (12); 23. Cody Ambers (9); 24. Christopher Scank (20); 25. Mitchell Alexander (15); 26. Cliff Jones (26) DNS – Casey Friedrichsen, Dan Henning. Lap Leaders: Kinder 1-9, Kline 10-15. Hard-charger: S. Alexander.
Dirt Trucks Results
Heat one (started), 6 Laps, NT: 1. 17, Bryan Spangler, Des Moines, IA (1); 2. 7XJR, Andrew Clark, Des Moines, IA (2); 3. 98, Bret Moyer, Polk City, IA (3); 4. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (4); 5. 21, Brad Moyer, Alleman, IA (5); 6. 23, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (6)
Heat two (started), 6 Laps, NT: 1. 9, Lou Sipolt, Altoona, IA (4); 2. 3, Kevin Fee, Knoxville, IA (6); 3. 7x, Rick Clark, Des Moines, IA (3); 4. 25, Patrick Fagen, Des Moines, IA (5); 5. 19, Pat Gordin, Oskaloosa, IA (1); 6. 22T, Tony Moro, Polk City, IA (2)
A main (started), 12 Laps, 4:45.7: 1. Matt Moro (3); 2. Bret Moyer (1); 3. Brad Moyer (5); 4. Kevin Fee (6); 5. Lou Sipolt (4); 6. Rick Clark (2); 7. Patrick Fagen (8); 8. Andrew Clark (7); 9. Carson McCarl (9); 10. Tony Moro (12). Lap Leader: M. Moro 1-12.
Photo: Danny Lasoski is joined in Victory Lane by Tim Kaeding, Wayne Johnson and flagman Doug Clark (Rob Kocak Photo)
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