(Photo by Shannon Dyce Photography)
Inside Line Promotions – JACKSON, Minn. (May 20, 2016) – Craig Dollansky dominated the Spirit Lake Silver & Gold NSL 410 Sprint Cars portion of the Folkens Brothers Trucking Spring Nationals on Friday at Jackson Motorplex, where he claimed the $10,000 top prize and the National Sprint League points lead following a strong performance during the season-opening event at the recently renovated facility.
Casey Friedrichsen led all 20 laps to capture the Last-Deck® 360 Sprint Cars feature and Dusty Ballenger led the final seven laps of the Liquid Nitro IMCA 305 Sprint Cars main event on an action-packed night at the half-mile oval.
“This track is beautiful,” Dollansky said. “Tod Quiring and everyone who has done this hard work to build this facility, it’s an honor to be here. That was a fun race. We’re a smaller budget team. To come in and perform like that is a testament to the hard work that goes on behind the scenes.”
Dollansky was a man on a mission as he opening the marquee event by setting quick time during qualifying. He then advanced from sixth to third place in a heat race and finished second in the dash to earn enough combined points to start the 25-lap main event on the pole.
Dollansky quickly powered into the lead and he maintained the top spot despite two cautions – the first for Aaron Reutzel, who blew a tire while running fifth with 10 laps remaining, and the second for a crash involving Brian Brown and Tim Kaeding, who were competing for 10th place with four laps remaining.
Defending series champion Danny Lasoski took advantage of the late-race restart to pass Ian Madsen for the runner-up position, but Lasoski was unable to close to Dollansky’s bumper before the checkered flag was waved.
“Everybody was equaling out and everybody was using their tires up,” Lasoski said. “Hats off to what (Quiring has) done here. It’s a phenomenal facility and we sure enjoyed racing here.”
Madsen held off his brother, Kerry Madsen, to finish on the podium. Bill Balog rounded out the top five.
Bargain Barn Tire Center sponsored the heat races and provided a minimum of $300 to win and at least $50 for everyone who started a heat. Austin McCarl, Kaeding and Tasker Phillips each won a heat race.
Ian Madsen claimed the Weikert’s Livestock Dash presented by Midwest Truck Insurance and Transportation Insurance Services. All 10 dash drivers were presented a $100 bonus.
The National Sprint League will make its season debut at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, on Saturday. Hot laps are scheduled to begin at 6:45 p.m. with qualifying at 7:15 p.m.
Tickets for the event at Knoxville Raceway are $15 for adults, $10 for ages 13 to 19 and free for ages 12 and younger. Pit passes are $25.
The Cushion will provide live Pay-Per-View video from the race at http://www.TheCushion.com.
Last-Deck® 360 Sprint Cars
Friedrichsen led from flag to flag to score the Last-Deck® 360 Sprint Cars, which featured the GoMuddy.com NSL 360 Tri-State Region, victory during the season opener at Jackson Motorplex.
“They have a very nice facility here, a good track,” he said. “There’s not a complaint from us. When you start out front you have to make it count right away. This is our first race of the year. Coming out with a ‘W’ is a big success for us.”
Skylar Prochaska maneuvered from seventh to the second-place finish with Lee Grosz placing third. Kaley Gharst ended fourth and Chris Martin was fifth.
Liquid Nitro IMCA 305 Sprint Cars
Ballenger took advantage of a restart on Lap 9 to pounce on the leader, capitalize with a slide job and pull away for the Liquid Nitro IMCA 305 Sprint Cars main event triumph.
Ballenger, who started the 15-lap feature sixth, advanced into fourth place on Lap 2. He moved up a spot on the ensuing lap before taking over the runner-up spot on Lap 5. Ballenger maintained that position until the restart provided the opportunity.
“The yellow definitely saved me on that deal,” he said. “The 305s are so equal you have to drive them so straight and try not to lose any speed. That was a fun race.”
Jesse Lindberg gave Ballenger a battle in the closing laps as the duo were side by side in turn two multiple times. Lindberg finished second with Michael Stien, who led the first eight laps, garnering a third-place result.
Nate Eakin and Brandon Allen rounded out the top five, respectively.
NATIONAL SPRINT LEAGUE NOTES: Craig Dollansky earned a $200 bonus from Deberg Concrete and a $50 certificate from Slade Shock Technology for setting quick time during time trials. … Austin McCarl garnered a $100 certificate from Walker Filtration Performance for winning a heat race. … Tim Kaeding scored a $100 certificate from Kaeding Performance for winning a heat race. … Tasker Phillips captured a certificate from Keizer Aluminum Wheels for winning a heat race. … Davey Heskin was the So Close Award winner and received a certificate from Rod End Supply for being the highest starting NSL driver who missed the feature redraw. … Brooke Tatnell picked up a $50 certificate from KSE Racing Products for being the Hard Charger in the A Main. …. Brian Brown was selected for a $100 certificate from Ti22 Performance for the Hard Luck Award.
National Sprint League Sprint Car Series Race Report: Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on May 20, 2016 –
Deberg Concrete/Slade Shock Technology Time Trials: 1. 2ks-Craig Dollansky 15.816; 2. 19p-Paige Polyak 15.831; 3. 55l-Aaron Reutzel 15.850; 4. 18-Ian Madsen 15.855; 5. 12-Lynton Jeffrey 15.858; 6. 17b-Bill Balog 15.894; 7. 2-Danny Lasoski 15.903; 8. 29-Kerry Madsen 15.916; 9. 21-Brian Brown 15.950; 10. 56n-Davey Heskin 16.053; 11. 16-Travis Whitney 16.155; 12. 13-Mark Dobmeier 16.155; 13. 09-Matt Juhl 16.174; 14. 7-Kaley Gharst 16.180; 15. 24-Terry McCarl 16.252; 16. 17a-Austin McCarl 16.283; 17. 3-Tim Kaeding 16.286; 18. 7w-Tasker Phillips 16.297; 19. 55-Brooke Tatnell 16.361; 20. 35l-Skylar Prochaska 16.377; 21. 10-Dakota Hendrickson 16.442; 22. 19w-Bob Weuve 16.737; 23. 19l-Rob Caho 17.358; 24. 25-Dylan Peterson 17.395; 25. 9-Jared Goerges 17.437; 26. 14-Jody Rosenboom No Time.
Walker Performance Filtration Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 17a-Austin McCarl (1); 2. 09-Matt Juhl (2); 3. 2ks-Craig Dollansky (6); 4. 2-Danny Lasoski (4); 5. 55-Brooke Tatnell (7); 6. 18-Ian Madsen (5); 7. 56n-Davey Heskin (3); 8. 19w-Bob Weuve (8); 9. 9-Jared Goerges (9).
Kaeding Performance Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Tim Kaeding (1); 2. 7-Kaley Gharst (2); 3. 12-Lynton Jeffrey (5); 4. 29-Kerry Madsen (4); 5. 19p-Paige Polyak (6); 6. 16-Travis Whitney (3); 7. 35-Skylar Prochaska (7); 8. Rob Caho (8).
Keizer Aluminum Wheels Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 7w-Tasker Phillips (1); 2. 24-Terry McCarl (2); 3. 21-Brian Brown (4); 4. 13-Mark Dobmeier (3); 5. 17b-Bill Balog (5); 6. 55l-Aaron Reutzel (6); 7. 10-Dakota Hendrickson (7); 8. 25-Dylan Peterson (8).
Weikert’s Livestock Dash presented by Midwest Truck Insurance and Transportation Insurance Services (6 Laps): 1. 18-Ian Madsen (1); 2. 2ks-Craig Dollansky (2); 3. 2-Danny Lasoski (4); 4. 29-Kerry Madsen (7); 5. 12-Lynton Jeffrey (5); 6. 55l-Aaron Reutzel (3); 7. 17b-Bill Balog (6); 8. 17a-Austin McCarl (8); 9. 19p-Paige Polyak (9); 10. 21-Brian Brown (10).
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2ks-Craig Dollansky (1); 2. 2-Danny Lasoski (5); 3. 18-Ian Madsen (3); 4. 29-Kerry Madsen (7); 5. 17b-Bill Balog (8); 6. 12-Lynton Jeffrey (2); 7. 13-Mark Dobmeier (13); 8. 56n-Davey Heskin (11); 9. 19p-Paige Polyak (4); 10. 24-Terry McCarl (16); 11. 55l-Aaron Reutzel (6); 12. 55-Brooke Tatnell (19); 13. 3-Tim Kaeding (17); 14. 7-Kaley Gharst (15); 15. 7w-Tasker Phillips (18); 16. 35-Skylar Prochaska (20); 17. 17a-Austin McCarl (10); 18. 09-Matt Juhl (14); 19. 19l-Rob Caho (23); 20. 19w-Bob Weuve (22); 21. 9-Jared Goerges (25); 22. 21-Brian Brown (8); 23. 16-Travis Whitney (12); 24. 10-Dakota Hendrickson (21); 25. 25-Dylan Peterson (DNS); 26. 14-Jody Rosenboom (DNS). Laps led: Craig Dollansky 1-25.
UNOFFICIAL NATIONAL SPRINT LEAGUE TOP 10 IN POINTS AFTER ROUND 2 –
.1. 2ks-Craig Dollansky 836; 2. 2-Danny Lasoski 786; 3. 24-Terry McCarl 720; 4. 21-Brian Brown 655; 5. 18-Ian Madsen 642; 6. 12-Lynton Jeffrey 632; 7. 3-Tim Kaeding 582; 8. 17a-Austin McCarl 578; 9. 17b-Bill Balog 573; 10. 55-Brooke Tatnell 555.
GoMuddy.com National Sprint League 360 Tri-State Region Race Report: Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on May 20, 2016 –
Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 4j-Lee Grosz (2); 2. 2h-Bill Boles (1); 3. 2-Derrik Lusk (4); 4. 11x-Gregg Bakker (3); 5. 20g-Chris Graf (7); 6. 10j-Justin Jacobsma (5); 7. 32-Matt Julh (8); 8. 21-Devin Friedrichsen (6).
Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Chris Martin (1); 2. 35-Skylar Prochaska (2); 3. 20-Casey Freidrichsen (5); 4. 7-Kaley Gharst (7); 5. 33-James Broty (6); 6. 2k-Kevin Ingle (4); 7. 1-Dean Brown (3).
Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 2d-Dusty Ballenger (3); 2. 75c-Casey Heser (5); 3. 42-Kevin Flowers (7); 4. 13mj-Brandon Halverson (6); 5. 29-Brandon Stevenson (2); 6. 97-Alan Gilbertson (4); 7. 64-Brandon Bosma (1).
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 20-Casey Friedrichsen (1); 2. 35-Skylar Prochaska (7); 3. 4j-Lee Grosz (6); 4. 7-Kaley Gharst (8); 5. 44-Chris Martin (2); 6. 75c-Casey Heser (3); 7. 11x-Gregg Bakker (13); 8. 2h-Bill Boles (9); 9. 2-Derrik Lusk (10); 10. 33-James Broty (14); 11. 21-Devin Friedrichsen (21); 12. 13mj-Brandon Halverson (11); 13. 32-Matt Juhl (17); 14. 42-Kevin Flowers (4); 15. 2k-Kevin Ingle (18); 16. 97-Alan Gilbertson (19); 17. 10j-Justin Jacobsma (16); 18. 29-Brandon Stevenson (15); 19. 1-Dean Brown (20); 20. 2d-Dusty Ballenger (5); 21. 20g-Chris Graf (12); 22. 64-Brandon Bosma (22). Laps led: Casey Friedrichsen 1-20.
Liquid Nitro IMCA 305 Sprint Cars Race Report: Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., on May 20, 2016 –
Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-Trevor Serbus (8); 2. 1aj-Trevor Mell (2); 3. 14k-Victoria Knutson (1); 4. 4s-Michael Stien (7); 5. 11-Dalyn Cody (3); 6. 10s-Gary Serbus (9); 7. 33s-Jeremy Schultz (6); 8. 51a-Elliot Amdahl (5); 9. 5k-Jim Klinghagen (4).
Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 4sn-Nate Eakin (1); 2. 05a-Brandon Allen (2); 3. 11a-Bruce Anderson (3); 4. 7l-Jesse Lindberg (6); 5. 2d-Dusty Ballenger (7); 6. 05-Collin Smith (5); 7. 7d-Dave Becker (9); 8. 51-Corey Kautz (8); 9. 22-Kaleb Johnson (4).
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 2d-Dusty Ballenger; 2. 7l-Jesse Lindberg; 3. 4s-Michael Stien; 4. 4sn-Nate Eakin; 5. 05a-Brandon Allen; 6. 11a-Bruce Anderson; 7. 10-Trevor Serbus; 8. 14k-Victoria Knutson; 9. 51a-Elliot Amdahl; 10. 11-Dayln Cody; 11. 51-Corey Kautz; 12. 05-Collin Smith; 13. 5k-Jim Klinghagen; 14. 10s-Gary Serbus; 15. 1aj-Trevor Mell; 16. 33s-Jeremy Schultz; 17. 7d-Dave Becker; 18. 22-Kaleb Johnson. Laps led: Michael Stien 1-8; Dusty Ballenger 9-15.
NEXT EVENT –
NATIONAL SPRINT LEAGUE: Saturday at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa
GOMUDDY.COM NSL 360 TRI-STATE REGION: May 27 at Jackson Motorplex in Jackson, Minn.
JACKSON MOTORPLEX: Saturday featuring IMCA a mods, IMCA stock cars, IMCA sport mods, IMCA hobby stocks and IMCA sport compacts
MEDIA LINKS –
NSL Website: http://www.NationalSprintLeague.com
NSL Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/NSLSeries
NSL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NSLSeries
Website: http://www.JacksonMotorplex.com
Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/JacksonMotorplx
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JacksonSpeedway/?fref=ts
NSL 360 Tri-State Website: http://www.NationalSprintLeague.com/GOMUDDY360s
NSL 360 Tri-State Twitter: https://twitter.com/NSL360TriState
NSL 360 Tri-State Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoMuddycom-NSL-360-Tri-State-Region-1490426007931342/
NATIONAL SPRINT LEAGUE MARKETING PARTNERS –
The National Sprint League would like to thank Abdo, Eick & Meyers, LLP, Arnold Motor Supply, Bank Midwest, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Deberg Concrete, Hepfner Racing Products, Hooker Harness, Kaeding Performance, Keizer Aluminum Wheels, KSE Racing Products, Max Papis Innovations, MyRacePass, Rod End Supply, Rossie Feed & Grain, Slade Shock Technology, Ti22 Performance, TiLUBE Motorsport Lubricants, Vortex Wings and Walker Performance Filtration for support throughout the 2016 season.
NATIONAL SPRINT LEAGUE –
The National Sprint League was established in 2015 as a premier 410ci winged sprint car series focusing on the Midwest. In 2016, the series branches into the 360ci winged sprint car ranks with the GoMuddy.com National Sprint League 360 Sprint Car Series as well as multiple regions across the United States. For the latest news and information among all the NSL entities, visit http://www.NationalSprintLeague.com.
JACKSON MOTORPLEX –
Jackson Motorplex is a recently renovated half-mile dirt oval located in Jackson, Minn. It hosts weekly races on most Fridays and Saturdays from May through September with 410ci winged sprint cars, 360ci winged sprint cars, IMCA a mods, IMCA stock cars, IMCA sport mods, IMCA hobby stocks and IMCA sport compacts among the featured classes. For more information, visit http://www.JacksonMotorplex.com.
MUDDY –
Muddy has always been known for its exceptionally high-end features and unwavering quality. The line has recently been expanded and revolutionized to contain even more options, including ladderstands, tripods and ground blinds as well as hang-ons and harnesses. For more information, visit http://www.GoMuddy.com.
CASH BOWL –
The GoMuddy.com NSL 360 Series has more than $500,000 up for grabs during the 2016 season. The series established the ‘Cash Bowl’ in an effort to allow racers from across the country a great opportunity to generate money. Any driver who competes in at least one national race and 15 regional races or 90 percent of any region’s events is eligible for the Cash Bowl, which pays $10 per point. The final night of a national event provides 120 points to win and eight points to start the main event. Regional races deliver 30 points to win and two points to start.
Additionally, the top five drivers in overall national and regional points at the end of the 2016 season will split more than $50,000 in bonus money with the national champion pocketing $20,000.
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- Shawn Miller on May 21, 2016
- Article Date: 5/21/2016 by Inside Line Promotions