Thursday, August 11, 2011 Mark Dobmeier Claims Night #2 for the Knoxville Regulars at the Nationals!
by Bill Wright
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA, August 11, 2011 – Mark Dobmeier won a battle with Jason Meyers to take night #2 of the 51st Annual Goodyear Knoxville Nationals on Thursday night. The Grand Forks, North Dakota driver piloted the Lunstra/Dobmeier #13 machine by Meyers on lap 14 and never looked back for his eighth career win at the famous half-mile.
Misfortune hit the pole-sitter for the main event, when Wayne Johnson had something break in his front end, sending him into the turn one wall before the green could be thrown. He was uninjured, but done.
Terry McCarl assumed the pole and led lap one, but Meyers took control on the next go-around. On lap three, McCarl and Stevie Smith made contact on the frontstretch sending McCarl spinning to the infield and leaving Smith with a torn up nose wing. Both would restart after brief repairs in the work area.
Meyers led Dobmeier, Brian Brown, Dale Blaney and Justin Henderson back to green flag racing. Both Dobmeier and Brown kept pace with the leader until a lap seven caution for Smith, who stopped with more nose wing problems in turn four.
The lead trio remained the same on the restart, with Henderson having overtaken Blaney for fourth. Lance Dewease and Craig Dollansky had moved into the top ten from deep in the pack. Dobmeier seemed to have the momentum to shoot by Meyers going down the backstretch on the restart, but checked up behind him and remained in pursuit, while Blaney and Dewease moved by Henderson into fourth and fifth.
On lap fourteen, Dobmeier squeezed by Meyers at the flagstand, and shortly thereafter, Billy Balog came to a stop in turn four. The final restart of the event saw Dobmeier leading Meyers, Brown, Blaney and Dewease with eleven laps to go. Dollansky shot by two cars on the restart to move into fifth, and two laps later, took fourth from Blaney. It would be for not in the end, as he retreated to seventeenth with an oil leak.
Dobmeier increased his lead in the final stages to win the cheers of the local faithful. Meyers maintained second ahead of Brown. Dewease and hard-charger, Jason Johnson completed the top five. Blaney, Brooke Tatnell, Kraig Kinser, Daryn Pittman and Henderson rounded out the top ten.
“We’ve probably got one of the hardest working teams out here,” said Dobmeier in Victory Lane. “We’re just a group of guys who likes to have fun on the weekend, and that’s what we’re doing. I really should have got (Meyers) on the first restart there, but I hesitated. I had to relax there for a while and look for my spot and we took it.”
Meyers thought his car worked well under green flag conditions, but was frustrated with the cautions periods. “I keep getting on wrong end of those yellow flags. Mark must have been good out there. After the week we had and me getting sick, the guys put a great racecar under me. These heats are really tough, and they gave me a great car.”
“I want to congratulate Mark Dobmeier,” said Brown. “That’s a heck of a run for us local guys. Jason’s a heck of a racer. I wasn’t that good at the end. I was cruising and decided to take third rather than stick it in the fence.”
Cody Darrah set quick time over the 54-car field with a lap of 15.153 seconds. Dewease, Jason . Solwold, Kraig Kinser, Ricky Logan and Billy Alley won heat races. Cap Henry took the C main and Paul McMahan won the B main.
Dale Blaney was the top point getter on the night with 479, followed closely by Meyers. Both will start in row two of the championship event Saturday night behind pole-sitter Sammy Swindell and Brad Sweet.
Tomorrow night will be the Friday program for qualifiers outside of the top 50. In addition, the Premier Chevy Dealers World Challenge will be run, along with the First Annual Race of Champions. Both features pay $10,000 to the winner! Tickets are available at the box office, online at www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com or by calling 641 842-5431!
410 Results
Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 91, Cody Darrah, Red Lion, PA (2) 15.153; 2. 2, Dale Blaney, Fowler, OH (5) 15.350; 3. 27, Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK (13) 15.390; 4. 1zz, Jessica Zemken, Sprakers, NY (12) 15.434; 5. 83, Paul McMahan, Nashville, TN (46) 15.451; 6. 7, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (47) 15.452; 7. 92, Kerry Madsen, St. Marys, NSW, Aust. (41) 15.455; 8. 39, Greg Hodnett, Thomasville, PA (10) 15.470; 9. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (52) 15.474; 10. 14, Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA (7) 15.509; 11. 13, Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks, ND (28) 15.513; 12. 22H, Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (21) 15.523; 13. 55, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (33) 15.526; 14. 22, Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, OH (4) 15.538; 15. 83JR, Tim Kaeding, San Jose, CA (17) 15.558; 16. 2L, Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo, PA (34) 15.576; 17. 1s, Kevin Swindell, Charlotte, NC (43) 15.582; 18. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (3) 15.584; 19. 1z, Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow, OK (42) 15.588; 20. 6M, Jac Haudenschild, Wooster, OH (50) 15.600; 21. 01, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (22) 15.601; 22. 35, Justin Henderson, Sioux Falls, SD (18) 15.615; 23. 04, Cap Henry, Bellevue, OH (39) 15.624; 24. 91x, Dusty Zomer, Sioux Falls, SD (14) 15.628; 25. 59, Brooke Tatnell, Sans Souci, NSW, Aust. (26) 15.653; 26. 33, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (6) 15.654; 27. 28, Ian Madsen, St. Mary’s, NSW, Aust. (36) 15.665; 28. 6, Kraig Kinser, Bloomington, IN (1) 15.698; 29. 17B, Bill Balog, Eau Claire, WI (53) 15.727; 30. 2M, Dustin Daggett, Portland, MI (25) 15.733; 31. 2B, Ben Gregg, Glendale, AZ (27) 15.775; 32. 55x, Jason Solwold, Mount Vernon, WA (44) 15.787; 33. 6H, Danny Heskin, St. Michael, MN (37) 15.798; 34. 23w, Scott Winters, Butterfield, MN (23) 15.833; 35. 11c, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (40) 15.834; 36. 30c, Lance Dewease, Fayetteville, PA (50) 15.837; 37. D4, Danny Holtgraver, Pittsburgh, PA (45) 15.842; 38. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA (35) 15.857; 39. 10P, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (32) 15.859; 40. 7AB, Billy Alley, Bennet, NE (16) 15.888; 41. 7K, Robby Wolfgang, Sioux Falls, SD (38) 15.897; 42. 53, Jack Dover, Springfield, NE (48) 15.910; 43. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (9) 15.923; 44. 8, Kaley Gharst, Decatur, IL (15) 16.131; 45. 19D, Donovan Peterson, Brookings, SD (11) 16.145; 46. 17x, Marty Perovich, Denham Court, NSW, Aust. (49) 16.210; 47. W20, Greg Wilson, Benton Ridge, OH (31) 16.270; 48. 21M, Brian Montieth, Phoenixville, PA (54) 16.280; 49. 56JC, Johnn Cressman, Sioux Falls, SD (29) 16.389; 50. 45, Mark Johnson, Des Moines, IA (19) 16.390; / 51. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (20) 16.490; 52. 1K, Chris Shirek, Thompson, ND (30) 16.791; 53. 23x, Russel Borland, Kewaskum, WI (8) 16.889; 54. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (24) NT.
Heat one (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Lance Dewease (1) 2. Ben Gregg (2) 3. Wayne Johnson (4) 4. Mark Dobmeier (6) / 5. Danny Lasoski (3) 6. Craig Dollansky (7) 7. Ed Lynch Jr. (5) 8. Cody Darrah (8) / 9. Marty Perovich (10) 10. Robby Wolfgang (9)
Heat two (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Jason Solwold (2) 2. Justin Henderson (4) 3. Ian Madsen (3) 4. Dale Blaney (8) / 5. Danny Holtgraver (1) 6. Kevin Swindell (5) 7. Kerry Madsen (7) 8. Randy Hannagan (6) / 9. Jack Dover (9) 10. Greg Wilson (10)
Heat three (started), 10 laps, 2:45.4: 1. Kraig Kinser (3) 2. Terry McCarl (6) 3. Daryn Pittman (8) 4. Seth Bergman (1) / 5. Danny Heskin (2) 6. Greg Hodnett (7) 7. Jason Johnson (5) 8. Brian Montieth (10) / 9. Josh Schneiderman (9) 10. Cap Henry (4)
Heat four (started), 10 laps, 2:46.6: 1. Ricky Logan (1) 2. Bill Balog (3) 3. Brian Brown (7) 4. Stevie Smith (5) / 5. Scott Winters (2) 6. Dusty Zomer (4) 7. Kenny Jacobs (6) 8. Jessica Zemken (8) / 9. Kaley Gharst (9) 10. Johnn Cressman (10)
Heat five (started), 10 laps, 2:48.0: 1. Billy Alley (1) 2. Jason Meyers (7) 3. Roger Crockett (2) 4. Brooke Tatnell (4) / 5. Jac Haudenschild (5) 6. Tim Kaeding (6) 7. Paul McMahan (8) 8. Dustin Daggett (3) / 9. Mark Johnson (10) 10. Donovan Peterson (9)
C main (started), 10 laps, 2:54.6: 1. Cap Henry (1) 2. Robby Wolfgang (2) / 3. Kaley Gharst (5) 4. Tasker Phillips (9) 5. Josh Schneiderman (4) 6. Chris Shirek (12) 7. Greg Wilson (8) 8. Mark Johnson (10) 9. Marty Perovich (7) 10. Russel Borland (11) 11. Jack Dover (3) 12. Donovan Peterson (6) DNS – John Cressman, Bob Weuve
B main (started), 12 laps, 3:35.9: 1. Paul McMahan (3) 2. Craig Dollansky (4) 3. Kerry Madsen (5) 4. Jason Johnson (12) / 5. Greg Hodnett (6) 6. Tim Kaeding (9) 7. Cody Darrah (1) 8. Kevin Swindell (11) 9. Jac Haudenschild (13) 10. Jessica Zemken (2) 11. Danny Lasoski (15) 12. Kenny Jacobs (8) 13. Dusty Zomer (14) 14. Randy Hannagan (7) 15. Brian Montieth (20) 16. Scott Winters (18) 17. Danny Holtgraver (19) 18. Ed Lynch Jr. (10) 19. Cap Henry (21) 20. Danny Heskin (17) 21. Robby Wolfgang (22) 22. Dustin Daggett (16)
A main (started), 25 laps, NT: 1. Mark Dobmeier (4) 2. Jason Meyers (5) 3. Brian Brown (6) 4. Lance Dewease (17) 5. Jason Johnson (24) 6. Dale Blaney (8) 7. Brooke Tatnell (10) 8. Kraig Kinser (12) 9. Daryn Pittman (7) 10. Justin Henderson (9) 11. Kerry Madsen (23) 12. Terry McCarl (3) 13. Stevie Smith (2) 14. Paul McMahan (21) 15. Ian Madsen (11) 16. Ben Gregg (14) 17. Craig Dollansky (22) 18. Jason Solwold (15) 19. Roger Crockett (16) 20. Billy Alley (20) 21. Seth Bergman (18) 22. Ricky Logan (19) 23. Bill Balog (13) DNS - 24. Wayne Johnson (1). Lap Leaders: T. McCarl 1, Meyers 2-13, Dobmeier 14-25.
Total Combined Points
Car # Driver Hometown Total Points
1 1 Swindell, Sammy Germantown, TN 490
2 9 Sweet, Brad Huntersville, NC 487
3 2 Blaney, Dale Hartford, OH 479
4 14 Meyers, Jason Scotts Valley, CA 477
5 27 Pittman, Daryn Pittsboro, IN 474
6 21 Brown, Brian Grain Valley, MO 474
7 13 Dobmeier, Mark Grand Forks, ND 471
8 11 Kinser, Steve Bloomington, IN 470
9 51 Rahmer, Fred Salfordville, PA 465
10 56 Heskin, Davey St. Michael, MN 464
11 15H Hafertepe, Jr., Sam Sunnyvale, TX 460
12 17A McCarl, Austin Altoona, IA 457
13 15 Schatz, Donny Fargo, ND 452
14 55 McCarl, Terry Altoona, IA 451
15 92 Madsen, Kerry Knoxville, IA 450
16 83 McMahan, Paul Nashville, TN 448
17 57 Stewart, Shane Pittsboro, IN 447
18 7 Dollansky, Craig Princeton, MN 443
19 83X Shaffer, Tim Aliquippa, PA 440
20 41 Johnson, Jason Eunice, LA 440
21 35 Henderson, Justin Speedway, IN 437
22 6 Kinser, Kraig Bloomington, IN 432
23 1Z Smith, Stevie Broken Arrow, OK 431
24 59 Tatnell, Brooke Forest Lake, MN 431
25 99 Bacon, Brady Sapulpa, OK 429
26 10 Phillips, Rager Pleasantville, IA 427
27 14X Moughan, Joey Springfield, IL 425
28 12 Jeffrey, Lynton Prairie City, IA 424
29 30C Dewease, Lance Fayetteville, PA 424
30 7X Selvage, Dustin Indianola, IA 422
31 91 Darrah, Cody Red Lion, PA 417
32 45X Herrera, Johnny Albuquerque, NM 417
33 28 Madsen, Ian St. Marys, NSW, Australia 414
34 39 Hodnett, Greg Thomasville, PA 413
35 47 Droud, Jr., Don Lincoln, NE 412
36 4 Smith, Danny Chillicothe, OH 412
37 01 Johnson, Wayne Knoxville, IA 408
38 89G Gravel, David Watertown, CT 407
39 2B Gregg, Ben Phoenix, AZ 407
40 1ZZ Zemken, Jessica Sprakers, NY 405
41 18 Bruce, Jr., Tony Liberal, KS 405
42 1J Maeschen, Bronson Pleasantville, IA 404
43 55X Solwold, Jason Burlington, WA 404
44 6RX Bunton, Ryan Morton, IL 402
45 71R Anderson, Ryan Deloit, IA 402
46 83JR Kaeding, Tim Fresno, CA 397
47 17B Balog, Bill Brookfield, WI 397
48 2D Dobesh, Bryan Sioux Falls, SD 394
49 29 Kaeding, Bud Campbell, CA 393
50 1W Meyer, Chad Harrisburg, SD 392
51 11C Crockett, Roger Medford, OR 390
52 1S Swindell, Kevin Charlotte, NC 389
53 20E Ellenberger, Brian Butler, PA 389
54 63 Kemenah, Chad Alvada, OH 384
55 22 Jacobs, Kenny Holmesville, OH 384
56 6M Haudenschild, Jac Wooster, OH 384
57 7AB Alley, Billy Bennett, NE 384
58 0 Allard, Jonathan Chico, CA 382
59 10P Logan, Ricky Knoxville, IA 382
60 22H Hannagan, Randy Pittsboro, IN 381
61 68 Houseman, Jr., Mike Des Moines, IA 381
62 23 Bergman, Seth Everett, WA 377
63 69 Moore, Mike East Des Moines, IA 375
64 7S Sides, Jason Bartlett, TN 371
65 4X Lutar, Toni Richmond, BC, Canada 369
66 02 Reinke, Mike Howards Grove, WI 368
67 17 Walker, Tyler Hermosa Beach, CA 368
68 2L Lynch, Jr., Ed Apollo, PA 368
69 33 Lasoski, Danny Higginsville, MO 368
70 19K King, Todd Sheboygan, WI 365
71 91X Zomer, Dusty Brandon, SD 365
72 04 Henry, Cap Bellevue, OH 343
73 5W Wolfe, Lucas Mechanicsburg, PA 342
74 23W Winters, Scott Butterfield, MN 342
75 6H Heskin, Danny St. Michael, MN 336
76 D4 Holgraver, Danny Pittsburgh, PA 334
77 2M Daggett, Dustin Grand Ledge, MI 329
78 6R Rose, Bill Plainfield, IN 326
79 9N Nygaard, Wade Grand Forks, ND 325
80 2K Ingle, Kevin Huron, SD 321
81 44W Wheatley, Austen Lake Stevens, WA 319
82 21M Montieth, Brian Phoenixville, PA 307
83 96AU White, Bruce Sydney, NSW, Australia 306
84 20PK Krysl, Ron Atkinson, NE 306
85 7K Wolfgang, Robby Sioux Falls, SD 303
86 8 Gharst, Kaley Decatur, IL 286
87 49 Schneiderman, Josh West Burlington, IA 284
88 2X Higday, Josh Des Moines, IA 284
89 20 Moeller, A.J. Clinton, IA 280
90 53 Dover, Jack Springfield, NE 274
91 17X Perovich, Marty Sydney, NSW, Australia 270
92 W20 Wilson, Greg Benton Ridge, OH 269
93 45 Johnson, Mark Des Moines, IA 264
94 19D Peterson, Donovan Brookings, SD 263
95 56JC Cressman, Johnn Hartford, SD 253
96 7TAZ Phillips, Tasker Pleasantville, IA 244
97 1K Shirek, Chris Thompson, ND 235
98 23X Borland, Russel Kewaskum, WI 222
99 19 Weuve, Bob Newton, IA 209
Photo By Doug Johnson
- Admin Account on Aug 12, 2011
- Article Date: 8/11/2011 by Bill Wright