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Knoxville Raceway Preliminary 1999-07-02

'Dude' Dominates Ethanol Classic Preliminary By Richard Day KNOXVILLE, IA (July 2) - After 70 feature victories and seven track championships, defending Amoco Knoxville Nationals champion Danny ...

'Dude' Dominates Ethanol Classic Preliminary By Richard Day KNOXVILLE, IA (July 2) - After 70 feature victories and seven track championships, defending Amoco Knoxville Nationals champion Danny Lasoski definitely knows his way around Knoxville Raceway. "The Dude" needed every bit of his experience at the legendary semi-banked, 1/2-mile oval to hold off Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series points leader Mark Kinser and win the Preliminary Feature when the Fourth Annual Iowa Ethanol Classic opened Friday. "We're glad to get a win, and get locked in for tomorrow night," Lasoski said. "The Beef Packers car ran great. As long as we race up front and stay consistent, we'll be OK." Lasoski and the #83 Beef Packers Eagle were the class of the field, pacing the 49-car qualifying session, winning the First NAPA Auto Parts Heat Race and leading all but one lap in the feature. He received his eighth Vivarin Fast-Time Award of the season after recording a 15.344-second, 117.310-m.p.h., lap in time trials. "The Dude" was dominant in every race except the Channellock Dash. He earned the right to start the feature inside the second row by following Tyler Walker and Kinser across the finish line in the five- lap race. The third-place finish couldn't keep him from starting on the pole, however. Walker drove the #35 Air Sep Maxim into the lead as the green flag fell in the Preliminary Feature, only to have a first-corner collision with Stevie Smith send Steve Kinser flipping. Tim Shaffer was also involved in the crash. Lance Blevins and Kerry Madsen crashed in turn two as the green flag replaced the red, collecting Smith, Brooke Tatnell and Donny Schatz. When Walker and Mark Kinser were unable to negotiate a good start, Lasoski and Fourth NAPA Auto Parts Heat Race winner Jac Haudenschild replaced them on the front row. Lasoski burst into the lead, and Kinser steered the #5M Mopar Maxim around Haudenschild high between turns one and two as the race resumed. Walker took the low line through the second corner to pass Haudenschild for third place early in lap four. Randy Anderson stopped in turn two to bring out the caution flag three laps later. Sammy Swindell, the 1983 Amoco Knoxville Nationals champion, steered his #1 Channellock Stealth into the low groove in the third corner to pass Skip Jackson and Haudenschild for fourth place as the green flag replaced the yellow. Kinser made a run at Lasoski in the high groove midway through the race, but was unable to surge ahead. He kept pace with "The Dude," and took the lead between turns three and four late in the 11th lap. Lasoski regained the lead the next time around when Kinser tried to block him in the low groove, only to have his momentum carry him toward the outside retaining wall in the second corner. "The Dude" was only .3 seconds ahead of Kinser when he entered lapped traffic three laps later. He increased his advantage to 1.6 seconds within a lap as Mark had problems with a pack of backmarkers. Swindell was in fourth place with 3 1/2 laps remaining when his engine lost power on the back straightaway, allowing Haudenschild to pass him. Sammy had to settle for a 19th-place finish. Lasoski was 1.4 seconds ahead of Kinser when he took the checkered flag in his third Preliminary Feature victory of the season. "I told the crew we'd have to do it on the low side," Danny said. "After the dash, I knew Mark and Tyler would be tough up top. Mark must have really gotten a run off (turn) four there, but when he went down I knew he had too much speed to hold it." Finishing 1-4 in the Preliminary Feature gave Lasoski, Kinser, Walker and Haudenschild the luxury of starting Saturday's Channellock Dash in that order. Completing the top 10 were Knoxville Raceway points leader Terry McCarl, Schatz, Skip Jackson, Daryn Pittman, 23rd- starting Jeff Swindell and Craig Dollansky. Schatz suffered flat left rear tires during both of his qualifying laps, but raced into fifth place from the fifth row in the First NAPA Auto Parts Heat Race to qualify for the evening's main event. He drove the #15 Park Stores Maxim past 16 cars to finish sixth in feature. Ignition problems in the #1BK Networks Eagle forced Johnny Herrera into the pit area just seconds before the green flag fell in the feature. Brent Antill replaced Herrera and started on the 12th row. Andy Hillenburg flipped hard after colliding with Stevie Smith early in the Fourth NAPA Auto Parts Heat Race. He spent the rest of the program in the infield as a precaution. WoO

1999 Pennzoil World of Outlaws Series Fourth Annual Iowa Ethanol Classic Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville, IA Friday, July 2, Preliminary Program Vivarin qualifications: 1. Danny Lasoski, Roth 83, 15.344; 2. Steve Kinser, Kinser 11, 15.528; 3. Mark Kinser, Kinser 5M, 15.569; 4. Johnny Herrera, DOCC Motorsports 1BK, 15.683; 5. Stevie Smith, Smith 19, 15.763; 6. Tim Shaffer, Helm 11H, 15.766; 7. Sammy Swindell, Swindell 1, 15.782; 8. Terry McCarl, Forbrook 5, 15.787; 9. Brooke Tatnell, Tatnell 7K, 15.810; 10. Daryn Pittman, Sonner 47, 15.913; 11. Kasey Kahne, Holbrook 8H, 15.919; 12. Jac Haudenschild, Elden 22, 15.968; 13. Kerry Madsen, Simmons 2A, 15.974; 14. Skip Jackson, Serace 55, 16.012; 15. Tyler Walker, Walker 35, 16.012; 16. Lance Blevins, Blevins 21, 16.059; 17. Dennis Moore, Jr., Moore 71, 16.070; 18. Leonard Lee, Lee 16L, 16.084; 19. Craig Dollansky, Dollansky 7, 16.088; 20. Kevin Gobrecht, Hylton/Blaney 93, 16.098; 21. Travis Cram, RCMP 12, 16.155; 22. Bob Weuve, BW Racing 19W, 16.164; 23. Randy Anderson, Anderson 71A, 16.165; 24. Andy Hillenburg, Hillenburg 2, 16.165; 25. Jerry Richert, Jr., Vanderecken 10, 16.196; 26. Jeff Swindell, Two Winners 104+, 16.297; 27. Jeff Mitrisin, Mitrisin 5J, 16.316; 28. Kevin Frey, Frey 2K, 16.320; 29. Larry Pinegar II, Pinegar 11L, 16.367; 30. Brent Antill, Jordan 1A, 16.385; 31. Chris Walraven, Walraven 56, 16.399; 32. Brian Paulus, P&P Motorsports 28, 16.482; 33. Lee Nelson, Nelson 25, 16.492; 34. Don Droud, Jr., Smith 86x, 16.510; 35. John Lambertz, Lambertz 12L, 16.537; 36. Mark Toews, Toews 5T, 16.555; 37. Scott Whitworth, Parsons 57C, 16.624; 38. Nick Bellino, Bellino 41B, 16.630; 39. Bill Robertson, Eckley 16, 16.652; 40. Jaymie Moyle, Moyle 4, 16.769; 41. Scott Young, Young 1Y, 16.904; 42. Matt Moro, Moro 2M, 16.962; 43. Roger Rager, Rager X, 17.070; 44. Gerald Cressman, Cressman 56C, 17.258; 45. Donny Schatz, Schatz 15, 17.496; 46. Butch Bahr, Bahr 25x, 17.619; 47. Bill McCroskey, BW Racing 1x, 17.657; 48. Tim Monson, Woodke 1W, 21.988; 49. John VanDenBerg, VanDenBerg V10, no time. First NAPA Auto Parts Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Danny Lasoski, 2. Brooke Tatnell, 3. Lance Blevins, 4. Terry McCarl, 5. Donny Schatz, 6. Dennis Moore, Jr., 7. Travis Cram, 8. Jerry Richert, Jr., 9. Larry Pinegar II, 10. Lee Nelson, 11. Tim Monson, 12. Scott Whitworth, 13. Scott Young. (first four qualified for the Preliminary Feature) Second NAPA Auto Parts Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Tyler Walker, 2. Daryn Pittman, 3. Steve Kinser, 4. Sammy Swindell, 5. Jeff Swindell, 6. Bob Weuve, 7. Leonard Lee, 8. Brent Antill, 9. Matt Moro, 10. Don Droud, Jr. (first four qualified for the Preliminary Feature) Third NAPA Auto Parts Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Mark Kinser, 2. Kasey Kahne, 3. Tim Shaffer, 4. Skip Jackson, 5. Craig Dollansky, 6. Chris Walraven, 7. Randy Anderson, 8. Roger Rager, 9. Jeff Mitrisin, 10. John Lambertz, 11. Bill Robertson, 12. Bill McCroskey. (first four qualified for the Preliminary Feature) Fourth NAPA Auto Parts Heat Race (eight laps): 1. Jac Haudenschild, 2. Kerry Madsen, 3. Johnny Herrera ($150); 4. Stevie Smith, 5. Kevin Gobrecht, 6. Mark Toews, 7. Kevin Frey, 8. Brian Paulus, 9. Jaymie Moyle, 10. Gerald Cressman, 11. Andy Hillenburg, 12. John VanDenBerg. (first four qualified for the Preliminary Feature) Channellock Dash (five laps): 1. Tyler Walker, 2. Mark Kinser, 3. Danny Lasoski, 4. Jac Haudenschild, 5. Steve Kinser, 6. Johnny Herrera, 7. Stevie Smith, 8. Tim Shaffer. (finish determined the first eight starting positions in the Preliminary Feature) C Feature (10 laps): 1. Scott Whitworth, 2. Matt Moro, 3. Bill Robertson ($100): 4. Scott Young ($80); 5. Roger Rager ($60); 6. Tim Monson ($50); 7. Bill McCroskey ($40); 8. Butch Bahr ($30); 9. John VanDenBerg ($25); 10. Nick Bellino ($25); 11. Jaymie Moyle ($25); 12. Gerald Cressman ($25). (first two qualified for the "B" Feature) B Feature (12 laps): 1. Dennis Moore, Jr. 2. Leonard Lee, 3. Bob Weuve, 4. Randy Anderson, 5. Brent Antill, 6. Travis Cram ($125); 7. Don Droud, Jr. ($100); 8. Jeff Mitrisin ($75); 9. Brian Paulus ($60); 10. Matt Moro ($70); 11. Larry Pinegar II ($40); 12. Kevin Frey ($40); 13. Mark Toews ($40); 14. John Lambertz ($40); 15. Lee Nelson ($40); 16. Chris Walraven ($40); 17. Jerry Richert, Jr. ($40); 18. Scott Whitworth ($60). (first four qualified for the Preliminary Feature) Preliminary Feature (20 laps): 1. Danny Lasoski ($5,000); 2. Mark Kinser ($2,500); 3. Tyler Walker ($1,700); 4. Jac Haudenschild ($1,500); 5. Terry McCarl ($1,350); 6. Donny Schatz ($1,250); 7. Skip Jackson ($1,200); 8. Daryn Pittman ($1,100); 9. Jeff Swindell ($1,075); 10. Craig Dollansky ($1,050); 11. Dennis Moore, Jr. ($1,020); 12. Kevin Gobrecht ($900); 13. Brooke Tatnell ($800); 14. Kasey Kahne ($700); 15. Leonard Lee ($620); 16. Randy Anderson ($520); 17. Brent Antill ($420); 18. Bob Weuve ($420); 19. Sammy Swindell ($400); 20. Stevie Smith ($400); 21. Kerry Madsen ($400); 22. Lance Blevins ($400); 23. Steve Kinser ($400); 24. Tim Shaffer ($400). DNS - Johnny Herrera; replaced by Brent Antill Lap leaders: Danny Lasoski 1-10, 12-20; Mark Kinser 11 Vivarin Fast-Time Award winner: Danny Lasoski WoO

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