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Knoxville Raceway 4-21-16
410, 360 & 305 Sprints with National Sprint Car League
Results & Story by Bill Wright
Lasoski Wins Battle with Brown for NSL Win at Knoxville!
Knoxville, IA, May 21, 2016 - Danny Lasoski wrestled a late race lead
from Brooke Tatnell, and held off his nephew Brian Brown to claim a $5,000
National Sprint League win Saturday night at the Knoxville Raceway. The
win was the Dover, Missouri pilot's 109th at the famous half-mile in front
of a large crowd on Town Crier Night. Clint Garner won the 23rd 360
feature of his career at Knoxville, tying him for second with John Kearney
on the all-time winner's list. Chris Walraven claimed his second 305
feature win of the season. Craig Dollansky, fresh off of his $10,000 score Friday night at the
Folkens Brothers Trucking Spring Nationals in Jackson, Minnesota, led the
25-lap feature in the early going ahead of Brooke Tatnell and Davey
Heskin. Danny Lasoski, who was the high point man after setting quick time
and winning his heat, was up to fourth by lap two from his eighth starting
spot. By lap six, Brian Brown, who also started in row four advanced into the
top five. While Dollansky worked up front, Tatnell was gaining on him, and
took the point on lap seven. Behind him, a four-way battle brought fans to
the edge of their seat. Positions second through fifth were swapped
between Dollansky, Lasoski, Heskin and Brown. At the halfway juncture, it was Tatnell leading Lasoski, Dollansky,
Heskin and Brown. Brown would start to assert himself at that point,
cruising on the cushion, and getting by Heskin for fourth on lap 14, and
Dollansky for third on the next lap. Lasoski was true to a thin groove on the low side, and shot by Tatnell
with six laps to go. Brown followed him into second on lap 21, and it
seemed the winning battle would be decided in lapped traffic. The only
caution of the event came out on lap 22, however, when Scott Bogucki spun.
Lasoski was able to take Brown's high line away and pull away for the
win in clean air. Following the lead pair were Tatnell, Dollansky and Ian
Madsen. Hard-charger Jeff Swindell made a last lap pass for sixth, and
Heskin, Dustin Selvage, Tasker Phillips and RJ Johnson rounded out the top
ten. Madsen and Selvage joined Lasoski as heat winners. "The car was shaking so bad I couldn't see where I was going," said
Lasoski in Victory Lane. "I guess the wheel was full of mud. I was just
trying to keep it between the fences. My hat's off to (crew chief) Guy
Forbrook. The last two weeks we've been less than stellar. Tonight, he put
this GoMuddy car in Victory Lane. (Brown) does what he has to do. He goes
where I'm not. I kept choosing the wrong lines, but once we got through
there, I didn't see him anymore." Nate Van Haaften led the 18-lap 360 main event early on over Tony
Shilling and Chris Martin. Clint Garner quickly put his hat in the ring
however, moving into third on the second lap. With two laps in the books,
the caution came out for John Anderson, who came to a stop inside of turn
one. The restart saw Van Haaften leading Shilling, Garner, Jon Agan and
Martin back to green. Garner quickly shot into second and battle ensued with he on the high
side and Van Haaften down low. The red flag flew with five laps down, when
Mike Van Haaften spun and collected Alan Zoutte, who tipped over. He was
uninjured. While the lead duo continued to battle, Calvin Landis was progressing
from his starting spot outside row five. The veteran was into the top four
by lap nine, and passed Agan for third with eight laps to go. Garner would make his final move in lapped traffic, sneaking under Van
Haaften on lap 13 and cruising to the win. Following the Sioux Falls
driver and Van Haaften across the stripe were Landis, Shilling and Agan.
Matt Moro, Martin, Seth Bergman, Jamie Ball and Sawyer Phillips rounded
out the top ten. Joe Beaver, who set quick time, took a wicked ground
pounder at the start of the first heat race. He was o.k., though the car
was destroyed. Agan and Nate Van Haaften won the heats. "I was really happy to see the lapped traffic coming," said Garner in
Victory Lane. "Nate was doing a great job down there on the bottom and I
wanted to just drive around him up there in my line. It was a little too
far around, and I was probably being a little too hard on the tires. Nate
was kind of in the line to be had. We're happier than heck to get this
win. I want to dedicate this win to an employee and good friend of ours
Kirby Wiese, who is battling cancer." Chris Walraven led the distance of the 15-lap 305 feature. The
Knoxville veteran used the low side the entire way to grab his second win
of the season. Devin Kline retired early with what was suspected to be an
electrical issue on lap four. Christian Bowman used restarts to his
advantage, gaining fourth on the caution for Ball with four laps down, and
third on a lap eight restart for a 360 spin by Dan Henning. Last week's winner, Corey Kautz, battled the leader much of the way
utilizing the cushion. He pulled alongside him before one final yellow for
a spun Henning with three laps to go. Bowman again used a good restart to
capture second, but could not run down Walraven. Behind Walraven and
Bowman came Kautz, McKenna Haase and Mike Mayberry. Hard-charger Stacey
Alexander, Brad Comegys, Mitchell Alexander, Ben Woods and Matthew Stelzer
rounded out the top ten. Bowman set quick time, while Walraven and Haase
won the heats. Trevor Smith slammed into the infield fence on the
frontstretch at the onset of his heat race and flipped. He was unhurt. "I could hear them back there, they were coming," said Walraven. "I was
trying not to miss the bottom down here (turn one), because it's very
narrow. It's a half a left rear wide getting in. If you miss it, you're in
trouble. You're out in 'No Man's Land'. This team came together late, and
it's quite a deal." Join us next week as the National Sprint League returns for Brownell's
Salutes the Troops Night! Any active or retired Military personnel will
receive FREE admission with their I.D.! Drivers will again be shooting for
a $5,000 win! For more information on Knoxville Raceway, visit
www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com! 410 Results Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 2, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO
(1), 15.386; 2. 21, Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO (11), 15.512; 3. 96,
Bronson Maeschen, Pleasantville, IA (8), 15.577; 4. 2KS, Craig Dollansky,
Elk River, MN (10), 15.711; 5. 18, Ian Madsen, St. Mary's, NSW, Aust. (9),
15.732; 6. 56N, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (6), 15.770; 7. 84, Scott
Bogucki, McLaren Vale, SA, Aust. (14), 15.831; 8. 55, Brooke Tatnell, Sans
Souci, NSW, Aust. (18), 15.888; 9. 7W, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA
(7), 15.922; 10. 49, Josh Schneiderman, West Burlington, IA (5), 15.938;
11. 71A, RJ Johnson, Tampa, FL (15), 16.071; 12. 7, Dustin Selvage,
Indianola, IA (12), 16.078; 13. 20, AJ Moeller, Rockwell City, IA (20),
16.124; 14. 47, Jeff Swindell, Bartlett, TN (17), 16.184; 15. 02, Mike
Reinke, Howards Grove, WI (16), 16.190; 16. 1B, Jake Bubak, Arvada, CO
(13), 16.203; 17. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (3), 16.297; 18. 35, Kevin
Hetrick, Gladstone, IL (2), 16.432; 19. 15, Bobby Mincer, Burlington, IA
(4), 16.652; 20. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (19), 17.039; 21. 10, Dakota
Hendrickson, Omaha, NE (21), NT. Heat one (started) 8 Laps, 2:15.7: 1. Danny Lasoski (6); 2. Scott
Bogucki (4); 3. Craig Dollansky (5); 4. Jake Bubak (1); 5. Josh
Schneiderman (3); 6. AJ Moeller (2); 7. Bobby Mincer (7) Heat two (started), 8 Laps, 2:05.3: 1. Ian Madsen (3); 2. Brian Brown
(6); 3. Brooke Tatnell (4); 4. RJ Johnson (1); 5. Jeff Swindell (2); 6.
Bob Weuve (5) DNS - Chris Martin Heat three (started), 8 Laps, 2:17.6: 1. Dustin Selvage (3); 2. Bronson
Maeschen (6); 3. Davey Heskin (5); 4. Mike Reinke (2); 5. Tasker Phillips
(4); 6. Dakota Hendrickson (7); 7. Kevin Hetrick (1) A main (started), 25 Laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (8); 2. Brian Brown
(7); 3. Brooke Tatnell (1); 4. Craig Dollansky (4); 5. Ian Madsen (5); 6.
Jeff Swindell (16); 7. Davey Heskin (2); 8. Dustin Selvage (9); 9. Tasker
Phillips (10); 10. RJ Johnson (11); 11. Jake Bubak (14); 12. Scott Bogucki
(3); 13. Josh Schneiderman (12); 14. Mike Reinke (13); 15. Dakota
Hendrickson (18); 16. AJ Moeller (15); 17. Bobby Mincer (20); 18. Kevin
Hetrick (17); 19. Bob Weuve (19); 20. Bronson Maeschen (6) DNS - Chris
Martin. Lap Leaders: Dollansky 1-6, Tatnell 7-18, Lasoski 19-25.
Hard-charger: J. Swindell. 360 Results Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville,
IA (7), 16.435; 2. 9, Ryan Giles, West Des Moines, IA (1), 16.460; 3. 2M,
Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (3), 16.482; 4. 40, Clint Garner, Sioux Falls, SD
(5), 16.536; 5. 3P, Sawyer Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (6), 16.612; 6. 5J,
Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (17), 16.624; 7. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (4),
16.680; 8. 22, Tony Shilling, Knoxville, IA (16), 16.702; 9. 44, Chris
Martin, Ankeny, IA (10), 16.767; 10. 3, Nate Van Haaften, Otley, IA (13),
16.835; 11. 33V, Mike Van Haaften, Otley, IA (2), 16.983; 12. 10, Calvin
Landis, Knoxville, IA (11), 17.000; 13. 23, Seth Bergman, Snohomish, WA
(9), 17.015; 14. 8L, Tom Lenz, Marion, IA (12), 17.160; 15. 33, Alan
Zoutte, Knoxville, IA (15), 17.264; 16. 19, Rob Weuve, Oakland Acres, IA
(14), 17.634; 17. 1A, John Anderson, Des Moines, IA (8), 17.858. Heat one (started), 7 Laps, NT: 1. Jon Agan (3); 2. Matt Moro (5); 3.
Mike Van Haaften (1); 4. Seth Bergman (7); 5. Chris Martin (2); 6. Alan
Zoutte (8); 7. John Anderson (9); 8. Sawyer Phillips (4); 9. Joe Beaver
(6) Heat two (started), 7 Laps, 2:02.0: 1. Nate Van Haaften (2); 2. Calvin
Landis (1); 3. Clint Garner (5); 4. Tony Shilling (3); 5. Ryan Giles (6);
6. Jamie Ball (4); 7. Tom Lenz (7); 8. Rob Weuve (8) A main (started), 18 Laps, NT: 1. Clint Garner (6); 2. Nate Van Haaften
(1); 3. Calvin Landis (10); 4. Tony Shilling (3); 5. Jon Agan (4); 6. Matt
Moro (7); 7. Chris Martin (2); 8. Seth Bergman (11); 9. Jamie Ball (5);
10. Sawyer Phillips (14); 11. Ryan Giles (8); 12. Rob Weuve (16); 13. Tom
Lenz (15); 14. Mike Van Haaften (9); 15. Alan Zoutte (12); 16. John
Anderson (17) DNS - Joe Beaver. Lap Leaders: N. Van Haaften 1-12, Garner
13-18. Hard-charger: Landis. 305 Results Time Trials (Group Qualifying): 1. 15, Christian Bowman, Altoona, IA
(3), 17.147; 2. 85, Chase Wanner, Agency, IA (4), 17.324; 3. 5J, Devin
Kline, Knoxville, IA (13), 17.356; 4. 55, McKenna Haase, Des Moines, IA
(12), 17.451; 5. O, Mike Mayberry, Fremont, IA (8), 17.458; 6. 76, Brad
Comegys, Bondurant, IA (14), 17.512; 7. 56W, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA
(5), 17.528; 8. 33, Trevor Smith, Sanborn, IA (2), 17.627; 9. 51, Corey
Kautz, Urbandale, IA (7), 17.719; 10. 99, Matthew Stelzer, Omaha, NE (11),
17.921; 11. 71C, Stacey Alexander, Lacona, IA (1), 18.006; 12. 56, Joe
Simbro, Pleasantville, IA (17), 18.080; 13. 11B, Ben Woods, Newton, IA
(6), 18.086; 14. 12, Tyler Glass, Cedar Rapids, IA (9), 18.521; 15. 8J, AJ
Johnson, Oskaloosa, IA (15), 18.661; 16. 41D, Dan Henning, Columbia, IA
(16), 19.034; DQ (Tire) - 6, Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville, IA (10) Heat one (started), 6 Laps, 1:50.3: 1. Chris Walraven (3); 2. Devin
Kline (5); 3. Ben Woods (7); 4. Christian Bowman (6); 5. Corey Kautz (2);
6. Mike Mayberry (4); 7. Dan Henning (8); 8. Stacey Alexander (1); Heat two (started), 6 Laps, 1:47.7: 1. McKenna Haase (5); 2. Chase
Wanner (6); 3. Matthew Stelzer (2); 4. Brad Comegys (4); 5. Mitchell
Alexander (8); 6. Joe Simbro (1); 7. Tyler Glass (7); 8. Trevor Smith (3)
A main (started), 15 Laps, NT: 1. Chris Walraven (2); 2. Christian
Bowman (8); 3. Corey Kautz (1); 4. McKenna Haase (5); 5. Mike Mayberry
(4); 6. Stacey Alexander (14); 7. Brad Comegys (3); 8. Mitchell Alexander
(12); 9. Ben Woods (11); 10. Matthew Stelzer (9); 11. Chase Wanner (7);
12. Dan Henning (16); 13. Joe Simbro (10); 14. Devin Kline (6) DNS -
Trevor Smith, Tyler Glass, AJ Johnson. Lap Leader: Walraven 1-15.
Hard-charger: S. Alexander.
Garner Wins Again in 360's, Walraven Wins Second of Year in
305's
by Bill Wright
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