Lasoski Grabs Knoxville Loot During a Memorable Night of Racing
By Bob Wilson

KNOXVILLE, IA (May 6, 2006) - Between the two of them, Danny Lasoski and Terry McCarl have over one hundred feature event wins at Knoxville Raceway. Lasoski claimed the 20-lap feature event win at the Marion County Fairgrounds Saturday night to gain his 87th here as McCarl chased him at close range to the checkered flags. The two men now share 130 wins at this historic oval, but Lasoski's most recent $3,000 victory was not gained without a "Show-Me-State" effort.

Row one starter Shane Stewart led the field of twenty-four cars into the first turn at the start of the twenty lap event. Lasoski chased him from his row three start and uncharacteristically rode the cushion to a narrow advantage at the end of two circuits. With Stewart sliding to second, Lasoski jumped to a wide margin as he then vacated the cushion in favor of the bottom of the track

At the halfway point of the race, Stewart and McCarl had abandoned the bottom and moved to the cushion in an effort to rundown the potent Dennis Roth Eagle machine. Lap 14 saw McCarl take away the runner-up spot as both he and Stewart had chased down Lasoski in lap traffic. In fact, the 15th lap saw McCarl nearly overtake Lasoski in turn two as the former rode the cushion and the latter hugged the bottom. What appeared to be a wild finish with five laps to go was suddenly brought to a halt as the yellow flag was displayed for a stopped car in turn two.

When the race resumed Lasoski was able to fend off a McCarl move on the cushion in turns one and two. When the laps wound down to the finish it was Lasoski over McCarl by a 10-car length advantage as the Missouri driver had moved up to the cushion in the remaining go arounds. Some would say it was the National Sprint Tour over the World of Outlaws. And then others would say it was just two old Knoxville boys racin' each other.

Brian Brown made a hard charge on the late restart and finished third while Craig Dollansky bettered Stewart to finish fourth and fifth respectively. Rounding out the top ten finishers were Brooke Tatnell, Tyler Walker, Joey Saldana, Jason Solwold and pole sitter Mark Dobmeier.

What made the night of racing such an historic occasion was the number of drivers who broke the existing one-lap track record during qualifying time trials. In all, 26 cars dashed under the track record of 14.907 set by Terry McCarl during the 2005 Knoxville Nationals. Fastest of all was Brooke Tatnell who slashed an unheard of half second off the McCarl mark to go an amazing 14.407 on this semi-banked half-mile dirt oval. Further, both the 360 class and the 410 class set additional record marks on this evening.

In the 360-division feature event, Josh Higday led most of the distance to pick up his 9th career win at this track. Higday utilized his row one start to take the early lead in the 15 lap race. With Higday on the bottom, pole starter Dustin Selvage found the cushion to be a faster way around the oval. On lap six Selvage took the lead briefly but lost it again when he entered turn one with too much speed and jumped the cushion. Higday reclaimed the top spot and seemed to have learned a lesson from Selvage as he then moved to the higher spot on the track and began to pull away from the field of twenty cars.

Though he finally came upon traffic on lap fourteen, Higday would not be denied on this night and cruised to a 30 car-length win in his self-owned sprinter. Chasing to the checkereds were Joe Beaver, Dustin Linquist from an 11th position start, Jeff Mitrisin who started beside Linquist and 2005 track champ Jake Peters. John Kearney, Brett Mather, Johnny Anderson, Selvage and Josh Schneiderman rounded out the top ten finishers.

Forty-six 410 sprinters and forty-one 360 sprinters competed on the evening.

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY, Knoxville, IA
May 6, 2006


410 RESULTS

Time Trials 1. Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Aust. , 14.407(New Track Record; old track record 14.907 Terry McCarl, August 11, 2005); 2. Jason Meyers, Clovis CA, 14.527; 3. Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon WA, 14.567; 4. Chris Walraven, Knoxville IA, 14.593; 5. Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow OK, 14.633; 6. Billy Alley, Lincoln NE, 14.634; 7. Tyler Walker, Los Angeles CA, 14.649; 8. Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro IN, 14.678; 9. Terry McCarl, Altoona IA, 14.681; 10. Danny Lasoski, Dover MO, 14.696; 11. Craig Dollansky, Elk River MN, 14.727; 12. Becca Anderson, Houston DE, 14.734; 13. Calvin Landis, Knoxville IA, 14.789; 14. Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines IA, 14.791; 15. Bronson Maeschen, (R) Knoxville IA, 14.793; 16. Chad Kemenah, Findlay OH, 14.798; 17. Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO, 14.808; 18. Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust./Prairie City IA, 14.826; 19. Shane Stewart, Bixby OK, 14.827; 20. Jerrel Slinkard, Melcher-Dallas IA, 14.828; 21. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks ND, 14.829; 22. Kerry Madsen, Sydney, NSW, Aust. , 14.834; 23. Joey Saldana, Brownsburg IN, 14.846; 24. Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal KS, 14.849; 25. Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma City OK, 14.877; 26. Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa PA, 14.893; 27. Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. , 14.909; 28. Dusty Zomer, (R) Brandon SD, 14.915; 29. Clint Garner, Sioux Falls SD, 14.924; 30. Daryn Pittman, Owasso OK, 14.925; 31. Matt Moro, Ankeny IA, 14.944; 32. Jesse Giannetto, Palo IA, 15.03; 33. Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL, 15.04; 34. Trevor Green, (R) Adelaide, SA, Aust. , 15.045; 35. Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls SD, 15.151; 36. Bill Rose, Plainfield IN, 15.164; 37. Ryan Anderson, Charter Oak IA, 15.192; 38. Mike Moore, Des Moines IA, 15.261; 39. Rager Phillips, (R) Pleasantville IA, 15.293; 40. Gordy Vogelaar, Worthington MN, 15.296; 41. Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville IA, 15.337; 42. Jason Martin, Liberal KS, 15.359; 43. Greg Jones, Earlham IA, 15.673; 44. Tony Shilling, (R) Knoxville IA, 15.727; 45. Tyler Houseman, Runnells IA, 15.891; 46. Dave Saffell, (R) Pleasantville IA, 16.076;

Heat 1, 8 laps, 2:03.0: 1. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks ND; 2. Craig Dollansky, Elk River MN; 3. Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa PA; 4. Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Aust. ; 5. Chad Kemenah, Findlay OH; 6. Billy Alley, Lincoln NE; 7. Matt Moro, Ankeny IA; 8. Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville IA; 9. Dave Saffell, (R) Pleasantville IA; 10. Bill Rose, Plainfield IN;

Heat 2, 8 laps, 2:01.8: 1. Tyler Walker, Los Angeles CA; 2. Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ; 3. Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO; 4. Tyler Walker, Los Angeles CA; 5. Jason Meyers, Clovis CA; 6. Ryan Anderson, Charter Oak IA; 7. Jesse Giannetto, Palo IA; 8. Jason Martin, Liberal KS; 9. Becca Anderson, Houston DE;

Heat 3, 8 laps, 2:00.6 (New Track Record): 1. Joey Saldana, Brownsburg IN; 2. Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon WA; 3. Calvin Landis, Knoxville IA; 4. Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro IN; 5. Dusty Zomer, (R) Brandon SD; 6. Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL; 7. Mike Moore, Des Moines IA; 8. Greg Jones, Earlham IA; 9. Lynton Jeffrey, Sydney, NSW, Aust./Prairie City IA;

Heat 4, 8 laps, 2:01.8: 1. Clint Garner, Sioux Falls SD; 2. Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal KS; 3. Shane Stewart, Bixby OK; 4. Terry McCarl, Altoona IA; 5. Trevor Green, (R) Adelaide, SA, Aust. ; 6. Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines IA; 7. Chris Walraven, Knoxville IA; 8. Rager Phillips, (R) Pleasantville IA; 9. Tony Shilling, (R) Knoxville IA;

Heat 5, 8 laps, 2:02.0: 1. Daryn Pittman, Owasso OK; 2. Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma City OK; 3. Danny Lasoski, Dover MO; 4. Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow OK; 5. Bronson Maeschen, (R) Knoxville IA; 6. Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls SD; 7. Gordy Vogelaar, Worthington MN; 8. Tyler Houseman, Runnells IA;

C Feature, 10 laps, No Time: 1. Ryan Anderson, Charter Oak IA; 2. Mike Moore, Des Moines IA; 3. Jason Martin, Liberal KS; 4. Rager Phillips, (R) Pleasantville IA; 5. Gordy Vogelaar, Worthington MN; 6. Dave Saffell, (R) Pleasantville IA; 7. Tony Shilling, (R) Knoxville IA; 8. Tyler Houseman, Runnells IA; 9. Larry Ball Jr., Knoxville IA;

B Feature , 12 laps, 3:14.1 (New Track Record): 1. Jason Meyers, Clovis CA; 2. Billy Alley, Lincoln NE; 3. Chad Kemenah, Findlay OH; 4. Chris Walraven, Knoxville IA; 5. Dusty Zomer, (R) Brandon SD; 6. Chad Meyer, Sioux Falls SD; 7. Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines IA; 8. Jason Martin, Liberal KS; 9. Matt Moro, Ankeny IA; 10. Kaley Gharst, Decatur IL; 11. Trevor Green, (R) Adelaide, SA, Aust. ; 12. Becca Anderson, Houston DE; 13. Ryan Anderson, Charter Oak IA; 14. Bronson Maeschen, (R) Knoxville IA; 15. Mike Moore, Des Moines IA; 16. Jerrel Slinkard, Melcher-Dallas IA; 17. Bill Rose, Plainfield IN; 18. Jesse Giannetto, Palo IA;

A Feature , 20 laps, No Time: 1. Danny Lasoski, Dover MO; 2. Terry McCarl, Altoona IA; 3. Brian Brown, Grain Valley MO; 4. Craig Dollansky, Elk River MN; 5. Shane Stewart, Bixby OK; 6. Brooke Tatnell, San Souci, NSW, Aust. ; 7. Tyler Walker, Los Angeles CA; 8. Joey Saldana, Brownsburg IN; 9. Jason Solwold, Mt. Vernon WA; 10. Mark Dobmeier, Grand Forks ND; 11. Stevie Smith, Broken Arrow OK; 12. Wayne Johnson, Oklahoma City OK; 13. Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro IN; 14. Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa PA; 15. Jason Meyers, Clovis CA; 16. Billy Alley, Lincoln NE; 17. Daryn Pittman, Owasso OK; 18. Kerry Madsen, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ; 19. Skip Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Aust. ; 20. Clint Garner, Sioux Falls SD; 21. Calvin Landis, Knoxville IA; 22. Tony Bruce Jr., Liberal KS; 23. Chris Walraven, Knoxville IA; 24. Chad Kemenah, Findlay OH. Lap Leaders: Stewart 1; Lasoski 2-20



360 RESULTS

Heat 1, 7 laps, 1:51.5: 1. Jake Peters, Sioux Falls SD; 2. Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa IA; 3. Tyler Thompson, (R) Des Moines IA; 4. Rick Ideus, (R) Silver City IA; 5. John Schulz, West Burlington IA; 6. Tom Lenz, Marion IA; 7. Alan Gilbertson, Kasson MN; 8. Eric Mason, Knoxville IA; 9. Nate Mosher, Prairie City IA; 10. Jerry Crabb, Des Moines IA; 11. John Anderson, (R) Des Moines IA;

Heat 2, 7 laps, No Time: 1. Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville IA; 2. Brett Mather, Ames IA; 3. Dustin Selvage, Indianola IA; 4. Curtis Thorson, Newton IA; 5. Troy Meyer, Sioux Falls SD; 6. Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines IA; 7. Pete Crall, DeSoto KS; 8. Chuck Swenson, Watertown SD; 9. David Hall, Des Moines IA; 10. Jon Corbin, (R) Carrollton MO;

Heat 3, 7 laps, 1:50.6 (New Track Record): 1. Dustin Lindquist, (R) Floodwood MN; 2. Nate Van Haaften, Otley IA; 3. John Kearney, Valley Falls KS; 4. Johnny Anderson, Indianola IA; 5. Stacey Alexander, Lacona IA; 6. Frankie Heimbaugh, Des Moines IA; 7. Davey Heskin, St. Michael MN; 8. Ray Allen Kulhanek, Danbury TX; 9. Terry Alexander, Knoxville IA; 10. Brett Golik, Newton IA;

Heat 4, 7 laps, 1:53.1: 1. Josh Schneiderman, (R) West Burlington IA; 2. Josh Higday, Des Moines IA; 3. Eric Jobe, Kansas City MO; 4. Joe Beaver, Knoxville IA; 5. Alan Zoutte, Knoxville IA; 6. Tim Newman, Cameron MO; 7. Rod Richards, Runnells IA; 8. David Langford, (R) Kearney MO; 9. Ken Klabunde, Omaha NE; 10. Danny Heskin, (R) St. Michael MN;

C Feature , 7 laps, No Time: 1. Nate Mosher, Prairie City IA; 2. David Hall, Des Moines IA; 3. Jon Corbin, (R) Carrollton MO; 4. Ken Klabunde, Omaha NE; 5. Terry Alexander, Knoxville IA; 6. Danny Heskin, (R) St. Michael MN; 7. John Anderson, (R) Des Moines IA; 8. Jerry Crabb, Des Moines IA;

B Feature , 10 laps, No Time: 1. Stacey Alexander, Lacona IA; 2. Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines IA; 3. Tim Newman, Cameron MO; 4. Chuck Swenson, Watertown SD; 5. Alan Zoutte, Knoxville IA; 6. Frankie Heimbaugh, Des Moines IA; 7. Tom Lenz, Marion IA; 8. Pete Crall, DeSoto KS; 9. Nate Mosher, Prairie City IA; 10. Alan Gilbertson, Kasson MN; 11. Eric Mason, Knoxville IA; 12. Ray Allen Kulhanek, Danbury TX; 13. Davey Heskin, St. Michael MN; 14. Curtis Thorson, Newton IA; 15. Troy Meyer, Sioux Falls SD; 16. Rod Richards, Runnells IA; 17. David Langford, (R) Kearney MO; 18. David Hall, Des Moines IA;

A Feature , 15 laps, 4:21.1: 1. Josh Higday, Des Moines IA; 2. Joe Beaver, Knoxville IA; 3. Dustin Lindquist, (R) Floodwood MN; 4. Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa IA; 5. Jake Peters, Sioux Falls SD; 6. John Kearney, Valley Falls KS; 7. Brett Mather, Ames IA; 8. Johnny Anderson, Indianola IA; 9. Dustin Selvage, Indianola IA; 10. Josh Schneiderman, (R) West Burlington IA; 11. Stacey Alexander, Lacona IA; 12. John Schulz, West Burlington IA; 13. Rick Ideus, (R) Silver City IA; 14. Mitchell Alexander, Knoxville IA; 15. Eric Jobe, Kansas City MO; 16. Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines IA; 17. Tyler Thompson, (R) Des Moines IA; 18. Nate Van Haaften, Otley IA; 19. Tim Newman, Cameron MO; 20. Chuck Swenson, Watertown SD.
Lap Leaders: Higday 1-5; Selvage 6; Higday 7-15