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NORTH DAKOTA’S MARK DOBMEIER FIRST TO ENTER KNOXVILLE WORLD CHALLENGE by: Brian Stickel KNOXVILLE, IOWA (May 9) - Mark Dobmeier of Grand Forks hopes to follow in the footsteps of fellow North Dakotan Donny Schatz at this year’s SuperClean Knoxville Nationals presented by Lucas Oil. Schatz is the top money earner in the fourteen-year history of the Knoxville World Challenge, the Friday night finale held annually during the Knoxville Nationals. This week, Dobmeier filed his first-ever entry for the $10,000-to-win international invitational as he qualified for the race during January’s Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic (GASC) at the Premier Speedway at Sungold Stadium in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia. Mark Dobmeier will wheel the Kistler-powered J&J winged sprint car entered by Lunstra Dobmeier Motorsports. The car is sponsored by Senske & Son Transfer, LePier Oil Company, Dahlstrom Motors and DeKalb Seed. As a result of all five international qualifiers, those drivers that are inversion-eligible for the fifteenth annual Knoxville World Challenge on Friday, August 8, at Knoxville Raceway are: AUS: David Aldersley, Grant Anderson, Rick Barrand, Garry Brazier, Chris Campbell, Ashley Cook, Stewart Craig, Ron Dalton, Luke Dillon, Phillip Down, Max Dumesny, Mitchell Dumesny, Matt Egel, Robbie Farr, Ryan Ferrell, A.J. “Skip” Jackson, Dylan Jenkin, Darren Jensen, Brett Lacey, Steven Lines, Troy Little, Ian Loudoun, Jason Loveday, Carl Ludeman, Eddie Lumbar, Ian Madsen, Kerry Madsen, Adrian Maher, Ricky Maiolo, Bryan Mann, Philip March, James McFadden, Brett Milburn, Darren Mollenoyux, David Murcott, Domain Ramsey, Tim Rankin, Danny Reidy, Andrew Scheuerle, Brett Smith, Jamie Stark, Glen Sutherland, Brooke Tatnell, Mike Van Bremen, Jamie Veal, John Vogels, Bruce Williams, Allan Woods, Adam Wray. CAN: Casey Adams, Cody Adams, Austin Boychuk, Fred Cade, Jamie Collard, Jesse Dakus, Keith Dempster, Marc Duperron, Wade Fleming, Tim Gee, Jeff Hodgson, Tom Huppunen, Gord Kynoch, Drew McDonell, Brad Milne, Sean Moran, Kyle Patrick, Rob Pietz, Travis Rutz, Chris Schmelzle, Todd Sparks. NZ: Hans Boere, Dean Brindle, Mark Browne, Skinny Colson, Robert Corscadden, James Dahm, Havard Daniels, Paul Donovan, Andrew Edwards, Daniel Eggleton, Colin Entwisle, Ben Finemore, Karen Forsey, Philip Game, Lindsay Gilbert, Matthew Gillingham, Bernie Gillon, Jamie Goodlass, Raymond Griffen, Andy Gudgeon, Allan Haigh, Martin Halcrow, Jeremy Halpin, Brent Harris, Clint Herring, Peter Huijs, Kevin Hyde, Kerrie-Anne James, Kerry Jones, Brendan Lucas, Andrew Marks, Aaron McConachy, Jamie McDonald, Laz Meszaros, Shay Oliver, Nick Pedley, Greg Pickerill, Ben Quin, Tom Rusher, Ron Salter, Brett Sanford, Matthew Smith, Ossie Sokol, Glen Torpey, Bradley Tyrrell, Chris Uhlenberg, Allan Wakeling, Carl Wilson, Gary Wilson, Peter Wilson, Rodney Wood. USA: Mark Dobmeier, Craig Dollansky, Jason Johnson, Ricky Logan, Joey Saldana, Jason Statler, Greg Wilson. For more information on the Knoxville Raceway and its $10,000-to-win Knoxville World Challenge during the 48th annual Super Clean Knoxville Nationals, presented by Lucas Oil, fans are urged to visit www.knoxvilleraceway.com . |