Lasoski Wins Saturday Non-Qualifiers Feature at Knoxville

Danny Lasoski. - T.J. Buffenbarger Photo
Danny Lasoski. - T.J. Buffenbarger Photo
Danny Lasoski. – T.J. Buffenbarger Photo

By T.J. Buffenbarger

Knoxville, IA — (Friday August 8th, 2014) – Danny Lasoski’s chances of winning the non-qualifiers feature on Saturday morning looked grim after engine issues during his heat race events. Lasoski, who had changed into street clothes at one point, quickly bounced back after his team made repairs to win the 20-lap feature event. Lasoski was involved in a fierce three car battle for the lead with Jack Dover and Steve Kinser, taking the lead from Dover on lap 11 and never looked back.

Dover took the lead at the start while Kinser and Jac Haudenschild raced for second for several laps back and forth before Kinser took the second position on lap two. Shortly after Dover and Kinser raced several laps side by side for the front spot, with Dover able to hold the position the stripe. As Dover and Kinser approached traffic Lasoski, who surged to fourth in the opening laps and then disposed Haudenschild for third, closed in to make it a three car race for the lead. Kinser ended up tapping the fence trying to keep pace and dropped back from the lead battle.

Kisner and Lasoski split a slower car racing three wide for second with Lasoski taking the spot. Shortly after Dover found himself boxed in off of turn four and Lasoski took advantage of it to take the lead on lap 12. From there Lasoski motored away for the victory. Dover held on for second while Haudenschild’s engine expired at the finish, but was able to hold on for third. Kinser and Seth Brahmer rounded out the top five.

54th Annual FVP Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s General Stores
Non-Qualifiers Event
Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, IA
Saturday August 9th, 2014

Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 53 – Jack Dover, 2. 13V – Seth Brahmer, 3. 63 – Chad Kemenah, 4. 2L – Ed Lynch, Jr., 5. 19 – Paige Polyak, 6. 83x – Jason Meyers, 7. 4s – Danny Smith, 8. 23 – Jimmy Light, 9. Bob Weuve, 10. 2k – Kevin Ingle. (First four finishers transferred to the A-Main)

Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 9w – Jac Haudenschild, 2. 33 – Danny Lasoski, 3. 91 – Dusty Zomer, 4. 7s – Jason Sides, 5. 7G – Kaley Gharst, 6. 1x – Cap Henry, 7. 1s – Logan Schuchart, 8. 45c – Dustin Clark, 9. 44 – Chris Martin, 10. 4c – Tyler Courtney. (First fourfinishers transferred to the A-Main)

Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 18 – Tony Bruce, Jr., 2. 5v – Colby Copeland, 3. 3G – James McFadden, 4. 12 – Lynton Jeffrey, 5. 45x – Johnny Herrera, 6. 1A – Jacob Allen, 7. 49J – Josh Schneiderman, 8. 69 – Mike Moore, 9. 4K – Kody Kinser, 10. 35 – Skylar Prochaska. (First four finishers transferred to the A-Main)

Heat Race #4 (8 Laps): 1. 11 – Steve Kinser, 2. 10H – Danny Holtgraver, 3. 99 – Brady Bacon, 4. 55x – Trey Starks, 5. 05 – Brad Loyet, 6. 7K – Dustin Selvage, 7. 23K – Rob Kubli, 8. 1P – Curtis Evans, 9. 19L – Jason Tostenson. (First four finishers transferred to the A-Main)

Heat Race #5 (8 Laps): 1. 24H – Brandon Wimmer, 2. 74x – Josh Hodges, 3. 75 – Glen Savile, 4. 81 – Austin Johnson, 5. 1K – Chris Shirek, 6. 44w – Austen Wheatley, 7. 12P – T.J. Peterson, 8. 60 – Kory Crabtree, 9. 4x – Dakota Hendrickson. (First four finishers transferred to the A-Main)

B-Main (12 Laps): 1. Paige Polyak, 2. Johnny Herrera, 3. Jason Meyers, 4. Brad Loyet, 5. Kaley Gharst, 6. Dustin Selvage, 7. Cap Henry, 8. Josh Schneiderman, 9. Chris Shirek, 10. Mike Moore, 11. Dustin Clark, 12. Jimmy Light, 13. Danny Smith, 14. Chris Martin, 15. Rob Kubli, 16. Jason Tostenson, 17. Kroy Crabtree, 18. Kevin Ingle, 19. Bob Weuve, 20. Logan Schuchart, 21. Tyler Courtney, 22. Curtis Evans, 23. T.J. Peterson, 24. Kody Kinser, 25. Jacob Allen, 26. Austen Wheatley, 27. Dakota Hendrickson, 28. Skylar Prochaska. (First four finishers transferred to the A-Main)

A-Main (25 Laps): 1. Danny Lasoski, 2. Jack Dover, 3. Jac Haudenschild, 4. Steve Kinser, 5. Seth Brahmer, 6. Tony Bruce, Jr., 7. Chad Kemenah, 8. Brandon Wimmer, 9. Danny Holtgraver, 10. Dusty Zomer, 11. James McFadden, 12. Brad Loyet, 13. Jason Sides, 14. Jason Meyers, 15. Josh Hodges, 16. Colby Copeland, 17. Johnny Herrera, 18. Ed Lynch, Jr, 19. Lynton Jeffrey, 20. Brady Bacon, 21. Paige Polyak, 22. Trey Starks, 23. Glen Saville, 24. Austin Johnson.