Lasoski Narrowly Edges Larson to win 360 Nationals Opening Night Feature

lasoskiwin — Danny Lasoski on his way to victory Wednesday night at Knoxville Raceway. - Serena Dalhamer Photo

Danny Lasoski on his way to victory Wednesday night at Knoxville Raceway. - Serena Dalhamer Photo — Danny Lasoski on his way to victory Wednesday night at Knoxville Raceway. – Serena Dalhamer Photo

From Bill W / Bryan Hulbert

Knoxville, IA — (August 1, 2013) — The all-time winning driver in the history of the Knoxville Raceway proved why that is in Thursday night’s Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals opener as Danny Lasoski piloted the Parker Burch No. 1m to victory.

Edging out Kyle Larson by less than a half car length after trading the lead four times over the course of the final lap, Lasoski gave credit to Larson in victory lane, “There’s a reason he got the nickname “Yung Money”. The kid did a great job for not being here as much as he has to race me clean. He didn’t give an inch, I didn’t give an inch but I hope the fans all enjoyed that because that was one hell of race.”

Going the distance under non-stop green flag laps, slower traffic played into the fight for the lead, with the pair also trading the point on Lap 14. “When you’re lapping cars, you just go where they’re not and you don’t know where the second place guy is” commented Lasoski.

“I couldn’t thank Mark Burch and all these guys on this car. Phil Durst and Brian Durst, these guys help us on this car and we get to race very little in a 360 and it sure is a pleasure to race this car.”

The Dover, Mo. veteran crossed a slim 0.126 second ahead of Kyle Larson with Wayne Johnson charging from eighth to complete the podium and position the two time Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville National winning No. 77x atop the night’s point standing; ten markers off a perfect score at 490 points.

Brad Sweet crossed fourth with Lee Grosz completing the top five.

Jonathan Cornell earned sixth after a nearly half race battle with Davey Heskin and Jason Johnson with Heskin crossing seventh and Johnson eighth. Randy Hannagan grabbed night with Jon Agan advancing a pair of spots to complete the top ten.

The 23^rd running of the Arnold Motor Supply 360 Knoxville Nationals continues on Friday, August 2 with Hot Laps getting underway at 6:45 P.M. (CDT). For more news and information, log onto http://www.knoxvilleraceway.com.

360 Results

Time Trials (Qualifying Order), 2 laps: 1. 77x, Wayne Johnson, Knoxville, IA (9), 16.561; 2. 41, Jason Johnson, Eunice, LA (3), 16.574; 3. 49K, Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA (10), 16.622; 4. o5, Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO (1), 16.637; 5. 7K, Dustin Selvage, Indianola, IA (29), 16.669; 6. 53, Joe Beaver, Knoxville, IA (12), 16.698; 7. 5J, Jamie Ball, Knoxville, IA (8), 16.701; 8. 45x, Johnny Herrera, Albuquerque, NM (5), 16.702; 9. 51, David Hall, Des Moines, IA (7), 16.780; 10. 1m, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (18), 16.803; 11. 68, Mike Houseman Jr., Des Moines, IA (6), 16.804; 12. 4J, Lee Grosz, Harwood, ND (36), 16.842; 13. 1K, Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA (35), 16.865; 14. 48D, Danny Dietrich, Gettysburg, PA (17), 16.925; 15. 28, Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia, MO (26), 16.932; 16. 56, Davey Heskin, St. Michael, MN (16), 16.936; 17. 09, Matt Juhl, Estherville, IA (39), 16.973; 18. 49, Shawn Dancer, Delphos, OH (21), 16.978; 19. 7, Darren Long, Elida, OH (14), 16.994; 20. 22H, Randy Hannagan, Pittsboro, IN (42), 16.994; 21. 4, Jon Agan, Knoxville, IA (11), 17.001; 22. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (30), 17.027; 23. 95, Matt Covington, Glenpool, OK (32), 17.060; 24. 2m, Matt Moro, Polk City, IA (37), 17.064; 25. 11, Roger Crockett, Medford, OR (45), 17.076; 26. 98J, JD Johnson, Wichita, KS (44), 17.108; 27. 6, Tim Shaffer, Aliquippa, PA (22), 17.110; 28. 2L, Logan Forler, Lake Havasu City, AZ (13), 17.111; 29. 7TAZ, Tasker Phillips, Pleasantville, IA (23), 17.118; 30. 93, Dustin Morgan, Tulsa, OK (40), 17.183; 31. 10V, Carson McCarl, Altoona, IA (20), 17.191; 32. 2J, Zach Blurton, Great Bend, KS (41), 17.197; 33. 90, Randi Miller, Rapid City, SD (27), 17.213; 34. 18, Ryan Roberts, Aurora, NE (25), 17.229; 35. 2K, Kevin Ingle, Huron, SD (15), 17.232; 36. 44, Chris Martin, Ankeny, IA (31), 17.269; 37. 2, Casey Friedrichsen, Arthur, IA (24), 17.294; 38. 1J, Danny Jennings, Norman, OK (38), 17.304; 39. 2MF, Brad Foster, Melbourne, VIC, Aust. (2), 17.311; 40. 4x, Shawn Petersen, Irving, TX (19), 17.320; 41. 4c, Tim Crawley, Benton, AR (47), 17.397; 42. 99, Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK (34), 17.430; 43. 93L, Derrik Lusk, Jackson, MN (48), 17.489; 44. 17w, Cole Wood, Auburn, CA (28), 17.537; 45. 9m, Ricky Montgomery, Lakewood, CO (43), 17.616; 46. 39x, Alan Ambers, Knoxville, IA (46), 18.099; 47. 41P, Jeff Carlson, Wayne, NE (4), 18.792; 48. 71B, Robert Bell, Colfax, IA (33), NT.

Heat one (started), 8 laps, 2:17.3: 1. Jon Agan (2); 2. Davey Heskin (3); 3. Wayne Johnson (6); 4. JD Johnson (1) / 5. Joe Beaver (5); 6. Mike Houseman Jr. (4); 7. Alan Ambers (10); 8. Carson McCarl (7) / 9. Tim Crawley (9); 10. Chris Martin (8)

Heat two (started), 8 laps, 2:19.6: 1. Randy Martin (2); 2. Tim Shaffer (1); 3. Jason Johnson (6); 4. Lee Grosz (4) / 5. Brady Bacon (9); 6. Matt Juhl (3); 7. Jamie Ball (5); 8. Zach Blurton (7) / 9. Casey Friedrichsen (8); 10. Jeff Carlson (10)

Heat three (started), 8 laps, 2:20.1: 1. Kyle Larson (4); 2. Brad Sweet (6); 3. Logan Forler (1); 4. Matt Covington (2) / 5. Johnny Herrera (5); 6. Shawn Dancer (3); 7. Derrik Lusk (9); 8. Randi Miller (7) / 9. Danny Jennings (8) DNS – Robert Bell

Heat four (started), 8 laps, 2:20.7: 1. Tasker Phillips (1); 2. Matt Moro (2); 3. Brad Loyet (6); 4. Danny Dietrich (4) / 5. Darren Long (3); 6. David Hall (5); 7. Ryan Roberts (7); 8. Cole Wood (9) / 9. Brad Foster (8)

Heat five (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Roger Crockett (2); 2. Jonathan Cornell (4); 3. Randy Hannagan (3); 4. Danny Lasoski (5) / 5. Dustin Selvage (6); 6. Dustin Morgan (1); 7. Ricky Montgomery (9); 8. Shawn Petersen (8) / 9. Kevin Ingle (7)

C main (started), 5 laps, NT: 1. Danny Jennings (4); 2. Chris Martin (2); 3. Tim Crawley (6); 4. Casey Friedrichsen (3) / 5. Jeff Carlson (7); 6. Brad Foster (5) DNS – Kevin Ingle, Robert Bell

B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Dustin Selvage (1); 2. Joe Beaver (2); 3. Johnny Herrera (4); 4. David Hall (5) / 5. Jamie Ball (3); 6. Mike Houseman Jr. (6); 7. Dustin Morgan (10); 8. Brady Bacon (16); 9. Shawn Dancer (8); 10. Derrik Lusk (17); 11. Cole Wood (18); 12. Matt Juhl (7); 13. Randi Miller (13); 14. Tim Crawley (23); 15. Zach Blurton (12); 16. Ryan Roberts (14); 17. Danny Jennings (21); 18. Chris Martin (22); 19. Casey Friedrichsen (24); 20. Shawn Petersen (15); 21. Darren Long (9); 22. Ricky Montgomery (19); 23. Carson McCarl (11); 24. Alan Ambers (20)

A main (started), 20 laps, 6:36.7: 1. Danny Lasoski (4); 2. Kyle Larson (2); 3. Wayne Johnson (8); 4. Brad Sweet (6); 5. Lee Grosz (3); 6. Jonathan Cornell (9); 7. Davey Heskin (10); 8. Jason Johnson (7); 9. Randy Hannagan (11); 10. Jon Agan (12); 11. Matt Covington (14); 13. Danny Dietrich (1); 14. Roger Crockett (16); 15. Tasker Phillips (20); 16. Dustin Selvage (21); 17. Johnny Herrera (23); 18. Joe Beaver (22); 19. Matt Moro (15); 20. Logan Forler (19); 21. David Hall (24); 22. Randy Martin (13); 23. JD Johnson (17); 24. Tim Shaffer (18). Lap Leader: Lasoski 1-20. Hard-charger: Herrera.

Point Standings After Thursday Night