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Mark Dobmeier - Hard
Charger with WoO & Wins at River Cities and Knoxville!
7/6/2010
If there is anyone who knows how to get around Huset’s
Speedway, its Grand Forks, ND native Mark Dobmeier, pilot of the
Senske & Son Right Choice Electric #13. When the Outlaws
come to the fast high-banked 3/8 mile, Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports
are always prepared to go fast and make a great showing. They
qualified a little slower than they would have liked at 18th
out of the 30 entries with an 11.238, just 4 tenths off the pace
from pole-setter Jason Meyers.
Starting on the outside of the third row at sixth,
Dobmeier charged forward on the narrow racing groove and up to
fourth locking him into the main event to start 17th.
“We knew the track would get a little more ‘racey’ for the main,”
explains Dobmeier, “We made just a couple changes to the car and we
felt pretty confident that we would move forward.”
Moving forward is exactly what the veteran Huset’s
driver did as he charged up to 10th, passing Joey
Saldana with just a few laps to go, earning the KSE Hard Charger
Award. “It is always fun to race against these guys,” says
Mark. “We are generally pretty quick whenever the Outlaws
come to town, we do a lot of homework throughout the season to
prepare ourselves and it pays off.”
After making the long, near five hour drive back to
Grand Forks, Mark slept for just a bit as he had to get up early
for a day’s worth of work before Friday night’s River Cities event.
From the back to second in the heat race, Dobmeier
started 9th for the main event. He quickly grabbed
the lead and stayed up front to the end, nailing down his 5th
win of the season and fourth at River Cities.
Saturday night was Knoxville. Lunstra/Dobmeier
Motorsports have been working very hard to be successful at the
legendary raceway, doing their homework week in and week out,
making sure everything is right. Mark won the feature at the
fast ½ mile back in May and electing to race Knoxville instead of
the World of Outlaw show at North Central Speedway in Brainerd, MN
was the choice they made, knowing that things need to happen there
very soon.
Qualifying tenth quick and running third in the heat,
Dobmeier started on the outside of row number two for the main
event. About five laps in, Dobmeier took the lead from Davey
Heskin and with one contest of the lead from Brian Brown, Mark
stayed up front winning his second feature of the year at Knoxville
Raceway.
“It feels great to stand in Victory Lane here,”
exclaims Mark. “We work very hard to be strong at this place
every Saturday and tonight it paid off!”
The team was very pleased with their success at
Knoxville and would look to continue it the following day at
Huset’s. Mark went out for hot laps, and noticed that the
motor wasn’t running right and the team realized they had some
magneto issues. There is hardly any time between hot laps and
qualifying at Huset’s Speedway, but the team managed to install a
new magneto in time to qualify with a seventh-quick time, but they
missed their time slot.
When the team missed their time slot Mark had to start
in the back of the heat race. Dobmeier then raced up to
fourth in the ten lap contest which put him on the inside of the
fourth row for the start of the main. “We felt pretty good
going into the main,” says Mark. “The track had an 8” curb
around the top which made it a little tough to get around, but with
it slick in the middle I am sure it made for a good show for the
fans. A fourth place finish isn’t as good as we would like,
but top five’s are always good.”
FAST FACTS ON DOBMEIER:
Mark graduated from The University of North Dakota in Grand Forks
with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business in which he then put the
degree to work as he currently has a business in his hometown
called Forx Radiator where he specializes in radiator repair and
other vehicle service work.
Mark will be racing River Cities Speedway, Knoxville
Raceway and Huset’s Speedway weekly throughout the 2010 season with
as many close World of Outlaw, IRA and other NOSA events to fill in
the gaps of the schedule.
LUNSTRA/DOBMEIER MOTORSPORTS TEAM WEBSITE:
Be sure to follow the team through the team website www.markdobmeier.com. Latest results, news and photo updates will
be updated regularly.
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SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Senske & Son Transfer, Right Choice Electric, Big Trucks by
Jimco, Dekalb Seed, Dahlstrom Motors, Forx Radiator, Delta Oil ,
Dammer Brothers Livestock Transportation, Anderson Brothers Body
Shop, Fragola Hoses, Willow Ridge, Rose Creek Tavern, Forks Mobile
Wash, Awesome Racewear, Rite Spot Liquor, X-treme Polishing, the
Disabled American Veterans and Driver Websites.com.
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