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Mark Dobmeier –
Memorial Day Weekend Recap
Lunstra/Dobmeier
Motorsports
May 31, 2012 – Mark
Dobmeier and the Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports #13 were able to get in three of
their scheduled four races over the Memorial Day weekend. They were able to get
races in at their usual three tracks, including a win at River Cities Speedway
in Grand Forks, NoDak.
The weekend opened up at the home track for “Dynamite” with
a third place run his heat after starting back in the ninth position. That set
up a ninth place starting position in the ‘A’ for the Senske & Son Transfer
J&J #13. A dry and smooth track saw Dobmeier abide his time and eventually
take the lead with eight laps to go as he went on to win his fourth win of the
year at the track in just four races.
“The track was bone slick, but it didn’t have a bump in the
entire track,” stated Dobmeier. “We were able to find a little traction off the
top of turns three and four and able to get by Kyle (Fedyk) and cruise to the
win from there once we had the lead.”
The team would travel through the night to get to the
historic Knoxville Raceway for their weekly program. 23 410s were signed in,
but that would negate a disappointing 10th place qualifying effort after going
out early. “Right now we are struggling to find it in qualifying at Knoxville,
but we feel we are getting closer,” Dobmeier said.
After starting and finishing third in his heat, Dobmeier
would miss the feature invert and ended up starting in that 10th starting spot
for the feature. He would make a charge all the way up to fourth in his Right
Choice Electric rocket late in the race, wishing there would have a few more
laps to go when the checkered waved.
“Once the fuel load started to burn off after about six
laps, we were on the move,” Dobmeier said. “It may be a little hard to believe,
but we were picking guys off on the bottom instead of my usual top line. The
bottom really was coming in off the bottom of four in the later stages of the
race. We just ran out of time at the end.”
The team was unloaded for a double-header of racing at Huset’s
Speedway outside of Brandon, SoDak. on Sunday before storms blew up to the
south and ended up getting washed out about an hour before start time.
That meant a special 5pm start time on Memorial Day Monday
at the short track after an inch of rain the night before. “Dynamite” would be
the first car out for time trials and time in second out of the 18 cars signed
in for the night. The heats saw ruts develop in the turns and Dobmeier would
have issues trying to avoid hitting them. A sixth place start would see him
finish fifth after hitting those ruts more than a couple of times.
Still, he would be able to hit the invert for the ‘A’ and
would lineup fifth on the starting grid. The ruts were still in the track after
a couple of intermissions to try to fix the track. After falling back early, Dobmeier
would surge to a third place finish with a last lap pass by early race leader,
Dylan Peterson.
“There wasn’t much the track crew could have done outside of
what they did,” Dobmeier stated. “They got an inch of rain the night before, and
recently added new dirt. It was one of those tracks were you had to ‘cowboy-up’
with your elbows up! So patience was a virtue while trying to stay fast.”
“We’re looking forward to this weekend and hopefully getting
another win or two along the way.” The team will run their usual schedule of
River Cities Speedway on Friday, Knoxville Raceway on Saturday, and Huset’s
Speedway on Sunday.
2012 STATS: 13 Starts,
4 Wins, 9 Top Fives, 11 Top Tens, 4 Heat Race Wins, Average Finish of 5.00, 55
Cars Passed in A Main Action, and a Plus/Minus of 47 positions.
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SPONSORS: Lunstra/Dobmeier
Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors for their continued
support into 2012: Senske & Son Transfer, Right Choice Electric, Big Trucks
by Jimco, DeKalb Seed, IQ Bid Auctioneers, Dahlstrom Motors, Forx Radatior,
Dammer Trucking, Anderson Brothers Body Shop, Forks Mobile Wash, Disabled
American Veterans, Xtreme Polishing, Willow Ridge, Rose Creek Farms, Rendezvous
Region Construction, and Visit Grand Forks.
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