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Mark Dobmeier – Third
at Spencer & Two Hard Chargers!
Lunstra/Dobmeier
Motorsports
June 13, 2012 – Mark
Dobmeier and the Lunstra/Dobmeier Motorsports #13 had a week to remember with a
podium finish Friday with the Outlaws in Spencer, Iowa, a hard charger on
Saturday with them at Knoxville, and putting on a show from last to second Sunday
at Huset’s.
A good pill draw Friday at Clay County Fairgrounds Speedway
equated into sixth quick with the Outlaws. Unfortunately, that meant missing a
front row starting spot for the heat race by one position, but Dobmeier was
able to go third to first to win his heat and qualify for the night’s dash. In
the dash, Mark would fall from third to seventh at the checkers, where he would
end up starting the night’s ‘A’ Main.
That is when the charge to the front would begin in the 30
lap main event. Patiently working his way to the front, Dobmeier found his way
to the third spot at the midway point chasing the front two guys after dicing
his way to the position. He would end up finishing in that third position
behind Brad Sweet and Jason Sides in a good battle. Still, it was a podium
finish with the Outlaws.
“We were able to move up to third there, and just couldn’t
find a way to get around Jason and Brad,” Dobmeier said. “Jason was on the
bottom and Brad on the top, and we just couldn’t get it to stick to get around
either of them. Still, it was a good run coming forward to finish third and
congrats to Brad on his first career win.”
The team followed the Outlaws down to Knoxville Raceway in
Knoxville, Iowa as 43 cars signed in for the night’s action after a hot,
cloudless day in Southern Iowa. After coming out in the middle of time trials, “Dynamite”
would end up qualifying a disappointing 26th overall and ending up in a stacked
heat race. The second heat race included the names Madsen, McCarl, two Kinsers,
Brown, and Wolfe. Dobmeier would drive the Senske & Son J&J from seventh
to the transfer position of fifth after numerous cautions and double-file
restarts to get locked into the feature.
Even with being locked into the feature, Dobmeier would have
to start inside row twelve in the 23rd position. A very slicked off raceway saw
Mark maneuver on the very narrow cushion in the first five laps all the way up
to the 12th position before the field got in line as the bottom of the track
began to lay rubber. Still, that resulted in being the night’s hard charger,
but also wishing it hadn’t laid rubber.
“I was able to pick guys off up on the cushion those first
five laps or so,” he said. “It was a hot day and a lot of laps were put on the
track so it was expected after how good the heats and the ‘B’ were. It was a
good run, but we still need to continue to work on our qualifying for the
Nationals in August.”
After dodging rain showers on Sunday, the races at Huset’s
Speedway outside of Brandon, SD would go on. Second quick in time trials would
set up rear start in his heat race where trouble would happen. Contact down the
backstretch with another car resulted in getting into the infield retaining
wall. The crew would have to change out rear ends before the night’s ‘A’ Main. “My
crew never gets enough credit,” he says. “They work their tails off every night
and especially last Sunday having to get the car fixed, and I can’t thank their
effort enough.”
The mishap in the heat meant starting last, fifteenth, in
the feature. And Dobmeier put on a show for the local crowd in the 25 lapper.
His Right Choice Electric #13 was a rail from the start of the green slicing
his way to the top five by the midway point.
After a caution with about ten to go, Dobmeier worked his
way into the second position with five to go and having to catch up a lot of
ground on race long leader Jody Rosenboom. He would erase a straightaway
deficit on the white flag when he went for a winning slide job in turn one but
missed it. He settled in for second, much to the approval of the Huset’s
faithful.
“I wanted to be really cautious early on and not wreck
anything,” Dobmeier stated. “Getting into turn one was really tricky, but we
were able to get going really well there late, but just ran out of time to get
around Jody. All in all, it turned out to be a good run after the misfortune in
the heat.”
Up next for the Lunstra/Dobmeier team is the first invasion
of the Outlaws at Dobmeier’s home track at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks,
ND. The team would love nothing more than to pick up the win. “Outside of the
Nationals, there is nowhere else I want to beat the Outlaws more other than in
Grand Forks,” he says. “We’ll be ready for them and hope the weather holds off
for our great fans back home!”
After that, preliminary plans are to head back to Knoxville
on Saturday to try to take over the points lead, and then to stop at Huset’s on
the way back to build on their points lead there. New shirts and sweatshirts are in and will be available
at the trailer following the races as well.
2012 STATS: 19
Starts, 6 Wins, 14 Top Fives, 16 Top Tens, 7 Heat Race Wins, 1 Fast Time,
Average Finish of 4.632, 94 Cars Passed in A Main Action, and a Plus/Minus of
84 positions.
EMAIL: If you
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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.
WEBSITE: Of
course you can follow along at Mark’s new and improved website at
MarkDobmeier.com
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Dobmeier in action at the Clay County Fairgrounds Speedway last Friday night.
(A.J. Lusk Photos)
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